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The Best Land

Four Hundred Years of Love and Betrayal on Oneida Territory

By: Susan A. Brewer

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The Best Land

Four Hundred Years of Love and Betrayal on Oneida Territory

By: Susan A. Brewer

In Susan A. Brewer's fascinating The Best Land, she recounts the story of the parcel of central New York land on which she grew up. Brewer and her family had worked and lived on this land for generations when the Oneida Indians claimed that it rightfully belonged to them. Why, she wondered, did she not know what had happened to this place her grandfather called the best land. Here, she tells its story, tracing over the past four hundred years the two families—her own European settler family and the Oneida/Mohawk family of Polly Denny—who called the best land home. Situated on the passageway to the west, the ancestral land of the Oneidas was coveted by European colonizers and the founders of the Empire State. The Brewer and Denny families took part in imperial wars, the American Revolution, broken treaties, the building of the Erie Canal, Native removal, the rise and decline of family farms, bitter land claims controversies, and the revival of the Oneida Indian Nation. As Brewer makes clear in The Best Land, through centuries of violence, bravery, greed, generosity, racism, and love, the lives of the Brewer and Denny families were profoundly intertwined. The story of this homeland, she discovers, unsettles the history she thought she knew. With clear determination to tell history as it was, without sugarcoating or ignoring the pain and suffering of both families, Brewer navigates the interconnected stories with grace, humility, and a deep love for the land. The Best Land is a beautiful homage to the people, the place, and the environment itself.

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Cornell University Press

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1501777254

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9781501777257

The Poet of Tolstoy Park

A Novel

By: Sonny Brewer

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The Poet of Tolstoy Park

A Novel

By: Sonny Brewer

“The more you transform your life from the material to the spiritual domain, the less you become afraid of death.” Leo Tolstoy spoke these words, and they became Henry Stuart’s raison d’etre. The Poet of Tolstoy Park is the unforgettable novel based on the true story of Henry Stuart’s life, which was reclaimed from his doctor’s belief that he would not live another year. Henry responds to the news by slogging home barefoot in the rain. It’s 1925. The place: Canyon County, Idaho. Henry is sixty-seven, a retired professor and a widower who has been told a warmer climate would make the end more tolerable. San Diego would be a good choice. Instead, Henry chose Fairhope, Alabama, a town with utopian ideals and a haven for strong-minded individualists. Upton Sinclair, Sherwood Anderson, and Clarence Darrow were among its inhabitants. Henry bought his own ten acres of piney woods outside Fairhope. Before dying, underscored by the writings of his beloved Tolstoy, Henry could begin to “perfect the soul awarded him” and rest in the faith that he, and all people, would succeed, “even if it took eons.” Human existence, Henry believed, continues in a perfect circle unmarred by flaws of personality, irrespective of blood and possessions and rank, and separate from organized religion. In Alabama, until his final breath, he would chase these high ideas. But first, Henry had to answer up for leaving Idaho. Henry’s dearest friend and intellectual sparring partner, Pastor Will Webb, and Henry’s two adult sons, Thomas and Harvey, were baffled and angry that he would abandon them and move to the Deep South, living in a barn there while he built a round house of handmade concrete blocks. His new neighbors were perplexed by his eccentric behavior as well. On the coldest day of winter he was barefoot, a philosopher and poet with ideas and words to share with anyone who would listen. And, mysteriously, his “last few months” became years. He had gone looking for a place to learn lessons in dying, and, studiously advanced to claim a vigorous new life. The Poet of Tolstoy Park is a moving and irresistible story, a guidebook of the mind and spirit that lays hold of the heart. Henry Stuart points the way through life’s puzzles for all of us, becoming in this timeless tale a character of such dimension that he seems more alive now than ever.

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Ballantine Books

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0345476328

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9780345476326

The Bloodcicle Agent

By: George J. Brewer

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The Bloodcicle Agent

By: George J. Brewer

Peter Faulkner, a graduate student in microbiology, called his wife to tell her hed be late, and made the mistake of calling from his mentors office. Catching Peter in his presumably locked office when he returned unexpectedly, Professor Jergens was enraged, mistakenly thinking Peter had seen secret material. The Professors suspicions set in motion a series of events that, before they had run their course, led to numerous deaths that seemed to be due to some mysterious poison or infection. Peter found himself in the middle, accused of the murders, and fighting for his life to try to solve the mystery of what was causing the deaths. The agent was extremely mysterious, killing but leaving no trace of itself. Could Peter solve the mystery of this deadly agent, while being hounded by powerful and sinister forces that didnt want this secret exposed?

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Xlibris Corporation

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1465324615

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The Jesus Scandals

Why he shocked his contemporaries (and still shocks today)

By: David Instone-Brewer

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The Jesus Scandals

Why he shocked his contemporaries (and still shocks today)

By: David Instone-Brewer

The author's aim is to help thinking lay persons and people preparing sermons to apply NT ethics within a modern culture, while still remaining faithful to the text - by taking into account the ancient culture. This is high quality scholarship at a very accessible level. Over the centuries Jesus's teaching on ethical matters has often become muted and distorted. This book sets the matter straight. Here are 30 areas of ethical debate: in each context Jesus offered insights which would have left his contemporaries agape. They range from singleness (rare: could Jesus be trusted?) to abortion (unwanted children were strangled, and the early church notably took a strong stance against this practice) to sexual immorality (the NT church had an unusually high number of people who had been sexually promiscuous) to boasting (Jesus taught his disciples to take lowly titles as he did for himself, but the church ignored him).

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Monarch Books

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0857212656

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9780857212658

The Theatre of Paula Vogel

Practice, Pedagogy, and Influences

By: Lee Brewer Jones

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The Theatre of Paula Vogel

Practice, Pedagogy, and Influences

By: Lee Brewer Jones

In this volume, Lee Brewer Jones examines Paula Vogel as both a playwright and renowned teacher, analyzing texts and early reviews of Vogel's major plays-including Indecent, Desdemona, How I Learned to Drive, and The Baltimore Waltz-before turning attention to her influence upon other major American playwrights, including Sarah Ruhl, Lynn Nottage, and Quiara Alegría Hudes. Chapters explore Vogel's plays in chronological order, consider her early influences and offer detailed accounts of her work in performance. Enriched by an interview with Lynn Nottage and essays from scholars Ana Fernández-Caparrós and Amy Muse, this is a vibrant exploration of Paula Vogel as a major American playwright. By the time Paula Vogel made her Broadway debut with her 2017 Rebecca Taichman collaboration Indecent, she was already an accomplished playwright, with a Pulitzer Prize for How I Learned to Drive (1998) and two Obie Awards. She had also enjoyed a brilliant career as a professor at Brown and Yale with students such as Sarah Ruhl, a MacArthur Genius Grant winner, Pulitzer Prize winners Nilo Cruz, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and the only woman to win two Pulitzers for Drama, Lynn Nottage. Vogel's theatre draws upon Russian Formalist Viktor Shklovsky and uses devices such as defamiliarization and negative empathy to challenge conventional definitions of protagonists and antagonists.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350251739

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9781350251731

A Guide Through the New Testament

By: Celia Brewer Marshall,Celia B. Sinclair

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A Guide Through the New Testament

By: Celia Brewer Marshall,Celia B. Sinclair

This guide to the New Testament, like its companion volume, A Guide Through the Old Testament, combines the background information of a textbook with the format of a workbook to create a unique resource for studying the New Testament. By eliciting as much active response from the reader as possible, Celia Sinclair provides the basis for personal hands-on study, direct reading of the scripture (including Old Testament references where appropriate), and a study guide for group discussion.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664254845

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9780664254841

The Conquest of the Holy Land by Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn

A critical edition and translation of the anonymous Libellus de expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum

By: Keagan Brewer,James Kane

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The Conquest of the Holy Land by Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn

A critical edition and translation of the anonymous Libellus de expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum

By: Keagan Brewer,James Kane

The Libellus de expugnatione Terrae Sanctae per Saladinum (or Little Book about the Conquest of the Holy Land by Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn) is the most substantial contemporary Latin account of the conquest of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187. Seemingly written by a churchman who was in Jerusalem itself when the city was besieged and captured, the Libellus fuses historical narrative and biblical exegesis in an attempt to recount and interpret the loss of the Holy Land, an event that provoked an outpouring of grief throughout western Christendom and sparked the Third Crusade. This book provides an English translation of the Libellus accompanied by a new, comprehensive critical edition of the Latin text and a detailed study in the introduction.

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Routledge

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1351390694

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9781351390699

The Bible and Modern British Drama

From 1930 to the Present Day

By: Mary F. Brewer

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The Bible and Modern British Drama

From 1930 to the Present Day

By: Mary F. Brewer

The Bible and Modern British Drama: 1930 to the Present Day is the first full-length study to explore how playwrights in the modern period have adapted popular biblical stories, such as Abraham and Isaac, Moses and the Exodus from Egypt, and the life and death of Jesus, for the stage. The book offers detailed and accessible interpretations of the work of well-known dramatists such as Christopher Fry, Howard Brenton, and Steven Berkoff, alongside the work of writers whose plays have been neglected in recent criticism, such as James Bridie and Laurence Housman. The drama is analysed within the context of changes in religious belief and practice over the course of the modern period in Britain, comparing plays that approach the Bible from a traditional religious perspective with those that offer alternative viewpoints on the text, including the voices of gay, feminist, black, Jewish, and Muslim dramatists. In doing so, the author offers a broad and in-depth exploration that is grounded in current scholarship, ranging from the past to present, across boundaries of race and gender. Ideal for students, researchers, and general readers interested in understanding how the Bible has served as an important source text for British playwrights in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, The Bible and Modern British Drama shows how Bible-based drama has been influential in creating and disseminating ideas of what constitutes a "good" life, both on an individual and social level.

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1000691519

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9781000691511

Faith Encounters of the Third Kind

Humility and Hospitality in Interfaith Dialogue

By: David J. Brewer

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Faith Encounters of the Third Kind

Humility and Hospitality in Interfaith Dialogue

By: David J. Brewer

Interreligious dialogue that strives for both hospitality and honest discussion of difference! Is it possible to have both? Is it possible for religious traditions to engage one another in a spirit of humility, while also working together toward mutual descriptions of God and the world? This is the goal of this book, to find points at which each of the religious traditions are vulnerable and open enough to listen to each other and to help each other toward a shared description of reality. If you share these concerns—concerns for interfaith dialogue as well as for deeply held notions of conviction and truth—then the invitation is open for mutual constructive engagement.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725258463

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9781725258464

The Church and God's Judgements

By: Dewey Brewer

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The Church and God's Judgements

By: Dewey Brewer

THE NEXT TWO BIG EVENTS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE SOON: Rapture Prophecies And The Great Tribulation Period Prophecies The Bible prophecies are true and can be found in the Old and New Testaments. In the Old Testament, they are found in the Books of Isaiah, Ezekiel and Daniel. In the New Testament, they are found in the Book of Revelations. The Anti-Christ is among us now and we need the knowledge in order to be prepared. Are you prepared for the Rapture?

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Xulon Press

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1609573811

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9781609573812

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama

Volume III

By: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

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Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama

Volume III

By: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Originally published in 1892, "the object of this Handbook is to supply readers and speakers with a lucid, but very brief account of such names as are used in allusions and references, whether by poets or prose writers; - to furnish those who consult it with the plot of popular dramas, the story of epic poems, and the outline of well-known tales. The number of dramatic plots sketched out is many hundreds. Another striking and interesting feature of the book is the revelation of the source from which dramatists and romancers have derived their stories, and the strange repetitions of historic incidents. It has been borne in mind throughout that it is not enough to state a fact. It must be stated attractively, and the character described must be drawn characteristically if the reader is to appreciate it, and feel an interest in what he reads." This work, an American reprint of The Reader's Handbook by E. Cobham Brewer, ..".while retaining all of the original material that can interest and aid the English-speaking student, gives also 'characters and sketches found in American novels, poetry and drama.

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The Minerva Group, Inc.

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1410213358

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9781410213358

Redeeming Your Timeline

Supernatural Skillsets for Healing Past Wounds, Calming Future Anxieties, and Discovering Rest in the Now

By: Troy Brewer

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Redeeming Your Timeline

Supernatural Skillsets for Healing Past Wounds, Calming Future Anxieties, and Discovering Rest in the Now

By: Troy Brewer

Redeem Your Timeline! Haunted by your past? Anxious about the future? The omnipotent God of the Bible is not confined by the limits of time. He is not ashamed of your past or uncertain about your future. Every moment of your life is always held in the palm of His hand. Troy Brewer – pastor of OpenDoor church, founder of Troy Brewer...

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Destiny Image Publishers

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0768454018

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9780768454017

The Works of Mary Robinson, Part I

By: William D Brewer

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The Works of Mary Robinson, Part I

By: William D Brewer

Regularly the subject of cartoonists and satirical novelists, Mary Robinson achieved public notoriety as the mistress of the young Prince of Wales (George IV). Her association with figures such as William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, and comparisons with Charlotte Smith, make her a serious figure for scholarly research.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000743888

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9781000743883

Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages

By: Keagan Brewer

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Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages

By: Keagan Brewer

Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages explores the response by medieval society to tales of marvels and the supernatural, which ranged from firm belief to outright rejection, and asks why the believers believed, and why the skeptical disbelieved. Despite living in a world whose structures more often than not supported belief, there were still a great many who disbelieved, most notably scholastic philosophers who began a polemical programme against belief in marvels. Keagan Brewer reevaluates the Middle Ages’ reputation as an era of credulity by considering the evidence for incidences of marvels, miracles and the supernatural and demonstrating the reasons people did and did not believe in such things. Using an array of contemporary sources, he shows that medieval responders sought evidence in the commonality of a report, similarity of one event to another, theological explanations and from people with status to show that those who believed in marvels and miracles did so only because the wonders had passed evidentiary testing. In particular, he examines both emotional and rational reactions to wondrous phenomena, and why some were readily accepted and others rejected. This book is an important contribution to the history of emotions and belief in the Middle Ages.

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Routledge

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1317430352

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9781317430353

Greece, the Hidden Centuries

Turkish Rule from the Fall of Constantinople to Greek Independence

By: David Brewer

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Greece, the Hidden Centuries

Turkish Rule from the Fall of Constantinople to Greek Independence

By: David Brewer

For almost four hundred years, between the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the Greek War of Independence, the history of Greece is shrouded in mystery: distorted by Greek writers and largely neglected by others. What was life really like for the Greeks under Ottoman rule? Was it a period of exploitation and enslavement for the Greeks until they were finally able to rise up against Turkish rule, as is the traditional, Greek nationalistic view? Or did the Greeks derive some benefit from Turkish rule? How did the Greeks and Turks co-exist for so long? And, why are Greek attitudes towards Venice, who also controlled much of Greece for many of these years, so different? In this wide-ranging yet concise history David Brewer explodes many of the myths about Turkish rule of Greece. He places the Greek story in its wider, international context and casts fresh light on the dynamics of power not only between Greeks and Ottomans but also between Muslims and Christians, both Orthodox and Catholic, throughout Europe. This absorbing and riveting account of a crucial period will ensure that the history of Greece under Turkish rule is no longer hidden. It will delight anyone with an interest in Greek and Turkish history and in how the past has shaped the Greece we know today.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857721674

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9780857721679

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry Viii: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and Elsewhere in England

By: John Sherren Brewer

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Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry Viii: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and Elsewhere in England

By: John Sherren Brewer

This volume contains a calendar of all the miscellaneous papers of the reign of Henry VIII. in the P.R.O. accumulated during the publication of the Calendar of Letters and Papers and not included in that calendar." -- Preface.

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Рипол Классик

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5875058218

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9785875058219

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The Best Land

The Best Land

The Poet of Tolstoy Park

The Poet of Tolstoy Park

The Bloodcicle Agent

The Bloodcicle Agent

The Jesus Scandals

The Jesus Scandals

The Theatre of Paula Vogel

The Theatre of Paula Vogel

A Guide Through the New Testament

A Guide Through the New Testament

The Conquest of the Holy Land by Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn

The Conquest of the Holy Land by Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn

The Bible and Modern British Drama

The Bible and Modern British Drama

Faith Encounters of the Third Kind

Faith Encounters of the Third Kind

The Church and God's Judgements

The Church and God's Judgements

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama

Redeeming Your Timeline

Redeeming Your Timeline

The Works of Mary Robinson, Part I

The Works of Mary Robinson, Part I

Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages

Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages

Greece, the Hidden Centuries

Greece, the Hidden Centuries

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry Viii: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and Elsewhere in England

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry Viii: Preserved in the Public Record Office, the British Museum, and Elsewhere in England

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