Miraculous and the Silver Man


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Miraculous the great Roman warrior who fought at Caesar's side, finds himself in a very strange situation...Slain by a worthy fighter and with a curse placed upon him by his jealous and cowardly enemy, Maxim, he is forced to roam the streets of Bath as a ghostly apparition. Lonely, and ignorant of the fate of his beloved children. Miraculous is in despair.Until the year 2008, when he meets the young down-on-his-luck David - the silver man.Together they turn their fortunes around - two very different men from different times, buy who share a special bond that will last forever,CUSTOMER REVIEW OF "e;MIRACULOUS AND THE SILVER MAN"e;: For anyone who has either visited the City of Bath or read about its legendary Roman history, with its famous Roman Baths, this is a fascinating and highly entertaining fantasy tale, which draws upon both ancient Roman times and present-day Bath for its settings. Patricia Greenburgh is an excellent story-teller with a vivid imagination. Her characters are very well-drawn and utterly believable, as we follow the trials and tribulations of David, the Silver Man and Miraculous, the ancient Roman warrior, around modern-day Bath and ancient Rome. I would recommend this engaging tale to readers of all ages. - PETER STEPHENS - January, 2011




Miraculous, Maxim and the Silver Man


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SET IN THE CITY OF BATH, THIS IS A FANTASY TALE OF THE SILVER MAN STREET PERFORMER'S ASSOCATION WITH THE APPARITION OF A ROMAN WARRIOR. SOME SCENES SET IN ANCIENT ROME




Miraculous Air


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This exquisite book is a rare jewel in the literature of Mexico and its little-known peninsula, Baja. Describing her adventures on this austere and beautiful slip of land, C. M. Mayo creates a multi-layered map of place filled with daredevil aviators, sea turtle researchers, Stone Age cave painters, and countless other colorful characters. Covering Baja from Cabo San Lucas to Tijuana, Mayo's wit and curiosity help her weave a story that seamlessly combines history, myth, art, and local color.




The Conservative


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A Master Plan for Rescue


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"Set in 1942 New York and Berlin, [this is a novel] about the life-giving powers of storytelling, and the heroism that can be inspired by love. In essence, it is two love stories. It is the story of a child who worships his parents, then loses his father to an accident and his mother to her resulting grief. And it is the story of a young man who stumbles into the romance of his life, then watches her decline, forever changing the arc of his future. Each is propelled by the belief that if he acts heroically enough, it will restore some part of what--or whom --he has lost"--Provided by publisher.




The Magician and the Spirits


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“Noyes makes history accessible and irresistible . . . Excellent.”* A century ago, the curious idea that spirits not only survive death but can be contacted on the “other side” was widespread. Psychic mediums led countless séances, claiming to connect the grieving with their lost relations through everything from frenzied trance writing to sticky expulsions of ectoplasm. The craze caught Harry Houdini’s attention. Well-known by then as most renowned magician and escape artist, he began to investigate these spiritual phenomena. Are ghosts real? Can we communicate with them? Catch them in photographs? Or are all mediums “flim-flammers,” employing tricks and illusions like Houdini himself? Peopled with odd and fascinating characters, Houdini’s gripping quest will excite readers’ universal wonderment with life, death, and the possibility of the Beyond. *School Library Journal, starred review of Ten Days a Madwoman




Catalogue


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The Men Around Churchill


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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Men Around Churchill" by René Kraus. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.




Houses Are Fields


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Taije Silverman's debut collection chronicles her family's devotion and dissolution through the death of her mother. Ranging in style from measured narratives to fragmented lyrics that convey the ambiguity of loss, these poems both arc into the past and question the possibility of the future, exploring the ways in which memory at once sustains and fails love. Ultimately the poems are elegies not only to one beloved mother, but to the large and diffusive presences of Keats, Mandelstam, a concentration camp near Prague, a coming-of-age on a Greek island, and the nearly traceless particles of neutrinos that--as with each detail toward which the poet lends her attention -- become precious as the mother departs from her position at the center of the world. Furious, redemptive, and deeply immediate, Houses are Fields is a beautifully moving first book.