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Edward K. Ryan

Tyris and Stilthius Menion have just had a falling out with their previous employer. In the brutal, unforgiving world of mercenaries, this makes them hunted men. Their flight takes them to a desolate town and a chance meeting with the only two souls who remain there. When it becomes clear that things are not what they seem, the brothers learn that there are forces beyond their comprehension at work in the world.

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Edward Ryan

This outstanding biography is the story of courage. It charts the career of a superbly brave cavalryman against the rise and fall of his imperial master. Pierre Daumesnil was a loyal follower of Napoleon during his rise and his fall. Enlisting as a private soldier in 1793, he was caught up in the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars, surviving campaign after campaign and emerging as a much-decorated general and Baron of the Empire. It was a meteoric rise but one earned through hard fighting, brav...

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Edward W. Ryan

Every investor needs an edge.Professional investors on Wall Street have the best education, the deepest knowledge of company accounts, the latest technology, and teams of analysts at their disposal to help them identify the best stock investments. That is their edge. As a part-time, individual investor, you cannot compete on their turf.What can you do? This is where The World's Simplest Stock Picking Strategy comes in.As you go about your life, there are co...

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Sylvia Forges-Ryan, Edward Ryan

What happens when one of America's best-known haiku poets joins forces with her psychologist husband to write a book? The answer: "Take a Deep Breath: The Haiku Way to Inner Peace" -- a unique collection of guided meditations, drawn from and experienced through the appreciation of haiku. In today's fast-paced, high-pressure world, "Take a Deep Breath" can help anyone learn to slow down and take stock, relax and focus on the present moment, and find poetry and depth in their own lives.

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Frontiers in Political Communication

As survivors of genocide, mnemonicide, colonization, and forced assimilation, American Indians face a unique set of rhetorical exigencies in US public culture. Decolonizing Native American Rhetoric brings together critical essays on the cultural and political rhetoric of American indigenous communities, including essays on the politics of public memory, culture and identity controversies, stereotypes and caricatures, mascotting, cinematic representations, and resistance movements ...

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Edward K. Ryan

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The Mark of the Dead

Armed with the knowledge of who he is and where he comes from, Jantalus Kathias sets out to confront the people who tried to destroy him and steal his magic.His search leads him to family and old friends, but he quickly learns not all of them can be trusted. As he struggles to make sense of the world without, his magic continues to rage inside of him. Jantalus must learn to master the power before it consumes him.Struggling to control his increasingly wild magic becomes mor...

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Edward K. Ryan

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The Mark of the Dead

Jantalus Kathias remembers his mother's murder with perfect clarity. Unfortunately, it's the only thing he remembers. Found unconscious in the company of a dying man, his rescuers learn only his name. Jantalus cannot explain who he is, why a strange, uncontrollable magic courses through his veins or how he came to bear the black-eyed mark of the dead.With fragments of memories he cannot be sure are real his only guide, Jantalus sets off on a journey to discover who he was, who he i...

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The University of Miami School of Education and Human Development Series

StreetWays: Chronicling the Homeless in Miami is a collection of interviews with 28 homeless individuals living in downtown Miami and Miami Beach. Besides extensive photographs of these people and their lives on the street, the book also includes interviews with social service providers, as well as a detailed analysis of homelessness in the United States and more specifically in Miami. The work concludes with a policy analysis and suggestions for addressing issues of homelessness in Miami ...

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Edward K. Ryan

When death calls, no magic in the world can hold it at bay forever.As two very different men face it together, each struggles to accept the inevitable in his own way.

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Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture

Reading Literary Animals explores the status and representation of animals in literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. Essays by leading scholars in the field examine various figurative, agential, imaginative, ethical, and affective aspects of literary encounters with animality, showing how practices of close reading provoke new ways of thinking about animals and the texts in which they appear. Through investigations of works by Shakespeare, Aphra Behn, William Wordswor...

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Medicine (R0)

This book offers a guide to common dermatologic conditions most often treated by primary care providers. Most dermatologic disorders in the United States are treated by primary care physicians, and yet primary care training programs do not prioritize dermatology. This easy-to-use reference answers that need with practical recommendations for diagnosing and treating these common diseases along with a number of illustrative color images. Throughout, chapters are either organized by populatio...

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Edward T Ryan, David R Hill, Tom Solomon, Naomi Aronson, Timothy P Endy

New emerging diseases, new diagnostic modalities for resource-poor settings, new vaccine schedules … all significant, recent developments in the fast-changing field of tropical medicine. Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10th Edition, keeps you up to date with everything from infectious diseases and environmental issues through poisoning and toxicology, animal injuries, and nutritional and micronutrient deficiencies that result from traveling to tropical or subtr...