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Book cover of Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing

Rick R. Reed Author Of Jealous of the Clouds

From Rick's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Moorjani's description of coming back to life and beating cancer after an astonishing near-death experience was both comforting and eye-opening, especially for me, as I grieved the loss of my husband in 2025.

By Anita Moorjani ,

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4 authors picked Dying to Be Me as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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In this truly inspirational memoir, Anita Moorjani relates how, after fighting cancer for almost four years, her body began shutting down-overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system. As her organs failed, she entered into an extraordinary near-death experience where she realized her inherent worth . . . and the actual cause of her disease. Upon regaining consciousness, Anita found that her condition had improved so rapidly that she was released from the hospital within weeks-without a trace of cancer in her body!

Within these pages, Anita recounts stories of her childhood in Hong Kong, her challenge to establish…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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By Phyllis Chesler ,

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1 author picked An American Bride in Kabul as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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Few westerners will ever be able to understand Muslim or Afghan society unless they are part of a Muslim family. Twenty years old and in love, Phyllis Chesler, a Jewish-American girl from Brooklyn,embarked on an adventure that has lasted for more than a half-century. In 1961, when she arrived in Kabul with her Afghan bridegroom, authorities took away her American passport. Chesler was now the property of her husband's family and had no rights of citizenship. Back in Afghanistan, her husband, a wealthy, westernized foreign college student with dreams of reforming his country, reverted to traditional and tribal customs. Chesler…


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