Bøger af Chris Davidson

What happens when the boundaries between dreams and reality blur and disappear? When the recurrent dreams that Emma suffers from develop into hallucinations, she turns to her friends to try to find the reasons behind them. But after dabbling with a Ouija board, Emma and her friends find themselves embroiled in the events of an alternate world, Elsynvaal, where things are not quite what they seem. Soon after arriving at the Court of Elasyn, Emma and her friends begin to feel uneasy when they discover that the young Prince, Hamnet, has been disinherited and his throne usurped by his uncle. Only after they meet Master Will, a poet, do they realise that there are striking parallels with the plot-line of William Shakespeare's tragedy, "Hamlet". As things escalate, Horatio, the mage who brought them to Elsynvaal, tries to send them home, only to discover that the way back to their home world is blocked. They cannot cross over. They cannot go home.

Magic is dying in the land of Elsynvaal. The Island of Saravaal is devastated and unreachable, smothered under an enchanted fog. The surviving tsunami mages have dispersed leaving Brother Ambrose alone to continue the search for the Renegade Mage, talEbol, who disappeared during the disruption. The Renegade Emasiyo is in captivity in Mage Hall, unconscious and in a state resembling a coma.Four years pass before Ambrose has a breakthrough - a command from the god to rescue a man about to be shipwrecked off the Avendon coast. With his companions Gaarstang, Druadan, Ana and Myrrhelyn, Ambrose heads for the site of the foretold wreck.But it it possible that the scarred amnesiac they rescue really holds the answers to all of Ambrose's questions about Gheron talEbol? Or is he just one more complication?'Lady Myrrhelyn' is the final part in the Mages of Elsynvaal series, which began with 'Goodnight Sweet Prince' and continued in 'Caught Between (Two worlds)' and 'The Crystal Mage'.

A novel of bad decisions. After the traumatic events at the end of 'Goodnight Sweet Prince' Emma leaves her son behind to return home to Earth - a decision resulting in a disastrous marriage and her eventual incarceration. Meanwhile, Horatio makes the decision to live in his homeland, Saravaal, and takes their son, Cymon with him - a decision which will involve them both in Saravaal's war with the Kingdom of Cheam. As the years pass and Emma makes her plans to return to Elsynvaal, Cymon grows up to make his own bad decision, creating the most dangerous situation the Mages of Elsynvaal have yet faced...

How much damage can a Mage-Born do? Rowlan Spell-Weaver is on the run from the Mage Council. A powerful but untrained mage, he has been living among the people of Westerholm, his mage-born gifts hidden from the Mages of Elsynvaal. But, close by, his twin sister Fern is in training as a Healer at Mage Hall, overseen by the Council of Mages. After he unwittingly discloses his magical abilities, Rowlan lashes out using a newly-woven spell, leaving four men dead. Aware of the severe penalties for using unsanctioned magic, Rowlan flees the town. But he has not counted on Fergus Winterose, the enigmatic and eccentric Master-Mage, who possesses certain knowledge of the twins - and uses Fern to trace Rowlan and bring him to justice. Can Rowlan escape the revenge of the Mages? 'Spell-Weaver' is set 500 years before the events of the 'Goodnight Sweet Prince' Quartet

User-Defined Software (UDS) Development and Delivery is a compliment to Agility. UDS brings a complete set of activities to deliver quality products to the user based on their needs. UDS is a user-oriented software development framework and methodology. UDS introduces a new concept called Critical Reasoning for Information Technology (CRIT). UDS follows the process of delivery of a product over lengthy documentation activities. UDS is highly dependent on users and testing. The process is simple but not at the sake of quality: Needs>Requirements>Iterations>Increments>Components >Products>Capabilities>Systems

Magic, Mayhem and Murder... Cymon, the last in a long line of powerful mages, is about to take his Oath to the Wizards' Council when fate steps in. Beth, the Other-Worlder, was brought through the Ether from her home world Earth to Elsynvaal by the Mage Emasiyo, who is intent on extracting her warped revenge on those she believes have wronged her. Ambrose, the Clerical Mage, is on a quest to right an error committed in his youth by preventing the Renegade talEbol from being resurrected. Defying the ban on Ether-travelling Cymon helps his mother, Emasiyo, to return to Elsynvaal from her exile on Earth. However, his meddling has not gone unnoticed. After the body of a mage is found in the Western Forest and brought to Rowlan Gayts, Brother Ambrose, a Clerical Mage, discovers that Cymon may be implicated in the mage's death. But Cymon has escaped from Rowlan Gayts to join Emasiyo and her captive, Beth. No-one knows for sure where Cymon has gone, but Ambrose has to find him. The man-hunt has begun. And that is only the beginning...

You're reading this because you know something other business owners don't: making an effective business website is hard.Many business websites are little more than grimy shop windows that display bland messages to people too busy with their own lives to pay any attention. If you can't explain what you sell, then you'll also struggle to find the right audience.Why Your Website Doesn't Work will help you achieve clarity, engage the right audience, and target your website more effectively. In fact, Why Your Website Doesn't Work is much more than a book: it's a complete website improvement toolkit, to help you make your business more successful.With this book in your hands, you'll learn:- How to assess your website with the Website Effectiveness Assessment tool- What you need to focus on to improve your site- How to find and engage the right audience- How to create highly focused product descriptions that sellIf you have a website that empties your bank account instead of filling your calendar, Why Your Website Doesn't Work is for you.-- 'This innovative, solid, and reliable approach has given us a more visible and flexible website. Our website clearly states who we want to be and how we want to position ourselves.' Paul ter Wal Founder and CEO, Team ANDARE

Falling from Grace is a story for adults, about an unhappily married vicar, his wife and two daughters. After setting out to help a young female parishioner he gets drawn into the sordid world of prostitution and murder. Just as you think the story is coming to an obvious conclusion the author puts in several well thought out twists and red herrings to keep the reader guessing as to what really happened.

Anita Mountain and Chris Davidson explore the dynamics of organizations and their performance through the lens of Transactional Analysis to enable effective communication at all levels of the organization. TA is particularly accessible and effective because every tool can be illustrated with diagrams and the text uses this principle to provide a balance between theory and practical application. This is a book that offers a comprehensive look at the whole range of aspects that enhance and support relationships within the context of organizations.