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Book Synopsis Rabbinic Tales of Destruction by : Julia Watts Belser
Download or read book Rabbinic Tales of Destruction written by Julia Watts Belser and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rabbinic Tales of Destruction examines early Jewish accounts of the Roman conquest of Jerusalem from the perspective of the wounded body and the scarred land. Amidst stories saturated with sexual violence, enslavement, forced prostitution, disability, and bodily risk, the book argues that rabbinic narrative wrestles with the brutal body costs of Roman imperial domination. It brings disability studies, feminist theory, and new materialist ecological thought to accounts of rabbinic catastrophe, revealing how rabbinic discourses of gender, sexuality, and the body are shaped in the shadow of empire. Focusing on the Babylonian Talmud's longest account of the destruction of the Second Temple, the book reveals the distinctive sex and gender politics of Bavli Gittin. While Palestinian tales frequently castigate the "wayward woman" for sexual transgressions that imperil the nation, Bavli Gittin's stories resist portraying women's sexuality as a cause of catastrophe. Rather than castigate women's beauty as the cause of sexual sin, Bavli Gittin's tales express a strikingly egalitarian discourse that laments the vulnerability of both male and female bodies before the conqueror. Bavli Gittin's body politics align with a significant theological reorientation. Bavli Gittin does not explain catastrophe as divine chastisement. Instead of imagining God as the architect of Jewish suffering, it evokes God's empathy with the subjugated Jewish body and forges a sharp critique of empire. Its critical discourse aims to pierce the power politics of Roman conquest, to protest the brutality of imperial dominance, and to make plain the scar that Roman violence leaves upon Jewish flesh"--
Download or read book Destruction written by Jennifer Bene and published by Jennifer Bene. This book was released on 2017-11-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lianna Mercier has everything. She’s beautiful, well-educated, her father is rich, powerful and she works for him. The perfect little princess, raised to be just like daddy. A bloody, screwed up lie, and David Gethen is about to tear it all down and destroy Lianna in the process. He wants revenge, he wants to finish the plan his father started years ago but after he takes her, after he tortures her, he begins to realize just how wrong he may have been
Book Synopsis Hopi Tales of Destruction by : Ekkehart Malotki
Download or read book Hopi Tales of Destruction written by Ekkehart Malotki and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The tales concern such villages as Sikyatki, Hisatsongoopavi, and Awat'ovi, which were destroyed by war, fire, earthquake, or internal strife. Though abandoned for centuries, they live in memory, reminders of ancient tragedies and enmities that changed the Hopis forever. Related by storytellers from Second and Third Mesa, these tales vividly describe village destruction and show how much human evils such as witchcraft, hubris, corruption and betrayal of fundamental values can precipitate social disintegration and chaos."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Synopsis Path of Destruction by : Mark Schleifstein
Download or read book Path of Destruction written by Mark Schleifstein and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2009-06-27 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 5:02 A.M. on August 29, 2005, Power Went Out in the Superdome. Not long after, wind ripped giant white rubber sheets off the roof and sent huge shards of debris flying toward Uptown. Rivulets of rainwater began finding their way down through the ceiling, dripping and pouring into the stands, the mezzanine, and the football field. Without ventilation, the air began to get gamy with the smell of sweat and garbage. The bathrooms stopped working. Many people slept; others waited, mostly in silence.
Book Synopsis The Eve of Destruction by : Howard Blum
Download or read book The Eve of Destruction written by Howard Blum and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 6, 1973—Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar—the Arab world launched a bold and ingeniously conceived surprise attack against Israel. After three days of intense, bloody combat, an unprepared Israel was fighting for survival, while the Arabs, with massive forces closing in on the Jewish heartland, were poised to redeem the honor lost in three previous wars. Based on declassified Israeli government documents and revealing interviews with soldiers, generals, and intelligence operatives on both sides of the conflict, The Eve of Destruction weaves a suspenseful, eye-opening story of war, politics, and deception. It also tells the moving human tale of the men and women who fought to maintain love and honor as their lives and destinies were swept up in the Yom Kippur War.
Book Synopsis The Destruction of the Books by : Mel Odom
Download or read book The Destruction of the Books written by Mel Odom and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-06-13 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred years after the events of The Rover, master librarian Edgewick Lamplighter sends his bored halfling apprentice, Jugh, to retrieve an enchanted rare book that sets fire to the Great Library Vault's priceless collection.
Book Synopsis The Eve of Destruction by : David W. Dickey
Download or read book The Eve of Destruction written by David W. Dickey and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As I mingled among my fellow graduates, my view of the future did not extend much beyond the following day, when I would be heading to the beach. College in the fall was too far in the future to contemplate now. The only days that held relevance were the next ninety-nine, which would fashion what I hoped to be my best summer yet. So begins The Eve of Destruction, David Dickey's coming-of-age tale about the summer of 1965, a tranquil time when the country rested unwittingly on the brink of a cultural revolution. Follow eighteen-year-old Dane, Woody, and the crew around their Southern California neighborhoods as they experience the ups and downs of friendship and young love, and wrestle with some of life's basal choices. Join them on misadventures and general teenage mischief as they seek revelry and endure summer jobs. With music, cars, and popular culture of the decade woven into the backdrop, The Eve of Destruction is a nostalgic story about the 1960's and a worthy ode to the Boomer generation.
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Book Synopsis Queen of Destruction by : Gwynn White
Download or read book Queen of Destruction written by Gwynn White and published by 4xOverland. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Sleeping Beauty fights back… Find out why readers are loving this new fairy tale retelling from New York Times bestselling authors Gwynn White and Erin St Pierre! Aurora and her allies barely escaped Ryferia with their lives. Now they’re on the run from her traitorous uncle, and Raith, the power-hungry Incubus who craves her magic for himself. Aurora must trust in unlikely allies to lead her to a legendary oracle who may hold the key to her and Ryferia’s survival… Jorah failed to fulfill the terms of his bond with the vindictive Sabrisia. But his love for Aurora will send him back to Warrendyte, where he knows Sabrisia will demand his death. But all is not lost. One of Aurora’s new allies may turn the tide in their fight against their enemies. The only problem is that she exacts a steep price for her help… Queen of Destruction is a fantastical retelling of Sleeping Beauty, complete with assassins, oracles, and a vengeful goddess. If you like incredible magic, reimagined fairy tales, and high-stakes romantic adventures, then you’ll love this captivating second book in the Queen of Extinction Trilogy by Erin St. Pierre and Gwynn White. Buy Queen of Destruction to take an adventure for love today!
Book Synopsis كتاب الف ليلة وليلة by : Muhsin Mahdi
Download or read book كتاب الف ليلة وليلة written by Muhsin Mahdi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1994-08-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of Indexes and an extensive English introduction completes the publication of the critical edition of The Thousand and One Nights, of which the first two volumes, the Arabic text and commentary, were published in 1984. For the first time, the oldest manuscript of this famous Arabic text is now completely accessible to scholars and interested readers. This third and final volume, which completes painstaking work of more than three decades, magnificently adds to the important and pioneering work by Muhsin Mahdi which has been lauded by so many.
Download or read book Scorched Worth written by Joel Engel and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To effect just outcomes the justice system requires that law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges be committed—above all—to doing justice. Those whose allegiance is to winning, regardless of evidence, do the opposite of justice: they corrupt the system. This is the jaw-dropping story of one such corruption and its surprise ending. On Labor Day 2007, a forest fire broke out in California’s eastern Sierra Nevada and eventually burned about 65,000 acres. Investigators from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the United States Forest Service took a mere two days to conclude that the liable party was the successful forest-products company Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI), founded as a tiny sawmill nearly sixty years earlier by Red Emmerson. The investigative report on the fire declared that SPI’s independent logging contractor had started the conflagration by driving a bulldozer over a rock, creating a spark that flew into a pile of brush. No fire had ever been proven to start that way, but based on the report the U.S. Department of Justice and California’s attorney general filed nearly identical suits against Emmerson’s company. The amount sought was nearly a billion dollars, enough to bankrupt or severely damage it. Emmerson, of course, fought back. Week by week, month by month, year by year, his lawyers discovered that the investigators had falsified evidence, lied under oath, fabricated science, invented a narrative, and intentionally ignored a mountain of exculpatory evidence. They never pursued a known arsonist who was in the area that day, nor a young man who repeatedly volunteered alibis contradicted by facts. Though the government lawyers had not known at the start that the investigation was tainted, they nonetheless refused to drop the suits as the discovery process continued and dozens of revelations made clear that any verdict against Emmerson’s company would be unjust. Scorched Worth is a riveting tale that dramatizes how fragile and arbitrary justice can be when those empowered to act in the name of the people are more loyal to the bureaucracies that employ them than to the people they’re supposed to serve. It’s also the story of a man who refused to let the government take from him what he’d spent a lifetime earning.
Book Synopsis How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by : K. Eason
Download or read book How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse written by K. Eason and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in a duology that reimagines fairy tale tropes within a space opera—The Princess Bride meets Princess Leia. Rory Thorne is a princess with thirteen fairy blessings, the most important of which is to see through flattery and platitudes. As the eldest daughter, she always imagined she’d inherit her father’s throne and govern the interplanetary Thorne Consortium. Then her father is assassinated, her mother gives birth to a son, and Rory is betrothed to the prince of a distant world. When Rory arrives in her new home, she uncovers a treacherous plot to unseat her newly betrothed and usurp his throne. An unscrupulous minister has conspired to name himself Regent to the minor (and somewhat foolish) prince. With only her wits and a small team of allies, Rory must outmaneuver the Regent and rescue the prince. How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a feminist reimagining of familiar fairytale tropes and a story of resistance and self-determination—how small acts of rebellion can lead a princess to not just save herself, but change the course of history.
Book Synopsis Trail of Destruction by : Tracy Buchanan
Download or read book Trail of Destruction written by Tracy Buchanan and published by Lake Union Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this chilling tale from the bestselling author of Wall of Silence, a spark of malice ignites into an inferno of violence. Can one woman uncover the truth before it all goes up in flames? Eager for distraction in the aftermath of her messy divorce, Ellie Mileham dives into moderating the petty squabbles on her local Facebook group. When a prankster starts trolling uptight members, it's a welcome diversion at first. But then the war of words moves onto the streets of Forest Grove, with threatening letters escalating into violent destruction. It's suddenly clear there's something much more dangerous at play. With lives at risk, Ellie delves into the history of Forest Grove and realises the so-called rural paradise has a dark and sinister heart. As she pieces together the puzzle of her own troubled childhood on the edge of the forest, Ellie learns this is not the first time the villagers have been targeted by an anonymous vigilante with an axe to grind... Could the two cases be connected? Ellie is determined to find out. But with everybody watching and nobody quite what they seem, can she uncover the truth before online threats become nightmarish reality?
Book Synopsis Books on Fire by : Lucien X. Polastron
Download or read book Books on Fire written by Lucien X. Polastron and published by Lucien X. POLASTRON. This book was released on 2007-08-13 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.
Book Synopsis A Brief History of Russia by : Michael Kort
Download or read book A Brief History of Russia written by Michael Kort and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serves as a guide to the history and culture of Russia. This book details the social, economic, and political changes and crises that the people of Russia have had to endure. It includes a chronology, bibliography, and, suggested readings. It also covers the conquest and rule of Russia by the Mongol Golden Horde as well as the reign of terror.
Book Synopsis Queen of Extinction by : Gwynn White
Download or read book Queen of Extinction written by Gwynn White and published by 4xOverland. This book was released on 2017-06-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magical princess. A kingdom in danger. A fight to the death for the throne. Princess Aurora never thought she'd have to rule Ryferia. That was her brother's job, until his brutal murder at the hands of their uncle. She knows the law. A marriage is her only chance to take the throne and to free her people from Artemis's evil rule. Aurora gambles for her kingdom, invoking the right to hold a deadly marriage trial. As the most gifted--and ruthless--princes and lords battle to the death for her hand, Aurora falls under the spell of two mysterious suitors. Both are determined to win her hand and her kingdom for their own ends. But the princess has allies, as well as a secret power long outlawed in her kingdom... Aurora will conquer her throne--even if it means unleashing her forbidden magic. Dark and bewitching, QUEEN OF EXTINCTION is the start of an unputdownable epic fantasy with a powerful heroine at the helm. Fans of Sarah J. Maas and Tamora Pierce will become addicted to this series! Buy Queen of Extinction to witness a brand new kingdom today!
Book Synopsis Angel of Destruction by : Susan R. Matthews
Download or read book Angel of Destruction written by Susan R. Matthews and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bench Intelligence Specialist Garol Vogel is one of an elite few chartered by the Bench to uphold the rule of Law by any means he sees fit, to rewrite policy, assassinate corrupt officials, and topple planetary governments at his discretion. His most treasured achievement was the amnesty he brokered for the Langsarik rebels. But someone is raiding depot stations in the Shawl of Rikavie around Port Charid, torturing and murdering with unprecedented savagery. Vogel knows the Langsariks are innocent, but who could be to blame, and how can he prevent a Judicial crime of horrific proportions? Garol Vogel finds the answer on the wrong side of the Judicial order hes served faithfully all his life, and once he sets foot on a path of subversion and sabotage there will be no going back for him, forever. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). A chilling and engaging novel of false accusation and the power of personal responsibility. -Booklist The structure of Angel of Destruction is part mystery, part thriller. The reader knows early on whos responsible for the raidsãbut the suspense comes from Vogels need to put the pieces together and uncover the real culprits in time to save the Langsariks. Matthews...has a gift for evoking empathyã[and] has a deft and subtle touch with political implicationsãFamily loyalty, ethics against duty, secret conspiracies, politics, honour, characterization: Angel of Destruction hits so many of my narrative kinks its not even funny. -Liz Bourke, columnist for Tor.com
