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Point, 1992. Paperback. Good. From School Library Journal Grade 7 Up-- Rachel Kaminsky, 16, is a contemporary Jew whose parents no longer go to the synagogue. During the summer before twelfth grade, she finds herself attracted to three boys: one is going to be a rabbi; one rides a motorcycle and studies Zen; one is studying to be a baker and comes from a non-Jewish German family. At first the story seems to center on Rachel's search for the right young man. It is, in fact, the story of her search for... more information

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Faber and Faber, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. PW: The adolescent daughter of rigid fundamentalists, Maud rebels against her parents' religion but, as she testifies in this spare, bitter, poignant novel, she does not function well as an iconoclast. Convinced as a child of her guilt, Maud questions only the nature of her sin, not whether she has in fact sinned at all. Her father interrupts her first kiss; his harsh reaction to her budding sexuality confuses and scars her. Looking back, Maud finally unde... more information

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Harper & Row, 1965. Paperback. Used - Good. older copy, yellwed pages, tight spine some creases in spine. Review The World's Religions, by Huston Smith, has been a standard introduction to its eponymous subject since its first publication in 1958. Smith writes humbly, forswearing judgment on the validity of world religions. His introduction asks, "How does it all sound from above? Like bedlam, or do the strains blend in strange, ethereal harmony? ... We cannot know. All we can do is try to l... more information

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Berkley, 1982. Paperback. Very Good. Paul is a monk, which is better than a warrior on the planet Tarot, where religions are wielded like swords.--- Toronto Store Pick-up Available. ... more information

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Harpercollins, 1992. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. High-tech medicine clashes with religion in a battle between the body and soul of a doomed English girl in this chilling suspense novel.--- Toronto Store Pick-up Available. ... more information

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Hodder Stoughton, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Synopsis: In wartime Sydney, young Daniel Jordan's life is dominated by two conflicting influences: the religion he imbibes at school and the communism of his terrifying neighbour, the 'Comrade'. Through Daniel's often amusingly confused view of the adult world, Thomas Keneally deftly explores the effects of rigid adherence to dogma and the fine line between innocence and guilt.--- Toronto Store Pick-up Available. ... more information

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Perennial, 1996. Soft Cover. Very Good. ABOUT THE BOOK Life for Real Dummies FROM THE PUBLISHER AT LAST! EVERYTHING YOU EVER NEEDED TO KNOW... BUT WERE TOO DUMB TO ASK. Finally a guide for the completely and hopelessly incompetent, covering a wide range of totally useless... uh, we mean useful... stuff that you'll be lucky to use in this lifetime. No that's not right. We mean you will use this stuff, yeah, like everyday! SEX FOR DUMMIES: How to determine if you're male or female RELIG... more information

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Prentice Hall, 1991. Paperback. Very Good. Book Description INTRODUCTION Nepal forms the very watershed of Asia. Landlocked between India and Tibet, it spans terrain from subtropical jungle to the icy Himalaya, and contains or shares eight of the world's ten highest mountains. Its cultural landscape is every bit as diverse: a dozen major ethnic groups, speaking as many as fifty languages and dialects, coexist in this narrow, jumbled buffer state, while two of the world's great religions, Hindui... more information

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St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2000. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Wales, the 12th Century: As told by Brenda, a mistress of Owain, the Prince of Wales, the court of Gwynedd faces the threat of amalgamation by the English realm and the Christian religion. Afraid of a fateful prophecy about her newborn son, Brenda flees Owain and Wales for the safety of a druid camp in Ireland. Comforted by their spiritual beliefs and the handsome Sein, Brenda begins to adapt to druid ways and to study druid knowledge. B... more information

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Ivy Books, 1991. Mass Market Paperback. Used - Good. Attorney Yastrow's slow-starting first novel takes place in Chicago's law offices, a quack cancer clinic and a judge's chambers. But just when readers may be ready to give up, the author's detailed knowledge of the legal system, his feisty villains, believable heroes and intriguingly original plot all take hold, creating a first-rate suspense story that is hard to put down. The centerpiece of the tale is Benjamin Stillman, low-paid bookk... more information

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Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Paper Back. Used - Good. The third volume of the Writer's Craft series, based on talks given each winter at the New York Public Library, presents six American writers whose work has its basis in spiritual concerns. Mary Gordon, the highly praised novelist ( Final Payments ), speaks eloquently of the nurturance given to her youthful imagination by Catholic liturgy. Frederic Buechner ( Godric ) traces a correlation between faith and fiction: "both journey forward in time and... more information

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Signet, 1964. Paperback. Used - Good. Annotations in ink up until page 15; pages clean thereafter. Minor shelf wear. The vitality and longevity of Jewish culture raises the question: How did this tenacious people survive throughout history when many other cultures and religions were annihilated or absorbed? Uniquely, they accomplished this without a homeland for nearly 2000 years. The work, a revision of a huge history written shortly after World War II, doesn't dwell on the Holocaust but presents a ... more information

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Harpercollins, 1977. Soft Cover. Used - Good. Some creasing, tight spine, not price clipped.--- Toronto Store Pick-up Available. ... more information

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St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2003. Mass Market Paperback. Like New. PW: This second historical novel by Ford (after The Ten Thousand) follows the rise of the Emperor Julian, the fourth-century Roman Caesar who has been vilified by Christian historians for his reintroduction of Hellenistic religions to Rome.--- Toronto Store Pick-up Available. ... more information

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Ivy Books, 1993. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. An immensely important work for Muslims and anyone interested in studying world religions, THE KORAN, the holy scripture of Islam, is the record of Muhammad's teaching. Like the Bible, the influence of the Koran on the world is incalculable. But it is deep and ongoing. This accessible translation and convenient size is perfect for prayer or study.--- Toronto Store Pick-up Available. ... more information

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Fawcett, 1982. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Without the frame or the focus that loosely held Centennial together, this massive but arbitrarily fragmented East-Coast community history - a Maryland island, 1583-1978 - is almost devoid of traditional novelistic pleasure. The hundred or so characters are firmly presented as types (e.g., "Bartley Paxmore, at thirty-one, was the new-style Quaker"), most of them members of three representative families: the Catholic, landowning, upper-class progen... more information

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Bantam, 2000. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Laurie King's first Kate Martinelli mystery, A Grave Talent, won Best First Novel honors from both the Mystery Writers of America and the British Crime Writers' Association. In this fourth installment in the series, King once again displays her talent as both a prose stylist and a masterful plotter in a case that proves to be personally harrowing for her heroine. While attending a school play one evening, Detective Martinelli gets what appears to b... more information

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Penguin Putnam~mass, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight. Some shelf wear. Known to discerning readers for his beguiling Deptford Trilogy and the more recent Rebel Angels, Canadian author Davies has written another irresistible novel. His story of the secret life of Francis Cornish, full of ironic twists and surprises, has the added enticement of a look inside the rarefied world of art experts and restorers. There is even a hint of the thriller genre, since Cornish joins British Intelligence to part... more information

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Harlan Davidson, 1986. Paperback. Used - Good. Tight spine, not price-clipped or remaindered. First 30 pages have some underlining in pen. Product Description Included in this volume are fourteen of the fragments intended for Pascal's Jansenist-inspired defense of the Christian religion. Using the Chevalier edition, these are grouped to present a logical development of three themes, "The State of Man in Ignorance of God," "The Wager," and "The Christian Life." This tran... more information

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Dutton Adult, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. Brian Moore is best known for his mysteries of faith and fanaticism. The Statement focuses on a murderously uncontrite Vichy collaborator whom the French Catholic church has long sheltered. And in The Color of Blood (1987)--set in an unnamed Iron Curtain country--a cardinal wonders if people aren't using religion "as a sort of politics." Religion and politics again feature in The Magician's Wife, but this time they are accompanied by their long-t... more information

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