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Mary Slessor

queen of Calabar
1998

Mary Slessor

forward into Calabar
1999
A biography of Scottish missionary to Africa's Calabar region Mary Slessor, and tells of her thirty-nine year service to the people in that region.

Before we kill and eat you

the miracles and adventures of a pioneer missionary couple in Africa
2003

A wing and a prayer

2005
Raimundo, an eight-year-old boy living in a jungle village, has not spoken since his parents were killed a year earlier, but a special box filled by a new friend in America helps to transform his life.

The book of strange new things

a novel
2014
Peter, a man of faith, is called to a mission galaxies away from his beloved wife Bea. At first, all seems well as the natives flock to learn more from Peter and his "book of strange things," which is what they call his Bible. In time, however, the news from home grows grim; Bea is struggling to survive in the midst of earthquakes, typhoons, and crumbling governments and her faith, always strong, is faltering.

Ghost eater

2003
At the turn of the twentieth century, Captain Ulysses Vanders receives a mysterious gift that may change his life while moored in a wintery Asian harbor.

Damien and the island of sickness

a story about Father Damien
1979
A simple version of the life of Father Damien whose work among the lepers of Molokai focused the attention of the rest of the world on the dread disease.

The Daring heart of David Livingstone

exile, African slavery, and the publicity stunt that saved millions
David Livingstone set out to find the source of the Nile River in the nineteenth century. The explorer's scientific ambitions are noteworthy but far more important were the contributions he made to the abolition of the slave trade in Africa.

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