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Great Souls: Six Who Changed a Century
David Aikman
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Description for Great Souls: Six Who Changed a Century
paperback. A senior journalist for "Time Magazine, " Aikman profiles six figures who embody specific virtues including Bill Graham, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II and others. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; G; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
As a senior journalist with Time magazine, David Aikman witnessed some of the most important world events and interviewed many of the prominent global power figures of his time. In this moving volume, Aikman profiles six of these figures: Billy Graham, Nelson Mandela, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II, and Elie Wiesel. He explains how each of these luminaries personify specific virtues that are sorely needed today: salvation, forgiveness, truth, compassion, human dignity, and remembrance. Aikman's meticulous research provides extraordinary insights into the lives of these great individuals who have changed the century by their works and personal ... Read more
As a senior journalist with Time magazine, David Aikman witnessed some of the most important world events and interviewed many of the prominent global power figures of his time. In this moving volume, Aikman profiles six of these figures: Billy Graham, Nelson Mandela, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Mother Teresa, Pope John Paul II, and Elie Wiesel. He explains how each of these luminaries personify specific virtues that are sorely needed today: salvation, forgiveness, truth, compassion, human dignity, and remembrance. Aikman's meticulous research provides extraordinary insights into the lives of these great individuals who have changed the century by their works and personal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739104385
SKU
V9780739104385
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About David Aikman
David Aikman is a former senior correspondent for Time magazine and covered international affairs for more than twenty years. He reported several Man-of-the-Year cover stories, including those on Deng Ziaoping, Corazon Aquino, and Mikhail Gorbachev.
Reviews for Great Souls: Six Who Changed a Century
Aikman deserves credit for writing biographies that not only are reliable and highly readable but also-because of the figures he chose to write about-morally elevating….Ultimately, Great Souls is about commendable qualities that people of any religious commitment, or even none at all, can and should recognize.
The Weekly Standard
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The Weekly Standard
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