QUANDO FÉ E AÇÃO CAMINHAM JUNTAS, NADA É EM VÃO. "QUANDO HÁ VERDADE, NASCE PROPÓSITO. QUANDO HÁ PROPÓSITO, SURGE AMOR. E O AMOR [...] CONTAGIA." Este livro reúne relatos poderosos de pessoas que transformaram desafios em propósito, dores em combustível e quedas em recomeços. São histórias de fé, coragem, resiliência e determinação — escritas por quem viveu na pele as encruzilhadas da vida e escolheu não desistir. Dos sertões ao conselho de grandes empresas, da simplicidade das feiras ao pa...

Over the course of more than six decades as an author, journalist, and professor, Max Lerner studied and assessed many presidents, yet Thomas Jefferson received his most sustained attention. To Lerner, Jefferson came closest in the American context to Plato's "philosopher-king," the ideal thinker and leader. Because of his keen sense of Jefferson's virtues and his unique place in United States history, Lerner began work on a book about Jefferson in 1957, rewriting it several times througho...

As he did with Presidents Jackson and Grant in those magnificent novels, Max Byrd now reveals Thomas Jefferson as we’ve never seen before. Byrd transports us to 1784, as Jefferson, the newly appointed American ambassador to the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, arrives in Paris—a city adrift in intrigue, upheaval, and temptation that will challenge his principles, incite his passions, and change him forever.Through the eyes of his impressionable young secretary, William Shor...

The son of a notorious outlaw is adopted into a wealthy, law-abiding family as an infant after his father is killed in an attempted robbery. Will he follow in the footsteps of his outlaw father or will his life be guided by the respectable woman who nurtured him to manhood? Another exciting tale by the master of the pulp western, Max Brand. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)