Trevor Davies

A polish bear in World War II rose to the rank of colonel. Penguins can't taste fish. The ashes of the man who invented the Pringles container are buried in one one. On Neptune it rains diamonds.'Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' is the fear of long words. These are just 0.1% of all the facts in this incredible tome! Written by seven authors and covering subjects as diverse as The Universe, Art and Literature, The Natural World and Movies, The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds is the ultimate trivia book! Why not amaze family and friends with the reasons pandas do handstands, the sinister source of the term 'rule of thumb', or that the patent for the fire hydrant was destroyed... in a fire. Every entry is weird, wonderful, inspiring and quite brilliantly, true!

What charms us most in this anthology is the song of all the voices together: the sense of a group of poets who unreservedly love the world and sing its praise through exultation and lament. There is such care and attention here, not only in described events, but in detail and naming, in synchronicity, emotion, the evocation of ritual within the ordinary. In all their diversity, here is a oneness of celebration in which we can join. Rose FlintThe test of myths and metaphors is not whether they are 'true; but how they relate to things around us. Those here act as a lens through which eight writers refreshingly different in voice and personality come to see their landscapes in detail, with love and concern. Philip GrossThere has perhaps never been a better time for this book to be coming into print. Again and again we are brought back to the land, to the creatures, to the trees, to the things we can't live without. These varied and wide-ranging poems revel in magic that comes from close observation as well as a deep understanding of the earth's intelligence. Alyson Hallett

A manual describing in detail the method of using Home Groups for outreach and church growth by the Unification Movement in Brazil. Based on the application of "Unification Principle" and sound scriptural teachings, the manual is a blueprint for creating a national witnessing explosion.

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Brackley has changed and developed over the last century.