Author: Paul DichterPublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1541542509
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Compilation of four separately published works.
The Magic of Our World
Author: Paul DichterPublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN: 1541542509
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Compilation of four separately published works.
Magic Is Dead
Author: Ian FrischPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062839306
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
A journalist recounts his life-changing journey through the secret world of underground magic in this “funny, illuminating, and personal” memoir (Brooklyn Rail) When struggling journalist Ian Frisch came across magician Chris Ramsey on Instagram, he knew he had the makings of a good story. But what began as a simple profile piece led Ian to the52—a secret society of magicians determined to revolutionize their ancient artform under the mantra Magic Is Dead. As Ian gains entry to the52, he forms close bonds with its founding members—Laura London, Daniel Madison, and Chris Ramsay. He attends private gatherings of the most extraordinary magicians working today, follows them to magic conventions in Las Vegas and England, and discovers some of the best tricks of the trade. He also goes behind the scenes of a Netflix magic show and encounters David Blaine, Penn Jillette, and Dynamo, the U.K.’s most famous magician. As Ian tells the story of the52, and his role as its most unlikely member, he reveals his own connection with trickery and deceit, sharing how he first learned the elements of magic from his poker-playing mother. Rich with the history of magic and populated with a cast of fascinating characters, Magic Is Dead is a page-turning work of immersive journalism coupled with a young man searching for himself.
The Magic of Reality
Author: Richard DawkinsPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451675046
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The author addresses key scientific questions previously explained by rich mythologies, from the evolution of the first humans and the life cycle of stars to the principles of a rainbow and the origins of the universe.
Someplace to Be Flying
Author: Charles de LintPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765307576
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Now in trade paperback, one of the classics of Charles de Lint's "Newford" sequence
The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind! Volume 1
Author: Gamei HitsujiPublisher: J-Novel Club
ISBN: 171832300X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Suimei and two of his best friends find themselves mysteriously summoned to another world. There's a cute princess, magic galore, a Demon Lord that needs to be defeated, and a world that needs to be saved--the works! Too bad Suimei isn't interested. His friends are all too ready to play the parts of heroes, but Suimei just wants to get home. He has an advantage as a magician... but he's in for a rude awakening when he finds out what actually passes for magic in these parts.
Here Is Real Magic
Author: Nate StaniforthPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 163286424X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
An extraordinary memoir about finding wonder in everyday life, from magician Nate Staniforth. Nate Staniforth has spent most of his life and all of his professional career trying to understand wonder--what it is, where to find it, and how to share it with others. He became a magician because he learned at a young age that magic tricks don't have to be frivolous. Magic doesn't have to be about sequins and smoke machines--rather, it can create a moment of genuine astonishment. But after years on the road as a professional magician, crisscrossing the country and performing four or five nights a week, every week, Nate was disillusioned, burned out, and ready to quit. Instead, he went to India in search of magic. Here Is Real Magic follows Nate Staniforth's evolution from an obsessed young magician to a broken wanderer and back again. It tells the story of his rediscovery of astonishment--and the importance of wonder in everyday life--during his trip to the slums of India, where he infiltrated a three-thousand-year-old clan of street magicians. Here Is Real Magic is a call to all of us--to welcome awe back into our lives, to marvel in the everyday, and to seek magic all around us.
Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
Author: D. Michael QuinnPublisher:
ISBN: 9781560850892
Category : Latter Day Saint churches
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this articulate and insightful book, D. Michael Quinn reconstructs the world view of an earlier age in America, finding ample evidence for treasure seeking and folk magic in Joseph Smith's formative years. Folk magic was not unusual for the times and is important in understanding how Mormons may have interpreted developments. Quinn's impressive research provides a much-needed background for the environment that produced Mormonism's founding prophet.
Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World
Author: Matthew W DickiePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134533365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors in the ancient world; it also addresses the question of their identity and social origins. The resulting investigation takes us to the underside of Greek and Roman society, into a world of wandering holy men and women, conjurors and wonder-workers, and into the lives of prostitutes, procuresses, charioteers and theatrical performers. This fascinating reconstruction of the careers of witches and sorcerors allows us to see into previously inaccessible areas of Greco-Roman life. Compelling for both its detail and clarity, and with an extraordinarily revealing breadth of evidence employed, it will be an essential resource for anyone studying ancient magic.
She is Magic, Yes
Author: Blair HaysePublisher:
ISBN: 9781639726561
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
SHE IS MAGIC, YES is a book of 11 women who each share their personal journey.It is filled with hope. Filled with inspiration. Filled with women who chose to rise again and sometimes they chose to rise again and again. All of this made them into the women they are today. They are women who proved to the world that life is more than just the hand of cards you are dealt, but rather, how you respond to those cards you are dealt.It is a choice. They chose to find love. They chose to find healing. They chose to find life. In return, she gives love.She gives healing.She gives hope.She gives inspirationShe gives life.She is more than just a woman.She is Magic.Contributing Authors: Blair Hayse, Kelsey Rojas, Marina Fabian, Stephanie Mahony, Susan Finkel Barrows, Christine D'Elia, Nicole Barker, Mistie S. Rose, Karen Quiros, Brooke J. Coleman and Traci Miller.
Uncivilisation
Author: Paul KingsnorthPublisher:
ISBN: 9780995540262
Category : Civilization
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description