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Bestsellers
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Infectious Generosity
- The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading
- By: Chris Anderson
- Narrated by: Chris Anderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Let’s face it: Recent years have been tough on optimists. Hopes that the Internet might bring people together have been crushed by the ills of social media....
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A beautiful idea well described
- By Fredrik f. on 04-08-24
By: Chris Anderson
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The Precipice
- Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
- By: Toby Ord
- Narrated by: Toby Ord
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time....
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The 80000hours website is better
- By Cristi on 08-06-20
By: Toby Ord
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Change Your World
- How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Difference
- By: John C. Maxwell, Rob Hoskins
- Narrated by: John C. Maxwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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You can bring about positive, lasting change in the world, and you don’t have to be rich and famous or lead a big organization to do it....
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Just what I was needing.
- By Samantha Hatcher on 03-05-21
By: John C. Maxwell, and others
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The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need
- By: Ellen Karsh, Arlen Sue Fox
- Narrated by: Lameece Issaq
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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From top experts in the field, the definitive guide to grant-writing....
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If you want a grant good luck
- By timothy mckee on 02-16-24
By: Ellen Karsh, and others
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Our Kindred Creatures
- How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals
- By: Bill Wasik, Monica Murphy
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid....
By: Bill Wasik, and others
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Toxic Charity
- How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
- By: Robert D. Lupton
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity shows us how to start serving needy and impoverished members of our communities in a way that will lead to lasting change....
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read it before your next service project
- By Daniel Johnson on 03-12-20
By: Robert D. Lupton
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Infectious Generosity
- The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading
- By: Chris Anderson
- Narrated by: Chris Anderson
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Let’s face it: Recent years have been tough on optimists. Hopes that the Internet might bring people together have been crushed by the ills of social media....
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A beautiful idea well described
- By Fredrik f. on 04-08-24
By: Chris Anderson
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The Precipice
- Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity
- By: Toby Ord
- Narrated by: Toby Ord
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central challenge of our time....
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The 80000hours website is better
- By Cristi on 08-06-20
By: Toby Ord
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Change Your World
- How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Difference
- By: John C. Maxwell, Rob Hoskins
- Narrated by: John C. Maxwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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You can bring about positive, lasting change in the world, and you don’t have to be rich and famous or lead a big organization to do it....
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Just what I was needing.
- By Samantha Hatcher on 03-05-21
By: John C. Maxwell, and others
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The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need
- By: Ellen Karsh, Arlen Sue Fox
- Narrated by: Lameece Issaq
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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From top experts in the field, the definitive guide to grant-writing....
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If you want a grant good luck
- By timothy mckee on 02-16-24
By: Ellen Karsh, and others
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Our Kindred Creatures
- How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals
- By: Bill Wasik, Monica Murphy
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid....
By: Bill Wasik, and others
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Toxic Charity
- How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help (And How to Reverse It)
- By: Robert D. Lupton
- Narrated by: Chris Andrew Ciulla
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity shows us how to start serving needy and impoverished members of our communities in a way that will lead to lasting change....
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read it before your next service project
- By Daniel Johnson on 03-12-20
By: Robert D. Lupton
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The Life You Can Save
- By: Peter Singer
- Narrated by: Kristen Bell, full cast
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In this Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Life You Can Save, Peter Singer brings his landmark book up to date. In addition to restating his compelling arguments about how we should respond to extreme poverty, he examines the progress we are making....
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Good book, but a bad listen
- By Amazon Customer on 09-01-21
By: Peter Singer
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Between the Mountain and the Sky
- A Mother’s Story of Love, Loss, Healing, and Hope
- By: Maggie Doyne
- Narrated by: Maggie Doyne
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Maggie’s story begins in suburban New Jersey, in a comfortable middle-class family that supports her decision to travel the world during a gap year before starting college. During her travels, the trajectory of her life alters when she has a surprise encounter with a Nepali girl....
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I loved the message.
- By lovetheocean on 05-05-24
By: Maggie Doyne
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Big Bets
- How Large-Scale Change Really Happens
- By: Rajiv Shah
- Narrated by: Rajiv Shah
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Rajiv J. Shah is no stranger to pulling off the impossible, from helping vaccinate 900 million children at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to a high-pressure race against the clock to stop the spread of Ebola....
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thanks Rajiv ji
- By Ekta Saini on 10-29-23
By: Rajiv Shah
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Systems Thinking for Social Change
- A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
- By: David Peter Stroh
- Narrated by: Tia Rider
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve social conditions. But often their solutions fall far short of what they want to accomplish and what is truly needed....
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Listener beware: The word is causal NOT "casual"
- By darlene judson on 07-31-19
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Start Something That Matters
- By: Blake Mycoskie
- Narrated by: Blake Mycoskie
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Love your work, work for what you love, and change the world—all at the same time....
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My eyes welled up several times!
- By Thundersinspring on 12-20-11
By: Blake Mycoskie
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To Stop a Warlord
- My Story of Justice, Grace, and the Fight for Peace
- By: Shannon Sedgwick Davis
- Narrated by: Shannon Sedgwick Davis, Kevin R. Free
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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One woman’s inspiring true story of an unlikely alliance to stop the atrocities of a warlord, proving that there is no limit to what we can do, even in the face of unspeakable injustice and impossible odds....
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Moved my heart
- By Karen Bracht on 03-28-21
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Three Cups of Deceit
- How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way
- By: Jon Krakauer
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Greg Mortenson has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children's crusader. He is also, according to Jon Krakauer, not what he appears to be....
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Had to be written, doesn't have to be read
- By D. Martin on 12-01-11
By: Jon Krakauer
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Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism
- By: Arthur C. Brooks
- Narrated by: Dennis Holland
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? Find out....
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Let's talk truth!
- By Jeff on 09-02-12
By: Arthur C. Brooks
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From Generosity to Justice
- A New Gospel of Wealth
- By: Darren Walker
- Narrated by: Darren Walker, Andre Blake, Heather Alicia Sims
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
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In From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth, Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, articulates a bold vision for philanthropy in the twenty-first century....
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Justice must (include) US.
- By Anonymous User on 04-25-23
By: Darren Walker
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Believe in People
- Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World
- By: Charles Koch, Brian Hooks
- Narrated by: Charles Koch, Steve Carlson
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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People are looking for a better way. Towering barriers are holding millions of people back, and the institutions that should help everyone rise are not doing the job. Crumbling communities. One-size fits all education....
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For Doers Tired of Spinning Their Wheels
- By Lifelong Learner on 11-18-20
By: Charles Koch, and others
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Forty Chances
- Finding Hope in a Hungry World
- By: Howard G. Buffett
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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If you had the resources to accomplish something great in the world, what would you do? Legendary investor Warren Buffett posed this challenge to his son in 2006....
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Feeding the World
- By Suzy Q on 01-17-18
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HumanKind
- Changing the World One Small Act at a Time
- By: Brad Aronson
- Narrated by: Gary J. Chambers
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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Inspired by the many demonstrations of "humankindness" that supported Brad Aronson’s family through wife Mia's treatment and recovery from leukemia, he begins by talking about the people who rescued his family from that dark time....
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Real stories with meaningful ways to help
- By Me on 12-03-23
By: Brad Aronson
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The Bill Gates Problem
- Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire
- By: Tim Schwab
- Narrated by: Tim Schwab
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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A powerful investigation of Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation, The Bill Gates Problem shows how Bill Gates uses philanthropy to exercise enormous political power without accountability....
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Well researched & raises important questions
- By Andrew Ballard on 11-18-23
By: Tim Schwab
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Creating a World Without Poverty
- How Social Business Can Transform Our Lives
- By: Muhammad Yunus
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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While free markets have brought positive change, traditional capitalism cannot solve problems of inequality and poverty....
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Narrator is awful
- By Paul on 01-24-08
By: Muhammad Yunus
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Getting to Maybe
- How the World Is Changed
- By: Frances Westley, Brenda Zimmerman, Michael Patton
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Many of us have a deep desire to make the world around us a better place. But often our good intentions are undermined by the fear that we are so insignificant in the big scheme of things that nothing we can do will actually help....
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Not the law school book
- By Eric on 12-29-22
By: Frances Westley, and others
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How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars
- The Ten Biggest Problems We Can Actually Fix
- By: Rowan Hooper
- Narrated by: Grant Cartwright
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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The ultimate thought experiment—what would you do with a trillion dollars?—opens our eyes to the good we can do for humanity if we spend wisely....
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this is a must read
- By Alex V. on 08-05-22
By: Rowan Hooper
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Do the KIND Thing
- Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately
- By: Daniel Lubetzky
- Narrated by: Daniel Lubetzky
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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For the socially conscious, the intellectually curious, or the creative soul comes an inspiring, New York Times best-selling handbook for success in business, life, and the all-important task of building a more compassionate world—by the visionary founder and CEO of KIND Healthy Snacks....
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Great nuggets of values and wisdom in a boring genre
- By Dan on 09-13-18
By: Daniel Lubetzky
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A Secret Gift
- How One Man's Kindness - and a Trove of Letters - Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression
- By: Ted Gup
- Narrated by: Mark Deaking
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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Shortly before Christmas 1933, in Depression-scarred Canton, Ohio, a small newspaper ad offered $10, no strings attached, to 75 families in distress....
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Great for true story, history, genealogy lovers
- By Mark on 12-16-21
By: Ted Gup
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Decolonizing Wealth (Second Edition)
- Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance
- By: Edgar Villanueva
- Narrated by: Edgar Villanueva
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The world is out of balance. With increasing frequency, we are presented with the inescapable truth that systemic racism and colonial structures are foundational principles to our economies....
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The most important book for white people to read
- By Leandro Lopes on 05-06-24
By: Edgar Villanueva
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After the Protests Are Heard
- Enacting Civic Engagement and Social Transformation
- By: Sharon D. Welch
- Narrated by: Jennifer Aquino
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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This book is an invaluable resource for anyone invested in the fight for social justice....
By: Sharon D. Welch
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The Promise of a Pencil
- How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
- By: Adam Braun
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just 16 years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career....
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Ignore negative reviews
- By Wen on 04-04-16
By: Adam Braun
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Famine, Affluence, and Morality
- By: Peter Singer, Bill Gates - foreword, Melinda Gates - foreword
- Narrated by: Grant Cartwright
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
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In 1972, the philosopher Peter Singer published "Famine, Affluence and Morality," which rapidly became one of the most widely discussed essays in applied ethics. Through this article, Singer presents his view that we have the same moral obligations to those far away as we do to those close to us.
By: Peter Singer, and others
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A Selfish Plan to Change the World
- Finding Big Purpose in Big Problems
- By: Justin Dillon
- Narrated by: Justin Dillon
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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What if your search for meaning could solve the world's problems? What if everything you are passionate about could save a life or change history? Justin Dillon argues it can....
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Inspiring story, but mistitled
- By M. S. Boldrick on 12-07-17
By: Justin Dillon
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One Heart at a Time
- By: Delilah
- Narrated by: Delilah, Coleen Marlo
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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One Heart at a Time exposes the real woman behind the microphone. In her easy-going style and characteristic, beloved voice, Delilah tells her deeply moving life story as the series of miracles it is....
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Pulls at your heartstrings
- By Jennifer C. Payne on 10-26-18
By: Delilah