Light In Darkness

Author : Heino Falcke,Jörg Römer
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780063020078

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Light in the Darkness by Heino Falcke,Jörg Römer Pdf

The International Bestseller On April 10, 2019, award-winning astrophysicist Heino Falcke presented the first image ever captured of a black hole at an international press conference—a turning point in astronomy that Science magazine called the scientific breakthrough of the year. That photo was captured with the unthinkable commitment of an intercontinental team of astronomers who transformed the world into a global telescope. While this image achieved Falcke’s goal in making a black hole “visible” for the first time, he recognizes that the photo itself asks more questions for humanity than it answers. Light in the Darkness takes us on Falcke’s extraordinary journey to the darkest corners of the universe. From the first humans looking up at the night sky to modern astrophysics, from the study of black holes to the still-unsolved mysteries of the universe, Falcke asks, in even the greatest triumphs of science, is there room for doubts, faith, and a God? A plea for curiosity and humility, Light in the Darkness sees one of the great minds shaping the world today as he ponders the big, pressing questions that present themselves when we look up at the stars.

Author : Alisse Waterston
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781487539139

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Light in Dark Times by Alisse Waterston Pdf

What will become of us in these trying times? How will we pass the time that we have on earth? In gorgeously rendered graphic form, Light in Dark Times invites readers to consider these questions by exploring the political catastrophes and moral disasters of the past and present, revealing issues that beg to be studied, understood, confronted, and resisted. A profound work of anthropology and art, this book is for anyone yearning to understand the darkness and hoping to hold onto the light. It is a powerful story of encounters with writers, philosophers, activists, and anthropologists whose words are as meaningful today as they were during the times in which they were written. This book is at once a lament over the darkness of our times, an affirmation of the value of knowledge and introspection, and a consideration of truth, lies, and the dangers of the trivial. In a time when many of us struggle with the feeling that we cannot do enough to change the course of the future, this book is a call to action, asking us to envision and create an alternative world from the one in which we now live. Light in Dark Times is beautiful to look at and to hold – an exquisite work of art that is lively, informative, enlightening, deeply moving, and inspiring.

Author : Douglas L. Winiarski
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469628271

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Darkness Falls on the Land of Light by Douglas L. Winiarski Pdf

This sweeping history of popular religion in eighteenth-century New England examines the experiences of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. Drawing on an unprecedented quantity of letters, diaries, and testimonies, Douglas Winiarski recovers the pervasive and vigorous lay piety of the early eighteenth century. George Whitefield's preaching tour of 1740 called into question the fundamental assumptions of this thriving religious culture. Incited by Whitefield and fascinated by miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit--visions, bodily fits, and sudden conversions--countless New Englanders broke ranks with family, neighbors, and ministers who dismissed their religious experiences as delusive enthusiasm. These new converts, the progenitors of today's evangelical movement, bitterly assaulted the Congregational establishment. The 1740s and 1750s were the dark night of the New England soul, as men and women groped toward a restructured religious order. Conflict transformed inclusive parishes into exclusive networks of combative spiritual seekers. Then as now, evangelicalism emboldened ordinary people to question traditional authorities. Their challenge shattered whole communities.

Author : Hooper C. Dunbar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X030560754

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Forces of Our Time by Hooper C. Dunbar Pdf

"Anyone looking at the condition of the world today will be struck by the dramatic changes taking place. On the one hand is the visible deterioration in so many fundamental processes and institutions, from the financial world, politics and the fabric of society to climate change and energy. On the other is an enlivening upsurge in knowledge, in concern for human rights and in technologies that bring people together. These energies are spiritual in nature and result from the coming of God's most recent representative to humankind, Bahá'u'lláh. He has set in motion processes that are creating a new, divine civilization. In response to this, negative forces have risen to resist the divine purpose. The nature of these spiritual forces is a prominent theme in the Bahá'í writings, particularly in those of Shoghi Effendi. They convey vital principles and laws, systematic processes and insights into the workings of the world. They explain the changes that are taking place and give us a glimpse into our own nature and reality. In this book Hooper Dunbar examines the character of the spiritual forces as set out in writings of Shoghi Effendi. The first part considers the terms 'force', 'energy' and 'power' in these writings, while the second comprises a selection of quotations drawn from the writings of Shoghi Effendi - many published here for the first time - arranged chronologically, so readers may consider the ideas in their original context."--Publisher's website

Author : Steve Wiedenkopf
Publisher : Catholic Answers Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1683572491

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Light from Darkness: Nine Times the Catholic Church Was in Turmoil-And Came Out Stronger Than Before by Steve Wiedenkopf Pdf

Author : Asif Shakoor
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781532699092

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Let There Be Light in Darkness by Asif Shakoor Pdf

Laughter is the light that seeps into the darkest moment of our lives. It is the only wisdom that brings us closer to our human nature. Let There Be Light In Darkness is a culmination of twenty-five years of reflection on meaningful existence and seeking simplicity in truth and purpose. The sole purpose in writing poetry is to awaken the conscious mind and to let the human spirit live in the wholeness of reality. As a physician, I have used poetry to heal the ailing soul by using a holistic and integrative approach to medicine. Words have the power to move the masses and change perception of reality so that humanity can strive toward greater good. Truth can only be known once we shed light into darkness and come out of our shadowy existence fully formed. Let There Be Light In Darkness is my way of looking deep into life’s finite existence and walking toward my end with every moment of my beginning.

Author : Roger Zelazny
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061936456

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Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny Pdf

Two gods, two houses, one quest, and the eternal war between life and death To save his kingdom, Anubis, Lord of the Dead, sends forth his servant on a mission of vengeance. At the same time, from The House of Life, Osiris sends forth his son, Horus, on the same mission to destroy utterly and forever The Prince Who Was a Thousand. But neither of these superhuman warriors is prepared for the strange and harrowing world of mortal life, and The Thing That Cries in the Night may well destroy not only their worlds, but all mankind. As Zelazny did with the Hindu pantheon in the legendary, groundbreaking classic Lord of Light, the master storyteller here breathes new life into the Egyptian gods with another dazzling tale of mythology and imagination.

Author : Albert Marrin
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781524701222

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A Light in the Darkness by Albert Marrin Pdf

From National Book Award Finalist Albert Marrin comes the moving story of Janusz Korczak, the heroic Polish Jewish doctor who devoted his life to children, perishing with them in the Holocaust. Janusz Korczak was more than a good doctor. He was a hero. The Dr. Spock of his day, he established orphanages run on his principle of honoring children and shared his ideas with the public in books and on the radio. He famously said that "children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today." Korczak was a man ahead of his time, whose work ultimately became the basis for the U.N. Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Korczak was also a Polish Jew on the eve of World War II. He turned down multiple opportunities for escape, standing by the children in his orphanage as they became confined to the Warsaw Ghetto. Dressing them in their Sabbath finest, he led their march to the trains and ultimately perished with his children in Treblinka. But this book is much more than a biography. In it, renowned nonfiction master Albert Marrin examines not just Janusz Korczak's life but his ideology of children: that children are valuable in and of themselves, as individuals. He contrasts this with Adolf Hitler's life and his ideology of children: that children are nothing more than tools of the state. And throughout, Marrin draws readers into the Warsaw Ghetto. What it was like. How it was run. How Jews within and Poles without responded. Who worked to save lives and who tried to enrich themselves on other people's suffering. And how one man came to represent the conscience and the soul of humanity. Filled with black-and-white photographs, this is an unforgettable portrait of a man whose compassion in even the darkest hours reminds us what is possible.

Author : Tim Edensor
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781452953410

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From Light to Dark by Tim Edensor Pdf

Light pervades the world, and when it is not light, darkness emerges and is combated by electric illumination. Despite this globally shared human experience in which spaces appear radically different depending on time, season, and weather, social science investigation on the subject is meager. From Light to Dark fills this gap, focusing on our interaction with daylight, illumination, and darkness. Tim Edensor begins by examining the effects of daylight on our perception of landscape, drawing on artworks, particular landscapes, and architectural practice. He then considers the ways in which illumination is often contested and can be used to express power, looking at how capitalist, class, ethnic, military, and state power use lighting to reinforce their authority over space. Edensor also considers light artists such as Olafur Eliasson and festivals of illumination before turning a critical eye to the supposedly dangerous, sinister associations of darkness. In examining the modern city as a space of fantasy through electric illumination, he studies how we are seeking—and should seek—new forms of darkness in reaction to the perpetual glow of urban lighting. Highly original and absorbingly written, From Light to Dark analyzes a vast array of artistic interventions, diverse spaces, and lighting technologies to explore these most basic human experiences.

Author : Ivan Cat,Darren Sarvari
Publisher : D A W Books, Incorporated
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0886777267

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The Eyes of Light and Darkness by Ivan Cat,Darren Sarvari Pdf

In the shadow of an asteroid field drifts an abandoned spacecraft. Aboard the wreck, a small party of humans find that the ship is abandoned--but not empty. And now its cold metallic halls echo with the unholy sound of an awakening terror. This is a SF psycho-thriller which will appeal to anyone who enjoyed the movie Alien.

Author : Jo St Leon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-25
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0228860814

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The Light in the Darkness by Jo St Leon Pdf

The Light in the Darkness is a must-have companion for anyone living with a serious illness, or caring for a loved one with such an illness. With this collection of reflections and personal essays, Jo St Leon shares her experiences, her darkest moments and her greatest joys. She tells of the journey from fear and denial to acceptance and a determination to live her best life. She shares her deepest thoughts and feelings, always with her characteristic blend of wry humour and wisdom. The Light in the Darkness is the book Jo wishes she could have found when she first received her cancer diagnosis.

Author : Lesa Cline-Ransome
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781368005067

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Light in the Darkness by Lesa Cline-Ransome Pdf

Rosa and her mama go to school together-in the dark of night, silently, afraid that any noise they hear is a patroller on the lookout for escaped slaves. Their school is literally a hole in the ground, where they and other slaves of all ages gather to form letters out of sticks, scratch letters in the dirt, and pronounce their sounds in whispers. Young Rosa is eager to learn the letters and then the words, because after the words comes reading. But she must have patience, her mama reminds her, and keep her letters to herself when she's working on the plantation. If the Master catches them, it'll mean a whipping-one lash for each letter. No matter how slow and dangerous the process might be, Rosa is determined to learn, and pass on her learning to others.

Author : Tom Veitch
Publisher : Titan Comics
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781782767060

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The Light and Darkness War by Tom Veitch Pdf

Helicopter pilot Lazarus Jones is consumed with survivor guilt and remorse after his crew is killed Vietnam. Spiralling into depression and alcoholism, Laz crosses the threshold between life and death, only to find himself battling once more alongside his lost comrades, in the ultimate war between Good and EvilÉ

Author : Stacey Marie Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1956600183

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Darkness of Light by Stacey Marie Brown Pdf

After Ember Brycin finds her mother brutally murdered, her mind begins to see things that shouldn't exist, like creatures that belong in scary fairytales. The more she feels her sanity slipping, the more bizarre and inexplicable things start happening around her, even burning down one of her schools, turning Ember into an outcast. When she and her stepfather, Mark, move to Olympia, Washington, they think it will be a new start. However, things only continue to get worse. When the latest school explosion lands her in a facility for troubled youth, she meets Eli Dragen-a hot as hell, darkly mysterious, bad boy from a notorious biker gang. Their connection is full of passion, danger, and secrets. Secrets that lead her down a path she never imagined, exposing her to a world hidden in the shadows... Where she is hunted by deadly beasts that dwell in the dark.

Author : Shayne Leighton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1088102875

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Of Light and Darkness by Shayne Leighton Pdf

"An absolutely unforgettable romance in an unputdownable book." - New York Times Bestselling Author Shelly Crane, SIGNIFICANCE _________________ Without any magic of her own, a mortal girl traverses a world of monsters hidden among ancient secrets of modern Prague. Ensnared in the thorns of a political war between light and darkness and raised by a monster she's learned to love, Charlotte Ruzikova finds belonging, but only if she can face her worst fears. Welcome to the occult city, but mind your throat. Shayne Leighton's contemporary fantasy series, Of Light and Darkness, is a dark tale about found family, forbidden love, oppression, and Slavic folklore. _________________ For fans of Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth and Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away.