The Bible. Arguably the most influential book in history. Read by countless millions of people throughout the ages and regarded by Christians as an unignorable guide to twenty-first-century living. Open its pages and delve into its stories, teaching and history to judge for yourself. This paperback edition uses the reliable and accurate New International Version - a translation created by the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT), which is an independent body made up of renowned biblical linguists and scholars and commissioned by the International Bible Society (IBS). Its mission is to reach out to people around the world with a faithful translation of God's word. This edition uses anglicised text, with British spelling, grammar and punctuation to allow the Bible to be read fluently and understood more easily.