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Second Fiddle to "Housetop Shouter" and "Mountain Mover" (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Henry Harrison and Cliff Dudley
Type: Non-fiction
Subject category: Biography and Autobiography
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 5 hours 16 minutes
Catalog number: 435
Henry Harrison served with both Pat Robertson and Jim Bakker on the 700 Club and PTL Club television programs respectively. More than reading about a television personality, you will see the life of a man who was delivered from sin's grip and transformed into a man who lived for and loved his Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord took a man from a small North Carolina town and used him to minister to and encourage people around the world.

Secret Believers, What Happens When Muslims Turn to Christ? (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Brother Andrew
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Suffering and Persecution, The Church
Read by: John Bentliff
Approximate time: 9 hours 52 minutes
Catalog number: 1358 (part of the Torch collection)
Here are the terrifying true stories of the men and women - born Muslims and still living in strict Islamic states - who have chosen to convert to Christianity.

Selected to Live (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Historical, Jewish Christians
Read by: Helen Crane
Approximate time: 11 hours 59 minutes
Catalog number: 1532 (part of the Torch collection)
Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner was a young Dutch girl, a Jewess living in Nazi Germany. She was picked out from thousands of condemned people and selected to live. But why? This is her compelling testimony of how she ultimately found hope through the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Sent to the River God Forgot (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Jim Walton and Janice Walton
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Adventure, Bible Study, Biography and Autobiography, Christian Living, Missions and Missionaries
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 5 hours 47 minutes
Catalog number: 708
Through disease, cultural barriers and hardships, Jim and Janice Walton continued the long process of translating the New Testament into the Muinane language.

Serving the Good and the Great (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Violet Liddle and Mary Batchelor
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Happiness, Historical
Read by: Ann Barraclough
Approximate time: 5 hours 1 minute
Catalog number: 1337 (part of the Torch collection)
In the 1930s and 40s Violet Liddle worked as a maid for the good and the great. Whether she was serving Winston Churchill or George Bernard Shaw, Violet was always able to see things from a Christian perspective.

Seven from Heaven: the Miracle of the McCaughey Septuplets (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey and Gregg Lewis
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Marriage and Family
Read by: Carolyn Green
Approximate time: 7 hours 44 minutes
Catalog number: 1517
When Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey discovered that they were expecting seven babies, they were shocked, overjoyed, and understandably frightened at the thought of raising so many in addition to their older daughter. However, they knew God would use their unusual situation to glorify His name. This book traces their journey from learning the news to Bobbi's hospitalization and covers the first year in the life of this large, loving family, including the media coverage they received and the support from their family and church communities.

Seven Guides to Lasting Love (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Colin Whittaker
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Marriage and Family
Read by: Barbara Hall
Approximate time: 6 hours 9 minutes
Catalog number: 1309 (part of the Torch collection)
In this collection of true love stories you will meet extraordinary couples who faced ordinary struggles. What was the secret of their success? Includes: Billy & Ruth Graham, Smith & Polly Wigglesworth, Charles & Sarah Wesley, William & Catherine Booth.

Shadow of the Almighty (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Elisabeth Elliot
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Missions and Missionaries
Read by: Mabel Coultrip
Approximate time: 11 hours 5 minutes
Catalog number: 1137 (part of the Torch collection)
This is the biography of Jim Elliot, One of the five missionarie martyrs to Ecuador who were killed by the Aucas in 1956. His wife has woven the story of his life round the spiritual writings of his journals.

The Shaming of the Strong (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Sarah Williams
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Comfort, Ethics and Morality, Marriage and Family
Read by: Margaret Allen
Approximate time: 5 hours 3 minutes
Catalog number: 1347 (part of the Torch collection)
Sarah Williams was going to be a mum again. But the hospital scan changed everything. The child would not survive birth. Does she follow the advice of the medical profession and undergo a termination? Or does she follow her heart?

She Said Yes: the Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Misty Bernall
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Living
Read by: Carolyn Green
Approximate time: 3 hours 3 minutes
Catalog number: 579
"One of the most gripping stories to come out of the shooting at Columbine High School" is told in the acclaimed national bestseller that illuminates the most remarkable aspect of 17-year-old Cassie Bernall's tragic death: her life. She Said Yes is an "intense and fascinating memoir" of an ordinary teenager growing up in suburban Colorado, and faced -- as all teenagers are -- with difficult choices and pressures. It is only now, when the world knows Cassie Bernall as one of the Columbine High students killed by two rampaging schoolmates, that the choices she made offer a profound relevance for us all. Once a rage-filled young woman who walked a path similar to that of her killers, Cassie found a way out of her personal snares and, through her faith and a family's love, chose to embrace life with courage and conviction. Told with unflinching honesty by her mother, Misty Bernall, Cassie's story is "a profoundly human story that should be read by every parent and every teenager.

The Shed That Fed a Million Children (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Magnus Macfarlane
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Missions and Missionaries
Read by: Robert Morris
Approximate time: 9 hours 43 minutes
Catalog number: 1751 (part of the Torch collection)
Tells the inspirational and compelling story of how a cripplingly shy fish farmer from Argyll was led to create Mary's Meals, an organisation working to eradicate child hunger. He is now CEO of a global charity that feeds over 800,000 children a day.

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 (Audio DAISY Book)

By: W. Phillip Keller
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Apologetics, Bible Study, Biography and Autobiography, Christian Disciplines, Christian Growth, Devotional
Read by: Gordon Knight
Approximate time: 4 hours 22 minutes
Catalog number: 856 (part of the Torch collection)
PSALM 23: From the firsthand experience of a man who has spent much of his life developing and managing sheep ranches, comes a delightfully refreshing evaluation of the psalm of the Great Shepherd and His sheep.

Ships of Mercy (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Don Stephens
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Missions and Missionaries
Read by: Robin Russell and David Ling
Approximate time: 7 hours 33 minutes
Catalog number: 1349 (part of the Torch collection)
SHIPS OF MERCY tells the riveting true story of the remarkable fleet of hospital ships that sail the globe, bringing dramatic change to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the most impoverished and disease-stricken areas of the world.

Shout It from the Housetops (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Pat Robertson and Jamie Buckingham
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Disciplines, Christian Growth, Christian Living, Commitment
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 7 hours 49 minutes
Catalog number: 1056
Founder of the world's first and most influential Christian television network, host of The 700 Club for over 30 years, former presidential candidate, founder of both the Christian Coalition and the American Center for Law and Justice, and unchallenged leader of the "Christian Right," Pat Robertson is an important figure by anyone's standard. Pat's own words about how it all began are an irresistible and unforgettable reading experience.

Sign of the Fish, an Adventure in Faith and Chips (Audio DAISY Book)

By: August Ericson
Type: Non-fiction
Subject category: Biography and Autobiography
Read by: Carolyn Bradbeer
Approximate time: 4 hours 33 minutes
Catalog number: 1333 (part of the Torch collection)
This is an account of implicit faith in God. The former public school boy who became a fish fryer tells of a crippling accident, a tender love story and an adventure in faith and chips. A truly remarkable, challenging story.

Silent September: from the Heart! (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Joyce Landorf
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Growth, Suffering and Persecution
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 1 hour 31 minutes
Catalog number: 1255
You, or someone you love, endures relentless pain. At times, suffering robs you of the will to go on and to hear even the whispers of God. Out of her own years of pain, Joyce writes and waits with you.

Sincerely Gigi (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Gigi Graham Tchividjian
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Living
Read by: Martina Postma
Approximate time: 3 hours 2 minutes
Catalog number: 418
Gigi tells her story of what it was like growing up as the oldest of five children of the Evangelist Billy Graham. Her mother, Ruth, played a huge part in Gigi serving the Lord from her childhood. Gigi takes us through the day to day life at the Graham household.

Sing a Gentle Breeze: the Story of a Disintegrating Family Seeking Wholeness (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Mary Soergel
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Growth, Christian Living, Marriage and Family
Read by: Martha Arney
Approximate time: 8 hours 25 minutes
Catalog number: 1485
This book recounts the heart-stirring testimony of a family experiencing the medical crisis of a child with a brain tumor, in addition to a spouse in the advanced stages of alcohol addiction. The stress of their son's illness combined with Norman's anger placed the Soergels on the brink of divorce, until God intervened. This book would be particularly edifying for couples who are seeking healing and renewal in marriage after all else fails; the Soergels' story is proof that what is impossible with man is possible with God.

Sister of Mercy: from Serving God to Knowing Him (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Wilma Sullivan and Pam Creason
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Living, Prayer, The Church
Read by: Barbara Hall
Approximate time: 2 hours 12 minutes
Catalog number: 1621 (part of the Torch collection)
When Wilma's serving attitude and spirit led her to join the Sisters of Mercy, she thought she had found her niche. But soon the ideals were stripped away... The story of a Catholic nun's search for truth and peace.

Six Dots for Asia, 'Then Will the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened...' (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Phyllis Thompson
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Evangelism, Missions and Missionaries, The Church
Read by: Rana Gibb
Approximate time: 5 hours 19 minutes
Catalog number: 1373 (part of the Torch collection)
COMPASS BRAILLE: The story of Rona and Tony Gibb and computerised Asian scripts which are produced in Braille.

Six Men Encountering God (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Brad Lincoln
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Growth, Commitment, Discipleship
Read by: David Ling
Approximate time: 6 hours 44 minutes
Catalog number: 1811 (part of the Torch collection)
Six gripping true stories of men encountering God and the difference he has made in their lives.

Sixteen Years in Care (Audio DAISY Book)

By: David Meader
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Christian Growth, Christian Living, Marriage and Family, Suffering and Persecution
Read by: David Meader
Approximate time: 7 hours 58 minutes
Catalog number: 1840 (part of the Torch collection)
Growing up in foster care is a challenge for any child. David tells of how he struggled to make sense of his experience into early adulthood, and of his meandering journey to faith. Through Christ and intense prayer, he found healing for himself and the power to forgive others.

Sizzling Faith (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Martin Graham
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Evangelism, Missions and Missionaries
Read by: Robin Russell
Approximate time: 10 hours 3 minutes
Catalog number: 1617 (part of the Torch collection)
MARTIN GRAHAM's vision 'On The Move' is a free barbecue ministry. This is the story of how God called it into being and then used it around the world - breaking new ground for Christ in miraculous fashion!

So Great a God (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Mary Cundy
Type: Non-fiction
Subject categories: Biography and Autobiography, Missions and Missionaries
Read by: Daphne Johnson
Approximate time: 2 hours 29 minutes
Catalog number: 848 (part of the Torch collection)
This book gives a written snapshot of Missionary work and life in Nepal.

So Long Joey (Audio DAISY Book)

By: Dave Boyer and Sunny Schwartz
Type: Non-fiction
Subject category: Biography and Autobiography
Read by: Wayne Pederson
Approximate time: 2 hours 17 minutes
Catalog number: 217
He was Dave Boyer, then he was Joey Stevens, and then he was Dave Boyer again. This is a story of the son of a revered clergyman. The son then became a successful nightclub entertainer. Alcohol and drugs were all that kept him going until just short of committing suicide, Dave then met Christ and was transformed. Here is his story and the difference Christ has made in his life.

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