Glenn Barr's Haunted Paradise
Title | Glenn Barr's Haunted Paradise PDF eBook |
Author | Glenn Barr |
Publisher | Last Gasp |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780867196566 |
Glenn Barr's robots, creatures and vixens live in a seedy, yet swinging 1960s universe, drenched in the haze of a post-industrial hangover. Working out of the burgeoning lowbrow movement in Detroit, Barr creates kinky inner sanctums adorned with disembodied cherubs, morally bankrupt babes and sizzling femme fatales. Influenced by both pulp art and comics, Barr's work, beautifully sampled in this collection, is the visual equivalent of a David Lynch film.
Haunted by Paradise
Title | Haunted by Paradise PDF eBook |
Author | James Bernard Murphy |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 2021-01-07 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1725269074 |
The Bible today is weaponized by both liberals and conservatives, each side cherry-picking their favorite verses. Have you ever wondered why the Bible lends itself to supporting contradictory positions in moral debates--why even the devil quotes Scripture? If so, you will enjoy this book. Haunted by Paradise reveals the unity and coherence of the Bible in the light of paradise. The Bible begins in Eden and ends in the new Jerusalem--in between, the Bible is haunted by the memory of paradise lost and the hope for paradise regained. With paradise as the interpretive key, Murphy unlocks biblical ethics. He shows that there is no Old Testament ethics or New Testament ethics--only a unified biblical ethics. In sixteen short chapters, this book addresses urgent moral questions about issues ranging from capital punishment to war, including divine justice, homosexuality, marriage, nature, racism, patriarchy, and work. In each chapter, Murphy shows how the Bible negotiates the tension between divine ideals and human realities.
Haunted by Paradise
Title | Haunted by Paradise PDF eBook |
Author | James Bernard Murphy |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2021-01-07 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1725269066 |
The Bible today is weaponized by both liberals and conservatives, side cherry-picking their favorite verses. Have you ever wondered why the Bible lends itself to supporting contradictory positions in moral debates—why even the devil quotes Scripture? If so, you will enjoy this book. Haunted by Paradise reveals the unity and coherence of the Bible in the light of paradise. The Bible begins in Eden and ends in the new Jerusalem—in between, the Bible is haunted by the memory of paradise lost and the hope for paradise regained. With paradise as the interpretive key, Murphy unlocks biblical ethics. He shows that there is no Old Testament ethics or New Testament ethics—only a unified biblical ethics. In sixteen short chapters, this book addresses urgent moral questions about issues ranging from capital punishment to war, including divine justice, homosexuality, marriage, nature, racism, patriarchy, and work. In each chapter, Murphy shows how the Bible negotiates the tension between divine ideals and human realities.
To Paradise
Title | To Paradise PDF eBook |
Author | Hanya Yanagihara |
Publisher | Anchor |
Pages | 720 |
Release | 2022-01-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0385547943 |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the award-winning, best-selling author of the classic A Little Life—a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: VOGUE • ESQUIRE • NPR • GOODREADS To Paradise is a fin de siècle novel of marvelous literary effect, but above all it is a work of emotional genius. The great power of this remarkable novel is driven by Yanagihara’s understanding of the aching desire to protect those we love—partners, lovers, children, friends, family, and even our fellow citizens—and the pain that ensues when we cannot. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love whomever they please (or so it seems). The fragile young scion of a distinguished family resists betrothal to a worthy suitor, drawn to a charming music teacher of no means. In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. And in 2093, in a world riven by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist’s damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him—and solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearances. These three sections comprise an ingenious symphony, as recurring notes and themes deepen and enrich one another: A townhouse in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village; illness, and treatments that come at a terrible cost; wealth and squalor; the weak and the strong; race; the definition of family, and of nationhood; the dangerous righteousness of the powerful, and of revolutionaries; the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise, and the gradual realization that it can’t exist. What unites not just the characters, but these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human: Fear. Love. Shame. Need. Loneliness.
Haunted in Paradise
Title | Haunted in Paradise PDF eBook |
Author | Charley Marsh |
Publisher | Timberdoodle Press LLC |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2022-08-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
The much anticipated follow-up to Betrayed in Paradise.
Amateur sleuth Harriet Monroe barely gets settled back in from her trip to the mainland when a female guest disappears. No ransom note. No obvious motive. Runaway or kidnapped?
Running on empty both emotionally and physically, Harriet’s memories slowly begin to return as she helps look for their missing guest. Past clashes with present, leading to unexpected danger.
Bringing back familiar characters and the fast-paced writing readers expect, Haunted in Paradise delivers twists, turns, and romance set on the tropical Island Resort.
The Ghosts of Paradise Place
Title | The Ghosts of Paradise Place PDF eBook |
Author | Andy Conway |
Publisher | |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2019-07-24 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781087498379 |
Don't look back or the devil will get you... The dark anti-heroine of the bestselling time travel saga gets her own personal origin story in this novella that reveals how she first found her touchstone. Taking up her new job at Birmingham Central Library, Kath Bright is haunted by sinister occurrences in the modernist concrete complex.It's 2008 and Kath is recovering from a failed relationship while Britain slides into its first credit crunch Christmas. But money and love troubles are not Kath's only concern as she uncovers a chilling tale of witch hunts and a Victorian murder mystery from the archives.This past becomes very real when the archives reveal a door to the building that was there 100 years ago.And a killer who is waiting for her.Advance readers say:"Brilliant... a great story... back to the best for me.""I read this book in one sitting - I loved it!""Love the atmosphere in this story - 'deep and crisp and evil' - wonderful." "Couldn't put it down! Really loved it and didn't want it to end."
By the Waters of Paradise
Title | By the Waters of Paradise PDF eBook |
Author | F. Marion Crawford |
Publisher | |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2004-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781594565229 |