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This book presents selected aphorisms and essays by Anastasia Volnaya. Predominantly philosophical and religious orientation, they touch upon the most important aspects of our life, make us think and change something in ourselves for the sake of love … It should be said that the native language...

Take a trip to Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania, where you’ll meet the women of the Kauffman Amish Bakery in Lancaster County. As each woman’s story unfolds, you will share in her heartaches, trials, joys, dreams … and secrets. You’ll discover how the simplicity of the Amish lifestyle can clash...

In a world full of DVD extras, behind-the-scenes commentary, and social media, people are used to getting the story behind the story. Readers want to understand not just what happened but why. This historical novel of the man who washed his hands of the crucifixion does just that!Award-winning historian...

New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway, bringing to life the Underground Railroad and illuminating the principles, passions and realities that fueled this...

* A 2014 I Heart Indies Finalist * #1 on Amazon's Teen Historical Bestseller List * From a review, "I compared it to the [Outlander] series but PG because I would be disturbed to see my students reading [Galbadon] but would gladly recommend the [Beyond] books." When Petra Baron goes into...

Can a religious separatist and an opportunistic spy make it in the New World? A brand new series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees. Mary Elizabeth Chapman boards the Speedwell in 1620 as a Separatist seeking a better life in the New World....

The Hills of Hebron tells the story of a group of formerly enslaved Jamaicans as they attempt to create a new life in the utopian, anti-colonialist community of Hebron. However, a grab for power ensues when it is revealed that Rose, the wife of leader of the Church of New Believers, who has taken...

In 1650s England, a young Puritan maiden is on a mission to save the baby of her newly widowed preacher--whether her assistance is wanted or not. Always ready to help those in need, Elizabeth ignores John's protests of her aid. She's even willing to risk her lone marriage prospect to help the little...

Chosen by author Elizabeth Gilbert as one of her ten favorite books, Daniel Ladinsky’s extraordinary renderings of 250 unforgettable lyrical poems by Hafiz, one of the greatest Sufi poets of all time More than any other Persian poet**—even Rumi—Hafiz expanded the mystical, healing dimensions...

Poetic meditations on joy, consciousness, and becoming one with the infinite universe from the author of On the Road During an unexplained fainting spell, Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac experienced a flash of enlightenment. A student of Buddhist philosophy, Kerouac recognized the experience...

Poetry is 30 poems on Christian themes: struggling with faith, rejoicing, praising God, parodies of secular culture.

Kahlil Gibran, (1883-1931) best selling author and spiritual guide, was a man in search of himself and his place in the world; he wrote from longing and created beauty.Writer and painter, based in the USA, his life was his material. An immigrant from Lebanon, he wrote with one eye on his homeland; and...

Kahlil Gibran, (1883-1931) best selling author and spiritual guide, was a man in search of himself and his place in the world; he wrote from longing and created beauty.Writer and painter, based in the USA, his life was his material. An immigrant from Lebanon, he wrote with one eye on his homeland; and...

Oraciones compuestas por Luis Espinal, jesuita asesinado brutalmente por paramilitares en Bolivia a causa de su defensa de los derechos humanos. Son oraciones espontáneas, vivas, a veces duras por la sinceridad con que aborda los diferentes temas. Toda la vida, con sus momentos de...