Download or read book Two Thousand Years Ago written by Charles A. Frazee and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Jesus dominates the history of the first century AD in the Near East, but what was happening elsewhere at this time? This book puts the life of Jesus and the events associated with him within a world context, not in terms of Jesus' world influence, which did not exist at this time, but purely as a means of interesting comparison.
Download or read book For Two Thousand Years written by Mihail Sebastian and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Absolutely, definitively alone', a young Jewish student in Romania tries to make sense of a world that has decided he doesn't belong. Spending his days walking the streets and his nights drinking and gambling, meeting revolutionaries, zealots, lovers and libertines, he adjusts his eyes to the darkness that falls over Europe, and threatens to destroy him. Mihail Sebastian's 1934 masterpiece, now translated into English for the first time, was written amid the anti-Semitism which would, by the end of the decade, force him out of his career and turn his friends and colleagues against him. For Two Thousand Years is a prescient, heart-wrenching chronicle of resilience and despair, broken layers of memory and the terrible forces of history.
Download or read book Two Thousand Years in Exeter written by W G Hoskins and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2023-06-29 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exeter is one of the oldest cities in Britain: people have lived here without a break for more than two thousand years. The High Street has been in continuous use as a thoroughfare throughout that long period. For centuries Exeter was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the kingdom and has always been the mother city of the South West. In this book, first published in 1960 and acclaimed as a 'small masterpiece', the author traces the essential historic development and character of a leading provincial centre. He describes its adventure from a Roman camp to a modern city, with particular reference to its social history, to the lives and surroundings of ordinary people, to the buildings and landscapes of the past. Above all, he is concerned with the recent past and devotes three thorough chapters to the 19th and 20th centuries. W. G. Hoskins died in 1992. The task of bringing the work up to date and preparing text and illustrations for this new edition of a classic work has been undertaken by Hazel Harvey, a distinguished local historian of Exeter. Much of Exeter has been destroyed, but much of the historic past of this entrancing city still remains. Hoskins' incomparable text is supported by a new selection of illustrations and maps, with an appendix on the street names of the city and place names in the neighbourhood. This book will be as valuable to the visitor as to the citizen of Exeter, for it tells where to look for the memorials of the past and for the history that lies behind them.
Download or read book Two Thousand Years Later written by Peter Longley and published by Hovenden Press Incorporated. This book was released on 1998-08 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Two Thousand Years of Gild Life written by Joseph Malet Lambert and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fifty years later written by Francisco Cândido Xavier and published by FEB Editora. This book was released on 2021-10-10 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emmanuel tells a story that is linked to Christianity in the 2nd century. In this novel, some characters of the novel Two thousand years ago return to their earthly journey as a result of the law of cause and effect. One of the central characters of that book, the Senator Publius Lentulus, appears in this sequel reincarnated as Nestorius – a slave. In his return to earth, this slave embraces a more humble stance, one that his proud heart had oppressed in his previous life. God’s mercy allows him to redeem all his excesses and arbitrary acts of the past, when, invested by public power, he vainly thought he held all rights and supremacy in his hands. However, this book’s main character is, in fact, a woman named Celia, whose sublime heroism was a beacon on the path of several disheartened and suffering spirits, as Emmanuel describes. Celia understood and lived Jesus’ teachings throughout her pain lled existence.
Download or read book A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning written by Leslie Nathan Broughton and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later Both by the Original Discoverer of the Country and by His Son written by Samuel Butler and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later, Both by the Original Discoverer of the Country and by His Son' is a satirical novel by Samuel Butler. Erewhon, set in a thinly disguised New Zealand, ended with the escape of its unnamed protagonist from the native Erewhonians by balloon. In this book, narrated by his son John, we are told that our hero's name is Higgs. Higgs returns to Erewhon and meets his former lover Yram, who is now the mother of his son George. He discovers that he is now worshiped as "the Sunchild", his escape having been interpreted as an ascension into heaven, and that a church of Sunchildism has sprung up. He finds himself in danger from the villainous Professors Hanky and Panky, who are determined to protect Sunchildism from him. With George's help Higgs escapes from their clutches and returns to England.
Download or read book Later Years written by William Cowper Prime and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 309 Years Later written by Tarik Bouchnayf and published by Tarik Bouchnayf. This book was released on 2022-08-03 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Omar, a passionate physicist, can’t believe his luck when he is selected for a special time-travel mission. Chosen by the House agency using an algorithm, Omar’s mission is to study the effects of overpopulation more than three hundred years in the future. When the mission goes awry, Omar lands in a strange dystopian future as a condemned prisoner on death row, his dream mission now a nightmare. Will Omar be able to escape his execution, unravel the past and make it back home in time?
Download or read book Twenty Years Later written by Alexandre Dumas and published by Aegitas. This book was released on 2023-04-13 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty Years Later" is a historical fiction novel by Alexandre Dumas Pere, first published in 1845. The novel is a sequel to The Three Musketeers, and follows the adventures of its characters two decades later, during the reign of Louis XIV. The novel begins with the return of d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, who have been separated for twenty years. They reunite in Paris, where they find themselves in the midst of a political and social upheaval. The novel explores themes of loyalty, honor, and betrayal as the four friends navigate the complex political landscape of France. In Twenty Years Later, Dumas provides a vivid portrayal of seventeenth-century France, its customs, and its people. The novel is filled with vivid descriptions of the Parisian streets, the royal court, and the countryside. Dumas also depicts the turbulent political climate of the time, including the rise of the Fronde rebellion, the exile of the royal family, and the eventual restoration of the monarchy. The characters in Twenty Years Later are complex and multifaceted. D'Artagnan, the protagonist, is a brave and loyal soldier, but also a cunning and ambitious courtier. Athos, the group's elder statesman, is wise and honorable, but also prone to melancholy and regret. Porthos, the brawny musketeer, is boisterous and jovial, but also deeply insecure about his social status. Aramis, the former monk, is a master of intrigue and deception, but also a deeply spiritual man. Throughout the novel, the four friends are challenged by a host of enemies, including the scheming Cardinal Mazarin, the treacherous Milady de Winter, and the ambitious Prince de Conde. Despite these challenges, however, they remain steadfast in their loyalty to one another and to their king. Overall, Twenty Years Later is a thrilling and immersive novel that combines history, adventure, and romance. Its complex characters, vivid settings, and intricate plot make it a masterpiece of French literature and a must-read for anyone interested in historical fiction.
Download or read book Nature written by Sir Norman Lockyer and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heavenly Masters written by Vincent Goossaert and published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is on the shortlist of ICAS Book Prize 2023 Humanities The origins of modern Daoism can be traced to the Church of the Heavenly Master (Tianshidao), reputedly established by the formidable Zhang Daoling. In 142 CE, according to Daoist tradition, Zhang was visited by the Lord on High, who named him his vicar on Earth with the title Heavenly Master. The dispensation articulated an eschatological vision of saving initiates—the pure, those destined to become immortals— by enforcing a strict moral code. Under evolving forms, Tianshidao has remained central to Chinese society, and Daoist priests have upheld their spiritual allegiance to Zhang, their now divinized founder. This book tells the story of the longue durée evolution of the Heavenly Master leadership and institution. Later hagiography credits Zhang Daoling’s great-grandson, putatively the fourth Heavenly Master, with settling the family at Longhushan (Dragon and Tiger Mountain); in time his descendants—down to the present contested sixty-fifth Heavenly Master living in Taiwan— made the extraordinary claim of being able to transmit hereditarily the function of the Heavenly Master and the power to grant salvation. Over the next twelve centuries, the Zhangs turned Longhushan into a major holy site and a household name in the Chinese world, and constructed a large administrative center for the bureaucratic management of Chinese society. They gradually built the Heavenly Master institution, which included a sacred site; a patriarchal line of successive Heavenly Masters wielding vast monopolistic powers to ordain humans and gods; a Zhang lineage that nurtured talent and accumulated wealth; and a bureaucratic apparatus comprised of temples, training centers, and a clerical hierarchy. So well-designed was this institution that it remained stable for more than a millennium, far outlasting the longest dynasties, and had ramifications for every city and village in imperial China. In this ambitious work, Vincent Goossaert traces the Heavenly Master bureaucracy from medieval times to the modern Chinese nation-state as well as its expansion. His in-depth portraits of influential Heavenly Masters are skillfully embedded in a large-scale analysis of the institution and its rules, ideology, and vision of society.
Download or read book Eugenical News written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Revelation written by J.E. Gulbrandsen and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revelation is possibly the most controversial book in the bible. Some famous theologians have even suggested to remove it from the bible cannon because it is so hard to understand. I will argue it is not that difficult to make sense of as long as we manage to place it on “Gods timeline” in history and understand “Gods relation and reaction” to an unrepentant Israel. If we allow the bible text to be our theology in stead of trying to fit the bible into our theology, it all comes together nicely. It is Jesus speaking in Revelation. It is not a book to be ignored but to be studied diligently. It helps us understand where we are in history on “Gods timeline”. The book in front of you is a commentary to the essential message, chapter and verses in the biblical book Revelation. You can not fully understand who Jesus is until you understand Revelation. Suddenly the overall message of the bible comes together. Exciting. This book is for bible readers that would like to be challenged and to understand “the bigger picture” of what God is trying to teach us through his word. If you on the other hand have a theology cemented in cherry-picked bible verses and religious denominational tradition, this book most likely is not for you.
Download or read book The Garden of Rama written by Arthur C. Clarke and published by Spectra. This book was released on 1992-09-01 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spellbinding Arthur C. Clarke tradition, here is an exhilarating adventure into the hearts of both the Universe and mankind . . . By the twenty-third century Earth has already had two encounters with massive, mysterious robotic spacecraft from beyond our solar system—the incontestable proof of an alien technology that far exceeds our own. Now three human cosmonauts are trapped aboard a labyrinthine Raman vessel, where it will take all of their physical and mental resources to survive. Only twelve years into their journey do these intrepid travelers learn their destination and face their ultimate challenge: a rendezvous with a Raman base—and the unseen architects of their galactic home. The cosmonauts have given up family, friends, and possessions to live a new kind of life. But the answers that await them at the Raman Node will require an even greater sacrifice—if humanity is indeed ready to learn the awe-inspiring truth.
Download or read book The Global Prehistory of Human Migration written by Immanuel Ness and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as the first volume of The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration, this work is devoted exclusively to prehistoric migration, covering all periods and places from the first hominin migrations out of Africa through the end of prehistory. Presents interdisciplinary coverage of this topic, including scholarship from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, genetics, biology, linguistics, and more Includes contributions from a diverse international team of authors, representing 17 countries and a variety of disciplines Divided into two sections, covering the Pleistocene and Holocene; each section examines human migration through chapters that focus on different regional and disciplinary lenses
