America: The Sorcerer's New Apprentice


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Your friends, your family, your neighbors--and quite possibly even your church--are wondering: Is America at the threshold of a glorious rebirth into planetary enlightenment, peace, and brotherhood? Or have we, as forward-thinking Americans in our search for higher levels of human potential, opened a spiritual Pandora's box? Due to the occult philosophies embraced and advanced by Oprah, Dr. Oz, and countless others, Americans are rapidly awakening to what is being hailed as a paradigm shift in global consciousness. Whatever you believe, and why, one thing is certain: Today's world is the scene of a strange and growing paradox that seems to mark an important transformation in the history of mankind. For even as scientific and technological advancement is accelerating at an exponential rate, we are witnessing the greatest explosion of occultism of all time. The question is, Who is right? Is there really a threat to the American culture? And, if so, what will awaken us to the truth that sets humanity free from spiritual deception and dangerous delusions--which appear to enlighten but actually lead to enslavement? Originally written as a tool to educate and inform nonbelievers of the dangers of the New Age movement, this timely reprint of Dave Hunt's classic 1988 work will astound you all over again with its groundbreaking revelations and prophetic implications. You'll not only want to add this to your "Dave Hunt Classic" library but also pass it along to those who may be mired in the New Spirituality of today or those loved ones you wish to protect from the prowling about of our spiritual adversary.




The Sorcerer's Apprentice


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"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" might conjure up images of Mickey Mouse from the Disney film Fantasia, or of Harry Potter. As this anthology reveals, however, "sorcerer's apprentice" tales--in which a young person rebels against, or complies with, an authority who holds the keys to magical powers--have been told through the centuries, in many languages and cultures, from classical times to today. This unique and beautifully illustrated book brings together more than fifty sorcerer's apprentice stories by a plethora of writers, including Ovid, Sir Walter Scott, and the Brothers Grimm. From Goethe's "The Pupil in Magic" to A.K. Ramanujan's "The Guru and His Disciple," this expansive collection presents variations of a classic passed down through countries and eras. Readers enter worlds where household objects are brought to life and shape-shifting occurs from human to animal and back again. We meet two types of apprentice: "The Humiliated Apprentice," a foolish bumbler who wields magic ineffectively and promotes obedience to authority; and "The Rebellious Apprentice" who, through ambition and transformative skills, promotes empowerment and self-awareness. In an extensive introduction, esteemed fairy-tale scholar Jack Zipes discusses the significance and meaning of the apprentice stories, the contradictions in popular retellings, and the importance of magic as a tool of resistance against figures who abuse their authority.




The Sorcerer's Apprentices


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"Kitchen Confidential" meets "Heat" in the first behind-the-scenes portrait of the world's best restaurant and the aspiring chefs who toil to make it so exceptional. Elected best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine an unprecedented five times, El Bulli is the laboratory of Ferran Adria, the maverick creator of molecular gastronomy. Behind each of the thirty or more courses that make up a meal at El Bulli is a small army of young cooks who do the work of executing Adria's vision in exchange for nothing more than the chance to learn at his hands. Granted unprecedented access to this guild system, Lisa Abend follows the thirty-five stagiaries of the 2009 season as they struggle to master the grueling hours, cutting-edge techniques, and interpersonal tensions that come with working at the most revered restaurant on earth.




Breath Like the Wind at Dawn


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Fiction. Spanning two decades, BREATH LIKE THE WIND AT DAWN tells the epic story of the Tamplin family of outlaw-twins Quinn and Irving; their brother Edward, who is on the run from a dark past; and their mother Annora, who has been left to defend their haunted Minnesota homestead. Yet at the center of the novel is Les, patriarch of the Tamplins, Civil War veteran, and sheriff of Utica, who is possessed by an indelible lust to strangle his victims. Only when the brothers set about to rob Utica's bank will the family at last converge in an unforgettable finale when blood will be met with blood. Combining the multi-perspective family drama of As I Lay Dying with the violent lyricism of Blood Meridian, BREATH LIKE THE WIND AT DAWN brings a brave new voice to American fiction.




Sorcerer's Apprentice


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Tahir Shah has a genius for surreal travelling, finding or creating situations and people. Doris...




The Sorcerer's Apprentice


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The legendary David Bronstein, artist and sorcerer of the chess board, uses examples from his own brillant games to develop club player's skills. An unconventional book with interesting stories and easy-to-understand teaching material. This is a revised and expanded edition of a modern chess classic, written by an icon of chess in the 20st century.




The Sorcerer's Apprentice


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Jarvis


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Jarvis, the son of a goat herder, cannot believe his luck when he is chosen to be the sorcerer Harnigel's apprentice but soon learns that things are not what they seem at Harnigel's keep.




The Sorcerers and Their Apprentices


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"From the director of the famed MIT Media Laboratory comes an exhilarating behind the-scenes exploration of the research center where our nation's foremost scientists are creating the innovative new technologies that will transform our future"--




The Apprentice’s Sorcerer


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20th-century European Fascism is conventionally described by both historians and political scientists as a fierce assault on liberal politics, culture and economics. Departing from such typical analysis, this book highlights the long overlooked critical affinities between liberal tradition and fascism. Far from being the antithesis of liberalism, fascism, both in its ideology and its practice, was substantially, if dialectically, indebted to liberalism, particularly to its economic variant. Fascism ought to be seen centrally as an effort to unknot the longue durée tangle of the liberal order, as it finally collided, head on, with mass democracy. This brilliantly provocative thesis is sustained through innovative and incisive readings of seminal political thinkers, from Locke and Burke, to Proudhon, Bagehot, Sorel and Schmitt.