Non-Fiction

Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains ...

This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Historical Non-Fiction on June 23, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

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“Not one of almost 30 kids, most of whom hadn’t had any gum or candy for two or three years, was willing to become a beggar and ask … Instinctively I reached in my pocket. There had been no preparation for such a moment. All there were was two […]

The Berlin Candy Bomber by Gail S. Halvorsen
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Historical Non-Fiction on June 19, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

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“By doing exactly the same things we did yesterday, but with a new mind-set, we are able to inject incredible meaning into the most mundane things – to take something as ordinary as washing the dishes and transform it into a conversation with God …” What does it take […]

Resisting Happiness by Matthew Kelly
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Non-Fiction on June 16, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

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“Of the thousands upon thousands of earthquakes that happen around the world every year – from imperceptible tremors to powerful shakers like the one that hit Lituya Bay – roughly one in sixteen occurs in Alaska. That makes the state one of the most quake-intensive places on the planet.” […]

The Great Quake by Henry Fountain
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on June 12, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

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“Whenever you say yes to something, there is less of you for something else. Make sure your yes is worth the less.” There is more to life than just saying yes or no to things. Oftentimes, we say yes because we feel we should or we have the time or […]

The Best Yes by Lysa TerKeurst
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Inspirational Non-Fiction Religious on June 2, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

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“Certain incidents led me to enter the conspiracy. In retrospect, compared with the horror of war and the magnitude of the Nazi’s crimes, these incidents seem minor. Another person might have reacted coolly to these experiences, and not been affected by them. But for me, served as a catalyst. […]

Valkyrie by Phillip Freiherr von Boeselager
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction on May 1, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

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“All I’m saying is that God is who God is, and we can’t go around believing whatever we want to believe about him any more than people can believe what they want to believe about George Washington. Facts are facts, and we’re bound by them.” No one ever has […]

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were ...
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction Religious on March 24, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

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I believe in miracles. It’s easy for me to believe in them. It’s hard to talk to people about them and explain why and how they happen. However, after reading Miracles: What they are, why they happen, and how they can change your life by Eric Metaxas, I feel more […]

Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They ...
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Non-Fiction Religious on March 20, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

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“When I consider the seven women I chose, I see that most of them were great for reasons that derive precisely from their being women, not in spite of it; and what made them great has nothing to do with their being measured against or competing with men. In […]

7 Women and the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric ...
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged Biographical Non-Fiction on March 17, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

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This book is dedicated to “the man in Preston, Idaho, who stood and asked me when I would start ‘writing history as stories to make them more interesting’.” History can be interesting. Miracles and Massacres: True and Untold Stories of the Making of America by Glenn Beck tells 12 stories […]

Miracles and Massacres: True and Untold Stories of the Making ...
This entry was posted in Reading and tagged history Non-Fiction on March 3, 2017 by Sarah Anne Carter

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