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Get the Summary of Malcolm X and Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies...
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A la hora de su repentina muerte, Ricardo Capponi, médico cirujano y psiquiatra, elaboraba un libro acerca de la crisis de los abusos sexuales en la Iglesia católica. Una primera versión de este libro, que el autor esperaba aumentar y mejorar con comentarios de sus primeros lectores, fue publicada en una edición limitada bajo el título La misión actual de la Iglesia católica. Una propuesta para enfrentar la crisis. Considerando su inestimable...
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Get the Summary of Eric Metaxas' Is Atheism Dead? in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
Original book introduction: Is Atheism Dead? is a highly entertaining, impressively wide-ranging, and decidedly provocative answer to that famous 1966 TIME cover that itself provocatively asked "Is God Dead?" In a voice that is by turns witty, muscular, and poetic, Metaxas echoes C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton in cheerfully and...
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I wrote a book about moments. I titled it Once Upon A Time mainly because in remembering the moments I was writing about, I was reimagining life as a dream. It is not about a made-up fantasy I wished to live, but about a very real one that I saw as a dream, as a "once upon a time," seeing its "happily ever after." It is not about heaven but about earth, about everything glorious and heavenly from this earth I live in. It is about sins and dirt. It...
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El Papa Francisco, es símbolo de la pobreza, la humildad, la sencillez y la reconstrucción de la Iglesia Católica. Desde su nombramiento ha venido rompiendo esquemas del vaticano, manejándose con una austeridad absoluta, sorprendiendo al mundo entero con su doctrina incluyente hacia todas las religiones. En este libro encontrará una semblanza anecdótica del Papa que nos ayuda a comprender el porqué de su actuar y sus sentimientos. También...
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In this penetrating, sometimes irreverent and often humorous book, the writings of the apostles are explored in a search for the true "Word of God".
Here the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as well as the letters from other apostles, who witnessed the life of Jesus Christ are evaluated using an unconventional but simple approach.
This simple method allows any reader to separate the obviously true from the fictitious to arrive at a correct...
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Get the Summary of Joyce Meyer's Battlefield of the Mind in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Worry, doubt, confusion, depression, anger and feelings of condemnation: all these are attacks on the mind. If readers suffer from negative thoughts, they can take heart! Joyce Meyer has helped millions win these all-important battles. In her most popular bestseller ever, the beloved author and...
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Get the Summary of Donald H. Calloway's Consecration to St. Joseph in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In the midst of crisis, confusion, and a world at war with the Church, it's time to come home again to our spiritual father, St. Joseph. In this richly researched and lovingly presented program of consecration to St. Joseph, Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, brings to life the wonders, the power,...
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Are you familiar with a "Go F**k Yourself Production?" If all you do is sit on your computer and f**k people or make people f**k, you will be. You may be written into our story as one of our characters: Lucifer, Derek, Michael, Satan, Kay, or Miley. There are also many more. I assure you that Miley Ray Cyrus will not to be trashed in this story. Miley Ray Cyrus is the inspiration to this book, and we love her. Now, here is Lucky to bring you the story...
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La Escritura dice: "De todo esto habló Jesús con la gente por parábolas... para que se cumpliera lo dicho por el profeta: Abriré mi boca y en parábolas hablaré de cosas escondidas desde la fundación del mundo". Las cosas naturales fueron el medio de transmisión para lo espiritual; las cosas de la naturaleza y la experiencia de vida de sus oyentes fueron conectadas con las verdades de la Palabra escrita. Por tanto, al guiar del reino natural...
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Get the Summary of Philip Yancey's Where the Light Fell in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Raised by an impoverished widow who earned room and board as a Bible teacher in 1950s Atlanta, Philip Yancey and his brother, Marshall, found ways to venture out beyond the confines of their eight-foot-wide trailer. But when Yancey was in college, he uncovered a shocking secret about his father's...
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Get the Summary of Jason Wilson's Battle Cry in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
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For decades Jason Wilson was losing the war within- the internal battle that many men wage daily, but were never taught how to win. As a result, he could not combat his toxic thoughts and emotions. Instead, he was conquered by them and communicated without composure- hurting those he loved and himself....
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Get the Summary of Thich Nhat Hanh's “Peace Is Every Step” in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In the rush of modern life, we tend to lose touch with the peace that is available in each moment. World-renowned Zen master, spiritual leader, and author Thich Nhat Hanh shows us how to make positive use of the situations that usually pressure and antagonize us. A ringing telephone can be...
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Life hurts when it is experienced through the flames of tragedy, but there is hope. There are answers. There is a purpose for it all. Todd had the perfect life: a thriving ministry, a happy and healthy family, and a bright future. All of it was interrupted when his oldest daughter, Makenzie, was killed in a traffic accident. Needing to heal, Todd took a leave of absence from ministry and went to work for a friends company that refines gold and silver....
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Get the Summary of Summary of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explores the common ground upon which all of those of Christian faith stand together. Bringing together Lewis' legendary broadcast talks during World War Two from his three previous books The Case for...
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Mike Cater has extensive experience in Bible Church Service. He has attended classes at Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, (196264). He has taught in a high school Sunday school in Paola, Kansas. He was Sunday school director at Cornerstone Baptist Church and served as youth director at Fellowship Baptist Church in Lawrence, Kansas, (2010). He has filled the pulpit in six Baptist churches during his church ministry: Paola, Olathe, Oak...
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Get the Summary of Kaira Jewel Lingo's We Were Made for These Times in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
We all go through times, when it feels like the ground is being pulled out from under us. What we relied on as steady and solid may change or even appear to vanish. In this era of global disruption, threats to our individual, social, and planetary safety abound, and at times, life can feel overwhelming. Not...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 I had lost almost thirty pounds by the time I was referred to a gastrointestinal surgeon at Duke University Hospital. Every few hours, I would double over from a stabbing pain in my stomach. The surgeon said there was nothing to suggest that we were going after the right thing.
#2 One of the most popular prosperity preaching duos is Gloria Copeland and her husband,...
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Get the Summary of Ruth Haley Barton's Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
Each chapter includes a spiritual practice to ensure your soul gets the nourishment it needs. Forging and maintaining a life-giving connection with God is the best choice you can make for yourself and for those you lead.
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