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Churches and cathedrals were originally built to be read. They are
alive with images and symbols--"all of which are packed with
meaning. But today few people, from regular visitors to tourists,
truly understand the wealth of meaning in what they find there. How
to Read a Church is must reading for anybody who wants to know more
about what they see in a church or cathedral. It explores the
principal features of churches and what each represents. It also
explains: In addition to exploring these brick-and-mortar motifs,
the author also reveals fascinating and unexpected details such as
how to 'read' the priest and the congregation, and he shows the
varied ways that church architecture and appointments reflect the
Christian year. From major themes to small but vital details, How
to Read a Church will serve as a fascinating guide to the history,
meanings, and messages of these beautiful buildings and the
treasures they contain.
Brushes with Death: The Blood of Jesus is an autobiographical novel
detailing several dangerous encounters that the author experienced
living a life of crime. The story also references the author's
inner struggle of dealing with his conscience and his moral values
as he battles the paradigm of doing wrong when he knows to do
right. The book also alludes to the main character's faith and how
it kept him safe during his waywardness. The reader travels with
Slick, the protagonist as he tryies to resist temptation of money,
drugs, women, gambling, guns, alcohol, sex, prison and more. The
394 page novel is factual and based on truel events. Names and some
situations have been distorted to protect the innocent and the
guilty. This book serves as a deterrent to those youth who are not
yet enthralled in but are considering a life of crime. It also
serves as encouragement to those still entwined in a life of crime
and violence to digress from their actions. The book is in no way a
promotion of like activities. The author hopes that his experiences
will shed light on the destructiveness of drug dealing and give
those who have no knowledge an inside perspective on the who's,
what's, when's, where's, why's, and how's of street living. It is
sophisticated but yet real; explicit but not trashy.
Mesogenic behaviour of metal carboxylates has been an important
area of study, since many of them exhibit smectic C mesophases, and
as such, have potential use in ferroelectric liquid crystal
displays (LCDs). As a result, the study of thermal phase
transitions of various mono- and divalent metal carboxylates has
been a focus. Of keen interest are zinc(II) n-alkanoates, since
there remain some unanswered questions regarding the
characteristics and dynamics of their phase behaviour. As with
materials in the solid state, there is a correlation between
structural features and properties, and for compounds that display
thermotropic mesomorphism, there must be a firm understanding of
the relationship between structure, intermolecular interactions,
thermophysical properties and phase behaviour. In this study, the
thermal behaviour of a homologous series of zinc(II) n-alkanoates
are investigated by differential scanning calorimetry and hot-stage
polarized light microscopy. From the data, an attempt is made to
correlate the thermal behaviour of the compounds with their solid
state structures studied using X-ray crystallography and
diffraction, IR spectroscopy and molecular calculations.
This volume is part of a series of English translations of the
Syriac Peshitta along with the Syriac text carried out by an
international team of scholars.
THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student
who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures. Notable
features include: * commentary based on THE NEW INTERNATIONAL
VERSION; * the NIV text printed in the body of the commentary; *
sound scholarly methodology that reflects capable research in the
original languages; * interpretation that emphasizes the
theological unity of each book and of Scripture as a whole; *
readable and applicable exposition.
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