In the Beginning by Karen Armstrong
$29.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
The foundation stone of Jewish and Christian scriptures, the power of the "Book of Genesis" lies in its stories - "Creation", "the Fall", "Cain and Abel", "Noah", "Abraham", "Jacob" and "Joseph". These ancient tales illuminate some of our most enduring and profound problems: cowardice, the struggle with ...Show more
The Book of Books: The Radical Impact of the King James Bible 1611-2011 by Melvyn Bragg
$29.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
The King James Bible has often been called the Book of Books both in itself and in what it stands for. Since its publication in 1611 it has been the best selling book in the world, and many believe, had the greatest impact. The King James Bible has spread the Protestant faith. It has also been the great ...Show more
Kath's Miracle - The Story Behind Saint Mary MacKillop's Second Miracle by Kathleen Evans, Sarah Minns
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Kathleen Evans was an ordinary woman from an ordinary suburb on the NSW central coast. Although a committed Catholic, she wasn't excessively pious and had even had a decade-long disagreement with her Church after her philandering husband divorced her. Then in 1993, after finding love for the second time ...Show more
The Sign - The Shroud of Turin and the Secret of the Resurrection by Thomas de Wesselow
$37.00 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion | Reading Level: very good
The birth of Christianity, nearly 2000 years ago, has shaped the whole course of human history. Yet historians still cannot explain how it all really began. What made Jesus's followers claim to have seen him alive again, three days after his crucifixion? Why did Christianity take off so quickly? It is o ...Show more
Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt by Richard Holloway
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
At fourteen, Richard Holloway left his working-class home north of Glasgow and travelled hundreds of miles to an English monastery to be trained for the priesthood. By twenty-five, he had been ordained and was working in the slums of Glasgow. In 2000 he controversially resigned as Bishop of Edinburgh, h ...Show more
Christianity: Illustrated Guide To 2000 Years Of Christian Faith by House Millenium
$39.99 NZD
$125.00 (68% off)
Category: Bibles & Religion
This compelling and superbly illustrated account of 2000 years of Christianity has been written by religious experts. With authoritative text, superb illustrations featuring Christian art and architecture of the times, special features on the Bible, prayer and liturgy, plus detailed maps and a timeline, ...Show more
Noah's Ark: The Brick Bible for Kids by Brendan Powell Smith
$19.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
The story of Noah and his ark full of two of every animal on Earth has been a favorite Bible story for children for years. And now, for the first time in paperback, Noah's Ark is brought to life through LEGO bricks Kids will love hearing the infamous story of the world's flood and God's subsequent c ...Show more
Our Church : A Personal History of the Church of England by Roger Scruton
$49.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
For most people in England today, the church is simply the empty building at the end of the road, visited for the first time, if at all, when dead. It offers its sacraments to a population that lives without rites of passage, and which regards the National Health Service rather than the National Church ...Show more
The God Argument - The Case Against Religion and for Humanism by A C Grayling
$36.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion | Reading Level: good
There has been a bad-tempered quarrel between defenders and critics of religion in recent years. Both sides have expressed themselves acerbically because there is a very great deal at stake in the debate. This book thoroughly and calmly examines all the arguments and associated considerations offered in ...Show more
Shamed by Sarbjit Kaur Athwal
$27.99 NZD
Category: True Crime
The courageous and inspiring story of Sarbjit Kaur Athwal, who bravely fought for justice - risking her own life - after her sister-in-law, Surjit, was murdered in an honour killing by her husband's family. It is foreword by DCI Clive Driscoll.
The Story of the Jews : Finding the Words 1000BCE - 1492CE by Simon Schama
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes ...Show more
The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession by John Cornwell
$39.99 NZD
Category: Bibles & Religion
Would you tell your deepest secrets to a relative stranger? And if you did, would you feel vulnerable? Cleansed? Or perhaps even worse than you did before? Confession has always performed a complex role in society, always created mixed feelings in its practitioners. As an acknowledgement of sinfulness, ...Show more