Magic Lands

Magic Lands takes place in the world of Doamanse. Doamanse has many lands, and many peoples. In the book Journey Beyond the Beyond (released internationally as Into the Beyond) takes places near the home of Ray. Ray is a young village boy who refers to his people as those of the In and those who are not his people as those of the Out. To prove himself a man, Ray must journey to the place lost and deep. Along the way he encounters a wide variety of characters and creatures, including old bull, mother slither, young bull, and a village smoot. He also meets an outsider girl named Kerry who is fro ...

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Adolescence is the transitional stage of development between childhood and full adulthood (gender-specific manhood, or womanhood), representing the period of time during which a person is biologically adult but emotionally not at full maturity. The ages which are considered to be part of adolescence vary by culture. In the United States, adolescence is generally considered to begin around age 12-13, and end at 19-20. By contrast, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines adolescence as the period of life between 10 and 20 years of a ...

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Robert Stanek was born on January 3, 1966 in Burlington, Wisconsin. His father was an entrepreneur who immigrated to America from Budapest, Hungary. His mother is the granddaughter of immigrants from France and Norway. He became interested in writing as a child and was creating stories virtually from the time he was able to read and write. At the age of nine he started work as a journalist and an editor. He joined the United States Air Force in 1985 and server in the Persian Gulf War from 1990-1991. He earned many medals for his wartime service, including the United States of America’s highest-flying ho ...

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A number of social scientists, including anthropologist Margaret Mead and sociologist Mike Males, have repeatedly noted the contradictory treatment of laws affecting adolescents in the United States. As Males has noted the US Supreme Court has, "explicitly ruled that policy-makers may impose adult responsibilities and punishments on individual youths as if they were adults at the same time laws and policies abrogate adolescents†...

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Robert Stanek was the fourth child of five and the only boy. He spent his early years in Racine, Wisconsin. As a child, he attended Janes School Elementary, a turn-of-the-century schoolhouse. The same school his grandfather attended. As a child, he loved reading. In an interview form Robert Stanek: Candid Conversations (2003), he states he was fascinated with the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not books and Guinness Book of World Records. He read classics like Treasure Island, The Swiss Family Robinson, Kidnapped, Robinson Crusoe, and The T ...

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Robert Stanek wrote his first novel in 1986 when he was stationed in Japan. He spent a large part of the next twenty years perfecting the story and developing a history of the world he called Ruin Mist. His first Ruin Mist novel was Keeper Martin's Tale, which was simultaneously released in adult and children's editions. He designed the original covers for the Ruin Mist books. The Ruin Mist books are available in many different English-language editions and have been translated into many languages, including: Spanish, Russian, Tu ...

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Robert Stanek - Adult Fiction Series. Ruin Mist Chronicles Keeper Martin's Tale (2002) Kingdom Alliance (2003) Fields of Honor (2004) Mark of the Dragon (2005) Ruin Mist Chronicles: Dark Path Elf Queen's Quest (2002) Robert Stanek - Young Adult Fiction Series. Keeper Martin's Tales The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches #1 (200 ...

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Robert Stanek entered the United States Air Force in 1985 and worked as a cryptologic linguist. His military training includes more than 3 years of language training. His linguistic background extends to Russian, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, and German, though in interviews he professes that much of his language skills have "dulled and rusted" since he hasn't used them. His strong background in multiple languages helped him develop the world of Ruin Mist. The names of people and places in this world are very distinct according to historical origins, and have roots in the ro ...

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Stanek is from a long-line of those who served in the military. He joined the United States Air Force in 1985. He attended basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. After basic training he spent the next two years in language training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas and Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas. His first duty station was Misawa Air Base in Misawa, Japan. During his several-year stay in Japan, he studied Japanese and Kendo. It was during his time in Jap ...

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The word preteen describes a child a bit younger than a teenager; perhaps between the ages of about 8 and 12. The neologism tween has the same meaning, but isn't in general use as either a colloquial or scientific term. This word comes from the age being between that of a young child and a teenager. Preteens are increasingly a specifically targeted market segment by business, because they tend to maintain the preferences they develop at this age. Even mobil ...

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Some adolescents and adults believe that people between the ages of 10 and 18 (or 21 or 25) are subjected to unjust discrimination. This form of discrimination is increasingly referred to as adultism. It is also called ageism, though that is simply prejudice on the grounds of age, not youth particularly. The underlying notion is that adolescents should be treated with equal respect as individuals by adults, institutions, and the law on the basis of their humanity, rather than being seen as "second-class citizens," intellectually inferior, or ...

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The word preteen describes a child a bit younger than a teenager; perhaps between the ages of about 8 and 12. The neologism tween has the same meaning, but isn't in general use as either a colloquial or scientific term. This word comes from the age being between that of a young child and a teenager. Preteens are increasingly a specifically targeted market segment by business, because they tend to maintain the preferences they develop at this age. Even mobile phones are targeted toward this group. Also, because pre ...

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Adolescence - Historical significance. Alexander the Great, conqueror Anne Frank, diarist Peter Fechter, killed in 1962 when attempting to cross the Berlin Wall Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, school shootings Patty Hearst, kidnapping victim Joan of Arc, military leader The Kangxi Emperor of China Pope John XII Tsarevich Alexei Nicolaievich of Russia and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna of Russia Timothy, Youngest leader of a ...

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Maturity in body leads to an interest in sexual activities, sometimes leading to teenage pregnancy. Since teens may not be emotionally mature enough or financially able to support children, the latter is usually considered problematic. At this age there is also a greater probability of drug and alcohol use, or mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, eating disorders and depression. The unstable emotions or lack of emotional intelligence among some adolescents may also lead to youth crime. Searching for a unique ide ...

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In commerce, this generation is seen as an important target. Cellular phones, contemporary popular music, movies, television programs, video games and clothes are heavily marketed and often popular amongst adolescents. In the past (and still in some cultures) there were ceremonies that celebrate adulthood, typically occurring during adolescence. Genpuku (translated as coming of age) in Japan is an instance. Upanayanam is a coming of age ceremony for males in the Hindu world. The bar mitzvah for boys and bat mitzv ...

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Puberty is the stage of the human lifespan in which a child develops secondary sex characteristics as his or her hormonal balance shifts strongly towards an adult state. This is triggered by the pituitary gland, which secretes a surge of hormones into the blood stream and begins the rapid maturation of the gonads: the girl's ovaries and the boy's testicles. Girls tend to enter puberty a year earlier than boys. The onset of puberty in girls is also related to body fat percentage. In most Western countries, the average age of menarche fell in a secular trend over the last century, most likely due to improved ...

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Adolescence - Historical significance. Alexander the Great, conqueror Anne Frank, diarist Peter Fechter, killed in 1962 when attempting to cross the Berlin Wall Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, school shootings Patty Hearst, kidnapping victim Joan of Arc, military leader Pope John XII Tsarevich Alexei Nicolaievich of Russia and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna of Russia Timothy, Youngest leader of an early Christian Church Ryan White, AIDS activist Franklin Sousley, one of the ...

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The books have many strange creatures: Black suckers - small nuisances that suck blood when attached to the skin, similar to leaches. Bulls - crocodile-like monsters with huge jaws and a great tail. Buzzers - small flying animals Dragon lizards - enormous lizards used as beasts of burden Falkishes - great flying beasts Slithers - giant snake-like monster ...

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Ray - a village boy who must undertake a journey of manhood. Kerry - a girl who Ray meets. Ephramme - a boy from Ray's village. Tall - a boy from Ray's village. Keen - a boy from Ray's village. Isaac - a boy from Ray's village. Village Smoot - the elder of Ray's village. Old Bull - crocodile-like monster that is Ray's nemesis. Young Bull - crocodile-like monster that is young and agile. Mot ...

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