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In the space of a single day, everything Fortuna thought she knew was exposed as lies and illusion. Alliances have shifted and roles are forever changed. And she now finds herself a prisoner in the Seelie Court.
It is here that Fortuna learns the board for this game is even bigger than she believed. New players emerge from the shadows and the stakes are higher than ever before. There’s no time for pain or healing—just survival.
At least, that’s what Fortuna thinks. Then the game leads her to an opponent who doesn't fight with magic or swords. An opponent that not even she can beat.
It turns out she didn’t even know the meaning of fear... until now.
TRIGGER WARNING: This novel contains scenes or themes of torture, slavery, and PTSD.
To protect the
ones she loves, Fortuna has left everything behind. She can't let
down her guard. She can't rest. She can't stop moving. Not if she
doesn't want her power to be used for a monster's entrance into the
world.
Fortuna thought she knew death. She believed herself
well-acquainted with betrayal.
But now she stumbles upon one more
secret. One more answer to a question she's been asking for over a
decade. One more truth that might shatter her completely.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets The End of the F***ing World
in this dark young adult comedy about four unlikely friends dealing
with the messy side of grief who embark on a road trip to Graceland
full of "laughter, tears, budding romance, and well-placed
insights" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Asher Hunting wants
revenge. Specifically, he wants revenge on the drunk driver who
killed his mom and got off on a technicality. No one seems to think
this is healthy, though, which is how he ends up in a bereavement
group (well, bereavement groups. He goes to several.) It's there he
makes some unexpected friends: There's Sloane, who lost her dad to
cancer; Will, who lost his little brother to a different kind of
cancer; and eighty-year-old Henry, who was married to his wife for
fifty years until she decided to die on her own terms. And it's
these three who Asher invites on a road trip from New Jersey to
Graceland. Asher doesn't tell them that he's planning to steal his
dad's car, or the real reason that he wants to go to Tennessee
(spoiler alert: it's revenge)--but then again, the others don't
share their reasons for going, either. Complete with unexpected
revelations, lots of chicken Caesar salads at roadside restaurants,
a stolen motorcycle, and an epic kiss at a rest stop minimart, what
begins as the road trip to revenge might just turn into a path
towards forgiveness.
Marginal Comment, which attracted keen and widespread interest on
its original publication in 1994, is the remarkable memoir of one
of the most distinguished classical scholars of the modern era. Its
author, Sir Kenneth Dover, whose academic publications included the
pathbreaking book Greek Homosexuality (1978, reissued by Bloomsbury
in 2016), conceived of it as an 'experimental' autobiography -
ruthlessly candid in retracing the full range of the author's
experiences, both private and public, and unflinching in its
attempt to analyse the entanglements between the life of the mind
and the life of the body. Dover's distinguished career involved not
only an influential series of writings about the ancient Greeks but
also a number of prominent positions of leadership, including the
presidencies of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and the British
Academy. It was in those positions that he became involved in
several high-profile controversies, including the blocking of an
honorary degree for Margaret Thatcher from Oxford University, and a
bitter debate in the British Academy over the fellowship of Anthony
Blunt after his exposure as a former Soviet spy. This edition of
Marginal Comment is much more than a reissue: it includes an
introduction which frames the book in relation to its author's life
and work, as well as annotations based in part on materials
originally excluded by Dover but left in his personal papers on
this death. Now newly available, the memoir provides not only the
self-portrait of an exceptional individual but a rich case-study in
the intersections between an intellectual life and its social
contexts.
Participatory development in South Africa: a development management
perspective, follows a holistic, multidisciplinary approach in
assessing development management principles and strategies in South
Africa. The authors represent a broad teaching, research and
management background, which allows them to functionally integrate
some of the most important challenges in development management and
related practice and policy interventions in this title. The work
therefore captures the fundamental basis upon which most
development projects and practices are based, namely cooperation,
collaboration and public participation.
'An extremely timely book. The Paris Climate Agreement establishes
a global goal on adaptation of enhancing adaptive capacity,
strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate
change. The book addresses the key question of how such a goal
could be achieved by arguing that adaptation and resilience cannot
be separated from ongoing and dynamic development processes. Its
central theme is that more climate-resilient development pathways
will only occur if climate risks are embedded into wider
development, spatial planning, investment and poverty alleviation
strategies. Although written from an economics perspective it draws
on a wide range of literatures and experiences and is eminently
readable. Indeed, it should be read not only by students of
development and planning but also by practitioners, in both the
public and private sectors, whose development choices will affect
future vulnerabilities to climate change.' - Dame Judith Rees,
London School of Economics, UK 'The impacts of climate change can
appear remote when compared with such immediate problems as
poverty, disease and economic stagnation. Yet, climate change can
directly affect the achievement of many development objectives. How
development occurs also has implications for the vulnerability of
societies to the impacts of climate change. In providing a ''deep
dive'' into the nexus between adaptation to climate change and
economic development this volume makes a valuable contribution to
the literature. Furthermore, it also provides timely guidance to
policy practitioners on how to make climate resilient development a
reality.' - Shardul Agrawala, OECD, France Some climate change is
now inevitable and strategies to adapt to these changes are quickly
developing. The question is particularly paramount for low-income
countries, which are likely to be most affected. This timely and
unique book takes an integrated look at the twin challenges of
climate change and development. The book treats adaptation to
climate change as an issue of climate-resilient development, rather
than as a bespoke set of activities (flood defences, drought plans,
and so on), combining climate and development challenges into a
single strategy. It asks how the standard approaches to development
need to change, and what socio-economic trends and urbanisation
mean for the vulnerability of developing countries to climate
risks. Combining conceptual thinking with practical policy
prescriptions and experience the contributors argue that, to
address these questions, climate risk has to be embedded fully into
wider development strategies. This point of view is gaining in
prominence in the development community; however, the contributors
assert that a comprehensive analytical treatment is so far lacking.
This unique and innovative book will appeal to the development
community, such as think tanks and aid agencies, as well as
academics and those involved in climate change policy and
development. Contributors include: M. Bangalore, M. Bezabih, L.
Bonzanigo, D. Castells-Quintana, H. Costa, M. del Pilar
Lopez-Uribe, S. Dietz, C. Dixon, S. Fankhauser, M. Fay, J.
Finnegan, G. Floater, S. Hallegatte, A. Hunt, T. Kane, S. Lovo, T.
McDermott, C. McLaren, U. Narloch, J. Rozenberg, S. Surminski, D.
Treguer, A. Vogt-Schilb, G. Singer, M. Waldinger, J. Ward, P.
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