Acorn imprint: 280 books
by Paul Arnott
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2003
This book offers solace and practical help to those who have suddenly lost a loved one and all who assist them in their grief. This revised and expanded edition has a new chapter on men, women and grief, discussing some of the different ways people grieve.
Dear Charlie
Letters to a Lost Daughter
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
‘The writing is incredibly raw and…pulls no punches…What it does do is remind us that life is brief and to be valued, which is no small thing.’ The Observer ‘Extra-ordinarily beautiful book on love and loss.’ The Bookseller ‘…utterly compelling in its intimacy...
by Michael P. Jensen
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2013
Does God have a sense of humour? Can Christianity make sense of our 21st-century world? What does it mean to be happy? Is it possible to survive in the jungle of office politics, or in the warzone that is social media? In this provocative and stimulating collection of pieces from Eternity magazine,...
Location, Location, Location: Heaven
One preacher's vision of holy living
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
How do we keep the same perspective as our Father in heaven in the midst of everyday life and its challenges? He asks us to be holy as he is holy, but what does holy living look like for regular folk?
Clive Brook has a heart for the ordinary Australian and a vision for extraordinary Christian...
Ibiza Shorts
Romance, Comedy and Intrigue - 14 stories on the Holiday Island
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
This great collection of 14 'twist in the tail' short stories set on the holiday island of Ibiza became a smash hit there when first published in 2005. Now revised and re-written as an eBook for the global market and with one completely new story, the tales range across romance, comedy and intrigue -...
by Trev Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
In 'A Victimless Crime', an elderly Englishman tells a young French girl about Ibiza in its early tourist days, a massive betrayal, and an axe murder, whilst in 'The San Rafael Kidnap' an unfaithful Englishwoman is told that her wealthy husband has been kidnapped - or has he?These two stories come from...
The Suburban Captivity of the Church
Contextualising the Gospel for Post-Christian Australia
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2014
For far too long, Australian evangelicals have proclaimed a gospel loaded with the cultural baggage of suburbia: personal security, individual salvation and an other-worldly focus. Is this message really a set of timeless truths with universal application? Or have we injected Jesus’ message with...
When the Lights Go Out
Memoir of a Missionary to Somalia
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
In 1960, Ruth Myors left Australia to work as a midwife with the Somali people. For over two decades, she worked in a hospital in Somalia, a village in Ethiopia and in radio ministry in Kenya. During this time, government decisions, coups, communist takeovers, natural disasters, sudden deaths and...
God of the Empty-Handed
Poverty, Power and the Kingdom of God
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
How can the Kingdom of God transform the powerlessness of the poor?
Jayakumar Christian argues that in order to provide sustainable solutions to powerlessness, poverty and oppression, it is critical to challenge and redefine power from the perspective of the kingdom of God. Only when we realise that...
Spirit, Word and World
Evangelical Christianity in Australia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Evangelical Christianity is one of the most formative and least acknowledged movements in Australian history. This book accords evangelicals their rightful place in the development of Australian identity and values. Evangelicalism focuses on the gospel, the God-given means not only of the salvation...
The Birthday Card
Snapshots of a Man's Grief
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
It is a sickening feeling to experience the death of someone who is precious to you. To be hit full in the face with the reality that a person whose life is intricately interwoven in yours has been forcibly removed from it and you will never, never see them on this planet again. You will not be able...
Building Winning Teams
Leadership Tips from the Changing Room to the Board Room
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
‘Brian has spent his life learning from the best and trying to transfer their talent into his own work and life. This is a remarkable, unique handbook...’ STEVE TAPPIN (CEO) & HUGH LLOYD JUKES (DIRECTOR) OF XINFU Brian Noble has led rugby teams from adversity to triumph over and again and...
The Golden Boy
A Doctor's Journey with Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2017
Before opioids destroyed Grant Matheson's career, he was a pillar of his community. Respected physician, loving husband, devoted father, and trusted friend. Grant was a straight-laced kid who grew up to be a clean-living adult. No drinking, no smoking, and certainly no drugs. It took everyone...
Beyond the Myth of Self-Esteem
Finding Fulfilment
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
Enticing yet potentially damaging ‘myths’ about self-esteem have become so deeply entrenched in pop culture that many accept them as truth. They have infiltrated parenting, teaching, the media, celebrity culture, advertising and even religion.
Drawing on a wide range of resources and insights...