The Artifact

Author : W. Michael Gear
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1990-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101666982

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The Artifact by W. Michael Gear Pdf

In a galaxy on the brink of civil war, the Brotherhood seeks to keep peace through diplomacy, subterfuge, and control of both technological advances and the carefully gathered knowledge of countless worlds. But now Speaker Archon, formerly a privateer and currently head of the world of Star’s Rest, has brought news of a discovery that may prove a great boon to humankind or a catalyst for its destruction. The Brotherhood ship Boaz, carrying diplomats representing all the human planets, stations, and colonies, is launched on a journey to distant Star’s Rest. Only Archon and his daughter know what awaits them there. And neither they nor Captain Carrasco can anticipate the treacherous games of intrigue and betrayal about to be played out aboard Boaz. Yet the greatest danger is that they will actually survive to reach Star’s Rest and the alien Artifact. For this creation of a long-vanished civilization has been waiting patiently for millennia to lure humans to extinction....

Author : Janet Fox
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780451478702

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The Artifact Hunters by Janet Fox Pdf

Isaac Wolf can travel through time. But he's also in a race against it. With tensions in Prague rising at the height of World War II, Isaac Wolf is forced to leave home with nothing more than a small backpack and a pendant in the shape of an eternity knot. His parents believe the pendant will keep him safe--if he can discover what it really means. This clue leads him to Rookskill Castle, home of the Special Alternative Intelligence Unit where gifted children can learn to harness their powers to support the Allies' cause. With the help of his new friends and an antique watch that allows him to travel through time, Isaac must unlock his own powers and uncover the true meaning of the eternity knot. The only way he can do that, though, is by hunting for a series of magical artifacts that are scattered throughout the past . . . and Isaac isn't the only artifact hunter. Soon he finds himself in a race against a threat just as deadly as the war itself--one that his parents had been trying to shield him from all along.

Author : donald carter
Publisher : donald carter
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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the gauntlets of ra and the artifact of chaos by donald carter Pdf

Author : Dennis Wengert
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781387976072

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The Artifact Chronicles - Episode One: A Legend Comes to Life by Dennis Wengert Pdf

Unexpectedly stumbling upon a precious LDS Artifact, Aaron Atwater, Jamison Dawtry and Laura Comyers embark on an improbable journey of danger and intrigue. What they assume will be an innocent temporary possession of the Artifact turns into a desperate attempt to return it before its rightful owner discovers the priceless piece is missing. But, before they can, the three teens get a first-hand lesson in LDS Church history in the 1830s...as it is actually happening. Along the way, their friendship and endurance are challenged in ways none of them expect. Ways that could alter their lives forever.

Author : Arlene Heyman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781526619433

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Artifact by Arlene Heyman Pdf

'A wise, intimate tale that is by turns joyful, sorrowful and explicit' Observer 'The author delves deep into Lottie's psyche, shying away from nothing, to create a rounded and gripping portrait of a woman on the edge of change' Daily Mail Lottie Kristin is independent from the start. Born in the middle of the century to a middle-class family in the very middle of America, Lottie is set apart by her smarts and sensuality. A girl who'd rather carry out dissections on a snowy back porch than join her family for Christmas dinner is a strange and exotic artifact in the town of Sleeping Bay. But by her early twenties, Lottie finds herself trapped in a marriage gone stale, with a daughter she adores but whose existence jeopardizes her place in the lab and her dream of becoming a scientist. How can a young woman make her way in a world determined to contain her brilliance, her will, and her longing to live? Bravely and wisely written, Artifact is an intimate and propulsive portrait of a whole woman, a celebration of her refusal to be defined by others' imaginations, and a meditation on the glorious chaos of biological life.

Author : Dwight W Read
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315433479

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Artifact Classification by Dwight W Read Pdf

Archaeologists have been developing artifact typologies to understand cultural categories for as long as the discipline has existed. Dwight Read examines these attempts to systematize the cultural domains in premodern societies through a historical study of pottery typologies. He then offers a methodology for producing classifications that are both salient to the cultural groups that produced them and relevant for establishing cultural categories and timelines for the archaeologist attempting to understand the relationship between material culture and ideational culture of ancient societies. This volume is valuable to upper level students and professional archaeologists across the discipline.

Author : Kevin J Anderson,Janet Berliner,Matthew J. Costello,F. Paul Wilson
Publisher : WordFire +ORM
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781614754312

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The Artifact by Kevin J Anderson,Janet Berliner,Matthew J. Costello,F. Paul Wilson Pdf

Six adrenalin junkies who call themselves the Daredevils Club hold the fate of the world in their hands. In an ancient undersea cavern, one of them, oil man Frik van Alman, discovers a set of stones that are unlike anything else on Earth. Fitted together, the stones form an object that promises limitless free energy for the world. After a terrified scientist scatters the pieces, the club members race to retrieve them. Each knows that whoever reassembles the unique device will have unlimited power at his or her fingertips. Can anyone be trusted? In a thrilling adventure that stretches from deep beneath the Caribbean to the penthouses of Las Vegas, friend battles friend for control of the Artifact.

Author : Jonathan M. Hall
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226080963

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Artifact & Artifice by Jonathan M. Hall Pdf

Is it possible to trace the footprints of the historical Sokrates in Athens? Was there really an individual named Romulus, and if so, when did he found Rome? Is the tomb beneath the high altar of St. Peter’s Basilica home to the apostle Peter? To answer these questions, we need both dirt and words—that is, archaeology and history. Bringing the two fields into conversation, Artifact and Artifice offers an exciting excursion into the relationship between ancient history and archaeology and reveals the possibilities and limitations of using archaeological evidence in writing about the past. Jonathan M. Hall employs a series of well-known cases to investigate how historians may ignore or minimize material evidence that contributes to our knowledge of antiquity unless it correlates with information gleaned from texts. Dismantling the myth that archaeological evidence cannot impart information on its own, he illuminates the methodological and political principles at stake in using such evidence and describes how the disciplines of history and classical archaeology may be enlisted to work together. He also provides a brief sketch of how the discipline of classical archaeology evolved and considers its present and future role in historical approaches to antiquity. Written in clear prose and packed with maps, photos, and drawings, Artifact and Artifice will be an essential book for undergraduates in the humanities.

Author : L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429914000

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The Eternity Artifact by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Pdf

5,000 years in the future, humankind has spread across thousands of worlds, and more than a dozen different governments exist in an uneasy truce. But human beings have found no signs of other life anywhere approaching human intelligence. This changes when scientists discover a sunless planet they name Danann, travelling the void just beyond the edge of the Galaxy at such a high speed that it cannot be natural. Its continents and oceans have been sculpted and shaped, with but a single megaplex upon it--close to perfectly preserved--with tens of thousands of near-identical metallic-silver-blue towers set along curved canals. Yet Danann has been abandoned for so long that even the atmosphere has frozen solid. Within a few years Danann will approach an area of singularities that will make exploration and investigation impossible. Orbital shuttle pilot Jiendra Chang, artist Chendor Barna, and history professor Liam Fitzhugh are recruited by the Comity government and its Deep Space Service, along with scores of other experts as part of an unprecedented and unique expedition to unravel Danann's secrets. And there are forces that will stop at nothing to prevent them, even if it means interstellar war. Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. The Saga of Recluce The Imager Portfolio The Corean Chronicles The Spellsong Cycle The Ghost Books The Ecolitan Matter The Forever Hero Timegod's World Other Books The Green Progression Hammer of Darkness The Parafaith War Adiamante Gravity Dreams The Octagonal Raven Archform: Beauty The Ethos Effect Flash The Eternity Artifact The Elysium Commission Viewpoints Critical Haze Empress of Eternity The One-Eyed Man Solar Express At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Anne Veronica Hierholzer Conover
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781665706988

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Clare and the Desert Artifact by Anne Veronica Hierholzer Conover Pdf

Clare Alexander Menderman is a fulltime horticulturist and reclusive wonder worker. She reluctantly accepts an assignment that involves travel, unaware that she will soon be exposed to a malevolent god and its slave sorcerer. After thousands of years, Seta Amun has emerged from the depths of the earth once again, going on a rampage of destruction and terrorizing the small city of Mydyn Lyxinat. It’s only a matter of time before his full strength takes hold. Seta Amun’s sorcerer possesses an Egyptian thief, transforming and forcing him to lure people into a lair of dark magic and death. Clare has no idea what’s in store for her but suspects the strange death of one of her students is a dire clue.

Author : Jody Revenson
Publisher : Harper Design
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0062474219

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Harry Potter: The Artifact Vault by Jody Revenson Pdf

Throughout the making of the eight Harry Potter movies, designers and craftspeople were tasked with creating fabulous chocolate-fantasy feasts, flying brooms, enchanted maps, and much more, in addition to numerous magical items necessary in a wizard’s everyday life—for example, newspapers with moving photos, vicious textbooks, and Howlers. Harry Potter: The Artifact Vault chronicles the work of the graphics department in creating vibrant and imaginative labels for potions bottles, brooms, and candy; the creation of Quidditch Quaffles, Bludgers, and Golden Snitches, lovingly crafted by the prop making team; and the stunning inventiveness used by the entire crew to create a rich, bewitched filmic universe. Accompanying the captivating text are never-before-seen art and design concepts, unit photography, and other filmmaking secrets from the Warner Bros. archive. This striking full-color compendium includes two exclusive bonus inserts—a booklet showcasing the design of The Tales of Beedle the Bard prop and a Black Family Tapestry poster—as well as many more surprises.

Author : Michael Lynch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351618588

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Routledge Revivals: Art and Artifact in Laboratory Science (1985) by Michael Lynch Pdf

First published in 1985, this book provides a descriptive study of social activities in a neurosciences laboratory. Based on fieldwork conducted by the author in the laboratory during 1975 and 1976, and taking an ethnomethodological approach, it focuses on the phenomenon of the social accomplishment of natural scientific order. Through the examination of shop work and shop talk in this environment, it identifies an analyzable social basis in the local production of accounts of natural objects in laboratory research. This work will be of interest to students and scholars of ethnomethodology and sociology.

Author : Miles Cameron
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473232624

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Artifact Space by Miles Cameron Pdf

Out in the darkness of space, something is targeting the Greatships. With their vast cargo holds and a crew that could fill a city, the Greatships are the lifeblood of human occupied space, transporting an unimaginable volume - and value - of goods from City, the greatest human orbital, all the way to Tradepoint at the other, to trade for xenoglas with an unknowable alien species. It has always been Marca Nbaro's dream to achieve the near-impossible: escape her upbringing and venture into space. All it took, to make her way onto the crew of the Greatship Athens was thousands of hours in simulators, dedication, and pawning or selling every scrap of her old life in order to forge a new one. But though she's made her way onboard with faked papers, leaving her old life - and scandals - behind isn't so easy. She may have just combined all the dangers of her former life, with all the perils of the new . . .

Author : Giovanni Meroni
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030324124

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Artifact-Driven Business Process Monitoring by Giovanni Meroni Pdf

This book proposes a novel technique, named artifact-driven process monitoring, by which multi-party processes, involving non-automated activities, can be continuously and autonomously monitored. This technique exploits the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm to make the physical objects, participating in a process, smart. Being equipped with sensors, a computing device, and a communication interface, such smart objects can then become self-aware of their own conditions and of the process they participate in, and exchange this information with the other smart objects and the involved organizations. To allow organizations to reuse preexisting process models, a method to instruct smart objects given Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) collaboration diagrams is also presented. The work constitutes a revised version of the PhD dissertation written by the author at the PhD School of Information Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, Italy. In 2019, the PhD dissertation won the “CAiSE PhD award”, granted to outstanding PhD theses in the field of Information Systems Engineering.

Author : Martin Necas
Publisher : High Frequency Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780987292179

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Artifacts in Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound: Grayscale Artifacts by Martin Necas Pdf

This book is written for sonographers, sonologists, other ultrasound practitioners and students of diagnostic medical ultrasound. The book provides a detailed and clinician-focused overview of the main grayscale artifacts with accompanying descriptions, diagrams, strategies for artifact avoidance and countless examples of clinical images. This book represents the largest collection of ultrasound artifact images ever assembled in a single volume.