From Calvary To Gambrini

Author : Matti Helelä
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789528044727

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From Calvary to Gambrini by Matti Helelä Pdf

This is a true story of my journey from Calvary to Gambrini, as I remember it from the 1970s and 1980s. Because I was bullied at school and I often felt very lonely, I needed an imaginary friend. At the age of fifteen, I publicly confessed my faith. I had found the suffering and bleeding Christ crucified on the hill of Calvary. He loved me and managed to save me from my loneliness. I made new dear friends, and life was more exciting. Faith guided my choices in life. From Calvary, I traveled a long way to Gay Gambrini. I opened its door at the age of 31. For sixteen years, I had denied myself and carried my cross. Now, being myself, I started a new life. I found a new kind of love, and many of my friends changed. What should I think about religion now? From the reader: "Vivid text and relentless humor. A ruthlessly honest investigation on searching and finding oneself. Never bitter, but, even when criticizing, with a gentle twinkle in the eye. An in-depth and touching journey of life. Thank you for the honor of having been able to take part in your journey and now being included in this story."

Author : Matti Helelä
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789528048633

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How Dare You, God? by Matti Helelä Pdf

I use SARCASM and humor to discuss Christianity and the Bible. First, imaginary experts describe the divine brand, each from their own perspective. Second, imaginary people introduce themselves and reveal their thoughts without any sugar-coating: The HEROES OF FAITH are struggling with their problems and trying to do their best to follow their god's will according to their own interpretations. The CHALLENGERS OF FAITH are wondering about god's intentions, and they eventually break free from the yoke of faith. Third, the prayers are also divided into two groups. In each group, people talk to god with hilarious boldness and radical conclusions: The FAITHFUL FANATICS are trying to pray humbly, even though they do not always understand the purposes of their god. The CRITICAL DOUBTERS present harsh criticism against god. FROM READERS: "This is excellent, absolutely hilarious text. I read it nonstop and was howling with laughter alone here at night. Probably I woke up the neighbors. You have certainly surpassed yourself with this work." "The book proceeds logically in content and structure. The work is like the growth story of a cautious questioner into a categorically arguing religious critic."

Author : Jean Antoine DU CERCEAU
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1836
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017586392

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Memoirs of Nicholas Gabrini de Rienzi ... From the French of ... Brumoy and Cerceau or rather of a posthumous work by Du Cerceau, edited by Brumoy by Jean Antoine DU CERCEAU Pdf

Author : Jacob L. Wright
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108480895

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War, Memory, and National Identity in the Hebrew Bible by Jacob L. Wright Pdf

Shows how biblical authors, like more recent architects of national identities, constructed identity in direct relation to memories of war.

Author : Christopher Hale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1935-1945)
ISBN : 0750988177

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Deception by Christopher Hale Pdf

The first book to tell the complete story of Adolf Eichmann's plan to deceive the last Jews of Europe

Author : Александр Иванович Куприн
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Short stories, Russian
ISBN : UOM:39015030597317

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Gambrinus and Other Stories by Александр Иванович Куприн Pdf

Author : Hans Michael Eßlinger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783527623495

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Handbook of Brewing by Hans Michael Eßlinger Pdf

This comprehensive reference combines the technological know-how from five centuries of industrial-scale brewing to meet the needs of a global economy. The editor and authors draw on the expertise gained in the world's most competitive beer market (Germany), where many of the current technologies were first introduced. Following a look at the history of beer brewing, the book goes on to discuss raw materials, fermentation, maturation and storage, filtration and stabilization, special production methods and beermix beverages. Further chapters investigate the properties and quality of beer, flavor stability, analysis and quality control, microbiology and certification, as well as physiology and toxicology. Such modern aspects as automation, energy and environmental protection are also considered. Regional processes and specialties are addressed throughout the entire book, making this a truly global resource on brewing.

Author : Malcolm Lowry
Publisher : New Amer Library
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0451132130

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Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry Pdf

Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking, an activity that has overshadowed his life. On the most fateful day of the consul's life--the Day of the Dead, 1938--his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac, inspired by a vision of life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. She is determined to rescue Firmin and their failing marriage, but her mission is further complicated by the presence of Hugh, the consul's half brother, and Jacques, a childhood friend. The events of this one significant day unfold against an unforgettable backdrop of a Mexico at once magical and diabolical. Under the Volcano remains one of literature's most powerful and lyrical statements on the human condition, and a brilliant portrayal of one man's constant struggle against the elemental forces that threaten to destroy him.

Author : Julie Buckler,Emily D. Johnson
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810166592

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Rites of Place by Julie Buckler,Emily D. Johnson Pdf

Ranging widely across time and geography, Rites of Place is to date the most comprehensive and diverse example of memory studies in the field of Russian and East European studies. Leading scholars consider how public rituals and the commemoration of historically significant sites facilitate a sense of community, shape cultural identity, and promote political ideologies. The aims of this volume take on unique importance in the context of the tumultuous events that have marked Eastern European history—especially the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, World War II, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. With essays on topics such as the founding of St. Petersburg, the battle of Borodino, the Katyn massacre, and the Lenin cult, this volume offers a rich discussion of the uses and abuses of memory in cultures where national identity has repeatedly undergone dramatic shifts and remains riven by internal contradictions.

Author : Stendhal
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1016195559

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Promenades Dans Rome, Second Edition, 1866 (French Edition) by Stendhal Pdf

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 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. 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.

Author : Ronald G. Musto
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 954 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520928725

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Apocalypse in Rome by Ronald G. Musto Pdf

On May 20, 1347, Cola di Rienzo overthrew without violence the turbulent rule of Rome’s barons and the absentee popes. A young visionary and the best political speaker of his time, Cola promised Rome a return to its former greatness. Ronald G. Musto’s vivid biography of this charismatic leader—whose exploits have enlivened the work of poets, composers, and dramatists, as well as historians—peels away centuries of interpretation to reveal the realities of fourteenth-century Italy and to offer a comprehensive account of Cola’s rise and fall. A man of modest origins, Cola gained a reputation as a talented professional with an unparalleled knowledge of Rome’s classical remains. After earning the respect and friendship of Petrarch and the sponsorship of Pope Clement VI, Cola won the affections and loyalties of all classes of Romans. His buono stato established the reputation of Rome as the heralded New Jerusalem of the Apocalypse and quickly made the city a potent diplomatic and religious center that challenged the authority—and power—of both pope and emperor. At the height of Cola’s rule, a conspiracy of pope and barons forced him to flee the city and live for years as a fugitive until he was betrayed and taken to Avignon to stand trial as a heretic. Musto relates the dramatic story of Cola’s subsequent exoneration and return to central Italy as an agent of the new pope. But only weeks after he reestablished his government, he was slain by the Romans atop the Capitoline hill. In his exploration, Musto examines every known document pertaining to Cola’s life, including papal, private, and diplomatic correspondence rarely used by earlier historians. With his intimate knowledge of historical Rome—its streets and ruins, its churches and palaces, from the busy Tiber riverfront to the lost splendor of the Capitoline—he brings a cinematic flair to this fascinating historical narrative.

Author : Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801868823

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The Mysteries of New Orleans by Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein Pdf

"Reizenstein's peculiar vision of New Orleans is worth resurrecting precisely because it crossed the boundaries of acceptable taste in nineteenth-century German America and squatted firmly on the other side... This work makes us realize how limited our notions were of what could be conceived by a fertile American imagination in the middle of the nineteenth century." -- from the Introduction by Steven Rowan A lost classic of America's neglected German-language literary tradition, The Mysteries of New Orleans by Baron Ludwig von Reizenstein first appeared as a serial in the Louisiana Staats-Zeitung, a New Orleans German-language newspaper, between 1854 and 1855. Inspired by the gothic "urban mysteries" serialized in France and Germany during this period, Reizenstein crafted a daring occult novel that stages a frontal assault on the ethos of the antebellum South. His plot imagines the coming of a bloody, retributive justice at the hands of Hiram the Freemason -- a nightmarish, 200-year-old, proto-Nietzschean superman -- for the sin of slavery. Heralded by the birth of a black messiah, the son of a mulatto prostitute and a decadent German aristocrat, this coming revolution is depicted in frankly apocalyptic terms. Yet, Reizenstein was equally concerned with setting and characters, from the mundane to the fantastic. The book is saturated with the atmosphere of nineteenth-century New Orleans, the amorous exploits of its main characters uncannily resembling those of New Orleans' leading citizens. Also of note is the author's progressively matter-of-fact portrait of the lesbian romance between his novel's only sympathetic characters, Claudine and Orleana. This edition marks the first time that The Mysteries of New Orleans has been translated into English and proves that 150 years later, this vast, strange, and important novel remains as compelling as ever.

Author : Carol A. Grissom
Publisher : Associated University Presse
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 087413031X

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Zinc Sculpture in America, 1850-1950 by Carol A. Grissom Pdf

Introduced in the United States as a new material for statuary in the mid-nineteenth century, zinc has properties that allowed replication at low cost. It was used to produce modestly priced serial sculpture displayed throughout the nation on fountains, public monuments, and war memorials. Imitative finishes created the illusion of more costly bronze, stone, or polychrome wood. This first comprehensive overview of American zinc sculpture is interdisciplinary, engaging aspects of art history, popular culture, local history, technology, and art conservation. Included is a generously illustrated catalogue presenting more than eight hundred statues organized by type: trade figures and Indians, gods and goddesses, fountain figures, animals, famous men, military figures, firemen, cemetery memorials, and religous subjects. The compilation of data on these statues will be valuable to scholars, filling the current void in research libraries. The author's experience as a conservator will also make the an essential resource for historic preservationists seeking to repair statues now damaged by years of outdoor exposure. This book has 555 illustrations, 354 of which are in color. Carol Grissom is Senior Objects Conservator at the Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute.

Author : Tim Powers
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575101814

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The Drawing Of The Dark by Tim Powers Pdf

When Brian Duffy, an ageing soldier of fortune, is recruited in Venice by a strange old man to work as a bouncer in Vienna at an inn where the fabulous Herzwesten beer is brewed, everything seems straightforward. But his journey is far from it. Pursued and attacked from all sides, guarded and guided by creatures of myth, Duffy is no sooner in Vienna than the city is besieged by the turkish armies of Suleiman. And it becomes apparent that Duffy's presence is no accident and that it is up to him to preserve the West until the drawing of the dark ...

Author : John Bonner,George William Curtis,Henry Mills Alden,Samuel Stillman Conant,Montgomery Schuyler,John Foord,Richard Harding Davis,Carl Schurz,Henry Loomis Nelson,John Kendrick Bangs,George Brinton McClellan Harvey,Norman Hapgood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015006956802

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Harper's Weekly by John Bonner,George William Curtis,Henry Mills Alden,Samuel Stillman Conant,Montgomery Schuyler,John Foord,Richard Harding Davis,Carl Schurz,Henry Loomis Nelson,John Kendrick Bangs,George Brinton McClellan Harvey,Norman Hapgood Pdf