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Fire in the Bones: William Tyndale – Martyr, Father of the English Bible
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Include books by the same authorThe Life of Thomas More
Peter Ackroyd · 440 pages
A biography of Roman Catholic martyr and saint, Thomas More, discussing his formidable intellect, political skill, and the steadfast faith that resulted in his beheading when he refused to follow King Henry VIII's lead in severing England's ties to the Roman Catholic Church.
Spurgeon: A New Biography
Arnold A. Dallimore · 252 pages
There is a River: The Story of Edgar Cayce
Thomas Joseph Sugrue · 453 pages
7 Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness
Eric Metaxas · 240 pages
In Seven Men, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas presents seven exquisitely crafted short portraits of widely known—but not well understood—Christian men, each of whom uniquely showcases a commitment to live by certain virtues in the truth of the gospel.
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism
Gregory A. Prince, William Robert Wright · 520 pages
David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism is an insightful and detailed account of the exemplary life and remarkable influence of the 1st 'modern' Mormon prophet, David Oman McKay. Significantly enhanced by access to the private journals, office records and prolific correspondences kept by President McKay's long-time secretary, Claire Middlemiss; this book is a more intimate and personalized
David Livingstone: Africa's Trailblazer (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)
Janet Benge, Geoff Benge · 214 pages
Pope Francis: Pastor of Mercy
Michael J. Ruszala, Wyatt North · 171 pages
Understanding the life of Jorge Bergoglio is essential to understanding how Pope Francis shepherds his flock - and the key is mercy. What exactly do people find so attractive about Pope Francis? There is something about him that captivates and delights people, even people who hardly know anything about him. Aldo Cagnoli, a layman who developed a friendship with the Pope when he was serving as a ca
The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad
Lesley Hazleton · 336 pages
The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited-- and remade.
American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans
Eve LaPlante · 312 pages
Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty
John M. Barry · 472 pages
The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Freethought
Susan Jacoby · 256 pages
This book is a biography that restores America's foremost nineteenth-century champion of reason and secularism to our still contested twenty-first-century public square. From the author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism comes a provocative portrait of Robert Green Ingersoll, known as "the Great Agnostic" and the foremost spokesman during America's Gilded Age for secularism and the
Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet
Sidney D. Kirkpatrick · 570 pages
"In this definitive biography Sidney Kirkpatrick offers a portrait of Edgar Cayce with an entirely new perspective on his life and legacy. The only author to have been granted unrestricted access to all of Cayce's letters and papers, Kirkpatrick has uncovered fascinating details about his work as a psychic, and is the first to crack the code of Cayce's trance readings to show how they were used by
The Life of Frederick Denison Maurice
Frederick Denison Maurice · 580 pages
History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, Lucy Mack Smith
Lucy Mack Smith, Preston Nibley
Saint Francis of Assisi
G.K. Chesterton · 98 pages
G.K. Chesterton lends his witty, astute and sardonic prose to the much loved figure of Saint Francis of Assis. Grounding the man behind the myth he states "however wild and romantic his gyrations might appear to many, [Francis] always hung on to reason by one invisible and indestructible hair....The great saint was sane....He was not a mere eccentric because he was always turning towards the cente
Cave in the Snow: A Western Woman's Quest for Enlightenment
Vicki Mackenzie · 256 pages
Crooked Cucumber: The Life and Teaching of Shunryu Suzuki
David Chadwick · 448 pages
Shunryu Suzuki is known to countless readers as the author of the modern spiritual classic, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. This most influential teacher comes vividly to life in Crooked Cucumber, the first full biography of any Zen master to be published in the West. To create his intimate and engrossing narrative, David Chadwick draws on Suzuki's own words and the memories of his students, friends, a
Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves
Jason Evert · 300 pages
Ruth, A Portrait: The story of Ruth Bell Graham
Patricia Cornwell · 294 pages
A biography of Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, discussing her childhood in China as the daughter of medical missionaries, her contribution to her husband's work, and her efforts to keep their home and family life intact.
C.S. Lewis: A Life Inspired
Christopher Gordon, Wyatt North · 130 pages
Redemption at Hacksaw Ridge: The gripping true story that inspired the movie
Booton Herndon · 199 pages