Download or read book Almost Midnight written by Michael W. Cuneo and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The haunting true story of a triple murder in the Ozarks, two lovers on the lam, and a death-row inmate saved by the pope. On a spring day more than ten years ago, sixty-nine-year-old Lloyd Lawrence was gunned down in rural Missouri. The shooter also turned his twelve-gauge shotgun on Lawrence’s wife and their paraplegic grandson. The crime took place in a region known mostly for Pentecostal fervor, country music, and family-friendly tourism. But soon the murders would expose a dark underbelly in the Ozarks: Lloyd Lawrence was a notoriously violent crystal-meth kingpin, killed by an aspiring drug dealer named Darrell Mease.Capturing the raw circumstances that took Mease from his clean-cut youth to the front lines of Vietnam and an aftermath of drug use, Almost Midnight unites an unforgettable range of characters in some of America’s most peculiar locales. When Mease and his girlfriend fled to the Southwest on a hair-raising road trip, this only brought Mease closer to death row. After his conviction, he claimed to receive a religious revelation guaranteeing that his life would be saved by miraculous intervention, a long-shot prediction that came true. A bizarre twist of fate brought Pope John Paul II to Saint Louis, where he pleaded with Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan to commute the sentence just months before Carnahan’s fatal plane crash. In a triumph of investigative journalism, Michael Cuneo gained unprecedented access to Mease and immersed himself in the culture of the Ozarks, exploring its bucolic farms and seedy strip joints, and the lives of its preachers, cockfighters, and outlaws. By turns chilling and riveting, Almost Midnight brilliantly evokes the life of controversial renegade Mease, and the stranger-than-fiction world he still inhabits.

Download or read book written by and published by Feldheim Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extremely popular haggadah anthology features numerous anecdotes, vignettes, and themes from the lives of our great Torah scholars--most of them previously unpublished. With great skill and wisdom, the author weaves together a collection of Torah insights that are both inspiring and intellectually stimulating. Offers the haggadah text in Hebrew and English, and all commentary in English.

Download or read book The Journey to Midnight written by Matthew Griffin and published by Griffin Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-08 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The souls that have seen the darkest days can shine the brightest light" God wasn't finished with him. Matt Griffin scheduled his suicide for midnight. He was tired and exhausted. But this wouldn't be a rushed event. He'd planned his earthly exit so none of his four sons would find him, and that his death would ensure they had a better life without him. A father, a former Navy Search and Rescue Swimmer, law enforcement officer, an undercover cop who spent years pretending to be someone he was not, Matt decided he had nothing left to offer his ex-wife, his family, his friends, or his community. But God had bigger plans - and a chance phone call only hours before he decided he'd crawl into his SUV and put his gun to his head, stopped him in his tracks, and changed his life and the lives of thousands of others. The Journey to Midnight is Matt Griffin's memoir about his childhood journey from the inner city and poverty, to a lacrosse scholarship at Morristown-Beard, one of the richest, most prestigious high schools in the country, to the US Navy, then a career as a law enforcement officer and undercover cop. Matt shares the heartbreak of divorce, the joy of single fatherhood, the dark streets of the drug world, and the thing that almost killed him, and killed 228 police officers in 2019, and continues to kill 22 military veterans per day - SUICIDE.

Download or read book Redemption s Dark Secrets written by Elara Crowe and published by Elara Crowe. This book was released on 2024-07-07 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Redemption's Dark Secrets Step into the hidden depths of a seemingly peaceful town in "Redemption's Dark Secrets," a gripping tale of romance and danger that will leave you breathless. Charlie never intended to stop in Redemption, Wisconsin. Lost and in search of directions, she stumbled upon this quaint town and found herself inexplicably drawn to its charm—and to a mysterious stranger. But as she begins to settle in, the shadows of her past catch up with her, bringing danger to her new doorstep. What Charlie doesn't know is that Redemption holds secrets more sinister than her own. As she navigates a budding romance, she uncovers a web of dark truths lurking beneath the town’s serene surface. With each revelation, the stakes grow higher, and Charlie must confront the terrifying reality that the real threat may be closer than she ever imagined. Can Charlie uncover the truth hidden within Redemption's dark secrets before it's too late? Or will the town's mysteries consume her? Perfect for fans of romantic suspense and mystery thrillers, "Redemption's Dark Secrets" is a must-read. Dive into a world where love is intertwined with peril and every secret comes with a price.

Download or read book The Story of Redemption written by Ellen G. White and published by Review and Herald Pub Assoc. This book was released on 2002 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is God changeable? Does He have different gospels for different people? The story of redemption takes you behind the scenes in the struggle between God and Satan. It explains how the conflict began, what the issues are, and how the outcome is already assured. It traces the theme of God's relationship with man from the garden of Edan to the return of Christ and beyond.

Download or read book The Tomb of Dracula written by Marv Wolfman and published by . This book was released on 1991-09-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Contemplative Nation written by Cass Fisher and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-11 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemplative Nation challenges the long-standing view that theology is not a vital part of the Jewish tradition. For political and philosophical reasons, both scholars of Judaism and Jewish thinkers have sought to minimize the role of theology in Judaism. This book constructs a new model for understanding Jewish theological language that emphasizes the central role of theological reflection in Judaism and the close relationship between theological reflection and religious practice in the Jewish tradition. Drawing on diverse philosophical resources, Fisher's model of Jewish theology embraces the multiple forms and functions of Jewish theological language. Fisher demonstrates the utility of this model by undertaking close readings of an early rabbinic commentary on the book of Exodus (Mekhilta of Rabbi Ishmael ) and a work of modern philosophical theology (Franz Rosenzweig's The Star of Redemption). These readings advance the discussion of theology in rabbinics and modern Jewish thought and provide resources for constructive Jewish theology.

Download or read book Reading for Redemption written by Christian R. Davis and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to define and explain the archetypal pattern of redemption that underlies our whole notion of resolution in literature and to demonstrate, through multiple examples, that successful literature--poems and stories that have shown endurance or popularity--uses this pattern in specific ways. This theory should help readers to interpret both particular works of literature and the general notion of literature. The pattern of redemption employed here, in its ideal form, involves the sacrifice of an innocent redeemer to save something that has been lost. Because this pattern of redemption is typically associated with Christianity, this book can be taken as proposing a Christian theory of criticism. Current textbooks on literary criticism and theory cover a range of perspectives, such as Marxism, feminism, multiculturalism, reader response, and queer theory, but they invariably ignore the field of Christian criticism. Therefore, this book may be most useful as a supplementary text for courses in literary criticism that might include a Christian perspective. At the same time, however, the terms and methodology proposed here are not exclusive to or dependant on Christian beliefs, so readers of all types may find this approach useful. The greatest strength of this book is its application of the theory to numerous examples from a wide range of genres and periods of literature, testing the theory on classical and Shakespearean works such as the Iliad and Odyssey, Hamlet and Coriolanus; best sellers such as The Lord of the Rings, Le Petit Prince, Valley of the Dolls, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; horror stories such as Frankenstein; postcolonial novels such as Things Fall Apart and The Kite Runner; and lyric poems. Consequently, even readers who are skeptical of the assumptions used here should find the many concrete examples thought-provoking.

Download or read book The Romance of Redemption written by M. R. De Haan and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the main themes and important prophetic message ofd the book of Ruth in this devotional exposition.

Download or read book Chochmo U mussar written by Solomon Breuer and published by Feldheim Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gone by Midnight written by Candice Fox and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author Candice Fox delivers a compulsive new crime thriller with Gone by Midnight. Crimson Lake is where people with dark pasts come to disappear—and where others vanish into thin air... When Sara Farrow’s son goes missing from a locked hotel room, she frantically turns for help to Crimson Lake’s unlikeliest private investigators—disgraced cop Ted Conkaffey and convicted killer Amanda Pharrell. Just the sort of twisted puzzle that gets Amanda’s blood pumping, the disappearance couldn’t have come at a worse time for Ted. He has just this one week with Lillian, the daughter he barely knows...but the clock is ticking for the lost boy. Amanda and Ted’s search dredges up the area’s worst characters, and the danger they uncover could well put Ted’s own child in deadly peril. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Hawthorne s Redemption written by Gary P. Cranford and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves to feed human nature with both a religious and literary mood. It may bring the reader a little closer to an understanding of life's complexities, or it may challenge the reader's own philosophical self, as he or she discovers the unraveling of Hawthorne's. The editor of the book, which has been composed from his memory of an unknown student's work, claims to have unearthed a rare discovery that may unveil a mystery that has puzzled the best of minds in the literary field for many years. In the words of its author, his purpose is clear: "I have thought to publish my interpretations of Hawthorne's novel so that those critics in the field of literature, who will, may have additional cause for which to expound their intelligence, either in trying to better understand this mystery, or to salvage the old cherished ambiguities by which the public brain is presently intoxicated. If I am correct in only a few of my impressions, hopefully the main ones, we shall have to reappraise Hawthorne as a literary prophet who hoped for and predicted a future time when mankind would look more favorable upon the creation, man." Both the author and editor send the reader on a journey into the mind and heart of an American icon which have too long been misunderstood and underappreciated. He asks the reader to drink deep from the depths of his or her own intuitive awakenings, and encourages each to rediscover the man who created The Scarlet Letter. In so doing, one may see the vexations and conflicts in his own life as a "dark necessity" to be endured, as in the character of his beloved Hester, who speaks to the heart of every human, and in behalf of our own human nature.

Download or read book Redemption s Flight written by Lucke Levine and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're struggling to turn your life around to find meaning and stability, then the time has come to stand still and surrender. Bella was always running. At age eighteen years old, she ran away from home to find answers to her troubled life. Her path led to dangerous places where her struggles continued into adulthood. She hadn't envisioned it to be this way, for the consequences of her decisions sent her in a downward spiral, always fighting to escape the chaos that threatened her very existence and that of her loved ones. But amidst the turmoil of her day to day living, there was always a welcome intervention that she didn't quite understand as she continued her trail of bad choices, until she was at the brink of utter darkness... What she didn't know, was that someone was following her, pursuing her every step of the way. At work one night in the maternity nursery, amidst a unit of sleeping newborns, she came face to face with her pursuer. Will she keep running, or surrender once and for all...

Download or read book The Rhetoric of White Slavery and the Making of National Identity written by Leslie J Harris and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the twentieth century, the white slavery panic pervaded American politics, influencing the creation of the FBI, the enactment of immigration law, and the content of international treaties. At the core of this controversy was the maintenance of white national space. In this comprehensive account of the Progressive Era’s sex trafficking rhetoric, Leslie Harris demonstrates the centrality of white womanhood, as a symbolic construct, to the structure of national space and belonging. Introducing the framework of the mobile imagination to read across different scales of the controversy—ranging from local to transnational—she establishes how the imaginative possibilities of mobility within public controversy work to constitute belonging in national space.

Download or read book Redemption s Edge written by Alyssa Day and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tempting love can be fatal—even for the most dangerous vampire in Savannah—in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Alyssa Day’s tantalizingly sexy romance... Meara Delacourt loves being underestimated, especially when it comes to her enemies. Few know that the wealthy socialite and philanthropist is a 300-year-old master vampire—or the horror that rains down when her emotions spiral out of control. The consequences are nothing short of devastating. Which is why she can’t risk an attraction to the irritating, arrogant, and unbelievably hot Edge...even if she wanted to. And oh, she does. Scientist-turned-vamp Edge knows exactly what it’s like to fear emotions. He keeps a tight rein on his, knowing that—thanks to being the subject of a cruel experiment—falling in love is an instant trigger for his death. Fortunately, he can control himself...he has no choice. But the golden, sexy-as-hell Meara is one temptation he can’t find a cure for. Now they’re forced to fight the pull of their attraction, knowing that every moment of surrender brings them closer to the edge of disaster. But as the Chamber—a sinister organization of ancient warlocks—decides to seize control of Savannah, they’ll have no choice but to fight together, knowing it could spell doom for them all. Especially when the Chamber reveals the one secret that could end it all... The Vampire Motorcycle Club series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 Bane's Choice Book #2 Hunter's Hope Book #3 Redemption's Edge

Download or read book Firebinders Fleur written by Isobelle Cate and published by Isobelle Cate. This book was released on 2022-03-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who can she trust? Fleur Fenwick, a firebinder, is on the run. After her friend is killed, she unearths a secret that can spell life or death for all firebinders, including her brother. When the police get involved, the detective assigned to protect her not only sends her heart racing, but also seems to know the reason why there are forces who want firebinders dead. Cynn Cruor warrior Ewan Blair returns to the city to fulfill a promise he made to a woman-child. While on patrol with fellow Cynn Cruor Blake Strachan, he encounters a beautiful woman who not only holds her own in a fight with the Scatha Cruor but also sets his blood afire with a desire he never thought possible. Dead bodies start piling up, illuminated manuscripts with hidden clues, and Fleur’s brother goes missing. It’s a race against time to get firebinders to safety. Through it all, the sensual conflagration between Fleur and Ewan is undeniable. So is the threat to them both. ***CONTENT WARNING: This story contains adult language and situations intended for audiences 18+ ONLY***

Download or read book A Feeling of Home Redemption s Light Book 3 written by Susan Anne Mason and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can she set aside the pain from the past to embrace a new love? Isabelle Wardrop's well-to-do life has completely unraveled. Within months, she's lost both her parents, her fortune, and her home. With nowhere else to turn, she and her younger sister move in with a trusted former servant in an impoverished area of the city. Desperate for work but having no qualifications, Isabelle is forced to accept help from Dr. Mark Henshaw, the very man she blames for her mother's death. Mark Henshaw has admired Isabelle for several months, but after the tragic death of her mother, he vows to make amends for the past and help her find her way. But when Mark learns his younger brother has formed an undesirable friendship with Isabelle's sister--one that brings a whole new set of problems into their lives--he doesn't know if Isabelle will ever forgive him. When startling developments begin to take place, both within Isabelle's heart and their siblings' relationship, her future looks very different than anything she could have imagined. "Mason delivers a soothing WWII romance . . . and paints a rich picture of the social challenges of the era."--Publishers Weekly on To Find Her Place