Download or read book Stone of Destiny written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Relic written by Ed Simon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-01-11 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Every culture, every religion, every era has enshrined otherwise regular objects with a significance which stretches beyond their literal importance. Whether the bone of a Catholic martyr, the tooth of a Buddhist lama, or the cloak of a Sufi saint, relics are material conduits to the immaterial world. Yet relics aren't just a feature of religion. The exact same sense of the transcendent animates objects of political, historical, and cultural significance. From Abraham Lincoln's death mask to Vladimir Lenin's embalmed corpse, Emily Dickinson's envelopes to Jimi Hendrix's guitar pick, relics are the objects which the faithful understand as being more than just objects. Material things of sacred importance, relics are indicative of a culture's deepest values. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

Download or read book The Destiny Relic written by Ed Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hank Cameron is the most hated and most hunted man in the Middle East. Framed by Sheik Sarraf for stealing a religious relic that could inflame or end warfare around the world, he is isolated in Jordan. A dead or alive bounty has been issued for his capture. Agents of the Vatican, the Israeli Mossad, and Muslim terrorists, all want what he has. Where to hide? Who to trust? Can he survive? Will the world?Book-4 in Ed Mitchell's The Gold Lust Series

Download or read book Gold Lust written by Ed Mitchell and published by California Coast Publishing. This book was released on 2001-04-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruthless international mining conglomerate stalks Desert Storm hero, Nolen Martin, to steal the massive gold vein he discovers in northern California.

Download or read book Relic of the Gods written by Philip C. Quaintrell and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for Philip C. Quaintrell's 'The Echoes Saga': 'For lovers of your classic Tolkien, this series has it all' - Alan Coleman - Amazon customer 'Best newcomer to the genre. Philip is up there with Feist and Sanderson'- Philip Spick - Amazon customer 300,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE -- THE ECHOES OF FATE HAVE BEEN HEARD. AFTER A THOUSAND YEARS, THE PROPHECY HAS ALMOST COME TO PASS... The final days of hope have come and gone. The kingdoms of Illian stand on the edge of ruin, threatened by the armies of Valanis. As evil spreads across the land, too few are left to hold the line. A world away, the children of fire and flame may be the only hope for the realm, but the dragons have been defeated before. Now Verda's future hangs in the balance. Reeling from their losses, Asher and his companions journey north, trying to outrun the savage Darkakin. A confrontation awaits the ranger but, even with Paldora's gem, he dare not challenge Valanis yet. The days of the Dragorn have come again, and with them, a relic of the gods has been brought into the light. The knowledge of Verda's true history weighs on Gideon Thorn, and he would see the world rid of the evil that has cursed it from the shadows for so long. A great change is coming, and a new Age dawns on the horizon. Whether it be the light or the dark that finds victory, one soul will suffer the burden of destiny for all... RELIC OF THE GODS CONTINUES THIS UNMISSABLE EPIC FANTASY SERIES. -- 'I read a lot of fantasy books and I can say that this is one of the best I have read'- B. Stewart - Amazon customer ''The Echoes Saga' demonstrates a simple commitment to the power of story'- Stephen Dudley - Amazon customer

Download or read book Spear of Destiny written by Trevor Ravenscroft and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 1982-06-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the legendary spear which pierced the side of Christ which has been invested with occult powers. It tells the story of the chain of men who possessed the spear, from Herod to Adolf Hitler, and how they sought to change the face of history by wielding its good and evil powers.

Download or read book Destiny Unchosen written by Lindsay Buroker and published by Lindsay Buroker. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before tragedy left her crippled, Artemis “Temi” Sidaris was a world-class tennis player at the height of her career. The sport was her passion, her dream, and all she ever wanted to do. Fighting monsters… was not part of the plan. But when a pair of pointy-eared strangers offers to heal her injury if she’s willing to wield a powerful sword to protect humanity… how can she resist? Destiny Unchosen is a 21,000-word novella that takes place between Torrent and Thorn Fall.

Download or read book The Relic Master written by Christopher Buckley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher Buckley’s “hilarious, bawdy, and irreverent frolic of a tale” about a sixteenth-century relic hunter and the artist Albrecht Dürer who conspire to fabricate Christ’s burial shroud reads “like Indiana Jones gone medieval” (USA TODAY). The year is 1517. Dismas is a relic hunter who procures “authentic” religious relics for wealthy and influential clients. His two most important patrons are Frederick the Wise and soon-to-be Cardinal Albrecht of Mainz. While Frederick is drawn to the recent writing of Martin Luther, Albrecht pursues the financial and political benefits of religion and seeks to buy a cardinalship through the selling of indulgences. When Albrecht’s demands for grander relics increase, Dismas and his artist friend Dürer fabricate a shroud to sell to the unsuspecting noble. Unfortunately Dürer’s reckless pride exposes the trickery, so Albrecht puts Dismas and Dürer in the custody of four mercenaries and sends them all to steal Christ’s burial cloth (the Shroud of Chambéry), Europe’s most celebrated artifact. On their journey to Savoy where the Shroud will be displayed, they battle a lustful count and are joined by a beautiful female apothecary. It is only when they reach their destination they realize they are not alone in their intentions to acquire a relic of dubious legitimacy. “A rollicking good time, Christopher Buckley has transported his signature wit and irreverence from the Beltway to sixteenth-century Europe in The Relic Master” (GQ). This epic quest, “as rascally and convivial as any that Mr. Buckley has written” (The Wall Street Journal), is filled with fascinating details about art, religion, politics, and science; Vatican intrigue; and Buckley’s signature wit “holds the reader till the very last page” (The New York Times Book Review).

Download or read book Hitler s Holy Relics written by Sidney Kirkpatrick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Paris to Stalingrad, the Nazis systematically plundered all manner of art and antiquities. But the first and most valuable treasure they looted were the Crown Jewels of the Holy Roman Empire. This is the true-life Indiana Jones story of a college professor turned Army sleuth who foils a Nazi plot to preserve these cherished symbols of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich. Author Sidney Kirkpatrick draws on recently discovered and previously unpublished documents, including interrogation and intelligence reports, diaries and correspondence, as well as on interviews with all remaining living participants involved with the case, to re-create this thrilling true-life story.

Download or read book The Hidden Relic written by James Maxwell and published by 47north. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the epic Evermen Saga. With the fate of their homeland still in jeopardy, siblings Ella and Miro must face the Primate's evil as he discovers a new technique: a way to extract essence from human blood. The Primate has been temporarily defeated, but his home was once inhabited by the Evermen, and their ancient secrets still remain there. As the mysterious Evrin sets out to destroy everything he can, the Primate stumbles upon an ancient book that tells of a hidden relic with unfathomable power--and he will stop at nothing to find it. Realizing the solution to defeating the Primate and saving the Empire is tied to the hidden relic, Ella, Miro, Killian, and the desert prince Ilathor must race to reach the relic before the Primate...or suffer disastrous consequences.

Download or read book The Stone of Destiny written by Katherine MacKay and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Relics written by R.D. Shah and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To discover the truth one must first uncover the lies When a Catholic Priest hangs himself during the popes inauguration his friend and ex-priest, Alex Harker, is dragged into a secret war that has been playing out on the fringes of society since the birth of Christ. The suicide sets into motion a planned timetable of terrifying events that will irrevocably change the world as we know it. The countdown has begun With the clock ticking and pursued by a murderous assassin, Harker must track down and decipher the pieces of the puzzle laid down for him by his dead friend to reveal a truth so shocking, so startling that it could literally enslave the minds of every human being on the planet and transform mankinds destiny forever.

Download or read book Relics of Genius written by T P Grinsted and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Treatise on Relics written by Jean Calvin and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Treatise on Relics" by Jean Calvin, translated by Count Valerian Krasinski, offers readers a profound exploration of religious relics and their significance within Christian theology. Calvin's meticulous analysis and theological insights shed light on the historical, cultural, and spiritual aspects of relics, making it an essential read for those interested in religious history. Count Valerian Krasinski's translation captures the essence of Calvin's original work, enabling modern readers to engage with the profound thoughts of this influential reformer.

Download or read book Relic Hunters Taskforce 5 Book Box Set written by Ruth Hartzler and published by Artifacts Press. This book was released on 2023-07-06 with total page 1369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All 5 Books in this USA Today Bestselling Archeological Adventure series. Sweet and clean suspense. 1. Inscription. Biblical artifacts. A rogue agent. An ancient cave. When covert government agents demand her expertise, Dr. Abigail Spencer's life is turned on its head. What should be the safe task of translating an ancient inscription turns into a battle of survival as Abigail finds herself face to face with priceless Biblical artifacts. Can she brave an ancient bobby-trapped cave, keep the artifacts from falling into the wrong hands, and stay alive? Inscription is a novella. The rest of the books in the series are full length novels. 2. Scroll Dr. Abigail Spencer is an ancient languages scholar. So why do covert agents want her dead? When Special Agent Jack Riley asks college professor Dr. Abigail Spencer to translate an ancient copper scroll, she has no idea it will lead to the lost treasure of Croesus hidden for centuries. When they arrive in Ephesus, their contact is dead; the scroll is gone, and mercenaries sent by a covert organization are determined to kill them. It's a race against time for Abigail. Can she reach the treasure before the killers, and manage to stay alive? 3. Papyrus. The murder of an antiquities dealer. An ancient Egyptian papyrus. Goliath's spear. A race through an ancient labyrinth under the Black Pyramid . . . Relic Hunters Taskforce sends Abigail and Riley to Cairo too late. Their contact is already dead, and missing is the 3,000 year-old Egyptian papyrus holding the clue to the location of Goliath's spear. Abigail and Riley must find the papyrus, decipher the code, and navigate the labyrinth under the Black Pyramid, a structure that was unsafe as soon as it built by King Amenemhat III thousands of years earlier. If they can locate Goliath's spear, can they keep it from the hands of ruthless agents who will stop at nothing to take the spear? And will Abigail learn she cannot trust all those closest to her? 4. Codex. Ancient Pompeii . . . The Spear of Destiny. Two worlds collide. While in Rome, Biblical archeologist Dr. Abigail Spencer is surprised by a phone call from Special Agent Riley. A codex which can help reveal the location of the Spear of Destiny has been discovered. With the codex in their possession, Abigail and Riley are determined to find the ancient artifact before the ruthless organization, Vortex. But with further clues to the location of the Spear of Destiny seemingly destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, and with Vortex hot on their heels, do Spencer and Riley have any chance of victory? 5. Sigil. Nobody believes the Seal of Solomon exists—nobody that is, but the dangerous organization, Vortex. A sigil supposedly shows the way to the Seal, but all is not what it seems. Abigail and Riley are on the case, but the discovery of an old enemy is the least of their troubles.

Download or read book An Illustrated Description of Pre historic Relics Found Near Wilmington Ohio written by L. B. Welch and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Relic written by William G. Howell and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our government is failing us. Can we simply blame polarization, the deregulation of campaign finance, or some other nefarious force? What if the roots go much deeper, to our nation's start? In Relic, the political scientists William Howell and Terry Moe boldly argue that nothing less than the U.S. Constitution is the cause of government dysfunction. The framers came from a simple, small, agrarian society, and set forth a government comprised of separate powers, one of which, Congress, was expected to respond to the parochial concerns of citizens across the land. By design, the national government they created was incapable of taking broad and meaningful action. But a hundred years after the nation's founding, the United States was transformed into a complex, large, and industrial society. The key, they argue, is to expand the powers of the president. Presidents take a longer view of things out of concern for their legacies, and are able to act without hesitation. To back up this controversial remedy, Howell and Moe offer an incisive understanding of the Progressive Movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the most powerful movements in American history. The Progressives shone a bright light on the mismatch between our constitutional government and the demands of modernity, and they succeeded in changing our government, sidelining Congress and installing a presidentially-led system that was more able to tackle the nation's vast social problems. Howell and Moe argue that we need a second Progressive Movement dedicated to effective government, above all to reforms that promote strong presidential leadership. For it is through the presidency that the American government can address the problems that threaten the very stability of our society"--