Jesse's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:06:59 -0800 60 Jesse's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Tales From The Perilous Realm 18892376 The book is the perfect opportunity for fans of Middle-earth to enjoy some of Tolkien's often overlooked yet most creative storytelling. With dragons and sand sorcerers, sea monsters and hobbits, knights and dwarves, this collection contains all the classic elements for Tolkien buffs of all ages.]]> 430 J.R.R. Tolkien Jesse 0 currently-reading 4.21 1997 Tales From The Perilous Realm
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book That Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization]]> 9964939 Understand where we came from.

Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its relevance, The Book That Made Your World will transform your perception of its influence on virtually every facet of Western civilization.

Indian philosopher Vishal Mangalwadi reveals the personal motivation that fueled his own study of the Bible and systematically illustrates how its precepts became the framework for societal structure throughout the last millennium. ÌęFrom politics and science, to academia and technology, the Bible's sacred copy became the key that unlocked the Western mind.

Through Mangalwadi's wide-ranging and fascinating investigation, you'll discover:

What triggered the West's passion for scientific, medical, and technological advancement
How the biblical notion of human dignity informs the West's social structure and how it intersects with other worldviews
How the Bible created a fertile ground for women to find social and economic empowerment
How the Bible has uniquely equipped the West to cultivate compassion, human rights, prosperity, and strong families
The role of the Bible in the transformation of education
How the modern literary notion of a hero has been shaped by the Bible's archetypal protagonist
Journey with Mangalwadi as he examines the origins of a civilization's greatness and the misguided beliefs that threaten to unravel its progress. ÌęLearn how the Bible transformed the social, political, and religious institutions that have sustained Western culture for the past millennium, and discover how secular corruption endangers the stability and longevity of Western civilization.

Endorsements:

“This is an extremely significant piece of work with huge global implications. Vishal brings a timely message.â€� (Ravi Zacharias, author, Walking from East to West and Beyond Opinion)

“In polite society, the mere mention of the Bible often introduces a certain measure of anxiety. A serious discussion on the Bible can bring outright contempt. Therefore, it is most refreshing to encounter this engaging and informed assessment of the Bible’s profound impact on the modern world. Where Bloom laments the closing of the American mind, Mangalwadi brings a refreshing optimism.â€� (Stanley Mattson, founder and president, C. S. Lewis Foundation)

“Vishal Mangalwadi recounts history in very broad strokes, always using his cross-cultural perspectives for highlighting the many benefits of biblical principles in shaping civilization.â€� (George Marsden, professor, University of Notre Dame; author, Fundamentalism and American Culture)]]> 442 Vishal Mangalwadi 1595553223 Jesse 0 to-read 4.32 2011 The Book That Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization
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]]> Thomas Cranmer: A Life 31573900 Book of Common Prayer, More was the author of Utopia. And it was More who was canonized a saint, while Cranmer was executed by "Bloody" Mary Tudor for his fiendish plotting on behalf of Lady Jane Grey as well as for his embracing an evangelical brand of Protestantism the Catholic queen found wholly disagreeable. In this highly readable biography, we get the first new treatment of Cranmer in three decades, bolstered by recent scholarship and new sources. Think this stuff is remote? Cranmer, as Archbishop of Canterbury, crafted two editions of the English Book of Common Prayer. The success of this book had an enormous impact on the English language, loading terms with meaning and influencing the rhetoric of power for the next two centuries.]]> 704 Diarmaid MacCulloch 0300226578 Jesse 0 to-read 4.29 1996 Thomas Cranmer: A Life
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]]> <![CDATA[The Virtual Body of Christ in a Suffering World]]> 33850571 171 Deanna A. Thompson 1501815199 Jesse 0 4.20 The Virtual Body of Christ in a Suffering World
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]]> <![CDATA[Constructivsm, Essentialism, and the Between: Human Being and Vulnerability in Judith Butler, Steven Pinker and Colin Gunton]]> 36660590
With Gunton the author argues that a relational, but ‘weakâ€�, ontology is needed. With this ‘ontology of the betweenâ€� Pinker and Butler can be explored in different ways. Pinker’s understanding of the individual and culture is challenged and worked towards one where culture and environment share meaning. Butler’s theory of performativity is reworked in light of Gunton’s and Pinker’s concepts of time. When some significant themes such as these have been dealt with Pinker, Butler and Gunton are made to interact on the question of the human being.

In the dissertation, the concept of person is central for it emphasises the complex interrelationality of human existence. Gunton’s concept of ‘spiritâ€� as an ‘openness to the otherâ€� and Butler’s stress on vulnerability are ontologically significant. But the author also stresses that we are our bodies, constituted as person by the self-giving of the other. Therefore, informed by christology, a kenotic personalism is most fundamental for humans.

This insight is taken to the context of school. With Butler’s theory of interpellation reinterpreted, it is argued that school as an institution fulfils a double role with its pupils. As an institution of the state, school ‘individualisesâ€� its pupils and the autonomy of the pupil is constructed. But as a place for learning, the relational comes to the fore and the pupil’s personhood emerges. But, it is argued, if vulnerability is fundamental for what it is to be human then too much individualisation will undermine that vulnerability and dependence on the other.

The dissertation therefore concludes that the division between biology and the social discloses a deeper divide, namely that between fundamentally vulnerable persons and constructed independent individuals. The constitution of the person depends on the giving of the other and institutions always partly fail in recognising the fundamentally human. But not only school fails; all humans fail in giving to the other sufficiently for personhood, all but one.]]> 281 Joseph Sverker 9150626582 Jesse 0 to-read 4.00 Constructivsm, Essentialism, and the Between: Human Being and Vulnerability in Judith Butler, Steven Pinker and Colin Gunton
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]]> <![CDATA[Oz (All 15 Books, Ultimate Collection)]]> 18335927 1924 L. Frank Baum Jesse 0 ebooks 4.33 Oz (All 15 Books, Ultimate Collection)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place]]> 34783013 189 Andy Crouch 1493406558 Jesse 5 techno-theology 4.29 2017 The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church]]> 1966153 1001 0898690803 Jesse 4 4.61 1979 The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church
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]]> <![CDATA[Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion]]> 42248511 239 Rebecca McLaughlin 1433564238 Jesse 0 to-read 4.28 2019 Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion
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]]> Practical Religion 11206800 490 J.C. Ryle Jesse 5 ebooks 4.45 1977 Practical Religion
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JC Ryle is the man, basically a mere christianity for the 1800's
]]> The Constant Rabbit 53263304 United Kingdom Against Rabbit Population), complicating Peter's job as a Rabbit Spotter, and forcing him to take a stand, moving from unconscious leporiphobe to active supporter of the UK's amiable and peaceful population of anthropomorphised rabbits.]]> 320 Jasper Fforde 0593296532 Jesse 4 4.11 2020 The Constant Rabbit
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]]> <![CDATA[50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 1]]> 45027561
Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women
Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice
Austen, Jane: Emma
Balzac, Honoré de: Father Goriot
Barbusse, Henri: The Inferno
Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre
Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights
Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan of the Apes
Butler, Samuel: The Way of All Flesh
Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Cather, Willa: My Ántonia
Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quixote
Chopin, Kate: The Awakening
Cleland, John: Fanny Hill
Collins, Wilkie: The Moonstone
Conrad, Joseph: Heart of Darkness
Conrad, Joseph: Nostromo
Cooper, James Fenimore: The Last of the Mohicans
Crane, Stephen: The Red Badge of Courage
Cummings, E. E.: The Enormous Room
Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe
Defoe, Daniel: Moll Flanders
Dickens, Charles: Bleak House
Dickens, Charles: Great Expectations
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: Crime and Punishment
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Idiot
Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dreiser, Theodore: Sister Carrie
Dumas, Alexandre: The Three Musketeers
Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo
Eliot, George: Middlemarch
Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones
Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Bovary
Flaubert, Gustave: Sentimental Education
Ford, Ford Madox: The Good Soldier
Forster, E. M.: A Room With a View
Forster, E. M.: Howards End
Gaskell, Elizabeth: North and South
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: The Sorrows of Young Werther
Gogol, Nikolai: Dead Souls
Gorky, Maxim: The Mother
Haggard, H. Rider: King Solomon’s Mines
Hardy, Thomas: Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter
Homer: The Odyssey
Hugo, Victor: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hugo, Victor: Les Misérables
Huxley, Aldous: Crome Yellow
James, Henry: The Portrait of a Lady]]> 12348 Joseph Conrad 9897788808 Jesse 0 currently-reading 3.93 50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die vol: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses]]> 17118977 The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses, Third Edition, provides an accessible introduction to environmental politics by examining the ways in which people use language to discuss environmental issues. Leading scholar John S. Dryzek analyzes the various approaches that have dominated the field over the last three decades--approaches that are also likely to be influential in the future--including survivalism, environmental problem- solving, sustainability, and green radicalism. Dryzek examines and assesses the history, interplay, and impact of these perspectives, concluding with a plea for ecological democracy. An engaging writing style and helpful boxed material make this complex subject more understandable to students.
]]> 290 John S. Dryzek 0199696004 Jesse 0 3.96 1997 The Politics of the Earth: Environmental Discourses
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]]> <![CDATA[The Abolition of Sanity: C.S. Lewis on the Consequences of Modernism]]> 44802146 Why does it seem like the world is falling apart? Everywhere we look today, the world is changing, and not for the better. For many of us, such political and cultural changes have been so dramatic that we no longer recognize our societies anymore. So what's going on?This book has the answer!In this masterful work, 'The Abolition of Man,' C.S. Lewis observes how the modern world is in fact changing our conception of what it means to be human by sequestering humanity from the objective values that made us most human. Focusing on modern educational reforms, Lewis noted that instead of virtue formation, modern educational practices perpetuate a mechanistic vision of the world comprised of scientifically inspired control over nature and, as a necessary consequence, humans. HERE’S A PREVIEW OF WHAT YOU’LL LEARN 

â€�.How modernist assumptions about the world differ drastically from classical and Christian onesHow modernism is radically reshaping a fundamentally different conception of humanityWhat role education plays in perpetuating modernist norms about the worldHow the role of virtue and wisdom formation can become a powerful antidote to these secularizing tendenciesAnd much, much more ....along with a whole BONUS SECTION of study questions and answers to group discussion!!In this insightful and thought provoking book, you will discover C.S. Lewisâ€� invitation to challenge the modernist assumptions of our age by rediscovering the doctrine of objective values and, in so doing, you will rediscover a hope for truly human flourishing for generations to come.Get your copy today!]]> 51 Steve Turley Jesse 0 currently-reading 3.99 The Abolition of Sanity: C.S. Lewis on the Consequences of Modernism
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]]> <![CDATA[A Philosophy of the Christian Religion: For the Twenty-first Century]]> 41448426 A Philosophy of the Christian Religion offers a new kind of introduction to the subject. Whereas most introductions in the past have attempted to deal with religion in general, this book focuses on philosophical issues of special importance to Christianity. In doing this, Nancey Murphy also takes full account of how conceptual revolutions in philosophy now mean that what older introductions termed 'standard problems' have changed from the way they were dealt with in earlier eras.

At the same time, this new introduction helps the reader to better understand how contemporary issues have come to take on their current force by placing them within the context of the most sophisticated account available of human reason: Alasdair MacIntyre’s tradition-constituted rationality.

Contents

Part One: A Brief History of Reason
1. Ancient and Medieval Ways of Knowing the Divine
2. Modern Epistemology and the Possibility of Theology
3. Faith in Late Modern Reasoning
4. Faith and Reason for the Twenty-First Century

Part Two: Crises in Modern Christianity
5. Three Epistemological Crises for Christianity in Modernity
6. The Problem of Special Divine Action
7. Modern Problems of Evil and Suffering
8. Science and Christianity
9. Christian Anthropology, Philosophy, and Science
10. The Development of Modern Naturalism

]]> 350 Nancey Murphy 0281066930 Jesse 0 to-read 4.50 A Philosophy of the Christian Religion: For the Twenty-first Century
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]]> <![CDATA[Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love - Enhanced Version]]> 19059914
Tim Perrine
CCEL Staff Writer

This edition features an artistic cover, a new promotional introduction, an index of scripture references, links for scripture references to the appropriate passages, and a hierarchical table of contents which makes it possible to navigate to any part of the book with a minimum of page turns.
]]> 104 Augustine of Hippo Jesse 5 4.50 420 Handbook on Faith, Hope, and Love - Enhanced Version
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]]> <![CDATA[Humans 2.0: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives on Transhumanism]]> 51010413
Unprecedented developments in bioengineering, biotechnology, and biomedicine—breakthroughs that could improve the lives of people with debilitating diseases and injuries—can also serve as stepping-stones to technologies that can enhance human beings and alter human nature, raising fears about how biotechnologies could be misused.

Should we discourage advances in biotechnology and bioengineering that can be used for human enhancement? Or should we take control of our own “evolutionâ€� and usher in a posthuman age? Is there another option?

In Humans 2.0, authors Fazale “Fuzâ€� Rana and Kenneth Richard Samples open a window to the new world of human enhancement technologies and transhumanism—their promises, potential, and pitfalls.

“What would it mean for humanity if technology’s advances merged with the human passion to be superhuman? Would we play God to extend our lives indefinitely or create genetically modified ‘designer babiesâ€�? If we could, should we? Showing how to examine these and other questions is an ambitious—and successful—endeavor of this book. It culminates in a reflection on how the desire for a complete human merging with technology—transhumanism—bears an unexpected relationship to the Christian gospel. Everyone concerned about the future of ‘human enhancementâ€� and its serious implications should read this book now while the crucial decisions to be made are still in our power to make.â€�

–Mark R. Perez, Philosopher of Science]]> 0 Fazale Rana 1886653127 Jesse 5 techno-theology 4.34 Humans 2.0: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Perspectives on Transhumanism
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]]> The Four Loves 48983581 116 C.S. Lewis Jesse 5 5.00 1960 The Four Loves
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]]> The Art of Bible Translation 42530459 From the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, a "hugely entertaining and irreverent" (Adam Gopnik, New Yorker) account of the art of translating the Hebrew Bible into EnglishIn this brief book, award-winning biblical translator and acclaimed literary critic Robert Alter offers a personal and passionate account of what he learned about the art of Bible translation over the two decades he spent completing his own English version of the Hebrew Bible.Alter’s literary training gave him the advantage of seeing that a translation of the Bible can convey the text’s meaning only by trying to capture the powerful and subtle literary style of the biblical Hebrew, something the modern English versions don’t do justice to. The Bible’s style, Alter writes, “is not some sort of aesthetic embellishment of the ‘messageâ€� of Scripture but the vital medium through which the biblical vision of God, human nature, history, politics, society, and moral value is conveyed.â€� And, as the translators of the King James Version knew, the authority of the Bible is inseparable from its literary authority.For these reasons, the Bible can be brought to life in English only by re-creating its literary virtuosity, and Alter discusses the principal aspects of style in the Hebrew Bible that any translator should try to word choice, syntax, word play and sound play, rhythm, and dialogue. In the process, he provides an illuminating and accessible introduction to biblical style that also offers insights about the art of translation far beyond the Bible.]]> 141 Robert Alter 0691189250 Jesse 4 4.14 The Art of Bible Translation
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]]> <![CDATA[Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity]]> 321895 352 Mark A. Noll 080106211X Jesse 0 to-read 3.93 1997 Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
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]]> <![CDATA[The Kingdom of Infinite Space: A Portrait of Your Head]]> 3170078
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The voyage begins with a meditation on the self-portrait of a mirror image, followed by a consideration of the head’s various secretions. Tallis contemplates the air we exhale; the subtle meanings of nods, winks, and smiles; the mysteries of hearing, taste, and smell. He discusses the metaphysics of the gaze, the meaning of kissing, and the processes by which the head comes to understand the world. Along the way he offers intriguing digressions on such notions as “havingâ€� and “usingâ€� one’s head, and enjoying and suffering it. Tallis concludes with his thoughts on the very thing the reader’s head has been doing throughout the book: thinking.]]> 344 Raymond Tallis 0300142226 Jesse 0 to-read 2.38 2008 The Kingdom of Infinite Space: A Portrait of Your Head
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World]]> 13497505 New York Times Bestseller!

As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren't good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the Dean's office for seven days until they finally let him enroll.

Bob Goff has become something of a legend, and his friends consider him the world's best-kept secret. Those same friends have long insisted he write a book. What follows are paradigm shifts, musings, and stories from one of the world's most delightfully engaging and winsome people. What fuels his impact? Love. But it's not the kind of love that stops at thoughts and feelings. Bob's love takes action. Bob believes Love Does.

When Love Does, life gets interesting. Each day turns into a hilarious, whimsical, meaningful chance that makes faith simple and real. Each chapter is a story that forms a book, a life. And this is one life you don't want to miss.

Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from Bob's life and attitude just might inspire you to be secretly incredible, too.]]> 224 Bob Goff 1400203759 Jesse 5 4.31 2012 Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
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]]> The Man in the High Castle 20351202 Alternate Cover Edition for B005MZN2B2

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war—and is now occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan.

This harrowing, Hugo Award-winning novel is the work that established Philip K. Dick as an innovator in science fiction while breaking the barrier between science fiction and the serious novel of ideas. In it Dick offers a haunting vision of history as a nightmare from which it may just be possible to wake.]]> 278 Philip K. Dick Jesse 3 3.48 1962 The Man in the High Castle
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]]> <![CDATA[Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey]]> 15033297 Beloved and bestselling author Bob Goff provides you with a year's worth of inspiring, unexpected, thought-provoking teaching that will prepare you for the day ahead.

Bob Goff’s first two books, Love DoesÌęand Everybody, Always, spent dozens of weeks each as New York Times bestsellers with their unique combination of entertaining, witty storytelling, and challenging, surprising perspectives. Now Bob is back with a year-long devotional made up of his distinctive, entertaining, deceptively profound reflections on what it means to live every day in light of the grace of God.

Built on Bob's trademark storytelling and unique way of helping us to see things in a new way, Live in Grace, Walk in Love takes us through an entire calendar year of meditations on how we can step out in love and confidence in every aspect of our lives. More than a tweet, less than a blog post, these devotional readings--accompanied by Scripture--will inspire and galvanize you live a more liberated, love- and life-giving existence than you ever thought possible.]]> 432 Bob Goff 1400203775 Jesse 0 to-read 4.36 Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey
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]]> <![CDATA[An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis]]> 26100775 288 Philip H. Pollock III 1452242178 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.00 2002 An SPSS Companion to Political Analysis
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]]> Machines Like Me 42260978
Set in 1980s London, the story revolves around Charlie: young and reckless, and in love with his upstairs neighbour, the enchanting Miranda whose hidden, murky past hangs between them. He has spent his inheritance on the acquisition of one of twenty-four highly developed robotic humans--named Adam or Eve--developed by Alan Turing after his success on the Enigma codebreaking machine, central to the Allies WWII victory. As London is consumed by the huge protests over England and Argentina's Falklands War and Margaret Thatcher's jingoistic ambitions, Charlie courts Miranda, and his Adam finds himself central to their affair.
Great novelist that he is, McEwan pulls us into the question of what it means to love, what it means to be human in our fast-changing times, and how precarious a construct is the world we live in and think we know.]]> 337 Ian McEwan Jesse 0 to-read 3.41 2019 Machines Like Me
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]]> Principal (Final State #2) 38334851
Journalist Len Savitz has become a controversial figure. Some revere him as a figurehead for a new way of thinking, others see him as a traitor who ushered in an era of anarchy. From an isolated island fortress, Len now protects his family and his followers from violent unrest, not to mention another threat that he believes hasn’t gone away—the Dranthyx.

The sequel to Gaughen’s acclaimed debut, Interest, takes place thirty-five years later. Principal is both horrifying and inspiring, a vivid premonition of a future that is closer than we think.]]> 465 Kevin Gaughen 0986380539 Jesse 0 4.05 2018 Principal (Final State #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Modern Technology and the Human Future: A Christian Appraisal]]> 42977486 Technology is not neutral. From the plow to the printing press, technology has always shaped human life and informed our understanding of what it means to be human. And advances in modern technology, from computers to smartphones, have yielded tremendous benefits. But do these developments actually encourage human flourishing? Craig Gay raises concerns about the theological implications of modern technologies and of philosophical movements such as transhumanism. In response, he turns to a classical affirmation of the Christian Jesus Christ, the eternal Word of God, took on human flesh. By exploring the doctrine of the incarnation and what it means for our embodiment, Gay offers a course correction to the path of modern technology without asking us to unplug completely. Gay demonstrates that the doctrine of the incarnation is not neutral either. It presents us an alternative vision for the future of humanity.]]> 245 Craig M. Gay 0830873848 Jesse 5 techno-theology, ebooks 4.50 Modern Technology and the Human Future: A Christian Appraisal
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]]> <![CDATA[Six Months to Live . . .: Three Guys on the Ultimate Quest for a Miracle]]> 18722319 192 Arthur P. Boyle 0824520203 Jesse 0 to-read 4.38 2014 Six Months to Live . . .: Three Guys on the Ultimate Quest for a Miracle
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]]> <![CDATA[Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1)]]> 2113260
Eddie Russett is an above-average Red who dreams of moving up the ladder. Until he is sent to the Outer Fringes where he meets Jane - a lowly Grey with an uncontrollable temper and a desire to see him killed.

For Eddie, it's love at first sight. But his infatuation will lead him to discover that all is not as it seems in a world where everything that looks black and white is really shades of grey...]]> 400 Jasper Fforde 0670019631 Jesse 5 favorites 4.15 2009 Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1)
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My favorite book I've read thus far in my life. The level of intricacy and attention to detail that Jasper Fforde employs blows me away every time I read it. The concept of creating a society based off of the colors people can perceive is such a clever and unique idea. I cannot wait for the sequels.
]]> <![CDATA[Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke Vol. 1]]> 6496673 416 J.C. Ryle 0851514979 Jesse 4 4.45 1858 Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke Vol. 1
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]]> <![CDATA[Expository Thoughts On The Gospels: Luke, Volume 2]]> 8298579 560 J.C. Ryle 0851514987 Jesse 4 4.33 1858 Expository Thoughts On The Gospels: Luke, Volume 2
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]]> <![CDATA[A Visual Theology Guide to the Bible: Seeing and Knowing God's Word]]> 40589871 208 Tim Challies 0310577969 Jesse 4 4.57 A Visual Theology Guide to the Bible: Seeing and Knowing God's Word
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]]> <![CDATA[Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones]]> 40121378 Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving—every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.

Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.

Learn how to:
-ÌęMake time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);
-ÌęOvercome a lack of motivation and willpower;
- Design your environment to make success easier;
- Get back on track when you fall off course;
...and much more.

Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.]]> 319 James Clear Jesse 0 to-read 4.33 2018 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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]]> <![CDATA[Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future]]> 40180047 Washington Post as “the most interesting mayor you’ve never heard of,â€� Pete Buttigieg, the thirty-seven-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has now emerged as one of the nation’s most visionary politicians. With soaring prose that celebrates a resurgent American Midwest, Shortest Way Home narrates the heroic transformation of a “dying cityâ€� (Newsweek) into nothing less than a shining model of urban reinvention.

Interweaving two narratives—that of a young man coming of age and a town regaining its economic vitality—Buttigieg recounts growing up in a Rust Belt city, amid decayed factory buildings and the steady soundtrack of rumbling freight trains passing through on their long journey to Chicagoland. Inspired by John F. Kennedy’s legacy, Buttigieg first left northern Indiana for red-bricked Harvard and then studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, before joining McKinsey, where he trained as a consultant—becoming, of all things, an expert in grocery pricing. Then, Buttigieg defied the expectations that came with his pedigree, choosing to return home to Indiana and responding to the ultimate challenge of how to revive a once-great industrial city and help steer its future in the twenty-first century.

Elected at twenty-nine as the nation’s youngest mayor, Pete Buttigieg immediately recognized that “great cities, and even great nations, are built through attention to the everyday.â€� As Shortest Way Home recalls, the challenges were daunting—whether confronting gun violence, renaming a street in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., or attracting tech companies to a city that had appealed more to junk bond scavengers than serious investors. None of this is underscored more than Buttigieg’s audacious campaign to reclaim 1,000 houses, many of them abandoned, in 1,000 days and then, even as a sitting mayor, deploying to serve in Afghanistan as a Navy officer. Yet the most personal challenge still awaited Buttigieg, who came out in a South Bend Tribune editorial, just before being reelected with 78 percent of the vote, and then finding Chasten Glezman, a middle-school teacher, who would become his partner for life.

While Washington reels with scandal, Shortest Way Home, with its graceful, often humorous, language, challenges our perception of the typical American politician. In chronicling two once-unthinkable stories—that of an Afghanistan veteran who came out and found love and acceptance, all while in office, and that of a revitalized Rust Belt city no longer regarded as “flyover country”—Buttigieg provides a new vision for America’s shortest way home.]]> 352 Pete Buttigieg 1631494368 Jesse 0 to-read 4.19 2019 Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
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]]> <![CDATA[Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: The Book of Mark]]> 15836464 315 J.C. Ryle Jesse 5 ebooks 4.20 1857 Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: The Book of Mark
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]]> <![CDATA[I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships]]> 35522033 149 Michael S. Sorensen Jesse 5 4.17 2017 I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships
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]]> <![CDATA[This world is not my home: Living on earth as a citizen of heaven]]> 2698922 138 John Guest 0884192202 Jesse 0 to-read 0.0 1988 This world is not my home: Living on earth as a citizen of heaven
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]]> <![CDATA[Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew]]> 12446632 391 J.C. Ryle Jesse 5 4.50 1856 Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew
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]]> <![CDATA[The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (without Cross-References)]]> 19433877 The English Standard Version (ESV) Bible is an essentially literal Bible translation that combines word-for-word precision and accuracy with literary excellence, beauty, and depth of meaning.

]]> 1954 Anonymous 1433538504 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.68 The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (without Cross-References)
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]]> <![CDATA[Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts]]> 9530608 Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelling look into how the brain is wired for self-justification.

Why is it so hard to say “I made a mistake”—and really believe it?

When we make mistakes, cling to outdated attitudes, or mistreat other people, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so, unconsciously, we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right—a belief that often keeps us on a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong. Backed by years of research, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-justification—how it works, the damage it can cause, and how we can overcome it.

This updated edition concludes with an extended discussion of how we can live with dissonance; learn from it; and perhaps, eventually, forgive ourselves.]]> 309 Carol Tavris Jesse 5 ebooks 4.23 2007 Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
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]]> <![CDATA[Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum]]> 20057988 For Freshman Orientation or Critical Thinking courses as well as a supplementary text for use in any subject-matter at any educational level.ÌęThis concise,Ìęeffective guide is designed to help students learn to think critically in any subject-matter.

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Learning to Think Things Through presents aÌęcombination of instruction and exercises that shows the reader how to become active learners rather than passive recipients of information, use critical thinking to more fullyÌęappreciate the power of the discipline they are studying, to see its connections to other fields and to their day-to-day lives, and to maintain an overview of the field so they can see the parts in terms of the whole. The model of critical thinking (used throughout the book) is in terms of the elements of reasoning, standards, and critical thinking processes. This model isÌęwell-suitedÌęto thinking through any problem or question. The 4th editionÌęreflects streamlined writing,Ìęwith changes and substantial edits on virtually every page.

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]]> 256 Gerald M. Nosich 0132731711 Jesse 5 ebooks 4.00 2000 Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
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]]> <![CDATA[Coffee House Chronicles Set (The Coffee House Chronicles Book 1)]]> 19457701 With over 40 million books sold, bestselling author Josh McDowell is no stranger to creatively presenting biblical truth. Now, partnering with fellow apologist Dave Sterrett, Josh introduces a new series targeted at the intersection of story and truth."The Coffee House Chronicles" are short, easily devoured novellas aimed at answering prevalent spiritual questions. Each book in the series tackles a long-contested question of the faith, and then answer these questions with truth through relationships and dialogue in each story.

In "Is the Bible True, Really?: A Dialogue on Skepticism, Evidence, and Truth," we meet Nick, a college freshman at a state school in Texas. Nick has his spiritual world turned upside-down with what he hears in an introduction to religion class. His questions turn into conversations as he dialogues with professors, friends, and family about the authenticity and authority of the Bible.
In "Who is Jesus, Really?: A Dialogue on God, Man, and Grace," the group of students now meeting at the coffee house at a college town in Texas come face-to-face with the implications of the person and works of Jesus Christ. Their questions and conversations lead them to creatively respond to a well-known Atheist about Jesus' claims and actions.


In "Did the Resurrection Happen, Really?: A Dialogue on Life, Death, and Hope," the college campus is rocked by a shooting spree that leaves nine students dead. Their up-close experience with mortality allies the coffee house discussion group together to really wrestle with the spiritual and eternal ramifications of whether or not Jesus rose from the dead.]]> 448 Josh McDowell 0802478441 Jesse 4 ebooks 3.96 2011 Coffee House Chronicles Set (The Coffee House Chronicles Book 1)
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]]> The City of God 26108622 The City of God. As medieval Europe was the cradle of modern Western society, this work is vital for understanding our world & how it came into being.
Augustine may be the most influential Christian thinker after Paul. This is his masterpiece, a vast synthesis of religious & secular knowledge. It began as a reply to the charge that Christian other-worldliness was causing the decline of the Roman Empire. Augustine produced a wealth of evidence to prove that paganism bore within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Then he proceeded to his larger theme, a cosmic interpretation of history in terms of the struggle between good & evil: the City of God in conflict with the Earthly City or the City of the Devil. This, the first serious attempt at a philosophy of history, was to have incalculable influence in forming the Western mind.
The City of God contained 22 books, filling 3 regular-sized volumes.
Augustine censures the pagans, who attributed the calamities of the world & especially the sack of Rome by the Goths to the Christian religion & its prohibition of the worship of the gods
Review of the calamities suffered by the Romans before the time of Christ, showing that their gods had plunged them into corruption & vice
External calamities of Rome
That empire was given to Rome not by the gods, but by the one true god
Of fate, freewill, God's prescience & of the source of the virtues of the ancient Romans
Of Varro's 3fold division of theology, & of the inability of the gods to contribute anything to the happiness of the future life
Of the "select gods" of the civil theology, & that eternal life is not obtained by worshipping them
Some account of the Socratic & Platonic philosophy & a refutation of the doctrine of Apuleius that the demons should be worshipped as mediators between gods & men
Of those who allege a distinction among demons, some being good & others evil
Porphyry's doctrine of redemption
Augustine passes to the 2nd part of the work, in which the origin, progress & destinies of the earthly & heavenly cities are discussed
Speculations regarding the creation of the world
Of the creation of angels & men, & of the origin of evil
That death is penal & had its origin in Adam's sin
Of the punishment & results of man's first sin, & of the propagation of man w/out lust
Progress of the earthly & heavenly cities traced by the sacred history
History of the city of God from Noah to the time of the kings of Israel
History of the city of God from the times of the prophets to Christ
Parallel history of the earthly & heavenly cities from the time of Abraham to the end of the world
Review of the philosophical opinions regarding the supreme good, & a comparison of these opinions with the Christian belief regarding happiness
Of the last judgment, & the declarations regarding it in the Old & New Testaments
Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell & of the various objections urged against it
Of eternal happiness of the saints, the resurrection of the body & the miracles of the early church]]> 742 Augustine of Hippo 1681950537 Jesse 5 4.25 426 The City of God
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]]> <![CDATA[Summa Theologica (Complete & Unabridged)]]> 9132530
This is an electronic edition of the complete book and includes an author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter.]]> 4720 Thomas Aquinas Jesse 5 ebooks 4.32 1274 Summa Theologica (Complete & Unabridged)
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]]> <![CDATA[Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations]]> 25838660 “A classic in the fieldâ€� (New York Times), this is a penetrating investigation into moral and ethical questions raised by war, drawing on examples from antiquity to the present.Just and Unjust WarsÌęhas forever changed how we think about the ethics of conflict. In this modern classic, political philosopher Michael Walzer examines the moral issues that arise before, during, and after the wars we fight. Reaching from the Athenian attack on Melos, to the Mai Lai massacre, to the war in Afghanistan and beyond, Walzer mines historical and contemporary accounts and the testimony of participants, decision makers, and victims to explain when war is justified and what ethical limitations apply to those who wage it.Ìę]]> 418 Michael Walzer Jesse 0 techno-theology, ebooks 4.25 1977 Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations
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]]> <![CDATA[War, Peace, and Christianity: Questions and Answers from a Just-War Perspective]]> 19071117
Ranging from the theoretical to the practical, the volume looks at how the just-war perspective relates to the philosopher, historian, statesman, theologian, combatant, and individual—with particular emphases on its historical development and application to contemporary geopolitical challenges. Forgoing ideological extremes, Charles and Demy give much attention to the biblical teaching on the subject as they provide moral guidance.

A valuable resource for considering the ethical issues relating to war, Christians will find this book's user-friendly format a helpful starting point for discussion.]]> 535 J. Daryl Charles 1433513854 Jesse 0 ebooks 3.67 2010 War, Peace, and Christianity: Questions and Answers from a Just-War Perspective
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]]> On War 17401398 656 Carl von Clausewitz Jesse 0 ebooks 4.03 1832 On War
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]]> The Rights of War and Peace 20507035

Book I.
Chapter I. On War and Right.
Chapter II.: Inquiry Into the Lawfulness of War.
Chapter III.: The Division of War Into Public and Private and the Nature of Sovereign Power.

Book II.
Chapter I. Defense of Person and Property
Chapter II.: The General Rights of Things.
Chapter III.: On the Original Acquisition of Things, and the Right of Property In Seas and Rivers.
Chapter IV.: Title to Desert Lands By Occupancy, Possession, and Precription.
[Chapter V. � VIII. Omitted in Original Book]
Chapter IX.: In What Cases Jurisdiction and Property Cease.
Chapter X.: The Obligation Arising From Property.
Chapter XI.: On Promises.
Chapter XII.: On Contracts.
Chapter XIII.: On Oaths.
[Chapter XIV. Omitted in Original Book]
Chapter XV.: On Treaties and On Engagements Made By Delegates, Exceeding Their Power.
Chapter XVI.: The Interpretation of Treaties.
Chapter XVII.: On Damages Occasioned By Injury and the Obligation to Repair Them.
Chapter XVIII.: On the Right of Embassies.
Chapter XIX.: On the Right of Burial.
Chapter XX.: On Punishments.
Chapter XXI.: On the Communication of Punishment.
Chapter XXII.: On the Unjust Causes of War.
Chapter XXIII.: On Doubtful Causes.
Chapter XXIV.: Precautions Against Rashly Engaging In War, Even Upon Just Grounds.
Chapter XXV.: The Causes of Undertaking War For Others.

Book III.
Chapter I.: What Is Lawful In War.
Chapter II.: In What Manner the Law of Nations Renders the Property of Subjects Answerable For the Debts of Sovereigns. the Nature of Reprisals.
Chapter IV.: On the Right of Killing an Enemy In Lawful War, and Committing Other Acts of Hostility.
Chapter V.: On the Right to Lay Waste an Enemy’s Country, and Carry Off His Effects.
Chapter VI.: On the Acquisition of Territory and Property By Right of Conquest.
Chapter VII.: On the Right Over Prisoners of War.
Chapter VIII.: On Empire Over the Conquered.
Chapter IX.: Of the Right of Postliminium.
[Chapter X. Omitted in Original Book]
Chapter XI.: the Right of Killing Enemies, In Just War, to Be Tempered With Moderation and Humanity.
Chapter XII.: On Moderation In Despoiling an Enemy’s Country.
Chapter XIII.: On Moderation In Making Captures In War.
[Chapter XIV. Omitted in Original Book]
Chapter XV.: On Moderation In Acquiring Dominion.
Chapter XVI.: On Moderation With Respect to Things Excluded From the Right of Postliminium By the Law of Nations.
Chapter XVII.: Respecting Those Who Are Neutral In War.
Chapter XVIII.: Of Neuters In War
Chapter XIX.: On Good Faith Between Enemies.
Chapter XX.: On the Public Faith, By Which War Is Concluded; Comprising Treaties of Peace, and the Nature of Arbitration, Surrender Hostages, Pledges.
Chapter XXI.: On Faith During the Continuance of War, On Truces, Safe-conducts, and the Redemption of Prisoners.
Chapter XXII.: On the Faith On Those Invested With Subordinate Powers In War.
[Chapter XXIII. Omitted in Original Book]
Chapter XXIV.: On Tacit Faith.
Chapter XXV.: Conclusion.]]> 1183 Hugo Grotius Jesse 0 ebooks 4.00 1625 The Rights of War and Peace
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]]> <![CDATA[The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water]]> 10503170
The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Rather than only three states of water—liquid, ice, and vapor—there is a fourth, “molecular water,â€� fused into rock 400 miles deep in the Earth, and that’s where most of the planet’s water is found. Unlike most precious resources, water cannot be used up; it can always be made clean enough again to drink—indeed, water can be made so clean that it’s toxic. Water is the most vital substance in our lives but also more amazing and mysterious than we appreciate. As Charles Fishman brings vibrantly to life in this surprising and mind-changing narrative, water runs our world in a host of awe-inspiring ways, yet we take it completely for granted. But the era of easy water is over.

Bringing readers on a lively and fascinating journey—from the wet moons of Saturn to the water-obsessed hotels of Las Vegas, where dolphins swim in the desert, and from a rice farm in the parched Australian outback to a high-tech IBM plant that makes an exotic breed of pure water found nowhere in nature—Fishman vividly shows that we’ve already left behind a century-long golden age when water was thoughtlessly abundant, free, and safe and entered a new era of high-stakes water. In 2008, Atlanta came within ninety days of running entirely out of clean water. California is in a desperate battle to hold off a water catastrophe. And in the last five years Australia nearly ran out of water—and had to scramble to reinvent the country’s entire water system. But as dramatic as the challenges are, the deeper truth Fishman reveals is that there is no good reason for us to be overtaken by a global water crisis. We have more than enough water. We just don’t think about it, or use it, smartly.

The Big Thirst brilliantly explores our strange and complex relationship to water. We delight in watching waves roll in from the ocean; we take great comfort from sliding into a hot bath; and we will pay a thousand times the price of tap water to drink our preferred brand of the bottled version. We love water—but at the moment, we don’t appreciate it or respect it. Just as we’ve begun to reimagine our relationship to food, a change that is driving the growth of the organic and local food movements, we must also rethink how we approach and use water. The good news is that we can. As Fishman shows, a host of advances are under way, from the simplicity of harvesting rainwater to the brilliant innovations devised by companies such as IBM, GE, and Royal Caribbean that are making impressive breakthroughs in water productivity. Knowing what to do is not the problem. Ultimately, the hardest part is changing our water consciousness.

As Charles Fishman writes, “Many civilizations have been crippled or destroyed by an inability to understand water or manage it. We have a huge advantage over the generations of people who have come before us, because we can understand water and we can use it smartly.â€� The Big Thirst will forever change the way we think about water, about our essential relationship to it, and about the creativity we can bring to ensuring that we’ll always have plenty of it.]]> 418 Charles Fishman 1439124930 Jesse 3 ebooks 3.93 2010 The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water
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]]> <![CDATA[God and the Gay Christian?: A Response to Matthew Vines (Conversant Book 1)]]> 22175956
Each chapter refutes Vines’s claims from six specific Scriptural references to homosexuality. Mohler’s chapter provides an overview critique of Vines’s book. James M. Hamilton Jr., professor of biblical theology, addresses the Old Testament claims; Denny Burk, professor of biblical studies, addresses New Testament claims; Owen Strachan, assistant professor of Christian theology looks at the church history assertions; and Heath Lambert, assistant professor of biblical counseling, answers whether there is such a thing as a “gay Christian.”]]> 62 R. Albert Mohler Jr. 0990349500 Jesse 3 ebooks 4.04 2014 God and the Gay Christian?: A Response to Matthew Vines (Conversant Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Problems of Religious Diversity]]> 1656509 Analyzes the philosophical questions raised by the fact that many religions in the world often appear to contradict each other in doctrine and practice.
Evaluates the fundamental philosophical underpinnings of the debates between religious and non-religious approaches to religious diversity.
Contains a glossary that defines the book's key technical terms and how they are related to one another.]]> Paul J. Griffiths 0631211500 Jesse 0 ebooks 3.50 2001 Problems of Religious Diversity
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]]> <![CDATA[The Polar Express: A Caldecott Award Winner]]> 20183261 “Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see.â€�

Late one Christmas Eve after the town has gone to sleep, the boy boards the mysterious train that waits for him: the Polar Express bound for the North Pole. When he arrives, Santa offers the boy any gift he desires. The boy modestly asks for one bell from the harness of the reindeer. The gift is granted. On the way home the bell is lost. On Christmas morning, the boy finds the bell under the tree. The mother of the boy admires the bell, but laments that it is broken—for you see, only believers can hear the sound of the bell.

In strange and moving shades of full color art, Chris Van Allsburg creates an otherwordly classic of the Christmas season. 'The Polar Express' evokes the same sense of mystery as his previous imaginative books 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi' (1979), 'Jumanji' (1981), and 'The Wreck of the Zephyr' (1983).

Awarded the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1986,ÌęThe Polar Express has soldÌęmore than 7 million copies, become a classic holiday movie, andÌębeen translatedÌęinto stage productions that take place across the United States during the holiday season.]]> 32 Chris Van Allsburg Jesse 5 ebooks 4.43 1985 The Polar Express: A Caldecott Award Winner
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Harry Potter, #8)]]> 29058155
It was always difficult being Harry Potter, and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and a father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son, Albus, must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is the complete and official playscript of the original, award-winning West End production. This updated edition includes the final dialogue and stage directions, a conversation piece between director John Tiffany and playwright Jack Thorne, the Potter family tree, and a timeline of events in the wizarding world leading up to "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."]]> 320 John Tiffany Jesse 2 ebooks 3.90 2016 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Harry Potter, #8)
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]]> Quidditch Through the Ages 30141946 "At Queerditch Marsh, however, a game had been created that would one day become the most popular in the wizarding world."

As every fan of the Harry Potter stories knows, the shelves of the Hogwarts Library are home to all sorts of fascinating books. There are three in particular you might have heard mentioned by certain Hogwarts students, and that you can add to your reading list too, including Quidditch Through the Ages.

Maybe you dream of catching the elusive Golden Snitch to the sound of deafening cheers all around you, as a certain Harry Potter once did. Or perhaps, like Hermione Granger, your thirst for knowledge is somehow just never quite satisfied. Whether you're a seasoned fan or a complete newcomer to the sport, you'll be in good company when you pick up this particular Hogwarts Library book.

From its origins on Queerditch Marsh in the eleventh century to the sophisticated sport played today, discover how 'Quidditch unites witches and wizards from all walks of life, bringing us together to share moments of exhilaration, triumph and (for those who support the Chudley Cannons) despair', according to Professor Albus Dumbledore's foreword.

Do you know why refereeing a Quidditch match was once a task for only the bravest witches and wizards, or how to tell a Transylvanian Tackle from a Woollongong Shimmy? In this enlightening and highly popular Hogwarts library book, Kennilworthy Whisp reveals the daring highs and dangerous lows of the glorious game of Quidditch.

Fans of Quidditch Through the Ages are sure to enjoy the other Hogwarts Library books: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.]]> 63 Kennilworthy Whisp Jesse 4 ebooks 4.14 2001 Quidditch Through the Ages
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]]> <![CDATA[How You'll Do Everything Based On Your Personality Type]]> 28175117 229 Heidi Priebe Jesse 3 ebooks 3.69 2015 How You'll Do Everything Based On Your Personality Type
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]]> <![CDATA[The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery]]> 30753888 Join over 1 million other readers worldwide on a journey of spiritual growth and self-awareness.

What you don't know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships—and even keep you in the shallows with God. Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you're stuck in the same ruts?

The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing system with an uncanny accuracy in describing how human beings are wired, both positively and negatively. In The Road Back to You Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile forge a unique approach—a practical, comprehensive way of accessing Enneagram wisdom and exploring its connections with Christian spirituality for a deeper knowledge of ourselves, compassion for others, and love for God.

Witty and filled with stories, this book allows you to peek inside each of the nine Enneagram types, keeping you turning the pages long after you have read the chapter about your own number. Not only will you learn more about yourself, but you will also start to see the world through other people's eyes, understanding how and why people think, feel, and act the way they do.

To guide your first steps into your self-awareness journey, The Road Back to You

Introductions to each Enneagram typeQuestions to help you identify your numberChanges you can make today to pursue deeper self-awarenessDigestible windows into the other types, helping you see others with more compassion and empathyThe wisdom of the Enneagram can help take you further along into who you really are—leading you into places of spiritual discovery you would never have found on your own, and paving the way to the wiser, more compassionate person you want to become.]]> 229 Ian Morgan Cron Jesse 2 ebooks 4.28 2016 The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
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]]> <![CDATA[Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry: A Personal and Practical Guide to Starting Right]]> 8251546 Doug translated his passion, insight, and vision for his beloved 'rookies' into what you're now reading, Your Fist Two Years in Youth Ministry---hands-down the most comprehensive companion to not only surviving, but also thriving, during the most crucial phase of youth ministry.
Employing his renowned wisdom and humor---as if you and Doug were chatting over a long, relaxing meal---the author disarmingly relates stories and principles from his own successes and failures over 20-plus years in youth ministry. In the end, he offers treasure troves of practical advice, all in the hope that new youth workers can travel a smoother path and achieve real longevity in a church culture that all too often chews them and spits them out.
Doug covers all-important issues such as:
- Dealing with discouragement
- Establishing a solid spiritual foundation
- Building effective relationships with students
- Resolving conflict
- Ministering to parents and families
- Trailblazing change
- Working with volunteers
- Defining a realistic job description
- And many others!
In addition, a chorus of insightful sidebar voices joins your conversation with Doug, among them ministry veterans Jim Burns, Steve Gerali, Mike Yaconelli, Helen Musick, Chap Clark, Marv Penner, Rick Warren, Jana L. Sundene, Bo Boshers, Duffy Robbins, Tony Campolo, and Richard Ross, all who've composed extensive, topical essays for each of the dozen chapters.
Your First Two Years of Youth Ministry is a must-have tool for new youth workers, volunteers, seminary professors and students, senior pastors, elders, church boards---even veteran youth workers who've been ministering in unstructured environments and are now asking, 'What did I miss? What can I still learn?'
The first two years of youth ministry are never easy. But never fear. Doug fervently assures us: 'Hang on. Hope's coming!']]> 306 Doug Fields Jesse 5 ebooks 4.42 2002 Your First Two Years in Youth Ministry: A Personal and Practical Guide to Starting Right
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]]> <![CDATA[Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think]]> 36185940 Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts.

When asked simple questions about global trendsâ€�what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school—we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers.

In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective—from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse).

Our problem is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases.

It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn’t mean there aren’t real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most.

Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future. ]]> 341 Hans Rosling 125012381X Jesse 5 ebooks 4.48 2018 Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
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]]> <![CDATA[The Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength]]> 20837001
The Space Trilogy, Omnibus Edition includes:

Out of the Silent Planet
Dr. Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the planet's treasures and offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures who live there.

Perelandra
Having escaped from Mars, Dr. Ransom is called to the paradise planet of Perelandra, or Venus. When his old enemy also arrives and is taken over by the forces of evil, Ransom finds himself in a desperate struggle to save the innocence of this Eden-like world.

That Hideous Strength
Investigating the truth about her prophetic dreams, Jane Studdock encounters the fabled Dr. Ransom, who is in great pain after his travels. A sinister society run by his old adversaries intends to harness the ancient powers of a resurrected Merlin in their ambition to subjugate the people of Earth.]]> 944 C.S. Lewis Jesse 5 favorites, ebooks 4.41 1938 The Space Trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength
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]]> <![CDATA[Origen Against Celsus (Lighthouse Earl Church Fathers)]]> 34079519
His great apologetical work was the treatise undertaken at the special request of his friend Ambrosius, in answer to the attack of the heathen philosopher Celsus on the Christian religion, in a work which he entitled A True Discourse. Origen states that he had heard that there were two individuals of this name, both of them Epicureans, the earlier of the two having lived in the time of Nero, and the other in the time of Adrian, or later. Redepenning is of opinion that Celsus must have composed his work in the time of Marcus Aurelius (161�180 a.d.), on account of his supposed mention of the Marcionites (whose leader did not make his appearance at Rome before 142 a.d.), and of the Marcellians (followers of the Carpocratian Marcellina), a sect which was founded after the year 155 a.d. under Bishop Anicetus. Origen believed his opponent to be an Epicurean, but to have adopted other doctrines than those of Epicurus, because he thought that by so doing he could assail Christianity to greater advantage. The work which Origen composed in answer to the so-styled True Discourse consists of eight books, and belongs to the latest years of his life. It has always been regarded as the great apologetic work of antiquity; and no one can peruse it without being struck by the multifarious reading, wonderful acuteness, and rare subtlety of mind which it displays. But the rule which Origen prescribed to himself, of not allowing a single objection of his opponent to remain unanswered, leads him into a minuteness of detail, and into numerous repetitions, which fatigue the reader, and detract from the interest and unity of the work. He himself confesses that he began it on one plan, and carried it out on another. No doubt, had he lived to re-write and condense it, it would have been more worthy of his reputation. But with all its defects, it is a great work, and well deserves the notice of the students of Apologetics. The table of contents subjoined to the translation will convey a better idea of its nature than any description which our limits would permit us to give.]]> 715 Origen Jesse 0 currently-reading, ebooks 4.00 248 Origen Against Celsus (Lighthouse Earl Church Fathers)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers]]> 36146011 The latest groundbreaking book from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek.
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“For the last two years, I’ve interviewed nearly two hundred world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it’s the first time they’ve agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview, and the show is on the cusp ofÌępassing 100 million downloads.
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“This book contains the distilled tools, tactics, and ‘inside baseballâ€� you won’t find anywhere else. It also includes new tips from past guests, and life lessons from new ‘guestsâ€� you haven’t met.
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“What makes the show different is a relentless focus on actionable details. This is reflected in the questions. For example: What do these people do in the first sixty minutes of each morning? What do their workout routines look like, and why? What books have they gifted most to other people? What are the biggest wastes of time for novices in their field? What supplements do they take on a daily basis?
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“I don’t view myself as an interviewer. I view myself as an experimenter. If I can’t test something and replicate results in the messy reality of everyday life, I’m not interested.
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“Everything within these pages has been vetted, explored, and applied to my own life in some fashion. I’ve used dozens of the tactics and philosophies in high-stakes negotiations, high-risk environments, or large business dealings. The lessons have made me millions of dollars and saved me years of wasted effort and frustration.
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“I created this book, my ultimate notebook of high-leverage tools, for myself. It’s changed my life, and I hope the same for you.â€�]]> 707 Timothy Ferriss Jesse 0 currently-reading, ebooks 4.14 2016 Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
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]]> <![CDATA[Renewing the Christian Mind: Essays, Interviews, and Talks]]> 27213103
In his groundbreaking books The Divine Conspiracy, The Great Omission, Knowing Christ Today, Hearing God, The Spirit of the Disciplines, The Divine Conspiracy Continued, and The Allure of Gentleness, teacher, philosopher, and spiritual guide Dallas Willard forever changed the way many Christians experience their faith. Three years after his death, the influence of this provocative Christian thinker—“a man devoted to reestablishing the exalted place moral reasoning once held in the academyâ€� (Christianity Today) remains strong.

Compiled, edited, and introduced by his friend and fellow theologian, Gary Black, Jr., Renewing the Christian Mind is a collection of essays, interviews, and articles that brilliantly encapsulate Willard’s spiritual philosophy and his contributions to theology.

Renewing the Christian Mind offers insight into spiritual formation, avocation, and theology, and includes sections directed at specific audiences, from church leaders to laypeople looking for spiritual counsel and nurture. Reasoned, honest, thought- provoking, and illuminating, this important anthology is an invaluable introduction and companion to Dallas Willard’s acclaimed body of work.]]> 544 Dallas Willard 0062296132 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.42 2016 Renewing the Christian Mind: Essays, Interviews, and Talks
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]]> <![CDATA[Essential Environment: The Science behind the Stories (4th Edition)]]> 12081336 480 Jay Withgott 0321752902 Jesse 0 ebooks 3.69 2011 Essential Environment: The Science behind the Stories (4th Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire #4)]]> 18626829 Crows will fight over a dead man's flesh, and kill each other for his eyes.

Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life.

The Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall, apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a mysterious babe in arms to the Citadel.

Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory will go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts.]]> 1106 George R.R. Martin Jesse 0 ebooks 4.38 2005 A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire #4)
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]]> Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 17406183 What if a single revelation—like a single choice—changed everything?
What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?

The explosive conclusion to Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy reveals the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.]]> 545 Veronica Roth Jesse 0 ebooks 3.84 2013 Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[21 Songs in 6 Days: Learn to Play Ukulele the Easy Way: Book + Online Video (Beginning Ukulele Songs 1)]]> 18893747 Learn How to Play the Ukulele in DAYS & Master 21 Songs!Ready to learn how to play the ukuleleâ€�today? With 21 Songs in 6 Learn Ukulele the Easy Way, you can, even if you’ve never touched an instrument before!

And that’s just the beginningâ€�

This ukulele primer is the simplest, easiest, and most efficient way for beginner musicians to learn ukulele chords and master a whole set-list worth of songs.

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Step-by-step instruction AND videos are provided free with your purchase of this music book.No matter your learning style, you can read, listen, or watch as you play along with your ukulele.Learn and master one easy essential element at a time. With this innovative way to learn ukulele you'll steadily improve without getting frustrated or developing bad habits.You’re learning from a Grammy Award nominated educator and former Harvard Master Class piano teacher.All songs are well-known, easy-to-learn folk songs so you can build your confidence and learn to play with ease.AND all songs (from Row Row Row Your Boat to Jingle Bells to The Streets of Laredo) strum patterns, chord diagrams, sheet music, and lyrics â€� everything you need to make your 1st—and 31st—song sound perfect.

So whether you read music already or are just searching for your personal Ukulele For Dummies, look no further! The 21 Songs in 6 Days ukulele songbook allows you to sing along, go back to review, and learn at your own pace with the FREE bonus online video instruction!

Make it easy to master the ukulele� grab your copy of this Amazon #1 Best Seller today.Complete

Are You Sleeping?Row, Row, Row Your BoatThree Blind MiceHave You Seen the Ghost of John?Hey, Ho, Nobody HomeAh, Poor BirdFrere JacquesChatter With the AngelsA Ram Sam SamShoo, Fly, Don’t Bother Me (in F)Hush, Little Baby (in F)Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow (in F)C, then G7 EtudeShoo, Fly, Don’t Bother Me (in C)Hush, Little Baby (in C)Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow (in C)He’s Got the Whole World in His HandsPolly Wolly DoodleJingle BellsYankee DoodleFor He’s a Jolly Good FellowOh, When the SaintsI’ve Been Working on the RailroadRed River Valley]]> 205 Rebecca Bogart 0615900127 Jesse 0 ebooks 3.61 2013 21 Songs in 6 Days: Learn to Play Ukulele the Easy Way: Book + Online Video (Beginning Ukulele Songs 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Atlantis Gene (The Origin Mystery, #1)]]> 30517378
In a lab in Jakarta, au austism researcher identifies a revolutionary treatment that could chamge everything]]> 642 A.G. Riddle Jesse 0 3.92 2013 The Atlantis Gene (The Origin Mystery, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Ukulele - The Most Requested Songs Songbook: Strum & Sing Series]]> 19489401 128 Hal Leonard Corporation Jesse 0 ebooks 3.50 2010 Ukulele - The Most Requested Songs Songbook: Strum & Sing Series
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]]> Ukulele for Dummies 19011405 Learn everything ukulele—from chord progressions to playing pop, folk, and holiday favorites—and, yes, even Hawaiian music! The ukulele is hot. The season one finale of Glee featured a ukulele. The recent hit song "Hey Soul Sister" by Train includes the dulcet tones of a uke. Not to mention the runaway success of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. For anyone wishing to master this fun, surprisingly versatile instrument, Ukulele For Dummies covers all the basics—from chords and strumming patterns to guidance on finger-picking.

The print version of the book includes a CD with audio tracks of the entire musical notation in the book—creating a total musical instruction package Offers instruction in a variety of styles—including pop, folk, holiday favorites, and Hawaiian music Features a buying guide for the novice—with tips on purchasing a ukulele plus other necessary accessories With its simple and clear instruction, and inspiration on every page, Ukulele For Dummies will have fans and first-time musicians making beautiful music—as they tiptoe through the tulips—in no time.

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CD files are available to download after purchasing the e-Book version

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]]> <![CDATA[Mastering Digital Photography: Jason Youn's Essential Guide to Understanding the Art & Science of Aperture, Shutter, Exposure, Light, & Composition]]> 18881357 144 Jason Youn Jesse 0 ebooks 3.95 2013 Mastering Digital Photography: Jason Youn's Essential Guide to Understanding the Art & Science of Aperture, Shutter, Exposure, Light, & Composition
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]]> <![CDATA[The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children]]> 12389745
The Night Before Christmas
The Night After Christmas
Santa Claus Does Not Forget
The Fairy Christmas
The Ball Game
Christmas Day
The Doll's Christmas Party
Grandma's Christmas Gifts
Mama's Happy Christmas
The Christmas Carol of the Birds
A Turkey for One
Little Christmas Carollers
What Happened Christmas Eve
Susy's Christmas Present
Santa Claus's Letter
A Ragged Christmas Feast

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.]]> 36 Clement Clarke Moore Jesse 0 ebooks 4.05 2007 The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children
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]]> <![CDATA[How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]> 18857126 "The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason."

Dr. Seuss's small-hearted Grinch ranks right up there with Scrooge when it comes to the crankiest, scowling holiday grumps of all time. For 53 years, the Grinch has lived in a cave on the side of a mountain, looming above the Whos in Whoville. The noisy holiday preparations and infernal singing of the happy little citizens below annoy him to no end. The Grinch decides this frivolous merriment must stop. His "wonderful, awful" idea is to don a Santa outfit, strap heavy antlers on his poor, quivering dog Max, construct a makeshift sleigh, head down to Whoville, and strip the chafingly cheerful Whos of their Yuletide glee once and for all.

Looking quite out of place and very disturbing in his makeshift Santa get-up, the Grinch slithers down chimneys with empty bags and stealing the Whos' presents, their food, even the logs from their humble Who-fires. He takes the ramshackle sleigh to Mt. Crumpit to dump it and waits to hear the sobs of the Whos when they wake up and discover the trappings of Christmas have disappeared. Imagine the Whos' dismay when they discover the evil-doings of Grinch in his anti-Santa guise. But what is that sound? It's not sobbing, but singing! Children simultaneously adore and fear this triumphant, twisted Seussian testimonial to the undaunted cheerfulness of the Whos, the transcendent nature of joy, and of course, the growth potential of a heart that's two sizes too small.

This holiday classic is perfect for reading aloud to your favorite little Whos.]]> 33 Dr. Seuss 0385372035 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.58 1957 How the Grinch Stole Christmas
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]]> <![CDATA[When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy]]> 21453884
John Piper aims to help us find joy in Jesus that is so deep and so strong that it frees us from bondage to comfort and security, and impels us to live merciful and missional lives. Written with the radical hope that all Christians would experience the fullness of life in Christ, this book will help you fight for joy daily by leading you to rediscover the soul-satisfying glory of God.]]> 276 John Piper 1433544288 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.35 2004 When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight For Joy
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]]> <![CDATA[On Prayer and The Contemplative Life]]> 18807708 118 Thomas Aquinas Jesse 0 ebooks 4.00 1914 On Prayer and The Contemplative Life
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]]> <![CDATA[The Thinker’s Guide to Analytic Thinking (Thinker's Guide Library)]]> 19227921 85 Linda Elder Jesse 0 ebooks 3.90 2003 The Thinker’s Guide to Analytic Thinking (Thinker's Guide Library)
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]]> <![CDATA[Crusaders and Pragmatists: Movers of Modern American Foreign Policy]]> 1419283 384 John George Stoessinger 0393955060 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.06 1979 Crusaders and Pragmatists: Movers of Modern American Foreign Policy
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]]> United States Bill of Rights 11491076
Proposed following the often bitter 1787�88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution, and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and explicit declarations that all powers not specifically granted to the U.S. Congress by the Constitution are reserved for the states or the people.

The concepts codified in these amendments are built upon those found in earlier documents, especially the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776), as well as the English Bill of Rights (1689) and the Magna Carta (1215).]]> 3 James Madison Jesse 0 ebooks 4.64 1789 United States Bill of Rights
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]]> <![CDATA[The Constitution of the United States of America, with all of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; and The Articles of Confederation, annotated (Breathitt Classics)]]> 12077942
Primary James Madison (Drafted the Virginia Plan) Proposed, Debated and Drafted at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in the Summer of 1787. The meetings of the Convention took place at Independence Hall. The Constitutional Convention began its deliberations on May 25, 1787. All of the delegates were convinced that an effective central government with a wide range of enforceable powers must replace the weaker Congress established by the Articles of Confederation.]]> 102 Founding Fathers Jesse 0 ebooks 4.74 The Constitution of the United States of America, with all of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; and The Articles of Confederation, annotated (Breathitt Classics)
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]]> The Federalist Papers 11016556

Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever written", The Federalist Papers is a collection of eighty-five essays published by Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay from 1787 to 1788, as a means to persuade the public to ratify the Constitution of the United States.


With nearly two-thirds of the essays written by Hamilton, this enduring classic is perfect for modern audiences passionate about his work or seeking a deeper understanding of one of the most important documents in US history.

]]> 564 Alexander Hamilton Jesse 0 ebooks 4.40 1788 The Federalist Papers
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]]> <![CDATA[Collected Writings on Scripture]]> 10677479
In part 1, Carson selects essays written on such themes as how to interpret the Bible, recent developments in the doctrine of Scripture, unity and diversity in the New Testament, and redaction criticism. Presenting a theologically balanced and confessional perspective, Carson defines the terms of a number of debates, critiques interpretive methods and theories, and suggests positive guidelines for future action.

Part 2 presents critical reviews of nine books dealing with the inspiration and authority of Scripture. Though substantial in content, Carson’s detailed reviews will foster careful thought and perspective in those who are relatively new to the debates surrounding biblical inspiration and authority.

This volume is a diverse collection that will prove to be a helpful resource to both seasoned pastors and scholars and those who are just starting serious study of the Bible.]]> 338 D.A. Carson 143352564X Jesse 0 ebooks 4.40 2010 Collected Writings on Scripture
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]]> <![CDATA[All Things For Good (Vintage Puritan)]]> 23300615
Includes a hyperlinked NCX and Table of Contents.]]> 77 Thomas Watson Jesse 0 ebooks 4.49 1660 All Things For Good (Vintage Puritan)
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]]> <![CDATA[20 Compelling Evidences That God Exists: Discover Why Believing in God Makes So Much Sense]]> 19035313 Is it Reasonable to Believe?

Remarkably, even though millions upon millions of us do believe in God, when we are asked why we have such faith, we become tongue-tied and struggle to give a reason for our hope. No wonder those who don't believe God exists remain unconvinced and mdash;there's too few of us ready to speak on God's behalf!

Ken Boa and Robert Bowman, have provided a resource that tackles the most profound arguments from philosophy, science, sociology, psychology, and history ... and presents twenty clear, concise, and compelling evidences that show that faith in God and mdash;and specifically Jesus Christ and mdash;is reasonable.

]]> 226 Kenneth D. Boa Jesse 0 ebooks 3.91 1902 20 Compelling Evidences That God Exists: Discover Why Believing in God Makes So Much Sense
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]]> AWOL on the Appalachian Trail 34994019 347 David "Awol" Miller 1612180205 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.36 2006 AWOL on the Appalachian Trail
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]]> <![CDATA[The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards, and other works]]> 24234931 262 Marcus Luft Jesse 0 ebooks 0.0 2014 The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards, and other works
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]]> Christmas Stories 23617378 KINDLE UNLIMITED & AMAZON PRIME can read this book for FREE!

Christmas is almost here and the excitement is all around! The twinkling Christmas lights and the aroma of freshly baked cookies fills the air. You and your child will enjoy these special Christmas stories for kids. Each story is about SANTA CLAUS and includes cute and colorful illustrations for early and beginning readers. ALSOÌęINCLUDES CHRISTMAS JOKES!

These stories are great for early & beginning readers, reading aloud at home, and bedtime stories.

2,500+ words Cute Christmas stories for kids Perfect for early and beginner readers Funny and hilarious Christmas jokes included Bright and colorful images for early and younger readers

These stories are great for quick bedtime stories and cute tales to be read aloud with friends and family!

Fun for the entire family!

Kids and children can practice their reading skills and enjoy the holiday season. These special Christmas stories are sure to get you and your family in the Christmas spirit. The hilarious Christmas jokes will have everyone laughing!

Story List:

How Santa Claus Began Santa’s New Home Santa’s Perfect Match Santa and Peppermint Puppy Around The World With Santa Claus Plus Christmas Jokes! Best-Selling Children's Book Author, Arnie Lightning

Arnie Lightning is a best-selling children's book author with a straightforward goal. He wants his work to create a positive impact in the lives of others through children's books. Learning morals, lessons, and good character can start at a young age. Arnie's books reflect this. By providing a comfortable and entertaining environment, learning can be a fun activity!

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]]> 54 Arnie Lightning Jesse 0 ebooks 4.05 2014 Christmas Stories
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]]> <![CDATA[The Big Book of Christian Apologetics: An A to Z Guide (A to Z Guides)]]> 24678311 674 Norman L. Geisler 1493401408 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.30 2012 The Big Book of Christian Apologetics: An A to Z Guide (A to Z Guides)
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]]> <![CDATA[Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics]]> 35560834 278 Reinhold Niebuhr 1787204960 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.46 1932 Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics
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]]> <![CDATA[All Things New: Heaven, Earth, and the Restoration of Everything You Love]]> 35068064
This revolutionary book about our future is based on the simple idea that, according to the Bible, heaven is not our eternal home--the New Earth is. As Jesus says in the gospel of Matthew, the next chapter of our story begins with "the renewal of all things," by which he means the earth we love in all its beauty, our own selves, and the things that make for a rich music, art, food, laughter and all that we hold dear. Everything shall be renewed "when the world is made new."

More than anything else, how you envision your future shapes your current experience. If you knew that God was going to restore your life and everything you love any day; if you believed a great and glorious goodness was coming to you--not in a vague heaven but right here on this earth--you would have a hope to see you through anything, an anchor for your soul, "an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God" (Hebrews 6:19).

Most Christians (most people for that matter) fail to look forward to their future because their view of heaven is vague, religious, and frankly boring. Hope begins when we understand that for the believerÌęnothing is lost. Heaven is not a life in the clouds; it is not endless harp-strumming or worship-singing. Rather, the life we long for, the paradise Adam and Eve knew, is precisely the life that is coming to us. And that life is coming soon.]]> 239 John Eldredge Jesse 0 ebooks 4.53 2017 All Things New: Heaven, Earth, and the Restoration of Everything You Love
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]]> <![CDATA[The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural]]> 37806947
This provocative book starts with an unlikely interview in which America's foremost skeptic builds a seemingly persuasive caseÌęagainstÌęthe miraculous. But then Strobel travels the country to quiz scholars to see whether they can offer solid answers to atheist objections. Along the way, he encounters astounding accounts of healings and other phenomena that simply cannot be explained away by naturalistic causes. The book features the results of exclusive new scientific polling that shows miracle accounts are much more common than people think.

What's more, Strobel delves into the most controversial question of what about miracles thatÌędon'tÌęhappen? If GodÌęcanÌęintervene in the world, why doesn't he do it more often to relieve suffering? Many American Christians are embarrassed by the supernatural, not wanting to look odd or extreme to their neighbors. Yet,ÌęThe Case for MiraclesÌęshows not only that the miraculous is possible, but that God still does intervene in our world in awe-inspiring ways. ±á±đ°ù±đ’s a unique book that examines all sides of this issue and comes away with a passionate defense for God's divine action in lives today.

Also ÌęThe Case for MiraclesÌęSpanish edition, kids' edition, and student edition.]]> 316 Lee Strobel 0310343348 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.56 The Case for Miracles: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Supernatural
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]]> <![CDATA[Mark Twain: The Complete Novels]]> 31136661 1456 Mark Twain 6050481830 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.35 1960 Mark Twain: The Complete Novels
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]]> <![CDATA[The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction]]> 41252565 Habits form us more than we form them.

The modern world is a machine of a thousand invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy, and depressed people. We yearn for the freedom and peace of the gospel, but remain addicted to our technology, shackled by our screens, and exhausted by our routines. But because our habits are the water we swim in, they are almost invisible to us. What can we do about it?

The answer to our contemporary chaos is to practice a rule of life that aligns our habits to our beliefs. The Common Rule offers four daily and four weekly habits, designed to help us create new routines and transform frazzled days into lives of love for God and neighbor. Justin Earley provides concrete, doable practices, such as a daily hour of phoneless presence or a weekly conversation with a friend.

These habits are “commonâ€� not only because they are ordinary, but also because they can be practiced in community. They have been lived out by people across all walks of life—businesspeople, professionals, parents, students, retirees—who have discovered new hope and purpose. As you embark on these life-giving practices, you will find the freedom and rest for your soul that comes from aligning belief in Jesus with the practices of Jesus.]]> 204 Justin Whitmel Earley 0830845607 Jesse 0 ebooks 4.31 2019 The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
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]]> <![CDATA[Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age]]> 35288302
In a society where everyone is supposedly more connected, why do people feel so lonely? Even as marriage rates decline, recent studies find the overwhelming majority of single adults still hope to get married. But how can we navigate life and love in this disconnected culture? Has social media eroded the institutions that brought us together—and the deeper emotional intimacy they provided?

Pastor and bestselling author Ben Stuart will help you navigate through the four stages of a relational life and show you how to look at the truths and intentions God has established for each.

As you embark on this journey, you will discover how

Use singleness to make an impact for the kingdom of GodPursue dating with clarity and purityUse the season of engagement wisely to prepare for marriageMaximize your life as a married couple for shared ministryContinually seek God and His will throughout each stageDiscover how to embrace God's design, invest your life in what matters most, and find meaning in whatever season of life you're in.]]> 268 Ben Stuart Jesse 0 ebooks 4.48 2017 Single, Dating, Engaged, Married: Navigating Life and Love in the Modern Age
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]]> Paul: A Biography 35491867
For centuries, Paul, the apostle who "saw the light on the Road to Damascus" and made a miraculous conversion from zealous Pharisee persecutor to devoted follower of Christ, has been one of the church’s most widely cited saints. While his influence on Christianity has been profound, N. T. Wright argues that Bible scholars and pastors have focused so much attention on Paul’s letters and theology that they have too often overlooked the essence of the man’s life and the extreme unlikelihood of what he achieved.

To Wright, "The problem is that Paul is central to any understanding of earliest Christianity, yet Paul was a Jew; for many generations Christians of all kinds have struggled to put this together." Wright contends that our knowledge of Paul and appreciation for his legacy cannot be complete without an understanding of his Jewish heritage. Giving us a thoughtful, in-depth exploration of the human and intellectual drama that shaped Paul, Wright provides greater clarity of the apostle’s writings, thoughts, and ideas and helps us see them in a fresh, innovative way.

Paul is a compelling modern biography that reveals the apostle’s greater role in Christian history—as an inventor of new paradigms for how we understand Jesus and what he accomplished—and celebrates his stature as one of the most effective and influential intellectuals in human history.]]> 476 N.T. Wright Jesse 0 ebooks 4.46 2018 Paul: A Biography
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]]> <![CDATA[Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: The Book of Luke [Fully Formatted and Optimized]]]]> 19178960
Bishop Ryle's Expository Thoughts on the Gospels were first issued in 1856 and immediately met with a warm welcome from evangelical Christians of all denominations. In the 20th century the growing popularity of Ryle's spiritual approach has led to three reprints of the series in ten years. The author did not prepare the work for scholars, but instead that the volumes were for family and private use. Like all his writings, they were intended to help the ordinary man and woman. "I have a strong conviction," he wrote, "that we want more reverent deep-searching study of the scriptures in the present day. Most Christians see nothing beyond the surface of the Bible when they read it. We want more clear knowledge of Christ, as a living person, a living priest, a living physician, a living friend, a living Saviour soon about to come again. Most Christians know little of Christianity but the skeleton of doctrines - I desire never to forget those two things: if I can do anything to make Christ and the Bible more honourable in these latter days, I shall be truly thankful and content." This volume covers the Gospel of Luke.]]> 537 J.C. Ryle Jesse 0 ebooks 4.00 1879 Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: The Book of Luke [Fully Formatted and Optimized]]
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]]> Systematic Theology 37793100 1818 Louis Berkhof Jesse 0 ebooks 4.36 1939 Systematic Theology
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt]]> 39893128 NOW A NATIONAL BESTSELLER!

To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?

Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an “outrage industrial complexâ€� that prospers by setting American against American, creatingÌęa “culture of contempt”—the habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect, but as worthless and defective. Maybe, like more than nine out of ten Americans, you dislike it. But hey, either you play along, or you’ll be left behind, right?

Wrong.

In Love Your Enemies, theÌęNew York Times bestselling author and social scientist Arthur C. Brooks shows that abuse and outrage are notÌęthe rightÌęformula for lasting success. Brooks blends cutting-edge behavioral research, ancient wisdom, and a decade of experience of experience leading one of America’s top policy think tanks in a work thatÌęoffers a better way to lead basedÌęon bridging divides and mending relationships.

Brooksâ€� prescriptions are unconventional. To bring America together, we shouldn’t try to agree more. There is no need for mushy moderation, because disagreement is the secret to excellence. Civility and tolerance shouldn’t be our goals, because they are hopelessly low standards. And our feelings toward our foes are irrelevant; what matters is how we choose to act.

Love Your Enemies offers a clear strategy for victory for a new generation of leaders. It is a rallying cry for people hoping for a new era of American progress. Most of all, it is a roadmap to arrive at the happiness that comes when we choose to love one another, despite our differences.

Ìę]]> 256 Arthur C. Brooks 0062883771 Jesse 0 to-read 4.29 2019 Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
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]]> <![CDATA[The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)]]> 166405
Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs.

Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.]]> 352 J.R.R. Tolkien 0965307816 Jesse 0 4.43 1954 The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Best of Poetry: Thoughts that Breathe and Words that Burn: In Two Hundred Poems]]> 23206799 434 Elsinore Books Jesse 4 3.89 2014 The Best of Poetry: Thoughts that Breathe and Words that Burn: In Two Hundred Poems
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]]> <![CDATA[12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You]]> 34031585 Do You Control Your Phone—Or Does Your Phone Control You?

Within a few years of its unveiling, the smartphone had become part of us, fully integrated into the daily patterns of our lives. Never offline, always within reach, we now wield in our hands a magic wand of technological power we have only begun to grasp. But it raises new enigmas, too. Never more connected, we seem to be growing more distant. Never more efficient, we have never been more distracted.

Drawing from the insights of numerous thinkers, published studies, and his own research, writer Tony Reinke identifies twelve potent ways our smartphones have changed us—for good and bad. Reinke calls us to cultivate wise thinking and healthy habits in the digital age, encouraging us to maximize the many blessings, to avoid the various pitfalls, and to wisely wield the most powerful gadget of human connection ever unleashed.

]]> 254 Tony Reinke 1433552450 Jesse 0 to-read, techno-theology 4.32 2017 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
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