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The epic poem Paradise Lost tells the story of the fall of man. The poem details Satan's journey to the Garden of Eden and his intent to destroy God's new creation, and examines the personalities and motivations of Adam and Eve, before and after the fateful temptation. Paradise Regained was published four years after Paradise Lost, and alternatively focuses on the temptation of Christ and the recapturing on all that man had lost in Paradise Lost....
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Paradise Lost depicts both the adventures of Satan and the lives of Adam and Eve. Beginning with Satan's promise to corrupt God's Earth, Milton tells the tale of how Satan entered the Garden of Eden and filled Adam and Eve's angelic existence with sin. Written in blank verse, this seventeenth-century English poem solidified Milton's reputation as one of the greatest poets of his time. John Milton's sequel to Paradise Lost chronicles the temptation...
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Sixteen-year-old Sharon Hall is now a star, having survived the brutal reality show called "The Battle." And with that title comes all the benefits--and dangers--of a world run by greed and ruled by money.
Though her city received the money it needed to begin rebuilding its fractured economy, the latest season of "The Battle" has left Sharon's life in ruins. With the friends she loved now buried under her feet, Sharon...
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"The biggest mistake any of us could make would be to underestimate Satan."
The seventeenth century and present day are seamlessly intertwined as Satan vents to an audience about her frustration at being cast out of Heaven and her thoughts on oppression. When she finds out that God has created delicate new creatures called "humans," she crafts a plan for revenge and betrayal on the Almighty.
Erin Shields turns Heaven and Hell upside down in this witty,...
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Paradise Lost (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by John Milton
Making the reading experience fun!
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis
*Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols
*A review quiz and essay topics. Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night...
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Lost Angels Paradise High volume 1
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Meet Alex Martinez - your average 14 year-old girl who attends Paradise High, a special integrated high school composed of humans and...Angels?!? Get ready for a Los Angeles skyline like you've never seen before! But when half the student body has wings, high school is more complicated - and deadlier - than ever.
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Lee Gibson has problems. He's a traumatized and wounded war vet, he's an alcoholic, and being a private detective looked a lot better in the brochure. He hasn't had a real case in quite a while. Enter his saving grace, Maggie, who comes to him in desperation with a missing persons case.
She wants him to locate a missing computer hacker but is tight-lipped about why he disappeared, where he's disappeared, or what he's running from.
Lee's search...
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Gale Researcher Guide for: John Milton's Paradise Lost is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
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Lost Angels Paradise High volume 3
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Detective Martinez learns more about "The Tower of the Book," even as her Angel partner Pyr'ell deals with rising conflicts on the streets of L.A. Meanwhile Alex delves deeper and deeper into Old Santa Monica to discover a terrifying truth.
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Lost Angels Paradise High volume 2
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Following the tragedy at Paradise High -- the integrated high school for Angels and humans -- police and administrators are looking for suspects, creating schoolwide tension and intrigue. But Alex sees something the rest of them do not: a clue that leads her directly into danger.
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Lost Angels Paradise High volume 5
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From the ruins of Old Santa Monica to the peaks of the Silver City's spires, it all comes down to this! In the epic climax to "Paradise High," Alex is trapped, and the only way out -- is a long way down.
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Lost Angels Paradise High volume 4
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Who is behind the tragedy that occurred at Paradise High? Alex comes face to face with the culprit. Are they angel or human? Both? Neither? The answers will shake the foundations of both the Silver City and Los Angeles!
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This volume presents superb royalty-free reproductions of all 50 plates Doré created for a 19th-century edition of "Paradise Lost." Among the events depicted: the expulsion of Satan from Heaven, Adam and Eve in Paradise, the nine-day fall of Lucifer's legions to Hell, the Creation, the temptation of Eve, and the Flood.
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Terror in Australia: Workers' Paradise Lost, by veteran journalist John Stapleton, is a beautifully written snapshot of a pivotal turning point in the history of the so-called Lucky Country. This book is a sidewinding missile into the heart of Australian hypocrisy. In 2015 there were well attended Reclaim Australia demonstrations in every major capital city, all protesting what the demonstrators saw as the growing Islamization of Australia, along...
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Set in and around New York City in the early 19th Century, Victoria Woodhull and sister, Tennessee Celeste Claflin take the city by storm as they challenge morality, fashion, economics, social justice, and equal pay for equal work. Leveraging their wealth as the sisters become famous on the lecture circuit, they fight for women's rights, suffrage and enter into the political arena as Victoria is nominated by the American Equal Rights Party to run...
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Jim Cameron takes St Cuthbert's rugby team to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Jealousy and the competition create problems from the beginning. When a teenage girl's body is found dead on the beach, the drama intensifies. The tension between the teams results in violence and accusations.
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When John Milton (1608–1674) set out to retell the story of the Bible, he sought to do what no epic poet had ever accomplished: to lay out in verse the Christian story of creation and the fall of humankind. It is Milton's Satan who most captures the reader's imagination, seducing us just as he seduces Eve; his pride, rebellion and impressive oratory make him a compelling and popular literary figure. Yet for all Satan's rhetoric, Milton – himself...
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Noted writer Jay Atkinson recreates Jack Kerouac's legendary On the Road journeys in contemporary North America.
Jack Kerouac's iconic 1950s novel On the Road is a Beat Generation classic, chronicling the adventures and misadventures of Kerouac's travels crisscrossing North America with Neal Cassady, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and other colorful companions. Now gifted writer Jay Atkinson hits the road to retrace Kerouac's legendary journey...
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