Full name: Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

Author: Eric Metaxas Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: Amazon LibraryThing Goodreads ISBNs: 9780718087784 071808778X

A beautiful gift edition of this instant classic exclusively for graduates, with a special letter from Eric Metaxas to those entering the next phase of life’s journey.What makes a great man great? In Seven Men, New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas explores that most important of questions in through the captivating stories of some of the greatest men who have ever lived. How did George Washington resist the temptation to become the first king of America, and why did William Wilberforce give up the chance to be prime minister of England? What made Eric Liddell cast aside an almost certain Olympic gold medal? What enabled Jackie Robinson to surrender his right to fight back against racists, or Dietrich Bonhoeffer to jeopardize his freedom and safety to defy the Nazis? In this stirring and inspiring work, Eric Metaxas reclaims a long-lost sense of the heroic--the idea that certain lives are worthy of emulation. Get to know the seven men in this book, and your life will be immeasurably richer. Similar books: Carnegie by Peter Krass Mellon by David Cannadine Burton by Byron Farwell Harriet Beecher Stowe by Joan D. Hedrick Clover Adams by Natalie Dykstra John Steinbeck by Jay Parini Rebecca West by Victoria Glendinning The Life of Graham Greene, Volume II: 1939-1955 by Norman Sherry Balzac by Stefan Zweig Victor Hugo by Graham Robb Samuel Beckett by Anthony Cronin Aldous Huxley by Nicholas Murray Tony Hancock by John Fisher The Knox Brothers by Penelope Fitzgerald Dorothy Day by William Miller