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God's Double Agent: The True Story of a Chinese Christian's Fight for Freedom
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Include books by the same authorActs of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation
Eboo Patel · 189 pages
Infidel
Ayaan Hirsi Ali · 353 pages
"Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali's story tells how a bright little girl evolved out of dutiful obedience to become an outspoken, pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to balance democratic ideals with religious pressures, no story could be timelier or more significant.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
Now They Call Me Infidel: Why I Renounced Jihad for America, Israel, and the War on Terror
Nonie Darwish · 272 pages
Return of the Pharaoh: Memoir in Nasir's Prison
zynb lGzly · 214 pages
The Islamist: Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I Left
Ed Husain · 294 pages
The true story of one mans journey to Islamic fundamentalism and backRaised in a devout but quiet Muslim community in London, at sixteen Ed Husain was presented with an intriguing political interpretation of Islam known as fundamentalism. Lured by these ideas, he committed his life to them. Five years later, he rejected extremism and tried to return to a normal life. But soon he realized that Isla
Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life
Ruth Irene Garrett, Rick Farrant · 196 pages
The Cross in the Closet
Timothy Kurek · 354 pages
Hiding in the Light
Rifqa Bary · 240 pages
The compelling personal story of a teenage girl who stood against her family's faith to convert to Christianity and who gave up everything in her flight from religious persecution. In 2009 the story broke in national media of a teenage girl who had run away from her Ohio home, claiming that her Muslim father had threatened to kill her for refusing to renounce her Christian faith. Her parents denie
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Eric Metaxas · 615 pages
From the New York Times bestselling author of Amazing Grace, a groundbreaking biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century, the man who stood up to Hitler. A definitive, deeply moving narrative, Bonhoeffer is a story of moral courage in the face of the monstrous evil that was Nazism. After discovering the fire of true faith in a Harlem church, Bonhoef
Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
Sara Miles · 299 pages
The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ
Andrew Klavan · 286 pages
Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear
Jinger Duggar Vuolo · 221 pages
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
Dorothy Day · 288 pages
This inspiring and fascinating memoir, subtitled, “The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist,” The Long Loneliness is the late Dorothy Day’s compelling autobiographical testament to her life of social activism and her spiritual pilgrimage. A founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and longtime associate of Peter Maurin, Dorothy Day was eulogized in the New York Times as, “a no
Joni: An Unforgettable Story
Joni Eareckson Tada, Joe Musser · 224 pages
Autobiography of Joni Eareckson, who at 17 was left a quadriplegic as a result of a diving accident, and who today as an accomplished artist drawing with a pen held in her teeth, describes her struggles and her abiding faith in Christ.
Standing Alone in Mecca: An American Woman's Struggle for the Soul of Islam
Asra Q. Nomani · 320 pages
My Spiritual Journey
Dalai Lama XIV · 304 pages
"Tenzin Gyatso, the fourteenth Dalai Lama, was born in 1935 to a peasant family in a remote part of Tibet. Although living in exile, he is the beloved traditional and religious leader of millions of Tibetans and has become a global icon of peace, compassion, spiritual living, and nonviolent struggle for justice. The Dalai Lama's My Spiritual Journey brings the world a message: one of suffering, su
Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions
Rachel Held Evans · 232 pages
Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman
Gladys Aylward, Christine Hunter · 160 pages
Faitheist: How An Atheist Found Common Ground With The Religious
Chris Stedman · 208 pages
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
A.J. Jacobs · 492 pages
Raised in a secular family but interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the hundreds of less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers; to stone adulterers. The
I Am Hutterite: The Fascinating True Story of a Young Woman's Journey to Reclaim Her Heritage
Mary-Ann Kirkby · 241 pages
Laughing All the Way to the Mosque
Zarqa Nawaz · 248 pages
"Being a practising Muslim in a Western society is sometimes challenging, sometimes rewarding and sometimes downright absurd. How do you explain why Eid never falls on the same date each year; why it is that Halal butchers also sell teapots and alarm clocks. How do you make clear to the plumber that it's essential the toilet is installed within sitting-arm's reach of the tap? Zarqa Nawaz has seen
Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond
Deborah Laake · 240 pages
In this book, Deborah Laake, a former member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, chronicles her experiences with Mormonism and the various rituals performed in their temples. Laake recounts her studies at the Brigham Young University, her loveless first marriage at nineteen, her subsequent divorce and the problems she encountered with the Mormon authorities and her relatives due to