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1) I guess I haven't learned that yet: discovering new ways of living when the old ways stop working

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Niequist, Shauna

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"New York Times bestselling author Shauna Niequist writes about unexpected loss, change, faith, midlife, and a move to New York City with her signature depth and vulnerability. In this book, she invites us to practice curiosity and self-compassion, to become beginners again, and to rediscover resilience and courage in our own seasons of change"-- Provided by publisher.

2) All my knotted-up life: a memoir

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Moore, Beth

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"An incredibly thoughtful, disarmingly funny, and intensely vulnerable glimpse into the life and ministry of a woman familiar to many but known by few. All My Knotted-Up Life is a beautifully crafted portrait of resilience and survival, a poignant reminder of God's enduring faithfulness, and proof positive that if we ever truly took the time to hear people's full stories...we'd all walk around slack-jawed"-- Provided by publisher.

3) Becoming free indeed: my story of disentangling faith from fear

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Vuolo, Jinger

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"Jinger Vuolo, the sixth child in the famous Duggar family of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, recounts how she began to question the unhealthy ideology of her youth and learned to embrace true freedom in Christ."-- Provided by publisher.

4) Good apple: tales of a southern evangelical in New York

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Passarella, Elizabeth

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"A wickedly smart, utterly hilarious debut from a Southern Living columnist--mother of three, Southerner married to a New Yorker, evangelical Christian, and Democrat--about the absurdity, chaos, and strange sacredness of her life on Manhattan's Upper West Side"-- Provided by publisher.

5) Educated: a memoir

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Westover, Tara

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HERstory

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"Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure...

6) 50 people every Christian should know: learning from spiritual giants of the faith

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Wiersbe, Warren W

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Combining the stories of fifty faithful men and women, beloved author Warren W. Wiersbe offers today's readers inspiration and encouragement in life's uncertain journey.

7) The watchmaker's daughter: the true story of World War II heroine Corrie Ten Boom

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Loftis, Larry

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Jewish Book Month

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Winner of the Florida Book Awards Gold Medal

New York Times bestselling author and master of nonfiction spy thrillers Larry Loftis writes the first major biography of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during WWII—at the cost of losing her family and being sent to a concentration camp, only to survive, forgive her captors,

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8) Another gospel?: a lifelong Christian seeks truth in response to progressive Christianity

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Childers, Alisa

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"Alisa Childers never thought she would question her Christian faith. She was raised in a Christian home, where she had seen her mom and dad feed the hungry, clothe the homeless, and love the outcast. She had witnessed God at work and then had dedicated her own life to leading worship, as part of the popular Christian band ZOEgirl. All that was deeply challenged when she met a progressive pastor, who called himself a hopeful agnostic. Another Gospel?...

9) Untamed

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Doyle, Glennon

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Nashville Pride Recommends 2024: Favorite Queer Books

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"There is a voice of longing inside every woman. We strive so mightily to be good: good mothers, daughters, partners, employees, citizens, and friends. We believe all this striving will make us feel alive. Instead, it leaves us feeling weary, stuck, overwhelmed, and underwhelmed. We look at our lives, relationships, and world, and wonder: Wasn't it all supposed to be more beautiful than this? We quickly silence that question, telling ourselves to...

10) Higher is waiting

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Perry, Tyler

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The cinematic innovator behind Tyler Perry Studios traces his youth in New Orleans through his successful career, in an uplifting account of his spiritual awakening that explains how his faith has enriched his life and sustained him in hard times.

11) Courage to soar: a body in motion, a life in balance

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Biles, Simone

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YA Sports

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Through years of hard work and determination, Biles has relied on her faith and family to stay focused and positive, while having fun competing at the highest level and doing what she loves. In her own words she takes you through the events, challenges, and trials that carried her from an early childhood in foster care to a coveted spot on the 2016 Olympic team.

12) Real stories for the soul

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Morgan, Robert J

13) Chasing slow: courage to journey off the beaten path

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Loechner, Erin

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Chasing Slow models HGTV star Erin Loechner's journey to help you break out of the faster-better-stronger trap and make small changes to refresh your perspective, renew your priorities, and shift your focus to what matters most.

You're here, but you want to be there. So you spend your life narrowing this divide, and you call this your race, your journey, your path. You live your days tightening

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14) Still Stace: my gay Christian coming-of-age story

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Chomiak, Stacey

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"An artist's captivating and quirky illustrated coming-of-age memoir of surprising first love, coming out, and coming to embrace her queer Christian identity."-- Provided by publisher.

15) 131 Christians everyone should know

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Galli, Mark

16) Accidental saints: finding God in all the wrong people

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Bolz-Weber, Nadia

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"Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls 'a religious but not-so-spiritual life.' Tattooed, angry, and profane, this former standup comic turned pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously, resists the God she feels called to serve. But God keeps showing up in the least likely of people--a church-loving agnostic, a drag queen, a felonious Bishop and a gun-toting member of the NRA. As she lives and worships alongside...

17) Christ in the margins

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Lentz, Robert

18) Love without borders: how bold faith opens the door to embracing the unexpected

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Braniff, Angela

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"Angela Braniff's life as a mother to seven children-two biological, five adopted-is crazy, chaotic, and yet full of joy, and her story will encourage women and moms to say yes to the purpose that God has put in their lives"-- Provided by publisher.

19) Hero tales: Volume I

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Jackson, Dave

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Presents biographies of seventeen missionaries, evangelists, and other Christian heroes who worked courageously to share the Gospel with others.

20) Servants, misfits, and martyrs: saints and their stories

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Howell, James C

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1) I guess I haven't learned that yet: discovering new ways of living when the old ways stop working

2) All my knotted-up life: a memoir

3) Becoming free indeed: my story of disentangling faith from fear

4) Good apple: tales of a southern evangelical in New York

5) Educated: a memoir

6) 50 people every Christian should know: learning from spiritual giants of the faith

7) The watchmaker's daughter: the true story of World War II heroine Corrie Ten Boom

8) Another gospel?: a lifelong Christian seeks truth in response to progressive Christianity

9) Untamed

10) Higher is waiting

11) Courage to soar: a body in motion, a life in balance

12) Real stories for the soul

13) Chasing slow: courage to journey off the beaten path

14) Still Stace: my gay Christian coming-of-age story

15) 131 Christians everyone should know

16) Accidental saints: finding God in all the wrong people

17) Christ in the margins

18) Love without borders: how bold faith opens the door to embracing the unexpected

19) Hero tales: Volume I

20) Servants, misfits, and martyrs: saints and their stories

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