The History of the Church from Christ to ConstantineEusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a model for all later ecclesiastical historians. In tracing the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century, and ending with the conversion

As Cosmology Consultant at the New Scientist

and appears regularly on television and on radio

Freya Stark had nurtured a fascination for the Middle East since reading Arabian Nights as a child

and tells us of the huge damage that drug manufacturers and large food corporations are inflicting on the health of people and crops worldwide

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For a man whose output includes a stand-up tour titled Talking Cock and who regularly interrogates our attitudes towards masculinity

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Everyone will find a favourite story in this collection of folktales and legends

Caught up in the intrigues of Elizabeth's court as its inhabitants jostle for power and favour

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