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The Stockholm Octavo
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Author : Karen Engelmann
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-09-13
The Stockholm Octavo written by Karen Engelmann and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-13 with Fiction categories.
'A delicious page-turner that brings 18th century Stockholm to vivid life, complete with scandal, conspiracy, mystery, and a hint of magic.' - Eleanor Brown, New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters In 18th century Stockholm, as the winds of revolution rage through the great capitals of Europe, the key to a nation's fate rests in the hands of an unlikely hero. Emil Larsson is a drinker, card player and contented bachelor until he is told that his position at the Office of Excise and Customs depends on his settling down and finding a wife. Mrs Sparrow, proprietor of an exclusive gaming house, fortune teller (and confidante of King Gustav III) offers to lay an Octavo for him - a form of cartomancy which can divine his future if he can find the eight individuals who can help him realise his vision. When Mrs Sparrow wins a mysterious fan in her card game, the Octavo's deeper powers are revealed. No longer just a game of the heart, collecting his Eight is now crucial to pulling his country back from the brink of rebellion and chaos. A debut novel full of opulent period detail, brilliantly interweaving history, romance and intrigue, in which one man's fortune holds the key to a nation's precarious fate.
Stockholm Octavo
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Author : Karen Engelmann
language : sv
Publisher: Word Audio Publishing
Release Date : 2020-09-09
Stockholm Octavo written by Karen Engelmann and has been published by Word Audio Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-09 with Fiction categories.
Stockholm 1791. Revolutionens vindar drar genom Europa och även i Sverige börjar Gustav III:s makt att ifrågasättas. Emil Larsson är nöjd med att tillbringa sina dagar med att dricka och spela kort till den dag han inser att hans fortsatta yrkeskarriär som tulltjänsteman är beroende av att han hittar en kvinna att gifta sig med. Hans vän fru Sparf, ägare till ett exklusivt spelhus och spådam, med både Gustav III och hans bror Karl som klienter, hjälper Emil genom att lägga en octavo åt honom – en kortspådom som visar honom vilka åtta personer i hans närhet som kommer att förvandla hans drömmar till verklighet. Full av förhoppning börjar Emil leta bland arbetare och adel efter sina nya vänner. Men föga kan han ana att det som till en början var en oskyldig lek så småningom kommer att leda honom till en annan mycket mäktigare profetia – Stockholm octavo! Och innan Emil hinner förstå hur allt gått till finner han sig högst involverad i de mordiska intrigerna kring Gustav III.
The Stockholm Octavo
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Author : Karen Engelmann
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2012-10-23
The Stockholm Octavo written by Karen Engelmann and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-23 with Fiction categories.
One man’s fortune holds the key to a nation’s fate in this sensational debut novel set in 18th-century Sweden. The Stockholm Octavo by Karen Engelmann transports readers to a colorful Scandinavian world of intrigue and magic in a dazzling golden age of high art, music, and opulent fashion. A masterwork of historical fiction in the vein of Patrick Suskind’s classic novel, Perfume, Karen Engelmann’s The Stockholm Octavo is mysterious and romantic—as magical and enthralling as The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern—and features a brilliant and unforgettable cast of extraordinary characters.
The Stockholm Octavo
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Author : Karen Engelmann
language : en
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Release Date : 2013
The Stockholm Octavo written by Karen Engelmann and has been published by Thorndike Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Fortune-telling by cards categories.
"Thorndike Press large print basic series."
Het Stockholm Octavo
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Author : Karen Engelmann
language : nl
Publisher: A.W. Bruna Uitgevers
Release Date : 2013-01-25
Het Stockholm Octavo written by Karen Engelmann and has been published by A.W. Bruna Uitgevers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-25 with Fiction categories.
Zweden, 1798. Emil Larsson, een drinkende en gokkende vrijgezel, raakt bevriend met de eigenaresse van een goklokaal, mevrouw Sofia Mus, die hem de toekomst voorspelt aan de hand van een nieuwe vorm van kaartlegging: het octavo. Wanneer Sofia na een lange nacht aan de goktafels een kostbare waaier van barones De Uzanne wint, leidt dat tot bittere rivaliteit en een moorddadig complot waar niemand ongeschonden uit tevoorschijn komt. Ondertussen krijgt Emil te horen dat hij `de Zoeker' is, en dat niet alleen zijn toekomst maar ook die van de monarchie, de stad en heel Zweden afhangt van zijn vermogen de acht leden van het Stockholm Octavo te achterhalen... Het Stockholm Octavo is een adembenemende, spannende en onvergetelijke historische roman die op ingenieuze wijze geschiedenis, politiek, romantiek, mystiek en de geheime taal van waaiers combineert. ‘Wat een geweldig verhaal! – Library Journal (sterrecensie) ‘Een meesterlijke vertelling: mysterieus, spannend en boordevol actie.’ – Booklist (sterrecensie) ‘Adembenemend.’ – Kirkus Reviews ‘Buitengewoon spannend en meeslepend.’ – Publishers Weekly (sterrecensie)
The Octavo Handbook
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Author : Mrs Sofia Sparrow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-05
The Octavo Handbook written by Mrs Sofia Sparrow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05 with categories.
The Octavo Handbook by Mrs. Sofia Sparrow is a newly discovered guide to her unique form of fortunetelling with cards, the Octavo. This spread of eight cards reveals eight individuals who will play a specific role in a significant event in the life of the Seeker, resulting in their rebirth. A detailed demanding cartomancy that reveals human nature at its worst and best. Find your eight! (Not for the faint of heart.) Also available in full color paperback (Edition Deluxe) and hard cover (Edition Extra Deluxe) The Octavo comes to life in the novel, "The Stockholm Octavo" from Ecco, published in 2012.
Visions Of Angels
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Author : Nelson Bloncourt
language : en
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Release Date : 1998
Visions Of Angels written by Nelson Bloncourt and has been published by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Art categories.
In 40 black-and-white photographs that range from the ephemeral to the Earthly, 35 of today's foremost photographers present the idea of angels in a stunning compendium.
Friends Like These
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Author : James V. Irving
language : en
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
Release Date :
Friends Like These written by James V. Irving and has been published by Speaking Volumes this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.
Joth Proctor is an under-employed, criminal defense lawyer with a marginal solo practice in Arlington, Virginia, where a mix of southern charm, shady business dealings, and Washington, D.C. intrigue pervade the story. Upon the suspicious death of the wife of a close friend, Proctor enters a web of drug and alcohol abuse, family real estate deceit, and friends of questionable character whose intentions are not to be trusted. An ex-athlete, Proctor is cynical but principled, world-weary and still preoccupied with Heather Burke, the woman who jilted him years ago and remains a crucial player in his professional life. Everyone he knows and meets seems willing to bend the law and compromise their ethical standards in the pursuit of individual self-interest. Proctor places his reputation at risk as he navigates a world of strip clubs, corrupt cops, con men and crooks, including the sinister Jimmie Flambeau. Increasingly isolated, Joth must live by his wits in the midst of volatile circumstances and unpredictable twists of fate that place his career, his life and the lives of those he loves in jeopardy. "As an ex-prosecutor and practicing attorney, I find Jim Irving's book series to be authentic, gripping and right on point, and as a reader, I couldn't put it down. His protagonist, Joth, reminds me, for better or worse, of several lawyers I have known, and I hope and pray that aspiring lawyers will learn from his experience. I highly recommend all three books in the series." —Steve Moriarty, ex-Fairfax County, Virginia prosecutor "Friends Like These portrays several excellent character studies set amidst a legal world of scrupulous and sketchy figures, which, unfortunately, is probably occurring all over America. Irving shines a wild, informative, and highly entertaining light on all kinds of despicable behavior in his entertaining cannon of "people behaving badly"." —Kathryn Smerling, PhD, MSW Dean’s Council, NYU School of Social Work "Irving’s writing is relaxed and authentic and takes readers inside a compelling world of legal and social issues. For anyone taking a vacation, I have a fine book series to recommend." —Bruce Kluger, columnist, USA Today "Friends Like These is a welcome book series for anyone wishing to escape their own world and dip their toes into a netherworld of do-gooders, procrastinators and outright criminals. As a psychiatrist, I find his characters genuine and fascinating. As a private reader, he’s got me hooked on a roller coaster of mystery and real-life adventure." — Mark Banschick, MD, family psychiatrist, author, The Intelligent Divorce, Books One and Two
Book Trade Catalogues In Early Modern Europe
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Author : Arthur der Weduwen
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-07-19
Book Trade Catalogues In Early Modern Europe written by Arthur der Weduwen and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-19 with History categories.
This edited collection offers in seventeen chapters the latest scholarship on book catalogues in early modern Europe. Contributors discuss the role that these catalogues played in bookselling and book auctions, as well as in guiding the tastes of book collectors and inspiring some of the greatest libraries of the era. Catalogues in the Low Countries, Britain, Germany, France and the Baltic region are studied as important products of the early modern book trade, and as reconstructive tools for the history of the book. These catalogues offer a goldmine of information on the business of books, and they allow scholars to examine questions on the distribution and ownership of books that would otherwise be extremely difficult to pursue. Contributors: Helwi Blom, Pierre Delsaerdt, Arthur der Weduwen, Anna E. de Wilde, Shanti Graheli, Ann-Marie Hansen, Rindert Jagersma, Graeme Kemp, Ian Maclean, Alicia C. Montoya, Andrew Pettegree, Philippe Schmid, Forrest C. Strickland, Jasna Tingle, Marieke van Egeraat, and Elise Watson.
The Thinking Woman S Guide To Real Magic
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Author : Emily Croy Barker
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-08-01
The Thinking Woman S Guide To Real Magic written by Emily Croy Barker and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-01 with Fiction categories.
An imaginative story of a woman caught in an alternate world—where she will need to learn the skills of magic to survive Nora Fischer’s dissertation is stalled and her boyfriend is about to marry another woman. During a miserable weekend at a friend’s wedding, Nora wanders off and walks through a portal into a different world where she’s transformed from a drab grad student into a stunning beauty. Before long, she has a set of glamorous new friends and her romance with gorgeous, masterful Raclin is heating up. It’s almost too good to be true. Then the elegant veneer shatters. Nora’s new fantasy world turns darker, a fairy tale gone incredibly wrong. Making it here will take skills Nora never learned in graduate school. Her only real ally—and a reluctant one at that—is the magician Aruendiel, a grim, reclusive figure with a biting tongue and a shrouded past. And it will take her becoming Aruendiel’s student—and learning magic herself—to survive. When a passage home finally opens, Nora must weigh her “real life” against the dangerous power of love and magic. For lovers of Lev Grossman's The Magicians series (The Magicians and The Magician King) and Deborah Harkness's All Souls Trilogy (A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night).