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Download or read book The Nexus Ring written by Maureen Bush and published by Coteau Books. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josh and Maddy must go on a quest to find out how to fix the Veil of Magic, and protect and strengthen the magical world’s inhabitants for all time.
Download or read book The Nexus Ring written by Maureen Bush and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josh and his sister, Maddy, are returning to Calgary from a vacation on Vancouver Island when a ring Maddy finds on the ferry leads them to thrilling adventures in a magical world. Book #1
Download or read book Europa written by Michael H. Burnam and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two hundred thousand years on from when the humanoid Europans were ruled by tyrannical religious group, the Sect, in an undersea city, Earth becomes the battleground as Europa’s sentient robots and the Sect’s descendants collide in the final battle of their eons’ long war. 'Europa is the page-turning finish to The Last Stop Trilogy. Central to the story is a deep existential dilemma: facing annihilation, would you choose to download your conscious into a computer to survive? After achieving immortality, would you give it up to become humanoid again? Burnam weaves this theme into a heart-warming, intergalactic love story where the action never stops.' Robert D. Zanger, Founder of the Albert Hoffman Foundation for Consciousness Research. The third and final instalment of The Last Stop Trilogy.
Download or read book Crow Boy written by Maureen Bush and published by Coteau Books. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a visit to Keeper, the Giant of Castle Mountain, Josh accidentally loses the Nexus Ring, the magical ring that permits movement across a veil of magic to another world. He and Maddy have to get the ring back before the veil is damaged beyond repair. During a visit to Keeper, the Giant of Castle Mountain, Josh accidentally loses the Nexus Ring, the magical ring that permits movement across a veil of magic to another world. He and Maddy have to get the ring back before the veil is damaged beyond repair.Josh, who’s “almost twelve,” has learned that he has the ability to do magic. He and his younger sister, Maddy, saved the Nexus Ring from two greedy magical creatures – Aleena the water spirit, and Gronvald the cruel troll. Each wanted to use the ring to cross the veil, but each crossing damages the veil. Now, on a family camping trip near Banff, Josh and Maddy steal away to visit the giant of Castle Mountain, Keeper of the ring. But Josh drops the ring, and Aleena finds it. Josh and Maddy have to follow Aleena to get it back. As they travel all the way to Vancouver Island they are followed by Corvus, the magical leader of the crows. In a rain forest, Josh and the others are swallowed by an ancient cedar and escape into the earth. When the earth won’t let them go, Josh must learn to “become earth,” and use earth magic to help Aleena and Maddy return to the surface.
Book Synopsis The Veil Weavers: Veil of Magic Book 3 by : Maureen Bush
Download or read book The Veil Weavers: Veil of Magic Book 3 written by Maureen Bush and published by Coteau Books. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s Halloween, and Josh and Maddy are all ready to go out trick-or-treating. But the arrival of their otter-people friends with an urgent message from Keeper the Giant changes everything.
Book Synopsis Beyond the Ring by : Jeffrey T. Sammons
Download or read book Beyond the Ring written by Jeffrey T. Sammons and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the ruin waiting for almost all those ill-advised enough to become professional boxers. The author confirms the legends, of crime, of swindling, of the miserable economic rewards allotted to the vast majority of fighters, and the traditional racism of the American ring.
Book Synopsis Cities of Gold by : William K. Hartmann
Download or read book Cities of Gold written by William K. Hartmann and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-12-07 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical preservationists fight to protect ruins of the site a priest stopped at on his way to the seven cities of Cibola from a development company in the Southwest. Murder and greed become a danger to the researcher who found the site.
Download or read book Evolution written by Kyle West and published by Ragnarok Press. This book was released on 2013-08-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To stop the virus, enemies must become friends. After two months in Skyhome, Alex and the crew are rested and healed from their ordeal in Bunker One. But the war against the xenovirus is only beginning. They must leave the safety of the space station to gain the favor of Emperor Augustus of Nova Roma. But when disaster strikes outside the capital, the team must scramble to save one of their own. It's a fight that pits them against the Empire's finest. But even Nova Roma isn't immune to the xenovirus or its newest evolutions...
Download or read book Halo Encyclopedia written by Microsoft and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 26th century, humanity relentlessly continues their fight for survival, an enduring conflict set against the backdrop of the enigmatic and ancient ringworld known as Halo. The universe of Halo is remarkably vast in scale and astonishingly elaborate in detail, telling rich stories filled with bold characters, breathtaking worlds, and thrilling conflicts. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Halo, Dark Horse and 343 Industries have teamed up to deliver the most definitive guide to the universe thus far. Spanning over a hundred millennia and encompassing over a hundred thousand light years, the Halo Encyclopedia captures two decades of storytelling with stunning, never-before-seen art and the most detailed exploration of the universe’s many characters, worlds, and technologies to have ever been created
Book Synopsis Ringside Seat: John Cena by : Tracey West
Download or read book Ringside Seat: John Cena written by Tracey West and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-12 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA
Download or read book Origins written by Kyle West and published by Ragnarok Press. This book was released on 2013-04-27 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find the Black Files, or humanity falls. Alex never thought he'd be recruited for a mission to save humanity. He's learned a lot as since leaving Bunker 108, but the horrors of the Wasteland aren't through with him yet. When the team risks everything to go after the Black Files, there's no going back. The Great Blight will prove the toughest obstacle yet, with nearly impassable terrain guarded by the virus's spawn. Alex and the crew must battle for their lives at every turn. Can they make it to Bunker One, and can the Black Files reveal how to stop the xenovirus? Keywords: post apocalyptic, apocalypse, zombies, wasteland, monsters, virus, invasion, dystopian, adventure, action
Book Synopsis The Spirit Ring by : Lois McMaster Bujold
Download or read book The Spirit Ring written by Lois McMaster Bujold and published by Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in an alternate Renaissance Italy where the church regulates magic and licenses magicians, young Fiametta must learn and control the powers of magic to rescue her murdered father’s soul and combat evil sorcerers. “Bujold continues to prove what marvels genius can create out of basic space operatics.” - Library Journal “Bujold is not just a master of plot, she is a master of emotion.” - SF Site “Bujold is one of the best writers of SF adventure to come along in years.” - Locus Magazine "Boy, can she write!" - Anne McCaffrey “Bujold has a gift, nearly unique in science fiction, for the comedy of manners.” - Chicago Sun Times “Superb far-future saga.” - Publishers Weekly on the 'Vorkosigan' series Bujold's "work remains among the most enjoyable and rewarding in contemporary SF." - Publishers Weekly “Bujold couldn't characterize badly if threatened with a firing squad.” - Booklist “A superb craftsman and stylist, Ms. Bujold is well on her way to becoming one of the great voices of speculative fiction.” - Rave Reviews “Bujold has a gift.” - Chicago Sun Times “Compelling characters and richly detailed world building.” (re THE CURSE OF CHALION) - Library Journal “… richly detailed world building.” - Library Journal “A novella filled with a satisfying blend of strong characters and wry humor.” (re Penric’s Demon) - Publisher’s Weekly Lois McMaster Bujold was born in 1949, the daughter of an engineering professor at Ohio State University, from whom she picked up her early interest in science fiction. She now lives in Minneapolis, and has two grown children. She began writing with the aim of professional publication in 1982. She wrote three novels in three years; in October of 1985, all three sold to Baen Books, launching her career. Bujold went on to write many other books for Baen, mostly featuring her popular character Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, his family, friends, and enemies. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages. Her fantasy from Eos includes the award-winning Chalion series and the Sharing Knife series. In 2020, Bujold received the Damon Knight Grand Master Memorial Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America. www.dendarii.com
Book Synopsis Hidden City of Alchemy by : Melissa H Coleman
Download or read book Hidden City of Alchemy written by Melissa H Coleman and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2020-02-29 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden City of Alchemy is a Steampunk adventure injected with just the right amount of science fiction, romance, and historical fiction, to keep the reader on their toes. A smart and brave heroine with a love for inventing discovers a dangerous family secret in a diary after her mother is kidnapped by German spies. Lizzie must leave London and travel to France while learning the shocking truth about her ancestor and about a chemical which could destroy the world, if it should fall into the wrong hands. AU UPDATE 2.28.2020: “An exciting ride through a steampunk world filled with adventure. Surprises around every corner!” - Madolyn Locke, award-winning author of ‘The Quilt’ Stand-alone steampunk tale from Melissa Coleman 5-star readers favourite award-winning author of A Confabulated Compendium of Anecdotes and The Halfling. Young English woman, Elizabeth Peters has a ski-sloped nose, a hereditary defect from her father’s side. But what is distinguishable about her is her intelligence. She’d rather spend her time inventing gadgets, redesigning engineering contraptions and doing word puzzles than becoming a respectable housewife as her mother wishes. Elizabeth’s world is turned upside down one evening when she arrives home to find the house has been ransacked and her mother missing from her basement workshop – presumably kidnapped by German spies. After sifting through the wreckage, she discovers a dangerous family secret in a peculiar-looking cryptic diary, a strange talking ring and a French man - Albert Bourdillon. Lizzie must leave London and travel to France while learning the shocking truth about the owner of the diary and about a chemical which could destroy the world, if it should fall into the wrong hands. A chemical threat so lethal it could destroy herself, the people she loves and the world. Hidden City of Alchemy is a Steampunk adventure injected with just the right amount of science fiction, romance, and historical fiction, to keep the reader on their toes.
Book Synopsis Adaptation to Climate Change by : Kheng-Lian Koh
Download or read book Adaptation to Climate Change written by Kheng-Lian Koh and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adaptation to Climate Change: ASEAN and Comparative Experiences presents a dynamic and comprehensive collection of works from legal scholars around the world that delves into a relatively new frontier on legal aspects of climate change adaptation with focus on the ASEAN region, both at the regional level as well as at the national level in some ASEAN countries — such as Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand. Other countries not within ASEAN are also represented, such as Bangladesh, People's Republic of China, Sri Lanka, and the Republic of Taiwan. In doing so, it surveys one of the most important issues confronting developing countries today, and the challenges to building resilient societies. It is an essential source of reference for policy-makers, administrators, the private sector officials, scientists, academic scholars, climatologists, NGOs, and CSOs in ASEAN and the world. Contents:Foreword by Tommy Koh, Ambassado-at-LargePreface and AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsKeynote Address by Raman Letchumanan, formerly Head of the Environment Division, ASEAN SecretariatTheme I: Coastal Warming and Sea Level Rise:Asia-Pacific Islander Responses to Climate Change (Ilan Kelman)Managing Southeast Asian Ecosystems to Reduce Coastal Population Vulnerability Under Sea Level Rise (Daniel A Friess)Theme II: Legal Frameworks/Policies/Governance for Climate Change:Adaptive Water Governance: Lessons Learned from Implementing an Ecosystem-Approach in Mesoamerica (Alejandro Iza, Alexandra Müller, and Valentina Nozza)Legal and Policy Framework for Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Malaysia: A Reform Oriented Study (Abdul Haseeb Ansari)Policy and Legal Responses to Climate Change Adaptation in China: New Developments, New Challenges (Wang Xi and Gao Qi)Theme III: Key Future Impacts and Vulnerabilities:The Laws, Policies, and Institutions Relating to Climate Change in Thailand: Balancing between "Mitigation" and "Adaptation" (Kanongnij Sribuaiam)The Warsaw International Mechanism: Exploring the Structures and Functions to Address Loss and Damage Associated with Climate Change Impacts (M Hafijul Islam Khan) Geoengineering: An ASEAN Position (Jolene Lin)Theme IV: Economic Interconnections:Assessing Green Jobs in Taiwan: A Tri-Pillar Approach (Fan Chien-Te and Hsu Yun-Hsiang)Sustaining Growth, Climate Change, and Meeting Environmental Obligations: What can ASEAN Governments Do? (Euston Quah and Tan Tsiat Siong)Theme V: Some Case Studies:Options for Adaption to Climate Change (Richard L Ottinger, Wang Pianpian, and Kristen M Motel)Dealing with Climate Migrants: A New Challenge for Developing Nations (Asanga Gunawansa)Climate Change, Migration, and International Law in Southeast Asia (Benoît Mayer)Achieving Human Rights in an Era of Climate Disruption: The Philippines (Amado S Tolentino, Jr.)Theme VI: Adaptation — Disaster Management, Risk Reduction and Humanitarian Assistance:The Legal Regime of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Management in Taiwan: Focus on the Major Amendment Following the Devastating Typhoon Morakot of 2009 (Gao Ming-Zhi Anton)Legal Options for Mainstreaming Climate Change Disaster Risk Reduction in Governance for Kenya (Robert Kibugi)Land Tenure Systems as a Challenge for Disaster Recovery: Adapting to Extreme Weather Events after Typhoon Haiyan (Daniel Fitzpatrick and Caroline Compton)The Role of ASEAN in Disaster Management: Legal Frameworks and Case Study of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda (Koh Kheng-Lian and Rose-Liza Eisma-Osorio) Readership: Policy-makers, administrators, scientists, academic scholars, climatologists, NGOs and CSOs, and students in the fields of law and environmental science. Key Features:A dynamic collection of works from legal scholars around the world building knowledge in climate change adaptation, one of the important issues confronting people of todayPromotes a "whole of the world" approach to finding solutions to climate change and the challenges to building resilient societiesThis publication is focused on taking stock of legal and policy frameworks on climate change adaptation in ASEAN and other countriesKeywords:Climate Change Adaptation;Legal Frameworks;ASEAN;Nature-based Solutions;Warsaw International Loss and Damage;Mitigation
Download or read book Snow written by Anya W Vossand and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Performance and Professional Wrestling by : Broderick Chow
Download or read book Performance and Professional Wrestling written by Broderick Chow and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance and Professional Wrestling is the first edited volume to consider professional wrestling explicitly from the vantage point of theatre and performance studies. Moving beyond simply noting its performative qualities or reading it via other performance genres, this collection of essays offers a complete critical reassessment of the popular sport. Topics such as the suspension of disbelief, simulation, silence and speech, physical culture, and the performance of pain within the squared circle are explored in relation to professional wrestling, with work by both scholars and practitioners grouped into seven short sections: Audience Circulation Lucha Gender Queerness Bodies Race A significant re-reading of wrestling as a performing art, Performance and Professional Wrestling makes essential reading for scholars and students intrigued by this uniquely theatrical sport.
Book Synopsis Legacy Of Avalon by : Nathaniel Vanderkooi Smith
Download or read book Legacy Of Avalon written by Nathaniel Vanderkooi Smith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two half brothers magic awakens as they fight for their lives in parallel worlds. Discovering their destinies and the wonders of magic in fantastic cities. A sinister group tries to lead the parallel worlds into darkness, can the Brother's stop them?
