"The best writer in America, bar none."—Robert Jordan At last, the final work of John M. Ford—one of the greatest SF and fantasy authors of his time. Enter the halls of Parliament with Varic, Coron of the Corvaric Coast. Visit Strange House with the Archmage Birch. Explore the mountains of Lady Longlight alongside the Palion Silvern, Sorcerer. In the years before his unexpected death, John M. Ford wrote a novel of fantasy and magic unlike any other. Politics and abdicated kings, swords and sorcerous machine guns, divination and ancient empires—finally, Aspects is here. “A great writer who is really fucking brilliant.”—Neil Gaiman At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The report consists of a KWIC index and an annotated bibliography by author containing 570 items.

Winner of the 2014 AECT Design & Development Outstanding Book Award An Architectural Approach to Instructional Design is organized around a groundbreaking new way of conceptualizing instructional design practice. Both practical and theoretically sound, this approach is drawn from current international trends in architectural, digital, and industrial design, and focuses on the structural and functional properties of the artifact being designed rather than the processes used to design it. Harmonious with existing systematic design models, the architectural approach expands the scope of design discourse by introducing new depth into the conversation and merging current knowledge with proven systematic techniques. An architectural approach is the natural result of increasing technological complexity and escalating user expectations. As the complexity of design problems increases, specialties evolve their own design languages, theories, processes, tools, literature, organizations, and standards. An Architectural Approach to Instructional Design describes the implications for theory and practice, providing a powerful and commercially relevant introduction for all students of instructional design.

Wealthy Lola Selina has just been released into the world for the first time ever after being ensconced in a mansion for thirteen years. She is sent off to a boarding school called Dalaina, and here she has to face the cliques, enemies, and troubles of friendships. From the moment Lola embarks upon the airplane journeying to her new school, Lola knows that leaving home is a bad idea. She worries about making friends, and being freshly exposed to the real world's terrors. She instantly makes a best friend, Monique Surls, and a fresh foe, Tiffany Remina, who soon become a great element of her life. Lola is easily contented with her new lifestyle, but soon an incident turns things around, and Tiffany and Monique's somewhat shady pasts are revealed. Once Lola came along, the bond linking Tiffany and Monique was broken, but they become closer again, and Lola is left painfully alone, with tension reaching its pinnacle. However, Lola will learn how to live with the problems in life, and how she can improve their conditions. Things may change again for the worse, but can she adapt once again? Lola has yet to find out through a whirlwind of hidden wonders.