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The Gospel Goes to Work

God's Big Canvas of Calling and Renewal

By: Stephen R. Graves

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The Gospel Goes to Work

God's Big Canvas of Calling and Renewal

By: Stephen R. Graves

Work is core to our lives. And the gospel is core to our faith. In The Gospel Goes to Work, author and executive coach Stephen Graves introduces a fresh framework that explores not only how the gospel should shape our work, but also how it could. It is called The Baseline and The Blue Sky and applies to any worker doing any work anywhere. This framework helps us understand how the reach, power, and intent of the gospel going to work is a revolutionary insight, even for veterans of the faith.

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1940794145

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The Parting of the Ways

The Roman Church as a Case Study

By: Stephen Spence

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The Parting of the Ways

The Roman Church as a Case Study

By: Stephen Spence

This book seeks to inject into the general discussion of the "Parting of the Ways" of Judaism and Christianity the social realities of the separation of a particular Christian community and a particular Jewish community. By drawing upon the literary and the historical data available concerning the church in Rome, Spence seeks to discover when and how Christians came to see themselves as an identifiably distinct community. His findings will surprise those who see the "Parting of the Ways" as a slow process. He argues that although the "parting" was early, it was not without its complications. Drawing upon the work of Rodney Stark, a sociologist of religion, Spence suggests that within the church in Rome there was a struggle between those who saw the church as a Jewish sect and those who saw the church as a Roman cult - a struggle already underway when the Apostle Paul wrote Romans. This struggle, however, was not an even one, because it was the cultists, those for whom the church's primary social location was the pagans of Rome, who held the positions of power over the numerically smaller sectarians who sought to maintain the church's primary identity as a Jewish sect acceptable within the synagogues of Rome.

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Peeters Publishers

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9042913363

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9789042913363

Nero's Killing Machine

The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

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Nero's Killing Machine

The True Story of Rome's Remarkable 14th Legion

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

The 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire–a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, reformed, and almost wiped out again. After participating in the a.d. 43 invasion of Britain, the 14th Legion achieved its greatest glory when it put down the famous rebellion of the Britons under Boudicca. Numbering less than 10,000 men, the disciplined Roman killing machine defeated 230,000 rampaging rebels, slaughtering 80,000 with only 400 Roman losses–an accomplishment that led the emperor Nero to honor the legion with the title "Conqueror of Britain." In this gripping book, second in the author’s definitive histories of the legions of ancient Rome, Stephen Dando-Collins brings the 14th Legion to life, offering military history aficionados a unique soldier’s-eye view of their tactics, campaigns, and battles.

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Turner Publishing Company

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111804021X

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9781118040218

Caesar's Legion

The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

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Caesar's Legion

The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X-arguably the most famous legion of its day-from its activation to the slogging battle of Munda and from Thapsus, Caesar's tactical masterpiece, to the grim siege of the Jewish fortress of Masada. More than a mere unit account, it incorporates the history of Rome and the Roman army at the height of their power and gory glory. Many military historians consider Caesar's legions the world's most efficient infantry before the arrival of gunpowder. This book shows why. Written in readable, popular style, Caesar's Legion is a must for military buffs and anyone interested in Roman history at a critical point in European civilization." —T. R. Fehrenbach, author of This Kind of War, Lone Star, and Comanches Stephen Dando-Collins paints a vivid and definitive portrait of daily life in the Tenth Legion as he follows Caesar and his men along the blood-soaked fringes of the Empire. This unprecedented regimental history reveals countless previously unknown details about Roman military practices, Caesar's conduct as a commander and his relationships with officers and legionaries, and the daily routine and discipline of the Legion. From penetrating insights into the mind of history's greatest general to a grunt's-eye view of the gruesome realities of war in the Classical Age, this unique and riveting true account sets a new standard of exellence and detail to which all authors of ancient military history will now aspire.

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0470301333

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9780470301333

Rupert Brooke, Charles Sorley, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen

Classical Connections

By: Lorna Hardwick,Stephen Harrison,Elizabeth Vandiver

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Rupert Brooke, Charles Sorley, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen

Classical Connections

By: Lorna Hardwick,Stephen Harrison,Elizabeth Vandiver

Rupert Brooke, Wilfred Owen, Isaac Rosenberg, and Charles Sorley all died in the First Word War. They came from diverse social, educational, and cultural backgrounds, but for all of the writers, engagement with Greek and Roman antiquity was decisive in shaping their war poetry. The world views and cultural hinterlands of Brooke and Sorley were framed by the Greek and Latin texts they had studied at school, whereas for Owen, who struggled with Latin, classical texts were a part of his aspirational literary imagination. Rosenberg's education was limited but he encountered some Greek and Roman literature through translations, and through mediations in English literature. The various ways in which the poets engaged with classical literature are analysed in the commentaries, which are designed to be accessible to classicists and to users from other subject areas. The extensive range of connections made by the poets and by subsequent readers is explained in the Introduction to the volume. The commentaries illuminate relationships between the poems and attitudes to the war at the time, in the immediate post-war years, and subsequently. They also probe how individual poems reveal various facets of the poetry of unease, the poetry of survival, and the poetics of war and ecology. References to the accompanying online Oxford Classical Receptions Commentaries will enable readers to follow up their special interests. This volume differs from the shorter volume Greek and Roman Antiquity in First World War Poetry: Making Connections in that it covers the whole output of the four poets, and not just their war poems.

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Oxford University Press

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0198907133

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A Statistical History of Rugby League -

By: Stephen Kane

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A Statistical History of Rugby League -

By: Stephen Kane

The “Greatest Game of All” or Rugby League as it is known to some has given me nearly a half a century of pleasure and a little pain. In 1966 at the ripe old age of 6 I was introduced to our game when my Uncle Harry moved into the bedroom I shared with my younger brother in a 2 bedroom fibro joint in Rockdale (Dragon Territory). Harry was playing lower grades for Jack Gibson’s Roosters and went on to play for St George in the 1971 Grand Final against my other front rower mate John Sattler and his Rabbitoh’s. By the age of 9 I had memorized every player in the Big League magazine. The game became my obsession. Even if I had not been lucky enough to play over 100 games in the best competition in the world (arguably in any sport) Rugby League was in my blood. As a Rothmans Medal winner (the official player of the year award in 1983 succeeded by The Dally M Medal) I have always been aware of the history of our great game and its effect on society especially in the northern states of Australia. Apart from obtaining a Law degree at Sydney University I studied the Politics in Sport while completing my Arts Degree at Macquarie University. I believed our game was ahead of sports like baseball, gridiron and basketball that relied heavily on statistics to rate their great players. Ours is a game of passion made for the blue collar working classman relying on guts and determination not on how many yards and minutes someone makes or plays. However as we get older we all like to dig deep into history and see who had the ability and drive to play even one game in the toughest competition playing the greatest game of all. This book does what none other has attempted to do—tell a story using numbers and statistics about our great game. It is something every player and fan would do well to study. Steve Kane the author of this book could be a reincarnation of Stephen Harold Gascoigne, better known as Yabba whose statue stands proudly at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Yabba was known for his knowledgeable witticisms shouted loudly from “The Hill”, a grassy general admissions area of the SCG. A lot like Yabba “Kaney” can be found every winter Sunday on the hill at Greenfield Park Albury (or away in Junee, Temora or Wagga) cheering his beloved Thunder to victory in the Group 9 Premiership loudly and clearly from 10 am to 5.30pm. In his spare time since breaking his back 7 years ago he has collected statistics on players in the NSWRL (now known as the NRL) dating back to 1908. The first words Kaney said to me was “I have every Rugby League Week ever published” as he showed me his “EELS tattoo”. “You got sin binned once in your career at North Sydney Oval in 1983 or was it 1984?”? I knew I was in the company of a Rugby League tragic. This study of our game will help all of us who love the game and those of us lucky enough to have played it a better insight into the players of the greatest game of all from the top to the bottom. Written by Mike Eden, who played 110 Games for Manly, Easts, Parramatta and Gold Coast, is Gold Coast Player Number 1, and Won the Dally M award for Player of the Year in 1983

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1483643999

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Greek and Roman Antiquity in First World War Poetry

Making Connections

By: Lorna Hardwick,Stephen Harrison,Elizabeth Vandiver

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Greek and Roman Antiquity in First World War Poetry

Making Connections

By: Lorna Hardwick,Stephen Harrison,Elizabeth Vandiver

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0198907907

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Cleopatra's Kidnappers

How Caesars Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome and Rome to Caesar

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

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Cleopatra's Kidnappers

How Caesars Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome and Rome to Caesar

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

A powerful tale of war, romance, and one of history's most desperate gambles Julius Caesar was nothing if not bold. When, in the wake of his defeat of Pompey at Pharsalus his victorious legions refused to march another step under his command, he pursued his fleeing rival into Egypt with an impossibly small force of Gallic and German cavalry, raw Italian recruits, and nine hundred Spanish prisoners of war-tough veterans of Pompey's Sixth Legion. Cleopatra's Kidnappers tells the epic saga of Caesar's adventures in Egypt through the eyes of these captured, but never defeated, legionaries. In this third volume in his definitive history of the Roman legions, Stephen Dando-Collins reveals how this tiny band of fierce warriors led Caesar's little army to great victories against impossible odds. Bristling with action and packed with insights and newly revealed facts, this eye-opening account introduces you to the extraordinary men who made possible Caesar's famous boast, "I came, I saw, I conquered." Praise for Caesar's Legion "A unique and splendidly researched story, following the trials and triumphs of Julius Caesar's Legio X. . . . More than a mere unit account, it incorporates the history of Rome and the Roman army at the height of their power and gory glory. Many military historians consider Caesar's legions the world's most efficient infantry before the arrival of gunpowder. This book shows why. Written in readable, popular style, Caesar's Legion is a must for military buffs and anyone interested in Roman history at a critical point in European civilization." -T. R. Fehrenbach author of This Kind of War, Lone Star, and Comanches

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1118040457

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The Afterlife in Early Christian Carthage

Near-Death Experiences, Ancestor Cult, and the Archaeology of Paradise

By: Stephen E. Potthoff

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The Afterlife in Early Christian Carthage

Near-Death Experiences, Ancestor Cult, and the Archaeology of Paradise

By: Stephen E. Potthoff

The Afterlife in Early Christian Carthage explores how the visionary experiences of early Christian martyrs shaped and informed early Christian ancestor cult and the construction of the cemetery as paradise. Taking the early Christian cemeteries in Carthage as a case study, the volume broadens our understanding of the historical and cultural origins of the early Christian cult of the saints, and highlights the often divergent views about the dead and post-mortem realms expressed by the church fathers, and in graveside ritual and the material culture of the cemetery. This fascinating study is a key resource for students of late antique and early Christian culture.

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Routledge

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1317294068

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The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3)

Volume 2

By: Leslie Stephen

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The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3)

Volume 2

By: Leslie Stephen

Reproduction of the original: The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) by Leslie Stephen

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3752423471

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Sensibility and English Song

Critical Studies of the Early Twentieth Century

By: Stephen Banfield

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Sensibility and English Song

Critical Studies of the Early Twentieth Century

By: Stephen Banfield

The history of English song from the late nineteenth century to the Second World War.

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Cambridge University Press

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052137944X

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9780521379441

Clout

Tapping Spiritual Wisdom to Become a Person of Influence

By: Stephen R. Graves,Thomas G. Addington

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Clout

Tapping Spiritual Wisdom to Become a Person of Influence

By: Stephen R. Graves,Thomas G. Addington

We all want to be able to influence others, to have our voices counted in decisionmaking, and to make a contribution to our organization or community. Most books on this subject focus on personal power for personal ends— self-help approaches that show readers how to get what they want for themselves. But influence can be much more— a live force that is vital to the positive and productive functioning of organizations, communities, and relationships. In Clout Stephen R. Graves and Thomas G. Addington take an entirely new and fresh approach to the subject of influence, incorporating biblical wisdom and stories of exemplary people who have wielded influence with integrity and authenticity. Using classical analytical tools to examine the components of influence, the authors look at an array of historical and biblical models of both positive and negative influence, including Mother Teresa, Adam Smith, Jesus, St. Patrick, Malcolm Muggeridge, and even Rasputin. They analyze what drives this force in our personal and business lives and relationships and show readers how they too can become people of great influence and thereby have a message that is meaningful, an audience that is receptive, and a life that is believable.

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Jossey-Bass

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0787964751

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Life@Work

Handbook of Marketplace Success for People of Faith

By: John C. Maxwell,Stephen R. Graves,Thomas G. Addington

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Life@Work

Handbook of Marketplace Success for People of Faith

By: John C. Maxwell,Stephen R. Graves,Thomas G. Addington

Authors John C. Maxwell, Stephen Graves, and Thomas Addington identify the basic tools followers of Jesus should always have in their work toolbox: Calling, Serving, Character, and Skill. This book helps readers learn how to better integrate faith and work and why it is crucial that we do so.

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1418503282

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Ethical Anchors

By: Stephen R. Graves,Thomas G. Addington

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Ethical Anchors

By: Stephen R. Graves,Thomas G. Addington

Corporate America is one of the greatest testing grounds for personal faith and conviction, according to Stephen R. Graves. This series has targeted five key areas in work in which Christians can apply God's truth. Each book provides relevant quotes, illustrations, principles, and life application questions.

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0849942578

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Framing Your Ambition

By: Stephen R. Graves,Thomas G. Addington

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Framing Your Ambition

By: Stephen R. Graves,Thomas G. Addington

With an increasing number of believers across the globe seeking to integrate their faith into the workplace, the editors of "Life@Work" have targeted five key areas in the workplace in which Christians can apply God's truth. Looking at the topics of ethics, rest, calling, ambition and coaching, each book provides relevant quotations, illustrations, principles and life-application questions. Excellent for individual study or group interaction and discussion.

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Women, Faith, and Work

How Ten Successful Professionals Blend Belief and Business

By: Lois Flowers,Thomas G. Addington,Stephen R. Graves

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Women, Faith, and Work

How Ten Successful Professionals Blend Belief and Business

By: Lois Flowers,Thomas G. Addington,Stephen R. Graves

Each chapter in this insightful guide features one of ten successful women answering questions about their faith, jobs, mistakes, role models, and specific examples of integrating their faith in the workplace. Written specifically for career women, this book explores how to balance and intertwine work and spirituality.

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0849942861

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Case for Character

By: Stephen R. Graves,Thomas Addington

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Case for Character

By: Stephen R. Graves,Thomas Addington

Stephen Graves and Thomas Addington address the question of character and its role in the work world. Providing practical examples and strong biblical insights, this book will help anyone desiring to build character that stands the test of time.

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Case for Serving

By: Stephen R. Graves,Thomas Addington

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Case for Serving

By: Stephen R. Graves,Thomas Addington

In a Case for Serving, authors Stephen Graves and Thomas Addington establish what serving is, tell why it's so difficult, and show us life examples of serving in action. Discover the difference you can make in your work world through selfless living.

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Case for Calling

By: Thomas Addington,Stephen R. Graves

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Case for Calling

By: Thomas Addington,Stephen R. Graves

In A Case for Calling, Thomas Addington and Stephen Graves provide practical examples and biblical insights to show how a godly man can have a clear calling in his work life, experience a sense of satisfaction, and lead a life of influence.

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Case for Skill

By: Thomas Addington,Stephen R. Graves

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Case for Skill

By: Thomas Addington,Stephen R. Graves

Does God expect skill in the work of His people? Do we have the option for mediocrity? In A Case for Skill, authors Addington and Graves uncover what it means to work by God's definition of skill.

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1890581046

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Rosen & Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult

By: Jeffrey J. Schaider,Roger M. Barkin,Stephen R. Hayden,Richard E. Wolfe,Adam Z. Barkin,Philip Shayne,Peter Rosen

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Rosen & Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult

By: Jeffrey J. Schaider,Roger M. Barkin,Stephen R. Hayden,Richard E. Wolfe,Adam Z. Barkin,Philip Shayne,Peter Rosen

This best-selling emergency department reference is now in its thoroughly updated Fourth Edition. The foremost authorities provide practical information on over 600 clinical problems in a fast-access two-page outline format that's perfect for on-the-spot consultation during care in the emergency department. Coverage of each disorder includes clinical presentation, pre-hospital, diagnosis, treatment, disposition, and ICD-9 coding. Icons enable practitioners to quickly spot the information they need. This edition provides up-to-date information on topics such as emerging infections, new protocols, and new treatments.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1451160976

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Blood of the Caesars

How the Murder of Germanicus Led to the Fall of Rome

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

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Blood of the Caesars

How the Murder of Germanicus Led to the Fall of Rome

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

Could the killing of Germanicus Julius Caesar—the grandson of Mark Antony, adopted son of the emperor Tiberius, father of Caligula, and grandfather of Nero—while the Roman Empire was still in its infancy have been the root cause of the empire's collapse more than four centuries later? This brilliant investigation of Germanicus Caesar’s death and its aftermath is both a compelling history and first-class murder mystery with a plot twist Agatha Christie would envy.

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1620458799

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Conquering Jerusalem

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

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Conquering Jerusalem

By: Stephen Dando-Collins

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS PROVIDES UNPARALLELED NEW INSIGHT INTO THE FIRST JEWISH REVOLT Dando-Collins details the conflict from both sides of the 7-year campaign. His examination of the revolt draws upon numerous archaeological and forensic discoveries made in recent years to illuminate the people and events as never before. Neither side emerges from the conflict unscathed. Both were at times equally heroic and barbaric. In the end, the Jewish freedom fighters lost the war and lost Jerusalem, their holy city– the focus of the campaign by both sides. Yet today, Jerusalem is once more the heart of the Jewish faith, while, thanks to Christianity–an offshoot of Judaism–the Roman Empire and its gods are long gone. Conquering Jerusalem illustrates that faith can have its rewards, and the tables can be turned, if you wait long enough.

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1684425492

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The Virgin Goddess

Studies in the Pagan and Christian Roots of Mariology

By: Stephen Benko

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The Virgin Goddess

Studies in the Pagan and Christian Roots of Mariology

By: Stephen Benko

The contemporary search for the feminine face of God requires a re- examination of the relationship of Christianity to the pagan world in which it was born. This study inquires into extra-biblical sources of Marian piety, belief and doctrine. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.

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9004136398

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A Statistical History of Rugby League - Volume I

By: Stephen Kane

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A Statistical History of Rugby League - Volume I

By: Stephen Kane

The Greatest Game of All or Rugby League as it is known to some has given me nearly a half a century of pleasure and a little pain. In 1966 at the ripe old age of 6 I was introduced to our game when my Uncle Harry moved into the bedroom I shared with my younger brother in a 2 bedroom fibro joint in Rockdale(Dragon Territory). Harry was playing lower grades for Jack Gibson s Roosters and went on to play for St George in the 1971 Grand Final against my other front rower mate John Sattler and his Rabbitoh s. By the age of 9 I had memorized every player in the Big League magazine. The game became my obsession. Even if I had not been lucky enough to play over 100 games in the best competition in the world(arguably in any sport) Rugby League was in my blood. As a Rothmans Medal winner (the official player of the year award in 1983 succeeded by The Dally M Medal) I have always been aware of the history of our great game and its effect on society especially in the northern states of Australia. Apart from obtaining a Law degree at Sydney University I studied the Politics in Sport while completing my Arts Degree at Macquarie University. I believed our game was ahead of sports like baseball, gridiron and basketball that relied heavily on statistics to rate their great players. Ours is a game of passion made for the blue collar working classman relying on guts and determination not on how many yards and minutes someone makes or plays. However as we get older we all like to dig deep into history and see who had the ability and drive to play even one game in the toughest competition playing the greatest game of all. This book does what none other has attempted to do tell a story using numbers and statistics about our great game. It is something every player and fan would do well to study. Stephen Kane the author of this book could be a reincarnation of Stephen Harold Gascoigne, better known as Yabba whose statue stands proudly at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Yabba was known for his knowledgeable witticisms shouted loudly from The Hill , a grassy general admissions area of the SCG. A lot like Yabba Kaney can be found every winter Sunday on the hill at Greenfield Park Albury(or away in Junee, Temora or Wagga) cheering his beloved Thunder to victory in the Group 9 Premiership loudly and clearly from 10 am to 5.30pm. In his spare time since breaking his back 7 years ago he has collected statistics on players in the NSWRL(now known as the NRL) dating back to 1908. The first words Kaney said to me was I have every Rugby League Week ever published as he showed me his EELS tattoo . You got sin binned once in your career at North Sydney Oval in 1983 or was it 1984? ? I knew I was in the company of a Rugby League tragic. This study of our game will help all of us who love the game and those of us lucky enough to have played it a better insight into the players of the greatest game of all from the top to the bottom. Written by Mike Eden, who played 110 Games for Manly, Easts, Parramatta and Gold Coast, is Gold Coast Player Number 1, and Won the Dally M award for Player of the Year in 1983

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1479757551

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