Jesus asked the disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" His followers have been pondering his identity ever since. One answer came in the form of the Nicene Creed. The "Great O Antiphons" provide another. These liturgical texts, dating from the same era as the creeds, apply a variety of images from Jewish tradition to the Christ. Unlike the creeds, though, they concern what (from a sixth-century viewpoint) the Christ was doing from creation to his incarnation. Most familiar through the c...

** As seen on ITV Tonight… THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER **** A New Scientist Best Book of 2026 **'Clear and compelling' Chris van Tulleken'Really interesting and insightful' Joe Wicks'Fascinating' Tim Spector–What if the food you eat could rewind your biological clock?From the rising incidence of cancer in the under-5...

Creative thinking made easyBeing creative can be tough - and trying to come up with great ideas under pressure can leave the great ideas under wraps! Creative Thinking For Dummies helps you apply creative thinking techniques to everything you touch, whether it's that novel you have inside you or the new business idea you've had that will make you the next hot entrepreneur ??? or anything in between.Creative Thinking For Dummies is a practi...

David's Story is a personal reflection on the fascinating life of the author as seen through his eyes in his seventy seventh year. Most importantly, it is a story focusing on love gained, lost and then of love returning in more ways than one. From his working class beginnings in Bolton, the author's rebellious streak led to some interesting experiences. In this memoir, David reflects on his upbringing and family relationships during which time he lived in many different places, his life as...

What's the first image that comes to mind when you think of your favorite brand?Do you want your brand to have a standing chance to be positioned at par with your competitors, or even exceed them?Has it ever crossed your mind what big brands like Apple and Coca-Cola did (and have been doing) to be where they are now?Are you still uncertain if your brand is even strong enough to convey your image and build a presence within the market?The problem is that busi...

"Treatise on Landscape Painting in Water-Colours" by David Cox is a comprehensive guide that delves into the techniques and principles of landscape painting using watercolors. Cox, a prominent figure in the art world, shares his insights on capturing the beauty of nature through this medium. The book covers various aspects of landscape painting, including composition, color theory, and the importance of light and atmosphere. With practical advice and illustrative examples, it serves as an ...

As a boy, David Cox lived in the dusty outback on a sheep station. His lessons came in a brown envelope from the Correspondence School, but out of doors his father was his teacher. David learned the stockman's skills of riding horses and mustering sheep and cattle, and when they were out riding his father would tell stories about old times. Sometimes they would repair stockyards or fences, and when the job was done his father would step back and say, 'Well, it's good enough for a sheep sta...

REMEMBERING BLACK SATURDAYThere is a fire coming, and we need to move quickly. Mum and Dad start packing bags, grabbing woollen blankets, the first-aid kit, torches, and then the photo albums. Dad puts Ruby on her lead and ties her up near the back door. My chest feels hollow, like a birdcage.Atmospheric and intensely moving, this is the story of a family experiencing a bushfire, its devastating aftermath, and the long process of healing and rebuilding.

Hmmm! Who's Speaking? is an inspiring collection of first-hand reports, so to speak, that the author gathered by visiting a variety of churches from a wide array of religious denominations and backgrounds. Then he shared them first with his minister and then others so that each may learn something from other members of the body of Christ.Some of his visits were to mosques, temples, synagogues, and even cults. The author hopes his reports of visits to denominational and nondenominat...

With no skills and limited knowledge they built a life in the middle of nowhere by reading how-to books and doing things the hard way. In this lighthearted memoir they face the challenges of constructing their own home, providing their own water and electricity, and learning to live with the wildlife, including their few, but eccentric neighbors. This ten year journey from soft city dwellers to independent and self sufficient country bumpkins includes accidents, adventures, misadventures, ...

Throughout the nineteenth century and twentieth century, various attempts were made to define and control problematic behaviour in public by legal and legislative means through the use of a somewhat nebulous concept of ‘indecency’. Remarkably however, public indecency remains a much under-researched aspect of English legal, social and criminal justice history.Covering a period of just over a century, from 1857 (the date of the passing of the first Obscene Publications Act) to 1960 ...

Crime in England 1688-1815 covers the ‘long’ eighteenth century, a period which saw huge and far-reaching changes in criminal justice history. These changes included the introduction of transportation overseas as an alternative to the death penalty, the growth of the magistracy, the birth of professional policing, increasingly harsh sentencing of those who offended against property-owners and the rapid expansion of the popular press, which fuelled debate and interest in all matter...