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The Reckoning: Book One: The Anointed Angel Comes

By: Jeffrey Pierce

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The Reckoning: Book One: The Anointed Angel Comes

By: Jeffrey Pierce

Eloquent and hard muscled, deeply researched and deftly imagined, The Reckoning is an entrancing, fantastical journey to an end you will never see coming. The good news is it is just the start." –Michael Connelly (The Lincoln Lawyer, The Harry Bosch series) GOOD FRIDAY. 1917. THE FRONT LINES OF THE GREAT WAR. HELL UNLEASHED. A biblical scale armageddon, sparked by the horror of the conflict, ends the war and begins to consume the world. Demons rise and take possession of the slain. They hunt humanity, like an army of serial killers, exacting retribution for mankind’s sins. A disparate group of survivors—soldiers and civilians from all the warring nations—bands together and tries to find sanctuary, while their pasts come to life and force them to face the reckoning for their sins.

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Black Rose Writing

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1684334195

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9781684334193

Money and Schools

By: R. Craig Wood,David C. Thompson,Jeffrey A. Maiden

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Money and Schools

By: R. Craig Wood,David C. Thompson,Jeffrey A. Maiden

Money and Schools explains and demonstrates the relationship between money and equality of educational opportunity in a way that is clear, precise, and engaging. Grounded in research and best practices, this book provides a broad overview of school finance, budgeting, and resource allocation, an understanding of the underlying economic, social, legal, and political principles that drive how schools are funded, as well as a detailed examination of day-to-day funding operations. Rich pedagogical features include chapter drivers, point/counterpoint discussions, case studies, portfolio exercises, and web and recommended resources. This accessible and engaging book offers strong connections to real-world experiences and detailed information on preK–12 funding history, concepts, and current operations for both aspiring and experienced education leaders in school budgeting, finance, and resource management courses. New to this edition: Coverage of new concepts and trends, such as the political economy and culture of public education. Inclusion of cutting-edge research on the impacts of money on student learning outcomes. Expanded chapter-by-chapter annotations and recommended resources that point readers to other resources and explain key concepts in greater detail. New online supplemental downloads, including updated PowerPoints for Instructors and chapter-based interactive figures for download.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000614999

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9781000614992

The Shipwreck Sea

Love Poems and Essays in a Classical Mode

By: Jeffrey M. Duban

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The Shipwreck Sea

Love Poems and Essays in a Classical Mode

By: Jeffrey M. Duban

Sappho, in the words of poet Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), was “simply nothing less – as she is certainly nothing more – than the greatest poet who ever was at all.” Born over 2,600 years ago on the Greek island of Lesbos, Sappho, the namesake lesbian, wrote amorously of men and women alike, exhibiting both masculine and feminine tendencies in her poetry and life. What’s left of her writing, and what we know of her, is fragmentary, and thus ever subject to speculation and study. The Shipwreck Sea highlights the love poetry of the soulful Sappho, the impassioned Ibycus, and the playful Anacreon, among other Greek lyric poets of the age (7th to 5th centuries BC), with verse translations into English by author Jeffrey Duban. The book also features selected Latin poets who wrote on erotic themes – Catullus, Lucretius, Horace, and Petronius – and poems by Charles Baudelaire, with his milestone rejoinder to lesbian love (“Lesbos”) and, in the same stanzaic meter, a turn to the consoling power of memory in love’s more frequently tormented recall (“Le Balcon”). Duban also translates selected Carmina Burana of Carl Orff, the poems frequently Anacreontic in spirit. The book’s essays include a comprehensive analysis with a new translation of Horace’s famed Odes 1.5 (“To Pyrrha”), in which the theme of (love’s) shipwreck predominates, and an opening treatise-length argument – exploring painting, sculpture, literature, and other Western art forms – on the irrelevance of gender to artistic creation. (No, Homer was not a woman, and it would make no difference if she were.) Twenty full-color artwork reproductions, masterpieces in their own right, illustrate and bring Duban’s argument to life. Finally, Duban presents a selection of his own love poems, imitations and pastiches written over a lifetime – these composed in the “classical mode”, which is the leitmotif of this volume. The Shipwreck Sea is a delightful and continually thought-provoking companion to The Lesbian Lyre, both books vividly demonstrating that classicism yet thrives in our time, despite the modernism marshaled against it.

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CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

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1912992019

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9781912992010

First Among Equals

By: Jeffrey Archer

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First Among Equals

By: Jeffrey Archer

Over three decades, four ambitious MPs share passions of the race for power with their wives and families, men and women caught up in a dramatic game.

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Harper Collins

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0061007161

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9780061007163

A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature

By: David Lyle Jeffrey

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A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature

By: David Lyle Jeffrey

Over 15 years in the making, an unprecedented one-volume reference work. Many of today's students and teachers of literature, lacking a familiarity with the Bible, are largely ignorant of how Biblical tradition has influenced and infused English literature through the centuries. An invaluable research tool. Contains nearly 800 encyclopedic articles written by a distinguished international roster of 190 contributors. Three detailed annotated bibliographies. Cross-references throughout.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802836348

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9780802836342

Encyclopedia of the Holy Grail

By: Jeffrey John Dixon

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Encyclopedia of the Holy Grail

By: Jeffrey John Dixon

In the twelfth century, a French poet wrote a verse romance about a young knight who witnesses a mysterious procession centered on a radiant vessel, a "grail." Left unfinished, the poem inspired other writers of prose and verse, until the story was completely rewritten into the Arthurian romances, in which the vessel becomes a relic of the Last Supper, the Holy Grail. For hundreds of years, the Grail story has haunted the western imagination. But the original medieval texts are full of inconsistencies, as different writers attempted to complete the story in varied ways. This encyclopedia illuminates a path through the Perilous Forest of literature and legend. Entries summarize the stories of the principal characters, sacred objects and places associated with the Grail. An Afterword shows how mysteries of the grail continue to enchant the scholars and creative writers who have transformed the medieval legend into modern mythology.

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McFarland

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1476687943

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9781476687940

Adventures of a Freelancer

The Literary Exploits and Autobiography of Stanton A. Coblentz

By: Stanton Arthur Coblentz,Jeffrey M. Elliot

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Adventures of a Freelancer

The Literary Exploits and Autobiography of Stanton A. Coblentz

By: Stanton Arthur Coblentz,Jeffrey M. Elliot

The Literary Exploits and Autobiography of Stanton A. Coblentz, written in collaboration with Dr. Jeffrey M. Elliot. Borgo Bioviews No. 2.

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Wildside Press LLC

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0893704385

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9780893704384

Goddess and Grail

The Battle for King Arthur's Promised Land

By: Jeffrey John Dixon

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Goddess and Grail

The Battle for King Arthur's Promised Land

By: Jeffrey John Dixon

The early chroniclers of Britain presented the island as the promised land of the Roman goddess Diana. Later, when the story of Arthur was transformed by Christian mythology, a new literary concept of the island was promoted: the promised land of the Holy Grail. As the feminine enchantment of the Goddess gave way to the masculine crusade of the Grail Quest, the otherworld realms of the fays or fairy women were denigrated in favor of the heavenly afterlife. The dualism of the medieval authors was challenged by modern writers such as Blake and Tolkien, as well as by the scholars of the Eranos conferences. This book explores the conflict between Goddess and Grail--a rift less about paganism versus Christianity than about religious literalism versus spiritual imagination--which is resolved in the figure of Sophia (Divine Wisdom).

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270

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McFarland

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1476668663

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9781476668666

A Quiver Full of Arrows

Stories

By: Jeffrey Archer

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A Quiver Full of Arrows

Stories

By: Jeffrey Archer

The bestselling author of Kane & Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and Honor Among Thieves once again astonishes, delights, and electrifies his legions of fans. Ordinary heroes, extraordinary deeds From London to China, and New York to Nigeria, Jeffrey Archer takes the reader on a tour of ancient heirlooms and modern romance, of cutthroat business and kindly strangers, of lives lived in the realms of power and lives freed from the gloom of oppression. Fortunes are made and squandered, honor betrayed and redeemed, and love lost and rediscovered. Embracing the passions that drive men and women to love and to hate, the short stories in A Quiver Full of Arrows will captivate the hearts and souls of readers of everywhere.

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St. Martin's Paperbacks

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1429954159

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9781429954150

A Good Soldier

By: Jeffrey Marks

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A Good Soldier

By: Jeffrey Marks

When Ulysses Grant, his wife Julia, and his family travel on to Bethel, Ohio, to visit some friends from his West Point days, Grant finds them dying off at an alarming rate. In spite of the poverty and need brought on by the Great War, Grant's friends seem to have discovered the Midas touch. Grant (along with Julia and his father) have to get to the bottom of a golden mystery to find out why people in this small town are dying.

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Silver Dagger Mysteries

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1570722161

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9781570722165

Drama

By: Jeffrey D. Hoeper,James H. Pickering,Deborah K. Chappel

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Drama

By: Jeffrey D. Hoeper,James H. Pickering,Deborah K. Chappel

An anthology of twenty-nine theatrical works, with critical commentary.

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Macmillan College

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0023556013

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9780023556012

Eagle's Eclipse

America Before Columbus

By: Jeffrey Underwood

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Eagle's Eclipse

America Before Columbus

By: Jeffrey Underwood

Christopher Columbus was not yet born and unbeknownst to any European, the massive Native American city of Cahokia was bursting at its seams with a population that rivaled the population of London. Ruled by his master, the ancient vampire entity of the Forbidden Tome, Lethal Assumed and Treasons Truth finds himself as chieftain of this very city. The tale of Kakeobuk, wise chieftain of the Mississippian Indian Mound Builders, is a lusty story of intrigue, intimate acts and emotions and of the ultimate disappearance of one and all from the face of the earth in Cahokia. The issues that the characters deal with are often huge and overwhelming. Should young virgin Indian maidens be sacrificed to their Gods as has been the perpetual tradition? Or should this cruel bloodletting to unseen supernatural beings be stopped? What causes the actual collapse of the Mound Builders capital of Cahokia? Is it angry gods? Is it catastrophic natural disasters or climate change? Or is it overworking of the land and its resources. What truly would cause the total emptying and disappearance of a once thriving Indian metropolis? The drumbeat of the gods is ever-present here. Listen to these sounds and allow them to captivate you. Then, with a rush, let this tale sink its teeth into you.

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iUniverse

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1475952368

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9781475952360

Christianity and Literature

Philosophical Foundations and Critical Practice

By: David Lyle Jeffrey,Gregory Maillet

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Christianity and Literature

Philosophical Foundations and Critical Practice

By: David Lyle Jeffrey,Gregory Maillet

What has Jesus Christ to do with English literature?" ask David Lyle Jeffrey and Gregory Maillet in this insightful survey. First and foremost, they reply, many of the world's best authors of literature in English were formed--for better or worse--by the Christian tradition. Then too, many of the most recognized aesthetic literary forms derive from biblical exemplars. And finally, many great works of literature demand of readers evaluative judgments of the good, the true and the beautiful that can only rightly be understood within a Christian worldview. In this book Jeffrey and Maillet offer a feast of theoretical and practical discernment. After an examination of literature and truth, theological aesthetics, and the literary character of the Bible, they turn to a brief survey of literature from medieval times to the present, highlighting distinctively Christian themes and judgments. In a concluding chapter they suggest a path for budding literary critics through the current state of literary studies. Here is a must-read for all who are interested in a Christian perspective on literary studies.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830868402

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9780830868407

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

By: Jeffrey Hatcher,Mark Twain

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

By: Jeffrey Hatcher,Mark Twain

Lancelot, Guinevere, and Merlin come tumbling your way in this contemporary adaptation of the satirical tale from America’s favorite humorist. Wander with Twain as he time travels to 6th-century England through the eyes of Hank Morgan of Hartford, Connecticut, who is unexpectedly transported back to the time of legendary King Arthur. Hank astonishes the Middle Age with modern technology and pop culture. These tricks from the future initially advance and improve King Arthur’s Court, but society ultimately struggles to evolve 1,300 years into the future. Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of Twain’s romp exposes the foibles and fortes of both ages, leading audiences to question and laugh at themselves and the principles of the 21st century.

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Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

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0822235498

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9780822235491

A Tropical Belle Epoque

Elite Culture and Society in Turn-of-the-Century Rio de Janeiro

By: Jeffrey D. Needell

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A Tropical Belle Epoque

Elite Culture and Society in Turn-of-the-Century Rio de Janeiro

By: Jeffrey D. Needell

This book, originally published in 1987, is a socio-cultural analysis of a tropical belle epoque: Rio de Janeiro between 1898 and 1914. It relates how the city's elite evolved from the semi-rural, slave-owning patriarchy of the coffee-port seat of a monarchy into an urbane, professional, rentier upper crust dominating the centre of a 'modernising' oligarchical republic. It explores such varied topics as architecture, literature, prostitution, urban reform, the family, secondary schools, and the salon. It evokes a milieu increasingly marked by Europe, demonstrating how French and English culture permeated the lives of elite members who adapted it to their needs and perspectives as a dominant stratum of relatively recent and varied origin. This exploration of cultural 'dependency' in a unique, cosmopolitan, fin-de-siecle urban culture will also interest those concerned with the broader questions of culture and colonialism during the high tide of European imperialism.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521333741

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9780521333740

In Pursuit of Wild Edibles

A Forager's Tour

By: Jeffrey Greene

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In Pursuit of Wild Edibles

A Forager's Tour

By: Jeffrey Greene

Today we care about the source of our food as much as the preparation, so it is no surprise that foodies have discovered wild edibles. From the most upscale restaurants in New York to humble farm stays in Europe, chefs and restaurant-goers alike are seeking pleasure in food found in the wild. In Pursuit of Wild Edibles: A Forager’s Tour tells the story of one man passionate about finding wild edibles and creating recipes to highlight their unique flavors. An American expatriate, poet, and gourmet living in France, Jeffrey Greene has scoured the fields, rivers, and beaches of Europe and his native New England in search of foods ranging from puffballs and periwinkles to stone pine nuts and gooseneck barnacles. For many, foraging is the latest trend in foodie culture, but for Greene this journey stretches back to his childhood, when his parents fled New York City to a shack-like house in rural Connecticut. Convinced they could live off the land, the family raised goats, planted gardens, gathered seafood at the nearby coast, and foraged for food from the woods. Inspired by these childhood experiences, Greene and his wife, Mary, bought and restored an old priory in rural Burgundy. Surrounded by forests, they learned to identify mushrooms and greens, and devoted themselves to inventing recipes for them. Thus began a pursuit that took Greene to the Polish Carpathians, the Appennines overlooking the Ligurian coast, the shores of Normandy and Brittany, and to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where the Pilgrims eked out their first winter in near starvation. Greene’s captivating book offers experienced foragers and novices alike an extensive sampling of his own recipes and a chance to come along with him on his international adventures. From razor clams and wild sea urchins, to young nettles and dandelion greens, to wild strawberries and cherries, Greene showcases the beauty of what one can cook up in a truly wild recipe.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813938589

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The Reckoning: Book One: The Anointed Angel Comes

The Reckoning: Book One: The Anointed Angel Comes

Money and Schools

Money and Schools

The Shipwreck Sea

The Shipwreck Sea

First Among Equals

First Among Equals

A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature

A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature

Encyclopedia of the Holy Grail

Encyclopedia of the Holy Grail

Adventures of a Freelancer

Adventures of a Freelancer

Goddess and Grail

Goddess and Grail

A Quiver Full of Arrows

A Quiver Full of Arrows

A Good Soldier

A Good Soldier

Drama

Drama

Eagle's Eclipse

Eagle's Eclipse

Christianity and Literature

Christianity and Literature

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Tropical Belle Epoque

A Tropical Belle Epoque

In Pursuit of Wild Edibles

In Pursuit of Wild Edibles

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