Download or read book The Lure of the Dark Side written by Christopher H. Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demons, devils, spirits and vampires are present throughout popular Western culture in film, music and literature. Their religious significance has only recently begun to be explored. 'The Lure of the Darkside' brings together the work of some of the most important and creative scholars in the field of Biblical and Religious Studies. The essays explore demonology in popular culture from a range of perspectives: Satanism within contemporary music; the relationship between hymn and horror film; the career of Hannibal Lecter; the portrayal of Satan in films about Christ; and spiritual perversion in the Harry Potter Stories. This fresh and ground-breaking volume will be of interest to students of religious studies and theology, as well as literary and popular culture.
Download or read book The Dark Side of the Supernatural written by Brynne Larson and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Unseen World of the ParanormalThe supernatural world is all around us. You can’t turn on the TV, go to the movies, or browse a bookstore without being exposed to its influence upon culture today. Since The Exorcist, movies about demon possession have increased in quantity and gore. Witchcraft invades...
Download or read book Field Guide to Harry Potter written by Colin Duriez and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2007-11-16 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A companion to the Harry Potter books features an overview of the life of J. K. Rowling; discusses the themes presented in the books; offers an A-to-Z of beings, places, things, and events; and includes plot summaries of all seven books.
Download or read book The Lure of the Dark Side written by Christopher H. Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demons, devils, spirits and vampires are present throughout popular Western culture in film, music and literature. Their religious significance has only recently begun to be explored. 'The Lure of the Darkside' brings together the work of some of the most important and creative scholars in the field of Biblical and Religious Studies. The essays explore demonology in popular culture from a range of perspectives: Satanism within contemporary music; the relationship between hymn and horror film; the career of Hannibal Lecter; the portrayal of Satan in films about Christ; and spiritual perversion in the Harry Potter Stories. This fresh and ground-breaking volume will be of interest to students of religious studies and theology, as well as literary and popular culture.
Download or read book The Dark Side Sourcebook written by Bill Slavicsek and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this essential rule book, roleplaying gamers will discover histories of the Sith and other dark side sects, key descriptions of infamous dark side villains, and ideas on how to implement evil player characters into their campaigns.
Download or read book Jedi vs Sith Star Wars The Essential Guide to the Force written by Ryder Windham and published by Random House Worlds. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE ABSOLUTE POWER AT THE HEART OF THE STAR WARS GALAXY The Force, in the immortal words of Obi-Wan Kenobi, “surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the galaxy together.” The fortunate few who are able to tap into this extraordinary power have studied and cultivated the full spectrum of its potential–either embracing its virtuous qualities or succumbing to its evil temptations. The Jedi seek to bring peace and enlightenment to the galaxy, while the Sith hunger only for conquest and control. This comprehensive one-of-a-kind overview chronicles the known history of the Force and its wielders down through the ages, from the founding tenets of Jedi and Sith teachings to the landmark events and legendary figures who have shaped the struggle between the light and dark sides. In first-hand accounts by Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa Solo, Darth Bane, Darth Vader, Count Dooku, Emperor Palpatine, and a host of other Jedi Masters, Sith Lords, scholars, and sages, Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force spans the breadth of available knowledge, including • the first recorded discovery of the Force • significant battles affected by the Force throughout galactic history • the purpose, construction, and importance of Holocrons • the evolution of the Jedi and Sith orders • Force-sensitive abilities–including battle meditation, telekinesis, and “mind tricks” • noteworthy Jedi and Sith lightsabers, and the seven forms of lightsaber combat • a vivid portrait of the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker PLUS–More than one hundred brand new full-color illustrations! No Star Wars library is complete without this definitive guide to understanding the Force. Remember: the Force will be with you . . . always!
Download or read book The Dark Side of the Hive written by Robin Moritz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honey bees have been described as exceptionally clever, well-organized, mutualistic, collaborative, busy, efficient--in short a perfect society. While the colony is indeed a marvel of harmonious, efficient organization, it also has a considerable dark side. Authors Robin Moritz and Robin Crewe write about the life history of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, highlighting conflict rather than harmony, failure rather than success, from the perspective of the individual worker in the colony. When one looks carefully, the honey bee colony is far from being perfect. As with any complex social system, honeybee societies are prone to error, robbery, cheating, and social parasitism. Nevertheless, the hive gets by remarkably well in spite of many seemingly odd biological features. The perfection that is perceived to exist in the honeybee's social organization is the function of a focus on the colony as a whole rather than exploring the idiosyncrasies of its individual members. The Dark Side of the Hive thus focuses on the role of the individual rather than that of the collective. Moritz and Crewe dissect the various careers that individual male and female honey bees can take and their role in colony organization. Competition between individuals using both physical and chemical force drives colonial organization. This book deals with individual mistakes, maladaptations and evolutionary dead-ends that are also part of the bees' life. The story told about these dark sides of the colony spans the full range of biological disciplines ranging from genomics to systems biology.
Download or read book The Dark Side of Democracy written by Michael Mann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Download or read book The Dark Side of the Supernatural written by Bill Myers and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supernatural hunger -- Angels, the good and the bad -- Demons -- Satanism -- Ufos -- Communicating with the dead -- Ghosts -- Near-death experiences -- Reincarnation -- Wicca and witchcraft -- Vampires and fantasy games -- More doors to be wary of opening -- Wrapping up.
Download or read book The Dark Side written by Anthony O'Neill and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dark and gripping sci-fi noir, an exiled police detective arrives at a lunar penal colony just as a psychotic android begins a murderous odyssey across the far side of the moon. Purgatory is the lawless moon colony of eccentric billionaire, Fletcher Brass: a mecca for war criminals, murderers, sex fiends, and adventurous tourists. You can’t find better drugs, cheaper plastic surgery, or a more ominous travel advisory anywhere in the universe. But trouble is brewing in Brass’s black-market heaven. When an exiled cop arrives in this wild new frontier, he immediately finds himself investigating a string of ruthless assassinations in which Brass himself—and his equally ambitious daughter—are the chief suspects. Meanwhile, two-thousand kilometers away, an amnesiac android, Leonardo Black, rampages across the lunar surface. Programmed with only the notorious “Brass Code”—a compendium of corporate laws that would make Ayn Rand blush—Black has only one goal in mind: to find Purgatory and conquer it. Visual, visceral, and tons of fun, The Dark Side fuses hard science with brutal crime and lunar adventure. It’s an intense, stylish, and action-packed thriller with a body count to match.
Download or read book The Siren Call of Criminals written by Conrad Riker and published by Conrad Riker. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you tired of women falling for bad boys? Discover the shocking truth about hybristophilia - the attraction to criminals that has torn apart relationships and shattered careers. In this groundbreaking book, we'll uncover the psychological reasons behind women's fascination with danger, nonconformity, and high-risk individuals. Learn how emotional thrill-seeking affects sexual behavior and how it's connected to the evolutionary biology of attraction. Get the facts about women's arousal patterns and debunk the myth of the "good girl." Discover the dark side of the #FreeTheNipple movement and how it's fueling dangerous trends like beastiality and violent porn. Finally, understand the impact of progressive ideologies on men's mental health and relationship dynamics. Don't miss this crucial exposé that will change the way you view women, relationships, and the allure of the criminal mind. If you want to learn the truth about women and their attraction to danger, buy this book today.
Download or read book The Dark Side of Politics written by Benjamin Ginsberg and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of scholarly chapters explores the unpleasant realities of modern politics – and American politics in particular – by examining how self- interest, war, violence, deception and institutional failure continue to characterize the political landscape. Author Benjamin Ginsberg argues that the political world in which we like to think we live – the world of civic engagement, representative government and principled political discourse – is fleeting and fragile, resting uneasily upon the foundation of a harsh and dark reality. Making a fundamental contribution to our understandings of politics, this book is an important read for students and scholars of American Politics and Government.
Download or read book The Dark Side of the Left written by Richard J. Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political correctness, idealizing the oppressed, and an affinity for authoritarian and charismatic leaders are all parts of what Ellis calls "the dark side of the left."
Download or read book The Dark Side of Dharma written by Anna Lutkajtis and published by Aeon Books. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dive into the less-known and undesirable side-effects of meditation and mindfulness. Researcher Anna Lutkajtis investigates why these negative ramifications of meditation and mindfulness, which are well-known in spiritual and religious traditions, have been ignored in contemporary secular contexts, such as Western psychology. Lutkajtis' research reveals that while meditation is commonly portrayed as a practice that is overwhelmingly positive, a growing number of research studies and anecdotal reports suggest that meditation can also have negative effects. Some meditators believe that these adverse effects are a normal part of the contemplative path and a welcome sign of progress. For others, such effects are completely unexpected and can be psychologically harmful.In religious traditions like Buddhism, difficulties associated with meditation are acknowledged and are usually viewed as milestones on the path to enlightenment or the result of an unbalanced practice. In such traditional contexts, meditation teachers are equipped to deal with adverse effects if and when they arise. However, in the modern West, meditation adverse effects have been overlooked, under-researched, and generally misunderstood. Given the current popularity of meditation, Lutkajtis argues that it is important to understand why meditation adverse effects have been ignored in contemporary secular settings.
Download or read book The Dark Side of the Pyramid written by Patrick J. Smith and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership written by Dennis Tourish and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most research into leadership has presented leaders as heroic, charismatic and transformational 'visionaries'. The leader, whether in business, politics or any other field, is the most important factor in determining whether organizations succeed or fail. Indeed, despite the fundamental mistakes which have, arguably, directly led to global economic recession, it is often still taken for granted that transformational leadership is a good thing, and that leaders should have much more power than followers to decide what needs to be done. The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership confronts this orthodoxy by illustrating how such approaches can encourage narcissism, megalomania and poor decision-making on the part of leaders, at great expense to those organizations they are there to serve. Written in a lively and engaging style, the book uses a number of case studies to illustrate the perils of transformational leadership, from the Jonestown tragedy in 1978 when over 900 people were either murdered or committed suicide at the urging of their leader, to an analysis of how banking executives tried to explain away their role in the 2008 financial crisis This provocative and hugely important book offers a rare critical perspective in the field of leadership studies. Concluding with a new approach that offers an alternative to the dominant transformational model, The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership will be an invaluable text for academics interested in leadership, students on leadership courses requiring a more critical perspective, and anyone concerned with how people lead people, and the lessons we can learn.
Download or read book The Dark Side of the Cross written by James S. Parker and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fast-paced mystery surrounding ancient artifacts, long forgotten manuscripts and a malignant evil lurking in the shadows, MacBridan finds himself up against an enemy more ruthless, more deadly than he has ever faced before. The body count and the suspense continue to rise the closer he gets, all in a place where no one is who they appear to be.
