Outside the windows of this quiet country house lay the lean fields of New England, soberly beautiful enough in their fading autumnal colorings, but somehow yielding no inspiration—forgive the pretentious and convenient word—no inspiration for my pen.

The Little Gods: A Masque of the Far East by Rowland Thomas is a beautifully crafted and deeply evocative audiobook that transports listeners into the mystic heart of the East — a world where ancient beliefs, spiritual longing, and poetic imagination converge. With a rhythm that feels both theatrical and transcendent, Rowland Thomas weaves a story that dances between myth and reality, inviting the listener to reflect on the delicate balance between humanit...

For the life of me, as I was sitting here this sunny, late-October morning, I could not write, a distressing condition, truly, for one who lives by writing. Outside the windows of this quiet country house lay the lean fields of New England, soberly beautiful enough in their fading autumnal colorings, but somehow yielding no inspiration—forgive the pretentious and convenient word—no inspiration for my pen. All around me my neighbors were busy; soberly engaged, each man of them, in safe-guar...

This book introduces a new methodology for understanding videogames, with particular attention to three types of videogames: toy-games, storybook games, and ludonarratives. This methodology pulls from phenomenological and deconstructionist roots, informed by medieval studies and the history of reading, to emphasize how important playing stories can be as a form of narrative. This book explores the idea of storyplaying in connection with new ideas on intromersive movement, game mechanics, a...

Exercise testing plays an increasingly important role in the diagnosis and assessment of heart disease and lung disease in children and adolescents. In Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Children and Adolescents, leading expert Thomas W. Rowland, backed by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine (NASPEM), compiles the latest evidence-based research to provide guidance for clinical exercise physiologists, cardio...

Thought provoking and original, Tennisology delves into the science, psychology, and history of the world’s most popular individual sport in search of the factors that truly influence successful on-court play. The findings will not only surprise you but also change the way you approach the game.Based on the latest research, statistics, and analysis, Tennisology provides fascinating insights and observations on development, conditioning, and performance:• H...

The only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive from classical antiquity, the De Architectura libri decem (Ten Books on Architecture) is the single most important work of architectural history in the Western world, having shaped humanist architecture and the image of the architect from the Renaissance to the present. This new, critical edition of Vitruvius' Ten Books of Architecture is the first to be published for an English-language audience in more than half a cen...

"Our world is very different from the world our founders sought to address, in ways our forebears in the 1950s could have hardly imagined. Yet we remain what we have always been at our best, a people bearing witness to a grand moral vision rooted in the Bible and the person of the crucified and risen Christ, and a people of spiritual audacity prepared to risk old assumptions for the sake of new possibilities." - John H. Thomas, former General Minister, and President, United Church of Chris...

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The Little Gods unfolds in an imagined version of the Far East, where deities, spirits, and mortal characters interact in a richly symbolic narrative. The story centers on the lives and actions of various "little gods," minor deities who oversee the lives of humans, often meddling in their affairs in humorous or poignant ways. These gods represent various aspects of human nature, fate, and fortune, and their behavior is meant to reflect the complexities of life, love, and destiny.The masqu...

The Little Gods: A Masque of The Far East by Rowland Thomas: Step into the enchanting world of the Far East with “The Little Gods“ by the imaginative Rowland Thomas. This mesmerizing masque unfolds a tapestry of cultural richness, mysticism, and the timeless allure of the East, offering readers a glimpse into a realm where gods and humans coexist in a delicate dance of fate.About “The Little Gods: A Masque of The Far East” ...