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41) Acts of violet
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"[A] dazzling and twisty new novel about a famous magician who disappears, leaving her sister to figure out what really happened. Nearly a decade ago, iconic magician Violet Volk performed her greatest trick yet: vanishing mid-act. Though she hasn't been seen since, her hold on the public imagination is stronger than ever. While Violet sought out the spotlight, her sister Sasha always had to be the responsible one, taking over their mother's hair...
Author
Series
Kingkiller chronicle volume day 1
Publisher
Distributed by Penguin Group
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 39
Physical Desc
661 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kvothe ("pronounced nearly the same as 'Quothe' "), the hero and villain of a thousand tales who's presumed dead, lives as the simple proprietor of the Waystone Inn under an assumed name. Prompted by a biographer called Chronicler who realizes his true identity, Kvothe starts to tell his life story. From his upbringing as an actor in his family's traveling troupe of magicians, jugglers and jesters, the Edema Ruh, to feral child on the streets of the...
43) The tempest
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After her exile to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera conjures a storm to trap her enemies and unleashes her revenge.
44) The last unicorn
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A lonely unicorn, believing herself to be the last, searches for any others of her kind, while avoiding the malevolent Red Bull, the agent believed to have destroyed the rest of her herd. She finally finds help from a magician named Schmendrick and a knight named Prince Lir.
Author
Language
English
Description
An astounding debut that reimagines the classic Western through the eyes of a Chinese American assassin on a quest to rescue his kidnapped wife and exact his revenge on her abductors, and “declares the arrival of an astonishing new voice” (Jonathan Lethem).
Orphaned young, Ming Tsu, the son of Chinese immigrants, is raised by the notorious leader of a California crime syndicate, who trains him to be his deadly enforcer. But when Ming falls in...
Author
Series
Elemental masters volume 9
Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
298 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lionel Hawkins is a magician whose act is only partially sleight of hand. The rest is real magic. He's an Elemental Magician with the power to persuade the Elementals of Air to help him create amazing illusions. It doesn't take long before his assistant, acrobat Katie Langford, notices that he's no ordinary magician — and for Lionel to discover that she's no ordinary acrobat, but rather an untrained and unawakened Fire Magician. She's also on the...
Author
Series
Dresden files volume 9
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
467 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Professional wizard Harry Dresden is investigating a series of deaths in Chicago. Someone is killing practitioners of magic, those incapable of becoming full-fledged wizards. Shockingly, all the evidence points to Harry's half-brother, Thomas, as the murderer. Determined to clear his sibling's name, Harry uncovers a conspiracy within the White Council of Wizards that threatens not only him, but his nearest and dearest, too...
Author
Series
Malloreon volume 6
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
643 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Polgara the sorceress recounts the events of her three thousand year life, filling the parts of her family's history that were omitted in her father's version.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
45 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
The life of Harry Houdini and his less famous partner, his brother Dash, includes details of his well-known career as a magician, as well as his interest in exposing fake mediums and other frauds. Sidebars highlight topics related to the early 20th century, such as child labor, the dime museums, and early aviation, an interest of Houdini's.
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's Play International
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm. + 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young boy who is the apprentice to a magician decides to use her wand to clean her house but things don't go as planned.
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A delinquent teenage girl with a dysfunctional family befriends a surly children's magician who helps her navigate her inner demons and dysfunctional family with sleight of hand magic. A coming-of-age comedy that touches on unlikely friendships, grief, and finding hope int the darkest moments.
Author
Series
Wayfarer redemption volume 1
Publisher
TOR Fantasy
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
653 p. : maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
A millennia-old prophecy was given when the Forbidden Ones were driven from Achar. And now, the Acharites witness its manifestation: Achar is under attack by an evil lord from the North, Gorgreal -- his ice demons strike from the sky and kill hundreds of brave warriors in the blink of an eye. All Acharites believe the end is near. One young woman, Faraday, betrothed of Duke Borneheld, learns that all she has been told about her people's history is...
Author
Series
Wayfarer redemption volume 2
Publisher
TOR Fantasy
Pub. Date
2002, 2001
Physical Desc
669 p. : maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Axis is a true hero, in every sense of the word. On his shoulders lies the double burden of prophecy and war. Having fulfilled the first part of the prophecy by becoming the StarMan, he now must reunite the three races inhabiting his world. It is his destiny to lead an army against his evil half-brother, to regain control of Tencendor, once the greatest land in the world. It is his destiny to be caught between the two women he loves, one the epitome...
57) The prestige
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray disc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London, two magicians share an intense rivalry with each other and leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 50
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
117 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Join Jack and Annie as they as they meet one of the world's most famous illusionists - Harry Houdini!"--
59) The tempest
Publisher
eOne
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan. Marooned on a distant island with his daughter, Miranda, Prospero has spent twelve years perfecting his magic arts. Now, with the help of the sprit Ariel, he raises a storm at sea, bringing within his grasp the enemies who robbed him of his dukedom.
Author
Series
Burning Cove California volume 1
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When 1930s Hollywood moguls and stars want privacy, they head to an idyllic small town on the coast, where the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel caters to their every need. It's where reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool. The dead woman had a red-hot secret about up-and-coming leading man Nick Tremayne, a scoop that Irene couldn't resist -- especially since she's just a rookie at a third-rate...
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