Philip Turner

Recounts the struggle of two young people against poverty in Victorian England, particularly the effort of one to alter events by betting a week's wages on a race between a horse and a steam engine.

Upon learning that she is destined to be turned into bacon, Wigwig, the pig, runs away.

Two rival English gangs join forces to rescue village residents during a sudden flood.

When three boys paddle up a river in northern England in their home made boat, searching for the ruins of an ancient Roman signal tower, they are soon involved in trespassing and lifesaving escapades which lead them to their goal.

The adventures of three ingenious English boys and the retired naval Admiral whose interest in ancient weapons enables them to rescue an eccentric old neighbor from a blizzard and to solve the mystery of a long-missing Norman church statue.

"Current debates over a host of issues, particularly those relating to homosexuality, have left the 70-million-member Anglican Communion straining to understand what it means to be a communion - and even wondering whether life as a communion is possible. In this timely book two priest-scholars, Ephraim Radner and Philip Turner, examine the future of the concept of "communion" as a viable church structure, tracing its historical development as a self-consciously Anglican third way between Protestant congregationalism and Catholic centralism. In examining this essential issue, Radner and Turner relate the specific challenges of the U.S. Episcopal Church to the unity of the worldwide communion, touching on such divisive subjects as the place of Scripture, liberal theology, and episcopal authority. Their discussion is at once measured and impassioned, erudite and practical."--Jacket.