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![]() by George Crane ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The author embarks on an outlaw journey into China with an exiled Buddhist monk to find the remains of a learned Buddhist master. A spiritual adventure story, "Bones of the Master" also provides a window into the absurdities of modern China and the terrors of Mao's Cultural Revolution. ![]() |
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![]() by Vinita Hampton Wright ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In a follow-up to her acclaimed novel "Grace at Bender Springs," Vinita Hampton Wright serves up a moving tale of violence and forgiveness in a small town-and delivers proof that Christian novelists can write literary fiction. |
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![]() by Samuel Freedman ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dispelling the notion that American Jews are one big happy family, journalist Sam Freedman exposes the community's faultlines and tries to understand their differences. |
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![]() by Phyllis Tickle ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Phyllis Tickle's seasonal breviaries assemble daily prayers and psalms for Christians seeking a deep personal liturgical experience. |
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![]() by Lee I. Levine ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "Ancient Synagogue" eruditely explores how Jews and Christians influenced one another in antiquity. |
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![]() by Karen Armstrong ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Scholars will quibble with the presentation, but for the general reader, this is a pithy and entertaining introduction to Islam from the author of "A History of God." |
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![]() by Garry Wills ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Garry Wills' controversial critique of the Catholic Church and its leadership from the 11th century to today. |
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![]() by Rachel Naomi Remen ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Insightful and loving, Rachel Naomi Remen spins inspirational tales steeped in rabbinic wisdom. |
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![]() by Juanita Bynum ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Prophetess Juanita Bynum's devotional is a wake-up call to believers who have become spiritually lax. |
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![]() by Sy Montgomery ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sy Montgomery takes readers on her search for the lovely and elusive pink dolphins, denizens of the Amazon and tribal myth. |