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My father, the Reverend Humphrey John Paine, made a collection of Books of Common Prayer while a vicar in the Norwich diocese. Although he lectured on its history to the diocesan clergy, he never wrote up that story. The present volume seeks to address that omission. It includes many illustrations from the collection, focusing on some of those volumes of particular interest and inspiration to my father. Starting with the situation of lay spirituality before the Reformation, the story includes descriptions of the most significant moments and seeks to describe the most important changes in the contents of the BCP through its turbulent and colourful history.

Styrsö was such a beautiful and usually very peaceful place. Whoever set foot on the island would quickly fall in love; some would stay forever. That peace had been brutally disturbed by the police presence. Would people ever forget? Forgive?A successful PR executive living in Stockholm, Anna is in the middle of a major campaign when she receives the news that her father, seventy-two-year-old Lennart, has disappeared. She returns to her native Styrsö, where a painful search-and-rescue operation slowly turns into an investigation into Lennart's death. Now Anna and her estranged dad, Lennart's widower Tore, not only have to come to terms with their loss but must also face the possibility that there is a murderer on the island.Anna and the Lost Zorn is a story of perseverance and how even the most shattering events in our personal lives can evolve into the foundation of something stronger. It's a tale of love and second chances amid a family tragedy set on a small, idyllic island off the West Coast of Sweden.

Things are looking up for Revd. Wendy Morris. With a new organist and new neighbours, a new era of cooperation begins...and rapidly falls apart as a story of revenge and murder unfolds. Featuring characters from Ted Woods' first novel Bishop.

Embracing My Shadow traces Unoma Azuah’s challenging growth as a lesbian in Nigeria and how she navigated the paths of abuse, ethnic discrimination and homophobia in a hyper-religious and patriarchal Nigerian society. The struggles that dominated her growth as a girl with a nonstandard sexual orientation were further aggravated by the problems that came with being born of parents from two enemy camps. Her father was a Nigerian soldier, while her mother was an Igbo woman from defunct Biafra. Her parents’ romance was discreet. However, their situation became complicated when her father kidnapped her mother and her family as the Nigerian-Biafra war raged on.Despite striving and succeeding as a college student, Unoma’s sexuality remained the shadow that continued to haunt her, especially as she was forced to undergo a series of Christian deliverances to exorcise her of the homosexuality demon. These issues defined her formative years, and escaping her trauma became a mission.Embracing My Shadow, being the first Nigerian lesbian memoir, fills a crucial gap. It is a story of a real life experience, and it affirms the conflicts and voices of LGBTQI Nigerians who have been constantly told that their sexual orientation is un-African.Praise for Embracing My Shadow:“The long-awaited memoir from the acclaimed writer and LGBT activist Unoma Azuah is finally here, and it does not disappoint. Azuah’s lucid and poignant prose makes achingly palpable the vicissitudes of anger, love, pain, and heartbreak she experiences growing up as a lesbian in Nigeria. She writes with tenderness and humor and joins the ranks of writers like Chike Frankie Edozien and Binyavanga Wainaina whose memoirs highlight the complex lives and humanity of queer Africans.”– Lindsey Green-Simms, American University“Mesmeric, moving and powerful. Embracing My Shadow is not just a personal narrative, Unoma has also written a manifesto for love, freedom, and bravery. This book is history on its own – and this will touch lives.”– David Ishaya Osu, University of Kent

Liam Murphy has kicked his drug habit and now pays for the high living costs in London as an escort. His life is finally in balance. His only problem is that he obsesses about the minimum number of times he has to bend over to make ends meet. As long as he has his emotions under control, it'll be fine. That's what Liam keeps telling himself until he meets the young widower Alastair, also known as Ali, whose emerald eyes remind him of Ireland."I…I want us to have sex as though we're making love."Making love? Jaysus.I scratch my head. "Okay. You mean more kisses and shit?"Ali laughs."And shit." His face lights up and he looks about ten years younger. "Like cuddles."Featuring Liam from The Boy Who Fell to Earth.This title contains material some may find objectionable or trigger-inducing: mature content, drug use, suicidal thoughts.

Due to a misunderstanding, the troll that lives underneath one of the most romantic bridges in Paris inadvertently unlocks every single padlock lovers have left there over the years. L'Authoritié de Fée Folklorique are up in arms. He has no idea what all the fuss is about. The noise was driving him mad. He just wanted a bit of peace and quiet.A spell is cast, leaving the troll in a bit of a predicament. He is charged with the seemingly impossible task of fixing the locks before the spell can be reversed and he is allowed to return to his home. There are other complications, the least of which is the insistence and persistence of a fairy who is determined to help him against the wishes of his own people.Now the troll has a dilemma. What is more important to him? The only home he has known for two thousand years, or a fairy he has just met?

Niall doesn't speak to his neighbours. He doesn't speak to anyone. Avoiding conversation is easier than the pity and impatience he senses from everyone the moment he opens his mouth and nothing comes out. Since he split up with his partner years before, he hasn't had much to do with anyone and that has suited him just fine. He has his dog, Zen, for company. Zen doesn't care that Niall can't get through an entire sentence without stuttering. Zen is all Niall needs. And that's how it would have stayed until the day a new neighbour moves in next door. Zak is Niall's exact opposite-twenty-three years Niall's junior, bubbly, gregarious and never shuts up. His arrival fills Niall's quiet life with constant noise and constant company. Zen appears to have defected, and Zak doesn't seem to even notice that Niall rarely speaks. Gradually, Zak's endless patience brings Niall out of his shell. To Niall's surprise, he suddenly has a friend, a confidante and perhaps something more. And he didn't even have to say a word.

After years of working for the police-both as a beat bobby and undercover-Rob Simpson-Stone is moving on with no regrets. It may be too late to rescue his marriage, but his relationship with his seven-year-old son, Lucas, is back on track. Rob's grown-up nieces might be a taller order, but he's prepared to do whatever it takes to prove they no longer need to worry that one day he won't come home.Fate, however, has different ideas.When Rob fails to arrive at his leaving do, his former boss/new PI business partner Gray Fisher can't understand why nobody else is worried Rob is MIA, never mind that Gray is pointlessly missing out on a night in with Will.As the reasons behind the night's events unfold, Gray's past recklessness threatens to catch up with him, putting those he holds close in danger and forcing both Rob and Gray to forge reluctant alliances.