Author: Rebecca John
Publisher: Firefly Press
ISBN: 1913102963
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
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One year on from the day the shadows shifted – showing people their truest selves instead of just their shapes – best friends Teddy, Betsy and Effie plan to risk all and watch the winter sun rise over Copperwell, in defiance of the Shadow Order. But from their hidden vantage point the three shocked friends witness a mysterious woman shouting a dire warning, before being arrested, beaten, and dragged away in handcuffs.The event leads them on an extraordinary series of dangerous adventures to save their city as they begin to learn the truth about the Shadow Order, the world surrounding Copperwell, and themselves.
Author: James Blackthorne
Publisher: James Kieley
ISBN: 1500468371
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
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The author James Blackthorne portrays his characters as having a strong fighting spirit. The main emphasis is on a character referred to as Bardson Wolfe. He is the son of the grand wizard Leon Davith. Bard is a Glorious Golum that faces overwhelming odds in this well-placed adventure. The bronze Golum remains true to his ideals and takes a firm commitment to his father despite every setback. Leon returned to the room with the large mirror. The pen was still lying on the desk. He sat down with his son Bard and explained how generations upon generations born into the Black Army culture, rose to die. None questioned it, none cared, and their culture was founded around the ideal of slaughter, of merciless battle. They knew nothing of cities, save for the ones they razed, and when none would challenge or oppose them in their great power, they would challenge themselves, battling their own ranks for the sake of maintaining the slaughter. Eventually this self-sustaining death machine, this device of war, mutated into the ones that were known today as the Black Army The Army was the result of the chaotic masses suddenly coming. Some called them the black ones, others, Shadow lords. None dared to call them a friend. It was here that battle was fought daily, not for the sake of any ideal or concept, but due to the sheer boredom the armies had amassed for many ages, long since born into the culture of war, a civilization forged from death. new lord was proclaimed. A far more savage, brutal, and intelligent lord than the Black Army could have ever hoped for. And this new high general began creating a bastion for the otherwise vagrant army of darkness, and once it had been devised, he took a name fitting his status and power. Malakaezar the Black Dragon, head of the army of darkness. But he wasn't content to merely let his army settle into the Dark Continent as his predecessor had, and hungrily, this rogue turned his gaze to the lands beyond, licking his lips at the unfazed lands just Bardson Wolfe the high golem was up to. Screaming as those heads fell over them, the black warriors perished then and there at the hands of the Sarganatas Hydra, a horrific monster that planted itself into the ground, waiting for prey to come to it. Born to destroy, born to kill, raised from the youngest available age to kill or be killed, to devote oneself to senseless bloodshed. And no god could hold sway over their hearts. They knew, for many were those who had been attacked by divine magic intended to sway their hearts away from what the majority of the warriors considered to be their true purpose. However, to a black warrior, such as divine magic was simply considered a jest, for gods could never exist within their hearts. They were immune to holy intervention, though it had been tried many times. Most, if not all the warriors were so resilient to divine magic and spells that a single warrior could weather out a smite spell, considered to be the strongest of Divine Magic because the God connected to it was the one attacking.
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Author: Paul Chan
Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag
ISBN: 9783865602466
Category : Artists' books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This artist's book for children, commissioned by London's renowned Serpentine Gallery on the occasion of Chan's 2007 one-person exhibition there, will be equally delightful to smart, imaginative children and any parent with a even a passing interest in Western philosophy. With words, drawings and cheeky, smart footnotes (citing such diverse sources as Goethe, Nietzsche, Hegel and Google) by Chan, it tells the story of a young girl who is afraid of the night until her shadow shows her how the world can be transformed in the dark. Innovative and engaging--but not at all uptight--this sophisticated children's book introduces ideas about language, art and contemporary culture with a lighthearted touch that keeps you flipping through the pages again and again.
Author: James Blackthorne
Publisher: James Kieley
ISBN: 1502575736
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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James Blackthorne has composed a complex puzzle with a strange adventure as the centerpiece this book is the result of three stories based on the idea that people, however, eccentric are passionately committed to one another in a struggle to keep the lifestyle they love. Memories, magic and even murder lies in wait as they endure their travels throughout the cosmic realms. When the chapter begins, we discover that the finest mind in the known world has died. This mysterious character is a Grand Wizard called Leon Davith. His only heir and successor is also his greatest creation, a self – aware Golem by the name of Bardson Wolf. He'll be faced with adversaries and dilemmas that threatened to test the very steel that comprises his magic soaked form. Join him on his journey of self – discovery, even as the forces of chaos seek to unmake the very world he only wishes to see preserved. After reaching midway in the fast-moving chapters, Bard has long been in retirement ever since his journey of self discovery came to an end, now content to carry on research on the matter of summoning in the Nine Moons that fuel that Summoning, he unlocks powerful foe that he has to hastily seal away, for fear of the destruction that it might cause. Perhaps the highlight of these adventures are the final chapters that feature the title, Thunder at Dawn, Threshold of the Unknown." Within this thrilling sequence, Bard, Quill, Erin and Leda seek to undo the nightmare that their own negligence ultimately visited upon the world, and through it all, a mysterious Plague strikes unwary citizens, corrupting them with darkness and madness telling them after they've spent the better part of the year has monsters spreading the mysterious illness and dealing death to any fall victim to their talons. But in their way are the Fve Commanders of the Black Legion, including an engamatic Black Warrior wearing a Golden eye patch, called the" White Wolf" this foe is an unstoppable force to be reckoned with. Observe how he dogs the steps of the heroes every chance that presents itself. Will the world died a slow, choking back under the federal rule of the demon Lord known for causing the slow extinction of the entire world's in his cruelty, or will the red warrior find the ultimate weapon in time and bring about an end to the dark Prince? And just who is the mysterious red warrior who rides and Emerald Bird? And why does he seek the Greatest Sword in the known universe, Thunder at Dawn?
Author: Ed Kurtz
Publisher: Westview Publishing Co., Inc.
ISBN: 9780975564622
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Bombshell Plus is a mix of political insights and whimsy, with Ed Kurtz's usual unique, New Jersey-born look on the world. His direct interaction with friends and relatives on the 9/11 tragedy has given him a personal connection to the disaster. You will find everything from commentary on the election process, to ostriches (as it relates to politicians sticking their heads in the sand), to personal reflections on life in the 21st century.
Author: Stewart Bint
Publisher: Stewart Bint
ISBN: 1301262501
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Author: C. Houston Price
Publisher: House of Collectibles
ISBN: 0375722807
Category : Knives
Languages : en
Pages : 570
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Provides descriptions and prices for collectible knives, along with information about collecting the item, different types and brands, main components, and factors that can affect its value.
Author: Philip Pullman
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241475104
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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**Don't miss the second series of His Dark Materials on BBC One this November.** A brand new short story set in the world of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust by master storyteller, Philip Pullman. Serpentine is a perfect gift for every Pullman fan, new and old. 'Lyra Silvertongue, you're very welcome . . . Yes, I know your new name. Serafina Pekkala told me everything about your exploits' Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon have left the events of His Dark Materials far behind. In this snapshot of their forever-changed lives they return to the North to visit an old friend, where we will learn that things are not exactly as they seem . . . Illustrated throughout by Tom Duxbury, the perfect re-entry for fans of His Dark Materials and a wonderful companion to The Book of Dust. 'It's a stunning achievement, the universe Pullman has created and continues to build on' New York Times 'Pullman is an easeful storyteller and an intricate and inventive world-builder, and everything he has to write is worth reading' Telegraph
Author: Benjamin Bennett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350122866
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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Is there any such thing as a single ethical system to which all human beings could conceivably subscribe? The short answer is no; and most people, being tolerant, would probably agree with this answer. Yet most people, precisely in being tolerant, also subscribe to an idea of “human rights” which presupposes just such a universal ethics. This basic question of ethics is similarly treacherous when approached on a higher technical level. Specialists have long recognized that Kant's categorical imperative is neither theoretically nor practically tenable. But efforts to revive and repair the Kantian project-including especially the monumental work of Jürgen Habermas-have all themselves been theoretically questionable, while developing a complexity that makes them impractical. Must we then simply do without ethics in the sense of a universal ethical method? By way of a close study of literary and philosophical texts, from Freud to Machiavelli, Benjamin Bennett shows why the failure of a universal or propositional ethics is indeed unavoidable. He uncovers a modern non-propositional ethics that cannot be grasped in a single theoretical move but can only be approached as a collection of instances of a modern ethical “we”, three key examples of which Bennett explores in this book: - The “we” of irony, whose speakers share a strictly preter-verbal knowledge which is concealed in their actual utterances - The insistent exclusive “we” of a group that has neither its own physical locality nor even a clear intellectual identity, comparable to the “we” of Jews in the diaspora - The “we” of feminism, a separate “we” from that embracing people who happen to have been born women.
