Gods Island

Gods Island PDF Author: Dev Sharma
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Languages : en
Pages : 164

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After decades of the Gulf war, the world & refugees welcomed '1995, UNHCR initiated Program' - yet they never knew what was coming to them. An exposition of the Refugee crises becomes a cataclysmic threat to the world when wonder-woman Maria discovers the coming Holocaust. Unaware of the consequences, cyberpunk Sundar shares the classified file with his girlfriend Julia... not knowing her real identity. Survivor of the New York Church Bombing, CIA Chief Wendell prepares his techie assistant Bobby for a Europe-America Joint Op. Insistent Interrogation of the mysterious 'Hijab Woman' could be the biggest breakthrough towards revealing an upcoming series of attacks in different parts of the world but Captain Vikram always feels too much compassion for her. In the chaos, there is someone who is always a step ahead of the Berlin team and is deciding the pitiful fate of the 9,500 helpless innocent.The world's biggest attack after 9/11 was near & the team that united to prevent it... was losing the war at every moment. The War of Vengeance... Inspired by true events

Gods Island

Gods Island PDF Author: Dev Sharma
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 164

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After decades of the Gulf war, the world & refugees welcomed '1995, UNHCR initiated Program' - yet they never knew what was coming to them. An exposition of the Refugee crises becomes a cataclysmic threat to the world when wonder-woman Maria discovers the coming Holocaust. Unaware of the consequences, cyberpunk Sundar shares the classified file with his girlfriend Julia... not knowing her real identity. Survivor of the New York Church Bombing, CIA Chief Wendell prepares his techie assistant Bobby for a Europe-America Joint Op. Insistent Interrogation of the mysterious 'Hijab Woman' could be the biggest breakthrough towards revealing an upcoming series of attacks in different parts of the world but Captain Vikram always feels too much compassion for her. In the chaos, there is someone who is always a step ahead of the Berlin team and is deciding the pitiful fate of the 9,500 helpless innocent.The world's biggest attack after 9/11 was near & the team that united to prevent it... was losing the war at every moment. The War of Vengeance... Inspired by true events

Island of Dead Gods

Island of Dead Gods PDF Author: Verena Mahlow
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ISBN: 9781637528679
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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An island in the Mediterranean, a traveler's dream destination, and a nightmare for those involved in a deep-rooted crime. Philine, interpreter, single mother, and bankrupt, is forced to sell her one asset, her beloved cottage on Ibiza, when she runs into even more problems: her best friend has disappeared, a fire breaks out-and, on top of all, she is confronted with Adam, a man she, for good reason, never wanted to see again. He'd flown in from Texas to bury his sister, who supposedly committed suicide on the island, though he suspects she was murdered. When a connection between her death, Phil's disappeared friend, and more fatalities are revealed, the two ex-lovers reluctantly collaborate. "Verena Mahlow's Island of Dead Gods combines a meticulously constructed international thriller with her extensive personal exploration of Ibiza, long a magnet for bohemians, speculators and sybarites of all nationalities. Mahlow's intelligently devised, twisting plot includes much local color-cuisine, ancient sites, modern ambience-and diverse characters, an arcane coterie of goddess-worshipping proto-feminists and men treating themselves to easy, sleazy sex. Mahlow deftly moves these players toward an unexpected, explosive climax." Barbara Bamberger Scott, A Woman's Write

They Would Be Gods

They Would Be Gods PDF Author: Anthony K. Forwood
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257373625
Category : Curiosities and wonders
Languages : en
Pages : 446

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Rebel Island

Rebel Island PDF Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553904108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Triple-crown winner of mystery’s most coveted awards—the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Shamus—Rick Riordan and his Texas-style take on the crime novel have never been bigger or darker than in this latest Tres Navarre thriller. This time Navarre faces a killer as unstoppable as a force of nature. Tres Navarre had given up private investigation—and with it a violent past that had buried too many friends. Newly married, with a baby on the way, it was time to find a safer line of work. He and Maia had come to Rebel Island to celebrate their honeymoon and a new future. But no sooner had they arrived than a reminder of the past showed up in the form of a corpse shot dead in room 12. Just like that Tres finds himself flashing back on the memory of a grim childhood summer spent on the island—a summer that changed everything in his life. A summer he could never forget but never entirely remember either. And when a second corpse turns up, it’s clear to Tres that the past is not dead and buried after all, but is stalking Rebel Island with unfinished business of its own. What really happened that long-ago summer, what dark secrets were kept, and who has come back to avenge them…these are the questions Tres, his brother Garrett, and the very pregnant Maia must answer—and time is running out. For a monster hurricane is about to hit Rebel Island, cutting them off from the mainland and leaving them trapped on a flooding island with the hotel’s remaining guests brutally dying one by one. Tres knows better than anyone that the bloodlines of South Texas are as twisted as barbed wire. This time they’re guarding a revelation that can turn his dreams of happily ever after into the ultimate nightmare.

Unlimited incarnation of defying the heavens and cultivating gods

Unlimited incarnation of defying the heavens and cultivating gods PDF Author: Hu Liqun
Publisher: Sellene Chardou
ISBN: 1304390039
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1022

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The moon is high in the sky, and there are no clouds in Wan Li. The bright moonlight illuminates the earth and puts a beautiful veil on the whole Zi Long Mountain

The Gods of The Greeks

The Gods of The Greeks PDF Author: Károly Kerényi
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787201082
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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Drawing on a wealth of sources, from Hesiod to Pausanias and from the Orphic Hymns to Proclus, Professor Kerényi provides a clear and scholarly exposition of all the most important Greek myths. After a brief introduction, the complex genealogies of the gods lead him from the begettings of the Titans, from Aphrodite under all her titles and aspects, to the reign of Zeus, to Apollo and Hermes, touching the affairs of Pan, nymphs, satyrs, cosmogonies and the birth of mankind, until he reaches the ineffable mysteries of Dionysos. The lively and highly readable narrative is complemented by an appendix of detailed references to all the original texts and a fine selection of illustrations taken from vase paintings. ‘...learned, admirably documented, exhaustive...’—TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT ‘...it most emphatically must be the book that many have long been waiting for...’—STEPHEN SPENDER ‘Kerényi’s effort to reinterpret mythology...arises out of the conviction that an appreciation of the mythical world will help Western man to regain his lost sense of religious values....(His) theory of myth and his actual interpretations of mythical themes...help to point the way to...a new kind of humanism.’—A. Altman, Philosophy

Tombs of the Gods

Tombs of the Gods PDF Author: Kyle Weyburne
Publisher: Kyle Weyburne
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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We’ve completely misunderstood the purpose of the pyramids. They weren’t built primarily as tombs, instead they were intended to be used by Pharaoh while he was still alive. In very ancient times, the king was only allowed to rule for 30 years––then he’d be ritually killed! They didn’t want an old man in charge. One day, a Pharaoh was nearing his 30th year and decided he didn’t want to die, so came up with a set of rituals that would enable him to live on. It was called ‘Heb Sed’. This sacred ceremony was more than just a life-saver though, it also enabled the king to merge with the Sun-god. After death, Egyptian kings were believed to board the Sun-boat where they would shine down on their subjects for all eternity. However, many things could go awry in this process, particularly under the eyes of a successor. What if they bungled the funeral? What if they were a rival? Heb Sed enabled all this to occur while the king was still alive so that he could preside over proceedings, ensuring its success. And the bonus of being able to do this while alive is that some part of the Pharaoh would board the Sun-boat and in doing so, the king would become a divinity––the Pharaoh became a living God-king! But all this could only happen if they built a strange, pyramid-shaped structure to enable this potent magic to take place. So they built pyramids. And they got bigger and more magnificent with the passing of each King. This madness came to a head with Pharaoh Snefru who built two massive pyramids; the two biggest man-made structures in the World! How do you outdo this? While his son ‘Khufu’ only managed to build one pyramid, it was the most impressive structure ever built by humans. Still is, in my book. And yes, it might have functioned as his tomb, although Strabo and Diodorus swear black and blue that it wasn’t, however, it was entirely geared to the Sun-god, as you will find out... it was entirely geared for the King's Heb Sed. This book is the sequel to Architecture of Ra, but can be read independently of it. It also delves into the myths of Egypt as well as those of other cultures (Jason & the Argonauts, Icarus, Jonah, Thor, Hercules…). I don’t like calling these stories 'myths' because they actually belonged to living religions and to make that grade, the stories had to include information seminal to that culture. And if the texts contain this knowledge, then so did their religious buildings. The knowledge encoded in Egyptian legends is also encoded in their pyramids!

The Triumph of the Sea Gods

The Triumph of the Sea Gods PDF Author: Steven Sora
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1594777527
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 229

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An investigation of the geographical incongruities in Homer’s epics locates Troy on the coast of Iberia, in a conflict that changed history • Cites the rise in sea level in 1200 B.C. as leading to the invasion and victory of the Atlantean sea people over the goddess-worshipping Trojans who ruled the coasts • Identifies Troia (Troy) as part of a tri-city area that later became Lisbon, Portugal In The Triumph of the Sea Gods, Steven Sora argues compellingly that Homer’s tales do not describe adventures in the Mediterranean, but are adaptations of Celtic myths that chronicle an Atlantic coastal war that took place off the Iberian Peninsula around 1200 B.C. It was a war between the pro-goddess Celtic culture that presided over what is now Portugal and the patriarchal culture of the sea-faring Atlanteans. The invasion of the Atlantean sea peoples brought destruction to the entire region stretching from Western Europe’s Atlantic border to Egypt, Syria, and Turkey. This was a turning point not only politically but also spiritually. The goddess became demonized, as seen in myths such as Pandora’s Box in which woman was seen as the source of evil, not the origin of life, and Homer’s tale of the epic Greek and Trojan war, which was triggered by the abduction of a woman. The actual historical struggle described in Homer’s stories, Sora explains, occurred during what was the last in a series of rises in sea level that inundated various land masses (Atlantis) and permitted sea passage to areas previously accessible only by land. The “Sea Gods” (Atlanteans) attacked the tri-city region of Troia (Troy), near present-day Lisbon, which, shortly thereafter, fell victim to a devastating series of seaquakes and tsunamis. The war and the subsequent destructive weather broke the power of this seaboard civilization, leading to a wholesale invasion by the sea peoples and the rapid decline of the region’s goddess-worshipping culture that had reigned there since Neolithic times. Sora shows how Homer’s tales allow the modern world to glimpse this ancient conflict, which has been obscured for centuries.

The Night of the Gods

The Night of the Gods PDF Author: John O'Neill
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Languages : en
Pages : 594

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Homer on the Gods and Human Virtue

Homer on the Gods and Human Virtue PDF Author: Peter J. Ahrensdorf
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521193885
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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This book seeks to restore Homer to his rightful place among the principal figures in political and moral philosophy.