After his father's mysterious death, Gafyn Trevelyan inherits not just an estate but a destiny intertwined with the hidden world of Hiraeth. Here, prophecies aren't just legends; they are warnings. As he explores his legacy, Gafyn encounters mystical practices and prophecies that reveal his crucial role in this mystical world. The deeper he goes, the more perilous his journey becomes. With allies whose truths are veiled in shadows, Gafyn must decide whom to trust and how to navigate his destiny without destroying himself or the world that depends on him. The Magical Diaries of Charles Lester Seymour: A New Eden is the latest fantasy masterpiece by G.S Tabberner. Perfect for fans of intrigue, prophecies, and thrilling danger, this novel promises an unforgettable adventure. Dive into the mystery of Hiraeth now.
This book focuses on the tensions between processes of consciousness and their products like worldviews, theories, models of thought etc. Staying close to their technical meanings in chaos and catastrophe theory, chaotic processes are described in mainly neurobiological and evolutionary terms while products are delineated in their evolutionary logic. Given both a relative opacity of processes of the mind and of the outside world, the dramatic quality of the processes, a certain closeness to ‘hysterical’ and ‘schizophrenic’ tendencies and, within the context of the weakening orientating power of worldviews, an alarming catastrophic potential emerge. As a consequence, the book aims at a comparative cost-benefit analysis of the transitionality between ‘chaotic’ processes of consciousness and the often ‘catastrophic’ implications of their products within historical frameworks. The central thesis consists in the increasing failure in the orientation of action which cannot be contained by systems of ethics. Materials for this analysis are mainly drawn from texts normally called literary in which the tension between biographical and historical dimensions provides profiles of chaos and catastrophe.
Hate the antithesis of love, wages war upon the Triad Realms of High Faerie, Faerie and the Mortal World. In the third dimension, Emma Cameron the mortal warrior of Air has been captured by the Demon Lord Zugalfar and his legions, which wait in the shadow realm for the gates to Pandemonia to open. In the fourth dimension, Kilfannan and Kilcannan, the sylphs of the House of Kilfenoran are on an urgent quest to find the stolen key made of air that will unlock the power of the HeartStar. The hounds of hell have been released to stop them. In High Faerie, the rulers of Gorias are imprisoned in the outer darkness, and their emerald city is in flames. All seems lost as the fate of three worlds hangs in the balance. In this race against time, the sylphs of Kilfenoran are all that stand between the death of the HeartStar and the annihilation of all life as the threat of Pandemonia inches ever darkly onward.
For two hundred years Oxford and Cambridge Universities were home to some of Britain's greatest teachers and intellects, each forming the minds of the passing generations of students and influencing the thinking and practice of university learning throughout the country and the world. In this entertaining, informative book, Noel Annan is at his incisive best. Displaying his customary mastery of his subject, he describes the great dons in all their glory and eccentricities: who they were, what they were like, why they mattered, and what their legacy is. Written with love and wisdom, the great minds of the past—figures such as John Henry Newman, John Sparrrow, and Isaiah Berlin—are brought alive. In addition, Annan's often quoted article "The Intellectual Aristocracy" is included in this book. No other work has ever explained so precisely and so intimately the significance of the dons and their important role in shaping higher education—at a time when the nature of learning is ever more the subject of dissension and uncertainty. "With a charming mixture of analyses and anecdotes, Annan builds up a picture of the changing Oxbridge scene that keeps a reader's imagination. . . . [T]he comical-satirical narrative of which he was a master is a joy to read, and The Dons will deservedly be enjoyed as a bedside book by those who treasure English eccentricity."—Stephen Toulmin, Los Angeles Times Book Review "[A]n affectionate elegy for a class that has largely expired."—Robert Fulford, National & Financial Post "[A] wonderfully gifted and energetic writer. . . . Noel was one of the few figures in English public life known simply by his first name. There was no mistaking him for anyone else."—Jonathan Mirsky, New Yorker "A sparkling collection of essays."—Michael Davie, Times Literary Supplement "[A] highly affectionate . . . look at some of the more remarkable academic personages to distinguish-and sometimes dumbfound-Oxford and Cambridge over the last two centuries. . . . For all that it cherishes eccentricity and abounds in Oxbridge gossip, The Dons is at heart a deeply serious book, one dedicated to a conception of learning and culture that is at once increasingly rare . . . yet very far from being outmoded."—Mark Feeney, Boston Globe "Annan writes elegantly and winningly throughout his book. . . . Leaving arguably the best for last, Annan ends The Dons with a reprinting of his celebrated essay 'The Intellectual Aristocracy,' . . . [B]oth a dazzling tour de force and a clever jeu d'esprit."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World "A witty, erudite, insider account-exactly what one would expect from the best of their type."—Andrew Lycett, Sunday Times
