![]() ![]() But when forbidden magic threatens the kingdom, Xingyin must challenge the ruthless Emperor, leaving her torn between losing all she loves or plunging the realm into chaos. ![]() Vowing to rescue her mother, Xingyin embarks on a quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies. In disguise, she trains alongside the Emperor's son, mastering archery and magic, despite the passion which flames between them. ![]() Alone, powerless, and afraid, Xingyin makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. But when her magic flares and reveals her, Xingyin is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind. Raised far away on the moon, Xingyin was unaware she was being hidden from the Celestial Emperor - who exiled her mother for stealing the elixir of immortality. Daughter of the Moon Goddess Sue Lynn Tan € 14.99 This item arrived at our Amsterdam store within the past 8 weeks If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 2-3 working days. ![]()
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![]() Weaver in the town of Bethesda, Maryland. Due to this setup the logos of each of the companies may be displayed as a game loads.īethesda Softworks was founded in 1986 by Christopher S. Since the split in 2001 Bethesda Game Studios have been responsible for most Elder Scrolls games, while Bethesda Softworks have handled most of the publishing work (see below for details). ![]() ![]() Microsoft Corporation announced a takeover of ZeniMax Media and Bethesda on September 21, 2020.īethesda Softworks were responsible for the development and publishing of TES: Arena, TESII: Daggerfall, and the spinoffs Battlespire and Redguard. Bethesda Softworks are one of many subsidiaries of ZeniMax Media Incorporated, who own the rights associated with the franchise and all the other franchises and games published under Bethesda Softworks name. Bethesda is actually two companies: Bethesda Softworks LLC, the original company name which now only handles publishing, and Bethesda Game Studios, a subdivision created to handle development as the company expanded. Bethesda is the shorthand name for the developers and publishers of The Elder Scrolls series of games. ![]() ![]() Despite the high stakes and a few frightening moments, the story is never overserious it’s just right for readers who have grown up with, but aged out of, The Little Mermaid and the Disney Fairies franchise." - Publishers Weekly ![]() Themes of conquering fear and believing in oneself are woven throughout, along with an acknowledgment of humans’ environmental impact on the sea and its inhabitants. Readers will eagerly await future volumes and the answers they will provide."- VOYA ![]() Quick-witted, loveable characters and a well-planned fantasy world make this an all-encompassing book. ![]() Friendship, trust, and responsibility are major themes as Sera struggles to grasp that she is really her kingdom’s only hope. Donnelly then adds layers of complexity to the tale and weaves her story into that of Atlantis. It starts with a common enough concept: a royal girl who is worried about her betrothal and about love. "A fantastic addition to the genre of mermaids, this book will also appeal to readers of action and those who appreciate usurped leaders taking back their kingdom. ![]() ![]() Shaw’s support of socialism often figures thematically into his writing. He joined the Fabian Society, a recently formed British socialist organization, in 1884. Shaw became politically active during this time, attending meetings with the Social Democratic Federation. His first published works were novels, though he is best known for his dramas. Shaw took odd jobs while in London, but it wasn’t until the 1880s that he began to make a livable income from writing. Bessie left for London in 1873 with his two older sisters, and Shaw followed them there in 1876. ![]() ![]() Shaw unhappily attended four schools in his youth and developed a deep distaste for formal education. ![]() George Bernard Shaw was born in 1856 in Dublin, the youngest child of George Carr Shaw, a civil servant, and Lucinda Elizabeth (Bessie) Shaw, a singer. ![]() ![]() ![]() The text is fine for reading, but illustration work starts to run dark, pixellating and/or losing shades of grey. It's the problem of making a copy of a copy. ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the resulting quality of these books is not as high. We essentially digitally re-master the book. ![]() Also, a few larger books may be resampled to fit into the system, and may not have this searchable text background.įor printed books, we have performed high-resolution scans of an original hardcopy of the book. However, any text in a given book set on a graphical background or in handwritten fonts would most likely not be picked up by the OCR software, and is therefore not searchable. The result of this OCR process is placed invisibly behind the picture of each scanned page, to allow for text searching. Most older books are in scanned image format because original digital layout files never existed or were no longer available from the publisher.įor PDF download editions, each page has been run through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to attempt to decipher the printed text. These products were created by scanning an original printed edition. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through an analysis of the last 30 years of the creative journey of elBulli, this contribution highlights that Adrià and his team of chefs succeeded in articulating two different processes: i) a process of creativity that aimed at defining a new “school” of high cuisine and ii) a process of innovation that was expressed by the new gastronomic experiences offered to the (happy few) customers of the restaurant until its closure in 2011. His restaurant, elBulli, was awarded five times the title of the Best Restaurant in the World. ![]() Ignasi Capdevila, Patrick Cohendet, Laurent Simon Download this article as a PDFĬreativity comes first then comes the customer.įerran Adrià is one of the most recognized chefs in the world. ![]() ![]() My uncle always kneaded the soft, glutinous dough in the same big milk glass bowl. The smell of gun oil wafted through the house as my dad cleaned rifles in the next room, sitting beside the fireplace. A can of Calumet baking powder came off the shelf next, the chief in the war bonnet always felt familiar, comforting even. I’d study my uncle’s movements as he mixed white flour with milk. I never knew when it was coming, or why he chose to make it after certain hunts and not others, but when it did happen, I paid rapt attention. To this day, I can feel the chill of that mountain air in my bones.Īfter most hunts, we’d head back to my uncle’s house. The slow, ominous creak of tree limbs older than the United States itself. I can hear the light crunch of the forest floor under my feet - a world dying and regenerating. ![]() If I close my eyes, I can still smell those ancient firs and cedars. ![]() I can still taste the morning mist on my tongue. When I was small, my father and his brother would take me and my cousins into the Olympic mountains to hunt deer and elk. ![]() ![]() He wanted to be one of those dudes who watches NFL and Clint Eastwood westerns, buys Ford pickups, and chases their dreams. He didn’t want me trapped (mentally or physically) in a place that the country had abandoned. My father raised me off the rez in my mother’s white, European immigrant America. ![]() ![]() or does he? The more she sees behind Alex’s bad-boy façade, the more Sutton craves the man she uncovers. But Sutton isn’t one to cross professional boundaries-and besides, Alex doesn’t do relationships. ![]() ![]() What she doesn’t expect is the arrogant smirk from his perfect lips to stir her most heated fantasies. As a social worker, Sutton Price is accustomed to difficult people-like Alex, who’s been assigned to help her create a drug-abuse awareness program for at-risk youth as part of the team’s effort to clean up his image. ![]() not even by a tempting redhead with killer curves. But Alex refuses to be molded into the Carolina Cold Fury poster boy. Now Alex has a choice: fix his public image through community service or ride the bench. ![]() Pushed into the sport by an alcoholic father, Alex isn’t afraid to give fans the proverbial middle finger, relishing his role as the MVP they love to hate. Hockey star Alexander Crossman has a reputation as a cold-hearted player on and off the rink. New York Times bestselling author Sawyer Bennett scores big-time with the first novel in a sexy new series hot enough to melt the ice. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this third full length novel, Wodehouse returns to warmly familiar characters and I do love the way the novels and stories feature recurring characters and call backs to other events. You can tell the difference easily: the characters in Wodehouse, whilst entitled, privileges and self-obsessed, possess a charm and wit that Members of Her Majesty’s Parliament often fail to exhibit. Nope, definitely reviewing The Code of the Woosters. ![]() Hang on, am I reviewing a Wodehouse, or describing our current clutch of MPs? Entitled toffs with silly names basking in their own privilege whilst holed up in stately architecture. ![]() ![]() ![]() She can handle anything- anything but her mysterious neighbor in apartment 1D. They' re struggling to make ends meet at first, but Kacey' s not worried. Armed with two bus tickets, Kacey and her fifteen-year-old sister, Livie, escape Grand Rapids, Michigan, to start over in Miami. Still haunted by memories of being trapped inside, holding her boyfriend' s lifeless hand and listening to her mother take her last breath, Kacey wants to leave her past behind. ![]() ![]() Love them.Four years ago Kacey Cleary' s life imploded when her car was hit by a drunk driver, killing her parents, boyfriend, and best friend. After a terrible car accident destroys her life as she knew it, twenty-year-old Kacey escapes to Florida, where she encounters an irresistible man determined to capture her wounded heart. ![]() |