Voices From The Gathering Storm

Author : Glenn M. Linden
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0842029990

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Voices from the Gathering Storm by Glenn M. Linden Pdf

Voices from the Gathering Storm explains the dramatic change in thinking about the nature and value of the American Union from 1846 to 1861 which impelled citizens from 11 southern states to declare independence and the remaining 22 states to fight the bloodiest war in the nation's history. This reader tells the story of seventeen Northerners and Southerners who lived through the critical fifteen years prior to the Civil War. In their letters and diaries, they describe in their own words what it was like to live during the sectional crisis and the coming of the war. Men like Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis thought deeply about issues of patriotism and states' rights, issues which remain of great importance today. Women and black Americans were also passionate in their beliefs. Harriet Beecher Stowe felt so strongly about slavery that she wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. Frederick Douglass and Charlotte Forten GrimkÈ wrote of their abhorrence of slavery and the need to end that 'evil institution.' The lives of Southern women were also affected as they were forced to confront the issue of slavery and the Northern effort to end it. The voices of these men and women are heard in this new volume. At this time the North and South made decisions that resulted in two very different civilizations-the South embraced slavery and states' rights, while the North rejected the expansion of slavery and accepted the idea of an indivisible Union. These pre-Civil War years contain the key to understanding how the war came to be and also enable students to comprehend the modern North and South. Voices from the Gathering Storm is the only text that uses primary sources to illustrate the conflicts that divided the nation before the war. This use of primary sources allows students to enter more deeply into the lives of Northerners and Southerners and to understand and appreciate the way in which they responded to this tense period in American history. The author provides chapter introductions that connect the d

Author : Joseph C. Arcos,Mary F. Argus,Frederick J. DiCarlo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Environmental management
ISBN : 1595711015

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Voices from the Gathering Storm by Joseph C. Arcos,Mary F. Argus,Frederick J. DiCarlo Pdf

VOICES FROM THE GATHERING STORM The Web of Ecological-Societal Crisis EDITORS: Joseph C. Arcos - Mary F. Argus - Frederick J. DiCarlo CONTRIBUTORS: Father Thomas Berry, C.P. - Sharon L. Camp - Francesco diCastri Daniel D. Chiras - Herman E. Daly - Father Matthew P. Fox, O.P. - Michael Gregory Joel Hilliker - Kaye H. Kilburn - Margaret L. Kripke - Janice D. Longstreth Lester Milbrath - Stephen S. Morse - Hugh Pitcher John Poppy - Van Rensselaer Potter - Ellen K. Silbergeld - James A. Swan Voices from the Gathering Storm is an important book that presents a broad view of our environmental predicament. It puts its finger on a crucial part of the problem: something deep down is wrong; we are guided by antiquated systems of beliefs, ethics, and religions unsuited for today's global, industrial, corporate world. As currently perceived, corporations are guided of necessity by one principle, maximizing profits, a principle that is leading ultimately to irreversible environmental disaster. The book tells us that only a religious revolution can bring about the needed change in the structure of corporations and their relation to society. Those concerned about the unthinking, dangerous way we are approaching our future should read this book. - Peter Seidel, environmental architect and author of Invisible Walls: Why We Ignore the Damage We Inflict on the Planet. . .and Ourselves The devastation toward which the trends examined [in this book] point defies imagination. Yet there is little sign that they are being met with anything other than massive denial. The authors are to be commended for continuing to call attention to the symptoms, and sound the alarm that might awaken some from the slumberof the status quo. . .Without the voices of solid science and concerned intelligence, there is little prospect for avoiding the looming apocalypse. Ironically, perverted religious views play a large role in contributing to the magnitude of the problem, whereas the central values of religion at its best, advocating love for and stewardship of all creation, offer solid grounds for rational hope for survival of humanity and the welfare of this planet. May the readers of this volume benefit from its wisdom and may they help - against all odds - to reverse the impending tragedy. . . . - James Megivern, professor emeritus and retired chair, Dept. of Philosophy and Religion, Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington

Author : Robert Jordan,Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429960830

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The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan,Brandon Sanderson Pdf

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! With Robert Jordan’s untimely passing in 2007, Brandon Sanderson, the New York Times bestselling author of the Mistborn novels and the Stormlight Archive, was chosen by Jordan’s editor—his wife, Harriet McDougal—to complete the final volume in The Wheel of Time®, later expanded to three books. The Gathering Storm, the twelfth novel in Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, begins the story’s dramatic conclusion as Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. War is coming. The Dark One’s forces are brutal and unrelenting. Rand must forge a united front, but the Seanchan remain an immediate threat, as do the Forsaken. With so many shadows swirling around him, Rand is consumed by his responsibilities, turning heartless in the eyes of his allies, and even more merciless to his enemies. Meanwhile the Seanchan march on the White Tower, where Egwene al'Vere works to rally the disparate factions of the Aes Sedai together, even as their tyrannical leader schemes against her. Providing leadership in the face of increasing uncertainty and despair, Egwene’s fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai, and her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower—and possibly the world itself. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : John R. Wunder,Joann M. Ross
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0803248164

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The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 by John R. Wunder,Joann M. Ross Pdf

The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 turns upside down the traditional way of thinking about one of the most important laws ever passed in American history. The act that created Nebraska and Kansas also, in effect, abolished the Missouri Compromise, which had prohibited slavery in the region since 1820. This bow to local control outraged the nation and led to vicious confrontations, including Kansas' subsequent mini-civil war. At the 150th anniversary of the Kansas-Nebraska Act these scholars reexamine the political, social, and personal contexts of this act and its effect on the course of American history.

Author : Andrew Jenson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190867829

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A Voice in the Wilderness by Andrew Jenson Pdf

In April 1888, Andrew Jenson, Danish immigrant and convert to the Mormon faith, received an unexpected invitation from church leaders to speak at their general conference. Jenson was an outsider to this conference tradition, a layman whose only standing before the main body of Latter-day Saints came from a contracted position with the Church Historian's Office. Forty-two years later, in April 1930, Jenson offered his twenty-eighth and final general conference sermon. He had become the voice of institutional record keeping in his over forty-year career as an Assistant Church Historian. His sermons demonstrated the growth and expansion of the Mormon general conference tradition in the twentieth century, as they placed the Latter-day Saint story front and center for church members to learn from and celebrate. In addition, Jenson urged conference goers to keep better personal and institutional records and believed he was often the solitary advocate for church record keeping and historical preservation. A Voice in the Wilderness presents all twenty-eight of Andrew Jenson's general conference sermons, with introductions and annotations that set them within their historical and religious contexts. His speeches capture a unique period in Mormon history, one of institutional change, accommodation, and growth. This study of Jenson's sermons uncovers the richness and diversity that thrives just beneath the surface of official ecclesiastical discourse.

Author : Robert Jordan,Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429952552

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What the Storm Means: Prologue to the Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan,Brandon Sanderson Pdf

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. In the Prologue to The Gathering Storm, the first volume of the last trilogy of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time epic, Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms and alliances in preparation for the Last Battle. As he attempts to halt the Seanchan encroachment northward---wishing he could form at least a temporary truce with the invaders---his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself. As with the previous three titles in the Wheel of Time series, this prologue from Robert Jordan's The Gathering Storm, completed by Brandon Sanderson, is available for sale before the book's official release date (October 27, 2009). At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Augustus Benners
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0881460567

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Disunion, War, Defeat, and Recovery in Alabama by Augustus Benners Pdf

Of Augustus Benners's Life -- Prelude to War: 1850-1860 -- The Civil War Years: 1861-May 1865 -- The Reconstruction Years: May 1865-1877 -- The Later Years, 1878-1885.

Author : Claire Heartsong
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781781809099

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Anna, the Voice of the Magdalenes by Claire Heartsong Pdf

In this channelled sequel to the international bestseller Anna, Grandmother of Jesus, we journey with Anna, the Holy Family and 18 other Magdalene–Essenes as they travel to France and Britain after Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection. This book gives a completely new perspective on the gnostic Mount Carmel Essene mystery school, in which Jesus and Mary Magdalene took initiations, as well as on the Holy Family and the Magdalene Order. Through Claire Heartsong, Anna tells not only the story of Jesus, but also the story of the women who surrounded him throughout his life. The book reveals the deeper mysteries they have safeguarded for aeons of time, including aspects of Jesus’s personal life not recorded in history – his relationships and, most radically, his offspring.In this one-of-a-kind story, Claire shares the information she received from Anna on the ‘Seeding of Light’ – the dispersion of Anna, Mother Mary and Jesus’s enlightened descendants whose ‘bloodline’ acts as a living catalyst for the awakening of the Christ–Magdalene potential today. Not only does this book give a new view of the Christ drama 2,000 years ago but, more importantly, it offers the potential to lift the suppressed Divine Feminine voice in our time.

Author : Michael B. Friedland
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807861592

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Lift Up Your Voice Like a Trumpet by Michael B. Friedland Pdf

When the Supreme Court declared in 1954 that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, the highest echelons of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish religious organizations enthusiastically supported the ruling, and black civil rights workers expected and actively sought the cooperation of their white religious cohorts. Many white southern clergy, however, were outspoken in their defense of segregation, and even those who supported integration were wary of risking their positions by urging parishioners to act on their avowed religious beliefs in a common humanity. Those who did so found themselves abandoned by friends, attacked by white supremacists, and often driven from their communities. Michael Friedland here offers a collective biography of several southern and nationally known white religious leaders who did step forward to join the major social protest movements of the mid-twentieth century, lending their support first to the civil rights movement and later to protests over American involvement in Vietnam. Profiling such activists as William Sloane Coffin Jr., Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Eugene Carson Blake, Robert McAfee Brown, and Will D. Campbell, he reveals the passions and commitment behind their involvement in these protests and places their actions in the context of a burgeoning ecumenical movement.

Author : Mack Maloney,Brian Kelleher
Publisher : Speaking Volumes
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612321462

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The Gathering Storm by Mack Maloney,Brian Kelleher Pdf

Author : Roger Parker,Susan Rutherford
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780226670188

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London Voices, 1820–1840 by Roger Parker,Susan Rutherford Pdf

London, 1820. The British capital is a metropolis that overwhelms dwellers and visitors alike with constant exposure to all kinds of sensory stimulation. Over the next two decades, the city’s tumult will reach new heights: as population expansion places different classes in dangerous proximity and ideas of political and social reform linger in the air, London begins to undergo enormous infrastructure change that will alter it forever. It is the London of this period that editors Roger Parker and Susan Rutherford pinpoint in this book, which chooses one broad musical category—voice—and engages with it through essays on music of the streets, theaters, opera houses, and concert halls; on the raising of voices in religious and sociopolitical contexts; and on the perception of voice in literary works and scientific experiments with acoustics. Emphasizing human subjects, this focus on voice allows the authors to explore the multifaceted issues that shaped London, from the anxiety surrounding the city’s importance in the musical world at large to the changing vocal imaginations that permeated the epoch. Capturing the breadth of sonic stimulations and cultures available—and sometimes unavoidable—to residents at the time, London Voices, 1820–1840 sheds new light on music in Britain and the richness of London culture during this period.

Author : Belle Bush
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : American poetry
ISBN : BL:A0018645106

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Voices of the Morning by Belle Bush Pdf

Author : Teresa Franco,Cecilia Piantanida
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781527524552

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Echoing Voices in Italian Literature by Teresa Franco,Cecilia Piantanida Pdf

This collection of essays explores the reception of classics and translation from modern languages as two different, yet synergic, ways of engaging with literary canons and established traditions in 20th-century Italy. These two areas complement each other and equally contribute to shape several kinds of identities: authorial, literary, national and cultural. Foregrounding the transnational aspects of key concepts such as poetics, literary voice, canon and tradition, the book is intended for scholars and students of Italian literature and culture, classical reception and translation studies. With its two shifting focuses, on forms of classical tradition and forms of literary translation, the volume brings to the fore new configurations of 20th-century literature, culture and thought.

Author : Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789603255

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Voice of Hezbollah by Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Pdf

In July 2006, with the commencement of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the longstanding secretary general of the "Party of God," burst into the spotlight of the Western media - cast, almost inevitably, as an even more dangerous incarnation of Osama bin Laden. Yet well before the start of the war, Nasrallah had acquired an almost unrivalled credibility in the Arab world among admirers and detractors alike, a profile that soared in May 2000 when he became the first leader to push Israel out of Arab land. Voice of Hezbollah brings to an English-speaking readership for the first time Nasrallah's speeches and interviews: the intricate, deeply populist arguments and promises that he has made from the mid-1980s to the present day. Newly translated from the Arabic, and with an introduction by one of the foremost writers on Lebanon, Voice of Hezbollah is critical to the understanding of the man and the movement.

Author : Alan L. Heil
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0231126743

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Voice of America by Alan L. Heil Pdf

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