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Andy Andrews – The Lost Choice: A Legend of Personal Discovery [6 CDs (MP3) + 1 Readers Guide (PDF)]A work of both scholarship and imagination. The Lost Choice is a legend of personal discovery—a reminder of the opportunities we each are given.In their Denver suburb, journalist Dorry Chandler and her detective husband, Mark, discover a strange object bearing a message etched in an ancient language. Joining forces with anthropologist Dylan Langford and his archaeologist girlfriend, Abby Warner, the team is enthralled by the mysterious artifact and its baffling message that appears to date back thousands of years.The anticipation builds as they uncover a trail of clues — each piece of evidence shedding new light on the object’s significance. The Chandlers may have unearthed a fragment of one of the most profound relics in mankind’s history and the key to understanding the extraordinary achievements of esteemed men and women throughout time.Will the team discover the secret behind this mysterious historical object? Or will its message be lost forever?From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Traveler’s Gift comes a gripping quest to uncover mankind’s destiny. Elegantly blending gripping fiction, extensive research, and a powerful message of hope, The Lost Choice illuminates the timeless principles for transforming your life and the world.Are you ready to make the personal discovery of a lifetime?Publishers WeeklyBestselling author Andrews (The Traveler’s Gift) takes a cue from the success of his previous book, built around time travel, motivational ideas and historical figures, and continues in the same vein. When Mark and Dorry Chandler find an odd bronze object in a ditch in their Denver backyard, they begin to investigate its origin. Andrews develops the theme of the importance of making good choices, using the motif of four inscribed ancient bronze objects that together form a cup. Each fragment symbolizes choices that its historic owner made, influenced by the object. Using flashbacks, Andrews offers numerous short vignettes of the different historical figures who possessed each of the fragments, including Oskar Schindler, Alfred Vanderbilt, John Adams and George Washington Carver among others. The flashbacks are simply presented, and they often have the feel of fictional minibiographies for young readers rather than meaty adult fare. There’s nothing particularly compelling about the storytelling-the mechanics of fiction are creaky in places-but that’s not the point. Rather, the book stands on the positive message that one person by his or her decisions can change the world. As he did in The Traveler’s Gift, Andrews should appeal to those readers looking for an uncomplicated motivational read with a dollop of history thrown in for good measure. (June) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.http://www.andyandrews.com/product/the-lost-choice/