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Author: Jose Alexandre de Quadros Publisher: Alexandre Quadros ISBN: Category : Bibles Languages : en Pages : 19
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The story of Joseph in Egypt tells the tale of a young boy named Joseph, who possessed a unique gift from God - the ability to interpret dreams. This special talent aroused jealousy and betrayal among his eleven brothers. Joseph's dreams, which he shared with his family, depicted bundles of wheat bowing down to his bundle and celestial bodies bowing down to him. Envy and resentment grew among his brothers, as they perceived Joseph's dreams as an attempt to rule over them. In response, they decided to sell him as a slave when they encountered traders while tending to their father's sheep. Joseph's journey took him from slavery to serving as a loyal servant in the household of Potiphar, a high-ranking official in Pharaoh's palace. However, his life took a downturn when he was falsely accused by Potiphar's wife, leading to his imprisonment. While in prison, Joseph encountered two of Pharaoh's servants who had troubling dreams. His ability to interpret dreams, a divine gift, proved true as his interpretations came to pass. One of the servants was released, and Joseph requested that he remember him upon his own release. His path eventually led him from prison to the palace of Pharaoh, where he interpreted Pharaoh's perplexing dreams. Joseph foretold seven years of abundance followed by seven years of famine, advising Pharaoh to store food during the plentiful years. Impressed by Joseph's wisdom, Pharaoh appointed him as the second-in-command of Egypt, overseeing food storage during the years of abundance. Years later, Joseph's brothers, facing famine, came to Egypt to buy food without recognizing him. Joseph tested them to determine if they had changed. Eventually, he revealed his true identity and forgave them, explaining that their actions were part of God's plan. Joseph's family, including his father Jacob and brothers, relocated to Egypt, leading to a joyous reunion. They lived harmoniously and prospered in the land. From Joseph's story, valuable lessons can be drawn: trust in God's plan, the significance of forgiveness, perseverance in the face of adversity, and the understanding that God has a unique plan for each individual's life.
Author: Jose Alexandre de Quadros Publisher: Alexandre Quadros ISBN: Category : Bibles Languages : en Pages : 19
Book Description
The story of Joseph in Egypt tells the tale of a young boy named Joseph, who possessed a unique gift from God - the ability to interpret dreams. This special talent aroused jealousy and betrayal among his eleven brothers. Joseph's dreams, which he shared with his family, depicted bundles of wheat bowing down to his bundle and celestial bodies bowing down to him. Envy and resentment grew among his brothers, as they perceived Joseph's dreams as an attempt to rule over them. In response, they decided to sell him as a slave when they encountered traders while tending to their father's sheep. Joseph's journey took him from slavery to serving as a loyal servant in the household of Potiphar, a high-ranking official in Pharaoh's palace. However, his life took a downturn when he was falsely accused by Potiphar's wife, leading to his imprisonment. While in prison, Joseph encountered two of Pharaoh's servants who had troubling dreams. His ability to interpret dreams, a divine gift, proved true as his interpretations came to pass. One of the servants was released, and Joseph requested that he remember him upon his own release. His path eventually led him from prison to the palace of Pharaoh, where he interpreted Pharaoh's perplexing dreams. Joseph foretold seven years of abundance followed by seven years of famine, advising Pharaoh to store food during the plentiful years. Impressed by Joseph's wisdom, Pharaoh appointed him as the second-in-command of Egypt, overseeing food storage during the years of abundance. Years later, Joseph's brothers, facing famine, came to Egypt to buy food without recognizing him. Joseph tested them to determine if they had changed. Eventually, he revealed his true identity and forgave them, explaining that their actions were part of God's plan. Joseph's family, including his father Jacob and brothers, relocated to Egypt, leading to a joyous reunion. They lived harmoniously and prospered in the land. From Joseph's story, valuable lessons can be drawn: trust in God's plan, the significance of forgiveness, perseverance in the face of adversity, and the understanding that God has a unique plan for each individual's life.
Author: Will Bardenwerper Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1501117858 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 272
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In the tradition of In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song, this haunting, insightful, and surprisingly intimate portrait of Saddam Hussein provides “a brief, but powerful, meditation on the meaning of evil and power” (USA TODAY). The “captivating” (Military Times) The Prisoner in His Palace invites us to take a journey with twelve young American soldiers in the summer of 2006. Shortly after being deployed to Iraq, they learn their assignment: guarding Saddam Hussein in the months before his execution. Living alongside, and caring for, their “high value detainee and regularly transporting him to his raucous trial, many of the men begin questioning some of their most basic assumptions—about the judicial process, Saddam’s character, and the morality of modern war. Although the young soldiers’ increasingly intimate conversations with the once-feared dictator never lead them to doubt his responsibility for unspeakable crimes, the men do discover surprising new layers to his psyche that run counter to the media’s portrayal of him. Woven from firsthand accounts provided by many of the American guards, government officials, interrogators, scholars, spies, lawyers, family members, and victims, The Prisoner in His Palace shows two Saddams coexisting in one person: the defiant tyrant who uses torture and murder as tools, and a shrewd but contemplative prisoner who exhibits surprising affection, dignity, and courage in the face of looming death. In this thought-provoking narrative, Saddam, known as the “man without a conscience,” gets many of those around him to examine theirs. “A singular study exhibiting both military duty and human compassion” (Kirkus Reviews), The Prisoner in His Palace grants us “a behind-the-scenes look at history that’s nearly impossible to put down…a mesmerizing glimpse into the final moments of a brutal tyrant’s life” (BookPage).
Author: Brian Unwin Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 0857717332 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 272
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At its height, the Napoleonic Empire spanned much of mainland Europe. Feted and feared by millions of citizens, Napoleon was the most powerful and famous man of his age. But following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo the future of the one-time Emperor of France seemed irredeemably bleak. How did the brilliant tactician cope with being at the mercy of his captors? How did he react to a life in exile on St Helena - and how did the other inhabitants of that isolated and impregnable island respond to his presence there? And what tactics did he develop to preserve his legacy in such drastically reduced circumstances? Tracing events from the dramatic defeat at Waterloo to his death six years later, this is the first modern comprehensive account of the last phase of Napoleon's life. Drawing on many previously overlooked journals and letters, Brian Unwin has pieced together a remarkably vivid account of Napoleon's final years which also offers fresh insights into the character of this giant of European history. Through his initial flight from the battlefield and his journey into exile on St Helena, Napoleon refused to accept that he would not be allowed to return to somewhere in Europe or even America. He railed against every aspect of his imprisonment and conspired to make life as difficult as possible for his unfortunate jailer, Hudson Lowe, whose impossible situation is sympathetically described here. Confined with him in the damp and confined Longwood House, life was also uncomfortable for those loyal companions who chose to journey with him into exile. Unsurprisingly for such a man of action, Napoleon bitterly resented being under constant supervision when he ventured outside his house and suffered acutely from boredom as much as from his physical ailments. Contrary to the strict wishes of the English he refused to accept any diminution in his status: 'Je ne suis pas le General Bonaparte, je suis L'Empereur Napoleon.' But gradually Napoleon came to think less about escape and more about how he would be remembered by future generations, spending hour after hour dictating the story of his campaigns to Count Las Cases, the companion who had travelled with him chiefly to act as his amanuensis. Terrible Exile brilliantly evokes the claustrophobic atmosphere of life on St Helena, offering a colourful and original history of the period as well as a persuasive psychological portrait of a great man in reduced circumstances. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in Napoleonic history and is an important addition to our understanding of the subject.
Author: Irus Braverman Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 0804784396 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 282
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This book takes a unique stance on a controversial topic: zoos. Zoos have their ardent supporters and their vocal detractors. And while we all have opinions on what zoos do, few people consider how they do it. Irus Braverman draws on more than seventy interviews conducted with zoo managers and administrators, as well as animal activists, to offer a glimpse into the otherwise unknown complexities of zooland. Zooland begins and ends with the story of Timmy, the oldest male gorilla in North America, to illustrate the dramatic transformations of zoos since the 1970s. Over these decades, modern zoos have transformed themselves from places created largely for entertainment to globally connected institutions that emphasize care through conservation and education. Zoos naturalize their spaces, classify their animals, and produce spectacular experiences for their human visitors. Zoos name, register, track, and allocate their animals in global databases. Zoos both abide by and create laws and industry standards that govern their captive animals. Finally, zoos intensely govern the reproduction of captive animals, carefully calculating the life and death of these animals, deciding which of them will be sustained and which will expire. Zooland takes readers behind the exhibits into the world of zoo animals and their caretakers. And in so doing, it turns its gaze back on us to make surprising interconnections between our understandings of the human and the nonhuman.
Author: Lisa Voigt Publisher: UNC Press Books ISBN: 0807838780 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 352
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Drawing on texts written by and about European and Euro-American captives in a variety of languages and genres, Lisa Voigt explores the role of captivity in the production of knowledge, identity, and authority in the early modern imperial world. The practice of captivity attests to the violence that infused relations between peoples of different faiths and cultures in an age of extraordinary religious divisiveness and imperial ambitions. But as Voigt demonstrates, tales of Christian captives among Muslims, Amerindians, and hostile European nations were not only exploited in order to emphasize cultural oppositions and geopolitical hostilities. Voigt's examination of Spanish, Portuguese, and English texts reveals another early modern discourse about captivity--one that valorized the knowledge and mediating abilities acquired by captives through cross-cultural experience. Voigt demonstrates how the flexible identities of captives complicate clear-cut national, colonial, and religious distinctions. Using fictional and nonfictional, canonical and little-known works about captivity in Europe, North Africa, and the Americas, Voigt exposes the circulation of texts, discourses, and peoples across cultural borders and in both directions across the Atlantic.
Author: Tero Alstola Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004365427 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 365
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In Judeans in Babylonia, Tero Alstola presents a comprehensive investigation of deportees in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. By using cuneiform documents as his sources, he offers the first book-length social historical study of the Babylonian Exile, commonly regarded as a pivotal period in the development of Judaism. The results are considered in the light of the wider Babylonian society and contrasted against a comparison group of Neirabian deportees. Studying texts from the cities and countryside and tracking developments over time, Alstola shows that there was notable diversity in the Judeans’ socio-economic status and integration into Babylonian society.
Author: Jennifer Fallon Publisher: Tor Books ISBN: 1429950943 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 477
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Eternity is a long time to be watching over your shoulder... The Tide is turning, and the Immortals who have walked the world for eons are once again coming into their powers and stepping from obscure boltholes to take control once more. The very mortal lady Arkady knows of their plans but holds out little hope of being able to stop them. Branded and sold into slavery, Arkady fears all she knows and loves is lost—her husband, Stellan, was probably dead by now, hanged by the Immortal Jaxyn for his own nefarious purposes; and Declan Hawkes, the King of Glaeba's Spymaster and her childhood friend — perhaps the only other human she knew who might risk everything to save her — doesn't even know she's in danger. She will turn to her new owner for help ... but learning the truth about him may cost them both their lives. And Stellan? Well, it turns out he isn't dead and Jaxyn's plans hit a snag when he realises that Stellan, the one man who can challenge him for the Glaeban throne, has sought asylum in neighbouring Caelum. Strangely enough, the Empress of the Five Realms (a Tide Lord in hiding no more), and the Tide Lords, Tryan and Elyssa, seem to be on Stellan's side ... Plots within plots. Magic tinges the very air and the Tide will bring mayhem and madness to both mortal and Immortal alike. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: William Reeder Jr. Publisher: Naval Institute Press ISBN: 1682470598 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 273
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Through the Valley is the captivating memoir of the last U.S. Army soldier taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. A narrative of courage, hope, and survival, Through the Valley is more than just a war story. It also portrays the thrill and horror of combat, the fear and anxiety of captivity, and the stories of friendships forged and friends lost. In 1971 William Reeder was a senior captain on his second tour in Vietnam. He had flown armed, fixed-wing OV-1 Mohawks on secret missions deep into enemy territory in Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam on his first tour. He returned as a helicopter pilot eager to experience a whole new perspective as a Cobra gunship pilot. Believing that Nixon’s Vietnamization would soon end the war, Reeder was anxious to see combat action. To him, it appeared that the Americans had prevailed, beaten the Viet Cong, and were passing everything over to the South Vietnamese Army so that Americans could leave. Less than a year later, while providing support to forces at the besieged base of Ben Het, Reeder’s chopper went down in a flaming corkscrew. Though Reeder survived the crash, he was captured after evading the enemy for three days. He was held for weeks in jungle cages before enduring a grueling forced march on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, costing the lives of seven of his group of twenty-seven POWs. Imprisoned in the notorious prisons of Hanoi, Reeder’s tenacity in the face of unimaginable hardship is not only a captivating story, but serves as an inspiration to all. In Through the Valley William Reeder shares the torment and pain of his ordeal, but does so in the light of the hope that he never lost. His memoir reinforces the themes of courage and sacrifice, undying faith, strength of family, love of country, loyalty among comrades, and a realization of how precious is the freedom all too often taken for granted. Sure to resonate with those serving in the armed forces who continue to face the demands of combat, Through the Valley will also appeal especially to readers looking for a powerful, riveting story.
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