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The Unholy Patrons
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Author : Mac Kelly Obison
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-05-26
The Unholy Patrons written by Mac Kelly Obison and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-26 with Fiction categories.
From the slums of Cape Town, a hero is born. At the age of twenty-two, Warren Baunn was already a national boxing champion. After three successive years, he remained unbeaten in the ring. It was only but fitting that by the time Warren called it quits, his name must have been written in gold letters among the legends of the sport. But there was a dramatic twist in his career when Warren punched the living daylights out of an opponent in the ring, who unfortunately died two days later in the hospital. Traumatized and depressed from the ill-fated incident, Warren gave up the profession at the prime of his career and took to alcohol, prostitutes, and drugs as solace for his dejection. Meanwhile, former champion Blake Kane, made his plans to retire from the sport public. Meaning, the highly anticipated Battle of Egos between Warren Baunn and Blake Kane would never happen. It is all but bad business to the Patrons of the sport, as Warren repeatedly turned down colossal offers to reverse his decision and take on Blake on what was expected to be the biggest boxing fight in the history of South Africa. Ultimately, someone was determined to make the fight happen and was willing to go to any length. Warrens mum went out for a stroll one evening and never returned, only for Warren to get a text from an anonymous number that read, Fight Blake Kane in another 27 days or you will never see your mum again. Go to the cops or tell anybody and you will find her corpse on your doorsteps the following morning. In this thriller, Mac Kelly Obison ingeniously delivers mind-throbbing suspense, horrendous treachery, atrocious act of blackmail, and revenge all packed in an explosive saga.
Christianity The Patron Of Literature And Science
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Author : George Junkin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1849
Christianity The Patron Of Literature And Science written by George Junkin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1849 with Church and college categories.
Patron Saint And Prophet
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Author : Phillip N. Haberkern
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-03-02
Patron Saint And Prophet written by Phillip N. Haberkern and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-02 with Religion categories.
The Bohemian preacher and religious reformer Jan Hus has been celebrated as a de facto saint since being burned at the stake as a heretic in 1415. Patron Saint and Prophet analyzes Hus's commemoration from the time of his death until the middle of the following century, tracing the ways in which both his supporters and his most outspoken opponents sought to determine whether he would be remembered as a heretic or saint. Phillip Haberkern examines how specific historical conflicts and exigencies affected the evolution of Hus's memory-within the militant Hussite movement that flourished until the mid-1430s, within the Czech Utraquist church that succeeded it, and among sixteenth-century Lutherans who viewed Hus as a forerunner and even prophet of their reform. Using close readings of written sources such as sermons and church histories, visual media including manuscript illuminations and monumental art, and oral forms of discourse such as vernacular songs and liturgical prayers, this book offers a fascinating account of how changes in media technology complemented the shifting theology of the cult of saints in order to shape early modern commemorative practices. By focusing on the ways in which the invocation of Hus catalyzed religious dissent within two distinct historical contexts, Haberkern compares the role of memory in late medieval Bohemia with the emergence of history as a constitutive religious discourse in the early modern German land. In this way, he also provides a detailed analysis of the ways in which Bohemian and German religious reformers justified their dissent from the Roman Church by invoking the past.
The Mystery Of The Double Homicide
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Author : Mac Kelly Obison
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-05-26
The Mystery Of The Double Homicide written by Mac Kelly Obison and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-26 with Fiction categories.
The countdown of the state election is on, and one name is on the lips of every resident of Manzili State, Ms. Amanda Johnson, daughter of the late kingpin of the pharmaceutical industry, Chris Johnson. She is by all standards the favorite candidate for the seat of the governor. Events take a dramatic and unprecedented twist when she and her sentinel are found dead in her home one morning, less than two weeks before the grand election. The entire state is plunged into chaos. Her cousin, who also doubles as the campaign manager, engages the service of Private Detective Tony Justice to team up with the local police to throw some light into the dark and sinister business. Halfway into the inquest, Tony Justice comes up with a lengthy list of enemies, some of which are highly ranked and have valid motives for murder. It appears she stepped on a good number of toes on her way up the political ladder. Complications stick out in every yard as Tony Justice schemes to unravel the mystery. Perhaps one of the most challenging and intriguing cases to come his way, one that would put every iota of his shrewdness and ingenuity to the test. The outcome of this mystery will leave you breathless.
Shenoute Of Atripe And The Uses Of Poverty
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Author : Ariel G. Lopez
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2013-02-04
Shenoute Of Atripe And The Uses Of Poverty written by Ariel G. Lopez and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-04 with History categories.
Shenoute of Atripe: stern abbot, loquacious preacher, patron of the poor and scourge of pagans in fifth-century Egypt. This book studies his numerous Coptic writings and finds them to be the most important literary source for the study of society, economy and religion in late antique Egypt. The issues and concerns Shenoute grappled with on a daily basis, Ariel Lopez argues, were not local problems, unique to one small corner of the ancient world. Rather, they are crucial to interpreting late antiquity as a historical period—rural patronage, religious intolerance, the Christian care of the poor and the local impact of the late Roman state. His little known writings provide us not only with a rare opportunity to see the life of a holy man as he himself saw it, but also with a privileged window into his world. Lopez brings Shenoute to prominence as witness of and participant in the major transformations of his time.
The Patron Saint Of Ugly
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Author : Marie Manilla
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2014-06-17
The Patron Saint Of Ugly written by Marie Manilla and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-17 with Fiction categories.
Catholic lore, American tales, and Sicilian superstition blend in this “clever, funny, heartbreaking, and heartwarming” novel (Publishers Weekly). Born with unruly red hair, a sharp tongue, and wine-colored marks all over her body—marks that oddly mimick a map of the world and make her subject to endless ridicule—Garnet Ferrari would hardly consider herself blessed. So when an emissary from the Vatican shows up at her door, convinced that her seeming ability to cure the skin ailments of others qualifies her for sainthood, she’s not quite convinced—or pleased. Garnet sets off on a quest to better understand who she is and where she and her unusual gifts came from. Tracing a twisted path that leads from Sicily to West Virginia, poverty to riches, romance to loss, reality to mythology, Garnet uncovers a truth far more powerful than any dermatological miracle: that the things of which we are most ashamed often become our greatest strengths. “A cleareyed, touching fable of a girl learning the hard truths about herself and others.” —Kirkus Reviews
Changing Patrons Social Identity And The Visual Arts In Renaissance Florence
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date :
Changing Patrons Social Identity And The Visual Arts In Renaissance Florence written by and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Art categories.
To whom should we ascribe the great flowering of the arts in Renaissance Italy? Artists like Botticelli and Michelangelo? Or wealthy, discerning patrons like Cosimo de' Medici? In recent years, scholars have attributed great importance to the role played by patrons, arguing that some should even be regarded as artists in their own right. This approach receives sharp challenge in Jill Burke's Changing Patrons, a book that draws heavily upon the author's discoveries in Florentine archives, tracing the many profound transformations in patrons' relations to the visual world of fifteenth-century Florence. Looking closely at two of the city's upwardly mobile families, Burke demonstrates that they approached the visual arts from within a grid of social, political, and religious concerns. Art for them often served as a mediator of social difference and a potent means of signifying status and identity. Changing Patrons combines visual analysis with history and anthropology to propose new interpretations of the art created by, among others, Botticelli, Filippino Lippi, and Raphael. Genuinely interdisciplinary, the book also casts light on broad issues of identity, power relations, and the visual arts in Florence, the cradle of the Renaissance.
The Reformed Church Review
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Author : Reformed episcopal Church of England
language : en
Publisher:
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The Reformed Church Review written by Reformed episcopal Church of England and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Private Religious Foundations In The Byzantine Empire
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Author : John Philip Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Release Date : 1987
Private Religious Foundations In The Byzantine Empire written by John Philip Thomas and has been published by Dumbarton Oaks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
Thomas examines the private ownership of ecclesiastical institutions to determine the nature and extent of private ownership of religious institutions in the Byzantine Empire. This includes churches, monasteries, and philanthropic institutions such as hospitals and orphanages, which were founded by private individuals and retained for personal administration independent of the public authorities of the state and church.
The Grange Illustrated Or Patron S Hand Book
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Author : John G. Wells
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874
The Grange Illustrated Or Patron S Hand Book written by John G. Wells and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with Agriculture categories.