missionaries

Tells the story of how Mother Teresa followed God's leading to begin a mission to help the poorest of the poor, the homeless, the sick, the lonely, and the dying in the slums of Calcutta.

A biography of the nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity, gained wide recognition for her work with the destitute and dying in Calcutta and elsewhere, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Includes black and white photographs.

A biography of American missionary Minnie Vautrin, based on diaries she kept between 1919 and 1941, focusing on the heroic measures she took to protect ten thousand Chinese women and children from the marauding Japanese army during the Sino-Japanese War, and discussing her efforts to help the refugees after the siege of Nanking.

A biography of the famous founder of the Missionaries of Charity who spent much of her life working among the poor of India.

Mischa Berlinski moves to northern Thailand with his girlfriend and stumbles upon the story of his career when he learns of an American anthropologist who has been found dead in a Thai prison where she was serving a life sentence for murder, and as he is drawn into the young woman's life, Mischa finds himself uncovering deadly family secrets and a new way of looking at the world.

Examines the life of the humanitarian who pursued medical missionary work in the jungles of Africa while developing his spiritual beliefs about the value of all life.

Presents the life and times of the nun who founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, won the Nobel Peace Prize, and dedicated her life to helping the destitute.

Examines the lives of explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, discussing Marquette's youth and training as a priest, and his mission work in Canada, looking at Jolliet's travels and love of adventure, and chronicling their exploration of the upper Mississippi River.

It's a crime to leave North Korea yet increasing numbers of North Koreans are doing just that. First they go to neighboring China, which rejects them as criminals, then on to Southeast Asia or Mongolia, and finally to South Korea, the United States or other free countries. It's the new underground railroad.