Built as a city;: God and the urban world today

Sheppard, David

Religion & Spirituality

Hodder&Stoughton

Bias to the poor

Hodder and Stoughton

There is no doubt that among Anglican Bishops, David Sheppard's particular blend of interests ensures that his reputation as a leading Bishop will be a lasting one. Many will remember him first and foremost as a former English cricket captain, peculiar in his combination of dedicated cleric and outstanding sportsman. Others will recall his ecumenical strengths and his partnership with the Roman Catholic Archbishop, Derek Worlock, when they were both incumbents in Liverpool. But perhaps his most unique quality, which has made him such a strong personality in the Church, is his concern for the poor and disadvantaged and his refusal to collude with Westminster politics. David Sheppard has always believed that speaking out for the poor is a central part of his ministry, and 20 years on Merseyside only served to reinforce that fundamental commitment. From early days at the Mayflower in Canning Town, London, to Woolwich and later to Liverpool this is the story of a man struggling creatively with his world and his God. In many ways, it is a lonely, restless life as for any pioneering individual who refuses to be labelled or to adopt easy options. Uncomfortable with theological stereotypes, uneasy with Westminster's policies, always concerned to cut through "comfortable Britain", this is the life of a remarkable man and an account of the Church and politics in the second half of the 20th century.

Steps Along Hope Street: My Life in Cricket, the Church and the Inner City

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

David Sheppard's particular blend of interests single him out as unique among Anglican bishops. An outstanding sportsman as well as a dedicated cleric, many will remember him first and foremost as an English cricket captain. Others will recall his ecumenical strengths and his partnership with the Roman Catholic Archbishop, Derek Warlock, when they were both incumbents in Liverpool. However, it is his concern for the poor and disadvantaged, and his refusal to collude with Westminister politics, that has made him such a strong personality in the church. This book offers an insight into a man who is uncomfortable with theological stereotypes and is concerned to cut through "comfortable" Britain.

Anyone traveling to Greece should consider taking this book with them in either the digital or paperback format. It contains both archaeological and mythological information on most the major and some of the minor sites throughout Greece and the western coast of Turkey. Painstakingly researched and documented, 505 footnotes.It's a catalyst for the mixture of all the components of the existential traveling experience. The author, during the ten weeks of his journey (bus, train and ferry), ruminates over powerful events in his own life that parallel those of Greek myth to build his own personal mythology and expose personal truths and gain insight into what happened (a potentially deadly confrontation with his father, and the disappearance of his daughter). This is something all travelers will find not only interesting but also cause them to reflect on events of their own lives.This is a powerful story of the human condition as it has existed throughout the millennia, and will draw the reader and his/her own life into its narrative and lead to wisdom and understanding due to the alchemy that is a life. Your trip to Greece will be the memory of a lifetime, and this book will help make it one that never quits resonating.

Oedipus On A Pale Horse: Greek Journey In Search Of A Personal Mythology

Travel

Asia

Tragedy's Workshop

<p>Novelsmithing, The Structural Foundation of Plot, Character, and Narration provides the beginning novelist, or perhaps even the experienced novelist who has lost his way, with a discussion of the underlying structure and methods of novel writing. Nowhere else can the aspiring author learn the skills necessary to achieve the organic unity of the novelist's divine trinity: character, conflict and theme, so necessary to a fine work of literature. He will also learn the art of narration, how to lock the conflict, resolve the conflict, all the while, laying out the integral chapter structure. This approach to novel writing is not about the art of creative writing. It's about the craft, the novelsmithing, of making a story into a novel. The aspiring screenwriter will also find most of the chapters useful. Completing the first nine chapters of Novelsmithing will provide the author with a rough draft for his novel.</p>

Novelsmithing: The Structural Foundation Of Plot, Character, And Narration

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

<p>In 480 BC, fifteen-year-old Melaina's biggest worry, she thinks, is wishing to follow Artemis and remain virgin when her mother and grandfather want her to marry and became a priestess. But when the Persians invade, the gods themselves have plans for Melaina, including carrying a divine child and divining for the Greek fleet in a battle to determine the salvation or ruin of all Greece.</p>

The Mysteries - Daughter of Darkness: A Novel of Ancient Eleusis

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

The Mysteries - The Dadouchos: A Novel of Ancient Eleusis

Sheppard, Richard

The title Story Alchemy isn’t a metaphor. It’s the real deal. Ideas for stories, the prima materia of the story alchemist, are gifts. They are provocations from the unconscious, lures. The unconscious lies in wait, stalking you with a story aimed directly at your heart. Even when you get an idea from the outside world, it has resonated with something locked away inside your Unconscious. A story has its own ego. It wants to be told. Once the idea has come to you, and it comes of its own volition, you must consciously establish contact with the psychic energy that contains the story. It takes a collaboration between Consciousness and the Unconscious to bring the words across. We know certain things about stories that will aid us in the telling. Story is a particular form of psychic energy to which details cling, a unity of psychic energy. That energy has the same shape, the same form, but the details are different, so different that we hardly recognize the form from one story to another. Cinderella is such a story that has been told many times under different guises throughout the centuries. You must find your stories, those meant for you alone. To tell them, your awareness must cross the psychic threshold, the Iris of Time, and enter the Imaginarium. Story Alchemy unveils the alchemical processes involved in that divine art, the Philosopher’s Stone of storytelling.

Story Alchemy: The Search for the Philosopher's Stone of Storytelling

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

If you have been lying awake at night waiting helplessly for sleep to come, it is time you went on the offensive. This book is about pursuing sleep. It presents all the information you need to chase sleep all the way to Slumberland. This book is not about tricking yourself into going to sleep. The method is based on scientific principles and decades of research into the problems that block sleep. It builds off of what we know about the way the mind works while negotiating that gray zone between being awake and being asleep. It does not involve medication. And it doesn’t take weeks of learning before you can get started. You don’t have to change your lifestyle. Read In Pursuit of Sleep today, use the method tonight.

In Pursuit of Sleep: The Origins of Insomnia and What to Do About It

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

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