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Page 7 »1 N E W YORK T IM E S B E S T S E L L E R ~lhr ( /tint of U a rrr |wiH, m akr TOU proud 1» S,- . nwmhrr < / ihr human «C«." - U u M i, Tin- C o lo r o / W ;i 1er __________' A B I.c l. M . « ’» T r i b u l , Io H i. W h ite M o th e r TAJ Irtumph.' —Ihr Atow Vwk Timn Rook Rertnr J a m es M c B r id e Desire of the Everlasting H ills: The World Before and After J esus by Thomas Cahill Hardcover - 353 pages (November 2, 1999) Doubleday Books Desire o f the Everlasting Hills is another present from the pen o f Thomas Cahill, author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts o f the Jews . In th is th ird volume o f the b e s ts e llin g H in g es of History series, he k n its to g e th e r h is to ry , p o litic s , s o c io lo g y , and faith with contemporary insights that y i e l d r e m a r k a b le results. After painting w ith bro ad brush strokes an e n te rta in in g picture o f the G r e e k , Jew ish , and Roman world, Cahill focuses on Jesus . 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