Alva
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THE SHADOW GRID RETURNS is the SEVENTH book in Kristian Alva's bestselling Dragon Stone Saga. Years have passed, and the influence of the High Council grows under the rising ambitions of its new leader, Delthen. All the while, the power of the Shadow Grid grows, their powerful guildmasters taking control of the cities of Durn. The dragon riders are invited to a ceremony at the newly-rebuilt Aonach Tower, but something sinister lies in wait for them....
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Spring brings a renewed sense of hope to the Death Sands… but a new danger threatens the dragons of Durn. The dragons of Durn, once on the verge of extinction, are now recovering with a new generation of hatchlings. The leader of the dragon riders, Sela Matu, waits anxiously for word from her dragon, Brinsop, who has retreated into the Death Sands to nest.Weeks pass, and Sela waits anxiously for word. Then one day, she hears the distant voice of...
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A philosopher makes the case for thinking of works of art as tools for investigating ourselves
In his new book, Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, the philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noë raises a number of profound questions: What is art? Why do we value art as we do? What does art reveal about our nature? Drawing on philosophy, art history, and cognitive science, and making provocative use of examples from all three of these fields,...
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Rise of the Blood Masters is the fifth book in Kristian Alva's bestselling Dragon Stone Saga. After five years of fragile peace, things are changing rapidly. The dwarf kingdom is crumbling into civil war in the midst of the worst clan schism in a thousand years. With the clans weakened by infighting, the entire dwarf kingdom is vulnerable to attack. Tallin Arai, the dragon rider, must leave the desert and the city he loves when someone puts a bounty...
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DRAGON STONES is book one of Kristian Alva's bestselling Dragon Stone Saga. (Completed Series) Sequestered deep in the capital, the tyrannical Emperor Vosper weaves a plan to destroy all the dragons. He succeeds in driving them to the very brink of extinction. Only a handful of dragons and riders remain, living in exile in the desert. When young Elias Dorgumir finds a carved dragon stone in the forest, it brings empire soldiers to his doorstep, and...
8) Nydeired
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The mighty white dragon, Nydeired, has chosen Chusi, a sapphire-blue female, as his lifemate. Years ago, Chusi was taken prisoner by outlaws and held captive, forced to compete in a brutal fighting ring. Unable to fly because of a wing deformity, Chusi escaped her captors, but her kidnappers remained unpunished. Now, Nydeired and Elias have learned the location of Blackgut, the notorious criminal who held Chusi captive. Side by side, Nydeired and...
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THE FALL OF MIKLAGARD is book eight of Kristian Alva's bestselling Dragon Stone Saga. After the shocking destruction of Aonach Tower, the dragon riders gather together to save the city of Miklagard from a similar fate. As the High Council bickers and argues about the future, a deadly group of rogue spellcasters gather outside Miklagard's borders to rain destruction down upon the city. The dragon riders find themselves opposed on all sides in a dangerous...
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RETURN OF THE DRAGON RIDERS is book two of Kristian Alva's bestselling Dragon Stone Saga. The evil emperor Vosper gathers his troops in the east, poised to conquer the entire continent.His target is the rebel city of Parthos, a constant thorn in his side, and the last sanctuary of the Dragon Riders. Besieged from all sides, the remaining Dragon Riders come out of hiding. Forced to fight for their lives, they leave the safety of the desert, traveling...
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Vivimos una era de cambios exponenciales y disruptivos en donde las empresas que no se adaptan rápido mueren, y en la que los liderazgos tradicionales y jerárquicos están en extinción. Por ello, las organizaciones deben prestar atención a los temas del futuro, talento, agilidad y cultura, y ajustar sus estilos de liderazgo si desean crear empresas admiradas. Salvador Alva aborda el liderazgo con gran profundidad, llevándonos a escudriñar...
12) Hallucination
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Hallucination is a raw and immersive journey into the mind, this novel follows a protagonist navigating the blurred lines between reality and delusion. Struggling with intrusive voices and an ever-shifting sense of the world, they search for stability in a place that often feels unrecognizable. As they move through a world that seems to unravel around them, they face difficult choices about trust, healing, and the will to keep going.About the AuthorAlva...
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SISREN'S BETRAYAL is the ninth and final book in Kristian Alva's bestselling Dragon Stone Saga. The Shadow Grid has plundered and destroyed the city of Miklagard. Aonach Tower has been razed to the ground. The High Council is scattered, and many councilmembers are dead. The dragon riders search desperately for their kidnapped leader while a sinister plot unravels in Everwood Forest. In the face of so much chaos and death, how will the dragon riders...
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Felicity Lane, an 11-year-old girl from the sleepy town of Oakvale, struggles to make friends at school because she has a reputation as a scaredy-cat. She never takes risks, never causes trouble and never stands up for herself. But things change when she finds a hidden link to a strange, secret app: GoYu. The app contains an intelligent AI which befriends Felicity and offers to change her life, by letting her upload her fears into it.
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C'est le récit d'un voyage effrayant dans l'univers absurde de l'Éducation nationale. Un monde à part, aux antipodes des valeurs que l'institution prétend défendre et o la hiérarchie est largement incompétente, mais toute-puissante. Prof lambda depuis cinq ans, la narratrice vit soudain une descente aux enfers après sa rencontre avec un inspecteur aux gestes déplacés qui, dans un second temps, détruira efficacement sa carrière. Lorsqu'elle...
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Alva Noë is professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is a member of the Center for New Media, the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, and the Program in Critical Theory. His many books include Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature and Learning to Look: Dispatches from the Art World.
Why human nature is an aesthetic phenomenon-and why we need art and philosophy to understand ourselves
In The Entanglement,...
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The book tells the story of a little girl who lives in a big mansion with her parents, seven siblings, and lots of other relatives. A wealthy but miserly grandmother is the head of this joint family. The young men of the house lead a merry life bossing around the tenants of their huge property, the women folk are busy in cooking an keeping their unruly children well fed and clean. The children are left free to romp around the dense wooded area in...
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Salvador Alva, es autor del exitoso libro Tu vida tu mejor negocio. En el que proponía hacer una planeación estratégica de tu vida, así como las empresas lo hacen. Ahora nos ofrece una metodología para orientar a las empresas en cómo lograr que sean admiradas.Busca dar una perspectiva integral y práctica, desde la óptica del líder de la organización, sobre las mejores herramientas para llevar a cabo una transformación de los negocios por...
19) A JAVÄH
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NO PODEMOS PERDER ESA BÚSQUEDA DEL BIEN, HOMBRES Y MUJERES, TODOS ERRAMOS; PERO PODEMOS EMERGER.