- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Lexington Books; Reprint edition (Nov 11 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0739104381
- ISBN-13: 978-0739104385
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 15 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
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#54,082 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #19 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Professionals & Academics > Philosophers
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Aikman deserves credit for writing biographies that not only are reliable and highly readable but also-because of the figures he chose to write about-morally elevating!.Ultimately, Great Souls is about commendable qualities that people of any religious commitment, or even none at all, can and should recognize. The Weekly Standard Readers with sharp dislikes for any of these six might be surprised to find themselves wavering after the author makes his case. They might even test the breadth of their human sympathy by trying to embrace both Mandela and Solzhenitsyn, both Graham and Wiesel. Books and Culture Great Souls is a good read, eloquently showing how ordinary individuals with extraordinary discipline and will have risen above numerous kinds of adversity to influence the world for good. San Antonio Express Great Souls!serves as an excellent introduction to six remarkable lives. Best of all, it answers the questions, "Where have all the heroes gone?" They are right in front of us. Lexington Herald
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From his unique vantage point as a senior journalist with TIME magazine, David Aikman witnessed some of the most important world events and interviewed many of the prominent global power figures of his time. Aikman profiles six of these figures who embody specific virtues sorely needed today: Billy Graham (salvation), Nelson Mandela (forgiveness), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (truth), Mother Teresa (compassion), Pope John Paul ll (human dignity), and Elie Wiesel (remembrance).
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good book, Jan 10 2008
By Barbie Roberts - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Great Souls: Six Who Changed a Century (Paperback)
very interesting biographies of wonderful people. i give this book as a high school graduation present in hopes that the recipient will become a great soul
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This is definitely a "Pay-Forward " Book!, Feb 1 2008
By Nancy Travis - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Great Souls: Six Who Changed a Century (Paperback)
The brilliance, charm and compassion of David Aikman shows clearly in his narratives of these bigger that life individuals who have left their mark on the world.The writing is compelling...the reader is drawn into the text as if he/she were present at the time.
The moral is of course that the only thing that matter in this life is GOD.
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Feed Your Brain and Soul, Mar 13 2009
By Naomi Dathan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Great Souls: Six Who Changed a Century (Paperback)
This is such a fantastic book. If you are an adult, you will recognize most of the names and surely all of the events that Mr. Aikman discusses. He allows us to view the twentieth century as through a six sided prism of virtues -- compassion, forgiveness, truth, etc.I found that the book not only clarified events that I had only gleaned from bits and pieces previously, but that his portrayal of these six people with all their shortcomings and virtures intact inspired me.
While I will never be (obviously) a Mother Teresa or Elie Wiesel, I will be a better me, I believe, thanks to Mr. Aikman's work.
I recommend it with all my heart.
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