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This historic work reveals the inner spiritual life of one of the most beloved and important religious figures in history. During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions; her extraordinary contributions to the care of...

Tim Pocock was a born performer. At ten, he took to the stage as a professional opera singer. At twenty-two, he launched his acting career in the blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine and went on to star in the beloved series Dance Academy. But Tim's biggest role was one he never auditioned for - the role he played at home as a devout, straight son. Raised in a conservative Catholic family and attending a school with links to Opus Dei, Tim always knew that being gay was out of the question.

Henry Bennion Eyring was born on May 31, 1933, in Princeton, New Jersey, bearing the first name of his father, who was fast building a reputation as a brilliant scientist, and the family name of his mother, who didn't care for the name "Henry" and insisted that he be called Hal. In 1970, Hal received an impression to make a daily record of his activities. Years of journals form the backbone of this personal biography, a candid look at his walk through life with his beloved companion, Kathy.

In 1957, Melba Beals was one of the nine African American students chosen to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. But her story of overcoming didn't start - or end - there. While her white schoolmates were planning their senior prom, Melba was facing the business end of a double-barreled shotgun, being threatened with lynching by rope-carrying tormentors, and learning how to outrun white supremacists who were ready to kill her rather than sit beside her in a classroom. Only her faith in God sustained her.

Mit 15 Jahren hat er sich bekehrt, mit sechzehn seine erste Predigt gehalten, mit neunzehn die Leitung einer Großstadtgemeinde in der Weltmetropole London übernommen. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) war der Medienstar und Megapastor des 19. Jahrhunderts. Er sprach vor Tausenden von Zuhörern und erreichte durch seine gedruckten Predigten ein Millionenpublikum in aller Welt. Stephan Steinseifer zeichnet das Leben eines Mannes nach, der zu Lebzeiten heftig umstritten war, dessen Glaube aber bis heute vorbildlich ist.

Now a major motion picture starring Robert Carlyle and Kiefer Sutherland "Waking from a dream, I suddenly realized where I was: in the Death House--in a prison camp by the River Kwai. I was a prisoner of war, lying among the dead, waiting for the bodies to be carried away so that I might have...

«Daqui a cinco horas vou ver Jesus», escreveu Jacques Fesch no seu último dia na Terra, aos 27 anos de idade. Dois meses antes da sua execução, foi na cela de prisão em Paris que começou a redigir este diário íntimo destinado à filha Véronique, de apenas seis anos de idade. Sabendo que estava condenado, deu conta nestas linhas da vida dum homem que, dia após dia, via aproximar-se o seu último dia na Terra, mas que também dia após dia se foi aproximando cada vez mais de Deus.

From the creator of the New York Times best-selling Sad Animal Facts series, Brooke Barker, comes a quirky, hilarious memoir-in-essays about her journey from a childhood in the Mormon church to a Jewish adulthood, and all the wonder and weirdness of faith.

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Pope and Mussolini tells the story of the bloody revolution that stripped the pope of political power and signaled the birth of modern Europe. “[David I.] Kertzer’s brilliant treatment of the crisis in the papacy between 1846 and 1850 reads like a...