Compelling coming-of-age SF adventure from legendary SF master and multiple "New York Times "best-seller Robert A. Heinlein. A young boy and his friend run away from home to protect a cute (if rather large) alien pet that turns out to be much more than just a pet indeed. Afterword by Wen Spencer.Lum[...]
On Saturday afternoon, Nikki Delany thought, "George Wilson, in the kitchen, with a blender." By dinner, she had killed George and posted his gory murder to her blog. The next day, she put on her mourning clothes and went out to meet her best friend for lunch to discuss finding a replacement for her[...]
Elfhome. A world of powerful magic, beautiful elves, man-eating trees, frost-breathing wargs, and god-like dragons. Pittsburgh. A city that has been stranded deep in a virgin elfin forest to stave off an invasion by the merciless oni. Its population of sixty thousand humans and a handful of elves ar[...]
A new urban fantasy saga by the creator of the popular Tinker contemporary fantasy/SF series. A young American expat writer in Japan suffering from OCD tries to figure out if she's crazy or not while solving a murder that may be part of a war among Japanese deities.
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Written in 200 C.E., the Wen Fu is one of the first Chinese works about the use of language. Discussing the joys and problems that face both writer and reader, it is for those who wish to engage the art of letters at its deepest level. "These timeless poems delve into the heart of writing." - Clevel[...]
A modern classic, "Shang Yun-Xiang Style Xingyiquan" is essential for Xingyiquan practitioners and a useful guide for any practitioner of the Chinese martial arts. While focusing on Shang-style Xingyiquan (derived from author Li Wen-Bin's training under Grandmaster Shang Yun-Xiang), this book clearl[...]
Designed for beginning as well as experienced tarot readers, "Holistic Tarot "offers a fresh and easy-to-follow approach to the use of the tarot deck for tapping into subconscious knowledge and creativity. The tarot deck has been used as a divination tool for more than two centuries; while the tarot[...]
This revised edition of our best selling beginner Tai Chi Chuan book includes a new and modern easy-to-follow layout. Every tai chi movement is presented in 2-4 large photographs with clear instructions, followed by key points to help you learn properly. In 1956, the Chinese Athletic Committee creat[...]
Compose, create, and print innovative art quilts starting from your own digital photographs-even those from your phone! Well-known fibre artist Wen Redmond starts with the tools and equipment you'll need-any image-editing software and a standard inkjet printer-and teaches you to alter images, print [...]
Wen Tong (1019-1079) is considered the supreme master of bamboo painting in the history of Chinese art. According to his friend and admirer, Su Shi (Dongpo), the greatest poet of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), "When Wen Tong painted bamboo, he himself became bamboo " Wen was a poet as well, and perhap[...]
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, COCOA 2014, held on the island of Maui, Hawaii, USA, in December 2014. The 56 full papers included in the book were carefully reviewed and selected from 133 submissions.[...]
Sechs Erwachsene fahren auf eine Skihütte, nur fünf kommen wieder zurück: ein Wochenende, das in der Katastrophe endet. Der Erzähler und sein Freund sind eigentlich nicht gesellschaftsfähig. Die anderen versuchen den Schein von Urlaubsglück zu wahren. Da muss ja jemand auf der Strecke bleiben [...]