This is how it all began From 'A Necklace of Raindrops' to ' The Patchwork Quilt' here are eight classic stories to treasure & enjoy Beginning & ending with a birthday this spell-binding collection conjures up a world filled with magic where wishes can come true A necklace of raindrops that keeps its owner dry in the heaviest rainstorm; a tiger that runs faster than the wind; a huge floating apple pie with a piece of sky in it; a baker's cat who swells to the size of a whale when his mistress feeds him yeast; a house that stands on one leg
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Pastor Jason Helopoulos calls parents & church leaders to reclaim the practice of family worship This indispensable means of grace directs our children to seek Christ daily preparing them to go out into the world as fully functioning Christian adults who love Christ & see all of life in relation to Him ...

I did have hallucinations but did they harm anyone? Who did they harm that's what I'd like to know!' From the supreme artist of the short story three disturbing tales of supernatural hallucinations hysterical obsession & moral decay One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946 Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range & diversity with works from around the world & across the centuries
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Now reissued on the centenary of Jaffa's birth with a new foreword by the esteemed Lincoln scholar Allen Guelzo this long-awaited sequel offers a piercing examination of the political thought of Abraham Lincoln & the themes of self-government equality & statesmanship on the eve of the Civil War 620 pages Jaffa Harry V ...

As well as writing cookbooks & presenting cooking shows on the BBC the author is also a cultural anthropologist based in the United Kingdom This title features a collection of recipes from the subtle spicy varied cuisines of the Middle East ranging from inexpensive but tasty peasant fare to elaborate banquet dishes 560 pages Roden Claudia ...

Can I break free from my eating disorder? Why do I struggle so much with anxiety? Where can I go with my shame & despair? 'I'm controlling & insecure & desperate to prove my own worth' admits Emma Scrivener 'I'm a Christian but I don't always feel like it' There are lots of how-to books out there In terms of the practicalities of recovery they're brilliant What they don't address is the spiritual dimension However even when writing about 'spiritual recovery' the author confesses that it's tempting to offer some sort of programme or strategy ' But I don't think I've got one' she says What she does offer are practical suggestions for how to apply gospel truths to practical circumstances With honesty examples from real life (including her own) Emma connects with her reader She shows how the gospel can speak to every heart & every addiction equipping readers with complete confidence in Christ's sufficiency & the power of his Word & Spirit to bring change where change seems impossible ...

The 10th anniversary edition of the international bestseller & worldwide sensation featuring a brand new preface by the author Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth will be a cornerstone for personal spirituality & self-improvement for years to come leading readers to a new levels of consciousness & inner peace Taking off from the introspective work The Power of Now which is a number one bestseller & has sold millions of copies worldwide Tolle provides the spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better more spiritually evolved place to live Shattering modern ideas of ego & entitlement self & society Tolle lifts the veil of fear that has hung over humanity during this new millennium & shines an illuminating light that leads to happiness & health that every reader can follow ...

The relevance of Christianity is as hotly contested today as it has ever been A New History of Early Christianity shows how our current debates are rooted in the many controversies surrounding the birth of the religion & the earliest attempts to resolve them Charles Freeman's meticulous historical account of Christianity from its birth in Judaea in the first century AD to the emergence of Western & Eastern churches by AD 600 reveals that it was a distinctive vibrant & incredibly diverse movement brought into order at the cost of intellectual & spiritual vitality Against the conventional narrative of the inevitable triumph of a single distinct Christianity Freeman shows that there was a host of competing Christianities many of which had as much claim to authenticity as those that eventually dominated Looking with fresh eyes at the historical record Freeman explores the ambiguities & contradictions that underlay Christian theology & the unavoidable compromises enforced in the name of doctrine Tracing the astonishing transformation that the early Christian church underwent-from sporadic niches of Christian communities surviving in the wake of a horrific crucifixion to sanctioned alliance with the state-Charles Freeman shows how freedom of thought was curtailed by the development of the concept of faith The imposition of correct belief religious uniformity & an institutional framework that enforced orthodoxy were both consolidating & stifling Uncovering the difficulties in establishing the Christian church he examines its relationship with Judaism Gnosticism Greek philosophy & Greco-Roman society & he offers dramatic new accounts of Paul the resurrection & the church fathers & emperors ...

This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy-the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-&-a-half thousand years Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages & the Enlightenment into the modern world He introduces us to the great thinkers & their ideas starting with Plato Aristotle & the other founders of Western thought In the second part of the book he takes us through a thousand years of medieval philosophy & shows us the rich intellectual legacy of Christian thinkers like Augustine Aquinas & Ockham Moving into the early modern period we explore the great works of Descartes Hobbes Locke Leibniz Spinoza Hume & Kant which remain essential reading today In the nineteenth & twentieth centuries Hegel Mill Nietzsche Freud & Wittgenstein again transformed the way we see the world Running though the book are certain themes which have been constant concerns of philosophy since its early beginnings the fundamental questions of what exists & how we can know about it; the nature of humanity the mind truth & meaning; the place of God in the universe; how we should live & how society should be ordered Anthony Kenny traces the development of these themes through the centuries we see how the questions asked & answers offered by the great philosophers of the past remain vividly alive today Anyone interested in ideas & their history will find this a fascinating & stimulating read ...

Covering the origins key features & legacy of the Islamic tradition the third edition of A New Introduction to Islam



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