Bøger af Christopher Nelson

Isaiah Bright has a certain knack for getting stuck in the middle when worlds collide. When a powerful organization of mages reveals the existence of demons, angels, and magic to an unsuspecting humanity, the resulting conflict threatens to annihilate all three races. Isaiah, his mage partner Tink, and his angelic friend Caleb DeMarco face friends and foes, both old and new, while trying to defuse the conflict. No one told him the only way to end this conflict would be to become God.

"In Fugitive, wild bergamot escape from their gardens while prisoners sleep in permanent fluorescence. Nature blossoms and thought fills the meadows, bridging the color between spirit and matter. This is Eden, lost and everpresent, filled with all manner of life-ants, gnats, butterfies and asters, love and suicide, the whole show. Nelson knows how an idea becomes a kingdom, how the losses of the past are balanced against our wishes for the future. Nelson knows that sometimes we stare into the orchard for no reason other than to stare." -RICHARD SIKEN

This book addresses ways that governments, international organizations, and other stakeholders can utilize data to uncover illicit trade in materials and equipment that could be used to support chemical, biological, nuclear, and advanced conventional weapons systems. Key concepts of strategic trade are introduced, including examples of strategic goods and their potential uses in weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and weapons systems, the interplay between the Harmonized System and strategic trade control regimes, and the data available for analysis in the field. Innovative, yet practical methodologies to analyze strategic trade cover the use of crime scripts, risk assessment indicators, mirror statistics, market share analysis, and transshipment and re-export analysis.There are also chapters on leading-edge techniques involving machine learning and network analysis that have shown promise in other areas of crime and illicit trade investigations. Each chapter provides step-by-step instructions on applying the technique, numerous case studies and examples, and discussions of the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. This volume is designed to provide all types of analysts with practical pathways for understanding, detecting, and disrupting illicit procurement of materials and equipment needed to produce WMDs and advanced weapons.

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Alone. Betrayed. Isaiah Bright has never felt so helpless before. His mage partner, Tink, and his angelic friend, Caleb DeMarco, are both gone. The war with the Eternal Conclave rages on. The uneasy alliance between the Demonic Host and the Angelic Choir is being undermined from both sides. Even his new-found powers can't solve the problems he has to face. Worst of all, the fabric of reality itself is tearing apart and the Seven Seals of the Apocalypse are opening one by one. New allies and old friends join him as Isaiah stands against an irresistible force threatening to annihilate all three realms and all of their inhabitants. One halfblood, facing off against the Universe. Who will blink first?

When a half-human, half-demon is forced into a contract with an amateur demon hunter, he finds her goal of revenge is the least of his problems. Isaiah Bright's contract places him at the center of a conspiracy to destroy the Gates of Purgatory - a conspiracy that may end the uneasy peace between the Infernal Host and Angelic Choir. Is the power of a halfblood all that stands in the way of another Celestial War?

A History of the First Black Auto Manufacturers - Second Edition major update WINNER in History -- 2022 American Writing Awards "A masterful and compelling deep dive into indelible chapters of untouched and never explored American history, stunning your sensibilities of what you thought you knew. In over a decade of filmmaking, I've never seen more replete research for a Hollywood project! Christopher Nelson takes you on a winding journey through the past with elements still entirely relatable to the present. A must-read for generations to come as these pioneers are finally given a well-deserved place in the annals of history." Madisun Leigh - Scenario Entertainment & Pergola Pictures "The Story Black History Missed! This definitive work on Patterson's company and the Patterson family deserves far more recognition by Black historians than what has been given." Larry Chapman "Black Enterprise" The C. R. Patterson and Sons Company book was a good period-of-time story spanning the end of the horse drawn carriage into the horseless carriage era. Christopher Nelson did a particularly good comparison and contrast of a Black owned business and a White owned business during this era. The force and contributions of Black owned businesses have too often been overlooked in American history. This book should be recommended reading for the youth of today." RZ Texas This new edition contains 160 additional pages of details not discussed in the 2010 edition of the book and includes nearly 50 new photographs and other illustrations. The C. R. Patterson and Sons Company conducted business in Greenfield, Ohio, from 1865-1939. Founded by Charles Richard (C.R.) Patterson, a free person of color born in the 1830s South and relocating to the North in the 1840s, this company passed through three generations of the Patterson family. Throughout its history the company transitioned from building carriages, automobiles, trucks, and then buses, all in order to keep up with the rapidly changing demands and technology of the transportation industry during that period. When C. R.'s son, Frederick, began producing automobiles in 1915, he became the first and only Black manufacturer known to have built an automobile. This company led many pioneering efforts in providing proper vehicles for both horse-drawn and motorized school transportation and was also an industry leader in winter buggy design. The company nearly saturated the markets of Ohio and surrounding states with their school buses during the 1920s. The Pattersons always tried to find their niche within the transportation industry where they could remain competitive and achieve continued success. The family was also involved in other areas as well, including Freemasonry, politics, and aiding Booker T. Washington in the founding of the National Negro Business League and serving in high positions within that organization for the first decade of the league's existence. This company and family have a unique history, and this book documents their story of overcoming adversity and surviving for 74 years in the White dominated business world. This book provides as many details as possible about the Patterson family from their arrival in Greenfield during the early 1840s until 1939 when a series of multiple factors, including the Great Depression, caused the family to finally lock the factory doors and close their unique chapter in history.This book contains multiple never-before-seen photographs and other illustrations of the Patterson family, factory, and their products. it also provides a glimpse into the lives of the Pattersons through exhaustive research to discover those obscure gems of information that have remained hidden until now yet adds so much to the overall story of this family and company.

After the Gates of Purgatory opened, the halfblood demon Isaiah Bright thought his days of excitement and adventure were over. But when the first Horseman of the Apocalypse appears before him, his mage partner Tink, and the angel Caleb DeMarco, his adventure is just beginning. Once again, the fragile peace is threatened, but this time, Isaiah isn't the one to stand in the way of the war.He's the one who starts it.

"The Essential Voices series intends to bridge English-language readers to cultures misunderstood and under- or misrepresented. It has at its heart the ancient idea that poetry can reveal our shared humanity. The anthology features 130 poets and translators from ten countries, including Garous Abdolmalekian, Kaveh Akbar, Kazim Ali, Reza Baraheni, Kaveh Bassiri, Simin Behbahani, Athena Farrokhzad, Forugh Farrokhzad, Persis Karim, Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Sara Khalili, Mimi Khalvati, Esma'il Kho'i, Abbas Kiarostami, Fayre Makeig, Anis Mojgani, Yadollah Roya'i, Amir Safi, SAID, H.E. Sayeh, Roger Sedarat, Sohrab Sepehri, Ahmad Shamlu, Solmaz Sharif, Niloufar Talebi, Jean Valentine, Stephen Watts, Sholeh Wolpâe, Nima Yushij, and many others"--

In his powerful debut, Christopher Nelson examines the progenitors and forms of violence in the twenty-first century, from Cain and Abel to the damming of rivers. We see glimpses of the speaker's quest to find and know God, seeking answers everywhere, from Spanish cathedrals filled with holy relics to withered winter fields.

This report identifies and assesses potential models of organization to help achieve the goals of Zhejiang University's academic medical center.