{"product_id":"seven-men-and-seven-women-and-the-secret-of-their-greatness-9780718088910","title":"Seven Men and Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo beloved Metaxas classics in a single, compact edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new, one-volume edition that brings together two of his most popular works, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Eric Metaxas explores the question of what makes a great person \u003cem\u003egreat\u003c\/em\u003e? \u003cem\u003eSeven Men and Seven Women\u003c\/em\u003e tells the captivating stories of fourteen heroic individuals who changed the course of history and shaped the world in astonishing ways. George Washington led his country to independence yet resisted the temptation to become America's king. William Wilberforce led the fight to end the slave trade, giving up his chance to be England's prime minister. Susanna Wesley, the mother of nineteen children, gave the world its most significant evangelist and its greatest hymn-writer, her sons John and Charles. Jackie Robison endured the threats and abuse of racists with unimaginable dignity and strength. Corrie ten Boom risked her life to hide Dutch Jews from the Nazis in World War II and survived the horrors of a concentration camp--and forgave her tormentors years later. And Rosa Parks's God-given sense of justice and unshakable dignity helped launch the twentieth century's greatest social movement. These and other lives profiled in \u003cem\u003eSeven Men and Seven Women\u003c\/em\u003e reveal how reveal the secret to a life of greatness--by responding to call to live for something greater than oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetaxas, Eric:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eEric Metaxas is the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBonhoeffer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMartin Luther\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIf You Can Keep It\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMiracles\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSeven Women, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSeven Men, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003eAmazing Grace\u003c\/em\u003e. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. His writing has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, and Metaxas has appeared as a cultural commentator on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. He is the host of \u003cem\u003eThe Eric Metaxas Radio Show\u003c\/em\u003e, a daily nationally syndicated show aired in 120 U.S. cities and on TBN. Metaxas is also the founder of \u003cem\u003eSocrates in the City\u003c\/em\u003e, the acclaimed series of conversations on \"life, God, and other small topics,\" featuring Malcolm Gladwell, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, Baroness Caroline Cox, and Dick Cavett, among many others. He is a senior fellow and lecturer at large at the King's College in Manhattan, where he lives with his wife and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514340512018,"sku":"9780718088910","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cdb1b91d-fa9f-4671-b197-c2e98416aa77.jpg?v=1730980157","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/seven-men-and-seven-women-and-the-secret-of-their-greatness-9780718088910","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}