Download or read book Ren of Atikala The Scars of Northaven written by David Adams and published by David Adams. This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am Ren of Atikala. Kobold. Prisoner. Experiment. My father owns me and my days are full of pain. I have many stories to tell. This one is about death. Kobolds die every day. Even hatchlings are familiar with death, taught to understand it from an early age. Death is our nursemaid. By the time a hatchling has reached adulthood it has seen a hundred lives ended. Humans do things differently. Humans avoid talking of death. It is spoken in whispers, avoided in conversation. When they must discuss it they use euphemisms, silly phrases like “passed on” or “sleeping” or “gone away”. They are hoping, perhaps, they can pretend such euphemisms will not one day apply to them. Ultimately, though, they always do. These are some of the hardest times I have ever faced and some of my sweetest joys. I have so many stories to tell but this one should come next. It will take some time. This is the story of how I came to truly understand death, and what it means to take a life. The Kobolds series: #1: Ren of Atikala #2: Ren of Atikala: The Scars of Northaven (Now available for preorder!) Other stories set in Drathari, the World of Shattered Dreams: - The Gods are Silent, a short story (Coming early 2015!).
Download or read book Ren written by Brittany Quagan and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Ren Nagel knows that the strange things shes seen are realeven if no one else believes her. But, when she's locked up in a psychiatric hospital; she loses hope that anyone will ever truly be on her side. Then everything changes. With the help of a new friend, Ren breaks out. It's when she's on the run that she learns who she really is. Hunted by evil, Ren must learn to control a power she never knew she had, organize a coalition of people she never knew existed, and remind humanity why fighting the darkness is a big part of being human. Sometimes, feeling different is much more than just a feeling. For Ren, it means the fate of the world.
Download or read book The Girl Her Ren written by Pepper Winters and published by Pepper Winters. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Final Conclusion to Ren and Della’s Story. “What do you do when you write down all your secrets? No…that’s not enough. What do you do when you write down all your secrets and the one person who should never read them does? I’ll tell you what you do. You hope.” REN Ren didn’t know the meaning of love until he took Della for his own. To begin with, he hated her, but as the months bled into years, he learned the opposite of hate, dedicating his life to giving her everything. Every sacrifice, every gift, he gave wholeheartedly. But then love turned to lust and ruined everything. DELLA I was stupid to write down my secrets, but I’d been stupid before, so it was nothing new. I couldn’t blame him, hate him, fix him. I tried to move on without him. But no matter what I did, I couldn’t seem to delete the secrets I’d written. Until something happened. Until he came back and read my stupid secrets. And nothing was the same after that.
Download or read book A School in Ren Village written by Hongchang Si and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By adopting oral history and fieldwork methods and exploring historical data, this book chronologically depicts the development of the schools and education in a village in North China over a century. The book reveals how education and school life in the rural village are being impacted not only by its own history and traditions, but also by external powers; more specifically, the development of rural schools is influenced by the tensions between Chinese and Western culture, between history and reality, between countryside and cities, and between national and local powers. In essence, villagers’ educational experience is actually a battlefield for school education and local tradition – the children’s lives are dominated by school education, leaving local traditions few opportunities to exert an influence. The study also discusses how school education and local traditions have influenced villagers’ social mobility, a topic that has rarely been studied in previous literature. In summary, rural schools have been developing within an interactive network composed of various actors. With the fading of national power since the 1980s, local rural actors have enjoyed a much more liberal social and political space and thus now play a more active role in rural education. Presenting a microcosm that reflects the historical development of rural education in China, the book is a valuable resource for researchers in the field of in rural education, educational history, and educational anthropology, as well as for readers interested in rural education in China.
Download or read book Game Development with Ren Py written by Robert Ciesla and published by Apress. This book was released on 2019-06-29 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get your feet wet in developing visual novels and take a guided tour through easy to follow tutorials using three of the most popular tools (Ren'Py, TyranoBuilder, and Twine). This book uses a two-pronged approach into the fine art of text-based games, showing you what makes for compelling writing as well as the programming logic and techniques needed to bring your visual novels to life. In this book, you will uncover the rich history of interactive fiction from the bare-bones 1970s games to the audiovisually rich modern output. You will take a detailed look at how to work with some of the most popular and exotic sub-genres and tropes of interactive fiction, such as nakige ("crying game"), dating sims, and horror. Once the stage is set, you will learn to use all-purpose programming logic and techniques in three mini tutorial games and also learn how to deploy your titles to both desktop and mobile platforms. Not solely relegated to the ancient historical period of the 1980s and 1990s, interactive fiction has again become appealing to developers as new tools became available. The visual novel is an increasingly popular and potentially lucrative genre of video game, being deployed for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and more. Game Development with Ren'Py reveals how multi-platform tools such as Ren'Py, TyranoBuilder, and Twine are becoming ever more plentiful for creating games in this genre. What You'll Learn Gain a working knowledge of Ren'Py, TyranoBuilder, and Twine Examine the basics of general programming logic Deploy to all available operating systems and platforms Review different approaches to fiction writing in the context of text-based games Who This Book Is For People with no programming experience who are interested in working in the genre of visual novels or interactive fiction.
Download or read book The Naz A Ren Prophecies written by S. Mitchell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-02-24 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a time of mythical creatures, demons, shape-changers, armies of wolves and enormous battle cats standing with and against heroic characters from which legend and myth are born.
Download or read book The Letter to Ren An and Sima Qian s Legacy written by Stephen Durrant and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sima Qian (first century BCE), the author of Record of the Historian (Shiji), is China’s earliest and best-known historian, and his “Letter to Ren An” is the most famous letter in Chinese history. In the letter, Sima Qian explains his decision to finish his life’s work, the first comprehensive history of China, instead of honorably committing suicide following his castration for “deceiving the emperor.” In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, some scholars have queried the authenticity of the letter. Is it a genuine piece of writing by Sima Qian or an early work of literary impersonation? The Letter to Ren An and Sima Qian’s Legacy provides a full translation of the letter and uses different methods to explore issues in textual history. It also shows how ideas about friendship, loyalty, factionalism, and authorship encoded in the letter have far-reaching implications for the study of China.
Download or read book Ren and Della Boxed Set written by Pepper Winters and published by Pepper Winters. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes her most poignant tale yet. This edition contains both books: THE BOY & HIS RIBBON and THE GIRL & HER REN. The complete RIBBON DUET. “What do you do when you meet your soul mate? No wait…that’s too easy. What do you do when you meet your soul mate and have to spend a lifetime loving him in secret? I’ll tell you what you do. You lie.” REN Ren was eight when he learned that love doesn’t exist—that the one person who was supposed to adore him only cared how much he was worth. His mother sold him and for two years, he lived in terror. But then…he ran. He thought he’d run on his own. Turned out, he took something of theirs by accident and it became the one thing he never wanted and the only thing he ever needed. DELLA I was young when I fell in love with him, when he switched from my world to my everything. My parents bought him for cheap labour, just like they had with many other kids, and he had the scars to prove it. At the start, he hated me, and I could understand why. For years he was my worst enemy, fiercest protector, and dearest friend. But by the end…he loved me. The only problem was, he loved me in an entirely different way to the way I loved him. And slowly, my secret drove us apart. ★6 Stars! The boy and his Ribbon... Is the most painfully heartbreaking, soul shattering, addictive, unforgettable, and most beautiful masterpiece I have ever read! -S,Goodreads Reviewer ★ALL THE STARS I was in the mood for an emotional love story and this delivered it in spades. Provocative and utterly mesmerizing! --Olgatherebelreader ★Ms.Winters has created a hell of a masterpiece. An absolute damn masterpiece. I think I hate her a little for making me love this story so much! -M. Michelle ★ This book. God, this book is one of the best books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Without a doubt and with so much confidence I can say and will say this is the best book of 2018. 6 stars, S Goodreads
Download or read book From Honto Jin to Bensheng Ren written by Shih-jung Tzeng and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2009-05-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to use numerous volumes of mostly unpublished diaries for examining issues of Taiwanese identity. Using the diaries of two Taiwanese intellectuals, the author examines how the Taiwanese national consciousness emerged and was reconstructed under the Japanese and Chinese Nationalist rule between 1920 and 1955, suggesting that a multi-dimensional Taiwanese national consciousness was created in the 1920s. Nevertheless, between 1937 and 1945, it was reconstructed by the imperial war mobilization. It then underwent a further reconstruction during and after the regime change from Japan to China, leading to the emergence of the bensheng ren (native Taiwanese) consciousness. The emerging international Cold War environment enabled the creation of a de facto independent state based on Taiwan-size governance, which had an impact on shaping the bensheng ren identity.
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Fu Ren University Beijing written by John S. Chen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book tells the story of the rise and fall of Fu Ren University (1925-1952) and provides an analysis of a key Catholic higher education institution in China.
Download or read book The BaZi 60 Pillars Life Analysis Method REN Yang Water written by Joey Yap and published by Joey Yap Research Group . This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to attune your mind's eye to read a BaZi Chart through the Pictorial Method of BaZi analysis. There are sixty possible combinations of the Five Elements and their different polarities which made up the 60 Pillars. Joey Yap's 60 Pillars Life Analysis Method is a refined and enhanced technique that are based on the fundamentals set by the true masters of olden times, and modified to fit to the sophistication of current times. Each Pillar is explained through a guide on its personality, character, abilities, work approach and its affinity to others in terms of love, acquaintance and family. This book will help you visualize BaZi in a whole new light and elevate your proficiency in BaZi Chart analysis. What You'll Learn: •An introduction to the BaZi 60 Pillars •The Pictorial Analysis Method, an effective technique in interpreting and analyzing BaZi Charts •The traits of each Yi Wood Pillar in terms of general characteristics and behavior in work and relationships •The technical analysis of BaZi Chart based on the Day Pillar •The compatibility analysis between each Yi Wood Pillar with other Pillars of the 60 Jia Zi cycle
Download or read book My Classmate Ren kun is Kinda Scary written by Kusege and published by Animate International Co., Ltd.. This book was released on 2024-11-05 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The blossoming relationship between these boys is too cute to handle...! The aggressive Ren and serious Tadaomi have been inseparable since elementary school. And even though Ren is kinda scary, he instantly melts when he's with Tadaomi. Everyone around them knows how they feel about each other... except for the two of them! Don't miss this BL comedy!
Download or read book Confucian Ren and Feminist Ethics of Care written by Lijun Yuan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rehabilitation of Confucian tradition raised new challenges to Chinese feminist thinkers. Can a Confucian ideal of reciprocity help women realize their equality? What is the hope for Chinese women seeking a social ideal of equality given the growing gender gap in the current economic development of China? Yuan argues Confucianism cannot help unless it is integrated with feminism. In this book, Yuan explores why gendered stratifications perpetuated so deeply in today’s China through the influences of Confucian cultural tradition, but reading early Confucian texts as a cosmological vision of Ren with Dao and ontological oneness as a whole that is the unity of heaven, earth, and humanism, we might reclaim Confucian egalitarian aspects to develop its openness for gender equity with integration of feminist critical care ethics. Throughout the book, Yuan provides multiple perspectives of comparison: relational self vs. power differentials, gender roles differences vs. political demand for equality, and individual reciprocity vs. connection based reciprocity, etc. to embrace inclusive methodology and caring democracy. We see a great hope to break through stereotypes of binary thinking of Minben (people oriented) and Minzhu (autonomous democracy), gender division of labor, reason and emotion, etc. Yuan argues we should integrate feminist critical thoughts of global justice/care with early Confucianism, since both traditions emphasize caring relationships in humanity and interdependency between social individuals within and beyond their communities in a global scale. Importantly, the integration enlarges our philosophical visions of how cultural traditions can be undeniable sources for strengthening contemporary social ideas of humanity, democracy, equality, and freedom for all.
Download or read book REN Reposed written by Brittany Quagan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From foster kid to awkward teen, Ren Nagel has always wanted to be ""normal."" But, that's probably never going to happen. Ren is just a little more than human--she's an Implement sent to Earth to save the world. She knows what she's supposed to be doing, but for now, Ren is ignoring all the signs. Bound by promises she made a very long time ago, and with the help of her friends--some human, some not--Ren reluctantly sets out on an adventure that, if it doesn't kill her, will change her life--and everyone else's. There are other Implements out there whose help she needs to keep humanity from destroying itself, but first she's got to find them. And then, she's got a few debts to pay with her old friend Karma ...
Download or read book Under Fortunate Stars written by Ren Hutchings and published by Rebellion Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Ships. One Chance To Save The Future. Fleeing the final days of the generations-long war with the alien Felen, smuggler Jereth Keeven’s freighter the Jonah breaks down in a strange rift in deep space, with little chance of rescue—until they encounter the research vessel Gallion, which claims to be from 152 years in the future. The Gallion’s chief engineer Uma Ozakka has always been fascinated with the past, especially the tale of the Fortunate Five, who ended the war with the Felen. When the Gallion rescues a run-down junk freighter, Ozakka is shocked to recognize the Five's legendary ship—and the Five's famed leader, Eldric Leesongronski, among the crew. But nothing else about Leesongronski and his crewmates seems to match up with the historical record. With their ships running out of power in the rift, more than the lives of both crews may be at stake...
Download or read book Ren s Journey Home written by Laurie Kubal Becvar and published by Laurie J. Kubal Becvar. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is about a woman (myself, who I will call Laura) who has a big, big heart for animals and that heart was not understood by her husband, we will call him Mick. Through Ren's journey, though, he learned a great deal about his wife's heart and passion and once he respected it, the couple lived happily ever after. Ren was among the kittens that Laura owned, but this was a special kitten given to her by her best friend Vicky. Laura and Mick lived on a beautiful, small ranch along a river in South Dakota. There were big oak trees and plenty of space for the horses, the cats, and their dog. Ren was all gray cat, with beautiful golden eyes. Ren and Laura had a special bond. Ren and the other cats had a nice place to be and sleep in the barn, but Ren wanted to be with Laura all of the time. So, she started hanging on the window screens asking to come into the house with Laura. This caused big arguments between Mick and Laura because Ren was tearing the window screens. The arguments became so bad that Mick said, "Ren had to go or he was"! So, Laura called her brother who had a farm about 25 miles away across the river, and children, who liked to play with cats. Laura was very, very sad, but she put Ren in a carrier and drove her to the farm. Laura cried all the way home and for many days after. Ren stayed at that farm for nearly a year, but then, Ren decided to leave to find her way home
Download or read book The Walls Around Us written by Nova Ren Suma and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPECIAL PREVIEW! “Ori’s dead because of what happened out behind the theater, in the tunnel made out of trees. She’s dead because she got sent to that place upstate, locked up with those monsters. And she got sent there because of me.” The Walls Around Us is a ghostly story of suspense told in two voices--one still living and one long dead. On the outside, there’s Violet, an eighteen-year-old dancer days away from the life of her dreams when something threatens to expose the shocking truth of her achievement. On the inside, within the walls of a girls’ juvenile detention center, there’s Amber, locked up for so long she can’t imagine freedom. Tying these two worlds together is Orianna, who holds the key to unlocking all the girls’ darkest mysteries. We hear Amber’s story and Violet’s, and through them Orianna’s, first from one angle, then from another, until gradually we begin to get the whole picture--which is not necessarily the one that either Amber or Violet wants us to see. Nova Ren Suma tells a supernatural tale of guilt and innocence, and what happens when one is mistaken for the other. Praise for Imaginary Girls: “A surreal and dreamy world where magical thinking is carried to a chilling extreme.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Praise for 17 & Gone: “Suma’s exquisite sentence-level writing and fine eye for creepy detail are in abundant evidence.” —Kirkus Reviews
