The Illuminatrix
The Illuminatrix

Author: Barbara Leibhardt Wester

Publisher: Quid Pro Books

Published: 2013-11-06

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 1610271165

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“When you find the truth, you may find that you cannot control its power.” Would you tell the truth if it meant losing your job? Would you tell the truth if it meant challenging your government? Would you tell the truth if it meant a death sentence? What if you had to decide today? Sixteen-year-old Anne Quinn longs for adventure, but is an apprentice Illuminatrix to the King of Deneresh for whom she keeps official records. Called "Faeiries' Child" by the Grandmother who trained her in the skills of writing and languages, Anne knows nothing of her parents and vows that one day she will uncover the truth of her past. Deneresh is on the brink of war, and in a time when most are illiterate, Anne's skills are highly prized. She quickly becomes known for her brilliant work – and notorious for checking facts. Soon the King chooses her to illuminate the kingdom's divinely ordained history for all to see. But Anne's research uncovers a dark mystery. As she searches for clues, Anne joins the Truth Seekers, a secret society organized to discover a mythical race known as "the Lost Children” who may hold the key to the real history of Deneresh and also to Anne's past. Her journey will test her courage and trust in herself. Uncovering what is true means risking the unthinkable, even facing betrayal and death. After Anne is accused of treason, can she save herself from a traitor's end?

Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Georgian
Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Georgian

Author: Stephen H. Rapp

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-24

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1351923269

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This volume brings together a set of key studies on the history and culture of Christian Georgia, along with a substantial new introduction. The opening section sets the regional context, in relation to the Byzantine empire in particular, while subsequent parts deal with the conversion and christianization of the country, the making of a 'national' church and the development of a historical identity.

Mary and the Art of Prayer
Mary and the Art of Prayer

Author: Rachel Fulton Brown

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2017-11-21

Total Pages: 710

ISBN-13: 0231543719

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Would you like to learn to pray like a medieval Christian? In Mary and the Art of Prayer, Rachel Fulton Brown traces the history of the medieval practice of praising Mary through the complex of prayers known as the Hours of the Virgin. More than just a work of comprehensive historical scholarship, the book asks readers to immerse themselves in the experience of believing in and praying to Mary. Mary and the Art of Prayer crosses the boundaries that modern scholars typically place between observation and experience, between the world of provable facts and the world of imagination, suggesting what it would have been like for medieval Christians to encounter Mary in prayer. Mary and the Art of Prayer opens with a history of the devotion of the Hours or “Little Office” of the Virgin. It then guides readers in the practice of saying this Office, including its invitatory (Ave Maria), antiphons, psalms, lessons, and prayers. The book works on several levels at once. It provides a new methodology for thinking about devotion and prayer; a new appreciation of the scope of and audience for the Hours of the Virgin; a new understanding of how Mary functions theologically and devotionally; and a new reading of sources not previously taken into account. A courageous and moving work, it will transform our ideas of what scholarship is and what it can accomplish.

Mary Magdalen
Mary Magdalen

Author: Susan Haskins

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-09-30

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 1446499421

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A dramatic, thought-provoking portrait of one of the most compelling figures in early Christianity which explores two thousand years of history, art, and literature to provide a close-up look at Mary Magdalen and her significance in religious and cultural thought.

Silver Surfer Vol. 4
Silver Surfer Vol. 4

Author: Dan Slott

Publisher: Marvel Entertainment

Published: 2016-08-17

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1302490028

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The Surfer has taken Dawn Greenwood to the end of the universe, and now he's going to show her the most fantastic planet of them all: Earth! It's your home world like you've never seen it before: with monsters, magic and... a secret that will change everything! The perfect jumping-on point for the book everyone's talking about! COLLECTING: SILVER SURFER #1-5.

Thanks for Typing
Thanks for Typing

Author: Juliana Dresvina

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-01-28

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1350150088

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This collection uncovers the wives, daughters, mothers, companions and female assistants who laboured in the shadows of famous men. Revealing the reality of uncredited female contributions throughout history, this book highlights the work of neglected and forgotten women associated with celebrated male writers, scholars, activists and politicians. As the #ThanksforTyping movement has shown, anonymous women working to support the work of their male relations and colleagues has been, and often still is, a universal phenomenon. These essays show just how long intelligent and determined women have been sidelined, ignored or forgotten throughout history. From a well-connected Roman matrician to the mother of the poet Philip Larkin, these women have their voices returned to them in twenty engaging chapters. Spanning ancient times to the modern day, they return agency to women who occupied crucial roles behind the scenes, but were always restricted to the supporting role they were obliged to play. The universal importance of these women take on new meaning in our modern era where women's voices are becoming ever-louder and increasingly recognised - including through such a movement as #ThanksforTyping.

Sundowners Volume 1
Sundowners Volume 1

Author: Tim Seeley

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

Published: 2015-06-09

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1630082252

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Faster than lightning! Stronger than steel! Crazier than an outhouse rat? Enter the Sudowners--sworn to protect humanity from inter-dimensional invaders! But is the threat real, or all in their heads?

American Religion: Literary Sources and Documents
American Religion: Literary Sources and Documents

Author: David Turley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 1525

ISBN-13: 1134237189

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This set offers a wide range of primary source material spanning several centuries of religious experience in the United States. The material is grouped thematically and chronologically with a critical apparatus which includes a substantial introductory essay giving an overview of the subject, a chronology, and bibliographies.