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Thoughtful Health Care: Ethical Awareness and Reflective Practice
Paperback,
06/06/2017,
£24.99
Using thought-provoking examples from health care and beyond, David Seedhouse advocates the restoration of thoughtfulness, creativity, and independence in health work.
How to make Gospel Music work for you: A guide for Gospel Music Makers and Marketers
Paperback,
26/06/2019,
£9.99
'How to make Gospel Music work for you' is an informative and authoritative guide to gospel music in Britain today. In this engaging and readable book, Roy shows how the music, which began in the West Indian Churches started by the Windrush Generation in the 1950s and 60s, rose to become the gospel music we know and love in Britain today.
The Penguin Handbook of the World's Living Religions
Paperback,
03/03/2010,
£20.00
A guide to the religious belief systems and practices of the world. It explains the sources and history of the world's religions, includes material on the phenomenon of Black African and Asian diaspora religions around the world, and explores the role of gender in modern religion.
Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy 2ed
Paperback,
01/12/2005,
£33.99
Offers selections from the works of Kongzi (Confucius), Mengzi (Mencius), Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), and Xunzi (Hsun Tzu); two works, and, the dialogues "Robber Zhi" and "White Horse". This work also contains introductions and bibliographies for each work. Four appendices on important figures, periods and terms in Chinese thought are also included.
Challenge of Person-Centred Care: An Interprofessional Perspective
Paperback,
16/12/2008,
£33.99
This progressive new text shows how professionals can work as a team to provide seamless treatment that puts the patient first. By exploring the concept of care from different perspectives and discussing the values and ethics each group brings, it links the goals of patient-centred practice and interprofessionalism for the first time.
Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives
Paperback,
24/04/2009,
£9.99
What happens to us when we die? And what does that tell us about being human?
Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World - His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams
Hardback,
22/09/2016,
£14.99
In April 2015, Archbishop Tutu travelled to the Dalai Lama's home in Dharamsala, India, to celebrate His Holiness' eightieth birthday. They looked back on their long lives to answer a single burning question: how do we find joy in the face of life's inevitable suffering? This book covers their meeting from the first embrace to the final goodbye.
Hitch-22 A Memoir
Paperback,
04/12/2010,
£12.99
The acid, hilarious, confessional, provocative bestselling memoirs of our greatest contrarian, and the author of god Is Not Great. 'If Hitchens didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to invent him.' Ian McEwan
Mortality
Paperback,
03/10/2013,
£7.99
The world's greatest contrarian confronts his own death in this brave and unforgettable book.
Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt
Paperback,
12/01/2017,
£18.95
The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt, worshipped for over half of recorded history, are among the most fascinating and complex of any civilization. This is a guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Egyptian religion and society. It examines the evolution, worship and eventual decline of the numerous gods and goddesses.
DISCOVER YOUR DESTINY WITH THE MONK
Paperback,
01/11/2004,
£10.99
A potent pathway to self-awakening that will help you to live your greatest life and claim the happiness, prosperity and inner peace that you deserve. From the author of the international bestseller, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.
Routledge Companion to Religion and Film
Paperback,
13/08/2010,
£35.99
Intends to introduce students to the key topics in religion and film and to investigate the ways in which the subject of religion and film is developing for more experienced scholars. This companion considers films as diverse as "The Passion of the Christ", "The Matrix", "Star Wars" and "Groundhog Day".
Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Storiess
7,
31/08/2010,
£14.95
A guide to the Greek and Roman Myths. It features a blend of stories, facts and quotations from ancient authors, and places ancient myths in a modern context, discussing the afterlives of the myths and the relevance of their messages. It includes factfiles on heroes and heroines and family trees of the gods.
Greek Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy
Hardback,
28/03/2016,
£14.95
The Greek myths have a universal appeal, reaching far beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. In this book, the reader is taken on a tour of 22 destinations in Greece and Turkey, from Mount Olympus to Homer's Hades, recounting the tales from Greek mythology and the history associated with each.
History of God
Paperback,
07/01/1999,
£11.99
The idea of a single divine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. This account of the evolution of belief examines Western society's unerring fidelity to this idea of One God and the many conflicting convictions it engenders.
Teachings of Don Juan
7,
22/02/1990,
£9.99
First book in the "Don Juan" series. The author meets Don Juan and is introduced to his magical world and philosophy by means of hallucinogenic plants and special exercises.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Paperback,
30/01/2003,
£9.99
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world's oldest epic. The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu. This text is translated by Andrew George.
Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology
Paperback,
17/04/1986,
£12.99
Now reissued in new covers, Arthur Cotterell's fascinating book sets out clearly the chief myths of the world and explains why different mythologies arose in different lands, from the powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia to the mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India.
Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters
Paperback,
26/02/2015,
£9.99
Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 'A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer ... There's something that hits the mark on every page' Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman
Foundations of Buddhism
Paperback,
16/07/1998,
£12.99
Concentrates on the ideas and practices which constitute the common heritage of the different traditions of Buddhism. From the narrative of the story of the Buddha, through discussions of aspects such as textual traditions, the framework of the Four Noble Truths, this work provides an introduction to Buddhism.
Dictionary of classical mythology
Paperback,
29/08/1991,
£12.99
Distills and captures the essence of Greek and Roman mythology. This dictionary is suitable for those with an interest in the Classics or those seeking to explore the many allusions to its mythology that abound in literature.
Anthropology of Religion: An Introduction 2ed
Paperback,
16/11/2005,
£25.00
* Offers an updated edition of this introduction to the anthropology of religion. * Discusses the origin and development of ideas within the discipline, as well as where the subject is going. * Introduces readers to the central theoretical ideas in the anthropology of religion and illustrates them with specific case studies.
Comparing Religions: Coming to Terms
Paperback,
21/03/2014,
£29.00
Comparing Religions is a next-generation textbook which expertly guides, inspires, and challenges those who wish to think seriously about religious pluralism in the modern world.
God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Paperback,
08/09/2007,
£10.99
The provocative bestseller from Britain's foremost controversial thinker is now in paperback: 'If Hitchens didn't exist, we wouldn't be able to invent him.' Ian McEwan
Case for God: What Religion Really Means
Paperback,
01/07/2010,
£11.99
Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, the author shows that meaning of words such as 'belief', 'faith', and 'mystery' has been entirely altered, so that atheists and theists alike now think and speak about God - and, indeed, reason itself - in a way that our ancestors would have found astonishing.
Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
Paperback,
24/09/2015,
£11.99
Is humanity on the brink of destroying itself? This book intends to disprove the link between religion and bloodshed. It deals with ancient religious ideas and movements that have promoted peace and reconciliation across millennia of civilization.
Religion for Atheists
Paperback,
07/02/2013,
£10.99
All of us, whether religious, agnostic or atheist, are searching for meaning. In this book, a non-believer both rejects the supernatural claims of the major religions and points out just how many good ideas they sometimes have about how we should live. It looks at the God debate with fresh eyes.
Critical Reflection In Practice: Generating knowledge for care 2ed
Paperback,
03/11/2010,
£32.99
Critical reflection is an essential skill for all health practitioners, and the new edition of this market leading title (previously called 'Critical Reflection for Nursing') provides the knowledge that underpins its development. This thoroughly revised text has been expanded to address international dimensions and interprofessionalism.
Arguably
Paperback,
01/09/2012,
£20.00
For forty years, Christopher Hitchens was at the epicentre of the battle of letters in Britain & America. This blockbuster volume is the the most comprehensive collection of his writings to-date.
Greek Myths: Stories of the Greek Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold
Paperback,
28/02/2013,
£10.99
The Greek myths contain some of the most thrilling, romantic and unforgettable stories in all human history - and here they are brought to life in a vivid retelling.
Penguin Book of the Undead: Fifteen Hundred Years of Supernatural Encounters
Paperback,
06/10/2016,
£11.99
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