JERICHO (Dance with the Devil 4) is the 4th book in USA Today and Amazon International #1 Bestselling Author, Carole Mortimer’s, Contemporary Romance series, Dance with the Devil. Author Note – These are very bad men who follow their own rules! To Jericho Price, head of security for Leon Brunelli, the head of the Italian Mafia in NewYork, the meeting of the heads of their new allies, the Russian Bratva and the Irish Mob, is a headache Jericho could well do without. It becomes even more difficult after the young woman sharing a suite with the new Moscow Pakhan, Sergei Federov, asks for help. Marisha has no idea why she's been kidnapped and brought to the US. All she can hope for is that the one person who cares about her, Boris Borzikov, is looking for her. In the meantime she has to try and help herself. She catches the attention of Jericho Price, the handsome head of security on the Brunelli estate where she's being held prisoner, but she isn't sure, even when he knows the truth, if Jericho will help her and risk the wrath of Sergei Federov? NEW contemporary series coming soon – KING SECURITY Dance with the Devil – Contemporary Romance series: MATTEO (Dance with the Devil 1) LEON (Dance with the Devil 2) KILLIAN (Dance with the Devil 3) JERICHO (Dance with the Devil 4) KIERAN (Dance with the Devil 5) Series complete More books by Carole Mortimer Russian Dragon Heat VLADIMIR (Russian Dragon Heat 1) VAUGHN (Russian Dragon Heat 2) VIKTOR (Russian Dragon Heat 3) More books to come in this paranormal series Regency Scandal Series: WANTON (Regency Scandal 1) WILD (Regency Scandal 2) WAYWARD (Regency Scandal 3) More books to come in series Regency Club Venus: Bks 1-5 Series now complete Steele Protectors contemporary romance Series: Bks 1-6 Series now complete Regency Men in Love – MM romance written as C A Mortimer HIDDEN LOVER (Regency Men in Love 1) HIDDEN DESIRE (Regency Men in Love 2) Regency Lovers Series: Bks 1-6 Series now complete Dragon Hearts: Bks 1-8 Series now complete Regency Sinners Series: Bks 1-8: Series now complete Regency Unlaced Series: Books 1-9: Series is now complete Contemporary Romance Knight Security Series – spin-off to Alpha Series: Books 0.5–6: Series is now complete Contemporary Romance Alpha Series: Books 1-8: Series is now complete. Carole Mortimer has written over 265 books, in contemporary romantic suspense, Regency romance, MM Regency romance & paranormal romance. She became an indie author in 2014. In May 2017 she received a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times. She is the Recipient of the 2015 Romance Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Is an Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Romance Author—ever. Also a 2014 Romantic Times Pioneer of Romance. She was also recognized by Queen Elizabeth II in 2012, for her “outstanding service to literature”.

Contemporary misogyny and antisemitism have their roots in the demonization of women and Jews in medieval Christendom. In church art and mass preaching, the construct of the devil as an outcast from heaven and the source of all evil was linked both to the conception of women as sensual and malicious figures betraying man's soul on its arduous journey to salvation and to the notion of Jews as treacherous dissidents in the Christian landscape. These stereotypes, widely disseminated for over three hundred years, persist today. The exemplum, or cautionary story incorporated into preachers' manuals and popular homilies, was an important mode of religious teaching for clerical and lay folk alike. Sermon narratives drawn from Hindu mythology, Arab storytelling, and secular folktales entertained all classes of medieval society while dispensing theological and cultural instruction. In Devils, Women, and Jews, the vital genre of the medieval sermon story is, for the first time, made accessible to specialists and nonspecialists alike. Rendered in modern English, the tales provide an invaluable primary resource for medievalists, anthropologists, psychologists, folklorists, and students of women's studies and Judaica. Critical introductions and explanatory headnotes contextualize the tales, and comprehensive endnotes and a bibliography allow readers to follow up analogue and subject studies in their own areas of interest.

This collection of essays analyzes the role of demons and the devil in ancient and medieval Christianity. Proceeding from a variety of scholarly perspectives—historical, philosophical and theological, as well as philological, liturgical and theoretical—the volume’s diverse approach matches the complexity of its chosen theme.

The Devil's Dominion examines the use of folk magic by ordinary men and women in early New England. The book describes in vivid detail the magical techniques used by settlers and the assumptions which underlaid them. Godbeer argues that layfolk were generally far less consistent in their beliefs and actions than their ministers would have liked; even church members sometimes turned to magic. The Devil's Dominion reveals that the relationship between magical and religious belief was complex and ambivalent: some members of the community rejected magic altogether, but others did not. Godbeer argues that the controversy surrounding astrological prediction in early New England paralleled clerical condemnation of magical practice, and that the different perspectives on witchcraft engendered by magical tradition and Puritan doctrine often caused confusion and disagreement when New Englanders sought legal punishment of witches.

Belief in the devil and other evil spirits of the Christian tradition is a topic that has been widely discussed in recent years. Since the release of movies such as 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'The Exorcist', more people are wondering, Is Satan really dead? Is there such a phenomenon as obsession or possession? In 'The Devil, Demonology, and Witchcraft', Henry Ansgar Kelly postulates his belief that the existence of evil spirits is not probable and suggests that Christians would be better off acting on the assumption that they do not exist. To prove his claim, the author sets forth a history and analysis of the impact of demonological traditions developed within Judaism and Christianity over the centuries. He then considers the incorporation of these notions into early Christian teaching with the resulting demonological dotrines of witchcraft, possession, and temptation. Kelly's conclusion is that Satan is dead, and demonology should be eliminated from Christian dogma since, according to his thesis, these manifestations in the Bible reflect the beliefs of local cultures and not divine revelation. The present edition has been substantially revised and updated by the author to include an evaluation and critique of 'The Exorcist', wherein Kelly challenges William Peter Blatty's facts of the alleged possession in 1949 on which 'The Exorcist' is based.

This comedy edition of English in Films is designed for high intermediate and advanced students of English as a Second Language. Comedy is difficult to translate from culture to culture, and these films were selected with this challenge in mind. Each demonstrates a variation on the comedic theme. As always, the films are broken into sections for study purposes with Vocabulary Exercises, Viewing Guides, Discussion/Writing Questions and Tests. Other volumes of English in Films are available. Visit our website; www.EnglishInFlorida.com.