This passionate and moving story of social injustice, violence and revenge, set in the Valencian huerta, has become the classic text of Spanish regional realism. Blasco Ibanez, the 'Spanish Zola', dramatically confronts one of the great social issues of the late nineteenth century, the possession of land, in a vivid recreation of the local types and traditional customs of a closed rural community which jealousy guards its rights and administers its own rough justice against the outsider. The novel is both a lyrical hymn to nature and an expose of man's inhumanity to man, narrated with a human compassion worthy of his master, Galdos. Spanish text with facing-page translation, introduction and notes.
What would you do if you were a dead ringer for a dictator? If you were small-time grifter Walter Harsh, recovering in a hospital with a broken arm, you'd listen to a proposition that could net you a cool $50,000 for impersonating the South American strongman you resemble. You'd pay attention when the dictator's sultry mistress started putting the moves on you. And in the dead of night, when no one was watching, you might just hatch a plot to get it all for yourself: the money, the girl, and the stash of stolen loot she's conspiring to spirit out of the country...
Explores the detailed steps necessary to determine the causes of failure. First, the physical characteristics of a gear are studied: where the stress points are, from what directions the forces are applied, where the movement of material progresses, and where strain patterns exist. Second, all external conditions and forces are considered. With this background information, a systematic examination is described from beginning to end, the end being a conclusion about the mode and cause of failure.
Provides a policy-oriented summary of the findings detailed in its companion volume, ""Technical Report"". This report is intended for Administration of Congress, other national policy makers, and government and industry leaders. It builds a case for a national program aimed at exploiting the potential of high-performance concrete and steel.
In this, his third collection of stories, Lester Goran moves us again through the times and places indelibly stamped with his wit and insight about people and events lost to history. Outlaws of the Purple Cow centers around the domains of Irish-American men and women in Pittsburgh. Goran creates once more his world of poignant and magical times and places within the mundane affairs of ordinary men and women. Goran’s evocative settings and narratives range form the supernatural to the humorous, from bawdy to richly detailed realism.Goran, with his mastery of language and images, chronicles in stories the unheralded laughters and sorrows of Americans seldom noted in fiction.Goran creates once more his world of poignant and magical times and places within the mundane affairs of ordinary men and women. Goran’s evocative settings and narratives range from the supernatural to the humorous, from bawdy to richly detailed realism: the bewildering ceremony enacted on a suburban lawn on Good Friday; an inventory of the loves of a lifetime compiled on scraps of paper and matchbook covers; the young man home on leave from the army who encounters a woman whose entire life is reflected in the wires holding together her threadbare Christmas tree; and the young man on the first day of his first job who delivers roses to a house where the homeowner had died since ordering the flowers. Goran, with his mastery of language and images, chronicles in stories the unheralded laughter’s and sorrows of Americans seldom noted in fiction.
The gifts of the Spirit can destroy any force the devil might use against Christians. You are a candidate for the gifts of revelation, power, and inspiration. They will function anywhere--right where you are now! Dr. Sumrall discusses subjects including the charismatic renewal, the weapons of our warfare, how you can receive the gifts, the devil's counterfeit, and the purpose of ministry gifts. You can be included in the great outpouring of God's Spirit!
China in recent years has embarked on an extraordinary turnaround, dispensing with revolutionary rhetoric in favor of a more pragmatic approach to contemporary problems. Two areas where this change has been most visible are environmental affairs and law. Environmental Law and Policy in the People's Republic of China is the first book-length treatment of the increasingly important connection between these two areas in China. It assembles in one place the major articles and documents on environmental law and policy, together with an introduction, commentaries, and bibliography. Of special importance are items in judicial practice which cover several major cases involving pollution, as well as a discussion of the various alternatives in resolving environmental disputes.
"If freedom and joy are what you seek, I couldn't recommend this book more." -Rhonda Byrne, New York Times best-selling author of The Secret and The Greatest SecretHappiness Is Free is filled with profound insights and practical tools that will guide you to let go of painful feelings, unwanted thoughts, and negative stories and naturally open up to the happiness and unlimited potential that is within you right now. And it's easier than you think.Simple but powerful questions for self-inquiry and effective techniques will empower you to gently let go of what, just a moment ago, seemed like an unsolvable issue or overwhelming emotion-anything from anger and frustration to fear, anxiety, and stress. You'll learn how to apply easy-to-use practices for letting go-including Holistic Releasing, Triple Welcoming, and others-to find more joy and peace of mind in every area of your life.In each chapter, renowned teachers Lester Levenson and Hale Dwoskin (New York Times best-selling author of The Sedona Method) offer life-changing opportunities to break free from self-imposed blocks and rediscover the real, unlimited you-and the ultimate happiness that is your birthright. Their combination of liberating insights, inspiration, and deep releasing explorations make this book a treasured companion for anyone who is seeking to navigate everyday life with greater ease, clarity, and sense of purpose. Lester Levenson and Hale Dwoskin are featured teachers in The Greatest Secret and Happiness Is Free is the most quoted book in The Greatest Secret."Happiness is about remembering who you really are, and if you have forgotten, this book is an excellent reminder." -Deepak Chopra, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success "If the roots of all suffering are attachments to the external, the roots of true joy are found only within. This book maps the ways to a profound state of peace." -James Redfield, author of The Celestine Prophecy "Be set free with the brilliance and insights in this book." -Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul(R) "Once in a human while, an individual comes along who has unlocked the secrets of happiness and opens the door for others to follow. Lester Levenson was such a one.... Happiness Is Free offers rare and penetrating insight into the freedom we all long for. This book can take you home." -Alan Cohen, author of The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore
A History of Churches: The Survival of New Testament Christianity Against Overwhelming Odds traces New Testament Christianity from Jesus Christ to the present. This book shows how this line of Christianity grew in spite of the Roman government, the state-church, the Crusades, Islam and the Protestant Reformation. You will be introduced to the various groups of New Testament Christians in different centuries who survived extreme persecution. These true Christians held firm to the doctrine from Jesus Christ and multiplied, even though they faced overwhelming odds.This 31 chapter book starts with the initial exponential spread of Christianity and the Jewish and Roman responses to it. The doctrinal corruptions that quickly entered the picture are catalogued along with the steady drift of many churches away from the original doctrine and practices taught in the New Testament. The Roman government did its best to eradicate Christianity; but when these efforts failed, Rome made Christianity (with the corrupt doctrine) the state church. This move spelled agony beyond words. It caused persecution and death for millions who refused to become a part of the state church. It chronicles the rise of the papacy and the Catholic Church, the birth of Islam, the Crusades, the origins of nationalism in Europe and the Protestant Reformation. It also explains why the New Testament consists of 27 books and tells the remarkable story of how the Bible made it into the English language. A History of Churches: The Survival of New Testament Christianity Against Overwhelming Odds documents the fact that people embracing New Testament Christianity have continuously existed from Jesus Christ to the present. From Jesus forward there have always been Christian people and churches which were never a part of a state church. This book will tell you who they were, where they lived and how large numbers of them made it to America. They are the chief people who brought about liberty of conscience in America and in much of the world.A History of Churches: The Survival of New Testament Christianity Against Overwhelming Odds will stand scholarly inspection. It is well documented with over 800 endnotes and an extensive bibliography, but it is written for the common man. The language is straightforward. The book includes over 70 pages of charts and maps.
