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Roman Catholicism
By R. C Sproul. 2013
Sacred roads: adventures from the pilgrimage trail
By Nicholas Shrady. 1999
A "pilgrim's progress is both an interior journey, a spiritual exercise, and a physical journey toward an actual site imbued…
with a divine character." Shrady describes the six routes he travelled in such countries as Bosnia, India, and the Holy Land that took him to sites encompassing Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, and Islamic traditions. 1999.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.Roughneck: the life and times of Big Bill Haywood
By Peter Carlson. 1983
Biography of the former cowboy, prospector, and silver miner who became the radical leader of the Industrial Workers of the…
World - the celebrated "Wobblies." He led miners in the bloody "labour wars" in Cripple Creek, Colorado, and textile workers in the famous "bread and roses" strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Prosecuted in two criminal cases, a "guilty" Haywood jumped bail and escaped to exile in Russia. Some strong language. 1983.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 queen: the amazing story of tugboat titan Lucille Johnstone
By Paul Levy. 2006
Lucille Johnstone was a living legend in the BC business world. In 1948, Lucille was working as a "girl Friday"…
for River Towing; forty years later Rivtow was a $250 million corporation, Lucille its president and CEO. This is the story of a brilliant leader known as much for her kindness and social conscience as for her talents in the boardroom. 2006.Retrouver le goût de la vie
By Anselm Grün, Corinna Gepner. 2013
'' Dans une société où même le temps du loisir doit être comblé par des activités , nous courons, nous…
courons... jusqu'à ce qu'advienne la grande fatigue. Lorsque nous nous heurtons à la frustration et à l'impuissance, quand le chemin que nous avons pris ne nous a finalement menés nulle part, nous nous sentons vidés, dépossédés de tout désir. Anselm Grün nous montre comment faire face à ces moments d'angoisse voire d'effondrement, qui peuvent dès lors être saisis comme autant d'occasions de revenir vers nous-mêmes. En effet, ces grandes fatigues ont la capacité insoupçonnée de nous mener vers l'essentiel de notre vie : le rythme de notre propre âme et de notre corps afin de retrouver notre source intérieure. '' -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Ich bin müde.Rendez-vous nomades
By Sylvie Germain. 2012
près Le monde sans vous qui était une méditation sur l'absence des défunts, S. Germain dévoile sa foi singulière. Elle…
pense que c'est au coeur du silence que peut advenir la possibilité de se mettre à l'écoute d'un écho de cet absolu du loin vers lequel sont partis les défunts. Grand prix de littérature 2012 (SGDL) à l'auteure pour l’ensemble de son oeuvre.Rhodes: The Race For Africa
By Antony Thomas. 1997
The life of Cecil Rhodes, who was born in 1853 and sailed to Africa at sixteen because of poor health.…
Describes his modest beginning as a cotton farmer and his transformation into a diamond magnate, who also earned a fortune in gold. Rhodes annexed much of Africa for Great Britain and became one of the most powerful, and mistrusted, men of his time. 1997.Renovation of the heart: putting on the character of Christ
By Dallas Willard, Randy Frazee. 2005
Renovation of the heart: putting on the character of Christ
By Dallas Willard. 2002
Relentless: the true story of the man behind Rogers Communications
By Robert Brehl, Ted Rogers. 2008
For the fist time, Ted Rogers tells the story of how he built Rogers Communications into one of the largest…
companies in Canadian history, and in just one generation. Rogers is characteristically frank about his successes and his failures. c2008.Walter Wangerin recounts the story of Jesus' death and resurrection as given in the gospel of Mark. He enables the…
reader to see the story from the inside and helps us recognize our faces in the streets of Jerusalem, and experience the ultimate revelation of knowing the man called Jesus. 1992.Redefining success: still making mistakes
By W. Brett Wilson. 2013
The popular co-star of CBC’s award-winning Dragons’ Den recounts how he was forced to redefine his life, making health and…
key relationships his first priorities. Through trial and error, he discovered that these simple virtues are foundations for real, enduring success, both in business and in life. Not just for entrepreneurs and business people, this book outlines how we can change our lives for the better by re-evaluating our personal definitions of success, then reworking them into a life plan that is feasible, lasting, and rewarding. Bestseller. 2013, c2012.Rebels, rascals & royalty: the colourful North of LACO Hunt
By L. A. C. O Hunt, Barbara Hunt. 1983
Memoirs of a northern trader turned civil servant. Mr. Hunt came to Canada in 1928 with the Hudson's Bay Company…
and travelled all over the North. He describes how the region evolved over time and bemoans the attempts to apply the southern values to northern situations. 1983.Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Jehovah's Witnesses
By Ron Rhodes. 1993
Cult expert Dr. Walter Martin once said the average Jehovah's Witness can make a doctrinal pretzel out of the average…
Christian in about 30 seconds. Yet it is possible for you to effectively respond with bold confidence to a Jehovah's Witness - and this book will show you how. 1993.Biography of musical genius Ray Charles, who was left sightless by glaucoma as a child. While a student at the…
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, Charles learned to read and write music in braille. Describes his personal and professional struggles, including drug addiction, as well as triumphs. For Junior and Senior High readers. c1994.Real Christianity: Discerning True Faith From False Beliefs (Victor Classics Ser.)
By William Wilberforce. 2005
Wilberforce committed himself to two ambitious callings : rousing professing Christians to understand the nature of true faith, and bringing…
about the end of slavery in England's colonies. Real Christianity challenged the ruling classes of early 19th Century England more than any other writings. To this day, Real Christianity remains a compelling work that soundly teaches the tenets of evangelical faith and stirs the consciences of Christians. 2005.Reaching for the invisible God: what can we expect to find?
By Philip Yancey, Brenda Quinn. 2000
Yancey's book is aptly titled, for he conducts an exploration, relying heavily on his own experiences, of what it means…
to forge a sincere relationship with an invisible God. Christians will appreciate his emphasis on a personal connection with the Lord. 2000.Quand l'intuition trace la route
By Danièle Henkel. 2013
" Danièle Henkel est connue pour sa réussite en affaires et, plus récemment, pour sa participation à la populaire émission…
Dans lœil du dragon, diffusée sur les ondes de Radio-Canada. Son premier livre met à lavant-scène non pas tant la recette de son succès professionnel que le caractère exceptionnel de son cheminement. Dans ce récit autobiographique aux allures de roman, lauteure partage les moments clés de sa vie qui lui ont permis de devenir la femme daffaires au style bien particulier que lon connaît. Le lecteur la suit de sa naissance au Maroc, dune mère juive et dun père allemand, à son enfance en Algérie, son mariage à un musulman choisi par son frère en passant par ses expériences professionnelles, son départ pour le Québec et sa réalité dimmigrante. " -- 4e de couv.