This short book, dedicated to my friend The Mouth, is the first of ten short books that belong to The Rabbit of Usk. Our hero is Timotei. As the years pass he endures several name changes and yet through it all he remembers the year 1958 as the year he became who he is. There will be no semi-colons, there may be the odd colon and some of the spelling might well be obscure. But such is life.

The story begins in the late 1940's and ends in the year 2025. It explores a friendship that developed between a Being in search of reunion and a boy child for whom life on earth might have contentedly wandered a course within a clan of a Nilotic People. This clan held fast to the idea that following the moment of death a person would follow the Lead Bull into the night and return again renewed. But our hero was pink and freckled, round and short, too easily seen at night to be useful and ...

When King Hezekiah discovers that God's Law forbids him to take multiple wives, he must choose one woman to love. He must also choose to trust God's promises when he decides to rebel against his powerful Assyrian overlords. Hezekiah seeks to strengthen his nation's fortifications by building a tunnel in Jerusalem to hide his water supply. The tension mounts as the Assyrians march closer--and Hezekiah's tunnel remains incomplete.With his officials advising him to submit to the Assyrians, He...

In this Nebula Award-winning novel, the third in the Annals of the Western Shore trilogy, Ursula K. Le Guin writes of the proud cruelty of power, of how hard it is to grow up, and of how much harder still it is to find, in the world's darkness, gifts of light.Young Gav can remember the page of a book after seeing it once, and, inexplicably, he sometimes “remembers” things that are going to happen in the future.As a loyal slave, he must keep these powers sec...

From Cannibals to Christ-Followers--A True StoryIn 1962, Don and Carol Richardson risked their lives to share the gospel with the Sawi people of New Guinea. Peace Child tells their unforgettable story of living among these headhunters and cannibals, who valued treachery through fattening victims with friendship before the slaughter.God gave Don and Carol the key to the Sawi hearts via a redemptive analogy from their own mythology. The "peace child"...

For readers age 10 and up, The Vanishing, a short story prequel to The Raie’Chaelia, reveals Jeremiah’s story: the handsome, young champion archer and hunter who catches every girl’s eye. Pressured by his father to marry and settle down, Jeremiah makes other plans but something happens and he experiences a hard knock that he is not expecting. What is it and what does it mean for him? What are his plans and why isn’t he happy?

Forget about that Russell Crowe NOAH movie.If you want to get the REAL story on what happened on the day that Noah built that big old floating zoo you REALLY ought to talk to Uncle Bob.While you are at it get him to fill you in on all of the inside information on what REALLY went on in the Garden of Eden.This is the story of the Old Testament as retold by the oldest fart in the entire universe.Namely, my Uncle Bob.True stories, truthfully told - with...

Jesse trees (and later, stained glass windows), used in medieval times tell people Bible stories.Using her skills as a storyteller and her love of the Bible, the author has written an intriguing story about the creation of a modern-day Jesse tree. She weaves evocative retellings of selected Bible stories with a sensitive contemporary story about the transforming power of love.

Children and their parents will enjoy meeting Adam and Eve and the sneaky snake; brave Daniel in the lions' den; Jonah and the enormous whale, and Joseph and his rough-tough brothers. These nine tales, full of lively characters, make the perfect introduction to Bible stories."Positively jaunty in tone, and Nicola Smee's friendly illustrations make this collection very accessible"- Parenting MagazineContents:How the World Was MadeThe Story of Ad...

Drawing Bible creatures—especially the mysterious ones—is exciting, challenging, and fun. And there’s no better way to understand them more. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, How to Draw Big Bad Bible Beasts gives you the power to create realistic images of the animals from your favorite Bible stories, including the noble horse, the majestic lion, and even the mighty Leviathan. What’s more, this guidebook from the 252 series for boys teaches you how to draw accurate pictures ...

Long Walk Up is the gripping tale of a young girl's journey from poverty and despair en route to her remarkable and triumphant destiny as Africa's first woman president. The poignant story examines the life of a young East African orphan girl pushed into the street alone after her mother dies. The little girl named Mulukan is only six years old when she is left to her own defenses.This emotional story takes an honest look at unforeseen events, striking coincidences that become the ...

A woman sits in prayerful meditation, waiting to offer her first confession in more than thirty years. She holds a small book on her lap, one that she's made, and tells herself again the Bible stories it contains, the ones she has written anew, for herself, each story told aslant, from Jonah to Jesus, Moses to Mary Magdalen. Woven together and stitched by hand, they provide a new version, virtually a new translation, of the heart of this ancient and sacred text. Rakow's Bernadette traces, ...