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Diabetes: the biography (Biographies of disease)
By Robert Tattersall. 2009
Tattersall, a leading authority on diabetes, describes the story of the disease from the ancient writings of Galen and Avicenna…
to the recognition of sugar in the urine of diabetics in the 18th century and the identification of pancreatic diabetes in 1889. With the discovery of insulin in the early 20th century, optimism ensued, which eventually waned due to the increasing complexity of the disease, and the increasing number of young patients. c2009.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.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
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
Cheating destiny: living with diabetes, America's biggest epidemic
By James S Hirsch. 2006
Former New York Times reporter with type 1 diabetes describes the social, economic, and scientific effects of the disease. Traces…
the history of medical treatment, the limitations of insulin therapy, and stem-cell research. Discusses how the medical and insurance establishments can impede the search for a cure. 2006.Caravaggio: a passionate life
By Desmond Seward. 1998
Biography of the Italian painter Michelangelo da Caravaggio, born in 1571. Explores what is known about his life; investigates his…
world, his acclaim as an artist, the fatal duel that made him an outlaw, and his untimely death in 1610. Presents a portrait of a tortured soul. c1998.Bill Reid: the making of an Indian
By Maria Tippett. 2003
Bill Reid was at the forefront of the modern-day renaissance of Northwest Coast Native art, but his art, and his…
life, was not without controversy. Born to a partly Haida mother and a father of German and Scottish descent, his public persona as a Haida Indian seems to have been as much a product of journalists, art patrons, museum curators, and others in the non-Native establishment as of Bill Reid himself. Reid's art also arose from the tension that existed between his Native and white artistic perceptions. 2003.Best of choice menus: diabetic cooking and meal planning for the visually challenged
By Marjorie Hollands, Margaret Howard. 2004
A collection of recipes, following the Canadian Diabetes Association guidelines, of easy-to-prepare meals using every day foods in your kitchen.…
Includes nutrition information for each recipe, menu planning for balanced meals, recipes for different meals, and a Special Occasions chapter with a variety of recipes for any social event. 2004.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.Beaverbrook: a shattered legacy
By Jacques Poitras. 2007
From humble beginnings, Max Aitken, later Lord Beaverbrook, rose to the heights of politics and business, as well as philanthropy.…
In the late 1950s, he built the Beaverbrook Art Gallery as a gift to the people of New Brunswick, stocking it with a large collection of masterworks that form the core of the Gallery's prestigious collection. Today, the paintings are at the centre of a bitter battle between the Gallery and the two charitable Beaverbrook foundations - a battle that has rocked the art world on both sides of the Atlantic. Some strong language. c2007.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.Amazing grace: a life of Beauford Delaney
By David Adams Leeming. 1998
Biography of the African American modernist painter who was born in 1901 in Knoxville, Tennessee, and died in Paris in…
1979. Describes his family's religious background, his upbringing in the segregated South, and his later problems with alcoholism and mental illness. Traces his artistic career through Boston, New York, and Paris, where his friends included James Baldwin and Henry Miller. 1998.Here, Kingsbury focuses on the special bonds between friends, and the extraordinary true stories she shares are a testament that…
God is present in our everyday lives. With God's guidance, we see that good friends never let us down, and often appear just when they are needed most. 2004.