Author: Amelia Kinkade Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub ISBN: 9781481977944 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 298
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Princess Penelope finds her way into an Inner Kingdom inside the earth where she discovers that all the beautiful things in the Outer World—color, good smells and tastes, dance, the rhythm of the seasons, the laws of the Universe like gravity, the ability to dream, and even the ability to heal—are all ruled by Elementals (fairy creatures) who initiate beauty, harmony, and grace in the Outer World. Her brother, Kam, is tricked into going into the Inner Kingdom with a magical gun that can actually destroy the elementals, convinced that he is the prophesized “Wing One,” a child of royal birth with magical powers. Penny has the ability to talk to animals and also these elementals. She goes into this Inner Kingdom to repair the damage her brother is heaping on the spirits because as he destroys the elementals, the Outer World starts to collapse. Through her journey she discovers that she has the powers within her to help every creature she meets on her pathway. Through her journey of learning about compassion, courage, intuitive communication, selfless generosity, unconditional love, and true friendship, she finds her own strength and in the process restores both the Inner and Outer worlds to a new level of beauty and harmony. The Winged One is, in short, a spiritual manual to help children find true meaning in life and discover their interconnectedness with Nature and how they can contribute to the world.
Author: Joseph J. Corn Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 9780801869624 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 226
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Exploring these early years of aviation, Joseph Corn describes the fascinating, and often bizarre, plans for the future of manned flight and brings back to life the famous and lesser-known aviators who became American heroes.
Author: Sofia Samatar Publisher: Small Beer Press ISBN: 1618731157 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
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Four women — a soldier, a scholar, a poet, and a socialite — are caught up on opposing sides of a violent rebellion. As war erupts and their loyalties and agendas and ideologies come into conflict, the four fear their lives may pass unrecorded. Using the sword and the pen, the body and the voice, they struggle not just to survive, but to make history. Here is the much-anticipated companion novel to Sofia Samatar’s World Fantasy Award-winning debut, A Stranger in Olondria. The Winged Histories is the saga of an empire — and a family: their friendships, their enduring love, their arcane and deadly secrets. Samatar asks who makes history, who endures it, and how the turbulence of historical change sweeps over every aspect of a life and over everyone, no matter whether or not they choose to seek it out. Sofia Samatar is the author of the Crawford, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy award-winning novel A Stranger in Olondria. She also received the John W. Campbell Award. She has written for the Guardian, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, and many other publications. She is working on a collection of stories. Her website is sofiasamatar.com.
Author: Michael A. Martin Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1416506772 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 386
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William Riker, former first officer of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation, takes command of the new USS Titan in this white-knuckled adventure perfect for longtime and new Star Trek fans. After almost a decade of strife against foes such as the Borg, the Cardassians, the Klingons, and the Dominion, the United Federation of Planets is at the dawn of a new era. Starfleet is renewing its mission of peaceful exploration, diplomacy, and the expansion of knowledge. Among the starships spearheading that endeavor is the USS Titan, commanded by Captain William T. Riker and manned by the most biologically varied and culturally diverse crew in Starfleet history. But their mission does not begin according to plan. In the wake of Star Trek: Nemesis, Praetor Shinzon, slayer of the Romulan Senate, is dead. The power vacuum created by his demise has put the Romulan Star Empire, longtime adversary of the Federation, at the brink of civil war. Competing factions now vie for control of their fragmenting civilization, and if the empire should fall, that entire area of the galaxy may destabilize. To restore order to the region, Titan’s long-anticipated mission of exploration is delayed as Starfleet assigns Riker to set up power-sharing talks among the Romulan factions. But even as the first tentative steps are taken toward building a new Romulus, the remnants of the Tal Shiar, the dreaded Romulan intelligence service, are regrouping behind the scenes for a power play of their own. With no other help available, Riker and the Titan crew become the last hope to prevent the quadrant from falling into chaos.
Author: Dr. David E. Alexander Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0199996776 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 225
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"On the Wing is the first book to take a comprehensive look at the evolution of flight in all four groups of powered flyers: insects, pterosaurs, birds, and bats."--Book jacket.
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