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Good Book

Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart

by Peter J. Gomes ...

"The Bible and the social and moral consequences that derive from its interpretation are all too important to be left in the hands of the pious or the experts, and too significant to be ignored and trivialized by the uninformed and indifferent. ... Read more

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"The Bible and the social and moral consequences that derive from its interpretation are all too important to be left in the hands of the pious or the experts, and too significant to be ignored and trivialized by the uninformed and indifferent.
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The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus

What's So Good About the Good News?

by Peter J. Gomes ...

"Gomes is an iconoclast, and his book is an alternately eloquent and folksy attack on everybody who is sure of the right answer." — NewsweekHow the Church Domesticated JesusWith his unique blend of eloquence and insight, the esteemed Harvard minister Peter J. Gomes invites us to hear anew the radical nature of Jesus' message of hope and change. Using examples from ancient times as well as from ... Read more

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"Gomes is an iconoclast, and his book is an alternately eloquent and folksy attack on everybody who is sure of the right answer." — NewsweekHow the Church Domesticated JesusWith his unique blend of eloquence and insight, the esteemed Harvard minister Peter J. Gomes invites us to hear anew the radical nature of Jesus' message of hope and change. Using examples from ancient times as well as from
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The Good Life

Truths That Last in Times of Need

by Peter J. Gomes ...

The author of the New York Times bestseller The Good Book champions the recovery of the Western moral tradition. ... Read more

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The author of the New York Times bestseller The Good Book champions the recovery of the Western moral tradition.
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Sermons

Biblical Wisdom For Daily Living

by Peter J. Gomes ...

The man Time magazine hailed as one of America's finest preachers presents a collection of forty timeless addresses to guide us through the year. With his characteristic eloquence and compassion, quoting from scripture as well as from T.S. Eliot and Woody Allen, Gomes offers us the tools we need to understand the wisdom of the Bible and the joy and inspiration it can bring to everyday life. ... Read more

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The man Time magazine hailed as one of America's finest preachers presents a collection of forty timeless addresses to guide us through the year. With his characteristic eloquence and compassion, quoting from scripture as well as from T.S. Eliot and Woody Allen, Gomes offers us the tools we need to understand the wisdom of the Bible and the joy and inspiration it can bring to everyday life.
... Read more
A Call to Heroism

Renewing America's Vision of Greatness

by Peter H. Gibbon ...

An "engaging and provocative" exploration of American history's heroic figures—from how we define a hero to the monuments we build to honor them (Arthur Schlesinger Jr.).Heroic ideals are fundamental to the enterprise of American liberty and to the fabric of our nation's culture. Throughout history, men and women such as George Washington, Thomas Edison, Martin Luther King Jr., and Lucretia Mott ... Read more

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An "engaging and provocative" exploration of American history's heroic figures—from how we define a hero to the monuments we build to honor them (Arthur Schlesinger Jr.).Heroic ideals are fundamental to the enterprise of American liberty and to the fabric of our nation's culture. Throughout history, men and women such as George Washington, Thomas Edison, Martin Luther King Jr., and Lucretia Mott
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass, Gregory Stephens ...

Frederick Douglass's dramatic autobiographical account of his early life as a slave in America.Born into a life of bondage, Frederick Douglass secretly taught himself to read and write. It was a crime punishable by death, but it resulted in one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. His gripping narrative takes us into the fields, cabins, and manors of pre–Civil War plantations ... Read more

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Frederick Douglass's dramatic autobiographical account of his early life as a slave in America.Born into a life of bondage, Frederick Douglass secretly taught himself to read and write. It was a crime punishable by death, but it resulted in one of the most eloquent indictments of slavery ever recorded. His gripping narrative takes us into the fields, cabins, and manors of pre–Civil War plantations
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The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus

What's So Good About the Good News?

by Peter J. Gomes ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

8 hours 2 min

New York Times bestselling author and renowned Harvard preacher Peter J. Gomes takes on the hot-button issues in the world today by returning to Jesus's message."What did Jesus preach?" asks the esteemed Harvard pastor, who believes that excessive focus on the Bible and doctrines about Jesus have led the Christian church astray. To recover the transformative power of the gospel—"the good news" ... Read more

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New York Times bestselling author and renowned Harvard preacher Peter J. Gomes takes on the hot-button issues in the world today by returning to Jesus's message."What did Jesus preach?" asks the esteemed Harvard pastor, who believes that excessive focus on the Bible and doctrines about Jesus have led the Christian church astray. To recover the transformative power of the gospel—"the good news"
... Read more

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A Call to Heroism

Renewing America’s Vision of Greatness

by Peter H. Gibbon ...

Narrated by Brian Emerson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

What do we look for in our heroes of today? And what are we to expect of heroes in our uncertain future? In this book, Gibbon traces the evolution of our collective vision of greatness from the age of our founders to today’s celebrity-obsessed media age.Among history’s exemplary men and women who have sacrificed for causes greater than themselves he includes not only traditional civic heroes, such ... Read more

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What do we look for in our heroes of today? And what are we to expect of heroes in our uncertain future? In this book, Gibbon traces the evolution of our collective vision of greatness from the age of our founders to today’s celebrity-obsessed media age.Among history’s exemplary men and women who have sacrificed for causes greater than themselves he includes not only traditional civic heroes, such
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Long for This World

The Strange Science of Immortality

by Jonathan Weiner ...

Narrated by Jim Meskimen ...

Unabridged

8 hours 30 min

“[A] searching and surprisingly witty look at the scientific odds against tomorrow.”—Timothy FerrisJonathan Weiner—winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and one of the most distinguished popular science writers in America—examines “the strange science of immortality” in Long for This World. A fast-paced, sure-to-astonish ... Read more

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“[A] searching and surprisingly witty look at the scientific odds against tomorrow.”—Timothy FerrisJonathan Weiner—winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and one of the most distinguished popular science writers in America—examines “the strange science of immortality” in Long for This World. A fast-paced, sure-to-astonish
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Kabbalah for Beginners

Understanding and Applying Kabbalistic History, Concepts, and Practices

by Brian Yosef Schachter-Brooks ...

Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen ...

Unabridged

4 hours 33 min

Coming from the Hebrew root that means "to receive," Kabbalah is known as the "inner" or "esoteric" dimension of Judaism. Kabbalah for Beginners is your introduction to a great spiritual tradition that will help you deepen your experience of the Divine through Kabbalistic portals into the Eternal Present.Divided into four categories: theosophical, ecstatic, Hasidic, and contemporary, this book ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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Coming from the Hebrew root that means "to receive," Kabbalah is known as the "inner" or "esoteric" dimension of Judaism. Kabbalah for Beginners is your introduction to a great spiritual tradition that will help you deepen your experience of the Divine through Kabbalistic portals into the Eternal Present.Divided into four categories: theosophical, ecstatic, Hasidic, and contemporary, this book
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Fascism Comes to America

A Century of Obsession in Politics and Culture

by Bruce Kuklick ...

Narrated by Auto-narrated ...

Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

A deeply relevant look at what fascism means to Americans.From the time Mussolini took power in Italy in 1922, Americans have been obsessed with and brooded over the meaning of fascism and how it might migrate to the United States. Fascism Comes to America examines how we have viewed fascism overseas and its implications for our own country. Bruce Kuklick explores the rhetoric of politicians, who ... Read more

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A deeply relevant look at what fascism means to Americans.From the time Mussolini took power in Italy in 1922, Americans have been obsessed with and brooded over the meaning of fascism and how it might migrate to the United States. Fascism Comes to America examines how we have viewed fascism overseas and its implications for our own country. Bruce Kuklick explores the rhetoric of politicians, who
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A History of Pi

by Petr Beckmann ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

6 hours 42 min

The history of pi, says the author, though a small part of the history of mathematics, is nevertheless a mirror of the history of man. Petr Beckmann holds up this mirror, giving the background of the times when pi made progress—and also when it did not, because science was being stifled by militarism or religious fanaticism. ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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The history of pi, says the author, though a small part of the history of mathematics, is nevertheless a mirror of the history of man. Petr Beckmann holds up this mirror, giving the background of the times when pi made progress—and also when it did not, because science was being stifled by militarism or religious fanaticism.
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