Lincoln Bruce's Books

Secrets, Lies, and Consequences

A Great Scholar's Hidden Past and His Protégé's Unsolved Murder

By: Bruce Lincoln

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Secrets, Lies, and Consequences

A Great Scholar's Hidden Past and His Protégé's Unsolved Murder

By: Bruce Lincoln

The tale of a legendary scholar, an unsolved murder, and the mysterious documents that may connect them In early 1991, Ioan Culianu was on the precipice of a brilliant academic career. Culianu had fled his native Romania and established himself as a widely admired scholar at just forty-one years of age. He was teaching at the University of Chicago Divinity School where he was seen as the heir apparent to his mentor, Mircea Eliade, a fellow Romanian expatriate and the founding father of the field of religious studies, who had died a few years earlier. But then Culianu began to receive threatening messages. As his fears grew, he asked a colleague to hold onto some papers for safekeeping. A week later, Culianu was in a Divinity School men's room when someone fired a bullet into the back of his head, killing him instantly. The case was never solved, though the prevailing theory is that Culianu was targeted by the Romanian secret police as a result of critical articles he wrote after the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. What was in those mysterious papers? And what connection might they have to Culianu's death? The papers eventually passed into the hands of Bruce Lincoln, and their story is at the heart of this book. The documents were English translations of articles that Eliade had written in the 1930s, some of which voiced Eliade's support for the Iron Guard, Romania's virulently anti-Semitic mystical fascist movement. Culianu had sought to publish some of these articles but encountered fierce resistance from Eliade's widow. In this book, author Bruce Lincoln explores what the articles reveal about Eliade's past, his subsequent efforts to conceal that past, his complex relations with Culianu, and the possible motives for Culianu's shocking murder.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

201

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0197689108

ISBN 13

9780197689103

Holy Terrors, Second Edition

Thinking About Religion After September 11

By: Bruce Lincoln

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Holy Terrors, Second Edition

Thinking About Religion After September 11

By: Bruce Lincoln

It is tempting to regard the perpetrators of the September 11th terrorist attacks as evil incarnate. But their motives, as Bruce Lincoln’s acclaimed Holy Terrors makes clear, were profoundly and intensely religious. Thus what we need after the events of 9/11, Lincoln argues, is greater clarity about what we take religion to be. Holy Terrors begins with a gripping dissection of the instruction manual given to each of the 9/11 hijackers. In their evocation of passages from the Quran, we learn how the terrorists justified acts of destruction and mass murder “in the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate.” Lincoln then offers a provocative comparison of President Bush’s October 7, 2001 speech announcing U.S. military action in Afghanistan alongside the videotaped speech released by Osama bin Laden just a few hours later. As Lincoln authoritatively demonstrates, a close analysis of the rhetoric used by leaders as different as George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden—as well as Mohamed Atta and even Jerry Falwell—betrays startling similarities. These commonalities have considerable implications for our understanding of religion and its interrelationships with politics and culture in a postcolonial world, implications that Lincoln draws out with skill and sensitivity. With a chapter new to this edition, “Theses on Religion and Violence,” Holy Terrors remains one of the essential books on September 11 and a classic study on the character of religion. “Modernity has ended twice: in its Marxist form in 1989 Berlin, and in its liberal form on September 11, 2001. In order to understand such major historical changes we need both large-scale and focused analyses—a combination seldom to be found in one volume. But here Bruce Lincoln . . . has given us just such a mix of discrete and large-picture analysis.”—Stephen Healey, Christian Century “From time to time there appears a work . . . that serves to focus the wide-ranging, often contentious discussion of religion’s significance within broader cultural dynamics. Bruce Lincoln’s Holy Terrors is one such text. . . . Anyone still struggling toward a more nuanced comprehension of 9/11 would do well to spend time with this book.”—Theodore Pulcini, Middle East Journal

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

161

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0226482073

ISBN 13

9780226482071

Death, War, and Sacrifice

Studies in Ideology & Practice

By: Bruce Lincoln

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Death, War, and Sacrifice

Studies in Ideology & Practice

By: Bruce Lincoln

One of the world's leading specialists in Indo-European religion and society, Bruce Lincoln expresses in these essays his severe doubts about the existence of a much-hypothesized prototypical Indo-European religion. Written over fifteen years, the essays—six of them previously unpublished—fall into three parts. Part I deals with matters "Indo-European" in a relatively unproblematized way, exploring a set of haunting images that recur in descriptions of the Otherworld from many cultures. While Lincoln later rejects this methodology, these chapters remain the best available source of data for the topics they address. In Part II, Lincoln takes the data for each essay from a single culture area and shifts from the topic of dying to that of killing. Of particular interest are the chapters connecting sacrifice to physiology, a master discourse of antiquity that brought the cosmos, the human body, and human society into an ideologically charged correlation. Part III presents Lincoln's most controversial case against a hypothetical Indo-European protoculture. Reconsidering the work of the prominent Indo-Europeanist Georges Dumézil, Lincoln argues that Dumézil's writings were informed and inflected by covert political concerns characteristic of French fascism. This collection is an invaluable resource for students of myth, ritual, ancient societies, anthropology, and the history of religions. Bruce Lincoln is professor of humanities and religious studies at the University of Minnesota.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

320

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0226481999

ISBN 13

9780226481999

The Wheel of Darkness

By: Douglas Preston,Lincoln Child

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Wheel of Darkness

By: Douglas Preston,Lincoln Child

At a remote Tibetan monastery, FBI Special Agent Pendergast must find a powerful and ancient artifact before it falls into the wrong hands. A luxury ocean liner on its maiden voyage across the North Atlantic, awash in wealth and decadence... An ancient Tibetan box, its contents unknown, sealed with a terrifying warning... An FBI agent destined to confront what he fears most--himself...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

351

Publisher

Grand Central Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0446199087

ISBN 13

9780446199087

The Moving Finger

By: Natalie Sumner Lincoln

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Moving Finger

By: Natalie Sumner Lincoln

When Nurse Vera Dean accepts a comfortable position in a country home in Virginia, she hopes to recover her nerves and health. In her new job she has only one patient to look after: a paralysed man named Craig Porter. Her patient is not demanding and her employer, Hugh Wyndham, is pleasant and understanding. Unfortunately, her peace is disturbed when well-known civil engineer Bruce Brainard stops at the Dewdrop Inn one night and is taken ill with vertigo attack. Vera gives him medicine that evening and leaves his room when he falls asleep peacefully, but in the morning he is found dead in a pool of blood with a slashed throat. And so the complicated inquiry into the suspicious death of the engineer begins... The Moving Finger, first published in 1918, contains all the elements of a classic mystery novel: a mysterious murder, a handful of suspects and a detective who solves the puzzle with impressive deductive skills.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

242

Publisher

A&C Black

Published Date

ISBN 10

1448213282

ISBN 13

9781448213283

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln

By: Abraham Lincoln

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln

By: Abraham Lincoln

The collected letters, speeches, etc. written by Abraham Lincoln.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

394

Publisher

Wildside Press LLC

Published Date

ISBN 10

1434477118

ISBN 13

9781434477118

Alaska Animal Antics

Animals, wild and tame, from moose to mosquitoes, and their involvement with Alaskans

By: Elverda Lincoln

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Alaska Animal Antics

Animals, wild and tame, from moose to mosquitoes, and their involvement with Alaskans

By: Elverda Lincoln

Alaska Animal Antics, an entertaining book for all ages, is a compilation of stories about life with animals on the Last Frontier. These humorous animal tales come from Elverda's friends, who graciously gave her their written, oral, and taped manuscripts. Alaska Animal Antics is about animals, wild and tame, from moose to mosquitoes, and their involvement with people. You'll soon discover that it is sometimes difficult to decide who you're laughing at -- animals or people. Although Alaska Animal Antics is really about animals, and the funny things they do as they associate with people, without peoples' antics, animals' antics wouldn't be nearly so funny. Life in Alaska is different and challenging -- Alaska Animal Antics proves it.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Publication Consultants

Published Date

ISBN 10

1594331898

ISBN 13

9781594331893

Playing the Game

Inside Athletic Recruiting in the Ivy League

By: Chris Lincoln

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Playing the Game

Inside Athletic Recruiting in the Ivy League

By: Chris Lincoln

Playing The Game offers readers the first detailed, inside look at exactly how the athletic recruiting game is played by coaches, prospective students, parents, administrators, admission officers, and even college presidents in the Ivy League and its Division III counterpart, the NESCAC. Here is the inside story on why this specialized process has caused so much controversy on campus and off.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

341

Publisher

Nomad Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1936313146

ISBN 13

9781936313143

If These Walls Could Talk: Raiders

Stories from the Raiders Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box

By: Triumph Books

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

If These Walls Could Talk: Raiders

Stories from the Raiders Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box

By: Triumph Books

A behind-the-scenes perspective on Raiders history, from Oakland to Vegas Having spent eight seasons at offensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders before joining the radio broadcasting team, Lincoln Kennedy knows what it means to live and breathe Silver and Black football. In If These Walls Could Talk: Raiders, Kennedy provides insight into the team's inner sanctum as only he can, from his experience anchoring the O-line in Super Bowl XXXVII to the current roster in Vegas helmed by Derek Carr, from Jon Gruden to...Jon Gruden.Featuring conversations with players and coaches past and present as well as off-the-wall anecdotes only Kennedy can tell, this indispensable volume is your ticket to Raiders history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

282

Publisher

Triumph Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1641257180

ISBN 13

9781641257183

Lettered Christians

Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus

By: Lincoln Blumell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lettered Christians

Christians, Letters, and Late Antique Oxyrhynchus

By: Lincoln Blumell

With the discovery of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri just over a century ago a number of important texts directly relating to ancient Christianity have come to light. While certain literary texts have received considerable attention in scholarship by comparison the documentary evidence relating to Christianity has received far less attention and remains rather obscure. To help redress this imbalance, and to lend some context to the Christian literary materials, this book examines the extant Christian epistolary remains from Oxyrhynchus between the third and seventh centuries CE. Drawing upon this unique corpus of evidence, which until this point has never been collectively nor systematically treated, this book breaks new ground as it employs the letters to consider various questions relating to Christianity in the Oxyrhynchite. Not only does this lucid study fill a void in scholarship, it also gives a number of insights that have larger implications on Christianity in late antiquity.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

452

Publisher

BRILL

Published Date

ISBN 10

9004180982

ISBN 13

9789004180987

Old Bones

By: Douglas Preston,Lincoln Child

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Old Bones

By: Douglas Preston,Lincoln Child

The #1 NYT bestselling authors Preston & Child bring the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party to new life in this thrilling novel of archaeology, history, murder, and suspense. Nora Kelly, a young curator at the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology, is approached by historian Clive Benton with a once-in-a-lifetime proposal: to lead a team in search of the so-called "Lost Camp" of the tragic Donner Party. This was a group of pioneers who earned a terrible place in American history when they became snow-bound in the California mountains in 1847, their fate unknown until the first skeletonized survivors stumbled out of the wilderness, raving about starvation, murder-and cannibalism. Benton tells Kelly he has stumbled upon an amazing find: the long-sought diary of one of the victims, which has an enigmatic description of the Lost Camp. Nora agrees to lead an expedition to locate and excavate it-to reveal its long-buried secrets. Once in the mountains, however, they learn that discovering the camp is only the first step in a mounting journey of fear. For as they uncover old bones, they expose the real truth of what happened, one that is far more shocking and bizarre than mere cannibalism. And when those ancient horrors lead to present-day violence on a grand scale, rookie FBI agent Corrie Swanson is assigned the case...only to find that her first investigation might very well be her last.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

338

Publisher

Grand Central Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1538747219

ISBN 13

9781538747216

Book's by Lincoln Bruce

Secrets, Lies, and Consequences

Secrets, Lies, and Consequences

Holy Terrors, Second Edition

Holy Terrors, Second Edition

Death, War, and Sacrifice

Death, War, and Sacrifice

The Wheel of Darkness

The Wheel of Darkness

The Moving Finger

The Moving Finger

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln

The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln

Alaska Animal Antics

Alaska Animal Antics

Playing the Game

Playing the Game

If These Walls Could Talk: Raiders

If These Walls Could Talk: Raiders

Lettered Christians

Lettered Christians

Old Bones

Old Bones

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email