Download or read book Love Magic Tragedy written by Jason Eric Wolf and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no available information at this time. Author will provide once available.
Download or read book Ancient Greek Love Magic written by Christopher A. FARAONE and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Greeks commonly resorted to magic spells to attract and keep lovers. Surveying and analyzing various texts and artifacts, the author reveals that gender is the crucial factor in understanding love spells.
Download or read book Life Is Magic written by Jon Dorenbos and published by Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Jon Dorenbos is a magical person. Life Is Magic shows how we can all choose happiness in the face of overwhelming odds.” —Ellen DeGeneres An extraordinary and empowering story of resilience, forgiveness, and living a life of purpose in the face of unfathomable obstacles. You may know him as an NFL All-Pro or as a world-class magician who made the finals of America’s Got Talent, but Jon Dorenbos says that what he does is not who he is. He is someone who coached himself, at the most tender of ages, to turn tragedy to triumph. One morning in August 1992, when Jon was twelve years old and living a seemingly idyllic childhood in suburban Seattle, he woke up for baseball camp. His dad waved goodbye. Later that day, Jon heard the news: his father had murdered his mother in the family’s three-car garage. In an instant, his life had shattered. He’d essentially been orphaned. Thrust into foster care while his father stood trial for murder, Jon struggled. Left to himself, he discovered an unlikely escape performing magic tricks. If you found a way to alter your reality, after your dad—your hero—killed your mom, wouldn’t you cling to it too? Then came football, which provided a release for all of his pent-up anger. Together, magic and football saved him, leading to fourteen NFL seasons on the gridiron and raucous sleight of hand performances to packed houses across the globe. In 2017, he was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition leaving him with a choice. To either break down or—as he’d by now long taught himself—bounce back. “Life Is Magic shows how we can all choose happiness in the face of overwhelming odds” (Ellen DeGeneres) and provides a roadmap for overcoming even the darkest of times. Jon’s story is poignant and powerful, told by a charismatic and optimistic man who has overcome life-or-death challenges with grace, persistence, a childlike sense of wonder…and jaw-dropping card tricks.
Download or read book Love s Magic written by Betty McLain and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magic of love is in the air. So many people are in need of a little magic in their lives. Mallie and Daniel are in comas. Will they be able to overcome every obstacle and have a life together? Will this tragedy show the people in their lives what is important? Can Mallie and Daniel be an example of magical love?
Download or read book Queen of the Air written by Dean N. Jensen and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true life Water for Elephants, Queen of the Air brings the circus world to life through the gorgeously written, true story of renowned trapeze artist and circus performer Leitzel, Queen of the Air, the most famous woman in the world at the turn of the 20th century, and her star-crossed love affair with Alfredo Codona, of the famous Flying Codona Brothers. Like today's Beyonce, Madonna, and Cher, she was known to her vast public by just one name, Leitzel. There may have been some regions on earth where her name was not a household expression, but if so, they were likely on polar ice caps or in the darkest, deepest jungles. Leitzel was born into Dickensian circumstances, and became a princess and then a queen. She was not much bigger than a good size fairy, just four-foot-ten and less than 100 pounds. In the first part of the 20th century, she presided over a sawdust fiefdom of never-ending magic. She was the biggest star ever of the biggest circus ever, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, The Greatest Show on Earth. In her life, Leitzel had many suitors (and three husbands), but only one man ever fully captured her heart. He was the handsome Alfredo Codona, the greatest trapeze flyer that had ever lived, the only one in his time who, night after night, executed the deadliest of all big-top feats, The Triple--three somersaults in midair while traveling at 60 m.p.h. The Triple, the salto mortale, as the Italians called it, took the lives of more daredevils than any other circus stunt.
Download or read book Tragic Failures written by Evina Sistakou and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first study considering the reception of Greek tragedy and the transformation of the tragic idea in Hellenistic poetry. The focus is on third-century Alexandria, where the Ptolemies fostered tragedy as a theatrical form for public entertainment and as an official genre cultivated by the Pleiad, whereas the scholars of the Museum were commissioned to edit and comment on the classical tragic texts. More importantly, the notion of the tragic was adapted to the literary trends of the era. Released from the strict rules established by Aristotle about what makes a good tragedy, the major poets of the Alexandrian avant-garde struggled to transform the tragic idea and integrate it into non-dramatic genres. Tragic Failures traces the incorporation of the tragic idea in the poetry of Callimachus and Theocritus, in Apollonius’ epic Argonautica, in the iambic Alexandra, in late Hellenistic poetry and in Parthenius’ Erotika Pathemata. It offers a fascinating insight into the new conception of the tragic dilemmas in the context of Alexandrian aesthetics.
Download or read book Love In Magic A Tragic Past Magic Paranormal Romance written by KJ Warawa and published by Mystic City Press. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magic, slower burn, steamy, paranormal romance with witchy vibes. She’s spent a decade looking for her missing brother… But now one man could take her off course. Isabella Garcia doesn’t understand why her magic gift for finding missing people hasn’t led to her brother. All she knows is that she’s responsible for his disappearance, and she isn’t about to let a sexy, playboy on a mission get in her way. Reece Williams is determined to prove he can overcome the lifelong scars magic has inflicted on him and has sworn to find his brother who was thought to have died years ago. But now he also wants to show Isabella there’s more to him than meets the eye. To find their brothers, they’ll have to locate a lost object powerful enough to trap the evil magic that threatens their kind. Only there are dark forces hunting them down that won’t hesitate to kill them. If Isabella and Reece can’t move on from their painful pasts so they can work together and learn to trust in love… only one of them will survive. Love in Magic is the fifth book in the In Magic series, and although each book features a different couple, the books are best read in order as there is an ongoing plotline. A slower burn, paranormal romance with magic, a guaranteed happily ever after, strong language, and some sexy times. The In Magic series is complete. Enjoy!
Download or read book Magic Lessons written by Alice Hoffman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1600s, Maria was abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, who recognizes that Maria has a gift, she learns about the 'Unnamed Arts.' When Maria is abandoned by the man who has declared his love for her, she follows him to Salem, Massachusetts. She invokes a curse that will haunt her family for generations. And she learns the lesson that she will carry with her for the rest of her life: Love is the only thing that matters.
Download or read book How Magicians Think written by Joshua Jay and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional magician Joshua Jay's (author of Magic: The Complete Course) brief and fascinating essays offer an inside look at how the very best magicians think about magic, how they practice and put together a show, what inspires them, and the psychology behind creating wonder and being tricked when we expect both, as well as why we seek magic in the first place.
Download or read book Tragic Magic written by Laura Childs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Orleans mansion is being converted into a haunted house for tourists and scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand has been enlisted to help. No sooner does the project begin than someone winds up dead.
Download or read book Isn t Love Tragic written by Mimi S K Fazal and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enemies to lovers story as old as time, but what happens when the one who loved you most in the world becomes the person who wishes you dead. The story of Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy of love known through time, a tale with an ending that is always fixed. But what if that wasn't the ending? What if the story of Romeo and Juliet wasn't the only characters in the play? What if love, true love, persevered? Juliet is the Regent of the Capulet Coven, wanted by all. With her sheer power and great social status, she is the perfect fit for Princess Paris. And once upon a time, she wanted for nothing but to be her wife. But then a devilish vampire by the name of Romeo Montague entered her life. And destroyed her. She was meant to hate him. That was the only thing she had to do. So how did it go so wrong? How did she betray everyone and everything for him? A world filled with magic. A world she was important in, but then one night, she wore the wrong dress; she flirted with the wrong person; she did the wrong thing. A novel perfect for those who love magic, who love royal core, and romances.
Download or read book Love In Magic written by Kj Warawa and published by . This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She'll do anything to find her missing brother... Even team up with a tempting man she's determined to resist. Isabella Garcia doesn't understand why her magic gift for finding missing people hasn't led to her brother. All she knows is that she's responsible for his disappearance, and she isn't about to let a sexy, muscle-bound guy stop her from locating him. Reece Williams has sworn to find his missing brother and is determined to prove that he can overcome the lifelong scars magic has inflicted on him. But now he also wants to show Isabella there's more to him than meets the eye. To find their brothers, they'll have to locate a lost object powerful enough to trap the evil magic that threatens their kind. Only there are dark forces hunting them down that won't hesitate to kill them. Somehow, Isabella and Reece need to find a way to move on from their painful pasts and work together. And if they are to survive, they must trust that their love for each other will be strong enough to keep them alive... ** The In Magic Series is best read in order although each book features a different couple and has its own Happily Ever After. **
Download or read book The Tragic and the Ecstatic written by Eric Thomas Chafe and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the years preceding the composition of Tristan and Isolde, Wagner's aesthetics underwent a momentous turnaround, principally as a result of his discovery of Schopenhauer. Many of Schopenhauer's ideas, especially those regarding music's metaphysical significance, resonated with patterns of thought that had long been central to Wagner's aesthetics, and Wagner described the entry of Schopenhauer into his life as "a gift from heaven." Chafe argues that Wagner's Tristan and Isolde is a musical and dramatic exposition of metaphysical ideas inspired by Schopenhauer. The first part of the book covers the philosophical and literary underpinnings of the story, exploring Schopenhauer's metaphysics and Gottfried van Strassburg's Tristan poem. Chafe then turns to the events in the opera, providing tonal and harmonic analyses that reinforce his interpretation of the drama. Chafe acts as an expert guide, interpreting and illustrating most important moments for his reader. Ultimately, Chafe creates a critical account of Tristan, in which the drama is shown to develop through the music.
Download or read book Love s Magic written by Traci E Hall and published by Medallion Media Group. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While her sisters are tall and beautiful, Celestia Montehue is the misfit in a royal family—petite, with one green and one blue eye. The only thing she has in common with her ancestors is her magical healing ability. Fearing no one will ever accept her, she vows never to marry. Meanwhile, Nicholas Le Blanc, a haunted man, was trained as a knight but his childhood has convinced him he is a bastard. He is captured while on crusade and eventually forced to kill for his freedom. An arranged marriage between the two does not bode happiness, nor does Celestia's new home—a broken-down keep haunted by the ghost of Nicholas' mother. Soon a curse is set upon them, and they must decide if their love will save them or, ultimately, doom them.
Download or read book An American Summer written by Alex Kotlowitz and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 J. ANTHONY LUKAS PRIZE WINNER From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods. The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and community? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing about individuals who have emerged from the violence and whose stories capture the capacity--and the breaking point--of the human heart and soul. The result is a spellbinding collection of deeply intimate profiles that upend what we think we know about gun violence in America. Among others, we meet a man who as a teenager killed a rival gang member and twenty years later is still trying to come to terms with what he's done; a devoted school social worker struggling with her favorite student, who refuses to give evidence in the shooting death of his best friend; the witness to a wrongful police shooting who can't shake what he has seen; and an aging former gang leader who builds a place of refuge for himself and his friends. Applying the close-up, empathic reporting that made There Are No Children Here a modern classic, Kotlowitz offers a piercingly honest portrait of a city in turmoil. These sketches of those left standing will get into your bones. This one summer will stay with you.
Download or read book Athelstan a Tragedy written by Edmund H. White and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Princess Far Away A Romantic Tragedy in Four Acts Edmond Rostand written by Anna Emilia Bagstad and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the enchanting world of the Princess Far Away, a mythical realm of love and magic. This romantic tragedy brings to life the timeless themes of passion, sacrifice, and redemption, with all the drama and intensity of a Shakespearean masterpiece. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
