Download or read book Servant of the Shard written by R.A. Salvatore and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times–bestselling author: The much-awaited story of master assassin Artemis Entreri and the first installment in a new series set in the Forgotten Realms universe Surrounded by dark elves, Artemis Entreri tightens his grip on the streets of Calimport. While he urges caution, his sponsor grows ever more ambitious. The assassin will soon find himself on a path his most hated enemy has walked before him—a path that leads to a place where someone like Entreri would never be welcome. Drow leader Jarlaxle has ascended from dark Menzoberranzan with only civil intentions. The malevolent Crystal Shard’s influence on him intensifies until even the drow agents he brought with him grow fearful. When his own company begins to turn on him, Jarlaxle will be forced to find a savior in the man he’s come to enslave. Servant of the Shard is the first book in the Sellswords trilogy and the fourteenth book in the Legend of Drizzt series.

Download or read book A Single Shard written by Linda Sue Park and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2001-04-23 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newbery Medal-winning tale of an orphan boy whose dream of becoming a master potter leads to unforeseen adventure in ancient Korea. Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean village renowned for its ceramics. When he accidentally breaks a delicate piece of pottery, he volunteers to work to pay for the damage. Putting aside his own dreams, Tree-ear resolves to serve the master potter by embarking on a difficult and dangerous journey, little knowing that it will change his life forever. "Despite the odds against him, Tree-ear becomes courageous, brave and selfless, a hero as enduring as the porcelain Park so lovingly describes." (New York Times) “Intrigues, danger, and a strong focus on doing what is right turn a simple story into a compelling read. A timeless jewel.” (Kirkus starred review) *A broken piece of pottery sets events in motion as an orphan struggles to pay off his debt to a master potter. This finely crafted novel brings 12th-century Korea and these indelible characters to life." (School Library Journal starred review) "Tree-ear's determination and bravery in pursuing his dream of becoming a potter takes readers on a literary journey that demonstrates how courage, honor and perseverance can overcome great odds and bring great happiness. Park effectively conveys 12th century Korea in this masterful piece of historical fiction." (Kathleen Odean, chair of the Newbery Award Selection Committee)

Download or read book Augmented Dreams written by Stephen B. Kagan and published by Stephen B. Kagan. This book was released on 2013-05-12 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the year 2048 and information has seeped into all the nooks and crannies of the world from layers of useful augmentations to vast virtual game worlds. Most people now access this web of information directly through nano built neural implants. Many of the advanced AI left after the Great Purge are now under the control of the military and powerful corporations. A few though are still free, hiding in the virtual game worlds of the Web. *The newly edited version went live in September. Replacement copies are available upon request. ---------------------------------------------------------- Ben, a nature friendly virtual artist (world-weaver) and dream researcher follows a trail of darkness on an odyssey through different worlds of cyberspace to find a virtual art thief. Gordon, an MRI researcher, technophile and part time AI hunter seeks a cure for a mysterious web based sleeping sickness spreading throughout the population. Daniel, a recluse poet and Luddite struggles with having to use medical nanotechnology to cure his cancer but what he finds in the unconscious foundations of his biology is nothing less than a revelation that will change everything Augmented Dreams is an allegory of the modern mind (psyche) struggling to find balance between the roots of our ancestors and the modern world in a time of accelerating change. It is a palimpsest that takes place at the intersection between advanced technology, ancient myth, gaming and environmentalism. For more information: www.augmenteddreams.net

Download or read book Simple Dreams written by Linda Ronstadt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes discography (page 203-225) and index.

Download or read book Aquasition of a Dream written by Scott B. Murray and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aquasition is a story about fulfilling a dream. About an obsession with the sea. The feeling you get when the wind blows across your bow, the rails bury, as your vessel finds its grove and you become one with wind and sea. A silent rush of adrenaline as you glide effortlessly across the sea propelled solely by wind and will. Pure unbridled joy I tell this story as closely as possible from my ships logs and memory. If I have forgotten a few facts, or people, or a few places, I apologize in advance to those that helped and sailed with me along the way. You all have my never ending thanx and appreciation for contributing to what has become a wonderful life. Enjoy the ride!

Download or read book A Dream in the World written by Robin van Lõben Sels and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can science and religion co-exist in the modern discipline of psychotherapy? A Dream in the World explores the interfaces between religious experience and dream analysis. At the heart of this book is a selection of dreams presented by the author's patient during analysis, which are compared with the dreams of Hadewijch, a thirteenth century woman mystic. The patient's dreams led the modern woman to an unanticipated breakthrough encounter with the divine, her "experience of soul". The experience reoriented and energized her life, and became her "dream-in-the-world". Following Jung's idea that the psyche has a religious instinct, Robin van Loben Sels demonstrates that the healing process possible through psychotherapy can come from beyond the psyche and can not be explained by our usual theories of scientific psychology. Written in flowing, easily-read language A Dream in the World details a classical Jungian analysis of a woman's dreams, and searches the relationship between religious encounter, psyche and soul.

Download or read book Fractured Dreams written by Greg Alldredge and published by Greg Alldredge. This book was released on 2020-03-08 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death stalks the night. Della Villa’s search for the truth led to her capture. Her unlikely hero, the rogue known only as her Black Knight, came to the rescue, pulling her from the wilderness. The return to her city should have been joyous, but the rebellion took its toll on the citizens. Gangs and plague now ravage the once free city and shard of Zar. All means of escape have been blocked, the city choked for survival. Zar in tatters where can the pair turn for safety? Will the sickness be the end of her city? Is Della the sole survivor of the ruling family of Zar? All these questions - and more - will answer themselves as we delve deeper into the dark fantasy world of The Fractured Lands, and as we’re drawn towards the thrilling conclusion of this stunning work of immersive fiction. Della always felt an outcast in her own home, now she traveled the islands of Fractured Lands, a homeless orphan. Something drives her north. Choices she makes today will determine her future. In Fractured Dreams, author Greg Alldredge takes us into a bold new heart of dark fantasy and leaves us shaken, thrilled, and eager for more. For fans of Game of Thrones, this fifth book in an epic fantasy series is guaranteed to get the mind racing and the heart pumping and is sure to grip readers from the first fantastical page to the last.

Download or read book Xanthippe s Dream written by Philip Edwards and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When bubonic plague breaks out in Athens in the year 404 B.C., several families escape to a deserted Aegean island. As the refugees confront the external and social challenges facing them, they are attacked by pirates and are beset by crime. To cope with these pressures, Xanthippe's Dream offers solutions to these life-changing dilemmas. But in the end, there is no prescribed resolution and readers become involved in the novel's outcome. The titular character Xanthippe is a well-born Athenian who is modest about her talents. With her friends Philippa and Cleo, she sets out to domesticate her new homeland and a different world is created in this imaginative page-turner. Xanthippe's Dream offers a 50-year history of the island colony.

Download or read book City of Dreams written by Beverly Swerling and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping epic of two families—one Dutch, one English—from the time when New Amsterdam was a raw and rowdy settlement, to the triumph of the Revolution, when New York became a new nation’s city of dreams. In 1661, Lucas Turner, a barber surgeon, and his sister, Sally, an apothecary, stagger off a small wooden ship after eleven weeks at sea. Bound to each other by blood and necessity, they aim to make a fresh start in the rough and rowdy Dutch settlement of Nieuw Amsterdam; but soon lust, betrayal, and murder will make them mortal enemies. In their struggle to survive in the New World, Lucas and Sally make choices that will burden their descendants with a legacy of secrets and retribution, and create a heritage that sets cousin against cousin, physician against surgeon, and, ultimately, patriot against Tory. In what will be the greatest city in the New World, the fortunes of these two families are inextricably entwined by blood and fire in an unforgettable American saga of pride and ambition, love and hate, and the becoming of the dream that is New York City.

Download or read book Welcome to Rosie Hopkins Sweetshop of Dreams written by Jenny Colgan and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A sheer delight from start to finish' Sophie Kinsella ***WINNER OF THE RNA ROMANTIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2013*** Can you hear the jangle of pocket money, the rustle of striped paper bags . . ? 'An evocative, sweet treat' Jojo Moyes 'Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting' Marian Keyes 'Irresistible' Jill Mansell 'Just lovely' Katie Fforde 'Naturally funny, warm-hearted' Lisa Jewell 'A gobble-it-all-up-in-one-sitting kind of book' Mike Gayle ___________________________________ Rosie Hopkins thinks leaving her busy London life, and her boyfriend Gerard, to sort out her elderly Aunt Lilian's sweetshop in a small country village is going to be dull. Boy, is she wrong. Lilian Hopkins has spent her life running Lipton's sweetshop, through wartime and family feuds. As she struggles with the idea that it might finally be time to settle up, she also wrestles with the secret history hidden behind the jars of beautifully coloured sweets. Welcome to Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop of Dreams - a novel - with recipes. ___________________________________ Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan 'Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside' 'Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished' 'There's something so engaging about her characters and plots' 'Her books are like a big, warm blanket' 'Her stories are just so fabulous' 'She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life' 'The woman is just magic'

Download or read book The Dreams of Savages written by and published by Nickolay Todorov. This book was released on with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catastrophe Jones A Collection of Forgotten Dreams written by Catastrophe Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of flash fiction created over the span of several years -- a visceral dreaming -- a narrative nightmare memoir.

Download or read book Between Dreams written by Ross Kirchner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dream written by D.C. Canipe and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-05-04 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the little that he can remember, Dante Jackson hasn't had the best childhood, but the last thing he wants to do is grow up. On his eighteenth birthday, he realizes that his abusive stepmother is actually a wicked witch and he's suddenly thrust into an eerie world made of his own forgotten memories. With his favorite childhood toys seemingly coming to life in order to help him defeat his enemy, the young hero sets out to journey through the innocence of his youth. With a little help from his long-lost friends, Mizu the mermaid doll and Theodore the teddy bear, he just may grow up a little along the way. A tale about healing and forgiveness, Dream is as surreal as it is sentimental.

Download or read book The Bone Shard Daughter written by Andrea Stewart and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bone Shard Daughter is an unmissable debut from a major new voice in epic fantasy — a stunning tale of magic, mystery, and revolution in which the former heir to the emperor will fight to reclaim her power and her place on the throne. "One of the best debut fantasy novels of the year." — BuzzFeed News "An amazing start to a new trilogy." — Culturess "It grabs you by the heart and the throat from the first pages and doesn't let go." — Sarah J. Maas The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands. Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic. Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright - and save her people. "One of the best debut fantasy novels of the year." —BuzzFeed News "An amazing start to a new trilogy." —Culturess "It grabs you by the heart and the throat from the first pages and doesn't let go." —Sarah J. Maas "Epic fantasy at its most human and heartfelt . . . inventive, adventurous and wonderfully written." —Alix E. Harrow "Utterly absorbing. I adored it." —Emily Duncan "A thoroughly fantastic read." —Kevin Hearne "Stewart's debut is sharp and compelling. It will hook readers in and make them fiercely anticipate the rest of the series." —Booklist "Groundbreaking epic fantasy for a new age." —Tasha Suri "Begins with a spark of intrigue that ignites into a thrilling adventure." —Hafsah Faizal

Download or read book The Dream Merchant written by AQEEL AHMED and published by AQEEL AHMED. This book was released on 2024-02-09 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: "The Dream Merchant" tells the fascinating story of Milo, a trader whose heart is as big as the world of dreams he visits. He lives in a place where dreams are valued as much as the most valuable wealth. This book is more than just a trip through a fantasy world; it delves deeply into the meaning of dreams and how they affect real life. Milo's natural curiosity and kindness led him to a dream that was unlike any other. It was a dream that had the power to change the very fabric of reality. After this realization, Milo goes on an amazing journey with people who are just as brave and smart as he is. Milo's friends are with him on this quest. Each has their own skills, hopes, and fears. They have to work together to get through a magically filled environment, where they face difficult obstacles that test their friendship and willpower. Their journey, which is a mix of bravery, friendship, and the endless possibilities of the mind, shows the decisions and sacrifices that come with having so much power. They see the problems they face not only as problems, but also as chances to learn secrets that could change the future of their world. The movie "The Dream Merchant" honors the deeper meaning of dreams by showing them as strong forces that can bring about change instead of just the product of our minds while we sleep. Milo and his friends learn that if you keep going after your goals with a clean heart, you might be able to change reality for the better. Their journey shows that dreams have two sides: they can save and destroy, build and tear down. Milo and his friends learn a useful lesson from their struggles and successes: the most powerful thing is not the dreams themselves, but the steps you take to reach your goals. The story ends with a powerful lesson about how dreams can change the world and how powerful it is when people work together for a shared goal. For dreamers and doers alike, "The Dream Merchant" is a tribute to the human spirit and a lesson that we can all use our dreams to make the world the place we want it to be. Chapter 1: Milo’s Dream Store. In the middle of Dreamville, near bright market stalls full of people laughing and talking, stood a one-of-a-kind shop. Milo's Shop of Dreams was a wonderful place full of fun and magic. As soon as you walked in, the warm, welcoming lights on the shelves full of bottles would make you feel right at home. Milo, the dream merchant, made these strange bottles with great care. His warm smile and loving eyes welcomed everyone who came into his beautiful country. They were just dreams, though. Milo had a very special skill. He can make many kinds of dreams, from dangerous trips to faraway places to the soft, comforting hug of a favorite memory. Every dream was an original piece of art, crammed into a single bottle and full of colors as bright and beautiful as a sunrise or as calm and peaceful as the sky at night. Kids would put their faces up to the glass and look into the bottles with wide eyes as they watched the images move and swirl inside. People of all ages missed the carefree and happy times of their childhood and remembered goals and ideals they had forgotten. Every customer could find a little bit of happiness to take home in the store. It wasn't just a place to buy dreams. Milo thinks that everyone should be able to dream and get away from the stresses of regular life to have fun and be creative. He put a lot of love and care into each dream, making sure that the person who had it would find everything they needed. Milo's dreams could come true, even if it was just for one night. The thrill of flying, the adventure of finding kingdoms under the sea, or just the simple pleasure of hanging out with friends could be these pictures. That being said, something amazing happened one night. Just as the stars lit up Dreamville in a beautiful way, Milo found something that would change the way he saw dreams forever. He had never seen anything like the light that was shining from one strange bottle. My dream was filled with a strange energy that moved and changed colors like the northern lights. Milo knew that this wasn't a normal dream, so he paid close attention to it. It was an exciting call and a promise of a trip he had never taken before. When Milo held the bottle in his hands, he could feel its magic. It spoke of unknown worlds and old secrets. This dream had the power to change reality, showing Milo things he could never have imagined. Milo took a deep breath and jumped ahead of faith, getting ready for an adventure that would take him out of his shop and into the dream itself. What kinds of riddles would he solve? How hard could things get for him? One thing was certain: Milo's life and the lives of those around him were about to go through huge changes that no one could have imagined. Chapter 2: The mysterious sight Because he was so eager to figure out what the dream meant, Milo had a hard time falling asleep. When he closed his eyes, the dream got clearer. There were lights swirling in beautiful patterns that made him feel like he was in another world. In the blink of an eye, Milo was taken from his comfortable room to a world full of magic and colors that almost sang. What he saw and pictured was completely different from anything else he had ever seen or thought of. In this world, rivers flowed with clear, ancient sounds, trees spoke languages that were long gone, and the sky was full of stars that sparkled like jewels. Milo was aware that the normal rules did not apply to this strange world. He could now do things he had only dreamed of before. With the thought of a thought, he could fly through the clouds and feel the wind blowing past him. He could also make flowers grow, their petals spreading out in a burst of color and smell. He saw amazing things everywhere he turned, like crystal towns that gave off an inner light, woods full of strange animals, and mountains that reached up to the sky. It was a world where things that seemed impossible happened all the time, not just reasonable theories. As Milo looked into this dream some more, he felt a rush of excitement and freedom he had never felt before. His fears and limits in Dreamville seemed to have been replaced by an open-ended desire to explore and find new things. He met beings of light and shadow who told him stories and taught him things. This showed him that there are mysteries waiting to be solved everywhere in the world. Milo's heart kept beating faster with each step, and his mind grew in ways he never thought possible.

Download or read book The Dream of the Decade 2006 written by Afshin Rattansi and published by Booksurge. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quartet following the lives and themes that dominated living in Britain and America in the 1980s, examining the growth of finance, property, media and terrorism.