The manual is linked below. Thanks to everyone who worked on putting it together an making it look great. Especially Toby Sarnelle, Kathleen Lane, Brian Clair, Leo Li and Nicole Gambrell.
https://www.stardock.cachefly.net/FE_manual.pdf
It's also worth checking out the Hiergamenon, a lorebook and history of the world of Elemental: https://www.elementalgame.com/hiergamenon
Enjoy,
Derek
edit: manual updated 10/23/2012
edit2: If you are looking for a 'slim' version of the manual, with increased performance on tablets and older computers, you can find one here: https://www.stardock.cachefly.net/FE_slim.pdf
edit3: If you're looking for a PDF version of the Hiergamenon, it's now available at: https://www.stardock.cachefly.net/FE_Hiergamenon.pdf