Lynn Vincent Libri

Colton Burpo non ha ancora quattro anni quando viene ricoverato d’urgenza per un’appendicite perforata. Mentre lo stanno operando i medici “perdono” il bambino per tre lunghi minuti. Al termine dei quali Colton si risveglia, come per miracolo. L’intervento è riuscito e il piccolo si ristabilirà perfettamente, ma in quei tre minuti è successo qualcosa: mentre il suo corpo giaceva sul tavolo operatorio il bimbo ha compiuto un incredibile viaggio, fino al Paradiso e ritorno. Trascorreranno diversi mesi prima che Colton riveli ai genitori – sempre più sconcertati – gli incredibili dettagli della sua grande avventura. In questo libro il padre, Todd, riporta il racconto del bambino, che dice di aver osservato “dall’alto” il medico mentre lo “aggiustava”; di aver incontrato Gesù – che lo ha preso in braccio – e Dio, che è “grandissimo”; di aver conosciuto la sorellina mai nata e di cui nessuno gli aveva mai parlato. La straordinaria esperienza che ha illuminato la vita di una famiglia come tante ed ha toccato il cuore di milioni di persone in tutto il mondo, nutrendo in ciascuno di noi una dolce speranza.

The Army does not want you to read this book. It seeks to hide its detention system that protects enemy fighters while endangering American soldiers. The military's new legal framework prosecutes U.S. service members while freeing spies who kill Americans. This very system ambushed Captain Roger Hill and his men. A West Point graduate and decorated combat veteran, Hill was a rising officer who adhered strictly to military law. In 2007, he became the infantry commander of Dog Company, 1-506th, fresh from the brutal combat in Ramadi. His men, skilled in battle but struggling with post-deployment life, transformed into the battalion's top performers under Hill and his First Sergeant, Tommy Scott. However, their deployment to Afghanistan brought severe challenges, with a third of the company becoming casualties in just six months. Compounding Hill's struggles was a contentious relationship with his battalion commander, who frequently threatened his position. After two men died during a routine patrol, Hill and a counterintelligence team uncovered enemy infiltrators on their base in Wardak. Facing abandonment by his superiors, Hill confronted a harrowing decision: adhere to Army regulations as he always had or defy them to protect the men he had come to care for deeply.

Describes how the co-author, a man held under plantation-style slavery until he fled in the 1960s, suffered homelessness for an additional eighteen years before the wife of the other co-author, an art dealer accustomed to privilege, intervened to save the former's life. Reprint.

KurzbeschreibungAbby ist 16, als sie allein mit ihrem unsinkbaren Boot „Wild Eyes“ zu einer Weltumsegelung aufbricht. Doch nach 12.000 Meilen beenden Wind und Wellen ihren Traum. Fesselnd erzählt Abby, was sie auf ihrer Fahrt erlebte, von ihrem Kampf mit den Elemen