Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman


  • ISBN13: 9780802429865
  • Condition: New
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A solitary woman. A foreign country.An unknown language.An impossible dream?No, God's call on the life of Gladys Aylward.With no mission board to support or guide her and less than ten dollars in her pocket, Gladys Aylward left her home in England to answer God's call to take the message of the gospel to China. With the Sino-Japanese War waging around her, she struggled to bring the basics of life and the fullness of God to orphaned children. Time after time, God tr... More >>

Gladys Aylward: The Little Woman

Monday, May 25, 2009

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph



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Although 'continually and bitterly ashamed' that the Arabs had risen in revolt against the Turks as a result of fraudulent British promises of self-rule, Lawrence led them in a triumphant campaign which revolutionized the art of war. "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" recreates epic events with extraordinary vividness. In the words of E. M. Forster, 'Round this tent-pole of a military chronicle, T. E. has hung an unexampled fabric of portraits, descriptions, philosophies, em... More >>

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption



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In this true and inspiring book, a unique and transcendent friendship rises from the depths of a shocking crime and a devastating miscarriage of justice.... More >>

Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World


  • ISBN13: 9780060822187
  • Condition: New
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Lucette Lagnado's father, Leon, is a successful Egyptian businessman and boulevardier who, dressed in his signature white sharkskin suit, makes deals and trades at Shepherd's Hotel and at the dark bar of the Nile Hilton. After the fall of King Farouk and the rise of the Nasser dictatorship, Leon loses everything and his family is forced to flee, abandoning a life once marked by beauty and luxury to plunge into hardship and poverty, as they take flight for any count... More >>

The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter


  • ISBN13: 9780440228653
  • Condition: New
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A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.

A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her. Life does not get any easier when h... More >>

Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

Sunday, May 10, 2009

America Is In The Heart: A Personal History



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This classic of Asian American history is now available in an unabridged audio edition. First published in 1946, this autobiography of the well-known Filipino poet describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West. Bulosan does not spare the reader any of the horrors that accompanied the migrant's life; but his quiet, stoic voice is the most con... More >>

America Is In The Heart: A Personal History

Saturday, May 9, 2009

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale


  • ISBN13: 9780679406419
  • Condition: New
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At last! Here is the definitive edition of the book acclaimed as “the most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust” (Wall Street Journal) and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker). It now appears as it was originally envisioned by the author: The Complete Maus.

It is the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father’s s... More >>

The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale