Author: Ramon Harris
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595195903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Al Deforest married Amanda Piper, the love of his life. Always a team, they have made a wonderful life. They are wealthy and retired now, enjoying the far end of life. Before, in his youth, Al made some mistakes. As a result, he is a traitor and a murderer. It was all buried under a 75-year diplomatic hold until an investigative reporter dug up scraps of his heavily classified military service file from 50 years ago. He was a quirky warrior back then, sometimes cowardly and sometimes magnificently brave. He won the Medal of Honor. He also collobarated with the enemy. And now suddenly the Government wants to talk to him about those long-ago events, too. Are they setting him up? Should he talk to them? Unless the elderly couple can think of something, their rich life could disappear like a summer raindrop on a hot sidewalk.
Allegro's Secret
Author: Ramon Harris
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595195903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Al Deforest married Amanda Piper, the love of his life. Always a team, they have made a wonderful life. They are wealthy and retired now, enjoying the far end of life. Before, in his youth, Al made some mistakes. As a result, he is a traitor and a murderer. It was all buried under a 75-year diplomatic hold until an investigative reporter dug up scraps of his heavily classified military service file from 50 years ago. He was a quirky warrior back then, sometimes cowardly and sometimes magnificently brave. He won the Medal of Honor. He also collobarated with the enemy. And now suddenly the Government wants to talk to him about those long-ago events, too. Are they setting him up? Should he talk to them? Unless the elderly couple can think of something, their rich life could disappear like a summer raindrop on a hot sidewalk.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595195903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Al Deforest married Amanda Piper, the love of his life. Always a team, they have made a wonderful life. They are wealthy and retired now, enjoying the far end of life. Before, in his youth, Al made some mistakes. As a result, he is a traitor and a murderer. It was all buried under a 75-year diplomatic hold until an investigative reporter dug up scraps of his heavily classified military service file from 50 years ago. He was a quirky warrior back then, sometimes cowardly and sometimes magnificently brave. He won the Medal of Honor. He also collobarated with the enemy. And now suddenly the Government wants to talk to him about those long-ago events, too. Are they setting him up? Should he talk to them? Unless the elderly couple can think of something, their rich life could disappear like a summer raindrop on a hot sidewalk.
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross
Author: John M. John M. Allegro
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505452808
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This book is the first published statement of the fruits of some years' work of a largely philological nature. It presents a new appreciation of the relationship of the languages of the ancient world and the implication of this advance for our understanding of the Bible and of the origins of Christianity.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505452808
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This book is the first published statement of the fruits of some years' work of a largely philological nature. It presents a new appreciation of the relationship of the languages of the ancient world and the implication of this advance for our understanding of the Bible and of the origins of Christianity.
The Violin Conspiracy
Author: Brendan Slocumb
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 059331543X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! • Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise—undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world—when a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfather’s heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world. “I loved The Violin Conspiracy for exactly the same reasons I loved The Queen’s Gambit: a surprising, beautifully rendered underdog hero I cared about deeply and a fascinating, cutthroat world I knew nothing about—in this case, classical music.” —Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and Hour of the Witch Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. But Ray has a gift and a dream—he’s determined to become a world-class professional violinist, and nothing will stand in his way. Not his mother, who wants him to stop making such a racket; not the fact that he can’t afford a violin suitable to his talents; not even the racism inherent in the world of classical music. When he discovers that his beat-up, family fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, all his dreams suddenly seem within reach, and together, Ray and his violin take the world by storm. But on the eve of the renowned and cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition—the Olympics of classical music—the violin is stolen, a ransom note for five million dollars left in its place. Without it, Ray feels like he's lost a piece of himself. As the competition approaches, Ray must not only reclaim his precious violin, but prove to himself—and the world—that no matter the outcome, there has always been a truly great musician within him.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 059331543X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! • Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise—undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world—when a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfather’s heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world. “I loved The Violin Conspiracy for exactly the same reasons I loved The Queen’s Gambit: a surprising, beautifully rendered underdog hero I cared about deeply and a fascinating, cutthroat world I knew nothing about—in this case, classical music.” —Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and Hour of the Witch Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. But Ray has a gift and a dream—he’s determined to become a world-class professional violinist, and nothing will stand in his way. Not his mother, who wants him to stop making such a racket; not the fact that he can’t afford a violin suitable to his talents; not even the racism inherent in the world of classical music. When he discovers that his beat-up, family fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, all his dreams suddenly seem within reach, and together, Ray and his violin take the world by storm. But on the eve of the renowned and cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition—the Olympics of classical music—the violin is stolen, a ransom note for five million dollars left in its place. Without it, Ray feels like he's lost a piece of himself. As the competition approaches, Ray must not only reclaim his precious violin, but prove to himself—and the world—that no matter the outcome, there has always been a truly great musician within him.
The Immortality Key
Author: Brian C. Muraresku
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 125027091X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As seen on The Joe Rogan Experience! A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations. The most influential religious historian of the 20th century, Huston Smith, once referred to it as the "best-kept secret" in history. Did the Ancient Greeks use drugs to find God? And did the earliest Christians inherit the same, secret tradition? A profound knowledge of visionary plants, herbs and fungi passed from one generation to the next, ever since the Stone Age? There is zero archaeological evidence for the original Eucharist – the sacred wine said to guarantee life after death for those who drink the blood of Jesus. The Holy Grail and its miraculous contents have never been found. In the absence of any hard data, whatever happened at the Last Supper remains an article of faith for today’s 2.5 billion Christians. In an unprecedented search for answers, The Immortality Key examines the archaic roots of the ritual that is performed every Sunday for nearly one third of the planet. Religion and science converge to paint a radical picture of Christianity’s founding event. And after centuries of debate, to solve history’s greatest puzzle. Before the birth of Jesus, the Ancient Greeks found salvation in their own sacraments. Sacred beverages were routinely consumed as part of the so-called Ancient Mysteries – elaborate rites that led initiates to the brink of death. The best and brightest from Athens and Rome flocked to the spiritual capital of Eleusis, where a holy beer unleashed heavenly visions for two thousand years. Others drank the holy wine of Dionysus to become one with the god. In the 1970s, renegade scholars claimed this beer and wine – the original sacraments of Western civilization – were spiked with mind-altering drugs. In recent years, vindication for the disgraced theory has been quietly mounting in the laboratory. The constantly advancing fields of archaeobotany and archaeochemistry have hinted at the enduring use of hallucinogenic drinks in antiquity. And with a single dose of psilocybin, the psychopharmacologists at Johns Hopkins and NYU are now turning self-proclaimed atheists into instant believers. But the smoking gun remains elusive. If these sacraments survived for thousands of years in our remote prehistory, from the Stone Age to the Ancient Greeks, did they also survive into the age of Jesus? Was the Eucharist of the earliest Christians, in fact, a psychedelic Eucharist? With an unquenchable thirst for evidence, Muraresku takes the reader on his twelve-year global hunt for proof. He tours the ruins of Greece with its government archaeologists. He gains access to the hidden collections of the Louvre to show the continuity from pagan to Christian wine. He unravels the Ancient Greek of the New Testament with the world’s most controversial priest. He spelunks into the catacombs under the streets of Rome to decipher the lost symbols of Christianity’s oldest monuments. He breaches the secret archives of the Vatican to unearth manuscripts never before translated into English. And with leads from the archaeological chemists at UPenn and MIT, he unveils the first scientific data for the ritual use of psychedelic drugs in classical antiquity. The Immortality Key reconstructs the suppressed history of women consecrating a forbidden, drugged Eucharist that was later banned by the Church Fathers. Women who were then targeted as witches during the Inquisition, when Europe’s sacred pharmacology largely disappeared. If the scientists of today have resurrected this technology, then Christianity is in crisis. Unless it returns to its roots. Featuring a Foreword by Graham Hancock, the NYT bestselling author of America Before.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 125027091X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As seen on The Joe Rogan Experience! A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations. The most influential religious historian of the 20th century, Huston Smith, once referred to it as the "best-kept secret" in history. Did the Ancient Greeks use drugs to find God? And did the earliest Christians inherit the same, secret tradition? A profound knowledge of visionary plants, herbs and fungi passed from one generation to the next, ever since the Stone Age? There is zero archaeological evidence for the original Eucharist – the sacred wine said to guarantee life after death for those who drink the blood of Jesus. The Holy Grail and its miraculous contents have never been found. In the absence of any hard data, whatever happened at the Last Supper remains an article of faith for today’s 2.5 billion Christians. In an unprecedented search for answers, The Immortality Key examines the archaic roots of the ritual that is performed every Sunday for nearly one third of the planet. Religion and science converge to paint a radical picture of Christianity’s founding event. And after centuries of debate, to solve history’s greatest puzzle. Before the birth of Jesus, the Ancient Greeks found salvation in their own sacraments. Sacred beverages were routinely consumed as part of the so-called Ancient Mysteries – elaborate rites that led initiates to the brink of death. The best and brightest from Athens and Rome flocked to the spiritual capital of Eleusis, where a holy beer unleashed heavenly visions for two thousand years. Others drank the holy wine of Dionysus to become one with the god. In the 1970s, renegade scholars claimed this beer and wine – the original sacraments of Western civilization – were spiked with mind-altering drugs. In recent years, vindication for the disgraced theory has been quietly mounting in the laboratory. The constantly advancing fields of archaeobotany and archaeochemistry have hinted at the enduring use of hallucinogenic drinks in antiquity. And with a single dose of psilocybin, the psychopharmacologists at Johns Hopkins and NYU are now turning self-proclaimed atheists into instant believers. But the smoking gun remains elusive. If these sacraments survived for thousands of years in our remote prehistory, from the Stone Age to the Ancient Greeks, did they also survive into the age of Jesus? Was the Eucharist of the earliest Christians, in fact, a psychedelic Eucharist? With an unquenchable thirst for evidence, Muraresku takes the reader on his twelve-year global hunt for proof. He tours the ruins of Greece with its government archaeologists. He gains access to the hidden collections of the Louvre to show the continuity from pagan to Christian wine. He unravels the Ancient Greek of the New Testament with the world’s most controversial priest. He spelunks into the catacombs under the streets of Rome to decipher the lost symbols of Christianity’s oldest monuments. He breaches the secret archives of the Vatican to unearth manuscripts never before translated into English. And with leads from the archaeological chemists at UPenn and MIT, he unveils the first scientific data for the ritual use of psychedelic drugs in classical antiquity. The Immortality Key reconstructs the suppressed history of women consecrating a forbidden, drugged Eucharist that was later banned by the Church Fathers. Women who were then targeted as witches during the Inquisition, when Europe’s sacred pharmacology largely disappeared. If the scientists of today have resurrected this technology, then Christianity is in crisis. Unless it returns to its roots. Featuring a Foreword by Graham Hancock, the NYT bestselling author of America Before.
Spymaster Allegro
Author: Roger Bensaid
Publisher: New Generation Publishing
ISBN: 1785076256
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
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Publisher: New Generation Publishing
ISBN: 1785076256
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
No description available
John Marco Allegro
Author: Judith Anne Brown
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802828491
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book explores the life and work of John Allegro, freethinker and rebel, whose work on the Dead Sea Scrolls led him to challenge the Church, the editing team, and most conventional assumptions about the development of Christianity.
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802828491
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This book explores the life and work of John Allegro, freethinker and rebel, whose work on the Dead Sea Scrolls led him to challenge the Church, the editing team, and most conventional assumptions about the development of Christianity.
Lycidas. L'allegro and Il penseroso. Arcades. Comus. Sonnets
Author: John Milton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Allegro
Author: Roslyn Paterson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477255230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"Allegro" continues the tale of Fiona and her European travels with Ellen, her marriage and answers the question: How do you remember love? In "Allegro," Fiona has come out of her coma but remains stuck in the past and the duality of marriage and love. Fiona is forced to reconcile the memories and love for the husband in her heart with the one in her memories. As she continues to recall her love(s), we are reminded that no matter the time period nor changes in society, love is a constant, especially in our memories. There is always a time, a place, and a chance to love. Do you, remember, love?
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1477255230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
"Allegro" continues the tale of Fiona and her European travels with Ellen, her marriage and answers the question: How do you remember love? In "Allegro," Fiona has come out of her coma but remains stuck in the past and the duality of marriage and love. Fiona is forced to reconcile the memories and love for the husband in her heart with the one in her memories. As she continues to recall her love(s), we are reminded that no matter the time period nor changes in society, love is a constant, especially in our memories. There is always a time, a place, and a chance to love. Do you, remember, love?
Milton's L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas
Author: John Milton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elegiac poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elegiac poetry, English
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
On What Grounds
Author: Cleo Coyle
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101220708
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The first charming mystery in the New York Times bestselling Coffeehouse Mystery series—where caffeine and crime are always brewing... Clare Cosi used to manage New York City’s historic Village Blend coffeehouse, until she opted for quieter pastures and a more suburban life. But after ten years away she’s back in action and back to the grind, serving up steaming hot caffeine one cup at a time. With a sprawling rent-free apartment directly above the coffeehouse, her cat Java by her side, and plenty of redecorating ideas, Clare is thrilled to return to work—until she discovers the assistant manager dead in the back of the store, coffee grounds strewn everywhere. NYPD Detective Mike Quinn finds no sign of forced entry or foul play and deems the whole thing an accident. But despite the attractive investigator’s certainty, Clare isn’t convinced. Now, if she wants to get to the bottom of things she’ll have to do some sleuthing of her own—before anyone else ends up in hot water... Includes recipes and coffee-making tips!
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101220708
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The first charming mystery in the New York Times bestselling Coffeehouse Mystery series—where caffeine and crime are always brewing... Clare Cosi used to manage New York City’s historic Village Blend coffeehouse, until she opted for quieter pastures and a more suburban life. But after ten years away she’s back in action and back to the grind, serving up steaming hot caffeine one cup at a time. With a sprawling rent-free apartment directly above the coffeehouse, her cat Java by her side, and plenty of redecorating ideas, Clare is thrilled to return to work—until she discovers the assistant manager dead in the back of the store, coffee grounds strewn everywhere. NYPD Detective Mike Quinn finds no sign of forced entry or foul play and deems the whole thing an accident. But despite the attractive investigator’s certainty, Clare isn’t convinced. Now, if she wants to get to the bottom of things she’ll have to do some sleuthing of her own—before anyone else ends up in hot water... Includes recipes and coffee-making tips!