Most Popular Books by Lynn Vincent

Read the critically acclaimed #1 New York Times best-seller with more than one million copies in print. Same Kind of Different as Me released as a major motion picture by Paramount in fall 2017. Gritty with pain and betrayal and brutality, this true story also shines with an unexpected, life-changing love. Meet Denver, raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana until he escaped the "Man" - in the 1960''s - by hopping a train. Non-trusting, uneducated, and violent, he spent another 18 years on the streets of Dallas and Fort Worth. Meet Ron Hall, a self-made millionaire in the world of high priced art deals -- concerned with fast cars, beautiful women, and fancy clothes. And the woman who changed their lives -- Miss Debbie: "The skinniest, nosiest, pushiest, woman I ever met, black or white." She helped the homeless and gave of herself to all of "God''s People," and had a way of knowing how to listen and helping others talk and be found - until cancer strikes. Same Kind of Different as Me is a tale told in two unique voices - Ron Hall & Denver Moore - weaving two completely different life experiences into one common journey where both men learn "whether we is rich or poor or something in between this earth ain''t no final restin'' place. So in a way, we is all homeless-just workin'' our way toward home." The story takes a devastating twist when Deborah discovers she has cancer. Will Deborah live or die? Will Denver learn to trust a white man? Will Ron embrace his dying wife''s vision to rescue Denver? Or will Denver be the one rescuing Ron? There''s pain and laughter, doubt and tears, and in the end a triumphal story that readers will never forget. Continue this story of friendship in What Difference Do It Make?: Stories of Hope and Healing, available now. Same Kind of Different as Me also is available in Spanish.

Some Stories Just Can’t Be Stopped . . . What Difference Do It Make? continues the hard-to-believe story of hope and reconciliation that began with the New York Times bestseller, Same Kind of Different as Me. Ron Hall and Denver Moore, unlikely friends and even unlikelier coauthors—a wealthy fine-art dealer and an illiterate homeless African American—share the hard-to-stop story of how a remarkable woman’s love brought them together. Now, in What Difference Do It Make? Ron and Denver along with Lynn Vincent offer: more of the story—with untold anecdotes, especially Ron’s struggle with his difficult father and Denver’s dramatic stint in Angola prison the rest of the story—how Same Kind of Different as Me came to be written and changed the lives of its authors the ongoing story—true tales of hope from people whose lives have been changed by Ron and Denver’s story and how they make a difference in their worlds your part in the story—wise, practical, and hard-lived guidance for how you can make a difference to those in need plus intriguing extras—including full-page color samples of Denver’s paintings Deeply moving but never sappy or sentimental, What Difference Do It Make? answers its own question with a simple and emphatic answer. What difference can one person (or two) make in the world? A lot!

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * “GRIPPING…THIS YARN HAS IT ALL.” —USA TODAY * “A WONDERFUL BOOK.” —The Christian Science Monitor * “ENTHRALLING.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * “A MUST-READ.” —Booklist (starred review) A human drama unlike any other—the riveting and definitive full story of the worst sea disaster in United States naval history. Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the Philippine Sea when she is sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. For the next five nights and four days, almost three hundred miles from the nearest land, nearly nine hundred men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316 will survive. For the first time Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic tell the complete story of the ship, her crew, and their final mission to save one of their own in “a wonderful book…that features grievous mistakes, extraordinary courage, unimaginable horror, and a cover-up…as complete an account of this tragic tale as we are likely to have” (The Christian Science Monitor). It begins in 1932, when Indianapolis is christened and continues through World War II, when the ship embarks on her final world-changing mission: delivering the core of the atomic bomb to the Pacific for the strike on Hiroshima. “Simply outstanding…Indianapolis is a must-read…a tour de force of true human drama” (Booklist, starred review) that goes beyond the men’s rescue to chronicle the survivors’ fifty-year fight for justice on behalf of their skipper, Captain Charles McVay III, who is wrongly court-martialed for the sinking. “Enthralling…A gripping study of the greatest sea disaster in the history of the US Navy and its aftermath” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Indianapolis stands as both groundbreaking naval history and spellbinding narrative—and brings the ship and her heroic crew back to full, vivid, unforgettable life. “Vincent and Vladic have delivered an account that stands out through its crisp writing and superb research…Indianapolis is sure to hold its own for a long time” (USA TODAY).

The stirring narrative of Unsinkable tells sixteen-year-old Abby Sunderland''s remarkable true story of attempting to become the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world.

“There is a double standard for Democrat and Republican criminals . . . An irresistible book that reminds us what the New York Times wants us to forget.” —David Horowitz, Publisher, FrontPage Magazine Shameless bribery. Illicit sex. Sweeping corruption. “The Democratic Party is like the Gambino mob, but with matching federal funds.” In this raucous, head-spinning look at the follies and felonies of today’s most famous and infamous liberals, journalists Lynn Vincent and Robert Stacy McCain chronicle for the first time the rampant crime, sex, and corruption of the Democratic Party. Donkey Cons reveals: How corrupt Democrats in Congress outnumber corrupt Republicans by as much as three to one. How Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and John F. Kennedy were elected with the help of the Mob. What two eyewitnesses said about JFK’s obsession with hookers. How union operatives take from working families to deliver millions of dollars to Democrats. How Democrats in the 1990s covered up a conspiracy one expert called “the largest incidence of obstruction of justice in American history.” Why Democrats ignore crime victims and take the side of rapists, robbers, and cop-killers—then stump for the right of felons to vote! From bribery, kickbacks, and sex scandals to espionage, terrorism, and rape, what was once the “Party of the People” has become a party with an appallingly long rap sheet. And this hard-hitting, sad-but-funny exposé of the crimes of the Democratic Party finally puts all their misdeeds into perspective. Thoroughly researched, using outrageous anecdotes and intimate details, Donkey Cons shows that the serial corruption of the Clinton presidency wasn’t an anomaly but a developing, unnerving pattern in the modern Democratic ethos. These are the stories the Democrats don’t want you to read!

A painfully honest story of human weakness and God''s unending forgiveness. Thirteen years ago, amidst scandal, sin, and shattered lives, Michael English fell from the pinnacle of the Christian music world. In 1994, newspapers around the world blared the headline, "Gospel Singer Named Artist of the Year Turns in His Awards After Confirming He Had an Affair with a Fellow Married Singer." From 1994 to 2002 Michael English''s life went from bad to worse. Public shame, divorce, broken relationships, drug addiction, even homelessness. But in 2002, God reached out and rescued Michael from himself. Today Michael is whole again, and in this book he tells his story of redemption.

Now with a forward by Sean Hannity, this powerful story of brotherhood, bravery, and patriotism exposes the true stories behind some of the Army''s darkest secrets. The Army does not want you to read this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk. It does not want to reveal the new lawyered-up Pentagon war ethic that prosecutes U.S. soldiers and Marines while setting free spies who kill Americans. This very system ambushed Captain Roger Hill and his men. Hill, a West Point grad and decorated combat veteran, was a rising young officer who had always followed the letter of the military law. In 2007, Hill got his dream job: infantry commander in the storied 101st Airborne. His new unit, Dog Company, 1-506th, had just returned stateside from the hell of Ramadi. The men were brilliant in combat but unpolished at home, where paperwork and inspections filled their days. With tough love, Hill and his First Sergeant, an old-school former drill instructor named Tommy Scott, turned the company into the top performers in the battalion. Hill and Scott then led Dog Company into combat in Afghanistan, where a third of their men became battlefield casualties after just six months. Meanwhile, Hill found himself at war with his own battalion commander, a charismatic but difficult man who threatened to relieve Hill at every turn. After two of his men died on a routine patrol, Hill and a counterintelligence team busted a dozen enemy infiltrators on their base in the violent province of Wardak. Abandoned by his high command, Hill suddenly faced an excruciating choice: follow Army rules the way he always had, or damn the rules to his own destruction and protect the men he''d grown to love.

This book will show you how to make the most of military service-first, by serving your country with honor, courage, and commitment; and second, by taking advantage of civilian education and career opportunities afforded by military service. In the next 10 chapters, you''ll learn how to: - Put your best foot forward during your military career - Earn a college degree while on active duty - Finance your college education - Match your military experience with civilian career options - Market your military skills to civilian employers - Execute a successful transition from military service to a great civilian job

Un niño sale de una cirugía, que le salvó la vida, contando asombrosas historias acerca de su visita al cielo. El cielo es real es la verdadera historia del hijo de cuatro años del pastor de un pequeño pueblo de Nebraska que durante una operación de emergencia visitó el cielo. El niño sobrevivió y afirma que veía, desde un plano superior, al doctor operando y a su padre orando en la sala de espera. La familia no sabía qué creer, aunque pronto la evidencia se hizo más clara. Colton decía que conoció a su hermana que murió antes de nacer, de la que nadie le había hablado; y a su abuelo, que murió treinta años antes de que Colton naciera. Además, describía el caballo que solamente Jesucristo montaba, lo enorme que es Dios y su silla, y la manera en que el Espíritu Santo derrama poder desde el cielo para ayudarnos. Relatado por su padre, el mensaje es que El cielo es real, que Cristo ama a los niños y que estemos preparados, porque viene la última batalla.

O CÉU EXISTE. PODE ACREDITAR.A fé nos dá a convicção da existência do céu. Mas a realidade do Paraíso tornou-se uma certeza para um menino de apenas quatro anos quando ele foi até lá e voltou para contar as coisas extraordinárias que testemunhou.Colton Burpo viveu essa experiência enquanto passava por uma cirurgia de emergência. Arrebatado, ele viu os médicos em ação, o pai orando na sala de espera, e muito mais! Colton foi transportado para o céu, onde contemplou o próprio trono de Deus. Horas depois, ao acordar da cirurgia, revelou sua jornada impressionante.Neste livro — que inspirou o filme homônimo, estrelado por Greg Kinnear e Kelly Reilly — você será desafiado a sair da incredulidade que chegou a rondar até mesmo a mente dos pais de Colton. O céu é de verdade convida o leitor a se entregar às evidências claras de uma realidade além dos olhos, e que renovam a esperança na eternidade com Deus.

Es la historia de Denver Moore, un hombre que nunca asistió a la escuela, nunca fue remunerado por sus años de trabajo agotador y que vio el sobrevivir en las calles como subir un peldaño en la vida. Nunca pensó que sería amigo de un hombre blanco conductor de una camioneta y cliente de Starbucks.Esta también es la historia de Ron Hall, un exclusivo comerciante de arte con buen ojo para obras maestras y una nariz para encontrar ofertas. Al vivir en haciendas de Hollywood, galerías Soho, y castillos europeos, nunca se imaginó que el siguiente capítulo de su vida sería escrito al interior de un refugio de vagabundos citadinos.Y, por supuesto, es la historia de Debbie Hall; una mujer con agallas y convicción profunda. Fueron su compasión y persistencia las que los unió, la visión que transformó el interior de una ciudad y trajo esperanza a miles de personas.La historia de la vida real de dos hombres y una mujer excepcional también es un relato sobre la verdadera vida --áspera, con los pies en la tierra, a menudo dolorosa, ultimadamente esperanzadora, siempre sorprendente.Es una historia en la que puedes creer.

Kiedy Colton Burpo cudem wyzdrowiał po nagłej operacji wycięcia wyrostka robaczkowego, jego rodzina nie posiadała się z radości. Nie spodziewała się jednak, że w ciągu następnych kilku miesięcy usłyszy piękną i wyjątkową historię o podróży małego chłopca do nieba i z powrotem. Niespełna czteroletni Colton oznajmił rodzicom, że opuścił swoje ciało podczas zabiegu, wiarygodnie opisując, co jego rodzice robili, gdy on leżał na stole operacyjnym. Opowiadał o wizycie w niebie i przekazywał historie ludzi, z którymi spotkał się w zaświatach, a których nigdy wcześniej nie widział. Wspominał nawet o zdarzeniach mających miejsce jeszcze przed jego narodzinami. Zaskoczył swoich rodziców opisami i mało znanymi szczegółami o niebie, dokładnie pasującymi do tego, co podaje Biblia, a przecież nie mógł ich stamtąd znać, bo jeszcze nie umiał czytać. Z rozbrajającą niewinnością i typową dla dziecka prostolinijnością Colton opowiadał o spotkaniach z członkami rodziny, którzy już dawno odeszli z tego świata. Opisywał Jezusa i anioły, twierdził, że Bóg jest "bardzo, bardzo duży" i naprawdę nas kocha. Historia ta - opowiedziana przez ojca przywołującego proste słowa własnego syna - ukazuje miejsce, które czeka na nas wszystkich, gdzie, jak mówi Colton, "nikt nie jest stary i nikt nie nosi okularów".

DIE HEMEL IS WERKLIK is die ware verhaal van ’n vierjarige seuntjie van ’n leraar van ’n klein dorpie in Nebraska wat tydens ’n noodoperasie uit sy bewussyn na die hemel gaan. Hy oorleef die operasie en begin ná die tyd vertel van hoe hy kon afkyk op die dokter tydens die operasie en hoe hy kon sien hoe sy pa bid in ’n kamer. Colton het vertel dat hy sy sussie, wat nooit gebore is nie weens ’n miskraam en van wie niemand hom nog ooit vertel het nie, ontmoet het. Hy het ook sy pa se oupa ontmoet wat 30 jaar voordat hy gebore is, al oorlede is. Hy het ongelooflike detail oor elkeen vertel waarvan hy onmoontlik kon geweet het. Hy beskryf selfs die “baie groot” stoel waarop God sit. Die verhaal word deur Colton se pa vertel, maar dikwels in Colton se eie woorde. Die boodskap is eenvoudig – die hemel is ’n werklike plek.

Un sclav al zilelor noastre, un comerciant de arta si o femeie hotarata care i-a adus impreuna Carte ecranizata in filmul Same Kind of Different As MeUn boschetar periculos, fara adapost, care a crescut pe plantatiile din bumbac. Un comerciant de arta aflat in plina ascensiune, care cunostea bine lumea Armani si Chanel. O femeie hotarata, cu un vis ambitios. O poveste adevarata atat de impresionanta, incat niciun autor de fictiune nu ar indrazni sa si-o imagineze. Povestea incepe undeva intr-o coliba de pe plantatiile arzatoare din Louisiana… la est de Texas… si, fara nicio indoiala, in inima lui Dumnezeu. Trece apoi prin haciendele hollywoodiene … prin galeriile luxuriante din New York … pe langa un tomberon din centru … si ajunge la o ferma texana. Prin toata durerea, tradarea si brutalitatea unei vieti chinuite, strabate, fara veste, dragostea care schimba cu totul traiectoria unui om, a unei comunitati. Cea mai emotionanta marturie de credinta, curaj si prietenie pe care am citit-o vreodata. Un exemplu puternic de vindecare, de iertare si de transformare determinata de o iubire neconditionata. —Mark Clayman, producator executiv, nominalizat la Premiul Oscar pentru The Pursuit of Happyness Povestea lui Denver Moore si a lui Ron Hall m-a miscat pana la lacrimi. Prietenia care se infiripeaza intre acesti doi barbati intr-un moment in care amandoi aveau mare nevoie de ea este o motivatie pentru noi toti sa aratam mai multa compasiune fata de toti cei cu care intram in contact. Este cu adevarat o carte minunata! —Mrs. Barbara Bush Prezentare carte — Am avut un vis, i-a spus Debroah Hall sotului ei. Cu un barbat intelept care a schimbat fata orasului. Apoi l-a privit cu prudenta, temandu-se ca va crede despre ea ca si-a pierdut mintile. Insa Ron Hall stia prea bine ca sotia lui era una dintre persoanele cele mai lucide pe care le cunostea. — Zici ca l-ai visat pe omul acela? — Da, i-am vazut chipul, a raspuns ea timid. Era fata unui om al strazii care venea la adapostul unde ei serveau masa o data pe saptamana, dar refuza sa doarma inauntru sau sa schimbe o vorba cu ceilalti din adapost. Un tip ciudat, singuratic, ce le dadea fiori tuturor celor cu care intra in contact. Numele lui era Denver Moore. Si aceasta este povestea vietii lui, povestea unui barbat care a trait ca un sclav, pe plantatiile de bumbac ale „Omului“, pana catre sfarsitul anilor ’60. Un barbat care n-a fost in viata lui la scoala, care n-a fost platit niciodata pentru munca lui istovitoare si care a considerat ca viata traita pe strada inseamna un pas inainte. Si care nu si-a imaginat vreodata ca ar putea fi prieten cu cineva care conduce un SUV sau ca va bea cafea la Starbucks cu un barbat alb. Si este si povestea vietii lui Ron Hall, un comerciant de arta aflat in plina ascensiune, pe care Dumnezeu l-a binecuvantat cu doi ochi buni: unul pentru arta si celalalt pentru o afacere de succes. Acasa, in Hollywood, Ron Hall nu s-a gandit nici macar o clipa ca urmatorul capitol din viata lui se va scrie intr-un adapost pentru oameni ai strazii, nici ca loialitatea ferma si perspicacitatea spirituala extraordinara a unui boschetar il vor incuraja in cele mai dureroase momente din viata lui. Si, bineinteles, este povestea vietii lui Debbie Hall, „cea mai firava, cea mai curioasa si cea mai bagareata femeie ... neagra sau alba“. Compasiunea si perseverenta ei i-a adus impreuna pe cei doi barbati; viziunea ei a adus speranta in viata a mii de oameni. Este o poveste adevarata despre viata de aici, de pe pamant, adeseori provocatoare, plina de lupte, dar in final plina de speranta si intotdeauna surprinzatoare. Este o poveste in care poti sa crezi. Despre autori Ron Hall este comerciant de arta, a carui lista lunga de clienti include celebritati din toate colturile lumii. Ca absolvent de MBA al Universitatii Crestine din Texas, isi imparte timpul intre Dallas, New York si ferma lui Brazos, langa Fort Worth. Denver Moore a servit ca voluntar la Misiunea Evangheliei din Fort Worth pana la moartea sa in martie 2012.

"DO YOU REMEMBER THE HOSPITAL, COLTON?" SONJA SAID. "YES, MOMMY, I REMEMBER," HE SAID. "THAT''S WHERE THE ANGELS SANG TO ME." WHEN COLTON BURPO MADE IT THROUGH AN EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY, HIS FAMILY WAS OVERJOYED AT HIS MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL. WHAT THEY WEREN''T EXPECTING, THOUGH, WAS THE STORY THAT EMERGED IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED-A STORY AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY, DETAILING THEIR LITTLE BOY''S TRIP TO HEAVEN AND BACK. COLTON, NOT YET FOUR YEARS OLD, TOLD HIS PARENTS HE LEFT HIS BODY DURING THE SURGERY-AND AUTHENTICATED THAT CLAIM BY DESCRIBING EXACTLY WHAT HIS PARENTS WERE DOING IN ANOTHER PART OF THE HOSPITAL WHILE HE WAS BEING OPERATED ON. HE TALKED OF VISITING HEAVEN AND RELAYED STORIES TOLD TO HIM BY PEOPLE HE MET THERE WHOM HE HAD NEVER MET IN LIFE, SHARING EVENTS THAT HAPPENED EVEN BEFORE HE WAS BORN. HE ALSO ASTONISHED HIS PARENTS WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND OBSCURE DETAILS ABOUT HEAVEN THAT MATCHED THE BIBLE EXACTLY, THOUGH HE HAD NOT YET LEARNED TO READ. WITH DISARMING INNOCENCE AND THE PLAINSPOKEN BOLDNESS OF A CHILD, COLTON TELLS OF MEETING LONG-DEPARTED FAMILY MEMBERS. HE DESCRIBES JESUS, THE ANGELS, HOW "REALLY, REALLY BIG" GOD IS, AND HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US. RETOLD BY HIS FATHER, BUT USING COLTON''S UNIQUELY SIMPLE WORDS, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL OFFERS A GLIMPSE OF THE WORLD THAT AWAITS US, WHERE AS COLTON SAYS, "NOBODY IS OLD AND NOBODY WEARS GLASSES." HEAVEN IS FOR REAL WILL FOREVER CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK OF ETERNITY, OFFERING THE CHANCE TO SEE, AND BELIEVE, LIKE A CHILD. टॉड बर्पो हे नेब्रास्कातील इम्पीरिअल या गावी क्रॉसरोड्स वेस्लेयान चर्चचे धर्मोपदेशक आहेत. ते चेस काउन्टी पब्लिक स्कूलमध्ये कुस्तीचे मार्गदर्शक व आणीबाणीच्या प्रसंगी इम्पीरिअल व्हॉलेंटियर फायर डिपार्टमेंटच्या जवानांबरोबर स्वयंसेवक म्हणूनही आगीशी झुंजतात. कुटुंबाला आर्थिक आधार देण्यासाठी टॉड `ओव्हरहेड डोअर स्पेशालिस्ट` ही कंपनीही चालवतात. त्यांची पत्नी सोनया ही अर्ध वेळ शिक्षिका असून, त्यांना कॅसी ही मुलगी व कोल्टन आणि कोल्बी असे दोन मुलगे आहेत. कोल्टनच्या आजारपणाची घटना घडण्यापूर्वी टॉडला सॉफ्टबॉल खेळताना पायाला दुखापत होऊन पायातील हाडांचे तुकडे होतात. त्यामुळे दोन महिने त्याला परावलंबी व्हावे लागते. धर्मोपदेशकाचे काम करतानाही एक पाय खुर्चीवर ठेवून प्रवचन द्यावे लागायचे. गॅरेजची दारे बसवून देण्याचा त्याचा उद्योगही शक्तीची गरज असणारा होता, त्यामुळे तोही ठप्प झाला. त्यातच मूतखड्यांचा जुना त्रास उद्भवला. पाठोपाठ छातीत गाठ झाली. ''हायपरप्लासिया'' असं निदान झालं. ऑगस्टपासून सुरू झालेल्या या दुखण्यांच्या मालिकेतून जरा बर

Unglaublich oder erstaunlich? Urteilen Sie selbst: Colton ist vier Jahre alt, als er lebensgefährlich erkrankt und operiert werden muss. Er überlebt um Haaresbreite. Später erzählt er seinen Eltern, dem Pastorenehepaars Todd und Sonja Burpo von erstaunlichen Dingen, die er während dieser Zeit zwischen Leben und Tod gesehen hat. Er berichtet von Tatsachen, die er gar nicht wissen konnte. Coltons Fazit: "Den Himmel gibt''s echt!"

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Presents the story of the four-year old son of a Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven.

Het verhaal van een vierjarige jongen, die tijdens een operatie een bijna-doodervaring heeft en later aan zijn ouders vertelt over zijn bezoek aan de hemel, zijn ontmoetingen met Jezus en overleden familieleden.

When Colton Burpo made it through an emergency appendectomy, his family was overjoyed at his miraculous survival. Colton, not yet four years old, told his parents he left his body during the surgery. He talked of visiting heaven and relayed stories told to him by people he met there whom he had never met in life, sharing events that happened even before he was born.

Growing up in small-town Belcrest, Maddy Jennings always thought she was destined to be with her childhood sweetheart, Trent Basso. Throughout the complicated road she has traveled with Trent, someone else has had a strong presence in Maddy''s life. Trent''s older brother Gabe has always been someone she could count on, therefore neither of them can be blamed when lines blur from friendship to something more. However, promises made between brothers threaten to ensure that neither of them will have a permanent place in her life. When Maddy returns to her hometown for her brother''s wedding, she is forced to face both Trent and Gabe for the first time in two years. While the two Basso brothers fight to win her heart, she is busy struggling with a past that won''t seem to let her go. Whether she wants to or not, Maddy must decide to either forfeit her own happiness or forever tear a family apart.