REVISED, EXPANDED EDITION

The first manuscript of this book was thrown into the fire just minutes before a secret police raid in Communist Poland.

The second copy was personally delivered to a contact inside the Vatican, only to mysteriously vanish.

The third was pieced together in 1980s New York by the last surviving member of an underground research team, only to be banned from publication...

Until now.

Forged in the crucible of totalitarianism, Political Ponerology is written by psychiatrist Dr. Andrew M. Lobaczewski, who draws on his experience and clinical insight during the decades he spent under the crushing heel of the Nazi and Communist regimes.

Decades ahead of its time, and brimming with unique insights and depth of vision, Political Ponerology explores a genus of highly adapted and charming psychopaths who bend political parties, institutions, and media to their depraved worldview, dividing and hypnotizing entire populations, and paving a virtuous path to genocide, mass repression, and gulags.

From the darkness of past regimes, Political Ponerology brings you the keys to understanding and protecting yourself from today's spellbinding ideologues, and tomorrow's dictators.

This new edition has been extensively revised and expanded, the translation improved and annotated with the latest supporting research, examples, and new material previously unavailable in English.

Essential reading for concerned thinkers and all sufferers of past and present totalitarianism. -Michael Rectenwald, author of Google Archipelago and Springtime for Snowflakes

Fascinating, essential reading. -Philip Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford University, and author of The Lucifer Effect

Narsai, who is variously called the tongue of the East and the harp of the Spirit, is among the most important and influential Syriac authors. His life spanned the fifth century, which was a tumultuous time for Christians following the controversies surrounding the First Council of Ephesus, the Second Council of Ephesus, and the Council of Chalcedon. Playing a crucial role at this critical juncture, Narsai would ultimately be remembered as one of the foundational figures of the Church of the East. The present volume inaugurates the series Narsai: The Homilies, which aims to provide English translations of all the surviving homilies of Narsai. The homilies translated in this volume are On Revelations to Patriarchs and Prophets (I) (1), On Jonah (14), On Peter and Paul (8), On Stephen (10), On Mary (5), and On the Evil of the Time (12).

Are you looking for an amazing workbook that can help your child learn to write?

Then you came to the right place! Take your child on this magnificent adventure through the entire alphabet and all the numbers from 0 to 20 with this Learn to Write Letters and Numbers Workbook.

It goes without saying that every letter and number is like uncharted territory for your little one. The first step is to warm up by doing some lines and shapes tracing. After this, you move on to the letters. You can practice through the correct pen guidance by simply tracing them. The entire workbook comes with visual instructions, a representative word, an image for each letter, and space for them to practice on their own. At last, encourage your kid to spell and read the word out loud and to color the picture. This will get them more involved and make learning more fun!

The next part is dedicated to numbers. Just as with letters he/she will start with tracing the numbers and words and color the image. Make sure that they write it in the designated space and at the correct height.

In the last part, they will learn to write the first sight words. Again, they can trace, write and color the words.

This Handwriting Practice Book is one of the best tools to support your child's writing journey. The reason why is because learning takes place in a meaningful and reliable structure that encourages your child to make further progress.

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This workbook is part of the Isabela & Buzzy series which is ideal for kids of preschool, kindergarten, and primary school who want to perfect their writing skills. Our books are designed progressively from tracing lines, circles, curves, letters, and numbers to easy first words, sight words, and simple sentences. Although our books have very clear instructions at every step, guidance from a parent, teacher, or caregiver is required to help the child.

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Nearly two thousand years ago the seeds of a new religion were sown in the eastern fringes of the Roman empire. An apostle named Paul wrote letters to his small congregations offering support, rebukes, and the outline of the gospel that would come to be known as Christianity. In the decades after came the Gospel of Mark, followed by more letters and more Gospels, controversies and debates, factions and infighting, until finally, Christianity became an empire.

But what if nearly everything you thought you knew about early Christianity was wrong? When read without preconceptions, the available contemporary sources tell a very different story, filled with 'colorful' characters, hardened revolutionaries, political maneuvering, and ideological conflict. In this groundbreaking study, Laura Knight-Jadczyk strips away centuries of assumptions and dogma to reexamine the fundamentals of what we can truly know the early Christians, how we know it, and how that changes our picture of what was really happening in first-century Judea.

Why are there no historical references to Jesus and Christianity until decades after the events of the Gospels were supposed to have occurred? Why do the first non-Christian historians who mention Jesus seem dependent on the Gospels? Why does Paul make no unambiguous references to the Gospels' Jesus of Nazareth? What was Paul talking about? Laura Knight-Jadczyk's answers to these questions are revolutionary. After reading this book, you'll never see the origins of Christianity the same way again.

What will happen to you if you read this book? I'll be glad to tell you. Your paradigm will begin to shift, perhaps only gradually at first. Your assumptions, even your axioms, will be challenged, and this time you will no longer be able to nervously default to the familiar. And all this will happen because you will be seeing the emergence of an exciting new stage of biblical criticism. Laura Knight-Jadczyk has here synthesized the work of a new generation of scholars who are not afraid to venture beyond convention and consensus. She has shown that the work of Wells, Doherty, Doughty, Carrier, Detering, Pervo, and myself are not merely isolated fireworks displays but rather gleams of a new, rising dawn. And in that light she presses on to her own striking advances. Won't you join her?--Robert M. Price, host of The Bible Geek podcast, author of Jesus Christ Superstition and The Amazing Colossal Apostle

Quite a delight, well written, well researched.--Russell Gmirkin, author of Plato and the Creation of the Hebrew Bible and Berossus and Genesis, Manetho and Exodus

Tracing for Toddlers is an amazing First Learn to Write Workbook with step-by-step instructions.

With 110 pages of practice, your child will develop the skills necessary for writing. In order to learn handwriting, kids need to gain control over the arm, hand, and finger movements that are required to form letters and numbers. Therefore tracing is the first step towards writing! It helps little ones refine their pre-writing skills, and builds the foundation for drawing and writing letters and words.

The book will gradually build confidence in tracing starting with:

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PART 2: Tracing uppercase and lowercase letters

PART 3: Tracing numbers

This workbook:

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- It helps them to focus on details

- High-quality glossy cover with gorgeous design

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- 8,5 x 11 book suitable for kids

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This workbook is part of the Isabela & Buzzy series which is ideal for kids of preschool, kindergarten, and primary school who want to perfect their writing skills. Our books are designed progressively from tracing lines, circles, curves, letters, and numbers to easy first words, sight words, and simple sentences. Although our books have very clear instructions at every step, guidance from a parent, teacher, or caregiver is required to help the child.

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The United States has been at war for 227 years of its 244-year history. It is currently at war in seven countries and its special forces operate in 149 countries. While a full history of U.S. wars could fill bookshelves, author and journalist Robert Fantina has distilled this century-spanning succession of warfare into a single volume. His third book published with Red Pill Press, Propaganda, Lies and False Flags: How the U.S. Justifies Its Wars details all the major wars of American history, plus many of the minor and mostly forgotten ones.

From the wars against the Native Americans and the War of 1812, through the period when the U.S. became a super power, to the global killing fields of the past 70 years, Fantina shows how little the playbook has changed over the generations. Propaganda, lies, and false flags: these have been the means to bring the country to war, and they will remain so until we wake up to the deception.

Meticulously detailed and thoroughly articulated, Bob Fantina's latest book is an incredibly valuable resource for citizens across the world. Fantina's core thesis, that propaganda and false flags are not outliers, but vital and significant aspects of US war making is imparted in such a manner readers will return to this book continually as a resource for not just understanding history, but for understanding current and future US wars. -Matthew Hoh, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy

Keep this book on your shelf to quickly lay your hands on the false reasons for each past war, and many of the real reasons too. The latter are always shameful, which is why the former are invented. Not only is this a resource for countering new war lies by comparison with old ones, but with a limited number of nations on earth and the Pentagon's penchant for attacking the same ones repeatedly, you may just find the very lies now on the news already debunked in this book. -David Swanson, Executive Director of World Beyond War

ARMT XXXV is the third and final volume devoted to the early reign of Zimri-Lim, the last king of Mari. It contains a majority of previously unpublished texts, but also includes the revival of documents already published, following collations or thanks to new understandings. The letters published here are those of Hali-hadun, which make the link with ARMT XXXIV, as well as documents from the new generation of mar yamina kings, those who replaced the Bedouin chiefs defeated in the conflict between them and the king of Mari. In accordance with the custom of publishing texts from Mari, the entire file in their names is published here, sometimes up to the end of the reign of Zimri-Lim. The period under study is that during which the armies of Esnunna reached the regions of the Tigris which constituted the heart of the empire of the deceased Samsi-Addu, king of Ekallatum. In this highly complex period, the focus is mainly on Yaggih-Addu, the Yarihean prince, a survivor of the first generation of Bedouin kings, who tried to the last, but in vain, to oppose the power of Mari.

The Odyssey of the Soul
Experiments on the Edge of Consciousness

Discover the mysteries of human consciousness with The Odyssey of the Soul, a fascinating exploration of out-of-body experiences that will take you on incredible spiritual adventures.
This captivating book by Franck LABAT, passionate about altered states of consciousness, reveals the techniques, testimonies, and spiritual implications of astral travel.

Whether you're an avid spiritual seeker, a curious skeptic, or a novice in search of understanding, this guide offers enriching insights and practical advice for those who aspire to explore the subtle dimensions of human existence. With personal accounts, rigorous scientific references and step-by-step instructions, The Odyssey of the Soul serves as a compass for navigating this mysterious and often misunderstood phenomenon.

This book also aims to reassure the reader about the nature of astral travel experiences, providing clear, rational explanations. It highlights the potential of these journeys as powerful tools for spiritual evolution, emphasizing their transformative value.

Get ready to challenge your perception of reality. Are you ready to transcend the physical and
discover what lies beyond? Embark on this transformational journey to free your mind and
perhaps discover the immortality of your own consciousness.

Franck LABAT has been experimenting with altered states of consciousness for over 20 years. He is the French sponsor of William Buhlman, American author and expert in the field of out-of-body experiences.

L'enquete a pour origine un texte de Tacite peu commente jusqu'a present, non explique de maniere satisfaisante. En epilogue des faits memorables de 25, l'auteur evoque, parmi d'autres, la disparition au cours de l'annee, du senateur L. Pison, victime d'un assassinat a Termes d'Espagne alors qu'il remplacait physiquement le gouverneur provincial retenu a Rome par la volonte de l'empereur Tibere. De la famille des Calpurnii Pisones, L. Pison attire l'attention en raison de sa parente avec Cn. Pison soupconne a tort d'avoir fait perir Germanicus, a cause d'un comportement violent et rebelle en Syrie quelques annees auparavant. L'episode criminel fait l'objet d'une etude exhaustive du document (livre 1), en examine les enjeux et les difficultes, s'interroge sur le lien avec le nom de Pison, avec les circonstances troubles de son affectation, avec la methode de l'historien Tacite. Le livre 2 elargit et etoffe la recherche aux cinq siecles durant lesquels les Pisons attestent des fortunes individuelles diverses au sein de leurs lignees. Une micro-histoire politique, sociale, personnelle non limitee a la prosopographie offre une lecture susceptible d'enrichir le regard sur ces siecles d'histoire longue. Les interrogations des Romains, au fur et a mesure du temps, sur le devenir de leur empire et les reactions qu'il faisait naitre prennent une dimension nouvelle. Le regime monarchique, objet de critiques et de detestations variees, masquait les realites vecues. La noblesse romaine n'obeissait pas alors aux categories des noblesses des epoques europeennes posterieures dont les titres, expression d'une parcelle de pouvoir plus ou moins etendue, structuraient plus que le nom la posterite et la longevite. Pouvoir ou popularite, quelle etait la question accrochee au nom des Pisons, a leur memoire?

There are a variety of concepts and verbs that are used when expressing a sort of relationship with God: Does one pray, worship, serve God? How does one address God and which titles can be used? Where does one worship and serve God? How does one express sacrificing? What verbs and concepts are used to indicate mourning? All these key-concepts and verbs are analysed in this volume. Whereas the focus of this volume is on the Greek Biblical, Septuagintal text, these concepts and verbs are also traced from the Hebrew Bible, via the Greek Old Testament, and further into the New Testament and the patristic literature.

Der Sentenzenkommentar des Durandus von St. Pourcain nimmt, was seine Originalitat und seine Bedeutung fur die philosophische und theologische Mediavistik angeht, eine herausragende Stellung unter den Sentenzenkommentaren des 14. Jahrhunderts ein. Zum einen ist er ein einzigartiges Dokument fur die Debatten vor allem innerhalb des Dominikanerordens um die Bedeutung des Thomas von Aquin und die Verbindlichkeit seiner Lehrmeinungen fur den Orden. Zum anderen steht der Sentenzenkommentar des Durandus fur die wachsende Bedeutung, die dieses Genre am Ende des 13. und zu Beginn des 14. Jahrhunderts wiedererlangt. Von einem Pflichtstuck am Beginn der akademischen Karriere wie etwa bei Thomas von Aquin wird der Sentenzenkommentar nun zu einer wichtigen Schriftgattung eines Magisters der Theologie, die ihn seine ganze akademische Karriere uber begleitet. Buch II, Distinktionen 6-21 In den Distinktionen 6-21 des zweiten Buches widmet Durandus sich im Anschluss an Bd. 2,1 weiteren Fragen zur Engelslehre, kommentiert dann das gottliche Schopfungsgeschehen und beginnt seine Untersuchung zum Sundenfall, die in Bd. 2,3 ihren Abschluss findet. In diesem Abschnitt finden sich einige wirkmachtige Ansichten des Durandus, so zum Beispiel seine Erorterungen zur Freiheit und Sprache der Engel, zu den Himmelskorpern und deren Einfluss auf den Menschen, zum Problem der Ersten Materie oder zum ontologischen Status des Kompositums.

A philological commentary on the book of Ben Sira accompanied by a full translation of the Greek text in the Septuagint. Similar in content to the book of Proverbs, and though not canonical, but read and studied by the ancient Jewish community, as shown by a considerable quantity of fragments of its Hebrew original discovered in a storage room of a synagogue in Cairo and among the documents discovered in Qumran caves and the Judaean Desert. All these data as well as two ancient Syriac translations have been fully taken into account.

All Athenian black-figure vases - unique masterpieces as well as mass-produced vases - reflect the conventions of Athenian pictorial language. The starting point for this study is that knowledge of this pictorial language provides a better comprehension of the meaning of the representations. Athenians in the 6th century BCE knew its conventions intimately, and one can assume they could easily understand vase-paintings because a few elements or a specific combination of elements were sufficient for them to identify the whole picture. The modern viewer, however, can only approach the intuitive knowledge of the ancient viewer by studying and analysing the surviving images. This study focuses on mass-produced vases, because large numbers provide vital statistical evidence for understanding the meaning of gestures, attributes, and other details, which makes it possible to deduce the rules of Athenian pictorial language and to recognise what is usual and normal, or unusual and exceptional. The methodology is demonstrated in an introductory case study of the type scene 'Fighting men separated'. Since the visual artists' use of pictorial language resembles the way in which in oral poetry a singer tells the story by using type scenes, formulaic verses, and epitheta ornantia while adding, omitting, or varying details and names, in this study terms are used that are borrowed from literary studies of Homer's oral poetry like type scene (the compositional schema or general arrangement of a depiction), subtypes, and typical elements (e.g., figure types, attributes, gestures, and other details). In this study the imagery of more than 1,200 Athenian black-figure vase-paintings of the type scene 'Chariot in profile' is examined. Three subtypes are distinguished: 'Hoplites and other men leaving' (with a hoplite and charioteer in or near the chariot, and representations with an unarmed man instead of the hoplite in or near the chariot), 'Wedding Procession' (with a woman as passenger in the chariot and a man holding the reins), and 'Apotheosis of Herakles and divine departures' (with Herakles and Athena in or near the chariot, and related representations of gods driving chariots). The conclusions of this investigation are that Athenian vase-painters composed their paintings according to a commonly understood system of pictorial language; that they were free to make variations, additions, and omissions, but stayed within the boundaries of the system and did not randomly add or omit figures; that innovative compositions were based upon existing compositions with a related meaning, since new images had to be easily and quickly understandable by the public; and that typical elements could have different meanings depending on their context. Since the painters composed the paintings according to a commonly understood system of pictorial language, knowledge of this system will help the modern viewer to understand the deeper meanings of paintings that at first sight are hard to grasp.

The treatise by the Pseudo-Dionysius De Mystica Theologia was translated into Latin in the ninth century, but it had to await the first decades of the thirteenth to receive interpretation and commentary. Thomas Gallus, a member of the Victorine School at Paris, glossed the Latin version of Iohannes Sarracenus in 1233. This new, critical edition and translation are based upon all five manuscripts, two of which are recent discoveries. The commentary by Bishop Grosseteste was made at Lincoln around 1242. It was based upon his new version of the Greek text. Both are published here with a translation. These earliest Latin commentators ventured a full-scale reappropriation of the contents of The Mystical Theology. They explored the trans-conceptual ecstasy of the individual soul that passes through purification and illumination to union with God by means of an exceptional grace of divine love. Between them they provided the context which not only the later mystical theology of monastery and university but also the actual spiritual experience of countless souls was formed.

The aim of this book is to find an answer to the question: how did St. Thomas Aquinas (1224/5 - 1274) use Holy Scripture in his theology? Distinguishing between a quantitative method for determining the place of Scripture in a theological text, and a qualitative method for determining its functions, the author of this study concludes that Aquinas does not only use Scripture in several functions in his theology, but first and foremost regards Scripture as source and framework of theology itself. While an analysis of Aquinas' texts on the resurrection of Christ shows the functioning of Scripture as a factor within the text, but also as a precondition for the text, a series of comparisons between different subject matters, literary genres and sources show that the importance of Scripture is a characteristic of Aquinas' theology in its entirety, even at places where Scripture is not quoted at all. This conclusion does not only show the ecumenical importance of Aquinas' theology, but also the relevance of his theological manner of reading Scripture for modern theologians.

Aaron LeBeau crashes into my life as my savior. But he is no prince.

He is everything I shouldn't crave.

A danger, sending all the wrong signals while awakening all the right things.

Aaron LeBeau.

A heartless alpha.

An undefeated Formula 1 driver.

A dark enigma.

... And the man who trapped me into an agreement.

I was supposed to unravel who he is, without shattering my rules.

I didn't sign up for a whirlwind passion of a twisted role-play of the hunter and the prey.

Nor for our demons to be magnetically attracted, our chemistry to be haunting,

our broken souls to understand each other.

I promised I would never be his; body, soul, heart.

And that's a promise he's hell-bent on breaking.

Love.

A banned word from our vocabulary.

Significant.

It has never been a possibility for us.

A mutual salvation, or mutual destruction.

Breaking or freeing each other.

Healing or getting ripped apart.

A fatal game.

Aurore Bardot is not the main character. She is stuck on the bad side of the tale, identifying way more with the villainess, which is inconvenient for a romance author. Her lack of inspiration is a curse she'll have to end to give hope to her sister by proving to her that reality can be just like a fairy tale.

But there is a plot twist in the shape of the man she loathes most in the entire universe.

Spectre, an anonymous artist, who made a name for himself by unwittingly making her his masterpiece known worldwide as The Sad Girl in a moment she would have preferred to forget forever. On a whim, Aurore decides to write this stranger a polite letter by flattering his qualities as a despicable person.

She would have never expected him to reply to her.

Even less, for him to offer her a golden opportunity in exchange for being his muse.

On paper, he's the opposite of her chaotic self-he is icy-cold, unemotional, and leaves no room for imperfection. And yet, they have more in common than it seems. One thing being that neither of them was ready to feel their heart flutter.

Even worse than that, he may be Aurore's only chance to get her happy ending in a way she never imagined.

After all, the man she hates had always wanted her, and this time, he won't let her go.

Aurore Bardot is not the main character. She is stuck on the bad side of the tale, identifying way more with the villainess, which is inconvenient for a romance author. Her lack of inspiration is a curse she'll have to end to give hope to her sister by proving to her that reality can be just like a fairy tale.

But there is a plot twist in the shape of the man she loathes most in the entire universe.

Spectre, an anonymous artist, who made a name for himself by unwittingly making her his masterpiece known worldwide as The Sad Girl in a moment she would have preferred to forget forever. On a whim, Aurore decides to write this stranger a polite letter by flattering his qualities as a despicable person.

She would have never expected him to reply to her.

Even less, for him to offer her a golden opportunity in exchange for being his muse.

On paper, he's the opposite of her chaotic self-he is icy-cold, unemotional, and leaves no room for imperfection. And yet, they have more in common than it seems. One thing being that neither of them was ready to feel their heart flutter.

Even worse than that, he may be Aurore's only chance to get her happy ending in a way she never imagined.

After all, the man she hates had always wanted her, and this time, he won't let her go.

I was the woman who believed in fairy tales; he was the monster of them.

The Devil of Ravencliff Manor.

The Phantom.

Radcliff.

Escorted by a prince, my obsession led me to the villain's lair, with no hope for rescue.

Trapped inside his greenhouse, our once upon a time began with a flower.

More accurately, with a scent that captivated me.

I signed my soul over to the man who represented my sinister nightmares.

The one known to belong to the cruel shadows, who offered me my perfumer's dream.

He demanded the impossible: the missing piece of his kingdom of sins.

I stalked the impossible: his humanity.

This is our dark tale.

When beauty met ugliness.

When light met darkness.

When heaven met hell.

A tale of obsession.

Filofax - the great survivor turned indispensable cult

- But how do you choose the size and the inserts from so many on offer?

- How do you select the design to work best for you?

- How does your Filofax fit into and enhance your life?

Whether you're thinking of getting your first Filofax organiser, have just bought it or are a long-term user, this guide will help you get the best out of it, from the basics to the clever stuff.

- Easy A-Z format

- In-depth review of different designs (and their quirks!)

- Secret features users might not suspect exist

- Timeline of Filofax's history through the last 100 years

- Introduction to other leading manufacturers of organisers (Gillio, Van Der Spek)

Several years of pain, fun and experience are brought together in one book which will suit both new and established users.