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In the ancient Greco-Roman world, it was common practice to curse or bind an enemy or rival by writing an incantation on a tablet and dedicating it to a god or spirit. These curses or binding spells, commonly called defixiones were intended to bring other people under the power and control of those who commissioned them. More than a thousand such texts, written between the 5th Century B.C.E. and the 5th Century C.E., have been discovered from North Africa to England, and from Syria to Spain. Extending into every aspect of ancient life--athletic and theatrical competitions, judicial proceedings, love affairs, business rivalries, and the recovery of stolen property--they shed light on a new dimension of classical study previously inaccessible. Here, for the first time, these texts have been translated into English with a substantial translator's introduction revealing the cultural, social, and historical context for the texts. This book will interest historians, classicists, scholars of religion, and those concerned with ancient magic..
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Xanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled--where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. That is, except for Bink of North Village He was sure he possessed no magic, and knew that if he didn't find some soon, he would be exiled. According to the Good Magician Humpfrey, the charts said that Bink was as powerful as the King or even the Evil Magician Trent. Unfortunately, no one could determine its form. Meanwhile, Bink was in despair. If he didn't find his magic soon, he would be forced to leave.....
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Read by Ron Rifkin
4 hours 47 minutes, 3 cassettes

Josh is hitchhiking from Boston to Dallas to begin a new life, trying to sort out the changes that have skewed his world since an accident killed his mother and made a mockery of his dreams. No longer will he be what he was—an important person in a high school he loved. Instead he will be starting his junior year in a place where no one will know him, on one will care.

He wanders up a road he has taken away from the interstate, where he has been thumbing rides, looking for a village where he might find shelter from the unexpected August cold and rain. When a car comes along, it looks like a ride to somewhere. And that's what it proves to be. But the somewhere he finds is not the somewhere he expected. It is a place that knows him, knows the darkness inside of him; that offers food and shelter, and also confronts him with choices he does not know how to make. It probes his past, examines his possible futures, and finally pierces the wall of despair he has built around himself.

Sang Spell is a fantasy built on the hopes and dreams of a people who longed for a place of peace, for a way out of the dark and the rain. Some might think finding such a place to be a miracle, but not John. To him it is a nightmare, a prison he cannot escape. Sang Spell is an adventure into a place of forgotten people, the Melungeons, and into the boundries created by the human mind..
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Three feathers
Three flights
Three feathers fall out of the sky and into the hands of three siblings Exactly what they are supposed to do with the feathers Joe, Polly, and Sam don't know. That is, until they see the words written by the wind and magic is once again a part of their lives..
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Here's a lighthearted and magical self-help book for women who never seem to meet Mister Right. The author advises on ways to employ practical magic to banish the "toads," find and attract a partner who has only a few warts-or in certain cases, transform the toad in her life into Prince Charming. The spells are all easy to perform and fun for women practicing alone or getting together with friends on a girls' night out. Included are: Attraction spells for catching a Prince ... Binding spells to make sure he doesn't ride away ... Love spells to keep the passion hopping ... Transforming spells for times when he's really a toad. Whether women take the spells seriously or are just having fun, they'll be inspired to find ways of creating magical relationships that can last a lifetime. 20 color illustrations. .
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