Peter J Gomes
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This book is a major collection of sermons from the man Time Magazine hailed as one of the best preachers in the country. In Strength for the Journey, Gomes offers a new collection of his most important sermons, which draw on the wisdom of the Bible to guide us through the year and enrich our daily lives. Strength for the Journey features 22 of his stirring addresses dealing with themes of daily life such as commitment, death, happiness, innocence,...
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English
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"An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials. The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass's Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery to his escape to the North in 1838. Douglass tells how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and drivers, how he learned to read and write, and how...