Lion Books imprint: 168 books
#Niteblessings
Meditations for the End of the Day
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2018
"For some time now, I have been writing a simple blessing each day. I share it with those who are connected to me on social media. My friends, family and those who journey with me through these avenues have often commented that they would like to see them in a little book that you could carry...
Beyond the Burning Times
A Pagan and Christian in Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
A fascinating dialogue between a Pagan and a Christian. Gus DiZerega, an American pagan and and an academic engages in debate with Philip Johnson, an Australian Christian theologian. The two debate questions such as the nature of spirituality, who or what is deity, how humans relate to the divine,...
The Vikings
From Odin to Christ
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2018
The popular image of the Vikings is of tall red-headed men, raping and pillaging their way around the coast of Europe, stopping only to ransack monasteries and burn longships. But the violent Vikings of the 8th century became the pious Christians of the 11th century, who gave gold crosses to Christian...
Christ: The First Two Thousand Years
From holy man to global brand: how our view of Christ has changed across
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
How has Christ been seen for the last two millennia? From the Christ of the Gospels to the Isa of Islam, this book explores the way Jesus Christ has been viewed, described, promoted, opposed and written about. What did the word 'Christ' mean in the first century, and how did it resonate with the politics...
Beyond Human?
Science and the Changing Face of Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
As the news constantly reminds us, recent advances in the biomedical sciences have brought within reach things that were unthinkable only a few years ago: designer babies, genetically enhanced athletes, human clones, stem cell treatment, medical technology, transhumanism. All these issues raise huge...
Babel's Shadow
Genetic Technologies in a Fracturing Society
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Genetic sciences are creating technologies that radically influence our understanding of life, death and what it is to be human. The current policy of letting the market set the pace according to popular demand sounds democratic, but one person's decision to implement an option all too often impinges...
The Essential Guide to OCD
Help for Families and Friends
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Are you living or working with someone who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? Perhaps it's your partner or child; a parent, close friend or work colleague? Diagnosed as often as diabetes, the condition can lead both sufferers and those around them to feel isolated. However, you are not alone....
Let there be Science
Why God loves science, and science needs God
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Why is it that science has consistently thrived wherever the Christian faith can be found? Why is it that so many great scientists - past and present - attribute their motivation and their discoveries, at least partially, to their Christian beliefs? Why are the age-old writings of the Bible so full...
Stargazers
Copernicus, Galileo, the Telescope and the Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
The period from 1500-1700 saw an unprecendented renaissance in astronomy and the understanding of the heavens. In this magnificent tour de force, scientific historian Dr Allan Chapman guides us through two hundred years of mapping the stars. He shows how Copernicus, Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler...
Comets, Cosmology and the Big Bang
A history of astronomy from Edmond Halley to Edwin Hubble
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2018
This book will take the story of astronomy on from where Allan Chapman left it in Stargazers, and bring it almost up to date, with the developments and discoveries of the last three centuries. He covers the big names - Halley, Hooke, Herschel, Hubble and Hoyle; and includes the women who pushed astronomy...
First Steps to living with Diabetes (Types 1 and 2)
Types 1 and 2
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2016
What is Diabetes, and what are the differences between Types 1 and 2? What symptoms should you look out for, and what can you do to ensure you don't become a sufferer? If you have been diagnosed, what do you need to know? And what if you have a child with the condition? Dr Simon Atkins succinctly...
by Simon Atkins
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
If you are a smoker and desire to stop then this short book will help you to overcome the addiction. The cost of smoking is high, in terms of both finance and health: someone, somewhere, dies of a tobacco-related illness every 8 seconds whether that is lung cancer, asthma, emphysema or bronchitis....
So Many Everests
From cerebral palsy to casualty consultant
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Victoria Webster was born with cerebral palsy and that meant, for many of those involved in her education, that she should limit her horizons. But Victoria had her eyes, and her heart, set on a high peak of achievement to be a doctor. And, despite everything she tackled taking her longer than most...
by Revd Dr Martin Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
We are surrounded by innumerable products promising to make us more attractive, more healthy, more popular and more successful. But somehow, it's not quite enough - there's more to happiness than having a great job, designer clothes, a busy social life or a fat bank balance. This book guides you through...