Most Popular Books by Richard Foster

I was on a flight to New York and the flight attendant was clearing the dinner dishes and offering coffee. Immediately folks started getting up and going to the bathroom. This struck me as funny. I had seen this scene a hundred times before, but this evening it struck me as hysterical. People go to the bathroom after eating and drinking. We all have to do it. Every day. But why? So I decided to ask God about it. This is the way God and I communicate. I just have this natural relationship with Him. So if I have a question or think about something, I ask Him about it and He gives me the answer, because He is God and He knows everything. And it was in this conversation that the Lord revealed to me the truth of Proverbs 4:23, that we have to keep our heart clean and eliminate bad things that get stored there.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Before the high altar in Westminster Abbey lies a priceless pavement which has been hidden beneath a protective carpet since the early 1900s. The author, in this book, has brought his knowledge as an art historian to bear on the problem of unravelling its secret message.

Engaging, erudite study of rise of scientific movement in 17th-century England; Francis Bacon s role particularly stressed. Revised (1961) edition."

A comprehensive history of the Football League Play-Offs from their relatively troubled conception to the current day boom. Born in English football''s darkest hour, it has now become home to the richest match in sport. From the exquisite agony of losing to the unadulterated high of success, this is the Agony & the Ecstasy.

A biography of the 18th century British textual editor Lewis Theobold that asserts that the basic principles of critical editing in English were derived from Theobold''s adaptation of the method employed by Bentley in the classics.

From Agents to Z-list celebrities, everything you love to hate about the national sport.

Can you name the three World Cup winners who have also won the Golden Boot outright? What did Just Fontaine received for his feat of scoring 13 goals for France in the 1958 tournament in Sweden. Who went on to win the World Cup despite losing their first match? In which two World Cups have there been no sendings-off during the whole tournament? What was the significance of the black bands that appeared around the goal posts in Argentina in 1978? The World Cup is the greatest football show on earth. It is by far and away the most watched sporting event, attracting a global television audience of over 3.5 billion during four weeks of intense football action. There have been 20 tournaments in 16 different countries since 1930 and each one has its own unique stories and moments captured here in World Cup Nuggets. Richard Foster answers all of the above and provides you with some of the weirdest and most wonderful facts in World Cup history.

"This volume contains new materials which include stratigraphy, sea floor stratigraphy and isotopic geochemistry including radiometric dating. The work retains the conjunction of two entities: systematic treatment of "glacial geology" involving process and strategraphic, environmental and historical discussion of the Quaternary."

Modern football is brilliant, and yet it is also utterly rubbish. For every part of the beautiful game that reminds us why we love it, there''s another to drive us up the wall. Half-and-half scarves, designated singing sections, goal music and open letters - the list is endless. Football''s Flaws & Foibles looks at some of the biggest transgressions and dissects just what lies at the heart of our annoyance. Featuring contributions from Kevin Day, Daniel Storey and more, this book provides moments of catharsis and debate in equal measure. If you''ve ever paid for a plane to fly a banner over a football ground then this may not be the book for you, but for the rest of us this is a place to wallow in collective frustrations.So if you have ever been irritated, enraged, aggravated or exasperated by the game you love, this book is very much for you.

An interestingly written, handsome and well-produced illustrated book of religious, social and architectural history.

Exploring the hidden meaning of five well-known pictures painted between 1433 and 1533; La Primavera, Botticelli; Madonna and Child, Van Eyck; St George and the Dragon, Uccello; Christ Crowned with Thorns, Bosch: The Ambassadors, Holbein.