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Packed, Lucid, Lively History Of The World
Having reviewed this hook, I now look forward to reading it. For even the most generous deadline places a restraint between the reviewer and 1,100-odd packed, lucid and lively......
E Wary Of Words
We must he wary of words. Their change of form is a question of semantics. Their change of meaning, however subtle, is a matter of common experience. The words of Scripture,......
Revealing Exercises In Sensitivity
A Church which enters fully into dialogue with the world is constantly under pressure to present itself in a new way so that it can speak in the language of its time and use the......
Dubious Clouds Of Glory
Wishful thinking about the Celts is nothing new. Caesar and the Greek geographers have left us with a highly unromantic picture of woady, quarrelsome chieftains with a taste for......
Excellent
stocking filler An excellent stocking-filler for that certain kind of woman with its famille - rose and cameo-ed pink geranium cover, this presumably annual package diary will......
Message Of Our Lady Of Fatima
Like the joint authors' previous book on Lourdes, "The Lady Said" this book is written in straightforward and simple language. This simplicity sets the tone for the book and for......
Pioneer In Craft Of Pottery
This is the story of the man who, • probably more than any other, helped to usher in the Industrial Revolution in the craft of pottery. He could, in many respects, be called a......
Panorama Of History
To say that Israel is a museum in itself might appear to be derogatory. Therefore. one must hasten to say that. with so many ancient discoveries of a 4,000-year-old civilisation......
Contrast To Materialism
This is a deeply reflective, mystical book which helps the reader search for what the old mystics used to call "The Ground of Being". Its highly spiritual message, based on the......
Before Harvard Can We
Professor Skinner's fame rests upon theories of behaviourist psychology, and this volume of his autobiography covers his youth up to his decision to enrol for graduate study at......
Be Born Again?
Was St John of the Cross reborn as Salvador Dali? In "More Lives Than One?" Jeffrey Iverson quotes a statement by Salvador Dali in which he claims to remember the circumstances......
Three 'must' Sermons
Bishop Montefiore's pamphlet, a reprint of three sermons given in Southwark Anglican Cathedral in October, should be read by everyone who cares about the future of this planet.......
In Praise Of Suffolk
Suffolk is not a county which I know very much about. Or at least it Wasn't until The Shell guide to Suffolk (Faber £3.75) came into my hands, Now I can't wait to visit its......
Lchildren's Books
Papa Panov's Special Das by Leo Tolstoy (Lion Publishing 95p) This is a charming retelling by Mig Holder of a story Leo Tolstoy adapted from the French original. It is ideal for......
Looking At Books Carolyn Scott
These four picture books from Hamlyn provide ideal Christmas presents at reasonable prices. Great Dishes of the World isn't a book to carry round the kitchen with floury, fatty......