Author: Steve Fillerup
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 149901077X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This memoir begins on the reservation of the White Mountain Apaches in Arizona when a tribal police officer is laid to rest after being assaulted and murdered by two suspected burglars. The book concludes with the author's interrogation of a "routine" suspect in the case of a five-year-old girl who has gone missing for a week. In between these events, the author describes his career journey as an FBI special agent, a journey that sometimes produces success and vindication for crime victims and, sadly, investigations ending in failure. The author, a rather sheltered son of religious parents, navigates a troubled world of darkness, crime and sin.
Heaven's Hammers
Author: Steve Fillerup
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 149901077X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This memoir begins on the reservation of the White Mountain Apaches in Arizona when a tribal police officer is laid to rest after being assaulted and murdered by two suspected burglars. The book concludes with the author's interrogation of a "routine" suspect in the case of a five-year-old girl who has gone missing for a week. In between these events, the author describes his career journey as an FBI special agent, a journey that sometimes produces success and vindication for crime victims and, sadly, investigations ending in failure. The author, a rather sheltered son of religious parents, navigates a troubled world of darkness, crime and sin.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 149901077X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This memoir begins on the reservation of the White Mountain Apaches in Arizona when a tribal police officer is laid to rest after being assaulted and murdered by two suspected burglars. The book concludes with the author's interrogation of a "routine" suspect in the case of a five-year-old girl who has gone missing for a week. In between these events, the author describes his career journey as an FBI special agent, a journey that sometimes produces success and vindication for crime victims and, sadly, investigations ending in failure. The author, a rather sheltered son of religious parents, navigates a troubled world of darkness, crime and sin.
In the Shadow of the Cathedral
Author: Christine Schneider
Publisher: Kregel Publications
ISBN: 9780825437588
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Shortly after the turn of the first millennium, a small band of believers live in mortal danger. Faith and courage are tested in the shadow of the town's rising cathedral. Guaranteed fiction!
Publisher: Kregel Publications
ISBN: 9780825437588
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Shortly after the turn of the first millennium, a small band of believers live in mortal danger. Faith and courage are tested in the shadow of the town's rising cathedral. Guaranteed fiction!
Heaven in Ordinary
Author: Malcolm Guite
Publisher: Canterbury Press
ISBN: 1786222647
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Poet's Corner is Malcolm Guite's delectable column that appears on the back page of the Church Times each week. This second collection brings together more than seventy columns created from little glimpses and reflections from all corners of the country, the musings of a poet's mind, and the corners and alleyways of our literary heritage. Malcolm's lucid, perceptive and imaginative columns follow a similar pattern to the sonnets for which he is so renowned, with a sense of development, of a turn or volta part way through, and a sense that the end revisits and re-reads the opening.
Publisher: Canterbury Press
ISBN: 1786222647
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Poet's Corner is Malcolm Guite's delectable column that appears on the back page of the Church Times each week. This second collection brings together more than seventy columns created from little glimpses and reflections from all corners of the country, the musings of a poet's mind, and the corners and alleyways of our literary heritage. Malcolm's lucid, perceptive and imaginative columns follow a similar pattern to the sonnets for which he is so renowned, with a sense of development, of a turn or volta part way through, and a sense that the end revisits and re-reads the opening.
Malleus Maleficarum: The Witch Hammer
Author: Heinrich Kramer
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465526978
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
It has been recognized even from the very earliest times, during the first gropings towards the essential conveniences of social decency and social order, that witchcraft is an evil thing, an enemy to light, an ally of the powers of darkness, disruption, and decay. Sometimes, no doubt, primitive communities were obliged to tolerate the witch and her works owing to fear; in other words, witchcraft was a kind of blackmail; but directly Cities were able to to co-ordinate, and it became possible for Society to protect itself, precautions were taken and safeguards were instituted against this curse, this bane whose object seemed to blight all that was fair, all that was just and good, and that was well-appointed and honourable, in a word, whose aim proved to be set up on high the red standard of revolution; to overwhelm religion, existing order, and the comeliness of life in an abyss of anarchy, nihilism, and despair. In his great treatise De Ciutate Dei S. Augustine set forth the theory, or rather the living fact, of the two Cities, the City of God, and the opposing stronghold of all that is not for God, that is to say, of all that is against Him. This seems to be a natural truth which the inspired Doctor has so eloquently demonstrated in his mighty pages, and even before the era of Christianity men recognized the verity, and nations who had never heard the Divine command put into practice the obligation of the Mosaic maxim: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. (Vulgate: Maleficos non patieris uiuere. Douay: Wizards thou shalt not suffer to live. Exodus, xxii, 18.) It is true that both in the Greek and in the earlier Roman cults, worships often directly derived from secret and sombre sources, ancient gods, or rather demons, had their awful superstitions and their horrid rites, powers whom men dreaded but out of very terror placated; fanes men loathed but within whose shadowed portals they bent and bowed the knee perforce in trembling fear. Such deities were the Thracian Bendis, whose manifestation was heralded by the howling of her fierce black hounds, and Hecate the terrible “QUeen of the realm of ghosts,” as Euripides calls her, and the vampire Mormo and the dark Summanus who at midnight hurled loud thunderbolts and launched the deadly levin through the starless sky. Pliny tells us that the worship of this mysterious deity lasted long, and dogs with their puppies were sacrificed to him with atrocious cruelty, but S. Augustine says that in his day “one could scarce find one within a while, that had heard, nay more, that had read so much as the name of Summanus” (De Ciuitate Dei, iv, 23). Nevertheless there is only too much reason to believe that this devil-god had his votaries, although his liturgy was driven underground and his supplicants were obliged to assemble in remote and secret places. Towards the end of the fifth century, the Carthaginian Martianus Capella boldly declares that Summanus is none other than the lord of Hell, and he was writing, it may be remembered, only a few years before the birth of S. Benedict; some think that he was still alive when the Father of All Monks was born.
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465526978
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
It has been recognized even from the very earliest times, during the first gropings towards the essential conveniences of social decency and social order, that witchcraft is an evil thing, an enemy to light, an ally of the powers of darkness, disruption, and decay. Sometimes, no doubt, primitive communities were obliged to tolerate the witch and her works owing to fear; in other words, witchcraft was a kind of blackmail; but directly Cities were able to to co-ordinate, and it became possible for Society to protect itself, precautions were taken and safeguards were instituted against this curse, this bane whose object seemed to blight all that was fair, all that was just and good, and that was well-appointed and honourable, in a word, whose aim proved to be set up on high the red standard of revolution; to overwhelm religion, existing order, and the comeliness of life in an abyss of anarchy, nihilism, and despair. In his great treatise De Ciutate Dei S. Augustine set forth the theory, or rather the living fact, of the two Cities, the City of God, and the opposing stronghold of all that is not for God, that is to say, of all that is against Him. This seems to be a natural truth which the inspired Doctor has so eloquently demonstrated in his mighty pages, and even before the era of Christianity men recognized the verity, and nations who had never heard the Divine command put into practice the obligation of the Mosaic maxim: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. (Vulgate: Maleficos non patieris uiuere. Douay: Wizards thou shalt not suffer to live. Exodus, xxii, 18.) It is true that both in the Greek and in the earlier Roman cults, worships often directly derived from secret and sombre sources, ancient gods, or rather demons, had their awful superstitions and their horrid rites, powers whom men dreaded but out of very terror placated; fanes men loathed but within whose shadowed portals they bent and bowed the knee perforce in trembling fear. Such deities were the Thracian Bendis, whose manifestation was heralded by the howling of her fierce black hounds, and Hecate the terrible “QUeen of the realm of ghosts,” as Euripides calls her, and the vampire Mormo and the dark Summanus who at midnight hurled loud thunderbolts and launched the deadly levin through the starless sky. Pliny tells us that the worship of this mysterious deity lasted long, and dogs with their puppies were sacrificed to him with atrocious cruelty, but S. Augustine says that in his day “one could scarce find one within a while, that had heard, nay more, that had read so much as the name of Summanus” (De Ciuitate Dei, iv, 23). Nevertheless there is only too much reason to believe that this devil-god had his votaries, although his liturgy was driven underground and his supplicants were obliged to assemble in remote and secret places. Towards the end of the fifth century, the Carthaginian Martianus Capella boldly declares that Summanus is none other than the lord of Hell, and he was writing, it may be remembered, only a few years before the birth of S. Benedict; some think that he was still alive when the Father of All Monks was born.
Hammers and Homicide
Author: Paula Charles
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
ISBN: 1639106006
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Kate Carlisle and Victoria Gilbert, when a body is found in a hardware store, will Dawna Carpenter’s sleuthing measure up to find the killer? Recent sexagenarian widow Dawna Carpenter thought running her own hardware store after the death of her husband was hard enough. With her adult daughter, April, moving back into town, and Darlene, the annoying boutique owner next door to her shop poking around, Dawna has her hands full. But when she finds a dead man in the bathroom of her store, with a framing hammer by his side, she’s in way over her head. The victim, Warren Highcastle, was a land developer who was looking to purchase the old theater in town to build a new hotel. Dawna and April, worried about the implications of the crime scene at the hardware store, put themselves on the case. They soon learn that Warren had made quite a few enemies in his short amount of time in town. As the suspect list starts growing, so too do the threats against Dawna and April. Can Dawna and April nail the killer before they strike again?
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
ISBN: 1639106006
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Perfect for fans of Kate Carlisle and Victoria Gilbert, when a body is found in a hardware store, will Dawna Carpenter’s sleuthing measure up to find the killer? Recent sexagenarian widow Dawna Carpenter thought running her own hardware store after the death of her husband was hard enough. With her adult daughter, April, moving back into town, and Darlene, the annoying boutique owner next door to her shop poking around, Dawna has her hands full. But when she finds a dead man in the bathroom of her store, with a framing hammer by his side, she’s in way over her head. The victim, Warren Highcastle, was a land developer who was looking to purchase the old theater in town to build a new hotel. Dawna and April, worried about the implications of the crime scene at the hardware store, put themselves on the case. They soon learn that Warren had made quite a few enemies in his short amount of time in town. As the suspect list starts growing, so too do the threats against Dawna and April. Can Dawna and April nail the killer before they strike again?
Heaven's Door
Author: Michael Knaggs
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784620491
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The events of these past few months can be likened to the destabilising of a mountain top, creating a political and social avalanche of awesome, overwhelming power. As it cascades, unstoppable, in its devastating surge, it now seems certain that everything in its path will be either swept along with it or buried irretrievably beneath. The public demand for radical change in law and order in the wake of a catalytic event on a tough East London estate featured in Catalyst, the first book in the 'Hotel St Kilda' Trilogy. Now with the second installment, Heaven’s Door, we rejoin the story as the new government, who swept to power off the back of the public’s appetite for reform, start to assert their control. The new measures for addressing street crime include lifetime banishment for worst offenders, a popular development which receives widespread support, and which Tom Brown, the Home Secretary, decides to extend to cover other serious crimes. Although he meets strong opposition to this change, he steadfastly pushes it through. Then, at the zenith of his political achievement, and just when he seems reconciled with his family, his decision backfires. His private and political lives collide dramatically and Tom is faced with a devastating choice which, either way, will lead to personal tragedy.. Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Jo Cottrell and a former colleague, David Gerrard, begin looking into the circumstances that led to this situation and uncover unexpected liaisons which raise a number of questions…
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784620491
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The events of these past few months can be likened to the destabilising of a mountain top, creating a political and social avalanche of awesome, overwhelming power. As it cascades, unstoppable, in its devastating surge, it now seems certain that everything in its path will be either swept along with it or buried irretrievably beneath. The public demand for radical change in law and order in the wake of a catalytic event on a tough East London estate featured in Catalyst, the first book in the 'Hotel St Kilda' Trilogy. Now with the second installment, Heaven’s Door, we rejoin the story as the new government, who swept to power off the back of the public’s appetite for reform, start to assert their control. The new measures for addressing street crime include lifetime banishment for worst offenders, a popular development which receives widespread support, and which Tom Brown, the Home Secretary, decides to extend to cover other serious crimes. Although he meets strong opposition to this change, he steadfastly pushes it through. Then, at the zenith of his political achievement, and just when he seems reconciled with his family, his decision backfires. His private and political lives collide dramatically and Tom is faced with a devastating choice which, either way, will lead to personal tragedy.. Meanwhile, Detective Inspector Jo Cottrell and a former colleague, David Gerrard, begin looking into the circumstances that led to this situation and uncover unexpected liaisons which raise a number of questions…
Pentagon's Hammer
Author: Tino Randall
Publisher: Zaloli Media Entertainment
ISBN: 0985704713
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
"Freedom...this is what being an American is all about. It is the single most important philosophy that has driven America's success since the beginning. Freedom, however, is an expensive luxury to secure, and that is why America strives to be the leading force in military might and power. Americans are accustomed to this luxury and in ways they have taken it for granted. The dreaded day of 9/11 opened the eyes of millions of Americans when the US homeland was attacked. Its enemies exploited a weakness in general security and utilized that weakness to promote fear and chaos! The enemy took decisive action against its American foe; lending to the shocking realization that America is not immortal. Imagine if America's other weaknesses were exploited...Imagine if the next attack wasn't targeted at civilians but at the American government... Pentagon's Hammer is a story following a highly intelligent group of terrorists that have infiltrated the core of America's defense structure and are now utilizing this great wealth of knowledge against its sworn nemesis. This hostile takeover is led by an individual known only as "The Serpent" -- an individual sworn to the destruction of the United States of America. In twelve days, the lives of millions of American's will be changed forever. In twelve days, America will be thrown into disarray as its enemies have found a vulnerable weakness within its space-based Defense GRID! In twelve days, The Serpent executes a series of attacks that virtually cripples the America the world has come to know! BUT, there's one complication - ALEX BAUER, a highly recognized defense systems engineer and expert within the US government. Follow Alex Bauer and his crew as they attempt to put an end to The Serpent's reign of terror and prevent the destruction of the life and freedom dear to all Americans..."
Publisher: Zaloli Media Entertainment
ISBN: 0985704713
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
"Freedom...this is what being an American is all about. It is the single most important philosophy that has driven America's success since the beginning. Freedom, however, is an expensive luxury to secure, and that is why America strives to be the leading force in military might and power. Americans are accustomed to this luxury and in ways they have taken it for granted. The dreaded day of 9/11 opened the eyes of millions of Americans when the US homeland was attacked. Its enemies exploited a weakness in general security and utilized that weakness to promote fear and chaos! The enemy took decisive action against its American foe; lending to the shocking realization that America is not immortal. Imagine if America's other weaknesses were exploited...Imagine if the next attack wasn't targeted at civilians but at the American government... Pentagon's Hammer is a story following a highly intelligent group of terrorists that have infiltrated the core of America's defense structure and are now utilizing this great wealth of knowledge against its sworn nemesis. This hostile takeover is led by an individual known only as "The Serpent" -- an individual sworn to the destruction of the United States of America. In twelve days, the lives of millions of American's will be changed forever. In twelve days, America will be thrown into disarray as its enemies have found a vulnerable weakness within its space-based Defense GRID! In twelve days, The Serpent executes a series of attacks that virtually cripples the America the world has come to know! BUT, there's one complication - ALEX BAUER, a highly recognized defense systems engineer and expert within the US government. Follow Alex Bauer and his crew as they attempt to put an end to The Serpent's reign of terror and prevent the destruction of the life and freedom dear to all Americans..."
Phylon
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The Blacksmith's Hammer; or, The Peasant Code: A Tale of the Grand Monarch
Author: Eugène Sue
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
'The Blacksmith's Hammer; or, The Peasant Code: A Tale of the Grand Monarch' is a historical fiction novel written by Eugène Sue. It was part of a series called The Mysteries of Paris. The hero of the novel is the mysterious and distinguished Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional grand duchy of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. Rodolphe can speak in argot, is extremely strong and a good fighter. Yet he also shows great compassion for the lower classes, good judgment, and a brilliant mind. He can navigate all layers of society in order to understand their problems, and to understand how the different social classes are linked. Rodolphe is accompanied by his friends Sir Walter Murph, an Englishman, and David, a gifted black doctor, formerly a slave.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
'The Blacksmith's Hammer; or, The Peasant Code: A Tale of the Grand Monarch' is a historical fiction novel written by Eugène Sue. It was part of a series called The Mysteries of Paris. The hero of the novel is the mysterious and distinguished Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional grand duchy of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. Rodolphe can speak in argot, is extremely strong and a good fighter. Yet he also shows great compassion for the lower classes, good judgment, and a brilliant mind. He can navigate all layers of society in order to understand their problems, and to understand how the different social classes are linked. Rodolphe is accompanied by his friends Sir Walter Murph, an Englishman, and David, a gifted black doctor, formerly a slave.
The Mighty Hammer
Author: L. A. Jones
Publisher: Xlibris US
ISBN: 1503532429
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
In this book, I present to you wisdom from the workplace, which Ive carefully gleaned from my own real experiences, that you can implement to affect positive change in your own life. Your life is a journey of purpose. You need wisdom to guide you in the way. Without wisdom, you will find yourself wandering around in this world . . . moving about without a definite destination or purpose. In this book, you will find valuable practical insights on such subjects: Work ethic: its importance in your life Job safety: its principles and practices Business relationships: working with others Personal finances: money management tips Painful ordeals (on the job): growth opportunities Promotion secrets: advancement actions Life purpose: fulfilling your divine assignment You can only be wise for yourself. Have the confidence and courage to take the wisdom tools of this book, written with you in mind, to build a prosperous and successful life and to ultimately realize your God-given destinywhat God predestined you to do with your life before you came into this world. God has a magnificent destiny in mind for you!
Publisher: Xlibris US
ISBN: 1503532429
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
In this book, I present to you wisdom from the workplace, which Ive carefully gleaned from my own real experiences, that you can implement to affect positive change in your own life. Your life is a journey of purpose. You need wisdom to guide you in the way. Without wisdom, you will find yourself wandering around in this world . . . moving about without a definite destination or purpose. In this book, you will find valuable practical insights on such subjects: Work ethic: its importance in your life Job safety: its principles and practices Business relationships: working with others Personal finances: money management tips Painful ordeals (on the job): growth opportunities Promotion secrets: advancement actions Life purpose: fulfilling your divine assignment You can only be wise for yourself. Have the confidence and courage to take the wisdom tools of this book, written with you in mind, to build a prosperous and successful life and to ultimately realize your God-given destinywhat God predestined you to do with your life before you came into this world. God has a magnificent destiny in mind for you!