Biografías - Emanuel

All the Pretty Things. The Story of a Southern Girl Who Went through Fire to Find Her Way Home

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"The night the trailer burned down, I think Daddy was the one who set it on fire. . . . "

For a long time, Edie thought she had escaped. It started in an Appalachian trailer park, where a young girl dreamed of becoming a doctor. But every day, Edie woke up to her reality: a poverty-stricken world where getting out seemed impossible. Where, at twelve years old, she taught herself to drive a truck so she could get her drunk daddy home from the bar. Where the grownups ate while the children went hungry. Where, when the family trailer burned down, she couldnt be caught squawlin over losing her things--she just had to be grateful anyone had remembered to save her at all.

And at the center of it all, there was her daddy. She never knew when he would show up; she learned the hard way that she couldnt count on him to protect her. But it didnt matter: All she wanted was to make him proud. Against all odds, Edie "made doctor," achieving everything that had once seemed beyond her reach. But her past caught up with her--and it would take her whole life burning down once again for Edie to be finally able to face the truth about herself, her family, and her relationship with God. Readers of The Glass Castle will treasure this refreshing and raw redemption story, a memoir for anyone who has ever hungered for home, forgiveness, and the safe embrace of a fathers love.

. A Memoir

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My father had thirteen wives and more than fifty children . . .
This is the haunting memoir of Anna LeBaron, daughter of the notorious polygamist and murderer Ervil LeBaron. Ervils criminal activity kept Anna and her siblings constantly on the run from the FBI. Often starving, the children lived in a perpetual state of fear--and despite their numbers, Anna always felt alone. Would she ever find a place she truly belonged? Would she ever be anything other than the polygamists daughter?

Filled with murder, fear, and betrayal, The Polygamists Daughter is the harrowing, heart-wrenching story of a fatherless girl and her unwavering search for love, faith, and a place to call home.

Deep Undercover. My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America

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One decision can end everything . . . or lead to unlikely redemption.
Millions watched the CBS 60 Minutes special on Jack Barsky in 2015. Now, in this fascinating memoir, the Soviet KGB agent tells his story of gut-wrenching choices, appalling betrayals, his turbulent inner world, and the secret life he lived for years without getting caught.

On October 8, 1978, a Canadian national by the name of William Dyson stepped off a plane at OHare International Airport and proceeded toward Customs and Immigration.

Two days later, William Dyson ceased to exist.

The identity was a KGB forgery, used to get one of their own--a young, ambitious East German agent--into the United States.

The plan succeeded, and the spys new identity was born: Jack Barsky. He would work undercover for the next decade, carrying out secret operations during the Cold War years . . . until a surprising shift in his allegiance challenged everything he thought he believed.

Deep Undercover will reveal the secret life of this man without a country and tell the story no one ever expected him to tell.

Teacher. The Henrietta Mears Story

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"You teach a little by what you say. You teach the most by what you are." --Henrietta C. Mears.

Meet Henrietta Mears, an ordinary woman who was used in extraordinary ways to shape some of the most influential Christians of our time. Dr. Henrietta Mears had one purpose--to know Christ and make him known. She inspired a generation of college kids to aspire to Christian leadership. The legendary Billy Graham, Bill Bright, and 400 others went into Christian service, guided by Dr. Mears. Through them, the influence of her teaching still reverberates today. Experience some of Dr. Mears energy and passion to believe the impossible! Youll also learn how she established Gospel Light, Forest Home, and Gospel Light International (GLINT) and was instrumental in many organizations such as Campus Crusade. See what God can do through a life that is totally surrendered to Him--and imagine what He can do with your life.

. My Journey through Pearl Harbor and the World of War

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War is uncomfortable for Christians, and worldwide war is unfamiliar for todays generations. Jim Downing reflects on his illustrious military career, including his experience during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to show how we can be people of faith during troubled times.

The natural human impulse is to run from attack. Jim Downing--along with countless other soldiers and sailors at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941--ran toward it, fighting to rescue his fellow navy men, to protect loved ones and civilians on the island, and to find the redemptive path forward from a devastating war. We are protected from war these days, but there was a time when war was very present in our lives, and in The Other Side of Infamy we learn from a veteran of Pearl Harbor and World War II what it means to follow Jesus into and through every danger, toil, and snare.

Ruined

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2017 Christianity Today Book Award winner ("CT Women" category)
"It happened on a Sunday night, even though Id been a good girl and gone to church that morning."
One brisk November evening during her senior year at a small Midwestern Christian college, two armed intruders broke into the house Ruth Everhart shared with her roommates, held all five girls hostage, and took turns raping them at gunpoint. Reeling with fear, insecurity, and guilt, Ruth believed she was ruined, both physically and in the eyes of God.

In the days and weeks that followed, Ruth struggled to come to grips with not only what happened that night but why. The same questions raced through her mind in an unrelenting loop--questions that would continue to haunt her for years to come:

Why me? Where was God? Why did God allow this to happen? What am I being punished for?

Told with candor and unflinching honesty, Ruined is an extraordinary emotional and spiritual journey that begins with an unspeakable act of violence but ends with tremendous healing and profound spiritual insights about faith, forgiveness, and the will of God.

Saving My Assassin

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Bucharest, Romania, 1985
"A big man in the waiting room says he wants to discuss a case," my assistant announced from the doorway.

I still had a mountain of work to do. Will this day never end? I thought. "Go home, Miruna. Ill see how I can help him."

I went with her to the reception room and invited the tall, muscular man to follow me. As he entered my office, he ran his huge hand over the silver doorplate reading, Virginia Prodan, Attorney. Then he closed the door behind him. I was taken aback at how enormous he was.

The slam of the door at the end of the waiting room sounded, followed by the click of the outer door. My assistant was gone.

As my visitor sat down in front of my desk, his eyes bore a hole straight through me, and a sneer began to turn at the corner of his mouth.

"Sit down!" He pointed to one of the two chairs in front of my desk.

Securitate! My blood ran cold. How could I have been so careless?

On the side table, my daughters, Anca and Andreea, smiled from framed photos.

Slowly, the man pulled back his coat and reached into a shoulder holster, withdrawing a gun.

"You have failed to heed the warnings youve been given," he said, pointing the gun toward me. "Ive come here to finish the matter once and for all."

He flexed his fingers, and I heard the distinctive click of a trigger cocking into place.

"I am here to kill you."

Out Of Islam

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Christopher Alam is founder and director of Christopher Alam Ministries International, also known as Dynamis World Ministries, which has a full-time crusade team in Africa and numerous evangelists and church-planters working in Asia. He has preached in more than seventy nations and planted hundreds of new churches in unreached places. Christopher and Britta Alam now live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Love Like Fire

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Cassandra Soars has published various national magazine articles on a wide range of topics, including international trade, foreign aid, and life in Mozambique, Africa (where she lived for five years). She has a masters of fine arts in creative writing from the University of Pittsburgh. She also received her master’s in international development from the University of London’s prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies. Cassandra and her husband recently founded a social media site for couples called iheartus.com.

The Faith and Values of Sarah Palin

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Stephen Mansfield is the New York Times best-selling author of The Faith of George W. Bush, The Faith of Barack Obama, Benedict XVI: His Life and Mission, and Never Give In: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill among other works of history and biography. Founder of both The Mansfield Group, a consulting and communications firm, and Chartwell Literary Group, which creates and manages literary projects, Stephen is also in wide demand as a lecturer and speaker. For more information, log onto www.MansfieldGroup.com.

David A. Holland is an author, speaker, media consultant and award-winning copywriter who writes the popular blog BlatherWinceRepeat.com and the satirical ChrisMatthewsLeg.com. He is the co-author of Paul Harvey’s America, as well as numerous articles, essays and opinion pieces. David makes his home with his wife and daughters in Dallas, Texas. For more information, log onto DavidAHolland.com.