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In this set of novitiate conferences from the late 1950s, Thomas Merton provides a vivid and detailed introduction to the traditional pattern and practices of the monastic day during the period immediately preceding the momentous changes that would be introduced in the wake of the Second Vatican Council. Combining practical instruction with spiritual and theological reflection, this fifth volume of Merton's teaching notes brings the reader into the...
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Much of the work in the field of African studies still relies on rigid distinctions of 'tradition' and 'modernity', 'collaboration' and 'resistance', 'indigenous' and 'foreign'. This book moves well beyond these frameworks to probe the complex entanglements of different intellectual traditions in the South African context, by examining two case studies. The case studies constitute the core around which is woven this intriguing story of the development...
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William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date . . .The Mona Lisa Overdrive.
Enter Gibson's unique world—lyric and mechanical, sensual and violent, sobering and exciting—where multinational corporations and high tech outlaws vie for power, traveling into the computer-generated universe known as cyberspace. Into...
Enter Gibson's unique world—lyric and mechanical, sensual and violent, sobering and exciting—where multinational corporations and high tech outlaws vie for power, traveling into the computer-generated universe known as cyberspace. Into...
84) Monarch manor
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"Erin Marinelli has her work cut out for her when she arrives at her late grandmother's Wisconsin home to prepare for an estate sale. But sifting through the overwhelming collection of figurines, outdated appliances and dusty books, she finds something that captures her attention- a yellowed envelope of old photographs. In one, taken almost a century ago, a beautiful woman is seated with a young boy who looks uncannily like Erin's five-year-old autistic...
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"Anna and her husband John, a master saddlemaker, have created a quiet existence for themselves in rural Vermont. When John disappears in the woods near their home, Anna hides what she finds there in a desperate effort to ensure her own survival. She must learn to live alone in a landscape where poachers trespass, coyotes roam, bears menace livestock, and winter starves the wild animals--while debilitating illness and long-buried secrets threaten...
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Ein warmer Herbst in München. Max Raintaler wird von seinem alten Freund und Exkollegen bei der Kripo, Franz Wurmdobler, als Berater engagiert, um einen rätselhaften Todesfall aufzuklären. Die junge Julia Bauretter soll in den Isarauen nördlich des Tierparks Hellabrunn von ihrem Mann erschlagen worden sein. Nachdem Max die Ermittlungen aufgenommen hat, wächst sich der Fall zu einem Familiendrama ungeahnten Ausmaßes aus. Während er versucht,...
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The crown of England is the oldest surviving political institution in Europe. Throughout this book Dr David Starkey emphasises the Crown's endless capacity to adapt to circumstances and reshape national policy, whilst he unmasks the personalities and achievements, the defeats and victories, which lie behind the kings and queens of British history. Each of these monarchs has contributed to the religion, geography, laws, language and government which...
88) Monaarmar
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Mona, jung und hübsch, wächst in einem lieblosen Elternhaus auf. Unerfahren stürzt sie sich in ihre erste Liebesbeziehung und wird gleich schwanger.Die Eltern lassen die uneheliche Mutter zwar nicht im Stich, doch die volle Aufmerksamkeit der Großeltern bekommt nur der Sohn Martin. Die Großmutter hatte sich immer einen Jungen gewünscht. Sie nutzt ohne Skrupel Monas Abhängigkeit für sich aus. Um Martin von Konflikten fernzuhalten, erduldet...
89) Monarch Mystery
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Ever since his family moved to Texas, nothing seems to be going right for Bertie. He manages to alienate most of the Science Squad at the first meeting before they even begin their project. And things just keep getting worse. The other Squad members avoid him, and their project, to catch and tag monarch butterflies, proves surprisingly hard. Plus, something strange is going on with the few specimens the Squad does find. With the calendar counting...
90) Monarchy
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The oldest of human institutions, monarchy has been tried in a range of variations through the ages. The absolute power of kings and emperors gave way to constitutional monarchy before losing popularity in the modern age. This compelling guide traces the history of monarchs as early as ancient Egypt, through ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, Early Modern Europe, and the decline of monarchies as more than figureheads in the early twentieth century. Inscriptions,...
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For over three thousand years, the ancient Egyptian monarchy lasted in a recognizable form, with the king as its central figure, the supreme head of the administrative, religious, political, and military state. Not merely a worldly leader, he was the chief link between the human and the divine, himself the physical offspring of a divine god. Monarchs of the Nile is a vivid and engaging account of the lives and times of some of the more significant...
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La diversidad geográfica y lingüística de la monarquía de los Habsburgo, en 1789, había sentado las bases de un sistema de gobierno europeo único, capaz de trascender su singular patrimonio cultural e histórico. Desafiando la noción convencional de una sociedad atrasada, el autor presenta el dominio de esta dinastía como una potencia militar y cultural de enorme influencia, y se detiene a analizar los factores sociales, políticos y económicos...
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Nothing has been the same for Heilige Königreich since the last two wars. Its people find themselves living in harsh conditions, further aggravated by the nobility. Sigrun finds her determination to help her people strengthened by guilt, after making a mistake that cost her brother's life. Through a turn of events, Sigrun becomes embroiled in a cataclysmic crisis where she is forced to make a great sacrifice. She and her friends must stand the test...
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For three decades, Monastic Practices has been a valued resource for English-speaking aspirants to monastic life. In this second edition, updated and expanded, Charles Cummings, OCSO, explores the common practices of the monastic life in order to rediscover them as viable means of leading persons to a deeper encounter with God. How do monks and nuns occupy themselves throughout the day? Have they modernized their lifestyle or is it still cluttered...
95) Monahdah
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A sci-fi, romantic thriller, and the first book in the series, Monahdah, captures the hearts of new adults and old.
The young protagonist, Anah, doesn't know why her body can rapidly heal, or why she can hear peoples' thoughts, but one thing she does know is that she's unlike anyone else. When she finds a ring with an unusual stone, she meets a mysterious young man, Victor. They have an instant connection, and she begins to see into the strange world...
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Explains how monarch butterflies live and grow; discusses their migration, its purpose, and its route; and lists the different types of migrations animals make. This colorful series lets readers join the amazing migration journeys of some fascinating animal species. Each volume describes the purpose and route of the migration--and the challenges and dangers the animals face along the way. Migration maps help readers visualize where the animals travel,...
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Welcome to County Monaghan, a place full of ancient secrets, uncanny stories and unforgettable characters.
Visit the majestic Castle Leslie with its haunted rooms and fairy folk, hear the piercing cry of the lonesome banshee at Rossmore Castle. Stop off to share a tune with the Bragan Ghost before joining the diabolical Skelton at his eerie inn. And don't forget to avoid the gaze of the Graveyard Bride as you pass through Errigal Truagh Cemetery.
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The world of a Sperm Whale is, a challenge from the struggle to get the first breath, until the last breath. A young Sperm Whale being, born is under siege from the moment of birth, vulnerable through the years of a young calf, vulnerable through the juvenile years and in the school of life, no lesson is easy, no lesson is, a guidance to the next level, each one is another harsh reality, each lesson comes another scar, another badge to wear.
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On February 1, 1979, Regine Monavar Tessone recalls running through the Mehrabad airport with her parents and three brothers to board the last flight out of Tehran on the eve of the Islamic Revolution. The pilot announced as they entered the aircraft, "You are the lucky ones! The airport is now closed, and the Ayatollah Khomeini has arrived." In this intimate memoir, Monavar (a Farsi name meaning light) recreates the life of her Persian Jewish family...
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This book offers a fascinating insight into some of the majestic ruins that dot the Irish landscape. These Cistercian monasteries were repositories of prayer, learning, physical labour, exquisite stone structure and so much more. This text explores the monasteries, monastic estates and their management but, crucially, for the first time in many cases lists the lands associated with many of the Cistercian monasteries in the east and southeast of Ireland....
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