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"Through memoir essays and magical practices, Grimoire Girl connects us to the enchantment that exists inside us all. Since childhood, Hilarie Burton Morgan has felt the call to record, keep, and catalogue life in all its strange wonder. It was a whimsical habit, with no clear goal. And then, when she became a mother, the importance of all that collecting snapped into focus. In an effort to patchwork together an anthology of traditions, curiosity,...
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Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"A copiously illustrated global history of magic books, from ancient papyri to pulp paperbacks. Grimoires, textbooks of magic and occult knowledge, have existed through the ages alongside other magic and religious texts in part because of the need to create a physical record of magical phenomena, but also to enact magic through spells and rituals. To understand the history of these texts is to understand the influence of the major religions, the development...
4) Cattywampus
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English
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2020-2021 Middle School TAB Nominations
2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
Trans and Nonbinary Authors: Books for Middle Grade
2021 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 5 & 6
Trans and Nonbinary Authors: Books for Middle Grade
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Magic is strictly forbidden in the McGill house, but Delpha McGill has found the family book of spells, and plans to use it to make things a little easier for herself and her mother; Katybird Hearn comes from a rival family of witches, but her magic has been slow to emerge, and she thinks a spell book is just what she needs to help things along--and when a quarrel between the two unleashes a graveyard full of angry zombies the two girls must work...
5) Obscurio
Publisher
Libellud
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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The Sorcerer is out to get you! Find your way among the illusions, but beware of the traitor in your ranks! The Grimoire guides their team towards the exit using images, upon which they point at certain details. Working together, the other players have to find the exit as quickly as possible while avoiding picking the wrong cards. However, a member of the team is a traitor looking to lead the other players astray. A wide variety of traps are on your...
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Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2022.
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Español
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Sí, es bruja. No, no va a maldecir a tu vecina. Un grimorio lleno de hechizos y encantamientos para quienes quieran iniciarse en la práctica de la brujería, dejar de perseguir al destino y comenzar a atraerlo. La magia siempre ha asustado y atraído a las personas a partes iguales: es misteriosa, rebelde, poderosa y traicionera. Las brujas, durante siglos, han sido perseguidas por emplear la magia para transformar la realidad. En este libro encontrarás,...
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Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood must recover a book stolen by warlocks Ragnor Fell and Shinyun Jung, who are being controlled by a Greater Demon.
Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood are living together in a fabulous loft; their warlock son, Max, has started learning to walk, and the streets of New York are peaceful and quiet-- well, relatively. Until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus's apartment and steal the powerful Book of the...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"When Lee, a first year at Smith, is raped under eerie circumstances during orientation week by an Amherst frat boy, she's quickly disillusioned by her lack of recourse. As her trauma boils within her, Lee is selected for an exclusive seminar on Gender, Power, and Witchcraft, where she meets Luna (an alluring Brooklyn hipster), Gabi (who has a laundry list of phobias), and Charlotte (a waifish, chill international student). Granted a charter for a...
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Accursed vampire volume 1
Publisher
Quill Tree Books/Harper Alley, imprints of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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Dragoslava is a vampire kid. It has its perks, but sometimes being stuck as a kid forever can be a pain in the neck. And that's not even the worst part. A few centuries ago, Drago was cursed by a witch. If they don't complete every task she sets, they will be turned into worms. When the witch wants a spellbook from Baneberry Falls, Drago sets off with their immortal friends. But mysteries await in this sleepy Midwestern town, and Drago must figure...
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Watkins
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This is a beautifully illustrated introduction to a topic that has rarely been written about before: Italian American magic. Tarot and magic expert Dee Norman shares never-before-disclosed practices and rituals for personal wellbeing. The Italian folklore tradition is one of the most ancient unbroken chains of wisdom on earth. Discover the previously unwritten secrets of an Italian American family s magical tradition passed down from generation to...
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Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"The most acclaimed writer in comics history, Alan Moore, joins his late mentor Steve Moore (no relation) for one last graphic grimoire: a sprawling and stunning introduction to magic in all its timeless forms, brought to life by six wondrous and whimsical artists. Splendid news for enquiring minds, and guaranteed salvation for humanity! Messrs. Steve and Alan Moore, proprietors of the celebrated Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels...
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