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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Siobhan Flannery has survived serial killers, rogue elementals, meddling gods, and a sentient house that relocated itself across the country without warning. At this point, she really should know better than to expect a quiet year. Over the past eighteen months, Siobhan has gone from rebuilding her life after divorce to serving as a Custodian of the Golden Assembly. She's found a home, built a family, fallen in love with a dragon, and created a refuge for supernatural beings with nowhere else to turn. Unfortunately, the Onyx Assembly has spent those same eighteen months planning how to destroy it all. As old enemies emerge from the shadows and long-laid schemes finally come to fruition, Siobhan finds herself at the center of a conflict that threatens everything she has fought to build. The war she has spent months trying to prevent is finally here, and the people she loves are directly in the line of fire. With the arrival of Junior Dragon drawing closer by the day, allies gathering from across the country, and an enemy willing to sacrifice anyone to achieve victory, Siobhan is running out of time. To protect her family, her home, and the future of the supernatural world, she'll have to face the most dangerous challenge of her life.Because this time, failure won't just cost her everything she's built.>And if the Onyx Assembly thinks a pregnant Custodian is going to back down now, they clearly haven't been paying attention. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white figures, plates and tables throughout. ***A fine copy in colour-illustrated glossy laminated boards (as issued). Boards bright and clean. No creases or bumps. Internally also fine with no inscriptions. Pages clean. Spine tight. ***304mm x 214mm. 252 pages including an extensive bibliography to the rear. ***Eastern Jordan is divided environmentally into two sectors: the rocky basalt Harra to the west and the open gravel plains of the Hamad to the east. This is the first in a series of three reports on fieldwork carried out in this region from 1979 to 1991, presenting evidence for the Epipalaeolithic periods and Neolithic hunting stations in the Harra associated with the use of desert 'kites'. This volume also includes an edited summary of work by Uzbek and Russian scholars on hunting traps and animal migration patterns on the Ustiurt plateau in Uzbekistan, which lies between the Aral and the Caspian seas.' ***Contents:: The Epipaleolithic Periods by A.V.G. Betts with a contribution by A. N, Garrard; Dhuweila: Stratigraphy and Construction by A.V.G. Betts; Dhuweila: Chipped Stone by C. McCartney and A.V.G. Betts; Dhuweila: Ground Stone by K. Wright; Dhuweila: Pottery, Miscellaneous Objects and Imported Items by A.V.G. Betts with contributions by D.S. Reese, L. Cooke and C. McClintock; Dhuweila: Rock Carvings; by A.V.G. Betts; The Animal Bones by L. Martin; Dhuweila: Botanical Remains by S. Colledge with a contribution by J. Hather; Dhuweila: area Survey by A.V.G. Betts; Arrow-shaped Structures in the Aralo-Caspian steppe by V. N. Yagodin; Conclusion by A.V.G. Betts with a contribution by W. Lancaster. ***Up until the 1970s very little was known about the prehistory of Eastern Jordan. This was the first in a planned series of monographs covering fieldwork carried out from 1979 to 1991. [Quote taken from the back cover] ***First impression of the true first edition, very hard to find in such fine bright collectable condition. An extremely scholarly monograph, profusely illustrated throughout, of interest to collectors and academics studying archaeology and pre-history of Eastern Jordan and the Middle East. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. RO60146204: 1993. In-4. Broché. Etat passable, Coins frottés, Dos frotté, Intérieur acceptable. 124 pages. Nombreux dessins en noir et blanc, in texte. Texte en anglais. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.