New Releases by Sean Williams

Luke Skywalker und seine Gefährten sind beinahe am Ziel: Sie stehen kurz vor der Entdeckung des legendären lebenden Planeten Zonoma Sekot. Als sie ihn schließlich lokalisieren können, müssen sie jedoch feststellen, dass die Yuuzhan Vong ihn ebenfalls aufgespürt haben – doch der Planet wehrt sich gegen die Vong und vernichtet ihre Raumschiffe an seinem Himmel. Mittlerweile versuchen Leia und Han Solo herauszufinden, warum die beiden Relaisstationen schweigen, die die Kommunikation zwischen den inneren Systemen und den Außenregionen der Galaxis ermöglichen – und geraten dabei mitten in eine gewaltige Flotte der Yuuzhan Vong ...

The Jedi move one step closer to saving the embattled galaxy— only to confront a formidable wall of resistance. The harrowing search for Zonama Sekot is finally over for Luke Skywalker, Jacen Solo, and the others aboard the Jade Shadow. But joy turns to alarm when the living planet sends a defiant message: it refuses to follow them back to a galaxy full of war, exploitation, and misery. While Luke works feverishly to persuade the elusive planet to reconsider, the Yuuzhan Vong launches a full-scale attack aimed at the heart of the new alliance. Sent to defend a major communications base, Han and Leia find themselves hopelessly outnumbered. Reinforcements are just too far away to help before everything is destroyed. So the courageous pair must now fight an unrelenting battle against staggering odds. Whether they actually survive is another matter. . . . Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

Long-standing foes must put aside their ancient grudges and deep-seated distrust to uncover and defeat a threat to the galaxy before it can escape its isolation—forcing Sith and Jedi to raise their lightsabers together. “When I look into you, I see no loyalty. . . . I sense only tangled allegiances. . . . Given a choice, I would never trust you.” From across the galaxy they’ve come: agents of both the Republic and the Sith Empire, an investigating Jedi Padawan, an ex-trooper drummed out of the Republic’s elite Blackstar Squad, and a mysterious Mandalorian. An extraordinary auction has drawn them all together—in quest of a prize only one can claim. Each is prepared to do what he must to possess the treasure, whose value may be the wealth of a world itself. No one intends to leave empty-handed. All have secrets, desires, and schemes. And nothing could ever unite them as allies—except the truth about the deadly danger of the object they covet. But can Sith and Jedi, Republic and Empire—enemies for millennia—join as one against the certain doom of the galaxy?

Based on the online game developed by BioWare and LucasArts, this novel is set in the Old Republic--thousands of years before the rise of Darth Vader--and contains characters from the game.

Bright Star of the West examines the life, repertoire, and influence of Ireland''s greatest sean-nos (old-style) singer, Joe Heaney (1919-1984). Best known for popularing this form of Gaelic a cappella folk song in the United States, authors Sean Williams and Lillis Ó Laoire reveal the ways in which Heaney''s life story demonstrates the intertwining of music with political memory and cultural understanding.

A unique, integrative, team-centered approach to writing and formatting technical documents Technical Professionals: Do you have difficulty producing high-quality documents with multiple contributors when faced with a tight deadline? Do you need a process that enables global team members to collaborate online as they produce sophisticated documents? Do you prefer the ease of a WYSIWG desktop publishing tool like Microsoft Word rather than more complex software like LaTeX? Professors and Graduate Students: Do you want to streamline the process of writing multi-investigator papers, reports, proposals, and books? Do you spend a lot of time formatting documents instead of thinking and writing? Do you write research papers in Microsoft Word and then need to convert them to LaTeX for your thesis? Do you write research papers in LaTeX and then need to convert them to Microsoft Word when embarking on collaborations with your colleagues from industry? Undergraduate Students: Do you need to write a research paper and don''t know where to start? Do you need to collaborate with classmates on a long paper and find yourself lost in organizational details rather than immersed in the content? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, Technical Writing for Teams: The STREAM Tools Handbook is for you. It provides an easy-to-learn system that streamlines individual and collaborative writing, allowing you and your teams to instantly become more productive and create the highest quality documents in a minimum amount of time. Introduced here are the STREAM Tools—Scientific and Technical wRiting, Editing, And file Management Tools—which unlock your collaborators'' potential and addresses team dynamics, separation of duties, and workflow. You''ll see how to ensure compatibility among multiple writers, achieve consistent formatting, organize content, integrate bibliographic databases, automate the process of document preparation, and move content between Microsoft Word and LaTeX. Checklists, guidelines, and success stories are also included to help you operate as efficiently as possible. From planning and editing documents to solving common team writing problems to managing workflow, Technical Writing for Teams: The STREAM Tools Handbook is the one-stop reference that allows teams to collaborate successfully and create unified, effective documents.

This book focuses on Irish song in both Gaelic and English. It unfolds as a general study of the Celtic regions, and then builds a comparative study of the instrumental music traditions of both Ireland and Scotland.

Seemingly returned from the dead, the assassin Starkiller, who has been purged of his memories, reunites with beautiful Imperial fighter pilot Juno Eclipse to fight back against Darth Vader and avoid permanent enslavement to the dark side of the Force

The Divide is flooded, at great cost of human - and inhuman - life. Far from home, Sal, Shilly and Skender seek the source of the deluge in the legendary Hanging Mountains, traveling in a magical ship of bone. New threats await them in the fog forests of the Panic, and new tests of their friendship. Caught in a conflict that erupts between two long-forgotten civilizations, they struggle to discern ally from foe, and to find trust when it is needed most. In their wake comes the Homunculus, vessel and prison of the Castillo twins - sole, strange survivors of the catastrophe that changed the world forever, a thousand years ago. Their mission is paramount, their urgency contagious. Something much darker and deadlier than the Swarm is stirring in the heart of the mountains. And for Habryn Kail, already assumed dead by his masters, it might really be the finish of him, this time ...

A great misdeed has been committed. It was the cover-up of the true fruit of knowledge. The church and the government both seek to prevent us from finding this truth because they know that it means an end to their comfort. The true purpose of the fruit of knowledge is to reconnect each one of our individual minds to God. It was not forbidden by God, the church and the government forbid us from eating it because they seek to keep us under control. Break free from their deception. Awaken your spiritual mind and find God''s love for yourself. This book proves that Jesus was inspired by the psychedelic experience and deciphers the Gospel of Thomas in order to complete Jesus'' true message and teachings. Your eternal life depends on you reading this book.

This book points out the undeniable similarities between The Gospel of Thomas, the psychedelic experience, the mystic path, and the near death experience in order to put together the big picture and expose the truth about our existence. Can you put together the similarities and understand the TRUTH that organized religion and the government have sought to keep from us? Do you have the ears to HEAR?

This book points out the undeniable similarities between the teachings of Jesus via the Gospel of Thomas, the psychedelic experience, mysticism, and the near death experience, to guide us down the road of life toward our ultimate destination, spiritual consciousness. The knowledge within this book can help you achieve for yourself what a lifetime of religion will fail to do for you.

Six hundred thousand years after Imre Bergamasc''s abdication, a rebellion is brewing underneath the veneer of civilization and Imre''s unexpected and unwelcome return threatens the fate of humanity and ignites a war that could destroy the seemingly peaceful galaxy. Original.

The second volume of Sean Williams'' widescreen epic of personal redemption and the fall of galatic empires.

Au cœur des Régions Inconnues, une multitude de dangers guettent Luke Skywalker et ses compagnons, partis à la recherche de Zonama Sekot, la planète vivante qui pourrait être la clé d''une victoire définitive des Jedi sur les Yuuzhan Vong. A condition de la trouver, et de revenir vivants... Pendant ce temps, à l''autre bout de la galaxie, de vieilles querelles, ravivées par les Vong, menacent de saper de l''intérieur les forces d''un monde devenu stratégiquement vital pour l''Alliance Galactique. Un nouveau défi que devront relever Yan et Leia, engagés dans une mission diplomatique dont ils se demandent vite si elle ne sera pas la dernière !

Swift and deadly, the Yuuzhan Vong have blasted their way across the galaxy—and now stand on the threshold of total victory. Yet a courageous few still dare to oppose them. . . . Rife with hostile cultures and outright enemies, the Unknown Regions holds many perils for Luke Skywalker and the Jedi, searching for Zonama Sekot, the living planet that may hold the key to dealing once and for all with the Yuuzhan Vong. Meanwhile, on the edge of the galaxy and in the heart of a trusted ally, old enemies are stirring. The Yuuzhan Vong have inflamed long-forgotten vendettas that are even now building up to crisis point. And as Han and Leia journey on their quest to knit the unraveling galaxy back together, betrayal and deception await them. . . .

Sal''s life has been thrown into turmoil. Homeless and haunted by a past he never suspected he had, he is unsure where he is running to, but Shilly is very clear on what she wants. She wants to find Lodo''s old teacher and learn from him.

Fantasy adventure novel, the third book of the Books of the Change series. Sal, Shilly and Skender arrive at the island of the Haunted City, home to the Sky Wardens and where the Syndic, Sal''s great-aunt, tries to have them imprisoned. Out-smarting the Syndic and evading the machinations of the Sky Wardens, the three adventurers move into the city and try to uncover the secrets of the restless ghosts that live behind the ancient glass of the Haunted City. Author''s previous titles include ''Metal Fatigue'' and ''The Resurrected Man''. He is a Ditmar and Aurealis award winner and has been commissioned to co-write the new Star Wars: New Jedi Order series.

Renegade intelligence agent Morgan Roche has been charged by the High Humans to protect mankind from the threat of the clone warriors. Pursuing one such warrior into Sol System, she strives to learn the true identity of the enemy.