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Sang Penebus

I Know This Much is True

Amerika Serikat telah menjadi pelacur dunia, membunuh orang demi minyak murah—demikian pendapat Thomas Birdsey. Dan siang hari itu, Thomas, memasuki Three Rivers, perpustakaan umum Connecticut, menyendiri di salah satu ruang belajar di bagian belakang dan berdoa kepada Tuhan, semoga pengorbanan yang akan dia lakukan dapat diterima. Thomas berdoa dalam diam, mengulang-ulang doa Santo Matius, “Dan jika matamu yang kanan menyesatkan engkau, cungkillah dan buanglah ia ... Dan jika tanganmu yang kanan menyesatkan engkau, penggallah dan buanglah ia karena lebih baik bagimu jika satu dari anggota tubuhmu binasa daripada tubuhmu secara utuh dicampakkan ke dalam neraka.” Lalu dari jaket sweater-nya Thomas mengeluarkan pisau upacara Gurkha yang dibawa ayah tirinya sebagai suvenir dari Perang Dunia II… Apa yang dilakukan Thomas sungguh tindakan gila, namun barangkali dengan cara itu dia menunjukkan kegilaan dunia, ketakwarasan kita. “Dostoevsky modern dengan sentuhan pop.” —New York Times “Tajam ... mengagumkan ... buku yang benar-benar bagus.” —Washington Post Book World “... sangat memukau—dan ungkapan itu bahkan tidak cukup kuat untuk menggambarkan novel ini ....” —Associated Press “Sebuah karya yang kompleks dan kuat ... menghanyutkan pembaca dengan arus emosinya yang deras ... Baca dan menangislah.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch. [Mizan, Qanita, Novel, Indonesia]

"Makan kotoran sana, Birdseed. Kau mendengar maestro bekerja sekarang. Kau
harusnya mencatat." Leo menceritakan bagaimana aku dan dia adalah stuntman
Hollywood dan teman Steve McQueen. Leo bilang dia pernah menjadi stunt di ...

Perimetry Update 2000/2001

... their real clinical effectiveness and usefulness still has to be unanimously
accepted. The rationale for using devices such as the RTA is based on the
hypothesis that the posterior pole could be the first area to be affected in chronic
glaucoma.

A Christian Stroll Through the Hebrew Bible

"In the Beginning God..."

A Christian Stroll through the Hebrew Bible will be a welcome resource for both Christians and non-Christians who feel that their grasp of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) is tenuous. John Wall walks the reader through the major stories and lessons of God’s wonderful message. The story is one of God selecting Abraham to found a nation to be his own possession, but his chosen people prove to be stiff-necked and unfaithful. Nevertheless, the Lord demonstrates his love, compassion, patience, and forgiveness time after time over the ages. The Hebrew Bible progressively reveals the nature of God and his love for all humanity. The epitome of this love is that he would eventually send his only begotten Son—the Word of God, the Messiah, Yeshua of Nazareth—to die for us and bear our punishment as the only acceptable sacrifice for the sins of the whole world!

The Philistines easily captured the weakened Samson, put out his eyes, took him
to prison, and bound him to a pole like an animal. The Philistines often whipped
Samson and forced him to push the pole on a circular path, which furnished ...

Patterns of Attachment

A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation

Ethological attachment theory is a landmark of 20th century social and behavioral sciences theory and research. This new paradigm for understanding primary relationships across the lifespan evolved from John Bowlby’s critique of psychoanalytic drive theory and his own clinical observations, supplemented by his knowledge of fields as diverse as primate ethology, control systems theory, and cognitive psychology. By the time he had written the first volume of his classic Attachment and Loss trilogy, Mary D. Salter Ainsworth’s naturalistic observations in Uganda and Baltimore, and her theoretical and descriptive insights about maternal care and the secure base phenomenon had become integral to attachment theory. Patterns of Attachment reports the methods and key results of Ainsworth’s landmark Baltimore Longitudinal Study. Following upon her naturalistic home observations in Uganda, the Baltimore project yielded a wealth of enduring, benchmark results on the nature of the child’s tie to its primary caregiver and the importance of early experience. It also addressed a wide range of conceptual and methodological issues common to many developmental and longitudinal projects, especially issues of age appropriate assessment, quantifying behavior, and comprehending individual differences. In addition, Ainsworth and her students broke new ground, clarifying and defining new concepts, demonstrating the value of the ethological methods and insights about behavior. Today, as we enter the fourth generation of attachment study, we have a rich and growing catalogue of behavioral and narrative approaches to measuring attachment from infancy to adulthood. Each of them has roots in the Strange Situation and the secure base concept presented in Patterns of Attachment. It inclusion in the Psychology Press Classic Editions series reflects Patterns of Attachment’s continuing significance and insures its availability to new generations of students, researchers, and clinicians.

(It should be pointed out again that Group-A infants fell toward the negative pole
of DFI, and Group-C infants toward the negative pole of DF II. Therefore the signs
of the correlation coefficients are to be interpreted thus: Variables with a ...

Sex And Sex Worship

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Here is the figure of a totem pole from Alaskan countries (Fig. 293) ; note the legs
spread wide apart~—a woman's legs, for they are labeled by the symbols of the
yoni and the profile breast on each foot; the Alaskan artist did not know how to ...

The Thin Line

10 Hate-to-Love-You Romances

There's a thin line between love and hate . . . Just ask any of the couples in these ten enemies-to-lovers romances! Heated words and angry adrenaline turn to primal passion when these foes become friends then fiery, dynamic duos. Marriage by Design: When a new highway project will destroy the homes Angie Corcarelli's family construction business once helped build, she vows to protect his legacy - even if it means battling her best friend's stuffy and infuriating ex. Stuart Perrault needs the highway plans to restore his father's faith in him and get him back on the CEO track. Falling for each other would mean disloyalty with a capital D. Are their feelings strong enough to warrant challenging their family ties? The Tycoon's Wager: To boost ratings and save her radio show, agony aunt CJ Stratt has no choice but to agree to a series of publicity dates with London's renowned playboy, Jack Harper, after she insults him on the air. Jack knows seduction, but he has no idea how to love. Love is CJ's business, yet she's never been seduced. Can they find their way to a happily ever after? Sweet Texas Fire: Gage Cooper has always wanted the family cabin. Instead, his business nemesis, environmental analyst Charlotte Wilkinson, inherits this valuable property with its oil-rich land and its secrets. He'll do anything to reverse this fortune, including eloping to Vegas for a sham marriage. But as they discover common ground and a surprising chemistry together, suddenly Gage must decide what's worth more: the land he's always coveted or a future with Charlotte. Her New Worst Enemy: Ellie Holdsworthy is willing to do anything save her BFF from marrying the wrong man. Even if that means sucking up to her brother's best mate, commitment phobic, playboy businessman Gideon DeLancy, to hold an intervention at his Georgian manor. He doesn't intend to fall for his friend's snarky sister, and he sure as hell doesn't expect their weekend to develop into a full-on sex-fest. But a torrid weekend affair should be the easiest thing in the world to walk away from, so why are they finding it so difficult? Christmas Clash: Candace Ellison is determined to stop the city council's new convention center project from demolishing her new flower shop. Unfortunately, that means she'll have to cooperate with annoying Luke Carrigan, whose family pub is also on the chopping block. Will this Christmas bring miracles or the destruction of everything these old rivals love? An Outback Affair: Cassie will fight to the end for Sam, the nephew she has raised since her sister died. But now Sam's uncle, Joel Caine, has arrived to claim custody and take the boy to Western Australia. How can she win on his territory - and deny her growing attraction for the totally hot Joel? Enlisted by Love: Ex-army officer Matthew Blake is eager to start a new career, until he comes up against the most challenging obstacle he's ever encountered: Greta Ferguson, the interior designer who challenges his every order. Fearless Love: Jake Colt has no interest in handling the Carmichael winery acquisition, but he has little choice considering the business agreement he made with his father. Madison Carmichael refuses to let this interloper take what belongs to her family, no matter what passions he stirs in her heart. When two opposing forces clash, sparks are bound to fly . . . Find Me: Amanda Gillespie never bargained on seeing Jackson Holstenar after their complicated relationship ended with her being asked to leave the law firm where they worked. Now he's in the weird position of trying to help her become his best pal's ideal girl. With a little help from fate, these two confused hearts might just find a way back to each other for good. Ringing in Love: Entrepreneur and single mother Catherine Bennett needs to lease office space in sexy Dominic Russo's building, but there's a big snag. The man is a known womanizer . . . and her professional rival. Then he offers her an irresistible chance at winning a huge contract if she partners with his company. Catherine must decide whether mixing business with pleasure might not be such a bad idea this New Year's Eve. Sensuality Level: Sensual

Pick up the damn pole.” “Oh, shit.” She fell into the hull of the boat and grappled
for the pole. Zzzzzzz. The line tightened and threatened to break. “What do I do?”
He gave the trolling motor a slight jig. “Reel it in slowly. If it starts to pull too hard ...

Perfectionism and Neutrality

Essays in Liberal Theory

Over the past twenty years, the debate between neutrality and perfectionism has been at the center of political philosophy. Now Perfectionism and Neutrality: Essays in Liberal Theory brings together classic papers and new ideas on both sides of the discussion. Editors George Klosko and Steven Wall provide a substantive introduction to the history and theories of perfectionism and neutrality, expertly contextualizing the essays and making the collection accessible to everyone interested in the interaction between morals and the state.

For example, in regard to values associated with art, one can envision a
continuum, extending from noncontroversial values at one pole to values rooted
in specific comprehensive views at the other. At the noncontroversial end would
be ...

Wall Street and the Fruited Plain

Money, Expansion, and Politics in the Gilded Age

"Wall Street and the Fruited Plain delves deep into the parody known today as the "Gilded Age." The last decades of the 19th century saw both industrial and agricultural explosions in the United States. However, the base metal beneath this glittering facade was comprised of sweat-soaked, underpaid laborers, many of whom had just splashed ashore from Europe's seething cauldrons." "In the early years of the period, the nation underwent the wrenching challenge of Reconstruction, nominally resolved in the compromise of 1877. In the Gilded Age, America expanded both internally and externally. The frontier moved from Kansas to California. Trappers, miners, cattlemen, and - finally - homesteaders, with the help of a burgeoning railroad network, fanned out across the central plains and the western plateaus. Wall Street dominated not only the economic and social life of the country, but the politics as well. A series of lackluster presidents between Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt facilitated this dominion and by the end of Roosevelt's first Administration, America had become an adolescent headliner on the world stage." "James T. Wall is Professor Emeritus having taught at the University of Tennessee, Georgetown University, West Point, Edinburgh University in Scotland, and National University of Costa Rica."--BOOK JACKET.

Once Columbus' thesis had been disproved, and there was recognition that a
gigantic land mass — stretching virtually from Pole to Pole — blocked the path to
Asia, the search began. The earliest explorers in the New World had scoured the
 ...

A Defence of the History of Infant-baptism Against the Reflections of Mr. Gale and Others

With an Appendix Containing the Additions and Alterations in the Third Edition of the History of Infant-baptism, that are Most Material

Which has noConnexion with the Thing we are talking of ; but only in pole's
Synopsis it follows next after the fore-cited Quotations out of Katablm and Grotius
•, and Mr. Gale , though he was come to the End of all that was pertinent there,
yet ...

The Orphan's Isle

A Tale for Youth : Founded on Facts

... and far from war's alarms, And all the ravages of hostile arms.” My early
aspirations, as a boy, to fly from my cage and bound round the equator, and then
from M pole to pole, to examine every quarter of the globe,. THE or PHAN's Isle.
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