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Thr3e
Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) is an American author of Christian mystery, thriller, and fantasy novels including ''Thr3e'', '' Obsessed'', and the ''Circle Series''. Biography Dekker was born in Netherlands New Guinea shortly after it had been placed under the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority before becoming a province of Indonesia. His parents, John and Helen, served as missionaries among the Dani people. Ted graduated from high school and took up permanent residence in the United States to study philosophy and religion. In the early nineties, Dekker turned to writing novels. Over the course of three years, he wrote two full-length novels before starting from scratch and rewriting both. He moved his family to the mountains of Western Colorado and began writing full-time on his third novel. Two years and three novels later his first novel was published. To date, he has written over 30 novels and is best known for psychological thrillers and fantasy tales. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renegade (novel)
Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) is an American author of Christian mystery, thriller, and fantasy novels including ''Thr3e'', '' Obsessed'', and the ''Circle Series''. Biography Dekker was born in Netherlands New Guinea shortly after it had been placed under the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority before becoming a province of Indonesia. His parents, John and Helen, served as missionaries among the Dani people. Ted graduated from high school and took up permanent residence in the United States to study philosophy and religion. In the early nineties, Dekker turned to writing novels. Over the course of three years, he wrote two full-length novels before starting from scratch and rewriting both. He moved his family to the mountains of Western Colorado and began writing full-time on his third novel. Two years and three novels later his first novel was published. To date, he has written over 30 novels and is best known for psychological thrillers and fantasy tales. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chosen (Dekker Novel)
Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) is an American author of Christian mystery, thriller, and fantasy novels including ''Thr3e'', '' Obsessed'', and the '' Circle Series''. Biography Dekker was born in Netherlands New Guinea shortly after it had been placed under the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority before becoming a province of Indonesia. His parents, John and Helen, served as missionaries among the Dani people. Ted graduated from high school and took up permanent residence in the United States to study philosophy and religion. In the early nineties, Dekker turned to writing novels. Over the course of three years, he wrote two full-length novels before starting from scratch and rewriting both. He moved his family to the mountains of Western Colorado and began writing full-time on his third novel. Two years and three novels later his first novel was published. To date, he has written over 30 novels and is best known for psychological thrillers and fantasy tales. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thr3e
Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) is an American author of Christian mystery, thriller, and fantasy novels including ''Thr3e'', '' Obsessed'', and the ''Circle Series''. Biography Dekker was born in Netherlands New Guinea shortly after it had been placed under the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority before becoming a province of Indonesia. His parents, John and Helen, served as missionaries among the Dani people. Ted graduated from high school and took up permanent residence in the United States to study philosophy and religion. In the early nineties, Dekker turned to writing novels. Over the course of three years, he wrote two full-length novels before starting from scratch and rewriting both. He moved his family to the mountains of Western Colorado and began writing full-time on his third novel. Two years and three novels later his first novel was published. To date, he has written over 30 novels and is best known for psychological thrillers and fantasy tales. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green (novel)
Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) is an American author of Christian mystery, thriller, and fantasy novels including ''Thr3e'', '' Obsessed'', and the '' Circle Series''. Biography Dekker was born in Netherlands New Guinea shortly after it had been placed under the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority before becoming a province of Indonesia. His parents, John and Helen, served as missionaries among the Dani people. Ted graduated from high school and took up permanent residence in the United States to study philosophy and religion. In the early nineties, Dekker turned to writing novels. Over the course of three years, he wrote two full-length novels before starting from scratch and rewriting both. He moved his family to the mountains of Western Colorado and began writing full-time on his third novel. Two years and three novels later his first novel was published. To date, he has written over 30 novels and is best known for psychological thrillers and fantasy tales. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle Series
Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) is an American author of Christian mystery, thriller, and fantasy novels including ''Thr3e'', '' Obsessed'', and the '' Circle Series''. Biography Dekker was born in Netherlands New Guinea shortly after it had been placed under the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority before becoming a province of Indonesia. His parents, John and Helen, served as missionaries among the Dani people. Ted graduated from high school and took up permanent residence in the United States to study philosophy and religion. In the early nineties, Dekker turned to writing novels. Over the course of three years, he wrote two full-length novels before starting from scratch and rewriting both. He moved his family to the mountains of Western Colorado and began writing full-time on his third novel. Two years and three novels later his first novel was published. To date, he has written over 30 novels and is best known for psychological thrillers and fantasy tales. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Award
The Christy Awards, established in 1999, are awarded each year to recognize fiction of excellence written from a Christian perspective with matters of faith at its core. Awards are given in several genres, including contemporary (stand-alone novels and series), historical, romance (contemporary and historical), suspense, and visionary. In addition, an award is given for first novel and young adult. Designed to nurture and encourage creativity and quality in the writing and publishing of fiction written from a Christian worldview and showcase the breadth and depth of fiction choices available, The Christy Awards are named in honor of Catherine Marshall and her novel '' Christy''. In 2017, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) is an international non-profit trade association whose member companies are involved in the publishing and distribution of Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations Temporary Executive Authority
The United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) and the United Nations Security Force (UNSF) in West New Guinea was established during October 1962 in accord with General Assembly Resolution 1752 as requested in Article two of the New York Agreement to administer the former Dutch New Guinea. The UNTEA administration ended on 1 May 1963. This was the first time in its history that the United Nations assumed direct administrative responsibility for a territory (as opposed to monitoring or supervising). The UN was responsible for promoting and safeguarding human rights at the national level. The United Nations would go on to undertake similar missions in Cambodia (UNTAC), Croatia (UNTAES), Kosovo (UNMIK) and East Timor (UNTAET). History Western New Guinea became the focus of a political dispute between the Netherlands and Indonesia following the recognition of the independence of the latter. The Indonesian side claimed the territory as its own while the Dutch side maint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infidel (novel)
''Infidel'' was written by Christian author Ted Dekker and was released on December 15, 2007. It is the second young adult novel in '' The Lost Book'' series. These new novels span the fifteen-year period that is gapped in the '' Circle Trilogys ''Black'' and ''Red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondar ...''. Thomas Hunter is still the commander of the Forest Guard when these stories occur. Synopsis Stretched to their limits and celebrated as heroes, the chosen will wish they had never been given that thankless task of finding the seven lost Books of History before the Dark One can. Martyn, a new Horde general, emerges and lures Johnis into the Horde city, Thrall, to force him into betraying Thomas. Once there, the chosen four are all caught by the Horde and Johnis is for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinner (Dekker Novel)
The ''Paradise Novels'' is a set of three novels by Ted Dekker Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) is an American author of Christian mystery, thriller, and fantasy novels including ''Thr3e'', '' Obsessed'', and the '' Circle Series''. Biography Dekker was born in Netherlands New Guinea shortly after i ..., written mostly in 2006, and is part of a larger story called the Books of History Chronicles, along with the Circle Series, Immanuel's Veins, the Beyond the Circle books 1 and 2 (The 49th Mystic and Rise of the Mystics), and The Lost Books Books *''Showdown'' (2006) *''Saint'' (2006) *''Sinner'' (2008) Plot The first book, "Showdown" is all about a project started in a monastery in the mountains of Paradise Colorado. There, several children are brought up by monks, raised to be righteous . However, the brightest of the children, Billy, seeks the power that can be found in the lowest parts of the monastery. There, he finds the books of history and writes an evil cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint (novel)
The ''Paradise Novels'' is a set of three novels by Ted Dekker Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) is an American author of Christian mystery, thriller, and fantasy novels including ''Thr3e'', '' Obsessed'', and the '' Circle Series''. Biography Dekker was born in Netherlands New Guinea shortly after i ..., written mostly in 2006, and is part of a larger story called the Books of History Chronicles, along with the Circle Series, Immanuel's Veins, the Beyond the Circle books 1 and 2 (The 49th Mystic and Rise of the Mystics), and The Lost Books Books *''Showdown'' (2006) *''Saint'' (2006) *''Sinner'' (2008) Plot The first book, "Showdown" is all about a project started in a monastery in the mountains of Paradise Colorado. There, several children are brought up by monks, raised to be righteous . However, the brightest of the children, Billy, seeks the power that can be found in the lowest parts of the monastery. There, he finds the books of history and writes an evil cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showdown (Dekker Novel)
The ''Paradise Novels'' is a set of three novels by Ted Dekker Ted Dekker (born October 24, 1962) is an American author of Christian mystery, thriller, and fantasy novels including ''Thr3e'', '' Obsessed'', and the '' Circle Series''. Biography Dekker was born in Netherlands New Guinea shortly after i ..., written mostly in 2006, and is part of a larger story called the Books of History Chronicles, along with the Circle Series, Immanuel's Veins, the Beyond the Circle books 1 and 2 (The 49th Mystic and Rise of the Mystics), and The Lost Books Books *''Showdown'' (2006) *''Saint'' (2006) *''Sinner'' (2008) Plot The first book, "Showdown" is all about a project started in a monastery in the mountains of Paradise Colorado. There, several children are brought up by monks, raised to be righteous . However, the brightest of the children, Billy, seeks the power that can be found in the lowest parts of the monastery. There, he finds the books of history and writes an evil cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Pursuit
''The Great Pursuit'' is a 1977 comic novel by Tom Sharpe. It is a satire encompassing commercialism in publishing and literary criticism. Plot introduction The story is a farce about greed in the publishing world, and the struggle between literature as a high art and the commercial imperative to reduce it to its lowest common denominator. The action takes place in London, New York City, the Deep South and the Maine coast. Plot summary Frensic and Futtle is a small and successful literary agency. But following a successful court case by a woman who claimed to have been libelled by one of their authors, the agency rapidly loses business. One day, a manuscript for a book called ''Pause O Men for the Virgin'' arrives at the agency, together with a note from the author's solicitor, saying that the author wishes to remain anonymous and that the agency has ''carte blanche'' on how it deals with the book. The book turns out to deal with the love affair between an 80-year-old woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |