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Grandfather Gandhi

Arun Gandhi, Bethany Hegedus · 48 pages

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Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse · 130 pages

Hermann Hesse wrote Siddhartha after he traveled to India in the 1910s. It tells the story of a young boy who travels the country in a quest for spiritual enlightenment in the time of Guatama Buddha. It is a compact, lyrical work, which reads like an allegory about the finding of wisdom.

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Wings of Fire: An Autobiography

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam · 180 pages

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, had an unparalleled career as a defence scientist, culminating in the highest civilian award of India, the Bharat Ratna. As chief of the country’s defence research and development programme, Kalam demonstrated the great potential for dynamism and innovation that existed in seemingly moribund res

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Autobiography of a Yogi

Paramahansa Yogananda · 502 pages

The autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 - 1952) details his search for a guru, during which he encountered many spiritual leaders and world-renowned scientists. When it was published in 1946 it was the first introduction of many westerners to yoga and meditation.The famous opera singer Amelita Galli-Curci said about the book:"Amazing, true stories of saints and masters of India, blended w

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William Carey: Obliged to Go

Janet Benge, Geoff Benge · 213 pages

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I have a Dream

Rashmi Bansal · 349 pages

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Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman

Gladys Aylward, Christine Hunter · 160 pages

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Tramp for the Lord

Corrie ten Boom · 202 pages

For the past twenty years Corrie ten Boom has crisscrossed the globe, slept in more than a thousand different beds, and lived out of suitcases...all to fulfill her God-given mission to tell people everywhere that Jesus Christ is reality, that He Lives, that He is Victor. This remarkable woman of eighty-one years served time in a German concentration camp during World War II for the "crime" of h

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A Man Called Peter: The Story of Peter Marshall

Catherine Marshall · 376 pages

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Revolution in World Missions

K.P. Yohannan · 232 pages

In this exciting and fast moving narrative, K.P.Yohannan shares how God brought him from his remote Indian village to become the founder of Gospel for Asia. Drawing from fascinating true stories and eye opening statistics, K.P. challenges Christians to examine and change their lifestyles in view of millions who have never heard the Gospel. Gospel for Asia has more than 16,000 national missionaries

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Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles

Yasmin Mogahed · 194 pages

This is not just a self-help book. It is a manual about the journey of the heart in and out of the ocean of this life. It is a book about how to keep your heart from sinking to the depths of that ocean, and what to do when it does. It is a book about redemption, about hope, about renewal. Every heart can heal, and each moment is created to bring us closer to that transformative return. The book is

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Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling

Richard L. Bushman · 776 pages

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Saint Thomas Aquinas

G.K. Chesterton, Anton C. Pegis · 116 pages

" St. Thomas Aquinas is enriched by the author's unique ability to see the world through the saint's eyes, a fresh and animated view that shows us Aquinas as no other biography has. Acclaimed as the best book ever written on Aquinas by such outstanding Thomists as Jacques Maritain, Etienne Gilson, and Anton Pegis, this brilliant biography will completely capture the reader and leave him desirous o

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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

Reza Aslan · 336 pages

Two thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee gathering followers to establish the "Kingdom of God." He was tortured and executed as a state criminal. Within decades, his followers would call him God. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens

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The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism

Deborah Baker · 246 pages

What drives a young woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a life of exile in Pakistan? The convert tells the story of how Margaret Marcus of Larchmont became Maryam Jameelah of Lahore, one of the most trenchant and celebrated voices of Islam's argument with the West.

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Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus, the Ultimate Jesus Freaks

D.C. Talk · 367 pages

Christian recording group, dc Talk, captures the hearts of young people with this gripping compilation of stories about martyrs past and present. They tell of those who gave it all for God and are the ultimate Jesus Freaks. Young and old alike will ask themselves what they are trading their lives for!

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Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

Timothy J. Keller · 336 pages

Christians are taught in their churches and schools that prayer is the most powerful way to experience God. But few receive instruction or guidance in how to make prayer genuinely meaningful. In Prayer, pastor Timothy Keller delves into the many facets of this everyday act. Keller offers biblical guidance as well as specific prayers for certain situations, such as dealing with grief, loss, love, a

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