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Jorge Bergoglio Francisco
La vida, las ideas, las palabras del Papa que cambiara la Iglesia
Written by Andrea Tornielli
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $12.95
Desde el primer momento como Papa electo, u obispo de Roma, apelativo que él mismo prefiere, el hasta hace poco cardenal Jorge Mario Bergoglio dio señales claras al mundo de los cambios que traerá su pontificado. La misma elección del nombre de Francisco nos indica su prioridad por ser como Francisco... Read more >
La vida, las ideas, las palabras del Papa que cambiara la Iglesia
Written by Andrea Tornielli
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $12.95
Desde el primer momento como Papa electo, u obispo de Roma, apelativo que él mismo prefiere, el hasta hace poco cardenal Jorge Mario Bergoglio dio señales claras al mundo de los cambios que traerá su pontificado. La misma elección del nombre de Francisco nos indica su prioridad por ser como Francisco... Read more >
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Jorge Bergoglio Francisco
La vida, las ideas, las palabras del Papa que cambiara la Iglesia
Written by Andrea Tornielli
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.99
Desde el primer momento como Papa electo, u obispo de Roma, apelativo que él mismo prefiere, el hasta hace poco cardenal Jorge Mario Bergoglio dio señales claras al mundo de los cambios que traerá su pontificado. La misma elección del nombre de Francisco nos indica su prioridad por ser como Francisco... Read more >
La vida, las ideas, las palabras del Papa que cambiara la Iglesia
Written by Andrea Tornielli
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.99
Desde el primer momento como Papa electo, u obispo de Roma, apelativo que él mismo prefiere, el hasta hace poco cardenal Jorge Mario Bergoglio dio señales claras al mundo de los cambios que traerá su pontificado. La misma elección del nombre de Francisco nos indica su prioridad por ser como Francisco... Read more >
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The Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic
Written by Nora Gallagher
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $11.99
Written by Nora Gallagher
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $11.99
This taut yet lyrical memoir tells of the author’s experience with a baffling illness poised to take her sight, and gives a deeply felt meditation on vulnerability and on what it means to lose the faith you had and find something better.
One day at the end of 2009, during a...
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The Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic
Written by Nora Gallagher
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.00
Written by Nora Gallagher
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $24.00
This taut yet lyrical memoir tells of the author’s experience with a baffling illness poised to take her sight, and gives a deeply felt meditation on vulnerability and on what it means to lose the faith you had and find something better.
One day at the end of 2009, during a...
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Shattered Faith
A Woman's Struggle to Stop the Catholic Church from Annuling Her Marriage
Written by Sheila Rauch Kennedy
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 15, 2013
Price: $12.99
In 1993, Sheila Rauch Kennedy received a letter from the Boston Catholic Archdiocese announcing that her former husband, Congressman Joseph Kennedy, was seeking an annulment of their marriage. If the Church granted the annulment, the marriage, which had lasted twelve years, would be rendered nonexistent -- not simply ended, as was... Read more >
A Woman's Struggle to Stop the Catholic Church from Annuling Her Marriage
Written by Sheila Rauch Kennedy
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 15, 2013
Price: $12.99
In 1993, Sheila Rauch Kennedy received a letter from the Boston Catholic Archdiocese announcing that her former husband, Congressman Joseph Kennedy, was seeking an annulment of their marriage. If the Church granted the annulment, the marriage, which had lasted twelve years, would be rendered nonexistent -- not simply ended, as was... Read more >
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Pray for Me
The Life and Spiritual Vision of Pope Francis, First Pope from the Americas
Written by Robert Moynihan
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $19.99
From the founder and editor of Inside the Vatican magazine, the world's most well-informed, comprehensive monthly on the Roman Catholic Church, comes this enlightening introduction to the life and spiritual teachings of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, the first Pope of the Americas.
On March, 13, 2013, 115 Cardinals elected for... Read more >
The Life and Spiritual Vision of Pope Francis, First Pope from the Americas
Written by Robert Moynihan
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $19.99
From the founder and editor of Inside the Vatican magazine, the world's most well-informed, comprehensive monthly on the Roman Catholic Church, comes this enlightening introduction to the life and spiritual teachings of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, the first Pope of the Americas.
On March, 13, 2013, 115 Cardinals elected for... Read more >
Also available as an
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Pray for Me
The Life and Spiritual Vision of Pope Francis, First Pope from the Americas
Written by Robert Moynihan
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $9.99
From the founder and editor of Inside the Vatican magazine, the world's most well-informed, comprehensive monthly on the Roman Catholic Church, comes this enlightening introduction to the life and spiritual teachings of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, the first Pope of the Americas.
On March, 13, 2013, 115 Cardinals elected for... Read more >
The Life and Spiritual Vision of Pope Francis, First Pope from the Americas
Written by Robert Moynihan
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: April 30, 2013
Price: $9.99
From the founder and editor of Inside the Vatican magazine, the world's most well-informed, comprehensive monthly on the Roman Catholic Church, comes this enlightening introduction to the life and spiritual teachings of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, the first Pope of the Americas.
On March, 13, 2013, 115 Cardinals elected for... Read more >
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Stations of the Heart
Parting with a Son
Written by Richard Lischer
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.00
Parting with a Son
Written by Richard Lischer
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.00
This poignant love story of a father for his son is at once funny, heartbreaking, and hopeful. In it a young man teaches his entire family “a new way to die” with wit, candor, and, always, remarkable grace. This emotionally riveting account probes the heart without sentimentality or self-pity.
As...
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Stations of the Heart
Parting with a Son
Written by Richard Lischer
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $12.99
Parting with a Son
Written by Richard Lischer
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $12.99
This poignant love story of a father for his son is at once funny, heartbreaking, and hopeful. In it a young man teaches his entire family “a new way to die” with wit, candor, and, always, remarkable grace. This emotionally riveting account probes the heart without sentimentality or self-pity.
As...
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hardcover.
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Rainbow Body
The Life and Realization of a Tibetan Yogin, Togden Ugyen Tendzin
Written by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Translated by Andriano Clemente
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $14.95
An inspiring biography of a twentieth-century Tibetan yogin, The Rainbow Body: The Life and Realization of a Tibetan Yogin, Togden Ugyen Tendzin, presents the remarkable life story of Togden (a title meaning "endowed with realization") Ugyen Tendzin (1888-1962) who, at the end of his life, attained the "rainbow body." Described as... Read more >
The Life and Realization of a Tibetan Yogin, Togden Ugyen Tendzin
Written by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Translated by Andriano Clemente
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $14.95
An inspiring biography of a twentieth-century Tibetan yogin, The Rainbow Body: The Life and Realization of a Tibetan Yogin, Togden Ugyen Tendzin, presents the remarkable life story of Togden (a title meaning "endowed with realization") Ugyen Tendzin (1888-1962) who, at the end of his life, attained the "rainbow body." Described as... Read more >
Also available as an
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Rainbow Body
The Life and Realization of a Tibetan Yogin, Togden Ugyen Tendzin
Written by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Translated by Andriano Clemente
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $11.95
An inspiring biography of a twentieth-century Tibetan yogin, The Rainbow Body: The Life and Realization of a Tibetan Yogin, Togden Ugyen Tendzin, presents the remarkable life story of Togden (a title meaning "endowed with realization") Ugyen Tendzin (1888-1962) who, at the end of his life, attained the "rainbow body." Described as... Read more >
The Life and Realization of a Tibetan Yogin, Togden Ugyen Tendzin
Written by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Translated by Andriano Clemente
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $11.95
An inspiring biography of a twentieth-century Tibetan yogin, The Rainbow Body: The Life and Realization of a Tibetan Yogin, Togden Ugyen Tendzin, presents the remarkable life story of Togden (a title meaning "endowed with realization") Ugyen Tendzin (1888-1962) who, at the end of his life, attained the "rainbow body." Described as... Read more >
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Faitheist
How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious
Written by Chris Stedman
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $22.95
The story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religious
The stunning popularity of the “New Atheist” movement—whose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens—speaks to both the growing ranks of atheists and... Read more >
How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious
Written by Chris Stedman
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $22.95
The story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religious
The stunning popularity of the “New Atheist” movement—whose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens—speaks to both the growing ranks of atheists and... Read more >
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eBook and a
trade paperback.
Faitheist
How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious
Written by Chris Stedman
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $22.95
The story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religious
The stunning popularity of the “New Atheist” movement—whose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens—speaks to both the growing ranks of atheists and... Read more >
How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious
Written by Chris Stedman
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $22.95
The story of a former Evangelical Christian turned openly gay atheist who now works to bridge the divide between atheists and the religious
The stunning popularity of the “New Atheist” movement—whose most famous spokesmen include Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens—speaks to both the growing ranks of atheists and... Read more >
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He Leadeth Me
Written by Walter J. Ciszek
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $9.99
He Leadeth Me is a deeply personal story of one man’s spiritual odyssey and the unflagging faith which enabled him to survive the ordeal that wrenched his body and spirit to near collapse.
Captured by a Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a “Vatican spy,” Jesuit Father Walter... Read more >
Written by Walter J. Ciszek
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: October 17, 2012
Price: $9.99
He Leadeth Me is a deeply personal story of one man’s spiritual odyssey and the unflagging faith which enabled him to survive the ordeal that wrenched his body and spirit to near collapse.
Captured by a Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a “Vatican spy,” Jesuit Father Walter... Read more >
The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds
The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug
Written by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Annotations by Enrico Dell'Angelo
Translated by Enrico Dell'Angelo and Nancy Simmons
Format: eBook, 232 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $12.95
The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds: The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug presents an engaging account of the life of Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug, a realized Tibetan tulku (reincarnated lama or teacher). The book's historical references provide a detailed portrait of Tibet on the verge of... Read more >
The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug
Written by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Annotations by Enrico Dell'Angelo
Translated by Enrico Dell'Angelo and Nancy Simmons
Format: eBook, 232 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $12.95
The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds: The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug presents an engaging account of the life of Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug, a realized Tibetan tulku (reincarnated lama or teacher). The book's historical references provide a detailed portrait of Tibet on the verge of... Read more >
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The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds
The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug
Written by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Annotations by Enrico Dell'Angelo
Translated by Enrico Dell'Angelo and Nancy Simmons
Format: Trade Paperback, 232 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $15.95
The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds: The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug presents an engaging account of the life of Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug, a realized Tibetan tulku (reincarnated lama or teacher). The book's historical references provide a detailed portrait of Tibet on the verge of... Read more >
The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chokyi Wangchug
Written by Chogyal Namkhai Norbu
Annotations by Enrico Dell'Angelo
Translated by Enrico Dell'Angelo and Nancy Simmons
Format: Trade Paperback, 232 pages
On Sale: October 16, 2012
Price: $15.95
The Lamp That Enlightens Narrow Minds: The Life and Times of a Realized Tibetan Master, Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug presents an engaging account of the life of Khyentse Chökyi Wangchug, a realized Tibetan tulku (reincarnated lama or teacher). The book's historical references provide a detailed portrait of Tibet on the verge of... Read more >
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The Book of Job
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
Written by Harold S. Kushner
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $24.00
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
Written by Harold S. Kushner
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $24.00
Part of the Jewish Encounter series
From one of our most trusted spiritual advisers, a thoughtful, illuminating guide to that most fascinating of biblical texts, the book of Job, and what it can teach us about living in a troubled world.
The story of Job is one of unjust things happening to a...
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The Book of Job
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
Written by Harold S. Kushner
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $12.99
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
Written by Harold S. Kushner
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $12.99
Part of the Jewish Encounter series
From one of our most trusted spiritual advisers, a thoughtful, illuminating guide to that most fascinating of biblical texts, the book of Job, and what it can teach us about living in a troubled world.
The story of Job is one of unjust things happening to a...
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The Book of Job
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
Written by Harold S. Kushner
Read by Harold S. Kushner
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $30.00
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
Written by Harold S. Kushner
Read by Harold S. Kushner
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $30.00
Part of the Jewish Encounter series
From one of our most trusted spiritual advisers, a thoughtful, illuminating guide to that most fascinating of biblical texts, the book of Job, and what it can teach us about living in a troubled world.
The story of Job is one of unjust things happening to a...
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The Book of Job
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
Written by Harold S. Kushner
Read by Harold S. Kushner
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $15.00
When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
Written by Harold S. Kushner
Read by Harold S. Kushner
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $15.00
Part of the Jewish Encounter series
From one of our most trusted spiritual advisers, a thoughtful, illuminating guide to that most fascinating of biblical texts, the book of Job, and what it can teach us about living in a troubled world.
The story of Job is one of unjust things happening to a...
Breathing Space
A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx
Written by Heidi Neumark
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $20.00
This book is a song of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving for the people whose courageous witness has transfigured this community-and this pastor. Thanksgiving for the gift of these stories that cry out to be told and retold because in the midst of death they rise to fill the air with life.
Breathing Space is... Read more >
A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx
Written by Heidi Neumark
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $20.00
This book is a song of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving for the people whose courageous witness has transfigured this community-and this pastor. Thanksgiving for the gift of these stories that cry out to be told and retold because in the midst of death they rise to fill the air with life.
Breathing Space is... Read more >
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fathermothergod
My Journey Out of Christian Science
Written by Lucia Greenhouse
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $15.00
Lucia Ewing had what looked like an all-American childhood. She lived with her mother, father, sister, and brother in an affluent suburb of Minneapolis, where they enjoyed private schools, sleep-away camps, a country club membership, and skiing vacations. Surrounded by a tight-knit extended family, and doted upon by her parents, Lucia... Read more >
My Journey Out of Christian Science
Written by Lucia Greenhouse
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 28, 2012
Price: $15.00
Lucia Ewing had what looked like an all-American childhood. She lived with her mother, father, sister, and brother in an affluent suburb of Minneapolis, where they enjoyed private schools, sleep-away camps, a country club membership, and skiing vacations. Surrounded by a tight-knit extended family, and doted upon by her parents, Lucia... Read more >
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The Life of Thomas More
Written by Peter Ackroyd
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: June 27, 2012
Price: $12.99
Peter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a renowned statesman; the author of a political fantasy that gave a name to a literary genre and a worldview (Utopia); and, most... Read more >
Written by Peter Ackroyd
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: June 27, 2012
Price: $12.99
Peter Ackroyd's The Life of Thomas More is a masterful reconstruction of the life and imagination of one of the most remarkable figures of history. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a renowned statesman; the author of a political fantasy that gave a name to a literary genre and a worldview (Utopia); and, most... Read more >
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Pickin' Up the Pieces
The Heart and Soul of Country Rock Pioneer Richie Furay
Written by Richie Furay and Michael Roberts
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: June 20, 2012
Price: $11.99
When a young Richie Furay moved to New York hoping to make it big in folk music, God wasn’t one of his concerns. But destiny was.
Later, when he started Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young and Stephen Stills, it seemed Furay’s destiny had finally arrived. Although the band recorded only three... Read more >
The Heart and Soul of Country Rock Pioneer Richie Furay
Written by Richie Furay and Michael Roberts
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: June 20, 2012
Price: $11.99
When a young Richie Furay moved to New York hoping to make it big in folk music, God wasn’t one of his concerns. But destiny was.
Later, when he started Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young and Stephen Stills, it seemed Furay’s destiny had finally arrived. Although the band recorded only three... Read more >
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To Heaven and Back
A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again: A True Story
Written by Mary C. Neal, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $17.00
A kayak accident during a South American adventure takes one woman to heaven — where she experienced God’s peace, joy, and angels — and back to life again.
In 1999 in the Los Rios region of southern Chile, orthopedic surgeon, devoted wife, and loving mother Dr. Mary Neal... Read more >
A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again: A True Story
Written by Mary C. Neal, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: June 19, 2012
Price: $17.00
A kayak accident during a South American adventure takes one woman to heaven — where she experienced God’s peace, joy, and angels — and back to life again.
In 1999 in the Los Rios region of southern Chile, orthopedic surgeon, devoted wife, and loving mother Dr. Mary Neal... Read more >
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