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Raynor Shine Books

Non-Fiction, Fiction,
Personal Essays, and Prose


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The Jambo Letters

Tam Raynor and her intrepid husband, Chris, went to Africa in January of 2004.  East Africa.  Tanzania to be exact.  These are the letters from the first year in Tanzania that Tam sent home to family, friends, and supporters.  Hold onto your hat and bring plenty of caffeine if you want to keep up with a missionary's lifestyle!  Read about the dangers, the exotic animals, the marvelous people, the sights, the food, new friends, and learn a little Swahili along the way!

Published December 2017, 6x9, 218 pages, $11.00

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Humming
Through a Storm


An unusual diary of an "over middle-aged" couple during a year and a half of new experiences.  Facing life, death, travels around America, job-hunting, moving and getting accustomed to a new life.

5x8, 162 pages, $9.76​

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 To the Acropolis and Beyond!

The journal of the trip of a lifetime for a young woman. Spending 3-weeks traveling with a large singing group  through Southern Europe and in the footsteps of the apostle Paul! Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Yugoslavia (1988).

​5x8, 144 pages, $9.40    


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Mzungu Expressions

The author's experiences of living in Tanzania, East Africa; written in short story format.  Go with Tam and her husband to Tanzania and find out about things like the cool creatures, the exciting people, the weather, the Maasai, the Sakuma, and much more!  B/W photographs included.


6x9, 227 pages, b/w photos,  $14.99
Kindle version $5.99

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Dove on a
Barb'd Wire

Why would a young Christian woman join the Navy in the early 1950's, in the winter, far from home? Read about Jo Hunt entering the Navy and  surviving the women's Boot Camp experience from that time-period.  A biographical novel based on the diary-letters that the author's mother had sent home during her nine-week Boot-Camp stay. Photographs included.

6x9, 140 pages, b/w photos, $9.99
Kindle Version, $2.99


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Africa Seen:
African Scenes in Prose

While living in Tanzania, East Africa, Tam Raynor discovers fixed prose like Haiku and Tanka. When most homesick, Tam expressed herself in poetry, and she invites you to join her in seeing the exotic wildlife, the good people, the weather, the terrifying bugs, and much more.

 6x9, 98 pages, b/w photos & graphics, $8.99
Kindle version $2.99

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Spiritual Discoveries:
One Soul's Search

Tam Raynor loves to study the Bible and find answers to deep or simple questions. She recorded her investigations so she wouldn't have to re-study them as the years went by. This book  compiles most of her personal studies up to the year 2012. 

5x8, 196 pages, $12.99


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Wind Dancers
and Other Scenes from the High Plains

Tam Raynor found herself living in southwest Kansas for the first time, and her experiences compelled her to write them down.  After four years the time came to finally publish them.

Visit the breathtaking high plains with Tam, and sense the power of the people, of nature, of the creatures, and float through the vastness of its space, and feel the wind...yes...feel the wind.

 6x9, 140 pages, b/w photos & graphics, $8.99
Kindle version  $2.99


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They
and Other Short Extraordinary Stories

Horror! Science Fiction! Adventure! Mystery! 
 
Throw in some humor, and there you have it! 
 
Short extraordinary stories with real people as the heroes, except the names have been changed to protect the author. Join in the adventures with Moregan, Jetter, Nattaly, and Gael as they find themselves smack in the middle of crime, terrorists, vampires, or interplanetary conspiracies!

5x8, 134 pages, graphics drawn by Tam, $9.99
Kindle version  $2.99


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