Books in Wheeler Large Print Book series

A New York Times Bestseller A CBA Bestseller During his academic years, Lee Strobel became convinced that God was outmoded, a belief that colored his ensuing career as an award-winning journalist at the Chicago Tribune. Science had made the idea of a Creator irrelevant - or so Strobel thought. Has science discovered God? At the very least, it's giving faith an immense boost as new findings emerge about the incredible complexity of our universe. Join Strobel as he reexamines the theories that once led him away from God. Through his compelling and highly readable account, you'll encounter the mind-stretching discoveries that present astonishing evidence in The Case for a Creator.Lee Strobel, educated at Yale Law School, was the award-winning legal editor of the Chicago Tribune and a spiritual skeptic until 1981. A former teaching pastor at two of America's largest churches, he now hosts the prime-time television show Faith Under Fire with Lee Strobel.

I was fourteen and a half when the Germans came. On that 9th April we woke to the roar of aeroplanes swooping so low over the roofs of the town that we could see the black iron crosses painted on the underside of their wings when we leaned out of the windows and looked up. In this exquisite novel, readers will find the crystalline prose and depth of feeling they adored in Out Stealing Horses, a literary sensation of 2007. A brother and sister are forced ever more closely together after the suicide of their grandfather. Their parents’ neglect leaves them wandering the streets of their small Danish village. The sister dreams of escaping to Siberia, but it seems increasingly distant as she helplessly watches her brother become more and more involved in resisting the Nazis.

A LibraryReads Selection Out for a hike one scorching afternoon in Sycamore, Arizona, a newcomer stumbles upon what appear to be human remains in a dry ravine. In the days it takes the authorities to make an identification, stories, rumors, and recollections both painful and poignant are rekindled. In resurrecting the past, the people of Sycamore will find a way forward for their lives.

One of the world's most recognized and beloved spiritual leaders even after her death, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace, continues to inspire millions with her extraordinary example of compassionate and selfless work for the poor, the ill, and the outcast. This definitive volume features Mother Teresa's teachings on love, prayer, giving, service, poverty, forgiveness, Jesus, and more. It ends with a revealing conversation with her about the specific challenges and joys that were present in her work with the poor and dying. This is a passionate testament to her deep hope and abiding faith in God and the world. Through her own words, "No Greater Love" celebrates the life and work of one of the greatest humanitarians who ever lived.