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Unbroken, read by Edward Hermann, is the bestselling story of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who became a bombardier in World War II, was stranded on a life boat adrift in the Pacific Ocean, and eventually captured … Continue reading
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (2010) Laura Hillenbrand, the author of this book and the earlier book Seabiscuit, has written another winner. This book hooks you in from page one. It’s a great story of an American POW held by the … Continue reading
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo (2011) This book is a quick read and is a very gripping, sweet story and true. A 4-year old minister’s son has a near death experience in surgery. In the weeks and months … Continue reading
I Beat the Odds by Michael Oher (2011) Michael Oher, the football player made famous in the movie The Blind Side, writes about his life before, during, and after he met the Tuohy family (featured in the film). He wrote … Continue reading
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (2010) Let me just say up front that I loved Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit. It is probably my favorite nonfiction book. Well, I think, she’s done it … Continue reading
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand (2010) They say it takes a village to raise a child. Based on the eight pages of acknowledgments by the author, it can take a village … Continue reading
The Walk by Richard Paul Evans (2010) This book is the first in a series by Evans. It explores what happens to a man when he literally loses everything that is precious to him. It gives you a lot to … Continue reading
Grace by Richard Paul Evans (2008) As is his usual style, Richard Paul Evans makes you really feel like you know the characters. In this bittersweet tale, a young man tries his best to rescue a girl in her time … Continue reading
Small Miracles by Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum (1997) With its moving, heartwarming, and inspirational stories of serendipity and coincidence, this book leaves you with the feeling that just maybe someone is looking over our lives and “making things happen.” There is … Continue reading
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (2008) Inspirational in a common sense, real life kind of a way. Though battling terminal cancer, Pausch doesn’t write about dying – he writes about living in a way that stresses the small things … Continue reading
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