Great Souls: Six Who Changed a Century (Paperback)

~ David Aikman (Author)

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Product Description

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 sorley needed today:Billy Graham (salvation),Nelson Mandela (forgiveness) ,Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (truth), Mother Treasa (compassion), Pope John Paul ll (human dignity), and Elie Wiesel (remembrance).

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Lexington Books (January 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739104381
• ISBN-13: 978-0739104385
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #191,768 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is definitely a "Pay-Forward " Book!, February 1, 2008

By	Nancy Travis - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good book, January 10, 2008

By	Barbie Roberts - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

5.0 out of 5 stars Feed Your Brain and Soul, March 13, 2009

By	Naomi Dathan (Ohio) - See all my reviews

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.