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The Magicians

The Magicians

Lev Grossman

Lev Grossman. ELIOT fterward Quentin couldn't remember much of the rest of that night, except that he spent it there at the school. He was exhausted and weak , like he'd been drugged. His chest felt hollowed out. He wasn't even hungry ...
Warp: A Novel

Warp: A Novel

Lev Grossman

This re-publication of Lev Grossman's debut novel, Warp, shows the roots of his Magicians hero Quentin Coldwater in a book that is for anyone (and everyone) who has ever felt adrift in their own life.
The Magician's Land

The Magician's Land

Lev Grossman

. . The strongest book in Grossman’s series.’ New York Times Book Review ‘A triumphant climax to the best fantasy trilogy of the decade.’ Charles Stross, author of Accelerando
The Magician King

The Magician King

Lev Grossman

The Magician King is a grand voyage into the dark, glittering heart of magic, an extraordinary journey that allows the imagination to run riot and proves Grossman is the modern heir to C.S. Lewis. This is a book like no other.
The Magicians Trilogy

The Magicians Trilogy

Lev Grossman

But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory.
The Magicians and The Magician King

The Magicians and The Magician King

Lev Grossman

But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory.
The Magicians

The Magicians

Lev Grossman

Haboring secret preoccupations with a magical land he read about in a childhood fantasy series, Quentin Coldwater is unexpectedly admitted into an exclusive college of magic and rigorously educated in modern sorcery.
Czarodzieje:

Czarodzieje:

Lev Grossman

Czarodzieje, książka przenikliwa psychologicznie, a równocześnie niezwykle pomysłowa, to epicka opowieść o magii i innych światach, która znacznie rozszerza granice konwencjonalnego nurtu fantasy.
The Magician King: A Novel

The Magician King: A Novel

Lev Grossman

As the pair struggle to find their way back to their lost kingdom, Quentin is forced to rely on Julia’s illicitly learned sorcery as they face a sinister threat in a world very far from the beloved fantasy novels of their youth.
Codex

Codex

Lev Grossman

When asked to unpack and organise a personal library of rare books, Edward's indignation turns to intrigue as he realises that among the volumes there may be hidden a unique medieval codex, a treasure kept sealed away for many years and for ...
Deathless

Deathless

Catherynne M. Valente

Catherynne Valente is such a being.'' Lev Grossman ''A remarkable piece of speculative fiction - a collision of myth, magic, folklore and actual history (almost incidentally describing the story of Russia across the twentieth century) . . .
The Philosopher's Window: And Other Poems

The Philosopher's Window: And Other Poems

Allen R. Grossman

And Other Poems Allen R. Grossman. Copyright © 1993, 1995 by Allen Grossman All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, radio, or television review, no pan of this book may be reproduced in any form ...
Of the Great House: A Book of Poems

Of the Great House: A Book of Poems

Allen R. Grossman

A Book of Poems Allen R. Grossman. Copyright © 1980, 1981, 1982 by Allen Grossman All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, radio, or television review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any ...
The Ether Dome and Other Poems: New and Selected (1979-1991)

The Ether Dome and Other Poems: New and Selected (1979-1991)

Allen R. Grossman

New and Selected (1979-1991) Allen R. Grossman. Copyright © 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 by Allen Grossman All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, radio, or television review, no part of this book may ...
Sweet Youth: Poems by a Young Man and an Old Man, Old and ...

Sweet Youth: Poems by a Young Man and an Old Man, Old and ...

Allen R. Grossman

Poems by a Young Man and an Old Man, Old and New, 1953-2001 Allen R. Grossman. Copyright © 1961, 1965, 1973, 2002 by Allen Grossman All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, or television ...
The Woman on the Bridge Over the Chicago River: A Book of Poems

The Woman on the Bridge Over the Chicago River: A Book of Poems

Allen R. Grossman

A Book of Poems Allen R. Grossman. Copyright © 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979 by Allen Grossman Copyright © 1979 by Robert Fitzgerald All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, radio, or television review, ...
The Euro-American Cinema

The Euro-American Cinema

Peter Lev

The second part of Lev’s study examines in detail five examples of the Euro-American art film: Contempt (1963), Blow-Up (1966), The Canterbury Tales (1972), Paris, Texas (1983), and The Last Emperor (1987).
American Films of the 70s: Conflicting Visions

American Films of the 70s: Conflicting Visions

Peter Lev

Indeed, as Peter Lev persuasively argues in this book, the films of the 1970s constitute a kind of conversation about what American society is and should be—open, diverse, and egalitarian, or stubbornly resistant to change.
Ecrits (1917-1934)

Ecrits (1917-1934)

Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov

Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov François Albera, E. S. Khokhlova, Valérie Posener. Si. maintenant...1. Si aujourd'hui, dans le bric-à-brac des maisons de distribution actuels, traîne par hasard une comédie, ou plutôt un film "comique", la première ...
It's Not Me, It's You: The Ultimate Breakup Book

It's Not Me, It's You: The Ultimate Breakup Book

Anna Jane Grossman

Authors Anna Jane Grossman and Flint Wainess offer witty wisdom for the about-to-be-dumped, newly dumped and those thinking-about-dumping.
Peter Ho-Sun Chan's He's a Woman, She's a Man

Peter Ho-Sun Chan's He's a Woman, She's a Man

Lisa Odham Stokes

12 Andrew Grossman, “The Rise of Homosexuality and the Dawn of Communism in Hong Kong Film: 1993–1998,” in Andrew Grossman, ed., Queer Asian Cin ema : Shadows in the Shade (New York: Harrington Park Press, 2000), p. 162.
The Bright Nails Scattered on the Ground: Love Poems

The Bright Nails Scattered on the Ground: Love Poems

Allen R. Grossman

Love Poems Allen R. Grossman. POETRY. ALLEN. GROSSMAN. The. Bright. Nails. Scattered. on. the. Ground. Allen Grossman's The Bright Nails Scattered on the Ground is a book of poetry which tells of a man and a woman in love.
The Long Schoolroom: Lessons in the Bitter Logic of the ...

The Long Schoolroom: Lessons in the Bitter Logic of the ...

Allen R. Grossman

In this new collection Grossman revisits the "Long Schoolroom" of poetic principle--where he eventually learned to reconsider the notion that poetry was cultural work of the kind that contributed unambiguously to the peace of the world.
Same-Sex Desire in Indian Culture: Representations in ...

Same-Sex Desire in Indian Culture: Representations in ...

Oliver Ross

Andrew Grossman, Queer Asian Cinema: Shadows in the Shade, ed. by Andrew Grossman (New York: Harrington Park Press, 2001), p. 299. 6. Rao, 2009, p. xviii. 7. Michel Foucault, “History and Homosexuality,” in Foucault Live (Interviews, ...
Government and IT - "a recipe for rip-offs": time for a new ...

Government and IT - "a recipe for rip-offs": time for a new ...

Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Public Administration Select Committee

Janet Grossman: I will take that one. It was by design. ifl may say so. Ql55 Chair: By whom? Janet Grossman: In the '90s when the big outsourcing contracts were let, the business case relied on transfer of intelligence and knowledge into the ...
Rotary Cutting Revolution: New One-Step Cutting, 8 Quilt Blocks

Rotary Cutting Revolution: New One-Step Cutting, 8 Quilt Blocks

Anita Grossman Solomon

Way of rotary cutting is a brand new method for cutting your fabric pieces quickly?in just one step! Best-selling author and teacher Anita Grossman Solomon shows you how to cut squares into smaller pieces with precision but without waste.
Neither Dead Nor Red: Civil Defense and American Political ...

Neither Dead Nor Red: Civil Defense and American Political ...

Andrew D. Grossman

On vulnerability and perception, see Andrew Grossman, "Atomic Fantasies and Make- Believc War: The American State, Social Control and Civil Defense Planning, 1946-1952," Political Power and Social Theory 9 (1995); Robert H. Johnson, ...
The Role of Entrepreneurship in Public-private Partnerships: ...

The Role of Entrepreneurship in Public-private Partnerships: ...

Seth Andrew Grossman

THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: THE CASE OF BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS By: Seth Andrew Grossman May 2008 INTRODUCTION This paper argues that entrepreneurship is as ...

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