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Did Christianity begin as a mystery cult led by a man named Jesus? Did the initiation ritual contain mysterious ceremonies that only Jesus could perform? Who was the young man in the Gospel of Mark wearing nothing more than a sheet? Why was he there? Was he about to undergo the rites and rituals of initiation into the Jesus cult, or was he simply there to be baptized into the faith? Are there other “Gospels of Mark” out there? What do they say about Jesus, his life, death, and resurrection?

This Very Short Introduction audiobook explores amphibians' evolution, adaptations, and biology, from the first emergence of tetrapods onto land 370 million years ago, to how their permeable skin enables them to thrive in their habitat today. T. S. Kemp describes how different amphibians go about their lives, looking in particular at their complex courtship behavior and their extraordinary means of providing care for their eggs and larvae.

William Speirs Bruce was a Scottish nationalist and naturalist who led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (1902-04). He also participated in or led many other polar expeditions from 1892 through 1919, particularly to Spitsbergen. But he is now largely forgotten, compared to other explorers like Shackleton, Scott, and Amundsen.

As the 1980s draw to a close, South Africa is a maelstrom of political violence with the apartheid regime in its death throes. Young Martin Helger is the struggling odd duck at an elite private boys school in Johannesburg, with his father, a rough-handed scrap dealer, and his brother, a mysterious legend. When a beautiful and manipulative American arrives at the family home, Martin soon finds himself wrenched out of his isolated bubble and thrust into the raw heart of the struggle.

The Beatitudes. The Golden Rule. The Lord's Prayer. These are just a few of the central teachings contained within the Sermon on the Mount. Undoubtedly, the sermon is one of the most powerful parts of the New Testament. Most of us, however, know the Sermon on the Mount only in segments, like the famous sections mentioned above. Now you will hear the sermon as a powerful and profound whole.

With all the dramatic listenability of a novel, Prange provides a richly detailed, chronological account of the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Advertising in Army, Navy, Air Force Times, Military History, and World War II magazines.

Uranium is best known for the destructive power of the atom bombs, which ushered in the nuclear era at the end of World War II, but given the effectiveness of nuclear power, nuclear power plants were constructed around the developed world during the second half of the 20th century. While nuclear power plants were previously not an option and thus opened the door to new, more efficient, and more affordable forms of energy for domestic consumption, the use of nuclear energy understandably unnerved people living during the Cold War and amid ongoing nuclear detonations.

Few diseases are more gruesome than typhus. Transmitted by body lice, it afflicts the dispossessed - refugees, soldiers, and ghettoized peoples - causing hallucinations, terrible headaches, boiling fever, and often death. The disease plagued the German army on the Eastern Front and left the Reich desperate for a vaccine. For this they turned to the brilliant and eccentric Polish zoologist Rudolf Weigl.

In The Church Awakening, Dr. Charles Swindoll discusses the challenges, struggles, and priorities of the church in the 21st century. He reveals the problems inherent in the entertainment-based postmodern church and shows how a return to biblical teaching will restore its strength and impact. Swindoll exposes the problems of - and solutions for - the postmodern evangelical church.

On the border between El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico, five lives are about to collide - with fatal results. This is MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block at his rawest and most visceral, a bloody, bawdy, brutal story of passion and punishment - and of lines that were never meant to be crossed - available for the first time in 50 years!

Previously published as Horse Soldiers, 12 Strong is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban. Outnumbered 40 to one, they pursued the enemy army across the mountainous Afghanistan terrain and, after a series of intense battles, captured the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The bone-weary American soldiers were welcomed as liberators as they rode into the city. Then the action took a wholly unexpected turn.

To escape punishment for a murder he didn't mean to commit, insurance man Don Barshter has to take on a new identity: Nathaniel Crowley, ferocious up-and-comer in the New York mob. But can he find safety in the skin of another man...a worse man...a sinner man?

One of the most important and memorable events of the United States' westward push across the frontier came with the discovery of gold in the lands that became California in January, 1848. Located thousands of miles away from the country's power centers on the east coast at the time, the announcement came a month before the Mexican-American War had ended.

Zoey Green ist das Nesthäkchen einer berühmten Hunter-Familie. Als sie bei einem blutigen Zwischenfall in ihrer Stammkneipe dem viel beschäftigten Hunter Blake begegnet, nimmt er sich ihrer an. Trotz all der Gefahren und Mysterien, die diesen Mann umgeben, beschließt Zoey, in seiner Nähe zu bleiben, um den seltsamen Fluch, der auf ihr lastet, zu brechen.

This book covers all aspects of cardiovascular health, including natural strategies, diet, supplements, medications, and lifestyle changes. With clear and straightforward guidance, helping you understand your cardiovascular system and teach you how to prevent, manage, and even reverse heart disease.

Als ich Ashton im Halifax Harbor Hospital zum ersten Mal nach dreizehn Jahren wiedersah, wollte ich auf der Stelle davonlaufen. Dieser Mann hat mein Leben zerstört – doch nun, da ich seines retten soll, beginne ich zu begreifen, dass er mehr Schmerz in sich trägt, als ich jemals spüren musste. Ich ahne, dass er niemals das abscheuliche Monster war, für das ich ihn gehalten habe.

Maély Blanchard macht sich im Jahr 1995 nach Marseille auf, um sich vor ihrem Onkel, dem Kopf einer brutalen Organisation, zu verstecken. Als sie bei einem Überfall in die Schusslinie gerät, wird sie von einem mysteriösen Unbekannten gerettet und taucht bei ihm unter. Der unbekannte Mann ist kein Geringerer als Antoine Russeau. Dieser merkt schnell, dass Maély nicht diejenige ist, für die er sie gehalten hat.

Der verstorbene Dr. Henry Jekyll war ein Gentleman; ein wertvolles Mitglied der Gesellschaft – da sind sich alle einig. Doch wie seine Schwester nach seinem überraschenden Tod erfahren muss, hatte er noch eine andere, finstere Seite, die er vor der Welt versteckte. Einer zweiten, zügellosen Persönlichkeit, die es ihm ermöglichte, seine niedersten Triebe auszuleben. Den monströsen Mr. Edward Hyde.

R. L. Stevensons Roman von 1886 ist nicht nur eines der berühmtesten Werde viktorianischer Schauerliteratur, sondern wird bis heute sprichtwörtlich für gespaltene Persönlichkeiten zitiert.

The alphabet in rhyme – A is for Actor/who's learning his part; /B is for Baker/who's baking a tart.

The November 2006 assassination of former Russian intelligence officer Alexander "Sasha" Litvinenko, who was poisoned by the rare radioactive element polonium, caused an international sensation. Within a few short weeks, the fit 43-year-old lay gaunt, bald, and dying in a hospital, the victim of a "tiny nuclear bomb". Suspicions swirled around Russia's FSB, the successor to the KGB, and the Putin regime.