Download or read book Death in a Darkening Mist written by Iona Whishaw and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second instalment in the Lane Winslow mystery series; for fans of the Maisie Dobbs and Bess Crawford series. On a snowy day in December 1946, Lane Winslow—a former British intelligence agent who’s escaped to the rural Canadian community of King’s Cove in pursuit of a tranquil life—is introduced to the local hot springs. While there she overhears nearby patrons speaking Russian. When one of those patrons is found dead in the change room, Lane’s linguistic and intelligence experience is of immeasurable value to the local police force in solving the murder. The investigation points to the Soviet Union, where Stalin’s purges are eliminating enemies, and the reach of Stalin’s agent snakes all the way into a harmless Doukhobor community. Winslow’s complicated relationship with the local police inspector, Darling, is intensified by the perils of the case—and by the discovery of her own father’s death during the war. The case comes to a frantic and shocking end with a perilous nighttime journey along treacherous snow-covered roads. “Iona Whishaw is an exciting addition to Canada’s fine roster of mystery writers. I’m already planning to read [Killer in King’s Cove] again, and this time I’ll read the teaser for Whishaw’s next novel provided at the end. A debut mystery by an author destined for awards.” –Don Graves, Canadian Mystery Reviews blog

Download or read book The Strange Death of Liberal England written by George Dangerfield and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the twentieth century England's empire spanned the globe, its economy was strong, and its political system seemed immune to the ills that inflicted so many other countries. After a resounding electoral triumph in 1906, the Liberals formed the government of the most powerful nation on earth, yet within a few years the House of Lords lost its absolute veto over legislation, the Home Rule crisis brought Ireland to the brink of civil war and led to an army mutiny, the campaign for woman's suffrage created widespread civil disorder and discredited the legal and penal systems, and an unprecedented wave of strikes swept the land. This is a classic account, first published in 1935, of the dramatic upheaval and political change that overwhelmed England in the period 1910-1914. Few books of history retain their relevance and vitality after more than sixty years. The Strange Death of Liberal England is one of the most important books of the English past, a prime example that history can be abiding literature. As a portrait of England enmeshed in the turbulence of new movements, which often led to violence against the pieties of Liberal England—until it was overwhelmed by the greatest violence of all, World War I—this extraordinary book has continued to exert a powerful influence on the way historians have observed early twentieth-century England.

Download or read book T T Clark Handbook of Jesus and Film written by Richard Walsh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The T&T Clark Handbook of Jesus and Film introduces postgraduate readers to the critical field of Jesus and/on film. The bulk of biblical films feature Jesus, as protagonist, in cameo, or as a looming background presence or pattern. The handbook assesses the field in light of the work of important biblical film critics including chapters from the leading voices in the field and showcasing the diversity of work done by scholars in the field. Movies discussed include The Passion of the Christ, The King of Kings, Jesus of Nazareth, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Son of Man, and Mary Magdalene. The chapters range across two broad areas: 1) Jesus films, understood broadly as filmed passion plays, other relocations of Jesus, historical Jesus treatments, and Jesus adjacent cinema (privileging invented characters or “minor” gospel characters); and 2) other cinematic Jesuses, including followers who imitate Jesus devotionally or aesthetically, (Christian) Christ figures, antichrists, yet other messiahs, and competing Jesuses in a pluralist world. As one leaves the confines of Christian theology, the question of what a film or interpreter is doing with Jesus or Christ becomes something to be determined, not necessarily something traditional.

Download or read book An Universal History of Christian Martyrdom Being a Complete and Authentic Account of the Lives Sufferings and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive as Well as Protestant Martyrs Together with a Summary of the Doctrines Prejudices Blasphemies and Superstitions of the Modern Church of Rome Originally Composed by the Rev John Fox M A with Notes Commentaries and Illustrations by the Rev J Milner A New Edition Greatly Improved and Corrected written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Blood of Martyrs written by Joyce E. Salisbury and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-05-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Blood of Martyrs Joyce E. Salisbury chronicles the many spectacles of violent martyrdom that took place during the first three centuries of the Christian era, describing the role of martyrdom in the development of the early Church, as well as its continuing influence on many of today's ideas. Salisbury shows through the engaging stories of the martyrs introduced in each chapter, how their legacy continues to shape contemporary ideas. Discussing modern martyrdom the book elicits deep lessons for the present from the ancient past and outlining the possibility of a religious future without violence. In The Blood of Martyrs, Salisbury brings to life this tumultuous time in late antiquity and sheds invaluable light on religious violence, modern martyrs, and self-sacrifice.

Download or read book The Martyrdom of Man written by William Winwood Reade and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The book of martyrs revised with notes by W Bramley Moore written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book China s Book of Martyrs written by Luella Miner and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The following pages do not tell in full the story of the faithful witnesses of China. That would require volumes. Many narratives have been rejected, not because they were not of intense interest, but because one book would not contain them all. Those selected are representative and typical. The experiences of Christians belonging to ten different denominations are recorded, but the space given to the annals of different missions by no means indicates their relative importance. Some societies have already published their own histories of the tragedy, or are preparing for such publications, and so have furnished little material for this book. Other societies have not been directly solicited for narratives of the experiences of their members, but extracts have been taken from their periodicals. Where the extract is of great length or importance, permission has been obtained for its use; in other cases, acknowledgment accompanies the quotation. In a few instances ignorance of the source or authorship of an account given has made acknowledgment impossible; but the author desires here to express her thanks for such involuntary contributions. A large part of the book is filled with narratives to which the author listened during the siege of Peking and the ensuing year of residence in that city."--From the introduction.

Download or read book The Lives of the Fathers Martyrs and Other Principal Saints written by Alban Butler and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Of Masques and Martyrs written by Christopher Golden and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the Shadows, nothing can ever be the same again. Their existence revealed to the world in Of Saints and Shadows, the truth of their divided heritage revealed to themselves in Angel Souls and Devil Hearts, they must now fight the hardest battle of all – against others of their own kind. The fragile alliance of human and vampire was shattered forever by Hannibal, among the most ancient of Shadows, who turned on them both in their hour of greatest need. Driven by blood, he thirsts for dominion, and humankind to him will always be prey. For those Shadows who walk a different path there is only one choice to be made. Hannibal must be destroyed before he destroys them all. But his followers are many, and those who oppose him are few...

Download or read book Fox s Original and Complete Book of Martyrs A new edition Now carefully revised corrected and improved by a Minister of the Gospel i e P Wright Embellished with near 300 elegant engravings written by John Foxe and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Martyrs Or A History of Persecution written by and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Robert Chester s Loves Martyr written by Robert Chester and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Pilgrim of Our Lady of Martyrs written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Book of Martyrs written by Cornelia Atwood Pratt Comer and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Martyrs and Covenanters of Scotland written by and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: