Download or read book Eclipse of Destinies written by Ram Karan and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2009-07-24 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As immoral capitalism implodes, remarkably almost all rescuing screaming millions evade true causes and cures, signifying they were in blood so far that returning was as tedious as wading on.
Download or read book An Eclipse of Destiny written by Scheherazade Al Tellawy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Scheherezade's Al-Tellawy's remarkable life story is a powerful reminder of the depth of human strength in the face of adversity - however sustained and shattering. An engaging narrative, elegantly told, "An Eclipse of Destiny" recounts the span from a traditional family upbringing in Western Syria to her astonishing integration into life in an Irish community. Ever human and kind in the face of prolonged suffering, Sheherezade brings tolerance and understanding to every situation - an inspirational account of the struggle for personal freedom that also draws attention to cultural divergences and convergences of two societies generally conceived to be poles apart." -Max
Download or read book An Eclipse of Destiny written by Scheherazade Al Tellawy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scheherezades Al-Tellawys remarkable life story is a powerful reminder of the depth of human strength in the face of adversity - however sustained and shattering. An engaging narrative, elegantly told, An Eclipse of Destiny recounts the span from a traditional family upbringing in Western Syria to her astonishing integration into life in an Irish community. Ever human and kind in the face of prolonged suffering, Sheherezade brings tolerance and understanding to every situation - an inspirational account of the struggle for personal freedom that also draws attention to cultural divergences and convergences of two societies generally conceived to be poles apart. -Max
Download or read book Islands of Destiny written by John Prados and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Midway is traditionally held as the point when Allied forces gained advantage over the Japanese. In Islands of Destiny, acclaimed historian and military intelligence expert John Prados points out that the Japanese forces quickly regained strength after Midway and continued their assault undaunted. Taking this surprising fact as the start of his inquiry, he began to investigate how and when the Pacific tide turned in the Allies’ favor. Using archives of WWII intelligence reports from both sides, Prados offers up a compelling reassessment of the true turning in the Pacific: not Midway, but the fight for the Solomon Islands. Combat in the Solomons saw a series of surface naval battles, including one of the key battleship-versus-battleship actions of the war; two major carrier actions; daily air duels, including the aerial ambush in which perished the famous Japanese naval commander Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku; and many other hair-raising exploits. Commencing with the Allied invasion of Guadalcanal, Prados shows how and why the Allies beat Japan on the sea, in the air, and in the jungles.
Download or read book Eclipse of the Storm written by Okwori Mariadora Ochanya and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the dairy of a young and crazy Debby Odion who was forced to move to a new town leaving her friends and family behind due to situations beyond her control.With no one to talk to, Debby became very lonely and bored so in a bid to prevent the impending depression starring her in the face, she decided to go online in hopes of meeting new people in town but Debby bit more than she can chew when she clicked matched with a sketchy profile of Samuel Harrison who is a young and famous millionaire. Their relationship progressed rapidly just like the storm coming their way gathered momentum.Samuel Harrison's secrets and baggage is like a storm but Debby has her own demons lurking behind the dark clouds that is big enough to drown the brewing storm. Can their love brave through the unpredictable thundering skies? This book will make you FEEL, LOVE, CRY, HATE and make you LAUGH, but most importantly, it will make you THINK and QUESTION your understanding of HUMANITY.This book is a must read if you are a lover of romantic suspense as it is guaranteed to keep you glued, entertained and thrilled.
Download or read book Imperiled Destinies written by Franciscus Verellen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Imperiled Destinies" examines the evolution of Daoist beliefs about human liability and redemption over eight centuries and outlines ritual procedures for rescuing an ill‐starred destiny. From the second through the tenth century CE, Daoism emerged as a liturgical organization that engaged vigorously with Buddhism and transformed Chinese thinking about suffering, the nature of evil, and the aims of liberation. In the fifth century, elements of classical Daoism combined with Indian yogic practices to interiorize the quest for deliverance. The medieval record portrays a world engulfed by evil, where human existence was mortgaged from birth and burdened by increasing debts and obligations in this world and the next. Against this gloomy outlook, Daoism offered ritual and sacramental instruments capable of acting on the unseen world, providing therapeutic relief and ecstatic release from apprehensions of death, disease, war, spoilt harvests, and loss. Drawing on prayer texts, liturgical sermons, and experiential narratives, Franciscus Verellen focuses on the Daoist vocabulary of bondage and redemption, the changing meanings of sacrifice, and metaphoric conceptualizations bridging the visible and invisible realms. The language of medieval supplicants envisaged the redemption of an imperiled destiny as debt forgiveness, and deliverance as healing, purification, release, or emergence from darkness into light.
Download or read book Slavery and the American West written by Michael A. Morrison and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the sectionalization of American politics in the 1840s and 1850s, Michael Morrison offers a comprehensive study of how slavery and territorial expansion intersected as causes of the Civil War. Specifically, he argues that the common heritage of the American Revolution bound Americans together until disputes over the extension of slavery into the territories led northerners and southerners to increasingly divergent understandings of the Revolution's legacy. Manifest Destiny promised the literal enlargement of freedom through the extension of American institutions all the way to the Pacific. At each step--from John Tyler's attempt to annex Texas in 1844, to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, to the opening shots of the Civil War--the issue of slavery had to be confronted. Morrison shows that the Revolution was the common prism through which northerners and southerners viewed these events and that the factor that ultimately made consensus impossible was slavery itself. By 1861, no nationally accepted solution to the dilemma of slavery in the territories had emerged, no political party existed as a national entity, and politicians from both North and South had come to believe that those on the other side had subverted the American political tradition.
Download or read book Manifest Destinies written by Laura E. Gómez and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2007-10-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential resource for understanding the complex history of Mexican Americans and racial classification in the United States Manifest Destinies tells the story of the original Mexican Americans—the people living in northern Mexico in 1846 during the onset of the Mexican American War. The war abruptly came to an end two years later, and 115,000 Mexicans became American citizens overnight. Yet their status as full-fledged Americans was tenuous at best. Due to a variety of legal and political maneuvers, Mexican Americans were largely confined to a second class status. How did this categorization occur, and what are the implications for modern Mexican Americans? Manifest Destinies fills a gap in American racial history by linking westward expansion to slavery and the Civil War. In so doing, Laura E Gómez demonstrates how white supremacy structured a racial hierarchy in which Mexican Americans were situated relative to Native Americans and African Americans alike. Steeped in conversations and debates surrounding the social construction of race, this book reveals how certain groups become racialized, and how racial categories can not only change instantly, but also the ways in which they change over time. This new edition is updated to reflect the most recent evidence regarding the ways in which Mexican Americans and other Latinos were racialized in both the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The book ultimately concludes that it is problematic to continue to speak in terms Hispanic “ethnicity” rather than consider Latinos qua Latinos alongside the United States’ other major racial groupings. A must read for anyone concerned with racial injustice and classification today.
Download or read book Manifest Destinies written by Steven E. Woodworth and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of the 1840s, Manifest Destinies captures the enormous sense of possibility that inspired America’s growth and shows how the acquisition of western territories forced the nation to come to grips with the deep fault line that would bring war in the near future. Steven E. Woodworth gives us a portrait of America at its most vibrant and expansive. It was a decade in which the nation significantly enlarged its boundaries, taking Texas, New Mexico, California, and the Pacific Northwest; William Henry Harrison ran the first modern populist campaign, focusing on entertaining voters rather than on discussing issues; prospectors headed west to search for gold; Joseph Smith founded a new religion; railroads and telegraph lines connected the country’s disparate populations as never before. When the 1840s dawned, Americans were feeling optimistic about the future: the population was growing, economic conditions were improving, and peace had reigned for nearly thirty years. A hopeful nation looked to the West, where vast areas of unsettled land seemed to promise prosperity to anyone resourceful enough to take advantage. And yet political tensions roiled below the surface; as the country took on new lands, slavery emerged as an irreconcilable source of disagreement between North and South, and secession reared its head for the first time. Rich in detail and full of dramatic events and fascinating characters, Manifest Destinies is an absorbing and highly entertaining account of a crucial decade that forged a young nation’s character and destiny.
Download or read book Eclipse of Man written by Charles T. Rubin and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tomorrow has never looked better. Breakthroughs in fields like genetic engineering and nanotechnology promise to give us unprecedented power to redesign our bodies and our world. Futurists and activists tell us that we are drawing ever closer to a day when we will be as smart as computers, will be able to link our minds telepathically, and will live for centuries—or maybe forever. The perfection of a “post-human” future awaits us. Or so the story goes. In reality, the rush toward a post-human destiny amounts to an ideology of human extinction, an ideology that sees little of value in humanity except the raw material for producing whatever might come next. In Eclipse of Man, Charles T. Rubin traces the intellectual origins of the movement to perfect and replace the human race. He shows how today’s advocates of radical enhancement are—like their forebears—deeply dissatisfied with given human nature and fixated on grand visions of a future shaped by technological progress. Moreover, Rubin argues that this myopic vision of the future is not confined to charlatans and cheerleaders promoting this or that technology: it also runs through much of modern science and contemporary progressivism. By exploring and criticizing the dreams of post humanity, Rubin defends a more modest vision of the future, one that takes seriously both the limitations and the inherent dignity of our given nature.
Download or read book This Is Your Destiny written by Aliza Kelly and published by St. Martin's Essentials. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your best life is written in the stars You may know what astrology is – but what does it actually do? Why is it so effective, and how can it be used as a tool for manifestation? These are the questions Aliza Kelly answers in This Is Your Destiny. Elevating astrology from horoscopes to self-actualization, Aliza goes beyond the zodiac, illuminating the universe within. As a rising star in modern spirituality, Aliza shares the wisdom of her extensive private practice, synthesizing thousands of one-on-one client sessions, intimate stories from her personal journey, and esoteric mystical knowledge to inspire readers through hands-on exercises, radical techniques, and groundbreaking insight. Whether you're a seasoned stargazer or just beginning your cosmic journey, This Is Your Destiny will invigorate you through timeless insight delivered with soul, humor, and compassion.
Download or read book The Book Of The Eclipse written by David Ovason and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As David Ovason shows, eclipse have always marked turning points in history and in the lives of individuals: the foundation of Rome, the crucifixion, the saving of the live of Christopher Columbus, the foundation of Washington DC, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales and even the future fall from grace of President Clinton are among Ovason's many examples. Ovason also shows how stone circles were linked to eclipses and how these events have always been supposed by initiates to create shadow-tunnels into the spiritual world, allowing special possibilities of communication with the spiritual world.
Download or read book Five Words to Determine Your Destiny written by Dan Klender and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-03-16 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man endowed with divine wisdom once wrote, "The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars like well driven nails, given by one Shepherd." Embedded in the biblical narrative are five words bequeathed to the church by Jesus and the apostles that serve as goads motivating Christ's bride to fulfill her God given destiny. These five words represent the nexus of the Christian life as well as the tipping point between success or failure. Carefully applied, these five words will add sinews of spiritual strength and muscle tone to your walk with the Master. Unapologetically biblical and pulsating with practical insight, Five Words to Determining Your Destiny will embolden you to hover above the fray of a rapidly decaying world. Personalize these words and you will find your life both now and in eternity.
Download or read book Vampire Redemption written by Rick Anthony and published by Rick Anthony. This book was released on with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dimly lit alleyways of Kaldoria City, where shadows dance with the moonlight, a figure moves with eerie grace. Known only as "Eclipse," she is a vampire assassin feared for her ruthless efficiency and deadly precision. Her silver hair cascades like a river of moonbeams, and her piercing blue eyes hold the secrets of countless lives extinguished. But in the darkness of her existence, fate weaves a new thread, one that will unravel the very fabric of her being. Forced to protect a young girl targeted by dark forces, Eclipse finds herself delving into the girl's mysterious origins. Little does she know that this quest will lead her to a shocking revelation—a revelation that connects her long-forgotten past to the girl's uncertain future. As the tale unfolds, the boundaries between light and darkness blur, and Eclipse's heart is pulled in conflicting directions. Her icy resolve begins to thaw as she becomes inexplicably drawn to the plight of the young girl, Luna. Vulnerability and fear awaken in her emotions she hadn't felt in centuries, and something about Luna stirs dormant memories within her. With malevolent entities closing in, the vampire assassin must confront her own demons and make a choice that will not only shape the girl's destiny but her own as well. In a world where darkness threatens to consume all, Serena must embark on a journey of redemption, love, and hope—an epic saga that transcends time and defies the boundaries of eternity. This is the story of "Shades of Eternity," where the shadows of the past intertwine with the luminous possibilities of the future.
Download or read book Heaven Born Merida and Its Destiny written by Munro S. Edmonson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Spaniards conquered the Yucatan Peninsula in the early 1500s, they made a great effort to destroy or Christianize the native cultures flourishing there. That they were in large part unsuccessful is evidenced by the survival of a number of documents written in Maya and preserved and added to by literate Mayas up to the 1830s. The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel is such a document, literally the history of Yucatan written by and for Mayas, and it contains much information not available from Spanish sources because it was part of an underground resistance movement of which the Spanish were largely unaware. Well known to Mayanists, The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel is presented here in Munro S. Edmonson's English translation, extensively annotated. Edmonson reinterprets the book as literature and as history, placing it in chronological order and translating it as poetry. The ritual nature of Mayan history clearly emerges and casts new light on Mexican and Spanish acculturation of the Yucatecan Maya in the post-Classic and colonial periods. Centered in the city of Merida, the Chumayel provides the western (Xiu) perspective on Yucatecan history, as Edmonson's earlier book The Ancient Future of the Itza: The Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin presented the eastern (Itza) viewpoint. Both document the changing calendar of the colonial period and the continuing vitality of pre-Columbian ritual thought down to the nineteenth century. Perhaps the biggest surprise is the survival of the long-count dating system down to the Baktun Ceremonial of 1618 (12.0.0.0.0). But there are others: the use of rebus writing, the survival of the tun until 1752, graphic if oblique accounts of Mayan ceremonial drama, and the depiction of the Spanish conquest as a long-term inter-Mayan civil war.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of U S Military Interventions in Latin America 2 volumes written by Alan McPherson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-07-08 with total page 1529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique reference shows how the United States has intervened militarily, politically, and economically in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from the early 19th century to the present day. What do baseball, American war crimes, and a slice of watermelon have in common in the annals of Latin American history? Believe it or not, this disparate grouping reflects the cultural and historical remnants of America's military and political involvement in the region. As early as 1811, the United States began intervening in the affairs of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean ... and it hasn't stopped since. This compelling reference analyzes both the major interventions and minor conflicts stemming from our nation's military operations in these areas and examines the people, places, legislation, and strategies that contributed to these events. In addition to documented facts and figures, the alphabetically organized entries in Encyclopedia of U.S. Military Interventions in Latin America present fascinating anecdotes on the subject, including why the United States once invaded Panama over a slice of watermelon, how an intervention in Nicaragua landed our country on trial for war crimes, and how the popularity of baseball in Latin America is a direct result of American influence. Primary source documents and visual aids accompany the content.
Download or read book Manifest Destiny written by Shane Mountjoy and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the population of the 13 colonies grew and the economy developed, the desire to expand into new land increased. Nineteenth-century Americans believed it was their divine right to expand their territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. "Manifest destiny," a phrase first used in 1839 by journalist John O'Sullivan, embodied the belief that God had given the people of the United States a mission to spread a republican democracy across the continent. Advocates of manifest destiny were determined to carry out their mission and instigated several wars, including the war with Mexico to win much of what is now the southwestern United States. In Manifest Destiny: Westward Expansion, learn how this philosophy to spread out across the land shaped our nation.
