Joe had a bad day at school. Everything went wrong…FIRSTLY, he had to read to the class and that was his worst nightmare, reading in front of everyone. THEN, he scored an own goal in football. LATER, after eating three chocolate eclairs at Gran’s house, she tells him about a raid in the bank this morning. The robbers had guns and monster masks! To Joe it sounded exciting, if only he could have been there too!But his opinion soon changes when he realises the danger his Gran ...

Landlord villages dominated Iranian land tenure for hundreds of years, whereby one powerful landlord owned the village structures, surrounding farmland, and to all intents and purposes, the village occupants themselves, a system that in some cases remained in place up to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. In Oman, mud-brick oases were home to most of the rural population right up until Sultan Qaboos came to power in 1970, and required inhabitants of mud-brick houses to relocate into new concrete...

On a sunny afternoon, the cool breeze slowly, next to the path of the Korner Forest, a young man, although he was dressed modestly and thin, but who ever came to see this temperament would not feel that he was an ordinary farmer.He leaned back against the tree and breathed evenly, as if he were asleep.

Cloud forms From the dust of childhood Hanging low Sometimes got in my eyes And kept me from seeing Where I wanted to go!

Footprints in Kpong, a little girl in Jackson Michigan had a dream to be a missionary to Africa through the inspiring stories she heard from missionaries who visited her grandmother. God, if you are willing, send me and I will go. Footprints in Kpong is the missionary journey of Ruth Young to Ghana, West Africa. The story started with Ruth Young yielding to the call of God on her life and God made it possible for so many people to support her to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to Ghana. T...

This book offers a critical synthesis of the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE), when domestication began, to the spread of Buddhism accompanying the Mauryan Emperor Asoka's reign (third century BCE). The authors examine the growth and character of the Indus civilisation, with its town planning, sophisticated drainage systems, vast cities and international trade. They also consider the strong cultural links between the Indus civilisation and the second, later ...

In “Snapshots “ as in her other work, Ruth explores the depths and dimensions of life’s relationships...while Don continues to examine human nature from a more philosophical or spiritual perspective.

Ruth and Don Still live in Winter Park, Florida, where they met and married in 2014. They enjoy traveling and spending time with their extensive family, scattered around the country. “Love In Step” as in her other work, Ruth explores the depth and dimensions of life’s relationships… while Don examines human nature from a more philosophical or spiritual perspective.

A compassionate act drives a young single mother in Arkansas to the forefront of America's fight against AIDS in this "powerful" memoir ( Library Journal).In 1986, twenty-six-year-old Ruth visits a friend at the hospital when she notices that the door to one of the hospital rooms is painted red. She witnesses nurses drawing straws to see who would tend to the patient inside, all of them reluctant to enter the room. Out of impulse, Ruth herself enters the q...

'This book will make you love her as much as I do' FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'Breath-taking courage and compassion [...]a beautiful book'THE SUNDAY TIMES'A renegade Florence Nightingale cares for the ill in a remarkable tale of compassion and combating prejudice'GUARDIAN'An extraordinary tale'E...

'This book will make you love her as much as I do' FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON'Breath-taking courage and compassion [...]a beautiful book'THE SUNDAY TIMES'A renegade Florence Nightingale cares for the ill in a remarkable tale of compassion and combating prejudice'GUARDIAN'An extraordinary tale'E...

'Beautifully written and deeply affecting' Clare Mulley, author of Agent Zo, shortlisted for the Women's Prize'Extraordinary... a luminous portrait of survival and a powerful reminder of the light that can be found in humanity's darkest hours' Ellie Midwood, bestselling and award-winning author of The Girl Who Escaped From Auschwitz'An extraordinary true story of courageous survival and fearless resistance against ...