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Art, enterprise, and ethics: the life and works of William Morris
By Charles Harvey, Jon Press. 1996
William Morris' contributions to the worlds of art history and design, socialism and socialist thought, literary criticism and business were…
not always fully appreciated while he was alive, but a look backwards reveals a man of many achievements. Here his early influences and later accomplishments are examined in a series of essays, several of which were previously published in scholarly journals. 1996.Islam and the myth of confrontation: religion and politics in the Middle East
By Fred Halliday. 1995
The author examines the widely accepted image of confrontation between "Islam" and "the West", created largely by the rise of…
Islamic militancy in the Middle East and the perceived influence of Islam on politics and society. Considering the sources of Islamic militancy and the rhetoric of Islamic and anti-Muslim leaders, he argues that the Middle East is a set of variant societies, facing the economic and political problems of the Third World.Trevor Huddleston: a life
By Robin Denniston. 1999
An Anglican monk and an outspoken and charismatic leader of the anti-apartheid movement, Trevor Huddleston was a friend of Nelson…
Mandela and many others who struggled to overcome the racist policies of the nationalist government in South Africa. 2000, c1999.The Jesus I never knew: why no one who meets him ever stays the same
By Philip Yancey. 2000
Strips away the stereotypes and cosy images surrounding the person of Jesus to reveal the powerful and enigmatic reality of…
the man who changed history. (Given by Guild of Church Braillists to the NLB).Mister God, This is Anna
By Fynn. 1974
Men of Invention and Industry
By Samuel Smiles.
Canadian Tire was founded by A.J. and John Billes in 1922 and grew to become a national institution. In 1986,…
one of A.J.'s sons decided to sell his company shares to a group of Canadian Tire dealers, sparking a feud with his sister, Martha. 1990 winner of the National Business Book Award. Strong language.Confessions of Saint Augustine
By Saint Augustine, Edward Bouverie.
A two tiered existence
By Samantha Kane. 1998
A Two Tiered Existence relates the life of Sam Hashimi - who hit the headlines in 1990 with his notorious…
take-over bid for Sheffield United football club - and the successful transformation of Sam into Samantha. Spanning two broken marriages, the traumatic loss of children, hospitalization and imprisonment, it is the story of a search for identity that would finally come into conflict with the conventional life of husband, father and businessman.Eminent Victorians
By Lytton Strachey.
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
By John Bunyan.
Father Damien
By Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Black-Bearded Barbarian
By Marian Keith.
Timothy Eaton and the rise of his department store
By Joy L Santink. 1990
This business biography of Timothy Eaton, who opened his first dry goods store in Toronto in 1869, is also a…
history of the retail trade in Canada. An Irish immigrant with little formal education, this visionary man had a major impact on Canada's culture.Baptism of fire
By Frank Collins. 1997
Following a life of gang-led petty crime and poverty in Newcastle, Frank Collins finally joined the SAS. After spending time…
in America and Northern Ireland there was nothing he didn't know about guns and killing. Then, out of the blue, he experienced an extraordinary religious conversion, so powerful that he was compelled to change his life. He is now ordained as a Church of England minister.Mother Teresa: an authorized biography
By Kathryn Spink. 1997
In Mother Teresa, biographer Kathryn Spink goes beyond her subject's public persona to examine the course of her life -…
from her birth in Albania to her years in Ireland and then India with the Loreto Sisters, to the founding of her own order, the Missionaries of Charity. Spink also acknowledges and plausibly rebuts criticisms about Mother Teresa with grace and honesty. Here is a complete, authorized story of a woman regarded by millions as a contemporary saint for her dedication to serving the poorest of the poor. As Spink says, "What one has to understand about Mother Teresa is that she sees Christ in every person she encounters."Mervyn Stockwood: a lonely life
By Michael De-la-Noy. 1996
Mervyn Stockwood was the most controversial diocesan bishop of his generation. An innovator and enabler, he encouraged far-reaching experiments in…
Southwark, and recruited the most able and energetic clergy to enliven a cathedral chapter. He chose as his suffragans men like David Sheppard and Hugh Montefiore, who became household names as diocesan bishops. And he was a friend and supporter of evangelical missioners like Billy Graham and Bryan Green.A thief in the night: the death of Pope John Paul I
By John Cornwall. 1989
On the night of 28 September 1978 John Paul I died unexpectedly after a reign of thirty-three days. Rumours of…
foul play and a series of conspiracy theories began to circulate. John Cornwall was invited by the Vatican to conduct a new investigation into the true circumstances of Papa Luciani's death and the allegation that he was poisoned in an assassination plot involving senior prelates of the Roman Catholic Church. 1989.A life in progress
By Conrad Black. 1993
Beginning with his school days and his years as a small town newspaper publisher, Canadian financier Conrad Black describes his…
rise to the head of an international media empire. Black comments on his controversial business dealings, personalities he has known, and his involvement in politics. 1993.A matter of principle
By Conrad Black. 2011
In 2004, Black was fired as chairman of Hollinger International after he and his associates were accused of fraud. He…
describes his indictment, four-month trial in Chicago, partial conviction, imprisonment, and largely successful appeal. Woven throughout are Black's views on politics, corporate governance, the U.S. justice system, friendships, his Roman Catholic faith, and his marriage to Barbara Amiel. c2011.