Bøker av Chris Harman

Our rulers today, in an age of permanent inter-imperialist war, still glorify the ''civilisation'' of the Roman Empire. It is therefore timely to remember the greatest ever challenge to that empire was from below, the mass slave revolt led by the Thracian gladiator Spartacus from 73-71 BCE. Chris Harman (1942-2009) was a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party and its forerunner, the International Socialists, in Britain. From the early 1960s, Harman had written about Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht and the Spartakist League in his 1982 classic work, The Lost Revolution: Germany, 1918-1923. During the 1990s, Chris was working on his magisterial A People''s History of the World (1999), and the year before this work was published, he gave a talk on Spartacus at the annual Marxism Festival in 1998. The speech, published for the first time, with additional original notes by Chris, is a vivid account of one of the most heroic, but also tragic class struggles in history, plus a fascinating historical and materialist discussion on the interrelationship between slavery, the impoverishment of the Roman peasant, and the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.

Imagine finding joy unspeakable through a simple hunt in the mountains. It is a beautiful, crisp late October morning. With shotgun in hand, Chris and his young Brittany bird dog, Maddie, head into the mountains. Maddie's excitement boils over as grouse season has finally begun after a long dry summer. The beauty of the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains and the vibrant autumn leaves teach us that there is an Almighty God who created all things. As we search the mind of our Creator, we see that he is a loving God who desires for all mankind to be saved--and has provided a way. While hunting truth, we find that personal relationship with Jesus Christ. As that relationship grows, we learn His plan and His purpose through nature and through the experiences along the way. These help us grow as Christians, and by knowing His will for our lives, we can find that unspeakable joy.

Children are missing. Where are they going? Who is taking them and why? Set in the time of the great pandemic, this is an exciting adventure story, with black and white illustrations (paperback edition) or colour illustrations (hardcover edition) for children aged 9 years old and above. When her mother becomes ill, Hope Benedict is sent to the apparent safety of her grandmother's house in the seaside town of Folkestone. There she discovers an old notebook and the mysterious Shell Stone. Little does she know this will be the start of a dangerous adventure that takes her to the dying world of Endoze and the revelation of a family secret. With Mog the cat at her side she must find the inner strength to use the magic of the Shell Stone in the battle to rescue the children and heal the land. Those who liked Narnia, Alice and Harry Potter should enjoy this book. Fast paced and filled with action it is a page turner that can be enjoyed by young and old alike.

What would you do if something went wrong with time? This is the problem facing Hope and her friends. The solution takes them on an amazing journey to a world outside time and a world where time has stopped, facing dangers together and making new friends in this action packed adventure of courage, friendship and a little magic. Illustrated in black and white this is the second book in the Hope Benedict series of adventure stories for children aged 9 and above.

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