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Kathryn returns to Av'lor after seven months on the Daemon home world, only to discover the Daemons have invaded Earth. With Av'lor on the brink of an uprising and an unknown enemy upon its doorstep, the knights divide their forces to safeguard both worlds.Sir Lanclor, torn between his duty to Av'lor and his dedication to Kathryn, finds himself fighting a losing battle on Earth. He realizes the fate of both worlds rests in the unlikely alliance of technology and magic.Overwhelmed by a new threat far beyond that of the Daemons, both Av'lor and Earth must face a devastating reality.
Full of alien probes, ray guns, test tubes and UFOs, this deck follows the traditional 78-card structure, with some small, mischievous changes. The suits have been swapped out to include ray guns, specimens, disks and probes. In case it's not abundantly obvious, this deck is not for the faint of heart. If you clutch your pearls at the sight of aliens wielding phallic probes, this may not be the deck for you. However, if you possess a cosmic c*nt (one capable of abducting farmers from their land) and love all things ray gun and UFO, this deck will help you embrace your power and delve into your own psyche.
Velouria's Tarot is an intuitive tool for finding hope in even the darkest of times. This sweet deck takes a look at what we perceive femininity to be, especially in tarot, and challenges it. It's cheerful and soft artwork encourage readers to find the bright side in the worst circumstances. Feminine energy can be strong and powerful yet vulnerable and emotional, and Velouria's Tarot takes the traditional gender binary in tarot and encourages the reader to take a new perspective on what 'feminine energy' means. The artist created the deck during a difficult pregnancy and the global pandemic and the artwork reflects her journey of holding onto joy and hope, even during the most difficult of times. Velouria's Tarot's goal is to encourage every reader to use the tarot as a tool of self-improvement, spiritual exploration, through the lens of finding the silver lining in every situation.
Enter the enchanted forest with Sweet Forager's Tarot. This 78-card tarot deck explores the traditional tarot structure through a whimsical and colourful lens, approaching spirituality with a sense of wonder and charm. The cards follow The Fool through the fairytale woods, meeting a diverse cast of characters who help the reader through all of life's hurdles as The Fool learns from each of the character's stories. The artwork in the deck is fantastical but also inclusive of a wide range of bodies, including size, gender and ages. The accompanying guidebook teaches the reader how to approach their query from a new perspective and offers novice readers a variety of card spreads and daily activities to improve their intuitive reading. While this deck follows the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith structure, many of the cards have been updated so they are more accessible to modern readers.
A unique and quirky deck with huge appeal, this spooky tarot now comes in a tin box that makes for a great gift and can be taken anywhere. Embrace your darkest thoughts and embark on a journey of shadow work. Step into the darkness and release your fear ...Presented as a pocket edition in a special tin, this is a gorgeous, fun gift or a 'take anywhere' self-purchase. The Macabre Tarot calls you to turn away from the light and explore your own shadow. While following the traditional tarot structure, it takes a look at tarot's darker side, imploring you to embrace all the spooky things that lurk in the dark. Be warned: this deck is not for the light-hearted or weak-spirited! Includes 78 cards and a guidebook.
Are you ready to let your skin crawl? Are you ready to get lost in the night? Are you ready to embrace everything that lives in the shadows? Step into the darkness and release our fears. A 78-card tarot deck that calls you to turn away from the light and explore your own shadow; includes a 22-card major arcana and 4 minor arcana suits. Also included is a detailed guidebook. While following the traditional tarot structure, the deck takes a look at the darker sides of the cards and implores you to embrace all the spooky things that lurk in the dark. You will be pushed down the rabbit hole of your own psyche and forced to face your darkest thoughts. Be warned: this deck is not for the light-hearted or weak spirited.
Rainbow Moon Tarot is a fantastical tarot deck that breaks out of the traditional gender binary, instead focusing on inclusivity, whimsy and humour. Although the traditional tarot structure has been utilised the images have no gender, which allows the reader to focus on the duality of receptive and outward energy. Created by alternative designer and artist Sam West, the deck offers a unique, hands-on guide to the craft of ritual-making in a secular age. Intended for serious readings, Rainbow Moon Tarot also reminds us it is okay to smile and enjoy the reading.
The thrilling conclusion to the Knights of Av'lor trilogy Trapped on Av'lor and left for dead by her betrayer, Kathryn's unrelenting determination is the only thing that might overcome the invading Zahkrinon army.With the portal destroyed and the Zahkrinon army fast approaching, Kathryn and Lanclor have no choice but to focus on the survival of the Knighthood before they can consider rescuing Rachel. Unexpected events threaten their victory and the combined Av'lorian and Earth forces struggle to survive as their numbers dwindle.They find the Zahkrinon are more dangerous than they had ever imagined.
The Knights of Av'lor: Complete Trilogy
Sam Rook
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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The Knights of Av'lor trilogy, now complete in one compilation.A blend of epic and portal fantasy that spans two worlds where the fate of both relies upon the unlikely alliance of technology and magic.Hope: Torn from Earth and thrown into a parallel fantasy world, Kathryn struggles to maintain her sanity and remain alive long enough to return home...Gate: Kathryn returns to Av'lor after seven months on the Daemon home world, only to discover the Daemons have invaded Earth. With Av'lor on the brink of an uprising and an unknown enemy upon its doorstep, the knights divide their forces to safeguard both worlds...Fire: Trapped on Av'lor and left for dead by her betrayer, Kathryn's unrelenting determination is the only thing that might overcome the invading Zahkrinon army.
Rook endgames are the most important to study, because they are the type of endgame you will face most often over the board. Working on rook endgames gives the biggest bang for your buck. World-class grandmaster Sam Shankland explains technical rook endgames in a way that is clearer, better organized, more concise, and easier to understand than any previous work. After learning the vital set positions, the reader is offered lots of rules and guidelines to correctly assess any theoretical rook endgame they have not yet memorized. Theoretical Rook Endgames is the ideal guide to a vital topic in chess. After reading this book, you will know which positions must be memorized, and which positions are best handled by considering general principles. The sister volume – Conceptual Rook Endgames by Jacob Aagaard – shows how the theoretical knowledge shown in the present book is used in advanced practical play.
READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY - "I've been an Allegra Goodman fan for years, but Sam is hands down my new favorite. I loved this powerful and endearing portrait of a girl who must summon deep within herself the grit and wisdom to grow up."--Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - What happens to a girl's sense of joy and belonging--to her belief in herself--as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age offers subtle yet powerful reflections on class, parenthood, addiction, lust, and the irrepressible power of dreams. A VOGUE AND REAL SIMPLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "There is a girl, and her name is Sam." So begins Allegra Goodman's moving and wise new novel. Sam is seven years old and living in Beverly, Massachusetts. She adores her father, though he isn't around much. Her mother struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind Sam that if she studies hard and acts responsibly, adulthood will be easier--more secure and comfortable. But comfort and security are of little interest to Sam. She doesn't fit in at school, where the other girls have the right shade of blue jeans and don't question the rules. She doesn't care about jeans or rules. All she wants to climb. Hanging from the highest limbs of the tallest trees, scaling the side of a building, Sam feels free. As a teenager, Sam begins to doubt herself. She yearns to be noticed, even as she wants to disappear. When her climbing coach takes an interest in her, his attention is more complicated than she anticipated. She resents her father's erratic behavior, but she grieves after he's gone. And she resists her mother's attempts to plan for her future, even as that future draws closer. The simplicity of this tender, emotionally honest novel is what makes it so powerful. Sam by Allegra Goodman will break your heart, but will also leave you full of hope.
READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY - "I've been an Allegra Goodman fan for years, but Sam is hands down my new favorite. I loved this powerful and endearing portrait of a girl who must summon deep within herself the grit and wisdom to grow up."--Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - What happens to a girl's sense of joy and belonging--to her belief in herself--as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age offers subtle yet powerful reflections on class, parenthood, addiction, lust, and the irrepressible power of dreams. A VOGUE AND REAL SIMPLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR "There is a girl, and her name is Sam." So begins Allegra Goodman's moving and wise new novel. Sam is seven years old and living in Beverly, Massachusetts. She adores her father, though he isn't around much. Her mother struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind Sam that if she studies hard and acts responsibly, adulthood will be easier--more secure and comfortable. But comfort and security are of little interest to Sam. She doesn't fit in at school, where the other girls have the right shade of blue jeans and don't question the rules. She doesn't care about jeans or rules. All she wants to climb. Hanging from the highest limbs of the tallest trees, scaling the side of a building, Sam feels free. As a teenager, Sam begins to doubt herself. She yearns to be noticed, even as she wants to disappear. When her climbing coach takes an interest in her, his attention is more complicated than she anticipated. She resents her father's erratic behavior, but she grieves after he's gone. And she resists her mother's attempts to plan for her future, even as that future draws closer. The simplicity of this tender, emotionally honest novel is what makes it so powerful. Sam by Allegra Goodman will break your heart, but will also leave you full of hope.
It is Sam's birthday and he is having a party. Will he get any cake? The Schofield & Sims My Letters and Sounds Phonics Readers are carefully levelled, fully decodable stories that build a solid foundation in early word reading. Only a small number of new grapheme-phoneme correspondences are introduced in each book, allowing teachers to select exactly the right book for each child's current reading level, from the very earliest stages of learning to read. Extra support for children and parents is built into the story texts through the highlighting of digraphs, trigraphs and tricky words. Engaging story texts and appealing illustrations provide rich stimulus for discussion of child-friendly topics, supporting the development of children's language and vocabulary skills. The inside front and back covers feature useful tips, notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check children's understanding. Information about Sam: Schofield & Sims My Letters and Sounds Phase Two; Book Band Pink A; Focus grapheme-phoneme correspondences: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d
Sam, the carefree rockfish, grows big and fat from all the food he eats and begins to worry after he is caught by a fisherman
A tale of how a young twenty something girl who is trying to find her way in a world that keeps knocking her down. Sam and her family move from New York to Georgia in the 1800's. They moved for reasons unknown to Sam. The family however, makes their small little farm there home. Sam's mom struggles to find peace with the move, which leads Sam to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. A woman approaches Sam in a beautiful wild flower field. This is the end of Sam's life as she knows it. Now that she is a vampire she cannot go back to her home and she meets Jaxson who is also a vampire. He mentors her and tries to teacher her the vampire way but falls madly in love with her. Jaxson reintroduces Sam to her werewolf brother that had been missing for some time. However, trouble is stirring as people come looking for the killer or killers of an elder's wife. Sam and Jaxson run but it is all for not. The Cloaks find them and kill Jaxson. This sets off a chain of events that leads to Sam running away from the place she called home for the next two hundred years. Blood lust takes over and she goes on killing sprees after killing sprees. Somehow, she learns to humble herself with in that two hundred years and she finally finds herself going back to the place it all began. She finds her brother again and they finally reunite. This is when she meets Aidan, but she is still had not completely dealt with the loss of Jaxson. As she adjusts to life back at home with her brother by her side she runs into trouble again. This time in the form of people that want her for her special talent. She escapes them a couple of times. However, as pressure from Aidan and a possible relationship with him, that she is not ready for, drives her to do something stupid. She runs from Aidan and joins the gang of vampires that had been hunting her down. She quickly finds out that Jaxson had sired the man in charge of the gang's hideout. However, Sam quickly realizes someone else is in charge and this person wants to start an army using her for her special talent, that she has no idea how to control. The man that Jaxson had sired helps her escape because he feels a moment of compassion for her. Sam returns to her brother to find that he had been bitten by a vampire and was dying. She turns back to the gang for help. Sam has no choice but to turn her brother into a hybrid, werewolf and vampire. This brings a whole new set of problems. Now she is still wanted for the army and the Cloaks are back tracking her down trying to kill her this time because of her brother's new state. Sam decides to join the army in hopes that they can provide protection from the Cloaks. However, it does not work, and she is on the run again with the leaders of the gang. She gets word from Aidan that her brother is in bad shape and something must be done to help him. This is when Jaxson comes back to Sam and tells her to find a person in New Orleans that could help her and her brother out of the mess that they are in. Sam finds herself with Aidan looking for a mysterious lady in New Orleans. Can they find the lady before it is too late to save her brother? Will Sam fall for Aidan in the midst of chaos?
