Download or read book Unseen Magic written by Emily Lloyd-Jones and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Indie Next Pick “An enchanting read!”—Margaret Peterson Haddix, bestselling author of The Greystone Secrets “A magical voyage of self-discovery.”—Jenn Reese, author of A Game of Fox & Squirrels “Truly marvelous.”—Booklist (starred review) The trick to all magic is: you can only see it if you know where to look. The magic-infused town of Aldermere is the first place eleven-year-old Fin has ever felt safe—and she’ll do whatever it takes to save her home when she accidentally unleashes a shadow self who wreaks havoc everywhere she goes. Emily Lloyd-Jones’s middle grade debut is an enchanting exploration of self-discovery and finding the place you truly belong. Unseen Magic is for fans of A Wish in the Dark and A Tangle of Knots. Aldermere is a town with its own set of rules: there’s a tea shop that vanishes if you try to force your way in, crows that must be fed or they’ll go through your trash, and a bridge that has a toll that no one knows the cost of. Some say that there may even be bigfoots wandering through the woods. For Fin, Aldermere is her new home. But she’s worried that she’ll do something to mess it up—that she was the reason she and her mother have constantly moved from place to place for so long. When an upcoming presentation at her school’s science fair gives her increasing anxiety, Fin turns to magic to ease her fears. The cost is a memory, but there are things from her past Fin doesn’t mind forgetting. This will be the last time she relies on magic anyway, she's sure. Except things don’t go exactly as planned. And instead of easing her anxiety, Fin accidentally unleashes an evil doppelganger. Suddenly Aldermere is overrun with unusual occurrences—and Fin is the only one who knows why. She will have to face her fears—literally—to stop it. Emily Lloyd-Jones crafts an atmospheric novel full of magic and mischief while exploring what it means to stand up to your fears and accept yourself. Unseen Magic is perfect for fans of Anna Meriano’s Love Sugar Magic series and Natalie Lloyd’s A Snicker of Magic.
Download or read book Unspoken Magic A Supernatural FBI Urban Fantasy written by Sarah Biglow and published by Biglow Fantasy Reads. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this spell-binding series by USA Today Bestselling author Sarah Biglow.... Sometimes the past is impossible to outrun. Agent Kayla Rogers may have survived the brush with her sordid past, but hers isn't the only one coming back to haunt her team. When a surprise vision reveals new details about Agent Jacquie DeWitt's brother's death, the team races to put the pieces together. Their search leads to the discovery of a magical human trafficking ring. When another vision reveals a new victim in danger with a forty-eight hour window to avert disaster, Kayla has no choice but to throw her trust behind new potential allies. The closer she gets to bringing down the ring, the more danger she finds herself in. Can Kayla topple the leader of this unspeakably evil ring or will her efforts be too little, too late to save an innocent life? UNSPOKEN MAGIC is the second novel in the Agents of Magic Urban Fantasy series, a spin-off of the Seasons of Magic universe. Get ready to unravel a new supernatural mystery with some old friends. The Agents of Magic series is best enjoyed in order. You can start Kayla's journey in book 1, Unseen Magic. Great for readers who enjoy supernatural law enforcement, magical mystery and strong female leads. If you’re a fan of Kim Richardson, K.N. Banet, BR Kingsolver, McKenzie Hunter, K.F. Breene, Melisa F. Olson, Lisa Edmonds, Linsey Hall and K.M. Shea, you’ll love this enchanting supernatural world.
Download or read book An Unkindness of Magicians written by Kat Howard and published by Gallery / Saga Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A remarkable writer.” —Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of American Gods An Alex Award Winner There is a dark secret that is hiding at the heart of New York City and diminishing the city’s magicians’ power in this fantasy thriller by acclaimed author Kat Howard. In New York City, magic controls everything. But the power of magic is fading. No one knows what is happening, except for Sydney—a new, rare magician with incredible power that has been unmatched in decades, and she may be the only person who is able to stop the darkness that is weakening the magic. But Sydney doesn’t want to help the system, she wants to destroy it. Sydney comes from the House of Shadows, which controls the magic with the help of sacrifices from magicians.
Download or read book Unseen Magic A Reluctant Heroine Urban Fantasy written by Sarah Biglow and published by Biglow Fantasy Reads. This book was released on 2022-04-14 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this spell-binding series by USA Today Bestselling author Sarah Biglow.... She’s done with the past. Too bad it has one last lesson to teach. Newly-minted FBI Agent Kayla Rogers is eager to take on her first assignment out of the academy until she’s detailed to a taskforce back home in Boston, hurtling her into the heart of the reason her magic turned on her years ago. With a magically inclined bank robbery crew ramping up their attacks, Kayla and her team will have to piece together the clues fast to stop the spree. The more she digs, the more Kayla realizes the crew’s tactics are connected to her own criminal past. Stopping the crew before they reach their ultimate target means becoming the woman she used to be. With time running short, will Kayla be able to keep ahold of her magic and her new identity or will the case drag her back into her past for good? UNSEEN MAGIC is the first novel in the Agents of Magic Urban Fantasy series, a spin-off of the Seasons of Magic universe. Get ready to unravel mystery with some old friends. Great for readers who enjoy supernatural law enforcement, magical mystery and strong female leads. f you’re a fan of Kim Richardson, K.N. Banet, BR Kingsolver, McKenzie Hunter, K.F. Breene, Melisa F. Olson, Lisa Edmonds, Linsey Hall and K.M. Shea, you’ll love this enchanting supernatural world. Get UNSEEN MAGIC and disappear into the magic today!
Download or read book Magic Unseen written by J S Diaz and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apparently, magic is a thing.Not the wand and cape kind, but the thunderstorm causing when you're in a bad mood kind of magic.There I was, turning eighteen, about to age out of the system, when a stranger showed up with an offer: Go and join other people like me or continue living my sad little life. With nothing to lose, he had me at other people like me. So, I'm here in middle of nowhere Alaska learning to control my powers at a place dubbed Exile Academy. I'm navigating a competitive new world, but at least I've made friends with a Death Walker and a Diviner. The jury is still out on whether my romantic entanglement with a tough girl Transmute is a good idea.The more I learn about our history, the more I realize they aren't telling us everything. Why did our ancestors leave our homeland? Was it really a natural disaster that scattered them or something more?Now that I've scratched the surface, there's no way I'm going to stop digging until I find the truth, not even when my life is threatened. With the help of new friends and rivals alike, its time we shed some light on the secrets lurking beneath the surface.You'll never believe what we uncovered. . . .Magic Unseen is the first installment in the Exile Academy series, a YA/NA Urban Fantasy Supernatural Academy series. If you love bad-ass girls who can tap into nearly extinct magic, a diverse cast of characters, and a fresh take on magical boarding schools, you'll love this brand-new series!
Download or read book Magic Is Dead written by Ian Frisch and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vein of Neil Strauss’ The Game and Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein comes the fascinating story of one man’s colorful, mysterious, and personal journey into the world of magic, and his unlikely invitation into an underground secret society of revolutionary magicians from around the world. Magic Is Dead is Ian Frisch’s head-first dive into a hidden world full of extraordinary characters and highly guarded secrets. It is a story of imagination, deception, and art that spotlights today’s most brilliant young magicians—a mysterious club known as the52, who are revolutionizing an ancient artform under the mantra Magic Is Dead. Ian brings us with him as he not only gets to know this fascinating world, but also becomes an integral part of it. We meet the52’s founding members—Laura London, Daniel Madison, and Chris Ramsay—and explore their personal demons, professional aspirations, and what drew them to their craft. We join them at private gatherings of the most extraordinary magicians working today, follow them to magic conventions in Las Vegas and England, and discover some of the best tricks of the trade. We also encounter David Blaine; hang out with Penn Jillette; meet Dynamo, the U.K.’s most famous magician; and go behind the scenes of a Netflix magic show. Magic Is Dead is also a chronicle of magic’s rich history and how it has changed in the internet age, as the young guns embrace social media and move away from the old-school take on the craft. As he tells the story of the52, and his role as its most unlikely member, Ian reveals his own connection with trickery and deceit and how he first learned the elements that make magic work from his poker-playing mother. He recalls their adventures in card rooms and casinos after his father’s sudden death, and shares a touching moment that he had, as a working journalist, with his childhood idol Shaquille O’Neal. “Magic—the romanticism of the inexplicable, the awe and admiration of the unexpected—is an underlying force in how we view the world and its myriad possibilities,” Ian writes. As his journey continues, Ian not only becomes a performer and creator of magic—even fooling the late Anthony Bourdain during a chance encounter—he also cements a new brotherhood, and begins to understand his relationship with his father, fifteen years after his death. Written with psychological acuity and a keen eye for detail, Magic Is Dead is an engrossing tale full of wonder and surprise.
Download or read book Source of Magic written by Piers Anthony and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2002-03-26 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quest for the source of power threatened to doom the land of Xanth As a ruler of a country steeped in enchantment, King Trent was naturally curious about the source of its magic. It made sense to order Bink, the only one of his subjects immune to supernatural harm, to undertake a quest to discover the wellspring of Xanth’s uniqueness. From the beginning, Bink and his companions, Chester the centaur and Crombie, the soldier transformed into a griffin, were harried by an unseen enemy determined to thwart them. Even the power of Good Magician Humfrey, together with Bink’s protective talent, scarcely saved their lives. Then when Humfrey and Crombie turned against him, all seemed lost. But Bink's ingenuity and luck prevailed, and he reached his goal. The King’s orders had been carried out . . . But the King had not expected Bink’s next act—to destroy utterly the magic of Xanth!
Download or read book The Plentiful Darkness written by Heather Kassner and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Heather Kassner's spine-chilling fantasy novel, reminiscent of Serafina and the Black Cloak, an orphaned girl chases a thieving boy into a magician’s land of starless, moonless gloom where other children have gone missing before her. "Gleams with an eerie magic, its characters burning bright and fierce. A visual treat of a tale." —Stefan Bachmann, international bestselling author of Cinders and Sparrows In order to survive on her own, twelve-year-old Rooney de Barra collects precious moonlight, which she draws from the evening sky with her (very rare and most magical) lunar mirror. All the while she tries to avoid the rival roughhouse boys, and yet another, more terrifying danger: the dreaded thing that's been disappearing children in the night. When Trick Aidan, the worst of the roughhouse boys, steals her lunar mirror, Rooney will do whatever it takes to get it back. Even if it means leaping into a pool of darkness after it swallows Trick and her mirror. Or braving the Plentiful Darkness, a bewitching world devoid of sky and stars. Or begrudgingly teaming up with Trick to confront the magician and unravel the magic that has trapped Warybone’s children.
Download or read book From Unseen Fire written by Cass Morris and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Unseen Fire is the first novel in the Aven Cycle, a historical fantasy set in an alternate Rome, by debut author Cass Morris The Dictator is dead; long live the Republic. But whose Republic will it be? Senators, generals, and elemental mages vie for the power to shape the future of the city of Aven. Latona of the Vitelliae, a mage of Spirit and Fire, has suppressed her phenomenal talents for fear they would draw unwanted attention from unscrupulous men. Now that the Dictator who threatened her family is gone, she may have an opportunity to seize a greater destiny as a protector of the people--if only she can find the courage to try. Her siblings--a widow who conceals a canny political mind in the guise of a frivolous socialite, a young prophetess learning to navigate a treacherous world, and a military tribune leading a dangerous expedition in the province of Iberia--will be her allies as she builds a place for herself in this new world, against the objections of their father, her husband, and the strictures of Aventan society. Latona's path intersects with that of Sempronius Tarren, an ambitious senator harboring a dangerous secret. Sacred law dictates that no mage may hold high office, but Sempronius, a Shadow mage who has kept his abilities a life-long secret, intends to do just that. As rebellion brews in the provinces, Sempronius must outwit the ruthless leader of the opposing Senate faction to claim the political and military power he needs to secure a glorious future for Aven and his own place in history. As politics draw them together and romance blossoms between them, Latona and Sempronius will use wit, charm, and magic to shape Aven's fate. But when their foes resort to brutal violence and foul sorcery, will their efforts be enough to save the Republic they love?
Download or read book Invisible written by Philip Ball and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science is said to be on the verge of achieving the ancient dream of making objects invisible. Invisible is a biography of an idea, tied to the history of science over the "longue duree." Taking in Plato to today s science, Ball shows us that the stories we have told about invisibility are not in fact about technical capability but about power, sex, concealment, morality, and corruption. Precisely because they refer to matters that lie beyond our senses, unseen beings and worlds have long been a repository for hopes, fears, and suppressed desires. Ideas of invisibility are, like all ideas rooted in legend, ultimately parables about our own potential and weaknesses. Invisible presents the first comprehensive survey of the roles that the idea of invisibility has played throughout time and culture. This territory takes us from medieval grimoires to cutting-edge nanotechnology, from fairy tales to telecommunications, from camouflage to early cinematography, and from beliefs about ghosts to the dawn of nuclear physics and the discovery of dark energy. Invisible reveals what our age-old fantasies about what lurks unseen, and whether we can enter that realm ourselves, truly say about us. "
Download or read book Mark Wilson s Complete Course in Magic written by Mark Anthony Wilson and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2003-05-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate book of magic for kids from a world-famous magician, complete with photographs for easy to follow instructions. From one of the world's premier practitioners of classic magic, with years of experience instructing younger readers in the magical arts, comes this new revision of his complete guide to learning and performing fantastic feats of prestidigitation. Acclaimed by the Los Angeles Times as "the text that young magicians swear by," it's full of step-by-step instructions. More than 2,000 illustrations provide the know-how behind 300 techniques, from basic card tricks to advanced levitation, along with advice on planning and staging a professional-quality magic show.
Download or read book The Top Change written by Magic Christian and published by . This book was released on 2018-07 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Meeting the Invisible Man written by Toby Green and published by Orion Publishing Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toby Green weaves a mystical narrative of lore and tradition as he searches for, and finds, the secret power of invisibility.Exploring the extraordinarily vibrant spiritual world which underlies the surface of West Africa, this book examines the conflict between the traditional and the modern in a region whose culture is a melting pot of local, Islamic and European influences. Building on local narrative, we hear first-hand the mysterious stories of invulnerability and invisibility retold from the author's own experiences. Engaging the reader with themes as diverse as the histories of the slave trade and the kingdoms of West Africa, the invisible men of HG Wells and Ralph Ellison, Plato's simile of the cave and Marco Polo's observations about Zanzibar, the book is by turns mysterious, hilarious, beautiful and troubling.
Download or read book Magic Secrets written by Rose Wyler and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1991-10-30 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Most of the magic tricks presented here are easily understood and appear to be simple to learn and to execute with ample practice. Disappearing coins, rope tricks, a genie in a bottle, and many others provide interesting stunts to amaze and mystify one's friends." SLJ.
Download or read book Revolutionary Card Technique written by Edward Marlo and published by . This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Root Magic written by Eden Royce and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A poignant, necessary entry into the children’s literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the history and culture of Gullah people while highlighting the timeless plight of Black Americans. Add in a fun, magical adventure and you get everything I want in a book!”—Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation Debut author Eden Royce arrives with a wondrous story of love, bravery, friendship, and family, filled to the brim with magic great and small. It’s 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy won’t stop harassing her family. With school integration arriving in South Carolina, Jez and her twin brother, Jay, are about to begin the school year with a bunch of new kids. But the biggest change comes when Jez and Jay turn eleven— and their uncle, Doc, tells them he’s going to train them in rootwork. Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations—especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her family’s true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs…and not a moment too soon. Because when evil both natural and supernatural comes to show itself in town, it’s going to take every bit of the magic she has inside her to see her through. Walter Dean Myers Honor Award for Outstanding Children's Literature!
Download or read book 202 Methods of Forcing written by Theodore Annemann and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theodore "Theo" Annemann (stage name Ted Anneman) born Theodore John Squires (February 22, 1907 - January 12, 1942) was an American professional magician who specialized in the field of mentalism. Annemann is most famous for inventing and refining many of the standard mentalism routines that continue to be used by magicians today. Early in his life, Annemann began working as a railroad clerk and then got into showbusiness as a tenor singer and a magician's assistant. He eventually became interested in mentalism and used his invention and performance skills to become one of the most talented and respected magicians of the 1930s. Annemann perfected his own version of the famous bullet catch illusion, performing the effect outdoors. Accounts of his performance describe the feat as a dramatic effect wherein Annemann would collapse from the apparent force of the gun and then produce the bullet from his blood-drenched mouth. In 1934 he began publishing the famous magazine The Jinx, for magicians. The magazine was focused on mentalism, but also featured ground-breaking effects from other fields of magic. The publication of this magazine ceased after Annemann's death and copies of it have become collector's items. Effects from the magazine have been published in several books and manuscripts, among them Annemann's Practical Mental Magic. This book is considered a classic in the field of mentalism. Annemann was married twice and had a daughter by his first wife. His personality is the subject of much speculation. On the night of January 12, 1942, Annemann was scheduled to perform his bullet catch indoors for the first time. Before the performance, he committed suicide. Since the subject of suicide is complicated, we may never know exactly why Theo decided to end his own life.
