Download or read book Remnant s of Magic written by Casey White and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After another long day at work, all Jon Christensen wanted was a cheap burger and some peace and quiet. When he pulled into the local McDonald's, Jon only had the usual cares on his mind. His sister. The bills. A career with seemingly nowhere to go. But after a confusing encounter at the cash register triggers a violent episode in the parking lot, he's quickly pulled into a world he doesn't understand. His few careless sentences - and the odd gift of languages he's kept hidden for years - wind up thrusting him right into the middle of a chaotic magical free-for-all, a battle taking place in the shadows of society. Entangled in an increasingly complex web of violence and lies, he's left with a choice: adapt, or die. Surrounded by strangers, Jon must struggle to survive, searching out friends amidst a sea of foes. If he can get his group of strays and rejects to work together, there's a chance they might just make it out alive. Should he fail, the consequences will be dire - not only for Jon, but also for those he loves"--Amazon.com.
Download or read book Performing Masculinity written by R. Emig and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary study analyzes the ways in which signs of masculinity have been performed across a wide variety of contexts and genres - including literature, classical ballet, sports, rock music, films and computer games - from the early nineteenth century to the present day.
Download or read book I Have Every Right to Be Mad written by Sefu Tau Khalfani and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All this struggle of oppression and some wonder why I'm mad... This new lyrical poetry collection introduces a powerful artistic voice to the world and encourages you to walk a mile in the author's shoes. His work is gripping, raw, and full of the emotions that come from living in an unjust world and enduring the cruelties of modern life. In response to the deep-rooted racism and prejudice he has endured, Sefu Tau Khalfani, has felt compelled to speak out. His work is a defiant scream meant to start a revolution among his readers. Poems like "I Have Every Reason to Be Mad" show his fear and frustration over police brutality, women equality, institutional racism, and other insidious forces trying to destroy the black community. In addition to offering poems about the political and the universal, Khalfani reflects on the personal. He explores his deepest vulnerabilities, insecurities, and jealousies. Khalfani not only shows how he recognizes these parts of himself and strives to be better but also honors the people who inspired him to persevere. His story goes beyond his own life to connect to the men and women who touched it in a myriad of ways.
Download or read book Operation Hollywood written by David L. Robb and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directors of war and action movies receive access to billions of dollars worth of military equipment and personnel, but it comes with a hidden cost. As a veteran Hollywood journalist shows, the final product is often not just what the director intends but also what the powers-that-be in the military want to project about America's armed forces.
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Download or read book The Conversation of Humanity written by Stephen Mulhall and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : discursive conditions -- Language, philosophy, and sophistry -- Contributions to a conversation about the conversation of humanity : Heidegger and Gadamer, Oakeshott and Rorty -- Lectures and letters as conversation : Cavell as educator in cities of words -- Conclusion : redeeming words.
Download or read book In the Spirit of Napa written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napa Valley, California, is one of the premier destinations in America, known for its world-class wineries, idyllic scenery, and bucolic lifestyle. Featuring a foreword by renowned chef Thomas Keller, this gorgeous volume surveys Napa's treasures, including cult wineries and pioneering winemakers, culinary establishments from farmers' markets to exclusive restaurants, architectural landmarks and historic estates, natural wonders and creative characters. In the Spirit of Napa Valley concludes with a guide to hotels, spa, restaurants, wineries and tasting rooms, art collections, music festivals, sightseeing, recreation, and resources.
Download or read book Explorer s Handbook written by David Noonan and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate sourcebook for players wishing to explore the world of Eberron, the "Explorer's Handbook" showcases the multi-continental aspect of the Eberron setting. This handbook encourages players to explore the entire world rather than remain fixed in one region.
Download or read book Complete Enlightenment written by Chan Master Sheng Yen and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1999-01-26 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete Enlightenment is the first authoritative translation and commentary on The Sutra of Complete Enlightenment, a central text that shaped the development of East Asian Buddhism and Ch'an (Chinese Zen). The text is set in the form of a transcription of discussions between the Buddha and the twelve enlightened beings(bodhisattvas), who question him on all aspects of spiritual practice. This new translation preserves all the liveliness and nuance of the text in the original Chinese. The sutra's ancient wisdom is brought to life by the commentaries of Master Sheng-yen, one of the most revered living Buddhist masters in the Ch'an lineage. This is truly a manual for the spiritual journey toward complete enlightenment, providing the key to the deep, poetic, and practical meanings of the scripture.
Download or read book Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Heidegger and Being and Time written by Stephen Mulhall and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heidegger is one of the most controversial thinkers of the 20th century. This book assesses his life and the background, ideas and text of his first major book, Being and time.
Download or read book Runefang written by C. L. Werner and published by Games Workshop(uk). This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fate of Wisseland hangs in the balance under a mighty assault from an undead hoard. Their only chance of survival is to retrieve a lost artifact, the legendary Solland Runfang. Original.
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Download or read book The Golden Transcendence written by John C. Wright and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with The Golden Age, continuing with The Phoenix Exultant and now concluding in The Golden Transcendence, John C. Wright's grand space opera is a SF adventure saga in the tradition of A. E. van Vogt and Roger Zelazny. It is an astounding story of super-science, a thrilling wonder story that recaptures the excitements of SF's golden agewriters in the suspenseful and passionate tale of a lone rebel unhappy in utopia. The end of the Millennium is imminent, when all minds, human, posthuman, cybernetic, sophotechnic, will be temporarily merged into one solar-system-spanning supermind called the Transcendence. This is not only the fulfillment of a thousand years of dreams, it is a day of doom, when the universal mind will pass judgment on all the races of humanity and transhumanity. The mighty ship Phoenix Exultant is at last in the hands of her master; Phaethon the Exile is at her helm. But the terrible truth has been revealed: he is being hunted by the agents from a long-lost dead star, the eerie and deadly Lords of the Silent Oecumene, whose super-technology plumbs depths even the all-knowing Earthmind cannot fathom. Humanity will be helpless during the Golden Transcendence. Phaethon's enemies plan to use the opportunity to destroy the population of the Inner System, man and machine alike. To do this, they must take control of Phaethon's beloved starship and turn her unparalleled power to warlike uses. Phaethon's memories are incomplete - but he knows a spy for the Silent Ones is already aboard. And when the all-encompassing Mind of the Golden Transcendence wakes - who will it condemn? Which future will it chose? Are Phaethon's dreams of star-flight about to revolutionize the Golden Age into an age even more glorious than gold, or will they kindle the first open war fought across the immensity of interstellar space? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Tom Cruise written by Ruth O'Donnell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Cruise is a Hollywood superstar like no other. World famous since his debut in the 1980s, he remains among the highest paid actors. Why has his persona resonated so powerfully with millions of viewers? Using psychoanalytic theory, "Tom Cruise: Performing Masculinity in Post Vietnam Hollywood" demonstrates how his star persona sublimates anxieties about masculinity. Amid Reagan-era military jingoism and concern over declining industrial labour, he represented a new model of American masculinity based on white-collar upward mobility. Spanning blockbuster films such as Risky Business (1983), Jerry Maguire (1996) and the Mission: Impossible series (1996 - 2011), this book illustrates how his characters exemplify entrepreneurialism, charisma, technological gadgetry and verbal acuity to redefine male success. His newly emotive type - 'help me help you' - also successfully overcomes interpersonal conflicts with patriarchal authority and senior women in the workplace, and navigates race relations. The first scholarly study of Tom Cruise's celebrity, this book surveys his entire career and builds on Richard Dyer's 'star theory.' It develops the core dynamic of his star persona, a mix of projected character traits and 'real life' trivia or gossip, and establishes that his box office success reflects his persona's ability to work through the psychodynamic preoccupations of his films. This exceptional appeal evolved, at times characterised by complicity with 1980s materialistic hedonism (Taps, 1981), male spectacle (Magnolia, 1999), or his use of martial technology (War of the Worlds, 2005), and their attendant psychic meanings. Recent shifts in American culture, however, in tandem with Tom Cruise's growing evangelism for the Church of Scientology, may be threatening his appeal. Ultimately, this book offers a picture of how stars reflect the values and crises of their societies, and fills a substantial gap in scholarship on celebrity studies, critical cultural analysis, masculinity studies, and film theory.
Download or read book Paths of Prestige written by Benjamin Bruck and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensible book presents thirty new prestige classes for use in your Pathfinder RPG campaign! Each ten-level prestige class is tied to a different organization or theme found in the Inner Sea region of Golarion, featuring long-awaited explorations of the Aldori Swordlords, Hellknight Signifers, Paladins of Irori, and the infamous Gray Gardeners! Looking for a way to ride a mastodon into combat? Take some levels in the Mammoth Rider prestige class! Eager to harness the mysteries of ancient wizardy? Delve into the secrets of the Arclords of Nex! Looking for some respect and power for your gunslinger? Join the ranks of Alkenstar's Shield Marshals! These and many more prestige classes await discovery in the pages of Paths of Prestige!
Download or read book Hell s Vengeance Scourge of the Godclaw written by Larry Wilhelm and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now bound to Queen Abrogail by infernal contracts, the villainous adventurers are given the task of destroying the Glorious Reclamation's headquarters in the former citadel of the Hellknight Order of the Godclaw, where they face a gold dragon that was once an ally of Iomedae herself! With the dragon defeated and the citadel secured, the vile characters must perform an evil ritual, using the dragon's head to craft a legendary weapon capable of defeating the Glorious Reclamation's army of valorous knights. "Scourge of the Godclaw" is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 13th-level characters. The adventure continues the Hell's Vengeance Adventure Path, a wide-ranging campaign in which evil player characters quell a rebellion to restore order to a wicked empire. Several new monsters, a look at the responses of Cheliax's neighbors to the ongoing rebellion, details on the worship of the archdevil Geryon, and the next installment of the Pathfinder's Journal round out this volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Path! Each monthly full-color softcover Pathfinder Adventure Path volume contains an in-depth adventure scenario, stats for several new monsters, and support articles meant to give Game Masters additional material to expand their campaign. Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes use the Open Game License and work with both the Pathfinder RPG and the world's oldest fantasy RPG.
