Posted on July 9, 2008 by bookupdate
Into the Wild
By Jon Krakauer
What would possess a gifted young man recently graduated from college to literally walk away from his life? Noted outdoor writer and mountaineer Jon Krakauer tackles that question in his reporting on Chris McCandless, whose emaciated body was found in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness in 1992.
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Posted on July 9, 2008 by bookupdate
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
By Timothy Keller
Although a vocal minority continues to attack the Christian faith, for most Americans, faith is a large part of their lives: 86 percent of Americans refer to themselves as religious, and 75 percent of all Americans consider themselves Christians. So how should they respond [...]
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