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Lovers of Haiku, Zen and Japan will find this novel truly inspiring!An extraordinary man at a crucial time and place. "In Mister Timeless Blyth, writer Alan Spence has created a fascinating (auto) biography, convincingly in R.H. Blyth's own voice. In it, he has conveyed the haiku scholar's love of music, eastern and western literature, Zen Buddhism, and sly contradictions. Blyth's profound understanding of haiku and his self-deprecating humor ...

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A collection of short stories offering a timeless portrait of Glasgow, first published in 1977, capturing a city on the brink of change with attention to life experiences young and old, Catholic and Protestant, optimistic and jaded.

The year is 1858. Thomas Glover is a restless young man with dreams of escaping Aberdeen. Abandoning his childhood sweetheart, he takes a posting as a trader in Japan. Within ten years he amasses a great fortune, learns the ways of the samurai and helps overthrow the Shogun - a rapid rise from lowly shipping clerk to millionaire industrialist. Yet behind Glover's astonishing success lies a man cut to the heart. His love affair with a courtesan...

The 3 Estaites is, by common consent, Scotland's greatest play. First performed in Cupar, Fife, in June 1552, it is the earliest surviving Scottish play. In 2000 the play gained a fresh resonance when it celebrated both the Millennium and the rebirth of Scotland's Parliament by returning to Cupar. This contemporary Scots version retains the spirit of Lindsay's script while giving his language a new lease of life.

Alan Spence is an award-winning Scottish poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer. Awards include the Glenfiddich Award, The People's Prize, Macallan Short Story Prize and McVitie Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. He is Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen where he founded the annual WORD Festival in 1999 and was its Artistic Director for 12 years. With his wife he runs the Sri Chinmoy Meditation Centre in ...

Alan Spence is an award winning poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer. His awards include the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award, the Macallan Short Story Prize and the McVitie Prize forScottish Writer of the Year. He is Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen, where he is also Artistic Director of the annual WORD Festival.

Alan Spence is an award winning poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer. His awards include the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award, the Macallan Short Story Prize and the McVitie Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. He is Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen, where he is also Artistic Director of the annual WORD Festival.

A new edition of a long-standing text from a major Scottish writer - with added classroom activities.

Alan Spence is an award winning poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer. His awards include the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award, the Macallan Short Story Prize and the McVitie Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. He is Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen, where he is also Artistic Director of the annual WORD Festival.

Alan Spence is an award winning poet, playwright, novelist and short story writer. His awards include the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award, the Macallan Short Story Prize and the McVitie Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year. He is Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen, where he is also Artistic Director of the annual WORD Festival.

An upper-level introduction to the doctrine of justification which triggered the Reformation and is still high up on the agenda in Ecumenical dialogue.

This is not a book of poetry, just a collection of my ramblings on a range of topics that happens to be written in rhyme. I have always written rhymes for as far back as I can remember. I don't know why, but it just felt right. Writing in rhyme somehow helps me to clarify and order my thoughts, deal with difficult emotions, and occasionally entertain my friends and family. I mostly write about things that impact my life or that hurt me, provok...

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How does America, founded on the promise of freedom for all, find itself poised to become a police state?In Police State, legendary "country lawyer" Gerry Spence reveals the unnerving truth of our criminal justice system. In his more than sixty years in the courtroom, Spence has never represented a person charged with a crime in which the police hadn't themselves violated the law. Whether by hiding, tampering with, or manufacturing evidence, b...

An introduction to the theology of John Owen, and an exposition of the theological dynamic underlying the christology of the Fathers and the Definition of Chalcedon.>

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Thomas Glover, un joven aventurero, deja atrßs su peque±o pueblo escocÚs para trabajar en Jap3/4n. AtraÝdo por la cultura japonesa aprenderß las tradiciones de los samurais, participarß en la rebeli3/4n a favor del emperador y mantendrß una relaci3/4n con una geisha que le darß un hijo.