Download or read book The Gate Behind the Wall written by Samuel C. Heilman and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1986 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Samuel Heilman went to Jerusalem as a scholar, planning only to observe and record the facts about another culture. But what began as an academic sabbatical was transformed into a personal pilgrimage, a quest to overcome his estrangement from the texts of Judaism and to integrate their meaning into this life. His meetings with Talmudic scholars, with mystics and preachers, and his encounters with the ordinary people of Jerusalem - alms collectors, book dealers, bank tellers, shopkeepers - open the gate in Heilman's wall of resistance to the past. In the study of the holy books he had rejected in the name of modern science and "fats," Heilman breaches the boundaries of time and place and discovers a spirit that links his modern world with his ancient heritage." -- Back cover

Download or read book Life Behind the Wall written by Robert Elmer and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this three-book collection of historical fiction stories centered on life behind the Berlin Wall in East Germany between 1948 and 1989, middle school readers 8-12 can experience action-packed, suspenseful, and historically accurate stories that bring history to life from a kids’ perspective. Life Behind the Wall is perfect for: kids interested in stories about spies, mysteries, adventure, and friendship providing a fun and interesting series that helps readers 8-12 understand history in a real and understandable way homeschool or school libraries back to school reading, birthdays, and holiday gifts Included in this three-in-one collection are the titles Candy Bombers, Beetle Bunker, and Smuggler’s Treasure, which together follow a family from the end of World War II to the fall of the Berlin Wall, with each entertaining story highlighting what kids experienced at key moments in history.

Download or read book Candy Bombers written by Robert Elmer and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Middle-school readers ages 8-12 can experience a story of action and adventure in Candy Bombers, book 1 in the Wall Trilogy series that presents historically accurate fiction which brings the past to life in a kid-friendly way. Cousins Erich and Katarina find themselves trapped behind the Berlin Wall in 1948, and must find a way to survive—despite the growing dangers around them. Candy Bombers is perfect for: kids interested in stories about spies, mysteries, adventure, and friendship providing a fun and interesting series that helps readers 8-12 understand history in a real and understandable way homeschool or school libraries back to school reading, birthdays, and holiday gifts Candy Bombers takes readers to Berlin, Germany in the spring of 1948. Teenage cousins Erich and Katarina are just trying to survive Soviet isolation and starvation when they see the Americans have food. When Erich sneaks inside a US cargo plane, he is caught by an American sergeant who tries to befriend him. Though Erich has plenty of reasons to resent this man, in the end he must decide—should he cling to bitterness or learn to forgive? If you enjoyed Candy Bombers, be sure to check out the other books in the Wall Trilogy that continue the story: Beetle Bunker and Smuggler’s Treasure

Download or read book Behind the Gates of Gomorrah written by Stephen Seager and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A extraordinary, eye-opening look behind the razor wire into life inside the walls of one of the most notorious hospitals for the criminally insane, a hellish world inhabited by mass murderers, serial killers, and other figures from our nightmares. Psychiatrist Stephen Seager was no stranger to locked psych wards when he accepted a job at California's Gorman State hospital, known locally as 'Gomorrah', but nothing could have prepared him for what he encountered when he stepped through its gates, a triple sally port behind the twenty-foot walls topped with shining coils of razor wire. Gorman State is one of the nation's largest forensic mental hospitals, dedicated to treating the criminally insane. Unit C, where Seager was assigned, was reserved for the 'bad actors', the mass murderers, serial killers, and the real-life Hannibal Lecters of the world. Against a backdrop of surreal beauty - a campus-like setting where peacocks strolled the well-kept lawns - is a place of remarkable violence, a place where a small staff of clinicians are expected to manage a volatile population of prison-hardened ex-cons, where lone therapists lead sharing circles with psychopaths, where homemade weapons and contraband circulate freely, and where patients and physicians often measure their lives according to how fast they can run. Behind the Gates of Gomorrah affords an eye-opening look inside a facility to which few people have ever had access. Honest, reflective, and at times darkly funny, Seager's gripping account of his experiences at Gorman State hospital give us an extraordinary insight into a unique and terrifying world, inhabited by figures from our nightmares.

Download or read book The Gate of Night Part One written by Kieran Wasserman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gindwal knows about the King's troubles; he found the King's book. But what he doesn't know is that the man known as the Black King, who has recently been defeated in battle, is not done yet. He has found an army of horrific mythical creatures from another dimension, and is storming back into Gamlea with almost all the power of the Immortals. But what the Black King himself does not expect is that some of these creatures have chosen to fight for the true King of Gamlea. The stage is set for a great war between creature and man, immortal and mortal, brother and brother. The world is suddenly filled with magical creatures and dangerous sorcery. Can Gindwal and his companions find a way to defeat the armies of Cramnar in this terrible war for the fate of Gamlea and all mankind? Who will emerge victorious in the War of Legends?

Download or read book The Rats in the Walls written by H.P. Lovecraft and published by SAMPI Books. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The Rats in the Walls" by H.P. Lovecraft, a man restores his ancestral estate in England, only to be haunted by mysterious noises within the walls. As he investigates, he uncovers horrifying secrets about his family's dark past and the ancient horrors lurking beneath the mansion.

Download or read book The King Beyond the Gate written by David Gemmell and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the mighty fortress had stood strong, defended by the mightiest of all Drenai heroes, Druss, the Legend. But now a tyrannical, mad emperor had seized control of the fortress, and his twisted will was carried throughout the land by the Joinings --- abominations that were half-man, half-beast. Tenaka Khan was a half-breed himself, hated by the Drenai for his Nadir blood and despised by the Nadir for his Drenai ancestry. But he alone had a plan to destroy the emperor. The last heroes of the Drenai joined with him in a desperate gamble to bring down the emperor -- even at the cost of their own destruction.

Download or read book The Dromost Gate written by Matt Heppe and published by Matt Heppe. This book was released on 2019 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Four of The Orb With the Rigarian invasion defeated and the Orb of Creation safely in King Handrin’s hands, there is nothing Ayja would like more than to lead a simple life with her new-found family in Landomere.It is a dream that will have to wait. Far off, beyond the Belenese Empire, a great danger lurks. The Dromost Gate will soon open, unleashing the power of an angry god upon the world. It falls upon Ayja, cousin to King Handrin and bearer of the Godshield, to journey though Belen and into the Summoned Lands in hopes of sealing the gate. With only a few companions and a detachment of Saladoran knights to help her, Ayja will face long odds against vicious enemies and faithless allies. To make matters worse, the entire journey rests on the word of Telea, a demon-possessed Belenese woman who might have a different purpose in mind for Ayja and the Godshield.

Download or read book Behind the Castle Gate written by Matthew Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging book Matthew Johnson looks 'behind the castle gate' to discover the truth about castles in England at the end of the Middle Ages. Traditional studies have seen castles as compromises between the needs of comfort and of defence, and as statements of wealth or power or both. By encouraging the reader to view castles in relation to their inhabitants, Matthew Johnson uncovers a whole new vantage point. He shows how castles functioned as stage-settings against which people played out roles of lord and servant, husband and wife, father and son. Building, rebuilding and living in a castle was as complex an experience as a piece of medieval art. Behind the Castle Gate brings castles and their inhabitants alive. Combining ground-breaking scholarship with fascinating narratives it will be read avidly by all with an interest in castles.

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Download or read book The Gate of Fire written by Thomas Harlan and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gate of Fire continues Tom Harlan's remarkable fantasy epic, following the increasingly dangerous conflicts both military and sorcerous. The sorcerer Dahak plots from his hidden citadel to regain the Peacock Throne. Prince Maxian, having raised both Julius Ceasar and Alexander the Great from the dead, now considers how to use them to free Rome from the curse of the Oath. Thyatis has fled with the widowed Queen of Persia to a hidden island; Dwyrin's thaumaturgic unit is shattered as Zoe discovers the destruction of Palmyra and, as its new queen, vows revenge against Rome. And in Mecca, Ahmet's friend and Palmyra's lieutenant Mohammed receives a vision, and a command, and the power to strive against the forces of darkness. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book The Guntersville Project written by Tennessee Valley Authority and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report on the Guntersville project, like the companion reports published on other construction projects completed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, is intended to give the engineering profession and general public facts about the planning, design, construction, and initial operations of the Guntersville project. The report, compiled from construction data and final records contained in the Authority's files, is restricted to the more important facts concerning the development and construction of the project.

Download or read book St Nicholas written by Mary Mapes Dodge and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Murder at the God s Gate written by Lynda S. Robinson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “complex and exciting” mystery set during the reign of Tutankhamun (The New York Times Book Review). Egypt is under threat from the Hittites, and the teenage pharaoh has additional troubles stemming from the heresy of his late father, Akhenaten. Fate seems to be pointing a finger at him when a priest topples to his death—from a statue of none other than Tutankhamun himself. Now Lord Meren, the confidential agent who protects the boy king, must struggle to uncover Tutankhamun’s most threatening enemies, some within the court at Thebes . . . “Robinson knowledgeably instructs readers in the cultural and political life of a fascinating period in history while entertaining us with a puzzling plot, accessible characters, and the domestic details of their daily lives.” —Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine “Delightful . . . Robinson makes ancient Thebes come alive as she describes the personalities, clothing, golden jewelry, the intrigue, and the smells of the desert, the terrors of a hippo hunt.” —San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle “A compelling narrative comprised of vividly depicted background and characters and a well-plotted mystery.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Ms. Robinson is an archeologist by training and a storyteller by inclination. Using her scholarship to penetrate the inner precincts of court and temple, she has written a complex and exciting narrative that reflects the twisted machinations of politicians—royal and otherwise.” —The New York Times Book Review

Download or read book The Gate in the Wall written by Dorothy Rice and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cyclop dia of Biblical Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature written by John McClintock and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Beyond the Gate written by Doug Jordan and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-08-09 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the world amazes and words fail the rest of us, true poets step up to capture such moments forever, and then hold them up for the consideration, edification, and enjoyment of others ... like precious gems best viewed from multiple angles. The poems (and photography) in this collection do just that, with the poignant and thought-provoking work of Doug Jordan and Sidney Shapira inviting readers to stop awhile and ponder what truly might lie Beyond the Gate. Supported once again by the artful photography of Sidney Shapira, this collection is a follow-up to The Gate and Other Poems on a Life’s Journey (FriesenPress 2021), a poetry collection that truly captured the hearts and minds of its readers. Examining similar themes as its predecessor, with provocative, inspiring, and occasionally amusing poetry, Sidney has added his own poetic voice to the collection this time, elevating and expanding its appeal and ensuring that this next journey to the gate and beyond is well worth taking.