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  • Being a Deacon Today

    Exploring a Distinctive Ministry in the Church and in the World

    A theological explanation and practical handbook for those preparing for a diaconate in today’s church.All too often the time spent as a deacon is seen simply as the prelude to priestly ordination. Yet the Bible defines three orders of ministry - deacon, priest, and bishop - each with its own distinctive characteristics and responsibilities. In Being A Deacon Today, Brown explores the three places ... Read more

    $15.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Practice

    A Novel

    Named a Slate Top 10 Book of the YearAn NPR and Literary Hub Best Book of the YearAn astonishing first novel about a day in the life of a young student who experiences her thoughts, fantasies, and wishes as she writes about—or tries to write about—Shakespeare’s sonnets.Six o’clock in the morning, Sunday, at the worn-out end of January.In a small roo... ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Best British Short Stories 2017

    Series series Best British Short Stories
    The nation's favourite annual guide to the short story, now in its seventh year.Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This critically acclaimed series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere. The editor's brief is wide ranging, covering ... Read more

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  • The Book of the City of Ladies

    Christine de Pizan (c.1364-1430) was France's first professional woman of letters. Her pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and miserable after reading a male writer's tirade against women, Christine has a dreamlike vision where three virtues - Reason, Rectitude and Justice - appear to correct this view. They instruct her to build an allegorical city in which ... Read more

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  • Prayers for Living

    500 Prayers for Public and Private Worship

    Prayers for Living offers 500 new accessible, contemporary and wide-ranging intercessory prayers suitable for public worship or private devotion. The wide thematic range includes subjects for which prayers are not always readily available. In addition to prayers for many world, national, local and people’s needs, there are prayers for our stewardship of God’s world and prayers inspired by ordinary ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The City of Ladies

    Translated by Rosalind Brown-Grant ...
    Series series Penguin Great Ideas
    A fascinating insight into the debates and controversies about the position of women in medieval culture, written by France's first professional woman of letters.The pioneering Book of the City of Ladies begins when, feeling frustrated and miserable after reading a male writer's tirade against women, Christine de Pizan has a dreamlike vision where three virtues—Reason, Rectitude, and Justice ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Diaconate in Ecumenical Perspective

    Ecclesiology, Liturgy and Practice

    Leading authorities in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom explore the diaconate from a variety of perspectives, particularly those of the Anglican Communion, the Roman Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Catholic Church. There are also contributions from the Methodist and Lutheran traditions.The historical development of the order of deacons and its theological basis in the Western and ... Read more

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  • On Being a Priest Today

    This important book on priestly identity embraces the many contemporary varieties of priestly ministry: male and female, paid and unpaid, parish and work–based, catholic, evangelical, charismatic. Examining the “root,” the “shape,” and the “fruit” of priestly identity, On Being a Priest Today is essential reading for priests, priests in training, and everyone considering the ministry. Part One ... Read more

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  • Busking the Gospel

    Ordained Ministry in Secular Employment

    From the earliest days of the Christian Church, there have been deacons and priests who have earned a living and explored their ministry through supporting themselves. However, as the Church is developing fresh initiatives in mission in a fast-changing world, there is a renewed interest in vocations that unite a sacramental ministry with daily life and work—a type of ministry, as the image of ... Read more

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  • Being a Priest Today

    Exploring Priestly Identity

    This important book on priestly identity embraces the many contemporary varieties of priestly ministry: male and female, paid and unpaid, parish and work–based, catholic, evangelical, charismatic. Examining the “root,” the “shape,” and the “fruit” of priestly identity, Being a Priest Today is essential reading for priests, priests in training, and everyone considering the ministry. Part One “roots ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Textual and Visual Representations of Power and Justice in Medieval France

    Manuscripts and Early Printed Books

    Thoroughly interdisciplinary in approach, this volume examines how concepts such as the exercising of power, the distribution of justice, and transgression against the law were treated in both textual and pictorial terms in works produced and circulated in medieval French manuscripts and early printed books. Analysing texts ranging from romances, political allegories, chivalric biographies, and ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Practice

    A Novel

    Narrated by Imogen Wilde ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 55 min

    An astonishing first novel about a day in the life of a young student who experiences her thoughts, fantasies, and wishes as she writes about—or tries to write about—Shakespeare’s sonnets.Rosalind Brown's Practice shows us just one day. Annabel, sitting in her small student room, attempts to write an essay about Shakespeare. She follows a meticulous, solitary routine but finds it repeatedly thrown ... Read more

    $17.99 USD