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Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573652073
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Author: Glen David Gold
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1848944101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 576

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Charles Carter, dubbed Carter the Great by Houdini himself, was born into privilege but became a magician out of need: only when dazzling an audience can he defeat his fear of loneliness. But in 1920s America the stakes are growing higher, as technology and the cinema challenge the allure of magic and Carter's stunts become increasingly audacious. Until the night President Harding takes part in Carter's act only to die two hours later, and Carter finds himself pursued not only by the Secret Service but by a host of others desperate for the terrible secret they believe Harding confided in him. Seamlessly blending reality and fiction, Gold lays before us a glittering and romantic panorama of our modern world at a point of irrevocable change.

Author: Carol Lauck
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573650482
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: S.A. Beck
Publisher: Beck Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203

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Author: Robert A. Wild
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780974449555
Category : Good and evil in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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I¬n this follow-up to his earlier book The Tumbler of God: Chesterton as Mystic, Fr. Robert Wild explores G.K. Chesterton's fascinating duel with Satan, both on paper and in his personal life. Poring over Chesterton's voluminous work, Fr. Wild examines how Chesterton's insights on evil extend beyond the philosopher's "problem of evil," proving Chesterton's personal belief as well as confrontation with Lucifer and his demons. Jousting with the Devil is as compelling as it is groundbreaking.

Author: Jeffrey Burton Russell
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801494291
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362

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"If, as Chesterton claimed, the devil's greatest triumph was convincing the modern world that he does not exist, Jeffrey Burton Russell means to rob him of his victory. Lucifer: The Devil in the Middle Ages is both a scholarly assessment of the development of diabology in the Middle Ages and an impassioned plea to the 20th century to recognize and acknowledge the existence of real, objective evil. The third in a series of works tracing the history of the devil from his Judeo-Christian roots, it represents a formidable undertaking: the devil's history is integrally related to the problem of evil, which is in turn at the heart of Western religious thought. Each of the volumes on Satan comprises, in essence, a judicious and able tour of Christian theology from the villain's point of view... Book jacket.

Author: George Garrett
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573651113
Category : Children's plays
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Author: Brad Gromelski
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573650529
Category : Children's plays
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Author: Charles Marz
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573695285
Category : Children's plays
Languages : en
Pages : 62

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Author: Tara Nummedal
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812250893
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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In 1573, the alchemist Anna Zieglerin gave her patron, the Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, the recipe for an extraordinary substance she called the lion's blood. She claimed that this golden oil could stimulate the growth of plants, create gemstones, transform lead into the coveted philosophers' stone—and would serve a critical role in preparing for the Last Days. Boldly envisioning herself as a Protestant Virgin Mary, Anna proposed that the lion's blood, paired with her own body, could even generate life, repopulating and redeeming the corrupt world in its final moments. In Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood, Tara Nummedal reconstructs the extraordinary career and historical afterlife of alchemist, courtier, and prophet Anna Zieglerin. She situates Anna's story within the wider frameworks of Reformation Germany's religious, political, and military battles; the rising influence of alchemy; the role of apocalyptic eschatology; and the position of women within these contexts. Together with her husband, the jester Heinrich Schombach, and their companion and fellow alchemist Philipp Sommering, Anna promised her patrons at the court of Wolfenbüttel spiritual salvation and material profit. But her compelling vision brought with it another, darker possibility: rather than granting her patrons wealth or redemption, Anna's alchemical gifts might instead lead to war, disgrace, and destruction. By 1575, three years after Anna's arrival at court, her enemies had succeeded in turning her from holy alchemist into poisoner and sorceress, culminating in Anna's arrest, torture, and public execution. In her own life, Anna was a master of self-fashioning; in the centuries since her death, her story has been continually refashioned, making her a fitting emblem for each new age. Interweaving the history of science, gender, religion, and politics, Nummedal recounts how one resourceful woman's alchemical schemes touched some of the most consequential matters in Reformation Germany.