Bøger af Kevin Ryan

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With the Psionics Augmented: Occult, Dreamscarred Press brings to your table a plethora of ways to integrate psychic magic with the psionics system from Ultimate Psionics. Within these pages, you'll find new ways to use both occult and psionic material in your game, including psionic takes on psychic classes, psychic takes on psionic classes, and everything in-between. Psionics Augmented: Occult includes: An expansive introduction detailing the differences and similarities between magic and psionics New archetypes for occult classes that meld them with psionic themes, including the massive empath medium, who calls zeitgeists from across time to fuel their abilities New archetypes for psionic classes, tying them into the themes of occult magic, including the living legend soulknife and host of heroes aegis, seekers of stories who meld their powers with their assumed roles to achieve victory Brand-new psychic skill unlocks A number of new feats for all types of characters New magical items like the crystal bookmark New focus schools for psionic occultists New wild talents for the kineticist And more! Unlock the secrets of the occult with Psionics Augmented: Occult!

""Almost Home" is that rare and special book that inspires us to make a difference."--Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, New Jersey"Almost Home" tells the remarkable true stories of six young people as they struggle to find home, stopping along the way at Covenant House, the largest charity serving homeless, trafficked, and runaway youth in the Americas. This book offers a glimpse into the lives of the 1.6 million young people in North America who run away or are kicked out of their homes each year, grappling with issues such as family violence, prostitution, teen parenthood, rejection based on sexual orientation, and aging out of foster care without a family. Full of hope, compassion, and practical suggestions on how to fight youth homelessness, "Almost Home" shows us how to help young people attain the bright futures they deserve."With narrative precision and journalistic detail, the heartbreaking trajectory from abandonment and abuse to teen homelessness is laid bare in this book. . . . The compassionately told stories of survival are almost miraculous.""--Publishers Weekly""The trick of engaging readers on public policy matters is to tell human stories. Suddenly, the person we dismiss, fear, or even judge is alive before us and utterly familiar, and we learn, as we do in this powerful and inspirational book, the true meaning of courage, grace, and hope."--Steve Lopez, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Soloist""The moving stories here offer a sense of promise, a belief that with guidance, empathy, and some semblance of home even the most wounded teens can thrive."--Alex Kotlowitz, bestselling author of "There Are No Children Here"""Almost Home" accomplishes something very rare in a book about the homeless--it is both descriptive and prescriptive. A vital read for anyone who cares about the future of our society."--Dale Maharidge, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "And Their Children After Them"

"As a PSIA examiner I have worked with Kevin on and off the snow for several years. His creativity and knowledge of what works comes through clearly in The Illustrated Guide to Snowboarding. I'd recommend it as a reference to the professional instructor, as well as a how-to for the avid snowboarder and those who wish to be." -- J. Randy Price Member of the PSIA-AASI national demonstration team "As a professional athlete and instructor, working with Kevin and reading his book helped my riding immensely. One of Kevin's principles is straightforward and perfectly applicable for snowboarding, climbing or just about any sport--your mind leads and your body follows. It works!" -- Robyn Ebersfield 4-time World Cup rock climbing champion "Never in my thirty-three years of pioneering, shaping and defining the sport of snowboarding was there ever access to material explaining the technical aspects of riding in such an easy to understand manner. . . . This 'encyclopedia' of snowboarding how-to belongs on the shelf of every ski area, snowboard park and bookstore in the snowbelt." -- Paul Graves

A collection of poems exploring a variety of themes. The title, 'Stray Like You' refers to the theme of lost people / people without a place in the world / people on the outskirts of society.

The second book in Kevin Ryan's collection of poetry. With consistent themes of hunger, homelessness and love - both lost and unrequited, he uses vivid imagery and effective poetic techniques to draw you in.in the rush and the cluster you could have found the keyholder,and on the cold hill,or by a city's black water at night the banks lapping,if you strayed slow enough.

As a figure of thought, the concept of freedom tends to shuttle between abstraction and ideal. Located within the realm of lived experience however, freedom is invariably forged from context-specific constraints.

Darkly Under Sun, as with the volume Over June Lane, both by Kevin Ryan, came about due to sleep not always arriving hand in hand with the dark above a loud city.

Write Up the Corporate Ladder introduces a new, simplified approach to writing based on the way professional writers write, emphasizing the importance of ''writer's intuition'' and ''message over mechanics'' to enable readers to write both faster and smarter on the job. This helpful book spells out the difference between good, bad, and mediocre writing, provides step-by-step instructions for bringing out your own best ideas.

The United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire stand on the brink of war. Captain James T. Kirk and the Starship Enterprise(TM) are sent back to System 7348 -- site of a previous skirmish with the Klingons -- for a confrontation with the I.K.S. D'k Tahg under the command of Captain Koloth. Even as the two great ships face each other, trouble is brewing among their crews. On the Enterprise, Lieutenant Leslie Parrish is pregnant with a half-Klingon child and must face a critical decision about her future, while Section Chief Michael Fuller still carries the wounds of the twenty-five-year-old Battle of Donatu V, of which he was one of the few survivors -- not to mention his grief over the death of his son, recently killed in battle against the Klingons. On the D'k Tahg, First Officer Karel finds himself trapped between the scheming, dishonorable Councillor Duras and his commanding officer, Koloth. While the stakes only seem to be the possession of a single star system, the ramifications may spread throughout the Klingon Empire, as they find themselves at a crossroads between conquest and honor!

ERRAND OF FURYFollowing the harrowing events of the Errand of Vengeance trilogy, tensions between the Federation and the Klingon Empire are the highest they've been since the Battle of Donatu V twenty-five years earlier. Even as Federation Ambassador Robert Fox engages in tense negotiations with the Klingon ambassador to maintain the peace, Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise(TM) sees his vessel refit from a ship of exploration into a ship of war. The coming conflict will take its toll on many personal lives as well...Leslie Parrish: The security supervisor is stunned to learn that she is pregnant by her recently killed lover, Jon Anderson -- and that Anderson was, in fact, a Klingon spy, surgically altered to pass as human.Karel: Brother of the Klingon agent posing as Anderson, and responsible for his death, Captain Koloth's new first officer faces a crisis of faith as he sees the Klingon Empire falling into dishonorable ruin.Michael Fuller: Father of Enterprise security supervisor Sam Fuller, who was killed in a battle with the Klingons, his son's death reminds him of Donatu V, of which he was one of the few survivors. Has Fuller reenlisted in Starfleet and joined the Enterprise security team out of loyalty -- or vengeance?The first in an all-new series!SEEDS OF RAGE

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