Bewes: 19 books
by Timothy Bewes
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2010
In a postcolonial world, where structures of power, hierarchy, and domination operate on a global scale, writers face an ethical and aesthetic dilemma: How to write without contributing to the inscription of inequality? How to process the colonial past without reverting to a pathology of self-disgust?...
Slow Train to Switzerland
One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
"Bewes' breezy prose makes him a pleasant traveling companion ... he clearly knows Switzerland inside and out." - The Spectator
In June 1863 an English lady set off by train on the trip of a lifetime: Thomas Cook's first Conducted Tour of Switzerland. A century and a half later, travel...
Swiss Watching
Inside the Land of Milk and Money
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
New updated edition, new statistics and Epilogue One country, four languages, 26 cantons, and 7.5 million people (but only 80% of them Swiss): there's nowhere else in Europe like it. Switzerland may be almost 400 km from the nearest drop of seawater, but it is an island at the centre of Europe. Welcome...
False Friends
51 Ways to Be Misunderstood
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Wenn ein englischer 'chef' ein 'preservative' verwendet, ist das nicht dasselbe, wie wenn ein Chef ein Präservativ benutzt. Falsche Freunde (auf Englisch false friends) wie diese sind die Fettnäpfchen einer Fremdsprache: Wörter, die zwar ähnlich klingen wie die, die wir kennen, die jedoch eine ganz...
The Resurrection: Fact or Fiction?
Did Jesus rise from the dead?
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2006
What is the evidence for Jesus' resurrection? Why are the events following his death so significant, even today? How can we be sure of his promises about eternal life? This book shows how our lives can be transformed by the events of the first Easter Day.
What the Bible Says about Jesus Christ
An Essential Truth of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Have you ever wanted to know more of what the Bible says about Jesus Christ? These six studies are deceptively short, simple, and clear. Each one can be read quickly, but if you really delve into them – checking the Scriptures, working through the Bible studies, thinking through the reflection questions...
What the Bible says about the Bible
An Essential Truth of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Have you ever wanted to know more about the Bible? These six studies are deceptively short, simple, and clear. Each one can be read quickly, but if you really delve into them – checking the Scriptures, working through the Bible studies, thinking through the reflection questions – you will find a...
What the Bible Says about the Holy Spirit
An Essential Truth of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Have you ever wanted to know more of what the Bible says about the Holy Spirit? These six studies about the Holy Spirit, his work, his activity, and his gifts are deceptively short, simple, and clear. Each one can be read quickly, but if you really delve into them – checking the Scriptures, working...
Swisscellany
facts & figures about Switzerland
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Fact lovers will enjoy this treasure-trove of serious and not-so-serious facts and figures about Switzerland - a collection of lists that will amuse and enlighten you with things you never dreamed you'd enjoy knowing. You can learn how to play Hornussen, be able to sing along to the Swiss National Anthem...
by Bewes, Richard
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
THE GOODNIGHT BOOK is intended for... well, pretty well anybody of whatever philosophical or cultural background. Millions would concur with the author's experience at some point in their lives. The action-packed day that makes 'winding down' difficult, the fear of what 'tomorrow' may bring; pressures...
What the Bible Says about Salvation
An Essential Truth of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Have you ever wanted to know more of what the Bible says about salvation? These six studies are deceptively short, simple, and clear. Each one can be read quickly, but if you really delve into them – checking the Scriptures, working through the Bible studies, thinking through the reflection questions...
Theory, Aesthetics, and Politics in the Francophone World
Filiations Past and Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
Theory, Aesthetics, and Politics in the Francophone World: Filiations Past and Future offers a critical reflection on some of the leading figures of twentieth-century French and Francophone literature, cinema, and philosophy. Specialists re-evaluate the historical, political, and artistic legacies...
What the Bible Says about Humanity
An Essential Truth of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Have you ever wanted to know more of what the Bible says about humanity? These six studies are deceptively short, simple, and clear. Each one can be read quickly, but if you really delve into them – checking the Scriptures, working through the Bible studies, thinking through the reflection questions...
What the Bible Says about the Christian
An Essential Truth of Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Have you ever wanted to know more of what the Bible says about being a Christian? These six studies are deceptively short, simple, and clear. Each one can be read quickly, but if you really delve into them – checking the Scriptures, working through the Bible studies, thinking through the reflection...
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