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Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All

by David Fitzgerald

Published: 2010-10-01

Paperback: 248 pages

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Why would anyone think Jesus never existed? Isn't it perfectly reasonable to accept that he was a real first century figure? As it turns out, no. NAILED sheds light on ten beloved Christian myths, and, with evidence gathered from historians across the theological spectrum, shows how they point to a Jesus...

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* * * * * Insightful,
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Published: 2015-08-11

Paperback: 408 pages

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Called the work of "a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose" (Publishers Weekly) and the book that, "anyone interested in natural history, botany, protecting nature, or Native American culture will love," by Library Journal, Braiding Sweetgrass is poised to be a ...

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Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

by Douglas A. Blackmon

Published: 2009-01-13

Paperback: 496 pages

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the “Age of Neoslavery,” the American period following the Emancipation Proclamation in which convicts, mostly black men, were “leased” through forced labor camps operated by state and federal governments.In this groundbreaking historical expose,...

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If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This: Fiction

by Robin Black

Published: 2011-04-26

Paperback: 336 pages

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FINALIST FOR THE FRANK O’CONNOR SHORT STORY AWARDNOW WITH AN ADDITIONAL STORYHeralding the arrival of a stunning new voice in American fiction, If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This takes readers into the minds and hearts of people navigating the unsettling transitions that life presents...

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Morte

by Robert Repino

Published: 2016-02-09

Paperback: 384 pages

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After the “war with no name” a cat assassin searches for his lost love in Repino’s strange, moving sci-fi epic that channels both Homeward Bound and A Canticle for Lebowitz.The “war with no name” has begun, with human extinction as its goal. The instigator of this war is the Co...

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Simon: The Genius in My Basement

by Alexander Masters

Published: 2012-02-28

Hardcover: 368 pages

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Alexander Masters tripped over his first book subject on a Cambridge sidewalk, and the result was the multi-award-winning bestseller Stuart: A Life Backwards. His second, he’s found under his floorboards.   One of the greatest mathematical prodigies of the twentieth century, Simon Norto...

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The Girls From the Five Great Valleys (Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Rediscoveries)

by Elizabeth Savage

Published: 2014-05-13

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Five girls. Five dreams. Five destinies.Determined to climb the social ladder in Missoula, Montana, Hilary knows appearances are crucial to getting ahead—but she’s in for a rude awakening. With a rough home life, Doll seeks every chance she can to escape and hang out with one of the lo...

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The Murder of Mary Russell: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

by Laurie R. King

Published: 2016-04-05

Hardcover: 384 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell–Sherlock Holmes series weaves rich historical detail and provocative themes with intriguing characters and enthralling suspense. Russell and Holmes have become one of modern literature’s most beloved teams. But does this adv...

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The Dolphin

by Craig Bennett Hallenstein

Published: 2016-04-01

Paperback: 330 pages

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***Honorable Mention 2016 Los Angeles Book Festival*** A PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER SET IN NEW ORLEANSFormer child prodigy and aspiring psychologist, Sean Jordan, moves to New Orleans, putting his past behind him, until a conservative radio station in a bid for higher ratings outs him as a d...

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The King of Colored Town

by Darryl Wimberley

Published: 2011-08-04

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There are good people and bad on both sides of the tracks that divide Laureate from 'Colored Town'. Our instruction in that hard truth comes as we follow two African-American teens, Cilla Handsom and Joe Billy King, as they endure the backlash resulting from the integration of their segregated school...