Download or read book A Sudden Outbreak of Magic written by Michael Jasper and published by UnWrecked Press. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic: more contagious than the common cold… Kelley Strickland and her twin brother Jeroan accidentally step into an ancient battle between a power-hungry Sorcerer—who wants to rid the world of what he calls “renegade” magic-users—and a good Sorcerer who can barely remember his own name. Kelley soon learns that her new-found way of using magic just might save her adopted city, her brother, and her new, magically infected friends. Or it could doom them all. A fantasy novel for all ages about ancient power, growing up, and finding your place within those two very different realms. The first book in the Contagious Magic series, followed by A Wild Epidemic of Magic.
Download or read book Daja s Book written by Tamora Pierce and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Daja is cast out of the Trader community, she makes her own family with her fellow mages-in-training. But when danger faces the Traders, it is up to Daja to save the people who turned her away.
Download or read book David Copperfield s History of Magic written by David Copperfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this personal journey through a unique performing art, David Copperfield profiles some of the world's most groundbreaking magicians. From the sixteenth-century magistrate who wrote an early book on conjuring, to the roaring twenties and the man who fooled Houdini, to the woman who levitated, vanished, and caught bullets in her bare hands, David Copperfield's History of Magic takes you on a wild journey through the remarkable feats of some of the greatest magicians in history. The result is a sweeping tale that reveals how these astonishing performers were outsiders who used magic to escape class, challenge conventions, transform popular culture, explore the innermost workings of the human mind, and inspire scientific discovery. Their incredible stories are complemented by more than 100 never-before-seen photographs of artifacts from Copperfield's exclusive Museum of Magic, including a sixteenth-century manual on sleight-of-hand; Houdini's straitjackets, handcuffs, and water torture chamber; Dante's famous sawing-in-half apparatus; Alexander's high-tech turban that allowed him to read people's minds; and even some coins that may have magically passed through the hands of Abraham Lincoln. By the end of the book, you'll be sure to share Copperfield's passion for the power of magic. --
Download or read book Fragments of Death Fables of Identity written by Eleni Neni K. Panourgia and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference on all aspects of the regional and international conflict, focusing on the period since the adoption of the Palestinian partition plan in November 1947; the first Arab-Israeli War up to the Israel- PLO Declaration of Principles; and the Israel-Jordon Peace Treaty. Entries of varying length, on political, military and diplomatic events as well as people, institutions, and concepts, contain bibliographies and cross references. Includes a chronology spanning centuries, and a list of abbreviations and acronyms. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book The Watkins Dictionary of Magic written by Nevill Drury and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 3000 authoritative, cross-referenced entries, covering magical traditions from all around the world.
Download or read book Gunning for the Buddha written by Michael Jasper and published by UnWrecked Press. This book was released on 2013-12-21 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him. A young woman struggling with drug addiction catches aliens on her digital camera. A man with elemental powers struggles with morality and carrying out the orders of his bosses. The dead leave their graves and take up... surfing? Gunning for the Buddha collects fifteen stories that range from near-future science fiction to historical dark fantasy and contemporary horror, touching on a range of genres in the process. These wide-ranging stories were previously published in magazines such as Asimov's, Strange Horizons, The Best of All Flesh, and Writers of the Future. Enjoy the voyages, and watch out for false Buddhas on the road! “Don’t be looking for bold starship captains or warrior maidens wielding magic swords in Gunning for the Buddha. Michael Jasper serves up something refreshingly different: a heady brew of ordinary folks making tough decisions at the far edges of reality. Spend some time with these stories and you’re bound to bump into people you know who find themselves in places you’ve only dreamed about.” — Hugo-winning author James Patrick Kelly “Mike Jasper brings the common touch to the most uncommon situations. Welcome to his world.” — Nebula-winning author John Kessel
Download or read book The Oxford History of Witchcraft and Magic written by Owen Davies and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Histories you can trust. This history provides a readable and fresh approach to the extensive and complex story of witchcraft and magic. Telling the story from the dawn of writing in the ancient world to the globally successful Harry Potter films, the authors explore a wide range of magical beliefs and practices, the rise of the witch trials, and the depiction of the Devil-worshipping witch. The book also focuses on the more recent history of witchcraft and magic, from the Enlightenment to the present, exploring the rise of modern magic, the anthropology of magic around the globe, and finally the cinematic portrayal of witches and magicians, from The Wizard of Oz to Charmed and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Download or read book The Varieties of Magical Experience written by Lynne L. Hume Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-01-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare combination of personal and academic, this book showcases the myriad avenues for transcending the boundaries of reality through direct sensory experience. The Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval, and Modern Magic provides a comprehensive volume that examines magic in all its aspects. Through detailed case studies, verbatim accounts of personal experiences, and first-hand experience from the authors' own active participation in many alternative religious rituals and ceremonies, this unique book reveals how magic can be a universal phenomenon that crosses cultural, historical, and spatial boundaries. The work is organized in five sections that embrace several broad themes: indigenous magical and shamanic practices; medieval witchcraft; sorcery and hermetic magic; and contemporary Western magical practices, including the role of sexuality, trance, and meditation. The introductory section explores the idea of magic, other realities, and the employment of all the senses, while the final section discusses contemporary issues of ecology and cybermagic. The authors give voice to the powerful emotions and feelings that result from a magical encounter, providing engaging and accessible information to general readers, while those well versed in the opaque world of magic and occultism, consciousness studies, and imaginal and disembodied realms will appreciate the book's content at a deeper level.
Download or read book Magical Realism written by Lois Parkinson Zamora and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On magical realism in literature
Download or read book The Last Sorcerer written by Michael Jasper and published by UnWrecked Press. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic: It can show up in the strangest places… An old man sleeping in a cardboard box in snowy Chicago holds the secret of sorcery in his head. Thanks to the damage done to him by using magic decades ago, he doesn’t realize it. Most days he can’t even remember his own name. But when two teens try to jump him in an alley, the magic Words come back to him at last, and he “infects” the kids with magic. And soon Chicago has a wild epidemic of magic on its hands… An earlier, but still self-contained version of the novel A Sudden Outbreak of Magic, but with a slightly altered cast of characters and plotlines. Consider it the “alternate-world” version of the Contagious Magic story.
Download or read book Outbreak Company Volume 4 written by Ichiro Sakaki and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHINICHI'S A MAID MAN A passage to another world has been discovered in the "Sea of Trees" near Mount Fuji. That other world is the Holy Eldant Empire, and it's a full-on fantasy universe, with dragons flying through the sky and everything! The Japanese government, eager to profit from this discovery, secretly sets up a company called Amutech to promote trade by bringing otaku culture to the benighted inhabitants of this land. But wouldn't you know it, their secret got out! Or anyway, it's about to. And that's bad, right? Amutech general manager, former home security guard, and thoroughbred otaku Kanou Shinichi has a solution, and it's so otaku it hurts: he wants to hold a magical cosplay contest and photo shoot. And in the process, he may be surprised at what he learns about the hidden talents--and the hidden past--of his personal bodyguard, Minori. Shinichi is in for more than he bargained for (again!) in Volume 4 of Outbreak Company!
Download or read book Infected written by Maya Riley and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's the worst that could happen? Sit down and let me tell you.The Void Virus has been let loose on the Earth. Caused by experiments gone wrong, an outbreak has ravaged the world. Anyone infected has turned into a decaying empty shell, void of their former selves. The animate decomposing bodies have become known as Rotters, stumbling around for the scent of the living.Alone in the dark new world where even the dead don't die, I must fight to survive. Not only against the Rotters, but the remaining uninfected who have turned savage in their plight of survival; the scavers.As the world I once knew is lost, a new one emerges. Strange things begin to happen. Some are able to wield power over the elements. I develop a strange healing ability. It is unknown if this is a rogue symptom of the virus, or if the solitude is driving me crazy.Puppy, my German Shepherd, and I have been on our own until four guys enter my life and refuse to leave. Strangely enough, they're just as broken as I am.My name is Blyss and we will set this world on fire if necessary. After all... What's the worst that could happen?**18+ Reverse Harem Romance. Warning: this book contains some scenes and references of abuse that some readers may find triggering**
Download or read book The Magic Years written by Selma H. Fraiberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering work on early childhood development that is as relevant today as when it was first published 60 years ago. To a small child, the world is an exciting but sometimes frightening and unstable place. In The Magic Years, Selma Fraiberg takes the reader into the mind of the child, showing how he confronts the world and learns to cope with it. With great warmth and perception, she discusses the problems at each stage of development and reveals the qualities—above all, the quality of understanding—that can provide the right answer at critical moments.
Download or read book Heresy Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe written by Gary K Waite and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fifteenth century many authorities did not believe Inquisitors' stories of a supposed Satanic witch sect. However, the religious conflict of the sixteenth-century Reformation - especially popular movements of reform and revolt - helped to create an atmosphere in which diabolical conspiracies (which swept up religious dissidents, Jews and magicians into their nets) were believed to pose a very real threat. Fear of the Devil and his followers inspired horrific incidents of judicially-approved terror in early modern Europe, leading after 1560 to the infamous witch hunts. Bringing together the fields of Reformation and witchcraft studies, this fascinating book reveals how the early modern period's religious conflicts led to widespread confusion and uncertainty. Gary K. Waite examines in-depth how church leaders dispelled rising religious doubt by persecuting heretics, and how alleged infernal plots, and witches who confessed to making a pact with the Devil, helped the authorities to reaffirm orthodoxy. Waite argues that it was only when the authorities came to terms with pluralism that there was a corresponding decline in witch panics.
Download or read book Outbreak Company Volume 8 written by Ichiro Sakaki and published by J-Novel Club. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Â HOW DO YOU FIGURE? To everyoneâs surprise, Japan turns out to be connected to a fantasy world called the Holy Eldant Empire via a mysterious warp hole. The Japanese government sets up a company called Amutech to facilitate cultural exchange with their new neighbors by creating a fresh market for otaku culture. Lately, magically-animated figures have been all the rage in the empire. Combined with some incredible stuff he sees at a dwarven workshop, Shinichi resolves to develop a brand-new, uber-otaku technology the likes of which Eldant has never seen, all for the Empress, Petralka. Meanwhile, the worldâs elves and dwarves must confront a new danger!
Download or read book The City of All Worlds written by Michael Jasper and published by UnWrecked Press. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bartolamus the Sorcerer is dying. His days of adventuring and forging new words of magic are firmly behind him. Or so it seems. As his trembling apprentice approaches his bedside with a silver whistle in his right hand and a tarnished bell in his left, the ancient wizard shares his history. He also reveals his plans for one last quest: an attempt to re-open the doors to the barred and mysterious City of All-Worlds, far away and spoken of only in whispers. For the locked City of All-Worlds is rumored to hold a portal at its center that could link other worlds to this one. A portal of immense power and danger. A gateway that once made the world of Subaridon a vibrant and thriving land. Will Bartolamus the Sorcerer return to the City and return Subaridon to its former glory? Or is this all simply the raving of a dying madman? Blow the silver whistle and ring the tarnished bell, and see for yourself…
Download or read book Acceptance written by C.R. Rice and published by 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-12-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shadows are closing in and Averie must stand alone. In the climactic finale of the Realms saga, the Rebellion is the Realm’s last hope against the encroaching darkness. In a final, desperate stand against the Shadow Army, Averie must finally confront Sera, the embodiment of betrayal, in a battle that could pull the Realms back from the brink of destruction. While the Rebellion defends their queen and their home, Averie’s resolve is tested. The young queen must confront the painful truth of her stolen memories and the sacrifices made along the way. In a breathtaking conclusion filled with heart-pounding action and gut-wrenching emotion, Averie's journey culminates in a showdown that will forever alter the destiny of the Realms.
