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Hillbilly elegy: a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
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.Hearing God: building an intimate relationship with the creator
By Dallas Willard. 1999
Why young men: rage, race and the crisis of identity
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. 2018.90 minutes in heaven: a true story of death & life
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.God mercy me: a journey of the heart and soul to everlasting light
By Leonie Huyzers. 2005
Glimpses of glory: prayers for the church year, year C
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.The lost boy: a foster child's search for the love of a family
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.Keeping hope alive: stirrings in Christian theology
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)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).The Kingfisher children's bible: stories from the old and new testaments
By Ann Pilling. 1998
Family violence (Talking points)
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.Shattered dreams: an abused wife's escape to freedom
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)Rise and fall of the nine o'clock service: a cult within the church?
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.Women's rights (What's the big idea)
By Virginia Parker. 1996
Street life: young women write about being homeless
By Ed Cassidy Jane. 1999
The puzzle of ethics
By Peter Vardy, Paul Grosch. 1999
Gangs & bullies
By Rosemary Stones. 1998
Embraced by the light
By Curtis Taylor, Betty J Eadie. 1994
At thirty-one, Eadie, who was also declared dead during a childhood illness, had a near-death episode while hospitalized after a…
hysterectomy. Her memories include meeting with Jesus Christ and being advised by him and angels, feeling reluctant to return to earth upon being told she had been taken prematurely, and a visitation by demons. She describes changes in her life since the experience.