[PDF] The Emerald Cup eBook

Author : Sergei Sukhinov
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 25,27 MB
Release : 2013-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1878941208

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Acclaimed Russian author Sergei Sukhinov has written a spectacular ten-part saga in which the people of Magic Land (the Russian version of L. Frank Baum's beloved Land of Oz) must contend with forces of unspeakable evil. And now this exciting series is being published for the first time in English translation. In this award-winning second installment, Ellie (Dorothy) returns to Magic Land after many years. At every step of her long and difficult journey, she is bedeviled by the sorceress Corina, who is out to avenge the death of her adoptive mother Gingema (the Wicked Witch of the East) and holds Ellie responsible.

Author : Diane Wakoski
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 23,97 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780876859711

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Dedicated to America's mythic city, Diane Wakoski discusses risk, betrayal, and history in this third volume of her Archaeology of Movies and Books. Wakoski skillfully weaves together pieces of fragmented memory among images of Las Vegas casinos and the green splendor of Oz with its magical shoes.

Author : Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,9 MB
Release : 2006-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0307265927

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • National Book Award Finalist • This "eyewitness history of the first order ... should be read by anyone who wants to understand how things went so badly wrong in Iraq” (The New York Times Book Review). The Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the crucial first year of occupation pursuing goals that had little to do with the immediate needs of a postwar nation: flat taxes instead of electricity and deregulated health care instead of emergency medical supplies. In this acclaimed firsthand account, the former Baghdad bureau chief of The Washington Post gives us an intimate portrait of life inside this Oz-like bubble, which continued unaffected by the growing mayhem outside. This is a quietly devastating tale of imperial folly, and the definitive history of those early days when things went irrevocably wrong in Iraq.

Author : Bunting Juli
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 22,79 MB
Release : 2013-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 193668859X

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Samantha Green, the sharpest investigator for Heartland Global Insurance is on the case again. This time, readers are transported to Seattle, where Sam uncovers the mystery behind a stolen book dating back to the fifteenth century. She encounters a handsome detective along the way whom she suspects has romantic intentions, or at least interests. Samantha senses some chemistry worth exploring, too-at least until she meets the darkly handsome stranger who is Seattle's resident expert on rare books. In Green in the Emerald City, we again travel with the smart and beautiful Samantha as the secrets of her late parents and her uncle unfold in this spellbinding, page turning novella. This second book in "The Green Series" will have readers holding their breath, as the quick-witted insurance investigator digs into the past to learn the truth about her parents death, her uncle's long lost love, and the centuries-old book that brought them all together.

Author : Dennis William Hauck
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,74 MB
Release : 1999-03-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1101157186

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The Emerald Tablet—an ancient document that contains the essence of the alchemical teachings—has had an important influence on many Western spiritual and religious traditions. Ostensibly concerned with turning base metals into gold, alchemy was in fact dedicated to transforming the lead of self into the gold of spirit. This brilliant history of alchemy traces its sources back to ancient Egypt, and presents alchemy as a useful, practical system of self-transformation. Each of the seven steps of alchemical transformation is explained, with hands-on techniques and exercises, treating alchemy as a living discipline for achieving a spiritual awakening.

Author : Daniel Willis
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 16,37 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781568981741

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In The Emerald City, Dan Willis takes us on a flight of imagination that paradoxically never strays far from the most tangible, even intimate subjects. His essays range from the Tower of Babel to the Wizard of Oz, from Christo to Christmas trees, from the "lightness of being" to the "weight of architecture." This ultimately optimistic book suggests that architecture is as vital as ever: "It is tempting to say that our present cultural situation...has rendered architecture nearly impossible if not unnecessary. But it is also possible to look to what our lives, at the turn of the millennium, typically lack-fulfillment, spirituality, a sense of belonging, weight-and to conclude that the ground for architecture has never been more fertile. The texts-intelligent and readable-draw equally from literary sources, architectural practice, philosophical analyses, pop culture, and everyday experiences. Willis's perspective as a writer, architect, artist, and teacher informs his work; his texts are at once reflective and proactive, as they challenge readers to rethink their participation in the built environment. Accompanying the text are the author's original illustrations, which link the forms and forces surrounding architecture at the end of the twentieth century in novel, thought-provoking ways.

Author : John Joseph Adams
Publisher : 47north
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611099041

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When L. Frank Baum introduced Dorothy and friends to the American public in 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz became an instant, bestselling hit. Today the whimsical tale remains a cultural phenomenon that continues to spawn wildly popular books, movies, and musicals. Now, editors John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen have brought together leading fantasy writers such as Orson Scott Card and Jane Yolen to create the ultimate anthology for Oz fans.