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Run to Overcome: The Inspiring Story of an American Champion's Long-Distance Quest to Achieve a Big Dream
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Run to Overcome: The Inspiring Story of an American Champion's Long-Distance Quest to Achieve a Big Dream

by Meb Keflezighi, Dick Patrick and Jon Gauger

Narrated by Keflezighi, Meb

Meb Keflezighi (Kef-lez-ghee) is all about hope and second chances—starting with his very survival. The child of a small African country ravaged by a brutal war, Meb arrived in America with nothing but the clothes on his back, speaking no English and never having raced a mile. So how did he end up an A student, one of the most celebrated and respected … Read more…

First Things First: The Rules of Being a Warner

First Things First: The Rules of Being a Warner

by Brenda Warner, Kurt Warner and Jennifer Schuchmann

Kurt Warner is the two-time NFL MVP–winning quarterback of the Arizona Cardinals. Brenda Warner is an ex-Marine turned stay-at-home Mom who collects coats for low-income kids and rocks babies to sleep at a center for chronically ill infants. Together they’re the parents of seven children, going into their thirteenth year of marriage. Their formula for su… Read more…

Sergeant York

Sergeant York

by John Perry

Growing up in the Tennessee hills, Alvin York was equally renowned as a marksman and as a hard-drinking brawler. A dramatic New Year’s conversion convinced him that killing was against God’s will, and yet this shy, big-boned mountaineer singlehandedly dispatched two dozen Germans and captured 132 in the closing days of World War I. He earned the Medal of… Read more…

D. L. Moody

D. L. Moody

by Kevin Belmonte

A plainspoken follower of Jesus, Dwight L. Moody embodies passionate, unflinching obedience to God. It’s 1860, the eve of America’s Gilded Age. A man in a gray, woolen suit stands in a dilapidated building in Chicago’s “Little Hell,” a slum forgotten by the world. He is surrounded by grimy children, attentive and watchful in this makeshift school M… Read more…

Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas

by Joe Wheeler and Joe L. Wheeler

 You know him as the rotund merry-maker in the red suit. But set aside the childhood myth. In this portrait, you’ll encounter the true St. Nicholas, a figure revered for his astonishing miracles and a humility that redirected all attention to God’s glory. You’ll be amazed to find St. Nicholas always turning up at just the right time&md… Read more…

End of the Spear

End of the Spear

by Steve Saint

2005 ECPA Retailer's Choice Award winner for best biography/autobiography! Steve Saint was five years old when his father, missionary pilot Nate Saint, was speared to death by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe. In adulthood, Steve, having left Ecuador for a successful business career in the United States, never imagined making the jungle his home again. But w… Read more…

The Pope's Maestro
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The Pope's Maestro

by Sir Gilbert Levine

Narrated by Levine, Sir Gilbert

The story of the friendship between a Jewish-American conductor and Pope John Paul II. This book offers the inspirational story of an unlikely friendship and the two men who collaborated in an extraordinary way to begin to help heal centuries-old wounds. For two decades Sir Gilbert Levine and Pope John Paul II collaborated on symbolic acts of reconciliation… Read more…

23 Minutes In Hell: One Man's Story About What He Saw, Heard, and Felt in That Place of Torment

23 Minutes In Hell: One Man's Story About What He Saw, Heard, and Felt in That Place of Torment

by Bill Wiese

New York Times Best Seller and Over 1 million copies sold!Over 1,000 5-Star reviewsWiese’s visit to the devil’s lair lasted just twenty-three minutes, but he returned with vivid details etched in his memory, capturing the attention of national media, including the Christian Broadcasting Network, Daystar Television Network, Trinity Broadcasting Ne… Read more…

The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin
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The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin

by Stephen Mansfield and David A Holland

Narrated by Mansfield, Stephen

From the moment she joined John McCain on the Republican ticket in 2008, Sarah Palin has stirred a firestorm of emotion rarely seen in American politics. These passions arise from critical fault lines she exposes in our country, fissures that reveal much about who we are and where we are heading as a nation. The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin examines these… Read more…

Without a Word: How a Boy's Unspoken Love Changed Everything
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Without a Word: How a Boy's Unspoken Love Changed Everything

by Jill Kelly

Narrated by Kelly, Jill

“Your son has been diagnosed with a fatal genetic disease called Krabbe Leukodystrophy. There is no treatment and no cure. I will do everything I can to help your son. But the disease has already progressed so fast that I don’t think he will live to see his second birthday.” With these words, pro football Hall of Famer Jim Kelly and his wif… Read more…

Remember Why You Play: Faith, Football, and a Season to Believe

Remember Why You Play: Faith, Football, and a Season to Believe

by David Thomas and Kris Hogan

If you enjoyed Friday Night Lights, this book is a must-read. Remember Why You Play documents the lives, struggles, and triumphs of the players and coaches of Faith Christian School in Grapevine, Texas. Sports columnist and author David Thomas followed the team for a full season, recording a story that will inspire readers to understand that relationships ar… Read more…

Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope

Choosing to SEE: A Journey of Struggle and Hope

by Mary Beth Chapman, Ellen Vaughn and Steven Chapman

I've told my kids for years that God doesn't make mistakes," writes Mary Beth Chapman, wife of Grammy award winning recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman. "Would I believe it now, when my whole world as I knew it came to an end?"Covering her courtship and marriage to Steven Curtis Chapman, struggles for emotional balance, and living with grief, Mary… Read more…


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