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 Free Download Siobhan Houston, "Invoking Mary Magdalene: Accessing the Wisdom of the Divine Feminine" English | 2006 | pages: 130 | ISBN: 1591794226 | PDF | 14,3 mb Recent discoveries of sacred texts such as the Gospel of Mary of Magdala and the Gospel of Thomas tell us that Mary Magdalene was independent, insightful, and courageous-a woman so inspirational that her voice can still be heard across the ages.  Free Download Shawn Sarles, "Mary, Will I Die?" English | 2023 | ISBN: 1338680064, 1338679279 | EPUB | pages: 304 | 3.5 mb Bestselling author Shawn Sarles' most terrifying YA horror yet . . .  Free Download Muriel Spark, "Mary Shelley: A Biography" English | 2013 | ISBN: 1847772374 | EPUB | pages: 266 | 3.5 mb Painting a portrait of a gothic icon, this biography recounts Mary Shelley's dramatic life, from her youth and turbulent marriage to her career as writer and editor. At the age of 20, Mary Shelley secured her place in history by writing Frankenstein, now acknowledged as one of the great literary classics. The daughter of radical philosopher William Godwin and pioneering feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley led an unconventional life, which is depicted-with previously unpublished material-in this remarkable biography that was originally released in 1987as a thorough revision of Muriel Spark's 1951 book Child of Light. Spark lends her own talents as an accomplished writer and her sharp intelligence to this fascinating examination of Mary Shelley's life and writings.  Free Download C.S. Knighton, "Letters from the Mary Rose" English | 2022 | ISBN: 0750999381, 0750928395 | EPUB | pages: 282 | 13.0 mb The raising of the Mary Rose has made her one of the most famous ships in history, but what was she actually like in her heyday? This book, based around letters from her days of active service, brings the Mary Rose vividly to life. The letters give an extended flavour of what it was like to serve on her, or to be involved with her supply and maintenance, between her launch in 1511 and that fateful day in 1545. Most of them were written aboard the ship by the commanding admirals and many details are revealed about her day-to-day operation at sea and the various engagements in which she was involved. Also included are the main contemporary accounts of the sinking, including a conversation with one of the few survivors. Forty years on from being raised from the seabed and to a new life as a premier visitor attraction, the documents and images presented here allow the reader to experience life on the seas hundred of years ago.  Free Download Carol Shloss, "Let the Wind Speak: Mary de Rachewiltz and Ezra Pound" English | ISBN: 1512823252 | 2023 | 376 pages | PDF | 64 MB Carol Loeb Shloss creates a compelling portrait of a complex relationship of a daughter and her literary-giant father: Ezra Pound and Mary de Rachewiltz, Pound's child by his long-time mistress, the violinist Olga Rudge. Brought into the world in secret and hidden in the Italian Alps at birth, Mary was raised by German peasant farmers, had Italian identity papers, a German-speaking upbringing, Austrian loyalties common to the area and, perforce, a fascist education.
 Free Download The Sacred Space of the Virgin Mary in Hispanic Literature from Gonzalo de Berceo to Ambrosio Montesino By Lesley K. Twomey 2019 | 403 Pages | ISBN: 1855663236 | PDF | 6 MB This book takes a fresh look at some of the seemingly tired images of the Virgin Mary across the medieval and early Golden Age period in Hispanic literatures. It explores the Virgin as a gateway and as a Temple, as a garden and as a fountain, as a scented space, and as a strong defensive place (fortress or castle wall). It also explores her as a home and as a nuptial bedchamber, and sets these images in the context of known liturgical usage in medieval and early modern Spain.  Free Download Saint worship and the worship of Mary : why devotion to the saints makes sense By Orestes Augustus Brownson 2003 | 173 Pages | ISBN: 1928832881 | PDF | 2 MB Protestants call it idolatry and modernists see it as quaint superstition, but in these lucid pages written over a century ago, Catholic author Orestes Brownson demonstrates that veneration of Mary and the saints is not merely permissible; it's essential for every Christian who yearns to worship God in spirit and in truth.Worship comes from the Anglo-Saxon word weorthscipe, which means "worthy of honor." And Mary and the saints are worthy of honor more than all other created beings. As Christians praise God in the majesty of the heavens and of the earth, so they praise Him by venerating Him in His saints, who are also the work of His hands and whose good deeds are possible only by His grace.Such praise is not idolatrous because idolatry is the act of rendering to created things the worship that is due to God alone. Catholics do pray to Mary and to the saints, but they don't invoke them as God; they call on them as humans - humans whose nearness to God in Heaven enables them to assist us here on earth. Catholics simply ask of Mary and the saints what they ask of each other while they live in the flesh: prayers.Brownson explains that veneration of Mary and the saints arises from two central mysteries of our Faith - the creation and the Incarnation. And he shows that saint worship is not just a pious devotion that Christians can take or leave as they choose. Rather, it must be part of the faith of every Christian, for it serves as a critical safeguard against atheism, pantheism, and idolatry.Saint Worship and the Worship of Mary challenges every Christian - Catholic and Protestant alike - to take a fresh look at veneration of Mary and the saints, and to discover in these wise and worthy devotions sure means to keep alive in their souls the great mysteries of our Christian Faith.  Free Download Susan J. Wolfson, "On Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: The First of a New Genus " English | ISBN: 0231206240 | 2023 | 208 pages | PDF | 6 MB Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) made a pioneering and durably influential argument for women's equality. Emerging from the turbulent decade of the French Revolution, her vindication delivered a systematic critique of the treatment of women across time and place. Drawing on extensive experience teaching and writing about Wollstonecraft, Susan J. Wolfson offers new insight into how Wollstonecraft's particular methods, style, and energy make this case for her readers.  Free Download Elizabeth George, "Nurturing a Heart of Humility: The Life of Mary" English | 2002 | ISBN: 0736903003 | EPUB | pages: 160 | 0.3 mb From the angel Gabriel's announcement of God's plan for her, through the adversities presented by Christ's work on earth, Mary, the mother of Jesus, exhibited courage and humility. In this study, readers will walk beside Mary the teenager...the wife...the mother...the widow...the church member. Women of all ages will discover how to:  Free Download Stephanie Palmer, "New Perspectives on Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: Reading with and against the Grain " English | ISBN: 1399504479 | 2023 | 312 pages | PDF | 7 MB Freeman is best known today for her short regionalist fiction. Recently, Freeman studies have taken new turns including ecocriticism, trauma studies, the Gothic, and queer theory. The essay collection pushes these developments further. Contributors aim at revisiting and going beyond Freeman's regionalism. They challenge earlier feminist readings of the female realm by arguing that her short fiction and novels depict women and girls as violent and criminal, suffocating as well as nurturing; they bring to light questions of race and ethnicity that have been conspicuously absent from scholarship on Freeman, as well as issues of class. Because questions of women's work are central to Freeman's oeuvre, this collection discusses Freeman's acumen as a businesswoman herself, a participant as well as a castigator of turn-of-the-century US capitalism. Finally, essays reconsider the periodization of Freeman by exploring her little acknowledged post-1902 and therefore post-marriage fiction―her war stories and her urban stories. |
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