These are six brilliant and enthralling stories that, while making you both laugh and cry, also leave you desperate to know what happens next. A nineteenth-century Ireland is depicted; steeped in the supernatural, it's a place where both humans and fairies collide, both refusing to be defeated in their quest for the freedom to govern their own lives. We witness the friendship between Tipperary farmer Darby O'Gill and King Brian Connors of the Good People grow. These two, who first thought that the differences between them meant that they were forever mortal enemies, later realise that circumstances unite rather than divide them. The stories also celebrate the most powerful fairy of them all, the Banshee, who is not really the scary villain that people sometimes imagine, but rather a career-minded, kind-hearted messenger from the Otherworld. Brian McManus has made some changes to the original stories to present them to modern readers at their absolute best, while still remaining true to the spirit and intention of Herminie Templeton Kavanagh. These delightful tales of genuine Irish folklore, full of charm, wittiness, and poignancy, will appeal to children of all ages.
1. General Considerations.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1. Historical and General Description of Neighboring Group Effects.- 1.2. Terms and Definitions.- 2. Some Factors that Influence Anchimeric Assistance.- 2.1. The Stabilities of Bridged Carbocations-Some Molecular Orbital Calculations.- 2.2 Hyperconjugation-An Alternative Explanation?.- 2.3. The Effect of Intramolecularity-Ring Size and gew-Dialkyl Effects.- 2.3.1. Ring Size.- 2.3.2. The gem-Dialkyl Effect.- 3. Some Experimental Methods Used in the Study of Neighboring Group Participation.- 3.1. Kinetic Methods.- 3.1.1. Estimation of Reaction Rate.
What should the church look like today?What should be the focus of its message?How should I present that message?We live in as pivotal and defining an age as the Great Depression or the Sixties–a period whose definition, say some cultural observers, includes a warning of the church’s influence. The result? A society measurably less religious but decidedly more spiritual. Less influenced by authority than by experience. More attuned to images than to words.How does the church adapt to such a culture? Or should it, in fact, eschew adapting for maintaining a course it has followed these last two millennia? Or something in between?These are exactly the questions asked in The Church In Emerging Culture by five Christian thinker-speaker-writers, each who advocate unique stances regarding what the church’s message should be (and what methods should be used to present it) as it journeys through this evolving, postmodern era. The authors are:Andy Crouch–Re:Generation Quarterly editor-in-chiefMichael Horton–professor and reformed theologianFrederica Mathewes-Green–author, commentator, and Orthodox ChristianBrian D. McLaren–postmodernist, author, pastor, and Emergent senior fellowErwin Raphael McManus–author and pastor of the innovative and interethnic L.A.-based church, MosaicMost unique about their individual positions is that they’re presented not as singular essays but as lively discussions in which the other four authors freely (and frequently) comment, critique, and concur. That element, coupled with a unique photographic design that reinforces the depth of their at-once congenial and feisty conversation, gives you all-access entrée into this groundbreaking discourse.What’s more, general editor Leonard Sweet (author of SoulTsunami and AquaChurch, among several other acclaimed texts) frames the thought-provoking dialogue with a profoundly insightful, erudite introductory essay–practically a book within a book. The Church In Emerging Culture is foundational reading for leaders and serious students of all denominations and church styles.
This is a story of a husband and wife, living in Nazi Germany, 1943. Both orphaned at a young age and childless, Isaac and Flora Bloom become victims of a Nazi police sweep in their North Sea town of Bremerhaven. Flora is a local seamstress.They are ordered to Ravensbruck Labor Camp. Isaac's boss tries to keep the couple together, and asks an old friend to speak to his son, a camp officer, hoping that they will at least, not be separated. Upon arriving at the all women facility, Flora is taken into the camp, as a common prisoner, but Isaac is used by the commander as his own personal secretary and houseman. The commander lives outside the prison gate.Most of the Nazi administrators are diabolical, corrupt, sadistic, even hateful of one another. There is also a strong male/female rivalry, as many of the guards are woman and jealous of the male hierarchy. This hatred breeds mismanagement and possible vulnerability. Isaac observes, quietly.After months of camp personnel infighting and criminal accusations, a murder of jealousy is committed. One evening, the chief female guard visits the officer's house, confronts him and kills him. This was in revenge for the mysterious murder of her female associate, who had been prying into the captain's strange behavior, concerning his theft of new prisoner valuables, for his own personal gain.Before his death, the officer had signed an indemnity order, if any harm had come to him, while Isaac lived with him; Isaac's wife was to be executed, at once.Isaac, who was hiding in the pantry, realizes he must act quickly. There is little time. The second part of the tale is the many adventures, close calls, and accounts of how the couple avoided being discovered and recaptured.Chased through northern Germany, Denmark, as well as on the Baltic Sea, Isaac and Flora Bloom manage to outwit all Nazi pursuit for their escape, and also, the blame for the murder they did not commit
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