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Author |
: Judith Merkle Riley |
Publisher |
: Crown |
Total Pages |
: 466 |
Release |
: 2008-01-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307395368 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307395367 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Serpent Garden by : Judith Merkle Riley
In the court of Henry VIII, there are many secrets—and some people will kill to keep them hidden.Susanna Dallet is the daughter of a Flemish painter and wife to a philandering husband, living in the court of Henry VIII. When her husband is murdered, Susanna is suddenly left with a household to provide for and nothing to her name. Her days of anonymity are over when Susanna finds that guild rules preventing women from working do not apply at the king’s court, and she manages to secure a position as a miniature-portrait painter. Before long, she has not only made a name for herself, she is close to those who surround Princess Mary. But even in this lofty company, Susanna is not safe. An old manuscript that she has inherited turns out to hold the keys to an age-old mystery, and the forces that claimed her husband are closing in. As danger looms, Susanna joins with Robert Ashton, secretary to Henry’s cunning and ruthless adviser Archbishop Wolsey, and together they must fight a fearsome society in league with a demon.Combining heartpounding action, sly humor, romance, and supernatural twists, The Serpent Garden is the story of a creative and resourceful woman who unwittingly finds herself in a dangerous—and deadly—game of hide-and-seek.
Author |
: Harriet I. Flower |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 410 |
Release |
: 2017-09-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691175003 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691175004 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Dancing Lares and the Serpent in the Garden by : Harriet I. Flower
The most pervasive gods in ancient Rome had no traditional mythology attached to them, nor was their worship organized by elites. Throughout the Roman world, neighborhood street corners, farm boundaries, and household hearths featured small shrines to the beloved lares, a pair of cheerful little dancing gods. These shrines were maintained primarily by ordinary Romans, and often by slaves and freedmen, for whom the lares cult provided a unique public leadership role. In this comprehensive and richly illustrated book, the first to focus on the lares, Harriet Flower offers a strikingly original account of these gods and a new way of understanding the lived experience of everyday Roman religion. Weaving together a wide range of evidence, Flower sets forth a new interpretation of the much-disputed nature of the lares. She makes the case that they are not spirits of the dead, as many have argued, but rather benevolent protectors—gods of place, especially the household and the neighborhood, and of travel. She examines the rituals honoring the lares, their cult sites, and their iconography, as well as the meaning of the snakes often depicted alongside lares in paintings of gardens. She also looks at Compitalia, a popular midwinter neighborhood festival in honor of the lares, and describes how its politics played a key role in Rome’s increasing violence in the 60s and 50s BC, as well as in the efforts of Augustus to reach out to ordinary people living in the city’s local neighborhoods. A reconsideration of seemingly humble gods that were central to the religious world of the Romans, this is also the first major account of the full range of lares worship in the homes, neighborhoods, and temples of ancient Rome.
Author |
: Richard C Loofbourrow |
Publisher |
: iUniverse |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 2007-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780595441839 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0595441831 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Serpent's Garden by : Richard C Loofbourrow
The Serpent's Garden is a crime/thriller about the macabre and mysterious murders of five female graduate students at UCLA. A charismatic but controversial philosophy professor has been falsely charged and convicted of the ritualistic murders. All the women were found posed and clutching a Bible; the murderer left several clues including coins wedged in the victim's eyes bearing a crucified serpent, an open Bible, a novelty snake, and an eight-inch crucifix buried in the victims' birth canal. Professor Chance Carpenter ends up on death row because of a rush to judgment orchestrated by the diminutive FBI agent Laura Lamb. Her ambitions and nefarious secrets cause her to cross the thin blue line and also become a serial killer. She is captured but manages a miraculous escape from the confines of Quantico's FBI headquarters and heads west on a revenge crime spree of her own. She is now on the lam; her crimes are featured in the tabloids and a new dance craze is named after her. College kids are doing the "Laura Lamb". The true killer of the UCLA coeds, however, has blended in with average "Joe College". The thriller follows a trail of evil, surprise, and suspense.
Author |
: James A. Cates |
Publisher |
: JHU Press |
Total Pages |
: 223 |
Release |
: 2020-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781421438733 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1421438739 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Serpent in the Garden by : James A. Cates
The first book to examine the complexity of sexual identity, philosophy, and behavior in Amish culture. The Amish offer a startling contrast to the postmodern view of sexuality and gender roles. After the sexual revolution of the 1960s, mainstream American culture never looked back. Meanwhile, the Amish never looked forward. In twenty-first-century Amish communities, heteronormative sexuality is still based on a unifying principle: an understanding of sexuality as emerging from a divine plan. In the eyes of the Amish, sex is squandered by those who embrace it as hedonistic or who carve out a sexual identity that moves them away from that singular, God-given purpose. But this communal emphasis on sex for procreation does not mean that the Amish do not possess a complex range of sexual identities and opinions. In Serpent in the Garden, clinical psychologist James A. Cates breaks new ground in the study of Amish sexuality by examining this shrouded, rarely discussed subject. The first book to bring Amish sexuality into primary focus, this volume argues that, because the Amish are a sexual minority, queer theory is the ideal framework from which to observe their views on sex, sexuality, and gender. The book offers a broad view of sexuality in Amish culture that includes the challenges that gays and lesbians face in the community, as well as an exploration of Amish gender roles, their views toward intimacy, their responses to cases of child sexual abuse, and the role of fetishes among the Amish. Cates draws from multiple perspectives and years of research on the Amish themselves. He also looks at pushback against alternative behaviors or identities, as well as Amish success in keeping mainstream values at bay. With this book, Cates establishes Amish sexuality as a topic worthy of professional attention. Offering readers a more sophisticated understanding of the Amish and of sexual expression among cultures, Serpent in the Garden will appeal to scholars working on gender and sexuality, the Amish, and social service professionals who serve the Amish community.
Author |
: C N Crawford |
Publisher |
: Independently Published |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 2022-01-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9798780041818 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lord of Embers by : C N Crawford
Once, I was a broke college student. Now, it seems I'm destined to rule as the Lightbringer--queen of the demon realm. Except I have competition in the form of Orion, the Lord of Chaos. Like me, he has been marked as a leader. We can't keep our hands off each other, even if he swore an oath to kill me. It seems we both want the same thing--the crown. And in this battle of wills, only one of us will be left standing.
Author |
: Various Authors, |
Publisher |
: Zondervan |
Total Pages |
: 6637 |
Release |
: 2008-09-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780310294146 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0310294142 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Holy Bible (NIV) by : Various Authors,
The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978. This highly accurate and smooth-reading version of the Bible in modern English has the largest library of printed and electronic support material of any modern translation.
Author |
: Jeff Zentner |
Publisher |
: Ember |
Total Pages |
: 321 |
Release |
: 2017-06-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780553524048 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0553524046 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Serpent King by : Jeff Zentner
Named to ten BEST OF THE YEAR lists and selected as a William C. Morris Award Winner,The Serpent King is the critically acclaimed, much-beloved story of three teens who find themselves--and each other--while on the cusp of graduating from high school with hopes of leaving their small-town behind. Perfect for fans of John Green's Turtles All the Way Down. "Move over, John Green; Zentner is coming for you." —The New York Public Library “Will fill the infinite space that was left in your chest after you finished The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” —BookRiot.com Dill isn't the most popular kid at his rural Tennessee high school. After his father fell from grace in a public scandal that reverberated throughout their small town, Dill became a target. Fortunately, his two fellow misfits and best friends, Travis and Lydia, have his back. But as they begin their senior year, Dill feels the coils of his future tightening around him. His only escapes are music and his secret feelings for Lydia--neither of which he is brave enough to share. Graduation feels more like an ending to Dill than a beginning. But even before then, he must cope with another ending--one that will rock his life to the core. Debut novelist Jeff Zentner provides an unblinking and at times comic view of the hard realities of growing up in the Bible belt, and an intimate look at the struggles to find one’s true self in the wreckage of the past. “A story about friendship, family and forgiveness, it’s as funny and witty as it is utterly heartbreaking.” —PasteMagazine.com “A brutally honest portrayal of teen life . . . [and] a love letter to the South from a man who really understands it.” —Mashable.com “I adored all three of these characters and the way they talked to and loved one another.”—New York Times
Author |
: Lynne A. Isbell |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 222 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674033016 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674033019 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Fruit, the Tree, and the Serpent by : Lynne A. Isbell
The global prominence of snakes in religion, myth, and folklore underscores our deep connection to them—but why, when few of us have firsthand experience? The answer, Isbell suggests, lies in snakes’ singular impact on primate evolution; predation pressure from snakes is ultimately responsible for the superior vision and large brains of primates.
Author |
: Rick Riordan |
Publisher |
: Puffin Books |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 014133570X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780141335704 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Synopsis The Serpent's Shadow by : Rick Riordan
Carter and Sadie Kane face the impossible task of defeating Apophis, the serpent of chaos, before he can destroy the mortal world. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink civil war, the Gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos.
Author |
: John Bathurst Deane |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 418 |
Release |
: 1830 |
ISBN-10 |
: NYPL:33433068182785 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Worship of the Serpent Traced Throughout the World, and Its Traditions Referred to the Events in Paradise by : John Bathurst Deane