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Tales of Hayven Celestia

Hayven Celestia, #3

by Rick Griffin, Gre7g Luterman, Frances Pauli, Phox Sillanpaa, Kandrel, SixSydes, Kate Watts, Robert Carter, Wyatt Winters ...

Series Book 3 - Hayven Celestia
Something long and sinuous eclipsed the searing sunlight. Lifeless and limp, the krakun captain of his vessel spiraled nearby. His commander. His better. His god.He failed. Failure. Unworthy.He'd run. The breeching pod had come through the wall, and he'd run. The laser at his hip had never even cleared the holster. He'd seen the look of disgust on his commander's face as he'd gone past in the ... Read more

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Something long and sinuous eclipsed the searing sunlight. Lifeless and limp, the krakun captain of his vessel spiraled nearby. His commander. His better. His god.He failed. Failure. Unworthy.He'd run. The breeching pod had come through the wall, and he'd run. The laser at his hip had never even cleared the holster. He'd seen the look of disgust on his commander's face as he'd gone past in the
... Read more
New Developments in the Trilateral Relationship between the United States, Taiwan, and China

by Dean P. Chen, Chi Fang, Karl Ho, Wei-hao Huang, Chien-pin Li, Chia-Yu Lin, Kuan-Chia Joshua Lin, Lin (Kirin) Pu, Robert G. Sutter, Austin Horng-En Wang, Stan Hok-Wui Wong0, Charles K.S. Wu1, Dr. Yao-Yuan Yeh3 ...

Taiwan has become a new flashpoint in Sino-U.S. relations in recent years. The nation just concluded its presidential and legislative elections in January 2024. The incumbent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a pyrrhic victory—with DPP keeping the presidential seat but losing the majority in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan (Congress). The political status of Taiwan is one of the few, if not the ... Read more

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Taiwan has become a new flashpoint in Sino-U.S. relations in recent years. The nation just concluded its presidential and legislative elections in January 2024. The incumbent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a pyrrhic victory—with DPP keeping the presidential seat but losing the majority in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan (Congress). The political status of Taiwan is one of the few, if not the
... Read more
Strategy-In-Practices

A Process-Philosophical Perspective on Strategy-Making

by Robert C. H. Chia, David Mackay ...

Series series Elements in Business Strategy
This Element maintains that increasing strategic effectiveness involves paying greater attention to the idiosyncratic capabilities and know-how already accumulated in an organization's shared practices and the modus operandi contained therein. An organization's modus operandi describes the practiced patterned regularities that enables it to achieve a consistency of response in strategic ... Read more

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This Element maintains that increasing strategic effectiveness involves paying greater attention to the idiosyncratic capabilities and know-how already accumulated in an organization's shared practices and the modus operandi contained therein. An organization's modus operandi describes the practiced patterned regularities that enables it to achieve a consistency of response in strategic
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Strategy without Design

The Silent Efficacy of Indirect Action

by Robert C. H. Chia, Robin Holt ...

Strategy exhibits a pervasive commitment to the belief that the best approach to adopt in dealing with affairs of the world is to confront, overcome and subjugate things to conform to our will, control and eventual mastery. Performance is about sustaining distinctiveness. This direct and deliberate approach draws inspiration from ancient Greek roots and has become orthodoxy. Yet there are ... Read more

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Strategy exhibits a pervasive commitment to the belief that the best approach to adopt in dealing with affairs of the world is to confront, overcome and subjugate things to conform to our will, control and eventual mastery. Performance is about sustaining distinctiveness. This direct and deliberate approach draws inspiration from ancient Greek roots and has become orthodoxy. Yet there are
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The Art of Cosmic Vision

Practices for Improving Your Eyesight

by Mantak Chia, Robert T. Lewanski ...

How to achieve perfect vision naturally through proven eye-training methods• Explains how vision problems are related to imbalances in the internal organs• Provides Taoist and Ayurvedic practices for harmonizing the liver and kidneys, the organs directly associated with eye problemsIn the West, problems with eyesight are treated separately from overall health, usually with prescription glasses or ... Read more

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How to achieve perfect vision naturally through proven eye-training methods• Explains how vision problems are related to imbalances in the internal organs• Provides Taoist and Ayurvedic practices for harmonizing the liver and kidneys, the organs directly associated with eye problemsIn the West, problems with eyesight are treated separately from overall health, usually with prescription glasses or
... Read more
Moonlight on Roseville Beach

Moonlight on Roseville Beach, #1

by R. Rook Studio, Richard Ruane, Rob Abrazado, Bendi Barrett, Sharang Biswas, Rick Chia, Alison Cybe, Ethan Harvey, Maxwell Lander, Catherine Ramen, Erin Roberts, Ennis Rook Bashe, Noora Rose, R. J. Ryan, Sean F. Smith, Anne Toole, Preston Leslie, Logan Rollins ...

Series Book 1 - Moonlight on Roseville Beach
A Queer Game of Disco & Cosmic Horror!Head west on Rose Island and you get to the pricey summertime communities like Saltwinne, Destiny Bay, or Dunewood. Head east and you'll find exclusive resort towns like Pinewood Harbor, Charmington, and Sunken Oak. But those city kids and artists looking to get away for a long weekend, they're heading right out to the middle of the island for that old ... Read more

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A Queer Game of Disco & Cosmic Horror!Head west on Rose Island and you get to the pricey summertime communities like Saltwinne, Destiny Bay, or Dunewood. Head east and you'll find exclusive resort towns like Pinewood Harbor, Charmington, and Sunken Oak. But those city kids and artists looking to get away for a long weekend, they're heading right out to the middle of the island for that old
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In the Realm of Organisation

Essays for Robert Cooper

Edited by Robert Chia ...

This book breaks new ground, departing from an emphasis on 'organisations' as social objects and moving towards a position of analysis which situates itself in the wider context of the late modernity. The contributors of this book acknowledge the impact of Robert Cooper on their own work and develop further his insistence that organisational analysis must be understood in terms of the ... Read more

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This book breaks new ground, departing from an emphasis on 'organisations' as social objects and moving towards a position of analysis which situates itself in the wider context of the late modernity. The contributors of this book acknowledge the impact of Robert Cooper on their own work and develop further his insistence that organisational analysis must be understood in terms of the
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Organized Worlds

Explorations in Technology and Organization with Robert Cooper

Edited by Robert Chia ...

Organized Worlds locates the study of organization within the wider area of social theory. It explores in detail the intricate relationships that exist between technology, representation and organization. The collection includes a chapter from the leading expert in the field, Robert Cooper, as well as an interview with him. Other contributors build upon and extend the findings of Cooper.This is a ... Read more

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Organized Worlds locates the study of organization within the wider area of social theory. It explores in detail the intricate relationships that exist between technology, representation and organization. The collection includes a chapter from the leading expert in the field, Robert Cooper, as well as an interview with him. Other contributors build upon and extend the findings of Cooper.This is a
... Read more
Displaced Heritage

Responses to Disaster, Trauma, and Loss

by Professor Ian Convery, Catherine Roberts, Chia-Li Chen, Claire Twigger-Ross, Diana Walters, Ellie Land, Esther Edwards, Gerard Corsane, Gordon Walker0, Graeme Were1, Hugh Deeming2, Isabelle Lackman3, James Gardner4, Jo Besley5, John Welshman6, Jonathan Skinner7, Josephine Baxter8, Maggie Mort9, Marc Ancrenaz0, Marion Walker1, Professor Peter Davis3, Mark Wilson4, Özgün Emre Can5, Pat Caplan6, Peter Lurz7, Phil O'Keefe8, Philip R Stone9, Rebecca Whittle0, Richard Johnson1, Rob Morley2, Andy Law3, Rupert Ashmore4, Sarah Elliot5, Shalini Sharma6, Stephen Miles7, Susannah Eckersley8, Takashi Harada9, Tim Padley0, William Medd1, Aron Mazel2, Athur McIvor3, Billy Sinclair4, Bryndis Snaebjornsdottir5, Bryony Onciul6 ...

The essays in this volume address the displacement of natural and cultural heritage caused by disasters, whether they be dramatic natural impacts or terrible events unleashed by humankind, including holocaust and genocide. Disasters can be natural or human-made, rapid or slow, great or small, yet the impact is effectively the same; nature, people and cultural heritage are displaced or lost. Yet ... Read more

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The essays in this volume address the displacement of natural and cultural heritage caused by disasters, whether they be dramatic natural impacts or terrible events unleashed by humankind, including holocaust and genocide. Disasters can be natural or human-made, rapid or slow, great or small, yet the impact is effectively the same; nature, people and cultural heritage are displaced or lost. Yet
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The Captain's Oath

The Final Days of the White Flower II, #2

by Rick Griffin ...

Series Book 2 - The Final Days of the White Flower II
The best-laid plans of geroo and ringel often go awry. Nobody knows that as well as the crew of the White Flower II, the geroo ship whose captain still bears the literal scars of his last failure. Despite their best efforts, his ship and its crew still languish in slavery to the cruel krakun. But when a new opportunity for freedom presents itself, will the geroo be able to pull off an even more ... Read more

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The best-laid plans of geroo and ringel often go awry. Nobody knows that as well as the crew of the White Flower II, the geroo ship whose captain still bears the literal scars of his last failure. Despite their best efforts, his ship and its crew still languish in slavery to the cruel krakun. But when a new opportunity for freedom presents itself, will the geroo be able to pull off an even more
... Read more
Traitors, Thieves and Liars

The Final Days of the White Flower II, #1

by Rick Griffin ...

Series Book 1 - The Final Days of the White Flower II
THIS IS THE SECOND EDITION!Centuries ago, we lost our world. Planetary Acquisitions keeps us alive solely to maintain their vast fleet of gate ships in an endless quest to find them new worlds to settle—or to conquer. Years flutter by like a tree shedding its spring petals, and so we desperately cling to this chunk of dirt-and-machine we call home.And all those centuries since, we've been looking ... Read more

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THIS IS THE SECOND EDITION!Centuries ago, we lost our world. Planetary Acquisitions keeps us alive solely to maintain their vast fleet of gate ships in an endless quest to find them new worlds to settle—or to conquer. Years flutter by like a tree shedding its spring petals, and so we desperately cling to this chunk of dirt-and-machine we call home.And all those centuries since, we've been looking
... Read more
Ten Thousand Miles Up

Hayven Celestia, #1

by Rick Griffin ...

Series Book 1 - Hayven Celestia
In the deep reaches of space, the starship White Flower II arrives at the dead planet C18-3 in hopes of finding it fit for terraforming. Events turn quickly when Captain Ateri learns pirates had been trailing him for years, but they need him to pull off the greatest heist of all time: stealing a terraformer right out from under the noses of its sole possessors and Ateri's masters, the krakun. ... Read more

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In the deep reaches of space, the starship White Flower II arrives at the dead planet C18-3 in hopes of finding it fit for terraforming. Events turn quickly when Captain Ateri learns pirates had been trailing him for years, but they need him to pull off the greatest heist of all time: stealing a terraformer right out from under the noses of its sole possessors and Ateri's masters, the krakun.
... Read more

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