Author: David N. Mayes
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479774340
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Atlantis is at the early stage of its development. A ruthless and devious baron hires a group of assassins to murder the royal family. The baron then declares himself Emperor. In turn the assassins are betrayed and killed by the new Emperors soldiers. They find themselves in the deepest depths of Hell, as a result of a curse by a witch they murdered. The Empress, who has escaped the slaughter of the royal family, facilitates her sons escape. A mysterious wise man known as the Monitor takes the prince under his care. Under the Monitors skilful tutorage the prince acquires great skills and they have many adventures together, in the dangerous environment around them. The Monitor is from a distant world, in another galaxy and relates the story of the development of his planet, Galenos. The planet has developed much like earth and the Monitor describes how it confronted issues like global warming, economic turbulence and conflict between the various nations. This conflict eventually resulted in global nuclear war, where the planets population is reduced from 8 to less than 2 billion people. A star ship appears over Galenos, crewed by a species known as the Watchers. They assist the planet recover from the war and forge a united, golden future. The Watchers then leave Galenos and eventually take up orbit around the Earth. Due to severe star ship malfunction, exacerbated when travelling through an unstable worm hole in space, they are responsible for the destruction of the dinosaurs.
The Continuum Chronicles: of Death and Destiny
Author: David N. Mayes
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479774340
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Atlantis is at the early stage of its development. A ruthless and devious baron hires a group of assassins to murder the royal family. The baron then declares himself Emperor. In turn the assassins are betrayed and killed by the new Emperors soldiers. They find themselves in the deepest depths of Hell, as a result of a curse by a witch they murdered. The Empress, who has escaped the slaughter of the royal family, facilitates her sons escape. A mysterious wise man known as the Monitor takes the prince under his care. Under the Monitors skilful tutorage the prince acquires great skills and they have many adventures together, in the dangerous environment around them. The Monitor is from a distant world, in another galaxy and relates the story of the development of his planet, Galenos. The planet has developed much like earth and the Monitor describes how it confronted issues like global warming, economic turbulence and conflict between the various nations. This conflict eventually resulted in global nuclear war, where the planets population is reduced from 8 to less than 2 billion people. A star ship appears over Galenos, crewed by a species known as the Watchers. They assist the planet recover from the war and forge a united, golden future. The Watchers then leave Galenos and eventually take up orbit around the Earth. Due to severe star ship malfunction, exacerbated when travelling through an unstable worm hole in space, they are responsible for the destruction of the dinosaurs.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479774340
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Atlantis is at the early stage of its development. A ruthless and devious baron hires a group of assassins to murder the royal family. The baron then declares himself Emperor. In turn the assassins are betrayed and killed by the new Emperors soldiers. They find themselves in the deepest depths of Hell, as a result of a curse by a witch they murdered. The Empress, who has escaped the slaughter of the royal family, facilitates her sons escape. A mysterious wise man known as the Monitor takes the prince under his care. Under the Monitors skilful tutorage the prince acquires great skills and they have many adventures together, in the dangerous environment around them. The Monitor is from a distant world, in another galaxy and relates the story of the development of his planet, Galenos. The planet has developed much like earth and the Monitor describes how it confronted issues like global warming, economic turbulence and conflict between the various nations. This conflict eventually resulted in global nuclear war, where the planets population is reduced from 8 to less than 2 billion people. A star ship appears over Galenos, crewed by a species known as the Watchers. They assist the planet recover from the war and forge a united, golden future. The Watchers then leave Galenos and eventually take up orbit around the Earth. Due to severe star ship malfunction, exacerbated when travelling through an unstable worm hole in space, they are responsible for the destruction of the dinosaurs.
Continuum
Author: Chella Man
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0593223489
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us. "Chella chronicles the value in creating your own mold in order to reclaim your space and to feel represented in this always ever-evolving world, and he inspires others to stretch what it means to be human--and there's no right way."--Nyle DiMarco (model, actor, and Deaf activist) "Full of heart, grace and precision, Chella Man charts his path toward himself in a world not yet equipped for all he encompasses. An affirming, artistic and accessible primer for anyone searching for themselves or yearning to learn about others."--Janet Mock (Bestselling author of Redefining Realness and Surpassing Certainty) "Chella is the future. A total visionary and a wonderful example of a human being in every way. A master of empathy, courage, and growth."--Jameela Jamil (actress, model, writer, and activist) "Navigating social norms can be so damn confusing and traumatic as a kid, but Chella shows that there is always a degree of dignity behind each step as we venture closer to the self."--Christine Sun Kim (sound artist and composer) "Chella Man's journey is as compelling as it is brave and candid. I can't even imagine all the boxes people wanted to put him into and yet, he has emerged triumphant. His story will resonate with anyone who has a desire to be their true self. I can't wait to see the next chapter of his extraordinary life." --Marlee Matlin (Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress, author, and activist) In Continuum, fine artist, activist, and Titans actor Chella Man uses his own experiences as a deaf, transgender, genderqueer, Jewish person of color to talk about cultivating self-acceptance and acting as one's own representation. Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. "What constructs in your life must you unlearn to support inclusivity and respect for all?" This is a question that artist, actor, and activist Chella Man wrestles with in this powerful and honest essay. A story of coping and resilience, Chella journeys through his experiences as a deaf, transgender, genderqueer, Jewish person of color, and shows us that identity lies on a continuum -- a beautiful, messy, and ever-evolving road of exploration.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0593223489
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space to be yourself. And this is your invitation to join us. "Chella chronicles the value in creating your own mold in order to reclaim your space and to feel represented in this always ever-evolving world, and he inspires others to stretch what it means to be human--and there's no right way."--Nyle DiMarco (model, actor, and Deaf activist) "Full of heart, grace and precision, Chella Man charts his path toward himself in a world not yet equipped for all he encompasses. An affirming, artistic and accessible primer for anyone searching for themselves or yearning to learn about others."--Janet Mock (Bestselling author of Redefining Realness and Surpassing Certainty) "Chella is the future. A total visionary and a wonderful example of a human being in every way. A master of empathy, courage, and growth."--Jameela Jamil (actress, model, writer, and activist) "Navigating social norms can be so damn confusing and traumatic as a kid, but Chella shows that there is always a degree of dignity behind each step as we venture closer to the self."--Christine Sun Kim (sound artist and composer) "Chella Man's journey is as compelling as it is brave and candid. I can't even imagine all the boxes people wanted to put him into and yet, he has emerged triumphant. His story will resonate with anyone who has a desire to be their true self. I can't wait to see the next chapter of his extraordinary life." --Marlee Matlin (Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress, author, and activist) In Continuum, fine artist, activist, and Titans actor Chella Man uses his own experiences as a deaf, transgender, genderqueer, Jewish person of color to talk about cultivating self-acceptance and acting as one's own representation. Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. "What constructs in your life must you unlearn to support inclusivity and respect for all?" This is a question that artist, actor, and activist Chella Man wrestles with in this powerful and honest essay. A story of coping and resilience, Chella journeys through his experiences as a deaf, transgender, genderqueer, Jewish person of color, and shows us that identity lies on a continuum -- a beautiful, messy, and ever-evolving road of exploration.
The Book of Christmas Folklore
Author: Tristram Potter Coffin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816491582
Category : Christmas
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Insights into the culture of pre-Christian Europe are provided as the author seeks out the origins and meanings of songs, food, legends, and other items associated with yuletide.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780816491582
Category : Christmas
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Insights into the culture of pre-Christian Europe are provided as the author seeks out the origins and meanings of songs, food, legends, and other items associated with yuletide.
Chronicles of Consensual Times
Author: Jacques Rancière
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 144112201X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
In this fascinating collection, Jacques Ranciere, one of the world's most important and influential living philosophers, explores the nature of consensus in contemporary politics. Consensus does not mean peace. Instead it refers to a map of operations of war, of a topography of the visible, of what is possible and what can be thought, in which war and peace live side-by-side. Lying at the heart of these consensual times are new forms of racism and ethnic cleansing, humanitarian wars and wars against terror. Consensus also implies using time in a way that sees in it a thousand devious turns. This is evident in the incessant diagnoses of the present and of amnesiac politics, in the farewells to the past, the commemorations, and the calls to remember. But all these twists and turns tend toward the same goal: to show that there is only one reality to which we are obliged to consent. What stands in the way of this undertaking is politics. These chronicles aim to re-open that space wherein politics once more becomes thinkable.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 144112201X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
In this fascinating collection, Jacques Ranciere, one of the world's most important and influential living philosophers, explores the nature of consensus in contemporary politics. Consensus does not mean peace. Instead it refers to a map of operations of war, of a topography of the visible, of what is possible and what can be thought, in which war and peace live side-by-side. Lying at the heart of these consensual times are new forms of racism and ethnic cleansing, humanitarian wars and wars against terror. Consensus also implies using time in a way that sees in it a thousand devious turns. This is evident in the incessant diagnoses of the present and of amnesiac politics, in the farewells to the past, the commemorations, and the calls to remember. But all these twists and turns tend toward the same goal: to show that there is only one reality to which we are obliged to consent. What stands in the way of this undertaking is politics. These chronicles aim to re-open that space wherein politics once more becomes thinkable.
The Bewitched Continuum
Author: Adam-Michael James
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692290927
Category : Bewitched (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
The Bewitched Continuum is a fun insider's look at the classic television show's overall continuity that will have you appreciating Samantha, Darrin, and their circle of impish witches and manic mortals in a whole new way.Adam-Michael James zaps up the same magnifying glass he uses on scripts for Hollywood studios and his columns at soapcentral.com to explore the consistencies and inconsistencies of Bewitched, comparing and contrasting all 254 episodes like never before. The only book to focus solely on the supernatural sitcom's fictional elements, The Bewitched Continuum delves into burning questions like: How come witches can use their powers in the past in some episodes but not in others? Can witches undo one another's spells, or not? The result is a definitive reference guide that is entertaining, perceptive, and always respectful.In addition to stunning photos and overviews for all eight seasons, this magical manual reveals how many times Endora called Darrin "Durwood" and who was afflicted with which witchy illness, not to mention offers an exclusive peek at one idea for the series finale Bewitched never had. Whether hardcore fan or discovering the show for the first time, The Bewitched Continuum casts a spell you won't soon forget!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692290927
Category : Bewitched (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
The Bewitched Continuum is a fun insider's look at the classic television show's overall continuity that will have you appreciating Samantha, Darrin, and their circle of impish witches and manic mortals in a whole new way.Adam-Michael James zaps up the same magnifying glass he uses on scripts for Hollywood studios and his columns at soapcentral.com to explore the consistencies and inconsistencies of Bewitched, comparing and contrasting all 254 episodes like never before. The only book to focus solely on the supernatural sitcom's fictional elements, The Bewitched Continuum delves into burning questions like: How come witches can use their powers in the past in some episodes but not in others? Can witches undo one another's spells, or not? The result is a definitive reference guide that is entertaining, perceptive, and always respectful.In addition to stunning photos and overviews for all eight seasons, this magical manual reveals how many times Endora called Darrin "Durwood" and who was afflicted with which witchy illness, not to mention offers an exclusive peek at one idea for the series finale Bewitched never had. Whether hardcore fan or discovering the show for the first time, The Bewitched Continuum casts a spell you won't soon forget!
The Continuum
Author: Wendy Nikel
Publisher: World Weaver Press
ISBN: 9780998702223
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Elise Morley is an expert on the past who's about to get a crash course in the future. For years, Elise has been donning corsets, sneaking into castles, and lying through her teeth to enforce the Place in Time Travel Agency's ten essential rules of time travel. Someone has to ensure that travel to the past isn't abused, and most days she welcomes the challenge of tracking down and retrieving clients who have run into trouble on their historical vacations. But when a dangerous secret organization kidnaps her and coerces her into jumping to the future on a high-stakes assignment, she's got more to worry about than just the time-space continuum. For the first time ever, she's the one out-of-date, out of place, and quickly running out of time.
Publisher: World Weaver Press
ISBN: 9780998702223
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Elise Morley is an expert on the past who's about to get a crash course in the future. For years, Elise has been donning corsets, sneaking into castles, and lying through her teeth to enforce the Place in Time Travel Agency's ten essential rules of time travel. Someone has to ensure that travel to the past isn't abused, and most days she welcomes the challenge of tracking down and retrieving clients who have run into trouble on their historical vacations. But when a dangerous secret organization kidnaps her and coerces her into jumping to the future on a high-stakes assignment, she's got more to worry about than just the time-space continuum. For the first time ever, she's the one out-of-date, out of place, and quickly running out of time.
Badiou and Derrida
Author: Antonio Calcagno
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441158952
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
This exciting new book makes a major contribution to Continental philosophy, bringing together for the first time the crucial work on politics by two giants of contemporary French philosophy, Jacques Derrida and Alain Badiou. Derrida has long been recognised as one of the most influential and indeed controversial thinkers in contemporary philosophy and Badiou is fast emerging as a central figure in French thought, as well as in Anglo-American philosophy - his magnum opus, Being and Event, and its long-awaited sequel, Logics of Worlds, have confirmed his position as one of the most significant thinkers working in philosophy today. Both philosophers have devoted a substantial amount of their oeuvre to politics and the question of the nature of the political. Here Antonio Calcagno shows how the political views of these two major thinkers diverge and converge, thus providing a comprehensive exposition of their respective political systems. Both Badiou and Derrida give the event a central role in structuring politics and political thinking and Calcagno advances a theory about the relationship between political events and time that can account for both political undecidability and decidability. This book navigates some very intriguing developments in Continental thought and offers a clear and fascinating account of the political theories of two major contemporary thinkers.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441158952
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
This exciting new book makes a major contribution to Continental philosophy, bringing together for the first time the crucial work on politics by two giants of contemporary French philosophy, Jacques Derrida and Alain Badiou. Derrida has long been recognised as one of the most influential and indeed controversial thinkers in contemporary philosophy and Badiou is fast emerging as a central figure in French thought, as well as in Anglo-American philosophy - his magnum opus, Being and Event, and its long-awaited sequel, Logics of Worlds, have confirmed his position as one of the most significant thinkers working in philosophy today. Both philosophers have devoted a substantial amount of their oeuvre to politics and the question of the nature of the political. Here Antonio Calcagno shows how the political views of these two major thinkers diverge and converge, thus providing a comprehensive exposition of their respective political systems. Both Badiou and Derrida give the event a central role in structuring politics and political thinking and Calcagno advances a theory about the relationship between political events and time that can account for both political undecidability and decidability. This book navigates some very intriguing developments in Continental thought and offers a clear and fascinating account of the political theories of two major contemporary thinkers.
Haruki Murakami's The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
Author: Matthew Strecher
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0826452396
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
This is an excellent guide to Haruki Murakami's extraordinary novel. It features a biography of the author (including an interview), a full-length analysis of the novel, and a great deal more. If you're studying this novel, reading it for your book club, or if you simply want to know more about it, you'll find this guide informative and helpful. This is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years - from ‘The Remains of the Day' to ‘White Teeth'. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the Atlantic has been assembled to provide a thorough and readable analysis of each of the novels in question.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0826452396
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
This is an excellent guide to Haruki Murakami's extraordinary novel. It features a biography of the author (including an interview), a full-length analysis of the novel, and a great deal more. If you're studying this novel, reading it for your book club, or if you simply want to know more about it, you'll find this guide informative and helpful. This is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years - from ‘The Remains of the Day' to ‘White Teeth'. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the Atlantic has been assembled to provide a thorough and readable analysis of each of the novels in question.
Approximate Continuum Comics
Author: Lewis Trondheim
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781606994108
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Approximate Continuum Comics brings American readers the firstportion of the "Trondheim Autobio Trilogy" that also comprises theEisner-nominated "At Loose Ends" meditation serialized inMome (which will be released as a graphic novel in 2012) and the ongoing"Little Nothings" series of short slice-of-life stories (three todate from NBM Publishing), as well as the first three chapters serialized in theNimrod comic book. In Approximate Continuum Comics,Trondheim's typically graceful, confident cartooning shows him wrestlingwith his own demons (sometimes, in dream sequences, literally) and an oftenmalevolent world, while trying to maintain his rising career as one ofEurope's most beloved cartoonists.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781606994108
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Approximate Continuum Comics brings American readers the firstportion of the "Trondheim Autobio Trilogy" that also comprises theEisner-nominated "At Loose Ends" meditation serialized inMome (which will be released as a graphic novel in 2012) and the ongoing"Little Nothings" series of short slice-of-life stories (three todate from NBM Publishing), as well as the first three chapters serialized in theNimrod comic book. In Approximate Continuum Comics,Trondheim's typically graceful, confident cartooning shows him wrestlingwith his own demons (sometimes, in dream sequences, literally) and an oftenmalevolent world, while trying to maintain his rising career as one ofEurope's most beloved cartoonists.
The Lazarus Continuum
Author: Ken Fry
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781726418638
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
An age-old secret must be kept safe... Until a successor is chosen. From the author of the UK Religious Mystery bestseller, The Lazarus Succession, this sequel is a highly emotional suspense novel with strong religious themes that will plunge the reader deeper into the mystery of The Resurrection Chronicles. A Standalone Novel. It's been seventeen years since Brother Baez, formerly Broderick Ladro, entered the monastery to fulfill his legacy, turning his back on all earthly affairs. His strange visions and doubts have steadily increased through the years and he goes on a desert retreat to make sense of it all. Brodie's painting, The Raising of Lazarus, is endowed with the power to heal. A secret that must be guarded, as it has been since the first was painted thousands of years ago by Annas Zevi who witnessed the miraculous event. Brodie senses that a new artist is being summoned. But who? The players are being brought together once again to protect an ancient, unbroken legacy. Martha, Ulla's daughter, the daughter Brodie has never seen or met, is experiencing the same visions. An unknown hand seems determined that father and daughter should meet. Amidst a series of baffling revelations, the action moves across the USA, UK, Spain, Israel and Cyprus. A pastor and an incredibly wealthy Las Vegas casino owner knows the secret and are hell-bent on stealing the miraculous painting for wealth and power. Unless Brodie, his daughter, Martha, and their close friends succeed in keeping the Lazarus legacy alive and the succession unbroken, a powerful secret will fall on evil hands. Explore the Mystery.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781726418638
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
An age-old secret must be kept safe... Until a successor is chosen. From the author of the UK Religious Mystery bestseller, The Lazarus Succession, this sequel is a highly emotional suspense novel with strong religious themes that will plunge the reader deeper into the mystery of The Resurrection Chronicles. A Standalone Novel. It's been seventeen years since Brother Baez, formerly Broderick Ladro, entered the monastery to fulfill his legacy, turning his back on all earthly affairs. His strange visions and doubts have steadily increased through the years and he goes on a desert retreat to make sense of it all. Brodie's painting, The Raising of Lazarus, is endowed with the power to heal. A secret that must be guarded, as it has been since the first was painted thousands of years ago by Annas Zevi who witnessed the miraculous event. Brodie senses that a new artist is being summoned. But who? The players are being brought together once again to protect an ancient, unbroken legacy. Martha, Ulla's daughter, the daughter Brodie has never seen or met, is experiencing the same visions. An unknown hand seems determined that father and daughter should meet. Amidst a series of baffling revelations, the action moves across the USA, UK, Spain, Israel and Cyprus. A pastor and an incredibly wealthy Las Vegas casino owner knows the secret and are hell-bent on stealing the miraculous painting for wealth and power. Unless Brodie, his daughter, Martha, and their close friends succeed in keeping the Lazarus legacy alive and the succession unbroken, a powerful secret will fall on evil hands. Explore the Mystery.