The Wey Forward March - May 2021

Bookshelf

Another selection of general interest books which are often available from Amazon, or major retailers (e.g. WH Smith, Tesco's), at a significant discount.

The truths we hold – an American Journey Kamala Harris, Penguin Random House/Vintage, 2021, pbk 320pp, £9.99. The new Vice - President of the United States of America describes the big challenges we face together with the vision of a shared purpose and shared values. “Personal integrity shines through every page” The Observer. Entertaining Saints – Tales from St George’s Crypt Roger Quick, 2020, pbk 160pp, £7.69 Darton Longman & Todd www.dltbooks.com. St George’s Crypt, founded in 1930, is a charity for homeless and vulnerable people in Leeds. Written by the Crypt’s chaplain, the book demonstrates the saving work of Christ in action and is full of humanity in its truest form. “At the end of the day we are all just walking each other home” from the Foreword by Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York. One giant leap – man’s epic journey to the moon – 50 th anniversary edition Rod Pyle, Sevenoaks, 2019, 175pp, £8.00 from WH Smith while stocks last (a reduction of 65%). Foreword by Gene Kranz, former NASA Flight Director. Readers of a certain age will remember watching the flickering black and white TV images of Neil Armstrong as he landed on the moon on 20 July 1969 with the words “One small step for a man. One giant leap for mankind”. Includes over 150 stunning photographs of this historic mission. The Librarian of Auschwitz Antonio Iturbe (translated by Lilit Zekulin Thwaites), Ebury Press, 2019 (originally published in 2012), 423pp, £8.99 “It wasn’t an extensive library. In fact it consisted of eight books – but they were books. In this incredibly dark place they were a reminder of less sombre times”. Railway Preservation Pioneers Key Publishing, 2014, 132pp, £2.99 inc p&p (a reduction of £4.00) from keypublishing.com [Key Publishing Ltd, PO Box 300, Stamford PE9 1NA Tel 01780 480404.] A fascinating account of the early days of railway preservation including chapters on the Festiniog Railway, the Dart Valley Railway and the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway – the location for The Railway Children. [Here the compiler of Bookshelf admits to a nostalgic interest which he suspects is shared by some other readers of The Wey Forward! ] James Strawson Cranleigh Methodist Church strawsons@hotmail.com

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