Mark A. Tabb
1) Running for my life: one lost boy's journey from the killing fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games
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English
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This is a story about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. Lomong chronicles his inspiring ascent from a barefoot lost boy of the Sudanese Civil War to a Nike sponsored athlete on the US Olympic Team. He shares his commitment to keep moving forward and find God in each step.
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English
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"In a moment, Chris went from a talented eighteen-year-old college football player with a promising future to a quadriplegic with a 3 percent chance of ever moving or feeling anything below his neck, much less walking again...Determined to prove the doctors wrong, he pushed himself through grueling, daily workouts until four years later, he did the impossible. Chris walked across the stage to receive his college diploma with the help of Emily, the...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"After five major concussions, NFL tight-end Ben Utecht of the Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals is losing his memories. This is his powerful and emotional love letter to his wife and daughters--whom he someday may not recognize--and an inspiring message for all to live every moment fully. Emotionally powerful, inspiring, and uplifting, Ben's story will captivate and encourage you to make the most of every day and treasure all of your memories"--Provided...
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Pub. Date
[2011]
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245 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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After the citizens of Parkersburg, Iowa, survive a F-5 tornado that nearly destroys their entire town, they are stunned by the murder of their beloved football coach, Ed Thomas, at the hands of a former player. What happens next in this incredible true story provides a lesson in grace and forgiveness that inspired the entire country.
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
ix, 218 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"The celebrated Fox News star and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a powerful, uplifting look at her life and her spiritual journey, reflecting on her family, her faith, and her successful career. In her bestselling children's book Take Heart, My Child, Ainsley Earhardt drew on her childhood and the inspirational notes her father wrote her before school each morning. In this moving memoir, she reminisces about growing up with a father who...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"This unprecedented, true story by Lance Cooper tells how one family's pursuit of justice for the death of their daughter uncovered the biggest automotive scandal in the world. Riveting and victorious, Cobalt Cover-Up is about the tenacity of the human spirit when faced with incredible odds and deadly corruption"--
8) All in
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Pub. Date
2011.
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323 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"In this intimate profile of an unlikely poker champion, the life story of Jerry Yang is laid out-from his difficult Hmong childhood to his success as a professional poker player. Born in the mountains of northern Laos, Jerry spent four and a half years in a Thai refugee camp after his family escaped the Communist forces. He endured horrific living conditions there and watched his family members die at gunpoint, but miraculously escaped and immigrated...
10) Convicted: a crooked cop, an innocent man, and an unlikely journey of forgiveness and friendship
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Pub. Date
2017.
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x, 213 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"A true story of racial reconciliation and radical forgiveness. With all the disturbing news about race relations in America, here's a true story of reconciliation and the redemptive power of the gospel. How can you possibly forgive the man who falsely arrested you for a crime you did not commit? After years in prison, during a chance encounter with the crooked police officer, a young African American man named Jameel McGee faced such a dilemma: Would...
