PHOENIX QUEST. OUT OF THE ASHES

PHOENIX QUEST. OUT OF THE ASHES
Author: Justin Stanfill
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2012-01-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 110569884X

She was sent to the world as a child bathed in flames and secrets. Her name is Linn, she knows she is connected to the mythic Old Ones the creators and protectors of the known world. None know why they left. Only that with out them the world has been plunged into chaos and death as the powerful Red King seeks to claim the world for his own using his own stolen powers. Now an adult Linn must set out on a quest to find her place in this world and discover not only her connection to the Old Ones. Each new discovery reveals more enemies and more secrets. In her search Linn finds others like her who are the last of their kinds. They offer to aid in her search in hopes that maybe her completing her quest will aid the world and bring back the Old Ones. The more Linn learns about her past the more dire her future becomes. The Red King plots and waits around every corner. The fate of the world rests in the hand of one who has no idea just how powerful she really is.

Phoenix Without Ashes

Phoenix Without Ashes
Author: Harlan Ellison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Graphic novels
ISBN: 9781613771693

When young Devon is forbidden from marrying his beloved by the Elders of the agrarian Cypress Corners community, he begins to question not only their authority, but why the sky is metal and the ground is not, and other troubling questions.

What Remains?

What Remains?
Author: Joyce Marie Mushaben
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2023-03-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3031188888

This book tells the story of the German Democratic Republic from “the inside out,” using the lens of generational change to deconstruct an intriguing array of social identities that had little to do with the “official GDR” version authoritarian rulers regularly sought to impose on their citizens. The author compares the “identities” of five societal subgroups (GDR writers and intellectuals; pastors and dissidents; women; youth; and working-class men), exploring the policies defining their lives and status before/during/after the 1989 Wende, as well as the diverging “exit, voice and loyalty” dilemmas encountered by each. The “dialectical” components treated in this work center on the extent to which eastern identities were lost, found and reconfigured across three generations, from 1949 to 1989, from 1990 to 2005, then up to 2020. It explores how the existence of a separate East German state and the socialization processes imposed on each subculture has not only complicated the search for national unity since 1990 but also -- perhaps more controversially—invoked new challenges directly related to ongoing East-West structural disparities since unification and the treatment of eastern Germans by often more privileged western Germans.

Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water

Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water
Author: Brian Luke Seaward
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0757398979

Self-Help/Spirituality “Every now and then you come across an author whose words transform your life and inspire you forever. The wisdom, insight, stories, and gentle guidance within the pages of Stand Like Mountain proved to be a blessing in my life. I am eternally grateful. This tenth anniversary edition not only reinvigorates the human spirit, it's a celebration of life. Timeless and ageless wisdom is never out of style on the human journey.” --Joan Lunden, Author of Joan Lunden's Wake-up calls Times of stress may bring feelings of panic and mayhem, but when we call upon our inner resources, stress also provides the opportunity for spiritual growth. However, o ur path to our ultimate purpose is often blocked by guilt, greed, laziness, worry, and most destructive of all: fear and anger. In his inspiring and insightful book Stand Like Mountain , Flow Like Water , renowned expert on stress management, Brian Luke Seaward, Ph.D., teaches you how to maneuver around these troublesome roadblocks and outlines the key to life: Balance--to stand secure and grounded like a mountain, but to flow like water. To help you reach your goals and destinations, Seaward points out that the mind, body, and spirit must be in harmony during our journey from the tumultuous sea of stress to the unfaltering rock of our spirituality. We can do so by relying on our natural-born inner resources (muscles of the soul) as our guides. This Tenth Anniversary Edition is filled with the most up-to-date insights and compelling stories regarding the mind-body-spirit connection and includes Dr. Seaward's latest stress-busting and healing strategies to help you: • Identify your innate resources to cope effectively to stressors • Strengthen the muscles of your soul for life's challenges • Deepen your soul-searching process to gain personal insights • Maintain a sense of balance and inner peace in a stressed-filled world • Identify and transition peacefully through the Seasons of the Soul Dr. Seaward's extensive research and teachings on the connection between stress and spirituality will soothe and harmonize your spirit and give you the tools to enhance and sustain connectedness with yourself, your purpose, and nature around you.

Urban Cultures Of/in the United States

Urban Cultures Of/in the United States
Author: Andrea Carosso
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2010
Genre: American literature
ISBN: 9783034300827

This book collects the efforts of a team of scholars working at the University of Torino under the auspices of the Project WWS (World-Wide Style). Focusing on diverse areas of inquiry into the transformations of the American city, the essays in this volume provide perspectives for understanding the complexity of urban cultures in the United States in the late 19th, 20th and early 21st centuries. Organized thematically, this book includes contributions in three main areas. The first area covers studies in U.S. history and history of ideas at the turn of the 20th century, in light of its migration/immigration processes as well as in its representations of national greatness and cultural hegemony as reflected in World's Fairs. The second area covers analyses of American literature in the double perspective of the recent emergence of a new form of «global novel», as well as the developments of new subgenres of urban fiction. A third area on inquiry focuses on new practices of organized religion in North America arising from the regionalization of the American metropolis in recent decades.

HEAT OF PASSION

HEAT OF PASSION
Author: Alice Orr
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2011-07-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1459261577

SHE'D TRADED DANGEROUS DAYS… Phoenix Farraday never dreamed her image-enhancement business could lead to something sinister. Until she took on a very dangerous client. She fled to save herself—and suddenly found one sexy Slater McCain by her side, ready and willing to offer protection…. FOR NIGHTS OF PURE PASSION…. Lean and strong, with dark, unruly hair and a chiseled profile, Slater could sweet-talk a woman into anything. Into his life. Into his arms. Into his bed. Sun-drenched days and star-filled nights with the man proved Phoenix had found her future. But would this paradise last, once her disastrous past caught up with her?

The Path of the Three Great Quests

The Path of the Three Great Quests
Author: Richard Brian
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 487
Release: 2016-02-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1504915704

The Journey of The Path is a pilgrimage to reconnect with The Source. The Three Great Quests are the swinging hammer and sparking anvil of technology. The Chamber of Initiation is the transcendent experience of The Thunderbolt of Enlightenment. As One, they are a movement into a condition, which reincarnates us out of the ashes of yesterday, and transforms us into The Phoenix of Tomorrow.

The Phoenix Unchained

The Phoenix Unchained
Author: Mercedes Lackey
Publisher: Tor Books
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2007-10-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429921900

New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory teamed up to write The Obsidian Trilogy, set in a wondrous world filled with magical beings, competing magic systems, and a titanic struggle between good and evil. That world proved so popular with the creators and readers alike that Lackey and Mallory have returned to it with The Phoenix Unchained, Book One of The Enduring Flame, the opening volume of a new epic fantasy trilogy. After a thousand years of peace, much Magick has faded from the world. The Elves live far from humankind. There are no High Mages, and Wild Mages are seen only rarely. Bisochim, a powerful Wild Mage, is determined to reintroduce Darkness to the world, believing that it is out of Balance. Tiercel, a young Armethalian nobleman, is convinced that High Magic is not just philosophy. He attempts a spell—and draws the unwelcome attention of Bisochim. Tiercel survives Bisochim's attack and begins trying to turn himself into a High Mage. Next in line to be Harbormaster of Armethalieh, Harrier instead finds himself regularly saving Tyr's life and meeting magickal people and creatures. To Harrier's dismay, it seems that he must become a hero. In The Phoenix Unchained, Harrier and Tiercel begin a marvelous journey to uncover their destinies. Along the way, they meet a charming female centaur, several snooty Elves, and the most powerful dragon their world has ever known. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Legacy of Ash

Legacy of Ash
Author: Matthew Ward
Publisher: Orbit
Total Pages: 771
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316457892

Legacy of Ash is an unmissable fantasy debut--an epic tale of intrigue and revolution, soldiers and assassins, ancient magic and the eternal clash of empires. A shadow has fallen over the Tressian Republic. Ruling families -- once protectors of justice and democracy -- now plot against one another with sharp words and sharper knives. Blinded by ambition, they remain heedless of the threat posed by the invading armies of the Hadari Empire. Yet as Tressia falls, heroes rise. Viktor Akadra is the Republic's champion. A warrior without equal, he hides a secret that would see him burned as a heretic. Josiri Trelanis Viktor's sworn enemy. A political prisoner, he dreams of reigniting his mother's failed rebellion. And yet Calenne Trelan, Josiri's sister, seeks only to break free of their tarnished legacy; to escape the expectation and prejudice that haunts the family name. As war spreads across the Republic, these three must set aside their differences in order to save their home. Yet decades of bad blood are not easily set aside. And victory -- if it comes at all -- will demand a darker price than any of them could have imagined.

Living in the Rear View Mirror

Living in the Rear View Mirror
Author: Kim Vazquez
Publisher: Mill City Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2009-06
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781934937846

What is the consequence of allowing the pain of your past to create your life today? Kim's compelling story is a case study in how our thoughts affect our reality. It shows how miracles happen when we embrace our own worth and become who we are meant to be. Even though she has tried to outrun the pain all her life, in 2006, Kim, a successful businesswoman, comes face to face with her haunted past. Almost twelve years have passed since her intense emotional pain had turned into crushing migraine headaches. She now finds herself not only addicted to painkillers and alcohol, but also dealing with a mind that refuses to leave her alone. She begins to pray ... to die. Instead of dying, Kim experiences the miracle that brings her to sobriety. She finds herself very much alive and leading the life of her dreams. It is now that she receives the answer to her lifelong question, Why did all of this happen to a nice girl like me? Kim's story is powerful and written with courageous honesty. It takes the reader into the mind of a woman struggling to leave her past behind and find her self-worth. It's through recovery that Kim finds spirituality and begins to walk the path into a life better than she'd ever imagined she could live. This book is an inspirational must-read for anyone seeking to enrich the quality of his or her life.