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Prisoners of Hope: The Story of Our Captivity and Freedom in Afghanistan is the 2003 memoir of Christian aid workers Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer.The book details their early lives, their humanitarian work in Afghanistan, and their three months of imprisonment by the Taliban in 2001.
Heather Marie Mercer (born 1976) is an American who was one of 24 aid workers arrested in August 2001 by the Taliban in Afghanistan in connection with the Antioch International Movement of Churches and Germany-based Christian aid organization Shelter Now International. [1]
Galahad's Hope is the working title of the eighth and final book in the Seafort Saga of science fiction novels, and the sequel to Children of Hope. The manuscript was reported [ 8 ] to be completed before the death of author David Feintuch ; [ 9 ] however, Orbit UK has no current plans to publish this book. [ 10 ]
Feintuch was the 1996 winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction.He wrote one major science fiction series, the Seafort Saga, and a fantasy series, Rodrigo of Caledon.
Prisoners of Hope is a 2003 memoir of American missionaries and aid workers Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer; Prisoner(s) of hope may also refer to: Prisoner of Hope, a song written by Sterling Whipple and Gerald Metcalf A 1981 single by Johnny Lee "Prisoner of Hope" (Gaither Vocal Band song), 2008 "The Prisoner's Hope" ("Tramp! Tramp!
He wrote three books about his time in Burma with Wingate and the Chindits: Prisoners of Hope, Fighting Mad: One Man's Guerrilla War, and Chindits: Long Range Penetration. He also contributed to the acclaimed British documentary television series, The World at War .
81 years ago today, the first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island. On August 11, 1934, the "most dangerous" prisoners in the United States were put on the mysterious island situated 1.5 ...
During World War One the Bible Society distributed more than nine million copies of Scripture, in over 80 languages, to combatants and prisoners of war on all sides of the war. The Bible Society managed this despite immense challenges – supply shortages, rising paper costs, paper rationing, submarine blockades and the sinking of merchant ...