Alicia Brent: 5 books

Christmas – what does it mean to you? This little book is full of quotes about the festive season from many familiar and some less familiar personalities. There are funny, cynical, reverent, irreverent, reflective, thought-provoking and even a few controversial ones. With plenty...

'I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.' - Woody Allen Death, for reasons that are quite understandable, has become somewhat of a taboo subject in everyday conversation. Though it is the most certain aspect of life, it goes largely unmentioned until the day...

Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson, though he was not a medical doctor) was one of the shining lights of eighteenth century English literature.  He wrote poetry, stories, plays and essays that were well received by the public of his day.  In our day his fame rests securely on...

A New Year, a New You..? Do you try, year after year, to make resolutions that you honestly believe you can stick to, only to see them tumble by the wayside before January is out?  Or have you actually managed to achieve something through this annual ritual?   Are your resolutions...

Ellen G. White was, among other things, the co-founder of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.  During her long life she claimed to have had over two hundred visions, regarded by her church as divine revelations and which formed the basis of her teachings and much of her writing. She was...