books about: non-fiction     books:       Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust Immaculee Ilibagiza, Steve Erwin Hay House, 2007 Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee’s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculee survived the slaughter. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the ...             Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown Eric Blehm WaterBrook Press, 2012 Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary operators.   When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn’t know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan—but he was ready: In a letter to his children, not meant to be seen unless the worst happened, he wrote, “I’m not afraid of anything that might happen to me on this earth, because I know no ...             Seabiscuit: An American Legend (Ballantine Reader's Circle) Laura Hillenbrand Ballantine Books, 2002 Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Three men changed Seabiscuit’s fortunes: Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile ...             Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Alfred Lansing Tyndale House Publishers, 1999 'A thrilling reading experience! One of the greatest adventure stories of our times.' New York Times Book Review In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men set sail for the South Atlantic on board a ship called the Endurance. The object of the expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland. In October 1915, still half a continent away from their intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in ice. For five months Shackleton and his ...             Redeeming Love Francine Rivers Fanfare, 1991 Can God’s Love Save Anyone? Bestselling author Francine Rivers skillfully retells the biblical love story of Gomer and Hosea in a tale set against the exciting backdrop of the California Gold Rush. The heroine, Angel, is a young woman who was sold into prostitution as a child. Michael Hosea is a godly man sent into Angel’s life to draw her into the Savior’s redeeming love. This remarkable novel has sold over a million copies and is ...             Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Barbara Demick Spiegel & Grau, 2010 A National Book Award finalist and National Book Critics Circle finalist, Barbara Demick’s Nothing to Envy is a remarkable view into North Korea, as seen through the lives of six ordinary citizens   Award-winning journalist Barbara Demick follows the lives of six North Korean citizens over fifteen years—a chaotic period that saw the death of Kim Il-sung, the rise to power of his son Kim Jong-il, and a devastating famine that killed ...             Alanna: The First Adventure (The Song of the Lioness Book One) Tamora Pierce Atheneum, 1983 Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, a learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.             Until Tuesday: A Wounded Warrior and the Golden Retriever Who Saved Him Luis Carlos Montalván, Bret Witter Hyperion, 2012 A heartwarming dog story like no other: Tuesday, a lovable golden retriever, changes a former soldier's life forever. A highly decorated captain in the U.S. Army, Luis Montalvan never backed down from a challenge during his two tours of duty in Iraq. After returning home from combat, however, his physical wounds and crippling post-traumatic stress disorder began to take their toll. He wondered if he would ever recover. Then Luis met ...             The Jesus Storybook Bible Collector's Edition Sally Lloyd-Jones Zondervan, 2012 Every story whispers His name The multiple award-winning Jesus Storybook Bible now comes alive with audio and animation! This beautifully crafted collector's edition invites children to discover---through vibrant illustrations, read-along CDs, and the entire book animated on DVD---that Jesus is at the center of God's great story of salvation ... and at the center of their story, too. Sally Lloyd-Jones is a New York Times bestselling children's ...             Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings Shel Silverstein HarperCollins, 1974 If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer … Come in … for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein’s world begins. You’ll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, ...             The Soulforge (Dragonlance Saga) Margaret Weis Wizards of the Coast, 1998 A mage’s soul is forged in the crucible of magic.   Raistlin Majere is six years old when he is introduced to an archmage who enrolls him in a school for the study of magic. There the gifted  but tormented boy comes to secretly, for they see shadows darkening over Raistlin even as the same shadows lengthen over all of Ansalon.   As Raistlin draws near his goal of becoming a wizard, he must first take the Dread Test in the Tower of High ...             Gifted Hands [VHS] Ben Carson M.D., Cecil Murphey Zondervan, 1992 From the pages of his best-selling book, Gifted Hands, Dr. Ben Carson comes to life in this even more inspiring video. Instead of having to imagine the man and his world, you can actually see and hear Ben Carson at home with his family and watch his gifted hands during surgery. You can observe him encouraging school children to try to be all that they can be. And you can accompany him on his professional rounds at Johns Hopkins University ...             Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault Little Simon, 1991 A long-time favorite children's story is narrated in lively fashion, and features the voice and music of Ray Charles.             A Lineage of Grace: Five Stories of Unlikely Women Who Changed Eternity Francine Rivers Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2009 In this compilation of the five books in the best-selling Lineage of Grace series by Francine Rivers, we meet the five women whom God chose—Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary. Each was faced with extraordinary—even scandalous—challenges. Each took great personal risk to fulfill her calling. Each was destined to play a key role in the lineage of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World. 2009 Retailer's Choice Award winner!             Dear Lilly: From Father to Daughter: The Truth about Life, Love, and the World We Live In Peter Greyson iUniverse.com, 2009 A father offers his advice, opinions, and the many useful stories gleaned from his past experiences in order to help his beloved daughter not only survive, but thrive in the dangerous and unpredictable world of young adulthood. From the pen of a former abused child, drug addict, womanizing frat boy, and suicidal depressive, comes forth the emotionally stirring account of a young man's battle with crippling inner demons and his eventual ...             The Action Bible Sergio Cariello Oasis Audio, 2010 Original action heroes found here!  The Action Bible includes over 200 fast-paced narratives in chronological order, making it easy to follow the Bible’s historical flow— and reinforcing the buildup to its thrilling climax. The stories in The Action Bible communicate biblical truth clearly and forcefully to contemporary listeners. This compelling blend of clear writing plus dramatic voice characterization offers an appeal that crosses ...             Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal Conor Grennan William Morrow, 2011 “Funny, touching, tragic….A remarkable tale of corruption, child trafficking and civil war in a far away land—and one man’s extraordinary quest to reunite lost Nepalese children with their parents.” —Neil White, author of In the Sanctuary of Outcasts Little Princes is the epic story of Conor Grennan’s battle to save the lost children of Nepal and how he found himself in the process. Part Three Cups of Tea, part Into Thin ...             D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths Ingri d'Aulaire Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1980 Read by Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Kathleen Turner, and Matthew Broderick Here are the immortals of Olympus—the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece—as freshly described as if they were alive today.             Mighty Zues with his fistful of thunderbolts; mischievous little Hermes; grey-eyed Athena, godess of wisdom; Asclepius, the first physician; Orpheus and his beloved Euridice; Helios the sun, crossing the heavens in his ...             Paradise Judith McNaught Random House Value Publishing, 1995 The miracle of a second chance... Meredith Bancroft: A powerful executive in her family business, her heart is as cool as her blonde elegance. Matthew Farrell: A tall, handsome, relentlessly successful tycoon, racing from his bitter memories of childhood scarred by need and shame. Their lives are the envy of the watching world, but both are essentially alone, haunted by the legacy of the once-in-a-lifetime passion that exploded when their ...             Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bea (Book & CD) Audrey Wood, Don Wood Non Basic Stock Line, 2007 First published in 1984, a picture book in which the Little Mouse will do all he can to save his strawberry from the Big, Hungry Bear, even if it means sharing it with the reader. The Little Mouse and the Big Hungry Bear are known and loved by millions of children around the world. Little Mouse loves strawberries, but so does the bear...How will Little Mouse stop the bear from eating his freshly picked, red, ripe strawberry.              search for books adventure, american, aulaires, ballantine, children, collector, daughter, discovering, dragonlance, drawings, endurance, eternity, fearless, holocaust, incredible, operator, ordinary, paradise, redeeming, retriever, sacrifice, seabiscuit, shackleton, sidewalk, soulforge, storybook, strawberry, ultimate, undaunted, unlikely books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The artists assistant in drawing, perspecive [sic], etching, engraving, ... home  impressum - about us