Fire took his family. Destiny gave him power.Darkness wants bothWhen a fire demon destroys Artur's family, it leaves him with more than grief—it leaves a calling. Chosen as a Defender against the rising darkness, Artur must master the dangerous power burning inside him before it consumes him. With only his blade and a band of uncertain allies, he hunts the monster that shattered his past, unaware that the greatest threat may lie within. Even heroes bleed—a...

"So, I'm busting my butt, humping up this stupid Mount Moriah, carrying a massive load of wood strapped across my shoulders, and why? Because my old man says we gotta make a sacrifice up here. I mean, this totally stinks."-Isaac, from According to IsaacA**ccording to Isaac is an imaginative retelling** of the enigmatic Abraham/Isaac story from Genesis 22, but from a very different perspective-Isaac's.In this version, Isaa...

Each spring during the 1960s and 1970s, a quarter million farm workers left Texas to travel across the nation, from the Midwest to California, to harvest America’s agricultural products. During this migration of people, labor, and ideas, Tejanos established settlements in nearly all the places they traveled to for work, influencing concepts of Mexican Americanism in Texas, California, Wisconsin, Michigan, and elsewhere. In The Tejano Diaspora, Marc Simon Rodriguez examines how Chi...

Es gibt wieder eine phantastische neue Welt, wie sie einst von J. R. R. Tolkien mit "Der Herr der Ringe" erfunden wurde: König Arentors Reich Selmir wird bedroht, vom Volk der Trolle. Aber Arentor hat tapfere, kampferprobte Männer: die Schatten von Selmir. Er schickt seine Boten ins angrenzende Baumelfen-Reich. Vielleicht weiß man dort, was vor sich geht. Die Nachrichten, die er erhält, sind alles andere als beruhigend. Es werden harte Zeiten kommen. Zeiten, die die Welt verändern werden. ...

Ethnography as Risky Business: Field Research in Violent and Sensitive Contexts offers a hands-on, critical appraisal of how to approach ethnographic fieldwork on socio-political conflict and collective violence, focusing on the global south. The volume’s contributions are all based on extensive firsthand qualitative social science research conducted in sensitive--and often hazardous--field settings. The contributors reflect on real-life methodological problems as well as the ethi...

This book offers an approach to business and executive coaching that properly aligns the practice in the culture of business through the use of a relational "coaching axis" that helps to manage the complexity of the organisation and the individual as dual clients. Business and executive coaching occurs within an organisational context with the goal of promoting success at all levels of the organisation by affecting the actions of those being coached (Worldwide Association of Business Coach...

In the 1960s and 1970s, an energetic new social movement emerged among Mexican Americans. Fighting for civil rights and celebrating a distinct ethnic identity, the Chicano Movement had a lasting impact on the United States, from desegregation to bilingual education.Rethinking the Chicano Movement provides an astute and accessible introduction to this vital grassroots movement. Bringing together different fields of research, this comprehensive yet concise narrative considers the Chi...

Within the Latin American context, legal pluralism is often depicted as a dichotomy between customary law and national law. In addition, the use of customary law alongside national law is frequently portrayed as a vehicle of resistance.This book argues that, because ordinary Indians are not positively biased in favor of customary law per se, a heterogeneity of legal practices can be observed on a daily basis, which consequently undermines the commonly held view of customary law as ...

Nueva Edición - Mayo 2024Ya está disponible la segunda entrega de la sorprendente saga literaria transmedia de La marca de Odín que ha logrado conseguir decenas de miles de lectores en todo el mundo. El camino a Valhalla prosigue la aventura épica poco después de los sucesos que marcan el final de El despertar. ¿Estás preparado para embarcarte en este camino sorprendente y unirte a los miles de #MarcadosporOdín que ya lo han hecho? Si lo haces, debes saber que el s...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Poland.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from visiting Gda?sk’s definitive Museum of the Second World War to partying in the Kraków district of Kazimierz, and exploring Warsaw's Jewish Cemetery, one of the largest in the world.Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet's

"J’ai préféré la vérité à tout." Saint-Simon (1675-1755), duc et pair et graphomane, a choisi d’abandonner les milliers de pages de ses Mémoires à la postérité. Considéré par Stendhal ou Proust comme un des plus grands écrivains français, il méprisait les préoccupations stylistiques et se voulait avant tout historien de son temps. Convaincu que son époque était celle de la destruction d’un ordre ancien, il lutta de toutes ses forces contre son présent. Conscient de la vanité et de l’inutil...

The definitive biography of legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon.Paul Simon, one of the country's most popular musicians, has been a dynamic creative force for more than half a century. Now New York Times bestselling biographer Marc Eliot draws on extensive research and original interviews to trace the incredible life and career of this iconic musician. Along the way Eliot examines Simon's early struggles to succeed as a singer-songwriter, the ups and do...