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For all the near-fanatic attention brought each year to the Academy Awards, the organization that dispenses those awards—the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—has yet to be understood. To date, no one has ever produced a thorough account of the Academy’s birth and its awkward adolescence, and the few reports on those periods from outside have always had a glancing, cursory quality. Yet the story of the Academy’s creation and development is a critical piece of Hollywood’s history. Now that story is finally being told. 

When King’s agents Simon Buckley and Haldron Stonebender raid a suburban farmhouse, they expect to find an illegal bomb factory full of Orc terrorists. Instead, they end up killing the sister of the current Elf ruler, turning a straightforward police raid into an international incident. Now, Simon and his team must battle terrorists, gangsters, and their own superiors to find the truth behind the High-Elf’s involvement and avert a war.

What does it mean to truly see another person? Fellow Human Beings is a collection of deeply human stories drawn from years of walking alongside people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental illness, trauma, and profound vulnerability. These are not case studies or clinical success stories. They are lives—messy, resilient, and contradictory. Through the journeys of real people facing serious challenges, this book explores what happens at the intersection of care, power, dignity, and love.

From homemade bread, local herbal remedies, and difficulties in the country, this 1977 edition of Them Days Magazine covers a wide array of tales and memories of the Big Land...

This is the second edition of Them Days Magazine. Published in 1975, this issue covers stories told about Labrador surrounding the Spanish Influenza, jam-making, fishing, holidays, childhood memories, and more...

Alyx’s quiet existence is upended when she becomes the vessel for two opposing forces: the radiant power of the Elder Flame and the consuming darkness of the Shadow Keeper. Bound by fate and burdened by duality, she embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the truth of her destiny as ancient forces awaken and legends stir to life.

Cloudspire is a fractured realm, teetering under the weight of political strife and an ancient curse. The mark—a shadowy power capable of corrupting even the purest hearts—spreads like a plague, consuming those who dare to resist its whispers. When Princess Aelara, heir to the throne, becomes bound to the mark’s dark influence, her kingdom’s fate hangs by a thread.