Download or read book The Mirror Thief written by Martin Seay and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "Audaciously well written...the book I was raving about to my friends before I'd even finished it." Publishers Weekly raved that "with near-universal appeal . . . Seay’s debut novel is a true delight, a big, beautiful cabinet of wonders that is by turns an ominous modern thriller, a supernatural mystery, and an enchanting historical adventure story." Set in three cities in three eras, The Mirror Thief calls to mind David Mitchell and Umberto Eco in its mix of entertainment and literary bravado. The core story is set in Venice in the sixteenth century, when the famed makers of Venetian glass were perfecting one of the old world's most wondrous inventions: the mirror. An object of glittering yet fearful fascination—was it reflecting simple reality, or something more spiritually revealing?—the Venetian mirrors were state of the art technology, and subject to industrial espionage by desirous sultans and royals world-wide. But for any of the development team to leave the island was a crime punishable by death. One man, however—a world-weary war hero with nothing to lose—has a scheme he thinks will allow him to outwit the city's terrifying enforcers of the edict, the ominous Council of Ten . . . Meanwhile, in two other Venices—Venice Beach, California, circa 1958, and the Venice casino in Las Vegas, circa today—two other schemers launch similarly dangerous plans to get away with a secret . . . All three stories will weave together into a spell-binding tour-de-force that is impossible to put down—an old-fashioned, stay-up-all-night novel that, in the end, returns the reader to a stunning conclusion in the original Venice . . . and the bedazzled sense of having read a truly original and thrilling work of art.
Download or read book The Thief of Mirrors written by Pierdomenico Baccalario and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special meeting of the Enchanted Emporium's shopkeeper families is actually a deadly trap set by the evil Semueld Askell, but before he can come to the rescue Finley McPhee needs to figure out where the meeting is being held--a task made more difficultbecause his older brother refuses to return the magic key that rightly belongs to Finley as the defender of the Emporium.
Download or read book The Thief of Mirrors written by Pierdomenico Baccalario and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2015 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A special reunion of the Enchanted Emporium's shopkeeper families turned out to be a deadly trap, and Finley will finally come face-to-face with a part of himself he never wanted to meet.
Download or read book The Mirror Thief written by Martin Seay and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR An NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A Publishers Weekly BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "Audaciously well written … the book I was raving about to my friends before I'd even finished it." Set in three different eras, and in three different locations—all, coincidentally, named Venice—this “startling, beautiful gem of a book” (NPR) calls to mind David Mitchell and Umberto Eco in its mix of entertainment and literary bravado. The core story is set in sixteenth-century Venice, where, on the island of Murano, the famed makers of Venetian glass were perfecting one of the old world's most wondrous inventions: the mirror. An object of glittering yet fearful fascination—was it reflecting simple reality, or something more spiritually revealing?—the Venetian mirrors were state-of-the-art technology, subject to industrial espionage by desirous sultans and royals world-wide. Thus, for the skilled craftsmen that made them, any attempt to leave the island—to steal the technology—was a crime punishable by death. One man, however—a world-weary war hero with nothing to lose—has a scheme he thinks will allow him to outwit the city's terrifying enforcers of the edict, the ominous Council of Ten . . . Meanwhile, in two other Venices—Venice Beach, California, circa 1958, and the Venice casino in Las Vegas, circa today—two other schemers launch similarly dangerous plans to get away with a secret . . . All three stories weave together into a spell-binding tour de force that is impossible to put down—an old-fashioned, stay-up-all-night novel that, in the end, returns the reader to a stunning conclusion in the original Venice . . . and the bedazzled sense of having read a truly original and thrilling work of art.
Download or read book Master of Mirrors written by Laurie S. Sutton and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The FLASH zooms through a looking glass into another world where he is captured by the MIRROR MASTER.
Download or read book The Mirrors of Elangir written by Steven J Pemberton and published by Steven J Pemberton. This book was released on 2014-06-21 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hunt for a magical treasure that could pay a dowry - or win a war. Raltarn and his uncle are entrepreneurs, struggling to make an honest living - or failing that, any sort of living - as Raltarn scrapes together a dowry for his fiancée Shanu. Shanu's father, tired of waiting, gives Raltarn an ultimatum - double your fortune in three months or the wedding is off. While clearing junk from a dead man's house, Raltarn finds a magic mirror that can communicate instantaneously with an identical mirror over great distances. The pair could provide him with a dowry - and might give his country the edge it needs in the long war with its neighbour. When the other mirror proves to be thousands of miles away, across dangerous seas and unexplored lands, Raltarn and his uncle decide the risks are worth it, but they soon discover they are not the only ones who see the opportunity for power and profit...
Download or read book The Magic Mirror written by Susan Hill Long and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twisty-turny journey of a girl searching for her heart’s desire—glimpsed in a magic mirror. Perfect for fans of Rump or Catherine, Called Birdy A foundling girl with a crooked leg and a crutch doesn’t expect life to be easy. Indeed, Maggie’s dearest wish is to simply not feel so alone. So when she spies a man behind bars in a magic mirror said to show one’s truest desire, she feels sure he is the father she’s always longed for—and she sets off on a quest to find him. Along the way, Maggie meets both kindly pilgrims and dastardly highwaymen. She discovers she bears a striking resemblance to the princess Petranilla. Their connection is so remarkable that Petra believes Maggie must be her lost sister who fell from the castle wall and was swept downriver as a baby. What a turn of fate! From reviled foundling to beloved royal! But being the lost princess turns out to be more curse than blessing given the schemes of the current king... And if Maggie’s a princess, then who is the man she spied in the magic mirror? This is a grand middle grade adventure story full of mistaken identities, lost loves, found families, and a tantalizing tinge of magic. "I love this book—an uproarious, thoughtful, touching, absurd, ans altogether splendid adventure." —Karen Cushman, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Midwife's Apprentice and Catherine, Called Birdy
Download or read book The Rites of Passage of Jean Genet written by Gene A. Plunka and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this book, Gene A. Plunka argues that the most important single element that solidifies all of Genet's work is the concept of metamorphosis. Genet's plays and prose demonstrate the transition from game playing to the establishment of one's identity through a state of risk taking that develops from solitude. However, risk taking per se is not as important as the rite of passage. Anthropologist Victor Turner's work in ethnography is used as a focal point for the examination of rites of passage in Genet's dramas." "Rejecting society, Genet has allied himself with peripheral groups, marginal men, and outcasts--scapegoats who lack power in society. Much of their effort is spent in revolt or direct opposition in mainstream society that sees them as objects to be abused. As an outcast or marginal man, Genet solved his problem of identity through artistic creation and metamorphosis. Likewise, Genet's protagonists are outcasts searching for positive value in a society over which they have no control; they always appear to be the victims or scapegoats. As outcasts, Genet's protagonists establish their identities by first willing their actions and being proud to do so." "Unfortunately, man's sense of Being is constantly undermined by society and the way individuals react to roles, norms, and values. Roles are the products of carefully defined and codified years of positively sanctioned institutional behavior. According to Genet, role playing limits individual freedom, stifles creativity, and impedes differentiation. Genet equates role playing with stagnant bourgeois society that imitates rather than invents; the latter is a word Genet often uses to urge his protagonists into a state of productive metamorphosis. Imitation versus invention is the underlying dialectic between bourgeois society and outcasts that is omnipresent in virtually all of Genet's works." "Faced with rejection, poverty, oppression, and degradation, Genet's outcasts often escape their horrible predicaments by living in a world of illusion that consists of ceremony, game playing, narcissism, sexual and secret rites, or political charades. Like children, Genet's ostracized individuals play games to imitate a world that they can not enter. Essentially, the play acting becomes catharsis for an oppressed group that is otherwise confined to the lower stratum of society." "Role players and outcasts who try to find an identity through cathartic game playing never realize their potential in Genet's world. Instead, Genet is interested in outcasts who immerse themselves in solitude and create their own sense of dignity free from external control. Most important, these isolated individuals may initially play games, yet they ultimately experience metamorphosis from a world of rites, charades, and rituals to a type of "sainthood" where dignity and nobility reign. The apotheosis is achieved through a distinct act of conscious revolt designed to condemn the risk taker to a degraded life of solitude totally distinct from society's norms and values." --Book Jacket.
Download or read book The Wanderers written by Sarthak Rathi and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OKAY, THEN. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU THOUGHT THAT YOU HAD TO SAVE THE WORLD, AND SAVING THE WORLD SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE? IF YOU HAVE, WELCOME TO MY WORLD. I’m Sarthak Rathi. I have a sister who annoys me. We get stuck in a sewer/passageway with our friends. A plan to destroy the world. An odious person wants to make people deaf. And I am stuck in this freakily bad mess. BA-BOOM. Life was good.
Download or read book The Shattered Mirror written by María Elena de Valdés and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular images of women in Mexico—conveyed through literature and, more recently, film and television—were long restricted to either the stereotypically submissive wife and mother or the demonized fallen woman. But new representations of women and their roles in Mexican society have shattered the ideological mirrors that reflected these images. This book explores this major change in the literary representation of women in Mexico. María Elena de Valdés enters into a selective and hard-hitting examination of literary representation in its social context and a contestatory engagement of both the literary text and its place in the social reality of Mexico. Some of the topics she considers are Carlos Fuentes and the subversion of the social codes for women; the poetic ties between Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Octavio Paz; questions of female identity in the writings of Rosario Castellanos, Luisa Josefina Hernández, María Luisa Puga, and Elena Poniatowska; the Chicana writing of Sandra Cisneros; and the postmodern celebration—without reprobation—of being a woman in Laura Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate.
Download or read book All These Shiny Worlds written by Jefferson Smith and published by Creativity Hacker Press. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2016 ImmerseOrDie Anthology. What do you get when you ask 34 of today's top indie authors to each submit a story and then ask a team of ruthless judges to scour that ore and pick out the gems? You get All These Shiny Worlds: A world of today, divided, black from white, good from evil, and held apart by the taste of a cookie. A world of griffons and glimmer bunnies, wise old mothers, sassy llamas, and the magic of beer. A world of contemplation and serenity, of service and devotion, ruled by a jewel and guarded by children. Plus 12 more, for a total of 15 worlds to explore. From the brutal curators at ImmerseOrDie.com comes this collection of indie short stories, each a distinct jewel forged in the fires of judgment, and all carrying one simple promise: Guaranteed not to suck.
Download or read book Crime Stories of Across the Mirror written by M Shar and published by Mahesh Dutt Sharma. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Crime Stories of Across the Mirror" is a meditation on the consequences of our actions. The pacing of the book is impeccable. The tension builds steadily, with each revelation and twist propelling the story towards its climactic showdown. The action sequences are well-executed, providing adrenaline-fueled moments that keep the reader on the edge of their seat. In terms of structure, the book benefits from its tight, focused narrative. Each story advances the plot while deepening our understanding of the characters and their motivations. The dialogue is sharp and realistic, adding to the authenticity of the story. The prose is clear and evocative, striking a balance between descriptive richness and narrative drive. "Crime Stories of Across the Mirror" is a testament to the power of storytelling. It deftly combines elements of crime, suspense, and fantasy to create a gripping and thought-provoking read. The story’s exploration of identity, the consequences of our actions, and the battle between light and dark within us all resonate on a profound level.
Download or read book Excel With Fundamentals Of Physics Vol I Optics written by Ajay Pratap Singh (aps) and published by Golden Bells. This book was released on 2008 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Solve This written by Joan Galat and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Science experiments for kids that solve problems"--
Download or read book The Thief s Talisman The Complete Series written by Emma L. Adams and published by Emma L. Adams. This book was released on with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changeling. Thief. Mortal heir in a world of treacherous immortals. Raine Warren, half-faerie changeling and master thief, wants nothing to do with the family who abandoned her in the human realm as a child. But when Faerie comes knocking, claiming she's descended from Sidhe nobility, she's handed an unexpected legacy. One catch: it comes in the form of a sceptre containing dark power coveted—and feared—by every faerie court, and no instruction manual. Now her name's on every hit list in Faerie, and the other Sidhe will do anything to take her off the playing field... permanently. Her last hope is to strike a deal with a charming thief with his own agenda and his own plans for the sceptre. On the run from assassins and hunted by the most powerful faeries in both realms, embracing the dangerous magic of Faerie might be Raine's only means of survival. This box set contains the complete Thief's Talisman urban fantasy trilogy: Mortal Heir, Iron Bound, and Exiled Queen.
Download or read book THE BLOOD AND TEARS PROPHECIES written by ABEL ASHWELL and published by ABEL ASHWELL. This book was released on 2024-01-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the shadowy corridors of a forgotten palace, secrets lie dormant, waiting for the right moment to awaken. A curse weaves its web around the descendants of Nostradamus, the famous seer, a lineage destined to be haunted by wonders and mysteries that transcend time. The tale begins after two century of the death of Michel Nostradamus, shrouding the era in silence, but the age of enigmas is far from over. A stolen grave, an exhumed relic, and an inexplicable hiatus of one hundred and eleven years signal the return of the inexplicable. Amid the opulence of a palace, a woman bears twins, while forbidden love flourishes in the shadows. As the identical twins grow, their destinies diverge. One becomes a wanderer, the other a soldier in the Great War. In the tapestry of this novel, intertwining lives paint a vivid portrait. House cleaners, doctors, actors, nuns, children with limited awareness, sailors, and the elusive Leviathan monster, all connected by threads of fate. In a world of mirrors, murder, betrayal, and revelations, love and death dance an eternal waltz. A journey unfolds, spanning more than a century, from 1896 to 2007, a tapestry woven with threads of mysticism, terror, philosophy, and humor. Complex characters navigate a world that blurs the lines between reality and fiction. enigmatic realm, where prophecies hide in plain sight and the line between truth and illusion grows thinner by the day. know “The Blood and tears Prophecies” and listen to the “Whispers from Beyond” that will reveal the secrets that have been hidden for far too long.
Download or read book The Death of Magick written by Benjamin Towe and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-10-24 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Envision a naive young man beguiled, robbed, and ridiculed by a beautiful sorceress. Imagine the young man became the greatest assassin that ever lived. See in your mind's eye an assassin consumed by hatred of all things Magick and committed to their destruction. Visualize the creation- through the power of a Wish- of an artifact of great power to assist his quest. Picture the assassin's second Wish- a Wish for more time and a labyrinth to keep his treasure forever secure from any that might seek the artifact. Realize the consequences of the imperfect Wish- albeit difficult, a path to the assassin's treasure, the Death of Magick. Envision the struggle across space and time between a just and powerful sorceress with rainbow tresses and a demon of timeless evil. The sorceress must seek the weapon created to bring about her destruction.The strongest and wisest of two very different worlds attempt to unravel the mysteries of ancient parchments and devise a plan to defeat the demon threatening both worlds. A new generation of Donothor and Parallan- empowered by Light, Dark, and Illusory Magick- accepts the challenge and assists their king and mentors. What roles have a beautiful mysterious red-haired elf, the bloodline of an enemy, and an artifact of evil? Will the sacrifices of generations be for naught? If they find the Death of Magick, will the weapon destroy them before they face the demon?
