Ten Good Seconds of Silence

Ten Good Seconds of Silence
Author: Elizabeth Ruth
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2001-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 177070048X

Short-listed for the 2001 Rogers Writers’ Trust of Canada Fiction Prize and the Amazon.com/Books in Canada First Novel Prize Lilith Boot’s life changes forever the night she drowns the flowers in her parents’ garden. Frightened by their daughter’s odd behaviour, and her recent pronouncements of psychic visions, the Boots send Lilith to a Vancouver mental hospital. It is there that she becomes pregnant, giving birth after her discharge. Years later, Lilith uses her visions to help Toronto police find missing children. At the same time, her own daughter, Lemon, struggles to distinguish herself from her quirky mother. Searching for her identity, she sets off across the country in search of the father she has never met. In the process, both Lilith and Lemon discover that they can never escape from the past - or each other. This debut novel introduces an astonishing new voice to the Canadian literary scene. With fresh, inspiring language, and characters who steal your heart, Elizabeth Ruth weaves together an unforgettable story of loss and landscape of memory.

Life

Life
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 506
Release: 1900
Genre: American wit and humor
ISBN:

Where Sin Abounds

Where Sin Abounds
Author: Stanley A. Steward
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2012-03-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1610970179

Las Vegas has long been characterized as "Sin City." It is a common assumption of many outsiders that Las Vegas is a spiritual wasteland, devoid of any significant religious community and bereft of traditional values. This is most certainly not the case! In fact, Las Vegas has a strong, healthy, and growing religious dimension. Within this milieu is a strong and rapidly expanding Pentecostal dimension to the city's profile of faith. The Pentecostals in Las Vegas are a microcosm of Pentecostalism both nationally and globally. On the whole, this expression of Christian faith is certainly among the fastest growing religions in the world. Some sociologists and demographics experts identify Evangelicals and Pentecostals as the emerging religious majority in America's future. Most mainstream denominations are in decline, but Pentecostals continue to grow both in numbers and influence. This book will explore and analyze several local Pentecostal congregations and the dynamic relationship between the church and the "Strip." It will focus on the interplay between one of America's most devout religious subcultures and one its most secular cities.

Ring-a-Ring o'Roses

Ring-a-Ring o'Roses
Author: Diana Ferguson
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2018-10-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1782439900

This delightful book takes the reader on a journey into the weird and wonderful world of nursery rhymes. Offering a selection of more than 100 of our best-loved and widely known rhymes, it delves beneath the surface of the verses to interpret their meaning and reveal their historical origins

Life

Life
Author: John Ames Mitchell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 576
Release: 1900
Genre:
ISBN:

Mots D'Heures

Mots D'Heures
Author: Luis D'Antin Van Rooten
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2009-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0007324693

The rhymes of your childhood - and your children's childhood - sound even better (and much funnier) in the accents of Moliere and Sarkozy. Once you get the point of these delectable j'aime se from the works of Mere L'Oie, you will find yourself reading them aloud to anyone who will listen.