1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464665403321

Autore

Thompson Mark L. <1945->

Titolo

Graveyard of the lakes / / Mark L. Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit : , : Wayne State University Press, , [2000]

©2000

ISBN

0-8143-3941-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (418 p.)

Collana

Great Lakes books

Disciplina

977

Soggetti

Shipwrecks - Great Lakes (North America)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Half-title ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: A River of Tears""; ""1. Beached Whales: Groundings ""; ""2. The Cauldrons of Hades: Fires and Boiler Explosions ""; ""3. Fatal Encounters: Collisions ""; ""4. The Curse of the Eleventh Month: Founderings ""; ""5. A Commonsense Postmortem: The Sinking of the Fitzgerald ""; ""6. Bean Counters, Bureaucrats, and Cowboy Captains: The Human Factor in Shipwrecks ""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462210103321

Titolo

To train his soul in books [[electronic resource] ] : Syriac asceticism in early Christianity / / edited by Robin Darling Young and Monica J. Blanchard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8132-1911-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

CUA studies in early Christianity

Altri autori (Persone)

YoungRobin Darling

BlanchardMonica J

GriffithSidney Harrison

Disciplina

248.4/709394309015

Soggetti

Asceticism - History - Early church, ca. 30-600

Syrian churches - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Festschrift for Sidney H. Griffith.

Nota di bibliografia

"Bibliography of the works of Sidney H. Griffith"-- (p. 205-215).

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

; Pt. 1. Poetry and Ephrem the Syrian. Syriac strophic poetry : intercalated psalms / Joseph P. Amar -- Efren de Nisibe, himnos De virginitate, I-III / Francisco Javier Martínez -- ; Pt. 2. Texts, terms, metaphors. Redeem your sins through works of charity / Gary A. Anderson -- A monastic setting for the Syriac Apocalypse of Daniel / Alexander Golitzin -- A Syriac life of Athanasius of Alexandria / Michael J. Hollerich -- Radical renunciation : the ideal of msarrqûtâ / Sebastian R. Brock -- Housekeeping : an ascetic theme in late antiquity / Susan Ashbrook Harvey -- The influence of Evagrius of Pontus / Robin Darling Young -- The Syriac discourses of Beh Isho' Kamulaya / Monica J. Blanchard -- Ode to joy / Shawqi Talia.