God, Prayer, and Sarah Palin
Author: Kristina Benson
We know Sarah Palin as John McCain's vice-presidential choice for 2008, and also as a former Wasilla High School basketball star, ex-beauty queen, and one-time journalist. But her life has also been blessed with abundant faith. Her faith is based on a personal relationship with God, and prayer. This book examines the power of prayer in Sarah's life and includes inspiration for Republican and Democrat alike.
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Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936
Author: David Clay Larg
Athletics and politics collide in a critical event for Nazi Germany and the contemporary world.
The torch relay—that staple of Olympic pageantry—first opened the summer games in 1936 in Berlin. Proposed by the Nazi Propaganda Ministry, the relay was to carry the symbolism of a new Germany across its route through southeastern and central Europe. Soon after the Wehrmacht would march in jackboots over the same terrain.
The Olympic festival was a crucial part of the Nazi regime's mobilization of power. Nazi Games offers a superb blend of history and sport. The narrative includes a stirring account of the international effort to boycott the games, derailed finally by the American Olympic Committee and the determination of its head, Avery Brundage, to participate. Nazi Games also recounts the dazzling athletic feats of these Olympics, including Jesse Owens's four gold-medal performances and the marathon victory of Korean runner Kitei Son, the Rising Sun of imperial Japan on his bib. 25 b/w photographs.
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