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Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century : A Comprehensive World History 14 reviews Robert Royal, Royal Robert
Crossroad General Interest, 2000
Outstanding account of men & women truly devoted to Christ
+ What would you be willing to die for? + Thorough Compendium of Unsung Heroes
How can I put my experience reading this book into words. Story after story provides accounts of amazing men and women who, in the face of unthinkable torture and certain death, simply would not abandon their Savior nor the Church in Rome. Each chapter details the persecution of Catholics in a ...
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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge 44 reviews Chanrithy Him
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000
A Trek to the Past
+ moving + A sad experience but wonderfully written. + When broken glass floats + Every page kept my interest.
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Colditz Last Stop: Eleven Prisons, Four Countries Six Escapes (ISIS Large Print) 1 review Jack Pringle
ISIS Large Print Books, 1998
Colditz The Last Stop
Colditz the last stop is the incredable true story of Jack Pringle. Taking prisoner by the Germans in the early years of the war he was handed over to the Italians as a POW. Once in Italy he quikly began a series of escapes and recaptures until he was finaly sent to Colditz, a kind of maximum ...
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 151 reviews Loung Ung
Harper Perennial, 2001
Powerful story about survival
+ quick reading + Amazing memoir based during Cambodia's struggle + Review + Gripping and Heartbreaking
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Hidden Prophecies in the Psalms: I Will Open My Dark Saying Upon The Harp - Psalm 49:4 2 reviews J.R. Church
Prophecy Publications, 1986
A facinating and interesting book
This book is truly fascinating and interesting. I first heard of the concept that each Psalm is a prophecy for the corrosponding year of this century starting with 1901 on an A&E special. when I checked into the Idea it seemed real possible. For instance the psalms from 35 through 44 could clearly ...
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The Sandlot 183 reviews Brandon Quintin Adams, Karen Allen
20th Century Fox, 2002
A Home Run!!
+ Just good clean fun! + The Sand Lot + You're killing me, Smalls + Excellent movie.
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2006: The Chautauqua Rising 15 reviews Jack Cashill
Olin Frederick, 2000
Among the best novels I have ever read
+ Atlas Shrugged-Lite + This is more than a "must read" book!
Jack Cashill has written an extrodinary novel that is at once incredabley complex and yet very simple and easy to follow. TJ Colon is sports writter who is all to aimlessly drifting through his life until he gets a phone call telling him his father has committed suicide. (Think Vince Forster here) ...
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Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro's Gulag 27 reviews Armando Valladares
Encounter Books, 2001
Makes Shawshank seem like a Club Med
+ Does more for freedom and faith in God than all the books by intellectuals + It Will Change You, For Sure + One of the saddest and most horrifying memoirs I've read! + Cuban paradise
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The Sandlot 183 reviews Brandon Quintin Adams, Karen Allen
20th Century Fox, 2002
A Home Run!!
+ Just good clean fun! + The Sand Lot + You're killing me, Smalls + Excellent movie.
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Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro's Gulag 27 reviews Armando Valladares
Encounter Books, 2001
Makes Shawshank seem like a Club Med
+ Does more for freedom and faith in God than all the books by intellectuals + It Will Change You, For Sure + One of the saddest and most horrifying memoirs I've read! + Cuban paradise
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Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century : A Comprehensive World History 14 reviews Robert Royal, Royal Robert
Crossroad General Interest, 2000
Outstanding account of men & women truly devoted to Christ
+ What would you be willing to die for? + Thorough Compendium of Unsung Heroes
How can I put my experience reading this book into words. Story after story provides accounts of amazing men and women who, in the face of unthinkable torture and certain death, simply would not abandon their Savior nor the Church in Rome. Each chapter details the persecution of Catholics in a ...
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Hidden Prophecies in the Psalms: I Will Open My Dark Saying Upon The Harp - Psalm 49:4 2 reviews J.R. Church
Prophecy Publications, 1986
A facinating and interesting book
This book is truly fascinating and interesting. I first heard of the concept that each Psalm is a prophecy for the corrosponding year of this century starting with 1901 on an A&E special. when I checked into the Idea it seemed real possible. For instance the psalms from 35 through 44 could clearly ...
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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge 44 reviews Chanrithy Him
W. W. Norton & Company, 2000
A Trek to the Past
+ moving + A sad experience but wonderfully written. + When broken glass floats + Every page kept my interest.
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2006: The Chautauqua Rising 15 reviews Jack Cashill
Olin Frederick, 2000
Among the best novels I have ever read
+ Atlas Shrugged-Lite + This is more than a "must read" book!
Jack Cashill has written an extrodinary novel that is at once incredabley complex and yet very simple and easy to follow. TJ Colon is sports writter who is all to aimlessly drifting through his life until he gets a phone call telling him his father has committed suicide. (Think Vince Forster here) ...
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Colditz Last Stop: Eleven Prisons, Four Countries Six Escapes (ISIS Large Print) 1 review Jack Pringle
ISIS Large Print Books, 1998
Colditz The Last Stop
Colditz the last stop is the incredable true story of Jack Pringle. Taking prisoner by the Germans in the early years of the war he was handed over to the Italians as a POW. Once in Italy he quikly began a series of escapes and recaptures until he was finaly sent to Colditz, a kind of maximum ...
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 151 reviews Loung Ung
Harper Perennial, 2001
Powerful story about survival
+ quick reading + Amazing memoir based during Cambodia's struggle + Review + Gripping and Heartbreaking
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