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Author: Jim Britt
Publisher: Hci
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781558747241
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Rings of Truth" offers a unique blend of ancient truths and contemporary practical wisdom that readers can use in their everyday lives to find the keys to self-mastery.
Author: Wendy Doniger
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 0190267119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Ring of Truth, Wendy Doniger expertly unfolds the cultural and historical significance of rings and other kinds of circular jewelry through timeless stories taken from mythology, religious traditions, and literature. Each chapter, like a separate charm on a charm bracelet, considers a different constellation of stories, linked by a common cluster of meanings: the mutual imitation of real and fake, legal and illegal, marital and extra-marital jewelry; the circular form of rings and bracelets, miming the circle of eternity, which persists in the face of human ephemera
Author: Roger Scruton
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2016-06-09
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 0241188563
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'The ideal interpreter of the Ring ... a fascinating and valuable study ... absorbing and convincing' Sunday Times The Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times. Roger Scruton's brilliant and passionate exploration of the drama, music, symbolism and philosophy of Wagner's masterpiece - with its themes of love, death, sacrifice and freedom - shows how, ultimately, it expresses the truth about the human condition. 'Highly original and penetrating ... tremendous' Tim Blanning, Literary Review 'A rich, historical account ... After reading this book, only the most unadventurous reader would turn down the chance to see Wagner's masterpiece' Economist 'A brilliant gallop through the master's religious, musical and philosophical contexts' Sue Prideaux, Spectator 'Scruton is one of the finest philosopher-musicians since Schopenhauer' Jonathan Gaisman, Standpoint
Author: Allan J. McDonald
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2012-03-11
Total Pages: 1075
ISBN-13: 0813047013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn a cold January morning in 1986, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Challenger, despite warnings against doing so by many individuals, including Allan McDonald. The fiery destruction of Challenger on live television moments after launch remains an indelible image in the nation’s collective memory. In Truth, Lies, and O-Rings, McDonald, a skilled engineer and executive, relives the tragedy from where he stood at Launch Control Center. As he fought to draw attention to the real reasons behind the disaster, he was the only one targeted for retribution by both NASA and his employer, Morton Thiokol, Inc., makers of the shuttle's solid rocket boosters. In this whistle-blowing yet rigorous and fair-minded book, McDonald, with the assistance of internationally distinguished aerospace historian James R. Hansen, addresses all of the factors that led to the accident, some of which were never included in NASA's Failure Team report submitted to the Presidential Commission. Truth, Lies, and O-Rings is the first look at the Challenger tragedy and its aftermath from someone who was on the inside, recognized the potential disaster, and tried to prevent it. It also addresses the early warnings of very severe debris issues from the first two post-Challenger flights, which ultimately resulted in the loss of Columbia some fifteen years later.
Author: Teresa Bateman
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780823415182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbingdon Pillars of Theology is a series for the college and seminary classroom designed to help students grasp the basic and necessary facts, influence, and significance of major theologians. Written by noted scholars, these books will outline the context, methodology, organizing principles, primary contributions, and key writings of people who have shaped theology as we know it today. Dr. Donald Shriver tells us that H. Richard Niebuhr wrote about God in a serious yet joyous exploration. This book summarizes Niebuhr's faith journey as seen through the lens of his major works. While Neibuhr did mean to move his readers to think, struggle, argue, and even pray, he expected nothing less from himself. It is the hope of the author that by reading this book, readers will be better prepared to travel a path of their own.
Author: Terry Goodkind
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2001-06-23
Total Pages: 580
ISBN-13: 9780765300270
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn unearthly adversary descends on an idyllic fantasy world, corrupting magic against good and slaughtering innocents, and only a single man can stop him.
Author: Doug Batchelor
Publisher: Amazing Facts
Published: 2008-02-05
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781580190817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlmost everyone would agree that there's some point where enough jewelry is enough. Well, what is that point? In this book, Doug Batchelor challenges you to find out for yourself what God's Word says on this fascinating subject.
Author: Joseph O'Day
Publisher: Xulon Press
Published: 2004-08
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 1594676321
DOWNLOAD EBOOKO'Day illustrates how Tolkien's fantasy trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings," contains Christian truth and wisdom that have much to say about the contemporary world and mankind's beliefs, spirituality, and sense of self.
Author: Philip Morrison
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 326
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume tells much about what scientific truths are known and also about the methods used to uncover them.
Author: W. G. Sebald
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Published: 2016-11-08
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 081122130X
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