The year is 2153 and Factor Three is traveling with his infinite legions of human officers, Karillian engineers, and Paladin fighters eradicating evil and preparing for the ultimate battle against an abominable force - a force that may finally be Factor Three's only equal. Among Factor Three's closest friends is DeLanie, a renegade woman in possession of the most valuable ship in all the universes, a Karillian prototype frigate. Enemies of every life form seek her and her ship, forcing her to protect herself at any cost. As a result, she is wanted by the authorities on almost every inhabited planet and is the target of every bounty hunter. The story is made even more intriguing through the psychic abilities of Admiral Javic, a brilliant S.O.C. leader whose curiosity about Factor Three's forces and objectives leads him in the path of peril.

Medieval anchorites willingly embraced the most extreme form of solitude known to the medieval world, so they might forge a closer connection with God. Yet to be physically enclosed within the same four walls for life required strength far beyond most medieval Christians. This book explores the English anchoritic guides which were written, revised and translated, throughout the Middle Ages, to enable recluses to come to terms with the enormity of their choices. The book explores five centuries of the guides’ negotiations of four anchoritic ideals: enclosure, solitude, chastity and orthodoxy, and of two vital anchoritic spiritual practices: asceticism and contemplative experience. It explodes the myth of the anchorhold as solitary death-cell, revealing it as the site of potential intellectual exchange and spiritual growth.

The first comprehensive survey of monasteries and monasticism in the Near East during the 'Crusader' period.

Also providing in-depth discussions of the rich contributions of Muslim and Jewish cultures, and offering useful insights into their interactions with Catholic Spain, this comprehensive work is an invaluable tool for students, scholars, and general readers alike."--BOOK JACKET.

When Vidya, a music scholar, sets out to write a book on the history of Hindustani classical music, she uncovers the remnants of a time and a tradition fast receding: when singers embodied the ragas in their purest forms; when patrons were worshippers, not followers. Revealed through fascinating anecdotes, correspondence, legend and gossip are the highs and lows of the artistes' lives, as they loved and lost, and moved on from mehfils to gramophones; we witness, too, the passion music provoked in the lives of its connoisseurs. Making our way through Benares, Calcutta, Bombay and New York, we meet Hira Bai and Anjali Bai - a mother-daughter duo known as much for their singing as for their beauty and intelligence; the gifted Allarakkhi Bi, a friend to Anjali Bai; the famous singer Husna Bai, Allarakkhi's mother; and their descendants, who attempt to salvage what remains of the old music for new listeners on foreign shores... Mrinal Pande's Sahela Re is a heartfelt ode to an era when music was sacred. Translated masterfully by Priyanka Sarkar, it will stay with you like the unforgettable memory of a precious song...