Religious Figures

Be inspired by the amazing story of an ordinary man who met an extraordinary God and became a pastor to millions. Awakened by Grace is an autobiography that takes you behind the scenes and into the heart of one of the most influential pastors of the past century, Chuck Swindoll. Born in rural...

My Timeless Journey is an inspiring spiritual memoir that chronicles Aliya B. Haeri's lifelong quest for self-knowledge, awakening, and truth. Spanning continents and decades, her journey takes readers from Hawaii to New York, the United Kingdom, and beyond in search of deeper understanding...

Some journeys begin with golden sunlight and sugarcane dreams—yet life has a way of testing the limits we never knew we had.In Raising Beyond Limits, Ashwini Raghni Kumar reflects on growing up in Fiji, where tradition shaped expectations and silenced many girls’ voices. Then, as her life...

This is the story of how God brought Don through many struggles after he became disabled at age thirty-two.. Through it all Don learned to depend on and trust God...

Tattered Flesh, Resilient Spirit is a powerful and deeply personal medical memoir that chronicles the extraordinary survival of physician Craig H. Collison, M.D., who, at the height of his medical training, was suddenly struck by a devastating case of necrotizing fasciitis-commonly known as...

A powerful Christian Testimony of childhood trauma, a life-changing injury, disability, marriage, ministry, and the sustaining love of God.Have you ever wondered where God is when life falls apart?Mike Shultz had plans. He was young, strong, adventurous, and preparing for a future that seemed...

From the co-host of NPR’s All Things Considered and NPR’s Senior Editor of Religion and Spirituality, a deeply reported, revelatory biography of Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, that offers rare and exciting new insight into the life and times of the man who would come to lead the...

I had just reached out in friendship to three strangers. But now the subject of religion had somehow come to dominate the conversation. Should I tell them my true identity? Was it safe? Would they reject me? This book is the often-hilarious memoir of a man who has learned to engage with those of various faiths and establish lasting friendships. We also get a look at the many extraordinarily colorful characters who have made an impact on his life.

What if your waiting isn’t wasted time―but sacred ground where God is doing His deepest work? Waiting is hard. Uncertain. Stretching. Even excruciating at times. There are seasons when waiting feels endless―when prayers seem unanswered, timelines unravel, and hope flickers under the weight...

Lucky Jim is Jim Hart's memoir, the story of how he survived a violent childhood home, found incredible words inside him, created a love that was both so right and so wrong, and finally found the strength to be his true self. Jim is a master at building relationships. Charming, funny, and a...

Bloomsbury presents Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King, read by Mark Meadows. From the acclaimed author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Leonardo and the Last Supper, the riveting story of how Michelangelo, against all odds, created the masterpiece that has ever since adorned the ceiling...

The definitive biography of His Holiness the Dalai Lama—a singular portrait of one of the most influential spiritual and political leaders of our time. Drawing from more than fifty traditional Tibetan sources, this landmark work offers the most complete and intimate account to date of the life of Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama. It reveals not only the public figure known across the globe, but the spiritual master shaped by prophecy, lineage, and profound historical and spiritual ties.

Using historical documents and translated by Régine Pernoud, Joan of Arc seeks to answer the questions asked by Joan's contemporaries as well as us: Who was she? Whence came she? What had been her life and exploits? First published in the United States in 1966 by Stein and Day, this book...

In his first book of original, never-before-seen writings, Pope Leo XIV offers readers around the world a window into the spiritual foundation that would lead him to the papacy―in his own words before his election. Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost had never published a book...

Beloved Bible teacher and ministry leader Joyce Meyer shares the unforgettable story of her troubled upbringing, her call to ministry, and God’s healing hand upon her life in this boldly honest and moving memoir. “I feel it’s necessary to disclose certain details of my story so readers can...