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Author
Publisher
HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First HarperLuxe edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 296 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help address these questions. These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when dealing with unimaginable loss--the death of her young son, followed a year later...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"In this masterful work, Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns; it's a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. Beginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and...