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Latest & Forthcoming Releases
Theology & Religion
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Pre-order now! A New Lease of Life?: Anglican Clergy Reflect on Retirement
Paperback
£19.99£16.99 Special pre-order price!
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-085-2What does retirement mean for Church of England clergy? Fourteen retired clergy reflect on their experiences in retirement and discuss the challenges and opportunities of this new stage of life.
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Keeping Watch for Kingfishers: God Stories
Paperback £12.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-073-9A collection of sermons that explore how we can learn to hear the voice of God in prayer, in the life of Jesus and in the human voice.
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To Call on His Name: Perspectives on the Jesus Prayer
Paperback
£14.99£12.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-070-8The first comprehensive study of the Jesus Prayer, and its origins and use, providing an overview of this ancient mystical prayer practice from the Christian East which is now also widely used in the Western Church.
History
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Artistic Duplicity: The Fiction and Poetry of Juliana Horatia Ewing
Hardback
£40.00£35.00
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-063-0A new appraisal of the life and work of Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841-1885) as a writer of fiction and poetry for both children and adults.
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Queen Victoria’s Archbishops of Canterbury
Paperback
£19.99£12.49
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-056-2Six pen portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury during Queen Victoria's reign show how the Church of England and the Anglican Communion became what they are today.
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Captain Gray's Houses: A History of Sion Row, Twickenham
Hardback (full colour) £60.00
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-000-5The fascinating story of the eighteenth-century houses of Sion Row, Twickenham. In telling the story of these houses and their occupants, a remarkable social history is revealed.
Fiction & Poetry
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All Hail the Glorious Night (and other Christmas poems): The Complete Christmas Poetry of Kevin Carey
Paperback
£19.99£16.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-051-7The complete collection of Kevin Carey's Christmas poetry in one volume, illustrated by Kevin Sheehan.
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Searching for a Silent God
Paperback £8.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-038-8A thoughtful and engaging companion for all who experience times of spiritual crisis. Sarah Parkinson describes her experience of a time when God, on whose presence she had always relied, suddenly seemed to be absent from her life.
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Cuthbert of Farne: A novel of Northumbria’s warrior saint
Paperback £9.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-009-8The first historical novel about Cuthbert, much-loved saint of the North, a one-time warrior whose destiny it was to reconcile the warring parties in the early English Church.
Thirty Years Later As I Walked
A brand new poem by David Grieve, author of Hope in Dark Places (our January #BookOfTheMonth) and Love in Thin Places. There’s a fellside very close to where I lived when health gave way And in that place, just the dog and I, I vented my fury against bloody God. …
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A Church Without Boundaries
The Sheppard-Worlock Statue, Liverpool GUEST BLOG: In this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Nicholas Henshall (Dean of Chelmsford) gives a fascinating and uplifting account of the excellent work done to bring denominations together in Liverpool during his father’s time as Bishop of…
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Blue Poetry for Blue Monday
GUEST BLOG: In this bluest month of the year, #BookOfTheMonth author David Grieve explains that there is still plenty of Hope in Dark Places. Blue Monday It’s a real and actual pleasure to prepare a Sacristy Press blog to go out in January 2020: that month, and coveri…
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