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Murder at the Monks' Table (Sister Mary Helen Mysteries)
by Carol Anne O'MarieSister Mary Helen is in luck, depending on how you look at it. She and Sister Eileen are in Ireland to attend the weeklong Oyster Festival in the little village of Ballyclarin. They make their first stop at a central oasis of food and drink called the Monks' Table. Mary Helen overhears a woman saying to the man with her, "I am surprised someone hasn't killed you already." But Eileen assures her that it's only a way of speaking, and Mary Helen is relieved---until the next night, when she finds the same man in the pub's ladies' room, murdered.Mary Helen's reputation for sleuthing follows her across the Atlantic, and the Irish police warn her not to get involved. She has every intention of leaving this case in the hands of the authorities, but sometimes Fate will just not listen to reason.Fans of this delightful nun, a detective in spite of herself, will be certain to enjoy accompanying her on this latest trip, the eleventh entry in this continuingly popular series.
Murder by Family: The Incredible True Story of a Son's Treachery and a Father's Forgiveness
by Kent Whitaker"On December 10, 2003, an intruder waits inside the home of Kent and Tricia Whitaker. The Whitakers and their two sons, Bart and Kevin, are returning from a dinner celebrating Bart's college graduation. Four shots ring out; the first two kill Tricia and Kevin, and the next two wound Kent and Bart, who is struck while struggling with the gunman." "Three days later, as investigators explore leads so they can secure justice for the victims, they find evidence that Bart has been leading a double life, and he becomes the chief suspect. Kent thinks the police are allowing the real killer to escape while they focus on Bart, but when Bart disappears into the mountains of Mexico seven months later, even Kent has to face the possibility that his son was involved in the murder. Fifteen months later Bart is arrested and charged with masterminding the shootings, and in March 2007, he is convicted and sentenced to death." "How can a father survive the anguish of what his son has done and forgive such betrayal? Murder by Family is the true story of a father's search to save his son, and the son's long road toward awakening to, acceptance of, and reconnection with God."--BOOK JACKET.
Murder by Family: The Incredible True Story of a Son's Treachery and a Father's Forgiveness
by Kent WhitakerThis is the tragic story of Kent Whitaker's heart-wrenching journey toward forgiveness and faith after the brutal murder of his wife and one of his sons. Straight from the headlines comes an incredible true story of a son's treachery. For the first time, readers are offered inside access to the emotional drama that went on behind the scenes. At the core is the remarkable healing power of forgiveness, demonstrated by Kent Whitaker, which shows how the survivors of such atrocious events can still forgive those who have permanently damaged their lives. One evening, the Whitaker family returned home after dinner, celebrating a son's impending graduation from college. On opening the front door, they faced a gunman lying in wait. The gunman opened fire, instantly killing the younger sonand Kent's wife, leaving Kent and his older son lying wounded until police and ambulances arrived. While recovering in the hospital, Kent resolved in his heart to forgive whoever was responsible for the deaths of his wife and son. Over the next few weeks, it was discovered that the whole murder plot had been orchestrated by the surviving son -- whom Kent had unknowingly forgiven. After a trial that resulted in a death sentence for his son, Kent emerged from this harrowing ordeal to share their astonishing journey toward forgiveness and redemption.
Murder by the Grace of God: The CIA and Pope John Paul I
by Lucien GregoireThe Revolutionary Life of John Paul I and the Investigation into his Mysterious Death. In 1978, driven by Paul VI's encyclicals Populorum Progressio and Liberation Theology, there were two fronts on which the CIA was confronted by communism as a free democratic society, Italy and Central America. If Italy fell to communism much of Europe would follow. If Central America fell to communism much of Latin America would follow. It was in these parts of the world communism was raising its head as the will of the people that was so dangerous to the United States and its capitalistic allies. Henry Kissinger sounded the alarm, "Domination by Moscow is not the issue. Communist control of Italy and Central America is the issue. It would have terrible consequences for the United States and is the number one threat to its national security."_ When Paul VI died the CIA joined right-wing factions in the Church to elect a pro-American Pope. When the avowed Marxist--John Paul I--was elected it struck a nerve of shattering proportions in the United States. A swarm of mini-Cubas loomed on the horizon in Europe and in America's backyard. In CIA headquarters in McLean Virginia the ball began to roll.
Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance
by Ian BurumaIAN BURUMA RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE LAND TO EXPLORE, THROUGH THE STORY OF THE MURDER OF A FAMOUS FILMMAKER AT THE HANDS OF AN ISLAMIC EXTREMIST, THE GREAT DILEMMA OF OUR TIME IT WAS THE EMBLEMATIC CRIME of our moment: On a cold November day in Amsterdam, an angry young Muslim man, Mohammed Bouyeri, the son of Moroccan immigrants, shot and killed the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, great-grandnephew of Vincent and iconic European provocateur, for making a movie with the Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali that "insulted the prophet Mohammed." After Bouyeri shot Van Gogh, he calmly stood over the body and cut his throat with a curved machete, as if performing a ritual sacrifice, which in a very real sense he was. The murder horrified quiet, complacent, prosperous Holland, a country that prides itself on being a bastion of tolerance, and sent shock waves across Europe and around the world. Shortly thereafter, Ian Buruma returned to the country of his childhood to investigate the event and its larger meaning. The result is his masterpiece: a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. Ian Buruma's entire life's work has led him to this story. the tale of what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West, and tolerance finds its limits.
Murder in Ordinary Time (Sister Mary Helen Mysteries)
by Carol Anne O'MarieJust one bite of that irresistible Christmas cookie and Christina Kelly, Channel 5's leading investigative reporter, was on the air--dead. The odor of bitter almond told Sister May Helen the cause of the death: cyanide. Somewhere in the studio was the wily killer; it was a person everyone knew.Had Christina's investigations led her to her dead end? Or was the fatal cookie meant for someone else: the notorious womanizer; the hard-drinking floor manager with something to hide; or perhaps Wicked Wendy, who certainly fit her nickname? Or was the intended victim the intrepid nun herself?Heaven help her as Sister Mary Helen charges in where angels fear to tread to trap a killer before he strikes again.
Murder in the Appalachians
by Susan FurlongOn the run in the mountains… with a killer on their trail. After unearthing secrets from her late brother&’s police notebook, journalist Emma Hayes discovers his death was no accident—he was murdered. Only someone doesn&’t want Emma to find out the connection to the cold case her brother was investigating…and they&’ll kill to keep it that way. Now Emma must rely on local ER doctor Logan Greer to help her stay alive and follow a trail of elusive evidence. But as they unravel a conspiracy, they realize that the killer could be anyone hiding in the mountains…From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.
Murder in the City of Liberty (A Van Buren and DeLuca Mystery #2)
by Rachel McMillanHamish DeLuca and Regina “Reggie” Van Buren have a new case—and this one could demand a price they’re not willing to pay.Determined to make a life for herself, Reggie Van Buren bid goodbye to fine china and the man her parents expected her to marry and escaped to Boston. What she never expected to discover was that an unknown talent for sleuthing would develop into a business partnership with the handsome, yet shy, Hamish DeLuca.Their latest case arrives when Errol Parker, the leading base stealer in the Boston farm leagues, hires Hamish and Reggie to investigate what the Boston police shove off as a series of harmless pranks. Errol believes these are hate crimes linked to the outbreak of war in Europe, and he’s afraid for his life. Hamish and Reggie quickly find themselves in the midst of an escalating series of crimes.When Hamish has his carefully constructed life disrupted by a figure from his past, he is driven to a decision that may sever him from Reggie forever . . . even more than her engagement to wealthy architect Vaughan Vanderlaan.
Murder in the Milk Case
by Candice SpeareWhen Trish Cunningham reaches for her gallon of milk in > the milk case, > she finds a hand. The hand is attached to a body! Trish, > wife, > mother, step-mother and amateur sleuth investigates. Christian mystery.
Murder, Mayhem & a Fine Man
by Claudia Mair BurneyFor Amanda Bell Brown, just living her life is murder! How's a woman supposed to grapple with faith, a fine man, and turning thirty-five when she keeps tripping in her high heels over mysteries -- and not just the God kind? Amanda Bell Brown knows that life as a forensic psychologist isn't quite as cool as it looks on prime-time TV. But when she turns thirty-five with no husband or baby on the horizon, she decides she's gotta get out and paint the town -- in her drop-dead red birthday dress. Instead, she finds herself at the scene of a crime -- and she just may know who the killer is. She needs to spill her guts, but not on the handsome lead detective's alligator shoes -- especially if she wants him to ask her out. A complicated murder investigation unearths not just a killer but a closet full of skeletons Amanda thought were long gone. Murder, mayhem, and a fine man are wreaking havoc on her birthday, but will her sleuthing leave her alive to see past thirty-five?
Murder-Bears, Moonshine, and Mayhem: Strange Stories from the Bible to Leave You Amused, Bemused, and (Hopefully) Informed
by Luke T. HarringtonThis humorous book is also full of new insights into ways we&’ve been missing the point of so many beloved Bible stories.Approximately 80 percent of Americans admit they haven&’t read the Bible. If they did, they&’d be pleasantly surprised by its impressive quantity of sex and poop jokes.David danced naked. Noah was basically a moonshining hillbilly. Ezekiel baked poop bread. Herod was eaten by worms. Jesus cursed a fig tree, just to prove he could. Mark went streaking. Hosea married a prostitute. Lot was date-raped by his own daughters.It turns out, there&’s a lot of weird stuff in the Bible. Murder-Bears, Moonshine, and Mayhem is a funny look at some of the stranger tales in the Bible. From Elisha, who loosed homicidal bears on some kids because they called him bald (it&’s a long story), to the story of Ehud, who gets away with assassinating a tyrannical king because his servants think said king is taking a dump (also a long story), this book examines and casts new light on some of the Bible&’s stranger moments.Organized by topic (poop, genitalia, weird violence, prostitution, gratuitous nudity, seemingly pointless miracles, and other fun stuff), Murder-Bears, Moonshine, and Mayhem is a thoroughly researched (really!), reverent, and insightful look at the amazing book at the center of our faith.
Muriel
by Mois Benarroch Antony Gautier MoralesUn attentat à Jérusalem. Un changement d'identité. Qui fut sauvé et qui mourut ? Après un attentat le narrateur perd ses sens et monte dans une voiture qui ne lui appartient pas et roule à toute vitesse sur la route menant à la Mer Morte. Il a un accident et il est confondu avec le propriétaire de la Fiat Punto qui meure dans l'attentat. Il passe plusieurs mois dans le coma, et en se réveillant il se rend compte qu'il est dans une nouvelle vie, une vie dont il a peut-être rêvé, ou peut-être est-il en train de rêver en ce moment. Soudain il se voit libéré d'une relation qu'il ne pouvait plus supporter et il entre dans le jeu d'être quelqu'un d'autre. Il semble que tout le monde sait que lui n'est pas lui, mais aucun ne peut reculer. Il se remet à épier sa vieille vie, pour découvrir que tout va mieux sans lui. Le roman « Muriel » est un défi à ce que nous pensons être notre moi intime, à la crise de l'individualité, aux mensonges du monde moderne.
Muriel
by Mois Benarroch Valentina MoreaUn attentato a Gerusalemme. Un cambio di identità. Chi si è salvato e chi è morto? Dopo un attentato il narratore perde i sensi e si mette in un auto non sua e viaggia a tutta velocità lungo la strada del mar morto. Ha un incidente e viene confuso con il proprietario della Fiat Punto che muore nell' attentato. Passa molti mesi in coma, ma quando si sveglia si rende conto di trovarsi in un'altra vita, un'altra vita forse sognata, o cheforse sta sognando in questi momenti. All'improvviso si vede liberato da una relazione che non poteva più sopportare e entra nel gioco dell'essere qualcun altro. Sembra che tutti sappiano che lui non è lui, ma nessuno fa passi indietro. Torna a spiare la sua vecchia vita, per scoprire che tutto va meglio senza di lui. Il romanzo Muriel è una sfida a quello che pensiamo essere il nostro intimo io, alla crisi dell'individualità, alle bugie del mondo moderno.
Muriel
by Mois Benarroch Thacia CarpenterDepois de um atentado o narrador perder seus sentidos e se mete em um carro que não é seu. Viaja a toda velocidade pela estrada do Mar Morto. Sofre um acidente e é confundido com o dono do Fiat Punto que morre no atentado. Passa muitos meses em coma, mas ao acordar se dá conta que está em outra vida, outra vida que talvez tenha sonhado ou que talvez esteja sonhando nesse momento. Logo se vê liberto de uma relação que não podia mais suportar e entra no jogo de ser outro alguém. Parece como se todos soubessem que ele não é ele, mas ninguém pode voltar atrás. Volta a espiar sua velha vida, para descobrir que tudo vai melhor sem ele. A novela Muriel é um desafio ao que pensamos que é nosso eu mais íntimo, a crises de individualidade, as mentiras do mundo moderno.
Murriyang: Song of Time
by Stan GrantStan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, he offers a means of moving beyond the binaries and embracing a path to peace and forgiveness, rooted in the Wiradjuri spiritual practice of Yindyamarra – deep silence and respect. Murriyang, in part Grant&’s response to the Voice referendum, eschews politics for love. In this gorgeous, grace-filled book, he zooms out to reflect on the biggest questions, ranging across the history, literature, theology, music and art that has shaped him. Setting aside anger for kindness, he reaches past the secular to the sacred and transcendent. Informed by spiritual thinkers from around the world, Murriyang is a Wiradjuri prayer in one long uninterrupted breath, challenging Western notions of linear time in favour of a time beyond time – the Dreaming. Murriyang is also very personal, each meditation interleaved with a memory of Grant&’s father, a Wiradjuri cultural leader. It asks how any of us can say goodbye to those we love. This is a book for our current moment, and something for the ages.
Muscle And A Shovel
by Michael J. Shank Jamie Parker4th Edition Revised NEW: 4th Edition includes the epilogue, Randall's Secret epilogue. Muscle and a Shovel is a raw and gritty true story about a pair of young newly-weds who move to the city to chase the American dream. In the process they're befriended by a man who turns their belief about God, their church, and their faith upside down Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Catholics, the Community Churches - none are spared when Truth is at stake and their new friend Randall isn't about to "candy coat" God's Word for the sake of "political correctness" or "religious tolerance. " This story will grip you from opening to close and will stimulate your spirit on levels you didn't think possible. Get ready to fight or flee because Muscle and a Shovel is one of those rare books that will raise your heart-rate and your blood-pressure. You won't want to wait to share it with your friends or you'll want to dowse it in gasoline and set on fire There'll be no middle ground. Many Christian reviewers have said, "This book will turn our current religious world upside-down "
Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920
by Clifford PutneyDissatisfied with a Victorian culture focused on domesticity and threatened by physical decline in sedentary office jobs, American men in the late nineteenth century sought masculine company in fraternal lodges and engaged in exercise to invigorate their bodies. One form of this new manly culture, developed out of the Protestant churches, was known as muscular Christianity. In this fascinating study, Clifford Putney details how Protestant leaders promoted competitive sports and physical education to create an ideal of Christian manliness.
Muscular Judaism: The Jewish Body and the Politics of Regeneration (Routledge Jewish Studies Series)
by Todd Samuel PresnerProviding valuable insights into an element of European nationalism and modernist culture, this book explores the development of the 'Zionist body' as opposed to the traditional stereotype of the physically weak, intellectual Jew. It charts the cultural and intellectual history showing how the 'Muscle Jew' developed as a political symbol of national regeneration.
Museums as Ritual Sites: Civilizing Rituals Reconsidered
by James S. Bielo Lieke WijniaMuseums as Ritual Sites critically examines the assumption that museums inherently function as ritual sites and, in turn, are poised to exert influence on cultural and societal change.Bringing together a diverse, international group of interdisciplinary scholars and curators, the volume celebrates and critically engages with Carol Duncan’s seminal work, Civilizing Rituals. Presenting a wide-ranging exploration of how museums function as liminal zones in broader societal contexts, the book discusses major topics identified as functioning at the heart of the above-mentioned paradigm shift: diversity and inclusion, consumption, religion, and tradition. These topics are studied through the lens of their ritual implications in museum practice. Presenting case studies on ethnographic, art, history, community, and memorial practices in museums, the book reflects the diversity of the contemporary international museum field. As such, the volume presents a critical and updated revision of the ritual perspective on museums - both as it was presented by Duncan and as it has since been developed in the field of museum studies.Museums as Ritual Sites will be essential reading for academics and students working in museum studies, heritage studies, cultural anthropology, religious studies, and ritual studies. Museums as Ritual Sites will also be of interest to those working across the humanities and social sciences who are interested in the intersection of museums or archives with indigeneity and decolonization.
Music Cities: Evaluating a Global Cultural Policy Concept (New Directions in Cultural Policy Research)
by Allan Watson Christina BallicoThis book provides a critical academic evaluation of the ‘music city’ as a form of urban cultural policy that has been keenly adopted in policy circles across the globe, but which as yet has only been subject to limited empirical and conceptual interrogation. With a particular focus on heritage, planning, tourism and regulatory measures, this book explores how local geographical, social and economic contexts and particularities shape the nature of music city policies (or lack thereof) in particular cities. The book broadens academic interrogation of music cities to include cities as diverse as San Francisco, Liverpool, Chennai, Havana, San Juan, Birmingham and Southampton. Contributors include both academic and professional practitioners and, consequently, this book represents one of the most diverse attempts yet to critically engage with music cities as a global cultural policy concept.
Music Librarianship in the UK: Fifty Years of the British Branch of the International Association of Music Librarians
by Richard TurbetThis title was first published in 2003. The UK branch of the International Association of Music Libraries was founded in 1953. This volume of specially commissioned essays celebrates the golden jubilee of branch's foundation and surveys the achievements of the last 50 years. With an emphasis on practical music librarianship, the essays examine the challenges that have faced the profession in recent years, as well as current developments in the field and the impact of modern advances in information technology.
Music Of The Sky: An Anthology Of Spirit
by Patrick LaudeA collection of spiritual poetry from antiquity to the present, reflecting many styles and expressions of our experience of the sacred through the medium of poetry. Organized into three universal dimensions of spiritual life, the awareness of suffering and death, the experience of the depth of compassion and love, and the knowledge of the unity of the transcendent and immanent Real, Music of the Sky collects short poems from Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Native American traditions. Meant neither as an historical survey of spiritual poetry, nor as a definitive collection of essential poems, the reader may open this book at any page, at any time, in virtually any situation, traveling or at rest. The truth and beauty of these poems are certain to provide a source of inspiration for countless generations.
Music Therapy
by R. W. Alley Alaric Lewis"If music be the food of love, play on," wrote William Shakespeare. And linking music with food and love is another example of the Bard's genius. Music, after all--like food--has the ability to fill us, to satisfy our hunger, to express our joy, longing, regret, sadness, sheer delight. And, like love, music can touch our hearts and make us aware of people and places and events that have imprinted themselves in our lives with melodies both sweet and sad. "Play on," indeed, as you turn the pages of this little volume!
Music Through the Eyes of Faith
by Harold Best"Christian musicians know of the obligation to make music as agents of God's grace. They make music graciously, whatever its kind or style, as ambassadors of Christ, showing love, humility, servanthood, meekness, victory, and good example . . . Music is freely made, by faith, as an act of worship, in direct response to the overflowing grace of God in Christ Jesus."Co-sponsored by the Christian College Coalition, this thought-provoking study of music-as-worship leads both students and experienced musicians to a better understanding of the connections between music making and Christian faith."Christian music makers have to risk new ways of praising God. Their faith must convince them that however strange a new offering may be, it cannot out-reach, out-imagine, or overwhelm God. God remains God, ready to swoop down in the most wonderful way, amidst all of the flurry and mystery of newness and repetition, to touch souls and hearts, all because faith has been exercised and Christ's ways have been imitated. Meanwhile, a thousand tongues will never be enough."Best relates musical practice to a larger theology of creation and creativity, and explores new concepts of musical quality and excellence, musical unity, and the incorporation of music from other cultures into today's music.
Music and Identity in Twenty-First-Century Monasticism (Routledge Research in Music)
by Amanda J. HasteTwenty-first-century monastic communities represent unique social environments in which music plays an integral part. This book examines the role of music in Catholic, Anglican/Episcopalian and neo-monastic communities in Britain and North America, engaging closely with communities of practice to provide a penetrating insight into the role of music in self-care and as a vector for identity construction on both individual and community levels. The author explores the essential role of music in community dynamics, the rationale for using instruments, the implications of both chant-based and freestyle composition, gender-related differences in musical activity, the role of dance (‘music made visible’) in community life, the commodification of monastic music, the ‘Singing Nun’ phenomenon and the role of music in established and emerging neo-monastic communities. The result is a comprehensive and compelling study of the agency of music in the construction and expression of personal and community identity.