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Author: Linda Robertson Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 9781439190265 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 416
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Even magic can’t solve everything. . . . After facing down the forces of Fairy in mortal combat, Persephone Alcmedi still must deal with the aftermath. Not only does Seph now possess deadly secrets she must hide from the arcane and mundane world alike, but the dozens of magical creatures who’ve taken up residence behind her cornfield need food and shelter, and there’s still her foster daughter Beverly’s tenth birthday party to plan. And that’s not all. . . . Seph’s boyfriend Johnny has revealed himself as the wærewolf Domn Lup, and the ruler of the wære world is en route from Romania to make sure Johnny really is the “king” he claims to be. But Johnny’s hiding a dangerous secret: his magic is locked in his mysterious tattoos. He and Seph must find a way for him to reclaim it—fast—despite those who have no intention of letting Johnny gain his full powers. Seph knows that, in the arcane world, strength is always a necessity and power must be constantly proven, but how far is she willing to go to succeed . . . and at what cost?
Author: Linda Robertson Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 9781439190265 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 416
Book Description
Even magic can’t solve everything. . . . After facing down the forces of Fairy in mortal combat, Persephone Alcmedi still must deal with the aftermath. Not only does Seph now possess deadly secrets she must hide from the arcane and mundane world alike, but the dozens of magical creatures who’ve taken up residence behind her cornfield need food and shelter, and there’s still her foster daughter Beverly’s tenth birthday party to plan. And that’s not all. . . . Seph’s boyfriend Johnny has revealed himself as the wærewolf Domn Lup, and the ruler of the wære world is en route from Romania to make sure Johnny really is the “king” he claims to be. But Johnny’s hiding a dangerous secret: his magic is locked in his mysterious tattoos. He and Seph must find a way for him to reclaim it—fast—despite those who have no intention of letting Johnny gain his full powers. Seph knows that, in the arcane world, strength is always a necessity and power must be constantly proven, but how far is she willing to go to succeed . . . and at what cost?
Author: Peter Marshall Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 0802715516 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 292
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An intriguing portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, heir to the Habsburg empire, focuses on the thirty-six-year reign and the extraordinary mathematicians, alchemists, artists, astronomers, and philosophers who made up his court--including Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, Francis Bacon, and others--and made Prague the artistic and scientific center of Europe. 25,000 first printing.
Author: Jami Gray Publisher: Celtic Moon Press ISBN: 1948884674 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 938
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Strap in for a wild ride through the Arcane Transporter series, a clever and quick paced urban fantasy adventure, where powerful magical family connections are everything. IGNITION POINT (Bonus prequel novella) One wrong turn can change everything... When a questionable, but lucrative delivery job takes an unexpected turn, will Rory survive the collision or crash and burn? GRAVE CARGO A dead mage, a missing friend, and an unpredictable alliance merge into a volatile package sending Rory careening through the Arcane elite’s deadly secrets. A deadly discovery lands Rory Costas, Arcane Transporter, in the middle of the toughest case she's faced, where no one can be trusted, and nothing is as it seems. She must solve a murder and find her missing roommate before it's too late, all while fighting a growing attraction to the dark and dangerous Zev. RISKY GOODS An unexpected assignment, a jealous ex, and a game-changing serum trigger unanticipated risks in a dangerous race against the clock. Rory Costas finds herself babysitting a trio of bad-ass Arbiters, including the highly distracting Zev Aslanov, as they track down a magical serum that shouldn't exist and a killer who's targeting the researchers behind it. As Rory and Zev dodge Family rivalries and mad scientists out for blood, it’s going to take more than magic to get them back on track. LETHAL CONTENTS A failed assassination, a kidnapped ally, and a treasonous scheme pit Rory and Zev against a devious enemy determined to watch Arcane society crash and burn. Rory Costas is gaining traction as a premier transporter for the Arcane Elite. Even better, she and Zev are finally finding their groove, despite their recent challenges. But after an ambush by magical mercenaries that strip Zev of his recent memories and the disappearance of Rory's employer and mentor, she discovers just how harrowing a solo journey can be as she navigates between family secrets, broken relationships, and high-level. ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆ Discover why readers are loving the twists and turns of this adrenaline-laced urban fantasy adventure series! "This intense mystery, filled with unexpected twists and a sizzling romance, will draw in readers and won't let go." - Irene S., Red Adept Editing “The entire cast of characters in the book are rich and complex. The storyline draws you in for a wild ride.” – Amazon Review “I'm enjoying the hell out of this series. Well written with a pulse pounding pace, this is one of those books you can't put down, and even though you hate to turn the last page, it is satisfyingly complete.”– Kat Hilner, Amazon Review ◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆◆
Author: Hu Liqun Publisher: Sellene Chardou ISBN: 1304362795 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 1430
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Du Sihai is different from his peers. They pursue fashion trends, but Du Sihai is not interested in playing that game. He has been a mystery in martial arts novels since he was a child, and he is determined to be a hero who fights bravely.
Author: Dylan Webb Publisher: FriesenPress ISBN: 1039113796 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 364
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The Island nation of Ma-Ural has long been a place of peace and prosperity, with vast deposits of precious gems and mythril ore—valuable for its magical properties and heavily sought after on the mainland—but perhaps its greatest resource is opportunity. It has always been a place of sanctuary and rebirth, and host to many adventurers seeking not only their second-chance in life but a chance at immortality, as they begin their pilgrimage to the hidden city of Mysrik. But times are changing. Ma-Ural’s long established peace has been crumbling, with tensions rising between the east and west, between races, and between simple magic users and one who is willing to stop at nothing to gain all the power of Mysrik for his own nefarious purposes. Standing in his way are an unlikely group of companions brought together by circumstance: Elaria, a naïve and virtuous paladin, hoping to make a name for herself and honour both her training and her oath; Hoots, a runaway gnome more powerful than her diminutive form would suggest; Trit, a half-elf bard looking for answers about his family; and “Carion,” a powerful demon-kin, haunted by a past so dark he might never escape it, even if he manages to live forever.
Author: Aubrey Burl Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 9780300083477 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 492
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The spectacular stone circles of western Europe, some nearly 6000 years old, have intrigued viewers through the ages. This beautiful book about these megalithic rings explores their ancestry, methods of construction, and eventual desertion. A substantially revised version of Aubrey Burl's highly praised work The Stone Circles of the British Isles, it offers new insights into the purpose of stone circles. It also provides a new interpretation of Stonehenge and of Callanish in Scotland, the first overview of the cromlechs in Brittany, a discussion of the problems of archaeoastronomy as related to stone circles, a greatly expanded Gazetteer, and an up-to-date list of radiocarbon dates and recent excavations.
Author: Bill Rosser Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 055794919X Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 269
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Gaia Saga is a universal role-playing system that focuses on as much flexibility for character creation as possible. Using an interesting and unique set of rules, Gaia Saga allows players and game masters alike to experience an ever-changing dice system that grows and develops as your story moves along. This flexible dice system allows characters to endlessly evolve into more powerful beings than you could ever imagine possible in a table top game. The manual includes over thirteen playable races to choose from, each with their own set of ethnic classes to broaden your horizons. It also features lists for job professions, skills, special abilities, spell schools, a personality and emotions engine as well as a leveling system based upon the spending of accrued experience points to any area you desire. You get to upgrade your characters when you want to, as often as you want to, and without the hassle of waiting for multiple game sessions to end just to reach that next level.
Author: Linda Robertson Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 9781439166574 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 384
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And you think beauty pageants are scary? Persephone Alcmedi has been persuaded to compete for the position of High Priestess of the Cleveland, Ohio, coven -- now that the former priestess, Vivian Diamond, has strangely gone missing. Unfortunately, there are a few small problems with the idea. Not only does Seph know rather more about Vivian's disappearance than the other witches realize, but the epic struggle she's just survived has left her with some highly unusual powers -- ones that could be dangerous to reveal. Despite her reluctance, she agrees to participate, if only to prevent snooty Hunter Hopewell, an obnoxious but talented witch, from ending up in the winner's circle. Can Seph hide her secrets -- including her connection to the master vampire-wizard Menessos -- from the terrifyingly wise judges? Plus, there's her rock 'n' roll werewolf boyfriend, Johnny, and some angry fairies to deal with.... Once the competition begins, a finalist turns up dead. It looks as if one of the contestants is willing to do anything -- including murder -- to win. Suddenly Seph has even more on her plate than she thought: from solving a murder to working out what her new powers really are...and exactly why they're creating so much havoc in her love life.
Author: Scribe 27 Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1469761459 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 342
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This is guaranteed to be completely unlike any other occult text you've ever read, whether it be some wussified "New Age" book about crystals and guardian angels, or some classic tome of barely decipherable ceremonial evocations. No, this book is really "something different." You will find no references to potions, poppets, or pendulums; nor shall you find illustrations of magic squares, voodoo ververs, or Enochian script. Incantations, folk magic, numerology, and the Seals of Solomon have also been excluded from this work. What, then, remains? Quite simply, a magical philosophy which can be applied, with great success, by students at any level of advancement. Great emphasis has been placed upon self-knowledge and common sense-secrets have also been divulged as to various tried and true methods which will enable a besieged magician to kick the boogyman's ass. Although presented as a work of fiction, this extensively researched text contains within it a great deal of occult Truth-and it is highly entertaining as well! The author is clearly either a genius or a madman-perhaps both.
Author: Bonnie Nardi Publisher: University of Michigan Press ISBN: 0472900439 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 212
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"Ever since the creators of the animated television show South Park turned their lovingly sardonic gaze on the massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft for an entire episode, WoW's status as an icon of digital culture has been secure. My Life as a Night Elf Priest digs deep beneath the surface of that icon to explore the rich particulars of the World of Warcraft player's experience." —Julian Dibbell, Wired "World of Warcraft is the best representative of a significant new technology, art form, and sector of society: the theme-oriented virtual world. Bonnie Nardi's pioneering transnational ethnography explores this game both sensitively and systematically using the methods of cultural anthropology and aesthetics with intensive personal experience as a guild member, media teacher, and magical quest Elf." —William Sims Bainbridge, author of The Warcraft Civilization and editor of Online Worlds “Nardi skillfully covers all of the hot button issues that come to mind when people think of video games like World of Warcraft such as game addiction, sexism, and violence. What gives this book its value are its unexpected gems of rare and beautifully detailed research on less sensationalized topics of interest such as the World of Warcraft player community in China, game modding, the increasingly blurred line between play and work, and the rich and fascinating lives of players and player cultures. Nardi brings World of Warcraft down to earth for non-players and ties it to social and cultural theory for scholars. . . . the best ethnography of a single virtual world produced so far.” —Lisa Nakamura, University of Illinois World of Warcraft rapidly became one of the most popular online world games on the planet, amassing 11.5 million subscribers—officially making it an online community of gamers that had more inhabitants than the state of Ohio and was almost twice as populous as Scotland. It's a massively multiplayer online game, or MMO in gamer jargon, where each person controls a single character inside a virtual world, interacting with other people's characters and computer-controlled monsters, quest-givers, and merchants. In My Life as a Night Elf Priest, Bonnie Nardi, a well-known ethnographer who has published extensively on how theories of what we do intersect with how we adopt and use technology, compiles more than three years of participatory research in Warcraft play and culture in the United States and China into this field study of player behavior and activity. She introduces us to her research strategy and the history, structure, and culture of Warcraft; argues for applying activity theory and theories of aesthetic experience to the study of gaming and play; and educates us on issues of gender, culture, and addiction as part of the play experience. Nardi paints a compelling portrait of what drives online gamers both in this country and in China, where she spent a month studying players in Internet cafes. Bonnie Nardi has given us a fresh look not only at World of Warcraft but at the field of game studies as a whole. One of the first in-depth studies of a game that has become an icon of digital culture, My Life as a Night Elf Priest will capture the interest of both the gamer and the ethnographer. Bonnie A. Nardi is an anthropologist by training and a professor in the Department of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focus is the social implications of digital technologies. She is the author of A Small Matter of Programming: Perspectives on End User Computing and the coauthor of Information Ecologies: Using Technology with Heart and Acting with Technology: Activity Theory and Interaction Design. Cover art by Jessica Damsky
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