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Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, Reza Aslan sheds new light on one of history's most influential and enigmatic characters by examining Jesus through the lens of the tumultuous era in which he lived: first-century Palestine, an age awash in apocalyptic fervor. Scores of Jewish prophets, preachers, and would-be messiahs wandered through the Holy Land, bearing messages from God. This was the age of zealotry--a fervent nationalism that made resistance...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WITH A SMIDGEN OF HOMICIDE
When the owner of the local zip line is found dead on the ride, the small town of Normal, Kentucky, is in a state of shock. With the local ranger and sheriff at a loss for leads, it falls to the Laundry Club Ladies-a group of nosy sleuths led by Mae West-to crack the case.
Mae is more than happy to put her nose to the grindstone and get to work, especially since it gives her a chance to escape her...
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In this book, Corey Taylor undertakes something never before attempted in the history of rock superstardom. He takes you with him as he journeys undercover through various ghostbusting groups who do their best to gather information and evidence about the existence of spirits. Some are more credible than others, and, frankly, some are completely insane, but all are observed with appropriate seriousness as Taylor attempts to better understand some of...
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Crochet lovers will embrace Hooked for Life: Adventures of a Crochet Zealot, a book that lovingly and humorously explores the craft of crochet and is written by a true crochet zealot.
Mary Beth Temple, a well-known author in the crafting world and a self-admitted crochet junkie, gives an insider's look at what makes real crocheters tick and laugh with a number of humorous essays.
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Hachette Australia
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"People are drawn to cults for a number of reasons, but commonly they attract people whose current religion or lifestyle is lacking - it's too restrictive, it's not restrictive and holy enough, it doesn't seem to offer solutions for a chaotic and dangerous world, it doesn't let them have enough sex with aliens. Whatever the drawcard, once people are in, it's usually very difficult for them to leave. Imagine someone telling you you couldn't use your...
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2004 Christy Fiction award winner! Paul Stepola, an agent working for the National Peacekeeping Organization (NPO), has been assigned to enforce compliance with the world government's prohibition on religion. Paul relishes his job and is good at it. He is determined to expose underground religion-flush it out, expose it, and kill it-until his life is turned upside down and he is forced to look at life in a different way. As Paul begins to unravel...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"An urgent and deeply necessary work, Dear Zealots offers three ... essays that speak directly to our present age, on the rise of zealotry in Israel and around the world. From the incomparable Amos Oz comes a series of three essays: on the universal nature of fanaticism and its possible cures, on the Jewish roots of humanism and the need for a secular pride in Israel, and on the geopolitical standing of Israel in the wider Middle East and internationally....
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Columbia University Press
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[2020]
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English
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"In an unsettling time in American history, the outbreak of right-wing violence is among the most disturbing developments. In recent years, attacks originating from the far right of American politics have targeted religious and ethnic minorities, with a series of antigovernment militants, religious extremists, and lone-wolf mass shooters inspired by right-wing ideologies. The need to understand the nature and danger of far-right violence is greater...
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Truman Talley Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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The War Against the Terror Masters is a must-read guide to the terrorist crisis. Michael A. Ledeen explains in startling detail how and why the United States was so unprepared for the September 11th catastrophe; the nature of the terror network we are fighting-including the state sponsors of that network; the role of radical Islam; and the enemy collaboration of some of our traditional Middle Eastern "allies";-and, most convincingly, what we must...
12) The zealot and the emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the struggle for American freedom
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"What do moral people do when democracy countenances evil? The question, implicit in the idea that people can govern themselves, came to a head in America at the middle of the nineteenth century, in the struggle over slavery. John Brown's answer was violence--violence of a sort some in later generations would call terrorism. Brown was a deeply religious man who heard the God of the Old Testament speaking to him, telling him to do whatever was necessary...
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Enter the continuing story of double agent Paul Stepola as he works to protect his fellow believers from the government that is trying to eliminate them. The underground church is in mortal peril following the apocalyptic events in Los Angeles, which have only cast further suspicion upon Christians. Meanwhile, Paul struggles with how to tell his family about his newfound faith without raising the suspicions of his ruthless father-in-law. A gripping...
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Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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"Half-Life of a Zealot tells how the girl who spoke against "Reds" alongside her father became a fierce advocate for progressive change in America and abroad, an innovative philanthropist, and Bill Clinton's ambassador to Austria. In captivating prose, Hunt describes the warmth and wear of Southern Baptist culture, which instilled in her a calling to help the least fortunate and most vulnerable. The reader is drawn into her full-throttle professional...
17) The zealot and the emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln and the struggle for American freedom
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Random House Large Print Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"John Brown was a charismatic and deeply religious man who heard the God of the Old Testament speaking to him, telling him to destroy slavery by any means. When Congress opened Kansas territory to slavery in 1854, Brown raised a band of followers to wage war. His men tore proslavery settlers from their homes and hacked them to death with broadswords. Three years later, Brown and his men assaulted the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, hoping...
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Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"John Walker, the one-time Captain America and former U.S.Agent, has been stripped of his official status and is now operating as an independent government contractor protecting covert interests. Now, Walker's latest security detail draws him into a conflict between a small town and the corporate giant trying to destroy it. Along the way, Walker acquires a new partner and new enemy -- while being haunted by ghosts from his past and confronting challenges...
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Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
2005.
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English
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After God intervenes with a miracle of global proportions, the tide is turned on international atheism and the National Peace Organization (NPO). The underground church has grown to the extent that Christians are becoming the majority. Agent Paul Stepola and his wife Jae are exposed and forced to become international fugitives. The NPO will stop at nothing to capture Paul and eliminate the underground church until God intervenes and the final judgment...
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BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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An all new, original Maze Runner story set directly before the upcoming third film, The Death Cure. They used to live and die by the Maze -- a seemingly endless labyrinth of deathtraps that kept the Gladers prisoner and in fear. But the day Thomas arrived, he motivated them all to push back... and escape. But what they discovered was far worse than any maze: a world scorched by disease and controlled by the oppressive organisation, Wicked. Thomas,...
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