Straining Forward: Minh Phuong Towner's Story
One Woman's Journey from Oppression to Redemption in the Wake of the Vietnam War
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In the early morning hours of January 31, 1968, New Year's fireworks gave way to gunfire and bombs. Eleven-year-old Minh watched in horror as her father and two siblings were gunned down by the Vietcong in their backyard. Though she escaped death that night, abuse, prison, and torture would follow. A dramatic escape by boat on the South China Sea finally takes Minh out of communist Vietnam, but the tragedy of her childhood would continue to haunt her.
From France to Australia to the United States, Minh struggles to find her place in a country she does not call home, in a world she does not understand. While each journey leads her to question God’s very existence and purpose for her life, they also draw her into a closer relationship with him and toward a vocation in ministry.
Minh’s powerful story of escape, as well as dangerous and unhealthy relationships, is told with raw sincerity. Straining Forward is a riveting spiritual journey of hope and healing that reminds listeners that we are more than victims of circumstance and that even in our loneliest and most desolate moments, we are never truly alone.
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- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
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Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother and lived in the crumbling shell of an Italian hotel-turned-refugee camp. Eventually, she was granted asylum in America. She settled in Oklahoma, then made her way to Princeton University. In this book, Nayeri weaves together her own vivid story with the stories of other refugees and asylum seekers in recent years, bringing us inside their daily lives and taking us through the different stages of their journeys, from escape to asylum to resettlement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story of resilience and compassion
- De PAH en 09-06-19
De: Dina Nayeri
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Fire Road
- The Napalm Girl's Journey Through the Horrors of War to Faith, Forgiveness, and Peace
- De: Kim Phuc Phan Thi, Ashley Wiersma
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 162
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 153
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Get out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first! Go now! These were the final shouts nine-year-old Kim Phuc heard before her world dissolved into flames - before napalm bombs fell from the sky, burning away her clothing and searing deep into her skin. It's a moment forever captured, an iconic image that has come to define the horror and violence of the Vietnam War. Kim was left for dead in a morgue; no one expected her to survive the attack. Napalm meant fire, and fire meant death.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The subtitle should warn what the book is
- De Rex Michael Dillon en 01-27-19
De: Kim Phuc Phan Thi, y otros
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Peace from Broken Pieces
- How to Get Through What You're Going Through
- De: Iyanla Vanzant
- Narrado por: Iyanla Vanzant
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,135
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,879
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 1,885
New York Times best-selling author Iyanla Vanzant recounts the last decade of her life and the spiritual lessons learned—from the price of success during her meteoric rise as a TV celebrity on Oprah, the Iyanla TV show (produced by Barbara Walters), to the dissolution of her marriage and her daughter's 15 months of illness and death on Christmas day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Iyanla is Inspirational! A GREAT LISTEN!!!
- De Theresa en 12-04-11
De: Iyanla Vanzant
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Wisdom Hunter
- A Novel
- De: Randall Arthur
- Narrado por: Scott R. Pollak
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 23
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Pastor Jason Faircloth knows what he believes. His clear faith, in fact, is why he is one of the most prominent pastors in Atlanta. He relies on it to discipline his daughter, his wife, his church. He prays daily that others would come to see God's ways as he does. And it will cost him everything he has. Groping for answers in the face of tragedy, Jason is determined to find the one person left who might provide healing: the granddaughter kept hidden from him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What an awesome eye opener
- De Anthea en 07-12-22
De: Randall Arthur
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The Sum of Our Days
- De: Isabel Allende
- Narrado por: Blair Brown, Isabel Allende
- Duración: 11 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of the tragic death of her daughter, Paula. Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor, and wisdom, this remarkable memoir is as exuberant and as full of life as its creator. Allende bares her soul while sharing her thoughts on love, marriage, motherhood, spirituality and religion, infidelity, addiction, and memory - and recounts stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her and lovingly embraces as a new kind of family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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She does not disappoint
- De ChiChi's Rule en 06-01-22
De: Isabel Allende
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Between Two Worlds
- Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam
- De: Zainab Salbi, Laurie Becklund
- Narrado por: Josephine Bailey
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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Zainab Salbi was 11-years-old when her father was chosen to serve as Saddam Hussein's personal pilot, her family often forced to spend weekends with Saddam where he watched their every move. As a palace insider, Zainab offers a singular glimpse of what it is like to come of age under a dictator and provides an intimate portrait of the man she was taught to call "uncle". She watched as Saddam pitted friends, spouses, and even children against each other to compete for his approval.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An excellent history lesson
- De Ella en 12-01-09
De: Zainab Salbi, y otros
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We Died Before We Came Here
- A True Story of Sacrifice and Hope
- De: Emily Foreman
- Narrado por: Pamela Klein
- Duración: 4 h y 47 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 51
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"In this life, I have lost. I lost my husband and best friend. My children lost their father. But Stephen didn't lose his life. He found it." Early one morning, just down the street from the local mosque, gunshots shattered the silence. A young American lay in a pool of blood, murdered by al-Qaeda extremists. When God called Emily and Stephen Foreman to bring the gospel to a Muslim nation where Christianity was illegal, they knew they were being called to a life of sacrifice. "We died before we came here" was their common refrain.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved this book
- De Emily Powell en 12-26-24
De: Emily Foreman
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Hidden Girl
- The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave
- De: Shyima Hall, Lisa Wysocky
- Narrado por: Robin Eller
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 483
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 433
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Shyima Hall was born in Egypt on September 29, 1989, the seventh child of desperately poor parents. When she was eight, her parents sold her into slavery. Shyima then moved two hours away to Egypt's capitol city of Cairo to live with a wealthy family and serve them eighteen hours a day, seven days a week. When she was ten, her captors moved to Orange County, California, and smuggled Shyima with them. Two years later, an anonymous call from a neighbor brought about the end of Shyima's servitude - but her journey to true freedom was far from over.
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4 out of 5 stars
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story
- De Don en 09-26-14
De: Shyima Hall, y otros
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After the Last Border
- Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America
- De: Jessica Goudeau
- Narrado por: Soneela Nankani
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 70
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The welcoming and acceptance of immigrants and refugees have been central to America's identity for centuries - yet America has periodically turned its back in times of the greatest humanitarian need. After the Last Border is an intimate look at the lives of two women as they struggle for the 21st-century American dream, having won the "golden ticket" to settle as refugees in Austin, Texas.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Content. Odd Structure.
- De Susan Stillings en 02-10-21
De: Jessica Goudeau
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My Friend Anne Frank
- The Inspiring and Heartbreaking True Story of Best Friends Torn Apart and Reunited Against All Odds
- De: Hannah Pick-Goslar, Dina Kraft
- Narrado por: Alix Dunmore
- Duración: 9 h y 29 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 123
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 110
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In 1933, Hannah Pick-Goslar and her family fled Nazi Germany to live in Amsterdam, where she struck up a close friendship with her next-door neighbor, an outspoken and fun-loving young girl named Anne Frank. For several years, the inseparable pair enjoyed a carefree childhood of games, sleepovers, and treats with the other children in their neighborhood of Rivierenbuurt. But in 1942, Hannah and Anne's lives abruptly changed forever.
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5 out of 5 stars
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the missing piece to Anne’s story and the complete picture of Hannah’s
- De Wilson en 07-13-23
De: Hannah Pick-Goslar, y otros
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Something Beautiful Happened
- A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil
- De: Yvette Manessis Corporon
- Narrado por: Pam Turlow
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Yvette Manessis Corporon grew up listening to her grandmother's stories about how the people of the small Greek island Erikousa hid a Jewish family - a tailor named Savvas and his daughters - from the Nazis during World War II. Nearly 2,000 Jews from that area died in the concentration camps, but even though everyone on Erikousa knew Savvas and his family were hiding on the island, no one ever gave them up, and the family survived the war. Years later, Yvette decided to track down the man's descendants - and eventually found them in Israel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely wonderful! Thank you, Yvette.
- De Cellowoman en 09-21-17
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- scorpiolyfe
- 06-21-22
A MUST READ!!!
Each chapter kept you inspired. I loved how she related scripture to her life journey. Her story was such an inspiration. The author relayed her words so perfectly.
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- Debs9802
- 09-05-22
A beautiful tales tales of triumph
This real life story was full of joy, sorrow, excitement and the triumph that could only be created by God. This book will bless you with encouragement and remind you to seek the Lord daily. This is a must read.
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