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Pandora's Last Gift

Author : Kim K. McCrea
Publisher : Kim K. McCrea
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1737388901

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A hidden book discovered in a battered sea chest sweeps Lucas into the saga of a young woman traveling the Silk Road to the land of the Kazakh. Orphaned in England with few prospects, Verity is employed as a governess by the British ambassador to that fierce country. While Verity writes of her destined encounter with the powerful Khan, Lucas grapples with his brother and their lifelong rivalry as he manages their grandmother's legacy. Verity's fabled red hair draws the king's notice with fateful consequences through generations. Once a vagabond musician, Lucas now faces the same timeless questions Verity poses: questions of passion, magic, chance, and the truth of the heart.On Pandora's wedding day Zeus, the king of the gods, gave her a gift. It was a golden box decorated with jewels and precious pearls, but Zeus told Pandora she must never open the box, never. One day, unable to resist the temptation, Pandora sat down with the golden box and opened the lid just a crack. Out of the box flew all the troubles of the human world---hunger and fear, sickness and death. Pandora slammed the lid shut again, but all human grief and trouble already escaped into the world. Only one thing remained the box and didn't escape: Hope.Unfolding in alternating chapters, the lives and voices of Verity and Lucas are interwoven across time.

Pandora's Senses

Author : Vered Lev Kenaan
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780299224134

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The notorious image of Pandora haunts mythology: a woman created as punishment for the crimes of man, she is the bearer of hope yet also responsible for the Earth’s desolation. She binds together perpetuating dichotomies that underlie the most fundamental aspects of the Western canon: beauty and evil, body and soul, depth and superficiality, truth and lie. Speaking in multiplicity, Pandora emerges as the first sign of female complexity. In this compelling study, Vered Lev Kenaan offers a radical revision of the Greek myth of the first woman. She argues that Pandora leaves a decisive mark on ancient poetics and shows that we can unravel the profound impact of Pandora’s image once we recognize that Pandora embodies the very idea of the ancient literary text. Locating the myth of the first woman right at the heart of feminist interrogation of gender and textuality, Pandora’s Senses moves beyond a feminist critique of masculine hegemony by challenging the reading of Pandora as a one-dimensional embodiment of the misogynist vision of the feminine. Uncovering Pandora as a textual principle operating outside of the feminine, Lev Kenaan shows the centrality of this iconic figure among the poetics of such central genres as the cosmological and didactic epic, the Platonic dialogue, the love elegy, and the ancient novel. Pandora’s Senses innovates our understanding of gender as a critical lens through which to view ancient literature.

Henri's Last Gift

Author : Gilles Jaitour
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781525573613

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Something terrible happened when Josh Bencet was ten yours old, and it’s left him guarded, repressed, and unable to share—even with his beloved wife, Jackie, or Henri, his de facto father. But when Henri is dying and asks Josh to take care of his things, Josh’s attempt to comply causes a massive, unexpected reaction, which leaves him comatose. For two weeks, Josh withdraws into a dream state that no one can penetrate—a world where ghosts invade his consciousness and the past is his only contact with reality. It’s a voyage of visions in a dimension only frequented in dreams and fantasy, where time and space are like a child’s playthings—mutable, manageable, and infinitely elastic. With cinematic visuals, great heart, and wildly creative imagination, Henri’s Last Gift is not only a moving story about a man who changes from being emotionally shut-down to becoming ready to seize all life has to offer—it’s a highly entertaining, intellectually-engaging reflection on life’s deeper meanings. It will appeal to anyone with an open mind and an interest in the unusual.

Living God's Future Now

Author : Samuel Wells
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781786224514

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Arguably the most imaginative and energetic church response to the pandemic has been that of HeartEdge, the interdenominational church renewal movement founded at St Martin in the Fields by Samuel Wells but now extending beyond the UK to Europe, North America and Australia. From serving thousands of meals on London’s streets to becoming, in all but name, an online conference centre and theological college offering hundreds of events, one outstanding feature of its programme has been Samuel Wells’ monthly conversations about the future of the Church with leading figures from Britain and America, attended by large online audiences. This volume offers a distillation of those conversations which, instead of being preoccupied with decline, focus on what Christian presence and practice might look like in the world that is being reshaped by what the pandemic has revealed, and the theology that is needed to sustain such a vision.

Pandora's Box

Author : George Bennett Fain
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780615141350

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New Orleans, 2007. There is another layer beneath the society we see and understand. Vampires and shapeshifters are real and malakh are the offspring of angels who descended to earth over 10,000 years ago. To exist, they've adapted so well that the unknowing human doesn't recognize a malakh. 8,000 years ago, a unique destiny was forged by the Midael angel Israfil Arakelba. He defended humanity and accepted imprisonment as a way to protect mortals. He has lived many lives from behind the walls of the citadel created to keep him asleep. Now, 8,000 years later, his imprisonment is about to end. A familiar evil has set its foot on the world and only one malakh possesses the power with which to beat back the rising tide of darkness. But, how much does this potential anti-hero remember of his real nature? This is a proem: six individuals and the journey they are going to make, remembering the past and preparing to battle the future. Contains homosexual tones and potentially offensive language.

Animality

Author : Zhao Jing
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000928563

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By addressing the Western understanding of the status and nature of animals and the relation of animals to the question of life, this book provides a discourse on animality through an interdisciplinary investigation into various areas of humanities. The nature of animals is explored by drawing on materials from literature, art, religion, philosophy, and political science, focusing on discussions of animality about the classical culture of ancient Greece, metaphysics and its application to debates on life, Martin Heidegger’s philosophical theories, and biopolitics. Although the distinctive difference between human beings from animals has long been emphasized, the author argues that they are inseparable from one another to achieve understanding. The interrogation of animality, therefore, provides a new perspective on the nature of human beings in this postmodern era. Academics in Western literature, literary theory, literary criticism and comparative literature will find this work an insightful addition to debates in their respective fields, whilst it will also help senior university students pursuing their studies.

Pandora's Quest

Author : Cathy Walker
Publisher : Cathy Walker
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The gods are not beyond making mistakes. Their creation of Pandora and the box lays the foundation for the destruction of Atlantis and possibly the gods themselves. Apollo falls in love with Pandora and disguises himself to win her heart without his position as a god to influence her. His plan goes well until Hades, God of the Underworld, entices Pandora into his temple and tempts her to open the box gifted to her by Zeus. The box holds an untold power that Hades wants to harness for his own selfish purposes. Hades tests Apollo and Pandora's love by manipulating circumstances until neither of them trust or believe in the other. On a clifftop above Atlantis, with a storm raging all around, Pandora must choose between love or power, not realizing her decision could destroy Atlantis and the gods forever. Reincarnated into present day as different people with no memory of their past, Pandora and Apollo relive buried emotions and right the wrongs of long ago. Drawn together into a dangerous situation, their guides, Poseidon and Athena, help them rekindle their love. Learning to trust and believe in each other is the key to opening the box and letting out the hope trapped within

Prometheus Bound

Author : John M. Ziman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1994-03-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521434300

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After expanding for centuries, science is reaching its limits to growth. We can no longer afford the ever-increasing cost of exploring ever-wider research opportunities. In the competition for resources, science is becoming much more tightly organized. A radical, pervasive and permanent structural change is taking place. This already affects the whole research system, from everyday laboratory life to the national budget. The scientific enterprise cannot avoid fundamental change, but excessive managerial insistence on accountability, evaluation, 'priority setting', etc. can be very inhospitable to expertise, innovation, criticism and creativity. Can the research system be reshaped without losing many features that have made science so productive? This trenchant analysis of a deep-rooted historical process does not assume any technical knowledge of the natural sciences, or their history, philosophy, sociology, or politics. It is addressed to everybody who is concerned about the future of science and its place in society.

The Gifts of Pandora

Author : Matt Larkin
Publisher : Tapestry of Fate
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1946686778

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The winding road of Fate unfolds ... In the last days of the Silver Age, the tyrant god Zeus takes whatever and whomever he wants with impunity. He has already torn Pandora from one home and now he threatens to destroy another. When he turns his wrath upon Atlantis, Pandora flees with the Titan Prometheus. Despite her bitterness, Pandora finds a friendship she never imagined possible. But Zeus is not done with Prometheus, and what Pandora will face next will make all she has endured pale in comparison. But Pandora has considerable gifts of her own, not least her cunning mind. When Zeus binds Prometheus, Pandora swears to turn all those gifts toward bringing Zeus down and saving her one true companion.

The Gifts of Pandora

Author : Matt Larkin
Publisher : Incandescent Phoenix Books
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781946686572

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Unravel the threads of destiny in this gripping Greek mythology tale. In a single moment, Pandora lost the only person she cared for. For refusing to aid a tyrannical order, Zeus bound Prometheus in eternal torment. But Pandora’s beloved left her a gift: a puzzle box, that when solved, allows her to jaunt through time. So begins her relentless pursuit to save Prometheus. Across the Ages, Pandora strives against the world of the Olympians, battling the corruption of their misogynistic systems. To succeed, she must confront gods, monsters, and the fearsome Nemesis. Yet her greatest foe may not prove Zeus and his order, but Fate itself, for time resists changes, and its weave is more complex than Pandora can imagine. Tapestry of Fate begins an epic melding Greek mythology, time travel, and dark fantasy into a vast adventure that spans millennia. Familiar stories unfold in new ways. Tragic heroes grapple with flaws and decisions that echo through time. And in the darkest moments, the greatest gift is a hope that refuses to burn out. This series serves as a prequel to Gods of the Ragnarok Era. This epic fantasy series includes: The Gifts of Pandora The Valor of Perseus The Inferno of Prometheus The Madness of Herakles The Threads of Theseus The Face of Hekate PRAISE FOR THE WORLD OF ESCHATON CYCLE EPIC FANTASY SERIES: “He takes mythology and lore, stories and peoples and gods you might have heard of and twists them, and makes them uniquely his. His retellings are some of the best I’ve ever read, and the amount of research he puts into each one of his books is staggering.” - Sarah Chorn via Goodreads “The story itself is complex and it is extremely well crafted. ” - FantasyBookNerd via Goodreads “Matt Larkin, is arguably the current master of the Mythic Legend genre. He has created the far reaching Eschaton Cycle that interweaves religions, myths, and legends of cultures and people through out time and across the face of the Earth as we know it.” - Dale Russel via Goodreads “Scenes so vividly detailed it paints a fantastic backdrop and tosses in some spice to add flavor to the mix. ” - Kaye via Goodreads For fans of: R. Scott Bakker Guy Gavriel Kay Madeline Miller Steven Erikson Sue Lynn Tan Katherine Arden Jennifer Saint Tashi Suri Joe Abercrombie Juliet Marillier Wesley Chu Michael Fletcher Giles Kristian Christopher Buehlman George R.R. Martin James Islington Janny Wurts Brent Weeks Ed McDonald Keywords related to this epic fantasy series: Greek myth, dark fantasy books, epic sagas, free epic fantasy books, myths and legends, retellings, folklore, fairytales, mythology, grimdark, epic fantasy, epic free, sword and sorcery, fantasy stories, historical fantasy

A Manifesto For Hope

Author : Steve Chalke
Publisher : SPCK
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780281087808

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'This important book sets out vital steps for government, civil society and key stakeholders to create integrated care for our young people.' Sir Tony Blair A Manifesto for Hope sets out ten tried-and-tested practical principles for how to develop joined-up, cost-effective, community-empowering work, gleaned from the hard-won experience that has sat at the heart of Steve Chalke's mission over the past four decades. It's time to reimagine. Our social care systems are failing us, struggling for funding, and failing to speak to one another. At the same time, we are side-lining our greatest national asset: its people - mums, dads, families, and other community members. Steve demonstrates the stark choice facing us: keep pouring money into a faltering system, or reform and invest to improve people's lives. We need a new social covenant that empowers local charities, grassroots movements and faith groups - creating a more imaginative, more collaborative and less bureaucratic approach to community development - if we are going to transform the life chances of countless young people and families. Steve Chalke calls for a radical reset. It's time for A Manifesto for Hope! This is a book for anyone working with young people and the communities they belong to, and for those interested in social reform and transformation. Challenging and informing, A Manifesto for Hope comes from a heart dedicated to the service of that local community, written to support those that act every day to see something that has true life-changing impact in the places where it's most needed.

Erotic Faith

Author : Robert M. Polhemus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1995-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226673233

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In this profoundly original and far-reaching study, Robert M. Polhemus shows how novels have helped to make erotic love a matter of faith in modern life. Erotic faith, Polhemus argues, is an emotional conviction—ultimately religious in nature—that meaning, value, hope, and even the possibility of transcendence can be found in love. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, Polhemus shows the reciprocity of love as subject, the novel as form, and faith as motive in important works by Jane Austen, Walter Scott, the Brontës, Dickens, George Eliot, Trollope, Thomas Hardy, Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and Samuel Beckett. Throughout, Polhemus relates the novelists' representation of love to that of such artists as Botticelli, Vermeer, Claude Lorrain, Redon, and Klimt. Juxtaposing their paintings with nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts both reveals the ways in which novels develop and individualize common erotic and religious themes and illustrates how the novel has influenced our perception of all art.

Pandora's Gift

Author : S J West
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798470997104

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I thought my life was perfect, but then I learned it was all a lie. My name is El, and I live in a quiet southern town where the most exciting thing that happens is Friday night football and the Harvest Moon Festival. That is...until I learn that the three women who raised me have been lying to me all my life. I thought I was an orphan. I thought my aunts loved and respected me enough to always tell me the truth. I was wrong. Dead wrong. A month before my eighteenth birthday the truth of my birth, of my whole existence, came crashing down all around me, destroying everything I thought I knew about my life. Not only is my mother alive, but she's the mythical Pandora. You remember her. She's the one who opened the box Zeus gave her and unleashed chaos into the world. Supposedly, I'm the savior that three other worlds I didn't even knew existed are counting on to rescue them. There's just one problem. I can only save one of them. A champion from each of these troubled worlds are coming to my home so I can choose one to marry. Whoever I pick, gets to not only save their world but also have me as their wife. The battle to win my heart won't be easy for them, if my aunts have anything to say about it. They'll all have to participate in a tournament that will challenge not only their physical strengths but also their ability to charm me into falling in love with them. I don't want this responsibility. I don't want to save one world while dooming two others. There has to be a way out of all of this, but the evil forcing this choice on me...the one who has waited a millennium for me to finally come of age to participate in this game...is my own brother, and he won't take no for an answer. He's chaos unleashed, and I'm the only one who can stop him.

Thy Queendom Come

Author : V. Lynn
Publisher : Revelations Publishing House
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798986697680

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Thy Queendom Come is a deep investigation into the infamous Mystery Babylon the Great, the woman who sat upon a scarlet-colored beast, holding a golden cup full of abominations, in the Biblical Apocalyptic book of Revelation (17). This woman represents a “system.” The world order is collapsing and rapidly becoming darker by the moment. Followers of Christ are fighting a deceptive enemy who operates deeply in secret, through a system of hidden language, symbology, lies, and twisting of the Holy Scriptures. Thy Queendom Come exposes the inner teachings of Mystery Babylon, Mystery religions Mystery schools Secret Societies Occult Practices New Age Movements Demonology and ultimate agenda. What was uncovered during our investigation, revealed an ancient plan that was so shocking, so subtle, so coercive, and so diabolical, that it calls for immediate attention. Leaders and laypersons alike are in a complete hypnotic state, as to the ideology of Mystery Babylon that has crept into the minds, hearts, and thoughts of born-again believers, and even into worship practices. Thy Queendom Come, through historical records and first-hand accounts from the highest sources, will expose to the reader how this subtle enemy through “his seed” has been able to operate without detection. These truths will bring about the Godly confidence to defend the faith in Christ. The manipulative practices of this woman riding the beast are unknowingly destroying the moral fabric of current and future generations. The need is urgent to shine the light on this ages-long agenda. The Father wishes that none be lost, to this subversive, Anti-Christ, beast system of the devil; Mystery, Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations Of The Earth (Revelation 17:5). Thy Queendom Come is a clarion call to all true believers in the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Children's Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Monsters

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780756688448

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Stories have been told on every continent since the dawn of time, and some have lasted for thousands of years, becoming what we know today as myths. These fantastical tales educate and fascinate by creating amazing worlds and inhabiting them with wondrous feats of heroics and dastardly deeds of evil. Children's Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Monsters gives children the opportunity to discover these stories, and encourages them to understand storytelling from different cultures.