"She may hae won her freedom, but her war against evil is only beginning. Her name is Jack Harper. She just escaped the clutches of a cult that had held her in thrall since she was a little girl. Now she's on a quest for justice. She discovers that her cult was one cell in a global network known as Infinitum. Armed with an array of burgeoning supernatural powers, Jack sets out to eradicate Infinitum's leadership, all while uncovering an ancient mystery that may hold the key to stopping Armageddon." --back cover.
"For some, the Devil introduces himself as an average man. For others, he crushes their souls and makes them bleed. For Jack, Harper, the Devil renders himself a savior. But things are changing. Once a loyal follower of Cyrus and an accomplished killer, Jack Harper now begins to question everything. There are new, strange forces at work that are intruding on Jack's kills, abilities, and very being. Maybe, though, deep down Jack has been waiting for this intrusion, and maybe Cyrus is not as powerful as he seems."--Publisher description
This revised and expanded single-source reference analyzes all compounding material classes of dry rubber compounds, such as carbon blacks, platicizers and age resisters, integrating detailed information on how elastomers are built up. The work provides practical compounding tips on how to avoid oil or antioxidant bloom, how to adjust electrical conductivity and how to meet volume swell requirements.;This second edition: provides material on government regulations regarding rubber waste; presents current insights into the fast-growing polymer technology of thermoplastic elastomers; discusses the ramifications of the commercial availability of epoxidized natural rubber; and offers a comprehensive tabular chart on the properties of polymers.
The Abode of Love is Kate Barlow's remarkable tale of growing up within a religious cult. Founded in the nineteenth century by a charismatic priest, the Agapemone (Greek for 'abode of love') later gained yet more notoriety when Kate's grandfather, who then led the community, claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Protected from the truth about her family's past by a wall of secrecy, it was years before Kate or her two sisters unearthed details of their grandfather's controversial claim and learned of the rumours that had circulated within the local community of sexual scandals, 'spiritual brides' and peculiar rituals. By piecing together details from old photographs and conversations with some of the elderly ladies who formed the last remnants of the cult, Kate gradually builds up a picture of the world she grew up in and comes to understand the exclusion and unhappiness that her mother and uncles experienced as illegitimate children named Glory, Power and Life in the early twentieth century. Over fifty years on from the sale of the Agapemone estate, which marked the end for the Abode of Love, there is still the question of what to do about the Ark of the Covenant, the church built by Kate's grandfather in north London and under the roof of which he made his outrageous claim. As in all good stories, the end is never quite the end.
Podtitul: příběh o dětství prožitém v náboženské sektě
Kate Barlowová nám nabízí poutavé, humorné a hluboce lidské vyprávění o dětství, které prožila mezi dožívajícími členy neslavně proslulé sekty zvané Agapémoné neboli Příbytek lásky. Tu založil v polovině 19. století reverend Henry James Prince, který tvrdil, že je veden Duchem svatým sídlícím v jeho těle, a hlásal bezprostřední druhý příchod Krista. Zakladatel sekty a jeho nástupce se stali kontroverzními postavami nejen pro své kacířské učení, ale také kvůli takzvaným "duchovním nevěstám", které jim odevzdávaly veškerý majetek a s nimiž plodili nemanželské děti.
Autorka popisuje, jak postupně odhalovala náboženský a sexuální skandál související s její rodinou, praktiky zakladatele sekty a jeho nástupce - svého dědečka, i fakt, že její matka je jedním z jeho nelegitimních dětí zplozených s "duchovními nevěstami".
