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From These Shores (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Helga Skogsbergh
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Christian Living, Historical
Read by: Mary Skol and Wayne Pederson
Approximate time: 5 hours 48 minutes
Catalog number: 161
This is a book about Scandanavian pioneers who settled along the Lake Superior shores: a cronical of the hardships they faced, yet, an uplifting book. This is a story of great faith and endurance which are a part of our common heritage.

The Gentle Breeze of Jesus (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Mel Tari and Nona Tari
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Evangelism, Historical
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 6 hours 1 minute
Catalog number: 164
In this book, Mel Tari adds to the documentation he began in Like a Mighty Wind . On his native island in Indonesia, he says Moslems and animists are still coming to accept Jesus Christ and many other miracles and spiritual awakenings are continuing to happen.

The Glory Man, a New Biography of Billy Bray (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Cyril J. Davey
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Living, Evangelism, Historical
Read by: Gordon Knight
Approximate time: 5 hours 32 minutes
Catalog number: 714 (part of the Torch collection)
BILLY BRAY (1794-1868) : A simple, self-educated tin-miner, he became an eccentric, charismatic lay-preacher and a folk hero in Cornwall.

The Glory of the Cross: the Great Crescendo of the Gospel (Audio DAISY Book)

By: James Philip
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Study, Historical, Jesus Christ, Lent and Easter
Read by: Robert Morris
Approximate time: 1 hour 27 minutes
Catalog number: 1521 (part of the Torch collection)
We follow the gospel narrative through familiar events from the Last Supper to Calvary. But wait. Perhaps not all is quite so familiar. Here we discover rich and perceptive insights in an unusual blend of doctrinal truth and pastoral application.

God's Grace to Nine Generations (Audio DAISY Book)

By: James Hudson Taylor III
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Missions and Missionaries
Read by: Robin Russell
Approximate time: 45 minutes
Catalog number: 1480 (part of the Torch collection)
This is the dramatic account of how God plots the coordinates of the Taylor family from Wesley's England to China.

God's Special People (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Michael Stafford
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Bible Study, Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Old Testament
Read by: Various Narrators
Approximate time: 4 hours 12 minutes
Catalog number: 1745 (part of the Torch collection)
A series of studies of Old Testament figures that first appeared in the Torch Magazine.

Hansi, the Girl Who Loved the Swastika (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Maria Anne Hirschman
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 8 hours 40 minutes
Catalog number: 172
Read about Maria Anne Hirschmann's amazing life in Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia, her blind devotion to Hitler and the atheistic Nazi system. Her story takes you through the horror of World War II, her escape from the Communists, her chance at romance, and the reawakening of her love for Jesus Christ. See the U.S. with her eyes when she immigrates to this country with her small family. Through it all, you will see the hand of God. Go with her to Belarus as she finds a new calling from God.

Hearts Aflame: Exploring the Importance of the Old Testament (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Stella G. Heath and Eilene Cole
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Historical, Jesus Christ, Old Testament, Prophets and Prophecy
Read by: Ann Barraclough
Approximate time: 4 hours 11 minutes
Catalog number: 1750 (part of the Torch collection)
In her last book, Stella Heath, the founder of the Torch Trust for the Blind, retells in her accessible style the story of the Old Testament culminating in the coming of Jesus Christ as the long-promised Messiah. By exploring the Old Testament prophecies, she elaborates on Christ's death and resurrection. The book was completed by Eileen Cole after Stella's death in 2009.

Heirs of the Motherland (Audio DAISY Book)

Book 4 in series The Russians
By: Judith Pella
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Adventure, Historical
Read by: Marion Davies
Approximate time: 12 hours 46 minutes
Catalog number: 1512 (part of the Torch collection)
As the 19th century draws to a close and revolutionary fervour runs high, the Burenins and the Fedorcenkos find themselves caught in a maelstrom of change that threatens their way of life. Eighteen years after his daughter's birth, Count Dmitri Remizov returns to Russia from exile to find his only child. But Mariana, who was raised as a peasant, is hesitant to take her place in Imperial Russia. Meanwhile, Sergei and Anna must decide whether to risk emerging from hiding. Will they find a way to reunite their families and claim their heritage?

The Hiding Place (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Corrie Ten Boom and John and Elizabeth Sherrill
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Suffering and Persecution
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 8 hours 55 minutes
Catalog number: 73
This is the well-known and captivating story of how Corrie and her family became leaders in the Dutch Underground, hiding Jewish people in a specially built room in their house and aiding their escape from the Nazis.

A House Divided (Audio DAISY Book)

Book 2 in series The Russians
By: Michael R Phillips and Judith Pella
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Adventure, Historical
Read by: Marion Davies
Approximate time: 11 hours 24 minutes
Catalog number: 1510 (part of the Torch collection)
What roots of rebellion took the brothers of Anna and patrina down separate paths? As war in the Balkans draws to a close, Prince Sergei returns to St. Petersburg to his love, servant Anna Burenin, who faces life changing decisions.

How Should We Then Live? the Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Francis A. Schaeffer
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Apologetics, Ethics and Morality, Historical, The Church
Read by: Andy Chappell
Approximate time: 7 hours 8 minutes
Catalog number: 1470 (part of the ABC collection)
An evangelical Christian philosopher ponders the fate of Western civilization and concludes that we have lost sight of our roots and our direction. He pinpoints problems as he sees them from Roman times to the present, researches their origins, and formulates a hopeful proposal for the future.

I Remember It Well, Tales from the Twenties (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Eileen Wright
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical
Read by: Dorothy Marshall
Approximate time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Catalog number: 1385 (part of the Torch collection)
Twelve reminiscences from the author's 1920's childhood, each with a spiritual application and a closing prayer.

I'll Cross the River (Audio DAISY Book)

By: C. Hope Flinchbaugh
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Historical, Missions and Missionaries, Suffering and Persecution, The Church
Read by: Ann Barraclough
Approximate time: 9 hours 4 minutes
Catalog number: 1681 (part of the Torch collection)
A true-to-life novel that depicts the incredible human tragedy occurring today inside North Korea. The prayers of many bring two families together in a story you will never forget.

In the Beginning: the Story of the King James Bible (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Alister E. McGrath
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Historical, The Church
Read by: Ann Barraclough
Approximate time: 12 hours 3 minutes
Catalog number: 1319 (part of the Torch collection)
The KING JAMES BIBLE was a landmark in the history of the English Language and an inspiration to poets, dramatists, artists and politicians. The culture of the English-speaking world would have been immeasurably impoverished without it.

In the Steps of Timothy (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Lance Pierson
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Historical, The Church, The Saints
Read by: Margaret Lauritzen
Approximate time: 15 hours 41 minutes
Catalog number: 1457 (part of the Torch collection)
Lance Pierson reconstructs the life and times of Timothy and shows how God uses not just the obvious leaders but ordinary people.

Into the Glory (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Jamie Buckingham
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Missions and Missionaries
Read by: Wayne Pederson
Approximate time: 7 hours 18 minutes
Catalog number: 241
This book chronicles the miracle-filled story of the Jungle Aviation and Radio Service (JARS) taking Wycliffe Bible translators to theEarth's remotest regions. These pilots could command handsome salaries with commercial airliners, but they have committed their skills and life to the service of others who need to hear the good news and to their Lord Jesus Christ.

Into the Glory (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Jamie Buckingham
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Adventure, Christian Living, Historical, Missions and Missionaries, Suspense
Read by: Donald Pate
Approximate time: 9 hours 19 minutes
Catalog number: 914 (part of the Torch collection)
JUNGLE AVIATION and RADIO SERVICE: taking Wycliffe Bible translators to the earth's remotest regions.

Irina's Story (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Herman Hartfeld
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Christian Living, Commitment, Historical, Suffering and Persecution
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 11 hours 58 minutes
Catalog number: 404
This book follows Faith Despite the KGB which is also in our BrailleAudio library. It was written after the author received many letters which addressed the topic "dialogue with the communists, yes or no?" The book addresses this topic by telling the story of a group of young Christians who sought to do just that in dealing with communists in power. Did they have a successful dialogue? What happened? How does this book resolve this topic?

Jesus Ben Joseph, an Introduction to Jesus the Jew (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Walter Riggans
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Jesus Christ, New Testament
Read by: Jennifer Bingle
Approximate time: 4 hours 31 minutes
Catalog number: 1211 (part of the Torch collection)
Without a grasp of the Jewishness of Jesus we cannot really understand him or his teachings. The author examines Christ's nature, mission and message from the perspective of both Jewish and Christian scholars.

Jesus, the First 10,000 Days (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Christopher Halls
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Historical, Jesus Christ, New Testament
Read by: David Ling
Approximate time: 8 hours 5 minutes
Catalog number: 1441 (part of the Torch collection)
This book explores the hidden years of Christ's life before He began His ministry. It takes us on a journey looking at the factual evidence. It's conviction is that often more can be known than is initially apparent as we examine pointers in God's word.

John Welch, the Man Who Couldn't Be Stopped (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Ethel Barrett
Type: Non-fiction
For children
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, The Church, The Saints
Read by: Joyce Mount
Approximate time: 3 hours 11 minutes
Catalog number: 1303 (part of the Torch collection)
JOHN WELCH : dedicated his life to God, though it brought him misunderstanding, hostility and even persecution.

John, Son of Thunder (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Ellen Gunderson Traylor
Type: Fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Historical
Read by: Wayne Pederson
Approximate time: 16 hours 49 minutes
Catalog number: 242
This is the epic story of the apostle who wrote about the beginning of time and the end of time. Travel with John down desert paths, through the courts of the Holy City, and to the foot of the Cross. Journey with him from his luxury as a privileged son of Israel to the bitter hardship of his exile on Patmos. This is a saga of adventure, romance and discovery -- of a man bigger than life -- the disciple John.

Joseph: the Hidden Hand of God (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Liam Goligher
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Bible Characters, Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Old Testament
Read by: Ann Barraclough
Approximate time: 7 hours 42 minutes
Catalog number: 1721 (part of the Torch collection)
Lloyd-Webber and Rices' musical 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' has brought awareness of Joseph's name to the contemporary society - but has it contributed to our understanding of Joseph's role in the Bible's big picture? In this captivating study, the author describes Joseph's life from his upbringing among Jacob's sons to his sojourn at Potipher's house to his status as second in command next to Pharaoh.

Joy Cometh in the Morning, the Life Story of Rachmiel Frydland (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Rachmiel Frydland
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Jewish Christians, Suffering and Persecution
Read by: Doyle Swinney
Approximate time: 3 hours 32 minutes
Catalog number: 514
This captivating story is the first-person account of one who tells of his boyhood life in the Jewish religion and his conversion to Christ and ministry to follow. He also recounts the suffering and persecution of his people, the Jews, in World War II. In this book we see that God works in wonderful ways and His Name is truly glorified.

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