Religious & Inspirational Audiobooks | Romance

Making the Arab World: Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East

In 2013, just two years after the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian military ousted the country's first democratically elected president-Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood-and subsequently led a brutal repression of the Islamist group. These bloody events echoed an older political rift in Egypt and the Middle East: the splitting of nationalists and Islamists during the rule of Egyptian president and Arab nationalist leader Gamal Abdel Nasser. In Making the Arab World, Fawaz Gerges, one of the world's leading authorities on the Middle East, tells how the clash between pan-Arab nationalism and pan-Islamism has shaped the history of the region from the 1920s to the present. Gerges tells this story through an unprecedented dual biography of Nasser and another of the twentieth-century Arab world's most influential figures-Sayyid Qutb, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood and the father of many branches of radical political Islam. Their deeply intertwined lives embody and dramatize the divide between Arabism and Islamism. Yet, as Gerges shows, beyond the ideological and existential rhetoric, this is a struggle over the state, its role, and its power.

Fawaz A. Gerges (Author), James Cameron Stewart (Narrator)

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The Invisible Girls: A Memoir

Twenty-seven-year-old Sarah The barge had it all - a loving boyfriend, an Ivy League degree, and a successful career - when her life was derailed by an unthinkable diagnosis: aggressive breast cancer. After surviving the grueling treatments - though just barely - Sarah moved to Portland, Oregon to start over. There, a chance encounter with an exhausted African mother and her daughters transformed her life again. A Somali refugee whose husband had left her, Hadhi was struggling to raise five young daughters, half a world a way from her war-torn homeland. Alone in a strange country, Hadhi and the girls were on the brink of starvation in their own home, 'invisible' to their neighbors and to the world. As Sarah helped Hadhi and the girls navigate American life, her outreach to the family became a source of courage and a lifeline for herself. Poignant, at times shattering, Sarah The barge's riveting memoir invites readers to engage in her story of finding connection, love, and redemption in the most unexpected places.

Sarah Thebarge (Author), Sarah Thebarge (Narrator)

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Die glücklichsten Menschen auf Erden: Die persönliche Geschichte von Demos Shakarian

'Die glücklichsten Menschen auf Erden' ist die faszinierende Geschichte von gewöhnlichen Menschen, die sich befähigen lassen, Außergewöhnliches zu vollbringen. Dieser Klassiker über das Leben von Demos Shakarian, einem erfolgreichen Milchfarmer in Kalifornien, wird auch Sie inspirieren! Seine Biographie fesselt den Leser durch viele spannende Erlebnisse und Abenteuer eines Mannes, dessen Großeltern und Eltern aufgrund einer von Gott gegebenen Prophetie Armenien verließen, nach Amerika emigrierten und so dem Völkermord an den Armeniern Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts entgingen. Es war eine eindrückliche VISION, die Demos Shakarian den Anstoß zur Gründung der 'FGBMFI' - Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International (Geschäftsleute des vollen Evangeliums) gab. Heute ist die FGBMFI in mehr als 160 Ländern vertreten. Durch diese weltweit größte Vereinigung von Berufstätigen, Selbständigen und Geschäftsleuten wurden seit ihrer Gründung in den frühen 1950er-Jahren Millionen von Menschen persönlich berührt und positiv verändert. Lassen auch Sie sich begeistern und mit dem Geheimnis 'der glücklichsten Menschen auf Erden' bekannt machen.

Demos Shakarian, Elizabeth Sherill, John Sherill (Author), Hanno Herzler, Monika Schiemann (Narrator)

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The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi: My Journey into the Heart of Scriptural Faith and the Land Where

As a lifetime student of scripture, Kathie Lee Gifford has been traveling to Israel since she was 17 years old. The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi is an examination of a decades-long desire to know more and understand more than the typical “Sunday School” teaching so prevalent in our churches today.

Kathie Lee Gifford, Rabbi Jason Sobel (Author), Jason Sobel, Kathie Gifford, Kathie Lee Gifford, Rabbi Jason Sobel (Narrator)

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Even in Our Darkness: A Story of Beauty in a Broken Life

Jack Deere, Jack S. Deere (Author), Jack Deere, Jack S. Deere (Narrator)

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Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death

Where do we go when we die? Or is there nowhere to go? Is death something we can do or is it just something that happens to us? Now in his ninth decade, former Bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway has spent a lifetime at the bedsides of the dying, guiding countless men and women towards peaceful deaths. In The Last Bus, he presents a positive, meditative and profound exploration of the many important lessons we can learn from death: facing up to the limitations of our bodies as they falter, reflecting on our failings, and forgiving ourselves and others. But in a modern world increasingly wary of acknowledging mortality, Waiting for the Last Bus is also a stirring plea to reacquaint ourselves with death. Facing and welcoming death gives us the chance to think about not only the meaning of our own life, but of life itself; and can mean the difference between ordinary sorrow and unbearable regret at the end. Radical, joyful and moving, Waiting for the Last Bus is an invitation to reconsider life's greatest mystery by one of the most important and beloved religious leaders of our time.

Richard Holloway (Author), Richard Holloway (Narrator)

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Hear My Heart: What I Would Say to You

Millions the world over have heard Billy Graham's evangelistic messages. Now hear his heart... America's pastor has gone home. But his lifelong message, his passion for the gospel, and his compassion for people still echo in Hear My Heart. This intimate work, a compilation of articles that spans Billy's ministry from 1955 to 2014, invites you to sit down with Billy and hear in his own unvarnished words the things that moved his heart regarding relevant issues of the day. The Biblical convictions he abided by. The reasons and regrets behind some of his decisions. And the wisdom he gained in his century on this earth. Hear My Heart also presents stirring tributes, collected over many years, about Billy and his legacy from those who knew him best in all the seasons of his life-including his family members, his friends, and his co-laborers in ministry. Though their lives may have changed, Billy's impact remains the same, and their words are beautifully preserved in essays that reflect the power of his ministry. This book was assembled and printed to be released upon his passing so that his final words would bring comfort and peace to the many lives he touched. This is his legacy-the personal exhortations he left our generation and those yet to come.

Billy Graham (Author), Bob Walter (Narrator)

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John Bunyan

Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. But all, through their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires, uniquely illuminate our shared experience.The author of The Pilgrim's Progress, one of the most influential books in English literature, had little formal education. Born in 1628, the son of a tinker, John Bunyan was expected to follow in his father's footsteps. He was allowed to go to school for a few years and purchase a few books, but his apprenticeship in the family business took precedence. Bunyan experienced his first sorrow in adolescence, when both his mother and sister died. It wasn't his last. Revolutions and wars were all around him, and he was jailed twice for preaching the Gospel. Yet amidst repeated imprisonments, civil war, and violent persecution, Bunyan crafted The Pilgrim's Progress, a testament unlike any other to the triumph of the human spirit. His simple cadences transformed the language, and his memorable characters became familiar to millions. Bunyan became a public figure, a captivating speaker, and above all, a man known for his unrelenting trust in God.

Kevin Belmonte (Author), Robertson Dean (Narrator)

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Mary Magdalene: A Biography

After two thousand years of flawed history, here at last is a biography of Mary Magdalene that draws her out of the shadows of history and restores her to her rightful place of importance within Christianity. Throughout history, she has been both revered and reviled, a woman who has taken on many forms-witch, whore, the incarnation of the eternal feminine, and the devoted companion (and perhaps even wife) of Jesus. In this brilliant new biography, Bruce Chilton, a renowned biblical scholar, offers the first complete and authoritative portrait of this fascinating woman. His descriptions of who Mary was and what she did challenge the male-dominated history of Christianity familiar to most listeners. Through groundbreaking interpretations of ancient texts, he shows that Mary played a central role in Jesus' ministry and was a seminal figure in the creation of Christianity.

Bruce Chilton, Raymond F. Collins, Raymond F. Collins, Std (Author), Jeff Harding, Raymond F. Collins, Raymond F. Collins, Std (Narrator)

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To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism

A New York Times columnist and one of America's leading conservative thinkers considers Pope Francis's efforts to change the church he governs. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936, today Pope Francis is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis's stewardship of the Church, while perceived as a revelation by many, has provoked division throughout the world. "If a conclave were to be held today," one Roman source told The New Yorker, "Francis would be lucky to get ten votes." In To Change the Church, Douthat explains why the particular debate Francis has opened-over communion for the divorced and the remarried-is so dangerous: How it cuts to the heart of the larger argument over how Christianity should respond to the sexual revolution and modernity itself, how it promises or threatens to separate the church from its own deep past, and how it divides Catholicism along geographical and cultural lines. Douthat argues that the Francis era is a crucial experiment for all of Western civilization, which is facing resurgent external enemies (from ISIS to Putin) even as it struggles with its own internal divisions, its decadence, and self-doubt. Whether Francis or his critics are right won't just determine whether he ends up as a hero or a tragic figure for Catholics. It will determine whether he's a hero, or a gambler who's betraying both his church and his civilization into the hands of its enemies.

Ross Douthat (Author), Jonathan Todd Ross (Narrator)

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The Jean Sheehan Story: A personal journey to the new millenium

Are you ready for the new millennium? "HELP! Am I going crazy? I am seeing aliens, hearing animals talk, and my husband is trying to lock me up in a psychiatric unit. What the hell is going on?" Jean Sheehan looked like the average wife, mum and nurse. She was efficient, logical and grounded. As a nurse who worked in general nursing, pathology and autopsies, she loved anything to do with health and her hobby was learning about the spiritual realm. She loved crystals, aromatherapy, healing modalities and yummy organic food. But nothing could prepare her for what was about to happen. She was being prepared for her awakening and new journey in consciousness. For the new millennium.... Come on this expedition with Jean as she journeys through consciousness to remember ancient laws from Atlantis, Lemuria and Ancient Egypt about the soul evolution, laws of attraction, sacred geometry and how to live the life you were born to live. In this book Jean shares her deepest secrets of what occurred. Not even her husband knows! She tells all here to empower and help all those out there whom may be going through similar experiences. Her mission through her courses, books and programs, is to support you to absolute love and to live the life you were born to live.

Jean Sheehan (Author), Jean Sheehan (Narrator)

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The Gift: Ten spiritual lessons for the modern world from my Grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Gift written and read by Arun Gandhi. 'Anger is good. It is an energy that compels us to define what is right and wrong' - Mahatma Gandhi, to his grandson, Arun The moving, often irreverent, story of Arun's years growing up at the iconic Sevagram ashram provides the setting for the treasured moments spent his grandfather, which are an engaging and often surprising read. These memories give a rare insight into Gandhi the man behind the icon, and reveal the motivations behind his ten inspirational lessons. Arun believes that the violence in the world today makes Gandhi's teachings more vital than ever, and The Gift places these lessons in a modern context, shedding new light on how Gandhi's principles can - and must - be applied to today's concerns. Formerly published as The Gift of Anger.

Arun Gandhi, Arun Gandhi (Author), Arun Gandhi, Arun Gandhi (Narrator)

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