Church Times - Christmas book supplement


Prize crossword — by Don Manley The chance to win a copy of A History of Christianity: The first three thousand years by Diarmaid MacCulloch Subscriber only	Church Tmes bookshop Church Times Bookshop offers discounts on many of the books featured or reviewed in the Church Times. All... Subscriber only	Lit for plain-living chicks MY INTEREST was caught by reports that fiction centred on Amish women is currently a big hit in the United States Subscriber only

Love and hate and Yorkshire THERE is nothing more satisfying than writing a book of intense personal significance Subscriber only	Tough but not hard Climbing the Bookshelves: The autobiography of Shirley Williams by Shirley Williams Subscriber only	Young woman in a hurry Rush! The making of a climate activist by Tamsin Omond Subscriber only

Obama’s style and substance Renegade: The making of Barack Obama by Richard Wolffe Subscriber only	Religiously inclined to experiment Boyle: Between God and science by Michael Hunter Subscriber only	A better diary, it seems, than man Alan Clark: The biography by Ion Trewin Subscriber only

Sculptor in one dimension Michelangelo: A tormented life by Antonio Forcellino Subscriber only	Phone numbers, shopping lists, and how they dunit Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks: Fifty years of mysteries in the making by John Curran Subscriber only	Dickens is in the detail Charles Dickens by Michael Slater Subscriber only

Except the Lord build the house The Plot: A biography of an English acre by Madeleine Bunting Subscriber only	Mother Nature’s surprises Bats Sing, Mice Giggle: Revealing the secret lives of animals by Karen Shanor and Jagmeet Kanwal Subscriber only	Going mad in the ’70s Strange Days Indeed: The golden age of paranoia by Francis Wheen Subscriber only

Children's book selection: Myths, animals, prayers, Jesus A wonderful selection of enchanting children's books Subscriber only	Great figures in a great war 1415: Henry V’s year of glory by Ian Mortimer; The Virgin Warrior: The life and death of Joan of Arc by Larissa Juliet Taylor Subscriber only	Melisende with your Saladin Holy Warriors: A modern history of the Crusades by Jonathan Phillips Subscriber only

Rector’s house . . .once, but not any more. The Old Rectory: The story of the English parsonage by Anthony Jennings Subscriber only	Rustic Ritualists Outposts of the Faith: Anglo-Catholicism in some rural parishes by Michael Yelton Subscriber only	Soul athirst for God Wanting like a God: Desire and freedom in the works of Thomas Traherne by Denise Inge Subscriber only

The reasonableness of faith Why Believe? by John Cottingham Subscriber only	Stooping to folly Faith in the Fool: Delight and risk in the Christian adventure by Angela Ashwin Subscriber only	In full Tudor Monty Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Subscriber only

Novelist and her reflections Changing My Mind: Occasional essays by Zadie Smith Subscriber only	Socratic, so now Plato’s Podcasts: The Ancients’ guide to modern living by Mark Vernon; Breakfast with Socrates by Robert Rowland Smith\|... Subscriber only	The soul of wit Gentleman’s Relish by Patrick Gale Subscriber only

Writing for Trotsky The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver Subscriber only	Hideous speculations The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood Subscriber only	In at the deep end Get Her Off the Pitch! How sport took over my life by Lynne Truss Subscriber only

Chocolate in your oxtail River Cottage Every Day by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Subscriber only	Singing unto the Lord a better song In Tuneful Accord: The church musicians by Trevor Beeson Subscriber only	Two of Britten’s finest John Piper, Myfanwy Piper: Lives in art by Frances Spalding Subscriber only

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Contents

Prize crossword — by Don Manley

Church Tmes bookshop

Lit for plain-living chicks

Love and hate and Yorkshire

Tough but not hard

Young woman in a hurry

Obama’s style and substance

Religiously inclined to experiment

A better diary, it seems, than man

Sculptor in one dimension

Phone numbers, shopping lists, and how they dunit

Dickens is in the detail

Except the Lord build the house

Mother Nature’s surprises

Going mad in the ’70s

Children's book selection: Myths, animals, prayers, Jesus

Great figures in a great war

Melisende with your Saladin

Rector’s house . . .once, but not any more.

Rustic Ritualists

Soul athirst for God

The reasonableness of faith

Stooping to folly

In full Tudor Monty

Novelist and her reflections

Socratic, so now

The soul of wit

Writing for Trotsky

Hideous speculations

In at the deep end

Chocolate in your oxtail

Singing unto the Lord a better song

Two of Britten’s finest