Bøger af Lynn Vincent

"Based on years of original research and new reporting, two acclaimed authors deliver the riveting and emotionally wrenching full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history: the sinking of the USS Indianapolis during World War II--and the fifty-year fight to exonerate the captain after a wrongful court martial."--Provided by publisher.

"DO YOU REMEMBER THE HOSPITAL, COLTON?" SONJA SAID. "YES, MOMMY, I REMEMBER," HE SAID. "THAT'S WHERE THE ANGELS SANG TO ME." WHEN COLTON BURPO MADE IT THROUGH AN EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY, HIS FAMILY WAS OVERJOYED AT HIS MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL. WHAT THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING, THOUGH, WAS THE STORY THAT EMERGED IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED-A STORY AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY, DETAILING THEIR LITTLE BOY'S TRIP TO HEAVEN AND BACK. COLTON, NOT YET FOUR YEARS OLD, TOLD HIS PARENTS HE LEFT HIS BODY DURING THE SURGERY-AND AUTHENTICATED THAT CLAIM BY DESCRIBING EXACTLY WHAT HIS PARENTS WERE DOING IN ANOTHER PART OF THE HOSPITAL WHILE HE WAS BEING OPERATED ON. HE TALKED OF VISITING HEAVEN AND RELAYED STORIES TOLD TO HIM BY PEOPLE HE MET THERE WHOM HE HAD NEVER MET IN LIFE, SHARING EVENTS THAT HAPPENED EVEN BEFORE HE WAS BORN. HE ALSO ASTONISHED HIS PARENTS WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND OBSCURE DETAILS ABOUT HEAVEN THAT MATCHED THE BIBLE EXACTLY, THOUGH HE HAD NOT YET LEARNED TO READ. WITH DISARMING INNOCENCE AND THE PLAINSPOKEN BOLDNESS OF A CHILD, COLTON TELLS OF MEETING LONG-DEPARTED FAMILY MEMBERS. HE DESCRIBES JESUS, THE ANGELS, HOW "REALLY, REALLY BIG" GOD IS, AND HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US. RETOLD BY HIS FATHER, BUT USING COLTON'S UNIQUELY SIMPLE WORDS, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL OFFERS A GLIMPSE OF THE WORLD THAT AWAITS US, WHERE AS COLTON SAYS, "NOBODY IS OLD AND NOBODY WEARS GLASSES." HEAVEN IS FOR REAL WILL FOREVER CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK OF ETERNITY, OFFERING THE CHANCE TO SEE, AND BELIEVE, LIKE A CHILD. टॉड बर्पो हे नेब्रास्कातील इम्पीरिअल या गावी क्रॉसरोड्स वेस्लेयान चर्चचे धर्मोपदेशक आहेत. ते चेस काउन्टी पब्लिक स्कूलमध्ये कुस्तीचे मार्गदर्शक व आणीबाणीच्या प्रसंगी इम्पीरिअल व्हॉलेंटियर फायर डिपार्टमेंटच्या जवानांबरोबर स्वयंसेवक म्हणूनही आगीशी झुंजतात. कुटुंबाला आर्थिक आधार देण्यासाठी टॉड ओव्हरहेड डोअर स्पेशालिस्ट ही कंपनीही चालवतात. त्यांची पत्नी सोनया ही अर्ध वेळ शिक्षिका असून, त्यांना कॅसी ही मुल

Himlen findes virkelig er en lille drengs beretning om hans besøg i himlen (nærdødsoplevelse) under en akut operation. Historien genfortælles af hans far, men med Coltons egne enkle ord. Denne utrolige, men sande beretning griber læsere over hele verden om hjertet. Bogen er allerede solgt til oversættelse til mere end 30 sprog.

The true story of Dog Company commander Capt. Roger Hill, who defended the lives of his men in combat and then was forced to defend himself against the same military he served.

The more than four hundred thousand readers stirred by the story of Ron Hall and Denver Moore will resonate with the all new, stand-alone true stories of hope and healing offered in this intimate, authentic follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Same Kind of Different as Me.

Indianapolis is the thrilling true story of the greatest naval disaster in United States history - the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis during World War II - and the fight for survival and redemption that followed.