Author: R. A. MacAvoy
Publisher: ereads.com
Keywords: lens, world, book, trilogy
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2002-11-08
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 1585869945
ISBN-13: 9781585869947

Lens of the World is the story of a prodigious life. It recounts the coming of age of Nazhuret, an outcast and orphan who rises from his lowly estate as a ward of the Sordaling military school to become a mighty warrior, philosopher, and confidant of the King of Vestinglon. As he grows, the young man receives outlandish knowledge and is prepared for an entirely exceptional destiny far beyond the narrow confines of his kingdom. In Lens Of The World, master storyteller R.A. Macavoy spins a narrative web packed with nuances and mysteries, feverish dreams and unlikely rewards. "LENS OF THE WORLD I

Author: R. A. MacAvoy
Publisher: e-reads.com
Keywords: lute, damiano
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-02-27
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0759297479
ISBN-13: 9780759297470

"I found Damiano’s Lute very absorbing. The author’s ability to bring to vivid life the general background of this period of history, and yet interweave it with the type of fantasy which was actually accepted in that day of positive faith is truly amazing. I really found this book to be more compelling than the first. The scenes of the Black Death-dreadful as they were-come through as if taken from eyewitness accounts. This is fantasy at its highest point. Ms. MacAvoy’s talent is a strong, flowing one." -Andre Norton This novel is a sequel to Damiano. Set against the turb

Author: R. A. MacAvoy
Publisher: e-reads.com
Keywords: trilogy, world, lens, wolf, belly
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 1999-12-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0759204047
ISBN-13: 9780759204041

After the death of King Rudolf, Nazhuret journeys back to his homeland to intercede in a rebellion led by an old student, but soon finds himself involved with a diplomatic assassin, conversing with ghosts, and battling sea monsters. Reprint.

Authors:Ira Millstein, Paul W. MacAvoy,
Publisher: Stanford Business Book
Keywords: governance, corporate, crisis, recurrent
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2004-08-18
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0804750866
ISBN-13: 9780804750868

In the last thirty years, there has been a gradual erosion in the abilities and responsibilities of corporate boards. In addition to the ethics scandals that have plagued companies both new and established over the last three years, a number of over-diversified, over-staffed companies experienced failures that might have been avoided had there been proper oversight on the part of the board. While reform of the governance system has received considerable attention from the press, business leaders, and politicians, there have been few analyses of what is really happening on a systemic level, and