*The No.1 Sunday Times BestsellerAre you ready to change your life?Are you sick of always wearing black and getting undressed in the dark?Are you fixated with a number on the scales?Are you afraid to step into the gym and commit to a routine?Is your confidence at an all-time low?Is all of this having a negative impact on your ...

Christianity Today **Book Award Winner ● Martin Institute and Dallas Willard Center Book AwardYou are what you love. But you might not love what you think.**Who and what we worship fundamentally shape our hearts. We may not realize, however, the ways our hearts are taught to love rival gods instead of the One for whom we were made. And while we desire to shape culture, we are not often aware of how culture shapes us.In this book, popular sp...

The follow up to James Smith’s international number one bestseller, Not a Diet Book.Do you love your job?Does your future excite you?Are your relationships working for you?James Smith is back to challenge everything you thought you knew about the path to fulfilment and happiness. With hard-hitting home truths and a helping of tough love, be prepared to re-set your outlook, redefine your goals and truly consider:...

2023 Christian Book Award® Winner (Christian Living)Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (Christian Living & Spiritual Formation)The Spiritual Significance of TimeMany Christians live a faith that is "nowhen." They are disconnected from the past or imagine they are somehow "above" the flux of history, as if every generation starts with a clean state. They lack an awareness of time and...

We have all been stopped in our tracks by beauty, caught off guard by something that leaves us changed.How do we make sense of these experiences? How does beauty ennoble our everyday lives and sanctify our affections? And what distinguishes wanting something for ourselves from loving something for itself?The Lost Tradition of Beauty seeks to answer these questions through exploring the classical tradition of beauty. For two thousa...

From two times number one Sunday Times bestselling author, James Smith, comes HOW TO BE CONFIDENT – the third instalment in James’ no-nonsense guides to gaining the tools to empower your decision-making and change your life.Now, more than ever, we are so often lost within a cycle of negativity – from comparing ourselves to others and doom scrolling on social media, to a paralysis of choice and chasing external gratification that does nothing to nurture authentic happiness. We need ...

EVERY RELATIONSHIP IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.What if every relationship in your life became your greatest teacher?The Learning Relationship invites you to see every connection-romantic, professional, family, friendships, and even difficult relationships-as an opportunity for growth, healing, purpose, and high performance. Instead of simply reacting to life's challenges, you'll learn how to transform every interaction into a catalyst for personal and profe...

Love Under Pressure is a science-informed guide to understanding what happens to intimate relationships when stress becomes chronic, shared, and difficult to name.Drawing from cognitive psychology, behavioral science, business systems thinking, CBT, ACT, and the principles behind learning organizations, Prince-James Smith, PhD reframes marriage as a living system rather than a fixed measure of compatibility. The book shows how couples can recognize stress patterns,...

The first edition of Desiring the Kingdom has been widely used in a variety of educational settings. In this substantial revision, popular speaker and award-winning author James K. A. Smith rearticulates his core argument--that human beings are lovers shaped by liturgies--for a new context.Smith helps us recognize the way cultural practices form--and deform--us. At the heart of Desiring the Kingdom is an account of Christian assimilation to rival gospels....

Learning new words is challenging, tedious, and boring because you are learning each word in isolation. A better approach to memorizing words is to become aware of other words by linking them together. Once you link similar words, not only will you retain more words, but by repetition, your memory for each of these words will be more long-lasting. The Ultimate Vocabulary Builder helps you do this.The book contains more than 3,500 base words. I have written this book, keeping in min...

Friday, 12th February, 1993. Two outwardly unremarkable ten-year-old boys began the day by playing truant and ended it running an errand for the local video shop. In between they abducted and killed a two-year-old boy, James Bulger. In search of an explanation, award-winning journalist David James Smith looks behind the misinformation, misunderstanding and sensational reporting to an exact account of the events of that day. A sensitive and definitive account, The Sleep of Reason a...

In 1620, more than one hundred people boarded a small wooden ship and set sail across the Atlantic Ocean. Among them were boys and girls—children who left behind everything they knew to face storms, sickness, hunger, and fear. Their journey was long and uncertain, but their courage helped shape the very beginnings of a new nation.This book brings their incredible story to life through the eyes of young passengers. Readers will discover what it was like to sleep in the cramped belly...