Learn 70 tricks that are easy to master and hundreds of techniques that are essential for every budding magician.Easy Card Tricks includes mathematical dupes, sleights of hand,'mind-reading' stunts, expert shuffles, and card predictions that will seem impossible to an observer. Some of these tricks need no special skills at all, some need simple equipment such as a pen and paper, and some need simple conjuring skills to make the false shuffles, double lifts and glides look...

If you were summoned by an angel to a distant land, would you go?In the triumphant finale of the Christian fiction angelic suspense thriller, ARMOR OF LIGHT III : A Trilogy Story ( 3rd Book in the Series ), Michael and Kristen receive an urgent summons to Mexico City to prevent the Sons of Darkness from stealing a sacred cloak with the miraculous image of Blessed Mother Mary at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Will guardian angels and archangels intervene to ...

If you were summoned by an angel to a distant land, would you go?In the eagerly awaited sequel, ARMOR OF LIGHT II : A Trilogy Story ( 2nd Book in the Series ), the Christian fiction angelic suspense thriller continues as Michael is summoned urgently by the Sons of Light to defend the sacred, Shroud of Turin from destruction. Threatened with abduction and martyrdom in the netherworld, Michael faces his greatest nemesis yet, the evil Lilith, her ravenous wolves and t...

If you were summoned by an angel to a distant land, would you go?Tormented with flashbacks from an NDE or near death experience, Michael discovers disturbing paranormal activity when an interior window is jolted open. Upon closer inspection, he finds a small ancient Egyptian scarab artifact inscribed with hieroglyphs left behind. Will they come back for it? Is this an omen or a curse?Racing off on his morning commute, Michael is confounded by another surpri...

Before AIDS or coronavirus, there was the Spanish Flu — Catharine Arnold's gripping narrative, Pandemic 1918, marks the 100th anniversary of an epidemic that altered world history.In January 1918, as World War I raged on, a new and terrifying virus began to spread across the globe. In three successive waves, from 1918 to 1919, influenza killed more than 50 million people. German soldiers termed it Blitzkatarrh, British soldiers referred to it as

Arnold Bennett's splendidly comic portrayal of Edward Henry Machin, known as Denry to his mother to save time, is set in Bursley, one of the author's Five Towns of Staffordshire. Starting in 1897, when Denry first saw the smoke of the potbanks, the tale chronicles his rise to fame and wealth including such events as improving his exam results to guarantee success, adjusting the guest list of the municipal ball to include himself and then daring to ask the Countess of Chell to dance! Denry ...

It is 1919 shortly after the termination of the 1st European holocaust. Henry Earlforward, a middle aged North London Bookseller, courts and marries Violet Arb, a widow who has inherited the confectioners shop opposite his own premises in Riceyman Square. Henry and Violet engage the services of Elsie as ‘charwoman’. The marriage outwardly appears to be successful, although Henry has also inherited and is not an esteemed native of the district and Violet likewise - having been a nomadic tra...

Set in stifled industrial Staffordshire in the late nineteenth century against a strong evangelical background Anna of the Five Towns tells of the courting of hard businessman Ephraim Tellright's daughter by prosperous and accomplished Henry Mynors. As her father's fortune grows so does Anna's understanding. She realises her legacy and responsibility for the possible ruination of her father's tenants Titus Price and his son Willie, who also loves her. Mynors is soon in partnership with Tel...

Bennett described his story as an ‘Idyllic Diversion’. Helen Rathbone meets her elderly uncle, James Ollerenshaw, in Bursley Park, after an estrangement of several years. Both are very strong willed, independent characters. Helen has an extravagant lifestyle and likes to spend money while the old man has lived a thrifty life and intends to continue in the same way.However, they develop a friendship which progresses rapidly and Helen moves in to James’ house to look after him. A battle of w...

Informative, timely and accessible introduction to the study of South Asia by leading scholars in the field.

This monograph is focused on the fictional works of Arnold Bennett whose literary role was very important in the history of the late nineteenth and early twentiethcentury novel in light of the debate between modernism and the traditional approach to the craft of fiction. After a long period of critical silence, this book reaffirms Bennett’s centrality through a sociohistorical and semiotic analysis of his most famous novels and short stories. In this sense, it offers a new reading of Benne...

Stretch your legs away from the city with Lonely Planet's Best Day Walks New Zealand and discover 60 easy escapes into nature with maps and directions.Lace up your walking boots and experience the freedom of the great outdoors with trails that range from a couple of hours to a full day. Admire panoramic views of mountains and alpine lakes as you climb Key Summit; explore golden sand beaches on a stomp through Abel Tasman N...