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Ruth Montgomery, herald of the new age: Herald Of The New Age
By Ruth Shick Montgomery, Joanne Garland. 1986
Ruth, a portrait: the story of Ruth Bell Graham
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1997
Written by a popular crime novelist -- a family friend -- this account of the wife of evangelist Billy Graham…
begins with Ruth Bell's early life in China as a child of missionaries. Because she wanted to follow in her parents' footsteps, it took persuasion on Graham's part to convince her to marry him and become his helpmate. 1997.Run, hide, repeat: a memoir of a fugitive childhood
By Pauline Dakin. 2017
Pauline Dakin, a CBC journalist, spent her childhood on the run. Without warning or goodbyes, her mother twice uprooted her…
and her brother, moving thousands of miles away from family and friends. Years later her mother revealed they'd been running from the Mafia and were receiving protection from a covert anti-organized crime task force. When her mother decided to go into protective custody, an exhausted Dakin planned to disappear as well. But before that happened, she made a horrifying discovery. Her family's strange existence was based on a bizarre hoax, a web of lies manufactured by trusted loved ones. Bestseller. 2017.Rumours of another world: what on earth are we missing?
By Philip Yancey. 2004
Yancey investigates the natural world and discovers the supernatural hiding in plain view. He grapples with why God made the…
world and what our role truly is, and seeks to answer the question, "How do I live in the natural world while expressing the values of the supernatural?“. Philip writes, “I have come to understand faith as the highest form of integrated encounter. Faith puts together, assembles, re-orders, accepting the entire world as God's handiwork”. 2004.Romeo and Juliet (SmartPass)
By William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner, Jools Viner. 2006
The noble Veronese houses of Montague and Capulet are locked in a bitter feud. When Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet,…
a Capulet, fall in love they are swept up in a series of violent events and cruel twists of fortune. For senior high readers. 2006.Royal secrets: the view from downstairs
By Stephen P Barry. 1985
Prince Charles' ex-valet describes the household of Buckingham Palace and the other Royal residences, as well as the duties of…
the various servants. Sequel to "Royal service: my twelve years as valet to Prince Charles" (DC04351). 1985.Rowed trip: from Scotland to Syria by oar
By Colin Angus, Julie Angus. 2009
2006. Adventurers Julie and Colin Angus were checking a map of Europe when Julie noticed an interconnected water route from…
Colin's parents' homeland of Scotland past her mother's homeland, Germany, and on to her father's, Syria. What started as a funny idea of rowing to visit relatives resulted in an odyssey by oar (and bike) where Julie and Colin tested their relationship while exploring their roots. Some strong language. 2010, c2009.Roses round the door
By Doreen Tovey. 1982
The author describes her introduction to the English countryside, as well as to the village "characters" she and her husband…
meet on their quest to find a country home of their own. 1982.Ronald Colman, a very private person: a biography
By Juliet Benita Colman. 1975
Nostalgic biography by the daughter of the movie star. The son of a silk merchant, Colman dabbled in amateur theatricals…
before seeing action in World War I. His career as an actor was launched in films with his appearance opposite Lillian Gish in 1923. 1975.Rome and a villa
By Eleanor Clark. 1974
Romewalks
By Anya M Shetterly. 1984
Road song
By Natalie Kusz. 1990
The author recalls her family and youth in Alaska, including the accident that left her blind in one eye, her…
family's poverty and bad luck, her teenage rebellion and her return to the land. 1990.River in a dry land: a prairie passage
By Trevor Herriot. 2000
The author recounts summer days as a youth on a 70-acre piece of land on Saskatchewan's Qu'Appelle River, and introduces…
his immediate and extended family, most of whom are farmers. He describes the effect of mining on the river and the valley, retells Cree and Metis legends, and also describes the more recent experiences of the Russians, Finns, Jews, Scots, and English who have settled in the area. A mixture of family history, ecology, and social commentary which laments the loss of rural culture. 2000.Richard III: The tragedy of Richard the Third (Plays (Nick Hern Books))
By William Shakespeare, Nick De Somogyi. 2002
This edition accurately reproduces the First Folio of the plays of William Shakespeare. As a further aid to understanding, on…
each opposite page, the same text appears, but this time in a fully modernized version. Edited by Shakespeare scholar Nick de Somogyi, it also contains two introductions, textual notes, and an appendix giving variant versions from the Quarto where appropriate. 2002, c1592.Revolution from the heart
By Niall O'Brien. 1987
O'Brien, an Irish missionary, spent 20 years in the Philippines helping to develop "base communities" among the Christian population. His…
efforts resulted in his arrest and imprisonment under the Marcos regime on false charges of murder. 1987.Reunion: the search for my birth family
By Madelene Allen. 1992
Like many adopted children, the author struggled to fill a void that would not go away. She chronicles her difficult…
odyssey to discover the identity of her real parents. She discusses the critical issues that face those in her situation and provides guidance to those who embark on a similar journey. 1992.Rescued from ISIS: the gripping true story of how a father saved his son
By Dimitri Bontinck. 2017
Dimitri Bontinck lived every parent's worst nightmare: his teenage son, introduced to Islam by his girlfriend, fell into the clutches…
of a radical mosque. Completely brainwashed, Jay snuck out of the house and traveled to Syria, all but vanishing. With no one to help him, Dimitri--a white, Christian-raised atheist--set off on his own to save his son. 2017. Uniform title: Syriëstrijder tegen wil en dank.Redneck Riviera: armadillos, outlaws, and the demise of an American dream
By Dennis Covington. 2004
Redneck Riviera is the true story of Covington's bizarre encounters with a lawless band of gun-toting swamp-dwellers in Central Florida…
who've illegally claimed the two-and-a-half acres of land he inherited from his father. 2004.Reflections: from pain to praise
By Millicent A Spaulding. 2010
Rediscovering love
By Willard Gaylin. 1986
Psychiatrist Gaylin reinforces his message that one must give love, not merely want to be loved. He argues for responsibility…
and shared love that, he insists, must be extended to include caring for all people and the physical world. Gaylin believes that "our survival depends on rediscovering our need for community and, ultimately, to rediscovering love." 1986.