The Country Beyond, by James Oliver Curwood

The Country Beyond, subtitled A Romance In the Wilderness, is a story of "Jolly" Roger McKay, an outcast on the run from the law; Nada, the girl he falls in love with; and Peter, the devoted mixed-breed dog who links the two together as no human could, as action, adventure, and romance take them through the Northwest Canadian wilderness in search of The Country Beyond.

http://librivox.org/the-country-beyond-by-james-oliver-curwood/

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The next Curwood I just started ("The Golden Snare) is about an adventure featuring intermixed-race people in Canada-- which is very interesting because it relates to the Anti-Racism work I am doing and the interest Hardi and I have in hockey.

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Will finish tomorrow so listing it now:

Quicksand, by Nella Larsen (1891-1964)

Quicksand ... focuses on Helga Crane, a mixed-race woman who is a schoolteacher in the American south. As the novel opens, she suddenly decides to give up her teaching position and go north, back to her roots in Chicago. Helga's restless search for identity is semi-autobiographical, inspired by Larsen's own struggles to reconcile her mixed heritage with the racism of 1920s America. Although this novel was published after 1923, the copyright was never renewed and is therefore in the public domain.

http://librivox.org/quicksand-by-nella-larsen/

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The BIG one:

EfM (Education for Ministry), Year One - Old Testament

# Overview of the History of Israel - Introduction to the Critical Study of the Scriptures
# The Book of Genesis - The Themes of Creation, Sin, Judgment and Redemption - Beginning the Study of Theology, Ethics and Liturgics
# The Exodus-Sinai Event and the Establishment of the Tribal Confederacy in Canaan - The Covenant of God with His People - The Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Joshua, Judges, and 1 Samuel
# The Rise of the Monarchy - The Books of 2 Samuel, 2 Kings, Deuteronomy, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah of Jerusalem, Jeremiah and Ezekiel
# Exilic and Post-Exilic Judaism - Judaism at the Beginning of Christianity
# Second Isaiah - Ezra - Nehemiah - The Chronicler - The Psalter
# The Wisdom Literature
# The Maccabean Revolt
# Judaism and the World of Jesus

http://www.eastcarolinaefm.com/id14.html and http://www.sewanee.edu/EFM/index.htm

Later I will list the OT books/commentaries also read-- have to think back and look ahead so will post them in a bunch.

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~S~