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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was the author of the classic novels "War
and Peace" and "Anna Karenina". In mid-life, he underwent a deep
moral and spiritual crisis that led him back to the gospels in an
effort to conform his life to the spirit of Christ. This book
focuses on his spiritual writings: autobiographical reflections on
his journey of faith; commentaries on the gospels; and, essays on
the essence of Christianity.
This intimate and personal memoir of the present incumbent of Firle
Place, the home in the South Downs of the Gage family for 500
years, is described as follows by Charles Moore: In this book,
Nicky Gage describes his father's memoirs as 'masterly but short'.
The same could be said of his own. Both when being funny - which,
again and again, he is - and when being serious, he has a gift for
economy of style. Take this chapter opening: 'Sadly, the sexual
revolution of the 1960s passed me by, as I was either sitting on my
tractor looking after sheep or occasionally visiting my parents -
whose butler disapproved of my agricultural attire.' Without being
tediously confessional, Nicky is direct about his own failings. One
of these, he thinks, is that he took much too long to grow up. Is
that such a failing? No doubt it caused some difficulties along the
way, but his childlike quality is central to the charm to which all
his friends testify. It has allowed him to stay open to the world.
He became a father in his seventies and continues to paint and hunt
in his mid-eighties, an age when most men would long have put aside
such things. He possesses an invincible innocence, which lights up
his blue eyes, and makes this book a delight. Sir John Gage made
the family fortune in the first half of the 16th century. Nicky,
his descendant, writes admiringly of Sir John's good intentions
towards Firle expressed in his will. We should all admire Nicky's
fulfilment of those intentions in the 21st.
"With a new epilogue"
Richly illustrated with houses large and small, old and new, with
photographs, plans, and cutaway drawings, this is a book for people
who want a house but who may not know what they really need, or
what they have a right to expect.
The authors establish the basis for good building by examining
houses in the small Massachusetts town of Edgartown; in Santa
Barbara, California, where a commitment was made to re-create an
imaginary Spanish past; and in Sea Ranch, on the northern
California coast, where the authors attempt to create a community.
These examples demonstrate how individual houses can express the
care, energies, and dreams of the people who live in them, and can
contribute to a larger sense of place.
A pastor's frank advice for Christians who want to bring the gospel
to their neighbors. Gold Medal Winner, 2016 Illumination Book Award
in ministry/mission, Independent Publishers How can Christians
represent the love of Christ to their neighbors (let alone people
in foreign countries) in an age when Christianity has earned a bad
name from centuries of intolerance and cultural imperialism? Is it
enough to love and serve them? Can you win their trust without
becoming one of them? Can you be a missional Christian without a
church? This provocative book, based on a recently uncovered
collection of 100-year-old letters from a famous pastor to his
nephew, a missionary in China, will upend pretty much everyone's
assumptions about what it means to give witness to Christ.
Blumhardt challenges us to find something of God in every person,
to befriend people and lead them to faith without expecting them to
become like us, and to discover where Christ is already at work in
the world. This is truly good news: No one on the planet is outside
the love of God. At a time when Christian mission has too often
been reduced to social work or proselytism, this book invites us to
reclaim the heart of Jesus' great commission, quietly but
confidently incarnating the love of Christ and trusting him to do
the rest.
A prominent seafaring environmentalist and researcher shares his
shocking discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and inspires
a fundamental rethinking of the Plastic Age.
In the summer of 1997, Charles Moore set sail from Honolulu
returning home after competing in a trans-Pacific race. To get to
California, he and his crew took a shortcut through the
seldom-traversed North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, a vast "oceanic
desert" where winds are slack and sailing ships languish. There,
Moore realized his catamaran was surrounded by a "plastic soup." He
had stumbled upon the largest garbage dump on the planet--a spiral
nebula where plastic outweighed zooplankton, the ocean's food base,
by a factor of six to one.
In "Plastic Ocean," Moore recounts his ominous findings and
unveils the secret life and hidden proper ties of plastics. From
milk jugs to polymer molecules small enough to penetrate human skin
or be unknowingly inhaled, plastic is now suspected of contributing
to a host of ailments, including infertility, autism, thyroid
dysfunction, and some cancers. An urgent call to action, Moore's
sobering revelations will be embraced by activists, concerned
parents, and anyone concerned about the deadly impact and
implications of this man-made blight.
Not For Turning is the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized
biography of Margaret Thatcher, the longest serving Prime Minister
of the twentieth century and one of the most influential political
figures of the postwar era. Charles Moore's biography of Margaret
Thatcher, published after her death on 8 April 2013, immediately
supersedes all earlier books written about her. At the moment when
she becomes a historical figure, this book also makes her into a
three dimensional one for the first time. It gives unparalleled
insight into her early life and formation, especially through her
extensive correspondence with her sister, which Moore is the first
author to draw on. It recreates brilliantly the atmosphere of
British politics as she was making her way, and takes her up to
what was arguably the zenith of her power, victory in the
Falklands. (This volume ends with the Falklands Dinner in Downing
Street in November 1982.) Moore is clearly an admirer of his
subject, but he does not shy away from criticising her or
identifying weaknesses and mistakes where he feels it is justified.
Based on unrestricted access to all Lady Thatcher's papers,
unpublished interviews with her and all her major colleagues, this
is the indispensable, fully rounded portrait of a towering figure
of our times.
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