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At last, the world will discover what happens to the greatest salesman when he finally emerges from his lonely retirement to commence a new career. At first, he finds failure - until he receives a special gift from someone he has not seen in half a century. He then returns triumphantly to his homeland to write his own 10 vows of success to be shared with all who seek a better life - including you.

Please note: This audiobook is in Tamil The Ramayanam, an itihasa of the highest order, is considered adi kavya, the first poem to have been composed. Written by Valm ki during Rama's time, and ratified by him, this timeless epic has been treated with utmost care by all acaryas in their famed...

For centuries, Christians have been tormented by one question above all: “If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?” Is there justice or wisdom to be won by suffering, or some reward beyond understanding? And what of the suffering of animals, which...

The great Indian epic - the Ramayana - has been told and retold over thousands of years by poets, performers, and writers. It is a tale of courage and fear, love and hate, devotion and betrayal. The epic spans the three worlds of gods, humans, and demons. Here, the forces of good and evil...

For half of the 20th century, Huston Smith covered the world seeking answers to the supreme questions in life: Why are we here? What do we really want? What does it all mean? From humble village temples to glinting mosques and towering cathedrals, Smith has uncovered the spiritual treasures...

This volume of short essays and other pieces by C. S. Lewis is part of a larger collection, C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces. In addition to his many books, letters, and poems, C. S. Lewis wrote a great number of essays and shorter pieces on various subjects. He wrote...

The Summa Theologica, by Thomas Aquinas, is a fundamental text in Catholic doctrine, a compendium of theology that has been studied and debated since its first publication in the 13th century. Furthermore, it has been widely regarded as one of the classics of Western philosophy, not least...

Look for the bottom of the world and you will not find it. Every floor you reach turns out to be standing on another. Nothing carries its own weight. Eighteen centuries ago a philosopher in India followed this thought further, and more honestly, than anyone before him or since. His name was...

Who can measure the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives? When we are in the dark, He brings the Light. When our minds are perplexed, He gives the Answer. When we need an encouraging promise, He provides the Word. When we are lost, He shows the Way. Charles H. Spurgeon clearly communicates...

What if the key to thinking better wasn't finding faster answers, but learning to formulate better questions?For centuries, the study of the Talmud has cultivated an extraordinary form of thinking: questioning the obvious, examining opposing interpretations, debating rigorously, learning...

One of the most meaningful stories ever written… "You know the story of the Three Wise Men of the East, and how they traveled from far away to offer their gifts at the manger-cradle in Bethlehem. But have you ever heard the story of the Other Wise Man?" So begins Henry van Dyke's Christmas...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. People join a yoga class. A Bible study. A business mentoring program. A weekend seminar that promises to unlock their potential. An online group that seems to understand them better than their own family does. And then, one small step at a time, the...

THE ORTHODOX FAITH series is intended to provide basic, comprehensive information on the faith and life of the Orthodox Church. It consists of four volumes. This volume contains five sections, highlighting different aspects related to worship in the Orthodox Church: the church building...

In God We Trust invites listeners to think and reflect critically about the truths and complexities of the role of religion and the founding of America in order to separate history from political ideology and to understand why this distinction matters for the future of our nation and democracy...

Where do we come from? Mainstream scientists say that we exist because of a Big Bang that occurred 13.8 billion years ago. Then humans evolved on planet Earth after several billion years—out of pure randomness. However, more than half of the world's population—including Christians, Muslims...

Have you ever considered that much of what we call Christianity isn't actually Christian? The Church quietly traded: A rabbi you walked with—traded for a stage you watched. A table you belonged to—traded for a program you attended. A family who bore your wounds—traded for a service that...

The pressure is unmistakable—conform or get cancelled. New York Times bestselling author Mark Batterson invites you into a different way of living in the digital age with a call to Christlike nonconformity that doesn’t withdraw from the world but transforms it. “In Not My Circus, Mark...

I have done my own research, including traveling to and touring the modern locations of each of these seven churches. In doing so, I've discovered an incredible list of connections between the cultural, geographical, and historical events of the first century in these cities and the contents of...

Legacy: Wisdom of African Traditions and the Bible compares almost 300 proverbs from all over the continent with Bible verses, organized into forty-six broad themes. Chris Morehouse was compelled to write the book after exploring the Parallel Sayings books, which juxtapose insights from the great religious traditions with their counterparts from Jewish and Christian scriptures. These books explore resonances between Christianity and Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism.

This book is a journal of the ideas, reflections, prayers, and wishes by E. C. the old groundskeeper as he makes his rounds in life going to church, going to work, teaching tennis, playing tennis, and visiting his friends. He is a secretary recording the ideas that come through his life. Interwoven in all this is where E. C. continues to explore how tennis is played and how people learn to play tennis. A wise man named Eknath Easwarn once said that life was a game of hide and seek. God hides and we seek. And God leaves us little footprints...little glimpses of his beauty.