Hope in a secular age

Hope in a Secular Age

Drawing on premodern theology and postmodern theory, this book shows that religious and political commitments can endure uncertainty through the pract

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Secular Age

The place of religion in society has changed profoundly in the last few centuries, particularly in the West. In what will be a defining book for our t

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Pastor in a Secular Age

Through an abundance of examples, this book explores how pastors have both perpetuated and responded to our secular age, and provides a new vision for

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Catholic Nuns and Sisters in a Secular Age

This is the first in-depth study of post-war female religious life. Rooted in the lived experiences of women religious in Britain, it explores British

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Participating in Abundant Life – Holistic Salvation for a Secular Age

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Reimagining Apologetics – The Beauty of Faith in a Secular Age

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Sacred and Secular Transactions in the Age of Shakespeare

Argues that Shakespeare's plays present ""secularization"" not only as a historical narrative of progress but also as a hermeneutic process that unlea

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Congregation in a Secular Age – Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life

A leading practical theologian articulates why congregations feel pressured by the speed of change in modern life and encourages an approach that does

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Faith Formation in a Secular Age – Responding to the Church`s Obsession with Youthfulness

A leading practical theologian offers an alternative take on the issue of youth drifting away from the church and articulates how faith can be formed

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Wisdom from Babylon – Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age

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Church in an Age of Secular Mysticisms – Why Spiritualities without God Fail to Transform Us

In a secular age that offers a buffet of spiritualities focused on the self and on personal transformation, leading practical theologian Andrew Root s

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Hope in the Age of Addiction – How to Find Freedom and Restore Your Relationships

Counselors with decades of experience offer a liberating, biblically based approach to finding freedom from addiction and restoring broken or strained

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Age of Unpeace

A FINANCIAL TIMES ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Compulsively readable... An essential course in geopolitical self-help' - Adam Tooze'Full of fresh - and often surprising - ideas' - Niall Ferguson 'Extraordinary... One of those rare books that defines the terms of our conversation about our times' - Michael Ignatieff We thought connecting the world would bring lasting peace. ...

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Resilience: Aging with Vision, Hope and Courage in a Time of Crisis

A journey into the wisdom, maturity, and resilience of age in a time of crisis.

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Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival and Hope in New York City - Andrea Elliott

<p>Based on nearly a decade of reporting, Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is named for the bottled water that comes to symbolise Brooklyn's gentrification and the shared aspirations of a di...

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Castle and Cathedral in Modern Prague: Longing for the Sacred in a Skeptical Age - Berglund Bruce R.

Anotace: Prague in the early twentieth century was the city of cubists, surrealists, and the Good Soldier vejk. This book takes a new approach to interwar Prague by identifying religion as an integral part of the city s cultural history. As Prague emerged as a modern city and the Czech nation gained independence, Catholics, Protestants, and those who imagined a non-secta...

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Castle and Cathedral in Modern Prague: Longing for the Sacred in a Skeptical Age - Bruce R. Berglund

<p>Prague in the early twentieth century was the city of cubists, surrealists, and the Good Soldier vejk. This book takes a new approach to interwar Prague by identifying religion as an integral part of the city s cultural history. As Prague emerged as a modern city and the Czech nation gained independence, Catholics, Protestants, and those who imagined a non-sectar...

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Avengers Age of Ultron Movie Masterpiece Akční figurka 1/6 Hulkb

Specifically designed by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, the extremely durable Hulkbuster suit can be deployed from orbit. Both Stark and Banner sincerely hope the raw might of the Hulkbuster will never need to be utilized...Given the immense popularity of sixth scale Hulkbuster Collectible Figure, Sideshow and Hot Toys are ecstatic to officially present the Deluxe Version o...

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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality - Amanda Montell

<p>In the modern information age, our brain's coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal narrative to explore our modern cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages and highlights of magical overthinking. "Magical thinking" can be broadly de...

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A Deepness in the Sky - Vernor Vinge

<p>This is science fiction on the grandest of scales - a cast of thousands set across hundreds of years and in the farthest reaches of Human Space. A prequel to his earlier novel A Fire Upon the Deep, this new novel is epic in scope and a thoroughly riveting read. A Deepness In the Sky is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the ...

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Prague in the Heart

Prague in the Heart is a collection of one hundred and eighty-nine true stories of events that have taken place in Prague over the past two hundred years. They show that the recent past has been no less dramatic and convoluted than in medieval times.Franz Kafka, Jaroslav Seifert, Bohumil Hrabal, Jaroslav Hašek, Jan Patočka, Jiří Dienstbier and Václav Havel were all reside...

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Go as a River: A soaring, heartstopping coming-of-age novel of female resilience and becoming, for fans of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING - Read Shelley

Anotace: `Shelley Read`s lyrical voice is a force of nature and when she lends it to a woman leading a hardscrabble life in rural Colorado, the result is tragic, uplifting and completely unforgettable` BONNIE GARMUS, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY``A beautiful, compassion-filled debut` DAILY MAIL`A compelling tale of love and a heroine fighting back` PATRICK GALE________...

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Go as a River: A soaring, heartstopping coming-of-age novel of female resilience and becoming, for fans of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING - Shelley Read

<p>'Shelley Read's lyrical voice is a force of nature and when she lends it to a woman leading a hardscrabble life in rural Colorado, the result is tragic, uplifting and completely unforgettable' BONNIE GARMUS, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY''A beautiful, compassion-filled debut' DAILY MAIL'A compelling tale of love and a heroine fighting back' PATRICK GALE_________...

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A Deepness in the Sky - Moller Jorgensen Lene, Vince Vernor

Anotace: This is science fiction on the grandest of scales - a cast of thousands set across hundreds of years and in the farthest reaches of Human Space. A prequel to his earlier novel A Fire Upon the Deep, this new novel is epic in scope and a thoroughly riveting read.A Deepness In the Sky is the story of Pham Nuwen, a small cog in the interstellar trading fleet of the ...

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Prague in the Heart (978-80-7252-605-5)

Kniha – autor Renáta Fučíková, 195 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - česky Prague in the Heart is a collection of one hundred and eighty-nine true stories of events that have taken place in Prague over the past two hundred years. They show that the recent past has been no less dramatic and convoluted than in medieval times. Franz Kafka, Jaroslav Seifert...

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Independence Square: Arkady Renko in Ukraine - Cruz Smith Martin

Anotace: `The later Renko novels are stark, spare and beautiful, like trees in winter. Martin Cruz Smith does more on a page than most writers manage in a chapter. He is unique and irreplaceable` MICK HERRON ARKADY RENKO IS BACK . . . Renko has been confined to a desk job by his superiors to keep him out of the way. Although he`s more disillusioned with policing and th...

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Independence Square: Arkady Renko in Ukraine - Smith Martin Cruz

<p>'The later Renko novels are stark, spare and beautiful, like trees in winter. Martin Cruz Smith does more on a page than most writers manage in a chapter. He is unique and irreplaceable' MICK HERRON ARKADY RENKO IS BACK . . . Renko has been confined to a desk job by his superiors to keep him out of the way. Although he's more disillusioned with policing and the...

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The Race Against Time: Adventures in Late-Life Running - Askwith Richard

Anotace: A transformational quest for the secrets of happy, healthy, whole-life running that will change the way you think about growing older.Colourful, informative and inspiring, The Race Against Time is a story of cold science and heart-warming resilience; of champions and also-rans; of sprinting centenarians and forty-something super-athletes barely touched by age. I...

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The Race Against Time: Adventures in Late-Life Running - Richard Askwith

<p>A transformational quest for the secrets of happy, healthy, whole-life running that will change the way you think about growing older.Colourful, informative and inspiring, The Race Against Time is a story of cold science and heart-warming resilience; of champions and also-rans; of sprinting centenarians and forty-something super-athletes barely touched by age. It...

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Prague in the Heart - 189 Stories from the City and its People - Renáta Fučíková

Anotace: Prague in the Heart is a collection of one hundred and eighty-nine true stories of events that have taken place in Prague over the past two hundred years. They show that the recent past has been no less dramatic and convoluted than in medieval times. Franz Kafka, Jaroslav Seifert, Bohumil Hrabal, Jaroslav Hašek, Jan Patočka, Jiří Dienstbier and ...

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Prague in the Heart - 189 Stories from the City and its People - Renáta Fučíková

<p></p> <p class="Bezodstavcovhostylu"><em>Prague in the Heart</em><span> </span>is a collection of one hundred and eighty-nine true stories of events that have taken place in<span> </span><strong>Prague</strong><span> </span>over the past two hundred years. They show that the recent p...

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Politics and the Sacred

This book demonstrates how practices of the sacred have shaped political frames in a secular age. It examines the political imagination, collective id

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A Very Lively Murder - Watson Katy

Anotace: One murder mystery movie. Three Dahlias. And a whole cast of suspects...Ex child star Posy Starling is finally filming her dream role - Dahlia Lively in The Lady Detective movie. But things take a nightmare turn when a prop weapon is replaced with the real thing - with almost fatal consequences for her fellow Dahlia, Rosalind King. There`s something very wrong...

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Yes We (Still) Can

The fightback starts here: this timely book offers a glimmer of hope in the darkness of the age, and a contribution to the anti-Trump resistance. The

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The Fresh New Face of Griselda

A moving coming-of-age novel about one girl's struggles after her parents lose their home and her journey to find hope in family and friendship, from

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The Fresh New Face of Griselda

A moving coming-of-age novel about one girl's struggles after her parents lose their home, and her journey to find hope in family and friendship, from

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Just Another Mountain

In 1997, at the age of 24, Sarah lost her mother to breast cancer. Alone and adrift in the world, she very nearly gave up hope - but she'd made a prom

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Never Again

At the end of the Second World War Britain was in flux. It was an age of rationing and rebuilding; when hope for a better future contrasted with the h

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Beroun - Deset zastavení na procházce královským městem / Ten destinations on a walk through the roy

Nová reprezentativní fotografická publikace o současném Berouně vychází při příležitosti oslav 750. výročí první písemné zmínky o městě. Autory fotografií jsou berounští tvůrci Vladimír Kasl, Jiří Semrád a Zdeněk Zůna, autorem doprovodných textů je berounský básník a textař Jan Velíšek. Ten ve svém úvodním slově mimo jiné uvádí: „Milí čtenáři, dostáváte do ruky knihu o Be...

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What If... - Shirley MacLaine

Anotace: Beloved actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine contemplates a wealth of subjects from the mundane to the esoteric in this all-new collection of musings that begin with two simple words: What if... What if hope is the most dangerous emotion? What if a frog had wings? (Answer: He wouldn't bump his ass so much.) What if our political leaders actually le...

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What If…

Beloved actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine contemplates a wealth of subjects from the mundane to the esoteric in this all-new collection of musings that begin with two simple words: What if...What if hope is the most dangerous emotion? What if a frog had wings? (Answer: He wouldn't bump his ass so much.) What if our political leaders actually led? What if Do...

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What If… - Mac Shirley Laine

<p>Beloved actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine contemplates a wealth of subjects from the mundane to the esoteric in this all-new collection of musings that begin with two simple words: What if…<br /> What if hope is the most dangerous emotion?<br /> What if a frog had wings? (Answer: He wouldn't bump his ass so much.)<br /> What if ou...

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Doomsday Book - Willisová Connie

Anotace: For Kivrin Engle, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity`s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous locat...

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Foundation, 1. vydání - Isaac Asimov

<p>For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Sheldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save mankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both s...

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Beroun - Deset zastavení na procházce královským městem / Ten destinations on a walk through the royal town / Zehn Orte des Verweilens bei einem Bummel durch die königliche Stadt - Vladimír Kasl

<p>Nová reprezentativní fotografická publikace o současném Berouně vychází při příležitosti oslav 750. výročí první písemné zmínky o městě. Autory fotografií jsou berounští tvůrci Vladimír Kasl, Jiří Semrád a Zdeněk Zůna, autorem doprovodných textů je berounský básník a textař Jan Velíšek. Ten ve svém úvodním slově mimo jiné uvádí: „Milí čtenáři, dostáváte do ruky k...

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BRITISH HISTORY SEEN THROUGH ART + CD

British History Seen Through Art relates the significant events of British history with a detailed commentary on the most important works of art of the period, which are beautifully presented in full colour. Starting with Stonehenge, we see history unfold before our eyes. We observe how the religious art of the Middle Ages became more secular after the reign of Henry VIII...

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The Rose That Grew from Concrete (1416511652)

Kniha - autor Tupac Shakur, 150 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná His talent was unbounded, a raw force that commanded attention and respect. His death was tragic - a violent homage to the power of his voice. His legacy is indomitable, remaining vibrant and alive. Here now are Tupac Shakur's private thoughts, conveyed through the pure art of poetry - a glimps...

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Beroun - Deset zastavení na procházce královským městem / Ten destinations on a walk through the royal town / Zehn Orte des Verweilens bei einem Bummel durch die königliche Stadt - Vladimír Kasl; Jiří Semrád; Zdeněk Zůna

Anotace: Nová reprezentativní fotografická publikace o současném Berouně vychází při příležitosti oslav 750. výročí první písemné zmínky o městě. Autory fotografií jsou berounští tvůrci Vladimír Kasl, Jiří Semrád a Zdeněk Zůna, autorem dopr...

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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (1780226586)

Kniha - autor Malala Yousafzai; Christina Lamb, 292 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná *Winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize*In 2009 Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog on BBC Urdu about life in the Swat Valley as the Taliban gained control, at times banning girls from attending school. When her identity was discovered, Malala began to appear in both Pakista...

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Humanly Possible

The bestselling, prizewinning author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores 700 years of writers, thinkers, scientists and artists, all trying to understand what it means to be truly human.If you are reading this, it's likely you already have some affinity with humanism, even if you don't think of yourself in those terms. You may be drawn to literature and...

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Light Bringer: the Sunday Times bestseller - Pierce Brown

<p>Darrow returns as Pierce Brown's New York Times bestselling Red Rising series continues in the thrilling sequel to Dark Age.The Reaper is a legend, more myth than man: the savior of worlds, the leader of the Rising, the breaker of chains. But the Reaper is also Darrow, born of the red soil of Mars: a husband, a father, a friend.Marooned far from home after a deva...

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Monstrosity of Christ

"What matters is not so much that Zizek is endorsing a demythologized, disenchanted Christianity without transcendence, as that he is offering in the end (despite what he sometimes claims) a heterodox version of Christian belief."--John Milbank"To put it even more bluntly, my claim is that it is Milbank who is effectively guilty of heterodoxy, ultimately of a regression t...

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Ghost Reaper Girl 2 - Saiké Akissa

Anotace: Beware, evil spirits! Ghost Reaper Girl is on the case!Chloe has dreamed of becoming a glamorous actress ever since she was little. But being the ripe old age of 28 might be working against her, as are her spontaneous displays of violence! But not all hope is lost-she could be perfect for the role offered by a mysterious and charming new man in her life. Can Chl...

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Ghost Reaper Girl 2 - Akissa Saiké

<p>Beware, evil spirits! Ghost Reaper Girl is on the case!Chloe has dreamed of becoming a glamorous actress ever since she was little. But being the ripe old age of 28 might be working against her, as are her spontaneous displays of violence! But not all hope is lost-she could be perfect for the role offered by a mysterious and charming new man in her life. Can Chlo...

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Thymesia

The once thriving Kingdom of Hermes has fallen to an age of calamity. Seen as the answer to all the kingdom’s ailments, alchemy became a widely used practice across the land, with denizens welcoming it into their homes, using it to enhance and heal as they saw fit. When the price of alchemy became too steep, attempts to halt its use were made, each as woefully unsuc...

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Shadow of Night - Harknessová Deborah

Anotace: Fall deeper under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the captivating second volume of the No.1 internationally bestselling ALL SOULS trilogy, following A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Diana Gabaldon and J. K. Rowling. In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidd...

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Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness

<p>Fall deeper under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the captivating second volume of the No.1 internationally bestselling ALL SOULS trilogy, following A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Diana Gabaldon and J. K. Rowling.In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love ...

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The Book of Fire: The moving, captivating and unmissable new novel from the author of THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO - Christy Lefteri

<p>A captivating, moving novel of survival, hope and redemption, THE BOOK OF FIRE is the blazing new book from the international bestselling author of THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO and SONGBIRDS.AMONG THE ASHES, ONE FAMILY FOUND HOPE . . .In a tiny, beautiful Greek village, deep in an ancient forest, live a family - Irini, Tasso and their daughter, sweet Chara. One day th...

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Shadow of Night

In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love has broken the laws dividing creatures. To discover the manuscript which holds their hope for the future, they must now travel back to the past. When Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, discovered a significant alchemical manusc...

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Banana Fish 19 - Yoshida Akimi

Anotace: Nature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret...

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