Enjog the magical traditions of Christmas all around the wortd~nd find out whg we send cards and put up decorations． There S a receipe for Christmas cookies to hang on gour tree too． Christmas around the world is i n Series 0Re of Usborne Young Reading，which combines good stories with easg readincj text． Developed in consultation with Alison Ketlg，Senior Lecturer at Roehampton Universitg，Series 0Re iS for readers who have iust started reading alone. For readers who are growing in confidence，trg the exciting stories in Series Two．
Who were the Twelve Tribes? What actually happened at the LastSupper? Many people are familiar with the Bible, but few have readit in depth let alone in its entirety. Reverend Doctor MichaelHinton bridges the gap with this pocket-sized, modern summary,distilling the essential elements from Creation to Revelation intoan accessible page-turner for today's time-pressed reader. Aninstant best-seller in Great Britain and translated into manylanguages, this 100-minute read covers all of the decisive momentsand influential characters in short, straightforward chapters. Thisnew way of looking at the Bible and the story of Christianity isthe perfect companion for the airplane, bedtime, or the dailycommute.
The Holman Illustrated Pocket Bible Dictionary gives you the essential information you need to study the Bible in a handy, pocket- size format. With more user-friendly features than ever. this edition is designed for those who need information quickly, but also want in-depth information on a variety of topics. Numerous color photographs, recon- structions, maps and charts illuminate the text and help you process information in a way you never thought possible,
John Worth is a painter with a genuine calling,and a real gift.But he seems in some sense subdued,His radical girlfriend has a ready diagnosis:she tells him that his work will never come to more than decoration if he does not infuse it with social meaning,political meaning Because she in a substantial person he has to consider what she says,and it hurts-he's just not the man for the job.Stubbornly,instinctive-ly,worth resists. His life becomes disordered,unhappy.But somehow,ion his trouble and loneliness,he finds himself breaking new ground,He has always been workmanlike and steady.Now he works endlessly,with a pertinactiy that look like rage,as he begins to see h8is way.And as his art changes,his life is not spared the accidents of mortality,His girl leaves him,a good friend has a breakdown and kills himself.But within a year a big London exhibition of his work is arranged,the precocious climacteric of his life and art-bes expressed in the violent shock of one large canvas,a modern Christ's entry int
