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The Complete Stories

The Complete Stories more books like this

by Flannery O'Connor

Thirty-one stories are in this volume, including 12 that never appeared in collections published during her lifetime. The stories are arranged chronologically, beginning with her first published story, "The Geranium" and ending with her last one, "Judgement Day."

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Shadow of the Almighty; the life & testament of Jim Elliot.

Shadow of the Almighty; the life & testament of Jim Elliot. more books like this

by Elisabeth Elliot

"Elizabeth Elliot's account is more thant inspirational reading it belongs to the very heartbeat of evangelic witness"....Christianity Today

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Through Gates of Splendor: 40th Anniversary Edition

Through Gates of Splendor: 40th Anniversary Edition more books like this

by Elisabeth Elliot

The unforgettable true story of five men who braved Auca lances and were martyred for the sake of the Gospel. This edition includes a follow-up chapter that will give readers an update on events that occurred in the aftermath of this seeming tragedy.

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Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador

Notes from My Travels: Visits with Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador more books like this

by Angelina Jolie

Three years ago, award-winning actress Angelina Jolie took on a radically different role as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Here are her memoirs from her journeys to Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Pakistan, Cambodia, and Ecuador, where she lived and worked and gave her heart to those who suffer the world's most ...

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Through Gates of Splendor

Through Gates of Splendor more books like this

by Elisabeth Elliot

After several preliminary overtures of friendship, five young missionary men set out on a crucial January day in 1956 for a meeting with the Auca tribesmen who had reacted with apparent tolerance to earlier gifts and messages. This is the poignant story of their martyrdom told by the widow of one of the slain members of the group.

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Dark Fire

Dark Fire more books like this

by Elizabeth Lowell

Romantic suspense set in exotic surroundings - The Andean Cloud Forest in Ecuador is mysterious and beautiful. Trace Rawlings is a man who lives by his own rules. Ruthless and domineering, he takes what he wants. But Cynthia is used to someone trying to manipulate her, having dealt with her father all her life. She feels sure she can handle Trace. ...

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The Savage My Kinsman

The Savage My Kinsman more books like this

by Elisabeth Elliot

Forty years ago the world was shocked by the news that Auca Indians had martyred Jim Elliot and four other American missionaries in the jungles of Ecuador. That was the first chapter of one of the most breathtaking stories of the 20th century. This book tells the story in text and pictures of Elisabeth Elliot's venture into Auca territory to live ...

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Lonely Planet Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands

Lonely Planet Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands more books like this

by Danny Palmerlee, Michael Grosberg, Carolyn McCarthy

This work has an expanded focus on activities, adventure travel and ecotourism. It contains a special chapter on the Galapagos Islands' unique wildlife plus in-depth coverage of the popular Ruta del Sol. It contains more detailed and user-friendly maps than competitor guides, plus an itineraries chapter helps visitors explore this diverse country. ...

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Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle

Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle more books like this

by Moritz Thomsen

At the age of 48, Moritz Thomsen sold his pig farm and joined the Peace Corps. As he tells the story, his awareness of the comic elements in the human situation - including his own - and his ability to convey it in fast-moving, earthy prose have made "Living Poor" a classic. 'Hilariously funny at times, grimly sad at others and elavened with ...

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The Journals of Jim Elliot

The Journals of Jim Elliot more books like this

by Elisabeth Elliot (Editor), Jim Elliot

Jim Elliot was part of a team of young missionaries murdered in Ecuador in 1956 by the Auca Indians to whom they were witnessing. At the age of 29, he left behind a young widow, a baby daughter, and volumes of personal journals written over many years. In 1978, Revell published the complete and unabridged journals, edited by his widow, Elisabeth, ...

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First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third-World Adventure Changed My Life more books like this

by Eve Brown-Waite

In this laugh-out-loud funny memoir, a pampered city girl falls head over little black heels in love with a Peace Corps poster boy and follows him--literally-to the ends of the earth and finds love and purpose in the last place she expected.

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Savages more books like this

by Joe Kane

A firsthand account of how a band of Amazonian warriors defended their territory against the incursions of oil companies, missionaries, and environmentalists.

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These Strange Ashes: Is God Still in Charge? more books like this

by Elisabeth Elliot

More than just a recounting of her early days as a missionary in the Ecuadorian jungle, this is a beautifully crafted and deeply personal reflection on the important questions of life and a remarkable testimony to an authentic Christian commitment.

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The World Is as You Dream It: Teachings from the Amazon and Andes more books like this

by John Perkins

Acclaimed environmentalist, teacher, and activist Perkins travels widely, writing and lecturing on the importance of indigenous cultures to the survival of the planet. Here he takes fellow travelers deep into the jungles of Ecuador, to the home of the Shuar tribe and their healing shamans, or curanderos. "A masterly and understanding exploration ...

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The Quark & the Jaguar more books like this

by Murray Gell-Mann

This is a personal account of the author's search for connections between the universe's fundamental laws and nature at its most complex. He asks what the study of particle physics can add to our understanding of natural selection, linguistics, child development, economics, and computers.

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The old man who read love stories more books like this

by Luis Sepúlveda

Antonio Jose Bolivar retreated to the remote town of El Idilio, Ecuador, with his beloved some 40 years ago. Since her death, he fills his time reading romance novels as he lives a naturalist's existence in his small hut. When the mayor asks him to lead a hunting party seeking a murderous ocelot, Bolivar struggles to overcome his reluctance to ...

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Ethnicity and Culture Amidst New "Neighbors": The Runa of Ecuador's Amazon Region (Part of the Cultural Survival Studies in Ethnicity and Change Series) more books like this

by Theodore H MacDonald

This new ethnography chronicles the recent history of the Runa, a Quichua-speaking Indian population in Ecuador's amazon region. The author has been following the Runa's adaptation to continuous changes around and amongst them since 1974. When Macdonald first met the Runa they were practicing swidden horticulture, hunting, fishing, and living ...

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The spears of twilight : life and death in the Amazon jungle more books like this

by Philippe Descola

The Jivaro tribe, or Achuar, as they prefer to be known, have survived in isolation in the Amazonian jungle by headhunting. They have preserved a tribal life which resembles that of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Only one representative of civilized society, Philippe Descola has been admitted to their company. This book depicts an unfamiliar ...

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Panama Hat Trail: A Journey from South America more books like this

by Tom Miller

This 15th anniversary reissue of writer/humorist Tom Miller's travel classic follows the making and marketing of a single Panama hat from the basement of the third world to the penthouse of the first. It's a captivating story of cultures in collision, raw capitalism, "bus-plunge highways," and Miller's unending search for a drinkable cup of coffee ...

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Nate Saint: On a Wing and a Prayer more books like this

by Janet Benge, Geoff Benge

A biography of the American pilot who served Christian missionaries in Ecuador's jungles until his death at the hands of Auca Indians in 1956.

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The Rough Guide to Ecuador more books like this

by Harry Ades, Melissa Graham

"The Rough Guide to Ecuador" is the essential travel guide with clear maps and coverage of Ecuador's unforgettable attractions. Whether exploring the magnificence of Quito's colonial centre, haggling in its highland markets of Zumbahua or navigating the rivers of the Amazon rainforest, the "Rough Guide" steers you to the best hotels, restaurants, ...

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Black Smoke: A Woman's Journey of Healing, Wild Love, and Transformation in the Amazon more books like this

by Margaret De Wys

When Margaret De Wys learned she had breast cancer, the diagnosis shattered her comfortable life. To everyone's concern, she journeyed deep into the Amazon to work with Carlos, a charismatic Shuar master of medicina milenaria, an ancient mystical tradition with a highly sophisticated and precise technology of healing. In "Black Smoke", De Wys ...

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Unfolding Destinies: The Untold Story of Peter Fleming and the Auca Mission more books like this

by Olive Fleming Liefeld

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Moon Handbooks Ecuador more books like this

by Julian Smith

This book covers exploring the Galapagos Islands, volcano climbing, horseback riding in the Andes, visiting indigenous markets and Inca ruins, rafting into Amazon Iodges, viewing colonial architecture, and spending time in mellow beach towns. From horseback riding between ancient haciendas in the Andes and cruising around the Galapagos Islands to ...

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Blinding Light more books like this

by Paul Theroux

Like his creator, Paul Theroux, the hero of BLINDING LIGHT, Slade Steadman, became famous for a best-selling travel book. In Theroux's case it was THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR, in Steadman's it's TRESPASSING, a book about traveling the world without a passport. Unlike the prolific Theroux, however, Steadman has had writer's block for years. Then he ...

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