Author: Vincent Robinson
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
ISBN: 166292979X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 620

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High up in the Smoky Black Mountains, Amansun and his family live among the great colony of dragons who call the steep and jagged mountain range home. Though Amansun is the eldest of his dragon clutch, he often feels like an outcast, and he spends most of his time venturing to the Great Forest up North, where he finds peace and solitude. His life is one dreary day after another—until one day when he sets into motion something that impacts the entire colony, putting him and his family at odds with the rest of the dragons. The elders of the colony decide to send Amansun on a perilous quest to remedy his mistake, but there is little hope he will succeed. Along the way, he encounters elves, dwarves, stone trolls, and centaurs, all of whom choose to either help or hinder in his quest; he travels farther than he thought possible, across the Barren Plains, past the Old Great Forest, and to a mysterious and dark final destination; and he faces questions about his morals and his place in the world. All mysteries will be answered along the way, and a prophecy of old may even prove to be true. Only time will tell.

Author: Vincent Robinson
Publisher: Amansun the Dragon Prince
ISBN: 9781662947193
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In the second book of the Amansun the Dragon Prince Trilogy, Return to Argonathe, Amansun must continue on his quest to prove himself and complete the task he was sent out on. Though he has already faced many adversaries and obstacles, Amansun now faces some of the most dangerous foes to be found in the lands to the East. With the help of some old allies, along with new friends he meets along the way, Amansun fights his way through one challenge after the other, as he attempts to reclaim his families kingdom at Argonathe at the feet of the Granite Mountains. Making his way from Eladrias Castle, where he has fallen for Princess Lyleth, he must pass through the Lost Hills, Darkwood Forest, and the Eastern Plains, encountering dangerous creatures and beasts along the way. While Amansun travels East, the Under Lord, seeking vengeance for his losses at the Battle of Three Kings, sends out one of his most dangerous creatures to put an end to the Dragon Prince and his quest.

Author: R. A. Salvatore
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062688626
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 429

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This second book in New York Times bestselling author R. A. Salvatore’s all-new Forgotten Realms trilogy—full of swordplay, danger, and imaginative thrills—features one of fantasy’s most beloved and enduring characters, Drizzt Do’Urden. Split between time and two worlds, Zaknafein had always been conflicted. That inner turmoil was magnified by his inferior position as a male dark elf in the matriarchal drow society. Only his status as one of the greatest warriors—as well as his friendship with the mercenary Jarlaxle—kept him sane. When he finally perished, he was content knowing he left behind a legacy as substantial as his son Drizzt. Except . . . someone isn’t ready for Zaknafein to be dead. And now he’s back, hundreds of years later, in a world he doesn’t recognize. His son’s companions are not the prideful—and bigoted—males the drow warrior was accustomed to in his previous life. Drizzt’s circle includes dwarves, elves, and, perhaps worst of all, a human wife. Struggling to navigate this transformed new world, Zaknafein realizes that some things have not changed: the threat of demons and the machinations of a drow matron no longer content with her family’s position in the ranks of Houses. Though he has been displaced in time, Zaknafein is still a warrior. And no matter what prejudices he must overcome, he knows he will do his duty and fight by Drizzt’s side to stem the tide of darkness that threatens the Realms.

Author: Mariana Candido
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107328381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387

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This book traces the history and development of the port of Benguela, the third largest port of slave embarkation on the coast of Africa, from the early seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Benguela, located on the central coast of present-day Angola, was founded by the Portuguese in the early seventeenth century. In discussing the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on African societies, Mariana P. Candido explores the formation of new elites, the collapse of old states and the emergence of new states. Placing Benguela in an Atlantic perspective, this study shows how events in the Caribbean and Brazil affected social and political changes on the African coast. This book emphasizes the importance of the South Atlantic as a space for the circulation of people, ideas and crops.

Author: Melanie Rawn
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 0756403049
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 561

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Second in the bestselling Dragon Prince series returns to a lush epic fantasy world replete with winged beasts, power games of magical treachery, and a realm of princedoms hovering on the brink of war • “Marvelous!”—Anne McCaffrey When Rohan was crowned High Prince and his Sunrunner wife Sioned became High Princess, they swore to keep the peace of the lands and preserve the secret of the dragons, an inheritance they would one day pass on to their only child, Pol, heir to both princely and Sunrunner powers. But the evil influence of the former High Prince Roelstra had not ended with his death at Rohan’s hands. And even as Pol grew to manhood, other young men were being trained in the ways of war, youths descended from Roelstra and claimed by Rohan’s enemies as willing pawns in what could become a bloody battle for succession. Yet not all players in these games of power fought merely with words or swords. For now a foe vanquished by the Sunrunners ages ago was once again growing in strength, an enemy determined to desroy Sunrunners and High Prince alike. And the only hope of defeating these masters of dark sorcery lay in reclaiming the knowledge so carefully concealed in the long-lost- Star Scroll….

Author: Melanie Rawn
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0756403057
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Third in the bestselling Dragon Prince series returns to a lush epic fantasy world replete with winged beasts, power games of magical treachery, and a realm of princedoms hovering on the brink of war • “Marvelous!”—Anne McCaffrey It began with the discovery of the star scroll—the last repository of forgotten spells of sorcery, the only surviving record of the ancient foe who in times past had nearly destroyed the Sunrunners and their magic. Now, as Andry, the new Sunrunner Lord of Goddess Keep, begins to master this potentially deadly knowledge, while Pol, son of High Prince Rohan, seeks to touch the minds of dragons, the long-vanquished enemy is mobilizing to strike again, drawing on forbidden lore to play an ever-shifting game of treachery and betrayal—and secretly infiltrating even the most strongly protected of citadels. And soon, Pol, Andry, Rohan, his Sunrunner wife Sioned, and all whom they hold dear will find it hard to tell friend from foe as spell wars threaten the devastate the land—and dragons soar the skies, inexorably lured by magic’s fiery call….

Author: Amelia Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781080758104
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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What would you do if you found out that dragons are real? And that you have been in love with one for centuries? Abby doesn't quite get life. She is a shy wallflower, but her life is about to take a wild turn as she meets two incredibly hot brothers Ty and Luc; with a huge secret that will transform her quiet little world into a real-life fairytale. But the more Abby learns about them, the more she realizes her fate is directly tied to theirs. Will she be able to keep her heart despite Luc trying to win her over again? Or will Ty finally get the chance he has been waiting for? Claimed by the Dragon Prince is a fast paced dragon romance that will keep you spellbound to the pages as Abby uncovers the dark secrets and the truth about who she really is. Publisher's Note: Claimed by the Dragon Prince is a stand-alone book in the The Fate of the Dragons Series. HEA guaranteed.

Author: Stephen Langdon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Akkadian language
Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Introd. indique : "The South Babylonian version of the second book of the epic."

Author: Toby Green
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022664474X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 651

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By the time the “Scramble for Africa” among European colonial powers began in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for centuries. Its gold had fueled the economies of Europe and the Islamic world for nearly a millennium, and the sophisticated kingdoms spanning its west coast had traded with Europeans since the fifteenth century. Until at least 1650, this was a trade of equals, using a variety of currencies—most importantly, cowrie shells imported from the Maldives and nzimbu shells imported from Brazil. But, as the slave trade grew, African kingdoms began to lose prominence in the growing global economy. We have been living with the effects of this shift ever since. With A Fistful of Shells, Toby Green transforms our view of West and West-Central Africa by reconstructing the world of these kingdoms, which revolved around trade, diplomacy, complex religious beliefs, and the production of art. Green shows how the slave trade led to economic disparities that caused African kingdoms to lose relative political and economic power. The concentration of money in the hands of Atlantic elites in and outside these kingdoms brought about a revolutionary nineteenth century in Africa, parallel to the upheavals then taking place in Europe and America. Yet political fragmentation following the fall of African aristocracies produced radically different results as European colonization took hold. Drawing not just on written histories, but on archival research in nine countries, art, oral history, archaeology, and letters, Green lays bare the transformations that have shaped world politics and the global economy since the fifteenth century and paints a new and masterful portrait of West Africa, past and present.

Author: Uno Harva
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 878

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