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UnderworldsIn his debut English language collection, Patrick Sylvain brings forth an excavation of historical significance. In this magnificent chapbook of poems, Sylvain takes the reader on a contemporary exploration of Caribbean & Haitian histories marred by man-made and natural disasters. From the undertow of...
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Under The Halo: Examining the Legacy of William BranhamUnder The Halo is an examination of whether William Branham, a twentieth-century faith-healer and evangelist, was a prophet of God as believed by an estimated 1 to 1.5 million followers who call his teachings the "Message." Written by a former Message member who shares...
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Underground Music Cultures and Music-Making in Los Angeles: 'Imaginary Cities'This book focuses on the relationships between underground urban music cultures in Los Angeles and specific urban imaginaries related to music practices, far away and sometimes in stark opposition to the commodified image of the city crafted by urban planners and associated urban stakeholders....
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Unbehaust: Calmeyers Sekretarin Henriette Koppel-HirschGerman description: Karl Kassenbrock beschreibt die besondere Verbindung des Rassereferenten beim Reichskommissar der besetzten Niederlande, Hans Calmeyer, mit der deutschen Judin Henriette Koppel-Hirsch (1914-1984), die von 1931 bis 1933 in seiner Osnabrucker Anwaltskanzlei arbeitete. Wahrend des Zweiten Weltkrieges begegnet sie Hans Calmeyer in den...
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Two Visions CollideAuthor: Carl FergusonPublisher: Newman SpringsPublished: 01/30/2025Pages: 152Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41dISBN: 9798890611130
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Twelve Churches: An Unlikely History of the Buildings That Made ChristianityKaren Armstrong meets Pico Iyer in this sweeping history of Christianity that visits a dozen places of worship on every inhabited continent to tell their often wild stories and examine their sometimes difficult legacies. Christianity is the largest religion in the US with upwards...
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Twelve Books of the Apocalypse: Including The Apocalypse of Peter, Abraham, Elijah, Paul, Adam, 1st James, 2nd James, Thomas, the Apocryphon of John,Step into the enigmatic world of ancient prophecies and divine revelations with Joseph Lumpkin's compelling anthology, "Twelve Jewish, Christian, and Gnostic Books of the Apocalypse." This meticulously curated collection brings together the most profound apocalyptic texts, including: The Revelation or Apocalypse of PeterThe Apocalypse...
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Tutankhamun's Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's TombIn 1922, after fifteen years of searching, archaeologists finally discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. There, buried alongside the king's mummy, they found more than 5,000 unique objects, from the mundane to the extravagant, from the precious to the everyday. Tutankhamun's spectacular gold mask...
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Turpitudinum Notae: La Caratterizzazione Dell'usurpatore Nei Panegyrici Latini TardoantichiIl tema affrontato si inserisce nell'ambito della retorica dell'elogio e studia alcuni discorsi contenuti nel Corpus dei Panegyrici Latini. La monografia mette in luce l'efficace sistema di valori morali con cui i retori gallici del III e IV secolo d. C. screditavano l'usurpatore contrapponendo...
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True War Stories: An Illustrated Military Anthology of American Service from Vietnam to TodayFifteen true tales of American servicepeople overseas are brought to life in graphic novel form--from the hilarious and the heartwarming to the heroic. True War Stories focuses on the individual experience of people on deployment: the stories they want to tell. Nearly every branch...
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True Crime in the Circle City: From the Files of the Indianapolis Police DepartmentI wrote this book to highlight some of the most bizarre and famous cases that the Indianapolis Police Department has investigated. This quiet city at the Crossroads of America had an assortment of strange and dangerous characters pass through it in the 20th century....
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Trinitat Und Kosmos: Zur Gotteslehre Des OrigenesDer Glaube an den dreifaltigen Gott und seinen universalen Heilswillen bildet den Kern des christlichen Bekenntnisses. In der Geschichte seiner systematischen Entfaltung kommt dem Werk des Origenes von Alexandrien (185-254) bahnbrechende Bedeutung zu. Die vorliegende Studie unternimmt erstmals den Versuch, das Trinitatsdenken dieses wohl...
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Touching Parchment: How Medieval Users Rubbed, Handled, and Kissed Their Manuscripts: Volume 2: Social Encounters with the BookIn the late middle ages (ca. 1200-1520), both religious and secular people used manuscripts, was regarded as a most precious item. The traces of their use through touching and handling during different rituals such as oath-taking, public reading, and memorializing the dead, is the...
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TokyoFrom sleepy fishing village to samurai capital to vibrant global metropolis, Eiko Maruko Siniawer takes readers through Tokyo's rich history, revealing four centuries of transformation deeply woven into its fabric. This accessible guide introduces a world of shoguns and Kabuki theater, riots and earthquakes,...
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Tobias Mayer (1723-1762): Pionier Der Naturwissenschaften Der Deutschen AufklarungszeitDer Vollwaise Tobias Mayer (1723-1762) entwickelte raffinierte Messinstrumente und eine sehr prazise Theorie zur Bewegung des Mondes um die Erde. Diese wissenschaftliche Biografie widmet sich seinem Leben und Schaffen als Autodidakt und Professor.Tobias Mayer, bereits in jungen Jahren ein hervorragender Zeichner, war eine bedeutsame...
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Times, Crimes and the Tenderloin in Pre-Prohibition Toledo: True Stories from the Memoirs of Captain of Detectives Lewis B. TracyTimes, Crimes and the Tenderloin in Pre-Prohibition Toledo is a collection of stories that paint a vivid picture of the Tenderloin era in Toledo during the two decades before the passage of the 18th and 19th Amendments. As the country moved out of the...
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Tiepolo Und Das Kostum: Konstruktion Von Geschichte Im HistorienbildEnglish summary: Giambattista Tiepolo's paintings are rich with magnificent, imaginative robes, which contribute to the special charm of his pictorial worlds. The historicized and orientalized garments express an 18th-century view on history and cultural identities, which the book explores through reflections on image theory....
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Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment"Threshold to Valley Forge adds an important, untold chapter to Pennsylvania's Revolutionary War history. Through extensive research, Vance illuminates how six days in Gulph Mills shaped the Continental Army's path to Valley Forge, while highlighting the complex challenges faced by Pennsylvanians during this pivotal...
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Thomas More: A LifeThe definitive biography of the man who dominated political and intellectual circles in England during the sixteenth century: Thomas More. Born into the era of the Wars of the Roses, educated during the European Renaissance, rising to become Chancellor of England, and ultimately destroyed...
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Things as They AreAmy Carmichael was a prolific writer and Christian missionary. She is notable for having spent over 55 years serving the people of India without so much as a single furlough. Things as They Are is arguably Carmichael s best known work on her missionary...
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