Darton Longman And Todd imprint: 144 books

A new wave of abuse is happening behind the doors of family homes but it's one that many are too ashamed to discuss. Domestic violence used to mean an angry man beating a helpless female partner and child. But last year in the region of 12,000 parents called ParentLine to report violent children landing...

A lot of us can feel at different times as though we are sleepwalking through life, perhaps opting for a safe narrow path which neither challenges nor hurts us. Equally, there are moments of truth; moments of being woken up. A realisation both that how we have been living has a lack and that we are...

‘Lord, When the night is darkest, when I can see no end to this tunnel, lift my soul with the remembrance of things beautiful.’ ~ This simple book offers short items of information, support and advice about depression, each accompanied by a suggested prayer. It is divided...

Many people are almost confined to their homes by their fear of panic attacks in public spaces. When Grace Sheppard, the high profile wife of David Sheppard, former test cricketer and Bishop of Liverpool, wrote about her own struggle with agoraphobia, it made a huge impact. Many thousands of readers...

Stuart Wood has one of Christianity’s more unusual jobs – in addition to being the minister of a small Baptist church to the North of the city, he is official chaplain to Cambridge United FC. In this book, Stuart writes an honest and heartfelt diary of his season, from pre-season (and the World...

Let there be light (entertainment)! Find out why God called it a day. Try Eve’s apple crumble recipe. Wave an Allen key at Noah’s ARKEA instruction manual. Study the scripts of CSI: Eden, The Jeremiah Kyle Show and Pharaoh’s Apprentice. Bibluff your way through the Good Book’s first...

This beautiful book, which may be used as a daily devotional through Lent or any other period of the year, reopens Kenneth Grahame’s classic children’s novel TheWind in theWillows for a new audience. Combining a daily reading from the literary classic with a gospel passage, a short meditation...

We all need to make a retreat. To find a few moments in our busy lives to try to stop worrying and fretting about so many different things, and to sit in silence at God’s feet and just to listen. A retreat is simply an attempt to see beyond the 101 cares and occupations we normally have and to ask...

The world will end in December 2012 – if the proponents of the Mayan Calendar theory are correct. There is nothing new about End-time alarms: the ancient astrologers lived in a perpetual state of expectation, and over the last 2000 years there have been at least 50 major prophecies and panics. Even...

Many people, including those who are not regular churchgoers, have a sense that the Church of England is important for the nation’s well-being, and that we would be the poorer without it. Can our Christian foundations laid in the past provide the inspiration, the vision, for new life together in...

A leading Christian writer helps you find creative ways of swimming aginst the tide of convention for the sake of what is generous, joyful and true. Angela Ashwin shows how wise and holy fools encourage us to free up a little and enjoy life more; remind us that we do not have to be productive or important...

The Vicar’s FAQ is a clear, contemporary introduction to the Christian faith. Caroline Symcox’s lively question-and-answer format provides a fascinating and informal way of discussing all aspects of the faith, from why the Church works the way it does to the question of whether God created the universe.

"You must become the change you long for.Fine words, a great vision, but where to begin?We caterpillars know. From the moment we are conceived in our parents’ mating dance, we already contain the cells that hold our future butterfly.We become, literally, the change we carry within us, as our...

None of us can escape the pain and suffering of ill-health at times, and most of us will also at other times have to adopt the role of carer to loved ones who are sick. Such experiences bring into sharp focus our vulnerability, and can force some difficult questions to be asked, Why me? Why our family?...