![]() ![]() ![]() Each fable will be heartwarming & thought-provoking, exciting layered explorations with colorful characters and mystical insights. –Peace to you & yours.ĮXCITING UPDATE! Very soon I'll be publishing several original Fables! You'll be invited to download the tales and enjoy a new adventure every few months. The Locket - Kindle edition by Puechl, Marianne. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Locket. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. I appreciate that you’ve taken time to read some of my creations. The Locket - Kindle edition by Puechl, Marianne. I truly believe we can help each other in expressing our full potential – it’s simply a matter of reaching out, reaching back, and keeping our eyes open for the possibilities. I invite you to share your comments & insights about your own creative passions. Often in ways we don’t yet understand.ĮnJoy your explorations here. ![]() ![]() Writing, language, communication- it connects us all. Some days I’ll re-read passages I wrote the night before, and I won’t even recognize them as my own. My writing is also a sacred thing there’s a magical element to it. Utilizamos cookies y herramientas similares que son necesarias para permitirte comprar, mejorar tus experiencias de compra y proporcionar nuestros servicios, según se detalla en nuestro Aviso de cookies. It’s as natural -and as necessary- as breathing. ![]()
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![]() ![]() To divert Faustus, Mephistophilis and Lucifer both appear and parade the seven deadly sins before Faustus. Mephistophilis appears and Faust agrees to sign a contract in blood with the devil even though several omens appear which warn him not to make this bond.įaustus begins to repent of his bargain as the voice of the Good Angel continues to urge him to repent. ![]() Later, in his study, when Faustus begins to despair, a Good Angel and a Bad Angel appear to him each encourages Faustus to follow his advice. Faustus sends Mephistophilis back to hell with the bargain that if Faustus is given twenty-four years of absolute power, he will then sell his soul to Lucifer. Faustus discovers that it is not his conjuring which brings forth Mephistophilis but, instead, that when anyone curses the trinity, devils automatically appear. Faustus sends him away, telling him to reappear in the form of a friar. ![]() When he is alone in his study, Faustus begins experimenting with magical incantations, and suddenly Mephistophilis appears, in the form of an ugly devil. Faustus tells them that he has decided to experiment in necromancy and needs them to teach him some of the fundamentals. He has his servant Wagner summon Valdes and Cornelius, two German experts in magic. Faustus becomes dissatisfied with his studies of medicine, law, logic and theology therefore, he decides to turn to the dangerous practice of necromancy, or magic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hills roll around the kingdom, gentle and sloping with perfectly placed maple trees just starting to turn orange and gold. Notable citizens: King Noam, Prince TheronĪs you approach the kingdom of Cordell, the grass turns to a vibrant green that will make your eyes hurt. rumor has it he wants access to the section of the Klaryns that might hold the lost chasm of magic.Ĭonduit: a dagger with a purple jewel on the hilt Now he’s being oddly cooperative in helping Winter rebuild. Noam tried handing over the Winterians to Spring to protect his own kingdom, but that backfired. Noam’s sister married the king of Autumn two years ago, and it was her marriage to the Autumn king that bore his female-blooded kingdom a daughter. King Noam married a woman from Ventralli, but she died. Welcome to Cordell, the kingdom of opportunity! Cordell has a history of making deals with other kingdoms that benefit Cordell while giving as little as possible to the other kingdoms. Today’s stop is the Rhythm Kingdom of Cordell (home to the handsome Prince Theron)! We’re celebrating Sara Raasch’s new book, ICE LIKE FIRE, by exploring the kingdoms of the series across the land of Primoria. ![]() ![]() ![]() Originally, it was intentionally distributed only among his friends on a confidential basis. The first edition was written in English and released in 1976. ![]() ![]() Cipolla, a professor of economic history at the University of California - Berkeley, introduced a set of laws no less revelatory than those of Kepler or Newton: The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity. Almost exactly three hundred years later, Carlo M. By the end of the century, Isaac Newton followed Kepler's example with three laws of his own, describing the relationship between an object and the forces acting on it, thus laying the foundations for classical mechanics. In the early 1600s, pioneering astronomer Johannes Kepler put forth his three laws of planetary motion, which, for the first time, provided an accurate and evidence-based description of the movement of the Solar System's planets around the Sun. ![]() ![]() In a letter to his son, Moses recounts his humble birth in 18th-century Switzerland and his life as a novice monk, and he tells of the two noble friends-and a forbidden lover-whom he cherished during the chaotic years he spent in Mozart's Vienna as apprentice to the great Gaetano Guadagni. Gall and becomes its star singer, only to endure the horrifying act of castration, meant to preserve his angelic voice and turn him into a musico. Cast into the world with only his ears to protect and guide him, Moses finds refuge in the choir of the historic Abbey of St. His life is simple but content, until the day his father recognizes Moses' singular sense of hearing and its power to expose his sins. ![]() ![]() ![]() Moses Froben was born in a belfry high in the Swiss Alps, the bastard son of a deaf-mute woman, banished to the church tower to ring the Loudest and Most Beautiful Bells in the land each day. ![]() Dazzling, enchanting, and epic, The Bells is the confession of a thief, kidnapper, and unlikely lover-a boy with the voice of an angel whose exquisite sense of hearing becomes both his life's tragic curse and its greatest blessing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This result, which orthodox Marxists believe is a principal contradictory characteristic leading to an inevitable collapse of the capitalist order, was held, as a result of various contradictions in the capitalist mode of production, result in crises whose resolution necessitates the emergence of an entirely new mode of production as the culmination of the same historical dialectic that led to the emergence of capitalism from prior forms. The work is best known today for part 3, which in summary says that as the organic fixed capital requirements of production rise as a result of advancements in production generally, the rate of profit tends to fall. ![]() It’s in seven parts:ġ.The conversion of Surplus Value into Profit & the rate of Surplus Value into the rate of ProfitĢ.Conversion of Profit into Average Profitģ.The Law of the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to FallĤ.Conversion of Commodity Capital & Money Capital into Commercial Capital & Money-Dealing (Merchant’s) Capitalĥ.Division of Profit Into Interest & Profit of Enterprise, Interest Bearing CapitalĦ.Transformation of Surplus-Profit into Ground Rent Capital, Vol 3, subtitled The Process of Capitalist Production as a Whole, was prepared by Friedrich Engels from notes left by Marx & published in 1894. Read reviews and buy Karl Marxs Capital: A Guide to Volumes I-III - (Key Issues in Modern Sociology) 2nd Edition by Kenneth Smith (Paperback) at Target. ![]() ![]() ![]() "The Dolphin's Bell", published as a limited edition, leatherbound book by The Wildside Press, 1993 (later incorporated into The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall).Survey", Amazing Magazine, Sept.1993 (later incorporated into The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall) "Rescue Run", Analog Magazine, Aug.1991 (later incorporated into The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall).Press, hardcover limited edition printed for guest of honor appearance at Boskone (a convention in Boston) 1975 (later incorporated into The White Dragon) ![]() "The Smallest Dragonboy", Science Fiction Tales edited by Roger Elwood (Rand McNally, 1973) reprinted in A Gift of Dragons, and Get Off The Unicorn."Dragonrider", Analog Magazine – two parts, December 1967/January 1968 (later incorporated into Dragonflight)."Weyr Search", Analog Magazine, October 1967 (later incorporated into Dragonflight).McCaffrey's most famous works are the Dragonriders of Pern series. ![]() ![]() ![]() This short novel evoked so many thoughts and memories and dug up so much that has been buried within me, that it was at times difficult to concentrate on the story. ![]() The book does not really have a true resolution instead, Patricia Grace outlines the cultural differences that exist in New Zealand, and the uses and abuses of power, and how it can affect a people.īrilliant. She details their successes and many painful failures in a sparse, simple prose. She relates the growing concern the Maori have about developers coming into their land, and their quiet, concerted efforts to rebel. Mostly, though, the story is told by Roimata, Hemi's wife and Toko's adoptive mother. However, he also has a sixth sense and can see events before they occur. ![]() Toko is Hemi's adopted son and is physically handicapped. Sometimes, it is Hemi, a man who was laid off from his job and realizes that this situation affords him the opportunity to reconnect with the land, his culture and his family. ![]() A Maori community on the coast of New Zealand is threatened by a land developer who wants to purchase the community property, move the community meeting hall, and construct many new buildings, including an "underwater zoo." The story is told in several chapters that switch narrators. ![]() ![]() ![]() With your help, we’ll be able to continue championing new writing and art into 2023 and beyond. The White Review depends on reader support, so please do donate if you are able to – we’re also offering some exclusive rewards to those who support us, including book bundles and manuscript consultations (which could make a great gift for a writer in your life!) Every year, The White Review asks friends and contributors what books they’ve enjoyed reading and rereading. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her world is shattered when she discovers her new lover is masquerading as human. ![]() He’s also the only male besides Taz she has seen in four years. The handsome man Taz brings home is breathtaking. The Tonan, Taz, has six females under his protection, including his mate and child. To his surprise, a human female comes to the Tonan’s aid. When he collides with a Tonan deep in the heart of a jungle, Roam engages in a brutal battle. Alien vessels he must avoid circle overhead. Wandering a shattered, dying Earth, Roam despises the loneliness. One touch from a slender hand and he realizes he is powerless against the tiny human he must have. One inhaled breath is all it takes to drop his shield and reveal the muscular tanned male beneath. Females have been extinct as long as he can remember. When the being before him declares herself to be a human female he is beyond amazed. After four hundred years and virtual immortality Rask thought he had seen everything. When he comes across the little being that cowers from him he is intrigued. Rask is a full blooded Castian warrior who thinks his planet has been stormed. While fleeing into the strange surroundings on an even stranger planet two of Grace's shuttle pilots are killed by a massive ebony creature with fangs as white as ivory. A wormhole and a crash are their undoing. With little food, water and eight stowaways the situation is volatile while they race to the new planet, Ulsy. ![]() With meteors exploding in their midst, the shuttle Grace boards takes flight in a last ditch effort to save human lives. ![]() |