Taking the famous Gerard Manley Hopkins poem on vocation 'As Kingfishers Catch Fire' and the Lord’s Prayer as its framework, For This I Came offers seventy reflections on the spirituality of priesthood to encourage and sustain all in ministry. Wyn Beynon brings a depth of wisdom and tools for reflection in the form of short poetic and prayerful aphorisms. Memorable, profound, challenging and assuring, his writing is a rich source for meditation and for growth in character and ministry. Esc...

1791 : Mozart est l’artiste le plus célèbre de Vienne. Maître et virtuose, c’est aussi un franc-maçon qui évolue dans des hautes sphères mêlant politique, art, science, philosophie et intrigues de pouvoir. Soudain, Mozart annonce à sa femme qu’il est certain d’avoir été empoisonné. Il meurt six semaines plus tard. La ville bruisse alors de rumeurs : le compositeur aurait été infidèle et sur le point d’être ruiné. Mais sa sœur, Nannerl, n’en croit rien. Elle découvre que son frère a laissé ...

Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, London was gripped by the supposed curse of Tutankhamun, whose tomb in the Luxor sands was uncovered in February 1923 by the British archaeologist Howard Carter. The site was plundered, and over the next few years more than twenty of those involved in the exhumation or in handling the contents of the tomb perished in strange and often terrifying circumstances, prompting the myth of the 'Curse of Tutankhamun'. Nowhere - particularly London's ...

Italie, 1605. Pour Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio qui n’est encore qu’un jeune artiste, Rome est la ville des ruelles sombres, des combats au couteau et des prostituées. Un monde qui est son quotidien, jusqu'à ce qu’il soit chargé de peindre le portrait du Pape… Caravage gagne alors ses entrées dans le cercle intime de la famille Borghese et devient l'artiste le plus célèbre de Rome. Mais sa personnalité bouillonnante et sa représentation de la Vierge Marie comme une simple paysanne sca...

Mars is the new frontier: desolate, lawless and wild. Once home to an advanced alien civilisation, now home to every kind of riffraff from Earth hoping to build a new life amongst the ruins - or, better yet, plunder some ancient Martian treasure.The greatest treasure of all is the City of the Dead, the fabled tomb of the high kings and queens of ancient Mars. It promises riches beyond imagination; people will kill ...

The book of Joshua records the fulfilment of God's promises to his people Israel and points to how he does the same for us in Jesus.Graham Beynon opens up the story of Joshua and shows how it applies to Christian believers today. Drawing on modern, historical, and global perspectives, we see how God brings his kingdom through Jesus and what it means for us to enter the kingdom and live in it now.About the Hodder Bible CommentaryThe Hodder Bible Comm...

An exciting new cookery book from a first-time author and hard-working mother of two.Elisa Beynon won a competition to find a new and original voice in food writing, which was run in 2007 by Fourth Estate and Waitrose Food Illustrated. Her entry impressed the judges – among them Nigel Slater – with its emphasis on creating nutritious, affordable, practical meals for guests and a young family alike.Putting her family's well-being at the heart of all her cooking, Elisa really...

The ancient kingdoms of The Wheel are lit not by a sun, but by rollstars, great ovals of light that rotate around the hub in the sky. When they start going out, Sahaar's world will never be the same. The little kingdom ruled by her grandmother is thrown into chaos: the ailing queen is overthrown in a coup and Sahaar is forced to run for her life.With her pet fox as her only companion, Sahaar follows the directions she receives in a mysterious message and travels to a location far o...

It can be tempting to shy away from addressing the issue of gender roles in church because it’s often controversial. But this can result in churches either being increasingly influenced by secular culture or simply sticking with the status quo when it comes to what men and women do in church.Building on the belief that complementarianism is both biblical and positive, this book focuses on what these convictions look like in practice. Moving beyond the familiar discussions around an...

Pigs - A guide to Management - Second Edition provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of pig-keeping: how pigs have developed, the influence of the market on the breeds and pig-keeping systems, nutrition, the pig and its environment, reproduction, piglet birth, survival, growth and development, and the important place of artificial insemination in both modern commercial production and maintaining our rare breeds. The welfare, care and managemet of the pig through to its sale a...

This textbook offers students a systematic guide to how information systems underpin organisational activity in today's global information society, covering everything from ICT infrastructure and the digital environment to electronic marketing, mobile commerce and design thinking. While academically rigorous and underpinned by the author's deep knowledge of the subject, an engaging writing style combined with extensive pedagogical features, cases and innovative examples from around the wor...

To some planting a church seems an impossible dream; others have entirely unrealistic ideals of how easily it can be done. This helpful guide recognises that no church starts out the same and there are several different models that can be followed. Coming from an author with real experience and including real-world case studies from a wide range of settings, this is a tremendously practical and helpful introduction that will lay the foundations for a group of Christian people, a church, to be...