A God - lost in his own creation. Endowed with the power of the five mage-lines, the God-Emperor cuts his way through the Star Continent, destroying everything in his path in order to gather the last of the surviving mages. At the other end of the world a great fire mage sits in a tavern drinking whisky. Having fought the Emperor once before and lost, Keira is home at last. Forsaking her powers, she wants nothing more to do with the troubles of the world. But when her friends decide to fight back against the Emperor, Keira must make a choice. Should she take on a god to save the world? Or drown her memories in whisky?
The shocking and affecting memoir from a gold-star widow searching for the truth behind her Green Beret husband's death, this book bears witness to the true sacrifices made by military families.
The book is at its most profound in sorting out the relation between violence and sacrifice. Altogether, this is a very moving and deep book--philosophically, anthropologically, and religiously.
For a detailed and inspired analysis of the persistence and transformation of native Mesoamerican pictorial traditions , see Donald Robertson's Mexican Manuscript Painting of the Early Colonial Period : The Metropolitan Schools ( New ...
When a Mayan girl in ninth-century Guatemala suspects that the High Priest sacrifices anyone who stands in the way of his power, she proves herself a hero.
I know she doesn't want my help, but she gets it anyway. I owe her that.When another disaster hits, I'm given the opportunity to make things right. I'm taking it. I'm willing to sacrifice it all.
This updated edition of Ultimate Sacrifice tells the full story for the first time—complete with new photos and documents.
Religious Transformations in Late Antiquity Susan Emanuel, Guy G. Stroumsa. contemplate the stars, gazing at them and calling on God in their ... I quote the translation by Gillian Clark (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2000), 65.
As Jacen Solo continues his rise to power, he grows increasingly like his grandfather, Darth Vader, and his evil Sith mentor, Emperor Palpatine, until he is forced to make a horrifying choice that will forever change his own life and those ...
With the goal of Sufficient Sacrifice elevating the power of a father’s love for his child, the story poses the question of whether Simon’s influence has diminished over time or been compromised by the eroding push of a determined woman ...
Leading specialists in theology, anthropology, religious studies and history elucidate the modern debate about sacrifice from interest shown in the sixteenth century through to the present day.