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The Briar King
No full textBy Greg Keyes Del Rey (Hardcover, $24.95, ISBN: 0345440668, 1/2003) The author of the bestselling Age of Unreason tetralogy (The Waterborn, etc.) inaugurates the Kingdoms of Throne and Bone quartet with this epic high fantasy. The inhabitants of this splendid and dauntingly complex parallel world, Everon, are mostly descended from folk magically transported from our world. This is not quite the land of Faerie, although the Briar King resembles the old Celtic horned god Cernunnos, while Keyes brings his expertise as a fencing teacher to the swordplay, here called dessrata. The Empire of Crotheny faces war with its arch-rival, the Hanzish, and magical intrigues aimed at preventing the land from having a born queen (as opposed to a king’s consort). By book’s end, Princess Anne, the daughter of the Crotheny king, is fleeing for her life with Austra, her maid, and Cazio, a young Vitellian nobleman, having earlier experienced the pains of discipline in a convent and the horrors of having her family butchered. With aplomb, the author employs one of the most classic fantasy plots: the heir(ess) with a destiny and a necessarily huge cast of supporters. Keyes mixes cultures, religions, institutions and languages with rare skill. The main theme may emerge with formidable slowness, but patient readers will find the rewards enormously worthwhile. —Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. (from Publishers Weekly)https://egrove.olemiss.edu/mwp_books/1336/thumbnail.jp
Author, Geraldine Brooks at the National Library of Australia for the 2009 Ray Mathew Lecture, Canberra, 23 October 2009 [picture] /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author, Geraldine Brooks during her visit to the National Library of Australia for the 2009 Ray Mathew Lecture, Canberra, 23 October 2009.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Summer of Service: Greg Jao
No full textGreg Jao, Vice President of Campus Engagement for InterVarsity, speaks on Nehemiah and the importance of investing where God has placed you.
A second-generation Chinese American, Greg helped develop The Daniel Project, a leadership acceleration program for Asian American InterVarsity staff, and formerly served as National Field Director for InterVarsity in the Northeast. He has emceed several Urbana conferences, speaks often to student groups, and is a volunteer preacher at his church. Greg is the author of Your Mind’s Mission, The Kingdom of God, and Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents (all IVP)
Portrait of Robert Dessaix in the National Library of Australia bookshop, Canberra, 10 October 2008, 1 [picture] /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Robert Dessaix in the National Library of Australia bookshop, Canberra, 10 October 2008.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Portrait of Robert Dessaix in the National Library of Australia bookshop, Canberra, 10 October 2008, 2 [picture] /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Robert Dessaix in the National Library of Australia bookshop, Canberra, 10 October 2008.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Edge of Victory I: Conquest
No full textBy Greg Keyes Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 7 Del Rey (Paperback, $6.99, ISBN: 0345428641, 4/2001) The dazzling Star Wars space adventure continues in The New Jedi Order as Luke Skywalker, Anakin Solo, Mara Jade Skywalker, and others battle their deadliest enemy in a tale of nonstop action, shadowy evil, and spectacular triumph. No longer content with the destruction the Yuuzhan Vong have already sown, Warmaster Tsavong Lah has demanded the heads of all the Jedi. Now the Jedi Knights are in terrible danger―and none more so than the young students at the Jedi academy on Yavin 4. Already the sympathizers known as the Peace Brigade are in the Yavin system―and a Yuuzhan Vong fleet is not far behind. At Luke Skywalker\u27s request, Talon Karrde mounts an expedition to rescue the young students. Anakin Solo has his own ideas. Impatient, and figuring that forgiveness is easier to come by than permission, he takes off for Yavin 4 in his X-wing. When it comes to confidence, courage, and raw Force talent, Anakin has few peers. But when his friend Tahiri is separated from the other academy kids and captured by the Yuuzhan Vong, even Anakin may be in over his head. For the aliens have a different future in mind for Tahiri, and they will stop at nothing to achieve their horrific ends....https://egrove.olemiss.edu/mwp_books/1091/thumbnail.jp
Greg Bottoms, 24th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textGreg Bottoms is the author of the memoir Angelhead, which was named one of the best five works of nonfiction of 2000 by Esquire magazine. His second book, Sentimental, Heartbroken Rednecks: Tales, was released in September 2001 by Context Books. His stories and essays have appeared in a number of magazines, literary journals, and anthologies, including The Beacon Best of 1999, Creative Nonfiction, and Esquire. He is currently the Teaching and Writing Fellow at Sweet Briar College
Edge of Victory II: Rebirth
No full textBy Greg Keyes Star Wars: The New Jedi Order, Book 8 Ballantine (Paperback, $6.99, ISBN: 0345446100, 7/2001) The Star Wars epic continues its dazzling space odyssey in The New Jedi Order―as Luke and Mara, Leia and Han, and others battle the mighty enemy from beyond the galactic rim. The brutal Yuuzhan Vong are scouring the universe for Jedi to slaughter. With no help from the divided New Republic, the Jedi stand alone against their seemingly invincible foe. Han and Leia Organa Solo risk deadly consequences with their controversial tactics to bolster the Jedi resistance. After uncovering a new Yuuzhan Vong menace, Anakin and Tahiri find themselves wanted for murder by the Peace Brigade. To avoid capture, they jump into hyperspace ... and into trouble far graver. Hunted by the Yuuzhan Vong, wanted as criminals by the New Republic, and with unrest stirring within their own ranks, the Jedi find peril everywhere they turn. But even in the midst of despair, while the fiercest battle of all looms on the horizon, hope arises with the birth of one very special child....https://egrove.olemiss.edu/mwp_books/1092/thumbnail.jp
Greg Larson, 44th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textGreg Larson is an author, editor, and stand-up comedian in Austin, Texas. His memoir, Clubbie (University of Nebraska Press, 2021), was his graduate thesis for Old Dominion University’s Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. Library Journal called it “[A] necessary addition to current baseball literature.” He has since been featured by NPR, CBS Sports Radio, ESPN, and the MLB Network. He has edited clients’ work that has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, the Wall Street Journal Bestseller List, the USA Today Bestseller List, and more
The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
No full textAlphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more often than Professor Z, will have published more articles and experienced afaster growth rate over the course of her career as a result of reputation and visibility. Moreover, authors know that name ordering matters and indeed take ordering seriously: Several characteristics of an author group composition determine the decision to deviate from the default alphabetic name order to a significant extent.performance measurement, incentives, economists, name ordering
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