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Do Hard Things

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 8:50:27 PST

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A generation stands on the brink of a "rebelution." A growing movement of young people is rebelling against the low expectations of today's culture by choosing to "do hard things" for the glory of God. And Alex and Brett Harris are leading the charge. Do Hard Things is the Harris twins' revolutionary message in its purest and most compelling form, giving readers a tangible glimpse of what is ...

Common Wealth

Sat, 7 Jun 2008 3:11:27 PST

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From one of the world's greatest economic minds, author of The New York Times bestseller The End of Poverty, a clear and vivid map of the road to sustainable and equitable global prosperity and an augury of the global economic collapse that lies ahead if we don't follow it The global economic system now faces a sustainability crisis, Jeffrey Sachs argues, one that will overturn many of our basic ...

Revolution in World Missions

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 6:16:53 PST

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The End of Poverty

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 5:49:04 PST

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Celebrated economist Jeffrey Sachs has a plan to eliminate extreme poverty around the world by 2025. If you think that is too ambitious or wildly unrealistic, you need to read this book. His focus is on the one billion poorest individuals around the world who are caught in a poverty trap of disease, physical isolation, environmental stress, political instability, and lack of access to capital, te ...

Crazy Love

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:18:44 PST

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God is love. Crazy, relentless, all-powerful love. This sounds crazy to some: There's a God, all-powerful and all-knowing, and He loves you. And not just any kind of love, this is the I-love-you-so-much-I'll-send-my- Son-to-die-on-a-cross-to-save-you kind of love. And maybe it is crazy. Crazy in all the right ways. Think about it. God, the Creator of everything -- from nitrogen to pine needles; ...

Basic Writings of Nietzsche

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:05:15 PST

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One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche's most important works, from his first book to his last: The Birth of Tragedy; Beyond Good and Evil; On the Genealogy of Morals; The Case of Wagner; and Ecce Homo. Edited and translated by the great Nietzsche ...

Burke, Paine, Godwin, and the Revolution Controversy

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:04:52 PST

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Cambridge English Prose Texts consists of volumes devoted to selections of non-fictional English prose of the late sixteenth to the mid nineteenth centuries. The series provides students, primarily though not exclusively those of English literature, with the opportunity of reading significant prose writers who, for a variety of reasons (not least their generally being unavailable in suitable edit ...

The Portable Karl Marx

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:04:03 PST

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The Freud Reader

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:03:43 PST

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Economics

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:03:24 PST

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Work more effectively and gauge your progress along the way! This Study Guide that accompanies Welch’s Economics: Theory & Practice, 7th Edition, contains objectives, key terms and concepts, a study organizer, chapter review, and exercises with answers…all for each chapter. It also includes sample examination questions with answers as well. Economics: Theory & Practice, 7th Edition introdu ...

All the Shah's Men

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:03:03 PST

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This is the first full-length account of the CIA's coup d'etat in Iran in 1953—a covert operation whose consequences are still with us today. Written by a noted New York Times journalist, this book is based on documents about the coup (including some lengthy internal CIA reports) that have now been declassified. Stephen Kinzer's compelling narrative is at once a vital piece of history, a ca ...

The Crisis of Islam

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:02:45 PST

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In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed in acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political Islam and takes us through the rise of militant Islam in Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, examining the impact of radical Wahhabi proselytizing, a ...

Persepolis 1

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:02:24 PST

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Understanding Iraq

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:02:00 PST

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"Iraq will continue to be a major issue and involvement for the United States into the foreseeable future says William R. Polk, former member of the State Department's Policy Planning Council and professor of Middle Eastern history at the University of Chicago. Iraq sits on the world's largest supply of oil, and with the world's energy requirements continuously rising, Iraq will play an ongoing r ...

Politics and Policy in States and Communities

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:01:44 PST

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Harrigan, John J. and Nice, David C., Politics and Policy in States and Communities, 7th Edition*\ With a theme of "rejuvenation and reform" this up-to-date, highly-readable text focuses on twin perspectives: the political economy of state and local politics, and the impact of political reformism on states and communities. This book studies reformism and its consequences as they relate to the ...

Let The Journey Begin God's Roadmap For New Beginnings

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:01:20 PST

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The wise and warm sayings of one of America's favorite Christian authors are collected in this unique gift book to guide and encourage graduates. This delightful book includes intriguing four-color art and design throughout.

A Little Exercise for Young Theologians

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:59:52 PST

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Civilization & Transcendence

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:59:04 PST

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How to Live Forever without Being Religous

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:58:37 PST

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Ray Comfort has done it again. He once again convincingly reminds us that we are sinners. Yes, ALL of us. But only those who take hold of the rope that God Himself has thrown us--Jesus Christ--will be spared death and Hell. Those of us who take hold of that rope have a responsibility to help others. But first the lost need to understand that they're in danger and need saving. That's tricky ...

The Book of Mormon

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:55:00 PST

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an abridgment of the record of the people of nephi

More Than a Carpenter

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:54:58 PST

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Josh McDowell's timeless examination of the true nature of Christ and his impact on our lives is one of the best-selling Christian books ever (more than eight million copies in print worldwide!). Written by a former skeptic of Christianity, it is a hard-hitting book for those who doubt Jesus' deity and his purpose. Spanish available

The Qur'an Translation

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:54:58 PST

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An English-only translation of the Qur'an, by M. H. Shakir. Great for da'wah and free mass distribution.

What Did Jesus Do?

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:53:04 PST

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Ray Comfort examines the biblical use of God's holy Law in witnessing.

In the Grip of Grace

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:53:04 PST

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Can anything separate us from God's love? Does He really love us, no matter what? How does He feel about me when I snap at anything that moves? When I've failed as a parent? When my thoughts are gutter-level? When my tongue is sharp? Have I drifted too far? Waited too long? Slipped too much? The answer is found in one of life's sweetest words-grace. It is God who lovingly holds us in the eterna ...

The Case for Faith

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:53:03 PST

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Was God telling the truth when he said, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart”? In his #1 bestseller The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel examined the claims of Christ, reaching the hard-won verdict that Jesus is God’s unique son. In The Case for Faith, Strobel turns his skills to the most persistent emotional objections to belief—the eight “heart barriers” to faith. Th ...

God Behind Bars

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:51:50 PST

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When Charles Colson was released after seven months of prison time following the Watergate scandal, the last thing on earth he wanted to do was go back into those dark, frightening prisons, but God called him to do just that. Thus was born a life-long ministry, and here, for the first time, if the amazing success story of Prison Fellowship's thirty years of work in the darkest places on earth.

One Thing You Can't do in Heaven

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:51:49 PST

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The Way of the Master

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:51:49 PST

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The Way of the Master gives light to an almost forgotten biblical key that has the power to unlock the door of the human heart. This is the proven and effective way of making the gospel make sense to the unsaved. It is so rooted in the Scriptures, once you see it, you will forever wonder how you could have missed it. It is the biblical principle of bypassing the intellect (the place of argumen ...

God Doesn't Believe in Atheists

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:51:48 PST

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This book proves to atheists that they don't exist, reveals to agnostics their true motives, and strengthens the faith of the believers. This book answers questions such as "Who made God?" and "Where did Cain get his wife?" The book uses humor, reason, and logic to send a powerful message. Here are some reactions from atheists who read the book . . .

How to Read a Book

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:49:55 PST

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How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to ...

Desiring God

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:49:55 PST

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Don't Waste Your Life

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:49:55 PST

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It’s easy to slip through life without taking any risks—without making your life count. But life ought not be wasted. You don’t need to know a lot of things to make a lasting difference in the world, but you do have to know the few, great, unchanging, and glorious things that matter and be willing to live and to die for them. John Piper’s plea to a generation is, “Don’t wa ...

How to Win Souls & Influence People

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:49:55 PST

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When it comes to our last breath, what will matter most is what we have done to influence this world for the Kingdom of God. Enjoy Ray Comfort's straight-forward style and practical applications. His "LIVE" ministry is living proof that evangelism is a doable work as mandated by the Lord. "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the ...

The Calling

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:47:22 PST

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The Calling is a new youth edition of God's Call and the perfect sequel to The Narrow Road. The Calling contains sidebar testimonies from Christians who are passionately living their lives for Christ in spite of intense persecution. These believers from around the world share their stories of listening to God's voice and being willing to respond to his prompting, no matter what the circumsta ...