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Self-Portrait in Three Colors

Gregory of Nazianzus's Epistolary Autobiography

By: Bradley K. Storin

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Self-Portrait in Three Colors

Gregory of Nazianzus's Epistolary Autobiography

By: Bradley K. Storin

A seminal figure in late antique Christianity and Christian orthodoxy, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus published a collection of more than 240 letters. Whereas these letters have often been cast aside as readers turn to his theological orations or autobiographical poetry for insight into his life, thought, and times, Self-Portrait in Three Colors focuses squarely on them, building a provocative case that the finalized collection constitutes not an epistolary archive but an autobiography in epistolary form—a single text composed to secure his status among provincial contemporaries and later generations. Shedding light on late-ancient letter writing, fourth-century Christian intelligentsia, Christianity and classical culture, and the Christianization of Roman society, these letters offer a fascinating and unique view of Gregory’s life, engagement with literary culture, and leadership in the church. As a single unit, this autobiographical epistolary collection proved a powerful tool in Gregory’s attempts to govern the contours of his authorial image as well as his provincial and ecclesiastical legacy.

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University of California Press

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0520304136

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9780520304130

Late Antique Letter Collections

A Critical Introduction and Reference Guide

By: Cristiana Sogno,Bradley K. Storin,Edward J. Watts

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Late Antique Letter Collections

A Critical Introduction and Reference Guide

By: Cristiana Sogno,Bradley K. Storin,Edward J. Watts

This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of the extant Greek and Latin letter collections of late antiquity (ca. 300-600 C.E.). Bringing together an international team of historians, classicists, and scholars of religion, it illustrates how letter collections advertised an image of the letter writer and introduces the social and textual histories of each collection. Each chapter addresses a major collection of Greek or Latin literary letters, examining their assembly, publication, and transmission. In addition, contributions reveals how late antique letter collections operated as a discrete literary genre with its own conventions, transmission processes, and self-presentational agendas. This book will fundamentally change how people both read these texts and use letters to reconstruct the social history of the fourth, fifth, and sixth centuries"--Provided by publisher.

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Univ of California Press

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0520281446

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9780520281448

Children With Multiple Mental Health Challenges

An Integrated Approach to Intervention

By: Sarah Landy,Susan J. Bradley

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Children With Multiple Mental Health Challenges

An Integrated Approach to Intervention

By: Sarah Landy,Susan J. Bradley

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Springer Publishing Company

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0826199593

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9780826199591

Tell Me that You Love Me, Junie Moon

By: Marjorie Kellogg,D. D. Brooke

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Tell Me that You Love Me, Junie Moon

By: Marjorie Kellogg,D. D. Brooke

Three young people--Arthur, Warren, and Junie Moon--have each been marked tragically by life. They decide to pool their meager resources and face the world together. This is an off-beat play about off-beat people and their adventures are sad and happy, comic and tragic.

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Dramatic Publishing

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0871293242

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9780871293244

Death on a Yacht

By: Carolyn R. Bradley

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Death on a Yacht

By: Carolyn R. Bradley

The year is 1998. Sir George Arlington, a despicable and ruthless businessman, who has spent most of his life plotting and scheming against others, is now the target for retribution. He has no idea of the web of intrigue growing around him. An Italian Contessa, a retired Captain of the Royal Navy, gangsters from the East End of London and those with dark secrets, brought together with four young friends from very different backgrounds, who each have their own agenda, find themselves cruising with Sir George, on a luxury yacht in the Mediterranean. Plots and schemes abound, a death occurs and more confusion is added by a pompous Spanish police officer who resents the inevitable intervention of the British authorities. When the plots unravel, who are the winners and who are the losers?

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Lulu.com

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0244330751

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9780244330750

Gregory of Nazianzus's Letter Collection

The Complete Translation

By: Gregory of Nazianzus,Bradley K. Storin

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Gregory of Nazianzus's Letter Collection

The Complete Translation

By: Gregory of Nazianzus,Bradley K. Storin

Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, also known as Gregory the Theologian, lived an illustrious life as an orator, poet, priest, and bishop. Until his death, he wrote scores of letters to friends and colleagues, clergy members and philosophers, teachers of rhetoric and literature, and high-ranking officials at the provincial and imperial levels, many of which are preserved in his self-designed letter collection. Here, for the first time in English, Bradley K. Storin has translated the complete collection, offering readers a fresh view on Gregory’s life, social and cultural engagement, leadership in the church, and literary talents. Accompanying the translation are an introduction, a prosopography, and annotations that situate Gregory’s letters in their biographical, literary, and historical contexts. This translation is an essential resource for scholars and students of late antiquity and early Christianity.

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Univ of California Press

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0520972937

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9780520972933

Imagining Ireland in the Poems and Plays of W. B. Yeats

Nation, Class, and State

By: A. Bradley

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Imagining Ireland in the Poems and Plays of W. B. Yeats

Nation, Class, and State

By: A. Bradley

An important part of the national imaginary, Yeat's work has helped to invent the nation of Ireland, while critiquing the modern state that emerged from it's revolutionary period. This study offers a chronological account of Yeat's volumes of poetry, contextualizing and analyzing them in light of Irish cultural and political history.

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Springer

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0230119549

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9780230119543

Darwin's Psychology

By: Ben Bradley

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Darwin's Psychology

By: Ben Bradley

Darwin has long been hailed as forefather to behavioural science, especially nowadays, with the growing popularity of evolutionary psychologies. Yet, until now, his contribution to the field of psychology has been somewhat understated. This is the first book ever to examine the riches of what Darwin himself wrote about psychological matters. It unearths a Darwin new to contemporary science, whose first concern is the agency of organisms — from which he derives both his psychology, and his theory of evolution. A deep reading of Darwin's writings on climbing plants and babies, blushing and bower-birds, worms and facial movements, shows that, for Darwin, evolution does not explain everything about human action. Group-life and culture are also keys, whether we discuss the dynamics of conscience or the dramas of desire. Thus his treatment of facial actions sets out from the anatomy and physiology of human facial movements, and shows how these gain meanings through their recognition by others. A discussion of blushing extends his theory to the way reading others' expressions rebounds on ourselves — I care about how I think you read me. This dynamic proves central to how Darwin understands sexual desire, the production of conscience and of social standards through group dynamics, and the role of culture in human agency. Presenting a new Darwin to science, and showing how widely Darwin's understanding of evolution and agency has been misunderstood and misrepresented in biology and the social sciences, this important new book lights a new way forward for those who want to build psychology on the foundation of evolutionary biology

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Oxford University Press

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0191017906

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9780191017902

Thirsty for God

A Brief History of Christian Spirituality, Third Edition

By: Bradley P. Holt

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Thirsty for God

A Brief History of Christian Spirituality, Third Edition

By: Bradley P. Holt

A landmark text on the history of Christian spirituality embarks on the journey afresh. This accessible and engaging history provides an excellent primer on the two-millennium quest for union with God, a "thirst" at the center of Christian life and practice. Holt traces the practice of Christian devotion, prayer, and contemplation from the biblical and influential early periods through the diverse insights of the Reformation and modern eras. Globally framed, the book highlights the local contributions of people from a wide array of traditions and perspectives as unified yet diverse voices giving witness to the thirst for the experience of the divine that is at the heart of the Christian pilgrimage. This new edition not only updates all the chapters and features but also adds more material on the spirituality of Jesus, medieval women mystics, contemporary spirituality, spiritual faith and practice in the digital age, and spirituality in a globalized world. Excerpts and illustrations from primary sources, a glossary, a timeline, new bibliographies, sets of spiritual exercises and discussion questions, and an online resource guide heighten the book's usefulness for students and lay persons alike.

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Fortress Press

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1506432549

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9781506432540

A Very Principled Boy

The Life of Duncan Lee, Red Spy and Cold Warrior

By: Mark A. Bradley

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A Very Principled Boy

The Life of Duncan Lee, Red Spy and Cold Warrior

By: Mark A. Bradley

Duncan Chaplin Lee was a Rhodes Scholar, patriot, and descendent of one of America's most distinguished families -- and possibly the best-placed mole ever to infiltrate U.S. intelligence operations. In A Very Principled Boy intelligence expert and former CIA officer Mark A. Bradley traces the tangled roots of Lee's betrayal and reveals his harrowing struggle to stay one step ahead of America's spy hunters during and after World War II. Exposed to leftist politics while studying at Oxford, Lee became a committed, albeit covert, member of the Communist Party. After following William "Wild Bill Donovan to the newly formed Office of Strategic Services, Lee rose quickly through the ranks of the U.S. intelligence service -- and just as quickly gained value as a Communist spy. As one of the chief aides to the head of the OSS, Lee was uniquely well placed to pass sensitive information to his Soviet handlers, including the likely timeframe of the D-Day invasion and the names of OSS personnel under investigation for suspected communist affiliations. In 1945, one of Lee's former handlers confessed to the FBI and named Lee as a Soviet agent. For the next thirteen years, J. Edgar Hoover would tirelessly, but futilely, attempt to prove Lee's guilt. Despite being accused of treason in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee, the increasingly paranoid Lee miraculously escaped again and again. In a move to atone for what he had done, Lee later became a Cold Warrior in China, fighting Mao Zedong's communists. He died a free but conflicted man. In A Very Principled Boy, Bradley weaves a fast-paced cat-and-mouse tale of misguided idealism, high treason, and belated redemption. Drawing on Lee's letters and thousands of previously unreleased CIA, FBI, and State Department records, Bradley tells the unlikely story of a spy who chose his conscience over his country and its dark consequences.

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Basic Books

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0465036651

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John Morton

Adversary of Richard III, Power Behind the Tudors

By: Stuart Bradley

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John Morton

Adversary of Richard III, Power Behind the Tudors

By: Stuart Bradley

One of the most unfairly neglected figures in English history, who served three kings, opposed Richard III and enabled the Tudor dynasty.

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Amberley Publishing Limited

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1445679647

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9781445679648

A Colorful Way of Living

How to Be More, Create More, Do More the Vera Bradley Way

By: Barbara Bradley Baekgaard

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A Colorful Way of Living

How to Be More, Create More, Do More the Vera Bradley Way

By: Barbara Bradley Baekgaard

From the co-founder of the Vera Bradley empire, a practical and inspiring book that shows women how to awaken their full potential, at any age. "This place could use some color!" That's what Barbara Bradley said to her friend Pat during an airport layover. It was 1982 and all the women could see was a succession of drab, bulky suitcases. When they returned home to Indiana, Barbara and her business partner got out a few Simplicity patterns and a Singer sewing machine and set to work. And the Vera Bradley Company was born. A Colorful Way of Living offers practical, inspiring advice to empower women of all ages to navigate life by the values that provide the foundation of the Vera Bradley empire. Women looking for the encouragement to start a new chapter, women balancing career and family, and new graduates entering the workforce will all benefit from the Baekgaard’s learned wisdom has as it applies to career, life, and relationships. Lessons include “Noticing Every Detail,” “Choosing Nice,” and “Remembering Always—there’s enough room for everyone.” In this highly readable book, Barbara Bradley Baekgaard shares the values that have helped her to thrive in business, health, and relationships--in every aspect of her personal and professional life.

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St. Martin's Press

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1250121922

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9781250121929

'You Shall Surely Not Die'

The Concepts of Sin and Death as Expressed in the Manuscript Art of Northwestern Europe, C. 800-1200

By: Jill Bradley

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'You Shall Surely Not Die'

The Concepts of Sin and Death as Expressed in the Manuscript Art of Northwestern Europe, C. 800-1200

By: Jill Bradley

Using medieval miniatures to complement written sources, this book gives a new insight into how ideas of death, sin and salvation altered and developed in order to meet the needs of a changing society in the Middle Ages.

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BRILL

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9004169105

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9789004169104

Flames of Love

Hell and Universal Salvation

By: Heath Bradley

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Flames of Love

Hell and Universal Salvation

By: Heath Bradley

Is hell for real, or will all be saved? What if both are true? It is tempting to settle either for the liberal option of downplaying the judgment of God, or for the conservative option of letting dominant church tradition trump fresh understandings of Scripture. Not settling for either of these popular options, this book offers a clear and compelling response to the question of what hell could be for in a universe created and redeemed by a loving God. The book seeks to articulate a distinctively Christian universalism that highlights the centrality of Christ, coheres with the Scriptures and early church tradition, affirms the reality of divine judgment, and offers motivational grounds for evangelism and holy living. Ultimately, this work is about the Christian struggle to envision the life of the world to come in a way that is faithful to the God in whom love and holiness are forever united.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1620320487

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9781620320488

Diagnosing Contemporary Philosophy with the Matrix Movies

By: O. Bradley Bassler

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Diagnosing Contemporary Philosophy with the Matrix Movies

By: O. Bradley Bassler

This book charts the shape of future philosophical investigation by posing the question: “What is the Matrix?” Guided by the example of the Matrix film trilogy, the author examines issues ranging from simulation, proof and action to value, culture and mythology, offering a progressively deeper diagnosis of modern philosophical conditions. In contrast to the contemporary focus upon cognitive science and a commitment to the distinction between appearance and reality, this book helps readers to explore the argument that such abstractions are inevitably displaced by a more concrete distinction between dreaming and waking, with the Matrix as the real and only world we inhabit. Researchers and scholars will find this work an engaging and enlightening examination of reality, via the medium of popular culture and film.

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Springer

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1137578890

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Colin Gunton and the Failure of Augustine

The Theology of Colin Gunton in the Light of Augustine

By: Bradley G Green

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Colin Gunton and the Failure of Augustine

The Theology of Colin Gunton in the Light of Augustine

By: Bradley G Green

The British systematic theologian Colin Gunton argued that Augustine bequeathed to the West a theological tradition with serious deficiencies. According to Gunton, Augustine's particular construal of the doctrine of God led to fundamental errors and problems in grasping the relationship between creation and redemption, and in rightfully construing a truly Christian ontology. In Colin Gunton and the Failure of Augustine, Bradley G. Green's close reading of Augustine challenges Gunton's understanding. Gunton argued that Augustine's supposed emphasis of the one over the many severed any meaningful link between creation and redemption, contra the theological insights of Irenaeus, and furthermore that because of Augustine's supposed emphasis on the timeless essence of God at the expense of the three real persons, he failed to forge a truly Christian ontology, effectively losing the insights of the Cappadocian Fathers). For all of Gunton's many insights, Green argues that on the contrary, Augustine did not sever the link between creation and redemption, but rather affirmed that the created order is a means of genuine knowledge of God, that the created order is indeed the only means by which redemption is accomplished, that the cross of Christ is the only means by which we can see God, and that the created order is fundamentally oriented toward a telos - redemption. Concerning ontology, Augustine's teaching on the imago Dei, and the prominent role that relationship plays in Augustine's doctrines of man and God, provides the kind of relational Christian ontology that Gunton sought. In short, Green argues, Augustine could have provided Gunton key theological resources in countering the modernity he so rightfully challenged.

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James Clarke & Company

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0227900146

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9780227900147

Christianity, Politics, and the Predicament of Evil

A Constructive Theological Ethic of Soulcraft and Statecraft

By: Bradley B. Burroughs

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Christianity, Politics, and the Predicament of Evil

A Constructive Theological Ethic of Soulcraft and Statecraft

By: Bradley B. Burroughs

Christianity, Politics, and the Predicament of Evil overcomes a defining divide in contemporary Protestant political ethics created by two contrasting conceptions of politics. The first, exemplified in the work of Reinhold Niebuhr, construes politics as a matter of statecraft that utilizes the power of government to secure the greatest possible order and justice for society as a whole. The second, most prominently articulated by Stanley Hauerwas, maintains that politics concerns itself with the cultivation of virtue; consequently, it finds not the “well-ordered state” but the church to be the exemplar of politics. Not only illuminating the divide between politics-as-statecraft and politics-as-soulcraft but also redeveloping the conceptual space between them, this book reconceives politics within a theological framework in which the eschatological City of God, rather than the well-ordered state or the faithful church, functions as the paradigm of political life. At the same time, it simultaneously recognizes that the existence of evil, which corrupts individual wills and social structures, inhibits human beings from building the City of God in this world. Analyzing, criticizing, and drawing resources from Niebuhr and Hauerwas, as well as looking beyond to Augustine, Martin Luther King, Jr., and others, this book specifies the respective roles of soulcraft and statecraft in a political ethic capable of guiding Christians as they witness to God’s eschatological intention to establish the City of God in a world currently mired in the predicament of evil.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1978700520

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9781978700529

The Seventh Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

25 Modern and Classic Stories

By: Robert Silverberg,Arthur C. Clarke,Marion Zimmer Bradley,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Mike Resnick

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The Seventh Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

25 Modern and Classic Stories

By: Robert Silverberg,Arthur C. Clarke,Marion Zimmer Bradley,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Mike Resnick

The Seventh Science Fiction Megapack" presents a terrific mix of science fiction stories, new and old, including a Hugo Award-winning story by Lawrence Watt-Evans, a Hugo Award nominee from Mike Resnick, and classics by Arthur C. Clarke, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and many more. Almost 700 pages of great reading! Included are: ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE, by Mike Resnick A BRIEF DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES, by Michael Kurland GRANDPA?, by Edward M. Lerner TO ERR IS INHUMAN, by Marion Zimmer Bradley SARGASSO OF LOST STARSHIPS, by Poul Anderson THE SWORDSMEN OF VARNIS, by Geoffrey Cobbe MOON DOG, by Arthur C. Clarke WHY I LEFT HARRY’S ALL-NIGHT HAMBURGERS, by Lawrence Watt-Evans GALACTIC CHEST, by Clifford D. Simak PROTOTYPE, by John Gregory Betancourt THE DOORSTOP, by Reginald Bretnor THE TIME DISSOLVER, by Jerry Sohl DO UNTO OTHERS, by Damien Broderick KEEP OUT, by Fredric Brown THE CHAPTER ENDS, by Poul Anderson DO UNTO OTHERS, by Mark Clifton THE SERVANT PROBLEM, by Robert F. Young THE SLIZZERS, by Jerome Bixby AND THEN THE TOWN TOOK OFF, by Richard Wilson SPACE OPERA, by Michael R. Collings I AM TOMORROW, by Lester del Rey RIPENESS IS ALL, by Jesse Roarke DAWSON DID IT, by C.J. Henderson STARMAN'S QUEST, by Robert Silverberg THROUGH TIME & SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT (94), by Grendel Briarton And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see the 100+ entries in this series, covering everything from science fiction and fantasy to mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, author collections--and much, much more! (Sort by publication date to see the most recent entries.)

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434443515

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9781434443519

Who Wins?

Pacers Vs. Colts

By: Bradley Barnes

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Who Wins?

Pacers Vs. Colts

By: Bradley Barnes

Brad Barnes and Ryan Alvis take you on a hilarious journey through the legend and lore of two of America's greatest sports franchises. in an improbable match-up between these powerhouse teams, Barnes and Alvis weave a laugh-a-minute storyline that includes some of the wildest illustrations ever drawn and is complete with an ending that will satisfy even the most die-hard fan.

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0977380300

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Redefining Reason

The Story of the Twentieth Century “Primitive” Mentality Debate

By: Bradley W. Patterson

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Redefining Reason

The Story of the Twentieth Century “Primitive” Mentality Debate

By: Bradley W. Patterson

Throughout the twentieth century, Western thinkers engaged in a politically charged, often highly personal and acrimonious debate over the mental and rational capacity of people from traditional non-literate societies. At issue was the question of whether or not humanity was, at bottom, psychologically and rationally unifi ed and equal as a species. Redefining Reason offers the fi rst in depth, critical history of that debate and its repercussions in modern Western thought and society. This debate, of course, is as old as humanity itself, and one that was never formally announced, coordinated or neatly staged. In tracing it through the twentieth century, this book focuses on what was the most thoughtful, interesting, and cogent phase of an ancient controversy in the Western world. This book is called the story of a “primitive” mentality/rationality debate because that is what it was called most commonly by those who participated in it. While as readers will see, there was nothing uniquely “primitive” about the mentality of people from traditional oral societies; to deprive the twentieth-century debate of its own terms and questions would be to lose sight of what it was. Divided into three sections, this book fi rst sets the twentieth century “primitive” mentality debate within its historical context so that it may be better understood. It then focuses on some of the highlights of the debate. The next section suggests that this debate was, in reality, itself but a chapter in (or aspect of ) a much larger story: the story of what may be appropriately referred to as the “hyperrationalization” of human society. To conclude, this book follows the debate into the twenty-fi rst century and offers the clarifi cation and resolutions developed in earlier chapters to contemporary students, scholars, and educated lay readers.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453589406

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It Happened in the Great Smokies

Stories of Events and People that Shaped a National Park

By: Michael R. Bradley

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It Happened in the Great Smokies

Stories of Events and People that Shaped a National Park

By: Michael R. Bradley

From an eighteenth-century Cherokee feast to a deadly wildfire that destroyed a town, It Happened in the Great Smokies looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of America’s most visited national park. It Happened in the Great Smokies includes thirty-one fascinating stories about events and ten biographies of people that shaped this famous national park in the states of North Carolina and Tennessee.

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149303975X

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Out of the Embers

Faith After the Great Deconstruction

By: Bradley Jersak

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Out of the Embers

Faith After the Great Deconstruction

By: Bradley Jersak

Deconstruction: Trendy brand name for falling away from belief in God? Or a process essential to authentic faith? Liberation or trauma? Prison break or exile? It’s complicated. Just like you. Christian history records a Great Reformation and a Great Awakening. But today’s “Great Deconstruction” will surely leave an equally profound impact. In Out of the Embers, Bradley Jersak explores the necessity, perils, and possibilities of the Great Deconstruction—how it has the potential to either sabotage our communion with God or infuse it with the breath of life, the light and life of Christ himself. In this collection of vulnerable memoirs, philosophical memos, and candid provocations, Jersak resists both the hand-wringing urge to corral stray sheep and the exultant desire to play the happy-clappy Ex-vangelical cheerleader. He employs the wisdom and expertise of the great deconstructionists—Christianity’s ancient influences (Moses, Plato, Paul, and the Patristics), “beloved frenemies” (from Voltaire to Nietzsche), and the masters of deconstruction (Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, and Weil)—to double down and deconstruct deconstruction itself. Where is faith after deconstruction? The author’s heart is to engage and empathize with the bereft and disoriented, stoking the brittle ashes for live embers. In this quest for the resilient gospel of the martyrs, the marginal, and those outside the threshold...inexplicably, in this liminal space, life stirs. A Light shines through the ashes. We find, often for the first time, that living connection Jersak calls “presence in communion.” There is a sea change occurring across the Western church and civilization. Whether we’re watching a radical course correction or a complete collapse remains to be seen, and how it pans out will likely depend on how we see what’s happening, who we are becoming, how we live in response—and, most important, where we find Christ situated in this storm.

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Whitaker House

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1641238895

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9781641238892

Deception (Natchez Trace Park Rangers Book #4)

By: Patricia Bradley

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Deception (Natchez Trace Park Rangers Book #4)

By: Patricia Bradley

After being forced to kill an FBI agent gone rogue in self-defense while working in the violent crimes unit for the Investigative Services Branch, ranger Madison Thorn is comfortable with her move to the fraud and cyber division. At least numbers don't lie. So she's less than thrilled when a white-collar crime investigation in Natchez, Mississippi, turns violent. She could also do without being forced to work with former-childhood-enemy-turned-infuriatingly-handsome park ranger Clayton Bradshaw. When a woman who looks just like Madison is attacked on the same night Madison's grandfather is shot, it becomes clear that there is something much bigger going on here and that Madison herself is in danger. Madison and Clayton will have to work together--and suppress their growing feelings for one another--if they are to discover the truth before it's too late. USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Patricia Bradley closes out her popular Natchez Trace Park Rangers series with this complex story of family secrets, mixed motives, and learning to trust.

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Baker Books

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149343618X

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9781493436187

Durham County

A History of Durham County, North Carolina

By: Jean Bradley Anderson

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Durham County

A History of Durham County, North Carolina

By: Jean Bradley Anderson

In this broad, sweeping history of Durham County, Jean Bradley Anderson begins with a discussion of the geography, climate, and geology of the region from the seventeenth century to 1981, its centennial year. This remarkably comprehensive work moves beyond traditional local histories that focus on powerful families. Rather, Anderson integrates the stories of well-known figures with those of ordinary men and women, blacks and whites, to create a complex but fascinating portrait of Durham's economic, political, social, and labor history.Drawing on extensive primary research, Durham County examines the origins of the town of Durham and recounts the growth of communities around mills, stores, taverns, and churches in the century preceding the rise of tobacco manufacturing. It examines all phases of life in the county: agriculture, architecture, the arts, education, industry, politics, and religion. Anderson pays particular attention to such turning points as the coming of the railroad; the Confederate surrender at the Bennett Place; the war's connection to the rise and flourishing of the tobacco industry; the move to Durham of Trinity College; the development of the Research Triangle Park and the subsequent rise of the health service and high-tech industries.

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Duke University Press

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0822310562

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A More Christlike God

A More Beautiful Gospel

By: Bradley Jersak

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A More Christlike God

A More Beautiful Gospel

By: Bradley Jersak

Whether our notions of ‘god’ are personal projections or inherited traditions, author and theologian Brad Jersak proposes a radical reassessment, arguing for A More Christlike God: a More Beautiful Gospel. If Christ is “the image of the invisible God, the radiance of God’s glory and exact representation of God’s likeness,” what if we conceived of God as completely Christlike—the perfect Incarnation of self-giving, radically forgiving, co-suffering love? What if God has always been and forever will be ‘cruciform’ (cross-shaped) in his character and actions? A More Christlike God suggests that such a God would be very good news indeed—a God who Jesus “unwrathed” from dead religion, a Love that is always toward us, and a Grace that pours into this suffering world through willing, human partners.

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Plain Truth Ministries

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1889973173

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