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The Refugees: A Tale of Two Continents, by Arthur Conan Doyle
ByVikTwo exciting stories in one book. Conan Doyle has diligently researched events and conditions both in Versailles and in French-Canadian North America, and developed two superbly written tales linked by the person of Amory De Catinat, a half-hearted young Huguenot serving as a personal guard of King Louis XIV.
No Longers Strangers? by Javed Masih
ByGreyowlIf you want the salutary facts – necessarily subjective but certainly typical – about what a refugee family experiences after arriving in Europe from a vastly different geographic and cultural background, this will fill you in.
Is Jesus the Only Way? by Brian McLaren
ByVikThe Only Way to What? A provocative start. Followed by a challenging summary: Jesus was not focused on saving sinners from an angry God who is hellbent on making them suffer forever. Jesus was interested in the very opposite: helping us angry, hostile, combative, confused, misguided human beings learn to know, love, and follow a…
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