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The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
HarperCollins, 2006
Wise
A delightful story, and full of wisdom. Influenced me in pursuing what I dream about, and rediscovering my "personal legend" as he calls it.
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Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life
Kathleen Norris
Riverhead Hardcover, 2008
ancient wisdom for contemporary pilgrims
It's been fifteen years since Kathleen Norris captured the spiritual imagination of readers with memoirs about leaving New York City for Lemmon, South Dakota (Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, 1993), and drinking deep at the well of monastic spirituality (Cloister Walk, ...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
A sad burqa "romance" with a semi-happy ending
I enjoyed the book. Despite having a mostly sad story line, the two female main characters demonstrated courage, love, and hope in an otherwise brutal and oppressive marriage. This book is not for children since it frequently describes sexual encounters in a somewhat ...
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The Shack
William P. Young
Windblown Media, 2008
inspiring and intriguing book
The Shack is an amazing book. I think it is a book everyone should read. It will definitely give you lots to think about.
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle
New World Library, 2004
My Personal Experience with the Message of this Book
I am a middle-aged professional with an academic background in philosophy.
As I grew older, I felt more strongly that there must be a spiritual realm to our existence. But I relegated myself to the belief that any understanding of this spiritual realm was not ...
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Elizabeth Gilbert
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Best Book I've Ever Listened To
I listened to this in traffic for about a week. I actually looked forward to sitting in traffic. Her voice is soothing, the content is inspiring, and I can't imagine why anyone would give it one star. I loved it and was sad when I got to the last cd. Wonderfully ...
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Before You Do: Making Great Decisions That You Wont Regret
T.D. Jakes
Atria, 2008
before you do think again
many of us are not as good as we can be because we make poor decisions. this book must be studied and absorbed so that you are equipped in the time of decision so that you can make the right choice that will yield you the right reward: not a simply a good one.
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The Secret
Rhonda Byrne
Atria Books/Beyond Words, 2006
Allow it to change your mind
The Secret teaches the power of positive thinking. It shows you how to harness your abilities in achieving what you believe you can in this world. Not what you want, but what you are willing to go forward and achieve. It's a frame of mind that too few people can ...
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The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Timothy Keller
Dutton Adult, 2008
The gentle approach toward non-believers and the world.
This book is unique in the sense that it doesn't encourage argument with non-believers but instead, understanding. Keller points out, very elegantly, that we need to know what we believe and understand the doubts about what we believe whether they're ours or someone ...
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61)
Eckhart Tolle
Penguin, 2008
Great Book!!
This is a great book and I highly recomment it. I read it in one day and gave it to my sister-in-law to read. She agrees with me that everybody should read this book.
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Murder by Family: The Incredible True Story of a Son's Treachery and a Father's Forgiveness
Kent Whitaker
Howard Books, 2008
True Story
wow. i finished this book in 3 sittings. it was impossible to put it down. the unraveling of this story was absolutely an incredible process of unimaginable events. it was hard for me to understand why kent whitaker wrote this book. as i've researched into it, the ...
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Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
Francis Chan, Danae Yankoski
David C. Cook, 2008
Crazy Love
Very inspirational. Makes you realize that we are not giving all that we can to God,who loves us more than anything we can comprehend.
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Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
John Eldredge
Thomas Nelson, 2006
Answering The Tough Questions
We're using this in our Men's Ministry group at church, and it has been the catalyst for many thought provoking discussions. Men often don't try to tackle the tough issues in life and that can become a stumbling block for the relationships in their lives. We're wired ...
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Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life
Spencer Johnson
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998
Who moved my cheese
I received the book very quickly, I needed it for school and got it in time. It was like new if not new.
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The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
J. Mark G. Williams, John D. Teasdale, ...
The Guilford Press, 2007
Waking Up to Your Life Again: A Brilliant Guide to Understanding Depression
I was actually led to seek out information on meditation as a treatment for depression through a book called Surviving America's Depression Epidemic by psychologist Bruce E. Levine. That book takes a highly insightful approach to investigating the sociological and ...
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