The Tao of Raven
Title | The Tao of Raven PDF eBook |
Author | Ernestine Hayes |
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
Pages | 189 |
Release | 2016-10-03 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0295999608 |
In her first book, Blonde Indian, Ernestine Hayes powerfully recounted the story of returning to Juneau and to her Tlingit home after many years of wandering. The Tao of Raven takes up the next and, in some ways, less explored question: once the exile returns, then what? Using the story of Raven and the Box of Daylight (and relating it to Sun Tzu’s equally timeless Art of War) to deepen her narration and reflection, Hayes expresses an ongoing frustration and anger at the obstacles and prejudices still facing Alaska Natives in their own land, but also recounts her own story of attending and completing college in her fifties and becoming a professor and a writer. Hayes lyrically weaves together strands of memoir, contemplation, and fiction to articulate an Indigenous worldview in which all things are connected, in which intergenerational trauma creates many hardships but transformation is still possible. Now a grandmother and thinking very much of the generations who will come after her, Hayes speaks for herself but also has powerful things to say about the resilience and complications of her Native community.
Spurgeon's Sermons on Prayer
Title | Spurgeon's Sermons on Prayer PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Haddon Spurgeon |
Publisher | Hendrickson Publishers |
Pages | 530 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1598561618 |
Here is a collection of sermons on the subject of prayer by one of the most beloved preachers in the history of the English-speaking world. Spurgeon was popular in the most fundamental sense of the word in that he was "of the people." He began selling his sermons early in his career, and they have been published in many formats over the last century and a half. This edition presents the sermons in a re-typeset and redesigned modern, easy-to-read format. Selected from over 3,500 sermons, this volume features Spurgeon's preaching on praying: the personal life of prayer, as well as prayers of the Bible and the prayers of Christ. The focus is on praying, not prayer, in the sense that praying is an action and not an abstraction. Spurgeon preaches about how praying is a key component of a righteous life, about the work of prayer in the life of a Christian, about examples of prayer found in the Scriptures, and about the pray-ers: the saints whose examples can teach us about prayer.
Raven's Tears
Title | Raven's Tears PDF eBook |
Author | Michael James Matson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2013-11-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780975410752 |
What do you do when your future depends on solving a crime, only to discover that the one woman you've ever loved is the culprit? How do you live with yourself when the only truth in your life is the love you've found in another? Elves, magic, swords, sorcery, Gods, another world, magi-tech gadgets; fake identities, crime, love, lies, honor, betrayal... and let's not forget about the several episodes of good, steamy sex! Genres mix and meld in Raven's Tears, but the result is an unforgettable tale of love and treachery, set against a lush backdrop of genre fantasy
The Poetic Edda
Title | The Poetic Edda PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Adams Bellows |
Publisher | |
Pages | 628 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Mythology, Norse |
ISBN |
Alice Starmore's Glamourie
Title | Alice Starmore's Glamourie PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Starmore |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2018-02-14 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1606600834 |
Enter the world of Scottish folklore with this unique hardcover guide. Retellings of traditional tales, full-color photographs of knitted costumes inspired by the stories, plus patterns for simpler versions of the original designs.
The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 13
Title | The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 13 PDF eBook |
Author | Spurgeon, Charles H. |
Publisher | Delmarva Publications, Inc. |
Pages | 1007 |
Release | 2015-02-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Volume 13 Sermons 728-787 Charles Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) is one of the church’s most famous preachers and Christianity’s foremost prolific writers. Called the “Prince of Preachers,” he was one of England's most notable ministers for most of the second half of the nineteenth century, and he still remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations today. His sermons have spread all over the world, and his many printed works have been cherished classics for decades. In his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to more than 10 million people, often up to ten times each week. He was the pastor of the congregation of the New Park Street Chapel (later the Metropolitan Tabernacle) in London for 38 years. He was an inexhaustible author of various kinds of works including sermons, commentaries, an autobiography, as well as books on prayer, devotionals, magazines, poetry, hymns and more. Spurgeon was known to produce powerful sermons of penetrating thought and divine inspiration, and his oratory and writing skills held his audiences spellbound. Many Christians have discovered Spurgeon's messages to be among the best in Christian literature. Edward Walford wrote in Old and New London: Volume 6 (1878) quoting an article from the Times regarding one of Spurgeon’s meetings at Surrey: “Fancy a congregation consisting of 10,000 souls, streaming into the hall, mounting the galleries, humming, buzzing, and swarming—a mighty hive of bees—eager to secure at first the best places, and, at last, any place at all. After waiting more than half an hour—for if you wish to have a seat you must be there at least that space of time in advance—Mr. Spurgeon ascended his tribune. To the hum, and rush, and trampling of men, succeeded a low, concentrated thrill and murmur of devotion, which seemed to run at once, like an electric current, through the breast of every one present, and by this magnetic chain the preacher held us fast bound for about two hours. It is not my purpose to give a summary of his discourse. It is enough to say of his voice, that its power and volume are sufficient to reach every one in that vast assembly; of his language, that it is neither high-flown nor homely; of his style, that it is at times familiar, at times declamatory, but always happy, and often eloquent; of his doctrine, that neither the 'Calvinist' nor the 'Baptist' appears in the forefront of the battle which is waged by Mr. Spurgeon with relentless animosity, and with Gospel weapons, against irreligion, cant, hypocrisy, pride, and those secret bosom-sins which so easily beset a man in daily life; and to sum up all in a word, it is enough to say of the man himself, that he impresses you with a perfect conviction of his sincerity.” More than a hundred years after his death, Charles Spurgeon’s legacy continues to effectively inspire the church around the world. For this reason, Delmarva Publications has chosen to republish the complete works of Charles Spurgeon.
The Winter
Title | The Winter PDF eBook |
Author | A. Ka |
Publisher | Fuzzy Hedgehog Press |
Pages | 125 |
Release | 2013-12-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1628027002 |
Beltran, a farmer in the Spanish kingdom of Aragon, had humble ambitions, but the winter of 1553 had different plans. After a crippling famine, unbearable storms, and a devastating plague known as the Delirium, the winter had taken everything dear to him. Then, through the backhanded kindness of a mysterious traveler and her time-obliterating potion, he gets everything back. His salvation will be the beginning of his problems, as he discovers just how stubborn history can be.