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This book is a fundamental work that explores the underlying meaning of Christian sacraments and how they function. The author…
offers a modern understanding of the sacraments - not as encounters that "give grace" but as opportunities for people already in God's grace to celebrate the fact. Includes violence. 1981.
William Heath leaves his native England with his young family, eventually landing in Emden, Canada. But just as the family…
is feeling settled, William is accused in the local paper of embezzlement, and as the scandal peaks, William kills his family. He's sentenced to death, and the novel is taken over by a cross-section of locals - a teacher, a doctor, a boy curious about the facts of the crime - who share their thoughts about the Heaths. c2008.
Nathan Glass has come to Brooklyn to die. Divorced, retired, estranged from his only daughter, the former life insurance salesman…
seeks only solitude and anonymity. Then Glass encounters his long-lost nephew, Tom Wood and Tom's boss Harry Brightman. Through Tom and Harry, Nathan's world gradually broadens to include a new circle of acquaintances, not to mention a stray relative or two, and leads him to a reckoning with his past. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2006.
A man remembers his twelfth summer, when it became public knowledge that his mother had taken up with a local…
baseball pitcher. Her departure ruptures his boyhood security, leaving him angry and bereft. Years later he still wonders why she never returned for him. Some strong language. c1997.
Young Bobby Orr works hard to be the best hockey player he can be and his efforts pay off in…
one of the many important games that help prepare him to achieve his dream of one day playing in the big leagues. Grades K-3. 2014.
The authors trace the development of Canada's greatest achievements in the second half of the 20th century, including public health…
insurance, the social safety net, and a massive investment in education. The authors believe these achievements hold the key to Canada's future and that we cannot afford to give them up. In offering hope for the future, they also showcase leading Canadian ideas, research and technology, which they feel have the potential to strengthen the economy, improve the health and well-being of all citizens, and combat global warming. 1999.
Everything you need to know about new dog ownership in Canada, from deciding whether to buy or adopt to choosing…
the right breed, preparing your home, and caring for and training your new charge. Also included is a section on where to get an adult dog, how to select a shelter dog, what to look for, and what to watch out for. 1997.
In the summer of 1996, Charles Gordon and his wife Nancy packed up the family car and drove across Canada…
and back. Gordon writes of the places they visited, the animals and other bizarre creatures they met, and the situations they found themselves in during the three month journey. 1997.
1850s. Barnaby Skye and his Crow Indian wife Victoria agree that Skye should take a second Indian wife to produce…
a son. Skye marries Blue Dawn, a beautiful young Shoshone woman, and the trio is hired to guide English explorer and journalist Graves Mercer to see a mysterious canyon full of dinosaur bones. On the trek, they endure prairie fires, superstitious natives, and Mercer's arrogance, which endangers the whole party. Sequel to "Fire arrow", followed by "Virgin River". Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2008. (Skye's West ; 15)
The Camino has been traveled for centuries by 'saints, sinners, generals, misfits, kings and queens'. MacLaine walked with the same…
intent: to find spiritual meaning and resolution to conflicts in Self. Her account is a personal story with enormous adventure, a smattering of flashbacks to previous lives, and a hefty serving of cosmic revelations. 2000.
In June 1991, Coonts and his son David set out on the first leg of a journey in a 1942…
Stearman open-cockpit biplane. The trip will eventually take Coonts into each of the forty-eight continental United States. As he traverses the country, Coonts portrays life in small-town America as well as in big towns, and paints a picture of scorching deserts, dismal swamps, and soaring mountains. c1992.
Newman charts the changes in Canadian life from 1985 to 1995. He argues that Canada underwent fundamental, irreversible political and…
social changes. Not only did Canadians abandon their traditional deference to authority, but the old institutions of Canadian life fell apart. Some strong language. 1995.
A cultured person, Natalie Angier argues, should know about the classic ideas of physics and evolutionary biology as well as…
the classic works of Beethoven and Picasso. How was the Earth formed? How big is an atom? What is a quantum leap? Drawing on conversations with hundreds of the world's leading scientists, Angier takes us on an informative tour of this neglected canon. 2008.
Young Lark and her mother dream of a cottage with large bedrooms and two bathrooms, if only Lark's father will…
not drink and gamble away the money. A touching recollection of life in a small Minnesota town during the Depression. Some strong language. 1988.