Author: A.T. Haessly Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1524658383 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 468
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Mary Olamuk begins her life in the trying times of South Africa's Apartheid. Having little, her family is taken in by a successful businessman. Mr. Hemingston becomes her surrogate father. She takes it upon herself to follow the teachings of the Hemingstons and her idolized brother until the innocence of youth is torn from her hands. She loses much in her lifetime, but still she continues to strive for her dream of becoming a doctora healer to those in need regardless of color or class. All was on track, but fate often places us on another road. Her life is taken from her, yet death does not keep her. Years pass, the world changes, and the youth slumbers. She is risen from her rest to the life of a developing Horseman. Angels, demons, and false priests will all play a role in the metamorphosis of Mary, the sister of Conquest and War . She will find her place in the world as the bringer of pestilence and plagues. She must adventure down the path the universe has set for her for her grand becoming. Famine will ride.
Author: Patricia Byrne Publisher: Merrion Press ISBN: 1785371703 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 258
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This is the extraordinary story of an audacious fight for souls on famine ravaged Achill Island in the nineteenth century. Religious ferment swept Ireland in the early 1800s and evangelical Protestant clergyman Edward Nangle set out to lift the destitute people of Achill out of degradation and idolatry through his Achill Mission Colony. The fury of the island elements, the devastation of famine, and Nangle’s own volatile temperament all threatened the project’s survival. In the years of the Great Famine the ugly charge of ‘souperism’, offering food and material benefits in return for religious conversion, tainted the Achill Mission’s work. John MacHale, powerful Archbishop of Tuam, spearheaded the Catholic Church’s fightback against Nangle’s Protestant colony, with the two clergymen unleashing fierce passions while spewing vitriol and polemic from pen and pulpit. Did Edward Nangle and the Achill Mission Colony save hundreds from certain death, or did they shamefully exploit a vulnerable people for religious conversion? This dramatic tale of the Achill Mission Colony exposes the fault-lines of religion, society and politics in nineteenth century Ireland, and continues to excite controversy and division to this day.
Author: Steven J. Lawson Publisher: Moody Publishers ISBN: 1575675048 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 135
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Steven Lawson understands how important it is to feed God's people from His Word. He is concerned that what started as a genuine attempt to attract a broader hearing by moving away from Scripture, has grown into a crisis in the church. He is convinced that we must return to expository preaching, "the man of God opening the Word of God and expounding its truths so that the voice of God may be heard, the glory of God seen, and the will of God obeyed." Lawson calls the church back to Scripture-to restore its commitment to let God's own words speak.
Author: Debra Dunbar Publisher: Debra Dunbar ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 325
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An epidemic is overloading Baltimore hospitals, and this time the vampires are finding themselves susceptible. Those infected are unable to control their hunger, crazed and insatiable no matter how much blood they consume. The timing couldn’t be worse, with a rival Balaj in town for a feast – a rival that would be happy to take advantage of the situation and wrestle control of the Baltimore territory from Dario and his family. As the Baltimore’s Templar, Aria must find out who – or what – is responsible and stop them, before the entire city is at death’s door, all while prepping for the Halloween ritual to rid herself of a demon’s mark on both her skin and her soul.
Author: Ciaran Reilly Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 075096880X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 265
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From a range of leading academics and historians, this collection of essays examines Irish emigration during the Great Famine of the 1840s. From the mechanics of how this was arranged to the fate of the men, women and children who landed on the shores of the nations of the world, this work provides a remarkable insight into one of the most traumatic and transformative periods of Ireland’s history. More importantly, this collection of essays demonstrates how the Famine Irish influenced and shaped the worlds in which they settled, while also examining some of the difficulties they faced in doing so.
Author: Melissa Fegan Publisher: Clarendon Press ISBN: 0191555002 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 294
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The impact of the Irish famine of 1845-1852 was unparalleled in both political and psychological terms. The effects of famine-related mortality and emigration were devastating, in the field of literature no less than in other areas. In this incisive new study, Melissa Fegan explores the famine's legacy to literature, tracing it in the work of contemporary writers and their successors, down to 1919. Dr Fegan examines both fiction and non-fiction, including journalism, travel-narratives and the Irish novels of Anthony Trollope. She argues that an examination of famine literature that simply categorizes it as 'minor' or views it only as a silence or an absence misses the very real contribution that it makes to our understanding of the period. This is an important contribution to the study of Irish history and literature, sharply illuminating contemporary Irish mentalities.
Author: Michael Crowley Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1543486584 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 73
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The starvation, disease, and death caused by the Great Famine (184549) could have been greatly alleviated, if not totally averted, had the people of Ireland known about mussel farming and the abundant supply of this high-protein food source that could have been harvested in the bays and estuaries all around the Irish coast. The causes of the Great Famine, both immediate and in the long term, as well as its appalling consequences, are succinctly presented. The author outlines in laymans language the life cycle of the mussel, Mytilus edulis. Being a filter feeder, this bivalve mollusk has the capacity to monitor the presence of viruses, bacteria, and heavy metals in the surrounding seawater. Thus, marine pollution may be detected and controlled. The author documents his pioneering work that spearheaded the development of the Irish mussel-farming industry. Currently, there are 375 people employed in Ireland in the harvesting of ten thousand tons annually of both rope-suspended and seabed-harvested mussels. He proceeds to give a concise account of the four internationally recognized mussel culture methods. In the event of some future famine or global food shortage, the humble mussel could prove to be the ideal, cheap, plentiful, protein-rich food source to help mitigate the dire consequences of such a scenario.
Author: Christine Kinealy Publisher: Pluto Press ISBN: 9780745313719 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 258
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Written by one of the outstanding historians of modern Ireland, The Hidden Famine examines the impact of Ireland's Great Famine on the city of Belfast.
Author: Charlie Richards Publisher: eXtasy Books ISBN: 1487433387 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 107
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Enforcer Knossis Raund doesn’t know why Fate has forsaken him. He meets his mate, only to discover she’s a happily married woman in a great marriage with several kids. Refusing to bring heartbreak to the family, Knossis seeks out the one thing he can think of that will allow him to still have a sex life—a vampire’s bite. As a vampire wrangler, Chissom Minscote is confident in his abilities. He knows Knossis expects to be bitten by a female vampire. Except, none are available, and the handsome shifter is desperate to feel…something. Chissom is happy to help. Hank Everly is a human who’s been working as a donor for over ten years. He loves the thrill of the bite, but he knows never to get attached. When Chissom asks Hank to help him show a lonely and heartbroken shifter a relaxing evening, he’s happy to help the handsome pair. An unexpected attack, a myriad of injuries, and the intervention of a Horseman of the Apocalypse bring the trio to a crossroads—accept the bond of Famine so they can bring their attackers to justice or die. Can the group learn to care for and trust each other as they unweave the twisting plot against them?
Author: A.T. Haessly
Author: John O'Rourke
Author: Patricia Byrne
Author: Steven J. Lawson
Author: Debra Dunbar
Author: Ciaran Reilly
Author: Melissa Fegan
Author: Michael Crowley
Author: Christine Kinealy
Author: Charlie Richards