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Latest & Forthcoming Releases
Theology & Religion
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Pre-order now! Holy Ground: Cathedrals in the twenty-first century
Paperback £14.99 Special pre-order price!
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-910519-73-8Cathedrals are one area of the church’s life where increasingly the unchurched and the half-believer encounter God, and where the institutions of our society instinctively engage with the Christian gospel. Holy Ground digs deep into the life of England’s cathedrals, and discusses such diverse topics as finance, growth, heritage, liturgy, development, music and art.
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Follow Me: Living the Sayings of Jesus
Paperback £7.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-910519-44-8Connecting what Jesus said and how we live today in all its messiness and complexity, "Follow Me" provides practical steps that all of us can take to live the sayings of Jesus.
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Constantinople to Chalcedon: Shaping the World to Come
Paperback
£24.99£19.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-910519-47-9An exploration of the theological turmoil of the fifth-century church, and the impact it had on the future of Western Europe.
History
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A Brief History of End Time: Prophecy and Apocalypse, then and now
Paperback
£11.99£9.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-910519-37-0Why has the end of time exercised such strong fascination over the human imagination? In this entertaining and thorough exploration of end-time ideas and beliefs, Dr Paula Clifford reaches some thoughtful and surprising conclusions about the apocalypse and the end of the world.
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Sacred Ibis: The Ornithology of Canon Henry Baker Tristram, DD, FRS
Hardback (with colour plates) £55.00
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-910519-13-4The ornithological exploits of a remarkable Victorian priest and explorer, Canon Henry Baker Tristram. As a founding member of the BOU, his nickname was “Sacred Ibis”.
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Catholic Bishops of Great Britain: A Reference to Roman Catholic Bishops from 1850 to 2015
Hardback (colour) £55.00
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-910519-25-7An essential reference cataloguing the biographical history and significant events of all Roman Catholic diocesan bishops who have been in office since the Restoration of the Catholic Hierarchy in England and Wales in 1850, and in Scotland since the Restoration in 1878.
Fiction & Poetry
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Pre-order now! Hope in Dark Places: Poems about Depression and the Christian
Paperback
£7.99£6.99 Special pre-order price!
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-910519-67-7Raw and deeply moving poetry about living with depression as a Christian.
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The Summer of ’39
Paperback
£9.99£6.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-910519-70-7A tale of spies, terrorists and blossoming young love—an epic adventure set in the final months of peace before WWII. Britain is under attack on two fronts. The IRA is mounting a bombing campaign on the mainland, and agents of the German Secret Service are collecting vital information to help them if war breaks out.
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Secret Lives (part 2)
Paperback
£9.99£7.00
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-910519-31-8Slip back in time to a period of dark intrigue. From the vineyards of south-west France to the bustling port of Bridgwater, England, Secret Lives tells the remarkable story of Luis Gharsia: love, betrayal, resilience, and sacrifice.
Be part of a triple book launch...
Bishop Stephen Platten has been a busy man. He has written three crucial new books – two for Sacristy Press and one for SCM Press – and there are four (count them, FOUR!) launch events to celebrate. Events will be held in London, Canterbury, Mirfield and Newcastle. Here is …
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Two events you can’t afford to miss at the Durham Book Festival
Sacristy Press and Durham Cathedral are hosting two events as part of the 2017 Durham Book Festival “fringe”. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and quiz our authors. For fiction-lovers, novelist David Lowther will be talking about espionage and WWII fiction. Or you can come an…
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Danish best-selling book to be translated into English
PRESS RELEASE: Sacristy Press, based in Durham City, will be publishing an English version of a Danish best-selling and critically-acclaimed book after securing two grants to fund the book’s translation. What to be the first to know when The Song of Hild is released? Sign up to our…
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Sacristy Press @SacristyPress Discover the murky world of pre-war espionage and terrorism in our latest historical fiction by @lowtherdavid37... sacristy.co.uk/books/fiction/… 5 days ago
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Sacristy Press @SacristyPress David Willem will reveal the mysteries of St Cuthbert's Cross at Shincliffe parish church (Co. Durham) on Monday facebook.com/events/1302037… 5 days ago
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Sacristy Press @SacristyPress The Summer of '39 by @lowtherdavid37 is out today! An epic adventure set in the final months before WWII. #fiction sacristy.co.uk/books/fiction/… 5 days ago
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Sacristy Press @SacristyPress In which a young journalist unearths a sinister link between the IRA and Nazi Germany. #WW2 #fiction out tomorrow! sacristy.co.uk/books/fiction/… a week ago