SHE KILLED MY FATHER. I’M BRINGING THE WAR TO HER. ​ My name is Synn El’Asim and I live on an airship. Our way of life is dictated by seasons—predominately the four-year-long winter that completely freezes the oceans. We are nomads by necessity. Some of us live in the skies, like me. Some on land. Few on the seas. Others reside in the tentacles of large jellyfish we call lethara. ​ The Hands of Tarot threaten our ways of life. They’re ruled by a queen, Nix, who is trying to destroy the larger tribes. I thought my family and I were safe. We have the largest fleet. We’re fast and we’re strong. ​ I was wrong. She catches up to us with her metal flying machines and horrifically kills my father. The time for running is over. I’m taking the fight to her and her gear-filled city in the clouds.

Read all three Devices of War books! Be prepared for a wild ride. Journey with Synn El’Asim, an airship dweller in a world dictated by seasons and tribal divisions. In Fall of Sky City, a vengeful queen, Nix, hunts Synn's tribe with flying machines made of steel, leading to a war in the skies. By Sky Games, Synn finds himself at the mercy of his foe. Entrapped yet respected, he's presented with a dubious peace treaty to unite the fractured tribes. But peace is elusive, and by Whispers Of the Skyborne, the true enemy emerges. The very Marks of power held with pride by the tribes hint at an impending extraterrestrial invasion. As the Skyborne descend, desperate for resources, alliances shift and Synn must confront not just earthly adversaries, but threats from the cosmos. Dive into a saga of war, treachery, and otherworldly mysteries.

Albuquerque may be (well deservedly) known for Route 66, Breaking Bad, and its famous green chile. But there’s much more to know—and love—about this lively Southwestern city. Whether you’re a native Albuquerquean looking to mark another local experience off your “bucket list,” or an out-of-towner in search of a few vacation ideas, let 100 Things to Do in Albuquerque Before You Die be your guide. The book celebrates the top ways to (re)discover the city—from a trip 4,000 feet up an aerial tramway to a public art walk. No Duke City exploration is complete without getting outdoors—and rewarding yourself with a delicious meal afterwards. This guide includes places to hike, bike, and paddle, and where to dine on dishes prepared by the city’s top chefs. Before you head out on your next adventure, check out this list to see what makes Albuquerque a world unto itself.

How can we understand the infinite variety of cities? Darran Anderson seems to exhaust all possibilities in this work of creative nonfiction. Drawing inspiration from Marco Polo and Italo Calvino, Anderson shows that we have much to learn about ourselves by looking not only at the cities we have built, but also at the cities we have imagined. Anderson draws on literature (Gustav Meyrink, Franz Kafka, Jaroslav Hasek, and James Joyce), but he also looks at architectural writings and works by the likes of Bruno Taut and Walter Gropius, Medieval travel memoirs from the Middle East, mid-twentieth-century comic books, Star Trek, mythical lands such as Cockaigne, and the works of Claude Debussy. Anderson sees the visionary architecture dreamed up by architects, artists, philosophers, writers, and citizens as wedded to the egalitarian sense that cities are for everyone. He proves that we must not be locked into the structures that exclude ordinary citizens--that cities evolve and that we can have input. As he says: "If a city can be imagined into being, it can be re-imagined as well.”

James Blackthorne has composed a complex puzzle with a strange adventure as the centerpiece this book is the result of three stories based on the idea that people, however, eccentric are passionately committed to one another in a struggle to keep the lifestyle they love. Memories, magic and even murder lies in wait as they endure their travels throughout the cosmic realms. When the chapter begins, we discover that the finest mind in the known world has died. This mysterious character is a Grand Wizard called Leon Davith. His only heir and successor is also his greatest creation, a self – aware Golem by the name of Bardson Wolf. He'll be faced with adversaries and dilemmas that threatened to test the very steel that comprises his magic soaked form. Join him on his journey of self – discovery, even as the forces of chaos seek to unmake the very world he only wishes to see preserved. After reaching midway in the fast-moving chapters, Bard has long been in retirement ever since his journey of self discovery came to an end, now content to carry on research on the matter of summoning in the Nine Moons that fuel that Summoning, he unlocks powerful foe that he has to hastily seal away, for fear of the destruction that it might cause. Perhaps the highlight of these adventures are the final chapters that feature the title, Thunder at Dawn, Threshold of the Unknown." Within this thrilling sequence, Bard, Quill, Erin and Leda seek to undo the nightmare that their own negligence ultimately visited upon the world, and through it all, a mysterious Plague strikes unwary citizens, corrupting them with darkness and madness telling them after they've spent the better part of the year has monsters spreading the mysterious illness and dealing death to any fall victim to their talons. But in their way are the Fve Commanders of the Black Legion, including an engamatic Black Warrior wearing a Golden eye patch, called the" White Wolf" this foe is an unstoppable force to be reckoned with. Observe how he dogs the steps of the heroes every chance that presents itself. Will the world died a slow, choking back under the federal rule of the demon Lord known for causing the slow extinction of the entire world's in his cruelty, or will the red warrior find the ultimate weapon in time and bring about an end to the dark Prince? And just who is the mysterious red warrior who rides and Emerald Bird? And why does he seek the Greatest Sword in the known universe, Thunder at Dawn?

Contains 22 different, flexible road trips of two to three weeks throughout the United States with information on accessible lodging, sites, trails, restaurants and other attractions both on and off the beaten path.

Akielas has lost his magic and is now on a journey to recover it. Caim, the demigod, was captured by the Specters. The Specters need one more Cosmo Jewel to be at full power and use the energy of the eclipse to cast their spell upon the world. Hope seems lost and the tri-eclipse is near. However, with all the chaos that has happened, there is still light. A new mage is protecting the last remnant of the dragon gods. The Effeelions who live in the sky lend Akielas their forces. A new weapon is discovered to defeat his enemy. Time is running out and Akielas is quickly running out of options. The fairy king foretells of the world's doom. An old friend returns from beyond Necrovania to give him a helping hand. The final battle is here and the Specters must be defeated before the tri-eclipse strips the world of all its magic.

The New Companion to Urban Design continues the assemblage of rich and critical ideas about urban form and design that began with the Companion to Urban Design (Routledge, 2011). With chapters from a new set of contributors, this sequel offers a more comparative perspective representing multiple voices and perspectives from the Global South. The essays in this volume are organized in three parts: Part I: Comparative Urbanism; Part II: Challenges; and Part III: Opportunities. Each part contains distinct sections designed to address specific themes, and includes a list of annotated suggested further readings at the end of each chapter. Part I: Comparative Urbanism examines different variants of urbanism in the Global North and the Global South, produced by a new economic order characterized by the mobility of labor, capital, information, and technology. Part II: Challenges discusses some of the contemporary challenges that cities of the Global North and the Global South are facing and the possible role of urban design. This part discusses spatial claims and conflicts, challenges generated by urban informality, explosive growth or dramatic shrinkage of the urban settlement, gentrification and displacement, and mimesis, simulacra and lack of authenticity. Part III: Aspirations discusses some normative goals that urban design interventions aspire to bring about in cities of the Global North and the Global South. These include resilience and sustainability, health, conservation/restoration, justice, intelligence, access and mobility, and arts and culture. The New Companion to Urban Design is primarily intended for scholars and graduate students interested in cities and their built environment. It offers an invaluable and up-to-date guide to current thinking across a range of disciplines including urban design, planning, urban studies, and geography.

A romantic and a dreamer, Alexei Tolstoy never quite came to terms with the conflict between the glorious notion of a revolution to bring equality and justice to the world and its real-life execution, which took place in Russia in 1917. While he realized struggle was inevitable, the full horror of hunger, epidemics, and civil wars never truly sunk in until he found himself in the midst of them. Even worse was the life, which followed, filled with mundane minutia, bureaucracy, corruption, and small-mindedness. To his great shock and disappointment, Tolstoy discovered equality and brotherhood were not always bestowed on the worthiest of men. Blue Cities - the story of a young architect, whose inability to fit in with this strange, altered world eventually leads to a crime - is a literary record of Tolstoy's own thoughts and feelings during that harrowing and confusing time.

His Way is the only authorised biography of New Zealand prime minister Robert Muldoon - one of the dominant political figures of the last half-century in that country. His Way was based on many hours of conversation with Muldoon himself as well as colleagues, friends, and family, and wide access to the prime minister's official and private papers and diaries. Leading political biographer Barry Gustafson shows Muldoon is shown as a champion of the ordinary people whose vision over time became anachronistic and inflexible.