Early Iranians believed evil had to have a source outside of God, which led to the concept of an entity as powerful and utterly evil as God is potent and good. These two forces, good and evil, which have always vied for superiority, needed helpers in this struggle. According to the Zoroastrians, every entity had to take sides, from the cosmic level to the microcosmic self.
One of the results of this battle was that certain humans were thought to side with evil. Who were these allies of that great Evil Spirit? Women were inordinately singled out. Male healers were forbidden to deal with female health disorders because of the fear of the polluting power of feminine blood. Female healers, midwives, and shamans were among those who were accused of collaborating with the Evil Spirit, because they healed women. Men who worked to prepare the dead were also suspected of secret evil. Evil even showed up as animals such as frogs, snakes, and bugs of all sorts, which scuttled to the command of their wicked masters.
This first comprehensive study of the concept of evil in early Iran uncovers details of the Iranian struggle against witchcraft, sorcery, and other "evils," beginning with their earliest texts.
Immigration and the growing Latino population of the United States have become such contentious issues that it can be hard to have a civil conversation about how Latinoization is changing the face of America. So in the summer of 2007, Louis Mendoza set out to do just that. Starting from Santa Cruz, California, he bicycled 8,500 miles around the entire perimeter of the country, talking to people in large cities and small towns about their experiences either as immigrants or as residents who have welcomed—or not—Latino immigrants into their communities. He presented their enlightening, sometimes surprising, firsthand accounts in Conversations Across Our America: Talking About Immigration and the Latinoization of the United States.
Now, in A Journey Around Our America, Mendoza offers his own account of the visceral, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions of traveling the country in search of a deeper, broader understanding of what it means to be Latino in the United States in the twenty-first century. With a blend of first- and second-person narratives, blog entries, poetry, and excerpts from conversations he had along the way, Mendoza presents his own aspirations for and critique of social relations, political ruminations, personal experiences, and emotional vulnerability alongside the stories of people from all walks of life, including students, activists, manual laborers, and intellectuals. His conversations and his experiences as a Latino on the road reveal the multilayered complexity of Latino life today as no academic study or newspaper report ever could.
Автор: Rosa-Mendoza Gladys Название: Numbers ISBN: 1945296259 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945296253 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 964.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Straffon, Mendoza Название: Art in the making ISBN: 9085550904 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789085550907 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 6019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Provides a surprising answer to the origins of America`s most durable myth. For the first time, this book links the stories and lives of Abner Graves, a mining engineer, and Adam Ford, a medical doctor, two residents of Denver, Colorado. While the actual origins of the game of baseball are the subject of ongoing debate and study, new light is shed on the source of baseball`s durable creation myth.
Автор: Spivakovsky Erika Название: Son of the Alhambra: Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1504-1575 ISBN: 0292741804 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780292741805 Издательство: Marston Book Services Цена: 6930.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Last of the Spanish Renaissance men, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1504-1575) was a master of the humanist disciplines as well as an active diplomat whose correspondence provides insight into the workings of power politics in the first post-Machiavellian decades.
Автор: Mendoza Juan Название: Rudiment Creativity Vol.1: Rolls and Paradiddle Rudiments ISBN: 1387116010 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781387116010 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5276.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Rudiment Creativity Vol. 1 is about achieving your maximum potential as a player and performer. As a teacher, performer and clinician, I have been asked by many drum set students, Why is it important to learn rudiments? What s the point? How can we make music using rudiments? Rudimental and orchestral snare drummers often ask me, Now that I have learned these rudiments, HOW do I implement these rudiments on the drum set in a creative way? Furthermore, most beginning drum students always ask, Do I really have to learn these rudiments, and if so, why? As these questions arose time after time, my thoughts turned towards finding a way to demystify and incorporate creative solutions to these questions. Through countless years of teaching, research and constant experimentation, I have found a variety of ways to implement rudiments on and around the drum set. The main goal of this book is to present various creative/practical applications of rudiments while spring-boarding the use of your OWN creativity.
Автор: Mendoza Diana Название: Beauty Is My Birthmark ISBN: 1728321581 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781728321585 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3619.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Beauty is my birthmark is a book dedicated to my daughter Emely who was Sturge Weber and a Port Wine Stain. I wanted to have something that she can share in her first year of school. This book is also dedicated to all the Sturge Weber and Port Wine Stain families. Growing up and being different is one of the hardest things a kid can go through in school. I put myself in my daughters' shoes and I just wanted to find the easiest way to let others know what it is that she has on her face without being questioned. When you see people staring and looking at you, wondering what it is you have on your face, making you feel uncomfortable. As a parent, it makes us feel uncomfortable I can't imagine the feeling my child has. To all my Sturge weber families you know exactly how this feels. This book will explain it as simple as possible. It is meant for young readers 4 years -9 years, where they can clearly understand that "It's just a birthmark" and that its okay to be different. Being different but still beautiful.
Автор: Hutchinson, Shaun David, Название: The apocalypse of Elena Mendoza / ISBN: 1481498541 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781481498548 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Цена: 2068.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: From the critically acclaimed author of We Are the Ants and At the Edge of the Universe comes a mind-bending, riveting novel about a teen who was born to a virgin mother and realizes she has the power to heal--but that power comes at a huge cost. Sixteen-year-old Elena Mendoza is the product of a virgin birth. This can be scientifically explained (it's called parthenogenesis), but what can't be explained is how Elena is able to heal Freddie, the girl she's had a crush on for years, from a gunshot wound in a Starbucks parking lot. Or why the boy who shot Freddie, David Combs, disappeared from the same parking lot minutes later after getting sucked up into the clouds. What also can't be explained are the talking girl on the front of a tampon box, or the reasons that David Combs shot Freddie in the first place. As more unbelievable things occur, and Elena continues to perform miracles, the only remaining explanation is the least logical of all--that the world is actually coming to an end, and Elena is possibly the only one who can do something about it.
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