All leaders of organisations I meet live with the question: "How can I motivate my people that they deal themselves, out of their own sense of responsibility, with the work challenges they meet, the goals they strive towards, the changes they experience, and that they take the right initiatives?" Co-workers I meet in organisations live with the question: "How can I make sure that they will listen to us, so that finally we can share the real problems we are facing in the work: what are they all doing up there creating changes all the time?" In this book we explore a new methodology for handling the gap between bosses and workers, in particular a methodology that supports the way we deal together with complex changes of organisations, with 'slow questions' that have no easy answers. This methodology meets the inner inspiration that shows itself in the outer movement. It is connected to recent developments in social sciences that are characterised in this book. It is also connected to the practices of leaders in organisations that search for and find new ways for dealing with resistant change issues and processes and with 'slow questions in swampy circumstances'.
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<p><em>A Japanese woman, a tentacle monster with one thing on his mind... </em></p> <br> <p>Japan has just been hit with a nuclear blast, sending all of the residents to their maker, except for a family of three that had foresight to find themselves in an underground bunker. Tamara is one such lucky soul, and she comes out to find that the rest of the population has been decimated and there is no sign of any life anywhere. Her curiosity gets the better of her, and she begins to explore on her own, until finally she is accosted by something that isn't fully human that wants to explore every part of her.</p> <br> <p><em>This is a japanese erotic story.</em></p>
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"THE SORCERER'S RING has all the ingredients for an instant success: plots, counterplots, mystery, valiant knights, and blossoming relationships replete with broken hearts, deception and betrayal. It will keep you entertained for hours, and will satisfy all ages. Recommended for the permanent library of all fantasy readers." --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos In AN OATH OF BROTHERS, Thorgrin and his brothers emerge from the land of the dead, more driven than ever to find Guwayne, and set sail across a hostile sea, leading them to places beyond their wildest dreams. As they come ever-closer to finding Guwayne, they also encounter obstacles unlike ever before, obstacles which will test them to their very limits, which will call on all their training and force them to stand together as one, as brothers. Darius stands up to the Empire, boldly amassing an army as he frees one slave village after the next. Facing off against fortified cities, against an army a thousand times his size, he summons all of his instincts and courage, determined to survive, determined to win, to strive for freedom at any cost, even at the cost of his life. Gwendolyn, with no other choice, leads her people into the Great Waste, deeper into the Empire than anyone has ever journeyed, on a quest to find the legendary Second Ring—the last hope for the survival of her people, and the last hope for Darius. Yet along the way she will encounter horrific monsters, worse landscapes, and an insurrection from amidst her own people that even she may not be able to stop.
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Beowulf could well be the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and simultaneously one of the most important works of Old English literature. The action is set in Scandinavia, where Beowulf comes to the aid of Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, who is under attack by a monster known as Grendel. Beowulf conquers Grendel and finally also his mother.Later he also defeats a dragon, but is fatally wounded in the battle.
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It is about an English-style detective novel. <br> On 29 of October 2003, Ms. Carol Tompkins, an antique dealer, finds herself involved, for a strange twist of fate, in the murder of Sally Barnes, who was killed by a slit to her throat. Superintendent Baxter investigates the case, collecting countless clues about the victim and the people that were part of her life. Many are the leads to follow, and it is plausible that behind the murder there are financial interests connected to the sale of the Barnes’s villa, and especially to the disappearance of extremely valuable daggers, among which one that had belonged to Cleopatra. Carol finds herself being investigated, and is unaware of the killer’s motive, but she will strive to defend her innocence. Eventually, she will discover the truth that will render justice not only to the victim Sally, but also to her own life, wiping out the blanket of shadows and hypocrisy that wrapped it. <br> <br> PUBLISHER: TEKTIME
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The Lurking Fear is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft in the horror fiction genre. Written in November 1922, it was first published in the January through April 1923 issues of Home Brew. In 1921, an unnamed reporter and local monster-hunter travels to Tempest Mountain, in the Catskills range, after reports of various attacks by a group of unidentified creatures against the local inhabitants reaches the media. A month before, a massive thunderstorm, even larger than the ones which usually plague the region, had drifted across the mountains, and brought with it destruction. The next morning, many homes were destroyed, seemingly by the storm, but upon closer inspection, the destruction seemed to be left by an enraged beast. The affected area, originally home to only 75 citizens, was completely destroyed, leaving no survivors. Gathering what information he can from the locals, he finds out that most of the legends surround the foreboding Martense mansion, a century-old Dutch homestead, which has been disregarded by the police as it's apparently abandoned. The narrator, bringing with him two companions as his bodyguards, enters the mansion at night, just when another thunderstorm approaches, and takes up residence in the room of Jan Martense, a member of the family believed to have been murdered. The mansion is completely deserted, but the narrator and his friends take precautions and plan several methods of escape, in case they are attacked during the night by whatever force haunts the house. Despite their careful preparation, keeping watch in shifts and sleeping armed, the group eventually drift off to sleep. The narrator wakes up to discover both his companions missing and, in a flash of lightning, witnesses a demonic shadow briefly cast upon the mansion's chimney by a grotesque monster. Neither of his companions are ever seen again.
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Jack ist Lehrling des alten Barden Drachenzunge. Von ihm hat er gelernt, über die Magie der Erde zu gebieten. Aber ist er auch fähig, den Kampf gegen einen Meeresgeist aufzunehmen, der Jacks Dorf bedroht und auf ewige Rache sinnt? Um ein Unglück abzuwenden, macht Jack sich zusammen mit dem Barden und der Schildmaid Thorgil auf den gefahrvollen Weg nach Notland, in das Reich des gefürchteten Seevolks der Nordmänner. Sie reisen auf einem Wikingerschiff, bekämpfen unterwegs einen Hogboon, treffen Hobgoblins und Meermädchen und sogar Odin, den alten Kriegsgott. Gemeinsam trotzen die Freunde tödlichen Gefahren, und doch scheint es am Ende so, als würde das untote Monster einen von ihnen als Preis fordern. Jetzt muss sich zeigen, ob Jack schon soweit ist, das Erbe des Barden anzutreten. High Fantasy der Extraklasse! In dieser Trilogie erschafft Nancy Farmer meisterhaft aus nordischen Sagen und Erzählungen ein Fantasy-Epos in der Tradition von J. R. R. Tolkiens Der Herr der Ringe. "Nebelrache" ist der dritte Band einer Trilogie. Die Vorgängerbände sind "Drachenmeer" und "Elfenfluch".
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Schwarze Magie lockte ein Ungeheuer aus seinen Gewässern hervor. Seitdem überziehen Tod und Zerstörung das Weidener Land, während die Kriegerin Farnlieb und ihre Freunde dem Nekromanten tapfer zu Leibe rücken. Doch nur ein Mensch kennt die Zaubersprüche, die das Monster vertreiben könnten. Der aber lebt in seinem gläsernen Turm hoch in den Wolken...
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