From A Pilgrim's Progress to The Shack, books with a religious or spiritual theme. Uplifting and enlightening.
Religious & Spiritual Fiction Books
Little, Brown & Company The Fourth Prophecy
Book SynopsisA beloved professor of theology and archaeology at Harvard, Cal Donovan has achieved renown - but he drops everything when he is called by his friend Pope Celestine to investigate the potential existence of a mysterious prophecy. And it soon becomes clear that another party is desperate and willing to kill for the same information.In a race against time that will lead him from Lisbon to Rome and to London and Paris, Donovan will become the only person standing in the way of unspeakable destruction. Now his only hope for survival is to outwit, outrun, and outlast his enemies long enough to get to the truth behind the Fourth Prophecy.
£13.29
Amazon Publishing Well Behaved Wives: A Novel
Book SynopsisPerfect wives, imperfect lives, and upending the rules of behavior in 1960s America. Law school graduate and newlywed Ruth Appelbaum is acclimating to life and marriage in a posh Philadelphia neighborhood. She’ll do almost anything to endear herself to her mother-in-law, who’s already signed up Ruth for etiquette lessons conducted by the impeccably accessorized tutor Lillian Diamond. But Ruth brings something fresh to the small circle of housewives—sharp wit, honesty, and an independent streak that won’t be compromised. Right away Ruth develops a friendship with the shy Carrie Blum. When Carrie divulges a dark and disturbing secret lurking beneath her seemingly perfect life, Ruth invites Lillian and the Diamond Girls of the etiquette school to finally question the status quo. Together they form an unbreakable bond and stretch well beyond their comfort zones. For once, they’ll challenge what others expect from them, discover what they expect from themselves, and do whatever it takes to protect one of their own—fine manners be damned.Trade Review“This book is an insightful and entertaining glimpse into the many struggles of housewives. Recommended for anyone wanting to know some of the true costs of ‘picturesque’ behavior in suburbia.” —Historical Novels Review “Fans of Amy Sue Nathan’s previous four novels will be delighted with Well Behaved Wives. Nathan introduces us to a group of women who come together in the name of friendship and who each find the courage to stand in their own truth.” —Renee Rosen, USA Today bestselling author of The Social Graces and Park Avenue Summer
£8.54
Amazon Publishing Bleak Landing
Book SynopsisIn the dead-end Canadian town of Bleak Landing, twelve-year-old Irish immigrant Bridget O’Sullivan lives in a ramshackle house and dreams of another life, even as the Great Depression rages. Routinely beaten by her father and bullied by schoolmate Victor Harrison, the waifish yet fiery redhead vows to run away and never return. Just a few short years later, run she does—fleeing the unspeakable repercussions of her father’s gambling. In Winnipeg, Bridget lands a job at a garment factory, the first step on her journey to shed her past and begin anew. When her father dies, Bridget—now a striking and accomplished woman—returns home to claim her inheritance. But she has no identification to prove her stake, and no one in town recognizes her—except Victor, who has become a pastor and a candidate for town mayor. Though war has wounded him, his secret affection for Bridget remains, and now he’s the only one who can help her prove her integrity. But can he also prove he’s a changed man worthy of her forgiveness? As Victor preaches of freedom in faith, will his words spark Bridget’s once-hopeless heart and lead her to the life she’s been seeking?
£8.54
Little, Brown & Company Hannah's Hope
Book SynopsisHannah Roberts is the golden only-child with a perfectly scheduled life, raised in a prominent political family.Living with her wealthy, unaffectionate grandmother while her parents work abroad, Hannah prepares to spend a lonely Christmas when she learns a shocking truth: the man she believed was her father is not her parent after all. In an effort to find answers, she begins a desperate search for her real father, Army helicopter pilot Mike Conner, who she discovers to be the man of her distant childhood memories.Local politicians and the city's newspaper catch wind of her quest, and the entire state joins in Hannah's hope that she'll find her father before Christmas.
£12.59
Charisma House Oracle, The
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Other Press LLC The Parting Gift
Book SynopsisAn erotic tale of jealousy, obsession, and revenge.
£13.49
Other Press LLC Isaac's Torah: A Novel
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£15.29
Focus on the Family Publishing The Chosen Book Two: Come and See: A Novel Based
Book SynopsisAs Jesus? ministry grew, more and more people wanted to hear and be healed by this man claiming to be the Messiah. Some were eager; others were critical and reluctant. All, by encountering Jesus, were forever changed.Follow along with Jesus? disciples as they witness miraculous healings, confrontations with the religious establishment, growing concern among Roman officials over Jesus? popularity, and, most of all, love personified.Based on the acclaimed TV series, The Chosen, the most amazing story ever told?the life of Jesus?gets a fresh, new telling from New York Times bestselling author Jerry B. Jenkins.The Chosen: Come and See captures all the action and drama in season two of The Chosen TV series. But it does much more than reflect the show. It also takes us into the backstory, thoughts, and motivations of key characters like Simon (who will later be called Peter), Matthew, Philip, Mary Magdalene, Simon the Zealot, and others. It helps us see them even more as very real, very human, and very much like us.
£22.79
BroadStreet Publishing The Chosen - Come and See
Book SynopsisThe Chosen: Come and See is the second instalment of The Chosen books, a series of novels based on the global video phenomenon The Chosen. This book follows season 2 and contains not only the stories told in the video series, but also compelling back stories, thoughts, and motivations of key characters that will give the reader fresh insights that cannot be gained by just watching the video series. The Chosen novels are a tool to help readers and viewers of the series draw into a deeper relationship with Jesus as represented in the New Testament. Through this book, readers will identify with the real life struggles, victories, doubts, and issues that every person experiences—even those personally chosen by Jesus.
£17.09
She Writes Press Bethlehem Road
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£15.29
Bibliotech Press The Man of the Desert
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Gilead Publishing Darkwater Secrets
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Turner Publishing Company The Kindness of Strangers
Book SynopsisIn the third installment of the Amos Parisman Mysteries series, Amos finds himself on the twisted trail of a dangerous killer as he enters the heart of inequity in his community.Amos Parisman, L.A.’s oldest and most stubborn Jewish gumshoe, has never learned how to properly retire. He has little to do and his options are narrowing day by day, until he stumbles across the body of a local homeless woman in Park La Brea. Despite the instruction of Amos’ comrade, Lieutenant Malloy, who tells him not to get involved, the police find that they could use someone unconventional like Parisman, someone who knows the neighborhood and is willing to go the extra mile. As more homeless people begin turning up dead in the area, though, Amos soon realizes he is hunting a serial killer with a gruesome vendetta against the vulnerable and disadvantaged.Battling moral and civil questions regarding the invisible class, The Kindness of Strangers is a gripping look into the lives of those who sleep in the dust, the value we place on those who aren’t like us, and the damage that homelessness inflicts on the human spirit.Trade Review“There's a melancholy tone of loss in Weinberger's follow-up to Reason to Kill. The purposeful pace is befitting of the aging Amos as he tackles a case whose victims are largely neglected by society.” ―Library Journal“Smoothly paced . . . [The Kindness of Strangers] has all the characteristics of traditional noir—harsh urban street life versus cloistered affluence; cheap dives and hangouts; an eclectic mix of eccentric secondary characters . . . Weinberger offers a gentle counterbalance to Walter Mosley’s more hard-knuckled Easy Rawlins series.” ―Publishers Weekly“Compelling . . . The novel evokes Los Angeles as few do . . . Angelinos will find themselves at home in the novel’s physical and culinary landscape.” —The Jewish News of Northern California“A wonderful voice, great storytelling, and a completely unique character.” ―First Clue"Down in L.A., Andy Weinberger's detective Amos Parisman is a Talmudic gumshoe—he's ethically motivated, and often in his investigations, life is really more about asking the right questions than assuming you will actually find the right answers. (I daydream Parisman meeting Eddie Muller, the host of Noir Alley for TCM, in a dive near the Chateau Marmont and talking all night.) Since Weinberger 'started late' as a writer, it's only fair to his loyal readers that he finds a way to continue writing about Amos Parisman and Lieutenant Malloy well into the afterlife. Weinberger is an astonishingly gifted and big-hearted storyteller." —Howard Norman, author of Next Life Might Be Kinder"If you wish someone still wrote classic, hard-boiled detective novels, Andy Weinberger does! Every installment in this series is a pure pleasure to read, and The Kindness of Strangers is no exception. Amos Parisman is a cantankerous but large-hearted old man pursuing wrongdoers for all the right reasons. His voice is pitch-perfect, and the Los Angeles he inhabits is instantly familiar. Any fan of authentic detective fiction will adore this novel." ―Amy Stewart, bestselling author of the Kopp Sisters Series"The Kindness of Strangers combines an engrossing mystery with a vivid feeling of humanity. The Amos Parisman series is equal parts suspenseful and soulful, witty and worldly wise, entertaining and heart-breaking. And he’s Jewish, too! What’s not to like?" ―Elliott Kalan, co-host of The Flop House podcast
£11.04
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC From Infamy to Hope
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Hay House UK Ltd The Art of Purring
Book SynopsisThe Dalai Lama's cat is back - older, a bit wiser and as curious as ever."What makes you purr? Of all the questions in the world, this is the most important... Because no matter whether you are a playful kitten or sedentary senior, whether you're a scrawny alley Tom, or sleek-coated uptown girl, whatever your circumstances you just want to be happy. Not the kind of happy that comes and goes like a can of flaked tuna, but an enduring happiness. The deep down happiness that makes you purr from the heart." In this book, the Dalai Lama sets for his lovable feline companion the task of investigating The Art of Purring. Whether it's the humorous insights gained from a visiting Ivy League Psychology Professor, the extraordinary research of a world-famous biologist, or the life-changing revelations of a mystical yogi, His Holiness's Cat encounters a wealth of wisdom about happiness. And what she discovers changes the way she sees herself forever. With a much loved - and growing - cast of characters from the local community and His Holiness's residence, as well as encounters with intriguing strangers and celebrities from far and wide, The Art of Purring will transport readers in another unforgettable story. Along the way they will come to understand how elements of contemporary science and Buddhism converge. And, once again, they will feel the warmth of compassion and non-attachment that radiate from the heart of the Dalai Lama's teachings about our quest for enduring happiness.Trade ReviewPraise for The Dalai Lama's Cat: A truly heartwarming story that'll have you hooked from the first page. Soul & Spirit magazine This enchanting story is a rare treat. I highly recommend it! -- Gay Hendricks author of Conscious Living and The First Rule of Ten Some cat books are catnip for the soul but The Dalai Lama's Cat is best described as nirvana for the cat lover's soul. A transcendent book destined to be a classic. CatWisdom101.com
£999.99
Pushkin Press The Book of Paradise: The Marvellous Life Story
Book SynopsisThe raucously witty Yiddish classic about a Jewish Paradise afflicted by very human temptations and pains, in a new translation On being expelled from Paradise, young Samuel Abba pulls a crafty trick, managing to arrive on earth with his memory intact. He quickly begins regaling the humans around him with mischievous stories of a Paradise far from their expectations: a world of drunken angels, lewd patriarchs and the same divisions and temptations that shape the human world. The Book of Paradise is a comic masterpiece, and the only novel by one of the great Yiddish writers. Written in the midst of rising anti-Semitism in 1930s Europe, its raucous blend of sacred and profane is a slyly profound reflection of the author's turbulent times.Trade Review“Electrifying…sparkles with Manger’s song and poetry, and is brilliantly layered with literary and folkloric references.” — Tablet“There is something joyous about Manger’s playful language.” — The Jewish Chronicle
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SPCK Publishing With Hearts and Hymns and Voices: A novel
Book SynopsisWhen the BBC Songs of Praise team decides to broadcast a Palm Sunday service from a small idyllic Suffolk village, not everyone is happy. The vicar, Clive, is amiably absent-minded, but his practical wife Helen gets on well with the television team - perhaps a little too well, where the charming, enigmatic Michael is concerned. Charles, the Parish Council chairman, is deeply opposed and resents the enthusiasm of other villagers - including his wife Betty. As the outside broadcast vehicles roll in, the emotional temperature rises...
£9.49
SPCK Publishing Manacle: Some bonds can't be broken
Book SynopsisThere is a dark presence in Phin's life. His step-father is a drunk and his malevolence poisons their home. One evening the violence gets out of control and as Phin's mother drags his broken body away, she can only think of one place to take him: to the local healer. But this healer deals in more than medicinal remedies and at her insistence he calls on the spirits to ensure Phin is never harmed again. However, his words are more than a call, they are invitation - one that the spirits welcome as a legion descend and take root within Phin. Phin awakens to discover he is no longer in control of his mind or his body, and something is certainly inhabiting his soul. He possesses super-human strength and immediately takes revenge on his step-father. This would have sated Phin, but the spirits have other ideas - they drive him into the wilderness and all who go to him quickly rue the day. As he terrorises the village, soldiers come to remove him - but how do you restrain a man who can break the strongest of manacles. And is there any hope for one who has been overcome by darkness?
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Vintage Publishing Heart Sutra
Book SynopsisMulti-prizewinning and internationally acclaimed Yan Lianke -- 'China's most controversial novelist' (New Yorker) -- returns with a campus novel like no other following a young Buddhist as she journeys through worldly temptationTo tell the truth, religious faith is really just a matter of believing stories. The world is governed by stories, and it is for the sake of stories that everyone lives on this earth.Yahui is a young Buddhist at university. But this is no ordinary university. It is populated by every faith in China: Buddhists, Daoists, Catholics, Protestants and Muslims who jostle alongside one another in the corridors of learning, and whose deities are never far from the classroom.Her days are measured out making elaborate religious papercuts, taking part in highly charged tug-of-war competitions between the faiths and trying to resist the daily temptation to return to secular life and abandon the ascetic ideals that are her calling. Everything seems to dangle by a thread. But when she meets a Daoist student called Mingzheng, an inexorable romance of mythic proportions takes hold of her.In this profoundly otherworldly novel, Chinese master Yan Lianke remakes the campus novel in typically visionary fashion, dropping readers into an allegorical world ostensibly far from our own, but which reflects our own questions and struggles right back at us.** Beautiful edition illustrated throughout with beautiful original papercuts **'One of China's greatest living authors' Guardian'His talent cannot be ignored' New York Times'China's foremost literary satirist' Financial TimesTrade ReviewHeart Sutra...has startling pleasures... similes are sharp, synaesthetic and anchored in the lives of the characters * The Telegraph *Heart Sutra is a warm-hearted, if not gentle, satire that skewers religious institutions without mocking faith itself . . . A deeply satisfying read . . . Yan's storytelling has a luminous, irrepressible quality -- Lily Meyer * NPR *Picaresque, but with serious matters of faith, love, and political wrangling at its fast-beating heart * Kirkus (starred review) *Heart Sutra brings clarity to the dynamic and fraught relations between organised religion and the party on a broader scale and does not shy from difficult histories -- Bryan Karetnyk * Financial Times *[An] otherworldly novel * Asian Art Newspaper, *Books of the Year* *
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Cornerstone A Walk Along the Beach
Book Synopsis___________________________Sisters Willa and Harper mean the world to each other.Inseparable since the loss of their mother as teenagers, the Lakey sisters are perfect opposites. Quiet, demure Willa has always admired Harper's sense of adventure. She enjoys her peaceful routine as a café owner in their coastal hometown of Oceanside. When a handsome customer shows interest in Willa, Harper urges her sister to take a chance on love. Then Harper receives crushing news that threatens to bring everything to a halt. Only by supporting each other will the sisters be able to face the trials to come. And though the time ahead may be tough, Willa and Harper will discover that the darkest times can lead to the most beautiful rewards.___________________________Praise for Debbie Macomber 'An ideal holiday book' Good Housekeeping 'If there's a star in the romance and women's fiction firmament, chances are high it's Debbie Macomber' Publisher's Weekly
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Eye Books The Hopkins Conundrum: A Tragic Comedy About
Book SynopsisTim Cleverley inherits a failing pub in Wales, which he plans to rescue by enlisting an American pulp novelist to concoct an entirely fabricated "mystery" about Gerald Manley Hopkins, who composed "The Wreck of the Deutschland" nearby. Blending the real stories of Hopkins and the shipwrecked nuns he wrote about with a contemporary love story, while casting a wry eye on the Dan Brown industry, The Hopkins Conundrum is a highly original mix of commercial fiction, literary biography, and satirical commentary.Trade Review"Genuinely funny and deeply poignant" - Daily Express; "Edge wears his Hopkins learning lightly, sprinkling the book with snippets while avoiding didacticism or handholding... it's a merry page-turner" - The Spectator; "A comedy with a touching emphasis on the importance of truth in human relationships." - The Tablet; "A witty satire... By turns gripping and laugh-out-loud funny" - Press and Journal; "Hugely entertaining... Edge's excoriating analysis is an utter delight" - WI Life
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Canterbury Press Norwich The Infernal Word: Notes from a Rebel Angel
Book SynopsisSee the Biblical story in an unusual light - from the perspective of a devil who took up arms against heaven under the leadership of Satan. With eternity to ponder why God emerged triumphant from the struggle, this rebel angel has turned to the Bible, the record of God’s dealings with ‘the humans’ to find out why his side was defeated. In twelve chapters, he considers a dozen of God’s significant encounters with humanity - each take placing on a mountain top. From Mount Ararat where Noah’s ark pitched up, to the Mount of Ascension where Jesus returns to heaven, each reveals an aspect of God’s inexplicable and unfathomable love for humans. Beneath their conversational and sardonic surface style, these infernal reflections engage deeply with the reality of a loving God who is made visible and vulnerable in Christ. The Infernal Word began as a series of addresses preached on Good Friday in Canterbury Cathedral. They make ideal seasonal reading for anyone who wishes to explore the story of salvation - although perhaps not if you are a devil.Trade Review‘Witty and learned – Milton’s rebel angels re-imagined for the 21st century.’ -- Tom Holland‘Deceptively simple; profoundly insightful; immensely entertaining.’ -- Archbishop Justin Welby
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Collective Ink Angel at the Paradise Hotel: A Novel
Book SynopsisWhen tourism transforms a fishing village on the green and beautiful Greek island of Corfu, old hatreds, envy and greed threaten to tear the community apart. Behind the scenes, personal demons fuel division while guardian angels battle to neutralize their influence… Hotelier Jason - planning to get rich - ruthlessly chases his goal, unaware of the trouble and danger he is stirring up. Three visitors from Ireland, America and Wales bring their own problems. Clare, running from a broken relationship, is drawn into a love triangle with Jason. Aeron, battling a mid-life crisis, is closer to despair than he realizes - while Bethany, jolted by a Big Birthday into doing a Shirley Valentine, is hoping it will sort her life out. As the sizzling summer unfolds, each faces make-or break-challenges. Extra help is at hand though, with the arrival of Gabriella, angel of Greece. When meddling demons prevail, and smouldering greed and vengeance reach flashpoint, can she avert disaster?
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Olympia Publishers Saga the Philosopher Mirror of the Soul
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Ebury Publishing Bodhisattva Blues
Book SynopsisEd is stuck in a rut - his part-time 'career' is going nowhere, his love life's a joke and his wallet's always empty.The thing about a rut, though, is at least you know where you are.So when Ed runs into an old acquaintance and is sucked into a drama of street crime and high-stakes property dealings, he turns to the principles that once served him well. Except - he's not sure if he can still trust them, especially as his Buddhist practice is a bit on the rusty side...Written by Edward Canfor-Dumas, award-winning screen writer and novelist, this is an urban story with a twist and a wry appreciation of the challenges we face every day - whether we're muddling by, or, like Ed, suffering from a severe case of the bodhisattva blues...A book for everyone who's ever wondered whether enlightenment really is compatible with the daily commute.Trade ReviewCompelling...An engaging book that will surely see you pondering the challenges and patterns in your own life * Spirit FM *
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Alma Books Ltd The Dream: Annotated edition with a forward by
Book Synopsis"Finding the young Angélique on their doorstep one Christmas Eve, the pious Hubert couple decide to bring her up as their own. As the girl grows up in the vicinity of the town’s towering cathedral and learns her parents’ trade of embroidery, she becomes increasingly fascinated by the lives of the saints, a passion fuelled by her reading of the Golden Legend and other mystical Christian writings. One day love, in the shape of Felicien Hautecoeur, enters the dream world she has constructed around herself, bringing about upheaval and distress. Although it provides a detailed portrait of provincial nineteenth-century life and adheres to a naturalist approach, The Dream eschews many of the characteristics of Zola’s other novels of the Rougon-Macquart cycle – such as a pronounced polemical agenda or a gritty subject matter – offering instead a timeless, lyrical tale of love and innocence."Trade ReviewI consider Zola’s books among the very best of the present time. -- Vincent Van Gogh
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Poetry Wales Press The Gospel of Us
Book SynopsisThis novella by Owen Sheers retells the Passion of Christ, based on the author''s groundbreaking National Theatre of Wales play starring Michael Sheen and performed over three days in Port Talbot.
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Highland Books Letters from Henry: Songs for a brighter morning
Book SynopsisThe thoughts of a younger man as he sorts through a collection of letters from a recently deceased older mentor. He not only gets to know his mentor better, but also begins to suspect that the mentoring relationship has somehow morphed rather than ended...
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Pilot Productions Ltd Don Camillo of la Bassa
Book SynopsisVintage Don Camillo stories, all but one in English for the first time.La Bassa is the home of Don Camillo and Peppone, the lowland plain on the banks of Italy’s Po River where their hilarious goings-on are set. Their creator was born there and returned to live in 1952. The following years were among the happiest in his life: it was a time when he was wholly in tune with the spirit of the place and when most of the present stories were written.Many of these stories were published in Italy under the equivocal title, 'People Like Us'. There is a strong affinity between the fictional characters and the real people of la Bassa. And we like them not least because their stories espouse the instinctive humanity and fundamental compassion which it is their creator’s purpose to reveal.‘So shrewd a glimpse into the minds of the people…’ London Evening News'Absolutely delightful in their satirical swipes at human weakness.' - Paul MertonTrade Review‘Written with such warmth and simplicity, so concerned with the trivialities of everyday life and giving us so shrewd a glimpse into the minds of the people . . .’ London Evening News;'Giovanni Guareschi's tales of Don Camillo, the Italian priest with a hefty left hook, are absolutely delightful in their satirical swipes at human weakness.' Paul Merton;'Instinctive humanity and compassion.' Guardian;‘Charming and enchanting . . . Witty and wise.’ Edinburgh Evening NewsTable of ContentsTwo Paths (1950) A Chronicle Continued (1950) Il Crik (1953) Ceratom (1953) Incognito (1953) Nembo (1953) Comrade Bramble (1953) Giannona (1953) Care Home (1953) A Night in the Kremlin (1953) Faith (1953) Sister Philomena (1953) Festival (1953) Two Mid-Season Saints (1953) A Colossus with Feet of Cloth (1953) The Lottery (1953) The Pale Spumarino (1953) The Passagatto (1953) An Old Teacher of Nature (1953) Common Sense (1954) National Unity (1954) Poetic Justice (1954) Royal Reserve (1954) The Attack (1954) The Science of Life (1954) The Chest of Drawers (1956)
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Instant Apostle Namestone
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Instant Apostle At Therapy's End: Facing the past would give them
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Instant Apostle Rooks at Dusk: On the other side of despair, what
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Barbican Press Lost Gospel of Lazarus
Book SynopsisOne of the Best Books of the Year a Must Read Sunday Times In the New Testament, we are told that Jesus resurrected a beloved friend named Lazarus from the dead. Yet the Gospel of John which contains this episode does not tell us how Jesus accomplished this miracle or if he had a special purpose for saving his companion. In The Gospel According to Lazarus, Richard Zimler narrates this mysterious and influential story from Lazarus' own point of view. After he is awakened from death, Lazarus has difficulties regaining his previous identity and confidence. His experience of death has left him fragile and disoriented, and his newfound fame is a burden he does not want. Worse, his faith has been shattered because he remembers nothing of any afterlife. In compelling flashbacks, we learn of Lazarus' initial meeting with Jesus during their boyhood in Nazareth and discover how he came to earn his friend's trust and gratitude. Back in the present time during the Passion Week Jesus tells him, however, that their meeting as young boys was no accident and offers a surprising explanation for why he brought them together. After Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, Lazarus concludes that his whole life may have been a test for this chance to save his beloved friend from crucifixion. But will Jesus accept Lazarus' final sacrifice? In Zimler's impeccably researched and highly moving novel, Jesus is presented as a mystical healer within the context of ancient Jewish practice and tradition. Indeed, one of the objectives of this novel was to restore to him and the other characters their Judaism. AUTHOR: Richard Zimler's eleven novels have been translated into twenty-three languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in twelve different countries, including the UK, United States, Australia, Brazil, Italy and Portugal. Five of his works have been nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award, the richest prize in the English-speaking world, and he has won prizes for his fiction in the UK, America, France and Portugal. Richard has explored the lives of different branches and generations of a Portuguese-Jewish family in four highly acclaimed historical novels, starting with The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, now in development as a major film. He grew up in New York and since 1990 has lived in Porto, Portugal. For his contributions to Portuguese culture he was awarded the city's highest distinction, the Medal of Honour.Trade Review'Novels based on Bible narratives are thin on the ground in our secular times, and can be hit-or-miss affairs, but Richard Zimler’s The Gospel According to Lazarus is both engaging theology and literary thriller. How amazing to be Lazarus and get a second bite at life, I used to think, until I read this reverent and subtle meditation on the ways in which the dead can interact with the living, chronicling a profound friendship between Yeshua (Jesus) and Lazarus, in which each saves the other’s life.'- Church Times'Rich in detail and perception and grounded in the sensual compulsions of life such as hunger, pain, interpersonal relations and psychological eccentricities... Zimler’s tone is compassionate. His audience may find, in its evocation of intrigue, passion and trauma, aspects of a biblical thriller.'- Jewish Chronicle'A very human tale of rivalry, betrayal, power-grabbing and sacrifice . . . Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of this brave and engaging novel is that Zimler manages to make the best-known narrative in western culture a page-turner. I simply had to keep going to the end to know what would happen.'- The Observer
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SPCK Publishing Realms of Glory: (Lindchester Chronicles 3)
Book SynopsisHow will it all end? Come, dear reader, and join with the good and the bad of the Diocese of Lindchester as they navigate their way through the storms of 2016. What does the year hold in this best of times, this worst of times; this season of bake-offs and food banks, of muscular theological hope and hand-wringing theological despair? We will peep through many a stained-glass window in pursuit of answers. Will the new bishop - dubbed Steve-angelical by his detractors - impose the evils of management on the timeless beauty of Anglicanism? Will kind Dean Marion collude with him? Will Archdeacon Matt be the next bishop of Barcup - and what will Jane think of that? And will Freddie - more lovely than a summer's day, though far less temperate - finally find love and happiness? Times are dark in this, the final volume of the Lindchester Chronicles, but we may yet glimpse a touch of radiance around the grubby edges of our characters. So let us soar as best we can on Anglican wings, towards those unseen Realms of Glory. 'Catherine Fox's glorious Lindchester series is the twenty-first-century answer to Trollope's Barchester - but Trollope was never so funny, so fundamentally kind, or so mischievously attentive to grace.' Francis Spufford, author of Golden HillTrade ReviewCatherine Fox's glorious Lindchester series is the twenty-first-century answer to Trollope's Barchester - but Trollope was never so funny, so fundamentally kind, or so mischievously attentive to grace. -- Francis Spufford, author of Golden Hill on REALMS OF GLORYWith wit and humour, [Catherine Fox] offers a satirical look at the Church with the type of affection that only an insider can manage. Read this and laugh, weep and empathise with Freddie and the others. Realms of Glory is my favourite of the Lindchester Chronicles trilogy, but do read the others first (Acts and Omissions and Unseen Things Above) to enjoy it at its best. (And, no, I haven’t been paid by author or publisher to say that.) * Church Times on REALMS OF GLORY *What makes Realms of Glory such a delight is the humour, humanity and the strong characters . . . that come off the page and hang around in your head . . . This is not safe Christian fiction, because we don't live in a safe Christian world. * Christianity magazine *How likely is this book to be relevant to an area of your ministry? It won't help you in your sermon preparation, but it will be some excellent light relief as well as raise a wry smile about the preoccupations of the dear old CofE, something we can all do with. * The Reader *These books are utterly unputdownable, gossipy, subtle and wise. What’s astonishing is that despite Catherine Fox’s sharp awareness of the feet of clay under surplices, she somehow makes you believe several cheering things that most modern fiction doesn’t: that the natural world is endlessly beautiful, that most people aspire to goodness even if they fall flat on their faces, and that the attempt to live a good life is worthwhile. Kudos to SPCK for being inspired by Fox’s work to set up a brand new fiction imprint. -- Maggie Gee, novelist & Professor of Creative Writing, Bath Spa University, on Acts and Omissions and Unseen Things AboveWhat a treat it is to have some Fresh Expressions from the diocese of Lindchester. Catherine Fox’s second helping of bad language, sex and Evensong is Anglicanism at its best; her wit, compassion and rueful optimism are irresistible. -- Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford, on Unseen Things AboveIf you want to understand the Church of England in the twenty-first century – not just its official persona but its more elusive inner character – Catherine Fox is a reliable guide. Her colourful morality tales spare no one’s blushes, but she writes with accuracy and affection about an institution to which, despite its flaws, she is profoundly committed as a witness to faith, hope and love. Hugely enjoyable. -- Michael Sadgrove, Former Dean of Durham[On ACTS AND OMISSIONS]: A delightful portrait of the follies and foibles in a contemporary Anglican diocese, written with wit, wisdom and impeccable liberal sympathies. -- Michael Arditti, author and criticCatherine Fox writes not merely with affection but with love for an institution that is creaking under the weight of its own contradictions . . . The Diocese of Lindchester is full of people who bless one another, sometimes without realizing it. They blessed me.’ -- The Very Revd Kelvin Holdsworth, Provost, St Mary’s Cathedral, GlasgowA delicious novel: clever, witty and subtle. -- The Baroness SherlockActs and Omissions is brave and beautiful, devastatingly honest, mercilessly funny, fundamentally kind. -- Dr Margaret Masson, Vice-Principal, St Chad’s College, DurhamBrims with wit and heart, acknowledging the awkwardness and consolations of Anglicanism in the twenty-first century. Hugely entertaining and highly recommended. -- Richard Beard, author of Lazarus is Dead
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SPCK Publishing Unseen Things Above: (Lindchester Chronicles 2)
Book SynopsisWho will be the next bishop of Lindchester? That's what everyone's been asking since bishop Paul Henderson resigned in haste and a whiff of scandal. Unseen Things Above rejoins our friends in the diocese as they address themselves to the labyrinthine process of appointing his replacement. When they aren't arguing about love and marriage, that is. Should Jane renounce her feminist orthodoxy and wed the manly archdeacon? Could Father Ed defy the House of Bishops and marry Neil? And how many hearts will start atrembling when the gorgeous but volatile Freddie May returns to the Cathedral Close? Come, dear reader, and clamber once again onto the liturgical rollercoaster. Travel from Easter to Advent with bishops, archbishops, and all the company of Lindchester. Hang on to your hat as you're whirled through ups and downs and twists of plot. There are unseen things above, all right. But if you manage to open your eyes, the view from the top is glorious.Trade Review‘Brims with wit and heart, acknowledging the awkwardness and consolations of Anglicanism in the twenty-first century. Hugely entertaining and highly recommended.’ * Richard Beard, author of Lazarus is Dead *Acts and Omissions is brave and beautiful, devastatingly honest, mercilessly funny, fundamentally kind.’ * Dr Margaret Masson, Vice-Principal, St Chad’s College, Durham *Janet Beer, vice-chancellor, University of Liverpool, has some seasonal advice for readers. "Unsure what to buy the Trollope devotee in your life for Christmas? Look no further than Catherine Fox’s Acts and Omissions (SPCK, 2014) and Unseen Things Above (Marylebone House, 2015) for a refresher course not only in cathedral politics, but also a set of profound, although lightly drawn, insights into the contemporary Anglican communion. This is not pastiche: Fox’s voice is not Trollope’s, it is her own – witty, meddling, compassionate – and in this last regard she most resembles her predecessor. The men and women of the church in Fox’s world go about their professional and personal lives much as the rest of us do. They are susceptible to temptation, and to the odd bit of inappropriate behaviour, but in the main their stories are compelling because the ethical dilemmas that afflict us all from time to time are their daily bread but exotic fare for most readers. -- Janet Beer * The Times Higher Education *
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SPCK Publishing Acts and Omissions: (Lindchester Chronicles 1)
Book SynopsisThe Bishop of Lindchester is happily married with four daughters. But does he have a secret? Archdeacon Matt is inclined to think not. That said, it's obvious to him that Bishop Paul's got a pretty big bee in his mitre about the brilliant but troubled Freddie May . . . Welcome to the fictional Diocese of Lindchester, where you will be taken (dear reader) on a yearlong romp in the company of bishops, priests and lay people. Prepare yourself for a bumpy and hilarious ride from the rarefied heights of the Cathedral Close down to the coalface of ordinary urban and rural parishes. Acts and Omissions reveals the Church of England in all its mess and glory. It is a world shot through with grace, but one where even the best intentioned err and stray. And occasionally do those things which they ought not to have done . . .Trade ReviewThe novel brims with wit and heart, acknowledging the awkwardness and consolations of Anglicanism in the twenty-first century. Hugely entertaining and highly recommended. * Richard Beard, author of Lazarus is Dead *This is a funny, affectionate, and devastatingly accurate portrayal of the Church of England today... in fact its literary heritage is altogether impeccable. ...she brings a sharp and exceptionally well-informed eye to bear on the foibles of the C of E... The plot is, however, driven by her wickedly observed characters , operating within a framework that will be immediately familiar to Anglican readers, but whose mysteries are skilfully explained for others. Her setting, in the cathedral city of Lindchester, is a world that is both fictional and familiar. Her narrative incorporates snatches of favourite hymns; unexpected theological revelations catch at the back of the throat as they bring a bible passage movingly to life. Underlying the racy and eminently plausible storyline, however, is a profound exploration of the big themes of judgement and mercy; above all, of love. -- Caroline Chartes * Church Times *Janet Beer, vice-chancellor, University of Liverpool, has some seasonal advice for readers. "Unsure what to buy the Trollope devotee in your life for Christmas? Look no further than Catherine Fox’s Acts and Omissions (SPCK, 2014) and Unseen Things Above (Marylebone House, 2015) for a refresher course not only in cathedral politics, but also a set of profound, although lightly drawn, insights into the contemporary Anglican communion. This is not pastiche: Fox’s voice is not Trollope’s, it is her own – witty, meddling, compassionate – and in this last regard she most resembles her predecessor. The men and women of the church in Fox’s world go about their professional and personal lives much as the rest of us do. They are susceptible to temptation, and to the odd bit of inappropriate behaviour, but in the main their stories are compelling because the ethical dilemmas that afflict us all from time to time are their daily bread but exotic fare for most readers. -- Janet Beer * The Times Higher Education *
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SPCK Publishing The Company of Heaven: Lindchester Chronicles 5
Book Synopsis2020 and sadly the Tales from Lindford came to an end, but the pandemic did not, and neither did the lives of our valiant Lindchester community. Return to Lindchester once more with The Company of Heaven, the fifth in the beloved series of novels from Catherine Fox. Valiantly written in real time in the midst of the pandemic, this entertaining book captures the difficulties of 2021 with heart, humour and insight. Perfect for Lindchester fans, it's also the ideal novel for anyone seeking comfort and a way of understanding all that has happened. In The Company of Heaven, we re-join our Lindchester friends on Easter Monday 2021, just as the third lockdown in our Covid winter of discontent draws to a close. The new paschal candles have been lit. The endless snowy ghastliness of January, February, and March are behind us now. Shake out your wings and fly once more across the Diocese of Lindfordshire, as we launch out on Pandemic, Part II. We will catch up with old friends and make new ones. Skeletons will tumble from cupboards, and not everyone will behave themselves as well as they ought (this is Lindchester after all). A twenty-first century Barchester that fans of Barbara Pym and the BBC's Rev will love, this new volume in the Lindchester Chronicles is contemporary Christian fiction at its finest. Sharp-eyed, witty and compassionate, Catherine Fox once again helps us make sense of real-life events and challenges, while weaving through a series of heart-stopping storylines. The Company of Heaven will make you laugh, cry and leave you with hope that grace can be found even in the darkest times.Trade Review'Wise and funny . . . Catherine Fox knows that daily life is never trivial. Her characters' big experiences take place in the ordinary world of Covid, cake and kindness, but - like our own - they are no less significant for that.' -- Gillian Cross, winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children’s Book Award on THE COMPANY OF HEAVEN'By innovatively laying her characters onto real-time month by month events, Catherine Fox reminds us of the vital narratives of our own lives, and asks us to pay attention to the human stories that pulse beneath the headlines.' -- Andrew McMillan, poet and Professor of Contemporary Writing, Manchester Writing School on THE COMPANY OF HEAVEN'Catherine Fox's glorious Lindchester series is the twenty-first-century answer to Trollope's Barchester - but Trollope was never so funny, so fundamentally kind or so mischievously attentive to grace.' -- Francis Spufford, author of Golden Hill and Light Perpetual on THE LINDCHESTER CHRONICLES'Unsure what to buy the Trollope devotee in your life for Christmas? Look no further than Catherine Fox . . . for a set of profound, although lightly drawn, insights into the Anglican communion.' -- Janet Beer, The Times Higher Education on THE LINDCHESTER CHRONICLES'These books are utterly unputdownable, gossipy, subtle and wise . . . Catherine Fox . . . makes you believe . . . that most people aspire to goodness even if they fall flat on their faces.' -- Maggie Gee, novelist & Professor of Creative Writing, Bath Spa University on THE LINDCHESTER CHRONICLES
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Quercus Publishing Of Men and Angels
Book Synopsis'Arditti is a master storyteller who uses his theological literacy sparingly to deliver a challenging but enthralling read' GuardianAward-winning, bestselling author Michael Arditti's tenth novel, documenting the history of homophobia and religion.God's vengeance on the wicked city of Sodom is a perennial source of fascination and horror. Michael Arditti's passionate and enthralling new novel explores the enduring power of the myth in five momentous epochs.A young Judean exile transcribes the Acts of Abraham and Lot in ancient Babylon; the Guild of Salters presents a mystery play of Lot's Wife in medieval York; Botticelli paints the Destruction of Sodom for a court in Renaissance Florence; a bereaved rector searches for the Cities of the Plain in nineteenth century Palestine; a closeted gay movie star portrays Lot in a controversial biblical epic in 1980s Hollywood. With its interrelated narratives and interwoven documents, Of Men and Angels is both formally inventive and imaginatively rich. Abounding in characters as vivid as they are varied, from temple prostitutes and palace eunuchs, through fanatical friars and humanist poets, to Bedouin tribesmen, Russian exiles and, of course, angels, this is a novel of breathtaking scope, penetrating insight and profound human sympathy.Trade ReviewAnyone who is afraid that the English novel is sliding into a backwater of domestic anecdote should find their anxieties assuaged by the writing of Michael Arditti * The Times *A Graham Greene for our time * Spectator *Arditti succeeds in creating fiction that is morally serious, moving and intense * Times Literary Supplement *Arditti is a master storyteller who uses his theological literacy sparingly to deliver a challenging but enthralling read * Guardian *
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Medina Publishing Ltd A Dark and Stormy Night
Book SynopsisTo that which we give the name of Love, be it of the flesh or of God, is it ever less than divine? In a space of mere hours, a life and faith in their entirety are to be re-lived by Simon Chance. One-time missionary and bishop, Chance had withdrawn in mid-life to research - and teach - his enduring mentor Dante, creator of The Divine Comedy. He is recently widowed, after the prolonged descent into dementia of his devoted wife Marigold, violinist and composer. To recuperate, he is invited by a life-long confidante, Clare, to her son's villa in the hills behind St Tropez in southern France, to join a house party of old friends from their university days, each now reaping the rewards of their worldly careers. The reunion coincides with the collapse of global banking confidence - and the playing-out of Clare's own loss of love. Such is one weave of this narrative. On a walk in the forest of the Massif des Maures surrounding the remote villa, in search of a church abandoned centuries ago, Chance loses his way - in a `dark wood', as once experienced by Dante. The night turns wild. Such is a second weave. Marigold has not been the only love of Simon Chance. The passionate liaison of his earlier life, pre-ordination, was with a student botanist. This very Evie, with her Parliamentarian spouse, is about to join the house party of Clare, her greatest friend. A vital element in that searing, abandoned youthful liaison is yet to be reconciled with this scholar-cleric Chance had come to be. Now it rises to confront him. Here is the binding and defining weave of this night, unraveling in dark and storm and dawn. The working-through of the nature of love, physical and spiritual, in love's innocence and purity, will redeem Simon Chance or destroy him. Or both.Trade Review"This is a beautiful book. The Dante Scholar lost in a dark wood, the Bishop going into the darkness where God is. The man who has experienced Love on so many levels, reliving his past before confronting the great Empyrean. This impressive narration isn't just a stream of consciousness. It is a well-crafted narration, it has a plot. Marigold is very vivid to me, but the other two women, Clare and Evie, are also very distinct. Tom Stacey also conveys - mysteriously - the characters of the other members of the house party: whom we never meet. Humour, humanity, passion are all here. It's a superb achievement." - A N Wilson ;"Tom Stacey again confronts life's great issues in his superb new novel A Dark and Stormy Night. God and Mammon, music and Faith, pain and bereavement, the passing of time and the nature of friendship and grief, it opens with the hero getting physically lost in a forest in Provence at the time of the Great Crash. But is he spiritually lost too? All this plus Dante, pygmies and a brilliant twist in the tale. Vintage Stacey." - Andrew Roberts
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Cinnamon Press The Pathless Country
Book Synopsis1900s London: For Patrick Bowley, fresh from rural Galway, a place of mind-expanding encounters with mystics, suffragettes, theosophists and free-thinkers. Drawn into the world of such luminaries as Jiddu Krishnamurti, Annie Besant and W B Yeats, it seems that Patrick is on a quest for meaning that will bear fruit. But a bruising failure in romance leaves him disillusioned with London and its class divisions and, in spiritual crisis, he flees to the familiarity of rural Ireland. But Patrick finds no peace and as Europe slides towards war and Ireland towards rebellion, his longing to shut out the world is challenged by a vocation to preach peace in Ireland that will not be quieted. And so he begins an epic pilgrimage to Dublin, arriving days before the 1916 Easter Rising. It is here that Patrick’s journey reaches a gripping climax – one that finally reveals the true nature of the ‘pathless country’. Winner of the J G Farrell Award and an Irish Writers’ Centre Novel Fair Award, James Harpur’s debut novel deftly weaves a story of spiritual awakening with fin de siècle alternative thought, love and political history, exploring how conscience and spiritual quest survive in an atmosphere of war, sectarianism and class hierarchy.Trade Reviewa wonderful novel … psychological, intense, pulsing ... — Thomas McCarthy
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Atlantic Books House on Endless Waters
Book Synopsis'I read this book in excitement and wonder. It's not only a touching and fascinating book, but a sophisticated one as well.' Amos OzLinda Yechiel's English translation is the winner of the 2023 Society of Authors' TLS-Risa Domb/Porjes Prize for Hebrew TranslationYoel has always known that his mother escaped the Nazis from Amsterdam. But it is not until after she has died that he finally visits the city of his birth. There, watching an old film clip at the Jewish Historical Museum, he sees a woman with a small child: it is his mother, but the child is not him. So begins a fervent search for the truth that becomes the subject of his magnum opus, revealing Amsterdam's dark wartime history and the underground networks which hid Jewish children away from danger - but at a cost.'[A] jewel box of a novel' - New York TimesTrade ReviewI read this book in excitement and wonder. It's not only a touching and fascinating book, but a sophisticated one as well. -- Amos Oz, author of A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESSEmuna Elon's House on Endless Waters is a loving lament for the lost Jews of Amsterdam, for a mother's suffering under the Nazis and a son's sifting through her lifetime's silence to find himself. [...]One reading is not enough for Elon's multi-faceted, shifting-sands novel-within-a-novel: immerse yourself first in the author's all-too-haunting evocation of the wartime Dutch capital and the creeping awareness by young parents of inescapable tragedy to come. Begin again, to appreciate the lyrical subtlety with which she simultaneously and skilfully withholds. -- Madeleine Kingsley * The Jewish Chronicle *It is sensitive and beautifully written, its reality utterly convincing. I loved it. -- Alex MillerEmuna Elon has given us an elegant, eloquent novel - a story in which time and language melt to reveal truths that could be told in no other way. House on Endless Waters is at once an Escher print of a tale and devastatingly, inescapably real. -- Rachel Kadish, bestselling author of THE WEIGHT OF INKHouse on Endless Waters is a haunting and lyrical meditation on who we are and where we come from, on how our past shapes our present and our art. Emuna Elon's gorgeously intricate novel is beautifully written and moving. -- Jillian Cantor, bestselling author of THE LOST LETTER and IN ANOTHER TIMEIn House on Endless Waters, Emuna Elon envelops her readers in an intricately woven and lushly layered world. With achingly exquisite, delicate prose, Elon explores the creative mind's power to reimagine a life and memory's power to recognize truth. An unforgettable read. -- Lynda Cohen Loigman, author of THE TWO-FAMILY HOUSE and THE WARTIME SISTERS[A] jewel box of a novel . . . Elon powerfully evokes the obscurity of the past and its hold on the present, as we stumble through revelation after revelation with Yoel. As we accompany him on his journey to recreate his history, we share in his loss, surprise and grief, right up to the novel's shocking conclusion. * New York Times *House on Endless Waters is extraordinary-a vibrant, page-turning family mystery that not only carries us deep into Amsterdam's little-explored wartime history, but into the fascinating, complex and often painful process by which history is crafted into story. -- Jennifer Cody Epstein, internationally bestselling author of WUNDERLAND and THE PAINTER OF SHANGHAIIn order to correctly appreciate the impressive work that Elon has produced, the book should be read more than once. The first reading - and the book is read with bated breath - will reveal the strength of the story, but in order to bare it fully, it should be examined like a complex work of art, from several aspects. This is a book that contains many meanings: the historical, the poetic, the artistic, the religious, the family-related and the existential; each reading will disclose new layers and secrets ... A masterpiece. Not only because of the descriptive power of the novel, and the precise, finely constructed plot; not only because of its vivid characters whose broken hearts tear at the hearts of the reader; not only because the historical past in it lives on into the present, but because all of these depict how the history that is read in books is a fragment of the broken heart of a human being in his or her everyday life. * Makor Rishon *Done with a craftswoman's hand ...The seam between the mythological and the personal is sewn with a fine, silken, concealed narrative thread whose beauty lies in its delicacy, and it creates a sense of true catharsis in the reader's breast. * Haaretz *A story of love, loss, and yearning...Lyrically phrased and often powerfully visual...this deeply felt tale offers a rewarding meditation on survival...Blurring the edges between history and fiction, this achingly mournful work impresses with its grave empathy. * Kirkus (Starred review) *Readers will find Elon's lyrical prose haunting as she moves between past and present, constructing a heartbreaking, moving tale that brings understanding and acceptance. -- Barbara Bibel * Booklist *Emuna Elon's powerful House on Endless Waters is essential Jewish fictionElon's great power in The House on Endless Waters is to richly evoke both sides of the tragedy . . . House on Endless Waters is a deeply immersive achievement that brings to life stories that must never be forgotten. -- Emily Gray Tedrowe * USA Today *A beautifully eloquent family mystery highlighting human tragedy and resilience. * LoveReading *HOUSE ON ENDLESS WATERS is part mystery, part historical fiction, and entirely captivating. * Off the Shelf *
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Fairlight Books A Matter of Interpretation
Book SynopsisThe Kingdom of Sicily, early thirteenth century. The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II has, through invasion and marriage, expanded his empire, but always subject to the will of the pope and the rulings of the Church. Into this world of political and military intrigue steps Michael Scot, a young monk and barbarian from Scotland who tutored Frederick as a boy. Headstrong and determined, Michael Scot persuades the Emperor that translating the lost works of Aristotle would bring him a secret knowledge of science, medicine and astronomy that would advance his cause. Despite the pope declaring such translations heretical, the Emperor agrees that the Scot should proceed, sending him first to the famous translation schools of Toledo and from there to the Moorish library of Cordoba.Trade Review`Mac Donald has succeeded in making the art of translation centre stage in a thrilling, witty, violent and mysterious debut filled with scheming characters' —Jen Calleja, author and translator, Shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize; 'The characters, setting and the issues at stake will all linger long after you've finished reading it' —Domitilla Campanile, Professor of History, University of Pisa; 'In lush historic prose, Elizabeth Mac Donald leads the reader on a complex journey, where all interactions are tinged with superstition and suspicion' — Nuala O'Connor, author of 'Becoming Belle'; 'A fascinating sliver of history and a truly original book' —Alan Robert Clark, author of 'The Prince of Mirrors'; 'Mac Donald's style is crisp and captivating' —Biancamaria Rizzardi, Professor of English Literature, University of Pisa; 'A rich tapestry full of period detail with something of modern film technique and a touch of Dante in its storytelling, A Matter of Interpretation moves on its luminous and mysterious way through church and high state intrigue. A book to read with a glass of port and a dagger nearby' —George Szirtes, poet and translator
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Instant Apostle The Mystery of Matthew Gold: What do you do when
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Instant Apostle To the Fourth Generation: A family's search for
Book SynopsisZander Bennings is a man with a troubling secret. A secret that drives him back to the early years of the twentieth century to retrace the lives of three generations of the first-born males in his family. As he does so, he begins to understand how he has become the man he is and why he''s done the things he''s done. Now he must discover where life goes from here. To the Fourth Generation is a tale of family ties that can never be completely severed, of a loss of innocence that can never be fully recovered, and of an intense love that can never be entirely extinguished.
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Instant Apostle The Trials of Isabella M Smugge
Book SynopsisLife in the country isn't going as Issy Smugge planned it. However, the woman Gorgeous Home magazine once called Britain's Most Relatable Mum Designer' is nothing if not resilient! With an unexpected baby on the way, a good-for-nothing husband and a mother who never seemed to care but now needs caring for, her hands are full. Her venal agent and creative socials guru keep work fizzing, but how will she cope with the mysterious village snitch and poisonous gossip columnist Lavinia Harcourt? Discovering others' problems can be far worse than her own, she confronts bizarre church sub-culture and braces herself to use the NHS, rethinking all she thought she wanted. Could true happiness be just a few hashtags away?
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Instant Apostle The Pilgrim: Will a pilgrim's path be his saving
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Instant Apostle The Further Adventures of Isabella M Smugge
Book SynopsisInsta-mum Issy is moving on and growing in her new life, seeing things from a different perspective. There may even be a hint of romance on the distant horizon! But just as everything starts to look good, her ex-husband turns up...
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Malcolm Down Publishing Ltd The Boathouse: A Japanese Odyssey
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