This book has a variety of related topics centered around the idea that Israel has an exclusive covenantal relationship with the creator of the universe.Beginning with "The Eternal Covenant," I stressed the covenant of circumcision. The nation of Israel began with the relationship between Yehovah and Abraham, established through a series of covenants sealing that relationship. The promised child born to Abraham and Sarah was Isaac, the first son born under the cove...

This book is a commentary on Daniel 9 in the Hebrew-language based Jewish Scriptures. The first part of the book is focused on verse 25. I provide detailed definitions of Hebrew words, but also discuss verse structure and Hebrew cantillation marks, both of which designate two distinct, independent parts.For a long time I had subscribed to the idea that the verse referred to the coming of the person known as The Messiah. In my youth, at the request of my atheist mot...

Essentially, this book is a commentary on the man responsible for being the architect of the main doctrines of Christianity, Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as The Apostle Paul. I have included commentaries about Jesus of Nazareth, and the resurrection, near the end of the book.I also comment on Talmudism, the Jewish religion whose doctrine revolves around rabbinic oral tradition. When Talmudists mention 'Torah' they mean the 'Oral Torah' - oral tradition! When I mention Torah, I me...

'The Real God Code: The Ten Commandments In The Leningrad Codex' is primarily a reference for the Ten Commandments as rendered in the Leningrad Codex, the oldest, complete manuscript of the Hebrew Language based Jewish Scriptures.The Ten Commandments, found in Exodus 20 of the Leningrad Codex are in verses one (1) through twelve (12). In contrast, the well known King James Bible (KJV), the English Standard Version (ESV) and the New International Version (NIV) each use 17 verses to ...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.“You are what you eat.” Never is this truer than when we use medications, from beta blockers and aspirin to Viagra and epidurals-and especially psychotropic pills that transform our minds as well as our bodies.Meditating on how modern medicine increasingly measures out human identity not in T. S. Eliot's proverbial coffee spoons but in 1mg-, 5mg-, or 300mg-doses, Pi...

Per chi vuole avvicinarsi al Tai Chi Chuan senza farsi intimorire dal peso della tradizione millenaria cinese, affascinante ma molto diversa dalla nostra.Una lettura per ritrovare in noi, contemporanei, le sensazioni e i saperi di uomini che hanno elaborato questa splendida arte secoli fa e per guardare alla pratica di questa disciplina con i nostri occhi di occidentali.Presentare il Tai Chi Chuan in modo originale e accessibile a tutti, anche grazie all’uso di video e immagi...

The opioid epidemic has reached Paradise, and Police Chief Jesse Stone must rush to stop the devastation in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker's New York Times-bestselling series.When a popular high school cheerleader dies of a suspected heroin overdose, it becomes clear that the opioid epidemic has spread even to the idyllic town of Paradise. It will be up to police chief Jesse Stone to unravel the supply chain and unmask the criminals behind it, and...

**What links the shows La Cage aux Folles, Kinky Boots and BARE?When was the first Queer musical produced on Broadway?How has queerness evolved in the context of mainstream Broadway musicals?**Queer Musicals takes a chronological look at queer musicals that have developed on Broadway throughout the second half of the twentieth century the the early twenty first century. Looking at the inception and development of each show, this accessible...

With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson, S.F.Said, Madeleine Thien, Salley Vickers, John Wood and Markus Zusak***'This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...'*...

The opioid epidemic has reached Paradise, and Police Chief Jesse Stone must rush to stop the devastation in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker's New York Times-bestselling series.When a popular high school cheerleader dies of a suspected heroin overdose, it becomes clear that the opioid epidemic has spread even to the idyllic town of Paradise. It will be up to police chief Jesse Stone to unravel the supply chain and unmask the criminals behind it, and...

The opioid epidemic has reached Paradise, and Police Chief Jesse Stone must rush to stop the devastation in the latest thriller in Robert B. Parker's New York Times-bestselling series.When a popular high school cheerleader dies of a suspected heroin overdose, it becomes clear that the opioid epidemic has spread even to the idyllic town of Paradise. It will be up to police chief Jesse Stone to unravel the supply chain and unmask the criminals behind it, and...

Almost GoneHow Walgreens and the Pill Mills Nearly Took My LifeOne doctor. One pharmacy. One mistake that nearly ended everything.This is not a feel-good recovery story.It's a fight-to-stay-alive story.After trusting doctors and prescriptions the way most people do, my body quietly gave out. There was no dramatic collapse, no warning sirens — just silence. When my family found me unresponsive, I was seconds fr...