Michelle obama has been by her husband's side throughout his historic presidential campaign, a dynamic personality whether she is delivering speeches or hitting the dance floor on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Follow the story of a hardworking girl growing up on the South Side of Chicago and how she has inspired our nation to believe in the ...
Gargantuan creatures deserve a truly mammoth book. With amazingly huge, life-size pictures, plus 7 gigantic gatefolds, this spectacular guide will practically transport readers back to the time of the dinosaurs. It's astounding: for the first time, pictures convey the actual, awesome bulk and bigness of the large dinosaurs and present ...
Paul Unger has a comfortable life, but it starts to unravel when his son becomes involved with a provocative young woman, Nicole. Soon, Paul's world is overturned, Stephen is found drowned in a field, and he is left to question his own role in the death.
In a Manitoba prairie town, Johnny is born again and gets Loraine pregnant. His wife, Charlene, sinks deeper into alcoholism; Loraine's teenage son, Chris, poses the possibility of trouble; and Chris's pregnant girlfriend, Melody, further complicates the situation. Johnny, longing for spiritual salvation, is continually sabotaged by his love for ...
David Bergen’s highly original third novel follows the life, loves, and coming-of-age of 16-year-old Mason Crowe and the women he encounters — his tennis partner and first “love,” Seeta Chahal, a girl from a traditional East Indian family; and Ms. Abendschade, a teacher who opens Mason’s eyes to sensuality and the art ...
Holman Bibles provides this extensive collection of study books that offers through but concise summaries and important information about the books of the Bible and Christian classics.
In search of love, absolution, or forgiveness, Charles Boatman leaves the Fraser Valley of British Columbia and returns mysteriously to Vietnam, the country where he fought twenty-nine years earlier as a young, reluctant soldier. But his new encounters seem irreconcilable with his memories. When he disappears, his daughter Ada, and her brother, ...
With coverage of all curriculum objectives for exam 070-222, this guide is based on a proven method for in-depth study, review, and practice. There are real-world examples, interactive activities, and multiple hands-on projects that reinforce learning. The CD includes multiple practice tests in a variety of formats.
The true story of Ishi, the last of the Yahi people, who emerged from the woods in 1911 to reveal to startled Americans the world that civilization had destroyed.
Bestselling novelist David Bergen follows his Scotiabank Giller Prize--winning The Time in Between with a haunting novel about the clash of generations -- and cultures. In 1973, outside of Kenora, Ontario, Raymond Seymour, an eighteen-year-old Ojibway boy, is taken by a local policeman to a remote island and left for dead. A year later, the Byrd ...
In a faithless world, the transitory and temporal hold the only redemptive power possible, and at their most eloquent, Bergens stories are a lyrical evocation of this power.Eric Henderson, The Vancouver Sun
How ought the Bible to be read? A dialogical struggle between Moses and God results in the publication of a lawbook within the storyworld. Observing how characters read this lawbook, the reader uncovers a surprising answer to this hermeneutical question.
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