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This book is a collection of essays by thirteen feminist and womanist authors who locate themselves within the Reformed tradition. Topics explored include: the Trinity, creation, election, atonement, the church, fear, resistance, and vocation. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students interested in feminist theology.
The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology represents a joint commitment by Columbia Theological Seminary and Westminster...
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On Sunday, March 20, 1911, children playing in a cave near Kiev made a gruesome discovery: the blood-soaked body of a partially clad boy. After right-wing groups asserted that the killing was a ritual murder, the police, with no direct evidence, arrested Menachem Mendel Beilis, a 39-year-old Jewish manager at a factory near the site of the crime. Beilis's trial in 1913 quickly became an international cause célèbre. The jury ultimately acquitted...
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The Heidelberg Catechism, first approved in 1563, is a confessional document of the Protestant movement considered one of the most ecumenical of the confessions. Published to coincide with the catechism's 450th anniversary, this book explores the Heidelberg Catechism in its historical setting and emphasizes the catechism's integration of Lutheran and Reformed traditions in all of its major doctrines. An appendix contains a translation of the Heidelberg...
6) Alexis
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Alba tenía una vida por defecto, de esas en las que los demás deciden por ti y todo llega sin que lo elijas.
Pero Alba cree en el Karma
Una tarde, esa fuerza misteriosa arremete con contundencia y Alba abandona su hogar para marcharse a Grecia sin dinero y sin ningún plan. Allí descubre la alegría de ser ella misma y se convierte en una pintora con todo: éxito, dinero, amigos…
¿Y amor?
Eso es más complicado, ya que el Karma mete en el...
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Alba y Alexis se han enamorado... Pero el Karma sigue inmiscuyéndose. ¿Podrán superar la prueba?
Descubre el desenlace de esta historia entre la pintora española y el griego de los ojos de mar.
Alexis en la piel es el segundo libro de la biología Alexis. Recomendado para mayores de 18
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Elle cherche le grand amour.
Il n'y a jamais cru.
Mais le seul lien qui les unit pourrait bien les déchirer.
Après la perte de son petit-ami, Grace Brooks brûle de tourner la page. Après des rencontres à la noix qui se sont révélées pénibles, elle a décidé de focaliser ses efforts sur son travail au sein de son salon de beauté.Sur le point de boucler son enquête sur une famille de mafieux, Hunter Reeve rencontre une femme qui pourrait...
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Elle revient dans sa ville natale avec des secrets dans ses bagages. Il a besoin qu'elle lui fasse confiance s'ils veulent aller tous les deux de l'avant. Mais certains secrets doivent rester secrets.Annabelle Waters se retrouve devant les ruines fumantes de la maison qui l'a vue grandir. Elle est sous le choc. Elle doit s'occuper de ses parents qui ont survécu à un terrible accident et de ce qui reste de la ferme familiale. Elle doit aussi réviser...
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Reassesses didacticism in seventeenth-century Chinese vernacular fiction and challenges the view that the late Ming was a notoriously immoral time.
Reading for the Moral offers an innovative reassessment of the nature of moral representation and exemplarity in Chinese vernacular fiction. Maria Franca Sibau focuses on two little-studied story collections published at the end of the Ming dynasty, Exemplary Words for the World (Xingshi yan, 1632) and...
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Ella no se parece en nada a lo que él esperaba.…El Rancho Martin está en funcionamiento de nuevo, con nuevos rancheros ayudando a Eliza, Christopher y Alice. Adam es muy trabajador pero tranquilo, se dedica a su trabajo sin decir mucho a nadie.Cuando Eliza conoce a Susanna a través de un conocido en común, la invita inmediatamente al rancho. Susanna tiene una gran afición por los animales y está encantada con la invitación.Adam no está tan...
12) Poing de Croix
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Elle a quitté sa famille pour qu'il ne lui arrive rien.Il a trahi son père pour lui éviter d'aller en prison.Et ils ne sont pas au bout de leurs surprises.Skyler Waters travaille pour le compte de l'un des hommes les plus puissants de Manhattan. Elle a besoin de cet argent pour échapper à la vengeance de son demi-frère et pour se mettre à l'abri. Que son patron soit un escroc et que l'argent qu'elle reçoit ait été acquis douteusement lui...
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Tal vez Santa Claus debería haberlo pensado dos veces antes de permitir que Rapz, un duende bien intencionado pero continuamente equivocado, probara suerte en la formación de parejas. Pero, para cuando Santa se entera de que hay un problema, Rapz tiene la situación completamente enmarañada.Santa envía un equipo enseguida a Galveston para intentar solucionar las cosas. Pronto descubren que el error de juicio de Rapz no solo causó una disputa...
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This book introduces new audiences to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final initiative, the multiracial Poor People's Campaign (PPC) of 1968. Robert Hamilton depicts the experience of poor people who traveled to Washington in May 1968 to dramatize the issue of poverty by building a temporary city, Resurrection City. His narrative allows us to hear their voices and understand the strategies, objectives, and organization of the campaign. In addition, he...
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The Etera Chronicles series 1 volume The Age of Shadows Book 10
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2020
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What if…Hope returns to the hearts of the People with the arrival of An’Kru, the Promised One, prophesied to usher in the Wrak-Ashwea, the Age of Light. But amid the joy, the Healer realizes she must once again face the challenge of raising an offspring with an uncertain future.What if…Oh’Dar is still tormented by having to live in two worlds, and inspired by Acise, thinks the unthinkable. And Pajackok, still shamed by Acise’ rejection of...
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Traces the giallo mystery/horror genre from its genesis in Italian cinema of the 1960s and 1970s to its contemporary place in the global cult-film canon.
Italian giallo films have a peculiar allure. Taking their name from the Italian for "yellow"- reflecting the covers of pulp crime novels-these genre movies were principally produced between 1960 and the late 1970s. These cinematic hybrids of crime, horror, and detection are characterized by elaborate...
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Unique interdisciplinary analysis of gendered and racialized economies of care in South Asia and the Americas.
South Asia and Latin America represent two epicenters of migrant care work and the globalized reproductive market. Yet scholars and the media continue to examine them in geographical and conceptual isolation. South of the Future closes both these gaps. It investigates nannying, elder care, domestic work, and other forms of migrant labor...
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It's challenging to gain your footing as a head of household. There are many competing interests financially that you have to juggle. Saving for expenses, vacations, school, and maintenance is part of your daily routine. However, we still need to save for emergencies, invest for retirement, and build a nest egg for future generations. How is one to thrive in this overwhelming environment? First, learn to relax. Then we only need to create a road map....
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The Etera Chronicles series 2 volume The Age of Darkness Book 1
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Dragon Wings Press
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2021
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What if...a long time ago...in order to avoid extinction...The Ancient Sasquatch, created by the hand of the Great Spirit thousands and thousands of years ago. Their very blood tied to the flow of the creative life force, the breath of the Great Spirit, in and out of their realm.Without them, their world of Etera would struggle, falter. Die.What if...The days of the Ancients were numbered after a devastating contagion left them facing eventual extinction....