Thought to be banished to the underworld by the humans, Krista mysteriously finds herself as the first of her kind to walk on the surface in centuries. This was caused by one of the underworld's corrupt leaders, Danil, who uses her in an unholy ritual to set their people free. Danil's infectious touch gives Krista the nightmarish disease known as Mental Damnation.She becomes the key interest of two men, Paladin and Dr. Alsroc, who struggle to make sense of her sudden appearance and how it relates to Mental Damnation. Her friend back in the underworld, Darkwing ...

The Thoughts Of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus is a collection of philosophical reflections and meditations written by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. In this book, Aurelius shares his thoughts on a wide range of subjects, including ethics, virtue, justice, and the nature of the universe. He reflects on the importance of living a virtuous life, and offers advice on how to cultivate inner peace and tranquility in the face of life's challenges. The book is divided into twelve chapters, each of which contains a series of short, pithy aphorisms and ...

Mark Worthing is an author, and pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, North Adelaide, Australia. He is former head of the Faculty of Humanities and Creative Writing at Tabor Adelaide. His most recent works include Graeme Clark. The Man Who Invented the Bionic Ear (Allen&Unwin, 2015), and Narnia, Middle-Earth and the Kingdom of God: A History of Fantasy Literature and the Christian Tradition (Stone Table Books, 2016).

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the concepts of locus and praxis as they pertain to teacher education practices and novice learning in the Denver Teacher Residency Program. The term locus was meant to suggest a nuanced and comprehensive way to consider the K-12 school and classroom as the essential location for learning to teach. The term praxis referred to adaptive expertise, or practical reasoning, problem solving, and wisdom informed by theory in practice. An analytical case study investigated two research questions: 1) In what ways ...

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the remarkable library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was one of the most spectacular discoveries of the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection comprises one of the most important collections of Romantic era writing in existence anywhere -- including fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry, and more -- with a focus on especially difficult-to-find ...

In my Bible studies over the years, I began to see many similarities between life around me and across the globe with what is written in the Bible, especially as it pertains to a prophecy. In my opinion, the Bible from Genesis through Revelation is a prophecy. The very soon return, I hope and pray, of our Lord and savior. Daniel was blessed with receiving amazing visions and dreams from God about the history of man—past, present, and future. I also tried to work in other pertinent scriptures from other books as well. I have been accused by some that ...

Shpil offers an expansive history of klezmer, from its medieval origins through the present era. Individual chapters concentrate on the most common instruments found in a typical klezmer ensemble: violin, clarinet, accordion, bass, percussion, and even voice. Contributors include a cast of musicians who have recorded, performed, and studied klezmer for years. Each chapter concludes with a selection of three songs that illustrate and exemplify the history and techniques already described. Shpil includes a “klezmer glossary” of mostly musical terms ...

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This book consists of synthesis and characterization of ZnO and Mn-doped ZnO ‎nanoparticles for photocatalyst process. The work contains synthesis (co- precipitation), ‎Characterization (TEM, SEM, EDX, FTIR, XRD, BET, UV-visible NIR) and ‎application of ZnO and Mn-doped ZnO nanoparticles. The application included ‎photodegradation of m-, o- and p-cresol that was carried out under UV and visible ‎irradiation at room temperature, atmospheric pressure, and different PH by batch ‎photoreactors. The intermediates were identified by UPLC ...