The Christian Bible, in all its versions, is the most widely read book in the world. Billions of people have read at least parts of it, and over its history of nearly two millennia, thousands of groups and individuals, if not hundreds of thousands, have interpreted it in myriads of ways. Consequently, today's big tent of Christianity encompasses a bewildering variety of often conflicting belief systems. But which of these systems most accurately reflect the teachings of Jesus? This groundbreaking book presents and analyzes the actual gospel narratives and their implications for believers, as observed from the viewpoint of a nonreligious outsider. The gospels were essentially written in chronological order, but for purposes of this book, the author has reorganized their passages into broad subject areas. In each chapter, the author examines and discusses a particular topic, providing all the pertinent gospel citations for reference. Highlights include Jesus as an individual, his place in the Christian pantheon, a look at the disciples, the ongoing conflicts with the Jewish clergy, heaven, hell, the miracles, and the gospel prescription for admission to heaven. The only major departures from gospel sources are Old Testament references that are included for background, context, and clarification. Written by a religious skeptic, this book offers a thorough analysis of the gospel that will help readers understand the context, complexities, and contradictions in one of humanity's most famous texts.
As athletes, we constantly push ourselves to be our best. And that’s precisely what the Elevate Playbook is designed to help us do. Whether you’re looking to become a pro athlete or just want to improve your overall performance and mindset, this program will give you the tools and strategies you need to succeed both on and off the field. Through this program, we’ll explore various aspects of our Elevate Program and uncover techniques to enhance your mental resilience, boost your physical capabilities, and foster a winning mindset. We’ll discuss the importance of goal setting, visualization, self-discipline, and teamwork. Along the way, you’ll learn from the experiences and insights of successful athletes and coaches who have mastered the art of elevating their game.
With the surge in big data and AI, organizations can rapidly create data products. However, the effectiveness of their analytics and machine learning models depends on the data's quality. Delta Lake's open source format offers a robust lakehouse framework over platforms like Amazon S3, ADLS, and GCS. This practical book shows data engineers, data scientists, and data analysts how to get Delta Lake and its features up and running. The ultimate goal of building data pipelines and applications is to gain insights from data. You'll understand how your storage solution choice determines the robustness and performance of the data pipeline, from raw data to insights. You'll learn how to: Use modern data management and data engineering techniques Understand how ACID transactions bring reliability to data lakes at scale Run streaming and batch jobs against your data lake concurrently Execute update, delete, and merge commands against your data lake Use time travel to roll back and examine previous data versions Build a streaming data quality pipeline following the medallion architecture
With the surge in big data and AI, organizations can rapidly create data products. However, the effectiveness of their analytics and machine learning models depends on the data's quality. Delta Lake's open source format offers a robust lakehouse framework over platforms like Amazon S3, ADLS, and GCS. This practical book shows data engineers, data scientists, and data analysts how to get Delta Lake and its features up and running. The ultimate goal of building data pipelines and applications is to gain insights from data. You'll understand how your storage solution choice determines the robustness and performance of the data pipeline, from raw data to insights. You'll learn how to: Use modern data management and data engineering techniques Understand how ACID transactions bring reliability to data lakes at scale Run streaming and batch jobs against your data lake concurrently Execute update, delete, and merge commands against your data lake Use time travel to roll back and examine previous data versions Build a streaming data quality pipeline following the medallion architecture
The Flight of Oscar is the story of a mouse who wears plaid shirts, which he makes himself, and has a fascination with flying. Well, he can’t fly but he really wants to. One day, after watching and studying the birds in flight (which he did a lot), he makes a plan that he hopes will get him up in the air. During his trials, he makes a new friend who understands his passion and may be able to help Oscar realize his dream.
Who'd have thought mind reading could be such a pain? I mean, I expected to discover everyone's silly secrets. But someone is planning something very strange--and it's no joke!
One minute I was looking for my retainer in the bathroom. The next, I was staring at a boy who looked just like me. And I don't mean my reflection! What's going on here?
Zack's first trip to sleep-away camp gets a little hairy when legends of a mysterious creature lurking in the woods turn out to be more than just campfire tales. Is it the missing link? Yeti? Sasquatch? Bigfoot?
Graphic Novel. From the hit comic series comes the biography of Lady Gaga, take 2! You've all seen the music videos. The performances. The award show acceptance speeches and the interviews. We all know her name and her image, but how many of us really know the story of Gaga? From her early days at NYU to her music videos and MTV performances, take a look behind the curtain and learn the truth about Lady Gaga. Become one of her little monsters and get a behind the scenes look!
Zack isn't thrilled about having to get a tooth pulled, but a trip to the orthodontist proves a lot hairier than he ever expected. Nice old Dr. Silver has been replaced by the fang- toothed Dr. Jekyll, a mouthwash-guzzling mad scientist whose secret experiments have gone ker-plewy!
Collects Avengers #62-64, Thor #58 and Iron Man #64. Thor responds to entreaties from a dicatorship's denizens in a foreign country, but not everyone's in favor of divine intervention, and it's Secretary of Defense Iron Man's job to get the god out, leaving Captain America to play referee!
Growing up in a small town to me was an adventure. In Bluff, a small town in central Queensland, everyone knew everyone. I had plenty of friends to hang out with. My mates and I were always outside playing and never got home until dark, which I sometimes got a flogging for, but I had fun playing. The school had about five to six buildings in the seventies and eighties but big enough to keep us kids busy. I was raised by my mother along with two older brothers and one younger sister and lots of relatives. On the weekends, we’d go camping down the creek, where our cubby house was or go crawchying (yabbies) for something to eat. Having a childhood gave me a lot of imagination and inspired me to write stories about our adventures and begin to write poetry. This book is mostly about my Aboriginal culture and thoughts and hopefully some poems that the reader can relate to.
Take an exciting look at one of Los Angeles' most bizarre phenomena. Mudflows periodically explode out of the local mountains which form Los Angeles's picturesque background. This mixture of rock, dirt, vegetation & water brings devastation to the homes & businesses constructed in the path of these floods. L.A. FIRE, FLOOD & MUD has been written by J. Dan Davis, a professional engineer previously employed by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District. He spent countless hours in the mountains observing mudflows generated from burned-out canyons. The novel answers the question as to why do the mountainsides periodically erupt following a forest fire & a heavy rainfall? The fictionalized re-creation of historic events in Glendora, Sierra Madre, Altadena, Pasadena, Malibu, La Canada, Topanga Canyon, Tujunga Canyon & a myriad of other locations along the foothills of Los Angeles brings to life this awesome force of nature. The novel is an exciting way of describing this awesome event of nature as seen through the eyes of a canyon homeowner, a forest ranger, a flood control engineer. The novel will add immeasurably to the readers understanding of how & why such destructive events happen. Order from J. Dan Davis, P.O. Box 92654-8031, Laguna Hills, CA 92654. 714-951-4438.
In 1972 the banks of the Wabash River in southwestern Illinois played host to the worst music festival in history. The Bull Island Rock Festival was officially called The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival and also went by Woodstock on the Wabash-- and the 3 day event degenerated into chaos. By the end of the festival even the stage had been burned down. "The Bull Island Rock Festival" is Dan Davis' story of attending the disaster of an event. Thwarted by rampant drug use, lack of food and water, and the burning of most of the structures involved, this is a personal history of a forgotten event.
Based on the hit animated TV series Batman : The brave and the bold, this title guest-stars DC heroes including Green Lantern, Aquaman, Hawkman, Zatanna, Jonah Hex and more, as Batman and company deal with threats from the streets and from the stars!
A mutant commander leads a desperate mission of revenge. A millennium away, a Sister of Entropy faces certain death. Will love triumph... or will all fall to the rot and the worm?
He was one of the most gifted artists and most influential storytellers of the 20th century. He pioneered entire genres and co-created whole universes with the stroke of a pencil. He is Jack Kirby, the King of Comics! Now DC celebrates his 100th birthday with this all-star collection of all-new stories from a cast of some of today’s greatest creators giving their takes on Jack Kirby’s most famous characters! ENTER the dangerous dreamworld of the Sandman, the Master of Nightmares! BATTLE for control of the mean streets of World War II–era New York City with the Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos! ESCAPE certain death with Shilo “Mister Miracle” Norman as he runs from the clutches of the Black Racer! FIGHT the crime wave of the century with the masked vigilante called Manhunter! BURN in the fiery netherworld of Etrigan the Demon! OVERTHROW cosmic tyranny with Orion and the New Gods! and TREMBLE before the awesome evil of the Lord of Apokolips himself…Darkseid! It’s all here in the Jack Kirby 100th Celebration Collection, an action-packed tribute to a titan of the field from an army of comics superstars—including Walt Simonson, Keith Giffen, Howard Chaykin, Paul Levitz, Reginald Hudlin, Bill Sienkiewicz, Denys Cowan, Scott Kolins, Shane Davis, Steve Rude, Mark Buckingham, Jon Bogdanove, Sam Humphries, Steve Orlando, Rick Leonardi, Dan Jurgens and Jack “King” Kirby himself! Collects DARKSEID SPECIAL #1, THE BLACK RACER AND SHILO NORMAN #1, THE NEW GODS #1, THE NEWSBOY LEGION AND THE BOY COMMANDOS SPECIAL #1, THE SANDMAN SPECIAL #1 and MANHUNTER SPECIAL #1
A companion to the popular "Saturday Night Live" sketch features a guide to the Coneheads' most often-used expressions, including "Consume mass quantities," "You have stimulated me," and "Mebs.
With over 150,000 copies sold since its first publication, this is one of the most popular astronomy books of all time. This unique guidebook to the night sky shows you how to observe a host of celestial wonders. Its distinct format of object-by-object spreads illustrates how deep-sky objects and planets actually look through a small telescope, while its large pages and spiral binding allow for use outside. Along with updated star names and astronomical information, this new edition provides links to a dedicated webpage with up-to-date tables and images, and an improved planets chapter. The many Dobsonian-friendly images and small telescope views have been revised to account for changes in modern telescope technology, such as larger field of view eyepieces. With dedicated chapters on Northern and Southern Hemisphere objects, it's never been easier to explore the night sky, wherever you are. Additional resources are available on the accompanying website: www.cambridge.org/turnleft.
You can't take it with you, but you can sure leave something behind. That's what Dan C. Davis discovered when he visited his parents' grave site and began to notice the beautiful engravings on some of the tombstones. Often, he found, the images depicted scenes that conveyed something of the people's characters and passions. The engravings featured in "Underground Art" celebrate the lives of the dearly departed in a unique way, not only evoking wonderful memories for those who knew them, but also allowing the rest of us to get a sense of who they were.
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