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In 40 Unstoppable Women Who Changed the World, author Harold Sala paints portraits of 40 Christian women who were used by God to change the lives of the people around them. This book will inspire Christians and help them discover the path for their own lives. Stories told in this book include: Joni Eareckson Tada, Corrie ten Boom, Susanna Wesley, Mother Theresa, Elisabeth Elliot, Amy Carmichael, Rosa Parks, and many more.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water. At 28 years old, Scott Harrison had it all. A top nightclub promoter in New York City, his life was an...

“A riveting and infuriating examination of criminal prosecutions, revealing how easy it is to convict the wrong person and how nearly impossible it is to undo the error.” —Washington Post "No one has illuminated this problem more thoughtfully and persistently." —Bryan Stevenson...

Steve Goode and Marie Bentley, high-school sweethearts from Tennessee, couldn't have imagined all they would see through multiple decades of service to the poor and oppressed. Never shying away from God's call, they have served in refugee camps and war zones and lived through personal illnesses and struggles. As long-term leaders of Youth With A Mission's mercy ministries and efforts against human trafficking in Southeast Asia and beyond, Steve and Marie have brought healing and hope to thousands of people and continue to inspire others to do the same.

From a onetime white-supremacist leader now working to disengage people from extremist movements, Breaking Hate is a "riveting" (James Clapper), "groundbreaking" (Malcolm Nance), "horrifying [but] hopeful" (S.E. Cupp) exploration of how to heal a nation reeling from hate and violence. Today's...

Dr. Willie H. Clemons's inspiring book, This Is My Story: This Is My Song: One Man's Journey To Turning Oppositions Into Opportunities And Fulfilling His Unique Gifts, shares his personal experiences and insights on growing up in Alabama. Along the way, the author weaves a beautiful and inspiring story of his journey to fulfilling his childhood dreams of a life of service.

As featured on Fresh Air and the TED stage, a stunning look inside the world of violent hate groups by a onetime white supremacist leader who, shaken by a personal tragedy, abandoned his destructive life to become an anti-hate activist. Raw, inspiring, and heartbreakingly candid, White American...

When she was fifteen years old, Leslie King ran away from an abusive home, looking for a better life and longing for real love. What she found instead was a man who wooed her just long enough to trap her in a life of prostitution. She became one of the many thousands of trafficked individuals in the United States, a number that continues to rise.

Narrated by Audie, Emmy, and NAACP Image Award-winning actor, Joe Morton, and joined by Christian Gregory and Afrika K. Kenjyatta. A soulful, generation-defining collection of thought-provoking, agitating, and liberating works from Dick Gregory, the activist and author of sixteen books...

In 1933, in the shadow of the Great Depression, Dorothy Day started the most prominent Catholic radical movement in United States history, the Catholic Worker Movement, a storied organization with a lasting legacy of truth and justice. Day's newspaper, houses of hospitality, and ministry of paying attention to the inequality of her world would eventually become world famous, just as she would become a figure of promise for the poor.

Despite considerable press coverage and a lengthy trial, the full story of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints has remained largely untold. Only one man can reveal the whole, astounding truth: Sam Brower, the private investigator who devoted years of his life to breaking open the secret practices of the FLDS and bringing Warren Jeffs and his inner circle to justice.

Südliches Mittelmeer, Juni 2018. 235 Menschen drohen auf offener See zu ertrinken - ihr viel zu kleines Schlauchboot ist leck geschlagen und verliert seit Stunden an Luft. Claus-Peter Reisch, Kapitän des Schiffes Lifeline, handelt sofort und rettet mit seiner Crew den verzweifelten Flüchtlingen das Leben. Doch seinem Schiff wird überall die Landung verwehrt. Kein europäischer Staat will die Schutzsuchenden aufnehmen. Erst nach fünf langen Tagen, in denen Europa einmal mehr über die Verantwortlichkeiten streitet, darf Reisch endlich in Malta anlegen.

2010 ist es 65 Jahre her, dass der Pfarrer und Widerstandskämpfer Dietrich Bonhoeffer von den Nationalsozialisten ermordet wurde. Nur wenige Tage vor Ende des Krieges. Dieses Hörspiel zeichnet das Leben Bonhoeffers nach und zeigt, wie aus dem gutbürgerlichen Theologen der engagierte Kämpfer gegen die Nazibarbarei wurde. Bonhoeffers Geschichte ist ein Aufruf an alle Christen, dass es Zeiten gibt, in denen wir, neben dem Beten, handeln müssen, um uns nicht mitschuldig zu machen.

Heute zu Gast der Mann mit den tausend Berufen, das wahrscheinlich größte Universalgenie der Geschichte. Wir werden einiges erfahren über sein Verhältnis zu Michelangelo, warum er Probleme mit Materialkunde hatte und welches Geheimnis wirklich hinter der Mona Lisa steckt. Und dann hat er auch noch auf unseren Wunsch hin ein Beispiel seiner Arbeit mitgebracht... das hätten wir mal lieber lassen sollen!