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  The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic?

  by Slavoj Žižek

  What matters is not so much that Žižek is endorsing a demythologized, disenchanted Christianity without transcendence, as that he is offering in the end (despite what he sometimes claims) a heterodox version of Christian belief. — John Milbank To put it even more bluntly, my claim is that it is Milbank who is effectively guilty of heterodoxy, ultimately of a regression to paganism: in my atheism, I am... (more)
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  Hope Again

  by Charles R. Swindoll

  Combining the New Testament teachings of Peter and the insights of one of the most popular authors of our day, Hope Again is an encouraging, enlivening and refreshing look at why we can dare to hope no matter who we are, no matter what we face.
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  Female Friends

  by Fay Weldon

  The main characters of "Female Friends" are three women, now in their forties, who became friends as children during the evacuation of wartime London. In a simultaneous unreeling of past and present, we watch them go about their lives with a great deal of pain, guilt, self-deception, self-irony and considerable grandeur. These women, dear friends, gossip unforgivably about one another, are exasperated by one... (more)
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  God Is Good: Discovering His Faithfulness in Faithless Times

  by Tony Beckett

  When life hurts, how do we make sense of tragedy and pain? It’s easy to say "God is good" when things are going well, but do we really believe that God is good all the time? If you feel imprisoned by your circumstances, this book can show you how to have fresh hope, turn worry into worship, and gain new perspective in spite of all that’s going on around you. Let God Is Good help you face life’s most difficult... (more)
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  America's Military Adversaries: From Colonial Times to the Present

  by John C. Fredriksen

  Books on American military heroes abound. But this book is the first to focus on America's talented enemies —the generals, admirals, Indian chiefs and warriors, submarine captains, fighter pilots, and spies who opposed the United States with military force or other means. Often these military leaders were among the best minds of their times. For more than two centuries, the new nation's most constant... (more)