England's rich spiritual history is portrayed in this informative pocket travel companion, covering more than a thousand places that can be visited today. Cathedrals and abbeys, simple chapels, martyrs' memorials, pilgrim shrines and famous resting places are all featured in this book which connects us to our deepest spiritual roots, reveals the vast holy land lying beneath our feet and tells the stories of the men and women who shaped it.

Night time signifies many things. Apart from the rest and refreshment that sleep brings, the night is a time for gazing at the stars, dreaming and loving. For some it means keeping vigil as they tend the very young, or the sick. For others, it means working so that others may rest peacefully. For most people, there are occasions when the night brings no relief: when we are worried or afraid, trouble never looms larger than in the early sleepless hours. Yet such times can lead to a richer experience of intercession, meditation and contemplation.
These experiences of the night are universal...

This informative, pocket-sized guide is a travelling companion for the growing number of visitors to the sites of the Early Church. The guide includes practical information for tourists such as maps, a language guide and information on local services and facilities. It also features historical background, notes on Paul's letters and devotional insights. This volume covers all the major places featured in the Book of Acts as well as the seven churches of the Book of Revelation, including: Jerusalem, Samaria, Gaza, Lydda, Jopa, Caesarea, Damascus and Tarsus; Paul's first missionary journey -...

Far more than just an A-Z listing of Bible words, people and places, A Basic Bible Dictionary is a comprehensive, easy to useintroduction to the text of the Bible, its essential teaching, its purpose and its influence throughout history. An extensive dictionary of biblical words is included, as are many extra features: -a Bible time line -an introduction to each of the 66 books that make up the Bible -the background to the world of the Old and New Testaments -the life and teachings of Jesus -key themes in the Bible -how the Bible has been translated and interpreted through the centuries -...

It's always been the same: good fortune seldom came the way of those endowed, they say, with genius and a dainty face. What tragedies take place within each circling space of years 'Rich in good looks' appears to mean poor luck and tears of woe; which may sound strange, I know, but is not really so, I swear, since Heaven everywhere seems jealous of the fair of face. The tale of Kieu, a talented young girl, was written in verse in Vietnamese by Nguyen Du, who lived in Vietnam from 1765 to 1820. Although the story is set in China, it was the greatest work of literature until then to be written...

Jim Counsell's War 1914-18 is the story, researched and told by his son, of a young man of 18 who, on the day war broke out, volunteered to join the British Army, imagining that war was 'a game for gentlemen.' He was soon disillusioned, and this memoir graphically describes the awfulness of life in the trenches, or, in the case of the Royal Artillery, in the forward observation posts. In 1916 he was commissioned as an officer, and there are graphic descriptions of his life over the next two years, together with top quality photographs of the lighter side of life in the battlefield. Then in...