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The Enigma in the Conflict

The Enigma in the Conflict

J B Wiggins

J.B. Wiggins
2024
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The last thing Zandra needed after discovering her place in Domhan was for war to break out, and secrets to come to light that make her question her very purpose here...Zandra is now a true Warrior of Domhan.She's been chosen as a Guardian to the hotheaded, arrogant, and flirty Prince of Air, Jin. Protecting him from all possible harm seems less like guarding and more like babysitting. Still, Zandra rises to the occasion and a tentative friendship is fostered as rumors surface - rumors of Creatures, and of Mortal attacks.Then it happens.The first City falls.A chilling message is left pinned to a swinging corpse.Revolution is here.It is as it was before. Magician and Warrior versus Mortal. As the first blood is spilt, Zandra follows orders and fights along the easily divisible lines that have defined this world.But as the bloodshed increases, the brutality changes not just the landscape of Domhan - but every person involved.And long-held secrets come to light. Secrets which will have everyone questioning what they thought Domhan was.For Zandra, these questions will lead to her deciding what she's willing to sacrifice to wind up on the victorious side of history...The Zandra duology comes to an action-packed end as the very essence of this world is thrust into the darkness of a bloodier war than anyone could have dared to imagine.
The Enigma in the Conflict

The Enigma in the Conflict

J B Wiggins

J.B. Wiggins
2025
sidottu
The last thing Zandra needed after discovering her place in Domhan was for war to break out, and secrets to come to light that make her question her very purpose here...Zandra is now a true Warrior of Domhan.She's been chosen as a Guardian to the hotheaded, arrogant, and flirty Prince of Air, Jin. Protecting him from all possible harm seems less like guarding and more like babysitting. Still, Zandra rises to the occasion and a tentative friendship is fostered as rumors surface - rumors of Creatures, and of Mortal attacks.Then it happens.The first City falls.A chilling message is left pinned to a swinging corpse.Revolution is here.It is as it was before. Magician and Warrior versus Mortal. As the first blood is spilt, Zandra follows orders and fights along the easily divisible lines that have defined this world.But as the bloodshed increases, the brutality changes not just the landscape of Domhan - but every person involved.And long-held secrets come to light. Secrets which will have everyone questioning what they thought Domhan was.For Zandra, these questions will lead to her deciding what she's willing to sacrifice to wind up on the victorious side of history...The Zandra duology comes to an action-packed end as the very essence of this world is thrust into the darkness of a bloodier war than anyone could have dared to imagine.
The Summoning at the Edge

The Summoning at the Edge

J B Wiggins

J.B. Wiggins
2025
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The last thing Zandra needed on her way to buy apology ice cream for her sister was to be violently summoned to a magical world on the cusp of war...Zandra is a sarcastic college graduate surviving in Atlanta, Georgia - with no job, no love life, no parents, and a sister who blames her for their wrecked lives. Life is already in the process of derailing her dreams when she finds herself ruthlessly dropped into a new world.In the world of Domhan, your affinity with magic determines your Race; and Race is everything. It is status. It is treatment. It is your place in the world's hierarchy.And Racial tensions are ripping this world apart.Her arrival sets off alarms, as magic not seen since Domhan was first created buzzes around her very being.After a conflict in which she displays unusual abilities, the Magician Royalty claim that she's fated to join the Race of Warriors.Driven by her need to adapt to Domhan, Zandra will have to harness a Warrior's combat magic so she may earn a place in their Race. But in doing so, Zandra will find herself consumed by this world as it takes all she has......the least of which may be her life.
A Path Shifted

A Path Shifted

J B Streinf

Xlibris Us
2019
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Darin, a shape-shifter seeking redemption for past sins, works for the Sisters of Mercy. Offering his sword arm to help protect those they tell him to, he is sent to a far land to protect an heiress. Given how aristocracy generally view his kind-beastly, unkempt savages best kept as slaves than citizens-he balks at protecting one. As he attempts to complete his mission, he is met with various obstacles, not the least of which is the strong-headed woman he vows to protect. Leonyn, heiress to the Free Tribes of Qamsaman, is threatened by a rebel faction of zealots bent on destroying what her father has built. Drawn to the mysterious stranger who enters her life, she hopes to learn more about him and herself. Should she trust this strange, gruff man? Faced with no other choice, she is compelled to put her life in Darin's hands.
A Path Shifted

A Path Shifted

J B Streinf

Xlibris Us
2019
sidottu
Darin, a shape-shifter seeking redemption for past sins, works for the Sisters of Mercy. Offering his sword arm to help protect those they tell him to, he is sent to a far land to protect an heiress. Given how aristocracy generally view his kind-beastly, unkempt savages best kept as slaves than citizens-he balks at protecting one. As he attempts to complete his mission, he is met with various obstacles, not the least of which is the strong-headed woman he vows to protect. Leonyn, heiress to the Free Tribes of Qamsaman, is threatened by a rebel faction of zealots bent on destroying what her father has built. Drawn to the mysterious stranger who enters her life, she hopes to learn more about him and herself. Should she trust this strange, gruff man? Faced with no other choice, she is compelled to put her life in Darin's hands.
The Greatness of Gratitude

The Greatness of Gratitude

J B Powell

Xlibris Us
2019
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The Greatness of Gratitude takes a naked look at what it means to live a thankful life. It reminds us that while we have little or no control over many of the things that come our way, we have power and governance over how we react to them. This book provokes us to evaluate how we treat each other, manage our relationships, and utilize our time. It moves us to consider the biblical foundation for gratitude and the discipline and intricacies of living a gracefully grateful life. It moves the reader to live thoughtfully and thankfully so that gratitude becomes the dominant thread that is woven in the fabric of his life.
The Greatness of Gratitude

The Greatness of Gratitude

J B Powell

Xlibris Us
2019
sidottu
The Greatness of Gratitude takes a naked look at what it means to live a thankful life. It reminds us that while we have little or no control over many of the things that come our way, we have power and governance over how we react to them. This book provokes us to evaluate how we treat each other, manage our relationships, and utilize our time. It moves us to consider the biblical foundation for gratitude and the discipline and intricacies of living a gracefully grateful life. It moves the reader to live thoughtfully and thankfully so that gratitude becomes the dominant thread that is woven in the fabric of his life.
Broken

Broken

J B Knowles

Totally Entwined Group Limited
2023
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After countless battles as an Oathtaker, Katya is about to face her hardest fight-one for her mind and soul.Katya Greenleaf has given herself over to the thrill of combat countless times during her years as an Oathtaker. Alongside her mentor Shira, she has sought out evil-pirates, slavers, dark mages and demon hordes. Occasionally, she finds comfort in the company of other females she encounters in her travels, and despite her mother's best efforts, she has no desire to settle for a traditional elven life and family.After decades of taking joy from the fight, no matter the odds, Katya leads a group of Oathtakers into a disastrous battle, one which costs the lives of everyone around her, including Shira. Katya survives, but with neither body nor spirit intact, haunted by her life of violence and death in the name of her Oath.Now, the red-haired warrior will find her greatest challenge in a battle against a different sort of demon-ones that live in her mind and haunt her sleep.As she heals, Katya is reminded that there is more to life than blood and iron by a compelling human named Lili, who not only catches Katya's interest, but forces her to re-think her life and her mission.With Lili at her side, her beloved falcon Fayne on her shoulder and healers encouraging her, Katya sets out to re-discover the warrior she once was and finally confront the truths of what happened the day the world collapsed around her.
The Bones of Mary Elwes

The Bones of Mary Elwes

J B MacCallum

Stormy Monday Publishing
2022
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Broom Street, an underground railway station with a tragic history and abandoned since the 1950's, is surveyed by a present day maintenance crew. After one of them is seriously injured, claiming to have been pushed by unseen hands, and video footage captures strange light phenomena, two of the crew make contact with a small team of paranormal investigators. Acting without official permission, the paranormal team, including a powerful psychic, are taken down into the eerie dilapidated station, and adjoining tunnels, to conduct an all night investigation. After making a gruesome discovery that horrifies them all, it soon becomes apparent that a dark force is present.
Living Fire

Living Fire

J B Lesel

Vulpine Press
2024
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The fire is coming... Warix villages are mysteriously exploding, but nobody knows what's turning them to cinder. Meleena, an aquatic girl from the coastline far away, braces herself when she is summoned to the Warix city to help solve the mystery. She teams up with her old friend Flax, but is caught off-guard when she realizes how much of an outsider she is. The city was not designed for someone who cannot fly or harness the power of the winds. The attacks begin to escalate, and it's not long before Meleena and Flax discover that someone is deliberately causing the destruction. A war is brewing, and Meleena may be caught in the middle. Secrets begin to spill out, and Meleena realizes she's being targeted. She must decide quickly if Flax can be trusted. The danger is great. The looming war threatens Meleena's people and the innocent Warix on both sides of the chasm.
The Musical Structure of Plato's Dialogues

The Musical Structure of Plato's Dialogues

J.B. Kennedy

Acumen Publishing Ltd
2011
sidottu
J. B. Kennedy argues that Plato's dialogues have an unsuspected musical structure and use symbols to encode Pythagorean doctrines. The followers of Pythagoras famously thought that the cosmos had a hidden musical structure and that wise philosophers would be able to hear this harmony of the spheres. Kennedy shows that Plato gave his dialogues a similar, hidden musical structure. He divided each dialogue into twelve parts and inserted symbols at each twelfth to mark a musical note. These passages are relatively harmonious or dissonant, and so traverse the ups and downs of a known musical scale. Many of Plato's ancient followers insisted that Plato used symbols to conceal his own views within the dialogues, but modern scholars have denied this. Kennedy, an expert in Pythagorean mathematics and music theory, now shows that Plato's dialogues do contain a system of symbols. Scholars in the humanities, without knowledge of obsolete Greek mathematics, would not have been able to detect these musical patterns. This book begins with a concise and accessible introduction to Plato's symbolic schemes and the role of allegory in ancient times. The following chapters then annotate the musical symbols in two of Plato's most popular dialogues, the Symposium and Euthyphro, and show that Plato used the musical scale as an outline for structuring his narratives.
The Musical Structure of Plato's Dialogues

The Musical Structure of Plato's Dialogues

J.B. Kennedy

Acumen Publishing Ltd
2011
nidottu
J. B. Kennedy argues that Plato's dialogues have an unsuspected musical structure and use symbols to encode Pythagorean doctrines. The followers of Pythagoras famously thought that the cosmos had a hidden musical structure and that wise philosophers would be able to hear this harmony of the spheres. Kennedy shows that Plato gave his dialogues a similar, hidden musical structure. He divided each dialogue into twelve parts and inserted symbols at each twelfth to mark a musical note. These passages are relatively harmonious or dissonant, and so traverse the ups and downs of a known musical scale. Many of Plato's ancient followers insisted that Plato used symbols to conceal his own views within the dialogues, but modern scholars have denied this. Kennedy, an expert in Pythagorean mathematics and music theory, now shows that Plato's dialogues do contain a system of symbols. Scholars in the humanities, without knowledge of obsolete Greek mathematics, would not have been able to detect these musical patterns. This book begins with a concise and accessible introduction to Plato's symbolic schemes and the role of allegory in ancient times. The following chapters then annotate the musical symbols in two of Plato's most popular dialogues, the Symposium and Euthyphro, and show that Plato used the musical scale as an outline for structuring his narratives.
Philippians

Philippians

J B Lightfoot

Crossway Books
2009
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Many Christians consider the apostle Paul's letter to the Philippians a special treasure. Its grand themes of spiritual joy and vitality, the self-humbling Saviour who gave his life for us, the good news of a salvation that is superior to the boastings of the flesh - these and other gems still nurture followers of Jesus Christ today. This classic commentary will deeply encourage all who long to draw closer to God.
Fra Angelico

Fra Angelico

J B Supino

Crescent Moon Publishing
2017
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FRA ANGELICO BY J.B. SUPINO Translated by Leader Scott An introduction to the art of Fra Angelico, exploring each period in the painter's career, including his work in Perugia, Orvieto, Rome and Florence. Fully illustrated. Fra Angelico, known by several names, including Fra Giovanni Beato Angelico da Fiesole (1399?-1455), is one of the very few painters of the Italian Renaissance who painted religious pictures exclusively. Almost all Angelico's paintings are religious - he did not paint secular portraits, like, say, Giovanni Bellini or Ghirlandaio. It was Vasari who stressed Angelico's purity, holiness, faith, humility and devout nature, and this description of Angelico as a holy monk-like painter persists throughout the centuries. John Ruskin called Angelico 'an inspired saint'. Fra Angelico stands at the transition between the mediaeval and Renaissance worlds. Angelico's 'feelings are in the Middle Ages', Bernard Berenson wrote, yet he was distinctly a Quattrocento, Renaissance painter. His art combines the timelessness and rigidity of icon painting, where figures are caught in bright, static, hieratic motions, with the new painterly explorations (in form, style and space) of the Quattrocento period. Fra Angelico's paintings seem simple, but their simplicity is deceptive: they are the products of training and skill. Giulio Carlo Argan reminds us that 'everything points to Fra Angelico's being in touch with the most advanced artists of his early day'. The deep spiritual feeling and tenderness of Fra Angelico's art seems 'simple' or 'innocent'. It does not seem cynical and world-weary. Yes, but the simplicity is not so much childish as child-like, as a regaining of the freshness of the spirit of childhood. A reactivation of the maternal realm, perhaps, which Fra Angelico manages to accomplish with a directness most other painters are incapable of reproducing. Fully illustrated, including contemporaries of Fra Angelico. Includes references. 164 pp. www.crmoon.com