Dark Twist of Fate


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International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004


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Accurate and reliable biographical information essential to anyone interested in the world of literature TheInternational Who's Who of Authors and Writersoffers invaluable information on the personalities and organizations of the literary world, including many up-and-coming writers as well as established names. With over 8,000 entries, this updated edition features: * Concise biographical information on novelists, authors, playwrights, columnists, journalists, editors, and critics * Biographical details of established writers as well as those who have recently risen to prominence * Entries detailing career, works published, literary awards and prizes, membership, and contact addresses where available * An extensive listing of major international literary awards and prizes, and winners of those prizes * A directory of major literary organizations and literary agents * A listing of members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters




Work and Object


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Work and Object is a study of fundamental questions in the metaphysics of art, notably how works relate to the materials that constitute them. Issues about the creation of works, what is essential and inessential to their identity, their distinct kinds of properties, including aesthetic properties, their amenability to interpretation, their style, the conditions under which they can go out of existence, and their relation to perceptually indistinguishable doubles (e.g. forgeries and parodies), are raised and debated. A core theme is that works like paintings, music, literature, sculpture, architecture, films, photographs, multi-media installations, and many more besides, have fundamental features in common, as cultural artefacts, in spite of enormous surface differences. It is their nature as distinct kinds of things, grounded in distinct ontological categories, that is the subject of this enquiry. Although much of the discussion is abstract, based in analytical metaphysics, there are numerous specific applications, including a study of Jean-Paul Sartre's novel La Nausée and recent conceptual art. Some surprising conclusions are derived, about the identity conditions of works and about the difference, often, between what a work seems to be and what it really is.




Children's Books and Their Creators


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Unique in its coverage of contemporary American children's literature, this timely, single-volume reference covers the books our children are--or should be--reading now, from board books to young adult novels. Enriched with dozens of color illustrations and the voices of authors and illustrators themselves, it is a cornucopia of delight. 23 color, 153 b&w illustrations.




Black Clouds Over the Isle of Gods


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The stories in this anthology take issue with worn stereotypes and reflect both everyday life and the great upheavals that have marked modern Indonesian national life.




Mark of the Dragon


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Bored, rebellious Princess Adrina flees her moribund kingdom in search of adventure, while the peasant boy Vilmos, whose forbidden magic powers attract the interest of both good and evil forces. Finally, Seth, a warrior priest and part of the Elf Queen's elite personal guard, sets off as an envoy to the human lands.




Back in Black


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When you look in the mirror, what do you see, the real you or what you want others to see?Are you lost in a sea of "wannabe?" Have you lost your identity? Each phase of life brings with it a new and beautiful landscape; it is time for you to find your place in this world, and celebrate your inheritance!This Back in Black teaching is a priceless, personal investment in yourself and in your right to "live the life you love." Back in Black is not a "black and white" monolog. Back in Black rocks the world of authentic answers; it's a kaleidoscope of treasures, a dependable and accurate navigation system to your very soul. Learn how to deflect petty negativity and fear based stops in your life with "positivity" and excitement about things that really matter. Learn how you can foster respect and understanding for your "authentic" self, and all your whimsical and simply unique and beautiful 'sides." Life is for the living, and there's a lot of fun to be had. This is your personal invite to celebrate every beautiful part of your "true to form" self. Love, Life, Love it all in Full Color.*Are you ready and willing to create the" you" that can be? If not, why not?*Do you want your brilliance to shine however that brilliance is defined or demonstrated?*Are you aware of your innate power and awesomeness as a woman?




A Twist of Fate


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A Lion, a Witch, and a War Tia Ayininruhu, hates everything she has become. She’s nothing more than a tool for Task Force Omega and their greedy plans to rule the galaxy. She’s ready to end it all but can’t when the shining soul of her lion-shifter true mate brings a new light and purpose into her life. But, he’s too late for her to escape her fate. Fedelis is the Star Rangers deadliest weapon and he’s been sent to take out the only thing standing between good and evil. Except the Fates have played another cruel trick on him. The witch he must destroy to save Earth and the rest of the souls in the galaxy is his one true mate. He knows the only choice is to destroy her soul and his own in the process if he wants to save everyone else’s. Save the Geek Girl, or Save the Galaxy Another bewitching tale from Magic, New Mexico.




A Midnight Trade


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December 2001: Two unrelated but equally devastating events on opposite sides of the globe will forever change the life of young Sara Wyeth. When American forces invade Afghanistan, Sara leaves her internal medicine residency in London, and with her fiancé, Dr. Khaled Afaq, she joins in setting up a hospital in Kabul, only to have Khaled kidnapped and thrown into the U.S. established Bagram Prison as an accused terrorist. At the same time, Sara's father, a renowned biogenetics research scientist, has disappeared in Memphis, Tennessee and feared murdered over his ground-breaking research on immunity to anthrax. Sara turns to Memphis homicide detective and former Delta Force Operative Will Howling to help with the impossible: spring Sara's fiancé from a lawless prison in a war zone and find her father's murderer. Together they find themselves confronting a tangled web of shocking corruption at the highest levels of power, a plot to unleash a deadly virus, and on a collision course of fated love. From a notorious black site prison, to a midnight rendezvous with a Voodoo god on a crossroads in rural Mississippi, into the corrupt corridors of pharmaceutical giants who will kill for profit and power, A Midnight Trade explores the opening salvo of the twenty-first century in this story of a young woman whose life is torn apart and whose future is irrevocably altered.