Goldie M Down

The shot exploded like a thunderclap. Slowly the choking fingers relaxed their grip, and the heavy bulk atop Abe tumbled onto the hard dirt floor.For a few seconds he lay gasping. Then, with the sound of the gunshot still in his ears, he snatched up his boots and ran. In a minute. The whole camp would be a stir.Abe ran, not knowing which way he was headed. He didn't care. He had killed a man – – he was a murderer. The troopers would be after him… Hunting him down like an animal.The show more early settlers were rough lot– –you had to be to survive. And the crab trees were survivors. Goldie down traces the three – generation Saga of Abe, David, and Tom Crabtree. Abe and David pioneered a country. Tom pioneered for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. show less

Paul had never seen a leper and knew little about the disease, except that it was dreadful. The first day that he and his family spent at the Yuka leprosarium were nightmarish, but one does what one must. In a short time the Giblett's were at home in their new surroundings and they soon learned to love and respect the brave people among whom they work.This is not a once upon a time story, but an ongoing account of what is happening right now. Paul and Dawn Giblett typify the ideal missionary show more of the 1980s – – exemplifying quickness tempered by patience, mercy blended with common sense, a highly developed attitude of acceptance, and above all, commitment to the Master Missionary and His cause. show less

From that midnight hour when an urgent knocking sounded at their door, it became inevitable that Marie and Leonid would have to escape from their homeland. Finally, after long months of preparation, always terrified that their plans would be detected, they closed the door to their little apartment and, in faith, began a well – nigh impossible journey, the happy ending of which they could only hope for.The story of a harrowing flight, which led them through fear, hunger, thirst, rain, heat, show more and cold across the hostile Gobi desert in Mongolia – – a deadly desolation that had impassively witnessed the last moments of many a luckless traveler – – into China, is skillfully narrated by Australian author Goldie Down. show less

A childhood dream of the glamour of nursing is one thing, but the rigors of the actual experience are something else! Kerri, a long–leggett brunette, finds this out, as do her classmates, both male and female. They discover that the hospital, particularly, is a grueling workplace that demands the best that an individual has to offer. Very little allowance is, or can be, made of thoughtlessness, clumsiness, or human error. Yet there is never a day without a touch of humor or fun.The show more attrition rate among the students is considerable, and Kerri and her friends wonder at times if they are really cut out to be nurses. Engulfed in the human problems of the units on which they serve, the young people find it difficult to maintain the objective attitude that is necessary for their survival.A logical, but surprisingly happy ending concludes this fast–moving true story. show less