Author: Martin Edwards Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN: 1615950532 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 286
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"A thought-provoking examination of serious pastoral issues and a thoroughly entertaining mystery that succeeds on all levels without recourse to bombast or carnage." —Publishers Weekly The Reverend Blake Fisher was ambitious and naïve, a combination that led to his exile to Picketsville, Virginia, where his bishop has named him the new vicar. He's off to a poor start what with a corpse in the sanctuary, his gun stolen, his congregation in open rebellion, and the local law breathing down his neck. Then the Vicar's secretary, Millicent Bass, an incorrigible gossip and snoop, follows Waldo to an early grave. For Sheriff Ike Schwartz, two murders and the unexplained presence of the FBI in his town wreak havoc with keeping the peace. They don't do his romance with the president of Callend College for Women any good either. Ruth Harris is threatened by the murders on the one hand, and on the other by her faculty, who dismiss Ike as just another country cop. If only they knew how overqualified Ike actually is....
Author: Philip Gardiner Publisher: Reality Press ISBN: 1934588547 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 198
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Secrets of the Serpent: In Search of the Sacred Past - Special Revised Edition, Featuring Two New Appendices by Philip Gardiner. Across time and across the world, an ancient serpent cult once dominated mankind. Then a great battle ensued and Christianity stamped it's authority on the face of the planet. Now, after years of research, the real religious history of the world can be told. In Secrets of the Serpent, Philip Gardiner for the first time reveals the world's most mysterious places were once sacred to the Serpent Cult. The history and mythology of the so-called reptilian agenda and alien visitation in ancient times now has a solid opponent - giving answers for the many symbols and myths often confused by those who believe in such things. In Secrets of the Serpent, the author reveals the real "bloodline" spoken of by Dan Brown in the Da Vinci Code - it was in fact a serpent bloodline. Philip Gardiner is the international best selling author of The Shining Ones, The Serpent Grail, Gnosis: The Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed and Proof - Does God Exist? He has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs worldwide speaking on religion and propaganda. He has infiltrated various secret societies and been initiated into Orders many people had thought were long forgotten. Committed to the constant struggle to uncover the real history of mankind and the unraveling of manipulative propaganda, he has come up against many obstacles and yet in his book, The Serpent Grail he reveals a truth about the Holy Grail that gained the backing of academia and scholars. The truth shall be found in the Secrets of the Serpent.
Author: Mark F. Karns Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1449005144 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 152
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Do you want to know more about the all-knowing Creator God, and why we are imperfect yet He is perfect.? Do you want to know what was going on in the mind of the Serpent when he beguiled Eve? Do you want to know how the Lord God had a begotten son when He is the Infinite Spirit and has no mate with whom to beget a son? Do you want to know why the knowledge of Good and evil was forbidden for Adam and Eve, when knowledge is normally a good thing? Do you want to know the difference between the words eternal life and everlasting life? Do you want to know why there is no hell as described by the average Christian? Do you want to know that you can communicate with God, and that all your wishes are answered if the result is good for you and in His eternal plan for the salvation for the world? Can you accept the fact that your every thought, both acted upon by you and dismissed by you are known by God? Do you want to gain a glimpse into the beginning of understanding the definition of infinity? Do you want to know how the Lord God Almighty used his Law of relativity for Good instead of evil like the makers of the atomic bomb did? Do you want to know why both free will and predestination exist and are not contradictions? Do you want to know why the father of lies learned to hate liars but finally came to love himself? This book will answer these questions and more. You will have to find them, however. The book reads in places like a novel, but proves the saying Truth is Stanger than Fictions
Author: James H. Charlesworth Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300142730 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 742
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The serpent of ancient times was more often associated with positive attributes like healing and eternal life than it was with negative meanings. This groundbreaking book explores in plentiful detail the symbol of the serpent from 40,000 BCE to the present, and from diverse regions in the world. In doing so it emphasizes the creativity of the biblical authors' use of symbols and argues that we must today reexamine our own archetypal conceptions with comparable creativity.--From publisher description.
Author: Ovid Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141964367 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 100
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In a world of gods and monsters, nothing is as it seems. When a deadly serpent's teeth are sown in the ground, warriors spring from the bloody soil. Only a great man can tame them and fulfil his destiny. Far away, Medusa, snakes writhing in her hair, meets her nemesis; the princess Andromeda is chained to a rock; people are transformed into owls, frogs, even mountains; a boy falls tragically in love with his own reflection. Enter a universe where love is cruel, men are destroyed by the gods and treachery is paid for in blood ...
Author: T. Lynn Adams Publisher: Sweetwater Books ISBN: 9781599559568 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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A humanitarian trip to Cambodia turns deadly when Delilah, a young medical volunteer, is kidnapped. Once Jonathon arrives in the jungle and discovers that his friend is missing, he recruits the locals to search for her. Every clue points to the followers of the Nāga Mani--a sacred stone with legendary powers that only works with a human sacrifice. With time running out, it's up to Jonathon to rescue Delilah.
Author: Tamera Lawrence Publisher: Outskirts Press ISBN: 1478735414 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 301
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She stared into the hypnotic eyes, drowning, thoughts scattered. The serpent’s eyes were compelling, raw, pulling secrets from her soul. It tried to merge with her mind, become as one. It was terrifying, and yet, she couldn’t stop it. When foster teen, RACHEL LARK is sent to camp, she plans to run away. But the city girl is unprepared for what she encounters in the woods, a terrifying serpent. As Rachel looks for help, she finds camp leaders aren’t what they seem. Now Rachel will face the evil changeling using survival skills she never knew she possessed. For deep within the Serpent’s lair, Rachel will come face to face with the beast from her nightmares.
Author: Carver Wendell Waters Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595300197 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 409
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Set in a small town near the Gulf of Mexico, this novel is both social commentary on the lives of Black folk, as well as examination of the lives of five Black boys during the summer of 1954. The adult Black folk in Riverville are keenly aware of family histories which have developed under segregation, but which are inter-related to the white community. The diversity, resilience, and faults of these characters do not hinder their progress towards equality.
Author: Cristina Bacchilega Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0143133721 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 370
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*Includes "The Little Mermaid," now a major motion picture from Disney starring Halle Bailey and directed by Rob Marshall* Dive into centuries of mermaid lore with these captivating tales from around the world. A Penguin Classic Among the oldest and most popular mythical beings, mermaids and other merfolk have captured the imagination since long before Ariel sold her voice to a sea witch in the beloved Disney film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid." As far back as the eighth century B.C., sailors in Homer's Odyssey stuffed wax in their ears to resist the Sirens, who lured men to their watery deaths with song. More than two thousand years later, the gullible New York public lined up to witness a mummified "mermaid" specimen that the enterprising showman P. T. Barnum swore was real. The Penguin Book of Mermaids is a treasury of such tales about merfolk and water spirits from different cultures, ranging from Scottish selkies to Hindu water-serpents to Chilean sea fairies. A third of the selections are published here in English for the first time, and all are accompanied by commentary that explores their undercurrents, showing us how public perceptions of this popular mythical hybrid--at once a human and a fish--illuminate issues of gender, spirituality, ecology, and sexuality. For more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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