NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"A culturally significant collection that explores the challenges of reconciling pleasure with piety."
A biographer and religious theorist analyzes the great divide between healthy sexual expression and spirituality in modern Christianity.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2011
"Take that, warriors of secularism."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 25, 2011
"Inclusive and modern theology that will give both Jewish and Christian readers a reason to celebrate sexual diversity."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 25, 2011
"An experienced journalist adds essential background and depth to the daily news from the region."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 18, 2011
Buchanan (
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World, 2009, etc.) mourns the passing of the America of his youth.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 18, 2011
"Worthwhile as a travel guide to exotic Jewish areas, though less successful as a compelling narrative."
Travel-guide scribe Frank (
A Travel Guide to the Jewish Caribbean and South America, 2004, etc.) describes his experience in visiting "little-known Jewish enclaves in the most unusual places" in an effort to "meet my people and learn how they lived and survived."
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 13, 2011
"A trustworthy narrator, Johnson is consistently funny, poetic and remarkably devoid of bitterness."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 11, 2011
"Well-written, disturbing tale of faith and evil."
NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
"Uplifting story of peace, reconciliation and an incredible life's journey."
The Chief Rabbi of Israel recounts a harrowing journey from child prisoner in Buchenwald to champion of Holocaust survivors.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
"Ballen admits that they cannot reveal the motivation of all Islamic radicals, but few readers will deny that they illuminate the frustrations of young Islamic men living in repressive societies, alternatively fascinated and horrified by America."
Those who still believe terrorists are mindless fanatics will find little evidence in these revealing, often touching interviews with six young Islamic men.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
"A useful primer on the virtues of clear thinking, but somewhat lacking in substance."
An alternatingly enlightening and frustrating dialogue between one of the world's greatest physicists and one of its greatest metaphysicists.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2011
"A small but important step, if not toward peace, then perhaps toward understanding."
The Peace Research Institute in the Middle East (PRIME) constructs an innovative textbook juxtaposing the historical narratives of two peoples in seemingly endless conflict.
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