Soon as from earth I go
what will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe
must then my portion be.

Charles Wesleys words from his moving hymn, Idumea, seem to encapsulate the traditional Evangelical standpoint on the afterlife. And it is in response to such a conservative sheep and goats eschatology, as found in the Evangelical Alliances Report on the Nature of Hell (2000), that the Reverend David Clayton has penned this sensitive yet carefully argued work.

From a pastoral point of view, preaching hell today is a thankless task. Punishment is an alien concept to a whole generation. Criminals...

This self-contained account of the statistical basis of epidemiology has been written specifically for those with a basic training in biology, therefore no previous knowledge is assumed and the mathematics is deliberately kept at a manageable level. The authors show how all statistical analysis of data is based on probability models, and once one understands the model, analysis follows easily. In showing how to use models in epidemiology the authors have chosen to emphasize the role of likelihood, an approach to statistics which is both simple and intuitively satisfying. More complex problems...

Del is brilliant at football in Okay, Spanner, You Win. But being a boy star is not easy and he is sick of the pressure from his team mates and his dad. Del needs a friend...TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they...

Joey Jones dreams of making the school football team in The Booming Boots of Joey Jones. He is a one man disaster on the pitch. He has enormous feet and no proper boots. But in the end, Joey and his big boots are the team's only hope...TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators....

Football is Sean's world in In the Shadow of the Striker. He can't wait for Saturdays when he plays for his team and he wouldn't swap a ticket for the match between City and United for anything. Suddenly, Sean's life turns upside down. Why do his mum and dad hate football? And what does it have to do with City's star striker? TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting...

Novels from top authors and illustrators with the variety children need to develop a love of reading! TreeTops Fiction contains a wide range of quality stories enabling children to explore and develop their own reading tastes and interests. It contains stories from a variety of genres including humour, sci-fi, adventure, mystery and historical fiction. These exciting stories are ideal for introducing children to a wide selection of authors and illustrators. There is huge variety to ensure every reader finds books they will enjoy and can read. Books contain inside cover notes to support...

Football fans love nothing more than to read about their favourite teams. Although this books is aimed at young teenagers they will delight all ages with their mixture of funny and enlightening stories and will give hours of pleasure discovering quirky facts about your favourite team. Each title is also augmented with a selection of sketches by the young sketch artist Becky Welton that depict some of the stories within.