They wiped his memories and instincts as a child. They trained him to be an elite assassin. They were sure he would never remember. They were wrong... Memories and emotions do not make for an efficient killer. They cloud judgment. They make you hesitate. They make you feel. And up to this point, Cain has been one of the most efficient killers in the world. He is one of four engineered assassins who were stripped of their instincts and memories at a young age and trained to become the deadliest killers the world has ever known. Only when Cain, the most skilled of the four, regains his memories he vows to awaken the other assassins and extract revenge on those responsible. The path to vengeance is a long one that spans countries filled with dangerous enemies and powerful allies. Uniquely divided into two halves, Eden Falls first retells Cain's memories written as a memoir in an attempt to never lose his memories again. The second chronicles the assassin's quest for vengeance. Will he succeed, or be crushed by those who stand against him?
An argument for inherent unity in all religious thought "Proving" the existence of God, In My Belief, Joe Isaac Gauthier draws parallels between the facts of science and the historical records and myths associated with the major religions of the world. Endeavoring to speak from a "neutral" platform, he points out the common ground within all monotheistic traditions, providing logical explanations to stories in the Bible, Qur'an, and other historical documents, and also interpreting the universal phenomena that human beings encounter in their search for meaning within theology or anthropology. My Belief is a message of unity in spite of the vast differences human beings all have in the understanding of our experiences. Gauthier's suggestion is that by applying scientific and logical reasoning to the history and content of all religions (even the religion of science), a harmonious evolution can be seen that can serve as a form of "proof" to the modern-day seeker who demands evidence of God. This marriage of science and religion is an attempt to provide some context for understanding the mysteries of the universe. Thinkers and seekers of all ages are challenged to consider the "proof" in My Belief and the appeal of the "Oneness" of a supreme energy that we are created by, exist within, and remain a part of. Book jacket.
Major Marlowe Kana has just been found guilty of treason against the United American State! Every Feed on the Net has been covering the events of her trial, and two questions remain to be answered: What will happen to MK, and what will the nation watch now that the Next Top Soldier Hall-of-Famer and star most-watched Feed in history is locked away? The answer shocks the nation to its core.
This book discusses the “special call” to ministry and describes how our calling is interconnected with the other key areas of life. God’s callings for our lives include a broad spectrum of areas. Our Creator, who “knits us together in our mother’s womb,” places within our hearts and minds our purpose for our being on earth, and out of that context calls us to serve the needs of His Kingdom—sometimes in specific ways. While not everyone is called to dedicate their careers to ministry, everyone is called to engage in the Lord’s work on some level and many times to multiple tasks in life. This book examines the wide range of those callings and focuses on the “special call” to ministry. This book answers many of the questions students have about the “special call” to ministry and is written to guide young people as they choose their career fields—especially in ministry. In working in higher education for over four decades, the author has observed many students struggle to determine which major they should take in college and decide whether they are called to the ministry. The second part of the book is dedicated to finding God’s will for our lives. Upon graduation, many ministry students seek to know which ministry opportunity they should take. However, there are other times when our calling comes directly from our Creator. God calls us and we know with conviction that He has called us. There are other times when our calling flows out of the situation we find ourselves in—and sometimes this is not of our own choosing. At other times our callings are connected to the choices that we make. For example, when we choose to get married, we take on the calling of serving our spouse. In all of life, God masterfully uses our circumstances to call us to His work.
Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: RMPS First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: June 2019 The only resource for RMPS Religious and Philosophical Questions at Higher level, written by a bestselling author and expert in the field. Completely updated for the 2018 SQA specification. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the newly designed CFE Higher in Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies. It is also ideal for students across Scotland studying key topic areas in Religious and Philosophical Questions as part of the broad general education and the senior phase of RME. - Offers a lively, accessible and engaging style with appropriate humour that reflects real-life situations and moral issues - Highlights the importance of dealing with varieties of belief within religious traditions - Deals with up-to-date contemporary and topical issues in a highly sensitive and informative manner
Acting in Musical Theatre is the only complete course in approaching a role in a musical. It is the first to combine acting, singing and dancing into a comprehensive guide, combining what have previously been treated as three separate disciplines. This book contains fundamental skills for novice actors, practical insights for professionals, and even tips to help veteran musical performers refine their craft. Drawing on decades of experience in both acting and teaching, the authors provide crucial advice on all elements of the profession, including: fundamentals of acting applied to musical theatre script, score and character analysis personalizing your performance turning rehearsal into performance acting styles in the musical theatre practical steps to a career. Acting in Musical Theatre’s chapters divide into easy-to-reference units, each containing related group and solo exercises, making it the definitive textbook for students and practitioners alike.
The inspiration to write this book came as the result of the encouragement of close friends and family. It is an attempt to express and share the beliefs, thoughts, and experiences that have formed and shaped my life over the years. It reflects a natural movement of my life from “then” till “now.” These essays are grouped by theme rather than chronology but are dated to help the reader achieve a sense of the movement from “then” till now. It has been an evolutionary process. The question is, What am I trying to communicate to you, and how? The how is through these essays that represent a personal evolutionary process that began in earnest approximately twenty years ago. I would like to share that process or journey of moving from the status quo toward something beyond, moving to something more personal, toward a sensibility for the truth, and an openness to self-education and questioning.
This is volume two of the expository sermons on the Epistle to the Hebrews. This volume covers chapters nine through thirteen. These sermons were preached at Grace Fellowship Church.
The 1970 merger between the American Football League and the National Football League laid the foundation for a stronger brand of gridiron competition, providing a new level of excitement for fans. This book examines each year of the NFL's pivotal decade in detail, covering the great names, great rivalries and great games, as well as the key changes in both strategy and rules. Along the way, the author explains how pro football developed into a near-religious American tradition.
Take a poetic journey with author Joe Nance, as he struggles to live life on life's terms. The journey begins with a descent into insanity that leads to the brink of suicide. At the last moment, God's intervention saves the author and brings him to a realization that there is hope in continuing to live. Anger, self-hatred, self-pity and regret are ever-present, but with God's help and interaction with other people, he begins the journey back to life. If Murder by Suicide can help just one other person realize that hope is not lost, that life can change, then the writing of the tale was worth all the pain, tears and agony.
Acting in Musical Theatre remains the only complete course in approaching a role in a musical. It covers fundamental skills for novice actors, practical insights for professionals, and even tips to help veteran musical performers refine their craft. Updates in this expanded and revised second edition include: A brand new companion website for students and teachers, including Powerpoint lecture slides, sample syllabi, and checklists for projects and exercises. Learning outcomes for each chapter to guide teachers and students through the book’s core ideas and lessons New style overviews for pop and jukebox musicals Extensive updated professional insights from field testing with students, young professionals, and industry showcases Full-colour production images, bringing each chapter to life Acting in Musical Theatre’s chapters divide into easy-to-reference units, each containing group and solo exercises, making it the definitive textbook for students and practitioners alike.
Unveils the metaphoric and theoretical possibilities of fabric in the films of Luchino Visconti. In Luchino Visconti and the Fabric of Cinema, Joe McElhaney situates Visconti's films as privileged and deeply expressive instances of a trope that McElhaney identifies as the "cinema of fabric": a reoccurrence in film in which textiles—clothing, curtains, tablecloths, bedsheets—determine the filming process. An Italian neorealist, Visconti emerges out of a movement immediately following WWII wherein fabric assumes crucial functions, yet Visconti's use of fabric surpasses his colleagues in many ways, including its fluid, multifaceted articulations of space and time. Visconti's homosexuality is central to this theory in that it assumes metaphoric potential in addressing "forbidden" sexual desires that are made visible in the films. Visconti's cinema of fabric gives voice to desires not simply for human bodies draped in fabric but also for entire environments, a world of the senses in which fabric becomes a crucial method for giving form to such desires. McElhaney examines Visconti's neorealist origins in Ossessione, La terra trema, and Rocco and His Brothers, particularly through fabric's function within literary realism and naturalism. Neorealist revisionism through the extravagant drapings of the diva film is examined in Bellissima and Senso whereas White Nights and The Strangerare examined for the theatricalizing through fabric of their literary sources. Visconti's interest in German culture vis-à-vis The Damned, Death in Venice, and Ludwig, is articulated through a complex intertwining of fabric, aesthetics, politics, and transgressive sexual desire. Finally, Visconti's final two films, Conversation Piece and The Innocent, assess through fabric both the origins of Italian fascism and the political tensions contemporaneous with the films' productions. Fabric in Visconti is often tied to the aesthetic impulse itself in a world of visionaries attempting to dominate their surrounding environments and where a single piece of fabric may come to represent the raw material for creation. This book will tantalize any reader with a keen eye and strong interest in film and queer studies.
Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Modern Studies First Teaching: September 2014 First Exam: June 2015 The only resource for Religious and Philosophical Questions at Higher level, written by a bestselling author and expert in the field. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the newly designed CFE Higher in Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies. It is also ideal for students across Scotland studying key topic areas in Religious and Philosophical Questions as part of the broad general education and the senior phase of RME. - Offers a lively, accessible and engaging style with appropriate humour that reflects real-life situations and moral issues - Highlights the importance of dealing with varieties of belief within religious traditions - Deals with up-to-date contemporary and topical issues in a highly practical manner
Jesus tells a story about two homes in Matthew 7: 24-27. The narrative helps everybody to understand the difference between Holiness and sinfulness. In these Scriptures THE LORD shares a word picture to show the dissimilarity amid unrighteous and righteous. The unjust ill advised built upon shifting sand with no thought of digging a foundation. He did not consider his future. An unshakable truth is seasons changes therefore when the gale winds blew his home failed. On the other hand, the man of wisdom dug deep until he hit solid stone hence his base and construction stood under all kinds of inclement weather. Believers who study, pray, and go to worship services are building their life on the unyielding pillars of The Gospel. However, sitting in the wrong Church, and receiving inaccurate teaching is just as indiscreet as faulty architect on sinking landscape. The strong winds of adversity are sure to come and the structure will collapse. Matthew 7: 27. Two builders; the foolish and wise, two results: devastation and strength. Make the Gospel a lifestyle
Written in the same style and spirit as the classic best-seller The Faith Explained by Leo Trese, The Faith Explained Today by Joe Babendreier offers an explanation of the faith that is easily accessible to modern readers, especially students and young adults. The book is in six parts and covers the full spectrum of Church teaching over the last 2,000 years. These parts include: What Christians BelieveHow God RevealsMoralityThe Way Christians WorshipThe Human PersonPrayer Complete with review questions at the end of each chapter and frequent use of writings from Sacred Scripture, the saints, spiritual writers, and the Magisterium, this book will help you understand what God revealed through Jesus Christ, as the Church has believed it, preserved it, and treasured it from the beginning.
This book sorts out the confusion created by the use of the term "postmodern" in relation to widely divergent theological positions. Four different types of postmodern theology are distinguished in the preface: constructive, deconstructive, liberationist, and conservative. Two forms of each type are discussed in the book. Writing from a constructive, postmodern perspective, the authors enter into dialogue with the deconstructive postmodernism of Mark C. Taylor and Jean-François Lyotard, with the liberationist postmodernism of Harvey Cox and Cornel West, and with the conservative postmodernism of George William Rutler and John Paul II.
Deep down, we wonder what life is all about. We ask ourselves questions like who and what we are? Why are we even here? Is there a real purpose in life? Are we here because of a big bang that took place billions of years ago in outer space? A time when life just happened to evolve out of nothing but deadness. Or, are we here due to a divine purpose? Is there an eternal power that created not only humanity but everything throughout the vast universe? Jesus Christ revealed the Mystery of Humanity in the Gospel Message He proclaimed. The words spoken by Jesus are life-giving and provide the key to eternal life and entry into the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus tells us not only who we are but who we can become. Follow the author as he guides you through the Scriptures in both the Old and New Testaments that reveal who you truly are and your eternal destiny.
A newly remastered edition of the steampunk adventure series’ first volume, featuring a revised script and updated lettering. In a Victorian world filled with flying dirigibles and clockwork automatons, a young woman searches desperately for the secrets to her past—a past that left her with extraordinary, but unnatural, mechanical limbs. Collects LADY MECHANIKA #0-5
In this second edition the authors extend that analysis to Obama's service in the presidency and to his second campaign to hold that presidency. Elaborating on the concept of the white racial frame, Harvey Wingfield and Feagin assess in detail the ways white racial framing was deployed by the principal characters in the electoral campaigns and during Obama's presidency.
Raincrow is set over 9 decades, spanning past present and the future. It is a roller coaster ride, rich with characters, full of humor, and the highs and lows of everyday life. The story takes us from an orphanage in Firestone, Illinois, to the river town of Flatwater, Nebraska, telling the story of Thomas Raincrow, along with Harley, Eve, Angeline and Big Hat.
This special collection features more than 30 EC classics from the pages of Tales From the Crypt, The Haunt of Fear, The Vault of Horror, Shock SuspenStories, Impact, and Crime SuspenStories. Of special note is Orlando’s “The Monkey,” the classic realistic EC story about drug addiction, considered to be one of the most cautionary of “the preachies,” and Orlando’s adaptation of Bradbury’s eerily haunting “The Lake,” about a childhood tragedy. This volume also includes the title story “The Thing From the Grave,” a special Orlando frightfest originally printed in 3-D that hasn’t been seen since its original publication more than 60 years ago (and is presented here for the first time in easy-on-the-eyes 2-D). Plus all of Orlando’s Panic stories, including parodies of Mother Goose, TV commercials, and soap operas. Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC Artists’ Library, The Thing From the Grave And Other Stories also features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic American comics.
Join Joe Bobker in his humorous adventure through Torah and Talmud, history and halacha, law and lore, and much more. This enjoyable volume on Jewish practice and law serves, in the author s words, as an envelope to be opened from time to time in order to learn something new. Packed with nuggets of information, this pithy tome is a lighthearted introduction to the serious business of being Jewish.
The author's travels across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East on horseback. He relates his adventures and includes full color photography of the breathtaking landscape that he encounters off the beaten track.
After the destruction of the first temple in Jerusalem, the Jews were exiled to Babylon. Not only was there no longer a physical place to pray, even the sacred Scriptures were becoming scarce. Many of the biblical scrolls were lost or destroyed during the exile. In an attempt to preserve the Scriptures, the Rabbis divided up the biblical texts into weekly reading portions and distributed them among the families of Israel. Each was responsible for memorizing their assigned passage and then reading it in the synagogue every Sabbath. This system of reading is the basis for the story found in Luke 4:16-17: "He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him." This system is still in use today by Jews all over the world. In What Would Jesus Read?, Joe Amaral gives modern day Christians the opportunity to follow and practice the same devotional system that Jesus used!
Your life is a story. Every person to have ever lived has had a story to tell, and you are no different. The Stones You Cant Put Down brings to light your past, that is written in stone, and what that means for your future and pursuing God. Walk with Joe Stewart, through a story of sin, despair, grace, and redemption. Loaded with biblical insight, personal testimony, and a heavy lean on Scripture, you will be led to bring into focus your whole story. In The Stones You Cant Put Down, you will discover where youve been, where you are, and where youre going, in your pursuit of God.
In 7 Keys to Spiritual Wellness, best-selling author Joe Paprocki provides a prescription for spiritual health based on the rich wisdom of Catholic Tradition. Through his nondogmatic, downright inviting style of writing, Paprocki makes this book eminently accessible to non-Catholics and "seekers" as well. Recognizing that the spiritual immune system is weakened almost daily by toxic patterns and attitudes that negatively impact our ability to live in a harmonious relationship with God and others, Paprocki offers seven enduring and reliable strategies for achieving spiritual wellness. After identifying practical ways to integrate each of these strategies into daily living, he describes seven persistent dangers to our spiritual well-being and how these dangers manifest themselves in our lives. At its core, 7 Keys to Spiritual Wellness helps us see the Christian faith not as a collection of rules and doctrine, but as a spiritual path--a path whose guideposts for spiritual wellness are sure to lead us to a more meaningful life and to a much richer experience of our faith.
JOURNEY INTO ETERNITY, Discover the Glorious Future God Has Planned for You For thousands of years, people have wondered about their future. What happens to them when they die? This question, and many others, are answered in the Holy Bible. God, who is the source of all life and truth, has revealed His marvelous plan for the future to all those who believe and trust in Him. Join the author as he guides you on a journey beginning with God’s creation of this earth and humanity, and ending in the future Kingdom of God. As you journey along, you’ll see some of the great events that have taken place in the past, and many that will take place in the future. You’ll be astounded when you learn about the future God has planned for you.
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