The ancient seers are dead, or so everyone believes. But the visions that shape Kyra’s dreams and the mysterious Watcher who invades them are more than just a nightmare. Pursued by Morkai assassins, Kyra flees into the Broken Lands, where she hopes to find clues that will reveal her true heritage. Soon Kyra is drawn into a battle between otherworldly powers, and the fight for control of her mind becomes the least of her problems.

In a future built on engineered perfection, the most human heart belongs to a machine.Felix was created to follow rules, not to form attachments. But when confronted with the destruction of a naturally delivered infant—dismissed as a biological error—he makes a choice that no machine is meant to make. He saves the child. He raises him. And in the quiet spaces between protocol and survival, something like love begins to take shape.Twenty years later, the lif...

Kyra flees into the mountains, hoping to begin her search for the mysterious Oracle. The Watcher has not given up pursuit and invades her visions at every opportunity. When tragedy strikes Kyra turns north only to find the last remaining northern clan concealed on the tundra. Can she save them from their Doom, or will the Watcher continue his march across the Broken Lands?‘The Lost Clan’ is the second book of the epic fantasy series ‘The Seer’.

More than anything in the whole wide world, Amy Pickett want to be a chicken. Her family aren't to keen about that. The clucking would get on their nerves. Even her best friend Clarice thinks she's unhinged. Then Madam Marvel comes to town and strange feathery things begin to happen. Nothing for any of them is ever going to be quite the same again...

When it comes to causing trouble, Derek Little is a pure genius. burt even he isn't prepared for the trouble he causes when he steals his brother's pet brick for a school project...

An indispensable guide to the international history of illustrated images, from 1750 to the present day.Illustration: A Concise History is a dynamic visual journey through the landscape of illustration that maps the evolution of the discipline from the industrial revolution to the postdigital age and showcases over 180 of its most iconic practitioners, including Laura Knight, Antonio Lopez, Käthe Kollwitz, and Hayao Miyazaki. By contextualizing the subject...

The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi describes the journey to eternal life as going through a gate of ordinances and traveling a “straight and narrow path.” Twenty-three authors took that gospel roadmap passage as a prompt to write “a Mormon story.” They responded with a surprisingly wide range of realistic and fantastic tales. Many are human reactions to unexpected steps on the path: a lifetime of faith in a patriarchal blessing’s unfulfilled promise, a survivor of violence calling a divided ...

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This broad introduction to illustration reveals the artistic, intellectual and organizational skills needed to practice as a freelance illustrator, and helps the reader navigate the specialist areas of its application.There is a practical introduction to image-making, covering ways of drawing, viewpoints and perspective, colour palettes and choice of media, along with an examination of how illustration communicates through metaphor, symbolism, wit, narrative, and more.Chapt...

In his formative years, Benjamin suffers a death in the family and as a pre-teen becomes the victim of sexual trauma and as a result develops multiple personality disorder. In the early sixties, his family relocates to South Africa. What follows is a psychological thriller across a timespan of three decades, which includes the bizarre South African politics of the time. Mcphersons alter-ego runs amok; he hates certain people with a passion. His old tormentor has been on the run for twenty ...

A BBC Radio drama of Stendhal's masterpiece - plus bonus documentaryBoth a sweeping chronicle of 19th Century France and a coming-of-age story of a young, idealistic social climber, The Red and the Black is one of the great works in world literature, and widely considered to be the first psychological novel.It charts the misadventures and romantic escapades of Julien Sorel, a timber miller's son who idolises Napoleon and dreams of military glory. B...

This is the eBook version of the printed book.This Element is an excerpt from Focus: Your Key to More Productivity at Work (ISBN: 9780137002566) by Jurgen Wolff. Available in print and digital formats.Overcome your negative patterns for using time--and start using your limited time far more effectively.People have patterns for how they use their time. For instance, some always begin with the task they think will be easiest, others with the most difficult. P...