Download or read book Seeking Fate written by Brenda Drake and published by Entangled: Crave. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With curses, kisses, and a tangled web of ancestry and betrayal, Seeking Fate delivers an action-packed adventure set against a stunning European backdrop. Like a buttery croissant, readers are destined to gobble up every word!” Darcy Woods, award-winning author of Summer of Supernovas Fate changer Daisy Layne is nervous about searching Europe for a firstborn son doomed to die on his eighteenth birthday. But she’s the only one who can save him. No pressure or anything. She needs the help of guide Andrei Vasile, who she’s been talking to online for two years. Still, meeting him in person...that’s a whole different story. Andrei is determined to keep Daisy safe, even if touching her could kill him. At least, that’s what his family has told him about fate changers like Daisy. She’s strong and beautiful, and it’s his job to keep her alive. Unfortunately, what she doesn’t know could kill her. Save a life. End a curse. And never, ever get too close... The Fated series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 - Touching Fate Book #2 - Cursing Fate Book #3 - Seeking Fate

Download or read book Fate Calculation Experts written by Geng Li and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2019-03-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having long been stigmatized as an immoral and even illegal “superstition”, the popular practice of divination is experiencing a revival in contemporary China. Fate Calculation Experts explores how diviners attempt to achieve legitimation in a society which identifies strongly with modernity, science, and rationality. As well as associating with modern knowledge production systems, diviners build a positive social image for their occupation via claims to moral authority and appeals to “tradition”. Beyond matters of image management, diviners’ efforts towards legitimation also figure in the social relationships and fundamental cultural values they develop in their practice.

Download or read book Fate Howled written by Tiffani Skye and published by Tiffani Skye. This book was released on 2023-08-10 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fate can be cruel, but sometimes it can be the only thing that stands between you and death… I’m determined to break free from the clutches of this dangerous prophecy. I’ll do what I have to locate the crystals before my friend-turned-traitor does. Failure is not an option. There is just one tiny problem—we have no clue where to begin. Seeking guidance, we journey to Blayde’s home, hoping to find a starting point. But as we arrive, a sense of unease settles upon us. Strange occurrences plague the pack–precious items are vanishing, and innocent children are disappearing. Something wicked is at play. Throughout the chaos, Blayde remains steadfast and patient, offering me unwavering support. The choice to trust him, to take a leap into a budding romance, rests solely on my shoulders. With every stolen glance and every racing heartbeat in his presence, I question if it was real or merely a figment of Fate’s manipulation. I have to embrace my role as Huntress, battling not only for the crystals but also for my own survival. But the evil hunting me has found me. I must become more to win the battles that lie ahead. Fate Howled is the second book in the Fated Huntress paranormal urban fantasy series. It features Vampires, Shifters, Sorcerers, and Hunters. It’s filled with adventure, humor, and a slow burn fated mates romance.

Download or read book Fate written by Leonard Balsera and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grab your plasma rifles, spell components, and jetpacks! Name your game; Fate Core is the foundation that can make it happen. Fate Core is a flexible system that can support whatever worlds you dream up. Have you always wanted to play a post-apocalyptic spaghetti western with tentacle monsters? Swords and sorcery in space? Wish there was a game based on your favorite series of books, film, or television, but it never happened? Fate Core is your answer. Fate Core is a tabletop roleplaying game about proactive, capable people who lead dramatic lives. The type of drama they experience is up to you. But wherever they go, you can expect a fun storytelling experience full of twists...of fate. GAME INFORMATION Number of players: 3-6 Age of players: 12+ Length: 2-8 hours Type of Game: Roleplaying Game Languages Available: English Suggested Retail: $25.00 Game Designers: Leonard Balsera, Brian Engard, Jeremy Keller, Ryan Macklin, Mike Olson

Download or read book The Seeking Self written by Richard E. Lind and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether seeking recognition, spirituality, or personal success, we are endlessly striving to become something "better." But even if we obtain what we are looking for, we cannot refrain from creating another quest. Driven to distraction in pursuit of our goals, we are never able to enjoyor even livethe life we have. This provocative book explores the harmful side of our cultural and personal preoccupation with seeking. Psychologist Richard Lind suggests that there are no alternatives to seeking because our culture is singularly obsessed with personal development. Modern individuals have been taught since youth to believe that the quest for an ideal, future state is the sure road to happiness. Yet, as Lind shows, ideal goals remain out of reach. Instead of bringing inner peace, the compulsive quest for selfimprovement creates psychic fragmentation, inner conflict, and personal suffering. It leads individuals to feel that their lives are never good enough, and results in the manipulation of the self and others. Rather than advocating without qualification the value of "growth," "development," and "progress," Dr. Lind suggests that selftransformation can only occur if we are able to stop interfering with the experience of who we naturally are. Supporting his case with historical examples and insights from diverse wisdom traditions, Lind shows how inner fulfillment can only be obtained by giving up "empty desires" and "empty striving," and by becoming directly present again to the world of living experience.

Download or read book Hide and Seek written by and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a game of hide and seek Elsie ventures into the woods where she meets the Seven Dwarfs, Mother Goose, Little Bear from the Three Bears, Alice and Tweedledee and Tweedledum and the Babes in the Wood.

Download or read book Fate s Tale written by R.O. Lando and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-19 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On an adventure and romantic vacation to Spain with her long-time boyfriend, Carlos, Amelia stumbles upon a mysterious seller in a marketplace selling an alluring music box. As its lullaby sings to her, Amelia’s entire world is thrown into chaos, struggling with visions and forces beyond her control. Upon their return home, Carlos encourages Amelia to attend therapy, which works at easing her trauma, until it doesn’t. As the vision, the Messenger, grows in strength, so does Amelia’s insistence that there is more to it than meets the eye. Carlos, at a complete loss, leaves Amelia to work things out for himself, and heartbroken Amelia, after the attack and murder of her best friend by the Messenger, returns to Spain to uncover the truth behind the entity’s malevolent force in her life and to take it out. For good. About the Author R. O. Lando, an EMT, has always loved writing, and with the encouragement of his loving partner Olivia, motivation from his younger siblings, and the support of his mother, he has produced his first novel, Fate’s Tale: A Dance of Death. When not working or writing, Lando enjoys being at home with his dog, Luke, and cat, Oliver. He likes to spend his free time fishing and sitting by the water with his friends.

Download or read book Fate written by Jorge Consiglio and published by Charco Press. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel focuses on a group of characters who are all in different ways endeavouring to take control of their fate. Their desire to lead a genuine existence forces them to confront difficult decisions, and to break out of comfortable routines.Karl and Marina have been together for ten years and have a young son, Simón. Karl is a German-born oboist at Argentina’s national orchestra, and Marina is a meteorologist. On a field trip, she meets fellow researcher Zárate, and what might have been just a fling starts to erode the foundations of her marriage. Then there is Amer, a dynamic and successful taxidermist. At a group therapy session for smokers, Amer falls for the younger Clara. While the relationship between Karl and Marina disintegrates, the love story between Amer and Clara is just beginning – or is it already at an end? One of Argentina’s leading contemporary writers, Jorge Consiglio portrays the inner worlds of these characters through the minute details of their everyday lives, laying bare their strivings and their frustrations with a wry gaze, and seeking in this close-up texture a deeper truth.

Download or read book Doing What You Really Want written by Franklin Perkins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Why Confucianism? -- Harmony with nature -- What people really want -- Emotions and enjoying life -- Cultivating feelings -- Learning -- Ritual, music and embodied emotions -- Temptations, excuses, and putting ideas into practice -- Power, politics and action.

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Download or read book Mittheilungen des Seminars f r orientalische Sprachen an der K niglichen Friedrich Wilhelms Universit t zu Berlin written by Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin. Seminar für Orientalische Sprachen and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Tempting Fate written by Paul C. Avey and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unpacking of the dynamics of conflict under conditions of nuclear monopoly, Paul C. Avey argues in Tempting Fate that the costs and benefits of using nuclear weapons create openings that weak nonnuclear actors can exploit. Avey uses four case studies to show the key strategies available to nonnuclear states: Iraqi decision-making under Saddam Hussein in confrontations with the United States; Egyptian leaders' thinking about the Israeli nuclear arsenal during wars in 1969–70 and 1973; Chinese confrontations with the United States in 1950, 1954, and 1958; and a dispute that never escalated to war, the Soviet-United States tensions between 1946 and 1948 that culminated in the Berlin Blockade. Strategies employed include limiting the scope of the conflict, holding chemical and biological weapons in reserve, seeking outside support, and leveraging international non-use norms. Avey demonstrates clearly that nuclear weapons cast a definite but limited shadow, and while the world continues to face various nuclear challenges, understanding conflict in nuclear monopoly will remain a pressing concern for analysts and policymakers. Thanks to generous funding from Virginia Tech and its participation in TOME, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes, available from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other repositories.

Download or read book The Quest for Truth written by Brandon Perron and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Quest for Truth chronicles the allegorical journey of Youngblood Hawke as he is transformed from a self-serving soldier of fortune to a warrior prince. Presented with the question and challenge of absolute truth by a mystical sage, Hawke's inability to respond is an epiphany to him and marks the beginning of his struggle and quest. Guided by a beautiful oracle, he is introduced to the teachings of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Jose Ortega, Shakespeare, and William James spoken through mentors, sages, and prophets. His thoughts become poetically philosophical as he struggles with his own destiny. Marked as a threat to their power and control over humanity, the enemies of change seek to destroy him and his desire to understand. Youngblood Hawke's destiny as a warrior prince is realized when he raises an army of "Select Warriors" and leads them against the "mass", a secret and powerful society controlling many of the world's governments. Youngblood Hawke quickly learns that the spiritual and philosophical battle for truth will not only be waged on the battlefield but also within the darkest confines of the human mind, heart, and soul.

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Download or read book Southeast Asian Ecocriticism written by John Charles Ryan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-11-08 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southeast Asian Ecocriticism presents a timely exploration of the rapidly expanding field of ecocriticism through its devotion to the writers, creators, theorists, traditions, concerns, and landscapes of Southeast Asian countries. While ecocritics have begun to turn their attention to East and South Asian contexts and, particularly, to Chinese and Indian cultural productions, less emphasis has been placed on the diverse environmental traditions of Southeast Asia. Building on recent scholarship in Asian ecocriticism, the book gives prominence to the range of theoretical models and practical approaches employed by scholars based within, and located outside of, the Southeast region. Consisting of twelve chapters, Southeast Asian Ecocriticism includes contributions on the ecological prose, poetry, cinema, and music of Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. The authors emphasize the transnational exchanges of materials, technologies, texts, motifs, and ideas between Southeast Asian countries and Australia, England, Taiwan (Formosa), and the United States. From environmental hermeneutics, postcolonial studies, indigenous studies, and ecofeminism to critical plant studies, ecopoetics, and ecopedagogy, the edited collection embodies the dynamic breadth of interdisciplinary environmental scholarship today. Southeast Asian Ecocriticism foregrounds the theories, practices, and prospects of ecocriticism in the region. The volume opens up new directions and reveals fresh possibilities not only for ecocritical scholarship in Southeast Asia but for a comparative environmental criticism that transcends political boundaries and national canons. The volume highlights the important role of literature in heightening awareness of ecological issues at local, regional, and global scales.