17 must-read nonfiction books like Louis Zamperini: Redemption (Heroes of History) by Janet Benge

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Louis Zamperini: Redemption (Heroes of History)

By: Janet Benge

4.49

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

"When the canteen water supply ran dry again, Louie began to doubt they'd survive. He thought back …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Louis Zamperini: Redemption (Heroes of History) by Janet Benge , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. With Lee in Virginia

By: G.A. Henty

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Civil War, as seen through the eyes of young Vincent Wingfield, a spirited teenager from the So… read more

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  • american history
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2. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes

4.09

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

NARNIA... the world of wicked dragons and magic spells, where the very best is brought out of even … read more

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"Courage, dear heart."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"Adventures are never fun while you're having them."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"Extraordinary things only happen to extraordinary people."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."

-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)

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3. Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author and renowned pastor explores the power of prayer. Christians … read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Eve in Exile and the Restoration of Femininity

By: Rebekah Merkle

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

The swooning Victorian ladies and the 1950s housewives genuinely needed to be liberated. That much … read more

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  • nonfiction
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5. Steal Away Home: Charles Spurgeon and Thomas Johnson, Unlikely Friends on the Passage to Freedom

By: Matt Carter , Aaron Ivey

4.11

Format: 176 pages,

Thomas Johnson and Charles Spurgeon lived worlds apart. Johnson, an American slave, born into capti… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • biography memoir

6. Standing on the Promises

By: Douglas Wilson

4.00

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

As parents, our greatest calling is the raising of our children in the nurture and admonition of th… read more

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  • nonfiction

7. The Loveliness Of Christ

By: Samuel Rutherford

4.09

Format: 156 pages, Leather Bound

This beautiful gift book is full of short extracts of some of Samuel Rutherford's most helpful thou… read more

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8. So Brave, Young and Handsome

By: Leif Enger

3.60

Format: 212 pages,

A stunning successor to his best selling novel "Peace Like a River," Leif Enger's new work is a rug… read more

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9. Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World: How One Family Learned That Saying No Can Lead to Life's Biggest Yes

By: Kristen Welch

4.15

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

"But everyone else has it." "If you loved me, you'd get it for me!" When you hear these comments fr… read more

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10. Future Men

By: Douglas Wilson

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

How do we build our sons to be tough but not arrogant? mannered but not soft? imaginative but not l… read more

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11. The Abolition of Man

By: C.S. Lewis

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more

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12. Devil at My Heels

By: Louis Zamperini , David Rensin

3.86

Format: None pages,

The inspirational and extraordinarymemoir of one of the most courageous of the greatest generation,… read more

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13. Leepike Ridge

By: N.D. Wilson

4.33

Format: None pages,

Before he wrote the bestselling100 Cupboards trilogy and Ashtown Burials series,N. D. Wilson deligh… read more

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14. Nothing Else But Miracles

By: Kate Albus

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of A Place to Hang the Moon comes a hopeful World War II story about three scrappy … read more

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  • world war ii
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15. All That's Left Unsaid

By: Tracey Lien

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Everything I Never Told You and The Mothers, a deeply moving and unflinching debut foll… read more

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"Wenn sie noch beste Freundinnen gewesen wären, hätte Ky Minnie gestanden, was für sie das Beste an ihrem Job war, nämlich den Leuten sagen zu können, dass sie Journalistin war, aber dass sie die Arbe…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

"Ky laughed, felt the tingling warmth that bloomed within her whenever she talked to someone for whom she didn't need to fill in the blanks - someone who understood that the act of complaining about h…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

"Ky didn't allow her mother to have feelings, because to grant her those would mean acknowledging that she was a person who had desires and dreams beyond what Ky saw. It was easier to imagine her as a…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

"Now that she was twenty-two, the words were there in her head, jumbled. The feeling was still too hot to approach but was slowly beginning to make sense. If she would just give herself the time and s…"

-Tracey Lien, All That's Left Unsaid

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16. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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17. My Dream Time: A Memoir of Tennis & Teamwork

By: Ash Barty

4.23

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, ri… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • biography
  • nonfiction
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18. The Private Life of Spies and The Exquisite Art of Getting Even: Stories of Espionage and Revenge

By: Alexander McCall Smith

3.63

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a new short story half … read more

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19. Ember Rising (The Green Ember, #3)

By: S.D. Smith

4.58

Format: 480 pages, Perfect Paperback

A harrowing adventure inside enemy territory. Heather and Picket are plunged into the darkness of M… read more

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20. Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

By: Joe Rigney

4.54

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Who are you when the teeth come out? For every true act of leadership, there is an equal and mo… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The Scriptures regularly use the metaphor of a body to speak about human social life. The church is the body of Christ, with many members (1 Cor. 12). Marriage is a “one flesh"

-Joe Rigney, Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

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21. How to Read a Book: Advice for Christian Readers

By: Andrew David Naselli

4.56

Format: 106 pages, ebook

When people ask me what I do for a living, sometimes I reply, “I teach people how to read.” My paid… read more

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  • nonfiction
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22. Strangely Bright: Can You Love God and Enjoy This World?

By: Joe Rigney

4.48

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Learn to Delight in God and in His Good Gifts At the heart of the Christian life lies the tensio… read more

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  • nonfiction
"We are to love God fully, unreservedly, with nothing held back."

-Joe Rigney, Strangely Bright: Can You Love God and Enjoy This World?

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23. Raising Emotionally Strong Boys: Tools Your Son Can Build On for Life

By: David Thomas

4.58

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

About those meltdowns, blowups, and one-word answers . . . Some say that's just how boys are--pr… read more

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  • nonfiction
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24. Teach Them to Work: Building a Positive Work Ethic in Our Children

By: Mary Beeke

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Do your children exhaust you? Have you found yourself finishing their chores because it’s, well, ea… read more

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  • nonfiction
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25. The 40-Day Sugar Fast: Where Physical Detox Meets Spiritual Transformation

By: Wendy Speake

4.40

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

What would you be willing to give up to experience the presence of God in your life again? Many of… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The same God who saves also speaks! So listen."

-Wendy Speake, The 40-Day Sugar Fast: Where Physical Detox Meets Spiritual Transformation

"Fasting is abiding on a gut level—an empty gut level."

-Wendy Speake, The 40-Day Sugar Fast: Where Physical Detox Meets Spiritual Transformation

"Each time I forget to feast, I fast in order to remember."

-Wendy Speake, The 40-Day Sugar Fast: Where Physical Detox Meets Spiritual Transformation

"The One who made our core is the only One able to fill it."

-Wendy Speake, The 40-Day Sugar Fast: Where Physical Detox Meets Spiritual Transformation

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26. Louis Zamperini: Redemption (Heroes of History)

By: Janet Benge

4.49

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

"When the canteen water supply ran dry again, Louie began to doubt they'd survive. He thought back … read more

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  • american history
  • biography
  • history
  • true story
  • world war ii
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
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27. Life Is Hard, God Is Good, Let's Dance: Experiencing Real Joy in a World Gone Mad

By: Brant Hansen

4.51

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

This book is about one joy. A deep sense of well-being, regardless of circumstances, is not only p… read more

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  • nonfiction
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28. Why Children Matter

By: Douglas Wilson

4.55

Format: None pages, Paperback

In the Garden of Eden, there was only one "No." Everything else was "Yes." In this short book o… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Liberty is not a middle position between legalism and license; it is another thing entirely. We have a hard time with this. Liberty is not moderate legalism or moderated license. Liberty is stricter …"

-Douglas Wilson, Why Children Matter

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29. The Silver Lining: A Practical Guide for Christian Grandmothers

By: Nancy Wilson

4.59

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Since our culture is in love with immaturity, advice written for older women can tend to focus on c… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda

By: Megan Basham

4.37

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

“This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in recent years. It is bo… read more

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  • nonfiction

22 must-read nonfiction books like Standing on the Promises by Douglas Wilson

Transform Your Habits

The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great

Benjamin R. Merkle

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Building Her House: Commonsensical Wisdom for Christian Women

Nancy Wilson

1.50

Transform Your Habits

Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent

N.D. Wilson

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Eve in Exile and the Restoration of Femininity

Rebekah Merkle

4.04

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