In Stars and Keys: Folktales and Creolization in the Southwest Indian Ocean, Lee Haring introduces readers to the rich folklore traditions of the islands of the southwest Indian Ocean. The culture of Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion, and the Comoros is a unique blend of traditions that have been brought from Africa, South Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The folktales from these islands reflect the diversity of this culture and provide a rare opportunity to observe the fluidity of traditions and the process of creolization. Haring presents the tales in a uniquely innovative style: he interrupts the text as if he were reading aloud and directly addresses the reader. His words and those of the storytellers are clearly distinguished, making this folktale collection useful to a wide range of readers and scholars.

Raidon and his companions get one last chance to thwart the Abolethic Sovereignty in this exciting conclusion to Bruce Cordell’s Lovecraftian Forgotten Realms series Raidon Kane survived his clash against the Eldest, the most powerful aboleth in the city of Xxiphu, but came away with his mind shattered. Destiny hands him one last chance to avert the Abolethic Sovereignty's agenda—but only if he can find within himself the strength to care. Now, Raidon, the warlock Japheth, and a young woman whose dreams are made real must find the Key of Stars before it is used to open the Far Manifold, and all reality drowns in a tide of horrific insanity.

From Snapchat sensation, business mogul, and recording artist DJ Khaled, the book They don't want you to read reveals his major keys to success. - Stay away from They - Don’t ever play yourself - Secure the bag - Respect the code - Glorify your success - Don’t deny the heat - Keep two rooms cooking at the same time - Win, win, win no matter what

Aim For The Stars, is the first book of Dominican actress and producer, Yissendy Trinidad. A personal and passionate testimony that seeks to empower women, and men who dare to go there! Through Yissendy's stories and valuable life lessons, you will feel inspired to set new goals and chase your dreams, building life long success. The book provides practical exercises and daily routines, along with some nifty tricks you can keep up your sleeve. Immerse yourself in these chapters that will touch your heart, grab you by the hand and take you on a journey to touch the stars.

Days are crowded with questions, crises and decisions, with little time for thought or understanding. Star+Gate helps one focus, clarify and decide by tapping into his or her own intuitive insight. Includes 96 two-sided symbolic cards, a Sky-Spread flexible game board, a complete instruction booklet and Keys to the Kingdom: A Handbook to the System of Star+Gate.

Elise and Franklin have always been best friends. Elise has always lived in the big house with her loving Uncle and Aunt, because Elise's parents died when she was too young to remember them. There's always been a barn behind the house with eight locked doors on the second floor. When Elise and Franklin start middle school, things feel all wrong. Bullying. Not fitting in. Franklin suddenly seems babyish. Then, soon after her 12th birthday, Elise receives a mysterious key left for her by her father. A key that unlocks one of the eight doors upstairs in the bar . . . SUNSHINE STATE AWARD FINALIST!

The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world...and right in their own backyards.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA 2006. The book presents 90 revised full papers together with 1 invited paper. The papers are organized in topical sections on XML, data and information, data mining and data warehouses, database applications, WWW, bioinformatics, process automation and workflow, knowledge management and expert systems, database theory, query processing, and privacy and security.