Childs: 377 books

Church growth studies estimate that over 70% of high school seniors leave the church upon graduation! There is no denying the emergency. The statistical nightmare is obvious. We are losing our kids. Change must come immediately! But, that being said, it is unrealistic to expect results to come...

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Peter Childs offers accessible analyses of the work of twelve prominent contemporary British writers, including Hanif Kureishi, Pat Barker, Zadie Smith and Jeanette Winterson. This expanded second edition has been revised and updated throughout, and now also features a new chapter on the younger "generation" of novelists born in the 1970s.

In what ways does the opening of a novel relate to the narrative that unfolds from it? What are the different approaches to close reading a page of prose fiction? How does reading a text for a second time affect our understanding of the significance of its opening? In this unique book, Peter...

Our national and global affairs are in perilous disarray, to the point where extremely sober observers are saying that we have brought imminent catastrophe upon ourselves and that it is just too late to escape. While candidly admitting the difficulty and the danger, Of Thee I Sing nonetheless...

This book is a “How To” guide for modeling population dynamics using Integral Projection Models (IPM) starting from observational data. It is written by a leading research team in this area and includes code in the R language (in the text and online) to carry out all computations. The intended...

Breaking the Chains, Forging the Nation offers a new perspective on black political life in Cuba by analyzing the time between two hallmark Cuban events, the Aponte Rebellion of 1812 and the Race War of 1912. In so doing, this anthology provides fresh insight into the ways in which Cubans practiced...

I wake up to the ‘beep, beep, beep’ of an alarm, enhanced by a hundred amps. I believe the lights are on, but it’s very dim. Ten seconds later it’s replaced by the mechanical sound of the beds rising back up.“They don’t give you much time to wake up.” I say to Scăpe. “What if you...

If you have read 50 Shades of Grey and are still wondering about some of the meanings - then In this book, Lynne Childs explores the interpretation of sexual behaviour, sexual portents and nudity of our dreams. Dreams follow us out of sleep, bringing their magic and mystery into our waking lives,...

Because she was black, Clare Malone was the talk of her Liverpool council estate. Her mother and her mother's husband were both white and from birth she was stigmatised for this proof of her mother's infidelity. Clare was left in a bare, filthy council house to fend for herself and her siblings until,...

This very important paperback contains a 40-verse poem to help parents warn their young children about Satan’s trickery in an age-appropriate way. Because it is written in poetic form, it is sure to entertain as well as explain. It also includes twenty family devotionals and a supplement for parents.

John Calvin was an unbalanced reactionary. Growing up under the heavy hand of Catholic legalism, Calvin reacted by embracing the opposite extreme - man's total inability to choose God. T.U.L.I.P. is an acronym often used to summarize the five core doctrines he espoused, Total Depravity, Unconditional...

It was not long after the election of a record number of women to the House of Commons in 1997 that the backlash began. The criticism was all-encompassing: they wore the wrong clothes, they voted the wrong way and they were concerned with the wrong issues. Above all, they were accused of failing to...

My first memorable encounters with the Muslim culture occurred while visiting Amman, Jordan and various sites within Israel in 1983. Little did I know then just how fundamental those face-to-face encounters would be to my future ministry.From those first encounters in 1983, through the heartless...