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Product Description: Magic is a word we use to describe something amazing, awe-inspiring, or spectacular. Truly great magic makes us believe in things we know can't be real. In the hands of the greatest magicians, even a simple card trick can become truly wondrous...read more
By Aleksey Ivanov (illustrator), Olga Ivanov (illustrator) and H. P. Newquist

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9780312593216 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, November 17, 2015, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Magic is a word we use to describe something amazing, awe-inspiring, or spectacular.

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Product Description: This book presents twenty chapters by experts in their fields, providing a thorough and interdisciplinary overview of the theory and practice of magic in the West. Its chronological scope extends from the Ancient Near East to twenty-first-century North America; its objects of analysis range from Persian curse tablets to U...read more
By David J. Collins (editor)

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9780521194181 | Cambridge Univ Pr, March 2, 2015, cover price $160.00 | About this edition: This book presents twenty chapters by experts in their fields, providing a thorough and interdisciplinary overview of the theory and practice of magic in the West.

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By Dayna S. Kalleres (contributor)

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9780195342703 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, November 3, 2014, cover price $105.00

Paperback:

9780195342710 | Oxford Univ Pr, November 3, 2014, cover price $41.95
9780345351890, titled "Success" | Reissue edition (Ballantine Books, July 1, 1991), cover price $5.95 | also contains Success
9780345351845, titled "Heir of Sea and Fire" | Reissue edition (Ballantine Books, December 1, 1989), cover price $5.99 | also contains Heir of Sea and Fire

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By Michael D. Bailey (editor)

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9780415636490 | Routledge, April 9, 2014, cover price $1360.00

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Product Description: A detailed historical and anthropological study of the traditions of witchcraft round the world, with an in-depth examination of magic and its relationship with religion, from prehistory to the post-modern era.

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9781843094678 | Rep ill edition (Southwater Pub, January 7, 2014), cover price $18.99 | About this edition: A detailed historical and anthropological study of the traditions of witchcraft round the world, with an in-depth examination of magic and its relationship with religion, from prehistory to the post-modern era.

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Product Description: The Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval, and Modern Magic provides a comprehensive volume that examines magic in all its aspects. Through detailed case studies, verbatim accounts of personal experiences, and first-hand experience from the authors' own active participation in many alternative religious rituals and ceremonies, this unique book reveals how magic can be a universal phenomenon that crosses cultural, historical, and spatial boundaries...read more

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9781440804182, titled "The Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval, and Modern Magic" | 1 edition (Praeger Pub Text, January 24, 2013), cover price $48.00 | About this edition: The Varieties of Magical Experience: Indigenous, Medieval, and Modern Magic provides a comprehensive volume that examines magic in all its aspects.

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Product Description: Lavishly illustrated with archival material, fine art illustrations of legendary magic workers, and special photography, this volume is a comprehensive examination of a fascinating and timeless subject.

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9780754820604 | Reprint edition (Lorenz Books, January 16, 2012), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Lavishly illustrated with archival material, fine art illustrations of legendary magic workers, and special photography, this volume is a comprehensive examination of a fascinating and timeless subject.

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Product Description: In a new small format, this highly illustrated, enchanting journey through the history and traditions of wizardry takes readers from Merlin to Gandalf, and offers practical spells to try The story of magic and its famous practitioners is told in this enchanting compendium of magical lore...read more

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9780956444844 | Palazzo Editions Ltd, August 1, 2011, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: In a new small format, this highly illustrated, enchanting journey through the history and traditions of wizardry takes readers from Merlin to Gandalf, and offers practical spells to try The story of magic and its famous practitioners is told in this enchanting compendium of magical lore.

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Product Description: A guide to basic magic tricks and skill by a member of the premier international magicians' society The Magic Circle Budding magicians and experienced hobbyists can use this book to easily master extraordinary magic tricks and skills...read more

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9781444107289 | Hodder & Stoughton, June 1, 2011, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A guide to basic magic tricks and skill by a member of the premier international magicians' society The Magic Circle Budding magicians and experienced hobbyists can use this book to easily master extraordinary magic tricks and skills.

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Product Description: This book (the author´s revised dissertation) analyzes the history of the concept of magic spanning about 2,500 years. Following an introduction discussing the problem of academic definitions of magic in general, the book presents the comprehensive history of the concept of magic for the first time, from its origins in antiquity to the 20th century...read more

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9783110254204 | Walter De Gruyter Inc, May 15, 2011, cover price $280.00 | About this edition: This book (the author´s revised dissertation) analyzes the history of the concept of magic spanning about 2,500 years.

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Product Description: Take a spellbinding journey of discovery into the world of magic and mystery. Sort out the facts from the fairy tales, and you will find that the truth is often stranger and more sinister than fiction.

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9781844766697, titled "The Amazing World of Witches: Discover the Spellbinding History of Witches, Wizardry , Magic and Mystery" | Southwater Pub, March 16, 2010, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Take a spellbinding journey of discovery into the world of magic and mystery.

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9780271017501 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, February 1, 1998, cover price $67.95

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9780271017518 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, February 1, 1998, cover price $36.95
9780043522332, titled "The New Management of Local Government" | Unwin Hyman, January 1, 1987, cover price $19.95 | also contains The New Management of Local Government

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Pinpoints and explains the prerequisites of, determining factors of, and impediments to personal success, offering guidance in increasing one's chances of succeeding in life, love, and business

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9780394408668, titled "Success!" | Random House Inc, September 1, 1977, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Pinpoints and explains the prerequisites of, determining factors of, and impediments to personal success, offering guidance in increasing one's chances of succeeding in life, love, and business

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9780345351890 | Reissue edition (Ballantine Books, July 1, 1991), cover price $5.95 | also contains Daughters of Hecate: Women and Magic in the Ancient World

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Bound to Morgan, Prince of Hed, by her father's pledge and her own love, Raederle sets out for Erlenstar Mountain in search of the long-absent prince and of her own unusual powers

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9780689306068 | Atheneum, July 1, 1977, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Bound to Morgan, Prince of Hed, by her father's pledge and her own love, Raederle sets out for Erlenstar Mountain in search of the long-absent prince and of her own unusual powers

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9780345351845 | Reissue edition (Ballantine Books, December 1, 1989), cover price $5.99 | also contains Daughters of Hecate: Women and Magic in the Ancient World

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