This gathering of movie and book reviews by New Yorker magazine critic Anthony Lane culls his best essays on high and low culture, considering diverse subject matter that includes T. S. Eliot and Judith Krantz. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
Howard Hodgkin (b. 1932) is among the most important artists working in Britain today. Nominally abstract, his paintings are, in his words, 'representational pictures of emotional situations'. Sumptuously illustrated, this book focuses on a selection of Hodgkin's paintings from the last fifteen years. Conceived independently, Howard Hodgkin, 1992 ...
This sixth volume in the Tyndale House Studies series addresses the identity, character, and activity of angels and demons and features perspectives from a range of scholars, present and past, from throughout the world.
This comprehensive survey is the ideal introduction to the thinkers and writers who have shaped Christian history and Western Culture - as well as to the major works and movements they generated. From the first century to the 20th, from Palestine via Europe to Asia and Africa, the book covers over 125 people, documents and councils. Each thinker ...
John Calvin's "Institutes" is one of the great classics of Christian theology. Now, at the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth, a leading Calvin expert offers an affordable guide to reading the "Institutes" (keyed to the McNeill/Battles translation). The book includes selected readings and annotations to offer a streamlined introduction to the ...
This is a study of John Calvin and his relationships with the fathers and the medieval scholars. Specific themes explored include Calvin''s knowledge of the Greek fathers and his use and sources of Bernard of Clairvaux.'
In this assessment of the recent Catholic-Protestant dialogue concerning the doctrine of justification, Anthony Lane begins by discussing traditional Protestant doctrine with close reference to Calvin, and traditional Catholic doctrine with close reference to the Council of Trent. He goes on to examine eight key documents, from Hans Kung's ...
Kent has a long coastline and this, together with its position as the English county closest to Europe, has meant that it has a long history of seafaring, as well as being vulnerable to attack during wartime. In this book, the different aspects of Kent's connection with the sea over the past 200 years is described, with a large number of ...
This is a collection of classic Christian writings, and includes pieces on spirituality, doctrine and social change and passages that have changed the way people think and behave. Entries include Origen's 'On Prayer' and Bede's 'History of the English Church'.
This book gives a thorough and intelligible account of asthma for patients and their families. It opens with a vivid account of life as an asthmatic by a sufferer who is also a doctor. The author then describes what is known of the causes and mechanisms of asthma, how the disease manifests itself throughout life, and how it is distributed ...
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Anthony McGowan, Chris Powling, Alex Lane, Andrea Smith, Peter Corey, Tom Worsley, John Malam, Jon Stuart (Illustrator), Sean Longcroft (Illustrator)
This pack includes five fantastic books, three fiction and two non fiction, based on the theme of Fast and Furious, with accompanying Guided Reading Notes to support teaching of comprehension skills and help raise literacy standards for all your pupils. The Fast and Furious Guided Reading Notes provide step-by-step guided reading support for each ...
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Anthony McGowan, Chris Powling, Alex Lane, Andrea Smith, Peter Corey, Tom Worsley, John Malam, Jon Stuart (Illustrator), Sean Longcroft (Illustrator)
This cluster pack includes six copies each of five fantastic books, three fiction and two non fiction, based on the theme of Fast and Furious, with accompanying Guided Reading Notes to support teaching of comprehension skills and help raise literacy standards for all your pupils. The Fast and Furious Guided Reading Notes provide step-by-step ...
This is one of Calvin's more significant works, for a variety of reasons. It contains Calvin's fullest exposition of sin and grace and how these relate to the human will. He uses a range of language (including scholastic terminology) wider than that found elsewhere in his writings. Also, this work is, after the Institutio, the most significant for ...
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