Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magic tricks
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Wizards Annual
Author: Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American EthnologyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Viz Annual 2021: the Wizard's Sleeve
Author: VIZ MAGAZINE.Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781067277
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
By any standards, 2020 has been a momentous twelve months. The news has been dominated by huge headlines; the roof of a Slough block of flats was blown off by strong winds, Stormzy clashed with TV host Eamonn Holmes over his criticism of Meghan Markle, and Greggs launched their much-heralded Vegan Steak Bake. But in the future, when all these stories are nothing more than forgotten chapters in a dusty history book on the shelves of a closed library, this year will be remembered for just one thing; Viz - The Wizard's Sleeve. Inside this extraordinarily sumptuous compilation annual, readers will find the very best bits from issues 272 to 281 of Viz Comic, Britain's funniest* and best-selling** magazine, including: * Cartoons: The Fat Slags, Johnny Fartpants, Mrs Brady Old Lady, Roger Mellie, Eight Ace, The Pathetic Sharks, Biffa Bacon, Raffles the Gentleman Thug and many, many more * Features and news stories: Sex on the Moon; Is Your Neighbour a KGB Assassin?, Is Your Wife Having an Affair with the Milkman?; 24 Things You Never Knew About Gold; The Stag Night of the Future and many, many more * Thrilling adventures: Ed Sheeran's Fountain of Popularity; Tony Hadley's True Crime; Invasion of the Space Wasps with Kirstie & Phil; Jimbo Jones and his Robot Beauty Pageant; Jack Black and his Dog Silver and many, many more * Viz's famous Letters and Top Tips * Spoof ads, articles, free gifts and other assorted tat Whether you're looking for the ideal Christmas gift for a loved one, a book to keep on the toilet cistern, or merely something to prop up the leg of a wobbly kitchen table***, a copy of Viz - The Wizard's Sleeve is a great way to round this fabulous year off in style. *Winner, Britain's Funniest Magazine, Viz Comic Magazine Awards, 1979-2020 **Source: ABC figure experienced during a dream after eating a large amount of cheese ***Particularly wobbly tables may require the purchase of more booksbrass fanfare to celebrate its 40th year as the country's most flatulent magazine, Viz is puffing out its cheeks to release its latest annual - The Trumpeter's Lips.
The Annual American Catalog
Author: Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
Author: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of EthnologyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Proceedings of the ... Annual Congress of the International Association of Shorthand Writers
Author: International Association of Shorthand Writers. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The Annual Register
Author: Wizard's First Rule
Author: Terry GoodkindPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765300270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
An unearthly adversary descends on an idyllic fantasy world, corrupting magic against good and slaughtering innocents, and only a single man can stop him.
The Legendary Tales of the Wizards 3
Author: Mark IrlandaPublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496912756
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Ever wish to ride upon the wings of an angel? Ever wish to be friends with a whimsical gnome? Ever wish to be a part of a world where magic rules in the place of law? Of course you have. These wishes are better known as fantasies or dreams as dreams help us to live a more fanciful life as our lives might not be that of which we had hoped. Fantasies Thoughts we can only dare to dream as the dream may never come true but for one boy it has Burris Samson is a magical boy of eleven, going on twenty. A boy put in the position to decide the fate of a parallel world of wizardry, creatures of fantasys belief and so far, has done what most men, kings and warriors fear to dare. Burris Samson accepts the challenges of an alternate world without prize but will come to discover more than he bargained for. Deaths wish of a love returned. A lost desire to know the man of whom he thought had abandoned he and his mother long before his birth. A journey he heavies, not just for the world whom appointed him but a journey of self, which he still fights alongside the magical friends he has made throughout his fantastical dream.
The Buddha's Wizards
Author: Thomas Nathan PattonPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231547374
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Wizards with magical powers to heal the sick, possess the bodies of their followers, and defend their tradition against outside threats are far from the typical picture of Buddhism. Yet belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha’s Wizards is a historically informed ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era. Thomas Nathan Patton explains the world of wizards, spells, and supernatural powers in terms of both the broader social, political, and religious context and the intimate roles that wizards play in people’s everyday lives. He draws on affect theory, material and visual culture, long-term participant observation, and the testimonies of the devout to show how devotees perceive the protective power of wizard-saints. Patton considers beliefs and practices associated with wizards to be forms of defending Buddhist traditions from colonial and state power and culturally sanctioned responses to restrictive gender roles. The book also offers a new lens on the political struggles and social transformations that have taken place in Myanmar in recent years. Featuring close attention to the voices of individual wizard devotees and the wizards themselves, The Buddha’s Wizards provides a striking new look at a little-known aspect of Buddhist belief that helps expand our ways of thinking about the daily experience of lived religious practices.