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By Michael Longley. 2000
This book of poetry leads the reader through the various hells we made last century. The author takes us from…
the fields of Flanders, through Terezin and Auschwitz to the troubles of Northern Ireland.By Peter Vardy. 1997
Exploring where sex, God and religion meet, this book asks whether there is a clear teaching in the Church and…
the Bible about how we should behave sexually. It also considers whether these are matters over which the modern church is out of touch and has no business ruling on.By Michael W Higgins, Douglas Richard Letson. 2002
The Catholic Church has been in existence for two thousand years, reaches around the globe with 1 billion followers, and…
is considered meaningful and vital even in modern times. However, the Church's role in modern life is greatly debated around the world. Recently, there has been little immunity from calls for change, and its response will reveal whether it is inclusive or withdrawn. 2002.By J. D. Vance. 2016
Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan…
that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past. Bestseller. 2016.By Dallas Willard. 1999
By Jivani. Jamil. 2018
The day after the 2015 Paris terror attacks, twenty-eight-year-old Canadian Jamil Jivani opened the newspaper to find that the men…
responsible were familiar to him. He didn’t know them, but the communities they grew up in and the challenges they faced mirrored the circumstances of his own life. Jivani travelled to Belgium in February 2016 to better understand the roots of jihadi radicalization. Less than two months later, Brussels fell victim to a terrorist attack carried out by young men who lived in the same neighbourhood as him. Jivani was raised in a mostly immigrant community in Toronto that faced significant problems with integration. Having grown up with a largely absent father, he knows what it is to watch a man’s future influenced by gangster culture or radical ideologies associated with Islam. 2018.By Cecil Murphey, Don Piper. 2004
Texas Baptist minister recounts his 1989 near-fatal car accident when he was declared dead at the scene. Describes experiencing heaven…
and reuniting with deceased loved ones, and regaining consciousness after being prayed over by a fellow preacher. Discusses his painful rehabilitation and initial desire to return to paradise. 2004.By Leonie Huyzers. 2005
By David Adam. 2000
This title is the third in a three-part collection of prayers and other resources in support of the new Common…
Worship Lectionary being introduced in the Church of England. The prayers included here should be suitable for intercessions and for other more formal parts of a service.By David J Pelzer. 2000
Dave Pelzer describes his life in foster care. He moves through five different homes and describes his heart-rending encounters with…
other foster parents and children, some of whom resent his presence, some of whom help him. Through it all he is pursued by his mother. Eventually he finds a life for himself, having come to terms with the terrible things inflicted on him. Sequel to "A child called "it"" (EB68906), followed by "A man named Dave" (EB69090). Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2000.By Dermot A Lane. 1996
As we move towards the third millennium more and more people are asking questions about human, social and cosmic destiny…
- "Keeping hope alive" addresses these and other questions. (Given by Guild of Church Braillists)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).By Ann Pilling. 1998
By Ronda Armitage. 1999
"Family violence" looks at the many different forms that violence can take. Using interviews with victims of domestic violence and…
their families, the book examines the ways in which their emotional, social and educational lives have been affected. For junior high readers.By Susan Stewart. 1998
An account of five years in the life of an ordinary woman and her initial struggle to keep her abusive…
marriage above suspicion, her unconventional escape and her time spent in a 1990s refuge. Through her personal diary the reader glimpses communal life in a refuge with three other families.This book captures the dramatic moments of the Christian faith as told by the people who were actually there. Like…
television news footage, these first hand eye witness reports are a fresh and exciting alternative to more conventional studies. Many accounts include the very words that changed the course of human history. (Given by Guild of Church Braillists)By John Romer. 1998
By Jonathan L Graf. 1992
By Ronald Howard. 1996
The "nine o'clock" service was a radical church of England which promoted experimental worship which resembled a state-of-the-art night club…
complete with bikini-clad dancers and multi-track dance soundtracks. However it also faced the issues that other churches ignored such as poverty, racism and sexuality.By Jaroslav Jan Pelikan. 1996
The Virgin Mary has been a figure of inspiration to Catholics, Protestants, Jews and Muslims, artists, musicians, writers, and men…
and women everywhere. This text examines how Mary has been depicted and venerated through the ages.