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Living with the Himalayan Masters

Swami Rama · 486 pages

Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda · 502 pages

The autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 - 1952) details his search for a guru, during which he encountered many spiritual leaders and world-renowned scientists. When it was published in 1946 it was the first introduction of many westerners to yoga and meditation.The famous opera singer Amelita Galli-Curci said about the book:"Amazing, true stories of saints and masters of India, blended w

Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

Stephen Batchelor · 320 pages

My Spiritual Journey

Dalai Lama XIV · 304 pages

"Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, was born in 1935 to a peasant family in a remote part of Tibet. Although living in exile, he is the beloved traditional and religious leader of millions of Tibetans and has become a global icon of peace, compassion, spiritual living, and nonviolent struggle for justice. The Dalai Lama's My Spiritual Journey brings the world a message: one of suffering, su

Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

Anne Lamott · 272 pages

"Lamott has chronicled her wacky and (sometimes) wild adventures in faith in...the wonderful Grace (Eventually)." (Chicago Sun-Times)In Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, the author of the bestsellers Traveling Mercies and Plan B delivers a poignant, funny, and bittersweet primer of faith, as we come to discover what it means to be fully alive.

My Life with the Spirits: The Adventures of a Modern Magician

Lon Milo DuQuette · 191 pages

Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess

Matthew Paul Turner · 256 pages

He spent his childhood trapped within the confines of countless bizarre, strict rules. And lived to tell about it.In this first-hand account, author Matthew Paul Turner shares amusing--sometimes cringe-worthy--and poignant stories about growing up in a fundamentalist household, where even well-intentioned contemporary Christian music was proclaimed to be "of the devil." churched is a collection of

Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome: A Memoir of Humor and Healing

Reba Riley · 359 pages

"A woman about to turn 30 and dealing with health challenges finds that she wants to reconnect with faith, just not with the religion she was raised in. She decides to visit 30 different faith traditions before she turns 30, and finds that her journey encompasses more than just visiting different houses of worship"--

Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows

Ravi Zacharias, R.S.B. Sawyer · 240 pages

Ravi Zacharias was born in India and has literally moved from the East to the West and the West to the East and repeated the cycle again and again to answer skeptics' questions about whether God is alive, who Jesus is, what is truth, and whether we can really find absolutes. Ravi has spoken of his own journey only in bits and pieces in his other books and talks. It is a journey that has led him be

Meetings With Remarkable Men

G.I. Gurdjieff

Living Faith

Jimmy Carter · 273 pages

This is a book about the values and experiences that have shaped my life, and how the religious beliefs I inherited have been transformed into a living faith. I have waited a long time to write these words, because religion is a private matter-and my own faith has been the subject of much public speculation. Yet I think that my close relationship with God is something I share with many Americans o

The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios

Dionysios Farasiotis · 311 pages

Tod eines Guru

Rabi R. Maharaj · 276 pages

Mended: Pieces of a Life Made Whole

Angie Smith · 212 pages

"Mended takes you on a journey to show how faith lived in the regular events of daily life is all that it takes to be a part of creating God's picture of redemption in your life and those around you. Your life does make a difference--because of how He is magnified in the cracks"--Publisher.

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life

Donald Miller · 255 pages

Crossing to Avalon: A Woman's Midlife Quest for the Sacred Feminine

Jean Shinoda Bolen · 320 pages

Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen's magnificent spiritual autobiography is the story of a call to adventure, the mystery of the feminine, and the extraordinary pilgrimage that marked her midlife passage. Bolen frames her search for meaning at midlife as a quest for the mysterious lost Grail of the Arthurian legend. For Bolen, the Grail represents the elusive object of a lifelong search for what is missing fr

Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

Jinger Duggar Vuolo · 221 pages

Something Other than God: How I Passionately Sought Happiness and Accidentally Found It

Jennifer Fulwiler · 253 pages

Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

Shauna Niequist

Angels In My Hair

Lorna Byrne · 288 pages

These Strange Ashes

Elisabeth Elliot · 144 pages

In her first year as a missionary to a small group of native women in the Ecuadorian jungle, Elisabeth Elliot faced physical and spiritual trials. In These Strange Ashes, Elliot captures the mysteries and stark realities surrounding the colorful and primitive world in which she ministered. More than just a recounting of her early days, this is a beautifully crafted and deeply personal reflection o

Letters & Papers from Prison

Dietrich Bonhoeffer · 437 pages

This new, greatly expanded version, while omitting nothing found in the earlier edition, shifts the emphasis of earlier editions on Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theological reflections to the private sphere of his life. His letters now appear in far greater detail, and show his daily concerns and the enormous warmth and humanity of the young German pastor who was executed by the Nazis in 1945 for his par

The Year of Living like Jesus: My Journey of Discovering What Jesus Would Really Do

Edward G. Dobson · 291 pages

Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam

Asra Q. Nomani · 320 pages