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The years between 1760 and 1800 rocked the Western world. These were the years when colonists on the eastern fringes of a continent converted the ideals of Enlightenment thought first into action, then into an actual form of government. Now you can learn why this happened and how the colonists did it-in a series of 48 insightful lectures from an award-winning teacher and author.

Condensed Chaos provides a practical introduction to Chaos Magic, one of the fastest growing areas of western occultism. Through it, you can change your circumstances, live according to a developing sense of personal responsibility, effect change around you, and stop living as a helpless cog in some clockwork universe. All acts of personal/collective liberation are magical acts. Magic leads us into exhilaration and ecstasy; into insight and understanding; into changing ourselves and the world in which we participate.

The year is 3326. Nigel Sheldon, one of the founders of the Commonwealth, receives a visit from the Raiel - self-appointed guardians of the Void, the enigmatic construct at the core of the galaxy that threatens the existence of all that lives. The Raiel convince Nigel to participate in a desperate scheme to infiltrate the Void. Once inside, Nigel discovers that humans are not the only life-forms to have been sucked into the Void. The humans trapped there are afflicted by an alien species of biological mimics.

More Than Just a Pretty Space is MORE than an average home decor book! Create a perfectly styled home for YOUR unique body, mind, and soul with this professional, one-of-a-kind interactive guide by expert feng shui specialist Reiko Gomez. Reevaluate and rejuvenate yourself and your surroundings with this easy visualization guide that uses spiritual fulfillment, psychological research, and scientifically proven design principles to change your life.

In Japanese gardens, composition follows from placement of the first stone; all elements and plantings become interconnected. These eight essays on Kyoto gardens similarly begin with keen description and build into richly meditative excursions into art, Buddhism, nature, and science. Landscape architect Marc Keane shows how Japanese gardens are both a microcosm of the natural universe and a clear expression of our humanity, mirroring how we think, worship, and organize our lives and communities.

They call him the gourmet detective; the only thing sharper than his mind is his palate. When chefs need a rare ingredient, an ancient wine, or simply a new idea to gain that extra Michelin-star boost, they come to the detective's cozy London office and plead for his help. For top-notch cooking, he is always happy to lend his taste buds to the cause.

In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that our children, if free to pursue their own interests through play, will not only learn all they need to know but will do so with energy and passion. Children come into this world burning to learn, equipped with the curiosity, playfulness, and sociability to direct their own education. Yet we have squelched such instincts in a school model originally developed to indoctrinate, not to promote intellectual growth.

In a Sussex town on the south coast of England, a widely disliked art teacher at a posh private girls' school disappears without explanation. None of her students miss her boring lessons, especially since her replacement is a devilishly hunky male teacher with a fancy car. But then her name shows up on a police missing persons list. What happened to Miss Gibbon, and why does no one seem to care?

In Peter Beinart's view, one story dominates Jewish communal life: that of persecution and victimhood. It is a story that erases much of the nuance of Jewish religious tradition and warps our understanding of Israel and Palestine. After Gaza, where Jewish texts, history and language have been deployed to justify mass slaughter and starvation, Beinart argues, Jews must tell a new story. After this war, whose horror will echo for generations, they must do nothing less than offer a new answer to the question: What does it mean to be a Jew?

The mission was straightforward enough. Infiltrate civil-war-torn Slovakia, rescue the hostage, then get out undetected. Except that it's not Matt Bowen's first rodeo. He and his teammates know well just how badly things can go once the metal meets the meat. But even these hardened combat veterans aren't ready for what's about to go down.... A coordinated surprise attack. Massacres in the countryside. The next world war might have just kicked off, in a storm of blood, fire, and betrayal.

In the distant future, corporations have become sustainable communities with their own militaries, and corporate goals have essentially replaced political ideology. On a youthful, rebellious impulse, Lawrence joined the military of a corporation that he now recognizes to be ruthless and exploitative. His only hope for escape is to earn enough money to buy his place in a better corporation.

The Charlemagne talisman, with its gold filigree volutes and enormous azure-blue sapphire, has caught Vicky Bliss' attention. When a man is found murdered with an enchanting copy of the antiquity in his pocket, along with an odd set of hieroglyphs, Vicky follows the trail of the gifted genius who created the fake to the narrow streets of the anitquity markets in Rome.

Eileen has never been interested in love. Ever since her father's abandonment, she's vowed to never experience such pain again. But the enchanted forest has different ideas. When the continuously shifting pathways lead her to a mysterious stranger, Eileen finds her promise to fiercely guard her heart increasingly difficult to keep. One night when she becomes lost in a storm, the enchanted forest's pathways lead her to the castle, home to the kingdom's Dark Prince, where Eileen finds herself entangled in what many consider an opportunity but which Eileen believes to be a curse.

A collection of short medical stories about medical misadventures in the daily life of medical professionals.

The book 'Rhetoric & Prosody, a handbook of Figures of Speech, rhymes, and poetic feet for High School Students is specifically crafted for high school students. It covers chapters on Rhetoric, the seven classes of Figures of Speech, which are often referred to as the embellishments of speech, used by writers or leaders to impress their readers or audience. The book delves into similes, metaphors, antitheses, epigrams, oxymoron, metonymy, synecdoche, hypallage, personification, pathetic fallacy, apostrophe, vision, hyperbole, irony, euphemism, alliteration, pun, and more, providing brief ...

The book begins with letters, words and syllables, and then gradually it deals in details of three parts of speech- Nouns, Pronouns and Adjectives including the uses of Articles. The book shows how Cases dominate different functions of Nouns as well as of Pronouns. It has included roles of Nouns to form Nominal Compounds, Prepositional Objects, Complements besides forming Adverbial phrase, Subject and Object. It illustrates the use of Adjectives, the formation of degrees, position and proper arrangement of Adjectives and others.

The book is Part 1 of Peter’s Complete Version of English Grammar. The book starts by introducing letters, words, and syllables, then progresses to a comprehensive study of Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, and Articles within the Parts of Speech framework. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the functions of Nouns, discussing how they form subjects, objects, phrases, and how they can also function like adjectives. The book also covers topics such as number, gender, case, and the functions and classification of Pronouns and Adjectives, including articles and determiners. Overall, it ...

The book contains a detailed study, which consists of chapters that provide an analysis guide on how to analyze simple, compound, and complex sentences effectively, enabling readers to grasp the fundamental components of a sentence, such as subject, predicate, and their respective modifiers or extensions. This analysis is a foundation for constructing, modifying, and simplifying sentences. By mastering the art of sentence analysis, students can seamlessly engage in synthesis and sentence transformation. For instance, understanding different parts of an engine leads to better repair, ...

The book contains a detailed study, which consists of chapters that provide an analysis guide on how to analyze simple, compound, and complex sentences effectively, enabling readers to grasp the fundamental components of a sentence, such as subject, predicate, and their respective modifiers or extensions. This analysis is a foundation for constructing, modifying, and simplifying sentences. By mastering the art of sentence analysis, students can seamlessly engage in synthesis and sentence transformation. For instance, understanding different parts of an engine leads to better repair, ...

The book 'Rhetoric & Prosody, a handbook of Figures of Speech, rhymes, and poetic feet for High School Students is specifically crafted for high school students. It covers chapters on Rhetoric, the seven classes of Figures of Speech, which are often referred to as the embellishments of speech, used by writers or leaders to impress their readers or audience. The book delves into similes, metaphors, antitheses, epigrams, oxymoron, metonymy, synecdoche, hypallage, personification, pathetic fallacy, apostrophe, vision, hyperbole, irony, euphemism, alliteration, pun, and more, providing brief ...