Tag: Religion
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VERITAS: A Harvard Professor, A Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife by Ariel Sabar
The gripping true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that engulfed Harvard. Dr. Karen King, a well-respected professor at Harvard Divinity, announced to the attendees of a scholars conference, steps from the Vatican. Someone had given her a scrap of an ancient papyrus where Jesus calls Mary Magdalene his wife. …
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An Unorthodox Match: A Novel by Naomi Ragen
An Unorthodox Match is a powerful and moving novel of faith, love, and acceptance, from author Naomi Ragen, the internationally bestselling author of The Devil in Jerusalem. Lola/Leah had it all. Or so she thought. A tragic love story, a new love along with a great career, but while her eyes were elsewhere, her lover hops into…
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Blogmas Day 8…and then….
So here we are at Day 8 of Blogmas. Got a really good shot of the carousel in the park and of course Grandpa’s John Deere Santa. My new Anne Rice release came in yesterday, so I lost track of time this morning, reading in the tub, which is really just a second office, but…
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Woman of God by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The world is watching as massive crowds gather in Rome, waiting for news of a new pope, one who promises to be unlike any other in history. It’s a turning point that may change the Church forever. Some followers are ecstatic that the movement reinvigorating the Church is about to reach the Vatican, but the…
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The Devil’s Prayer by Luke Gracias
Explicit Content Warning: “The Devil’s Prayer” is a historical horror thriller that contains brutality, rape, sex, drug abuse and murder. Readers may find its content offensive. A nun commits suicide in front of thousands in Spain. In Australia, Siobhan Russo recognises that nun as her mother, Denise Russo, who disappeared six years ago. In search…
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Crown of Blood:The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey by Nicola Tallis
“Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same.” These were the heartbreaking words of a seventeen-year-old girl, Lady Jane Grey, as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. Minutes later her head was struck from her body with…
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The Atheist Muslim: A Journey From Religion To Reason by Ali A. Rizvi
Struggling to reconcile the Muslim society he was living in as a scientist and physician and the religion he was being raised in, Ali A. Rizvi eventually loses his faith. Discovering that he is not alone in his beliefs, he moves to North America and promises to use his new freedom of speech to represent…
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