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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson is a 1997 memoir by American author Mitch Albom. The book is about a series of visits Albom made to his former Brandeis University sociology professor, Morrie Schwartz , as Schwartz was dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) .
Morris S. Schwartz (December 20, 1916 – November 4, 1995) [1] was an American professor of sociology at Brandeis University and an author. He was the subject of the best-selling book Tuesdays with Morrie, written by Mitch Albom, a former student of Schwartz.
Mitch, being so immersed in this new world asks Connie to teach him skills to aid Morrie when no one else is around. New tasks Mitch learns include: helping Morrie in and out of his wheelchair, using his oxygen tank, feeding Morrie, and even special massages. Finding meaning in Morrie's advice, Mitch proposes to Janine via letter.
Mary Caswell Orr (December 21, 1910 – September 22, 2006) was an American actress and author whose short story "The Wisdom of Eve", published in the May 1946 issue of Cosmopolitan, was the basis of the Academy Award-winning film All About Eve (1950). [1] In private life, Orr used her married name, Mary Orr Denham.
Have a Little Faith is a 2009 non-fiction book by Mitch Albom, author of previous works that include Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven.It is based on two separate sets of conversations that took place between the author and members of the clergy: a rabbi in a relatively affluent section of New Jersey, and a Protestant minister in a very poor section of Detroit, Michigan.
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The Remarkable Wisdom of Solomon: Ancient Insights from the Song of Solomon, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Master Books, Green forest, 2001. (ISBN 0890513562) God and the Nations, Master Books, Green Forest, 2002. (ISBN 0-89051-389-9) The Biblical Basis for Modern Science, Master Books, Green Forest, 2002.