Enter a dazzling world where light and color combine to create a fantasyland in glass. Beginning with the earliest examples of this most beautiful art form, trace its development from masterpieces in renowned cathedrals such as Chartres and Canterbury on through the art deco wonders of Tiffany, and discover how modern innovations revolutionized glassmaking techniques.

photos and descriptions of the stained glass windows of Washington Naitonal Cathedral

The Jewels of Happiness is a treasure chest of wisdom and joy - a compilation of succinct and insightful pieces of prose, practical exercises and uplifting aphorisms and verse, many of them published here for the first time. Addressing themes such as peace, enthusiasm and love, the self-contained chapters combine to create a wonderful tapestry of inspiration. Sri Chinmoy's easy-to-follow exercises, based on perennial ancient wisdom, are truly pertinent for the modern era and perfectly suited to our fast-paced lives - his amazing ability to offer positive help and insight speaks to each reader as if the words were written just for them.

"Linda Cruz has written about the Bride of Christ from a unique perspective, as being adorned with the jewels originally worn by Lucifer. She outlines from the beginning of Scripture what she sees as the evidence for this perspective. She concludes that this is why the Church has to war with Lucifer. It is a fresh, revelational perspective. Read it and let God enlarge your understanding." -Barbara J. Yoder, Senior Pastor of Shekinah Christian Church Discover the real story of "blood diamonds." Learn the secret behind the "bling." This book will take you on a mystical journey through dreams and visions as it traces jewels from the Garden of Eden to the New Jerusalem. You will learn the secret of the jewels, your eternal destiny, and how to prepare for the apocalypse and the greatest explosion of glory ever. Did you know: Jewels existed before the creation of the world. Jewels are symbolic of spirits. Lucifer was once covered with jewels. Birthstones originated from the twelve tribes of Israel. Jewels are at the center of cosmic conflict. Jewels have recently been falling from heaven. This book will help you understand that you are God's most precious possession! Linda Cruz is a dynamic teacher with a prophetic mantle. The Lord speaks to her often in dreams and through revelation of Scripture. She has a tender heart for the Lord and for his people. Having been ordained by Vineyard Christian Fellowship and by Foursquare Gospel Church, she has over twenty-five years experience as a pastor and church planter. Linda has organized and spoken at various retreats and conferences. Her degrees include a BA in English from Indiana Wesleyan University and a M.Div. from Regent University. Linda is available for speaking engagements and can be contacted through her website at www.allhisjewels.org.

The four jewels of power had been created by a priestess in the days when the Covenant between the people and the Guardian of the land had been threatened. The heirs of her line held the Jewels - one of each of the sovereign elements - and through them, ruled Westria. In the sixth century of the Covenant, the Estates of Westria petitioned the King to marry, so that he might have an heir. So the King and his companions set out to find a Lady for Westria - a woman who would become both the mistress of his heart and the Mistress of the Jewels.

JEWels is the first of its kind: the living tradition of Jewish stories and jokes transformed into poems, recording and reflecting Jewish experience from ancient times through the present day. In this novel hybrid—jokes and stories boiled down to their essence in short poems—Jewish witticism is preserved side by side with evocative storytelling and deepened with running commentary and questions for discussion. Illuminated here are jewels from journeys, from the Old Country, from Torah, shaped by the Holocaust, in glimpses of Jewish American lives, in Jewish foods, in conversations with God, and on the meaning of life. Jewish comedians (Lenny Bruce, Jackie Mason) appear alongside writers and musicians (Elie Wiesel, Sholem Aleichem, Itzhak Perlman) and Hasidic rabbis (the Baal Shem Tov, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov), yet most of the tellers are ordinary Jews. In this cacophony of ongoing dialogue, storytellers, rabbis, poets, and scholars chime in with interpretations, quips, and related stories and life experiences. In JEWels each of us can see our own reflection.