In the Heart of the World by Mother Teresa (New World Library)

Divided into three sections--Thoughts, Prayer, and Stories--this powerful collection speaks to the principles of selflessness, forgiveness, compassion, and spiritual strength that have guided this diminutive heroine along the steep and rocky paths she has chosen to pursue.

About the Author:
Mother Teresa became known to the world for her selfless work with the “poorest of the poor” in Calcutta, India. Born in 1910 in Skopje, now the capital of Macedonia, Mother Teresa began her novitiate in India in 1928. Since its inception in 1950, her order, the Missionaries of Charity, has opened more than five hundred centers around the world to help the dying and destitute. Mother Teresa was the recipient of many of the world’s most prestigious humanitarian awards, including the United States Medal of Freedom, the United Nations Albert Schweitzer Prize, and the Nobel Peace Prize. She died in 1997.