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Return of the Pharaoh: Memoir in Nasir's Prison

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In God's Underground

Richard Wurmbrand · 270 pages

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The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

Paul Hattaway, Brother Yun · 352 pages

Brother Yun is a entrepeneur leader in the underground Christian church of China. He lives now in Germany and this book is a biography of his life and inspiring walk with Jesus.

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The Complete Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi · 352 pages

From inside front cover: The story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a ... loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private and public life in a coutnry plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trails of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming -- both sweet and terrible; and, fina

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Guantánamo Diary

Mohamedou Ould Slahi · 448 pages

"This is the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered released by a federal judge, the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans to

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My Life As A Traitor

Zarah Ghahramani · 249 pages

Ghahramani, 20, an Iranian student, was swept off the streets of Tehran and taken to the notorious Evin prison, where criminals and political dissidents were held side by side in conditions of legendary brutality. Her crime, she asserts, was sliding back her headscarf to feel the sun on her hair. This led to a political activism fueled by the fearless idealism of the young. Her parents begged her

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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

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Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

Ayaan Hirsi Ali · 277 pages

"In this highly personal follow-up to Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali examines the high cost of freedom - estrangement from her family and country, the loud criticism of her by many Muslims (some of them women), the 24-hour security which came as a result of death threats, and her struggle to come to terms with an often lonely independence. She records the painful reconciliation with her beloved father,

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Consequence: A Memoir

Eric Fair · 240 pages

This "is the story of Eric Fair, a kid who grew up in the shadows of crumbling Bethlehem Steel plants nurturing a strong faith and a belief that he was called to serve his country. It is a story of a man who chases his own demons from Egypt, where he served as an Army translator, to a detention center in Iraq, to seminary at Princeton, and eventually, to a heart transplant ward at the University o

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Enemy Combatant

Moazzam Begg · 397 pages

Moazzam Begg, a British Muslim, tells about the years he was held at Guantanamo Bay by the United States government, detailing his arrest, interrogations, solitary confinement, and other incidents that occurred during his imprisonment.

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Into the Whirlwind

Evgenia Ginzburg · 331 pages

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Night

Elie Wiesel · 126 pages

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Devil at My Heels

Louis Zamperini, David Rensin · 271 pages

A former POW recounts his athletic southern California childhood, participation in the 1936 Olympics, imprisonment and torture by an abusive Japanese guard, descent into alcoholism, and salvation by preacher Billy Graham.

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Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-Opening Journey Across the Life Line

Abby Johnson · 288 pages

Abby Johnson quit her job in October 2009. That simple act became a national news story because Abby was director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas who, not long after assisting in an actual abortion procedure for the first time, crossed the line to join the Coalition for Life. What happened in that clinic to cause this Planned Parenthood leader and Employee of the Year to take such drastic

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The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. · 400 pages

A professor of history and the noted author and editor of several books on the civil rights struggle, Dr. Clayborne Carson was selected by the estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to edit and publish Dr. King's papers. Drawing upon an unprecedented archive of King's own words--including unpublished letters and diaries, as well as video footage and recordings--Dr. Carson creates an unforgettable

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Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle

Ingrid Betancourt · 528 pages

Ingrid Betancourt tells the story of her captivity in the Colombian jungle, sharing teachings of resilience, resistance, and faith. Born in Bogotá, raised in France, Betancourt at age 32 gave up a life of comfort and safety to return to Colombia to become a political leader in a country that was being slowly destroyed by terrorism, violence, fear, and hopelessness. In 2002, while a candidate in th

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When Hell Was in Session

Jeremiah A. Denton Jr., Ed Brandt · 246 pages

Denton, a Navy pilot, recounts his experiences as a prisoner of war held in Hanoi's infamous Hanoi Hilton prison complex.

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Long Walk to Freedom

Nelson Mandela · 638 pages

The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly recreates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, Long Walk to Freedom is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader

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Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah · 297 pages

Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often ab

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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb · 311 pages

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous re

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Witness

Whittaker Chambers · 808 pages

The moving autobiography and reflective meditation of a communist spy who became a Christian and, to the scorn of the intellectual establishment, witnessed to God's grace.

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