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Terry Waite

    Terry Waite je anglický humanitární pracovník a autor, jehož díla často čerpají z jeho hlubokých životních zkušeností. Jako vyslanec pro Anglikánskou církev se ocitl v nebezpečných situacích, které formovaly jeho pohled na lidskost a přežití. Jeho psaní se zaměřuje na témata naděje, odolnosti a složitosti mezilidských vztahů v extrémních podmínkách. Čtenáři oceňují jeho upřímnost a pronikavý vhled do lidské psychiky.

    Solitude
    Taken on Trust
    The Wisdom of the Psalms
    Travels with a Primate
    Taken on Trust: 25th Anniversary Edition
    Moudrost žalmů
    • Moudrost žalmů

      • 48 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení
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      Knihy čerpající z pokladů duchovní tradice. Texty jsou bohatě doprovázeny barevnými reprodukcemi.

      Moudrost žalmů
    • nostalgia retelling of Archbishop Robert Runcie, Terry Waite, and Richard Chartres, travelling the globe.

      Travels with a Primate
    • 'The Book of Psalms' is one of the best-loved parts of the Bible. From the hope and trust of Psalm 23 to others which express every emotion from devotion to despair, these ancient poems run the gamut of human experience. They ring as true today as when they were first written thousands of years ago.

      The Wisdom of the Psalms
    • Taken on Trust

      • 370 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení
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      This autobiography describes the hours before and after Terry Waite was taken hostage in January 1987 in Beirut. Waite analyzes his thoughts and feelings immediately prior to captivity - what was the nature of his role as envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury? What was his relationship with the Americans and Colonel Oliver North?

      Taken on Trust
    • Solitude

      • 176 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení
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      Terry Waite explores the widely different forms of solitary existence from different people he's met.

      Solitude
    • Cosmo Lang

      • 300 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
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      As Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Lang led the Church of England through a period of great upheaval and was a pivotal influence in political and religious decision-making. Although Lang has often been seen as an unsuccessful archbishop and resistant to change, Beaken shows that he was, in fact, an effective leader at a difficult time.

      Cosmo Lang
    • Faithful Witness

      • 528 stránek
      • 19 hodin čtení

      The fascinating diaries of a perceptive eyewitness to the historic events of the 1930s and 40s - including the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, the coronation of George VI in 1937, the rise of Hitler and the war with Germany of 1939-45.

      Faithful Witness
    • Tales of Tommy Twitchnose

      • 128 stránek
      • 5 hodin čtení

      Following in the great tradition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Wind in the Willows, Terry Waite's Tales of Tommy Twitchnose introduces a new children's character that both young and old will treasure for years to come.

      Tales of Tommy Twitchnose