Religious

'A compelling biography of one of the greatest men of the modern age. Stanford is particularly brilliant on the tensions inside Luther's private and spiritual life. This is a very fine book, written with a flourish.' Melvyn BraggThe 31st of October 2017...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611804348Author The Terton Drime KungaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Snow Lion PublicationsPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999824631Author Abigail MorrisFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint The Jewish MuseumPublisher The Jewish Museum

'Alas that I ever did sin! It is so merry in Heaven!' The Book of Margery Kempe (c. 1436-8) is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic. Known as the earliest autobiography written in the English language, Kempe's Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640092624Author Henry ShukmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 141mm * 25mm

'He found many marvelous things...But now and then a man of real spirituality set his feet on the way that finally led him to what he had looked and hoped for.' New York Times Book Review The late Paul Brunton was one of the twentieth century's...

Paul Cowley grew up in Manchester amid the chaotic world of his alcoholic parents. His early exposure to heavy drinking, explosive arguments and the unnerving aggression of his father led him into homelessness and crime. By seventeen he was behind bars...

The story of Tenzin Palmo, an Englishwoman, the daughter of a fishmonger from London's East End, who spent 12 years alone in a cave 13,000 feet up in the Himalayas and became a world-renowned spiritual leader and champion of the right of women to achieve...

As a WWE wrestler with millions of fans, Shawn Michaels had adulation and all the attention he could ask for, but he found himself longing for something more. When he became a committed Christian at the height of his career, Shawn learned what it's like...

The dramatic and inspiring story of one woman's incredible journey into the heart of a man and his nation.Born into a distinguished Arab-American family, Lisa Halaby was a strongly independent young woman. After studying architecture at Princeton, her...

Sister Wendy, who has been dedicated to a life of prayer for more than half a century, has always resisted writing a book on the subject. Her reasons mix humility with a conviction that prayer is simple: books about prayer can be a dangerous distraction...

'For anyone who enjoyed Hillbilly Elegy or Educated, Unfollow is an essential text' - Louis Theroux'A moving, redemptive, clear-eyed account of religious indoctrination' - Pandora Sykes'A nuanced portrait of the lure and pain of zealotry' New York...

In the long run, we're all dead. But for some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start of a new adventure. The famous deceased have been stolen, burned, sold, pickled, frozen, stuffed, impersonated and even filed away in a...

2018 Edgar Award Finalist-Best Fact Crime"A thoroughly readable, thoroughly chilling account of a brilliant con man and his all-too vulnerable prey" (The Boston Globe)-the definitive story of preacher Jim Jones, who was responsible for the Jonestown...

This unique study of the cult of the Virgin Mary offers a way of thinking about the interrelations of Catholicism and ideas of ideal femininity over the longue duree. An ambitious history of the changing symbolism of the Mother of God, Alone of All Her...

Among Christian devotional works, My Utmost for His Highest stands head and shoulders above the rest, with more than 13 million copies sold. But most readers have no idea that Oswald Chambers's most famous work was not published until ten years after his...

Nominated for the National Book Critics Circle AwardIn this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traces the footsteps of his life to date, from his childhood in Portsmouth, with his adoring, tragic mother and reserved Naval officer father; to...

Hinduism is one of the world's oldest and greatest religious traditions. In captivating prose, Shashi Tharoor untangles its origins, its key philosophical concepts and texts. He explores everyday Hindu beliefs and practices, from worship to pilgrimage...

The remarkable and challenging story of a man who dared to believe that God both could and would supply all of his needs whether personal or for the thousands of orphans in his care!Though confirmed in the church at the age of 14, George Muller was...

'Karen Armstrong has been one of the most persistent and powerful voices in the eminently respectable task of popularising religious scholarship in the anglophone world' GUARDIAN'Her work has a broad sweep and that is extremely important' TLSBuddhism is...

WINNER OF THE 2017 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD In the vein of Bad Blood and Why be Happy when you can be Normal?: an enthralling, at times shocking, and deeply personal family memoir of growing up in, and...

I Dared to Call Him Father is the fascinating true story of Bilquis Sheikh, a prominent Muslim woman. Her unusual journey to a personal relationship with God turned her world upside down-and put her life in danger. Originally published in 1978, the book...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Confessions describes Saint Augustine's conversion to Christianity and is the basis for his reputation as one of Christianity's most influential thinkers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780883687956Author George MullerFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Whitaker House,U.S.Publisher Whitaker House,U.S.Weight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 226mm...

Khadija was the first believer, to whom the Prophet Muhammad often turned for advice. At a time when strongmen quickly seized power from any female Muslim ruler, Arwa of Yemen reigned alone for five decades. In nineteenth-century Russia, Mukhlisa Bubi...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780310358879Author Dudley DelffsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint ZondervanPublisher ZondervanWeight(grams) 208gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 20mm

This collection of autobiographical and teaching stories from peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is thought provoking and inspiring. Collected here for the first time, these stories span his life. There are stories from his childhood and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692770931Author Cynthia GarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Spiritualchick PublishingPublisher Spiritualchick Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692770931Author Cynthia GarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Spiritualchick PublishingPublisher Spiritualchick Publishing

This story of a mother's journey heartache, loss and total reliance on the grace of God is told with remarkable honesty as disappointment turns to devastation, anger and finally to peace and acceptance. Not just one, but two, of Catherine's three...

Julian Wilson provides one of the most comprehensive accounts of the life of evangelist Smith Wigglesworth to date. Few individuals have made such an impact on the world for the gospel as the Yorkshire-born plumber turned evangelist Smith...

'The hunt for early Bible manuscripts was among the most romantic of all the 19th century's grand quests...At the heart of this lively, inspiring double biography is the story of how a pair of spirited Presbyterian women made their own extraordinary...

The women in this book - Lady Jane Grey, Anne Askew, Katherine Parr and Catherine Willoughby were Christian women of outstanding courage and conviction. Each was transformed by the teachings of the Reformation and experienced its dramas and dangers. ...

This full-length life of John Henry Newman is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the thinker and writer. It draws extensively on material from Newman's letters and papers. Newman's character is revealed in its complexity and contrasts:...

Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death in 597, St Columba was born into one of the ruling families in Ireland at a time of immense expansion for the Irish Church. This account of his life,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591857952Author Bruce OlsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Creation HousePublisher Creation House

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788120818941Author Paramahansa YoganandaFormat HardbackPage Count 516Imprint Motilal Banarsidass,Publisher Motilal Banarsidass,Dimensions(mm) 220mm * 150mm...

In The Day the Revolution Began Tom Wright invites you to consider the full meaning of the event at the heart of the Christian faith - Jesus' crucifixion. As he did in his acclaimed Surprised by Hope, Wright once again challenges commonly held...

From the New York Timesbest-selling author, Eric Metaxas, an abridged version of the groundbreakingbiography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentiethcentury, a man who stood up to Hitler. A definitive,deeply moving narrative,...

"Unmasked, unsettling, and unforgettable . . . this will change the landscape of your soul." -Ann Voskamp "Filled with the raw pain, beauty, mystery, and grace that our hearts were meant for." -Matt Chandler Prepare yourself for an...