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Reissued with a stunning new cover, MASTER AND FOOL is the dramatic conclusion to the acclaimed Book of Words series.

At Castle Harvell demented Prince Kylock grabs the reins of power and hate by murdering his father. Harvell's two young refugees are torn apart by the storms of war: Headstrong young Melliandra is captured by brutal slavers and Jack, whose wild power works miracles, falls prey to a smuggler's lying charms and a woman's seductive schemes. Meanwhile, in the distant stronghold of Bren, Kylock's betrothed, beautiful, mad Catherine, dabbles with darkest sorceries. A knight's shattered destiny is about to lead from death-sport pits to the blood-strewn creation of an empire--and a wondrous epic of grandeur and magic continues...

Een magiër en een edelman bedriegen elkaar en intrigeren om de koningskroon van Harvell in bezit te krijgen, met gebruik van alle middelen.

Presents a plan for alleviating environmental degradation and boosting the economy by moving away from the use of fossil fuels and toward a path of invention and investment intended to provide cheap, clean energy and generate new jobs.

A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment As the effects of aggressive policing and mass incarceration harm historically marginalized communities and tear families apart, how do we define safety? In a time when the most powerful institutions in the United States are embracing the repressive and racist systems that keep many communities struggling and in fear, we need to reimagine what safety means. Community leader and lawyer Zach Norris lays out a radical way to shift the conversation about public safety away from fear and punishment and toward growth and support systems for our families and communities. In order to truly be safe, we are going to have to dismantle our mentality of Us vs. Them. By bridging the divides and building relationships with one another, we can dedicate ourselves to strategic, smart investments—meaning resources directed toward our stability and well-being, like healthcare and housing, education and living-wage jobs. This is where real safety begins. In this book Zach Norris provides a blueprint of how to hold people accountable while still holding them in community. The result reinstates full humanity and agency for everyone who has been dehumanized and traumatized, so they can participate fully in life, in society, and in the fabric of our democracy.

Van Jones je známým aktivistou v oblasti lidských práv a ochrany přírody. Jeho kniha Zelená ekonomika (The Green Collar Economy) z roku 2008 se ve Spojených státech stala bestsellerem. Jde o hlubokou kritiku současného politického, ekonomického i sociálního stavu a směřování americké společnosti, na niž autor odpovídá svým sofistikovaným řešením dvou největších problémů": chudoby marginalizovaných vrstev společnosti a zhoršujícího se životního prostředí. Za klíčové považuje zavedení nových metod a principů podporujících vznik zdrojů "zelené" energie a jejich decentralizaci. Van Jones je zakladatelem několika neziskových organizací, za svou práci získal řadu mezinárodních ocenění. Časopis Time ho roku 2009 zařadil mezi stovku nejvlivnějších lidí světa. V roce 2009 pracoval pro administrativu Baracka Obamy jako zvláštní poradce Rady pro otázky životního prostředí.