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Eiger, wall of death: Wall Of Death
By Arthur J Roth. 1982
Chronicles the attempts, successful and otherwise, made by numerous mountain climbers from all over the world to scale the treacherous…
north wall of the Eiger. The Swiss alp is considered to be the world's most difficult climb and has claimed over forty lives. 1982.Ebdon's England
By John Ebdon. 1985
John Ebdon captures the whims and eccentricities of the English character in this portrait of the country and its people:…
the regimented Farnham commuter, and the cantankerous neighbours with deep down hearts of gold. Explaining along the way why Yorkshiremen are "God's own people" and how London views tourists. 1985.Ebdon's odyssey
By John Ebdon. 1979
The first book from the Director of the London Planetarium, better known as a humorous broadcaster. Here he writes about…
the non-tourist side of Greece, two islands in the Cyclades, where he is accepted into the villages as a welcome inhabitant. In his own words, "It is not a travel book. It is about people... of the islands of Andros and Kos." 1979.Crazy love: Overwhelmed By A Relentless God
By Francis Chan. 2008
The God of the universe is crazy about you! His love is the most powerful thing in the world and…
He wants to give it to you, so you can live for Him. If you have made a commitment to follow Christ, then read Crazy Love to be reminded and challenged in your walk. Sharing from his own life struggles and sacrifices, author Francis Chan issues a call for selfless, Christ-like living. Let the love you have received from God impact your life like never before. 2008.Danube: A Sentimental Journey From The Source To The Black Sea
By Claudio Magris. 1989
Explores the Danube River as it flows through middle-European countries from the Bavarian hills to the Black Sea. Examines the…
tension between Greco-Roman and Teutonic cultures, the roots of fascism, the splendour and decline of the Hapsburg dynasty, and the evil of Nazism. 1989. Uniform title: Danubio.Beyond forgiveness: the healing touch of church discipline
By Don Baker. 1984
Church discipline is supposed to be a loving but firm action to confront sin in a Christian's life and help…
them be restored to the church family. Too often it is a harsh exclusion from the fellowship without any expectation of reconciled relationship. c1984.Changing the face of hunger
By Tony Hall. 2006
Confessions from an honest wife: on the mess, mystery & miracle of marriage
By Sarah Zacharias Davis. 2006
Canadian travellers in Europe, 1851-1900
By Eva-Marie Kröller. 1987
A detailed survey of Canadian travel writing in the 19th century provides an unusual perspective on Canadian history. Canadians abroad…
preferred Britain, France, Italy and Palestine, in that order. The major world expositions and Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees figure prominently in the writings. 1987.Being a girl who leads: becoming a leader by following Christ (Being a girl. #3.)
By Shannon Kubiak Primicerio. 2006
To be a leader you have to be different. Your peers will observe you and the choices you make, and…
if you go against the social order and stand up for what you believe in, others will notice. Junior High. 2006.Being a girl who loves: learning to love like Jesus (Being a girl. #2.)
By Shannon Kubiak Primicerio. 2005
With a borrowed rucksack, Patrick Leigh Fermor set off in 1933 from the Hook of Holland to walk to Constantinople.…
This sequel continues the journey down the Danube from Budapest; on horseback across the Great Hungarian Plain, and over the Rumanian border into Transylvania, a wild beautiful region of forests and mountains secluded from Western eyes during centuries of religious and national complexity. He planned to live "like a tramp, a pilgrim or a wandering scholar" but found instead leisurely sojourns in castles. Sequel to "A time of gifts : on foot to Constantinople : from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube". 1986.Coasting (Picador Bks.)
By Jonathan Raban. 1987
In 1982 the author set out in an old, made-over ketch, to the only wilderness left: the sea. Unlike his…
predecessors, he was not weighted down by "testaments, theories and dogmas;" he wanted to find out what made his own "peculiar country tick" and, in so doing, he charted the coastline of his past, took soundings for the future and unfurled a map of Britain that is comedy and tragedy in one. 1987.Beyond Belfast: a 560-mile walk across Northern Ireland on sore feet
By Will Ferguson. 2009
Ferguson describes his attempt at walking the entire Ulster Way, a 560-mile path that circles Northern Ireland. Along the way,…
this grandson of a Belfast orphan uncovers his own hidden family history. There are clues about a lost inheritance, a mysterious photograph, and rumours of a vast estate, but the truth when it comes is both surprising and funny. Winner of the 2010 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal. c2009.Beloved unbeliever: loving your husband into the faith
By Jo Berry. 1981
Now there's help, truly godly help! Using the scriptural framework of love, "Beloved Unbeliever" shows how to love your husband…
into the faith. Jo Berry interviewed dozens of women who are married to unbelievers. c1981.Becoming more than a good bible study girl
By Lysa TerKeurst. 2009
For years TerKeurst went through the motions of a Christian life: Go to church. Pray. Be nice. Longing for a…
deeper connection between what she knew in her head and her everyday reality, she wanted to personally experience God's presence. Drawing from her own experience, she explains how to make a Bible passage come alive, replace doubt, regret, and envy with truth, confidence, and praise, and sense God responding to your prayers. 2009.Another day
By Eugenia Price. 1984
All saints: daily reflections on saints, prophets, and witnesses for our time
By Robert Ellsberg. 1997
A hagiography of ancient and modern "men and women whose lives and messages ... speak to the spiritual needs of…
our day." Profiles formally canonized saints and others who evinced "heroic sanctity," such as Mohandas Gandhi, Anne Frank, and Cesar Chavez. 1997.An innocent in Scotland: more curious rambles and singular encounters
By David McFadden. 1999
Setting out to explore Scotland, his ancestral home, McFadden plans to follow the same route as H.V. Morton. Instead he…
charts an erratic course, interspersing accounts of the country with conversations of the people he encountered. 1999.An innocent in Ireland: curious rambles and singular encounters
By David McFadden. 1995
In the 1990s, the author intended to follow the same route taken in the 1930s by travel writer H.V. Morgan,…
to chart the similarities and differences about Ireland. Soon, however, he found himself wandering erratically, as the journey became increasingly his own. The book offers a humourous, affectionate look at Ireland of the 1990s. 1995.