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The third volume in the Seminars in Psychological Astrology series. The authors discuss the mythology and psychology of the Moon, and show its relevance as a significator of relationships. In addition, the correspondence between the Sun and the development of consciousness is explored in depth. Includes a chapter on the lunation cycle. Liz Greene is the cofounder of the Centre for Psychological Astrology in London and a contributor to the most respected...
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What is the secret to success and happiness?
You can leave negativity behind: Drawing on the life-changing experiences of fellow artists, industry insiders, and those in front of and behind the camera in the entertainment industry, author Cyrus Webb has provided a compendium of encouragement for all to benefit from. Power Your Life with the Positive is filled with stories of amazing life turnarounds and proves the importance of optimism in an often-negative...
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From the strange symbols on a one-dollar bill to the secret signs of the Knights Templar and Freemasons, invisible societies, and the world of magic and alchemy, The Book of Secrets is a comprehensive introduction to the world of secret and esoteric knowledge throughout history. It offers a doorway into the initiated secret traditions of the fascinating unseen spiritual world: its symbols, secret societies, and seers. You'll discover:
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Four Seasons. Two Books. One Story. ETLT Season 3:Welcome to the explosive finale of Enki the Luminary Traveler. We saved the really bad for last. Someone is messing around with the horsepower of Earth – astronautic-like. This is the very best of Bonilla's fiction science. The pilots standing guard next to their Highriders say Hi! A hurricane will be born and named Arma. But her name will need to change to accommodate her monstrous threat not to...
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Four Seasons. Two Books. One Story. ETLT Season 1: The grandfather of your god, Enki, was Anunnaki Ea. Are you with me? The mother fee-suckers are after gold. A great generator of space wars. Hop on that ship! Take the conflict to the Originals; creators of the gods and mankind. Do battle on moons Earth and Mars, crash a spy ship onto Jupiter! With genetic engineering and surgery, the gods of moon Heaven have modified what nature did for you, and...
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Luminaries volume 2
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After passing the hunter trials and gaining local celebrity status, Winnie Wednesday struggles to prove the innocence of a wrongly accused werewolf and the existence of a sinister force called the Whisperer, while she unravels the mysteries surrounding her family's magic which leads her to question her loyalties and Luminary heritage
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Boas, Teit, Hill-Tout, Barbeau, Swanton, Jenness, the luminaries of field research in British Columbia, are discussed herein, and their work in Indian folklore evaluated. Other scholars, amateurs, and Native informants of the past and present are given consideration, making this book a comprehensive survey of myth collecting in B. C. a valuable reference tool for beginning or advanced students of anthropology.
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Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
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2023
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A Caldecott Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds's debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired.
Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word-making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes. His ABCs became...
A Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds's debut picture book is a snappy, joyous ode to Word King, literary genius, and glass-ceiling smasher Langston Hughes and the luminaries he inspired.
Back in the day, there was a heckuva party, a jam, for a word-making man. The King of Letters. Langston Hughes. His ABCs became...
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The acclaimed author of On Changing the World examines the ways in which surrealism intersects with a variety of revolutionary political approaches.
In this expanded edition, the luminary critical theorist dismisses the limited notion of surrealism as a purely artistic movement, repositioning surrealism as a force in radical political ideologies, ranging from utopian ideals to Marxism and situationism.
Taking its title from André Breton's essay...
10) Man vs Machine
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"A man is nothing but a man, But before I let your steam drill beat me down, I'd die with a hammer in my hand..." - Ballad of John Henry*
According to the ballad that made him famous, John Henry did battle with a steam-powered drill, beat the machine, and died.
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In the cyberpunk world of 2080, MamaMood, Byte, and Binary Blaze join forces to uncover the truth about the enigmatic group known as The Luminaries. Their quest takes them through a...
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Beyond Audubon: A quirky, "lively and illuminating" account of bird-watching's history, including "rivalries, controversies, [and] bad behavior" (The Washington Post Book World). From the moment Europeans arrived in North America, they were awestruck by a continent awash with birds-great flocks of wild pigeons, prairies teeming with grouse, woodlands alive with brilliantly colored songbirds. Of a Feather traces the colorful origins of American birding:...
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An elegant reimagining of the life of Alma Mahler, the lovely, aristocratic fin-de-siècle composer who abandoned her own art to become the inspiration and collector of geniuses.
At the turn of the century, "the most beautiful girl in Vienna" stood at the threshold of a promising musical career. But instead, she turned her considerable talents to becoming a freelance muse. Passionate, fickle, brilliant, and alcoholic, she conquered a series of difficult...
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A thrilling, poignant, and bold memoir of the early years and accomplishments-both musical and sexual-of renowned contemporary composer Ned Rorem Ned Rorem, arguably the greatest composer of art songs that America has produced in more than a hundred years, is also revered as a diarist and essayist whose unexpurgated writings are at once enthralling, enlightening, and provocative. In Knowing When to Stop, one of the most creative American artists of...
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The phenomenal growth of gaming has inspired plenty of hand-wringing since its inception--from the press, politicians, parents, and everyone else concerned with its effect on our brains, bodies, and hearts. But what if games could be good, not only for individuals but for the world? In Power Play, Asi Burak and Laura Parker explore how video games are now pioneering innovative social change around the world.
As the former executive director and now...
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Whether it's finding spiritual harmony, reducing carbon emissions, quelling hostilities among races, cutting taxes, or feeding the hungry, every single person has the capacity to change the world for the better. Longtime New Orleans writer, editor, and philanthropist John E. Wade II has asked some of our most prestigious thinkers, writers, artists, experts, and leaders to consider how to improve the world. The result--this ambitious volume--is as...
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A sweeping rags-to-riches story of survival, greed, and injustice across American history following a family transformed by the Klondike Gold Rush, perfect for readers of The Luminaries and How Much of These Hills Is Gold.
"Told in glimmering prose and rich with historical detail, The Prospectors immerses us in the Yukon Gold Rush so deeply, you can feel the grit on your hands."-Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Our Missing Hearts
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17) Everywhere an oink oink: an embittered, dyspeptic, and accurate report of forty years in Hollywood
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"Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-loud tales from his four decades in Hollywood where he worked with some of the biggest names in movies. David Mamet went to Hollywood on top-a super successful playwright summoned west in 1980 to write a vehicle for Jack Nicholson. He arrived just in time to meet the luminaries of old Hollywood and revel in the friendship of giants like Paul Newman, Mike...
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"The Star Seeker's Quest: A Galactic Journey" is a captivating five-chapter short story that follows the adventures of Chloe, an aspiring astronomer, and her faithful partner in crime, Nova. Chloe's dreams of exploring the universe become a reality when she receives a special telescope with the power to transport her to different planets. Determined to find the lost stars that have disappeared from the sky, Mia embarks on a cosmic quest that takes...
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Examines the life of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg through the lens of both Blackness and latinidad.
A Black Puerto Rican—born scholar, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874—1938) was a well-known collector and archivist whose personal library was the basis of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library. He was an autodidact who matched wits with university-educated men and women, as well as a prominent Freemason, a...
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Henrietta Anne Stuart, youngest child of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, was born in June 1644 in the besieged city of Exeter at the very height of the English Civil War. The hostilities had separated her parents and her mother was on the run from Parliamentary forces when she gave birth with only a few attendants on hand to give her support. Within just a few days she was on her way to the coast for a moonlit escape to her native France, leaving her...
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