Lurking Under The Surface

Author : Brandon R. Grafius
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506481630

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Lurking Under the Surface by Brandon R. Grafius Pdf

Horror can be a valuable conversation partner for the spiritual questions that animate so many of us. Whether through a movie, television show, novel, or even myth, horror as a genre has always spoken to our deepest human fears and anxieties: fear of death, of the unknown, of knowing too much. Whether you're looking at classic narratives like Frankenstein, which shows us the consequences of stretching knowledge farther than it's safe to go, or contemporary films like Get Out, which explores racism and white guilt, horror provides a window into our culture and what makes us human. The same can be said of religion. Horror movie buff and religion scholar Brandon Grafius finds common ground between these two seemingly disparate bedfellows--horror and religion--in Lurking under the Surface. What parallels can we draw between The Walking Dead and sacred texrts? How do the stories of Hebrew Christian scriptures and apocalyptic films like A Quiet Place and Bird Box help us find hope when it's in short supply? When we treat them both seriously, we see that horror movies and religion lead us through the same sets of questions. Both explore questions of justice, hope, and our relationship to the world and the cosmos. And both offer us ways to make meaning out of the contradictory pieces of our world--a world filled with so much hope and so many recognizable fears lurking just beneath the surface.

Author : H. P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Memorable Classics Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Lurking Fear by H. P. Lovecraft Pdf

The Lurking Fear by H. P. Lovecraft is a horror short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in November 1922, it was first published in the January through April 1923 issues of Home Brew. The story is narrated by an unnamed seeker of strange horrors who is investigating the massacre of a community of some six dozen backwoods degenerates in an obscure region of the Catskills, a massacre which occurred during a particularly violent electrical storm and seems to have been perpetrated by an unidentified clawed beast. The narrator soon discovers that the most sinister legends of the region center around the abandoned Martense mansion, and he decides together with two companionsto spend the night in the big old house... Plot In 1921, an unnamed monster-hunter travels to Tempest Mountain, in the Catskills range, after reports of various attacks by a group of unidentified creatures against the local inhabitants reaches the media. A month before, an unusually large, destructive thunderstorm had drifted over the region. Many homes were destroyed, seemingly by the storm, but upon closer inspection, the destruction seemed to be left by an enraged beast. The affected area, originally home to only 75 citizens, was completely destroyed, leaving no survivors. Gathering what information he can from the locals, the hunter finds out that most of the legends surround the foreboding Martense mansion, a century-old Dutch homestead, which has been disregarded by the police as it is apparently abandoned. The hunter, bringing with him two companions as his bodyguards, enters the mansion at night, just when another thunderstorm approaches. He takes up residence in the room of Jan Martense, a member of the family believed to have been murdered. Despite their careful preparation, keeping watch in shifts and sleeping armed, the group eventually drift off to sleep. The hunter wakes up to discover both his companions missing and, in a flash of lightning, witnesses a demonic shadow briefly cast upon the mansion's chimney by a grotesque monster. Neither of his companions are ever seen again.

Author : Melissa Forney
Publisher : Barker Creek Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Adventure and adventurers
ISBN : 1928961045

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Oonawassee Summer by Melissa Forney Pdf

Twelve-year-old cousins Addie and Tanner spend an adventure-filled summer at Gram and Great-Uncle Henry's cottage on the banks of Florida's alligator-infested Oonawassee River.

Author : Ruth Haley Barton
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830874170

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Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership by Ruth Haley Barton Pdf

"I'm tired of helping others enjoy God—I just want to enjoy God for myself." With this painful admission, Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Weaving together contemporary illustrations with penetrating insight from the life of Moses, Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership explores topics such as responding to the dynamics of calling facing the loneliness of leadership leading from your authentic self cultivating spiritual community reenvisioning the promised land discerning God's will together Each chapter includes a spiritual practice to ensure your soul gets the nourishment it needs. Forging and maintaining a life-giving connection with God is the best choice you can make for yourself and for those you lead. This expanded edition includes the popular "How Is It with Your Soul?” assessment for leaders and a flexible six- or twelve-week guided experience for groups.

Author : Brandon R. Grafius
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781506481623

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Lurking Under the Surface by Brandon R. Grafius Pdf

Religion and horror, while seemingly at odds with each other, are expressions of the same human anxieties and hopes, and frequently reach the same destination via different paths. With these important areas of overlap, horror and religion can interpret and challenge each other--and us, in the way we live our personal lives.

Author : John David Anderson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062338228

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Posted by John David Anderson Pdf

With multiple starred reviews, don't miss this humorous, poignant, and original contemporary story about bullying, broken friendships, social media, and the failures of communication between kids. From John David Anderson, author of the acclaimed Ms. Bixby’s Last Day. In middle school, words aren’t just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends or make you enemies. They can come back to haunt you. Sometimes they can change things forever. When cell phones are banned at Branton Middle School, Frost and his friends Deedee, Wolf, and Bench come up with a new way to communicate: leaving sticky notes for each other all around the school. It catches on, and soon all the kids in school are leaving notes—though for every kind and friendly one, there is a cutting and cruel one as well. In the middle of this, a new girl named Rose arrives at school and sits at Frost’s lunch table. Rose is not like anyone else at Branton Middle School, and it’s clear that the close circle of friends Frost has made for himself won’t easily hold another. As the sticky-note war escalates, and the pressure to choose sides mounts, Frost soon realizes that after this year, nothing will ever be the same.

Author : Jaidis Shaw,Andrea Staum,Isabelle Poldervaart,E. M. MacCallum,Terry Alexander,Shelly Schulz,Scott Butler,Gina Watson,Beth Patterson,Emma Michaels,Michael Cross,K. C. Finn,Kelly Matsuura,Timothy Black,Liz Butcher,Jef Rouner,Jacqueline Smith
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1512066192

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Lurking in the Deep by Jaidis Shaw,Andrea Staum,Isabelle Poldervaart,E. M. MacCallum,Terry Alexander,Shelly Schulz,Scott Butler,Gina Watson,Beth Patterson,Emma Michaels,Michael Cross,K. C. Finn,Kelly Matsuura,Timothy Black,Liz Butcher,Jef Rouner,Jacqueline Smith Pdf

Now there's a reason to fear the water. Does the water beckon you? Your love, or fears, may become greater in this chilling anthology. From ordinary sea life to creatures of myth, our stories will make you think twice about the shadowy waters that beckon below. Follow our authors into the depths ... if you dare. Stories and Contributors include: Bloodslick by Timothy Black Crescent's Creature by K.C. Finn Wrath by Liz Butcher A Senseless Eating Machine by Jef Rouner The Water's Edge by Jacqueline E. Smith The Reluctant Seamstress by Jaidis Shaw Ribbons & Bones by Kelly Matsuura Widow's Cut by Andrea L. Staum Rhine Maiden by Isabelle Poldervaart The Broken Seashell by E.M. MacCallum Lauren by Terry Alexander Tide Flats by Shelly Schulz Song of the Ocean by Scott A. Butler Enticing Waters by Gina A. Watson Tubular Hells by Beth W. Patterson Dark Waters by Michael Cross & Emma Michaels

Author : Laura van den Berg
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374714987

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I Hold a Wolf by the Ears by Laura van den Berg Pdf

ONE OF TIME'S 10 BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2020. Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR, Bustle, Good Housekeeping, the New York Public Library, Library Journal, Lit Hub, Electric Literature, and Tor.com "As enchanting as fairy tales, as mysterious as dreams, these exquisitely composed fictions are as urgent and original as any being written today.” —Sigrid Nunez, author of The Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award for Fiction An urgent and unsettling collection of women on the verge from Laura van den Berg, author of The Third Hotel I Hold a Wolf by the Ears, Laura van den Berg’s first story collection since her prizewinning book The Isle of Youth, draws readers into a world of wholly original, sideways ghost stories that linger in the mouth and the mind. Both timeless and urgent, these eleven stories confront misogyny, violence, and the impossible economics of America with van den Berg’s trademark spiky humor and surreal eye. Moving from the peculiarities of Florida to liminal spaces of travel in Mexico City, Sicily, and Iceland, I Hold a Wolf by the Ears is uncannily attuned to our current moment, and to the fears we reveal to no one but ourselves. In “Lizards,” a man mutes his wife’s anxieties by giving her a LaCroix-like seltzer laced with sedatives. In the title story, a woman poses as her more successful sister during a botched Italian holiday, a choice that brings about strange and destructive consequences, while in “Karolina,” a woman discovers her prickly ex-sister-in-law in the aftermath of an earthquake and is forced to face the truth about her violent brother. I Hold a Wolf by the Ears presents a collection of women on the verge, trying to grasp what’s left of life: grieving, divorced, and hyperaware, searching, vulnerable, and unhinged, they exist in a world that deviates from our own only when you look too closely. With remarkable control and transcendent talent, van den Berg dissolves, in the words of the narrator of “Slumberland,” “that border between magic and annihilation,” and further establishes herself as a defining fiction writer of our time.

Author : Clarence Mulford
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 2060 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547750444

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RIDING IN THE WILD WEST – 10 Classic Western Adventures in One Volume by Clarence Mulford Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "RIDING IN THE WILD WEST" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Excerpt: "The town lay sprawled over half a square mile of alkali plain, its main Street depressing in its width, for those who were responsible for its inception had worked with a generosity born of the knowledge that they had at their immediate and unchallenged disposal the broad lands of Texas and New Mexico on which to assemble a grand total of twenty buildings, four of which were of wood. As this material was scarce, and had to be brought from where the waters of the Gulf...." (Bar-20) Bar-20 The Orphan The Coming of Cassidy and Others Hopalong Cassidy Bar-20 Days Buck Peters, Ranchman The Man from Bar-20 The Bar-20 Three Tex Bring Me His Ears Clarence E. Mulford (1883–1956) was a prolific author whose short stories and 28 novels were adapted to radio, feature film, television, and comic books, often deviating significantly from the original stories, especially in the character's traits. Many of his stories depicted Cassidy and other men of the Bar-20 ranch. But more than just writing a very popular series of Westerns, Mulford recreated an entire detailed and authentic world filled with characters drawn from his extensive library research.

Author : Mark C. Tibergien,Rebecca Pomering
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118019313

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Practice Made (More) Perfect by Mark C. Tibergien,Rebecca Pomering Pdf

A revised and expanded look at how to thrive and prosper in the financial advisory business A new and revised edition of the eye-opening, no-nonsense handbook on managing and growing a financial-advisory business, Practice Made (More) Perfect is packed with industry insight and practical ideas that every leader and manager within a financial advisory practice needs to know in order to get the most out of their business. Regardless of how little time is available or how seriously challenged a firm may be, this book contains the information that can help. The principles of sound management apply to firms of all types, and the tools provided in this book are guaranteed to be applicable under practically any circumstances. Written by industry expert Mark Tibergien, one of the "25 Most Influential" people in the financial services industry A new edition of a bestselling Bloomberg title Includes fresh insight on recent topics, including how advisors responded during the latest meltdown, the implications of the aging advisory profession, the challenges of attracting and keeping both clients and staff, the role of organizational design in a growing business, recent changes in compensation planning and implementation, and key information on leadership and management in today's financial world Many financial advisers run their businesses as if acquiring more clients will solve any and all problems, but without a strategic framework, more clients just lead to more demands and less time to meet them. The truly successful firm will build strategy, structure, and processes that will ultimately translate into increased profits, cash flow, and transferable value.

Author : Giovan Francesco Lanzara
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262034456

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Shifting Practices by Giovan Francesco Lanzara Pdf

How disruptions and discontinuities caused by the introduction of new technologies often reveal aspects of practice not previously observed. What happens in an established practice or work setting when a novel artifact or tool for doing work changes the familiar work routines? Any unexpected event, or change, or technological innovation creates a discontinuity; organizations and individuals must reframe taken-for-granted assumptions and practices and reposition themselves. To study innovation as a phenomenon, then, we must search for situations of discontinuity and rupture and explore them in depth. In Shifting Practices, Giovan Francesco Lanzara does just that, and discovers that disruptions and discontinuities caused by the introduction of new technologies often reveal aspects of practice not previously observed. After discussing methodological and research issues, Lanzara presents two in-depth studies focusing on processes of design and innovation in two different practice settings: music education and criminal justice. In the first, he works with the music department of a major American university to develop Music LOGO, a computer system that allows students to explore musical structures with simple, composition-like exercises and experiments. In the second, he works with the Italian court system in the design and use of video technology for criminal trials. In both cases, drawing on anecdotes and examples as well as theory and analysis, he traces the new systems from design through implementation and adoption. Finally, Lanzara considers the researcher's role, and the relationship—encompassing empathy, vulnerability, and temporality—between the reflective researcher and actors in the practice setting.

Author : Royal Society (Great Britain),Charles Hutton,Richard Pearson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1809
Category : Philosophical transaction (Royal Society (Great Britain))
ISBN : NYPL:33433009958723

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The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, from Their Commencement, in 1665, to the Year 1800; Abridged, with Notes and Biographic Illustrations, by Charles Hutton ... George Shaw ... Richard Pearson ...: 1770-1776 by Royal Society (Great Britain),Charles Hutton,Richard Pearson Pdf

Author : Deborah Harrell,Jack Klumpenhower
Publisher : New Growth Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781645074458

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What's Up? by Deborah Harrell,Jack Klumpenhower Pdf

Have you ever asked a kid you know what’s up with "the gospel"? Can they explain what the gospel is, and even more importantly, do they know what it has to do with them? Or do they suspect that being good, listening to parents, and obeying rules is ultimately what God expects? What's Up? is a flexible middle-school (ages 10–14) curriculum ...

Author : Clarence Edward Mulford
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664638410

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"Bring Me His Ears" by Clarence Edward Mulford Pdf

This novel is set in the American wild west in the 1840s, state of Missouri. It opens with a dialogue between a local and a Mexican who with wild gesticulations is lamenting how a wanted man has escaped from their grasp, having been on board ship with them. The dialogue is written so as to reproduce the accented speech of the Mexican and is quite comical. The pair hatch a plan to find and capture this so far nameless man.

Author : Frederic Wehrey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190911195

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Beyond Sunni and Shia by Frederic Wehrey Pdf

This collection seeks to advance our understanding of intra-Islamic identity conflict during a period of upheaval in the Middle East. Instead of treating distinctions between and within Sunni and Shia Islam as primordial and immutable, it examines how political economy, geopolitics, domestic governance, social media, non- and sub-state groups, and clerical elites have affected the transformation and diffusion of sectarian identities. Particular attention is paid to how conflicts over distribution of political and economic power have taken on a sectarian quality, and how a variety of actors have instrumentalized sectarianism. The volume, covering Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, Iran, and Egypt, includes contributors from a broad array of disciplines including political science, history, sociology, and Islamic studies. Beyond Sunni and Shia draws on extensive fieldwork and primary sources to offer insights that are empirically rich and theoretically grounded, but also accessible for policy audiences and the informed public.