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Journey of Dominion

A Fantasy Romance Novel

By: Shawna Thomas

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Journey of Dominion

A Fantasy Romance Novel

By: Shawna Thomas

Book two of The Triune Stones Sara, now known as Ilythra, the Wanderer of legend, continues north on her quest to find the Siobani, who hold the secrets of the magic stone around her neck. The stone's magic leads her to help a trader in search of his brother. The hunt takes her into a land in the grip of an alchemical conspiracy. Lord Bredych of Greton has already schemed to control Ilythra's stone once and weaves a web of scent, magic and manipulation to bring her to him. With Bredych's fragrances intoxicating her and the song of his stone in her ears, Ilythra begins to forget her quest. The trader catches wind of Ilythra's danger and rushes to her aid. With Ilythra's mind muddled and the forces of an entire nation bent on controlling her stone, it will take an unthinkable act of sacrifice for her to continue her search for the Siobani. Sequel to Journey of Awakening. 115,000 words

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1426895518

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Journey of Awakening

A Fantasy Romance Novel

By: Shawna Thomas

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Journey of Awakening

A Fantasy Romance Novel

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Book one of the Triune Stones After her grandfather's death, Sara inherits an ancient pendant and a near-impossible quest—master the mysterious pendant's source of magic. Driven to do so, she must find the other two stones of power, long considered lost, while preventing an unknown enemy from finding her first. Unprepared and alone, she travels to where the keepers of the stones, the Siobani, were last seen. Along the way she meets Tobar, leader of the nomadic Heleini tribe. As Sara wrestles with feelings for this intriguing man, she is also invigorated with her grandfather's passion to find the ancient Siobani race. After a rival tribe kidnaps Tobar's son and heir, Sara must harness the stone's healing magic to unite the tribes and save the boy. But as the dark power stalking her gains ground, will she continue on her quest to reach the Siobani or risk everything to save the warring tribes from eliminating each other? 99,000 words

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1426895070

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Altered Destiny

By: Shawna Thomas

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Altered Destiny

By: Shawna Thomas

Selia has run her family's tavern since she was fifteen and can hunt and fight the equal of any man. When she rescues a badly wounded man and nurses him back to health, she has no idea she's about to change not only her life, but also the destinies of two peoples… The battered warrior is Svistra—a race of bloodthirsty savages determined to destroy her homeland. Or so the stories claim. Jaden reveals a different truth: how his ancestors were driven into the barren northern mountains. Now they are strong and war parties are pushing south wanting their land back. The son of a Svistra Commander, Jaden is looking for a way to bring peace to both humans and Svistrans. He tries to ignore his growing passion for Selia, but when she is captured he has to decide what he would be willing to sacrifice to save the woman he loves… 105,000 words

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1426892268

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Journey of Wisdom

A Fantasy Romance Novel

By: Shawna Thomas

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Journey of Wisdom

A Fantasy Romance Novel

By: Shawna Thomas

Book three of The Triune Stones Ilythra the Wanderer has escaped brainwashing by the merciless sorcerer Bredych, but she's far from safe. As Bredych seizes power in the kingdom of Greton, Ilythra staggers north with a magic stone he covets, fleeing his murderous trackers. There in the mist, she finds the Siobani and the final Triune Stone. Ilythra's quest won't be complete until she recovers the stone still in Bredych's possession and uses it to mend the wounds of the world. Though the Siobani are reluctant to leave their long seclusion, Ilythra convinces them that the time to reunite the stones has come. With Ilythra wielding the power of her stone, the Siobani have a fighting chance. But Greton's walls are thick. Bredych's spells are insidious. His army is well trained. And even with new magic she's learned from the Siobani to help her, pulling down the puppeteer of Greton will be Ilythra's hardest battle yet. 94,000 words

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Carina Press

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1426897693

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Journey of the Wanderer

A Fantasy Romance Novel

By: Shawna Thomas

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Journey of the Wanderer

A Fantasy Romance Novel

By: Shawna Thomas

Book four of The Triune Stones To fulfill her destiny as the Wanderer of legend, Ilythra needs to find the last of the Triune Stones. But its music has gone silent, its owner, the dark sorcerer Bredych, nowhere to be seen except in her dreams. Dreams that are getting ever more frequent, and more troubling. Unrest is sweeping the land, and Ilythra's allies are paying the price as Bredych subsumes more and more kingdoms to his will. Armed with only her sword and her friends—stoic elderborn Arien and passionate warrior-prince Ryliann—she sets out to win her people back and train them to fight for themselves. Her cause is clear, but her feelings for the two completely different yet equally admirable men, less so. With the fate of both humanity and elderborn on the line, how can she dare choose love over her destiny? Find out how it all began in Journey of Awakening. 97,000 words

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Carina Press

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1426897995

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9781426897993

Negotiating Abolition

The Antislavery Project in the British Strait Settlements, 1786-1843

By: Shawna Herzog

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Negotiating Abolition

The Antislavery Project in the British Strait Settlements, 1786-1843

By: Shawna Herzog

Negotiating Abolition: The Antislavery Project in the British Straits Settlements, 1786-1843 explores how sex and gender complicated the enforcement of colonial anti-slavery policies in the region, the challenges local officials faced in identifying slave populations, and how European reclassification of slave labor to systems of indenture or 'free' labor created a new illicit trade for women and girls to the Straits Settlements of Southeast Asia. Through a history of early-19th century slavery and abolition in this often overlooked region in British imperial history, Herzog bridges a historiographical gap between colonial and modern slave systems. She discusses the dynamic intersectionality between perceptions of race, class, gender, and civilization within the Straits and how this informed behavior and policy regarding slavery, abolition, and prostitution within the settlement. This book provides an important new perspective for scholars of slavery interested in Southeast Asia, British imperialism in the Indian Ocean world and Asia, the East India Company in the Straits, and gender and sexuality in the context of empire.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350073210

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Claiming Cambria

Invoking the Welsh in the Romantic Era

By: Shawna Lichtenwalner

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Claiming Cambria

Invoking the Welsh in the Romantic Era

By: Shawna Lichtenwalner

By investigating Romantic-era negotiations of Welsh culture both by writers seeking to further the assimilation of the Welsh, and by those seeking to protect and preserve a distinctive cultural identity for the Welsh, this book traces the effects of differing historiographic approaches to identity formation, allowing for a better understanding of how cultural material can be productively reworked in order to gain a specific end."--BOOK JACKET.

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Associated University Presse

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0874130212

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Renew!

Become a Better and More Authentic Writing Teacher

By: Shawna Coppola

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Renew!

Become a Better and More Authentic Writing Teacher

By: Shawna Coppola

When was the last time you shook up your writing instruction? In Renew!: Become a Better and More Authentic Writing Teacher, author Shawna Coppola builds on the premise that our students are ever-changing, and so is our collective knowledge base. Instructional strategies that have worked in the past may need to evolve accordingly. Coppola guides K-8 writing teachers with a three-part framework for Rethinking, Revising, and Renewing their approach'sand finding new energy along the way. Using the framework, Renew! examines the most pervasive educational practices in writing instruction and poses questions that guide teachers to revise those practices to ensure they are effective for all students. Coppola believes the work is challenging, yet critical, referencing R. Buckminster Fuller's Knowledge Doubling Curve: According to Fuller's paradigm, the amount of time it takes for us to increase our collective knowledge base by 100 percent will continue to shrink the older we get. If this is true'sor even close to being true'show can we, as educators, ever feel satisfied with teaching our students the same concepts, using the same methodologies and practices, that we have in the past? The book offers a road map for renewing key aspects of our practice, including: How we teach the writing process: Over time and frequent usage, some of our favorite teaching strategies can become rigid. Coppola gives a candid account of how her enthusiasm for the writing process as an undergraduate led her to teach writing for years as a set of pre-determined steps. Now she teaches that there are many variations of the writing process, and many twists and turns along the path. One foundational strategy used is opening up her own process as a writer'sand her writer's notebook'sto students and encouraging them to think and talk about their process with classmates. What we mean by Writing: Coppola argues that drawing isn't an accompaniment to writing; it is writing. Its another form of composition through which students can tell stories, convey ideas, and engage readers. The book is full of visual compositions by students as well as Shawna's wonderfully simple and evocative sketches from her writer's notebook. The tools we use to teach writing: The most ubiquitous tools used to teach writing'sfrom anchor charts to graphic organizers to sentence starters etc.'stend to be teacher-centric rather than student-centric. Renew! invites students into the process of constructing tools that are meaningful and helpful to them. The book includes a range of examples of tools built collaboratively with students. How we assess and evaluate student writing: Coppola draws a distinction between assessment'swhich should be an interactive conversation with students'sand evaluation, which is about judging and categorizing what students know and can do. Renew! offers a range of examples and resources that illustrate effective feedback for student writers, including online videos of teacher-student and peer-to-peer conferences. Renew! also offers ideas for how teachers can nurture their own writing lives and thus reinvigorate their instructional practice. Through rethinking, revising, and renewing their practice, teachers can not only strengthen students' skills as writers, but also nurture students to become critical thinkers, problem solvers, and risk takers in the classroom and in our rapidly-changing world.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003842003

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9781003842002

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Vol. 1: Who is Oracle?

By: Shawna Benson,Julie Benson

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Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Vol. 1: Who is Oracle?

By: Shawna Benson,Julie Benson

Barbara Gordon is no stranger to secrets. She's the daughter of GCPD Jim Gordon, the vigilante known as Batgirl and was once Oracle, the most powerful hacker on the planet. Someone new has resurrected the Oracle mantle that Babs once controlled, and whoever is behind it is sending Batgirl on a wild chase all across Gotham City. By her side are two equally dangerous vigilantes--Dinah Lance, the rock star-turned-hero known as Black Canary, and Helena Bertinelli, the lethal spy code-named the Huntress. Can this mismatched trio come together in time to solve the mystery of the new Oracle and defeat the villainous forces arrayed against them? Or will these Birds of Prey have their wings clipped before they can even get off the ground? Find out in BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY VOL. 1: WHO IS ORACLE? The start of a whole new era for Gotham CityÕs greatest superhero team! From writers Shawna and Julie Benson (TVÕs The 100) and artists Claire Roe (VERTIGO QUARTERLY SFX) and Roge Antonio (NIGHTWING), itÕs an action-packed adventure on the streets of Gotham. Collects issues #1-6 and the BATGIRL AND THE BIRDS OF PREY: REBIRTH one-shot.

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DC Comics

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1401273203

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9781401273200

Aviators in Early Hollywood

By: Shawna Kelly

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Aviators in Early Hollywood

By: Shawna Kelly

Hollywood's leading aviators were heroic knights of the sky on the screen as well as in real life. These leading aviators performed aerial stunt sequences and acted, plus some wrote and directed motion pictures. Directing giant Cecil B. DeMille was so enthralled with aviation that he owned three airfields. Charlie Chaplin's family airfield also doubled as a motion-picture set. Thomas H. Ince, the famous producer who invented the studio system, owned Ince Airfield, which became the hub of Hollywood aviation. Eternal legends Rudolph Valentino, Oliver Hardy, Harry Houdini, and Mary Pickford performed in aerials. Many aviators gave their lives making motion pictures; three fatalities were incurred for Howard Hughes's great air epic, Hell's Angels. Hughes himself broke records within aircraft and film production. Aviators brought their screen work to life between films through barnstorming. The roaring in 1920s Hollywood was often aviators soaring beyond limits.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738559024

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9780738559025

Gotta Have It

By: Shawna A. Grundy

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Gotta Have It

By: Shawna A. Grundy

Enjoy this spicy roller coaster ride with Ashlei Thompson, as she relentlessly searches for happiness outside of herself while trying to secure her position in the entertainment world.Gotta Have It! is loaded with drama and poetic lyrics. Ashlei has total disregard of her self-worth and even with the mental anguish associated with the chase, she can't seem to give up on her fantasy. . . until something happens to force her into reality.Take this entertaining, life-affirming stroll with Ashlei and see how things can be so close to us that they're sometimes overlooked. . .

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0972462104

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Journey of Awakening

A Fantasy Romance Novel

By: Shawna Thomas

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A Fantasy Romance Novel

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Journey of Wisdom

A Fantasy Romance Novel

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Altered Destiny

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Journey of Dominion

A Fantasy Romance Novel

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Journey of the Wanderer

A Fantasy Romance Novel

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Book's by Shawna Thomas

Journey of Dominion

Journey of Dominion

Journey of Awakening

Journey of Awakening

Altered Destiny

Altered Destiny

Journey of Wisdom

Journey of Wisdom

Journey of the Wanderer

Journey of the Wanderer

Negotiating Abolition

Negotiating Abolition

Claiming Cambria

Claiming Cambria

Renew!

Renew!

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Vol. 1: Who is Oracle?

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Vol. 1: Who is Oracle?

Aviators in Early Hollywood

Aviators in Early Hollywood

Gotta Have It

Gotta Have It

Journey of Awakening

Journey of Awakening

Journey of Wisdom

Journey of Wisdom

Altered Destiny

Altered Destiny

Journey of Dominion

Journey of Dominion

Journey of the Wanderer

Journey of the Wanderer

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