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By Harold Bloom, Marvin W Meyer. 1992
An English translation of 114 wise sayings attributed to Jesus as collected in the Coptic text found near Nag Hammadi…
in Upper Egypt. Discusses the history of the writings. Explanatory notes follow. Includes an interpretive essay by Harold Bloom. c1992.By Northrop Frye. 1991
By Stephen Brunt. 2006
Bobby Orr redefined the defensive style of hockey - he was the first to infuse the defenseman position with offensive…
juice, driving up the ice, setting up players and scoring some goals of his own. He was the first player to win three straight MVP awards, the first defenseman to score twenty or more goals in a season. But history will also remember Bobby Orr as a key figure in the Alan Eagleson scandal, and as the unfortunate player forced into early retirement in 1978 because of his injuries. Some strong language. 2006.By Rosemary Rogers, Sean Kelly. 1993
Designed to help you determine your patron saints, this book provides a biographical listing of saints arranged alphabetically, a calendar…
of saints by day of the year, and a list of patron saints for such categories as ethnicity, occupation, illness, and lifestyle. 1993.By Deborah Ellis. 2005
In the summer of 2003, author Ellis travelled to Malawi and Zambia and met with children and teens whose lives…
have been touched by AIDS. Ellis describes the poverty, child labour, sexual exploitation, and the signs and symptoms of the disease, but the children discuss their families, favourite pastimes, fears, and dreams. Some descriptions of sex and violence. Grades 5-8. 2006, c2005.By John Stackhouse. 2000
In a blend of travel writing and analysis, Stackhouse's eight-year journey results in the personal stories of some of the…
world's poorest people. While describing lives and communities destroyed by misplaced aid and government interventions, he also shows how individuals are finding the creativity and means to make their own lives better. Poverty is not an inevitable part of the human condition but a direct result of human actions - and something that can be remedied. Some descriptions of violence. 2000.By Julian Sher. 2007
The Internet has helped make child abuse terrifyingly common. The men perpetrating these crimes include lawyers, priests, doctors and politicians,…
while the police - from a crack image analyst with the Toronto police to an FBI agent who poses as a thirteen-year-old girl online - work desperately to nab the predators. Investigators are using cutting edge tools, turning the technology of the Internet against the perpetrators, as they race to find and rescue the victims. Descriptions of sex and violence. 2007.By John M Hull. 2001
When John Hull went blind he realised that the Bible was written by sighted people. In writing this exceptional book,…
he ignored the printed text and listened to the Bible on tape. The result is an entirely novel interpretation, which challenges the sighted monopoly, yet brings fresh insights into the Bible for both sighted and blind people. 2001.By Michael McKinley. 1998
"Etched in Ice" showcases the builders and broadcasters, the dramas and pathos, of a sport that has long made winter…
the hottest season. It includes not only the titans and their achievements, but it also takes us to the men and women who are not household names, yet have affected the game in their own remarkable ways: the first big-time team on the West Coast; a gifted American player cut down early in World War I; a women's team that lost only two games out of 350 during the 1930s. 1998.By Ron Graham. 1990
Graham looks at the history and current events of religion across Canada, from bishops to preachers, from communes in British…
Columbia to Tibetan Buddhists in Halifax, from the Sikhs of Vancouver to the Hutterites of Manitoba to the Jews of Montreal, to monasteries and psychic fairs.By Paul Quarrington. 1988
A behind-the-scenes look at Canada's Olympic team, formed in 1985, through the 1988 Olympics in Calgary. The problems and politics…
of a national hockey team are presented with humour and candor.By Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall. 2005
In November 2001 author Bishop-Stall entered Tent City, a lawless area in downtown Toronto claimed by a group of people…
with nowhere else to go. For 10 months, Bishop-Stall was welcomed, but also subjected to cruel realities: drunken brawls, crackheads, forgotten children, and the repeated broken promises of those who said they were leaving once and for all. Canada Reads 2012. 2005.By Moira Farr. 1999
After Farr's boyfriend committed suicide she decided to write the story of his suicide and its consequences. Her own recovery…
involved examining our society's fascination with suicide, and talking to suicide survivors and the loved ones of people who committed suicide.By Sally Manning. 2002
On February 21, 2002, the Canadian National Women's Hockey Team was up against their arch-rival, Team U.S.A, at the Salt…
Lake City Olympics. They were determined to make up for not winning the gold medal at Nagano four years earlier, and to overcome a 1 and 8 record against the American team. Calmly standing behind the Canadian bench was Danièle Sauvageau, coach and former police officer, and one of the most intriguing and inspiring people in sport today. 2002.By Ed Arnold. 2005
The Montreal Canadiens made the Peterborough Petes part of their farm system in the mid-1950s, and a number of great…
coaches - from Scotty Bowman to Roger Neilson - have stood behind the Petes' bench. As well, the Petes can boast players from Dit Clapper and Bob Gainey to Steve Yzerman and Chris Pronger. A look at how Peterborough has achieved pre-eminence among hockey cradles. 2005.By Erica Jong. 1999
Feminist Erica Jong contemplates women of the 1990s--what they want and what society expects from them. Considers issues such as…
work, power, sex, and relationships. Essays discuss such public figures as Princess Diana and Hillary Rodham Clinton, and muse on "the perfect man." Some strong language and some descriptions of sex.By Alice Walker. 2000
This collection opens with a passionate account of Alice Walker's early marriage to a Jewish lawyer and their life in…
racist Mississippi, giving voice to idealism, lost love and hope. This is followed by tales of sisters, of family, of love for men and for women. These stories consider issues of racism and slavery, politics and sex.By William J Bennett. 1996
A collection of poems and stories from the Bible, from great authors, and from folklore, which Bennett suggests can be…
used for teaching parents, teachers, students, and children about specific virtues. Topics include faith, self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, courage, honesty, and loyalty. Bennett introduces each section. Bestseller.By Brian MacArthur. 1998
A selection of protest texts of the 20th century, from Ellen Wilkinson on the Jarrow hunger marches and Jack London…
on the East End, through the key documents of the Black power and anti-Apartheid movements, right up to Earl Spencer's speech at Diana's funeral.By Pat Alexander. 2003
Contains all the important Bible stories - from Creation and the encounters of the people of Israel in the Old…
Testament, to the birth and life of Jesus, Paul's shipwreck and his arrival in Rome, where the narrative part of the New Testament ends. Grades K-3. 2003.