Bøger af Neil Robinson

An exciting new addition to the Flight Craft series, this time focussing on the iconic Avro Lancaster, in a post-World War Two context.

A collection of very short stories; some funny, some serious but all with a twist in the tail. Short and curly all the way!

A brand new collection of short stories from the slightly barking imagination of Neil Robinson. Each tall tail/tale, he promises, is absolutely true - but then, if that's the case, why has he called them 'Shaggy Dog Stories'? Perhaps because life is one long shaggy dog story and the tales in this collection contain at least a kernel - or maybe that should be kennel - of truth, as best he understands it, anyway. Which is not to say that any of these stories are 'preachy'. Far from it; they are designed, first and foremost, to entertain. Should one or two lead you to ponder on life, truth and relationships, well that's a bonus, surely. So, enjoy exercising each of these shaggy dogs; maybe one will even bring back a stick for you.

Companion volume to 'Jesus Exposed, ' 'Faith Exposed: What's Love Got To Do With It? ' collects more of Neil Robinson's blog posts from RejectingJesus.com to take a withering look at Christianity in action. 'By their fruits shall you know them, ' Jesus said - so how do his modern-day followers measure up? What sort of fruit do they produce? Or are they, to mix his metaphors, merely salt that has lost its flavour? And what has love got to do with the way Christianity is practised today? Not to give too much away, but take a guess... Better still, read these blistering critiques of all things Christian. You'll never look at Faith in the same way again.

A brand new collection of darkly entertaining short stories from Neil Robinson, loosely based on the theme 'Is There Anybody There?' From the coldly terrifying to the search for someone to love - and not forgetting all the existential questions we ask ourselves - these compelling tales explore the possibilities. So, if you'd really like to know whether there's anybody there, and are looking to be amused, chilled and entertained as you find out, this volume has all the answers. ...Or does it?

Neil Robinson follows up his successful 'Rejecting Jesus' and 'Why Christians Don't Do What Jesus Tells Them ...And What They Believe Instead' with 'Jesus Exposed', a brand new collection of posts from his 'Rejecting Jesus' blog, each one a blistering critique of all things Christian. 'Jesus Exposed' explores the main components of religious make-believe (God, Jesus, the Bible, The Resurrection and the Second Coming) and exposes them for the discredited nonsense they really are. If you have ever been caught up in the Jesus cult, you will want read this book. If you haven't, find out what you've missed!

'Rejecting Jesus: Why You Should', is a sparkling series of irreverent, funny and, yes, blasphemous blog posts from the successful RejectingJesus.com blog by Neil Robinson. With their satirical pictures - a popular feature of the blog - they're now collected together under one cover for the first time. (A few have previously been available in print). Each serves as a little antidote to the virus that holds millions in its delusional thrall. With over 2 billion adherents worldwide, Christianity is still the most popular and insidious belief system in the world. But it makes truth claims and promises it cannot and has never met and offers a perspective of reality based on fantasy figures and scenarios for which no evidence exists. It contradicts almost everything science tells us about reality and asks its adherents to accept its propositions on 'faith', without question or the exercise of critical faculties. It expects them too to spread the virus whenever and wherever they can. The author knows this because he was once a Christian. He knows from the inside what Christians believe, having bought into the false promises, failed prophecies and impossible morality presented in the Bible. And impossible morality it is, which is why, as he says here, most Christians practise it as if it were a form of homeopathy; in miniscule amounts and only to their own taste. Yet, we're all expected to respect this faith, as if believing some of the daftest things imaginable is something that deserves to be tiptoed round; as if a virus of epidemic proportions merits 'respect' rather than treatment. Well, you'll find no respect in these pages, he's pleased to tell you. There might instead be some treatment, some therapy perhaps, that can help deliver minds from contagion. He'd like to think so.

Jesus said that anyone who called him Lord but didn't do as he told them wouldn't enter the Kingdom of Heaven. This book explores just how much today's Christians follow their Lord's exacting instructions and finds that most of them don't, preferring instead the undemanding spirituality of modern faith. Replacing Jesus' teaching with a whole range of preposterous and non-biblical beliefs, Christians presume to tell the rest us how to live. 'Why Christians Don't Do What Jesus Tells Them To... And What They Do Instead' shows us why we should strenuously resist their efforts.

"In this innovative new book, Neil Robinson places contemporary Russian politics in historical perspective to argue that Putin's regime has not overcome the problems that underpinned the momentous changes in twentieth-century Russian history when Russia veered from Tsarism to Soviet rule to post-communist chaos"--

This invaluable text traces Russia's complex historical dveleopment in the last century, its recent political troubles and economic misfortunes and its place in the contemporary international system.

In the summer of 1988 England began its Test series against the mighty West Indies with a draw at Trent Bridge. Defeated 5-0 in each of its last two series against the world's most fearsome cricket team, for England simply to avoid defeat and stand up to perhaps the greatest fast bowling attack in history seemed like a huge step in the right direction. But within days the team's captain, Mike Gatting, had been sacked following a tabloid scandal. Over the remaining five Test matches that summer, England would select a further three captains and field a total of twenty-eight players as English cricket plunged into turmoil. Using interviews with the main protagonists and contemporary reports, Neil Robinson reconstructs the events of an unparalleled summer for English cricket and asks: what was the truth behind the circumstances of Gatting's dismissal? Why did a season of such promise descend into chaos? And what was the legacy of 1988 for the next generation of English cricketers?

There can be few technologies in the history of the modern world that have progressed so rapidly, and have seen so much change in such a short timespan as that of aviation.

Initially projected as a maritime reconnaissance version of the Lincoln bomber, itself a development of the famous wartime Lancaster which saw post-war service in a General/Maritime Reconnaissance role, (see Flight Craft No 4), the Avro Shackleton, (named after the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton) was a completely new design, powered by four Rolls Royce Griffon 57 engines driving six blade contra-rotating propellers.Split into three main sections, this latest Flight Craft title, perfectly timed to coincide with the release of the first examples of the eagerly awaited new tool 1/72 scale Airfix kit, offers a concise history of the Shackleton's development and operational career from the prototype and initial entry in to RAF service in 1951, and its use with the South African Air Force, the only other operator of the type. Section 1 chronicles its design, ongoing improvements and development through the three main Marks, in both the Maritime Reconnaissance and Airborne Early Warning roles, until its retirement after four decades of RAF service in 1991, which includes scores of contemporary photographs with detailed captions, many of which have never been seen in print before.This is followed by a 16-page colour illustration section featuring profiles and 2-views of the color schemes and markings carried by the type in RAF and SAAF service. The final section lists all the plastic model kits, accessories and decal sheets produced of the Shackleton in all scales. As with the other books in the Flight Craft series, whilst published primarily with the scale aircraft modeler in mind, it is hoped that those readers who might perhaps describe themselves as 'occasional' modelers may also find that this colorful and informative work offers something to provoke their interests too.

Brand new addition to the Flight Craft series, this time focussing on the intriguing Hawker Hurricane aircraft type, and providing a comprehensive overview of all model-making kits currently available on the market.