![]() ![]() Due to its decentralised nature, there is some disagreement over what actually constitutes Wicca. It is divided into a number of diverse lineages, sects and denominations, referred to as traditions, each with its own organisational structure and level of centralisation. ![]() There are many variations on the core structure, and the religion grows and evolves over time. The early practices were disseminated through published books and in secret written and oral teachings passed along to their initiates. Its traditional core beliefs, principles, and practices were originally outlined in the 1940s and 1950s by an early High Priestess, Doreen Valiente and Gardner. Wicca draws upon a diverse set of ancient pagan and 20th-century hermetic motifs for its theological structure and ritual practices. It was developed in England during the first half of the 20th century and was introduced to the public in 1954 by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant. Scholars of religion categorize it as both a new religious movement and as part of the occultist stream of Western esotericism. Wicca ( English: / ˈ w ɪ k ə/) is a modern neo-pagan syncretic religion. The pentacle is generally placed on a Wiccan altar to honour the elements and directions. ![]() A pentacle is used by many adherents of Wicca. ![]() Wiccan jewelry, showing a pentacle necklace, a pentacle ring, and a torc. ![]()
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![]() Following the success of The Thief Lord and Dragon Rider, her next novel was Inkheart (2003), which won the 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Children's Literature award. The fantasy novel Dragon Rider (2004) stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for 78 weeks. ![]() It was subsequently released as The Thief Lord by Scholasticand made it to the number 2 spot on The New York Times Best Seller list. Rowling" of Germany although she was highly successful in Germany, the first of her books to be translated into English was Herr der Diebe in 2002. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious thirteen-year-old boy who calls himself the Thief Lord. Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. "Welcome to the magical underworld of Venice, Italy, where hidden canals and crumbling rooftops shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. ![]() Cover Art This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Elizabeth Parisi (illustrator). ![]() ![]() But his self-control is sorely tested when he agrees to help his sister, a vice cop, solve a string of murders so bizarre, and yet so familiar, that he seriously starts to wonder if he is committing them in his sleep. He has a girlfriend, a sense of humor and, thanks to the loving tutelage of his cop foster father, he dismembers only other serial killers. ![]() ![]() He occasionally gives in to the impulse to kill in order to satisfy the Dark Passenger inside his brain, but he's much more well-adjusted than the label "serial killer" implies. Miami blood spatter specialist Dexter Morgan is not your average monster. Fiction DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER Jeff Lindsay ![]() 's assessment of the audio adaptation of a book and should be quoted only in reference to the audio version. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She uses her revered late grandmother’s recipes that people loved for decades and some that she creates herself. Win has been in charge of the family ice cream parlor for several months after completing a major remodel. The tasty-sounding ice cream that Win makes, many flavors based on her grandmother’s recipes, are an inviting location for this exciting cozy.Ĭhagrin Falls, Ohio welcomed the new and improved Crewse Creamery. This is a luscious second scoop of ice scream in Abby Collette’s new series! Our regular characters are very likable, the setting of a Midwest, family ice cream parlor is pure delight and the mystery had me stumped. Even though Win has a rocky road ahead to help her friend and keep her ice cream shop, it’ll take more than a sprinkle of murder to stop her from solving the crime and saving the day. ![]() But when a big city developer comes to town intent on building a mall, a killer with a frozen heart takes him out.Īfter literally stumbling across the body, one of Win’s closest friends becomes the prime suspect, and to make things worse, Win’s aunt has come to town with the intention of taking command of Crewse Creamery. In this charming mystery series set in an ice cream shop, no case is too cold to crack!īronwyn Crewse is delighted that Crewse Creamery, the ice cream shop her family has owned for decades, is restored to its former glory and serving sweet frozen treats to happy customers in the picturesque small town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. ![]() ![]() Robert Citino takes us on a dramatic march through Prussian and German military history to show how that primal theme played out time and time again.Ĭitino focuses on operational warfare to demonstrate continuity in German military campaigns from the time of Elector Frederick Wilhelm and his great "sleigh-drive" against the Swedes to the age of Adolf Hitler and the blitzkrieg to the gates of Moscow. For Frederick the Great, the prescription for warfare was simple: kurz und vives ("short and lively")-wars that relied upon swift, powerful, and decisive military operations. ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, she breaks in and steals four boxes of chocolate. Cade bribes her way into his chocolate-making class and he tosses her out again. Unfortunately, they won't even speak to her, and the top artiste in Paris, Sylvain Marquis, actually throws her out of his store after she asks him to collaborate on a line of "premium chocolates" with his name on it. ![]() Cade Corey is the heiress to a thinly disguised Hershey's-esque fortune, and she's determined to learn the secrets of the oh-so-snobby French chocolatiers. The plot of Laura Florand's The Chocolate Thief casts my cultural clash with my husband into high relief. I merely smirk: Hershey's kisses are sold all over Italy, summer or winter. If Alessandro accidentally puts pedestrian American chocolate into his mouth, he shivers all over like a toddler given an oyster. He's from Florence, Italy, and his favorite store - Scudieri on Piazza del Duomo - refuses to make chocolate when the weather is not conducive to a perfect texture. ![]() I think woe and joy are best addressed with chocolate, whether it is shaped into a kiss or comes from an Ecuadorian plantation. To my mind, given that the earth is our only source of chocolate, it hardly matters how the supply is cut off. Some despair at the idea the world will end in fire or ice. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Chocolate Thief Author Laura Florand ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Still, the pace of the book is smooth and even, and the writing captures the charisma and earthy charm of Ireland and the gentleness of its people while setting the tone for Born in Shame, the final story. The scope of Roberts's latest offering is limited to Brianna's and Gray's affair, leaving the reader impatient about fleeting references to footprints outside Brianna's window and a messy break-in at the B&B. This discovery is overshadowed by the arrival of famed mystery novelist Grayson Thane, who is to be her guest-and her lover (at least until his next novel is finished). More surprising is a set of old, passionate love letters written to her father 28 years before by a woman who was not Brianna's mother. 1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a collection including all three novels in her Irish Born Trilogy-featuring three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland. While trying to turn the attic of her bed-and-breakfast into another guest room, Brianna finds a stock certificate from a nonexistent company called Triquarter Mining-no great surprise, as the elder Concannon had always had a weakness for worthless ventures. Roberts's second installment in her Born In trilogy (after Born in Fire) takes the reader back to Ireland, where Brianna Concannon uncovers some unexpected and disturbing details about her deceased father. ![]() ![]() She's about to suggest open-heart surgery on her child to 'get to the bottom of this.' She checks her teeth for lipstick and, as the doctor enters, shoots the girl a warning glance. Her mother, on the other hand, seems curiously excited. It's four o'clock, and she hasn't been allowed to eat anything all day. 'An appalling, fascinating story, expertly told' - Sunday Times'It blazes with truth and anger - a true story of survival and achievement against the odds' - Sunday Telegraph'Extraordinary - shocking and moving' - Woman & Home'Horrifying but compelling' - Cosmopolitan'Gripping right from the start and I struggled to put it down' - ***** Reader review'A brilliant read' - ***** Reader review'Beautifully written' - ***** Reader review'Unputdownable' - ***** Reader review*******************************************************************************************THE TRUE STORY OF A LOST CHILDHOODA young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor's examining table, missing yet another day of school.īarely twelve, she's tall, skinny, and weak. Readers of Educated, The Glass Castle and The Memory Palace will want to read this. ![]() From early childhood, Julie Gregory was continually X-rayed, medicated, and operated on in the vain pursuit of an illness that was created in her mother's mind: Munchausen by Proxy, the world's most hidden and dangerous form of child abuse. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How strange that a book about the late Renaissance and Baroque would now prove so very much of our time. ![]() There’s not a little irony in reading Garrard’s lively account of a 17th-century artist’s life wherein plague is plentiful - Artemisia likely died of it - when a plague (or at least pandemic) is back on the table. A major exhibition of Artemisia’s work at the National Gallery in London had been due to open this past spring, but was put on hold on account of the pandemic and is now opening in early October. It’s more than worth waiting for, and, as it turns out, the timing is good. Mary Garrard’s compelling new book Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe was supposed to publish on May 1 in the United States, but (like so many things) it was delayed for months due to COVID-19, so arrived instead in mid-September. Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe by Mary D. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Except Fable has also been attacked, and now Rook and Sun have no choice but to work together to get their mentors back…or face losing their magic forever. All alone, Rook runs to the only other magical person he knows: Sun. But dealing with competition isn’t so bad as Sun seems to pop up more and more, Rook minds less and less.īut when the Consortium gets wind of Rook’s Spell Binder, they come for Antonia. And contend with Sun, the grumpy and annoyingly cute apprentice to Antonia’s rival colleague, Fable. The Met Office warned that persistent downpours featuring hail and thunder moved east today across southern counties, especially south of the M4, and is expected to reach the South East tonight. Now all Rook has to do is keep his Spell Binder, an illegal magical detection device, hidden from the Magical Consortium. But he does have a plan-to regain the access to the magical world he lost when his grandmother passed.Īntonia is…intimidating, but she gives him a job and a new name-Rook-both of which he’s happy to accept. INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Eyewitness Sports anchor/reporter Jason Spells is preparing to leave Indianapolis. He doesn’t have much experience with hexes or curses. Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in this lively young adult romantic adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of In Deeper Waters and So This Is Ever After.Įdison Rooker isn’t sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies. ![]() |