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James Clarke & Co Ltd I Am a Little Tiger
From the I Am a Little... series - a series of delightful books each concentrating on a different animal. The beautiful illustrations make these titles particularly appealing, with just enough detail to draw adults and children alike into the animal's world. In this story, children are introduced to the world of the tiger, and the more exotic animals that live in this environment, as one cub explores his habitat and meets all his neighbours. These books are perfect for children who have just learnt to read, as most of the words are monosyllabic and repeated, to aid memory retention, whilst those which are longer are phonetic, which expands both vocabulary and knowledge. The format of these books is ideal for children wanting to read and establish independence from their parents, as they are small in size, perfect for small hands, and are presented like an adult publication, which boosts confidence in those engaging on independent reading.
£12.33
James Clarke & Co Ltd I Am a Little Goat
From the I Am a Little...series - a series of delightful books each concentrating on a different animal. The beautiful illustrations make these titles particularly appealing, with just enough detail to draw adults and children alike into the animal's world. This story follows one kid goat as he investigates his home on a farm, and meets all the other animals who live there too. These books are perfect for children who have just learnt to read, as most of the words are monosyllabic and repeated, to aid memory retention, whilst those which are longer are phonetic, which expands both vocabulary and knowledge. The format of these books is ideal for children wanting to read and establish independence from their parents, as they are small in size, perfect for small hands, and are presented like an adult publication, which boosts confidence in those engaging on independent reading.
£12.33
James Clarke & Co Ltd Clocks: A Guide for Owners
In this concise and useful volume, Eric Smith addresses the major problems and concerns of clock owners, who may not have the benefit of expert knowledge. Here he explains the workings of mechanical clocks as well as the processes needed to care for, maintain, and overhaul them. Helpful advice is given on where to go for expert assessment, valuation, buying and selling, and insurance of antique or purely decorative clocks. A comprehensive glossary sets out technical terms, while an extensive section on different types of clock will aid identification, enabling the clock owner to understand and participate in the care of their clock.
£21.10
James Clarke & Co Ltd Foundations of Progressive Education: The History of the National Froebel Society
This is the story of a handful of people who changed British Education. These people, mostly young women, were members of a society which tried to put into practice the educational philosophy and principles of Friedrich Froebel. Following his ideas, they believed that a child's intellectual, spiritual and physical development came about through the child's own endeavours, that play was an integral part of the learning process and that every child, regardless of ability, was important. Through heir founding of the Kindergarten movement in Great Britain, and through constant lobbying of successive ministers of education, these women and their society, The National Froebel Society, were able without doubt to fundamentally influence the evolution of education in this country.
£64.22
James Clarke & Co Ltd Global Warming: Are We Entering the Greenhouse Century
'How important is a degree of temperature change? A degree or two temperature change is not a trivial number in global terms and it usually takes nature hundreds of thousands of years to bring it about on her own. We may be doing that in decades ... Humans are putting pollutants into the atmosphere at such a rate that we could be changing the climate on a sustained basis some ten to a hundred times faster than nature has since the height of the last ice age.' Stephen H. Schneider. This essential book examines the causes of world-wide climatic change - the 'greenhouse effect' - that may raise world temperatures by five degrees Celsius in less than a century. Author Stephen H. Schneider describes the likely consequences - from agricultural changes and rises in sea level to public health issues and social upheaval - and addresses the most important and urgent question that anyone concerned with the fate of our planet must confront: 'What can or should be done about the greenhouse effect?' Global Warming offers a prophetic look at a year in the greenhouse century, one of slowly increasing global temperatures (a century that may have already begun). The immediate scenarios are grave: population pressures combined with devastating floods and hurricanes drive millions of 'environmental refugees from South East Asia to find homes in Australia; California smothers under heat, smog, water shortages, and raging forest fires; and New York experiences summer heat waves so intense that hospital emergency rooms are jammed with victims. The outlook for Britain could be equally serious: the UN predicts that global warming may cause severe winter storms, the flooding of coastal defences, and even malaria in Southern England. Dr Schneider provides and authoritative and entertaining look at the science, personalities and politics behind the problem of global warming. He explains in clear, non-technical language what is scientifically well known, what is speculative, and where the major uncertainties lie. He presents an overview of sixty million years of global climate history, explaining the mechanisms that regulate climate, demonstrates how a few degrees variation can precipitate dramatic evens such as the Ice Age, and discusses how predictions are made by computer modelling to anticipate climatic changes into the next century. Global Warming provides a revealing inside look at the problems scientists encounter in dealing with other scientists, politicians and the media. Although statesmen have called for a giant international effort to tackle the issue, few concrete measures have been taken so far. Global Warming outlines the ways individuals, governments and businesses can work together to slow down the damage our impact has inflicted on the planet, and help make global development more environmentally sustainable.
£72.04
James Clarke & Co Ltd Divinity in a Grain of Bread
David Martin's Divinity in a Grain of Bread is a fresh and stimulating collection of meditations covering a wide range of topics. Part one contains meditations arranged for the Christian calendar, such as Advent and Christmas, while Part Two includes meditations on subjects such as Grace and Nature, and Harmony and Peace. David Martin's powerful and intelligent prose will stimulate the reader into deeper thought. His mediations are of interest to clergy and lay people alike, of all denominations. With a Foreword by Dr Robert Runcie, the former Archbishop of Canterbury.
£29.00
James Clarke & Co Ltd Summer at End House Gateway S
From the Gateway Books series - a series of interesting stories for the slightly older child, with some adventure and each with a Christian theme. It is summer when Briony comes to live at End House.
£10.06
James Clarke & Co Ltd A Century of Old Testament Study
Part of the Century series - each book reviews and summarises the key developments in a particular branch of religious studies during the past century. With a balance of scholarship and readability, Professor Clements offers both the student and the general reader alike an account of the main lines of Old Testament interpretation over the last hundred years. He focuses on the work of a few scholars whose contributions appear to him to have been particularly significant and interesting, and shows some of the interconnections between them. With each chapter the treatment is broadly chronological.
£34.30
James Clarke & Co Ltd Excavation in Palestine
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£35.23
James Clarke & Co Ltd Seth Goes to School Stories Bible Times
From the Stories of Bible Times series - simple stories from the Bible, with much accurate and interesting background information woven in, together with many colourful illustrations. Children will not only enjoy these tales, but they will add to their biblical knowledge as they read them.
£9.94
James Clarke & Co Ltd The Magnet Wrigley Book No 17 Wrigley Books
From the Wrigley Books series - little science books arranged by topic for the youngest reader. Clear, straightforward words and illustrations introduce children to the things around them and the practical uses to which they are put.
£9.99
James Clarke & Co Ltd The Scarlet Runners Junior Gateway S
From the Junior Gateway Books series - a series of simple, easy-to-read stories in large print with a Christian message. The Scarlet Runners is the name of the red-jerseyed gang to which Glyn belongs. They take running seriously, practising hard and timing themselves as best they can. Glyn is overjoyed when his father lends them his stopwatch.
£12.53
James Clarke & Co Ltd Reading the New Testament Today: An Introduction to New Testament Criticism
Why do we have to study the New Testament? Is it not simply enough to read it? Beginning with a reading of the Lord's Prayer, Brian Beck sets out to show how even the most familiar passages may benefit from more detailed study. He writes simply and directly about the problems which arise from translation, not only for the student but for every Christian who cares enough about the New Testament to want to understand it better. He then goes on to show the way in which the different books came to be written and how they were brought together. Though he is ready to criticise a number of scholars when he thinks they are mistaken, he nevertheless yields to nobody in his high regard for many of the fruits of contemporary New Testament scholarship.
£24.65
James Clarke & Co Ltd The Little Ship Junior Gateway S
From the Junior Gateway Books series - a series of simple, easy-to-read stories in large print with a Christian message. William's ship is a group of young trees that grow in a clearing in the wood, and his crew is his young sister Vicky.
£9.89
James Clarke & Co Ltd Knight of the Snows The Story of Wilfred Grenfell Stories of Faith Fame
From the Stories of Faith and Fame series - the stories of men and women who went all over the world with their Christian faith. The story of the boy who always wanted adventure - hunting, fishing, sailing. Anything with life and movement in it appealed to Wilfred Grenfell and he found it along the coast of Labrador.
£9.94
James Clarke & Co Ltd Friends for Simon Junior Gateway S
Simon lives by the sea, but he is lonely. One day he meets a group of children singing hymns on the beach, and through these new friends he comes to know the best friend of all. This is an easy-to-read story for 6-9 year olds and contains a Christian message.
£8.12
James Clarke & Co Ltd The Sea Queen Junior Gateway S
From the Junior Gateway Books series - a series of simple, easy-to-read stories in large print with a Christian message. Mike is on the beach when the Sea Queen, a beautiful model yacht, drifts to his feet. He hands her over to the police, and waits for three long months to see if anyone claims her. No one does, and the Sea Queen becomes his.
£12.53
James Clarke & Co Ltd Heat Wrigley Book No 11 Wrigley Books
Presenting a informative science book for the youngest reader, which explains about heat and temperature. It contains illustrations to introduce children to the things around them and the practical uses to which they are put. The other titles by this author include: "Ideas: Wrigley Book No. 10", "Magnet: Wrigley Book No. 17", and others.
£9.91
James Clarke & Co Ltd Johnnys Stolen Pet Junior Gateway S
From the Junior Gateway Books series - a series of simple, easy-to-read stories in large print with a Christian message.
£9.89
James Clarke & Co Ltd Three Secret Seeds Junior Gateway S
From the Junior Gateway Books series - a series of simple, easy-to-read stories in large print with a Christian message. Peter, Caroline and Jennifer are staying at the seaside. Peter is thoughtless and a tease, Caroline has a bad temper and Jennifer is always afraid. Jennifer prays hard that she will become brave.
£9.89
James Clarke & Co Ltd Pats New Life Gateway S
From the Gateway Books series - a series of interesting stories for the slightly older child, with some adventure and each with a Christian theme. Pat Morris thought her new job would be easy. But there was a lot to learn and the other girls teased her.
£10.06
James Clarke & Co Ltd Henry VIII's Bishops: Diplomats, Administrators, Scholars and Shepherds
In this comprehensive work, which follows the lives of the sixty-nine bishops who served under Henry VIII, Dr Chibi not only asks why the Henrician bishops have acquired such a poor historical reputation, but also examines the deep impact which these men exerted upon the monarch's reign. Henry VIII's bishops were both a diverse and interesting group of individuals who had a profound influence on both king and country in the early modern period. They came from all social rankings, were highly educated and had become bishops through talent and ambition, and yet their historical reputation remains unflattering. This study, set within the dual context of court and diocese, breaks new ground in presenting the Henricians as a microcosm of wider society and as the fulfilment of that period's expectations of a bishop. The book is both an extensive examination of the careers, lives and thinking of an elite ecclesiastical force and a comprehensive review of the background to the early English Reformation. The focus is very much on those men who were caught between church and state, court and country and spirituality and temporality. Dr Chibi takes an in-depth look behind the scenes of Henrician England's religious, social and political turmoil to see the workings of a group of men dedicated to stability and truth; men who were caught between service to the king and service to God.
£86.03
James Clarke & Co. Ltd Good and Proper Men Lord Palmerston and the Episcopal Bench Lord Palmerston and the Bench of Bishops
£65.00
James Clarke & Co Ltd The Nature and Authority of the Bible
Revised and updated, this is both a comprehensive survey of modern biblical interpretation and an overview of the scriptures themselves. Stressing the essential unity of the texts, this study is accessible to the general reader as well as to the scholar.
£37.62
James Clarke & Co Ltd A Portrait of Richard Graves
An engaging biography of the 18th century English novelist and country cleric, illustrating the close parallels between his life and his literary works and evoking a detailed picture of rural life in Georgian England.
£65.41
James Clarke & Co. Ltd Peace Together A Vision of Christian Pacifism
£18.96
James Clarke & Co Ltd The Family of Love
The definitive history of the Family of Love, the heterodox Dutch sect of the 16th and 17th centuries that attracted some of the greatest humanists of the time.
£43.97
James Clarke & Co Ltd Ignatian Mysticism
An exploration of the spiritual exercises of Ignatius Loyola, as well as an opportunity for readers to reflect on and interpret for themselves this Ignation spirituality.
£40.12
James Clarke & Co Ltd Meditation and Piety in the Far East
The result of more than forty years of intimate contact with the 'religious elite' of the Far East, Dr. Reichelt's book is a study of a too-often remote and unknown world. For the western reader this study reveals the life of the East Asia religious communities, their sanctuaries, sacred writings and daily discipline. These non-Christian religions present a massive front of tradition and dogma, which so far the Christian faith has rarely penetrated. This engaging book is comprehensive in its scope. The author examines the meditation traditions of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Yoga in detail, drawing on his first-hand experiences. Karl Ludvig Reichelt was one of the few gifted interpreters of the East to the West, who knew the mind of the East Asia religions, and had the respect of their leaders.
£36.01
James Clarke & Co Ltd Presence in the Modern World
Presence in the Modern World is Jacques Ellul's most foundational book, combining his social analysis with his theological orientation. Appearing first in French in 1948, and later in English as The Presence of the Kingdom, it has reached the status of a classic that retains all of its relevance dealing with today's challenges. How should we respond to such complex forces as technology or the state? How can we communicate with one another, despite the problems inner to modern forms of media? Do we have hope for the future of our civilisation? Ellul responds by describing how a Christian's unique presence in the world can make a difference. Instead of acting as 'sociological beings', we must commit ourselves to the kind of revolution that will occur only when we become radically aware of our present situation and undertake 'a ferocious and passionate destruction of myths'. In this way, states Ellul, we become the medium for God's action in the modern world.
£27.37
James Clarke & Co Ltd The The Titles of Jesus in Christology: Their History in Early Christianity
The Titles of Jesus in Christology was recognised as a major contribution to Christological study when it was first published in German in 1963. Its translation into English a few years later cemented this status. Hahn undertakes a massive and detailed examination of the various traditions that led to the use of names for Jesus that we now recognise as characteristic of the very early Church. Moreover, he carefully distinguishes between the different Christological conceptions present in these differing branches of primitive Christianity, and embodied in the terms they produced. His analysis and categories have been followed by many later scholars, who built on his detailed study of the peculiarities of the different titles given to Jesus by the different communities that followed him.
£49.14
James Clarke & Co Ltd Cambridge Liturgical Psalter
A faithful, revised, modern-English translation of the ancient Biblical Psalms.
£20.00
James Clarke & Co Ltd Quest for Love Divine
John Wesley''s impact on Methodist theology and practice is well established, but there are many other early figures who shaped Methodism just as thoroughly. Quest for Love Divine explores the contributions of Charles Wesley by exploring the impact of his lyrics on methodist worship, and the importance of lyrical theology in the founding of Methodism. Chilcote also examines the contributions of early Methodist women such as Dorothy Fisher, Mary Taft and Sarah Crosby, exploring how the Wesley brothers and their community sought to inhabit ''faith working by love leading to holiness of heart and life''. In his collection of essays, Chilcote explores the salient themes of Wesleyan theology and practice, and reflects on its legacy, in the Wesley''s time and in ours. By focussing on the nature of their discipleship and the centrality of ''love divine'', Chilcote brings Wesleyan theology into sharp and practical focus.
£45.14
James Clarke & Co Ltd A A Draught of the South Land
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James Clarke & Co Ltd Artist of Wonderland: The Life, Political Cartoons, and Illustrations of Tenniel
Best known today as the illustrator of Lewis Carroll's Alice books, John Tenniel was one of the Victorian era's chief political cartoonists. This extensively illustrated book is the first to draw almost exclusively on primary sources in family collections, public archives and other depositories. Frankie Morris examines Tenniel's life and work, producing a book that is not only a definitive resource for scholars and collectors but one that can be easily enjoyed by everyone interested in Victorian life and art, social history, journalism and political cartoon, and illustrated books. From his sunny childhood and early enthusiasm for sports, theatre and medievalism to his flirtation with high art and fifty-year relationship with the London journal Punch, Tenniel is shown to have been the sociable and urbane humourist revealed in his drawings. There follow three parts on Tenniel's work, in which Morris examines Tenniel's methods and his earlier book illustrations, the Alice pictures, and the Punch cartoons. She addresses such little-understood subjects as Tenniel's drawings on wood, his relationship with Lewis Carroll, and his controversial Irish cartoons, and examines the salient characteristics of his approximately 4,500 drawings for books and journals. The definitive study of both the man and the work, Artist of Wonderland gives an unprecedented view of the cartoonist who mythologised the world for generations of Britons.
£42.50
James Clarke & Co Ltd A A Brush with Life: The Art of Peter Le Vasseur
Peter Le Vasseur's art depicts the beauty of the world and the pressure that humankind exerts upon it. Not content with merely creating highly researched nature art, his work carries an ecological message often ahead of its time. Unusually for an artist he builds in the detail of contemporary life during the decades through which he has lived, painting in a meticulous and distinct style. He escaped the Channel Island of Guernsey with his parents just before the German Occupation in 1940 and grew up in London as a refugee. Winning a scholarship to art college he went on to create pop art for one-man shows in major London galleries and sold to the Beatles, film stars and aristocracy. In A Brush With Life, Jason Monaghan presents the definitive work on Le Vasseur's life and work, charting his progression from pop art and fantasy to political pieces, book illustration and environmental paintings. Never depressing, the messages of both artist and author are thoughtful, and sometimes ironically amusing. Throughout, Le Vasseur's central philosophy is evident: where nature survives, hope remains.
£20.00
James Clarke & Co Ltd Artist about Cambridge
Jon Harris has lived, breathed and drawn Cambridge for over 50 years. His architect's sense of structure and fabric, his draughtsman's eye and vigorous use of pen and brush have produced an outstanding body of work. In 1997 the Fitzwilliam Museum honoured him with an exhibition of some 90 paintings and drawings. A great many of his best works are published for the fi rst time in Artist about Cambridge. They include drawings from the more than 40 sketchbooks which have been his constant companions over the past half century. Jon Harris's text describes in compelling detail how the images came into being. Harris's work is not a depiction of Cambridge as the tourist might like to have it, but is rather about his fascination with unregarded vistas, its back streets, crucial buildings lost to the wrecking ball, and with the city's industrial past. The artist's unrivalled knowledge and understanding of Cambridge and its environs inform every painting and drawing, helping you enjoy a thousand things you might otherwise miss.
£22.50
James Clarke & Co Ltd The Shining Sands: Artists in Newlyn and St Ives 1880-1930
This is the remarkable story of the colony of artists who were inspired by the people, landscape and light of West Cornwall. Now internationally celebrated, they are forever to be associated with the small fishing ports of Newlyn and St Ives. Arriving from the artists' colonies of France, the Barbizon and Pont-Aven, and the painting schools of London and Paris, they set up their studios in the cottages and net lofts overlooking the sea. Here they painted; their subjects centred on the working life and conditions of the people they lived amongst, and the stark beauty of the rugged Cornish landscape. Challenging the accepted styles of the Victorian masters, their bold work, full of light and colour, often drew upon the working life of the fishermen and their families, recording the tragedies and simple pleasures of their lives. In The Shining Sands, Tom Cross records the life and work of these artists, from the earliest arrivals in the 1870s through to the decade preceding the Second World War. In this period the artists' colony grew into one of the most significant art movements of recent times, the influences of which directly inspired the post-war 'modern' movements, and which reverberate even today. The Shining Sands includes almost 100 colour pictures, and 200 images in all, produced by such artists as Walter Langley, Frank Bramley, Stanhope Forbes, Norman Garstin, Elizabeth Forbes, Lamorna Birch, Laura Knight, Ben Nicholson and Christopher Wood. The author describes the events and circumstances behind the making of many of the paintings, adding a further dimension to our appreciation of these fine works.
£32.50
James Clarke & Co Ltd Anchorhold: Corresponding with Revelations of Divine Love
Anchorhold is a unique collection of letters concerning Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love, addressed to the writer herself. Through them, Kirsten Pinto Gfroerer explores the meaning of her own life and the transformation that studying and teaching this remarkable text can bring. Julian makes extreme claims about the love of God revealed in the crucified Christ. Her assertion that in love the human self can truly flourish and that in the end 'all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well' is a hope-filled contradiction of much modern thought. Central to her theology are a series of meditations on the face and body of Christ, which both point to God's love and reveal something of the nature of human vocation. Gfroerer's search for meaning in Julian's text, eloquently expressed in this series of letters, involves the participation of her whole self, learning to inhabit the vision given to Julian. It is this search and participation that we are invited to join.
£20.00
James Clarke & Co Ltd Willingly to School: A History of Women's Education
The denial of equal educational opportunities to women is arguably one of the great injustices in British history. In Willingly to School, Mary Cathcart Borer charts the gradual reversal of this inequality, and the revolutionary effect it has had on social structures, from the Anglo-Saxons to the twentieth century. Always mindful of the historical context of each period, Borer explores the significant early role of the church, the opportunities afforded to royal and noble girls, the origins of the various forms of privately and charitably funded school, and the emergence of the modern school system. Along the way, particular significant institutions and individuals such as Christ's Hospital, Cheltenham Ladies College, the Brontë sisters and Fanny Burney are examined in depth. Writing in 1975, Borer described the mid-twentieth century as having 'seen the culmination of women's demands for full equality in society'. While the intervening years have shown that there is still much work to be done in the pursuit of equality, Borer's analysis of the progress that has been made in women's education remains as pertinent as ever.
£20.00
James Clarke & Co Ltd More Prayers (Pres): Presentation Edition
The highly popular First Books series, which brings together favourite prayers, hymns, carols and poetry along with the beautiful illustrations by Brenda Meredith Seymour and Tasha Tudor, has been in print for over thirty years. They will make perfect gifts for children aged 2-4, and are ideal for adults and children to read together. This is a collection of prayers for young children, including a few short passages from the Psalms as well as familiar and less well-known verses. The direct simplicity of these prayers and the dedicate illustrations by Tasha Tudor will delight children and will help them to recognise God's presence in the world around them. This edition is bound in white with gold-edged leaves in an attractive presentation box.
£9.09
James Clarke & Co Ltd Theology of Wagner's Ring Cycle I: The Genesis and Development of the Tetralogy and the Appropriation of Sources, Artists, Philosophers, and Theologians
Wagner's Ring is one of the greatest of all artworks of Western civilization, but what is it all about? The power and mystery of Wagner's creation was such that even he felt he stood before his work 'as though before some puzzle'. A clue to the Ring's greatness lies in its multiple avenues of self-disclosure and the corresponding plethora of interpretations that over the years has granted ample scope for directors, and will no doubt do so well into the distant future. One possible interpretation, which Richard Bell argues should be taken seriously, is the Ring as Christian theology. In this first of two volumes, Bell considers, among other things, how the composer's Christian interests may be detected in the 'forging' of his Ring, in his appropriation of sources (whether they be myths and sagas, writers, poets, or philosophers), and in works composed around the same time, especially his Jesus of Nazareth.
£43.55
James Clarke & Co Ltd Popular Guide to Norfolk Churches: Volume II - Norwich, Central and South Norfolk
Second in a series of invaluable and straightforward pocket guides to the 'living' medieval churches of Norfolk that will help the church visitor to understand the universal features of churches as well as those unique to each different area. The profusion of medieval churches in Norfolk is not only examples of beautiful church architecture but is also records of their communities, and of the history of medieval England. These guides are highly illustrated with photographs and line drawings and a detailed map aids locating each church within the county, and includes a substantial reference back-up in encyclopaedic form, which answers a host of questions and queries which may tease the church visitor. For example, why do so many churches have north doors, and yet so often have them blocked up? And why does the pagan Green Man so often find a place in our Christian Churches? This series provides the answers. It is written by enthusiasts, to whom the real appeal is that, once you have broken the code and learned the language, then every Church is different, be it ever so humble, with its own story to offer. These guides provide the key. Volume Two covers the churches of Norwich, central and south Norfolk.
£27.49
James Clarke & Co Ltd A Worldly Christian: The Life and Times of Stephen Neill
Stephen Neill (1900-1984) was a towering figure of twentieth-century global Christianity, but was in many ways a broken man who faced profound and crippling struggles. A Worldly Christian charts the extraordinary but often tragic life of a global Christian pioneer par excellence in a church that diversified dramatically during his lifetime. Privileged to live in radically different cultural contexts over the course of his life, Neill excelled by turns as a missionary and bishop in India, an ecumenist in Geneva, a professor in Hamburg and Nairobi, and a prolific author of some seventy books and hundreds of articles upon his retirement to the UK. Throughout this varied career, he shared his tremendous knowledge of the world Christian movement with scholars, clergy and laypersons alike. Many will find his story compelling, from Christian scholars to all those who have cherished his influential body of work and benefit from his legacy.
£106.99
James Clarke & Co Ltd Christian Theology and African Traditions
Study of the Bible in close dialogue with African traditions.
£27.90
James Clarke & Co Ltd Kilvert's Diary and Landscape
'Why do I keep this voluminous journal?' - Francis Kilvert asked himself. 'Partly because life appears to me such a curious and wonderful thing that it almost seems a pity that even such a humble and uneventful life as mine should pass all together away without some such record as this...' Kilvert's Diary was an effort to tell the story of his life as well as to picture rural society, which Victorians were prone to idealise. Kilvert's loving portraits of landscapes and country characters were often juxtaposed with the grimmest scenes of squalor and suffering. John Toman presents here the first thorough examination of Kilvert's writing and offers a complete revaluation of the man and his work, tracing the literary and religious influences that brought him to write in the way that he did. This study takes account of Kilvert's education at his uncle's school, his reading of travel guides, and his devotion to such figures as Wordsworth, William Barnes, and the Revd. Frederick Robertson, his visits to key locations, his parochial work, the role played by Romanticism and Evangelicalism in his outlook, and the significance of walking as the driving force of his writing. For those unfamiliar with the Diary, Kilvert's Diary and Landscape is an ideal introduction; it will also take those who already know and love Kilvert back to his diary with renewed interest and deepened insight. This new study has much to offer readers interested in cultural and landscape history, literature, religion and the Victorian period. 'It is hoped that this study of Kilvert and landscape, which may be regarded as the second part of a revaluation of the diarist that began with my Kilvert: The Homeless Heart (2001), contributes to our appreciation of his complexity.' From the author's introduction.
£49.14
James Clarke & Co Ltd Art and Forbidden Fruit: Hidden Passion in the Life of William Morris
William Morris is one of the most admired figures of the Victorian era. Studies of his Art and his life fill the shelves of libraries. Yet for all this accessibility, an air of uncertainty has always clouded his image. Since Morris's death, biographers and scholars have portrayed the artist as a victim, bound to an adulterous wife. In Art and Forbidden Fruit, John Le Bourgeois lifts this veil of appearances, and shows the truth about Morris's life. In a close analysis of Morrisís poetry and biography, the author asserts the early existence of an emotional attachment between William Morris and his sister Emma, and how she became the principal source of his inspiration. Le Bourgeois follows the paths of Morris the artist and Morris the man, and points out the links between the poetís love for his sister and his evolution as an artist. Art and Forbidden Fruit provides a highly original biography of William Morris that offers a new perspective on his life and a fresh interpretation of his art by a specialist.
£34.36
James Clarke & Co Ltd Volunteer Tales
'During the last night at Boca de Tomates a violent tropical storm raged across the coast, stampeding through the camp and devastating our home. We watched in awe as the already-slanting structure swayed precariously around us, as chunks of the roof flew off into the sky and as a nearby palm tree was struck by lightning. . . . Our comfortable Brighton flat and the once ubiquitous chatter of house prices and internet millionaires seemed a world away.' A great number of people consider volunteering at some point in their life and this is a nuts and bolts guide to volunteering full of honest accounts from the people who know. These are true-life accounts from people of all walks of life and ages who decided to leave their 'normal' lives behind to take up the volunteer challenge overseas. Their stories include tales of travel and adventure, tales of hardship, tales of kindness, frustration and humour. Reading them, you too will experience culture shock in Ghana, the fear of war in Sierra Leone, helplessness in the face of poverty in Cambodia, fishing for piranha in Suriname, the struggles of an outsider in China and much, much more. They will open your eyes to new worlds and may even change your outlook in the ways they changed the volunteers. Volunteer Tales will appeal to those who have already volunteered abroad or are considering it. It can be comforting and interesting to know that others have gone through similar experiences and, in the latter case, extremely useful to know what it would be like. Each contribution has something different to offer and is particularly fascinating for anyone wanting to know the reality of a country they may intend to visit. However, these stories will also be enjoyed by readers with no interest in becoming a volunteer at all. They provide entertaining, humorous reading brimming with memories from life on the road.
£29.26