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With lips slightly parted and eyes fixed on a point in the distance, a breathtaking marble portrait of Costanza Piccolomini appears alive. Carved by Gianlorenzo Bernini in 1636 - 37 for his own pleasure, the portrait of Costanza is one of his most captivating works, but until now little has been known about its subject. For centuries Costanza was identified only as Bernini's mistress, who later incited his rage by betraying him for his brother. Author Sarah McPhee corrects and expands this story in her remarkable biography of a sculpture and its subject.

In the Steel City, "Yinzer" is a term of endearment, reserved for the city's most beloved and embraced by locals as a symbol of the grit and determination that Pittsburgh endows anyone from there. The city's undeniable impact on the character and life of those who grew up there has shaped iconic figures of American sports, entertainment and culture. Legends of the gridiron such as Jim Kelly, Tony Dorsett, Dan Marino and Joe Namath forged their football prowess in Western Pennsylvania.

Samah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands. Filled with love for land, history, peoples it is more than anything else a family story and a love story told with enormous humanity and feeling. How the...

Cynthia is an overcomer, a past victim of human sex trafficking in her childhood. Her story, along with daughter Leanna, was told in a world wide multi-award winning documentary, Another Child, currently available on: Apple TV, iTunes, Amazon Prime, Vudu, Xbox, iNDemand, Dish, Google Play, & Vubiquity. Join Cynthia now, as she shares adventurous stories of how the Lord unveils who He is as we seek to know Him daily in order to bring revelations that inspire us to no longer be defined by our childhood traumas. A mission to provide encouragement, bringing light to this darkness, and enable ...

With rigorous original scholarship and creative narration, Lisa Brooks recovers a complex picture of war, captivity, and Native resistance during the "First Indian War" (later named King Philip's War) by relaying the stories of Weetamoo, a female Wampanoag leader, and James Printer, a Nipmuc scholar, whose stories converge in the captivity of Mary Rowlandson. Brooks leads us to a new understanding of the history of colonial New England and of American origins.

This book contains a collection of academic articles ranging from African-American history, Jewish history, early Christian history, the New Testament, Patristic history, medieval history, and the history of the Reformation. This academic work is a bold quest to capture the essence of history and canon as phenomenalized in the human experience. Scholars and students of history, religion, literary criticism, sociology, anthropology, humanities, and theology will surely benefit from reading this book.

History is important to the understanding of life; it is hoped the reader will enjoy this study of a long-time family, their love for country, and accepting failure and defeat with victory. John-Jehu was said to be a successful businessman, early 1800s, and, since he was fluent in the Cherokee language, he had been in the employ of the Judge Advocate for the Cherokee before 1830. This really lines up with all we have learned of his life, and we hail him as a fine American, a patriot, with all the values that made this a great nation, that is, a voice for the weak, a love of justice, and human progress.

Real radio history unfolds against a fictional fight for survival, as the world's last radio station battles extinction in the streaming age.The six stories you’ll hear throughout OBM will be real. The world they live in, however, will not be. Our Beloved Medium will take place in an alternate reality where only one radio station in the entire world still exists. That’s WFYZ in the fictional town of Port Bonnet, North Carolina. However, trouble looms as tech giant Opus wants to buy the station and simulcast their ‘content’ from their streaming app, Opus 3K.The award-winning Gia Rencone...

Thomas H. York explores Christian deconstruction in its intellectual, ethical, political and interpersonal dimensions, to help pastors and leaders understand the mindset of those reexamining faith in the 21st century context. Reflections on U.S. history connect these issues to major 19th and 20th century movements of moral reform including the abolitionist movement and the civil rights movement.

Em Jesus, o homem mais amado da história, Rodrigo Alvarez recria a trajetória do messias de uma forma inédita, tentando chegar o mais perto possível da informação em estado bruto. Para isso, ele se debruçou durante sete anos sobre textos históricos antigos e as descobertas arqueológicas mais modernas.

This podcast is taken from the YouTube channel 'Al Furqan' with due permission. This podcast will be covering the History of our beloved Prophet مُحَمَّد ﷺ in Malayalam. (Seera of/Seerat-ul-Nabi ﷺ /Muhammad Nabiyude ﷺ Jeevitha Charithram/ Rasool ﷺ thangalude Charithram - Malayalathil, Podcast/Audio/MP3)

Join Stuart Barefoot and Matt Medeiros as they take us behind the scenes of their latest project, Our Beloved Medium.