This is the story of Augustus Rose -- half African-American half Italian; journalist lover restauranteur unlikely terrorist -- & his interrogator Harper a Grand Inquisitor armed with twenty-first century cruelty clarity & charisma. As Harpers assault on his body & soul intensifies Augustus raises the only shield he has: memory. His mind turns to the women in his life from his outcast mother to the vigilante who recruited him to the last female tenderness hes ever likely to know. Outshining them all is the memory of the stunning wealthy & white Selina & the love affair that began in 1960s Manhattan -- an epic taboo mix of politics & passion that would lead Augustus from Harlem to Greenwich Village from El Salvador to Barcelona from Morocco to a bleak Scottish island where hope or death must overcome... ...

The Editor writes: As a young man the apostle Paul was influential & knowledgeable but after his Damascus road encounter with Jesus he found a new focus. In his letter to the Philippians he wrote I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord for whose sake I have lost all things (Philippians 3:8" NIV 1984). This was Pauls assessment of his life. What about you? New Year is often a time for stocktaking. What are my goals? How far have I come? How far have I still to go? What do I need to get there? I had a friend who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Medically she was given a gloomy prognosis measured in months not years. As part of her Christian journey she was reading the book of " Esther" & came to the passage where Esther has been chosen to meet the king. Esthers preparation takes twelve months. My friend began to see her final months as a period of preparation to meet the King of kings. She took part in a womens event at her church in the weeks before she died. Unable to speak or eat & confined to a wheelchair she was still able to participate in the day of worship & teaching. At the end it was as if her face shone; she told her husband on the way home (using her type pad) Im ready to go. Her eternal home was waiting. She died peacefully not long afterwards. None of us knows the time still allotted to us. For each of us our months & years are all part of our preparation to meet King Jesus. Paul said I want to know Christ & the power of his resurrection & the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings becoming like him in his death & so somehow to attain to the resurrection from the dead (" Philippians 3:10-11"). In the coming few months we will focus particularly on Jesus life death & resurrection as recorded by " Luke". As you start the year & these daily notes ask for Gods help to make 2013 count as a year when you get to know Jesus better. Catherine Butcher About the contributors in this issue: Diana Archer works as a freelance writer editor & theologian. She lives in Southampton with her vicar husband & runs courses for eating disorder sufferers & carers. Amy Boucher Pye is a writer & editor living in North London. She is writing her first book on being Gods beloved. An American by birth she delights in all things British especially her husband & children. Catherine Butcher has edited Day by Day with God since 2003. She & husband Adrian are both journalists & live in Sussex; they are nearly empty-nesters. Lyndall Bywater lives in Canterbury with her husband her housemate her assorted guide dogs & a cat. She is passionate about prayer: writing about it promoting it & training people in it. Caroline Kimber lives in Eastbourne & shares the home of a friend & a cat called Finn. She attends a community church & is part of the prayer & pastoral teams. Sylvia Mandeville & her husband have been visiting believers in Central Asia for 15 years & seen the development of cruel persecution there. She is working on a series of Bible-based books for their children illustrated by their own professional artists & distributed by them at great risk. Liz Pacey is a Reader in the Church of England & a mature theology & ministry student. In her free time she loves knitting & runs her churchs charity knitting group Knitwits. Abidemi Sanusi is a writer & editor of an online magazine for Christians who enjoy reading & writing. Her last book " Eyo" was shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize. Jean Watson is a writer a spiritual director & a director of a local counselling service. Her work has included teaching editing & writing for different age groups & media
- books magazines radio & TV. Sandra Wheatley remains as active as possible despite the constraints of MS & a wheelchair. She enjoys an extensive prayer ministry & has mastered swimming & pr"
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Utterly in love with Jesus Christ & living in poverty Francis of Assisi touched history. Christians followers of other religions & even those who declare they have no faith find they have something in common with him that stirs their sympathy. In 1209 as a young man from the Umbrian region he went to see the pope. He sought permission to live exactly as Jesus Christ had done: poor obedient celibate. From a distance the pope saw Francis & his eleven companions. But he had Francis sent away banishing from his presence the very man sent by providence who could have turned his hopes for the Church into reality. Later the pope recalled a dream he'd had. He had seen the Lateran basilica leaning dangerously to one side when suddenly a little monk looking like a beggar supported it with his shoulder & stopped it from collapsing. ' Of course ' the pope understood 'that monk was Francis of Assisi!' How could he not listen to him? We today can listen to him through his writings the stories & biographies that speak of him. It would be like a new dawn reversing the decline all around us into a new future. The texts in this book can all be found in the Early Documents series of the Franciscan movement published by New City in three volumes plus a fourth volume containing the index for these Early Documents. ...

Whacky poems that take a roller-coaster ride from the crazy corners of dreams to the big questions of life. Steve Turner's first collection of poetry for children is regularly in the best-seller lists. The poems make an instant impact on children & the themes & ideas in them give lots of food for thought. ...

Brian Cloughs family are among the many people who describe their personal memories of the charismatic football manager in this unique collection of tributes. Brians widow Barbara & their daughter Elizabeth have provided a rare insight into life with the man known as the Master Manager. Barbara recalls how they met in Middlesbrough & how his tremendous generosity remains one of her over-riding memories of her husb&. Elizabeths memories include travelling in her Dads car listening to Frank Sinatra songs. Brians brother Joe & sister Doreen also recount their memories in this book compiled by journalist & author Marcus Alton who is the editor of the tribute website brianclough.com. This collection of anecdotes & tributes

Includes:: contributions from fans friends & former players collected by Marcus since he set-up the non-profit-making website over 10 years ago. Those who worked closely with Old Big Ead describe memorable times in his company
- including the TV producer who captured unique footage of Cloughie in his back garden as he sang a surprise tribute to his old friend & commentator Brian Moore. There is no doubt that an encounter with Cloughie was usually unforgettable
- as this book illustrates. Just ask the fan whose car broke down on the A52 (now Brian Clough Way) only to hear a knock on his window & an offer of help from
- yes you guessed it. A former player describes for the first time how he threw a bucket of water over Cloughie by accident. You can guess the result! Marcus Altons royalties from this book are going to the Brian Clough Memorial Fund which is run by the Clough family & gives money to the types of good causes that Brian supported. Fans may think they have heard all there is to know about Cloughie. But this book has many untold stories & tributes demonstrating how he touched so many lives & won admirers around the world.




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When a boy swaps his dad for two goldfish he does not really think through the consequences! After all he is not the only person who can swap stuff. When the boy is told by his mother that he has to get his father back it is not so easily done. It seems that the father has a pretty high value as he has been traded by one child to the next leaving a trail that the son has to follow. Where will it all end? ...

Margaret Drabble is one of the major literary figures of her generation. In this collection of her complete short fiction from across four decades she examines the intense private worlds & passions of everyday people. From one mans honeymooning epiphany in Hassans Tower" to the journeying fantasies of "A Voyage to Cythera" & from the sharp joy of " The Merry Widow" to the bloody reality of the collections title story these are moving witty & provocative tales exploring cruel & loving relationships social change & personal obsessions & confirming her status as a leading practitioner of the art of the short story." ...

Have you ever wondered why it takes so long to get out of bed in the morning? & why you always wake up bursting for a pee? Why that small blackhead has erupted into a hideous red spot overnight? & why stepping into a hot shower gives you goose bumps? Following an average family & their daily routine Dr Hilary Jones takes you on a bold & captivating journey through the human body answering these questions & hundreds more. From how our bodies function to why they react in certain ways Dr Hilary tackles the questions that matter & examines what makes us tick. Fascinating & highly entertaining A Day in Your Life reveals the incredible nature of the human body. ...

When all contact is lost with two Icelanders working in a harsh & sparsely populated area on the northeast coast of Greenland Thora is hired to investigate. Is there any connection with the woman who vanished from the site some months earlier? Why are the locals so hostile? & could one of the team staying at the site with Thora be responsible for the disappearances? Already an international bestseller this fourth book to feature Thora Gudmundsdottir (a delight
- Guardian) is chilling unsettling & compulsively readable.
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Mark Wallington has a dream. He is going to change the face of British comedy. Unfortunately for the residents of north London hes going to finance this dream by becoming a gardener. The result is The Day Job" an account of a year spent working in other peoples gardens: people like Mrs Fleming who is convinced there is buried treasure in the bottom bed; Mr Walters who is trying to create a fascist state policed by gnomes in his well-guarded plot in Gospel Oak; Mrs Glover who is probably the most attractive women living in Britain; & poor Mr Nugent who likes to save his urine in jam jars & pour it over his compost. Over four seasons Wallington crosses Hampstead Heath from job to job. He survives brushes with the evil contract gardeners who keep trying to knock him off his bicycle. He strives to impress literary agent Herman Gapp who might represent him
- depending on what sort of job he does on Gapps Alpine Terrace. He even finds time to fall for a housecleaner-cum-actor named Helen as he becomes part of a strange band of artistes each with a day job of their own all waiting for that first break. This is the story of long nights spent in the back room of a pub trying to write unsolicited scripts & of much longer days spent trying to understand the British & their strange obsession with gardening."
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