Who were the Twelve Tribes? What actually happened at the LastSupper? Many people are familiar with the Bible, but few have readit in depth let alone in its entirety. Reverend Doctor MichaelHinton bridges the gap with this pocket-sized, modern summary,distilling the essential elements from Creation to Revelation intoan accessible page-turner for today's time-pressed reader. Aninstant best-seller in Great Britain and translated into manylanguages, this 100-minute read covers all of the decisive momentsand influential characters in short, straightforward chapters. Thisnew way of looking at the Bible and the story of Christianity isthe perfect companion for the airplane, bedtime, or the dailycommute.

This classic book grew out of the fascination that Germanjournalist, Werner Keller, developed when he began to learn thatthe work of archaeologists and historians corroborated Biblicalaccounts which he had hitherto dismissed as mere "pious tales.

The author of Writing Down the Bones recounts herjourney awakening from the profound sleep of a suburban childhood,describing her fifteen years as a student of Zen Buddhism, herwriting, and resistance to change. Reprint.

Dating from around 300BC, Tao Te Ching is the first great classic of the Chinese school of philosophy called Taoism. Within its pages is summed up a complete view of the cosmos and how human beings should respond to it. A profound mystical insight into the nature of things forms the basis for a humane morality and vision of political utopia.

Upanishads are mankind's oldest works of philosophy, predating the earliest Greek philosophy. They are the concluding part of the Vedas, the ancient Indian sacred literature, and mark the culmination of a tradition of speculative thought first expressed in the Rig-Veda more than 4000 years ago. Remarkable for their meditative depth, spirit of doubt and intellectual honesty, the Upanishads are concerned with the knowledge of the Brahman, the Ultimate Reality, and Man's relationship with it. The name Upanishad is derived from the face-to-face mode of imparting knowledge - in the utmost sanctity and secrecy, to prevent its trivialisation or perversion. Composed in Sanskrit between 900 and 600 BC, the Upanishads presented here are by far the oldest and most important of those that exist. Twelve were first translated more than a hundred years ago, and have been extensively revised and edited. The thirteenth is an entirely new translation by Suren Navlakha.

After-death communications, or "ADCs, " occur when someone iscontacted spontaneously and directly by a deceasedfamily member or friend, without the help of any medium. Theauthors' research shows that these spiritual experiences offerhope, love, and comfort for thousands of people. Included are morethan 350 first-hand accounts of those whose lives have been changedand even protected by messages or signs from the deceased.

When a preacher with a message of hope for the homeless isfound brutally executed, reporter Cindy Thomas knows the storycould be huge . Probing deeper into the victim's history, shediscovers he may not have been as saintly as everyonethought... Rich, beautiful, and powerful, Isa and Ethan Bailey were livingin the spotlight as San Francisco's perfect couple--until they arefound dead in their luxurious home. As the hunt for two criminals tests the skills of the entireWomen's Murder Club, sparks begin to fly between Detective LindsayBoxer and her partner, Rich Conklin, making it difficult to stayfocused on the case. The electrifying new chapter in the Women'sMurder Club series, THE 8TH CONFESSION serves up the mile-a-minutetwists that only James Patterson can deliver.

The I Ching is the most ancient and profound of the Chineseclassics, venerated for over three thousand years as an oracle offortune, a guide to success, and a dispensary of wisdom. This newtranslation, with commentary by Confucius, emphasizes applyingpractical wisdom in everyday affairs. Complete instructions forconsulting the I Ching are included.

To this day, I don't even know what my mother's real nameis. Helen Fremont was raised as a Roman Catholic. It wasn't until shewas an adult, practicing law in Boston, that she discovered herparents were Jewish--Holocaust survivors living invented lives. Noteven their names were their own. In this powerful memoir, HelenFremont delves into the secrets that held her family in a bond ofsilence for more than four decades, recounting with heartbreakingclarity a remarkable tale of survival, as vivid as fiction but withthe resonance of truth. Driven to uncover their roots, Fremont and her sister piecedtogether an astonishing story: of Siberian Gulags and Italianroyalty, of concentration camps and buried lives. After LongSilence is about the devastating price of hiding the truth; aboutfamilies; about the steps we take, foolish or wise, to protectourselves and our loved ones. No one who reads this book can beunmoved, or fail to understand the seductive, damaging power ofsecrets.

In a narrative that is at once thoughtful and passionate,hopeful but without illusions, award-winning historian ZacharyKarabell reveals the history of peaceful coexistence among Muslims,Christians, and Jews over the course of fourteen centuries untilthe present-day. The harsh reality of religious conflict is daily news, and therising tensions between the West and Islam show no signs ofabating. However, the relationship between Muslims, Christians, andJews has not always been marked with animosity; there is also adeep and nuanced history of peace. From the court of caliphs in ancient Baghdad, where scholarsengaged in spirited debate, to present-day Dubai, where members ofeach faith work side by side, Karabell traces the forgotten legacyof tolerance and cooperation these three monotheistic religionshave enjoyed—a legacy that will be vital in any attempt to findcommon ground and reestablish peace.

Rabbi Steinberg identifies seven strands that weave togetherto make up Judaism: God, morality, rite and custom, law, sacredliterature, institutions, and the people. A classic work directedto both the Jewish and the non-Jewish reader.

Twenty years after he and his family were deported from Sighetto Auschwitz, Elie Wiesel returned to his town in search of thewatch—a bar mitzvah gift—he had buried in his backyard before theyleft.