Bøger af Adam Thomas

In a New Light is the first permanent collection catalogue in the Palmer Museum of Art's fifty-two-year history. Made possible by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, this multi-author book studies and celebrates the institution's most significant collection area, American art. The fully illustrated publication features short essays on 155 historically and aesthetically important paintings written by 66 art historians and curators from the United States and England. Readers can expect new scholarship on paintings by artists Georgia O'Keeffe, William Trost Richards, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Benjamin West, Marguerite Zorach, and many more. The release of In a New Light coincides with the opening of the Palmer Museum's new seventy-three-thousand-square-foot building designed by Allied Works.

Enter the thrilling sequel to Vampire Mist! Rhys Highridge should know better than to play with a cursed sword. But he doesn't, and now Tyrevane has disgorged its occupant. Reborn by the might of vampire mist, Wrenyvar, a half-giant nightmare, will stop at nothing to exterminate the human population of Sularil. Thankfully, Archmage Halla Haeron traps Wrenyvar in an experimental bubble of time, giving the B-Team a chance to grow in knowledge and power, recover the Banishing Blades, and find the courage to face this foe of their own making. Praise for the B-Team"Always my first second choice."-Halla Haeron, Archmage of the Sularin League"They eat all my food. Seriously, every time."-Lord Sondal Day, Minister of League Affairs Adam Thomas runs way too many Dungeons and Dragons games when he's not pastoring a church or writing fantasy novels. He lives in southeastern Connecticut with his spouse Leah and their twins. Learn more at adamthomas.net.

The island of Starfall is sinking. The Shadow is pouring forth. The Light has found its champions. The Shields of Sularil return from a much needed holiday to meet an old enemy who pleads with them to save the island of Starfall from sinking. They knew such an outcome was possible, and now that the reality approaches, the Shields begin gearing up to take on the Seven of Shadow, primordial fiends who desire nothing less than the destruction of the Light. As the Shields hunt down the Seven, they gather new allies, uncover old secrets, and discover the Sunforged - powerful weapons and armor blessed to beat back the Shadow. In the Shields of Sularil series, journalism and fiction mingle to tell the tale of a role-playing adventure years in the making. Author and game master Adam Thomas builds the world, the players live in it, and these pages contain the final chapters of the chronicle of their missions, as they face seven archdemons bent on calamitous purpose. If you've never played a tabletop role-playing game, what are you waiting for? Adam Thomas created the land of Sularil in 2015 as a setting for his first ever Dungeons and Dragons(TM) campaign. Ever since, he has been discovering the lore and history of this high fantasy realm through writing and role-playing. He counts among his heroes J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Patrick Rothfuss, whose works have inspired the setting of Sularil, as well as the heart, soul, and spirit of her peoples. Adam's other novels include The Islands of Shattered Glass (2019), True Sight (2019), The Halfling Contagion (2018), The Jeweled City (2018), The Storm Curtain (2017) and Torniel (2016). He lives in Mystic, Connecticut, with his wife Leah and their twins.

Plague strikes the state of Felmire.The queen and prince fall victim.The princess seeks a cure.Princess Rynliana Caris Feldonsire survived the plague, but no one else has. The halfling midwife who helped birth her believes she knows why. Could it be the result of a secret elixir she gave Ryn when the princess was a newborn baby struggling to breathe? If so, the eternal lotus might hold the cure to the contagion destroying the human population of Felmire. But the mysterious plant blooms only one day a year, and only a Lotusborn like Ryn can find it.Mourning for his dead wife and son, Ryn's father sinks deeper into grief and retreats from his duty as monarch of Felmire, so his younger brother Reave takes it upon himself to discover a cure for the plague. Reave seeks help from an upstart healer and arcanist who has noticed something strange about the halfling immigrants to Felmire. None of them has contracted the illness. Are the halflings the key to curing the contagion? Or are they the cause? Seek the eternal lotus, journey through grief, and take a stand against tyrannyin this prequel to adventures in Sularil.

In 2003, I was in Seattle getting ready to do a presentation on Flash video at Digital Design World. Jim Heid, the conference organizer, saw the title slide of the presentation and mentioned that I might be facing a rather tough crowd. I looked out over audience members, sized them up, and told Jim I had his back covered. He said he wasn't too sure about that and pointed to the title on my screen: "e;QuickTime is dead."e; Looking out into the darkened room, I watched about 200 people in the audience open their PowerBooks; hundreds of bright white Apple logos stared back at me. It was indeed going to be a tough crowd. Nobody really expected the stranglehold that Apple, Microsoft , and Real had on the web streaming market in 2003 to be broken. Y et by spring 2005, just 18 months after that present- tion, that is exactly what happened. Those three web video delivery technologies practically v- ished and were replaced almost entirely by Flash video. This is not to say QuickTime and Windows Media are dead technologies. They aren't by a long shot, but when it comes to putting video on the Web, the Flash Player has rapidly become the only game in town. Before I get going, you have to understand how Apple, Microsoft, and Real "e;lost"e; the market.

Have you ever stopped to think just how much better Jesus Christ knows you than you know him? It's a pretty staggering thought really. Not only that, Jesus knows you better than you know yourself. And although you'll never know Jesus as well as he knows you, part of following the Son of God is getting to know him better. But you don't want to fall into the trap of learning stuff ';about' Jesus. Rather, you want to know Jesus himself. This study invites you to get to know four elements of what makes Jesus who he is: his name, his voice, his life, and his peace. In Who Is Jesus? you'll discover that the more you know Jesus, the more Jesus will teach you who you are. Converge Bible Studies is a series of topical Bible studies. Each title in the series consists of four studies on a common topic or theme. Converge can be used by small groups, classes, or individuals. Primary Scripture passages from the Common English Bible are included for ease of study, as are questions designed to encourage both personal reflection and group conversation. The topics and Scriptures in Converge come together to transform readers' relationships with others, themselves, and God.

Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Fourth Edition is the update to the bestselling book on Ubuntu, today’s hottest Linux distribution. Targeting newcomers to Linux and to the Ubuntu distribution alike, readers are presented with an introduction to the world of Linux and open source community, followed by a detailed overview of Ubuntu’s installation and configuration process. From there readers learn how to wield total control over their newly installed operating system, and are guided through common tasks such as writing documents, listening to audio CDs and MP3s, watching movies, using VoIP and chat, and of course general system maintenance matters. Additionally, there’s a series of comprehensive tutorials on Linux internals and the command–line prompt—essential for any Linux user—and the book includes special sections on optimization, security, and system maintenance.The book comes with a DVD containing the complete Ubuntu Linux distribution. All you need to do is insert the DVD and follow the instructions in the book to install this distribution. The ultimate guide to Ubuntu, the hottest Linux distribution on the planet. Forgoes introductions to esoteric Linux topics so commonly found in other books and instead focuses on everyday tasks for everyday users: printer and file sharing configuration, office document management, and listening to MP3s and watching movies among them.

The celebrated Ashcan School artist John Sloan produced a distinctive body of work depicting life on the rooftops of early twentieth-century New York City. Designed to accompany the major loan exhibition of the same name organized by the Palmer Museum of Art, From the Rooftops: John Sloan and the Art of a New Urban Space examines the allure of rooftop locales for Sloan, as well as for more than a dozen of his contemporaries.From his early career as an illustrator in Philadelphia to the final years of his life, Sloan nurtured a fascination with what he called the "roof life of the metropolis." Devoted to the importance of this setting in Sloan's oeuvre, From the Rooftops features paintings, prints, and photographs by Sloan, alongside examples from other notable artists of the time, such as George Ault, William Glackens, Hughie Lee-Smith, Edward Hopper, and Reginald Marsh--artists who were likewise enthralled by "the city above the city." In this book, art historian Adam Thomas explores the pivotal role that New York's City's rooftops played in Sloan's thinking about urban space and places Sloan's work within its broader artistic and cultural context. In his analysis, Thomas considers the liminal status of the rooftop and its complexities as both an extension of the domestic sphere and an escape from it during a period of profound social and architectural transformation in New York City. Featuring insightful analysis and more than eighty full-color illustrations, this catalog will appeal to art historians and art enthusiasts alike.

A young priest, a struggling parish, a search for wisdom and love.

This important collection reveals that Augustine's political thought drew on and diverged from the classical tradition, contributing to the study of questions at the center of all Western political thought.Studies on Augustine have burgeoned over the past decade, but attention has focused primarily on his writings on philosophy and theology. Less attention has been given to his political teaching, despite his well-known and influential statements on politics, most notably in his City of God. This collection of essays examines Augustine's corpus with a view to understanding his political thought. Taking seriously what he has to say about politics, the contributors here begin with Augustine's own reflections on politics-and often in writings where one least expects to find such reflections, such as the autobiographical Confessions, his letters, and his sermons.The contributors then consider the ways in which Augustine's teaching relates to that of his predecessors, the classical thinkers, as well as to the thought of other medieval thinkers, revealing that Augustine both drew on and diverged from the classical tradition and influenced the political thought of later medieval and even modern thinkers. This important collection thus contributes to the history of political thought and to the study of the questionsat the center of all Western political thought. RICHARD J. DOUGHERTY is professor of politics and chair of the Department of Politics at the University of Dallas.

A stunning new book showing how the Beatles' song lyrics contain secret conversations between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Varying between strong affection and outright hostility, these hidden messages clearly mirror the fluctuations the two Beatles were experiencing in their personal relationship at the time. The Beatles themselves have made only fleeting references to this troubled phase. Paul McCartney acknowledges what he calls the "song wars" period, confirming that, at the time, "I was really writing a lot of songs to John." John Lennon meanwhile played down the negative tone of his messages saying "I'm entitled to call Paul what I want and vice versa. It's in our family"