The Vanishment

Author : Robert Firth
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781456603472

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The Vanishment by Robert Firth Pdf

The VANISHMENT describes a fictional account of a modern day visitation by the late great Jesus Christ. The appearance of the spirit in the personage of the son of God or God himself, with all his miraculous powers, in the back yard of a middle class white guy, begins an astounding series of happenings that change mankind and the world forever. The book relates the authors rather wry and at times hilarious and wishful account of the "second coming" as has been predicted for two thousand years. Why Jesus decides to visit humanity in 2011 and why he returns to a poolside patio in Boca Raton Florida is left to the imagination of the writer and the reader. Equally, it remains for the reader to comprehend Jesus' actions as he goes about his business. Most certainly there are echoes of the day of Judgment, so colorfully described in the Book of Revelations, the last chapter in the Christian Bible, dealing with the prophetic visions John, a servant of Jesus, received from God. The author, in imagining the reasoning and actions of JC as he goes about "cleaning up" the mess mankind has made of his lovely world, delivers to the reader a vision of God's vision of a perfect world, with all its poisonous influences surgically removed by a miraculous intervention.' Nothing, but nothing, can top God when it comes to removing "stains" from the carpet of history. From one problem to the other, God, who knows the hearts of all men, makes decisions to improve his world and preserve his chosen people, which, as it turns out, aren't entirety and solely the Jews. In the end, a perfect world remains, cleansed of all a evil' influences...... The question for the reader is this: Is the world "fixed" by Jesus Christ a better one?

Author : Philip Wylie
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0803298412

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The Disappearance by Philip Wylie Pdf

?The female of the species vanished on the afternoon of the second Tuesday of Februaryøat four minutes and fifty-two seconds past four o'clock, Eastern Standard Time. The event occurred universally at the same instant, without regard to time belts, and was followed by such phenomena as might be expected after happenings of that nature.? ø On a lazy, quiet afternoon, in the blink of an eye, our world shatters into two parallel universes as men vanish from women and women from men. After families and loved ones separate from one another, life continues in very different ways for men and women, boys and girls. An explosion of violence sweeps one world that still operates technologically; social stability and peace in the other are offset by famine and a widespread breakdown in machinery and science. And as we learn from the fascinating parallel stories of a brilliant couple, Bill and Paula Gaunt, the foundations of relationships, love, and sex are scrutinized, tested, and sometimes redefined in both worlds. The radically divergent trajectories of the gendered histories reveal stark truths about the rigidly defined expectations placed on men and women and their sexual relationships and make clear how much society depends on interconnection between the sexes. ø Written over a half century ago yet brimming with insight and unsettling in its relevance today, The Disappearance is a masterpiece of modern speculative fiction.

Author : Dr Aananthi Ballamurugan
Publisher : Archers & Elevators Publishing House
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9789388805377

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Forever in the Rehearsal of the Vanishing Indian: A Study of the Spokane Community in Select Works of Sherman Alexie by Dr Aananthi Ballamurugan Pdf

Author : Jonathan Aycliffe
Publisher : Corsair
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1472111192

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The Vanishment by Jonathan Aycliffe Pdf

Writer Peter Clare has bright hopes that a summer by the sea in Cornwall will renew his faltering marriage. But when his wife becomes the next victim of "the vanishments" of Petherick House, Peter is plunged into a battle with unspeakable evil. From the author of Whispers in the Dark.

Author : Joan D'Arc
Publisher : Book Tree
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1585091286

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Phenomenal World by Joan D'Arc Pdf

For centuries mankind has been exploring the nature of reality. The materialistic scientific worldview would have us believe that physically measurable phenomena are all that exist. Yet the answers to the key of reality go far beyond this mindset. This book explores the clues we have about the nature of reality, especially those aspects that cannot yet be proven. If we can understand the most baffling aspects of reality, then we will move closer toward understanding its ultimate cause and nature.

Author : Richard Grusin
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781452956329

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After Extinction by Richard Grusin Pdf

A multidisciplinary exploration of extinction and what comes next What comes after extinction? Including both prominent and unusual voices in current debates around the Anthropocene, this collection asks authors from diverse backgrounds to address this question. After Extinction looks at the future of humans and nonhumans, exploring how the scale of risk posed by extinction has changed in light of the accelerated networks of the twenty-first century. The collection considers extinction as a cultural, artistic, and media event as well as a biological one. The authors treat extinction in relation to a variety of topics, including disability, human exceptionalism, science-fiction understandings of time and posthistory, photography, the contemporary ecological crisis, the California Condor, systemic racism, Native American traditions, and capitalism. From discussions of the anticipated sixth extinction to the status of writing, theory, and philosophy after extinction, the contributions of this volume are insightful and innovative, timely and thought provoking. Contributors: Daryl Baldwin, Miami U; Claire Colebrook, Pennsylvania State U; William E. Connolly, Johns Hopkins U; Ashley Dawson, CUNY Graduate Center; Joseph Masco, U of Chicago; Nicholas Mirzoeff, New York U; Margaret Noodin, U of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; Jussi Parikka, U of Southampton; Bernard C. Perley, U of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; Cary Wolfe, Rice U; Joanna Zylinska, Goldsmiths, U of London.

Author : Jessica Miller
Publisher : Text Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781922791238

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The Hotel Witch by Jessica Miller Pdf

Sometimes the simplest spells are the most powerful. Sibyl is the apprentice hotel witch at the splendid Grand Mirror Hotel. She is busy each day drawing useful spell patterns to keep the hotel guests happy: spells to shine shoes, spells to remove dust and spells to return lost belongings like hats and gloves to their owners. But Sibyl dreams of other possibilities – wonderful possibilities like her mother returning from the Black Mountains, and like Grandma letting her draw spell patterns from the Book of Advanced and Dangerous Magic. When Grandma gets stuck in last Tuesday, somewhere on the hotel’s thirteenth floor, Sibyl is left to take charge of all the hotel magic – and to solve a mysterious and perplexing problem. Can she find a way to open the Book of Advanced and Dangerous Magic? And will it contain the spell she needs? The Hotel Witch is a magical tale of courage, love and the power of imagining possibilities. Jessica Miller is a children’s writer from Brisbane, currently living in London. Her first novel, Elizabeth and Zenobia, was shortlisted for the Text Prize and the Readings Prize and was a CBCA Notable Book, as was her second book, The Republic of Birds. ‘A truly spellbinding tale...from a magnificently talented author that is sure to delight any reader who loves getting lost in magical landscapes full of wonder, adventure and enchantment.’ Children’s Book Council of Australia on The Republic of Birds ‘This atmospheric middle grade fantasy contains many of my favourite things: folk tales, sentient animals, maps, unmastered magical powers, challenging family members and a slightly surly child heroine.’ Leanne Hall on The Republic of Birds

Author : Claire M. Caterer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442457461

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The Wand & the Sea by Claire M. Caterer Pdf

The fantastical adventures continue—this time with pirates—in the magical sequel to The Key & the Flame, which Publishers Weekly called “sprightly” and “exciting.” It’s been a year since Holly and Ben Shepard first traveled to England and journeyed with their friend Everett to a fantastical realm called Anglielle. Now Holly and Ben are back, hoping to again join Everett and return to the land ruled by a ruthless king and sorcerer who have outlawed magic. But when they arrive, Anglielle is not what they expect: Their friends are imprisoned and the alliance is scattered. Ruthless King Reynard and the sorcerer Raethius are determined to find the very Adepts they exiled in the first place. But why? It’s up to Holly and the boys to sail to the Isle of Exile and find the Adepts first, but that means enlisting the help of the Water Elementals—and a pirate captain with a secret agenda.

Author : Wil Elrick
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781467138017

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Alabama Lore: The Choccolocco Monster, Huggin' Molly, the Lost Town of Cottonport and Other Mysterious Tales by Wil Elrick Pdf

Alabama is a weird and wonderful place with a colorful history steeped in folk tales passed from generation to generation. Mysterious 1989 UFO sightings brought more than 4,000 visitors to the tiny town of Fyffe, population 1,300. Legends of the Alabama White Thang--an elusive, hairy creature with a shrill shriek--persisted in the state for a century. Just outside Huntsville's historic Maple Hill Cemetery lies an eerie playground where the ghosts of departed children are rumored to play in the dead of night. After hundreds of unexplained sightings, the town of Evergreen declared itself the Bigfoot Capital of Alabama. Join author Wil Elrick as he explores the history behind some of the Cotton State's favorite tales.

Author : Walter McKeever
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595386567

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Dissolved Into Darkness by Walter McKeever Pdf

Professor Redmond "Mac" McClain and his artist wife Jennifer are thrilled to be at Ravenslake University in Pleasanton, Ohio on a faculty exchange. The Camelot-like setting charms them. New friends tell them of a famous Ravenslake mystery-the vanishing of student John Traynor. He disappeared, without a trace, into the midnight darkness of a nearby hamlet forty-one years ago. Most believe he was murdered, but no body or killer was found. Students believe Traynor's ghost haunts the site of his old dormitory. Others believe Traynor suffered an accidental head injury and amnesia, wandered to a distant location, and gradually assumed a new identity without any awareness of his life as John Traynor. Mac and Jen enjoy the quaint town, new friends, university sports team successes, and artistic events, but disquieting elements bubble beneath the placid surface. Friends Eve Gundersen and Giselle Johannsen tell them of their depressed former classmate, Horace Gilmer, who at the age of 34, shot himself. Jen finds a deep poignancy in the story of Horace. And the fall term has barely begun when a new mystery shocks peaceful Pleasanton-a cold-blooded murder. There's no shortage of potential killers. And other skullduggery is afoot! In a genteel college town setting, Mac and Jen must apply their famous curiosity and initiative to disentangle the web of mysteries at Ravenslake University.

Author : Andrew Garrett
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262377270

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The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall by Andrew Garrett Pdf

A critical examination of the complex legacies of early Californian anthropology and linguistics for twenty-first-century communities. In January 2021, at a time when many institutions were reevaluating fraught histories, the University of California removed anthropologist and linguist Alfred Kroeber’s name from a building on its Berkeley campus. Critics accused Kroeber of racist and dehumanizing practices that harmed Indigenous people; university leaders repudiated his values. In The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall, Andrew Garrett examines Kroeber’s work in the early twentieth century and his legacy today, asking how a vigorous opponent of racism and advocate for Indigenous rights in his own era became a symbol of his university’s failed relationships with Native communities. Garrett argues that Kroeber’s most important work has been overlooked: his collaborations with Indigenous people throughout California to record their languages and stories. The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall offers new perspectives on the early practice of anthropology and linguistics and on its significance today and in the future. Kroeber’s documentation was broader and more collaborative and multifaceted than is usually recognized. As a result, the records Indigenous people created while working with him are relevant throughout California as communities revive languages, names, songs, and stories. Garrett asks readers to consider these legacies, arguing that the University of California chose to reject critical self-examination when it unnamed Kroeber Hall.

Author : Anthony Trollope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555012959

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Saint Pauls [afterw.] The Saint Pauls magazine, ed. by A. Trollope by Anthony Trollope Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : English literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211419325

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Saint Pauls by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : SRLF:A0010639722

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Saint Pauls Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UFL:31262058470732

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The Saint Pauls Magazine by Anonim Pdf