Sports, Health & Self-help

The Man in the Scarlet Robe: Two Thousand Years of Searching for Jesus

By Michael R. McAteer and Michael G. Steinhauser

The Man in the Scarlet Robe begins with a powerful chunk of scripture: the verses from Matthew 27 that describe the taunts and tortures leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus. It’s a jarring, ugly ... Read More »

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Who Is This Jesus?

By Michael Green

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Jesus of the Apocalypse: The Life of Jesus After the Crucifixion

By Barbara Thiering

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Jesus Conspiracy: The Turin Shroud and the Truth About the Resurrection

By Holger Kersten and Elmar R. Gruber

March 5, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Death Writes: A Curious Notebook

By Darlene Barry Quaife

Death, it seems, has a short attention span. A mind that flits from century to century, from subject to subject with the speed of a TV converter. And this Death has a sense of fashion ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

River Guides of the Miramichi

By Wayne Curtis

For those belonging to the group Izaak Walton called “the brotherhood of the angle,” for those who understand the terms shad‚ grilse‚ wooley bugger‚ and guiding lady, Wayne Curtis’s River Guides of the Miramichi will, ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Fury: Inside the Life of Théoren Fleury

By Andrew Malcolm

When the Calgary Flames drafted Théoren Fleury in the eighth round of the National Hockey League’s 1987 entry draft, some scouts laughed out loud. Despite the impressive number of goals, assists, and penalty minutes he ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

★ Legends of Autumn: The Glory Years of Canadian Football

By Denny Boyd and Brian Scrivener

As a typical red-blooded Canadian male who first became aware of professional sports in the late 1970s, I have always been puzzled by the perennial debate over whether or not the Canadian Football League is ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

Cracking the Cover: A Beginner’s Guide to the Bible

By Ross L. Smillie

In his introduction to Cracking the Cover, United Church minister Ross Smillie recalls being handed a Bible in elementary school by the Gideons. I don’t imagine the Gideons get into many schools these days, and ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help