Heritage: 497 books
by Lesley A. Rowe
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
“Arthur Hildersham is, to a large extent, a forgotten Puritan. Since Samuel Clarke compiled a thirteen-page account of his life in the seventeenth century, there has been no biography of Hildersham. But during his lifetime, Hildersham was one of the most revered and prominent Puritan figures. His story,...
Napi
The Trickster
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
An enthralling collection of traditional Blackfoot stories revealing the frailty of mankind and the enduring power of narrative.
Napi, the Old Man of the Blackfoot Nation, appears prominently in mythology, sometimes as a quasi-Creator, sometimes a fool, and sometimes a brutal murderer. Although...
Prepared by Grace, for Grace
The Puritans on Gods Way of Leading Sinners to Christ
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Few teachings of the Puritans have provoked such strong reactions and conflicting interpretations as their views on preparing for saving faith. Many twentieth-century scholars dismissed preparation as a prime example of regression from the Reformed doctrine of grace for a man-centered legalism. In Prepared...
Sam Steele and the Northwest Rebellion
The Trail of 1885
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
In the spring of 1885, it appeared that war was about to set the Canadian West aflame. Louis Riel had established a Metis provisional government at Batoche, and the Cree, led by war chief Wandering Spirit, had killed settlers, taken hostages and forced the capitulation of Fort Pitt. Among the forces...
Baychimo: Arctic Ghost Ship
Arctic Ghost Ship
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
No vessel that sailed the Arctic seas has raised so much speculation or triggered imaginations as has the legendary Hudson's Bay Company ship Baychimo.
In the 1920s, Baychimo set up trading posts in eastern Canada, sailed on fur-trading expeditions to Siberia during the turbulent years of the...
Great Cat Stories: Memorable Tales of Remarkable Cats
Memorable Tales of Remarkable Cats
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
Cats have fascinated and delighted humankind for millennia. Mysterious and enchanting or affectionalte and playful, they immeasurably enrich the lives of their human companions.
In this collection of stories about exceptional cats, Roxanne Willems Snopek explores the loving relationship between...
Salmon's Journey
And More Northwest Coast Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This fourth collection of short stories written by Robert James (Jim) Challenger combines the timeless appeal of Aesop's fables with the oral storytelling traditions of First Nations and other cultures. Each story stimulates conversation about the moral woven within.
Go along on Salmon's journey....
by Caroll Simpson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
This is the story of how the first beaver came to be. It tells of a young girl, Reedee, who is born with hair the colour of Mother Earth, not the colour of Raven like the rest of her people. It isn't just her hair that sets Reedee apart: at night, when everyone else sleeps, Reedee disappears into...
by Joel R. Beeke, Randall J. Pederson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This encyclopedic resource provides biographical sketches of all the major Puritans as well as bibliographic summaries of their writings and work. Meet the Puritans is an important addition to the library of the layman, pastor, student and scholar.
by Ann Kiemel
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Many readers have been encouraged to dream big and believe that with the help of God, that they too, can make a difference in their world. Ann Kiemel dares to be utterly transparent, trusting God with seemingly impossible situations.
The Law and the Lawless
Frontier Justice in British Columbia and Yukon, 1913-1935
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
The far-ranging officers of the BC Provincial Police covered an area larger than California, Oregon, and Washington combined. In Yukon, a force of nineteen Mounties were charged with upholding the law across all of Arctic Canada. Set in frontier towns and rural communities from Vancouver Island to...
Diver’s Guide
Vancouver Island South
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Greg offers guidance to over 50 dives in five areas Metchosin and Race Rocks, Victoria, Sansum Narrows, Saanich Inlet, Sidney and the Southern Gulf Islands. Diver’s Guide, Vancouver Island South is fully illustrated with Greg’s own computer-generated maps
Nature's Circle
and Other Northwest Coast Children's Stories
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This is Robert James Challenger's fifth collection of beautifully illustrated, easy-to-read short stories that impart practical, moral lessons about life in today's world.
As in Aesop's fables and First Nations legends, animals, birds and insects are the ones who do the teaching. Mother Eagle...
Covenanted Uniformity in Religion
The Influence of the Scottish Commissioners on the Ecclesiology of the Westminster Assembly
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
It is a common view that the Westminster Assembly was dominated by Scots pursuing their nationalistic goals to the disadvantage of a desperate English Parliament. But in Covenanted Uniformity in Religion, Wayne R. Spear reassesses the Assembly from the standpoint of the Scottish commissioners and their...