This book is exactly what it claims in the title, a heavily abridged version of the Bible that takes about an hour and a half to read. It's a good place to start for someone who wants to get the big picture quickly, perhaps before diving into a less-heavily-edited translation.

While reading it, I learned a few things: for example, I hadn't realized that David from "David and Goliath" was the same King David that Jesus was descended from.

I'm not a Christian, but it seems worthwhile to know a little bit about a book that means so much to so many people.