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  • Budapest Building Managers and the Holocaust in Hungary

    by Istvan Pal Adam ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book traces the role of Budapest building managers or concierges during the Holocaust. It analyzes the actions of a group of ordinary citizens in a much longer timeframe than Holocaust scholars usually do. Thus, it situates the building managers’ activity during the war against the background of the origins and development of the profession as a by-product of the development of residential ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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  • Not Without My Sister

    The True Story of Three Girls Violated and Betrayed by Those They Trusted

    by Kristina Jones, Celeste Jones, Juliana Buhring ...
    The bestselling, devastating account of three sisters torn apart, abused and exploited at the hands of a community that robbed them of their childhood. It reveals three lives, separate but entwined, that have experienced unspeakable horror, unrelenting loyalty and unforgettable courage.From as early as three years old, Juliana, Celeste and Kristina were separated from their parents and physically ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Rebbe

    The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson

    by Samuel Heilman, Menachem Friedman ...
    The story of one of the most compelling religious leaders of modern timesFrom the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson—revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe—built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it is today. Swept away by his expectation that the Messiah was coming, he ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • The Souls of China

    The Return of Religion After Mao

    by Ian Johnson ...
    From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a revelatory portrait of religion in China today—its history, the spiritual traditions of its Eastern and Western faiths, and the ways in which it is influencing China’s future.The Souls of China tells the story of one of the world’s great spiritual revivals. Following a century of violent anti-religious campaigns, China is now filled with new temples, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Suddenly the Shadow Fell

    by Leslie Meisels ...
    Series series The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
    All 17-year-old Leslie Meisels knows in June 1944 is that he must get his family out of the terrible conditions in the ghetto in Debrecen, Hungary. Over his mother’s objections, his decision to push their way on to a transport could have sent them all to a death camp. Instead, they join the roughly 20,000 “Jews on ice” whose lives are saved — temporarily — in Austria. After the war, when Leslie is ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Violence and New Religious Movements

    Edited by James R. Lewis ...
    The relationship between new religious movements (NRMs) and violence has long been a topic of intense public interest--an interest heavily fueled by multiple incidents of mass violence involving certain groups. Some of these incidents have made international headlines. When New Religious Movements make the news, it's usually because of some violent episode. Some of the most famous NRMs are known ... Read more

    $45.59 CAD

  • The People - From the books of the Bible

    by Richard J. McQueen ...
    The subject of the People, based on thematic studies conducted by Fernando D'Amico, and Jacques Wisman, is proposed in this book as a themed walk through the passages of Scripture from the Old and New Testament. The biblical text (KJV) is presented deliberately devoid of additional comments to offer an immediate and direct perception of the selected track.The thematic reading of the biblical text ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Digital Exposure

    Postmodern Postcapitalism

    by R. Sassower ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book adopts an explicitly postmodernist perspective of the digital revolution. While exploring issues relating to the re-creation of social life in the digital world, its main focus is on the political economy and in particular the extent to which the paradigms of capitalism and socialism can be mapped as postcapitalism onto this new world. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Can Islam Be French?

    Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State

    by John R. Bowen ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    Can Islam Be French? is an anthropological examination of how Muslims are responding to the conditions of life in France. Following up on his book Why the French Don't Like Headscarves, John Bowen turns his attention away from the perspectives of French non-Muslims to focus on those of the country's Muslims themselves. Bowen asks not the usual question--how well are Muslims integrating in France?- ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The New Age in the Modern West

    Counterculture, Utopia and Prophecy from the Late Eighteenth Century to the Present Day

    by Dr Nicholas Campion ...
    New Age culture is generally regarded as a modern manifestation of Western millenarianism - a concept built around the expectation of an imminent historical crisis followed by the inauguration of a golden age which occupies a key place in the history of Western ideas. The New Age in the Modern West argues that New Age culture is part of a family of ideas, including utopianism, which construct ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Racism and the Image of God

    by K. Teel ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    From her perspective as a white feminist theologian, Karen Teel dialogues with five womanist thinkers to develop a Christian theology of the body that can compel Christians, especially U. S. Christians of European descent, to actively resist the sin of racism. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Relational Ministry

    Integrating Ministry and Psychotherapy

    by Catherine Gibson ...
    Historically, the relationship between religion and psychotherapy has been more negative than positive. Are there inherent contradictions between the two, or can advances in the area of mental health care offer insights that are useful for the work of those in ordained ministry? This book presents an analysis of the relationship between ordained ministry on the one hand and counselling and ... Read more

    $92.99 CAD