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Lesslie Newbigin remains one of the most important missionary theologians of the twentieth century. In responding to the challenges of late modernity, he developed a fresh paradigm of missionary theology and cultural engagement that continues to be compelling and prophetic. This book also explores the way in which Michael Polanyi's understanding of "personal knowledge" helps to give language and metaphor to Newbigin's convictions about cultura...

Lesslie Newbigin remains one of the most important missionary theologians of the twentieth century. In responding to the challenges of late modernity, he developed a fresh paradigm of missionary theology and cultural engagement that continues to be compelling and prophetic. This book also explores the way in which Michael Polanyi's understanding of "personal knowledge" helps to give language and metaphor to Newbigin's convictions about cultura...

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This sweet and gentle picture book celebrates summer in Japan, as one little girl shares her love for bugs with her cousin who is visiting from America.Two young cousins who are separated by language, continent and culture meet for the first time when Jill's family travels from America to Japan to stay with Natsumi's family during the summer holidays. Natsumi's nervousness about meeting her cousin from across the sea quickly disappears when sh...

A warm, gorgeous exploration of a little girl's experience immigrating to a new country and missing her home and her grandmother, who still lives far away.Sakura's dad gets a new job in America, so she and her parents make the move from their home in Japan. When she arrives in the States, most of all she misses her grandmother and the cherry blossom trees, under which she and her grandmother used to play and picnic. She wonders how she'll ever...

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Von mutigen Mädchen, Monstern namens Mortimer und der Macht der FantasieKatrina Katrell ist ein Mädchen mit großem Herzen und noch größerer Fantasie. Ihr Vormund, die griesgrämige Mrs Krabone, hasst sie dafür. Sie bestellt einen durchgeknallten Chirurgen zu einem mitternächtlichen Hausbesuch, der die Fantasie aus Katrinas Gehirn herausoperieren soll. Im letzen Augenblick kann Katrina fliehen, gerät jedoch gleich in die Fänge des finsteren Bugs...

Onkel Archie ist Erfinder und arbeitet in der coolsten und geheimnisvollsten Firma der Welt: DENKi-3000. Als er seinen Neffen Elliot und dessen Freundin Leslie dorthin einlädt, machen die beiden eine unglaubliche Entdeckung: Archies Mitarbeiter sind Monster! Die sind alle etwas verrückt, aber auch sehr freundlich. Und beunruhigt, denn ihre Arbeitsplätze stehen auf dem Spiel. Gemeinsam mit Elliot und Leslie versuchen sie DENKi-3000 vor der Über...

The next middle-grade rhyming novel from the award-winning author of Zorgamazoo!Prince Puggly of the muddy, terminally unfashionable Kingdom of Spud is surprised when he receives an invitation to a lavish ball in the far more chic Kingdom of Spiff. Puggly is sure that the Spiffs will take one look at him and laugh him out of their kingdom. And that's exactly what they do. . . . But then Puggly meets Francesca, the bookish Princess of Spiff, an...

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Katrina Katrell ist ein Mädchen mit großem Herzen und noch größerer Phantasie. Dafür wird sie von ihrem Vormund gehasst. Als Katrina eines Tages flieht, gerät sie in die Fänge des finsteren Bugsy McCrook. Zum Glück kann der Zorgel Mortimer Yorgle sie retten. Katrina und er werden Freunde und bestehen gemeinsam ihr größtes Abenteuer: Die Befreiung der entführten Zorgel von Zorgamazoo. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Hörbuchpreis in der Kategori...

The next middle-grade rhyming novel from the award-winning author of Zorgamazoo!Prince Puggly of the muddy, terminally unfashionable Kingdom of Spud is surprised when he receives an invitation to a lavish ball in the far more chic Kingdom of Spiff. Puggly is sure that the Spiffs will take one look at him and laugh him out of their kingdom. And that's exactly what they do. . . . But then Puggly meets Francesca, the bookish Princess of Spiff, an...

Song of the Open Road: An Autobiography and Other Writings is the personal memoir of Paul Weston and Jo Stafford. Told through a collection of letters, supplementary manuscripts, and a previously unpublished autobiography, the book reveals the inner circle and rise-to-stardom of two of the most dominating musical figures in pre-rock 'n' roll America.

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Stunning. . . . a bit like if you took Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Monsters Inc. and shoved them in a TARDIS."—BuzzfeedIt's a tentacled, inventive, gooey, world in there. . . .Elliot Von Doppler and his friend Leslie think nothing ever happens in Bickleburgh, except inside the gleaming headquarters of DENKi-3000—the world's eighth-largest electronics factory. Beneath the glass towers and glittering skywalks, there's a rambling old ma...

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Kaz Barrett isn't saving for college. Every penny he earns working at the sketchy Sit'N'Spin Laundromat is for his mother. He plans to send her to a top-notch (and very expensive) sleep clinic in New York. His mother suffers from an extremely rare neurological disorder that causes her to fall asleep for days at a time. Both he and his kid sister, Nomi, worry that one day, maybe tomorrow, their mother will fall asleep and never wake up ... At t...