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The three Nefzawi brothers, Ibrahim and Ghazwan and Fred, are on a mission to the far reaches of northern Canada in the winter. They seek the hidden monastery of "The Old Man", a sage who they believe has the answers to all the big questions in life. On the way they meet Eden Thornhill, a scout from the previous expedition fifty years earlier, who claims to have been stranded only a few days. With supplies running low, and with the shadows of Wendigo stalking them, the brothers doubt their mission, and then they doubt each other.A spinoff novella from "The Hidden Houses", the author's Kickstarter-funded urban fantasy series, The Seekers is a modern-day fairy tale about brotherhood, courage, and obsession.

Debuted at #1 in Fantasy and #2 in Literary Fiction in the Kindle Free Store.In 2012 author Drew Jacob set out to cross the United States with no money and no car. One night he found himself in a thunderstorm and took shelter in a tiny grove of trees. Alone, tired, sunburnt and thirsty, he did the only thing he could to pass the night: he began to write a story. That story became Lúnasa Days.Lúnasa Days tells the tale of a similar, but much harder journey. It follows Bailey, a modern day magician who sells his spells for a living-but has lost faith in his powers. Wandering the Midwest in search of a purpose, Bailey stumbles on a farm town stricken by drought. He's given a home by a surprising cast of characters and begins to peddle his magic, only to find he's powerless to save the corn. The one person who understands his plight is Emily, a local girl that most people prefer to avoid. Together, the two will have to find a way to save the farms, and see if they can change their fate.Drew Jacob depicts magic as if it's hiding just out of sight in our everyday world. He writes in a crisp, simple style, his characters bristling with belief and doubt. Lúnasa Days takes its place among the best of contemporary magical realism. It's a story you'll feel in your heart, and it will leave you wanting more.

As House DiAngelo's plan nears completion, the Fianna must choose between fighting to reclaim their home, or building a new one.A bounty goes out for Eric Laflamme, who hides in a safe house in a faraway city. The Fianna, led once again by Miranda Brigand, are on the run, and divided among themselves. Some want to drive House DiAngelo out of Fellwater, and so reclaim their home. Others want to start afresh in the abandoned Voyageur freehold of Elderdown, hundreds of leagues away. Attacking the DiAngelo will require weapons and allies they don't yet possess. Settling Elderdown may be easier, but the only one who knows its location is Ildicoe Brigand, a pariah whom no one but Eric will trust. The time for deliberation ends, and the time for action arrives, when the head of House DiAngelo murders one of his own men, and declares the final phase of the Magnum Opus begun."Masterfully weaving together a rich world of mythos, Myers follows in the footsteps of the great fantasy storytellers of our time-Martin and Tolkien-but he does it on his own terms, bringing new twists and turns... it will nourish your imagination and soul for years to come." --L. M. Browning, author of The Nameless Man.

"When I look back on my life, it seems as if I grew up by accident. But at the end of the day, that's the best way to grow up, isn't it?" Eleven-year-old troublemaker Jillian Brighton receives an unexpected gift: a magical telescope that can see into alternate realities. As she learns to use it, she discovers a civilization on the moon. But her best friend doesn't believe her, and her suspicious parents want the telescope sent back where it came from. Then the shady private detective Nicholas DiAngelo tells her the telescope was stolen, and that he is coming to take it away. Determined to keep it, Jillian must outwit him at his own game.A spinoff from Fellwater: The Hidden Houses, the author's urban fantasy series, A Trick Of The Light is a modern-day fairy tale about knowledge, childhood, and discovery.

This is the second edition of the popular, low-cost, college-level textbook in logic and critical thinking. Covering topics like worldviews, formal and informal logic, science, reasonable doubt, propaganda, fake news, and the history of logic, "Clear and Present Thinking" aims to make philosophy in general, and critical thinking skills in particular, unmysterious, and widely available for the general public.Contents: Chapter 1: An Outline History of LogicChapter 2: Informal Logic: Questions, Problems, and World ViewsChapter 3: Informal Logic: Habits of ThinkingChapter 4: Basics of Formal LogicChapter 5: ArgumentsChapter 6: Science and Scientific ReasoningChapter 7: FallaciesChapter 8: Reasonable DoubtChapter 9: Moral ReasoningChapter 10: ActivitiesEpilogue: Why Can't We All Get Along?Glossary of Terms in Logic and Philosophy

What is the ethical significance of the environment? How shall we dwell on, and with, the earth? And what, if anything, do we owe to future generations? "Time and the Land" pursues these questions through each of the four most prominent theories of ethics in the western philosophical tradition: Utilitarianism, Distributive Justice, Kantian Deontology, and Virtue Ethics.For each theory, Derek Parfit's Non-Identity Problem serves as a test case. Parfit showed how some environmental policy decisions might harm no one in the far distant future, even if they produce situations all would agree are intrinsically repugnant. Myers seeks a theory of environmental ethics that not only responds to pressing moral problems in environmental policy, but also avoids the paradox of the Non-Identity Problem. Myers concludes that no single theory by itself can accomplish this task. A synthesis of ethics is required: but Virtue must lead the way. As Virtue is not a 'utility-maximizing' theory, it avoids the Non-Identity Problem. At the same time, its potential for responding to environmental ethics dilemmas is deep. Myers concludes that the aim for a worthwhile human life must include the aim to create and sustain the environmental conditions in which the worthwhile human life is possible and supported. A Virtuous person takes care of the future through aiming at ends which are, while achievable in the present, also temporally continuous and ongoing, even beyond the one's own lifetime. And the future which it is virtuous to aim for is the one which brings out one's best qualities in the course of striving for it.

The product of a Kickstarter fundraising campaign, "Clear and Present Thinking" is a college-level textbook in logic and critical thinking.Chapters:1. Questions, Problems, and World Views2. Good and Bad Thinking Habits3. Basics of Argumentation4. Fallacies5. Reasonable Doubt6. Moral ReasoningIn an effort to reduce the cost of education for students, this textbook was funded by over 700 people through the Kickstarter online crowd-funding platform. This softcover edition is available here for the lowest reasonable price. All profits from the sale of this print edition will go towards funding future free or nearly-free college textbook projects.

"Perhaps, one day we will learn to evaluate the success of an economic system by the actual wellbeing that it creates across peoples and generations, securing means of life and opportunities to lead a meaningful existence, rather than by the volume of lifeless sums of money stated by the balance sheet."Baruchello's fifth collection of essays brings his diverse philosophical interests-Gadamer, Socrates, Gestalt psychology, Catholic ethics, Icelandic public policy, to name only a few examples-into a unified exploration of the interpersonal dimension of human reason. His writerly voice is similarly diverse: there's straight-up academic prose, and Heideggerian aphorisms, a gentle sense of humour, and an intimate account of how he explains philosophy to his children. Thinking And Talking is a book for those who still believe that philosophy is about love, not only the love of wisdom, but also the love of humanity.Born in Genoa, Italy, Giorgio Baruchello is an Icelandic citizen and works as Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Akureyri, Iceland. He read philosophy in Genoa and Reykjavík, Iceland, and holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Guelph, Canada. His publications encompass several different areas, especially social philosophy, theory of value, and intellectual history. Since 2005 he edits Nordicum-Mediterraneum: The Icelandic E-Journal of Nordic and Mediterranean Studies.