A group of superheroes representing different elements—fire, water, earth, and air—must unite to protect the world from an ancient elemental force that threatens to consume everything in its path. Each hero must learn to master their element and overcome personal obstacles to stand against the encroaching darkness. To fully master their elemental powers, each hero must undergo a series of challenging trials specific to their element, and then defeat the Spirit Master at the end. As the heroes delve deeper into the history of the elemental force, they uncover ancient prophecies, artifacts, and lost civilizations that hold the key to defeating their enemy.
A full-color practical guide to connecting with the 7 elemental forces for empowerment, manifestation, and divination • Details how to connect your soul with Huna’s seven elemental forces of nature--water, fire, wind, rock, plants, animals, and beings of light, including angels • Provides simple exercises, techniques, and rituals to tap into the energies of nature, communicate with the elemental forces as well as nature spirits and the weather, manifest our dreams, and divine answers to life’s difficult situations • Explains how to build a wheel of the elements to anchor your connection to the energies of the elements In the Huna tradition of Hawaii, there are seven elemental forces whose all-pervading energies flow around us in abundance. Each of us has the ability to easily tap into this rich source of energy to aid us in any situation, empower ourselves and our actions, and manifest good things in our lives. In this full-color practical guide, Susanne Weikl details how to connect mentally and spiritually with Huna’s seven elemental forces of nature--water, fire, wind, rock, plants, animals, and beings of light, including angels. Providing simple exercises, techniques, and rituals, she invites you to sense and meet each of the elemental forces and draw on their powers for manifestation and empowerment. You will learn to communicate directly with nature spirits, including gnomes, dwarfs, leprechauns, and the weather, and work with nature on an energetic level. You will learn how to build a wheel of the elements to anchor your connection to the energies of the elements and provide a conduit for easily accessing their powers at any time. You will also receive inspirational messages from each of the seven elemental forces. By connecting with the seven elemental forces of Hawaiian shamanism, you open yourself to an infinite reservoir of energy, an oracle for finding answers to difficult questions, a powerful support for manifesting positive outcomes, and an intuitive source for decoding symbols in nature. We each are already connected with nature and, with the practices in this book, we each can become a nature energy worker.
Fifteen-year-old Lily is assigned to the office of the Light Element of Earth -- a role for which she feels very unprepared. She finds herself facing a foreign culture in which she must learn to avoid the Dark Elements, navigate the nuances of human society, and grasp the Elemental laws, all while struggling to control her burning hunger to find her sister's killer.
An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering is an essential text for all first-year undergraduate students as well as those studying for foundation degrees and HNDs. The text gives a thorough grounding in the following core engineering topics: thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, dynamics, electricals and electronics, and materials science. As well as mechanical engineers, the text will be highly relevant to civil, automotive, aeronautical/aerospace and general engineering students. The text is written by an experienced team of first-year lecturers at the internationally renowned University of Nottingham. The material in this book has full student and lecturer support on an accompanying website at http://cw.tandf.co.uk/mechanicalengineering/, which includes: worked examples of exam-style questions multiple-choice self-assessment revision guides.
Join Giovanni Vecchio and Beatrice De Novo as they travel to a hidden island on the far edge of China and seek the help of an ancient immortal court. Can they weave their way through the tangled web of centuries-old alliances and ruthless feuds to find what they've been looking for? Friends will be revealed, enemies will find them, and a dangerous secret will come to light.
A new supplement from Ranger Games for the Dice & Glory game system containing specialist (traditional) character classes. This book is a great resource for both Players and Game Masters introducing classic archetype specialist classes as well as new and strange hybrids. Requires the Dice & Glory Core Rulebook This book contains: Over 70 Fantasy Specialist Classes with full descriptions of class abilities and level progression tables! Of these, there are 4 Brick classes, 16 Fighter classes, 7 Adventurer classes, 5 Rogue classes, 6 Psychic classes, 19 mage classes, 7 Clergy classes and 13 NPC classes! NPC tables which can be applied to NPC's to easily apply specialist class levels! Multiple forms of stylized Martial Arts forms! ...And advice on how and why to pick a specialist class, advice for Game Masters about NPC's and monsters with specialist classes. This book is an invaluable resource for any player or GM of the D&G system.
This book summarizes, defines, and contextualizes multiphysics with an emphasis on porous materials. It covers various essential aspects of multiphysics, from history, definition, and scope to mathematical theories, physical mechanisms, and numerical implementations. The emphasis on porous materials maximizes readers’ understanding as these substances are abundant in nature and a common breeding ground of multiphysical phenomena, especially complicated multiphysics. Dr. Liu’s lucid and easy-to-follow presentation serve as a blueprint on the use of multiphysics as a leading edge technique for computer modeling. The contents are organized to facilitate the transition from familiar, monolithic physics such as heat transfer and pore water movement to state-of-the-art applications involving multiphysics, including poroelasticity, thermohydro-mechanical processes, electrokinetics, electromagnetics, fluid dynamics, fluid structure interaction, and electromagnetomechanics. This volume serves as both a general reference and specific treatise for various scientific and engineering disciplines involving multiphysics simulation and porous materials.
Practical Programming of Finite Element Procedures for Solids and Structures with MATLAB: From Elasticity to Plasticity provides readers with step-by-step programming processes and applications of the finite element method (FEM) in MATLAB®, as well as the underlying theory. The hands-on approach covers a number of structural problems such as linear analysis of solids and structural elements, as well as nonlinear subjects including elastoplasticity and hyperelasticity. Each chapter begins with foundational topics to provide a solid understanding of the subject, then progresses to more complicated problems with supporting examples for constructing the appropriate program. This book focuses on topics commonly encountered in civil, mechanical, and aerospace engineering. Special situations in structural analysis, 2D and 3D solids with various mesh elements, surface and body loading, incremental solution process, elastoplasticity, and finite deformation hyperelastic analysis are covered. Code that can be implemented and further extended is also provided. - Covers both theory and practice of the finite element method (FEM) - Hands-on approach that provides a variety of both simple and complex problems for readers - Includes MATLAB® codes that can be immediately implemented as well as extended by readers to improve their own FEM skills - Provides special cases of structural analysis, elastoplasticity and hyperelasticity problems
