Author: Vanessa Leigh Rupertus
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483460592
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Fifteen-year old Rai Solane is an Element Fire. Her people control where the sun shines and where the fires break out. She's also an Undesirable, someone who looks different than the norm. That label has made it difficult for Rai to make friends. It's also given her an overwhelming desire to prove that even though she looks different, she can accomplish something good. Her life takes an unexpected turn on a day she's relaxing and watching historical movies at her retreat, a home away from home. She meets two elements, the likes of which she's not seen before. Jason Riverstone is an Ocean, and Ray Fauna is an Earth. From that moment, Rai's existence spirals into a series of complications that include being pursued by the Queen of the Sea and an evil company. During her adventure, Rai learns about herself and her world, including the other beings who inhabit it.
Elemental
Author: Tim James
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468317032
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
If you want to understand how our world works, the periodic table holds the answers. When the seventh row of the periodic table of elements was completed in June 2016 with the addition of four final elements—nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson—we at last could identify all the ingredients necessary to construct our world.In Elemental, chemist and science educator Tim James provides an informative, entertaining, and quirkily illustrated guide to the table that shows clearly how this abstract and seemingly jumbled graphic is relevant to our day-to-day lives.James tells the story of the periodic table from its ancient Greek roots, when you could count the number of elements humans were aware of on one hand, to the modern alchemists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries who have used nuclear chemistry and physics to generate new elements and complete the periodic table. In addition to this, he answers questions such as: What is the chemical symbol for a human? What would happen if all of the elements were mixed together? Which liquid can teleport through walls? Why is the medieval dream of transmuting lead into gold now a reality?Whether you're studying the periodic table for the first time or are simply interested in the fundamental building blocks of the universe—from the core of the sun to the networks in your brain—Elemental is the perfect guide.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468317032
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
If you want to understand how our world works, the periodic table holds the answers. When the seventh row of the periodic table of elements was completed in June 2016 with the addition of four final elements—nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson—we at last could identify all the ingredients necessary to construct our world.In Elemental, chemist and science educator Tim James provides an informative, entertaining, and quirkily illustrated guide to the table that shows clearly how this abstract and seemingly jumbled graphic is relevant to our day-to-day lives.James tells the story of the periodic table from its ancient Greek roots, when you could count the number of elements humans were aware of on one hand, to the modern alchemists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries who have used nuclear chemistry and physics to generate new elements and complete the periodic table. In addition to this, he answers questions such as: What is the chemical symbol for a human? What would happen if all of the elements were mixed together? Which liquid can teleport through walls? Why is the medieval dream of transmuting lead into gold now a reality?Whether you're studying the periodic table for the first time or are simply interested in the fundamental building blocks of the universe—from the core of the sun to the networks in your brain—Elemental is the perfect guide.
Elemental Reactions
Author: Vanessa Leigh Rupertus
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483460592
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Fifteen-year old Rai Solane is an Element Fire. Her people control where the sun shines and where the fires break out. She's also an Undesirable, someone who looks different than the norm. That label has made it difficult for Rai to make friends. It's also given her an overwhelming desire to prove that even though she looks different, she can accomplish something good. Her life takes an unexpected turn on a day she's relaxing and watching historical movies at her retreat, a home away from home. She meets two elements, the likes of which she's not seen before. Jason Riverstone is an Ocean, and Ray Fauna is an Earth. From that moment, Rai's existence spirals into a series of complications that include being pursued by the Queen of the Sea and an evil company. During her adventure, Rai learns about herself and her world, including the other beings who inhabit it.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483460592
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Fifteen-year old Rai Solane is an Element Fire. Her people control where the sun shines and where the fires break out. She's also an Undesirable, someone who looks different than the norm. That label has made it difficult for Rai to make friends. It's also given her an overwhelming desire to prove that even though she looks different, she can accomplish something good. Her life takes an unexpected turn on a day she's relaxing and watching historical movies at her retreat, a home away from home. She meets two elements, the likes of which she's not seen before. Jason Riverstone is an Ocean, and Ray Fauna is an Earth. From that moment, Rai's existence spirals into a series of complications that include being pursued by the Queen of the Sea and an evil company. During her adventure, Rai learns about herself and her world, including the other beings who inhabit it.
Superstates
Author: Alasdair Roberts
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509544496
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
In this century, the world will conduct an extraordinary experiment in government. In 2050, forty percent of the planet's population will live in just four places: India, China, the European Union, and the United States. These are superstates – polities that are distinguished from normal countries by expansiveness, population, diversity, and complexity. How should superstates be governed? What must their leaders do to hold these immense polities together in the face of extraordinary strains and shocks? Alasdair Roberts looks to history for answers. Superstates, he contends, wrestle with the same problems of leadership, control, and purpose that plagued empires for centuries. But they also bear heavier burdens than empires – including the obligation to improve life for ordinary people and respect human rights. One axiom of history was that empires always died. Size and complexity led to fragility, and imperial rulers improvised constantly to put off the day of reckoning. Leaders of superstates are doing the same today, pursuing radically different strategies for governing at scale that have profound implications for democracy and human rights. History shows that there are ways to govern these sprawling and diverse polities well. But this requires a different way of thinking about the art and methods of statecraft.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509544496
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
In this century, the world will conduct an extraordinary experiment in government. In 2050, forty percent of the planet's population will live in just four places: India, China, the European Union, and the United States. These are superstates – polities that are distinguished from normal countries by expansiveness, population, diversity, and complexity. How should superstates be governed? What must their leaders do to hold these immense polities together in the face of extraordinary strains and shocks? Alasdair Roberts looks to history for answers. Superstates, he contends, wrestle with the same problems of leadership, control, and purpose that plagued empires for centuries. But they also bear heavier burdens than empires – including the obligation to improve life for ordinary people and respect human rights. One axiom of history was that empires always died. Size and complexity led to fragility, and imperial rulers improvised constantly to put off the day of reckoning. Leaders of superstates are doing the same today, pursuing radically different strategies for governing at scale that have profound implications for democracy and human rights. History shows that there are ways to govern these sprawling and diverse polities well. But this requires a different way of thinking about the art and methods of statecraft.
Arcadia: The Complete Collection - 10th Anniversary Edition (A YA Fantasy Series)
Author: Al Stone
Publisher: Centrinian Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0995494169
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1600
Book Description
AN UNTOLD PROPHECY, A BROKEN COVENANT AND A FALLEN ANGEL AS AN ALLY. WILL CHARLIE SURVIVE? Arcadia, 10th Anniversary Edition is a complete collection, featuring three full-length novels in a single volume for the first time. A young-adult fantasy series full of magic, mythology and adventure. Perfect for fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Lord of the Rings. Talisman Of El They have always been here ... watching in silence. Now both worlds are about to collide. Charlie Blake has always known he was different. He hears what others don't. He sees what others can't. In his quest for the truth, he discovers he is the physical embodiment of a powerful ruler and finds himself locked in an ancient battle between good and evil that threatens the life of every being on Earth. Blackout Hold your breath. It's contagious. Saving mankind becomes near impossible when Charlie's visions start to invade his reality. He can no longer identify what's real. When he starts exhibiting symptoms of a deadly disease, he faces a race against time to find a cure, but shocking revelations makes him question where his true allegiance lies. Ground Zero Mankind's only hope is not human. Approach with caution. 26,000 years ago, a supernatural apocalypse almost wiped out civilisation. Now that time has come again and no one is destined to survive. Charlie Blake is determined to stop the apocalypse, but fate might not have the same agenda. Is Charlie destined to save the world or destroy it?
Publisher: Centrinian Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0995494169
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1600
Book Description
AN UNTOLD PROPHECY, A BROKEN COVENANT AND A FALLEN ANGEL AS AN ALLY. WILL CHARLIE SURVIVE? Arcadia, 10th Anniversary Edition is a complete collection, featuring three full-length novels in a single volume for the first time. A young-adult fantasy series full of magic, mythology and adventure. Perfect for fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and Lord of the Rings. Talisman Of El They have always been here ... watching in silence. Now both worlds are about to collide. Charlie Blake has always known he was different. He hears what others don't. He sees what others can't. In his quest for the truth, he discovers he is the physical embodiment of a powerful ruler and finds himself locked in an ancient battle between good and evil that threatens the life of every being on Earth. Blackout Hold your breath. It's contagious. Saving mankind becomes near impossible when Charlie's visions start to invade his reality. He can no longer identify what's real. When he starts exhibiting symptoms of a deadly disease, he faces a race against time to find a cure, but shocking revelations makes him question where his true allegiance lies. Ground Zero Mankind's only hope is not human. Approach with caution. 26,000 years ago, a supernatural apocalypse almost wiped out civilisation. Now that time has come again and no one is destined to survive. Charlie Blake is determined to stop the apocalypse, but fate might not have the same agenda. Is Charlie destined to save the world or destroy it?
Tides of Empire
Author: Courtney Work
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789207738
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
At the forested edge of Cambodia’s development frontier, the infrastructures of global development engulf the land and existing social practices like an incoming tide. Cambodia’s distinctive history of imperial surge and rupture makes it easier to see the remains of earlier tides, which are embedded in the physical landscape, and also floating about in the solidifying boundaries of religious, economic, and political classifications. Using stories from the hybrid population of settler-farmers, loggers, and soldiers, all cutting new social realities from the water and the land, this book illuminates the contradictions and continuities in what the author suggests is the final tide of empire.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1789207738
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
At the forested edge of Cambodia’s development frontier, the infrastructures of global development engulf the land and existing social practices like an incoming tide. Cambodia’s distinctive history of imperial surge and rupture makes it easier to see the remains of earlier tides, which are embedded in the physical landscape, and also floating about in the solidifying boundaries of religious, economic, and political classifications. Using stories from the hybrid population of settler-farmers, loggers, and soldiers, all cutting new social realities from the water and the land, this book illuminates the contradictions and continuities in what the author suggests is the final tide of empire.
Bathing
Author: Thomas Embling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baths
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baths
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Ground Zero
Author: Al Stone
Publisher: Centrinian Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0957001975
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
IT HAPPENS EVERY 26,000 YEARS. Only a few ever survive. This time … No one will. That is unless Charlie Blake can locate all four diamonds to restore the Talisman of El and receive his calling from the remaining three elements before the Annus Magnus strikes. With both Arcadia and the mortal world in a state of unrest, his life quickly spirals out of control as it seems everyone has put a bounty on his head. Maybe even his closest allies. Not knowing who to trust, Charlie starts to dig up the past. When new revelations arise, he begins to question whether the Legion of Light really is what it claims to be and whether he’s been fighting for the wrong side all along. The line between good and evil is no longer as clear-cut as it used to be, especially when it appears Charlie’s destiny could very well be to destroy everything he loves. Hero or villain? Charlie isn’t so sure anymore.
Publisher: Centrinian Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0957001975
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
IT HAPPENS EVERY 26,000 YEARS. Only a few ever survive. This time … No one will. That is unless Charlie Blake can locate all four diamonds to restore the Talisman of El and receive his calling from the remaining three elements before the Annus Magnus strikes. With both Arcadia and the mortal world in a state of unrest, his life quickly spirals out of control as it seems everyone has put a bounty on his head. Maybe even his closest allies. Not knowing who to trust, Charlie starts to dig up the past. When new revelations arise, he begins to question whether the Legion of Light really is what it claims to be and whether he’s been fighting for the wrong side all along. The line between good and evil is no longer as clear-cut as it used to be, especially when it appears Charlie’s destiny could very well be to destroy everything he loves. Hero or villain? Charlie isn’t so sure anymore.
The City of Hermes
Author: John Michael Greer
Publisher: Aeon Books
ISBN: 1912807343
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A collection of essays on magic and occultism. The essays and articles collected in this volume sum up the first not-quite-decade of John Michael Greer's career. While they cover a range of subjects, all of them share a common theme, and were shaped by certain experiences that remade his spiritual life just before the first of them was written. They record a remarkable period in the life of a scholar, and will provide inspiration and entertainment to students of the occult as well as anyone interested in magic or writing.
Publisher: Aeon Books
ISBN: 1912807343
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
A collection of essays on magic and occultism. The essays and articles collected in this volume sum up the first not-quite-decade of John Michael Greer's career. While they cover a range of subjects, all of them share a common theme, and were shaped by certain experiences that remade his spiritual life just before the first of them was written. They record a remarkable period in the life of a scholar, and will provide inspiration and entertainment to students of the occult as well as anyone interested in magic or writing.
South Place Discourses
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Circles of Power
Author: John Michael Greer
Publisher: Aeon Books
ISBN: 1904658873
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Take the Next Step... Clear away the outdated clutter that has obscured the power and beauty of the Golden Dawn magical system and feel for yourself the difference these techniques can make in your life. Explore dozens of new rituals developed from the fragments and core documents of the greatest Magical Order in the Western world. Step out of the darkness and into the light of understanding.John Michael Greer writes in a lucid and entertaining manner, revealing previously unknown aspects of the magical rites of the Golden Dawn. Warm and engaging, Circles of Power revitalizes Western magic by removing the unnecessary rhetoric and obscure jargon. Everything is plainly and simply explained and all the information you need to begin working within this magical system is presented in a clear and concise manner. Filled with the fruits of personal experience and insights derived from in-depth research, Circles of Power is the next best thing to actually joining a Hermetic lodge.
Publisher: Aeon Books
ISBN: 1904658873
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Take the Next Step... Clear away the outdated clutter that has obscured the power and beauty of the Golden Dawn magical system and feel for yourself the difference these techniques can make in your life. Explore dozens of new rituals developed from the fragments and core documents of the greatest Magical Order in the Western world. Step out of the darkness and into the light of understanding.John Michael Greer writes in a lucid and entertaining manner, revealing previously unknown aspects of the magical rites of the Golden Dawn. Warm and engaging, Circles of Power revitalizes Western magic by removing the unnecessary rhetoric and obscure jargon. Everything is plainly and simply explained and all the information you need to begin working within this magical system is presented in a clear and concise manner. Filled with the fruits of personal experience and insights derived from in-depth research, Circles of Power is the next best thing to actually joining a Hermetic lodge.