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The diving-bell and the butterfly: A Memoir Of Life In Death
By Jean-Dominique Bauby. 1997
The case for Christ: a journalist's personal investigation of the evidence for Jesus
By Lee Strobel. 1998
Retracing his own spiritual journey from atheism to faith, the author cross-examines a dozen experts with doctorates who are recognized…
authorities in their own fields. He challenges them with questions like: How reliable is the New Testament? Does evidence for Jesus exist outside the Bible? Is there any reason to believe the resurrection was an actual event? It's a riveting quest for the truth about history's most compelling figure. 1998.My left foot
By Christy Brown. 2003
Christy Brown was born with cerebral palsy, but inside the baby lay the brilliantly imaginative and sensitive mind of a…
writer who one day would take his place among the giants of Irish literature. This is his story: how he fought to learn to read, write, paint and finally type with the toe of his left foot. That was how he wrote his bestseller "Down all the days". 2003.Joni
By Joni Eareckson Tada, Joe Musser. 1978
At the age of 17 the author was the victim of a diving accident that left her totally paralysed from…
the shoulders down. Here she tells her story of her fight against quadriplegia and depression. 1978.Don't worry, he won't get far on foot: the autobiography of a dangerous man
By John Callahan. 1989
At 21, the author was an obnoxious alcoholic who could not hold a job; at 25, he severed his spine…
in a car accident. Now a well-known cartoonist, his autobiography deals honestly with his bitterness and his efforts to be independent. Strong language and descriptions of sex. 1989.Heaven is for real: a little boy's astounding story of his trip to heaven and back
By Lynn Vincent, Todd Burpo. 2010
Burpo, a pastor in Nebraska, relates the 2003 experiences reported by his three-year-old son Colton, who believes that during an…
emergency appendectomy he died, went to heaven, and returned to life. Colton describes seeing Jesus, angels, and deceased relatives. c2010.Have a little faith: a true story
By Mitch Albom. 2009
The book begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy.…
Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he'd left years ago. Meanwhile, closer to his current home, Albom becomes involved with a Detroit pastor--a reformed drug dealer and convict--who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. Moving between their worlds, Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, impoverished and well-to-do, Albom observes how these very different men employ faith similarly in fighting for survival. 2009.90 minutes in heaven: a true story of death & life (Strand Publishing Ser.)
By Don Piper, Cecil B Murphey. 2004
Don Piper's ninety minutes in heaven changed his life and his perspective. Reading this book will give you the assurance…
that God is faithful to bring you through even the most horrific of circumstances. 2004.Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
By Mitch Albom. 1997
Some twenty years after college, Mitch Albom rekindles his relationship with a former professor who is terminally ill. His weekly…
visits with his dying mentor become a colloquium on the meaning of life, and Albom gains insight into "love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and, finally, death." Bestseller. 1997.The three faces of Eve
By Corbett H Thigpen, Hervey M Cleckley. 1957
Case study of multiple personalities by the two psychiatrists who treated a patient they called Eve White, Eve Black, and…
Jane to differentiate between her three distinct personalities: pure and saintly; coarse and seductive; and poised and mature. 1957.90 minutes in heaven: a true story of death & life
By Cecil Murphey, Don Piper. 2004
Texas Baptist minister recounts his 1989 near-fatal car accident when he was declared dead at the scene. Describes experiencing heaven…
and reuniting with deceased loved ones, and regaining consciousness after being prayed over by a fellow preacher. Discusses his painful rehabilitation and initial desire to return to paradise. 2004.Genesis: a living conversation
By Bill D Moyers. 1996
A diverse group of panelists from the worlds of religion, academia, law, and art discuss the people and events of…
the initial book of the Bible. They explore the biblical characters and analyze the timeless moral themes of their stories. Companion volume to the PBS television series. 1996.A continual feast: words of comfort and celebration collected by Father Tim
By Jan Karon. 2005
Words of wisdom, faith, and encouragement, as well as lively ideas, humor, commonsense advice, and more, that fictional Father Tim…
of Mitford has collected over the years from writers, philosophers, and the Bible. Companion to Patches of Godlight (DB 61575). 2005