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Life is Beautiful/La Vita è Bella: A Screenplay by Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis romantic, hilarious, and astonishingly moving story, winner of the Grand Jury prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, explores the power of the imagination, set against the stark reality of World War II Europe. The companion screenplay to the Miramax film presents the profound yet tender story that has touched the hearts of so many... -
![The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl R. Trueman, Rod Dreher]()
The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl R. Trueman, Rod Dreher
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsModern culture is obsessed with identity.Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015, sexual identity has dominated both public discourse and cultural trends--and yet, no historical phenomenon is its own cause. From Augustine to Marx, various views and perspectives have contributed to the modern understanding of self...Categorized as:
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![King: A Life by Jonathan Eig]()
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times. Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.―and the first to include recently declassified FBI files...Categorized as:
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![Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd]()
Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRifqa is Mohammed El-Kurd’s debut collection of poetry, written in the tradition of Ghassan Kanfani’s Palestinian Resistance Literature...Categorized as:
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![The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr]()
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBiblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, and joyful homemakers--pervades North American Christianity. From choices about careers to roles in local churches to relationship dynamics, this belief shapes the everyday lives of evangelical women. Yet biblical womanhood isn't biblical, says Baylor University historian Beth Allison Barr...Categorized as:
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![Deutschland Erinnerungen Einer Nation by Neil MacGregor, Martin Daske]()
Deutschland Erinnerungen Einer Nation by Neil MacGregor, Martin Daske
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA major new series from the makers of "A History of the World in 100 Objects," exploring the fascinating and complex history of Germany from the origins of the Holy Roman Empire right up to the present day. Written and presented by Neil MacGregor, it is produced by BBC Radio 4, in partnership with the British Museum... -
![Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital by Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove]()
Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital by Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMonumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's capital... -
![The Children by David Halberstam]()
The Children by David Halberstam
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Children is Halberstam's moving evocation of the early days of the civil rights movement, as seen thru the story of the young people--the Children--who met in the 60s & went on to lead the revolution... -
![Nuestra Senora de Kibeho: Un mensaje del cielo al mundo desde el corazon de Africa by Immaculée Ilibagiza]()
Nuestra Senora de Kibeho: Un mensaje del cielo al mundo desde el corazon de Africa by Immaculée Ilibagiza
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThirteen years before the bloody 1994 genocide that swept across Rwanda and left more than a million people dead, the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ appeared to eight young people in the remote village of Kibeho. Through these visionaries, Mary and Jesus warned of the looming holocaust, which they assured could be averted if Rwandans opened their hearts to God and embraced His love... -
![Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past by Firas Alkhateeb]()
Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past by Firas Alkhateeb
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIslam has been one of the most powerful religious, social and political forces in history. Over the last 1400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succession of Muslim polities and later empires expanded to control territories and peoples that ultimately stretched from southern France to East Africa and South East Asia... -
![The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American by Andrew L. Seidel, Susan Jacoby]()
The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American by Andrew L. Seidel, Susan Jacoby
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWas America founded on Judeo-Christian principles? Are the Ten Commandments the basis for American law? In the paperback edition of this critically acclaimed book, a constitutional attorney settles the debate about religion’s role in America’s founding.In today’s contentious political climate, understanding religion’s role in American government is more important than ever...Categorized as:
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![Let Justice Roll Down by John M. Perkins, Shane Claiborne]()
Let Justice Roll Down by John M. Perkins, Shane Claiborne
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHis brother died in his arms, shot by a deputy marshal; he was beaten and tortured by the sheriff and state police. Through it all he returned good for evil, progress for prejudice, and brought hope to black and white alike. The gripping true story of what happens when faith thrusts a person into the midst of a struggle against racism, oppression, and injustice...Categorized as:
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![In My Father's House by Corrie ten Boom]()
In My Father's House by Corrie ten Boom
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA story of a man brought to reckon with his buried past. Reverend Martin comes face to face with the sins of his youth in the person of Robert X, a young, unkempt stranger who arrives in town for a mysterious "meeting" with the Reverend... -
![Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez]()
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that identifies the forces that have turned Donald Trump into a hero of the Religious Right...Categorized as:
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![Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Stephen B. Oates]()
Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Stephen B. Oates
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWinner of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book AwardWinner of the Christopher AwardA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the YearBy the acclaimed biographer of Abraham Lincoln, Nat Turner, and John Brown, Stephen B. Oates's prizewinning Let the Trumpet Sound is the definitive one-volume life of Martin Luther King, Jr...Categorized as:
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![The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy by Thomas Sowell]()
The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy by Thomas Sowell
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThomas Sowell's provocative critique of liberalism's failuresSowell presents a devastating critique of the mind-set behind the failed social policies of the past thirty years... -
![Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé]()
Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe myths and reality behind the state of Israel and Israeli-Palestinian conflict—from “the most eloquent writer on Palestinian history” ( New Statesman )In this groundbreaking book, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Occupation, the outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of... -
![White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones]()
White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity by Robert P. Jones
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDrawing on history, public opinion surveys, and personal experience, Robert P. Jones delivers a provocative examination of the unholy relationship between American Christianity and white supremacy, and issues an urgent call for white Christians to reckon with this legacy for the sake of themselves and the nation...Categorized as:
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![Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare? by James H. Cone]()
Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare? by James H. Cone
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsReexamines the ideology of the two most prominent leaders of the civil rights movement of the...Categorized as:
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![A Land With a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism by Esther Farmer]()
A Land With a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism by Esther Farmer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Land With a People is a book of stories, photographs and poetry which elevates rarely heard Palestinian and Jewish voices and visions...Categorized as:
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![Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy by Francis Fukuyama]()
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy by Francis Fukuyama
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern stateWriting in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis Fukuyama's Origins of Political Order "magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition...Categorized as:
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![The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne, Tamara Payne]()
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne, Tamara Payne
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn epic, award-winning biography of Malcolm X that draws on hundreds of hours of personal interviews and rewrites much of the known narrative. Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to create an unprecedented portrait of Malcolm X, one that would separate fact from fiction... -
![The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America by Elizabeth Dias, Lisa Lerer]()
The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America by Elizabeth Dias, Lisa Lerer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom two top New York Times journalists, the breathtaking untold story of the plan to overturn Roe v. Wade and the consequences for women, abortion, and the future of America. In June 2022, Americans watched in shock as the Supreme Court reversed one of the nation’s landmark rulings. For nearly a half century, Roe was synonymous with women’s rights and freedoms. Then, suddenly, it was gone...Categorized as:
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![A Gift of Love: Sermons From "Strength To Love" and Other Preachings by Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King]()
A Gift of Love: Sermons From "Strength To Love" and Other Preachings by Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe classic collection of 16 sermons preached and compiled by Dr. Martin Luther King, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and one of the greatest orators in U.S. historyAs Dr. King prepared for the Birmingham campaign in early 1963, he drafted the final sermons for Strength to Love , a volume of his most best-known homilies. King had begun working on the sermons during a fortnight in jail in July 1962... -
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![Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women' by Caelainn Hogan]()
Republic of Shame: Stories from Ireland's Institutions for 'Fallen Women' by Caelainn Hogan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUntil alarmingly recently, the Catholic Church, acting in concert with the Irish state, operated a network of institutions for the concealment, punishment and exploitation of 'fallen women'. In the Magdalene laundries, girls and women were incarcerated and condemned to servitude...Categorized as:
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![Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger]()
Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSimple Justice is generally regarded as the classic account of the U.S. Supreme Court’s epochal decision outlawing racial segregation and the centerpiece of African-Americans’ ongoing crusade for equal justice under law.The 1954 Supreme Court ruling in the case of Brown v. Board of Education brought centuries of legal segregation in this country to an end... -
![Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide by Hawon Jung]()
Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide by Hawon Jung
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn eye-opening firsthand account of the ongoing and trailblazing feminist movement in South Korea—one that the world should be watching... -
![Concise Theology by J.I. Packer]()
Concise Theology by J.I. Packer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTheology matters! At last it can be understood easily, thanks to this “layman's language” approach to biblical belief. Authored by J. I. Packer, one of the premier theologians of Christianity, this summary of Christian teaching covers nearly 100 major Christian beliefs from a Reformed perspective. Brief, easy-to-understand chapters offer precise descriptions without sacrificing depth... -
![David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism by Gregory A. Prince, Wm Robert Wright]()
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism by Gregory A. Prince, Wm Robert Wright
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOrdained as an apostle in 1906, David O. McKay served as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1951 until his death in 1970. Under his leadership, the church experienced unparalleled growth—nearly tripling in total membership—and becoming a significant presence throughout the world.The first book to draw upon the David O. McKay Papers at the J... -
![Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories by Robert J. Morgan]()
Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories by Robert J. Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRob Morgan's inimitable style will help people reacquaint themselves with the hymns of the faithful. His goal is to keep these traditional hymns vital and meaningful to all generations.Don't look for a dry recounting of boring stories...
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