Browsing: Religion and Spirituality

Until the age of 10, Mary-Ann Kirkby had never ridden a bike or watched a Disney film. In this “riveting and well-paced” memoir (Publishers Weekly), she offers an inside look into the little-known Hutterite religious colony — and the challenges she faced when she left.

This heartrending New York Times bestselling memoir illuminates one woman’s escape from her secretive, repressive community and a polygamous marriage. With her eight children, she sets out on a journey of self-discovery and healing in this “extraordinary” true story (Time).

This New York Times bestseller with over 6,500 five-star ratings on Goodreads follows the unlikely friendship between busy ad executive Laura and 11-year-old panhandler Maurice. A touching true story “for readers seeking an uplifting reminder that small gestures matter” (Kirkus Reviews).

This absorbing history examines the disappearance of the Roanoke colony — and puts forth a theory on how 115 men, women, and children could completely vanish. “Miller offers enlivening insight and astounding detail as she resurrects a 400-year-old American mystery” (Associated Press).

Kate Bennett hosts a TV show about finding ghosts, but she’s not prepared for the real spirits that await her in an abandoned house atop a cliff… Could the haunting presence be connected to an unspeakable crime from her childhood?

After losing his wife to cancer, Paul left his job and took his first life-changing steps on the Appalachian Trail, where he spent the next four months searching for peace. A powerful story of one man’s spiritual pilgrimage, with over 1,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

Chop, Chop is an award-winning, coming-of-age novel dealing with everyday experiences that anyone can relate to, but culminating in one…