Stealing Light

by Gary Gibson

... and TheThousand Emperors. By Gary Gibson Angel Stations Against Gravity
The Shoal Trilogy Stealing Light Nova War Empire of Light Final Days The
Thousand Emperors First published 2007 by Tor This electronic edition
published 2013.

Stealing Light

Author: Gary Gibson

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

ISBN: 023022587X

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For a hundred and fifty thousand years, the alien Shoal have been hiding a terrible secret behind a façade of power. In the twenty-fifth century, they dominate the galaxy and control all trade and exploration, possessing the secret of faster-than-light travel. Mankind has established just a handful of interstellar colonies; their freedom and knowledge of the galaxy limited by the Shoal’s punitive colonial charter. Dakota Merrick is a machine-head pilot on the run from one of the Consortium’s most powerful criminals. Desperate for escape, she contracts to ferry an expert team to a remote star system. Her passengers hope to scavenge a functioning FTL-drive from a derelict starship – rumoured to pre date the Shoal. But they’ll expose an ancient genocide the Shoal will do anything to hide. And Dakota will be forced to face demons from her own military past. ‘Packed with massive concepts and dark psychological twists . . . seriously entertaining’ SFX ‘Fast, confident, daring, skilful ... A big book in scope and imagination’ Vector “The depth and scale of a writer coming into his own’ Sci-Fi-London.com

Stealing Light

by Phoebe Bosche

The anthology includes the poems, essays, fiction, interviews, and storytelling of 92 writers, and the artwork / illustrations of 26 artists.

Stealing Light

Author: Phoebe Bosche

Publisher:

ISBN: 9780997946857

Page: 518

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Stealing Light: A Raven Chronicles Anthology, Selected Work from Summer, 1991 - Fall, 1996, publisher Raven Chronicles Press, edited by Kathleen Alcalá, Phoebe Bosché, Paul Hunter, and Stephanie Lawyer, with Matt Briggs and Tiffany Midge. The anthology includes the poems, essays, fiction, interviews, and storytelling of 92 writers, and the artwork / illustrations of 26 artists.

Slavery Examined in the Light of the Bible

by Luther Lee

It would be a waste of time to attempt to prove that man - stealing is a ' crime . It is
universally admitted that all stealing is wrong , and it follows that man - stealing is
the most sinful of all theft . It cannot be maintained that to steal the horse under ...

Slavery Examined in the Light of the Bible

Author: Luther Lee

Publisher: Scholarly Press

ISBN:

Page: 185

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Stealing Fatima s Hand

by Carolyn A. Thériault

Judging from the fact that several cars plowed through the light after it had turned
red and another half dozen were forced to an ... There is a dearth of traffic lights
on Follow-the-Leader (FTL) so, I for one applauded the new light. Notice the verb
 ...

Stealing Fatima s Hand

Author: Carolyn A. Thériault

Publisher: Vox Humana Books

ISBN: 9657504007

Page: 350

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Stealing Fatima's Hand is an unforgettable collection of interconnected narratives presenting an alternative view of Morocco - a country not of labyrinthine alleys, Kasbahs, and smoky tea rooms - but a more madcap Morocco, one left to be discovered after all the coach tours depart.Imagine the impossible: one finds oneself in a heady and mysterious locale on the edge of North Africa, a country replete with colorful characters, incomprehensible customs and taboos, a spoken language lacking an alphabet, often frustrating religious practices and, in spite of all this capital 'E' exoticism, one still doesn't want to marry a local? Or turn a decrepit ryad into a boutique hotel? Or write for the travel page in the Sunday paper? Carolyn Th riault does more than imagine it.After making a rather drunken New Year's Resolution to toss aside their conventional lifestyle and pension plans, Carolyn, a somewhat cynical, snarky ex-pat and self-proclaimed square-peg, with her photographer husband Chris decide to walk away from their comfortable jobs in the Land of the Round Doorknobs (Canada) to travel the world. Because their long-suffering attempts at financial independence (weekly lottery tickets) have not borne any fruit, the only apparent means to rectify this situation they believe is to teach English overseas. And Morocco seems to fit the bill. But does it?Unconventional and candid - Stealing Fatima's Hand stands out as an irreverent black sheep in the literary travel genre, succeeding in undoing for Morocco everything that Peter Mayle has done for Provence. The book spans two years of Carolyn's experiences in Rabat, where with humor and honesty she struggles with Moroccan bureaucracy, sexual harassment, the threat of terrorism, devious students, randy co-teachers, and the temptation of having French pastries washed down with gin & tonics for every meal. All this in a country, where apart from her, the only vegetarians are the sheep and the goats.

Stealing Sugar from the Castle Selected and New Poems 1950 2013

by Robert Bly

Words the Dreamer Spoke to My Father in Maine Ocean light as we wake
reminds us how dark Our old house is. That's home. Like Hamlet, One visit to
Wittenberg is enough, and we'll soon be Back in crazy Denmark. I dreamt I stood
In a ...

Stealing Sugar from the Castle Selected and New Poems 1950 2013

Author: Robert Bly

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN: 0393241262

Page: 416

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“[Robert Bly] is . . . the most recent in a line of great American transcendentalist writers.”—New York Times Selected from throughout Robert Bly’s monumental body of work from 1950 through the present, Stealing Sugar from the Castle represents the culmination of an astonishing career in American letters. Bly has long been the voice of transcendentalism and meditative mysticism for his generation. Influenced by Emerson and Thoreau, inspired by spiritual traditions from Sufism to Gnosticism, his vision is “oracular” (Antioch Review). From the rich, earthy simplicity of Silence in the Snowy Fields (1962) to the wild yet intricately formal ghazals of My Sentence Was a Thousand Years of Joy (2005) and the striking richness and authority of Talking into the Ear of a Donkey (2011), Bly’s poetry is spiritual yet worldly, celebrating the uncanny beauty of the everyday. “I am happy, / The moon rising above the turkey sheds. // The small world of the car / Plunges through the deep fields of the night,” he writes in “Driving Toward the Lac Qui Parle River.” Here is a poet moved by the mysteries of the world around him, speaking the language of images in a voice brilliant and bold.

Modern Foundations of Quantum Optics

by Vlatko Vedral

According to one legend, Lucifer was God's favorite angel before stealing light
from him and bringing it to mankind. ... Most of us are not able to steal
possessions from God, but we can at least admire his most marvellous creation
— light.

Modern Foundations of Quantum Optics

Author: Vlatko Vedral

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company

ISBN: 1911298356

Page: 236

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This textbook offers a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the basic ideas in modern quantum optics, beginning with a review of the whole of optics, and culminating in the quantum description of light. The book emphasizes the phenomenon of interference as the key to understanding the behavior of light, and discusses distinctions between the classical and quantum nature of light. Laser operation is reviewed at great length and many applications are covered, such as laser cooling, Bose condensation and the basics of quantum information and teleportation. Quantum mechanics is introduced in detail using the Dirac notation, which is explained from first principles. In addition, a number of non-standard topics are covered such as the impossibility of a light-based Maxwell's demon, the derivation of the Second Law of thermodynamics from the first-order time-dependent quantum perturbation theory, and the concept of Berry's phase. The book emphasizes the physical basics much more than the formal mathematical side, and is ideal for a first, yet in-depth, introduction to the subject. Five sets of problems with solutions are included to further aid understanding of the subject. Contents:From Geometry to the QuantumIntroduction to LasersProperties of Light: Blackbody RadiationInteraction of Light with Matter IBasic Optical Processes — Still ClassicalMore Detailed Principles of LaserInteractions of Light with Matter IITwo Level SystemsField QuantizationInteraction of Light with Matter IIISome Recent Applications of Quantum OpticsClosing LinesProblems and Solutions Readership: Physics and chemistry undergraduates (3rd and 4th year, as well as advanced 2nd year) and first year postgraduate students. Ideal as a textbook for a one-term long course on quantum optics.

Steal the Light

by Lexi Blake

Per her contract, she must give him the Light or spend an eternity in Hell. What’s a girl to do except fight for her soul…and her heart. A Thieves Novel by Lexi Blake

Steal the Light

Author: Lexi Blake

Publisher: DLZ Entertainment LLC

ISBN: 1937608158

Page: 288

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When dealing with demons, the devil’s in the details… Stealing mystical and arcane artifacts is a dangerous business, especially for a human, but Zoey Wharton is an exceptional thief. The trick to staying alive is having friends in all the wrong places. While having a witch and a werewolf on the payroll helps, being partners with a vampire really opens doors. Zoey and Daniel were childhood sweethearts until a violent car crash took his life and left her shattered. When Daniel returned from the grave as a vampire, his only interest in Zoey was in keeping her safely apart from the secrets of his dark world. He has vowed to protect her, but his heart seems as cold as the night he calls home. Five years later, a mysterious new client named Lucas Halfer offers Zoey a fortune to steal the Light of Alhorra. The search for the Light leads Zoey into the arms of an earthbound faery prince. Devinshea Quinn sweeps her off her feet, showing her everything the supernatural world has to offer, but Daniel still calls to her heart. As the true nature of the Light is revealed, Zoey discovers Halfer is a demon and much more than money is at stake. Per her contract, she must give him the Light or spend an eternity in Hell. What’s a girl to do except fight for her soul…and her heart. A Thieves Novel by Lexi Blake

The Art of Stealing Time

by Katie Macalister

ALSO BY KATIE MACALISTER Paranormal Romances TIME THIEF, A Time Thief
Novel A TALE OF TWO VAMPIRES, A Dark Ones Novel SPARKS FLY, A Novel of
the Light Dragons MUCH ADO ABOUT VAMPIRES, A Dark Ones Novel THE ...

The Art of Stealing Time

Author: Katie Macalister

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 1101603917

Page: 352

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Experts in the art of stealing time, Travellers live on the edge of both mortal and immortal realms. But a few fight their outlaw instincts.… Gwenhwyfar Byron Owens learned everything she knows about potions and spells from her two Wiccan moms, who are forbidden by Otherworld laws to teach magic to mortals. But when their latest transgression results in the kidnapping of a mortal woman, Gwen figures the only place to hide them all is in Summerland, the Wiccan afterlife.… But Gregory Faa—a member of the Watch—is hot on their heels. A Traveller who has stolen time, he’s eager to prove himself worthy of the Watch, only he has a past with the dark-eyed Welsh beauty he’s been charged with bringing to justice. He’s tempted to just let Gwen disappear into Summerland until he realizes that she’s being pursued by a squad of goons and death’s minions. Gwen is used to taking care of her moms and herself, so she can’t give in to her heart’s demand to trust Gregory, despite the fact that he’s as handsome as the day is long—and the days in Summerland last centuries.…

The Panorama of Life and Literature

by

By the Holy Well down kneeling, Watching for her gain or loss, O'er its mirror-
darkness stealing, Light, with shade of pines across, Like pale moonbeams; Slow
and solemn as the warning Eastern light of winter morning, - On our waking ...

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Clara Vaughan

by Richard Doddridge Blackmore

And the loss , when she was gone , was like a second loss of light . ... ( solid or
liquid we know not ) , whose subtle volume has no bourne or track ; light , the
dayside half of life , leaping , flashing , beaming ; glistening , twinkling , stealing ;
light !

Clara Vaughan

Author: Richard Doddridge Blackmore

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 390

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Pictures in Song

by Clinton Scollard

Clinton Scollard. CUPID AND THE SHEPHERD , 115 Amid the leaves and
blossoms blooming bright . He seemed an aimless , wandering waif astray , And
so the shepherd caught him , stealing light , While from his eyes he flashed an
angry ...

Pictures in Song

Author: Clinton Scollard

Publisher:

ISBN:

Page: 137

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Stealing Faces

by Michael Prescott

She was all fear now, nothing but fear, as Cray was nothing but hunger. He
grabbed her ankle. With a gasp of panic she shook loose. Drove herself forward,
pawing at the shaft, her hands gummy with old dust, the light from the rooftop
opening ...

Stealing Faces

Author: Michael Prescott

Publisher: Michael Prescott

ISBN: 0983937710

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A serial killer is startled to discover that an unknown woman is stalking him.

Stealing Jake

by Pam Hillman

The miners carried lanterns to light the way. Livy tamped down the surge of panic
rising in her throat as soon as they entered the darkness. She'd been in some
tight spots, but she'd never been underground before. She didn't know what she ...

Stealing Jake

Author: Pam Hillman

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

ISBN: 1414366612

Page: 384

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When Livy O’Brien spies a young boy jostling a man walking along the boardwalk, she recognizes the act for what it is. After all, she used to be known as Light-Fingered Livy. But that was before she put her past behind her and moved to the growing town of Chestnut, Illinois, where she’s helping to run an orphanage. Now she’ll do almost anything to protect the street kids like herself. Sheriff’s deputy Jake Russell had no idea what he was in for when he ran into Livy—literally while chasing down a pickpocket. With a rash of robberies and a growing number of street kids in town—as well as a loan on the family farm that needs to be paid off—Jake doesn’t have time to pursue a girl. Still, he can’t seem to get Livy out of his mind. He wants to get to know her better . . . but Livy isn’t willing to trust any man, especially not a lawman.

A Northern Light

by Jennifer Donnelly

... I could see my aunt and Alma Mclntyre through the gap. They were sitting at
the kitchen table. My aunt was holding an envelope up to the light. "This is.
stealing,. Josie," I heard Mrs. Mclntyre say. "We're stealing Emmie Hubbard's mail
.

A Northern Light

Author: Jennifer Donnelly

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

ISBN: 0547542887

Page: 400

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Now with a fresh new look and introduction, comes Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing, Printz Honor-winning debut—the story of a young woman's coming-of-age and the murder that rocked turn-of-the-century America.​​ A Printz Award Honor Book "A contemporary classic. Jennifer Donnelly is the master of historical fiction!" ­—Ruta Sepetys, New York Times best-selling author and winner of the Carnegie Medal Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has a word for everything, and big dreams of being a writer but little hope of seeing them come true. With the fresh pain of her mother’s death lingering over her and the only out from her impoverished life being marriage to the handsome but dull local rich boy, Maddie flees from her home. She takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from Big Moose Lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder. Set in 1906 in the Adirondack Mountains, against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, this Printz Honor-winning coming-of-age novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.

A Communion of Subjects

by Paul Waldau

In the recounting of a variant of the Haida tale of Raven stealing light, Reid and
Bringhurst write that Raven ''had a cry that ... Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst, The
Raven Steals the Light (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996), p. 21.

A Communion of Subjects

Author: Paul Waldau

Publisher: Columbia University Press

ISBN: 0231509979

Page: 720

View: 616

A Communion of Subjects is the first comparative and interdisciplinary study of the conceptualization of animals in world religions. Scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including Thomas Berry (cultural history), Wendy Doniger (study of myth), Elizabeth Lawrence (veterinary medicine, ritual studies), Marc Bekoff (cognitive ethology), Marc Hauser (behavioral science), Steven Wise (animals and law), Peter Singer (animals and ethics), and Jane Goodall (primatology) consider how major religious traditions have incorporated animals into their belief systems, myths, rituals, and art. Their findings offer profound insights into humans' relationships with animals and a deeper understanding of the social and ecological web in which we all live. Contributors examine Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Daoism, Confucianism, African religions, traditions from ancient Egypt and early China, and Native American, indigenous Tibetan, and Australian Aboriginal traditions, among others. They explore issues such as animal consciousness, suffering, sacrifice, and stewardship in innovative methodological ways. They also address contemporary challenges relating to law, biotechnology, social justice, and the environment. By grappling with the nature and ideological features of various religious views, the contributors cast religious teachings and practices in a new light. They reveal how we either intentionally or inadvertently marginalize "others," whether they are human or otherwise, reflecting on the ways in which we assign value to living beings. Though it is an ancient concern, the topic of "Religion and Animals" has yet to be systematically studied by modern scholars. This groundbreaking collection takes the first steps toward a meaningful analysis.