The Last Frontier: Exploring the Afterlife and Transforming Our Fear of Death

Julia Assante. New World Library, $15.95 trade paper (416p) ISBN 978-1-60868-160-0

A starred review for an exploration of human fear of the afterlife and how to transform that existential dread.

The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles

Marianne Williamson. HarperOne, $22.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-220541-4

The popular spiritual teacher examines the relationship between internal and external abundance.

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