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Curtain Call to Murder

The brand-new, laugh-out-loud murder mystery series from national treasure Julian Clary

By: Julian Clary

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Curtain Call to Murder

The brand-new, laugh-out-loud murder mystery series from national treasure Julian Clary

By: Julian Clary

Been reading this on m'olidays. It's perfectly ridiculous & also v funny...' - Dawn French 'Curtain Call To Murder positively explodes with the double-entendres and vicious wit that has become his trademark.' DAILY EXPRESS A murder on stage. A cast full of suspects. Can dresser to the stars Jayne unravel the mystery? It is opening night at the London Palladium, and tensions are running high amongst the feuding cast of "Leopard Spots." Amongst them are an ageing lothario, a national treasure, an amateur psychic and a comedian-turned actor all vying for the spotlight. When an on-stage accident forces an unexpected intermission, it is clear only to dresser to the stars Jayne that the drama has turned deadly. Can she step out of the wings and identify the killer before it is too late? Or will murder make an encore... Discover the year's most entertaining, devious and fabulous mystery from author, actor and comedian Julian Clary

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Orion

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1398717339

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9781398717336

Field Guide to the Wildlife of New Zealand

By: Julian Fitter

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Field Guide to the Wildlife of New Zealand

By: Julian Fitter

A fully illustrated photographic field guide to New Zealand wildlife. New Zealand is a popular tourist destination with a wide range of dramatic scenery and a long list of endemic species. Although the country's wildlife has suffered as a result of unwelcome introductions, most species have managed to survive thanks to a number of dedicated and inspired conservationists. This glorious photographic field guide illustrates most of the vertebrate species to be found there, as well as a large number of typical invertebrates and flora. The photographs are accompanied by a succinct text, and this portable guide will be invaluable to all visitors to the country with an interest in natural history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472981251

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For Two Sovereigns

By: Julian Leigh

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For Two Sovereigns

By: Julian Leigh

Experience the thrill of flying a Hawker Hunter Fighter. Witness hypnotic regression. Learn of Cornish smuggling and Nelson's victory at Aboukir. Survive in the Malayan Jungle. Fight for Two Sovereigns!

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Trafford Publishing

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141202398X

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9781412023986

How to Make a Spaceship

A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight

By: Julian Guthrie

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How to Make a Spaceship

A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight

By: Julian Guthrie

A New York Times bestseller! The historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflight Winner of the 2016 Eugene E. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature A Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Alone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begin the climb to a target no civilian pilot had ever reached. He might not make it back alive. If he did, he would make history as the world’s first commercial astronaut. The spectacle defied reason, the result of a competition dreamed up by entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, whose vision for a new race to space required small teams to do what only the world’s largest governments had done before. Peter Diamandis was the son of hardworking immigrants who wanted their science prodigy to make the family proud and become a doctor. But from the age of eight, when he watched Apollo 11 land on the Moon, his singular goal was to get to space. When he realized NASA was winding down manned space flight, Diamandis set out on one of the great entrepreneurial adventure stories of our time. If the government wouldn’t send him to space, he would create a private space flight industry himself. In the 1990s, this idea was the stuff of science fiction. Undaunted, Diamandis found inspiration in an unlikely place: the golden age of aviation. He discovered that Charles Lindbergh made his transatlantic flight to win a $25,000 prize. The flight made Lindbergh the most famous man on earth and galvanized the airline industry. Why, Diamandis thought, couldn’t the same be done for space flight? The story of the bullet-shaped SpaceShipOne, and the other teams in the hunt, is an extraordinary tale of making the impossible possible. It is driven by outsized characters—Burt Rutan, Richard Branson, John Carmack, Paul Allen—and obsessive pursuits. In the end, as Diamandis dreamed, the result wasn’t just a victory for one team; it was the foundation for a new industry and a new age.

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Penguin

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1101980494

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9781101980491

Byzantium Triumphant

The Military History of the Byzantines 959–1025

By: Julian Romane

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Byzantium Triumphant

The Military History of the Byzantines 959–1025

By: Julian Romane

This vibrant history examines the wars of three Byzantine emperors: Nicephorus II Phocas, John I Tzimiskes, and Basil II “The Bulgar Slayer”. In Byzantium Triumphant, Julian Romane presents an in-depth chronicle of the many wars waged by Nicephorus II Phocas, his nephew and assassin John I Tzimiskes, and the infamous Basil II. Capturing the drama of battle as well as the strategic operations of each campaign, Romane depicts the new energy and improved methods of warfare developed in the late tenth and early eleventh century. He also sheds light on the court intrigues and political skullduggery of the period. These emperors were at war on all fronts, fighting for survival and dominance against enemies including the Arab caliphates, Bulgars, and the Holy Roman Empire, not to mention dealing with civil wars and rebellions. Romane’s careful research, drawing particularly on the evidence of Byzantine military manuals, allows him to produce a gripping narrative underpinned by a detailed understanding of the Byzantine tactics, organization, training and doctrine.

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Casemate Publishers

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1473845920

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9781473845923

An Ill-Timed Hideaway

By: Julian Wright

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An Ill-Timed Hideaway

By: Julian Wright

A splendid twist on an ethereal theme, An Ill-Timed Hideaway throws convention to the wind. Death, tired of eternal work, switches places with a mortal and looks forward to a weekend of peace and quiet - or so he has been led to believe... A two act play set in one room of a large country house, this is an excellent play for both amateur troupes and professional stages alike. ÒA true masterclass in the farce of English mannersÓ G. Reaper

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Lulu.com

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0244032548

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9780244032548

Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany

A Ditty Bag of Wonders from the Golden Age of Sail

By: Julian Stockwin

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Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany

A Ditty Bag of Wonders from the Golden Age of Sail

By: Julian Stockwin

Lt Cdr Julian Stockwin shares his love and knowledge of the sea in this entertaining collection of maritime stories and little-known trivia. Featuring nautical facts and feats, including superstitions at sea, the history of animals on the waves - until 1975 when all animals were banned from Royal Navy ships - and how the inventor of the umbrella helped man the British Navy, it is packed with informative tales. Focusing on the glory days of tall ships he explores marine myths and unearths the truth behind commonly held beliefs about the sea, such as whether Lord Nelson's body was really pickled in rum to transport it back to England after his death at Trafalgar. Interspersed throughout are salty sayings showing the modern words and phrases that originate from the mariners of old - 'cut of his jib', 'high and dry', 'the coast is clear', 'first rate' and 'slush fund'. Accompanied by nostalgic black and white line drawings Stockwin's Maritime Miscellany is a charming giftbook guaranteed to appeal to the sailing enthusiast, but also amuse and inform even the staunchest landlubber.

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Random House

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1407028758

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9781407028750

Out of Time

Music and the Making of Modernity

By: Julian Johnson

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Out of Time

Music and the Making of Modernity

By: Julian Johnson

What does music have to say about modernity? How can this apparently unworldly art tell us anything about modern life? In Out of Time, author Julian Johnson begins from the idea that it can, arguing that music renders an account of modernity from the inside, a history not of events but of sensibility, an archaeology of experience. If music is better understood from this broad perspective, our idea of modernity itself is also enriched by the specific insights of music. The result is a rehearing of modernity and a rethinking of music - an account that challenges ideas of linear progress and reconsiders the common concerns of music, old and new. If all music since 1600 is modern music, the similarities between Monteverdi and Schoenberg, Bach and Stravinsky, or Beethoven and Boulez, become far more significant than their obvious differences. Johnson elaborates this idea in relation to three related areas of experience - temporality, history and memory; space, place and technology; language, the body, and sound. Criss-crossing four centuries of Western culture, he moves between close readings of diverse musical examples (from the madrigal to electronic music) and drawing on the history of science and technology, literature, art, philosophy, and geography. Against the grain of chronology and the usual divisions of music history, Johnson proposes profound connections between musical works from quite different times and places. The multiple lines of the resulting map, similar to those of the London Underground, produce a bewildering network of plural connections, joining Stockhausen to Galileo, music printing to sound recording, the industrial revolution to motivic development, steam trains to waltzes. A significant and groundbreaking work, Out of Time is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of music and modernity.

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Oxford University Press

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0190233281

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9780190233280

Swallows, Amazons and Coots

A Reading of Arthur Ransome

By: Julian Lovelock

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Swallows, Amazons and Coots

A Reading of Arthur Ransome

By: Julian Lovelock

In 1929, Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), a journalist and war correspondent who was on the books of MI6, turned his hand to writing adventure stories for children. The result was Swallows and Amazons and eleven more wonderful books followed, spanning inpublication the turbulent years from 1930 to 1947. They changed the course of children's literature and have never been out of print since. In them, Ransome creates a world of escape so close to reality that it is utterly believable, a world in which things always turn out right in the end. Yet Swallows, Amazons and Coots shows that, to be properly appreciated today, the novels must be read as products of their era, inextricably bound up with Ransome's life and times as he bore witness to the end of Empire and the dark days of the Second World War. In the first critical book devoted wholly to the series, Julian Lovelock explores each novel in turn, offering an erudite assessment of Ransome's creative process and narrative technique, and highlighting his contradictory politics, his defence of rural England, and his reflections on colonialism and the place of women in society. Thus Lovelock demonstrates convincingly that, despite first appearances, the novels challenge as much as reinforce the pervading attitudes of their time.Written with a lightness of touch and enlivened by Ransome's own illustrations, Swallows, Amazons and Coots is both fresh and nostalgic. It will appeal to anyone who has enjoyed the world of Swallows and Amazons, and there is plenty here to challenge both the student and the Ransome enthusiast.

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Lutterworth Press

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0718844645

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Murder During the Hundred Year War

The Curious Case of Sir William Cantilupe

By: Melissa Julian-Jones

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Murder During the Hundred Year War

The Curious Case of Sir William Cantilupe

By: Melissa Julian-Jones

This in-depth study of a fourteenth-century murder explores the social fabric of the era through a tale of scandal and conspiracy among a noble family. In 1375, Sir William Cantilupe was found murdered in a field outside of a village in Lincolnshire. As the investigation progressed, fifteen members of his household were indicted for murder, and his armor-bearer and butler were convicted. Through the lens of this murder, Melissa Julian-Jones explores English society during the Hundred Years War, from crime and punishment to social norms and sexual deviance. Cantilupe’s murder was one of the first case to be tried under the Treason Act of 1351, which deemed the murder of a man by his wife or servants to be petty treason. It reveals the deep insecurities of England at this time, where violent rebellions within private households were a serious concern. Though the motives were never recorded, Julian-Jones considers the evidence as well as the relationships between Sir William and the suspects, including his wife, servants, and neighbors.

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Pen and Sword History

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1526750805

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9781526750808

Dimensions of Organisation Development

By: Julian Gross

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Dimensions of Organisation Development

By: Julian Gross

The theme of the book is to address the fundamental imperatives of management and organisation development, in order to develop vibrant, efficient and successful organisations. It will be valuable to the new manager and to the experienced manager alike, as it addresses aspects of specific management practice as well as the contextual framework in which these practices need to be exercised.

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Wordclay

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0980631424

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9780980631425

Inshore Craft

Traditional Working Vessels of the British Isles

By: Basil Greenhill,Julian Mannering

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Inshore Craft

Traditional Working Vessels of the British Isles

By: Basil Greenhill,Julian Mannering

This comprehensive reference work describes and illustrates some 200 types of inshore craft that once fished and traded, under oar and sail, around the coasts of the British Isles. The types are arranged by coastal area and each is described in terms of its shape and design, fitness for location and purpose, build, evolution and geographical distribution. Details of dimensions, rig, building materials, seamanship and the survival of examples are given where known, while hundreds of line drawings and photographs show the vessels in their original forms.A team of twelve experts describe all these boat types and, in addition, there are introductions to the main geographic areas outlining the physical environments, fisheries and other uses of the sea that have influenced boat design; maps of all the areas show ports and physical features.At the beginning of the last century sail and oar dominated fisheries and local trade: one hundred years later those craft have all but vanished. This book brings alive for maritime historians and enthusiasts, traditional boat sailors, modelmakers, and all those with an interest in local history, the vast array of craft that were once such a significant feature of our inshore seas.Inshore Craft is a spectacular achievement—Wooden Boat Magazine

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Pen and Sword

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1473822602

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9781473822603

Effective Practice In Health, Social Care And Criminal Justice

A Partnership Approach

By: Carnwell, Ros,Buchanan, Julian

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Effective Practice In Health, Social Care And Criminal Justice

A Partnership Approach

By: Carnwell, Ros,Buchanan, Julian

This accessible text brings together experts from the field to provide knowledge and insight into how multi-agency work can underpin effective practice with service users. The reader is helped to apply knowledge and theory by examining use of case studies, considering service user perspectives and answering critical questions.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335229115

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9780335229116

Now That's What I Call Chaos Magick

By: Greg Humphries,Julian Vayne

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Now That's What I Call Chaos Magick

By: Greg Humphries,Julian Vayne

Examines the theory behind many techniques used in magical, artistic, religious, and scientific systems of thought; then links and applies them towards desired goals"--Back cover verso.

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Mandrake

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1869928741

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9781869928742

Fallen Stars

Tragic Lives and Lost Careers

By: Julian Upton

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Fallen Stars

Tragic Lives and Lost Careers

By: Julian Upton

Fallen Stars probes the underside of fame to reveal a host of glittering careers stunted by ill-health, alcoholism, drug addiction and egomania. Twenty-one tales of stardom turned sour, these are the tragic final years of some of the world's best-loved actors and comedians, a latter-day Hollywood Babylon that includes Benny Hill, Diana Dors, Peter Sellers, Carry On legends and many others.

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Headpress

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1900486385

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9781900486385

Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion

By: Thomas Lloyd,Julian Orbach,Robert Scourfield

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Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion

By: Thomas Lloyd,Julian Orbach,Robert Scourfield

This sixth volume of the Buildings of Wales series covers two counties, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion (formerly Cardiganshire) in the south-west of Wales. Like the same authors' Pembrokeshire, the volume covers an architecture still little known, hut encompassing a sweep from prehistoric chambered tombs to the high technology of the world's largest single-span glasshouse. The Buildings of Wales, founded by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-83), will, when complete, document and describe the architecture of the Principality in seven regional volumes, complementing the sister series on England, Ireland and Scotland. In each one a gazetteer details all buildings of significance from megalithic tombs and Iron Age hill-forts, via grand seventeenth-century houses to Victorian domestic extravaganzas, great industrial centres and monumental public buildings. The countryside is explored to reveal churches, chapels, farmhouses, and traces of early industry. The gazetteer is complemented by an introduction which explains the broader context and builds a complete picture of the country's architectural identity. Each work is illustrated by numerous maps, plans and photographs, completed by glossaries and indexes, and gives a comprehensive and illuminating survey of the buildings of Wales.

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Yale University Press

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0300101791

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9780300101799

A Semiotic of Ethnicity

In (Re)cognition of the Italian/American Writer

By: Anthony Julian Tamburri

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A Semiotic of Ethnicity

In (Re)cognition of the Italian/American Writer

By: Anthony Julian Tamburri

Using semiotics as a theoretical foundation, this book reexamines the notion of the hyphenate writer. It argues for an analogous set of categories no longer chronologically or generationally based, but cognitively based, so that the traditionally considered "first-stage" or first-generation hyphenate writer now figures as an "expressive" writer who is not necessarily part of the immigrant or first American-born generations. He or she may actually belong to a later generation and write about his or her ethnicity with those characteristics more readily associated with the first-stage hyphenate writer.

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State University of New York Press

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143842177X

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9781438421773

Advanced Family Work for Schizophrenia

An Evidence-Based Approach

By: Julian P. Leff,Julian Leff

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Advanced Family Work for Schizophrenia

An Evidence-Based Approach

By: Julian P. Leff,Julian Leff

This book gives explanations of how to work with difficult schizophrenia cases. It describes 19 families with complex problems, explains the interventions that have been carried out by the community mental health team, and underlines the lessons learned.

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RCPsych Publications

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1904671276

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9781904671275

Snobs

By: Julian Fellowes

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Snobs

By: Julian Fellowes

From the Oscar(-winning screenwriter of "Gosford Park" comes a brilliant and revealing comedy of manners.

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Macmillan

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0312336926

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9780312336929

Greasy Chip Butty

A Love Supreme

By: Julian Sullivan

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Greasy Chip Butty

A Love Supreme

By: Julian Sullivan

You are invited to make a journey of exploration through an exciting landscape of life and faith. Let the chemistry of urban life surprise and inspire you. Let it challenge your deepest sense of self knowledge and belief. Experience the best of humanity where you expect not to find it and share the pain that defiles the beauty of unique human beings. Join us as we explore pathways to wholeness and healing for people and communities and learn never to lose hope. We believe in the art of the possible, the value of instant improvisation, and that out of the mistakes we will make, we can produce something beautiful. Learn to go beyond horizons of our own making and discover more than we can ask or think. Take time to savour the art, which offers fresh insight into time-honoured stories of courage and faith in desperate situations; of joy and celebration; of compassion, perseverance, and dogged determination; deep contentment at the fulfilment of endeavour. Encounter the fragrance of generosity of spirit; and the love which embraces injustice and suffering, transforming them beyond all we can imagine. Join me on this journey that has no end but just gets better. As we walk together, we may discover pearls of great price, and not a little humour on the way. “Greasy Chip Butty is a textured, local authentic history in a very real and rapidly changing place. Those stories deserve to be studied and celebrated and the wisdom garnered from them needs to be widely shared.” – Steven Croft, Bishop of Oxford. “What a great read! A moving and wonderful example of doing narrative theology on the hoof ... reflecting on change, risk taking and adventure.” – John Thomson, Bishop of Selby “I read Greasy Chip Butty with delight and new learning. A kaleidoscopic and impressionistic narrative which, through the lens of music and art, shows how God has been at work in one specific neighbourhood of Sheffield.” – Pete Wilcox, Bishop of Sheffield.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1398440507

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9781398440500

A Philosophy of the Human Being

By: Julian A. Davies

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A Philosophy of the Human Being

By: Julian A. Davies

This book is an accessible text that explores what it means to be human. It is designed for an introductory course in Philosophy of the Human Being and contains an abundance of current examples, with embedded quotations from philosophers and selections from contemporary writers following the chapters. The author provides an introduction to philosophy, then discusses the topics of human sociability, intelligence, freedom, duality, individuality, and immortality. He concludes by highlighting the contrast between realism and materialism. This systematic approach focuses on issues, with a minimum of metaphysical superstructure and jargon, and provides connections between the readings. Book jacket.

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University Press of America

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076184516X

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