William Collins

Evan Umbra is the newest Venator to enter Veneseron, the school for demon hunters.A Venator is a wizard, a spy and a demon hunter rolled into one. They're taught how to wield their sorcery and enchanted weaponry by orcs, elfpires and aliens alike. Their missions range from battling monsters and saving countless lives in the multiple worlds, to the more peculiar, like wrangling killer unicorns and calming down drunken yetis. In their free time Venators enjoy goblin soap-operas and underwater bubble travel, but they also understand that every new mission they're given could be their last. Whilst learning how to manipulate the elements, summon creatures to fight for him and shoot Spellzookas, Evan encounters a dangerous rival and meets a girl who makes him feel nauseous; but in a good way. He makes the first friends he's ever had in the carefree Jed and the reckless Brooke. Whilst Jed gets on the wrong side of a rival Venator, Brooke finds herself falling for the enigmatic demon hunter who brought her to Veneseron, not knowing he isn't quite human. But it soon becomes apparent that Evan is more than just a Venator. Everyone wants to kill or capture him, from demons to Dark-Venators and even people he's supposed to be able to trust.Evan reckons he probably won't survive his first year at Veneseron. Praise for A Darker Shade of Sorcery.The book was like Harry Potter and The Mortal Instruments and a little bit Percy Jacksonish combined. It's like I'm reading all my favorite books in one! I loved it so much! The action, the adventures, it was awesome! -Jean Claudia. Goodreads Reviewer ★★★★★I can't recommend this book enough! A gripping story, an engrossing world and colorful characters; what more could you ask for?-Donte Mcneal. Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★This was a VERY entertaining book and well worth the read. Once I got a few chapters in the book just flew by. I can't wait to read the next book in the series! -Angel Erin. Goodreads Reviewer ★★★★A detailed world, which his characters only scratch the surface of. Harry Potter Fans will like this. Overall it was very good and I can't wait to read the next one. If you are a fan of action/ adventure fantasy, this is a good one to read.-Bridgette B. Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

A Darker Shade of Sorcery

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There are a number of people I wish to acknowledge for helping me write this book. First, the idea of politics as a nonequilibrium process owes its origins largely to a series of ongoing conservations I have had with Father Richard Telnack, o. c. s. o. Our discussions of Augustine's city of God and Hegel's Phenomenology in the hours before the night office led me to think about the world more as an ongoing flux than as a static rational order. The use of structurally unstable dynamical systems to. model democratic politics was greatly enhanced by my interactions with Professor Alex Kleiner, department of mathematics, Drake University. Professor Manfred Holler of the University of Aarhus provided a detailed critique of an earlier version. His insights and remarks were invaluable in improving the work's content and structure. I also wish to thank Dr. Werner A. Muller, director of Physica Verlag for his confidence in my work and his efforts on my behalf. Miss Jane Blevins was a patient and thorough typist. I thank her for her attention to the production of the manuscript. Finally, writing a book is in one way a moral act. It requires committment to pursue a line of thought to its conclusion when the final results are not clear. without the encouragement and support of my wife over a long period of time, I would have certainly faltered. Whatever good emerges from the work is due largely to her example and patient endurance.

Steps Toward a Non-Equilibrium View of Politics

An Ecological Theory of Democracy

Samuel Johnson

James Hammond

John Pomfret

John Hervey

The Laurel; Containing the Poetical Works of Collins, Dr. Johnson, Pomfret and Hammond (and Hervey).

Edward Fitzgerald

Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XLI is the second of three volumes that ambitiously survey half a milliennium of poetry in the English language. More than 300 works by 60 authors in this volume alone span the 18th and 19th centuries, and include: [ George Sewell: "The Dying Man in His Garden" [ Alison Rutherford Cockburn: "The Flowers of the Forest" [ Henry Fielding: "A Hunting Song" [ Oliver Goldsmith: "The Traveller; or, A Prospect of Society" [ Richard Brinsley Sheridan: "Drinking Song" [ Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne: "The Auld House" [ William Blake: "The Tiger" [ William Wordsworth: "Nature and the Poet" [ Samuel Taylor Coleridge: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" [ Sir Walter Scott: "To a Lock of Hair" [ Thomas Campbell: "The Soldier's Dream" [ George Gordon, Lord Byron: "She Walks in Beauty" [ Percy Bysshe Shelley: "To a Skylark" [ John Keats: "Ode on a Grecian Urn" [ Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "Sonnets" [ and much more.

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English Poetry II

This book takes us through the facts that underlie bipolar disorder, what it is and the various ways through which one can cope with this mental illness. More interestingly is the great inspiring stories from members of my support team, offering you their real life’s experiences and the manner in which they have been successful in coping with the illness. So what are you waiting for? Read on and discover much more about this illness and how you can change your condition or that of your loved ones. Here is what you'll learn... • What is bipolar disorder, aka manic depression? • Sharing daily responsibilities • Compromising and balancing your spouse’s needs with your own • Taking accountability • Removing the expectations • Taking care of yourself first • And much, much more! In this book, i provide my own perspective of daily life in a bipolar relationship, and i also do my best to describe my spouse's perspective as well. By taking both sides into consideration, i convey the ways that two people can be successful in a relationship while coping with a mental illness such as bipolar disorder.

Bipolar: How to Navigate Both Sides of a Bipolar Relationship in Order to Achieve Stability (The Complete Family Guide on Understanding Bipolar Disorder)

Presented to the Royal Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Means of Religious Instruction, and Pastoral Superintendence, Afforded to the People of Scotland : Especially to the Poor and Working Classes ... in Behalf of the Glasgow Church Building Society, with Accompanying Observations

Statistics of the Church Accommodation of Glasgow, Barony, and Gorbals

In To Catch the Wind's exciting sequel, the young Egyptian Baraka is shocked to learn he may be next in line to the throne of Egypt. After the death of his mother, Princess Tanafriti, daughter of Pharaoh Merenptah and first wife of King Solomon, Baraka is charged with carrying out her dying wish and returning the only remaining copies of King Solomon's writings to Jerusalem. When Baraka sails with his friend Dov, they must rely on the wind of the Lord to safely deliver them, especially when Baraka learns he may be the only survivor of Pharaoh Merenptah's dynasty and next in line to the throne of Egypt. As Baraka and his father, Kamenwati, seek Egyptians faithful to Pharaoh Merenptah's family, the adventure continues through a deadly chase across the burning deserts of ancient Egypt. Led into the underground chambers of an ancient temple, the travelers make a startling discovery and solve the mystery of a long-lost relative. But the peril of the desert is matched by betrayal within the band of travelers. The usurper of the Egyptian throne, Amenmose, has crushed his opponents and is now trying to destroy Baraka and his men. Will the rightful man become pharaoh, or will Amenmose continue his oppression? In The Wind of the Lord William Collins's characters learn the importance of faith in the one true God and of allowing Him to guide them into new and exciting directions as they encounter the unexpected.

A Novel

The Wind of the Lord

Odi descrittive ed allegoriche ... Versione italiana dell'avvocato G. B. Martelli

John Milton

Thomas Gray

James Beattie

Edward Young

Complete in One Volume

The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins

The Poetical Works of William Collins

Benjamin Keach

Historically, the Protestant churches have utilized written confessions as a means of clarifying and systematizing Christian belief, and as a means of exposing and opposing error. It is recognized that without a systematic expression of the various elements of Scripture - an expression that displays their internal relations, that shows their harmony and consistency, and that vindicates their cogency against objections - individuals will either lack Christian instruction, or what instruction they receive will vary according to the individual knowledge, abilities, and dedication of their teachers. In order to prevent ignorance of God's word, confessions can supplement Scripture memorization and catechism-based instruction. The Baptist believers of the English Separatist movement held convictions which were incompatible with the established churches of the 1600s. The central differences were belief that baptism should be performed only upon profession of faith, and congregational independence. These convictions are expressed in the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith.

With Scripture References

Baptist Confession of Faith, 1689 and Baptist Catechism 1693

Banjamin Keach

1689 Baptist Confession of Faith and 1693 Baptist Catechism

In the day of the 7th Angel trumpet the Mysteries of God will be finished being written as promised to Daniel the prophets John of Revelation, 10:4-7, and the Fathers.

Mystery of the 7th Trumpet

Raymond Carver

Walt Whitman

Kenneth Rexroth

Seamus Heaney

Charles Wright

Gerald Brenan

Thomas Chatterton

René Char

Dino Campana

H. D. Thoreau

Juan Arabia

R. W. Emerson

• El Poeta – R. W. EMERSON (trad. Fernando Vidagañ Murgui) • Haciendo/Construyendo la contracultura (II) – Kenneth REXROTH (trad. Fernando Correa Navarro) • A backward Glance O`Er Travel`d Roads – Walt WHITMAN • Walden – de H. D. THOREAU (trad. Antonio Casado da Roca) • Entrevista a Charles WRIGHT – por Adalber Salas Hernández Homenaje a Ezra Pound – Charles Wright (trad. A. S. H.) La Escuela de Cristo – Charles Wright (trad. A. S. H.) • Tres poetas del Renacimiento inglés – SIR PHILIP SIDNEY – SAMUEL DANIEL – JOHN FLETCHER (trad. Lucas Margarit) • “Poetas del cementerio” (Graveyard Poets) – Por Juan Arabia Thomas CHATTERTON, Adiós (trad. J. A.) William COWPER, El Náufrago (trad. Pablo Ingberg) William COLLINS, Fidele (trad. J. A.) • Thomas CHATTERTON – El Mito del Poeta Condenado – Ian Haywood • Les poètes maudits – Villiers de L’Isle-Adam (trad. Mariano Rolando Andrade) • ¡Hiciste bien en irte, Arthur Rimbaud! – René CHAR • Parodies of LUSTRA – Gerald BRENAN (trad. Carlos Pranger) • Cavando – Seamus HEANEY (trad. Andrés Piña) • All of Us: The Collected Poems – Raymond CARVER (trad. Carlos Llaza) • Buenos Aires (& otros poemas) – Dino CAMPANA (trad. Antonio Nazzaro) • Heptonstall & otros poemas (inédito) – Víctor RODRÍGUEZ NÚÑEZ • Las prisas del instante & Otros poemas, de Federico DÍAZ-GRANADOS • Marianne Moore o el laboratorio -de Eleonora FINKELSTEIN • ELPÉNOR – Manipulación de la Calavera – de Víctor Manuel PINTO POSDATA • Carta de John FANTE a Charles BUKOWSKI (1979) • (Anadyomène) RIMBAUD por Ezra POUND (trad. de Juan Arabia)

Buenos Aires Poetry N°6

From the ebook Preface: "This book majors on the presentation of empirical evidence in the form of data. The most digestible form for communicating such material is through the use of Tables and Figures, generally graphs. Consequently, the book has a great many Tables and Figures and the latter are often in colour. Viewing on a device capable of rendering colours is therefore recommended although monochrome will be adequate in most cases." The Empathy Gap proposes the thesis that men and boys are extensively disadvantaged across many areas of life, including in education, healthcare, genital integrity, criminal justice, domestic abuse, working hours, taxation, pensions, paternity, homelessness, suicide, sexual offences, and access to their own children after parental separation. The claim is justified in the book by empirical evidence, mostly but not exclusively from the UK, involving nearly 1,000 references, 179 Figures and 49 Tables. To most people, of both sexes, this will appear to be a perverse perspective as disadvantage has become the province of women, girls and minorities, not males. Yet the empirical case supporting the disadvantages suffered by men and boys is undeniable to the objective mind. But if this is so, why is the popular perception that males are privileged whereas disadvantage is the province of the opposite sex? Why do the male disadvantages go largely unremarked, by both sexes, if they are so pervasive? Presenting the case for widespread and substantial male disadvantage is also a challenge to the usual hegemonic paradigm of feminist theory. These issues are addressed within The Empathy Gap by presenting an entirely different orientation on the social psychology of relations between the sexes. Out goes the idea of an oppressive patriarchy. Instead, a man's participation in the human pair bond is seen to be altruistic, a phenomenon arising originally from evolution and enacted in the individual via the emotional psyche. This is the origin of an asymmetry in the perception of the sexes which normalises the preferencing of females and therefore inevitably disadvantages males as a corollary. The successful evolved strategy involves male utility and relative male disposability, the latter being facilitated by a muted empathy for males, by both sexes - the empathy gap. Rather than working to overcome this male disposability, as a true egalitarian movement would have done, feminism has fed upon it and amplified it. The feminist project relies upon the true state of affairs remaining unacknowledged, and the empathy gap is instrumental in its own invisibility. In respect of this theory, the author makes no claim for originality. The ideas presented have been circulating within the sub-culture for decades. However, the focus of the book is to show how these ideas are manifest in practice.

Male Disadvantages and the Mechanisms of Their Neglect

The Empathy Gap

Containing the Adventures of Many Conspicuous Characters and Interspersed with a Variety of Amusing Anecdotes of Several Very Extraordinary Personages Connected with the Arts : Including a Genuine Biographical Sketch of that Celebrated Original and Eccentric Genius, the Late Mr. George Morland ... : to which is Added a Copious Appendix, Embracing Every Interesting Subject Relative to Our Justly Admired English Painter and His Most Valuable Works

Memoirs of a Picture

Algoritmi e strutture dati in Java

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