In the Shadow of the Tower

In the Shadow of the Tower
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Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages : 161
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781479451098
ISBN-13 : 1479451096
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis In the Shadow of the Tower by : Carolyn Keene

"It's all the money I have in the world—" Josy Sykes despairs as a fox runs off with her one thousand dollar bill. Louise and Jean help the handcapped orphan by having her first come to Starhurst and then to a friend's during Christmas vacation. Josy's luck changes when a hunter finds her lost money, but when he accidentally humiliates Josy, she runs away. The mystery surrounding Josy deepens when they learn the name of the man who sent the thousand dollar bill is Joseph Sykes...

In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower

In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower
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Publisher : Bold Type Books
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781568588919
ISBN-13 : 1568588917
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower by : Davarian L Baldwin

Across America, universities have become big businesses—and our cities their company towns. But there is a cost to those who live in their shadow. Urban universities play an outsized role in America’s cities. They bring diverse ideas and people together and they generate new innovations. But they also gentrify neighborhoods and exacerbate housing inequality in an effort to enrich their campuses and attract students. They maintain private police forces that target the Black and Latinx neighborhoods nearby. They become the primary employers, dictating labor practices and suppressing wages. In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower takes readers from Hartford to Chicago and from Phoenix to Manhattan, revealing the increasingly parasitic relationship between universities and our cities. Through eye-opening conversations with city leaders, low-wage workers tending to students’ needs, and local activists fighting encroachment, scholar Davarian L. Baldwin makes clear who benefits from unchecked university power—and who is made vulnerable. In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower is a wake-up call to the reality that higher education is no longer the ubiquitous public good it was once thought to be. But as Baldwin shows, there is an alternative vision for urban life, one that necessitates a more equitable relationship between our cities and our universities.

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers
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Publisher : Etch/Clarion Books
Total Pages : 131
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780358223573
ISBN-13 : 0358223571
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers by : Don Brown

This graphic novel chronicles the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City through moving individual stories that bear witness to history and the ways it shapes the future.

In the Shadow of the Towers

In the Shadow of the Towers
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Publisher : Skyhorse
Total Pages : 430
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781597808507
ISBN-13 : 1597808504
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis In the Shadow of the Towers by : Douglas Lain

In the Shadow of the Towers compiles nearly twenty works of speculative fiction responding to and inspired by the events of 9/11, from writers seeking to confront, rebuild, and carry on, even in the face of overwhelming emotion. Writer and editor Douglas Lain presents a thought-provoking anthology featuring a variety of award-winning and best-selling authors, from Jeff VanderMeer (Annihilation) and Cory Doctorow (Little Brother) to Susan Palwick (Flying in Place) and James Morrow (Towing Jehovah). Touching on themes as wide-ranging as politics, morality, and even heartfelt nostalgia, today’s speculative fiction writers prove that the rubric of the fantastic offers an incomparable view into how we respond to tragedy. Each contributor, in his or her own way, contemplates the same question: How can we continue dreaming in the shadow of the towers? Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

Book Six: The Tower of Shadows

Book Six: The Tower of Shadows
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Publisher : Graphic Universe& 8482
Total Pages : 56
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781467715171
ISBN-13 : 1467715174
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Book Six: The Tower of Shadows by : Nykko

To stay alive and return home, Rebecca and her friends must strike the Master of Shadows at the source of his powers, a crumbling castle fiercely guarded by the Shadow Spies.

The Shadow Rising

The Shadow Rising
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Publisher : Tor Books
Total Pages : 943
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781429960199
ISBN-13 : 1429960191
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis The Shadow Rising by : Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! In The Shadow Rising, the fourth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al’Thor now wields the sword Callandor. He is both the Champion of Light and the Dragon Reborn. Now, he seeks answers to another prophecy that lies with the warrior people known as the Aiel to put him on the path of learning how to wield the One Power. Accompanied by Moiraine Damodred, Rand arrives at the Aiel Waste and is granted permission by the Wise Ones to enter the sacred city of Rhuidean. After passing through a doorframe ter'angreal, Moiraine gains foresight while the Aiel await Rand's return, either with both arms marked by dragon symbols, validating his identity as He Who Comes With the Dawn, the Chief of Chiefs of all the Aiel—or to never emerge at all. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Fall

The Fall
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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Total Pages : 226
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780007261192
ISBN-13 : 0007261195
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fall by : Garth Nix

First of a thrilling fantasy adventure series set on the Dark World, where society is ranked according to its colour clan and the most precious commodity is light. In all the world there is only one place that ever sees the sun. A seven-towered castle built upon a mountain high above the desolate ice lands below.

In the Shadow of Genius

In the Shadow of Genius
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Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Total Pages : 161
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780823281053
ISBN-13 : 0823281051
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis In the Shadow of Genius by :

Named a Gift Book for the Discerning New Yorker by The New York Times In the Shadow of Genius is the newest book by photographer and author Barbara Mensch. The author combines her striking photographs with a powerful first-person narrative. She takes the reader on a unique journey by recalling her experiences living alongside the bridge for more than 30 years, and then by tracing her own curious path to understand the brilliant minds and remarkable lives of those who built it: John, Washington, and Emily Roebling. Many of Mensch’s photographs were inspired by her visits to the Roebling archives housed at Rutgers University, where she pieced together through notebooks, diaries, letters, and drawings the seminal locations and events that affected their lives. Following in their footsteps, Mensch traveled to Mühlhausen, Germany, the birthplace of John Roebling; to Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, where Roebling established a utopian community in 1831; to Roebling aqueducts and bridges in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York; and to the Civil War battlefield in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where Washington Roebling, the son of the famous engineer, valiantly served as a Union soldier. The book begins and ends with Mensch’s unique photographs of the Brooklyn Bridge, including never-before-seen images captured deep within the structure. The book creatively fuses contemporary photography with the historical record, giving the reader a new perspective on contemplating the masterwork. Fernanda Perrone, Curator of Special Collections and the Roebling Family Archive at Rutgers University, has contributed a Foreword.

In the Shadow of No Towers

In the Shadow of No Towers
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Publisher : Viking
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0241463971
ISBN-13 : 9780241463970
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis In the Shadow of No Towers by : Art Spiegelman

Blood Song

Blood Song
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 594
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780425267691
ISBN-13 : 0425267695
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Blood Song by : Anthony Ryan

Raised by the brothers of the Sixth Order, Vaelin Al Sorna, a Warrior of the Faith, must battle the Empire and even his own father in the first book of a new fantasy trilogy.