Download or read book Webdancer written by Jay Aspen and published by Sandfire Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invasion by stealth. A ruthless mercenary. A wild hope of survival. Alissa returns to Kar in her quest to track down the shadowy syndicate behind the plot in the desert––only to find her search blocked as much by the constraints of university life as by the threats and deadly attacks she encountered in Irithen. Until the assassin strikes, revealing a whole new level of intrigue and expertise. Fleeing to the capital to discover who is behind the conspiracy is one way of taking the initiative. It also takes her into greater danger as she comes face to face with the invaders––and the terrifying Captain Reith who has haunted her dreams for reasons she still does not understand. Maybe love will prove more powerful than war… But the heart of the enemy is a dangerous place. Webdancer is the second book in the Stormweaver series, the far-future fantasy epic by Jay Aspen.

Download or read book Invisible Connections written by Sita Popat and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-24 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Internet and communication technologies offer dance and theatre new platforms for creating and performing work, with opportunities for remote interaction and collaboration on a scale never before imaginable. This book explores methods by which such technologies can facilitate creative collaborations between performers and viewers.

Download or read book Stormweaver Trilogy 1 written by Jay Aspen and published by Sandfire Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious stranger. A murderous ambush and a sinister plot in the deep desert. Alissa returns home from university, still haunted by the death of her sister and a restlessness that keeps drawing her back into the great sand sea of Irithen, the dangerous heart of a remote province on a distant planet. Her attempt to save the life of the young and charismatic Talin throws her into a whirlwind of hidden agendas and a ruthless military attack. She has trained in the intense shamanic skills that might help her survive in this vast expanse of sand, heat, enormous lizards and poisonous scorpions. Learning to fly a giant condor before it kills her might help as well. Returning to the city, she confronts greater danger as she comes face to face with the invaders – and the terrifying Captain Reith who has haunted her dreams ever since she saw him on a grainy vid-recording in the desert. A compelling attraction she still does not understand. Maybe love will prove more powerful than war. But the heart of the enemy is a dangerous place… When Alissa and Reith escape from the devastated prison on Eden. they face a dangerous journey back to the capital with vital information. All they have to do is cross an unstable swamp inhabited by giant eels and carnivorous plants, get past the enemy slave camp on the coast, and somehow make it across the ocean to Pangaea without getting captured. The sinister threat already implanted deep in Reith’s history could make the task impossible, but if they can learn each other’s skills and work together, they might have a chance. Books 1, 2 & 3 of the Stormweaver series, the far-future fantasy epic by Jay Aspen.

Download or read book Advances in Web Based Learning ICWL 2007 written by Howard Leung and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-14 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web-Based Learning, ICWL 2007, held in Edinburgh, UK, in August 2007. The 55 revised full papers presented together with 1 keynote talk were carefully reviewed and selected from about 180 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on personalized e-learning, learning resource organization and management, framework and standards for e-learning, test authoring, question generation and assessment, language learning, science education, visualization technologies for content delivery and learning behavior, practice and experience sharing, security, privacy and mobile e-learning, as well as blended learning.

Download or read book Stormweaver Trilogy 2 written by Jay Aspen and published by Sandfire Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When your lover helps you escape by betraying you to the enemy…. Alissa finds a secret Resistance outpost in Pangaea’s icy northern wastes, while trying to understand why Reith seems to have abandoned her––as well as trying to remind herself that this is so not the time to fall for Janis, the charismatic rebel leader. As she faces a giant snow tiger she suddenly discovers that she can no longer rely on her enhanced abilities for survival in this uncertain new world. But the desert holds new dangers and the oasis cities are unprepared. Stolen military secrets, disrupted route-finding, and ambitious warlords are converging to inflict a deadly conclusion. The Resistance will be forced into open warfare before they have enough preparation to take on the heavily-armed invaders. And sometimes victory demands too high a price. The aftermath of a deadly battle in the desert sparks a power struggle at the heart of Irithen’s military leadership. It will take everything Alissa and Reith can do to avert a disaster that would lead to their ultimate defeat. And that is when Alissa has to decide when breaking the rules to win has gone too far. Books 4, 5 & 6 of the Stormweaver series, the far-future fantasy epic from Jay Aspen.

Download or read book Duneflyer written by Jay Aspen and published by Sandfire Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious stranger. A murderous ambush and a sinister plot in the deep desert. Alissa returns home from university, still haunted by the death of her sister and a restlessness that keeps drawing her back into the great sand sea of Irithen, the dangerous heart of a remote province on a distant planet. Her attempt to save the life of the young and charismatic Talin throws her into a whirlwind of hidden agendas and a ruthless military attack. She has trained in the intense shamanic skills that might help her survive in this vast expanse of sand, heat, enormous lizards and poisonous scorpions. Learning to fly a giant condor before it kills her might help as well. Duneflyer is the first book in the Stormweaver series, the far-future fantasy epic by Jay Aspen.

Download or read book Stormweaver written by Jay Aspen and published by Sandfire Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-03-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When does victory demand too high a price? The aftermath of a deadly battle in the desert sparks a power struggle at the heart of Irithen’s military leadership. It will take everything Alissa and Reith can do to avert a disaster that would lead to their ultimate defeat. And that is when Alissa has to decide when breaking the rules to win has gone too far. Stormweaver is the sixth book in the Stormweaver series, the far-future fantasy epic from Jay Aspen.

Download or read book Ocean written by Brian Herbert and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times–bestselling author, an ecological thriller about human animal hybrids battling to rescue the ocean from environmental impact. In 2024, Earth is consumed by a great War of Ocean Liberation: a military force of sea creatures attacks naval installations, shuts down shipping lanes and fishing operations, and destroys offshore oil-drilling rigs. Huge blue whales, sharks, dolphins, and even monstrous creatures thought to be extinct—all strike with ferocity and surprising strength. The marine armada is led by hybrid, transformed humans who call themselves Sea Warriors, ocean-rights zealots who can swim to the deepest regions of the sea and live off the bounty of the waters. Their commander, Kimo Pohaku, announces his startling intention: The complete liberation of the seas from human control. Finally, the ocean is fighting back, but it might be too late . . .

Download or read book A Game of Authors written by Frank Herbert and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A conspiracy thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of Dune, “one of America's most intelligent, imaginative, and magnetic novelists” (Kirkus Reviews). In pursuit of a scoop, American journalist Hal Garson follows up on a mysterious, desperate letter that points to the whereabouts of legendary author Antone Luac, who vanished without a trace in Mexico years ago. The celebrated writer’s disappearance is an enduring mystery, and Garson senses this story will make his career. Despite warnings, he travels to isolated Ciudad Brockman and begins asking questions . . . too many questions, which place him in the crossfire of a local crime lord, a Communist insurgent group, and finally to the imprisoned writer—and his beautiful daughter—who may not want to be found.

Download or read book Veiled Alliances written by Kevin J. Anderson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the legendary science-fiction series The Saga Of Seven Suns,Veiled Alliancesis a revelatory prequel, in which long-term fanswill discover the origin of the green priests on Theroc, the first Roamer skymining operations on a gas-giant planet, the discovery of the Klikiss robots entombed in an abandoned alien city, the initial Ildiran expedition to Earth, the rescue of the generation ship Burtonand the tragedy that led to sinister breeding experiments. In this volume the human race begins its expansion into outer space, only to discover that for centuries a multitude of other races has already been interacting on a cosmic scale. Eleven exploratory ships carrying humans escaping a degenerating Earth are discovered by a more advanced space-faring civilization, the Ildaran Empire. The empire helps the refugees - by now the several-generations-later offspring of the original voyagers - settle suitable planets and sends diplomats with a few of them to Earth to establish trade and diplomatic relations. Meanwhile, both Terran and Ildaran authorities bring hidden agendas to their first-contact discussions, and asEarth attempts to become a player in this new arena, its ambassadors are thrust into a foreign world of alien life forms, backstabbing politics, bitter feuds, and a deadly struggle to become the supreme force in the universe.

Download or read book High Opp written by Frank Herbert and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2012-03-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times–bestselling author of Dune, a dystopian novel in which a corrupted democracy leads to war between the privileged and labor classes. EMASI! Each Man A Separate Individual! That is the rallying cry of the Seps engaged in a class war against the upper tiers of a society driven entirely by opinion polls. Those who score high, the High-Opps, are given plush apartments, comfortable jobs, every possible convenience. But those who happen to be low-opped, live crowded in Warrens, facing harsh lives and brutal conditions. Daniel Movius, Ex-Senior Liaitor, rides high in the opinion polls until he loses everything, brushed aside by a very powerful man. Low-opped and abandoned, Movius finds himself fighting for survival in the city’s underworld. There, the opinion of the masses is clear: It is time for a revolution against the corrupt super-privileged. And every revolution needs a leader. From Hugo and Nebula award winning author Frank Herbert, this posthumously published novel was written between his two classic books, The Dragon in the Sea and Dune.

Download or read book The Godmakers written by Frank Herbert and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2013-04-21 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interstellar agent discovers his latent powers while investigating a warlike planet in this classic sci-fi fantasy by the author of Dune. It’s been centuries since the devastating Rim Wars separated numerous planets from the protection and control of the galactic empire. The Rediscovery and Reeducation Service is dedicated to finding these “lost planets” and returning them to the fold. But not all civilizations are eager to cooperate. Young and charismatic, Lewis Orne is one of the best R&R agents in the organization’s history. But when he identifies troubling signs on the planet of Hamal, he is transferred to Investigative Adjustment, the agency that specializes in dealing with violent worlds. Suddenly, Orne is shuttling to the edge of the galaxy to detect any signs of latent aggression among Hamal’s population. Shortly after making landfall, Orne makes a far more astonishing discovery: he suddenly finds himself in possession of profound extrasensory powers. When these powers become known, he is invited to join Hamal’s company of “gods.” It is an offer too enticing to refuse. Yet being a god comes with certain expectations . . .

Download or read book The Pandora Sequence written by Frank Herbert and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 1560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All three novels in the New York Times–bestselling science fiction fantasy series about the survival of a human colony in the wake of AI. From Frank Herbert, the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of Dune, in collaboration with Bill Ransom, the bestselling series that began with Destination Void. The Jesus Incident opens as Ship, an artificial intelligence with godlike powers delivers the last survivors of humanity to a horrific, poisonous planet, Pandora—rife with deadly Nerve-Runners, Hooded Dashers, airborne jellyfish, and intelligent kelp. Chaplain and psychiatrist Raja Lon Flattery is brought back out of hybernation to witness Ship’s machinations as well as the schemes of human scientists manipulating the genetic structure of humanity. The Lazarus Effect takes place centuries later. The descendants of humanity, split into Mermen and Islanders, must reunite . . . because Pandora’s original owner is returning to life . . . The series concludes with The Ascension Factor. Pandora is now in the grip of the clone known as Director. The resistance's main hope is Crista Galli, believed by some to be the child of God, and the fight for Pandora spreads ever wider.

Download or read book Memorymakers written by Brian Herbert and published by WordFire +ORM. This book was released on 2011-09-10 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memorymakers tells the story of an ancient race of beings called the Ch’Var, who live among humans. They look like humans, act like humans, talk like humans. Their appetites, though, are anything but human.

Download or read book The Challenges of the Digital Transformation in Education written by Michael E. Auer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 1003 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the latest research and new perspectives on Interactive Collaborative Learning and Engineering Pedagogy. We are currently witnessing a significant transformation in education, and in order to face today’s real-world challenges, higher education has to find innovative ways to quickly respond to these new needs. Addressing these aspects was the chief aim of the 21st International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2018), which was held on Kos Island, Greece from September 25 to 28, 2018. Since being founded in 1998, the conference has been devoted to new approaches in learning, with a special focus on collaborative learning. Today the ICL conferences offer a forum for exchanging information on relevant trends and research results, as well as sharing practical experiences in learning and engineering pedagogy. This book includes papers in the fields of: * New Learning Models and Applications * Pilot Projects: Applications * Project-based Learning * Real-world Experiences * Remote and Virtual Laboratories * Research in Engineering Pedagogy * Technical Teacher Training It will benefit a broad readership, including policymakers, educators, researchers in pedagogy and learning theory, school teachers, the learning industry, further education lecturers, etc.

Download or read book Mechatronics written by Sabri Cetinkunt and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mechatronics is the design and development of computer-controlled mechanical systems, such as the fuel-efficient engine of today s family car. This comprehensive book brings together the knowledge and techniques of the major technical fields and explores the theory behind a wide range of basic devices. It then brings all this knowledge together in various motion control lab experiments, which provide readers with practical experience in designing circuits and writing software. (Midwest).

Download or read book Sharksinger written by Jay Aspen and published by Sandfire Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-12-12 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannik's dreams have been devastatingly put on hold. All she ever wanted was to survive the hard training and be accepted into the elite Order of Webdancers, the guardians of Primae IV who risk their lives patrolling the remote wilderness. That exciting career isn’t going to happen for Hannik. Not unless she can escape a sinister plot to start a civil war. Meeting the mysterious, wealthy, and charismatic Vander was the start of it… She did get one lucky break. Getting shot. And then being rescued by the gorgeous Severin and his contacts in the secret service. Maybe this is the chance she needs. Maybe now she can use her already impressive skills in navigation, summoning and combat to foil the plot and prove her innocence. As well as rescuing her sister and her precious wildcat kittens. And then… she discovers she is about to join the shark-team and ride into a deadly battle. Hm. Sharksinger is the prequel to Stormweaver, the science-fantasy adventure romance epic from Jay Aspen. Perfect for fans of Avatar, Dune, and the Broken Earth series!