Bücher von Peter Thomson

There has been a great crime, so the innocent must be punished. Two sisters are separated; one sent into exile, the other to serve a strict order. If they are to find each other again they must re-make themselves from servants into something else. A tale of two young women striving to change themselves and their world as plots and magic swirl about them.

Lawyers, knives and money. And a bit of magic. Izuli wants none of the Wild. She's an ambitious lawyer, on her way to a new position. Alas, things don't go as planned. A robber baron needs tax advice, and who misses a lawyer? Meanwhile, a band of rogues are on the trail of the big score. Is the pen mightier than the sword? The Servant's Story tells what happens when greed collides with legal cunning. A story of friendship and treachery, set in the magical world of the Wild, where the bizarre is an everyday occurrence.

A hunt across the world and through the Wild, with more at stake than the hunters realise. Jayas Zrei's last throw of the dice lost him everything. Everything except his wits, his skills and one companion in adversity. What else to do but try again, double or nothing, death or fortune? Surely luck will favour him this time. The big score has to be out there somewhere. Tol Henze is a magician who finds people who do not want to be found. It does not pay well, so when someone offers her a lot to find Jayas Zrei she sets out eagerly. The trail will be long and take her to strange places, but Jayas could be Tol's big score. A fourth Tale of the Wild, following on from The Servant's Story. Sometimes a quest is about finding what you really want.

Effran has a talent for magic. He is also a teenager and has trouble keeping his mind on the job. When some disastrous accidents keep him from entering college, his parents turn to another solution. Is Magistra Solstra just a teacher, or does she have a sinister plan? Why is her library full of snakes? Why does his fellow student carry a skull around? A story of learning magic and exploring the Wild.This novella joins the other Tales of the Wild by Peter Thomson: A Walk in the Wild, The Servant's Story and The Forked Path, all available on Amazon.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware, ICES 2000, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, in April 2000.The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. Among the topics covered are evaluation of digital systems, evolution of analog systems, embryonic electronics, bio-inspired systems, artificial neural networks, adaptive robotics, adaptive hardware platforms, molecular computing, reconfigurable systems, immune systems, and self-repair.

This 2006 introduction to English theatre, including illustrative quotations and carefully selected visual images, guides the reader through the turbulent history of the stage from the restoration of Charles II to the death of Queen Victoria. A lively read, the book is ideal for students, teachers and lecturers alike.

An accessible study of the production history of Mother Courage and Her Children, a key twentieth-century play.