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Portable Magic
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Author : Emma Smith
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2022-04-28
Portable Magic written by Emma Smith and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-28 with History categories.
'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The Times Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow for childhood reading, the lifetime companionship of a much-loved novel. But books are things as well as words, objects in our lives as well as worlds in our heads. And just as we crack their spines, loosen their leaves and write in their margins, so they disrupt and disorder us in turn. All books are, as Stephen King put it, 'a uniquely portable magic'. Here, Emma Smith shows us why. Portable Magic unfurls an exciting and iconoclastic new story of the book in human hands, exploring when, why and how it acquired its particular hold over us. Gathering together a millennium's worth of pivotal encounters with volumes big and small, Smith reveals that, as much as their contents, it is books' physical form - their 'bookhood' - that lends them their distinctive and sometimes dangerous magic. From the Diamond Sutra to Jilly Cooper's Riders, to a book made of wrapped slices of cheese, this composite artisanal object has, for centuries, embodied and extended relationships between readers, nations, ideologies and cultures, in significant and unpredictable ways. Exploring the unexpected and unseen consequences of our love affair with books, Portable Magic hails the rise of the mass-market paperback, and dismantles the myth that print began with Gutenberg; it reveals how our reading habits have been shaped by American soldiers, and proposes new definitions of a 'classic'-and even of the book itself. Ultimately, it illuminates the ways in which our relationship with the written word is more reciprocal - and more turbulent - than we tend to imagine.
Portable Magic
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Author : Emma Josephine Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Portable Magic written by Emma Josephine Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Book industries and trade categories.
"Most of what we say about books is really about the words inside them: the rosy nostalgic glow for childhood reading, the lifetime companionship of a much-loved novel. But books are things as well as words, objects in our lives as well as worlds in our heads. And just as we crack their spines, loosen their leaves and write in their margins, so they disrupt and disorder us in turn. All books are, as Stephen King put it, 'a uniquely portable magic'. Here, Emma Smith shows us why"--
Portable Magic
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Author : Saidah Vassell
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2015-07-25
Portable Magic written by Saidah Vassell and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-25 with Fiction categories.
Portable Magic is a collection of short stories varying in genre. It varies from fairy tales to love stories to stories about discovering who you are. It is simply about getting lost in another world, over and over again
Dragon E Baby Gone
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Author : Robert Gainey
language : en
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
Release Date : 2021-06-28
Dragon E Baby Gone written by Robert Gainey and has been published by The Wild Rose Press Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-28 with Fiction categories.
"Dragon is hard to overcome, yet one shall try." – Nowe Ateny, Polish Encyclopedia, 1745 Diane Morris is part of the thin line separating a happy, mundane world from all of the horrors of the anomalous. Her federal agency is underfunded, understaffed, and misunderstood, and she'd rather transfer to the boring safety of Logistics than remain a field agent. When a troupe of international thieves make off with a pair of dragon eggs, Diane has no choice but to ally with a demon against the forces looking to leave her city a smoldering crater. Facing down rogue wizards, fiery elementals, and crazed gunmen, it's a race against time to get the precious cargo back before the dragon wakes up and unleashes hell.
Portable Magic
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Author : Donald Tyson
language : en
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Release Date : 2006
Portable Magic written by Donald Tyson and has been published by Llewellyn Worldwide this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Magic categories.
Say goodbye to ceremonial robes, incense, candles, and oils. Donald Tyson presents a new, easy way to perform ritual magic with only one tool: tarot. From manipulating elemental forces of nature to making potent charms, all ceremonial rituals can be performed with a standard 78-card deck. Tyson's efficient system of tarot magic is based on the Golden Dawn tradition, which corresponds with tarot imagery. He teaches how to work magic on the astral level by projecting one's awareness into the ritual tarot layout. Learn how to set up an astral temple, build an altar, cast a magic circle, and create a triangle through which to actualize your purpose. This innovative guide to tarot magic also includes rituals related to unions, business, banishing, and evoking elementals.
Book Review
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Author : M. M. Book Review
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-08-26
Book Review written by M. M. Book Review and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-26 with categories.
Making a review for everything you have read because you love books so much. This will help you organize your thoughts to keep the history of what you recommend people read and only you want to read for personal use. Recording or Loging the title, author, publisher, genre, number of pages and dates read. This will help you rate the book on the scale of 1 to 5 stars and 5 as the greatest book you have read.
Portable Magic
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Author : Roseanne Cheng
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-05
Portable Magic written by Roseanne Cheng and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05 with categories.
The Yoga Of Max S Discontent
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Author : Karan Bajaj
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2016-05-03
The Yoga Of Max S Discontent written by Karan Bajaj and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with Fiction categories.
“A beautifully rendered epic journey . . . . The novel works on many levels and excels at them all.” —New York Journal of Books In this captivating and surprising novel of spiritual discovery—a No. 1 bestseller in India—a young American travels to India and finds himself tested physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Max Pzoras is the poster child for the American Dream. The child of Greek immigrants who grew up in a dangerous New York housing project, he triumphed over his upbringing and became a successful Wall Street analyst. Yet on the frigid December night he’s involved in a violent street scuffle, Max begins to confront questions about suffering and mortality that have dogged him since his mother’s death. His search takes him to the farthest reaches of India, where he encounters a mysterious night market, almost freezes to death on a hike up the Himalayas, and finds himself in an ashram in a drought-stricken village in South India. As Max seeks answers to questions that have bedeviled him—can yogis walk on water and live for 200 years without aging? Can a flesh-and-blood man ever achieve nirvana?—he struggles to overcome his skepticism and the pull of family tugging him home. In an ultimate bid for answers, he embarks on a dangerous solitary meditation in a freezing Himalayan cave, where his physical and spiritual endurance is put to its most extreme test. By turns a gripping adventure story and a journey of tremendous inner transformation, The Yoga of Max's Discontent is a contemporary take on man's classic quest for transcendence.
Small Favors
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Author : Erin A. Craig
language : en
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Release Date : 2021-07-27
Small Favors written by Erin A. Craig and has been published by Delacorte Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-27 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically-acclaimed author of House of Salt and Sorrows comes a mesmerizing and chilling fairy-talesque novel about Ellerie Downing, a young woman in a small town with monsters lurking in the trees and dark desires hidden in the shadows—in Amity Falls, nothing is more dangerous than a wish come true. "Unique, enchanting, and haunting."—Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of the Cursebreaker series “Full of beasts, bargains, and blood, Small Favors is a folk horror tale that feels like a classic but is utterly fresh. Sweet, dark, and complex as wildflower honey.”—Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf "A deliciously dark fairy tale filled with bone-chilling horror and breathtaking romance that will keep you turning the pages long into the night."—Kara Thomas, author of The Cheerleaders and That Weekend “As dark and romantic as it haunting, Small Favors is an eerie fairytale that I couldn’t put down.”—Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching Ellerie Downing is waiting for something to happen. Life in isolated Amity Falls, surrounded by an impenetrable forest, has a predictable sameness. Her days are filled with tending to her family's beehives, chasing after her sisters, and dreaming of bigger things while her twin, Samuel, is free to roam as he wishes. Early town settlers fought off monstrous creatures in the woods, and whispers that the creatures still exist keep the Downings and their neighbors from venturing too far. When some townsfolk go missing on a trip to fetch supplies, a heavy unease settles over the Falls. Strange activities begin to plague the town, and as the seasons change, it's clear that something is terribly wrong. The creatures are real, and they're offering to fulfill the residents' deepest desires, however grand, for just a small favor. These seemingly trifling demands, however, hide sinister intentions. Soon Ellerie finds herself in a race against time to stop Amity Falls, her family, and the boy she loves from going up in flames.
The Portable Door
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Author : Tom Holt
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-09-04
The Portable Door written by Tom Holt and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-04 with Fiction categories.
Starting a new job is always stressful, but when Paul Carpenter arrives at the office of H.W. Wells he has no idea what trouble lies in store. Because he is about to discover that the apparently respectable establishment now paying his salary is in fact a front for a deeply sinister organization that has a mighty peculiar agenda. It seems that half the time his bosses are away with the fairies. But they're not, of course. They're away with the goblins.