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The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering Into Peace, Joy, and Liberation by Thích Nhất Hạnh

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering Into Peace, Joy, and Liberation

Thích Nhất Hạnh

304 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

5.0leviofmichigan's review
nonfiction philosophy informative inspiring relaxing slow-paced
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr

The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

Beth Allison Barr

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0leviofmichigan's review
nonfiction feminism gender history religion informative reflective medium-paced
Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad about Feeling Good (About Sex) by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad about Feeling Good (About Sex)

Nadia Bolz-Weber

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction feminism religion challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kristin Kobes Du Mez

366 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction history politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It by Peter Enns

The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It

Peter Enns

288 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Jasmine Syedullah, Lama Rod Owens, Angel Kyodo Williams

Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation

Jasmine Syedullah, Lama Rod Owens, Angel Kyodo Williams

248 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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nonfiction race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins

517 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction dystopian science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by Rachel Held Evans

Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

Rachel Held Evans

240 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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nonfiction religion informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Green Ideas #1

Greta Thunberg

106 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction politics science informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

Brené Brown

287 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

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nonfiction psychology self help informative inspiring reflective slow-paced