Download or read book Domesticated Magic written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mateo Taurasi and his family fled their island home when their people turned to sorcery. Mateo’s own magic is tame but it’s still banned in the Vaeringan Empire...and his family still use it every day in their cosy teahouse. The last thing they need is an Imperial barging in to catch them at it. Luckily, Jonas just wants to offer them a trade deal too good to resist. As hard as he tries, Mateo begins to find the cheerfully charming Jonas too good to resist, too. But an unfairly attractive Imperial is not Mateo’s only problem. Rumours of sorcery loose in the city mean trouble for the Taurasi. With Jonas caught up in the mess, Mateo must investigate. His family already lost their world once. Mateo can’t let them lose again. Not even if it costs him the man he really wishes he didn't have feelings for. c/w: explicit transm/m sex scenes

Download or read book A Pocketful of Pets written by Jane Belk Moncure and published by Children's Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike enlists the help of a variety of animals to find Mama Kangaroo's baby, but they all get so sleepy they hop in Mama's pouch for a nap.

Download or read book Magic in Western Culture written by Brian P. Copenhaver and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-09 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the beliefs and practices called 'magic' starts in ancient Iran, Greece, and Rome, before entering its crucial Christian phase in the Middle Ages. Centering on the Renaissance and Marsilio Ficino - whose work on magic was the most influential account written in premodern times - this groundbreaking book treats magic as a classical tradition with foundations that were distinctly philosophical. Besides Ficino, the premodern story of magic also features Plotinus, Iamblichus, Proclus, Aquinas, Agrippa, Pomponazzi, Porta, Bruno, Campanella, Descartes, Boyle, Leibniz, and Newton, to name only a few of the prominent thinkers discussed in this book. Because pictures play a key role in the story of magic, this book is richly illustrated.

Download or read book Actually I also Have Plug ins written by Yin Ya and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-22 with total page 851 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Savage Melting VS Magical False Benevolence] Ezra Continent was a world where magic and martial arts prevailed. After death, they accidentally witnessed the murder scene and were forced to bind to the Child of Fate. Who said that the heart of the child of destiny must be filled with money? The one he met was a black bag, he thought he had found a thick leg, but who knew that this person was not only black-hearted, even the leg he hugged was black, and his conscience was also a passerby.

Download or read book The Seventies Now written by Stephen Paul Miller and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the practice of surveillance the America of the 1970s through the discussion of a wide range of political and cultural phenomena--Watergate, the Ford presidency, Andy Warhol, disco music, the major films of the 70s, writers in the 70s (particular

Download or read book The Anthropology of Religion Magic and Witchcraft written by Rebecca L. Stein and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise and accessible textbook introduces students to the anthropological study of religion. It examines religious expression from a cross-cultural perspective and exposes students to the complexities of religion in small-scale and complex societies. The chapters incorporate key theoretical concepts and a wide range of ethnographic material. The fifth edition of The Anthropology of Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft offers: • a revised introduction covering the foundations of the anthropology of religion, anthropological methods, and a push toward decolonizing the anthropology of religion, • expanded coverage of symbols, healing, wizardry, and the intersections of religion with other social institutions, • new case study material with examples drawn from around the globe, especially from Indigenous communities, • marginalia in each chapter introducing provocative small-case examples related to the chapter—many of these can be used as prompts for further research, small in-class case studies, or examples for hands-on learning, • a new chapter on religion and healing, especially useful for Anthropology programs without representation of four fields, as it provides a wider and more interdisciplinary application of the discipline, • a consistent review of foundations from chapter to chapter, linking material and enabling students to connect what they are learning throughout the course, and • further resources via a comprehensive companion website, including interactive activities, critical case studies, updated study questions, bibliographical suggestions (including video), and color images. This is an essential guide for students encountering the anthropology of religion for the first time and also for those with an ongoing interest in this fascinating field.

Download or read book The Italian Renaissance of Machines written by Paolo Galluzzi and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Renaissance was not just a rebirth of the mind. It was also a new dawn for the machine. When we celebrate the achievements of the Renaissance, we instinctively refer, above all, to its artistic and literary masterpieces. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, however, the Italian peninsula was the stage of a no-less-impressive revival of technical knowledge and practice. In this rich and lavishly illustrated volume, Paolo Galluzzi guides readers through a singularly inventive period, capturing the fusion of artistry and engineering that spurred some of the Renaissance’s greatest technological breakthroughs. Galluzzi traces the emergence of a new and important historical figure: the artist-engineer. In the medieval world, innovators remained anonymous. By the height of the fifteenth century, artist-engineers like Leonardo da Vinci were sought after by powerful patrons, generously remunerated, and exhibited in royal and noble courts. In an age that witnessed continuous wars, the robust expansion of trade and industry, and intense urbanization, these practitioners—with their multiple skills refined in the laboratory that was the Renaissance workshop—became catalysts for change. Renaissance masters were not only astoundingly creative but also championed a new concept of learning, characterized by observation, technical know-how, growing mathematical competence, and prowess at the draftsman’s table. The Italian Renaissance of Machines enriches our appreciation for Taccola, Giovanni Fontana, and other masters of the quattrocento and reveals how da Vinci’s ambitious achievements paved the way for Galileo’s revolutionary mathematical science of mechanics.

Download or read book The Uses of Illicit Art written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-02 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Your ridiculous Art. It’s as twisty as you are, and that’s saying something.' It’s twenty years into the reign of Queen Victoria. The Agency for the Benefit of Registered Artisans has been established to help and protect magic-users and regulate their Artworks. The use of illicit Art is heavily punished. The coldly self-possessed Kit Whitely is an Artisan whose specialty is opening doors and locks. That makes him very popular with a certain type of criminal, so he’s hiding out in a remote Somerset village hoping for uninteresting times. He’s starting to feel safe for the first time in his life. Cheerful bounty hunter Alexander Locke has other ideas. He’s obliviously barging into Kit's peaceful new life to arrest him for the use of illicit Art and drag him back to London. But he's a man of divided loyalties and so he's also intending to use Kit for illicit purposes of his own. How much trouble could one pissant little thief give him, really? An enjoyable alt-history (pseudo-Victorian) fantasy fiction romance. C/W: References to past abuse.

Download or read book Fair Haven written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-04 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stronghold Fair Haven by the Sea is a beacon in a sometimes harsh world, open to all and deliberately, stubbornly kind. It also holds the honour and responsibility of hosting an atelier, a workshop for the rare and highly-prized magical engineers known as Mancers. Hazel lives a comfortable, contented life in Stronghold Haven as a member of the team of elite bodyguards protecting the resident Mancer. But when another Mancer comes knocking on Haven's door to plead for refuge from the stronghold zhey've just escaped from, zhey bring a growing threat of invasion in zheir wake. Ash is disruptive to Hazel's peaceful routine in more ways than just that: to his own astonishment, he's hopelessly attracted to the prickly, secretive Mancer. This might be the start of something precious...or the end of everything he holds dear. Explicit m/nb and m/m (different couple!) sex scenes

Download or read book Wild Imperative written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fairy tale princess. A missing prince. A fire-wielding wizard. In the land of fairy tales, Anura is a beautiful princess with a brand-new stepmother, and yet her prince will not come to save her. When a wizard appears instead and tries to kill her, her cousin Rana is the only thing standing in his way (irresistible force meets immovable object). Since the prince still doesn’t show up, Rana and Anura set out to rescue him instead. It’s a journey that will test their loyalties and their friendship and threaten the very Domain itself. Previously published as The Frog-Prince’s Daughters; lightly edited and expanded. Book 1 of a trilogy, but a complete story. Rated G (suitable for everyone; some mild themes including character death).

Download or read book Government and Environmental Politics written by Michael J. Lacey and published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government and Environmental Politics details the emergence of the new social values that gave rise to the environmental movement and examines the federal government's response to the changing ideas and needs of the American people. Chapters describe such topics as postwar environmental politics, the environmental lobbies, development of the publicly owned national park and recreation system, federal protection of endangered species, official promotion of nuclear energy, and regulation of toxic substances. The contributors are Malcolm Forbes Baldwin, Thomas R. Dunlap, Frank Gregg, Samuel P. Hays, Michael J. Lacey, Robert Cameron Mitchell, Joseph L. Sax, Christopher Schroeder, and Michael Smith. Book jacket.

Download or read book Mosaic Garden written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of six short stories set in Aspermonde, the world of Bastard's Grace and Six Feet of Ridiculous (the Mosaic Virus Duology). Features some new points of view, and both new and recurring characters. They can work as standalone as a taste of the world, or they can be read in conjunction with the books. The Mosaic Auction: Augusta goes to buy her family a Mosaic. Things take a turn. The Prince's Run (also appears in Bastard's Grace): Simon takes on a challenge to save his brothers. Count the Failures: Hal muses on the past in a dying man's sickroom. The Eastern Trade Mission: Alia deals with a traitor and the world's most blatant assassin. The Button Game: It's a quiet camp and the soldiers are entertaining themselves. Tactical Error: Hal makes several increasingly poor decisions in regards to his nemesis Prince Tristan. Content warning: the last story contains explicit m/m sex scenes with forced/dubious consent. Easy to skip if not to your taste.

Download or read book Bastard s Grace written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An implacable virus spreads across the kingdom of Aspermonde, transforming women into beautiful creatures called Mosaics and stealing their minds, souls, and voices. Mosaics are alien, eerie – and collectable. Lieutenant Simon Cant collects Mosaics for the king. He is war-scarred and unpredictable, held steady only by his loyal sergeant, Hal. Their latest acquisition, Augusta, is proving difficult: she hasn’t yet lost her mind and willpower to the virus. Maybe it’s a miracle…and maybe it’s just a sackful of trouble for Simon. All he wants is to get back to Skysend and hand Augusta – and the problem she represents – over to his king. Meanwhile, rebels want to rescue her, a covetous merchant wants to collect her, her sister wants to castrate Simon, and Augusta herself has designs of her own… Lightly-edited second edition. Contains mature scenes & reference to child death.

Download or read book Lost Child written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stolen baby. A frozen heart. A couple at war... A dire fairytale Imperative has fallen upon Queen Anura's baby. The princess has been stolen away, a changeling left in her place. Grieving and coldly furious, Anura puts all the blame on Jannin, the Lord Protector of the Domain, in control of the Imperatives—and yet refusing to interfere. To rescue the baby princess, Rana must choose between her beloved cousin and her infuriating paramour. Her choice will plunge her back into the twisting Imperatives of the Domain. Rated PG (mild content).

Download or read book Six Feet of Ridiculous written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A virus has spread through the kingdom of Aspermonde, transforming women into alien creatures known as Mosaics. Once they were treated as collectible, but Captain Simon Cant broke the Mosaic trade and rescued them. Now, Simon and his loyal lieutenant, Hal Bracken, are escorting the last of the emancipated Mosaics to their new home. Simon's looking forward to seeing Augusta and having a lot of fun watching Medic Nathan Worth try and fail to seduce Hal. Nathan's six feet of pure ridiculous and all he wants is a little attention from Simon's straitlaced second-in-command. When war unexpectedly comes back to Aspermonde, the three veterans are faced with the nightmare of returning to Middledark, the battlefield that almost destroyed them ten years ago. Simon has one chance to stop the new war, but first he's got to deal with his sick lieutenant, his secret-keeping lover, a stroppy medic, a very angry Mosaic, and a young firebrand who wants him to lead a rebellion against the king. When did it get so hard to be a big damn hero? Sequel to Bastard's Grace, but can be read as a standalone. Contains mature m/f and m/m scenes.

Download or read book Magic Monsters and Make Believe Heroes written by Douglas E. Cowan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes looks at fantasy film, television, and participative culture as evidence of our ongoing need for a mythic vision—for stories larger than ourselves into which we write ourselves and through which we can become the heroes of our own story. Why do we tell and retell the same stories over and over when we know they can’t possibly be true? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not because pop culture has run out of good ideas. Rather, it is precisely because these stories are so fantastic, some resonating so deeply that we elevate them to the status of religion. Illuminating everything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Dungeons and Dragons, and from Drunken Master to Mad Max, Douglas E. Cowan offers a modern manifesto for why and how mythology remains a vital force today.

Download or read book Magic Purple Lightening written by Yue RiTianXiang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the day of the moon, Tianxiang had always been silent and indifferent. However, he had inadvertently obtained the divine tool, Violet Lightning. However, Violet Lightning did not approve of YueRi Tianxiang's ability. Only by working hard to become a Saint Swordsman could he become the owner of the purple lightning. That was why he had striven hard to walk the path of a Saint Swordsman from now on. This path was also gradually changing Tian Xiang's cold and detached heart ...