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Tim Challies | 7/19/2019 | Staff
July isn’t always prime time for book releases, but in this case, it has done okay for itself. Here are some of the new and notable Christian books for July, 2019.
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Mail Online | 7/16/2019 | Sarah Harris For Mailonline
Fears that school textbooks could be on the way out were raised yesterday as the world’s largest educational publisher announced plans to go ‘digital first’. Pearson is taking the first step by...
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The Federalist | 7/15/2019 | Glenn T. Stanton
When I was growing up, there was one thing sure to stoke the ire of any good liberal: a good old-fashioned book banning. The left considered banning even the most unsavory books as the well-greased...
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Jesus Creed | 7/15/2019 | Staff
If you want to read two books that will be both a challenge and an education, and I’m thinking here of an education the top level of Pauline studies, I’ve got two to mention: The books are the...
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Science News | 7/14/2019 | Science News
A space historian takes the Apollo program off its pedestal to examine it from multiple angles: as a cog in the Cold War political machine, an engineering endeavor riddled with as many failures as...
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www.christianpost.com | 7/12/2019 | Staff
Facebook Twitter Email Print Menu Comment We've compiled the top stories of the week. Here's what you need to know: Vincent - Lambert - State - Years - Car Vincent Lambert, who was in a vegetative...
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Barnabas Fund | 7/11/2019 | Staff
A six-year-old boy who took Christian booklets to school as gifts for classmates landed his parents in trouble with authorities in Azerbaijan. The boy’s act led to the head teacher calling the...
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The Daily Signal | 7/10/2019 | Staff
Joseph Nicolosi Jr. Dr. Joseph Nicolosi Jr. is a licensed clinical psychologist and founder of the Reintegrative Therapy Association, the largest counseling organization serving men with unwanted...
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The Aquila Report | 7/10/2019 | StaffThe Amazon ban and the suggested legislation to ban conversion therapy isn’t limited to Joseph Nicolosi’s teachings. This ban defines any attempt to change one’s sexual desires as “conversion therapy.
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FRC | 7/9/2019 | Staff
Amazon Books: A New Chapter in Censorship? If Amazon wants to sell books, maybe it ought to stop banning them! The company, which doesn't mind profiting from pornography, apparently does mind...
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TVGuide.com | 7/8/2019 | Sadie Gennis
Veronica Mars returns (again) later this month for an eight-episode Hulu miniseries. But seeing as it's been 12 years since the original show ended and five since the fan-funded film was released,...
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Breitbart | 7/8/2019 | Allum Bokhari
Amazon has taken another step towards political censorship, banning all books by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, a psychologist associated by critics with the rise of “gay conversion therapy.
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The Playlist | 7/7/2019 | Charles Barfield
So far, the summer of 2019 has been a bit depressing for the film industry. Taking “Avengers: Endgame” out of the conversation (considering it’s a record-breaking behemoth that skews all numbers),...
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Mail Online | 7/5/2019 | Joseph Laws For Mailonline
Residents of a town in Kent are hunting a 'Book Ripper' who has torn out the pages of more than 200 books in High Street stores in just three months. The ripper has struck charity shops and the...
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www.christianpost.com | 7/5/2019 | Staff
Facebook Twitter Email Print Menu Comment Amazon has permanently removed from its website books by Joseph Nicolosi, who was often referred to as the "father of conversion therapy," in a move some...
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NBC News | 7/3/2019 | Staff
Amazon has removed English-language books by a man largely considered “the father of conversion therapy” from its site following mounting pressure from LGBTQ activists. Dr.
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Mail Online | 7/2/2019 | Dailymail.com Reporter
She's got to study for 18 hours a week as part of her criminal law studies. And Kim Kardashian, 38, appeared as committed as ever to her legal passion as she paid a visit to some law offices in Los...
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Washington Free Beacon | 7/2/2019 | Brent Scher
A new review of Pete Buttigieg's Shortest Way Home pushes back against praise of it as the best political biography since Barack Obama's 2008 book, instead finding Buttigieg's presentation of his...
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Mail Online | 6/29/2019 | Annita Katee For Dailymail.com
She made her first public appearance with boyfriend of eight-months, Steve Kanzee, last week. But it was one-on-one mommy daughter time for Jenna Dewan and her six-year-old, Everly Tatum, on Friday,...
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Frank Viola | 6/29/2019 | Staff
“When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes.” People often ask me what books I recommend reading. In response, I’ve compiled two main lists.
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E! Online | 6/28/2019 | Staff
"I think that there are all sorts of different directions we could go in, with the house or with something completely different. I love the idea of an anthology as well.
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WIRED | 6/27/2019 | Kam Burns
More than a decade ago, when Batwoman was reimagined as a gay character, it was a big deal. She was a woman in comics who dated and danced with other women, experienced heartbreak, and went through...
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Blog & Mablog | 6/26/2019 | Douglas Wilson
“Natural revelation does not teach us that we all evolved from the primordial slime. It does teach us that homosexual relations are unnatural. The former conflicts with Genesis, and the latter does...
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Business Insider | 6/25/2019 | STAT
Each year, STAT publishes a list of summer book recommendations for those interested in health and science. This year's list includes "How to Change Your Mind," Michael Pollan's book on the the...
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Mail Online | 6/23/2019 | Associated Press
Writer Judith Krantz, whose million-selling novels such as 'Scruples' and 'Princess Daisy' engrossed readers worldwide with their steamy tales of the rich and beautiful, died Saturday at her Bel-Air...
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Mail Online | 6/22/2019 | Erica Tempesta For Dailymail.com
A woman turned her thoughtful father into an online star after she shared a heartwarming video of him happily counting the books people took from his mini-library.
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The Rush Limbaugh Show | 6/21/2019 | George Prayias
RUSH: We have an 11-year-old young woman on the phone named Alicia. She is in Salinas, California. How you doing? CALLER: Good! RUSH - Well - School - Chance RUSH: Well, I’m so glad that you called.
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Tim Challies | 6/21/2019 | Staff
It’s that time again! I couldn’t possibly read or review every good book (not to mention every bad book) that finds its way into my mailbox. However, I do like to look them all over and let my...
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MakeUseOf | 6/20/2019 | Philip Bates
This is shaping up to be a strong year for literature. However, with so many exceptional titles on offer, how can you choose which to add to your “To Read” pile? In this article, we list the best...
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Carl McColman | 6/20/2019 | Staff
In my book forthcoming Unteachable Lessons, I tell how I spent a period of time estranged from Christianity — the faith I was brought up in, and the faith I adhere to now.
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MakeUseOf | 6/19/2019 | Akshata Shanbhag
You don’t need to rely on the internet to catch up on your e-reading, because there are many ways to take content offline these days. Let’s see how you can save your reading material for offline use...
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TechCrunch | 4/6/2020 | Staff
Quibi, the short-form video platform founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, hasn’t even launched but has already booked $100 million in advertising sales, according to a report from The WSJ this morning.
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Collider | 6/18/2019 | Jeff Sneider
Two-time Oscar nominee Michael Fassbender is set to produce and star in Lionsgate’s action-packed spy movie Malko, based on Gerard de Villiers’ bestselling S.A.S.
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NewsBusters | 6/17/2019 | Staff
Something fascinating happened in The New York Times Book Review on Sunday. They offered five separate reviews of books by "conservatives," even as they continued to ignore the number-one nonfiction...
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Business Insider | 6/17/2019 | Talia Lakritz, INSIDER
Amazon's Synopsis: "When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests...
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Zero Hedge | 6/16/2019 | Staff
Jim Acosta had a "please clap" moment last week, after the CNN White House Correspondent sold just 30 books during an impromptu signing at an Arlington, VA Barnes & Noble, according to the Daily...
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wdtprs.com | 6/12/2019 | View all posts by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf →Books are coming in like hail. Many on a similar theme. Here’s what I’ve been up to today, resulting in the melting of my brain. Secret - Benedict - XVI - Pope - Antonio The Secret of Benedict XVI:...
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IndieWire | 6/12/2019 | Staff
After 37 years as the nation’s premier LGBTQ film festival, Outfest shows no signs of slowing down. The 2019 festival, scheduled to take place in Los Angeles from July 18-28, has just announced its...
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The Gospel Coalition | 6/10/2019 | Staff
On My Shelf helps you get to know various writers through a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives as readers. I asked Dean Inserra—lead pastor of City Church in Tallahassee, Florida, and author...
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Tim Challies | 6/7/2019 | Staff
This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored by Reformation Heritage Books who also sponsored the blog this week. They have 5 packages of Book packages, which means 5 winners will each receive the...
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ABC News | 6/6/2019 | Staff
More than two years after voter check-in software failed on Election Day in a North Carolina county, federal authorities will finally conduct a forensic analysis of electronic poll books to see if...
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wdtprs.com | 6/4/2019 | View all posts by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf →Prayers, please. I am down with a head cold, very stuffed up, head-achy, and fatigued. Hence, I am catching up on some reading. I have a stack of … no, rather … stacks and stacks of books pressing...
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IndieWire | 6/4/2019 | Staff
HBO’s five-part miniseries “Chernobyl” came to an end June 3 with a stirring finale that exposed the physical and psychological toll the 1986 disaster left in its wake.
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phys.org | 5/3/2011 | Staff
In recent years, there has been a surge in "female empowerment" stories in the Australian picture book market. This long-overdue movement was largely inspired by the success of the crowdfunded book...
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Eidos | 6/3/2019 | Staff
Here are my rules for enduring summer books: They must be less than one hundred years old, but may be read one hundred years from now. Today They must be easily available today.
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Space.com | 6/1/2019 | SPACE.com Staff
Here at Space.com, we're gearing up for the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 moon landing in July — and with that anniversary comes a barrage of books explaining, analyzing and grappling with...
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/Film | 6/27/2019 | Hoai-Tran Bui
Have you always wondered why Harry Potter and his friends balked at reading the lengthy tome A History of Magic when it sounds like the coolest textbook ever? Well, you can soon dive into a real...
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Variety | 5/31/2019 | Joe Otterson
Imagine Kids & Family, the family-focused division of Imagine Entertainment, has won the rights to develop James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein’s “Max Einstein” books as an animated series,...
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CNET | 5/30/2019 | Marguerite Reardon
Harry Potter fans will soon get four new e-books that offer up the background and folklore behind wizard magic. For those of us Muggles who can't attend Hogwarts, there'll soon be a chance to go...
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CNET | 5/30/2019 | Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
Actor Isaac Hempstead Wright may have dropped a major spoiler. Game of Thrones fans already know the two remaining books in George R.R. Martin's series, A Song of Ice and Fire, won't follow the HBO...
Church Tech Snack Pack #246 I’ve got things for cat people and dog people, and people who love naps in...
5 WAYS TO DIVIDE YOUR CHURCH (AND 5 WAYS TO UNIFY IT) The mission of the church is simple: go and...
WHAT ARE BIBLICAL VALUES? Give John J. Collins credit for showing his cards up front. In his What Are Biblical Values? Collins...
A National Conservative Awakening I made my way to the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Washington D.C. for the National Conservatism...
It's a Mystery Why We Are Not Constantly Hallucinating, Trippy New Study Suggests Scientists cut a window into a mouse's brain,...
Powering the future with lunar soil Building a lunar base would be one of the next logical steps in our exploration of the...
A Space Fan's Guide to San Diego Comic-Con 2019 Every year the San Diego conference center is filled to quite literally...
Tour de France pelotons governed by sight, not aerodynamics The 2019 Tour de France has just begun. As 190 riders speed through...
Moon-Landing Hoax Still Lives On, 50 Years After Apollo 11. But Why? Phil Plait has mixed feelings about the moon-landing...
How to Manage Windows 10 Reserved Storage for Reliable Updates The Windows 10 version 1903 update rolled out in May 2019.
Swedish Ambassador Says The White House And State Department Are In Contact Over A$AP Rocky’s Arrest Swedish Ambassador to...
The Wedding Guest review – Michael Winterbottom thriller runs out of fizz Film-maker Michael Winterbottom has always been a...
From Hugh Grant to Jharrel Jerome, 2019 Emmys Celebrate a Slew of First-Time Nominees An Emmy nomination is always a thrill,...
Just Some Pictures, Please: Inside Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton's Different Approaches to Privacy Days later, however,...
Marie Kondo, ‘Nailed It’ Shake Up Unscripted Categories at 2019 Emmys Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman are reunited again to bask...
Raccoons Keep Calm and Carry On! These cute raccoons appear to be waiting to be fed with the front one looking to keep every...
Rare "Dumbo" Octopus! This octopus fans out its tentacles as if showing off while having its picture taken!
Subway in 1905 - New York City, NY! This short glimpse into the past reveals a time radically different from today.
This Turkey Gives Out Hugs! This turkey has a great strategy for avoiding being a Thanksgiving dinner - just give another way,...
Tornado Coming in Laramie! This classic stovepipe in Laramie is causing some havoc as it continues on its way looking very...
Short, But Torrential Downpour in Nevada! This microburst drops lots of water on the Nevada landscape!
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