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Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth Century Syria
Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth Century Syria presents an in-depth investigation of a variety of 'magical' practices with a focused study in the late antique Syria and …
Fear and Joy in a Magic Dog
Magic, a Schipperke whose attachment with his owner becomes extraordinary, overcomes fears resulting from the brutal months before his adoption. Confined with older, bigger dogs, …
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Erik Larson, author of #1 bestseller In the Garden of Beasts, intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims …
Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Time
There are no clear demarcation lines between magic, astrology, necromancy, medicine, and even sciences in the pre-modern world. Under the umbrella term 'magic,' the contributors to …
Mistletoe Magic in the Highlands
Olivia Bingham is unlucky in love...She's been ghosted more times than she can count, but this Christmas brings a glimmer of hope: Fraser Douglas, a Scottish chef working at an …
401(k) Magic "7 Secrets": $6.3 Trillion in over 625,000 Plans
Legally speaking, all corporations that offer employees a 401(k), profit sharing or pension plan must also provide them with what is called a Summary Plan Description. Few read it …
Knowing Demons, Knowing Spirits in the Early Modern Period
This book explores the manifold ways of knowing—and knowing about— preternatural beings such as demons, angels, fairies, and other spirits that inhabited and were believed to act …
Executing Magic in the Modern Era
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 licenseThis book explores the magical and medical history of executions from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century by looking at …
The Magic Ginseng Tree
Tangseng and his disciples have been traveling for two or three years. They arrive at a secluded mountain monastery which turns out to be the home of a powerful master named …
Magic in a Glass: Love, Life & the Quest for a Perfect Wine
Extreme Particle Acceleration in Microquasar Jets and Pulsar Wind Nebulae with the MAGIC Telescopes
This exhaustive work sheds new light on unsolved questions in gamma-ray astrophysics. It presents not only a complete introduction to the non-thermal Universe, but also a …
Jews and Magic in Medici Florence
In the seventeenth century, Florence was the splendid capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. Meanwhile, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any …