Download or read book Dragonflyers written by Christine Velde and published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the lives of prominent expatriates working in varying fields and aims to understand why they were drawn to Indonesia and examines their diverse, but valuable contributions to Indonesia and its way of life. In doing so, it will facilitate a better understanding for readers in the East and the West regarding the contributions of prominent expatriates to Indonesia and their feelings towards a country which in many cases, may have become their “home.” Dragonflies which have been described as fantastic flyers, darting, twisting, turning and transforming, are just like expatriates who have contributed to Indonesia in a variety of fields. Like dragonflies, they are also reminders that we can reflect light in powerful ways. They contribute to others by helping them to see through their misinterpreted illusions and allowing their own light to shine in a new vision, like academics, artists, writers or entrepreneurs. *** “Much of Indonesia outside of Jakarta and other major cities, we found incredibly beautiful. The greatest attraction of the country was the pleasure of working with Indonesians who accepted me as a colleague, rather than a dangerous foreigner, who had to be kept at a distance. Over time, both my wife and myself became greatly attached to Indonesia, both personally and professionally.” -Gustav Papanek- “Living in Indonesia is very different to living in Australia. It has changed from the turbulent situation during the 1980s and 1990s, and is now much more open and liberal. For most foreigners living and working in Indonesia, it takes time and effort to develop the skills and understanding, that best enable them to operate in Indonesia. Personally, I have always found most Indonesians very welcoming.” -David Hill- “I have acquired an enriched understanding of another culture. I possess another language and this opens up the mind immeasurably. rough speaking the language, wI can get much closer to people and be a part of the decision making process. I am more relaxed about life in general, through my Indonesian experiences.” -David Reeve- “I can sympathise with the idea of being a ‘global citizen’, but believe that those with experiences of other cultures must be able to share these experiences and insights with members of their own culture. Indonesia gains most value from me not when I think like an Indonesian, but when I act like an Australian who knows and respects Indonesian culture and can present diff erent and distinct perspectives on it: to Australians and Indonesians alike.” -Harry Aveling-

Download or read book The Dragon Flyers written by Andy Iontton and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack is only sixteen years old and he has believed that for the last six years that his father was dead, that he had died saving the kings life. Now Delph, who is the kings very own dragon, has told him that maybe his father could be alive, held captive by the Pukka Tribe. This is ultimately a story of Delph and Jack and their mission to save Jack’s father. A story of friendship and bravery. Only a hero can save a hero. Find out if Jack and Delph can save more than just one man...

Download or read book Jaws of Darkness written by Harry Turtledove and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Turtledove's masterful story of a magical world's cataclysmic war-which began with Into the Darkness, Darkness Descending, Through the Darkness, and Rulers of the Darkness-continues in this, the fifth volume of the series: Jaws of Darkness. The grand conflict for control of the continent of Derlavai rages on, in a battle with all the drama and terror of the Second World War-only the bullets are beams of magical fire, the tanks and submarines are great lumbering beasts, and the fighters and bombers are dragons raining fire upon their targets. Yet hope may be dawning at last. The terrible onslaught of the conquering forces of Algarve-who power their battle magics with the life energy of their murdered victims-begins to founder as it runs into Habbakuk: a sorcerous ship of ice used by embattled nations of Lagoas and Kuusamo to ferry their deadly dragons across the seas to strike at the very heart of Algarvian power. But though the tide has begun to turn, the conflict is far from over. The widely disdained Kaunians still struggle desperately to escape as the Algarvians kill them by the thousands-for life energy, but also simply for the crime of being Kaunian. And as the deaths of innocent civilians on both sides continue to feed the flames of war, those who have struggled to survive and preserve their freedom have only their passions to see them through. . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Dragoncrown written by Emery Garriott and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A place of great beauty, Thuringland and its tributary states exist on the edge of perilous balance of power, resources, and control. Every aspect of life on Thuringland is connected, but there are those who will risk that precious equilibrium for their own needs. The Dragonlord Seldric, bearer of the all-powerful Dragoncrown, controls the dragons upon which so much of life depends. Their fiery breath produces magical coins, used for both commerce and energy. The dragons protect the realm and enforce control of the tributary lands; all are dependent on them. Life in Thuringland could not exist without the odious burden of slavery, and too many races are considered to be little more than commodities by those in power. In the jungle of Sinjer, a race of proud warriors fights for survival, freedom, and dignity. The Sinjeryan all-female raceleft the world of men behind to free themselves from oppression, but Seldrics demands for tribute women as his protectors and concubines challenges that. As one of the proud Sinjery Dragonflyers, Seldrics present concubine Trallalair will do anything to end her races odious tribute. At Hells Breach, an open portal to the underworld from which demons and zombies threaten all life, poets wielding magical words fight to save their world. When a seemingly unconnected string of events frees the dragons, no one is safe from their wrath. Can brave champions of many races come together to restore the realms balance of power before it is too late?

Download or read book Psychohistorical Crisis written by Donald Kingsbury and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-10-13 with total page 2154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction-roman.

Download or read book The Magikh Series written by Khalif Aziz and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-30 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Phoenix is a novel written by thirteen-year-old Khalif Aziz . In the book, the male protagonist, who takes upon the likeness of the author himself, is a young sorcerer whose age is as old as the pyramids. The 5,672-year-old goes through a form of reincarnation in which he dies in one body and begins a new life in the body of either a direct descendant or a relative. As a sorcerer, he constantly battles the forces of Apep, an evil god that wishes to control not only this universe but all others and let chaos tip the balance that all of these universes rely on. Since Khalifaziz is a human, he must do this in secret while still trying to keep up his cover as a regular human. Cara Marino, the character's best friend, never learns of her friends' abilities (she has other friends who have abilities she doesn't know of as well) until the day that she is attacked by a black Bennu, or a black phoenix. Thus begins an adventure in which both magic and science are large players. Cara is the sister of Phineas Marino, a scientist who worked for the government, working on all sorts of top-secret projects. His most important one, a teleport that sends one into any computer's cyberspace and even into the Internet's cyberspace. Knowing that the government would soon want this project, he hid it from everyone except his little sister, Cara. Then another scientist created a virus, and they fused together in order to form Vesteria, an evil being bent on world domination. Cara and Phineas agree to make sure this never happens, seeing as how it was his invention that caused this trouble; however, Phineas can't fulfill his promise, seeing as he is now dead. Cara then decides to do it all on her own, but then she meets a boy named Khalifaziz, a student of the school built in place of the abandoned laboratory where Phineas worked on his machine in secret. Khalifaziz and his friend Matt decide to help Cara fight Vesteria, leaving out the fact that they are both sorcerers. It turns out that they fight Vesteria better than Cara was ever able to. Unfortunately for them, Apep and Vesteria are sick of losing. One day, after Cara is attacked by the phoenix, Vesteria tries to hack Cara's computer systems. When Cara, Matt, and Shadoe, princess of an alien people made completely out of chaotic energy, all go inside the computer, it is revealed that everyone's worst fears have been realized. Vesteria is working for Apep. Suddenly, Khalifaziz and his friends are thrown into a war that they never expected to happen. Now everything has changed. Now they can't afford to lose. Because this time, Apep has a powerful new ally. A combination of science fiction, Egyptology, physics, and magic, The Black Phoenix joins the ranks of global young adult' and children's literature.

Download or read book American Legal English 2nd Edition written by Debra S. Lee and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students can becomve familiar with legal syntax and legal vocabulary in this introduction to basic legal information and the U.S. legal system.

Download or read book Darkness Descending written by Harry Turtledove and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now Turtledove returns to the story of a World War in a world where magic works, with this moving second volume. Algarvian soldiers corral Kaunians to send them west, towards Unkerlant, to work camps. The Kaunians left behind are worried about what the work camps might mean, but are assuaged by Algarvian lies. In Kuusamo, scholars race to find the relation between the laws of similarity and contagion. Rumors abound about the Algarvian work camps, rumors most cannot believe as true. But the mages know, for they can feel the loss of life in their very souls. Turtledove's cast of characters in Darkness Descending takes on its own life as the reader sees the war from all sides and understands how the death and destruction benefits no one, not even the victors. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Forged By Fire written by Janine Cross and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In violation of every law of the Dragon Temple, which forbids women to own property, Zarq Darquel has secured a dragon estate for herself. But now what Waikar Re Kratt, Zarq’s former overlord, has begun a fanatical crusade to find her, last ally—Kratt’s turncoat brother—can no longer stand between her and the threat of imprisonment. Zarq does not see herself as a revolutionary, but her enemies give her no choice. Abandoning the estate where she thought she would be safe, she journeys deep into the jungle in search of an ancient dragon secret that will give her the power to overthrow both Kratt and the corrupt Dragon Temple. She takes with her some of the female dragons from her own estate, and in the jungle she once again risks the dragons’ highly addictive hallucinogenic venom, renewing a craving that is becoming an obsession...

Download or read book Flying Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hellcop 3 written by Brian Haberlin and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A COLD DAY IN HELL” In Hell, Virgil is confronted with the true depth of the conspiracy surrounding him. He may have found a reluctant witness that could clear his name—IF he can get them back to Earth. But how does one escape Hell?

Download or read book Out of the Darkness written by Harry Turtledove and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry Turtledove's rousing saga of a fantastic world at war, which began in Into the Darkness and continued through Darkness Descending, Through the Darkness, Rulers of the Darkness, and Jaws of Darkness, draws to its climactic conclusion in Out of the Darkness. As the Derlavaian War rages into its last and greatest battles, allied nations maneuver for positions against each other in a postwar world. But before that time can come, the forces of Algarve, Unkerlant, and their allies must clash a final time, countering army with army and battle magic with ever-more-powerful battle magic. In the midst of it all, the people the war has battered and reshaped must struggle to face their greatest individual challenges, as loves are shattered and found, terrible crimes avenged . . . and some journeys end forever. And the end of the war may not bring peace... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Through the Darkness written by Harry Turtledove and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Harry Turtledove's third novel in the Darkness series, a young Kaunian girl is forced to remain hidden while her Forthwegian savior braves the rough, Algarvian-controlled streets to earn their keep. The scholars of Kuusamo are no closer to understanding the bloodless magic that may win the war-and time is short. Kuusamo has joined into an unsteady alliance with Lagoas and Unkerlant. No one kingdom trusts another, but they must unite, for it is only together that they can defeat the Algarvian threat.The war is no longer confined to soldiers and sorcerers. Common folk are joining together to fight from underneath their oppressors, whether they be Algarve or Unkerlant. What those farmer soldiers lack in skill, they make up for in dedication. A dedication that will carry them . . . through the darkness. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book The Dragon Flyers written by Debbie Daley and published by FeedARead.com. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back home and faced with having to cope with her lonely life in Chislewick, Lizzie Longton is thrilled by an urgent summons to Elvedom. Upon her arrival, she discovers that the dreaded Duke Eldorth and his evil sidekick, the slovenly witch Melisha, are still wreaking havoc. The pair have hidden another sacred relic, The Chalice of Elaria, somewhere far to the north of the realm. Lizzie, together with a select party of trusted companions, finds herself on a quest to retrieve the Chalice. As she travels through Elvedom, she makes amazing discoveries about her new world. In the Mountains of Snow, Lizzie encounters the elves' secret weapon that will aid her in her quest and finds herself on an adventure of a lifetime. Will the secret weapon help Lizzie thwart Eldorth's wicked plan to take control of Elvedom? And will Lizzie and her companions succeed in retrieving another sacred relic from his grasp?

Download or read book Secret in the Valley of Meander written by Sonia Black and published by Marvel Comics Group. This book was released on 1985 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Moonlit Dragon written by Cynthia Star and published by . This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Moonlit Dragon will keep kids on the edge of their seats with a thrilling moonlight dragon race, while teaching valuable lessons about hard work, diligence, and the value of friendship.

Download or read book A Hippopotamusn t and Other Animal Verses written by J. Patrick Lewis and published by Dial. This book was released on 1990 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than thirty mostly humorous poems about a variety of animals.