Author: Subhas
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039118828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
IMAGINATION DRIFT: SPACE FOR EVERMORE is the conclusion of the trilogy. The protagonists are spirited energy forms and their stories merge the human and animal worlds with all its rationalities and irrationalities; its realities and fantasies set in galactic space with references to life-forms on the planet. BOOK ONE: A PRINCE FOR THREE DAYS is a satiric story that focuses on King Zalador and his quest to secure a place on the Supreme Council. However, he must fulfil the requirements of a wish to achieve his objective. It takes three-tries and three-days to achieve success. The conclusion ends in the death of his wish-partner, Malcolm. Zalador’s appeal to the Council, that it was not his fault that Malcolm was killed, is rejected. BOOK TWO: THE CHALLENGE. Zalador is given a second chance but he is asked to assist a young lion, the Major, in finding a wish-partner to complete the requirements for entrance into the Supreme Council. The difficulty is that there are two lions competing for a single position on the Council and this becomes THE CHALLENGE. Zalador completes the requirements of the wish and is accepted as the new Supreme Councillor. The Major is disqualified on a technicality. BOOK THREE: SPACE FOR EVERMORE details the Major’s despair and Zalador’s concern in assisting the Major achieve his position and ascendancy to become the Chief of the Galactic Assembly and the Protector of All Lion Spirits. The Major requests the transformation into a human-people to complete the wish and he is drawn into a bewildering experience. To his chagrin Zalador has to pretend that he is not a lion during this encounter. The two lions, after multiple meetings are accepted into the Supreme Council. Major gains control of the Council renames it to be called the Galactic Assembly The Major and Zalador are successful in making changes to the Assembly, but it is the Open-Door Policy of allowing all lions into the Galactic Assembly that undermines their position.
Imagination Drift: Space for Evermore
Author: Subhas
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039118828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
IMAGINATION DRIFT: SPACE FOR EVERMORE is the conclusion of the trilogy. The protagonists are spirited energy forms and their stories merge the human and animal worlds with all its rationalities and irrationalities; its realities and fantasies set in galactic space with references to life-forms on the planet. BOOK ONE: A PRINCE FOR THREE DAYS is a satiric story that focuses on King Zalador and his quest to secure a place on the Supreme Council. However, he must fulfil the requirements of a wish to achieve his objective. It takes three-tries and three-days to achieve success. The conclusion ends in the death of his wish-partner, Malcolm. Zalador’s appeal to the Council, that it was not his fault that Malcolm was killed, is rejected. BOOK TWO: THE CHALLENGE. Zalador is given a second chance but he is asked to assist a young lion, the Major, in finding a wish-partner to complete the requirements for entrance into the Supreme Council. The difficulty is that there are two lions competing for a single position on the Council and this becomes THE CHALLENGE. Zalador completes the requirements of the wish and is accepted as the new Supreme Councillor. The Major is disqualified on a technicality. BOOK THREE: SPACE FOR EVERMORE details the Major’s despair and Zalador’s concern in assisting the Major achieve his position and ascendancy to become the Chief of the Galactic Assembly and the Protector of All Lion Spirits. The Major requests the transformation into a human-people to complete the wish and he is drawn into a bewildering experience. To his chagrin Zalador has to pretend that he is not a lion during this encounter. The two lions, after multiple meetings are accepted into the Supreme Council. Major gains control of the Council renames it to be called the Galactic Assembly The Major and Zalador are successful in making changes to the Assembly, but it is the Open-Door Policy of allowing all lions into the Galactic Assembly that undermines their position.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039118828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
IMAGINATION DRIFT: SPACE FOR EVERMORE is the conclusion of the trilogy. The protagonists are spirited energy forms and their stories merge the human and animal worlds with all its rationalities and irrationalities; its realities and fantasies set in galactic space with references to life-forms on the planet. BOOK ONE: A PRINCE FOR THREE DAYS is a satiric story that focuses on King Zalador and his quest to secure a place on the Supreme Council. However, he must fulfil the requirements of a wish to achieve his objective. It takes three-tries and three-days to achieve success. The conclusion ends in the death of his wish-partner, Malcolm. Zalador’s appeal to the Council, that it was not his fault that Malcolm was killed, is rejected. BOOK TWO: THE CHALLENGE. Zalador is given a second chance but he is asked to assist a young lion, the Major, in finding a wish-partner to complete the requirements for entrance into the Supreme Council. The difficulty is that there are two lions competing for a single position on the Council and this becomes THE CHALLENGE. Zalador completes the requirements of the wish and is accepted as the new Supreme Councillor. The Major is disqualified on a technicality. BOOK THREE: SPACE FOR EVERMORE details the Major’s despair and Zalador’s concern in assisting the Major achieve his position and ascendancy to become the Chief of the Galactic Assembly and the Protector of All Lion Spirits. The Major requests the transformation into a human-people to complete the wish and he is drawn into a bewildering experience. To his chagrin Zalador has to pretend that he is not a lion during this encounter. The two lions, after multiple meetings are accepted into the Supreme Council. Major gains control of the Council renames it to be called the Galactic Assembly The Major and Zalador are successful in making changes to the Assembly, but it is the Open-Door Policy of allowing all lions into the Galactic Assembly that undermines their position.
Chosen One (Forever Evermore, #6)
Author: Scarlett Dawn
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1489253521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The next book in the best-selling Forever Evermore series as Caro goes where no spirit elemental has gone before... When Philip Masterson sends Caro back in time, he doesn't expect to set off a series of events that will see her return stronger and more powerful than ever before. But her time spent with the Prodigies, Kings, and Elders in the nineties has long–reaching consequences that no one could have foreseen, consequences that increase tensions between the Mystical leadership when peace is needed. Then Caro discovers something that changes the entire trajectory of her life, and finds herself torn: between the man she loves and the man who could mean everything, and the life that she's chosen and the life that she was born to lead.
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1489253521
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
The next book in the best-selling Forever Evermore series as Caro goes where no spirit elemental has gone before... When Philip Masterson sends Caro back in time, he doesn't expect to set off a series of events that will see her return stronger and more powerful than ever before. But her time spent with the Prodigies, Kings, and Elders in the nineties has long–reaching consequences that no one could have foreseen, consequences that increase tensions between the Mystical leadership when peace is needed. Then Caro discovers something that changes the entire trajectory of her life, and finds herself torn: between the man she loves and the man who could mean everything, and the life that she's chosen and the life that she was born to lead.
Evermore
Author: Alyson Noël
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1429918683
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Don't miss Evermore, the first book in Alyson Noël's #1 New York Times bestselling The Immortals series. Enter an enchanting new world where true love never dies. . . After a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever Bloom can see people's auras, hear their thoughts, and know someone's entire life story by touching them. Going out of her way to avoid human contact and suppress her abilities, she has been branded a freak at her new high school—but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste. Damen is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy. He's the only one who can silence the noise and random energy in her head—wielding a magic so intense, it's as though he can peer straight into her soul. As Ever is drawn deeper into his enticing world of secrets and mystery, she's left with more questions than answers. And she has no idea just who he really is—or what he is. The only thing she knows to be true is that she's falling deeply and helplessly in love with him.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1429918683
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Don't miss Evermore, the first book in Alyson Noël's #1 New York Times bestselling The Immortals series. Enter an enchanting new world where true love never dies. . . After a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever Bloom can see people's auras, hear their thoughts, and know someone's entire life story by touching them. Going out of her way to avoid human contact and suppress her abilities, she has been branded a freak at her new high school—but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste. Damen is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy. He's the only one who can silence the noise and random energy in her head—wielding a magic so intense, it's as though he can peer straight into her soul. As Ever is drawn deeper into his enticing world of secrets and mystery, she's left with more questions than answers. And she has no idea just who he really is—or what he is. The only thing she knows to be true is that she's falling deeply and helplessly in love with him.
The Space of Literature
Author: Maurice Blanchot
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803278772
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers--among them Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness. The Space of Literature, first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of Blanchot's thought. In it he reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention. Thus he explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This book consists not so much in the application of a critical method or the demonstration of a theory of literature as in a patiently deliberate meditation upon the literary experience, informed most notably by studies of Mallarmé, Kafka, Rilke, and Hölderlin. Blanchot's discussions of those writers are among the finest in any language.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803278772
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Maurice Blanchot, the eminent literary and cultural critic, has had a vast influence on contemporary French writers--among them Jean Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. From the 1930s through the present day, his writings have been shaping the international literary consciousness. The Space of Literature, first published in France in 1955, is central to the development of Blanchot's thought. In it he reflects on literature and the unique demand it makes upon our attention. Thus he explores the process of reading as well as the nature of artistic creativity, all the while considering the relation of the literary work to time, to history, and to death. This book consists not so much in the application of a critical method or the demonstration of a theory of literature as in a patiently deliberate meditation upon the literary experience, informed most notably by studies of Mallarmé, Kafka, Rilke, and Hölderlin. Blanchot's discussions of those writers are among the finest in any language.
Tourism and Visual Culture
Author: Peter M. Burns
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845936108
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The study of tourism as a complex social phenomenon, beyond simply business, is increasing in importance. Providing an examination of perceptions of culture and society in tourism destinations through the tourist's eyes, this book discusses how destinations were, and are, created and perceived through the 'lens' of the tourist's gaze.
Publisher: CABI
ISBN: 1845936108
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The study of tourism as a complex social phenomenon, beyond simply business, is increasing in importance. Providing an examination of perceptions of culture and society in tourism destinations through the tourist's eyes, this book discusses how destinations were, and are, created and perceived through the 'lens' of the tourist's gaze.
A Dish of Orts
Author: George MacDonald
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Imagination
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Imagination
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die
Author: Sarah J. Robinson
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0593193539
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0593193539
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Evolution
Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0345457846
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
“Magisterial and uplifting . . . A brilliant, grandscale sampling of sixty-five million years of human evolution . . . It shows the sweep and grandeur of life in its unrelenting course.” —The Denver Post Stretching from the distant past into the remote future, from primordial Earth to the stars, Evolution is a soaring symphony of struggle, extinction, and survival; a dazzling epic that combines a dozen scientific disciplines and a cast of unforgettable characters to convey the grand drama of evolution in all its awesome majesty and rigorous beauty. Sixty-five million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, there lived a small mammal, a proto-primate of the species Purgatorius. From this humble beginning, Baxter traces the human lineage forward through time. The adventure that unfolds is a gripping odyssey governed by chance and competition, a perilous journey to an uncertain destination along a route beset by sudden and catastrophic upheavals. It is a route that ends, for most species, in stagnation or extinction. Why should humanity escape this fate? Praise for Evolution “Spectacular.”—The New York Times Book Review “Strong imagination, a capacity for awe, and the ability to think rigorously about vast and final things abound in the work of Stephen Baxter. . . . [Evolution] leaves the reader with a haunting portrayal of the distant future.”—Times Literary Supplement “A breath of fresh air . . . The miracle of Evolution is that it makes the triumph of life, which is its story, sound like the real story.”—The Washington Post Book World
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0345457846
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 635
Book Description
“Magisterial and uplifting . . . A brilliant, grandscale sampling of sixty-five million years of human evolution . . . It shows the sweep and grandeur of life in its unrelenting course.” —The Denver Post Stretching from the distant past into the remote future, from primordial Earth to the stars, Evolution is a soaring symphony of struggle, extinction, and survival; a dazzling epic that combines a dozen scientific disciplines and a cast of unforgettable characters to convey the grand drama of evolution in all its awesome majesty and rigorous beauty. Sixty-five million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, there lived a small mammal, a proto-primate of the species Purgatorius. From this humble beginning, Baxter traces the human lineage forward through time. The adventure that unfolds is a gripping odyssey governed by chance and competition, a perilous journey to an uncertain destination along a route beset by sudden and catastrophic upheavals. It is a route that ends, for most species, in stagnation or extinction. Why should humanity escape this fate? Praise for Evolution “Spectacular.”—The New York Times Book Review “Strong imagination, a capacity for awe, and the ability to think rigorously about vast and final things abound in the work of Stephen Baxter. . . . [Evolution] leaves the reader with a haunting portrayal of the distant future.”—Times Literary Supplement “A breath of fresh air . . . The miracle of Evolution is that it makes the triumph of life, which is its story, sound like the real story.”—The Washington Post Book World
Choosing Civility
Author: P. M. Forni
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429973986
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Most people would agree that thoughtful behavior and common decency are in short supply, or simply forgotten in hurried lives of emails, cellphones, and multi-tasking. In Choosing Civility, P. M. Forni identifies the twenty-five rules that are most essential in connecting effectively and happily with others. In clear, witty, and, well...civilized language, Forni covers topics that include: * Think Twice Before Asking Favors * Give Constructive Criticism * Refrain from Idle Complaints * Respect Others' Opinions * Don't Shift Responsibility and Blame * Care for Your Guests * Accept and Give Praise Finally, Forni provides examples of how to put each rule into practice and so make life-and the lives of others-more enjoyable, companionable, and rewarding. Choosing Civility is a simple, practical, perfectly measured, and quietly magical handbook on the lost art of civility and compassion. “Insightful meditation on how changing the way we think can improve our daily lives. ... A deft exploration that urges us to think before speaking.” —Kirkus, Starred Review
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429973986
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Most people would agree that thoughtful behavior and common decency are in short supply, or simply forgotten in hurried lives of emails, cellphones, and multi-tasking. In Choosing Civility, P. M. Forni identifies the twenty-five rules that are most essential in connecting effectively and happily with others. In clear, witty, and, well...civilized language, Forni covers topics that include: * Think Twice Before Asking Favors * Give Constructive Criticism * Refrain from Idle Complaints * Respect Others' Opinions * Don't Shift Responsibility and Blame * Care for Your Guests * Accept and Give Praise Finally, Forni provides examples of how to put each rule into practice and so make life-and the lives of others-more enjoyable, companionable, and rewarding. Choosing Civility is a simple, practical, perfectly measured, and quietly magical handbook on the lost art of civility and compassion. “Insightful meditation on how changing the way we think can improve our daily lives. ... A deft exploration that urges us to think before speaking.” —Kirkus, Starred Review
Adagia
Author: Scott Lee Hartstein
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450047270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
If there is a labyrinth and a sphere, Proust's memory as the minatory, then this book is genius. A flight out of that space and time. Icarus here is returned: precise, violent, and passionate. Alive. Geoff Waite German Studies and Comparative Literature, Cornell University: Scott Hartstein's Adagia is a novel in that it is not a novel. Therein lies its novelty. It is a kaleidoscope, whose reflections in both senses shimmer about a plot, to be sure, but a plot that plays second fiddle to the author's impressive erudition and his digressions into cultural, literary, religious, philosophical, musical, linguistic byways of all kinds and dimensions. These beckon the often challenged reader to follow along, unsure where he is eventually being led by the author the work's real protagonist and wondering through what lush landscapes he will be able to return. Adagia will impress and astound many readers, perplex some, even intimidate infuriate? others. But it will not leave many indifferent. Norm Shapiro Professor of Romance Languages and LIteratures, Wesleyan University Writer in residence Adams House Harvard University: The birth of a book is like the birth of a child Joyce discovered this analogy when he composed the "Oxen of the Sun" episode of Ulysses. So did Proust as he toiled, spinning the huge amniotic web of his great Oeuvre. In a different key, Adagia makes us retrace similar steps: its tangled tale surveys the long history of the European novel while creating a music that echoes in us deeply and exhilaratingly. Jean-Michel Rabaté Vartan Gregorian Chair in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvannia Co-founder and senior curator of Slought foundation.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450047270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
If there is a labyrinth and a sphere, Proust's memory as the minatory, then this book is genius. A flight out of that space and time. Icarus here is returned: precise, violent, and passionate. Alive. Geoff Waite German Studies and Comparative Literature, Cornell University: Scott Hartstein's Adagia is a novel in that it is not a novel. Therein lies its novelty. It is a kaleidoscope, whose reflections in both senses shimmer about a plot, to be sure, but a plot that plays second fiddle to the author's impressive erudition and his digressions into cultural, literary, religious, philosophical, musical, linguistic byways of all kinds and dimensions. These beckon the often challenged reader to follow along, unsure where he is eventually being led by the author the work's real protagonist and wondering through what lush landscapes he will be able to return. Adagia will impress and astound many readers, perplex some, even intimidate infuriate? others. But it will not leave many indifferent. Norm Shapiro Professor of Romance Languages and LIteratures, Wesleyan University Writer in residence Adams House Harvard University: The birth of a book is like the birth of a child Joyce discovered this analogy when he composed the "Oxen of the Sun" episode of Ulysses. So did Proust as he toiled, spinning the huge amniotic web of his great Oeuvre. In a different key, Adagia makes us retrace similar steps: its tangled tale surveys the long history of the European novel while creating a music that echoes in us deeply and exhilaratingly. Jean-Michel Rabaté Vartan Gregorian Chair in the Humanities, University of Pennsylvannia Co-founder and senior curator of Slought foundation.