Download or read book Yes Yes We re Magicians written by Jonah Samson and published by . This book was released on 2017-05 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a collection of found photographs. The only text is this quote: Estragon We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist? Vladimir Yes, yes, we're magicians. Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot."--

Download or read book The Magicians written by Lev Grossman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lev Grossman’s new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD will be on sale July 2024 The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on SYFY “The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this.” —George R.R. Martin “Sad, hilarious, beautiful, and essential to anyone who cares about modern fantasy.” —Joe Hill “A very knowing and wonderful take on the wizard school genre.” —John Green “The Magicians may just be the most subversive, gripping and enchanting fantasy novel I’ve read this century.” —Cory Doctorow “This gripping novel draws on the conventions of contemporary and classic fantasy novels in order to upend them . . . an unexpectedly moving coming-of-age story.” —The New Yorker “The best urban fantasy in years.” —A.V. Club Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he’s secretly fascinated with a series of children’s fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams have come true. But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory. The land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined. . . . The prequel to the New York Times bestselling book The Magician King and the #1 bestseller The Magician's Land, The Magicians is one of the most daring and inventive works of literary fantasy in years. No one who has escaped into the worlds of Narnia and Harry Potter should miss this breathtaking return to the landscape of the imagination.

Download or read book Isn t This Fun written by Michael Foley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Foley, the author of bestselling The Age of Absurdity, wants to understand why he doesn't appear to be experiencing as much 'fun' as everyone else . . . And so, with characteristic wit and humour, Foley sets out to understand what fun really means, examining its heritage, its cultural significance and the various activities we associate with fun. He investigates pursuits such as dancing, sex, holidays, sport, gaming and comedy, and concludes that fun is not easy, simple and fixed, as many seem to believe, but elusive, complex and constantly changing. In fact, fun is a profoundly serious business. His findings will invigorate you with insights, quite possibly help you to understand why the post-post-modern is actually the pre-pre-modern and, at the very least, make you laugh at life. ‘This book is such a wondrous kaleidoscope of rage, based on such a deep reading of all the sources, that I shall be searching out his other works to read forthwith. The man is a marvel.’ Daily Mail

Download or read book Phenomena on earth written by Xi Feng and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formless phase, the birth of all things, this was a world where the law of phase was respected. Vein beasts and taboo beasts filled the entire continent, including the North Mountain and the West Sea, and the South Sen East Desert. After Nie Xinghe died, he teleported to the Myriad Appearance Continent. He wanted to see the people he had betrayed in the past. In order to protect them, he had taken the ancient emperor as his master and dominated the entire Myriad Manifestation Continent. Realm division and corresponding titles: Pure Yuan Realm (Cultivator), Emptiness Realm (Emptiness Realm), Void Realm (King's Realm), Void Stage (Honored Scholar), and Great Space Stage (Emperor's Realm)

Download or read book The Magician King written by Lev Grossman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lev Grossman’s new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD will be on sale July 2024 Return to Fillory in the riveting sequel to the New York Times bestseller and literary phenomenon, The Magicians, now an original series on SYFY, from the author of the #1 bestselling The Magician’s Land. Quentin Coldwater should be happy. He escaped a miserable Brooklyn childhood, matriculated at a secret college for magic, and graduated to discover that Fillory—a fictional utopia—was actually real. But even as a Fillorian king, Quentin finds little peace. His old restlessness returns, and he longs for the thrills a heroic quest can bring. Accompanied by his oldest friend, Julia, Quentin sets off—only to somehow wind up back in the real world and not in Fillory, as they’d hoped. As the pair struggle to find their way back to their lost kingdom, Quentin is forced to rely on Julia’s illicitly learned sorcery as they face a sinister threat in a world very far from the beloved fantasy novels of their youth.

Download or read book The Magic Goes Away Collection written by Larry Niven and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of three novels.

Download or read book Magic A Rough Guide written by Nathan McGrath and published by H.H Dervish. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trade of the Tricks written by Graham Jones and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. Entering the flourishing Paris magic scene as an apprentice, the author gives a firsthand account of how magicians learn to perform their deceptions. He follows the day-to-day lives of some of France's most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed.

Download or read book Komposisjoner av lys written by Elisabeth Thorsen and published by Vigmostad & Bjørke. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mette er alene i Oslo når landet stenges ned i mars 2020. Inspirert av Isaac Newton, legger hun ut på en oppdagelsesreise i lys. Spekteret som åpner seg, involverer alle relasjoner. Også arbeidsdagen. Leseren tas med inn i en sanselig og nær verden hvor vitenskapsmenn, komponister, forfattere, filosofer og helgener er like naturlige hverdagsvenner som småfuglene, hageplantene, telefonen og katten uten navn.Komposisjoner av lys er bygget opp av fragmenter: biter av minner, fliker av samtaler, glimt av situasjoner, stemninger, sitater og refleksjoner. Den lodder dypt, men er lett å lese. Den er full av alvor, men også av morsomheter og absurditeter. Først og fremst er den menneskelig, og tilbyr et fellesskap der vi er på vårt mest ensomme. «Hun tar sats i hverdagsbetraktninger og sikter mot lengre tankerekker. Lett springer hun fra konkrete dagligdagse hendelser, taktile sansninger og observasjoner til eksistensiell tematikk. Sjarmerende tar hun leseren fra bare føtter og kattepels under fingrene, til Bibelen.»Astrid Fosvold, Vårt land«Elisabeth Thorsens første roman om presten Mettes liv og indre reise griper meg fra første stund. Det er et velskrevet og tankevekkende litterært verk som tar leserne inn i et univers som vi kan kjenne oss igjen i, men også en reise i teologiens og psykologiens verden.»Nina Hanssen, Fri fagbevegelse«En original fortelling som gir oss en ganske spesiell romanopplevelse. Den er både utfordrende, tankevekkende og en sjelden skjønnlitterær kilde til viktige refleksjoner.»Audun Mosevoll, Dagen«… en usedvanlig stimulerende roman som igangsetter mange og lange tankerekker og refleksjoner i leseren.»[Terningkast 5 Sigmund Jensen, Stavanger Aftenblad

Download or read book SpellCheckers Inc Book 1 the Opening Act written by J. P. Hirtle and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine short spellchecked stories about stage magic gone slightly wronga? When Mary was about to lose her job, she considered herself lucky to get another one right away at a peculiar workshop called SpellCheckers Inc. "No, we don't work on software," Barry explained, as he showed her the ropes, "We repair stage magic tricks - check the spells if you will." "Illusions, right?" Mary asked. Barry smiled and nodded knowingly. Before Mary knew it, she discovered that the stage magic was quite real, and more hazardous than she ever thought as she and Barry worked to ensure that any unfortunate accidents happen in their workshop - and not out on stage. Because checking the spells - is what SpellCheckers Inc. does.

Download or read book The Journey Through Time Geronimo Stilton Special Edition written by Geronimo Stilton and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey back in time with Geronimo in this fabumouse special edition! I, Geronimo Stilton, never expected to set paw inside a time machine. But when Professor Paws von Volt invited me to travel with him, I had to accept! My family came along to help us discover how the dinosaurs became extinct, how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built, and what life was like at King Arthur's court. Along the way I was chased by a Tyrannosaurus rex, almost eaten by a crocodile in the Nile, and asked to save a maiden from an evil knight's castle. Holey cheese! It was an adventure through history!

Download or read book The Erotic Bird written by Maurice Natanson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does literature illuminate the way we live? Maurice Natanson, a prominent champion of phenomenology, draws upon this method's unique power to show how fiction can highlight aspects of experience that are normally left unexamined. By exploring the structure of the everyday world, Natanson reveals the "uncanny" that lies at the core of the ordinary. Phenomenology--which involves the questioning of that which we usually take for granted--is for Natanson the essence of philosophy. Drawing upon his philosophical predecessors Edmund Husserl, Alfred Schutz, and Jean-Paul Sartre, Natanson paves his own way with stories and examples that themselves bear witness to how phenomenology occurs in literature. In considering such works as Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, and Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, Natanson shows how literature opens us to the domain of possibility and how metaphor offers philosophical power when we think about freedom and change. This book, written by one of the twentieth century's leading phenomenologists, will interest students in philosophy and in literature. They will value the work particularly for its clarification of concepts and terms that frequently emerge in the contemporary intellectual climate.

Download or read book Love Is Magic Girls Are Magicians written by Bhargav Prajapati and published by Write India Publishers. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'What is love for you?', Ish asked. That something, she always wanted to ask and know. She was expecting some wonderful words just like Krish has definitions of other things. 'Magic, love is magic', Krish replied in next second. 'Wow, magic. Is it?', for few seconds, she just stared at Krish with pleasant smile. So Krish also believed that love is somewhat special thing. It's magic and he is absolutely right. 'And magic is not possible without magician', eyes of Krish went on Ish. Krish smiled at her and her heart beats boost up with Krish’s breath. Is he talking about me that what came to her mind when he looked at me. 'And who are magicians?', Ish asked. 'Girls', Krish replied. 'Really, Am I a magician?', she asked herself with full of excitement. Love and girl seems to be synonyms of magic and magician. It's a story of four crazy girls of Mumbai Ish, Pal, Rachchu and Gudi who study in Dance College and have a dream to open dance academy. Also it is about a friend and crush of Ish, Krish – corner boy. Can Ish create magic in life of Krish? Can Ish become magician for Krish? Let's know it.

Download or read book 8 Ocean Angels the Road to Infinity for the Gifted written by Grant King and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who are ocean angels? What distinguishes them from other people? Are you one of them? In 8 Ocean Angels, the author, Grant King, presents notable characters he considers as real-life ocean angels—such as Francois-Marie Arouet, Massimo Bontempelli, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Ezra Pound, and Socrates—and describes how they ultimately represent these entities in how they see life and relate to nature and the entire cosmos. The narrative uses repetition of words, lines, and ideas to create a meditative tone, effectively drawing you into mantric reading as you go through each chapter. A book on enlightenment and discoveries, it beckons for introspection, guiding you to the awareness of your real capabilities, of the real nature of life, and of the truth about our relationship with a higher power. Spiritual and personal, the book paves the way for the understanding that we are not solitary entities but are interconnected elements in a majestic and grand design.

Download or read book The Koran Handbook written by Nicolas Starkovsky and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This complete yet accessible translation of the Koran is designed as a teaching tool to explain in an analytical fashion the creed of nearly one billion people. Based on the most moderate Sunni tradition, it includes factual descriptions of Shi'ism, Sufism and other important distinctions.--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book The Auslesen Seven written by Zachary T.M. Schmitz and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-10-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chance encounter with a convicted criminal changes Chris and James’ lives forever. Suddenly slammed into a world filled with magic beyond human imagination, they are forced to face the challenge of millennia: end a 3000-year-old war! A spell-binding mixture of awe-inspiring magic, mythology, and dark history awaits you in the ensnaring first installment of Schmitz´s captivating saga. Join the thrilling adventures of the young wizard team as they come face-to-face with Dragons, monsters, and mighty gods -- in their quest to capture Aphrodite´s unicorn.

Download or read book The Divided Self written by R. D. Laing and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Divided Self, R.D. Laing's groundbreaking exploration of the nature of madness, illuminated the nature of mental illness and made the mysteries of the mind comprehensible to a wide audience. First published in 1960, this watershed work aimed to make madness comprehensible, and in doing so revolutionized the way we perceive mental illness. Using case studies of patients he had worked with, psychiatrist R. D. Laing argued that psychosis is not a medical condition, but an outcome of the 'divided self', or the tension between the two personas within us: one our authentic, private identity, and the other the false, 'sane' self that we present to the world. Laing's radical approach to insanity offered a rich existential analysis of personal alienation and made him a cult figure in the 1960s, yet his work was most significant for its humane attitude, which put the patient back at the centre of treatment. Includes an introduction by Professor Anthony S. David. 'One of the twentieth century's most influential psychotherapists' Guardian 'Laing challenged the psychiatric orthodoxy of his time ... an icon of the 1960s counter-culture' The Times