The Guin Saga Book 2: Warrior in the Wilderness

The Guin Saga Book 2: Warrior in the Wilderness
Author: Kaoru Kurimoto
Publisher: Vertical
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2003-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Continuing the opulently written saga, this second volume acquaints readers further with the vastness and depth of Kurimoto's imagined world.

The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria, Vol. 7 (light novel)

The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria, Vol. 7 (light novel)
Author: Eiji Mikage
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316561223

"There's something special between us... Something far more precious than a wish." In this final volume, Kazuki makes his last stand against O to fulfill his vow and bring back the "zeroth" Maria?-?the real Maria. The forces that stand between them seem insurmountable, and the trials they will have to overcome will be painful, but Kazuki has always had faith that there is no despair that can't be undone by believing in normal life. Will he and Maria be reunited? Or will they both be trapped forever?

The Guin Saga: Book Four: Prisoner of the Lagon

The Guin Saga: Book Four: Prisoner of the Lagon
Author: Kaoru Kurimoto
Publisher: Vertical Inc
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-05-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1934287199

The Guin Saga is epic heroic fantasy in the smae vein as Robert E. Howard's Conan, the Barbarian. More than a hundred books strong and growing, the saga has sold more than twenty-five million copies in Japan. Vertical will publish the first five installments that comprise "The Marches Episode" arc. Each paperback edition will feature artwork taken from the original Japanese editions. (see art above). Though decimating the vaunted Red Kights of the Mongauli Army in a sea of deadly yidoh, the combined tribes of the Sem remain vastly outmumbered. Guin decides to leave his friends in search of the legendary Lagon. He must find the giant warriors before the fragile Sem alliance unravels and the tribes fall to the Mongauli. Meanwhile, Istavan the mercenary's deft covert-op helps destroy the Blue Knights.

The Dispossessed

The Dispossessed
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Anarchism
ISBN: 9780785764038

A brilliant physicist attempts to salvage his planet of anarchy.

The New Utopian Politics of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed

The New Utopian Politics of Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed
Author: Laurence Davis
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2005-11-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0739158201

The Dispossessed has been described by political thinker Andre Gorz as 'The most striking description I know of the seductions—and snares—of self-managed communist or, in other words, anarchist society.' To date, however, the radical social, cultural, and political ramifications of Le Guin's multiple award-winning novel remain woefully under explored. Editors Laurence Davis and Peter Stillman right this state of affairs in the first ever collection of original essays devoted to Le Guin's novel. Among the topics covered in this wide-ranging, international and interdisciplinary collection are the anarchist, ecological, post-consumerist, temporal, revolutionary, and open-ended utopian politics of The Dispossessed. The book concludes with an essay by Le Guin written specially for this volume, in which she reassesses the novel in light of the development of her own thinking over the past 30 years.

The Nature of Spectacle

The Nature of Spectacle
Author: Jim Igoe
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2017-09-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0816530440

"A thoughtful treatise on how popular representations of nature, through entertainment and tourism, shape how we imagine environmental problems and their solutions"--Provided by publisher.

Post-Colonial and African American Women's Writing

Post-Colonial and African American Women's Writing
Author: Gina Wisker
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2017-03-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0333985249

This accessible and unusually wide-ranging book is essential reading for anyone interested in postcolonial and African American women's writing. It provides a valuable gender and culture inflected critical introduction to well established women writers: Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Margaret Atwood, Suniti Namjoshi, Bessie Head, and others from the U.S.A., India, Africa, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and introduces emergent writers from South East Asia, Cyprus and Oceania. Engaging with and clarifying contested critical areas of feminism and the postcolonial; exploring historical background and cultural context, economic, political, and psychoanalytic influences on gendered experience, it provides a cohesive discussion of key issues such as cultural and gendered identity, motherhood, mothertongue, language, relationships, women's economic constraints and sexual politics.

Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart

Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart
Author: J.D. Greear
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433679183

“If there were a Guinness Book of World Records entry for ‘amount of times having prayed the sinner’s prayer,’ I’m pretty sure I’d be a top contender,” says pastor and author J. D. Greear. He struggled for many years to gain an assurance of salvation and eventually learned he was not alone. “Lack of assurance” is epidemic among evangelical Christians. In Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart, J. D. shows that faulty ways of present- ing the gospel are a leading source of the confusion. Our presentations may not be heretical, but they are sometimes misleading. The idea of “asking Jesus into your heart” or “giving your life to Jesus” often gives false assurance to those who are not saved—and keeps those who genuinely are saved from fully embracing that reality. Greear unpacks the doctrine of assurance, showing that salvation is a posture we take to the promise of God in Christ, a posture that begins at a certain point and is maintained for the rest of our lives. He also answers the tough questions about assurance: What exactly is faith? What is repentance? Why are there so many warnings that seem to imply we can lose our salvation? Such issues are handled with respect to the theological rigors they require, but Greear never loses his pastoral sensitivity or a communication technique that makes this message teachable to a wide audience from teens to adults.

God of Neverland

God of Neverland
Author: Gama Ray Martinez
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2022-04-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0063014653

In this magical re-imagining of J. M. Barrie’s classic tale, Michael Darling—the youngest of the Darling siblings and former Lost Boy, now all grown up—must return to the life he left behind to save Neverland from the brink of collapse and keep humanity safe from magical and mythological threats, as well as answer the ultimate question: Where is Peter Pan? Peter Pan is missing; Neverland is in trouble. For adults, that might not matter all that much, but for children—whose dreams and imagination draw strength from the wild god’s power—the magic we take for granted in the real world is in danger of being lost forever. Such is the life of a now grown-up Michael Darling. Michael returned from Neverland with the dream of continuing his adventuring ways by joining the Knights of the Round, an organization built to keep humanity safe from magical and mythological threats. But after a mission gone terribly wrong, he vowed to leave the Knights behind and finally live as a “civilian,” finding order and simplicity as a train engineer, the tracks and schedule tables a far cry from the chaos of his youth. He hasn’t entered the narrative in years. So what could the Knights need from him now? Maponos—or how he’s better known, Peter Pan—has gone missing, and Neverland is now on the edge of oblivion. Michael realizes he has no choice and agrees to one last mission. Alongside the young Knight Vanessa and some old friends, Michael embarks on the ultimate adventure: a journey to a fantasy world to save a god. Determined to stop evil, fight for Neverland, and find Maponos, will Michael be able to save the magical and physical world? Or will his biggest fear come true? The clock is ticking, and in Neverland, that’s never a good sign.

The Guin Saga Manga, Volume 2

The Guin Saga Manga, Volume 2
Author: Kaoru Kurimoto
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-01-22
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1934287075

The twenty-five-million bestselling Japanese heroic fantasy goes manga! Never has a story been more suited to the form than the pulse-pounding saga of the leopard-masked warrior, who cannot remember his past. In this first manga series, King Guin must battle a plague made manifest and controlled by seven magi. But even if our hero vanquishes the Black Plague, how will he ever hope to defeat seven powerful magicians? Hold onto your seats!