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Mandela - My Prisoner, My Friend

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Mandela - My Prisoner, My Friend

By: Christo Brand

Christo Brand was a South African farm boy, born into the Afrikaans culture which had created apartheid, a racial system designed to persecute black people while claiming superiority for white people. Nelson Mandela, the black son of a tribal chief, also raised in a rural village, trained as a lawyer to take up the fight against apartheid on behalf of a whole nation. Their opposing worlds collided when Christo, a raw recruit from the country's prison service, was sent to Robben Island to guard the notoriously dangerous terrorists; Mandela was their undisputed leader.The two of them, a boy of 19 and a long-suffering freedom fighter then aged 60, should have become bitter enemies. Instead they formed an extraordinary friendship through small human kindnesses; Christo, a gentle young man who valued ordinary decency and courtesy, struck a chord with the wise and resilient freedom fighter - a man who was prepared to die if necessary to liberate his people.As an African tribesman family was a priority for Mandela and he knew that his life imprisonment meant that he might never be able to live with them again. When his mother died he was refused permission to go to her funeral - as the eldest son, Mandela held a great responsibility towards her, and he wept with shame and despair. Christo was witness to that despair many times during his years as Mandela's personal prison warder. He knew the heartbreak he suffered at never being able to see his children. So, when Winnie secretly brought their tiny granddaughter to Robben Island it was Christo who risked his own freedom to put the baby in Mandela's arms for a few moments.Their friendship was sealed by many such shared moments; sometimes merely a gesture or a smile, at other times an act of generosity which could have cost Christo his job. This bond of trust endured between the two men long after Mandela was freed. As President of South Africa he invited Christo into his home, advised his son Riaan on his career and gave Christo a job in the Constitutional Assembly in Parliament, drawing up the country's new laws. Shortly before passing away he called for Christo again for the final time - to say goodbye. In this book Christo tells, for the first time, the incredible and moving story of their unlikely friendship.

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Kings Road Publishing

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1782198121

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9781782198123

Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend

By: Christo Brand,Barbara Jones

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Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend

By: Christo Brand,Barbara Jones

First published in Great Britain by John Blake Publishing Ltd.

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Macmillan

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1250055261

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Doing Life with Mandela

My Prisoner, My Friend

By: Christo Brand

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Doing Life with Mandela

My Prisoner, My Friend

By: Christo Brand

When separate worlds collide... "I was 19 years old when I came face to face with Nelson Mandela. He was 60. Until that day I had never heard of him, or his African National Congress. I was his prison warder on Robben Island and he changed my life forever." The two of them – one a young white warder, the other serving a life sentence – should have become bitter enemies. Instead they formed an extraordinary friendship through small acts of human kindness. Christo, a gentle young man who valued ordinary decency and courtesy, struck a chord with the wise and resilient freedom fighter. This bond of trust endured between the two men long after Mandela was freed. In this book Christo tells, for the first time, the incredible and moving story of their unlikely friendship. He provides rare and personal insights into Mandela's life during his years on Robben Island.

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Jonathan Ball Publishers

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1868426092

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9781868426096

Pure Delicious

150 Allergy-Free Recipes for Everyday and Entertaining: A Cookbook

By: Heather Christo

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Pure Delicious

150 Allergy-Free Recipes for Everyday and Entertaining: A Cookbook

By: Heather Christo

2017 James Beard Foundation Book Award nominee The most beautiful and comprehensive resource available for anyone facing food allergies — or cooking for someone who does — with 150 shockingly tasty recipes. Allergen-free cooking has never been easier or more appealing than in these recipes made entirely without dairy, soy, nuts, peanuts, gluten, seafood, cane sugar, or eggs. Created by a mother (and power blogger) whose young children were diagnosed with severe food allergies and herself has multiple food sensitivities, this collection of family-friendly recipes means no more need to make multiple meals; everyone can enjoy every single dish because all are free of the major allergy triggers. With an 8-week elimination diet to help readers identify allergens and a game plan for transitioning to a cleaner, safer way of eating that is kid-tested and parent-approved, Pure Delicious changes cooking for the family from a minefield to an act of love.

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Penguin

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0735217785

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9780735217782

The Age of Participation

New Governance for the Workplace and the World

By: Patricia McLagan,Christo Nel

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The Age of Participation

New Governance for the Workplace and the World

By: Patricia McLagan,Christo Nel

s people reject authoritarian government, bureaucracy and the denial of human rights. Featuring an opportunity for readers to participate by progressively completing an organization assessment, this book is a practical, experience-based handbook for instituting, sustaining and nurturing the changes necessary today.

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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1881052567

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9781881052562

Flashback

My Life and Times in Bollywood and Beyond

By: Bob Christo

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Flashback

My Life and Times in Bollywood and Beyond

By: Bob Christo

Robert John Christo, popularly known as Bob Christo, was born in 1938 in Sydney, Australia. After completing his civil engineering in Sydney, he took on projects which involved supporting the military supply lines of the South Vietnamese army and working as construction supervisor on the film sets of Apocalypse Now. Led by his instincts, Christo zealously followed one aspiration after another- chasing after a lost spy ship, running an escort service, modelling for African beer, singing in rock concerts, and so on.

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Penguin Books India

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0143414623

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9780143414629

Beyond the Break

The Surf-Inspired Success Code for Business and Life

By: Christo Hall

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Beyond the Break

The Surf-Inspired Success Code for Business and Life

By: Christo Hall

What can a big wave teach you about living a big life? Sharing remarkable experiences from the world of professional surfing, Christo Hall offers a unique perspective on how we operate under pressure. Beyond the Break tells the story of a man finding his path in life — and the surf lessons along the way that shaped his attitude for entrepreneurial success. With this book, you’ll join Christo on globe-trotting adventures and uncover the lessons he learned on the waves (or being pounded by them!). Discover how that wisdom from the waves can help you take your goals to the next level, from finding your purpose to managing anxiety and seizing opportunities outside your comfort zone. From big waves in Hawaii to swimming with sharks in South Africa, Christo reveals an intimate glimpse inside the mindset and lifestyle of a pro surfer. His journey from sportsman to renowned business mentor interlaces stories of adrenaline-stoked competitions and misadventures in partying with insightful reflections. From Christo’s stories and practical advice, you’ll discover how to: Handle your own inner critic Understand your limits and pick your battles Overcome failures and move forward to success Hone your mindset and boost your focus Find your motivation and align your goals with your purpose With Beyond the Break, you’ll find the inspirational stories and the tips and strategies you need to take your own adventures to next level — in surf, business and life.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394280831

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9781394280834

Into the Crooked Place

By: Alexandra Christo

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Into the Crooked Place

By: Alexandra Christo

Into the Crooked Place begins a gritty two-book YA fantasy series from Alexandra Christo, the author of To Kill a Kingdom. The streets of Creije are for the deadly and the dreamers, and four crooks in particular know just how much magic they need up their sleeve to survive. Tavia, a busker ready to pack up her dark-magic wares and turn her back on Creije for good. She’ll do anything to put her crimes behind her. Wesley, the closest thing Creije has to a gangster. After growing up on streets hungry enough to swallow the weak whole, he won’t stop until he has brought the entire realm to kneel before him. Karam, a warrior who spends her days watching over the city’s worst criminals and her nights in the fighting rings, making a deadly name for herself. And Saxony, a resistance fighter hiding from the very people who destroyed her family, and willing to do whatever it takes to get her revenge. Everything in their lives is going to plan, until Tavia makes a crucial mistake: she delivers a vial of dark magic—a weapon she didn’t know she had—to someone she cares about, sparking the greatest conflict in decades. Now these four magical outsiders must come together to save their home and the world, before it’s too late. But with enemies at all sides, they can trust nobody. Least of all each other.

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Feiwel & Friends

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1250318386

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9781250318381

Mandela - My Prisoner, My Friend

By: Christo Brand

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Mandela - My Prisoner, My Friend

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Kings Road Publishing

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1782198121

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9781782198123

(You)r Money

By: Christo B. Vermeulen

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(You)r Money

By: Christo B. Vermeulen

(You)r Money (Rootless Fruitless and MeaningVille) is an innovative guide for parents, teachers, mentors, guardians and children, an imaginative blueprint for a child’s Personal Economy. The teachings in (You)r Money will help your child develop his or her financial thinking and understanding, which leads to prudent financial decision-making and actions. This work is less about finances and money than it is about the child’s mind, his thinking about money, and the colorful crystallization of his world and money views. The child-friendly format of (You)r Money is intentionally devoted to cultivate and mature the child’s financial character. It includes fundamental lessons from the past four millennia; the discovery and development of financial character; and the deployment of a financial blueprint. With real-life examples and colorful illustrations, it’s a fun and appealing challenge. Encourage your children to immerse themselves in this work, and give them the edge they need to take charge of their financial destiny! Author Christo B. Vermeulen wants to develop and deploy the Personal Economy of children everywhere. A percentage of the proceeds from this book will be channeled to further the goal of the Global Financial-SHIFT Project—helping all children succeed- globally!

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1457526301

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9781457526305

Aches and Gains

A Comprehensive Guide to Overcoming Your Pain

By: Paul Christo

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Aches and Gains

A Comprehensive Guide to Overcoming Your Pain

By: Paul Christo

Pain is often treatable but doctors, medical professionals, and patients don't understand the intricacies of chronic pain. Millions who suffer from pain become hopeless. With Aches and Gains, Dr. Paul Christo, a Johns Hopkins physician and leading pain specialist sheds new light on what it means to live with and overcome chronic pain. Dr. Christo shares celebrity interviews, including Naomi Judd, Lisa Swayze, Montel Williams, Ally Hilfiger, and Clay Walker, from his Sirius XM radio show Aches and Gains®, and stories from patients who have found a way to overcome the pain that once controlled their lives. Offering traditional, integrative, and innovative methods of easing pain, the book is a life-changing tool for anyone associated with pain including pain sufferers themselves, doctors, nurses, medical professionals, and caregivers. Features a foreword by renowned talk show host Montel Williams.

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Bull Publishing

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1945188103

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9781945188107

Disruptive Fixation

School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism

By: Christo Sims

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Disruptive Fixation

School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism

By: Christo Sims

In New York City in 2009, a new kind of public school opened its doors to its inaugural class of middle schoolers. Conceived by a team of game designers and progressive educational reformers and backed by prominent philanthropic foundations, it promised to reinvent the classroom for the digital age. Ethnographer Christo Sims documented the life of the school from its planning stages to the graduation of its first eighth-grade class. Disruptive Fixation is his account of how this "school for digital kids," heralded as a model of tech-driven educational reform, reverted to a more conventional type of schooling with rote learning, an emphasis on discipline, and traditional hierarchies of authority. Troubling gender and racialized class divisions also emerged. Sims shows how the philanthropic possibilities of new media technologies are repeatedly idealized even though actual interventions routinely fall short of the desired outcomes—often dramatically so. He traces the complex processes by which idealistic tech-reform perennially takes root, unsettles the worlds into which it intervenes, and eventually stabilizes in ways that remake and extend many of the social predicaments reformers hope to fix. Sims offers a nuanced look at the roles that powerful elites, experts, the media, and the intended beneficiaries of reform—in this case, the students and their parents—play in perpetuating the cycle. Disruptive Fixation offers a timely examination of techno-philanthropism and the yearnings and dilemmas it seeks to address, revealing what failed interventions do manage to accomplish—and for whom.

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Princeton University Press

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1400885299

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9781400885299

Mirrored Wounds

By: Rebecca Christo

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Mirrored Wounds

By: Rebecca Christo

Laura’s life was finally good. She’d freed herself from the clutches of an abusive partner, left an unrewarding career as an interior designer to follow her dreams of becoming a writer, and was finally happy. And things were only getting better. Her very first novel had struck a chord with readers and become a bestseller, but when the murder she’d described in its pages suddenly gets played out in real life, with her beloved husband as the victim, it is obvious to her that she looks guilty, despite having an alibi that would have been difficult to fake. As the investigation proceeds, with little or no progress being made, bizarre happenings in the security-protected home she’d shared with her husband have her questioning her own sanity, despite the reassurance of her therapist. Could she have murdered the first man to ever make her feel truly loved and secure and then just ... forgotten somehow? Surely not. But as even more troubling events come to light, with no logical explanation besides her own guilt, she finds herself questioning everything she knows to be true ... including her own innocence.

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FriesenPress

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1039188370

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9781039188372

To Kill a Kingdom

By: Alexandra Christo

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To Kill a Kingdom

By: Alexandra Christo

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER This action-packed YA debut pits a deadly siren princess and a siren-hunting human prince against each other as they fight to protect their kingdoms. Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most--a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen and or remain a human forever. The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby--it’s his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she’s more than what she appears. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for good--But can he trust her? And just how many deals will Elian have to barter to eliminate mankind’s greatest enemy?

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Feiwel & Friends

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1250112699

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9781250112699

(You)r Life

By: Christo B. Vermeulen

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(You)r Life

By: Christo B. Vermeulen

The Axe An Inquiry to the Citizenry of this World If all men and women are created equal and born to be free, why then are most men and women locked inside a socioeconomic dungeon of inequality? Succumbed to bondage, they live lives of quiet desperation — equality and freedom only a distant thought! Can these liberties be freed? Can these liberties be secured? The axe placed on the root of these liberties must be removed! The time has come! Together, this undeniable conviction must be the force behind the swift removal. Personal Socio-Economic Reality liberation for the ordinary citizenry, must become the business of the ordinary citizenry. This is a call to Action! A call to LEARN, LIVE, and LEAD!

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1457540517

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9781457540516

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

By: Jacob Baal-Teshuva,Christo,Jeanne-Claude

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Christo and Jeanne-Claude

By: Jacob Baal-Teshuva,Christo,Jeanne-Claude

A brief study of the life and work of conceptual artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

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Taschen

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3822859966

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9783822859964

(You)r Life Junior

By: Christo B. Vermeulen

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(You)r Life Junior

By: Christo B. Vermeulen

LEARN, LIVE and LEAD against the odds... (You)r Life Junior tells the story of an honest, hardworking farmer called David. David had two sons, William and John. Upon retirement, David extended his "life experience" to his sons by means of a letter. The ENVELOPE contains all the truth and wisdom necessary to succeed and the secret of how to live a long, peaceful, and productive life. David‛s greatest wish was that both his sons would embrace the teachings in the envelope. Unfortunately, only one did... Then... Within these pages, there are twenty principles (important ideas) and four important attitudes (ways of thinking) that you must KNOW, UNDERSTAND, and APPLY. It is your responsibility to find them. Why? Because, (You)r Life are against the odds... These principles and attitudes will assist you to overcome the inevitable challenges ahead!!!

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1457539217

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9781457539213

The Life of a Doctor and a Game Ranger

By: Christo Hanekom

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The Life of a Doctor and a Game Ranger

By: Christo Hanekom

This book is about a medical doctor, his medical training, his practicing in Namibia and South Africa while at the same time becoming deeply involved with wildlife. The author and his family enjoyed many years experiencing the ups and downs of medical life, wildlife management, and the full beauty of the African bush. The book is suitable for readers from the age of sixteen to a hundred years of age, male and female. PS: The author is also an artist, and therefore the reader will discover in the book his drawings of many fascinating species of African wildlife.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524561568

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9781524561567

A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar

Second Edition

By: Christo H. van der Merwe,Jacobus A. Naudé

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A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar

Second Edition

By: Christo H. van der Merwe,Jacobus A. Naudé

This new and fully revised edition of the A Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar serves as a user-friendly and up-to-date source of information on the morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics of Biblical Hebrew verbs, nouns and other word classes (prepositions, conjunctions, adverbs, modal words, negatives, focus particles, discourse markers, interrogatives and interjections). It also contains one of the most elaborate treatments of Biblical Hebrew word order yet published in a grammar. Compiled by authors with extensive experience in the teaching of Hebrew, the text is rendered both easily accessible and a fascinating examination of the language, building upon the initial publication by incorporating up-to-date developments in the study of the Hebrew Bible. This grammar will be of service both to students who have completed an introductory or intermediate course in Biblical Hebrew, and also to more advanced scholars seeking to take advantage of traditional and recent descriptions of the language that go beyond the basic morphology of Biblical Hebrew.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0567663345

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9780567663344

Imprisoned for Christ

A Stirring Testament to God's Sustaining Grace in a Balkan Prison : Lessons Learned by a Christian Pastor Persecuted by an Atheistic Regime that Predicted Christ's Church Would No Longer Exist in Bulgaria by the Year 2000

By: Michael P. Halcomb,Christo Kulichev

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Imprisoned for Christ

By: Michael P. Halcomb,Christo Kulichev

An evangelical pastor, Rev. Christo Kulichev became a marked man by the Communist party in Bulgaria for his outspoken faith and preaching. He was arrested, tried, and imprisoned for his disobedience to the Communist regime. This is his story of faith in a time of great personal persecution.

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0842352449

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