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You wouldn't believe it, but . . .
James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader, grew up mute.
Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.
Albert Einstein was bullied mercilessly in school.
Beethoven's mom almost aborted him.
Life takes the strangest sharp turnsâand sometimes, U-turns. Robert Pettersonâpopular speaker, storyteller, and authorâhas been a student for his entire life of what God is teaching us through those real-life U-turns. In this short book, he compiles amazing stories that teach lessons you won't easily forget. Each entry is written in the rest-of-the-story style popularized by Paul Harvey.
Marvel at how God has used the lives of these ordinary people to change the course of human history.
(Adapted from The One Year Book of Amazing Stories)
James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader, grew up mute.
Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.
Albert Einstein was bullied mercilessly in school.
Beethoven's mom almost aborted him.
Life takes the strangest sharp turnsâand sometimes, U-turns. Robert Pettersonâpopular speaker, storyteller, and authorâhas been a student for his entire life of what God is teaching us through those real-life U-turns. In this short book, he compiles amazing stories that teach lessons you won't easily forget. Each entry is written in the rest-of-the-story style popularized by Paul Harvey.
Marvel at how God has used the lives of these ordinary people to change the course of human history.
(Adapted from The One Year Book of Amazing Stories)
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ReligionTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Day 1: The Most Courageous Man in America
- Day 2: The Biggest Nation of All
- Day 3: The Forgotten Explorer
- Day 4: Antoninaâs Ark
- Day 5: A Dogâs Tale
- Day 6: The Chernobyl Suicide Squad
- Day 7: Yanking on Supermanâs Cape
- Day 8: The Perfect Boss
- Day 9: Ryanâs Song
- Day 10: The Man behind the Curtain
- Day 11: From Homeless to Harvard
- Day 12: When Patriotism Isnât Enough
- Day 13: The Slave Who Civilized Europe
- Day 14: The Four Chaplains
- Day 15: The Woman Who Never Backed Down
- Day 16: The Long Trek Home
- Day 17: The River of Doubt
- Day 18: The Infinite Possibilities of Hope
- Day 19: The Night Witches
- Day 20: From Libya with Love
- Day 21: Living for Ninety-Nine Cents
- Day 22: Canât Act. Slightly Bald. Also Dances.
- Day 23: The Imperfect Story of Perfection
- Day 24: The School of Hard Knocks
- Day 25: The Miracle That Won World War II
- Day 26: The Star of David Goes Jazz
- Day 27: The Day Jim Met Himself in The Twilight Zone
- Day 28: The Marathon Woman
- Day 29: The Fifty-Word Masterpiece
- Day 30: The Worst Singer in the World
- Day 31: Overcoming Prejudice
- Day 32: Fifteen Hundred Rejections
- Day 33: The Brain Is Faster Than the Tongue
- Day 34: The Dumbhead
- Day 35: The Man Who Failed Ten Thousand Times
- Day 36: The Cover-Up of the Century
- Day 37: Bringing Home the Gold
- Day 38: Stuttering to Stardom
- Day 39: Denied a Stage, Given a Nation
- Day 40: The Lion Who Roamed Google Earth
- Day 41: The Deepest Pit of All
- Day 42: Postcards from the Princess
- Day 43: The Newspaper Clipping
- Day 44: Singing with Daddy
- Day 45: The Power of a Story
- Day 46: Failing All the Way to Greatness
- Day 47: Chariot Wheels in the Sea
- Day 48: Booed off the Stage
- Day 49: The Warrior Saint
- Day 50: The Recovering Skinhead
- Day 51: Feeding Cannibals
- Day 52: A Sharecropperâs Audacious Dream
- Day 53: Unlocking the Gift of Potential
- Day 54: The Only Place without Prejudice
- Day 55: When Death Births a Song
- Day 56: The Seamstress
- Day 57: When Greatest Isnât Good Enough
- Day 58: A Long Walk from the Grave
- Day 59: Life Without Limbs
- Day 60: The Beauty and the Brains
- Day 61: The Silent Hero
- Day 62: The Secret No One Knew
- Day 63: The Power of a Single Supper
- Day 64: The Widow Who Laundered a Fortune
- Day 65: The Film No One Wanted to Make
- Day 66: The Last Lecture
- Day 67: The Disability That Set a World Record
- Day 68: The Man Who Knew Infinity
- Day 69: Victoriaâs Secret
- Day 70: Historyâs Forgotten Half
- Day 71: Flying without Wings
- Day 72: The Kingdom Built on Failure
- Day 73: Carpenter to the Stars
- Day 74: Shot for Going to School
- Day 75: Letâs Roll
- Day 76: From Rags to Riches
- Day 77: Americaâs Fairy Godmother
- Day 78: The Race of the Century
- Day 79: The Forgotten Father
- Day 80: The Other Rosa Parks
- Day 81: The Imaginary Home
- Day 82: The Mysterious Monk
- Day 83: The Man Who Volunteered for Auschwitz
- Day 84: The Reluctant Hero
- Day 85: A Teacherâs Final Lesson
- Day 86: Collapsing to Victory
- Day 87: Sixty-Six Shining Lights
- Day 88: Helper of the Helpless
- Day 89: The Jewel Thief Who Became a Cop
- Day 90: The Secret Mission That Changed America
- Day 91: The Decision
- Day 92: Blinking a Bestseller
- Day 93: Left Behind in Africa
- Day 94: Starving for a Stranger
- Day 95: The Candy Man Can
- Day 96: The Man Time Forgot
- Day 97: Barefoot in the Snow
- Day 98: Ainât I a Woman?
- Day 99: Taking Ten Rounds for the Kids
- Day 100: The FBIâs Greatest Blunder
- Day 101: Life in a Jar
- Sources
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author