Kerr, Philip:DARK MATTER: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton
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MP3 Audio CD. The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is a British Protestant narrative of the oppressions of Protestants, several of whom had perished for their faiths during those years abru… Mehr…
MP3 Audio CD. The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is a British Protestant narrative of the oppressions of Protestants, several of whom had perished for their faiths during those years abruptly foregoing its first release. It was first released by John Day, in 1563. Sumptuously drawn with lots of diagrams, it was the biggest printing venture commenced in Britain until that time. Generally titled as, Foxe?s Book of Martyrs, the narrative?s complete title starts with Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church. There were numerous successive editions, by Day, and by other editors along the times. John?s unprecedented narrative was copious - the second edition finishing two thick sheet volumes with a sum of 2,300 pages, approximated to be twice as extensive as Edward Gibbon?s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. This publication is more edited from John?s original. John Foxe was a British historian and martyrologist, the writer of Actes and Monuments famously called as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, a narrative of Christian martyrs during Western history but accentuating the oppressions of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the 14th century throughout the regime of Mary I. Broadly had and perused by English Puritans, the narrative helped shape British popular opinion of the Catholic Church for many centuries. John was born in Boston, in Lincolnshire, England, of a mediocrely prestigious family and appears to have been an oddly scholarly and religious child. When he was around 16 years of age, he studied at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was under of John Hawarden or Harding, an associate of the college. John enrolled at Magdalen College School, where he may either have been learning his Latin or working as a junior educator., 0, MP3 Audio CD. Chronicles in Hebrew means The Matters of the Days and in Greek meaning things left on one side, these are the last books of the Hebrew Bible followed by Judaism, Christianity, and the two Books of Kings and took precedence to the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. The biblical story imparts of the creation of the first human, Adam and the history of ancient Judah and the first Kingdom of Israel and the reign of King Cyrus the Great. The King James Version (KJV), also referred as the King James Bible (KJB) or commonly the Authorized Version (AV), is an English conversion of the Christian Bible for the Church of England started in 1604 and accomplished in 1611. The texts of the King James Version contain the 39 texts of the Old Testament, an intertestamental chapter consisting of 14 texts of the Apocrypha ? much of which are parallel to the texts in the Vulgate Deuterocanon observed to by Roman Catholics, and the 27 texts of the New Testament. It was first published by the King's Printer Robert Barker and was the third conversion into English granted by the English Church officials. The first had been the Great Bible, authorized in the ruling of King Henry VIII in 1535, and the second had been the Bishops' Bible of 1568. In January 1604, James VI assembled the Hampton Court Conference, where a new English translation was considered in rejoinder to the issues of the first versions comprehended by the Puritans, a division of the Church of England. The conversion is notable for its "majesty of style", and has been depicted as among the very significant works in English civilization and a compelling influence in the formation of the English-communicating domain. James provided the interpreters guidelines aimed to make certain that the latest translation would adapt to the ecclesiology and replicate the episcopal form of the Church of England and its faith in an ordained ministry., 0, LANGUAGE: ENGLISHIn a multi-faith world, Islam is widely regarded as dogmatic and exclusivist. Yet in the Qur an we have a great and worthy example of how to live in diversity, of powerful scriptural tenets that lend themselves precisely to engagement with those of other faiths. As such Islam has much to add to the debate on Religious Pluralism. For Muslims the issue is a delicate one. Aside from being tolerant and respectful of other faiths, advocating freedom of faith, and peaceful coexistence for all humanity, Muslims have to intellectually engage on matters of religious truth whilst defending the validity of their own Islamic tenets. This study is focused on the Qur anic text. It explores the Qur anic conception of normative religious pluralism with a view to providing answers to questions such as whether the Qur an itself regards normative religious pluralism as a value system or simply a method through which the Qur anic world view can be actualized. In doing so the author corrects some highly controversial misquoted, mistranslated, and/or quoted out of context verses of the Qur an, including the so-called verse of the sword and the perception of not taking non-Muslims as friends. In reality, the Qur an calls for freedom of faith and peaceful coexistence, but condemns oppression, religious persecution, and those who initiate hostilities. In this way it not only invokes human dignity, but restores it when it is violated., International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), 6, MP3 Audio CD. The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is a British Protestant narrative of the oppressions of Protestants, several of whom had perished for their faiths during those years abruptly foregoing its first release. It was first released by John Day, in 1563. Sumptuously drawn with lots of diagrams, it was the biggest printing venture commenced in Britain until that time. Generally titled as, Foxe?s Book of Martyrs, the narrative?s complete title starts with Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church. There were numerous successive editions, by Day, and by other editors along the times. John?s unprecedented narrative was copious - the second edition finishing two thick sheet volumes with a sum of 2,300 pages, approximated to be twice as extensive as Edward Gibbon?s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. This publication is more edited from John?s original. John Foxe was a British historian and martyrologist, the writer of Actes and Monuments famously called as Foxe's Book of Martyrs, a narrative of Christian martyrs during Western history but accentuating the oppressions of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the 14th century throughout the regime of Mary I. Broadly had and perused by English Puritans, the narrative helped shape British popular opinion of the Catholic Church for many centuries. John was born in Boston, in Lincolnshire, England, of a mediocrely prestigious family and appears to have been an oddly scholarly and religious child. When he was around 16 years of age, he studied at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was under of John Hawarden or Harding, an associate of the college. John enrolled at Magdalen College School, where he may either have been learning his Latin or working as a junior educator., 0, MP3 Audio CD. ?It is perhaps due to a chance conversation, held some seventeen years ago in New York, that this Diary of the Civil War was saved from destruction. A Philadelphian had been talking with my mother of North and South, and had alluded to the engagement between the Essex and the Arkansas, on the Mississippi, as a brilliant victory for the Federal navy. My mother protested, at once; said that she and her sister Miriam, and several friends, had been witnesses, from the levee, to the fact that the Confederates had fired and abandoned their own ship when the machinery broke down, after two shots had been exchanged: the Federals, cautiously turning the point, had then captured but a smoking hulk. The Philadelphian gravely corrected her; history, it appeared, had consecrated, on the strength of an official report, the version more agreeable to Northern pride.? From an Introduction by Warrington Dawson.At her early 20s, Sarah Morgan Dawson was living in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, when she started having this diary. The American Civil War was enraged. However at first the turbulence appeared to be at a distance, it would finally be taken home to her in private circumstances. Her family's faithfulness were divvied. Her father, although he disallowed of their rift, announced for the South when Louisiana departed the Union. Her oldest brother, who came to be the family ruler upon their father?s death, was for the Union, but he declined to fight against his confrere Southerners. The family kept servants, a few of whom are cited by name in this diary. Sarah was adherent to the Confederacy, and saw with agony and resentment its decease. Her diary, drafted between March 1862 and June 1865, dissertations on matters as common as domestic chores and love stories to those as disturbing as responsibility for her brothers who battled in the warfare., 0, MP3 Audio CD. Chronicles in Hebrew means The Matters of the Days and in Greek meaning things left on one side, these are the last books of the Hebrew Bible followed by Judaism, Christianity, and the two Books of Kings and took precedence to the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. The biblical story imparts of the creation of the first human, Adam and the history of ancient Judah and the first Kingdom of Israel and the reign of King Cyrus the Great. The King James Version (KJV), also referred as the King James Bible (KJB) or commonly the Authorized Version (AV), is an English conversion of the Christian Bible for the Church of England started in 1604 and accomplished in 1611. The texts of the King James Version contain the 39 texts of the Old Testament, an intertestamental chapter consisting of 14 texts of the Apocrypha ? much of which are parallel to the texts in the Vulgate Deuterocanon observed to by Roman Catholics, and the 27 texts of the New Testament. It was first published by the King's Printer Robert Barker and was the third conversion into English granted by the English Church officials. The first had been the Great Bible, authorized in the ruling of King Henry VIII in 1535, and the second had been the Bishops' Bible of 1568. In January 1604, James VI assembled the Hampton Court Conference, where a new English translation was considered in rejoinder to the issues of the first versions comprehended by the Puritans, a division of the Church of England. The conversion is notable for its "majesty of style", and has been depicted as among the very significant works in English civilization and a compelling influence in the formation of the English-communicating domain. James provided the interpreters guidelines aimed to make certain that the latest translation would adapt to the ecclesiology and replicate the episcopal form of the Church of England and its faith in an ordained ministry., 0, Emmaus, PA: JG Press, 2015 JG Press, Emmaus, PA. 2015. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; lightly bumped upper tips and head. DJ: light edge bumps and rubbing to panels. Pictorial laminated boards and spine with white and black lettering. Boards match DJ. 319 pp Folio. The date on the earliest known map of north America is 1500. For the next 300 years mapping America was a difficult matter and at the same time cartography would come of age and produce some of the most dazzling artifacts in American history. The maps faithfully reproduced in this book summarize this great enterprise. A clean very presentable copy. Due to weight no international shipping., JG Press, 2015, 4, New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown, 2002. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Like AN INSTANCE OF THE FINGERPOST, , THE NAAME OF THE ROSE, and Kerr's own Berlin Noir trilogy, DARK MATTER is historical mystery at its finest, an extraordinary, suspense-filled journey through the shadowy streets and back alleys of London with the brilliant Newton and his faithful protégé. The haunted Tower with its bloody history is the perfect backdrop for this richly satisfying tale, one that introduces an engrossing mystery into the volatile mix of politics, science, and religion that characterized life in seventeenth-century London. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} BUND, Crown, 2002, 5<
