Download or read book The Magic Island written by William Seabrook and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1929 volume offers firsthand accounts of Haitian voodoo and witchcraft rituals. Author William Seabrook introduced the concept of the walking dead to the West with this illustrated travelogue.
Download or read book The Magic Island written by William Buehler Seabrook and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Magic Island written by Elizabeth Waterston and published by Oxford University Press Canada. This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L.M.Montgomery grew up in Prince Edward Island, a real place of "politics and potatoes." But it's her fictional island, a richly textured imaginative landscape that has captivated a world of readers since 1908, when Anne of Green Gables became the first of Montgomery's long string of bestsellers. In this wide-ranging and highly readable book, Elizabeth Waterston uses the term "magic" to suggest that peculiar, indefinable combination of attributes that unpredictably results in creative genius. Montgomery's intelligence, her drive, and her sense of humour are essential components of this success. Waterston also features what Montgomery called her "dream life," a "strange inner life of fancy which had always existed side by side with my outer life." This special ability to look beyond the veil, to access vibrant inner vistas, produced deceptively layered fictions out of a life that saw not just its share of both fame and ill fortune, but also what Waterston calls "dark passions." A true reader's guide, Magic Island explores the world of L.M. Montgomery in a way never done before. Each chapter of Magic Island discusses a different Montgomery book, following their progression chronologically. Waterston draws parallels between Montgomery's internal "island," her personal life, her professional career, and the characters in her novels. Designed to be read alongside the new biography of Montgomery by Mary Rubio, this is the first book to reinterpret Montgomery's writing in light of important new information about her life. A must-read for any Montgomery fan, Magic Island offers a fresh and insightful look at the world of L.M. Montgomery and the "magic" of artistic creation.
Download or read book California the Magic Island written by Doug Hansen and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2014-12 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summoned by Queen Calafia to the island of California, twenty-six animals of the state of California introduce themselves, their homeland, and the people who dwell there.
Download or read book Journey to Magic Island written by Michael Teitelbaum and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 1989 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Magic Islands written by Irene Edwards and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 'magical' illustrated adventure fantasy tale for children of dragons, wizards and witches. Imagine yourself making a wish...and it suddenly becoming granted.
Download or read book The Abominable Mr Seabrook written by Joe Ollmann and published by Drawn & Quarterly. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daring and destructive life of the man who popularized the word "zombie" In the early twentieth century, travel writing represented the desire for the expanding bourgeoisie to experience the exotic cultures of the world past their immediate surroundings. Journalist William Buehler Seabrook was emblematic of this trend – participating in voodoo ceremonies, riding camels cross the Sahara desert, communing with cannibals and most notably, popularizing the term “zombie” in the West. A string of his bestselling books show an engaged, sympathetic gentleman hoping to share these strange, hidden delights with the rest of the world. He was willing to go deeper than any outsider had before. But, of course, there was a dark side. Seabrook was a barely functioning alcoholic who was deeply obsessed with bondage and the so-called mystical properties of pain and degradation. His life was a series of traveling highs and drunken lows; climbing on and falling off the wagon again and again. What led the popular and vivid writer to such a sad state? Cartoonist Joe Ollmann spent seven years researching Seabrook’s life, accessing long neglected archives in order to piece together the peripatetic life of a forgotten American writer. Often weaving in Seabrook’s own words and those of his biographers, Ollmann posits Seabrook the believer versus Seabrook the exploiter, and leaves the reader to consider where one ends and the other begins.
Download or read book The Islands of Magic Legends Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores written by Elsie Spicer Eells and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores" by Elsie Spicer Eells. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book Island Magic written by Elizabeth Goudge and published by . This book was released on 2008-03-12 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Island Magic (1934), a beautiful story of the Channel Islands in the nineteenth century, was Elizabeth Goudge's first novel and stands as one of her finest. It tells of Rachel and Andre du Froq and their exuberant children, and the mysterious stranger who washes up from the sea and becomes entwined in their lives. [Also available: the sequel, "Make-Believe" by Elizabeth Goudge.]
Download or read book Magic Islands written by Zai Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Read Island written by Nicole Magistro and published by Read Island, LLC. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join a very brave girl and her furry friends on an adventure to Read Island! Through the power of imagination and the pleasure of reading, this curious trio set sail for a magical island made of books. On their way they discover a joyful collection of animals converging by sea and land, just in time for an unforgettable story hour. A rhyming celebration of nature, books and the importance of stories, Read Island invites you to experience the diversity and wonder of a hidden and wild place. In the company of sea wolves, humpback whales and spirit bears, readers will discover simple meditations that summon a magical destination - one filled with beloved friends, safe spaces and stories to be revisited again and again. For make-believe though it may look, There is an island made of books. This world of stories, safe and true, Is always here to welcome you.
Download or read book The Floating Islands written by Rachel Neumeier and published by Bluefire. This book was released on 2012 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of two teenaged cousins who live in a place called the Floating Islands, one of whom is studying to become a mage and the other one of the legendary island flyers.
Download or read book Fog Island written by Tomi Ungerer and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Top 10 Children’s Book 2013 – New York Times Book Review A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of 2013 A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2013 "Tomi Ungerer has created another masterpiece." – Eric Carle In this imaginative tale from master storyteller Tomi Ungerer, two young siblings find themselves cast away on mysterious Fog Island. No one has ever returned from the island’s murky shores, but when the children begin to explore, they discover things are not quite as they expected. Ungerer’s captivating drawings evoke the eerie beauty and magic surrounding this timeless adventure. Selected by both The New York Times and Publishers Weekly as one of the year’s best children’s books, Fog Island is destined to become a modern classic. "
Download or read book Seven Magic Orders written by Shan Mui and published by Weatherhill, Incorporated. This book was released on 1972 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the help of an old man's advice and seven magic orders, the brave Chung Shun wins his bride back from the demon monster.
Download or read book The Magic of Topsail Island written by Lindsay McAllister Zarse and published by Beach Glass Books. This book was released on 2010-10-16 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Riley doesn't want to go on her family's vacation to Topsail Island. It would ruin her summer. But her parents insist. Besides, Topsail is a magical place, they say. But Riley doesn't believe them. She doesn't, that is, until a friendly sea turtle arrives and a magical trip begins."--Page 4 of cover.
Download or read book Miriam s World And Mine written by Rosemary Mild and published by . This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning home from a Syracuse University semester in London, Miriam Wolfe died in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. Her mother chronicles her jagged journey from the grief of losing her only child to renewed courage inspired by Miriam's legacy of love, humor, idealism, and friendships.
Download or read book Locks and Cream Cheese written by Rosemary Mild and published by America House Book Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paco LeSoto, a dapper retired detective, and Molly Mesta, a witty housekeeper/cook, team up as an endearing pair of sleuths. They encounter murder and mayhem among the residents of Black Rain Corners, a quaint Maryland town on the Chesapeake Bay. When a million-dollar painting and a jeweled antique key suddenly disappear from Marche House mansion, hidden rooms, locked doors, and dead bodies embroil the town's elite Historical Society in sizzling scandal. Trapped in the web of suspicion are a psychoanalyst, an alcoholic gambler, a mob enforcer, an iron-pumping gigolo, and an art dealer from the Orient. Paco and Molly set out to expose the mansion's terrifying secrets.
