Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles.“It began with a crime. The theft of a boy.”In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in common: the constant search for wealth, power, and the next hedonistic thrill.Kel is an orphan, stolen from the life he knew to become the Sword-Catcher—the body-double of a royal heir, Prince Conor Aurelian. He has been raised alongside the prince, trained in every aspect of combat and statecraft. He and Conor are close as brothers, but Kel knows he has one destiny: to die for Conor. No other future is possible.Lin Caster is one of the Ashkar, a small community who still possess magical abilities. By law, they must live behind walls in the city, but Lin, a physician, ventur
Body/State brings together original essays addressing various aspects of the evolving interaction between bodies and states. While each essay has different empirical and/or theoretical focus, authors
Body of State offers a comprehensive critical perspective on the Moro Affair and on Marco Baliani’s work. With contributions from scholars, theater practitioners, teachers, and students, it constitute
Body/State brings together original essays addressing various aspects of the evolving interaction between bodies and states. While each essay has different empirical and/or theoretical focus, authors
This publication introduces two pioneers of new media: Zbigniew Rybczynski, from Poland, and Gabor Body, from Hungary. Rybczynski (born 1949) is a creator of experimental animations and a multimedia a
Analyzes how race and gender intersect in the rhetoric and imagery of popular culture in the early twenty-first century In Body as Evidence, Janell Hobson challenges postmodernist dismissals of identi
The Latino Body tells the story of the United States Latino body politic and its relation to the state: how the state configures Latino subjects and how Latino subjects have in turn altered the state.
Teachers from various pedagogical settings offer 20 personal essays about teaching during moments of palpable discomfort when their personal experiences of their bodies become part of the classroom ex
This volume brings together for the first time a significant body of Professor Barnes' scholarly writing on Japanese early state formation, brought together so that successive topics form a coherent o
Fitness has become our obsession. From state initiatives to improve public health through exercise, through the commodification of fitness driven by the media and the fitness industry, to an individua
This book on solid state physics has been written with an emphasis on recent developments in quantum many-body physics approaches. It starts by covering the classical theory of solids and electrons an
Presenting an effective treatment approach specifically tailored to the unique challenges of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), this book is grounded in state-of-the-art research. The authors are experts
"Provides a brief history of astral projection and then guides the reader through a step-by-step course for reliable projection. Also explains how we create our own astral world and offers techniques
In this innovative analysis of medicine and disease in colonial India, David Arnold explores the vital role of the state in medical and public health activities, arguing that Western medicine became a
