The book contains nine short stories dealing with different aspects of life during World War I.World War I includes the stories of flying aces such as the 'Red Baron', the story of Lawrence of Arabia and the stories of brave doctors and nurses such as Edith Cavell in German occupied Belgium.Complete with glossary, further reading section and index.

An inspiring story from the frontline of practical faith in action. Mary Weeks Millard, a quiet and unassuming girl overcomes social shyness and childhood illness and a poor educational start to aspire to her heart’s call to become a nurse on the mission field. She tells her own unique and inspiring life story by painting a colourful and often graphic picture of training as a nurse and midwife in the UK in the 1950s. Pressing ahead against all the odds Mary finds doors opening as she exerc...

Love and Fate...This set of books collects Michèle Delemme's memoirs.Going back over thirty years of astrological consultations, she relates the outstanding moments of her career.Each of them is a pretext for a delightful episode, sometimes funny but always moving.Michèle Delemme hardly brings up the astrological theory, she only cares about the individuals, their fate, their passions and she wonders: can we negotiate our Destiny?Mich...

"I want something else!" demanded two-year-old Mary."Well, what do you want?" her mother asked. "A sweet?""Yes," she replied, grabbing the opportunity, "but I want something else!""How about a cuddle?""Yes... but I want something else."Mary's journey would take her to Africa and back, meeting many interesting people, looking for the 'something else' that would change her life forever...

This book is unique.Written as a journal, it is an honest and intimate revelation of one woman's ability to cope with the unexpected suicide of her teenage son.Tom was a deep-thinking and creative young man, and an active Christian. How can a young Christian commit suicide? How can a parent not feel condemned? What goes through the minds of young people in these circumstances? Excerpts from Tom's diary are included.You will find it difficult to put this book down. A...

“There are no Europeans left on the Hill; we should have gone too! Everyone else was evacuated early this morning! We must all go immediately!”The words came tumbling out.There was no time to argue; it was now known clearly that the Japanese Army had invaded Malaya and was rapidly making its way southwards. In the surrounding area everyone had fled. There was no traffic, no movement anywhere, just silence.“Darlings, we are in trouble," Patricia's Mo...

In this haunting, lyrical, luminous book, Colin Dayan meditates on her family history, her relationship with animals, and her upbringing in the South. Examining memories, family documents, and photographs, Animal Quintet takes a raw look at racial tensions and bourgeois respectability in a region struggling to change. Famed Southern war horses ridden by Civil War generals, doomed Spanish fighting bulls, the misunderstood possum hunted by generations of Southerners, and the chickens slaught...

Would it bother you if your vicar or pastor was a former skinhead, punk-rocker and football hooligan? What about your Sunday School teacher? For that matter, what about St Paul who was a persecutor of Christians and then had them thrown into prison, or Moses who murdered a man?This is a timely modern story of how God chooses sinners, any of us, and makes them into saints for his glory. David O'Brien was a least likely candidate for church leadership but God had his eye on him from ...

The book contains nine short stories dealing with different aspects of life during World War II.Included is the remarkable survival story of future US President J F Kennedy, the story of the dambusters and a plotted assassination attempt on Hitler.Complete with glossary, further reading section and index.

Whilst theoretical knowledge of God can be helpful, we can only grow and advance in our faith by building a deep relationship with Him, especially during the peaks and troughs of our human experiences. Each of us needs to walk with the King.Isaac Ayodele shares powerful testimonies of how God miraculously intervened at critical moments in his life, demonstrating key aspects of His nature and character. His extraordinary stories, shared with openness and humility, will inspire you t...

“This is an exceptionally moving and fascinating account of a family of six who graciously adapted to working in five continents over seven decades.It starts with Jean aged nine, captured in China by brutal Japanese soldiers and imprisoned with her family, where she was half-starved, lost much education, and her family life was totally disrupted. [She] overcame all these deprivations, and went on to a life of selfless devotion to others …This book is an amazing account of h...

Mother of six children, primary school teacher and public speaker, Diana, has faced many challenges in her life.She lost her first child and was told she could not expect to have more children; she was recommended to abort her second child; she faced the financial challenges of raising six children on her husband's teaching wage; she faced life-threatening diseases; finally she and her husband were forced out of their teaching jobs by malicious false allegations. But being a Christ...