The Sorcerer S Morph

Author : Mark Plemmons
Publisher : Brabblemark Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780991489718

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Corporia by Mark Plemmons Pdf

Corporia is a 208-page tabletop role-playing game of genre-bending fiction and futuristic urban fantasy. In Corporia, you take on the roles of reborn Knights of the Round Table or their supernaturally-powered allies, fighting an invisible war for justice in the struggle between otherworldly Chaos magics and the oppressive Order of the ruling mega-corporations! Corporia is 'knights in shining Armani.' It's what happens when you mix Camelot with a spoonful of Torchwood, add a pinch of cyberpunk, a dash of Joss Whedon's Angel, and a sprinkling of Shadowrun. If you enjoy these, you're going to love Corporia. Highlights One simple, unified game mechanic for all abilities, including fighting, spellcasting, and hacking! All characters can join the Hacker in virtual conflicts; no one gets left out! Spellcasters can cast whatever they can imagine, limited only by their skill rank in any of eight schools of magic - and all 64 sample spells can be easily modified at will! Four personality traits (three public, one private) keep situations interesting and provide points for permanent and temporary improvements, supplementing the core dice mechanics without becoming the main aspects of the rules! Metal melee weapons are more effective against monsters than firearms, keeping swords and daggers relevant even in a future of X-Calibre energy pistols and glowing raypiers! An innovative, modern design style in a book full of page-turning concepts!

Author : Rachel Teukolsky
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780198859734

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Picture World by Rachel Teukolsky Pdf

The modern media world came into being in the nineteenth century, when machines were harnessed to produce texts and images in unprecedented numbers. In the visual realm, new industrial techniques generated a deluge of affordable pictorial items, mass-printed photographs, posters, cartoons, and illustrations. These alluring objects of the Victorian parlor were miniaturized spectacles that served as portals onto phantasmagoric versions of 'the world.' Although new kinds of pictures transformed everyday life, these ephemeral items have received remarkably little scholarly attention. Picture World shines a welcome new light onto these critically neglected yet fascinating visual objects. They serve as entryways into the nineteenth century's key aesthetic concepts. Each chapter pairs a new type of picture with a foundational keyword in Victorian aesthetics, a familiar term reconceived through the lens of new media. 'Character' appears differently when considered with caricature, in the new comics and cartoons appearing in the mass press in the 1830s; likewise, the book approaches 'realism' through pictorial journalism; 'illustration' via illustrated Bibles; 'sensation' through carte-de-visite portrait photographs; 'the picturesque' by way of stereoscopic views; and 'decadence' through advertising posters. Picture World studies the aesthetic effects of the nineteenth century's media revolution: it uses the relics of a previous era's cultural life to interrogate the Victorian world's most deeply-held values, arriving at insights still relevant in our own media age.

Author : Diana Archangeli ,Douglas Pulleyblank
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961103355

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Emergent phonology by Diana Archangeli ,Douglas Pulleyblank Pdf

To what extent do complex phonological patterns require the postulation of universal mechanisms specific to language? In this volume, we explore the Emergent Hypothesis, that the innate language-specific faculty driving the shape of adult grammars is minimal, with grammar development relying instead on cognitive capacities of a general nature. Generalisations about sounds, and about the way sounds are organised into meaningful units, are constructed in a bottom-up fashion: As such, phonology is emergent. We present arguments for considering the Emergent Hypothesis, both conceptually and by working through an extended example in order to demonstrate how an adult grammar might emerge from the input encountered by a learner. Developing a concrete, data-driven approach, we argue that the conventional, abstract notion of unique underlying representations is unmotivated; such underlying representations would require some innate principle to ensure their postulation by a learner. We review the history of the concept and show that such postulated forms result in undesirable phonological consequences. We work through several case studies to illustrate how various types of phonological patterns might be accounted for in the proposed framework. The case studies illustrate patterns of allophony, of productive and unproductive patterns of alternation, and cases where the surface manifestation of a feature does not seem to correspond to its morphological source. We consider cases where a phonetic distinction that is binary seems to manifest itself in a way that is morphologically ternary, and we consider cases where underlying representations of considerable abstractness have been posited in previous frameworks. We also consider cases of opacity, where observed phonological properties do not neatly map onto the phonological generalisations governing patterns of alternation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Antiquities
ISBN : UCAL:$B460563

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Serie A--Forelesninger by Anonim Pdf

Author : Brian Hayden
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781588344496

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Shamans, Sorcerers, and Saints by Brian Hayden Pdf

Historians of art or religion and mythologists, such as Joseph Campbell and Mircea Eliade, have written extensively on prehistoric religion, but no one before has offered a comprehensive and uniquely archaeological perspective on the subject. Hayden opens his book with an examination of the difference between traditional religions, which are passed on through generations orally or experientially, and more modern “book” religions, which are based on some form of scripture that describes supernatural beings and a moral code, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He attempts to answer the question of why religion developed at all, arguing that basic religious behaviors of the past and present have been shaped by our innate emotional makeup, specifically our ability to enter into ecstatic states through a variety of techniques and to create binding relationships with other people, institutions, or ideals associated with those states.

Author : Sverre Marstrander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Art, Prehistoric
ISBN : IND:39000002461494

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Acts of the International Symposium on Rock Art by Sverre Marstrander Pdf

Author : David Neth
Publisher : DN Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781945336133

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Shapeshifter (witch urban fantasy) by David Neth Pdf

Monsters can hide in plain sight. Samantha and Kathy’s personal lives have been keeping them busy. Samantha’s been planning her wedding, despite the frustrations of Steven’s mother and the ensuing tension it creates between the bride and groom. Kathy is struggling with the coursework of her first college classes and spending enough time with Milo, the guy she’s been dating. Meanwhile, their new neighbors have invited them to a Halloween party. But the days leading up to the party reveal oddities and unusual behavior from the people in their lives, culminating in the witches’ discovery at the party that a shapeshifter’s been lurking among them all week. With no idea who to trust, Samantha and Kathy have only a few hours to find out who the shapeshifter is and how to stop them before they can hurt anyone else—and the party just happens to be full of potential victims. Shapeshifter is the fourth book in the Coven series, which serves as a prequel series to the Under the Moon series. Keywords: urban fantasy demon, urban fantasy witch, urban fantasy wizard, urban fantasy mysteries, female urban fantasy, urban fantasy sword, urban fantasy action, urban fantasy demons, urban fantasy mage, urban fantasy sorcerer, urban fantasy angel, urban fantasy angels, fantasy books, urban fantasy series, complete urban fantasy series, paranormal books, supernatural books, fun urban fantasy, full length urban fantasy, humorous urban fantasy books, fantasy, female protagonist fantasy, supernatural thrillers books, witch fantasy, supernatural powers, come into powers, ghosts, angels, fae, wizard, demons, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, complete series, fantasy book, urban fantasy, books with magic, completed series, fantasy series, urban fantasy series for adults, supernatural mystery, supernatural thriller, supernatural suspense, ghost stories, paranormal mystery, contemporary fantasy, paranormal suspense, witches, witch, mage, vampires, magical worlds, alternate history, modern fantasy, dark fantasy, gargoyles

Author : Whitney Grace
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476628738

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Lotte Reiniger by Whitney Grace Pdf

For three years during the 1920s, in an attic in Potsdam, a young woman crafted what is today the oldest surviving animated feature film. Equipped with scissors, cardboard, sheets of lead, glass panes and a camera, animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger filmed Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) using a technique of frame-by-frame silhouette animation she developed, inspired by Chinese shadow puppetry. As the result of a number of factors—her gender, her German ethnicity, World War II and a lack of funding—Reiniger became a footnote in animation history. Yet her 60–plus films plainly show her skill and dedication to her craft. This detailed account of her life and work describes her significant contributions to animation, puppetry, Weimar cinema and modern filmmaking.

Author : Ingrid Seymour
Publisher : Ingrid Seymour
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Weaver by Ingrid Seymour Pdf

The epic conclusion to The Morphid Chronicles... Everything has been taken from Sam by Regent Danata, the Morphid who destroyed the ethereal connection that bound Sam to Greg, her protector and lover. But Sam’s powers are maturing, and she is capable of more than she ever thought possible. However, there is more to Danata’s threat than meets the eye. Dark forces operate behind the evil woman, and they are far worse than anyone suspects. A malevolent secret lives in Rothblade castle, where Sam is kept in a dungeon cell, and it's about to be unleashed upon the earth. Now, Sam must embrace her Weaver powers or see the future of humanity and those she loves destroyed. The Morphid Chronicles has magic, forbidden love and adventure, and will appeal to lovers of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and The Mortal Instruments series. *** The Morphid Chronicles trilogy is complete—3 full-length novels of 80,000+ words each ***

Author : Anthony Uyl
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781329797987

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Eternity Realms by Anthony Uyl Pdf

Author : Ingrid Seymour
Publisher : Ingrid Seymour
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Ripper by Ingrid Seymour Pdf

Against all odds, Greg and Samantha seemed to have cheated Fate when they escaped Regent Danata. Miraculously, the two Morphids remain bound together, attempting to lead a normal, “human” life, even as fear of the evil woman’s revenge clouds their days. As Sam and Greg struggle to grow their relationship, she is haunted by memories of Ashby, her Morphid soul mate, and burning questions of the identity of her real parents. As if that wasn’t enough, her untried Morphid instincts fill her with doubt and indecision, taking her once simple life in directions she could never have imagined. But when Greg’s Keeper sense foretells danger, they abandon all dreams of normalcy and find no other choice but to flee. Armed with nothing but their Morphid skills, Sam sets their course toward New York City, a place that calls to her deeper instincts. As her Keeper, Greg must follow but knows danger awaits. Thus begins a quest that will test their bond and may spell the end of all they hold dear. It’s only a matter of time before Regent Danata and chaos storm into their lives again. The Morphid Chronicles is a young adult urban fantasy novel that will appeal to lovers of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and fans of The Mortal Instruments series.

Author : George Nash,Christopher Chippindale
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521524245

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The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art by George Nash,Christopher Chippindale Pdf

A companion to The Archaeology of Rock-Art (Cambridge 1998), this new collection edited by Christopher Chippindale and George Nash addresses the most important component around the rock-art panel - its landscape. The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art draws together the work of many well-known scholars from key regions of the world for rock-art and for rock-art research. It provides a unique, broad and varied insight into the arrangement, location, and structure of rock-art and its place within the landscapes of ancient worlds as ancient people experienced them. Packed with illustrations, as befits a book about images, The Figured Landscapes of Rock-Art offers a visual as well as a literary key to the understanding of this most lovely and alluring of archaeological traces.

Author : Owen Edwards
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781760464578

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Rote-Meto Comparative Dictionary by Owen Edwards Pdf

This comparative dictionary provides a bottom-up reconstruction of the Rote‑Meto languages of western Timor. Rote-Meto is one low-level Austronesian subgroup of eastern Indonesia/Timor-Leste. It contains 1,174 reconstructions to Proto-Rote-Meto (or a lower node) with supporting evidence from the modern Rote-Meto languages. These reconstructions are accompanied by information on how they relate to forms in other languages including Proto‑Malayo‑Polynesian etyma (where known) and/or out-comparisons to putative cognates in other languages of the region. The dictionary also contains two finder-lists: English to Rote-Meto, and Austronesian reconstructions with Rote-Meto reflexes. The dictionary is preceded by three introductory chapters. The first chapter contains a guide to using the dictionary as well as discussion of the data sources. The second chapter provides a short synchronic overview of the Rote-Meto langauges. The third chapter discusses the historical background of Rote-Meto. This includes sound correspondences, the internal subgrouping of the Rote-Meto family, and the position of Rote-Meto within Malayo-Polynesian more broadly. Searchable electronic versions of the comparative dictionary are provided in two formats at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/251618. The first electronic version is a Lexique Pro export of the dictionary. The Lexique Pro file contains the same data and information in the book version of the dictionary, but does not contain the introductory chapters. See the "About Rote-Meto" tab of the Lexique Pro file for more information on this version of the dictionary. The second electronic version is a text file. It is formatted as a tab separated file and is intended to be read in spreadsheet format. This text file does not contain all the data and information in other versions of the Rote-Meto Comparative Dictionary and should be used in conjunction with these other versions. See the associated readme for more information on what data is included and excluded from that text file.

Author : Kip Jones
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000509755

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Doing Performative Social Science by Kip Jones Pdf

Doing Performative Social Science: Creativity in Doing Research and Reaching Communities focuses, as the title suggests, on the actual act of doing research and creating research outputs through a number of creative and arts-led approaches. Performative Social Science (PSS) embraces the use of tools from the arts (e.g., photography, dance, drama, filmmaking, poetry, fiction, etc.) by expanding—even replacing—more traditional methods of research and diffusion of academic efforts. Ideally, it can include forming collaborations with artists themselves and creating a professional research, learning and/or dissemination experience. These efforts then include the wider community that has a meaningful investment in their projects and their outputs and outcomes. In this insightful volume, Kip Jones brings together a wide range of examples of how contributing authors from diverse disciplines have used the arts-led principles of PSS and its philosophy based in relational aesthetics in real-world projects. The chapters outline the methods and theory bases underlying creative approaches; show the aesthetic and relational constructs of research through these approaches; and show the real and meaningful community engagement that can result from projects such as these. This book will be of interest to all scholars of qualitative and arts-led research in the social sciences, communication and performance studies, as well as artist-scholars and those engaging in community-based research.

Author : Terry Brooks
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345540836

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The Sorcerer's Daughter by Terry Brooks Pdf

The world of Shannara is brimming with untold stories and unexplored territory. Now bestselling author Terry Brooks breaks new ground with a standalone adventure that’s sure to thrill veteran readers and recent converts alike. The mysterious, magic-wielding Druid order has existed for long ages, battling any evil that threatens the Four Lands—and struggling to be understood and accepted by outsiders. But their hopes of building goodwill are dashed when a demon’s murderous rampage at a peace summit leaves their political opponents dead—casting new suspicions upon the Druids and forcing them to flee from enemies both mortal and monstrous. Paxon Leah, the order’s appointed protector, knows that blame lies with Arcannen Rai, the vile sorcerer he has battled and defeated before. But there’s no time to hunt his nemesis, if he is to lead the wrongfully accused Druids to their sanctuary. It is a quest fraught with danger, as a furious government agent and his army snap at their heels, and lethal predators stalk them in the depths of the untamed wilderness. But Arcannen is playing a deeper game than Paxon realizes. Paxon’s sister possesses a powerful magic that the sorcerer longs to control—but Arcannen has not reckoned with the determination of his own estranged daughter, Leofur, who is also Paxon’s devoted lifemate. Leofur sets out on a perilous quest to thwart her father’s desires—while the vengeful Arcannen conjures his blackest magical skills, determined to destroy them all . . . and claim the most powerful of magics for his own.