Artfolio2020 is a publication of the best in abstract and contemporary work as decided by a jury of distinguished professional artists, museum curators, gallery owners, art consultants and collectors. Editor Douglas King, as a gallery-represented artist himself, has a deep desire to see the work of talented artists receive the attention they deserve. He knows the struggle of breaking into the 'art world' of galleries, exhibits, juried shows, and the popular art scene. With the mission in mind to provide exposure for artists to an international audience, King has created this premier annual, Artfolio2020, to provide for the art community a publication that can finally shine a light and acknowledge artists whose work is unique and deserves to be recognised and rewarded. For the first time, in some cases, the work of these talents will be in the hands of hundreds of gallery owners, art curators, and the art-loving public.

Throughout any journey of transformation, comes a passage through darkness, sometimes many passages. It is through these dark passes we illuminate our selves as feeling humans. It's where we find our hearts' ability to transform our thoughts of good or bad into expressions of love for our experience on earth. For it is in a dark room where a candle illuminates the brightest. In this book, I invite you to engage with me in the emotions of the human experience.

A new resurgence in the Irish Republican Army or IRA, funded in part by Al Qaeda and other fundamentalist Muslim interests, has risen to new heights of terrorist attacks in London and other parts of the British Commonwealty. What happens when the Royal family and most of the members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons are killed in one, momumental act of horror? Who will succeed to the Throne? Who will command the armed forces, British Intelligence services and Scotland Yard? Did the Prime Minister survive and can he pull the country back to order? Dennis Perkins, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, is called into service at Buckingham Palace, to aid a new monarch and a new government. Powerful forces are at work, fighting the orderly restoration of throne and government-serious threats against the new Royals as the calculating head of the new IRA, The Leprechaun, pushes his own agenda of terror, assassination, and political p ower. Dennis has his own agenda-a successful boyfriend, a job he loves, and he is Irish-not the best pedigree for success in a country where appearance and family background are the stepping stones to power. Dennis' most powerful nemesis, Major Peter Von Shiffer, Chief of Royal Security, is trusted by the new King, and close enough to kill with impunity the one, political rock that is holding the government together. Dennis is the first to admit he's in over his head . . .but what choice does he have.

Magnus Kroft is chosen to attend an exclusive boarding school called the Institute established to develop the various talents of exceptional high school students. A serious student of ballet, Magnus is hopeful about escaping the oppressive, bullying high school environment of his Gulf Coast hometown to concentrate on his true love of dance. At the institute, Magnus quickly makes a new set of friends, friends he quickly learns share the same secret that he has been hiding--all are gay-or at least gay-ish as his friend Tommie would say. The Institute is high school with a twist-- a place where Tommie has to hide the fact that he's straight or else he'd be kicked out. Tommie's girlfriend, Allison, is a tennis player who pretends to be with Gayle, a talented cellist and proud dyke. Tommie's best friend is Kieran, an exceptionally talented pianist and presumed leader of the Tribe as this group of friends likes to refer to themselves. Magnus quickly captures Kieran's eye and must learn to cope with a blossoming first love. With the help of the Tribes computer nerd, Sammy, they discover the real reason for the Institute's existence and its interest in gay teens. As they each try to find themselves and define their various relationships, they soon find themselves the subjects of a deadly experiment. Their safe haven quickly becomes a prison of terrors they never dreamed of-a place where the only way out is death.

Noah had longed for adventure all his life, and he wasn't about to let a stodgy history professor do him out of the story of his life with his complaining and heel-dragging. Robert had seen more than he cared to of adventure in his years in the European theater for the CIA. Now he had a nicely boring career as a news agency historical fact researcher, a brownstone full of family antiques, and a quiet, dignified life. He wasn't about to let Noah Taylor, with his campy, fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants ways, blow it for him. Robert Tate, 36, with a background of culture and family wealth, seems to be content using his doctorate in European history to do historical perspectives and analysis for The McNaughton News Corporation, a New York based international wire news service, . Formerly with the Special Forces in Afghanistan, and the CIA's European theater, he left intrigue and danger behind and now keeps up his inherited townhouse and antiques with the salary from his job at McNaughton. Noah Taylor, 24, is the arts and fashion researcher at McNaughton News. He is self-confident, new-age, hip and seeking to get as far from his Mississippi white-trash roots as possible. He did whatever was necessary to put himself through school and how he looked for a way to break out of the research department into investigative journalism. He was out and proud and not afraid to express himself. These two very different characters are thrown together by McNaughton News to investigate the spectacular theft from a Kremlin museum of the last Imperial Easter egg, called the Abdication Egg, made by the famous House of Faberge jewelers for the last Tsar of All the Russias, Nicholas II

Parker White has just begun a well-deserved vacation from the stress of his job as special agent assigned to the Washington, D.C. office of the FBI ? stress that is intensified by his being the first, openly gay agent hired under the new federal antidiscrimination guidelines. He drives up into Rocky Mountain National Park outside Estes Park, Colorado for an acclimating view and shot of single-malt Scotch to start things off right. After parking his Range Rover near an off-road overlook, he hears rifle shots and scrambles over the terrain to investigate their origin. There he has his first run in with Eric Borenson, a young park ranger whose enthusiasm is matched only by his Viking-like beauty and natural, unaffected manner. They discover two rock climbers, shot dead in a restricted area of the park. Parker and Eric are paired in the investigation of these murders through the machinations of the local Federal prosecutor, Margaret Curry ? beautiful, blonde, boisterous, and man-hungry. She decides that her new-best-friend Parker and the beefy, ginger Eric are made for each other. Together, Eric and Parker tangle with drug smugglers, homophobic local law enforcement, and the wilds of the Rocky Mountains to solve these murders. As they stumble into the realm of relationship, they must also overcome Eric's accidental ?outing? and near-firing by the ?good-old-boy? park service, as well as Margaret's well-meaning attempts at matchmaking. Parker is smitten by the younger man, and determined to overcome Eric's shyness and reticence. After all, Parker lives by the FBI motto ? whether in his job or in his personal life ? he always gets his man.

Title: Father Hilarion. A tale.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library King, K. Douglas; 1897. 333 p.; 8 . 012625.f.9.

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