Author: J. Randy Taraborrelli
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446565687
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 784

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This major biography includes the behind-the-scenes story to many of the landmarks in Jackson's life: his legal and commercial battles, his marriages to Lisa Marie Presley and Debbie Rowe, his passions and addictions, his children; objective and revealing, it carries the hallmarks of all of Taraborrelli's best-sellers: impeccable research, brilliant storytelling and definitive documentation. So much has how been said and written about the life and career of Michael Jackson that it has become almost impossible to disentangle the man from the myth. This book is the fruit of over 30 years of research and hundreds of exclusive interviews with a remarkable level of access to the very closest circles of the Jackson family - including Michael himself. Cutting through tabloid rumours, J. Randy Taraborrelli traces the real story behind Michael Jackson, from his drilling as a child star through the blooming of his talent to his ever-changing personal appearance and bizarre publicity stunts.

Author: Kelly McCullough
Publisher:
ISBN: 1250107830
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

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"A 12-year-old boy uses his new magical powers and the help of a snarky fire hare to defeat his evil stepfather in a magical version of St. Paul"--

Author: Sheena Cundy
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1782799893
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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Minerva is a witch on a mission to beat the dreaded menopause disease while teenage daughter Rhiannon faces up to the trials of an unexpected pregnancy. The story undulates between Minerva's ridiculous antics to snare the local guitar-playing vicar (with tarot cards for guidance and brandy for confidence) and Rhiannon's emotional turmoil. A horse-riding accident and many crazy spells later throw mother and daughter into both a tragic and comical cauldron of change. How much difference will it make? And as one thing leads to another and madness threatens to engulf their small world...will magic save the day? Enter the almost familiar world of contemporary magical realism written by an author with first-hand experience of modern witchcraft. This book is alive with laughter, magical possibility and the challenges and realities of life.

Author: Davies Owen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317867556
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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In 1856 William Dove, a young tenant farmer, was tried and executed for the poisoning of his wife Harriet. The trial might have been a straightforward case of homicide, but because Dove became involved with Henry Harrison, a Leeds wizard, and demonstrated through his actions and words a strong belief in magic and the powers of the devil, considerable effort was made to establish whether these beliefs were symptomatic of insanity. It seems that Dove murdered his wife to hasten a prediction made by Harrison that he would remarry a more attractive and wealthy woman. Dove employed Harrison to perform various acts of magic, and also made his own written pact with the devil to improve his personal circumstances. The book will study Dove’s beliefs and Harrison’s activities within the rural and urban communities in which they lived, and examine how modern cultures attempted to explain this largely hidden mental world, which was so sensationally exposed. The Victorian period is often portrayed as an age of great social and educational progress. This book shows how beliefs dismissed by some Victorians as ‘medieval superstitions’ continued to influence the thoughts and actions of many people, viz most famously Conan `table tapper' Doyle.

Author: Justine Larbalestier
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781595140647
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Reason Cansino must uncover the secret of the magic in her family's background to save the lives of her friends Tom and Jay-tee.

Author: Andrew J. Bernstein
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 152553940X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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There are literary reminiscences that reek of self-congratulation over the authors’ proximity to famous movers and shakers. Andy Bernstein’s California Slim aspires to far more than that—and achieves it. Andy was there, at the onset of the post-’50s revolution that, as a beat poet once put it, roared as it ripped the threadbare fabric of an age. Andy was no distant, casual observer during the tumultuous ’60s and ’70s; he was at the heart of the maelstrom, and writes about it with candor, humor, and originality. The story begins, for God’s sake, with Andy and his then unknown banjo teacher, a young Jerry Garcia, fingerpicking in a back room at Dana Morgan’s Music Studio in Palo Alto in 1962. A skinny six-foot-seven-inch Jewish kid (later known as “California Slim”), Andy divided his time between the usual adolescent interests and music, for which he would go on to provide a capital M by promoting and staging concerts throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. His Palo Alto nightclub, Homer’s Warehouse, across the street from the Stanford University campus, brought revolutionary musicians (among them, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) to young sensibilities hungry for new driving rhythms and thought-provoking lyrics. The early chapters of this book set the stage for Andy’s eventual hooking-up with Willie Nelson and his Family—which felt, Andy said, “like reading a really good book that I couldn’t put down.” That feeling led directly, if gradually, to California Slim. And you, dear reader, won’t be able to put it down, either. —Tony Compagno

Author: Justine Larbalestier
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781595141248
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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In the second volume of Larbalestier's Magic trilogy, Reason Cansino has learned the painful truth: she must make the choice to use the magic that lives in her blood and die young or refuse to use the magic and lose her mind.

Author: Elinor Lander Horwitz
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 9780397317233
Category : Mental disorders
Languages : en
Pages : 191

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Discusses the treatment of the mentally ill through the ages.

Author: Steve A Hayes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781648952753
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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In the arena of sports fandom, it's easy to lose one's passion in a sea of failed decisions. There finally comes a time when 'desperation' becomes the houses' last seat at the table. In the most improbable game of 21, Cisco "The Dealer" Wheeler dares to make a gamble with no logic against the odds for one last chance to experience the thing he loved the most! Steve Hayes and his love of baseball come honestly. As a formert player and student of the game, he authored the biography of Cincinnati Reds "super-scout" Gene Bennett and chronicled his 58 years with the team which became a "Red's Nation" best-seller. For over fifty - years, Steve has enjoyed success in the radio business and has always considered himself just a story-teller at heart. Born and raised in Southern Ohio, his radio travels have been through major markets such as Houston, Cincinnati, Louisville, Lexington, Ky. Daytona Beach, Jacksonville and Huntington, W.Va. Returning to his hometown in 1999 to assume radio ownership, on-air hosting, and management of several local stations, it brought his career full- circle to begin a dormant passion he had always known was within; writing. He began as a weekly columnist for the local paper for almost fifteen years during which time writing successful insights and books fueled his creativity and passion. Steve's last memoir in 2017 was titled "Snap Shots" which was a regional bestt-seller about pop personalities with all profit- proceeds being donated to the local no-kill mal shelter. At home on a five acre farm on the Ohio River, fishing, traveling, and collecting as many stories as he can is still Steve's regular routine. Added to the list, he is still collecting yarns to tell and getting up at 4:00 am to host his popular morning radio program from 5am-10am on WNXT-FM and worldwide at [email protected].

Author: K. F. Breene
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781955757249
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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