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Relic
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Author : Douglas J. Preston
language : en
Publisher: Paw Prints
Release Date : 2009-07-10
Relic written by Douglas J. Preston and has been published by Paw Prints this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-10 with categories.
Investigating a series of savage murders that are disrupting a massive new exhibition at the New York Museum of Natural History, graduate student Margo Green finds a clue in a failed Amazonian expedition. Reissue.
The Relic
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
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Author : Douglas Preston
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Relic written by Douglas Preston and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with categories.
A team of archaeologists are savagely massacred in the Amazon Basin, and the surviving box of relics is locked away in the New York Museum of Natural History. When people in the museum start getting murdered, a link is uncovered between the killings and the failed expedition.
The Texture Of Images
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Author : Livia Cárdenas
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2020-11-16
The Texture Of Images written by Livia Cárdenas and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-16 with History categories.
Textures of Images presents for the first time a fundamental analysis and synopsis of the printed relic-book genre. The author brings into focus the specific mediality and aesthetics of this kind of printed books between the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period.
Relic
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Author : Bronwyn Eley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-12
Relic written by Bronwyn Eley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-12 with categories.
In the city of Edriast, there is no deadlier duty than to serve as the Shadow. As the personal servant of the powerful Lord Rennard, the Shadow's life is all but forfeit. Rennard possesses one of five rare and dangerous Relics - a jewel that protects his bloodline, but slowly poisons everyone else in its proximity. When the current Shadow succumbs to its magic, nineteen-year-old blacksmith Kaylan is summoned to take his place. It's an appointment that will kill her. As the time Kaylan has left ebbs away, hope begins to fade... That is, until she discovers a plot to destroy all five bloodlines in possession of the Relics. A rebel force plans to put an end to Rennard's rule and Kaylan suddenly finds herself embroiled in a cause that might just be worth fighting for. But no cause is without its costs... As her life hangs in the balance and rebellion bears down on Edriast, Kaylan must decide where her loyalties lie - and how she'll leave her mark on the world. Relic is the absorbing first novel in The Relic Trilogy, a thrillingly dark YA fantasy series.
Relic
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Author : William G Howell
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-04-26
Relic written by William G Howell and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-26 with Political Science categories.
Our government is failing us. From health care to immigration, from the tax code to climate change, our political institutions cannot deal effectively with the challenges of modern society. Why the dysfunction? Contemporary reformers single out the usual suspects, including polarization and the rise in campaign spending. But what if the roots go much deeper, to the nation's founding? In Relic, William G. Howell and Terry M. Moe point to the Constitution as the main culprit. The framers designed the Constitution some 225 years ago for a simple, agrarian society. But the government they created, with a parochial Congress at its center, is ill-equipped to address the serious social problems that arise in a complex, postindustrial nation. We are prisoners of the past, burdened with an antiquated government that cannot make effective policy, and often cannot do anything at all. The solution is to update the Constitution for modern times. This can be accomplished, Howell and Moe argue, through reforms that push Congress and all its pathologies to the periphery of the lawmaking process, and bring presidents -- whose concern for their legacy drives them to seek coherent policy solutions -- to the center of decision making. As Howell and Moe reveal, the key to effective government for modern America is a more powerful presidency. Relic is a provocative and essential book for our era of political dysfunction and popular despair. It sheds new light on what is wrong with our government and what can be done about it, challenging us to reconsider the very foundation of the American experiment.
Relics Of The Christ
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Author : Joe Nickell
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2007-03-16
Relics Of The Christ written by Joe Nickell and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-16 with Religion categories.
Religious relics, defined as "either portions of or objects connected with the body of a saint or other holy person," are among the most revered items in the world. Christian relics such as the Holy Grail, the True Cross, and the Lance of Longinus are also the source of limitless controversy. Such items have incited people to bloodshed and, some say, have been a source of miracles. Relics inspire fear and hope among the faithful and yet are a perennial target for skeptics, both secular and Christian. To research the authenticity of numerous Christian relics, Joe Nickell takes a scientific approach to a field of study all too often tainted by premature conclusions. In this volume, Nickell investigates such renowned relics as the Shroud of Turin, the multiple heads of John the Baptist, and the supposedly incorruptible corpses of saints, first examining the available evidence and documented history of each item. From accounts of true believers to the testimony of the relics' alleged fabricators, Nickell then presents all sides of each story, allowing the evidence to speak for itself. For each relic, Nickell evaluates both the corroborating and contradictory bodies of evidence and explores whether the relic and attributed miracles can be reconstructed. In addition to his own experiments, Nickell presents findings from the world's top scientists and historians regarding these controversial objects of reverence and ire, explaining the circumstances under which each case was examined. Radiocarbon dating and tests to determine the validity of substances such as blood or patina indicate a variety of possible origins. Nickell even reveals some of the techniques used to create archaeological forgeries and explains how investigators have exposed them. Each relic is a mystery to be solved; guided by the maxim, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof," Nickell seeks only the truth.
Mobile Saints
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Author : Kate M. Craig
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2021-04-22
Mobile Saints written by Kate M. Craig and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-22 with History categories.
Mobile Saints examines the central medieval (ca. 950–1150 CE) practice of removing saints’ relics from rural monasteries in order to take them on out-and-back journeys, particularly within northern France and the Low Countries. Though the permanent displacements of relics—translations— have long been understood as politically and culturally significant activities, these temporary circulations have received relatively little attention. Yet the act of taking a medieval relic from its “home,” even for a short time, had the power to transform the object, the people it encountered, and the landscape it traveled through. Using hagiographical and liturgical texts, this study reveals both the opportunities and tensions associated with these movements: circulating relics extended the power of the saint into the wider world, but could also provoke public displays of competition, mockery, and resistance. By contextualizing these effects within the discourses and practices that surrounded traveling relics, Mobile Saints emphasizes the complexities of the central medieval cult of relics and its participants, while speaking to broader questions about the role of movement in negotiating the relationships between sacred objects, space, and people.
The Relic Of Tempus
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Author : Atharva Lele
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2021-03-06
The Relic Of Tempus written by Atharva Lele and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-06 with Fiction categories.
A college student, a World War II soldier, and a mad scientist, all in different time periods. What could they have in common? Nothing, and yet; a lot. Does your past influence your future or is it the other way round? It depends, you may realize soon. What happens when Max Wheeler, an archaeology student finds a long-lost locket known as “The Relic of Tempus” and events take unexpected turn as he witnesses a crime at the peak of the world war. Will he be able to stop it and come back? Time is of course relative, but what if the Relic gave you power to control it? There are a lot of questions, and so little time to find the answers. So, read on and enjoy the conspiracies and the mysteries which unfold that will have a long-lasting impact on Max and his family. It is after all the past which decides your future…or does it?
Relic Icon Or Hoax
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Author : Harry E Gove
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 1996-01-01
Relic Icon Or Hoax written by Harry E Gove and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Science categories.
Interest in the Turin Shroud continues to the present day even though it was finally carbon dated in 1988 and shown not to be of an age consistent with Christ's burial. Scientifically, the age of the shroud cloth is of little consequence, but to the general public, it is of considerable significance. The author Harry E. Gove is a co-inventor of accelerator mass spectrometry and was responsible for its use in establishing whether the Turin Shroud could have been Christ's burial cloth. Relic, Icon or Hoax?: Carbon Dating the Turin Shroud presents an eyewitness account of the events that culminated in the final determination of the age of the linen cloth of the Turin Shroud and some of the subsequent reactions to the results. The book discusses the application of accelerator mass spectrometry to the carbon dating of the Turin Shroud using samples only a few square centimeters in area and weighing only a few tens of milligrams.