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Publisher
Free Press
Language
English
Description
The author presents a personal account of his faith and experiences as a genetics researcher discussing topics of science and spirituality, especially that which centers around evolution, and argues that a belief in a supernatural God can and should coexist with science.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Otsaliheliga is a Cherokee word that is used to express gratitude. Journey through the year with a Cherokee family and their tribal nation as they express thanks for celebrations big and small. A look at modern Native American life as told by a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
One of America's finest reporters and essayists explores the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation coming apart. Across the country, men of God glorify materialism, a gluttony of the soul, while citing Scripture and preparing for civil war--a firestorm they long for as an absolution and exaltation. Lies, greed, and glorification of war boom through microphones at hipster megachurches that once upon a time might have preached peace...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The author of "The Gnostic Gospels" draws on personal experiences and the perspectives of neurologists, anthropologists, and historians to illuminate the enduring capacity of faith in explaining and meeting the challenges of the twenty-first century.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Sparked by a controversial debate in February 2014, Bill Nye has set off on an energetic campaign to spread awareness of evolution and the powerful way it shapes our lives. In 'Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation', he explains why race does not really exist; evaluates the true promise and peril of genetically modified food; reveals how new species are born, in a dog kennel and in a London subway; takes a stroll through 4.5 billion...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Millions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, page-turning works of nonfiction that have changed the way we read history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child's welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
On All Hallow's Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document he hoped would spark an academic debate, but that instead ignited a conflagration that would forever destroy the world he knew. Five hundred years after Luther's Ninety-five Theses appeared, Eric Metaxas paints a startling portrait of the wild figure whose adamantine faith cracked the edifice of Western Christendom and dragged medieval Europe into the future. Luther's...
Author
Publisher
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The talk-show host discusses how to bridge the gap between God's word and the modern world, detailing an interpretation of scripture through the lens of the ancient Jewish culture in which it was written.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"Near-death experiences are controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those people. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that what people of faith call the "soul" is really a product of brain chemistry. NDEs, he would have been the first to explain, might feel real, but they are fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress....
17) In my mosque
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A picture book featuring culturally rich artwork celebrates the joys, rituals, and traditions that are practiced in mosques throughout the world, and includes a glossary and information about many historical and significant mosques.
18) Susanna's dream
Author
Series
Lost sisters of Pleasant Valley volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Trade
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"As young girls, three Amish sisters were separated and told nothing about one another. When the long-held secret of their parentage came to light many years later, two of the grown women reconnected. Now they reach out to the third . . . Susanna Bitler's life is in complete turmoil. Still reeling from the death of her mother, she is further disheartened when her business partner hints that she is going to quit the gift shop they run together in a...
19) Silent mercy
Author
Series
Alexandra Cooper novels volume 13
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[Mar 8, 2011]
Language
English
Description
Investigating the murders of two women whose bodies were left in houses of worship, prosecutor Alexandra Cooper rules out initial suspicions about hate crimes and begins a race against time to prevent further killings.
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