Cristofo Wizard of Earth
Cristofo Wizard of Earth

Author: Dino Pietrobon

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2019-05-18

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1796026727

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An age-old wizard narrates this coming-of-age tale that is set on earth during a previously transpired epoch of time. Follow along with Cristofo, a sharp-minded and exceptionally skilled young prodigy who can do little to suppress his excitement when he hears of an impending visit from one of his grandfather’s longtime friends who just so happens to be a venerated wizard of the highest repute. Bewilderment takes hold of the seasoned conjurer as well as the starry-eyed youngster when the two eventually come face-to-face, and the boy’s remarkable nature and irrepressible spirit comes to reveal an inevitability that simply cannot be ignored. And so, at the onset of their initial encounter, it is determined without question that a wizardly vocation would be Cristofo’s destiny. And the rest is history as adventures and fiercely savage battles abound, wherein the affluent and supremely trained young champion associates with and encounters a wide assortment of creatures and characters of variegated origins, qualities, and kinds. Immerse yourself into the fantastical storytelling, where a new and refreshing vitality is breathed into the admittedly underdeveloped genre on wizards. This is a whimsical work of fiction written in a Tolkien-inspired style and with a middle earth–resembling flavor and feel.

Freud's Wizard
Freud's Wizard

Author: Brenda Maddox

Publisher: Da Capo Press

Published: 2009-04-27

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0786732040

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The saturation of the English-speaking world with psychoanalytic concepts was due largely to one brilliant analyst, Ernest Jones. As Freud's disciple, colleague, and biographer-and the man who rescued Freud from the Nazis-he led the international psychoanalytic movement, shifting its vortex from Vienna to London and spreading its influence to Toronto, New York, and Boston. While negotiating the ferocious politics of the movement, Jones also managed an imposing series of liaisons, including an heiress and her maid, analysands, and a “Druid Bride.” Unlike Freud, he never had to wonder, “What do women want?”

The Humbugs of the World
The Humbugs of the World

Author: P. T. Barnum

Publisher: Standard Ebooks

Published: 2021-06-04T23:27:04Z

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13:

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“Humbug … I won’t believe it,” is Scrooge’s response when confronted by the ghost of his dead partner Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol, and just as surely as Dickens knows that ghosts are humbugs, so too does P. T. Barnum, writing a generation later. For Barnum, humbug begins in the Garden of Eden with the temptation of Eve, and permeates all of history, through every age and in every nation, right down to his own time, where the “Great Spirit Postmaster” publishes ghost letters from veterans recently perished in the Civil War. Barnum himself was often called the “Prince of Humbugs,” but he was no cynic. In this book he sets out to make his fellow citizens a little wiser via a catalog of colorful characters and events, and mocking commentaries about how a sensible person should be more skeptical. He goes after all kinds of classic humbugs like ghosts, witches, and spiritualists, but he also calls humbug on shady investment schemes, hoaxes, swindlers, guerrilla marketers, and political dirty tricksters, before shining a light on the patent medicines of his day, impure foods, and adulterated drinks. As a raconteur, Barnum is conversational and avuncular, sharing the wisdom of his years and opening an intimate window into the New England of the mid-19th century. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

The Humbugs of the World
The Humbugs of the World

Author: P. T. Barnum

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2019-06-10

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13:

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The Humbugs of the World, subtitled "An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages" is a book about hoaxes by famous American businessman P. T. Barnum. Barnum tells tales of some of the world's greatest deceits, cheats, cons, and delusions, all of which go under the definition of "humbug". He takes the reader on a tour of flakes through history, describing the ways in which even the brightest fell for the conmen and hucksters of their times. The book also shows just how little changes through the centuries, and how many of the descriptions of cons, swindles and quacks are as relevant today as in Barnum's time.

The Humbugs of the World: Hoaxes, Deceits and Con Artists
The Humbugs of the World: Hoaxes, Deceits and Con Artists

Author: P. T. Barnum

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2019-12-18

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13:

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The Humbugs of the World is a book about hoaxes by famous American businessman P. T. Barnum. Barnum tells tales of some of the world's greatest deceits, cheats, cons, and delusions, all of which go under the definition of "humbug". He takes the reader on a tour of flakes through history, describing the ways in which even the brightest fell for the conmen and hucksters of their times. The book also shows just how little changes through the centuries, and how many of the descriptions of cons, swindles and quacks are as relevant today as in Barnum's time.

The Art of Money Getting + The Humbugs of the World (2 Unabridged Classics)
The Art of Money Getting + The Humbugs of the World (2 Unabridged Classics)

Author: P. T. Barnum

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2013-11-10

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 8074849880

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This carefully crafted ebook: “The Art of Money Getting + The Humbugs of the World (2 Unabridged Classics) ” contains 2 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Art of Money Getting was written by P. T. Barnum. In this publication Barnum shares his knowledge of business and teaches readers how to be successful in making money. This is an excellent book for individuals who are interested in learning from an important historical business leaders own personal success and also serves as an excellent motivational writing intended for those looking to be successful and make lots of money. The Humbugs of the World, published in 1865, exposes several of the chief humbugs of the world, written in the entertaining and humorous style Barnum is known for. Found within are discussions relative to hoaxes, money manias, adventurers, medicine and quacks, religious humbugs, trade and business impositions, spiritualists, ghosts and witchcrafts, and personal reminiscences. Phineas Taylor Barnum ( 1810 – 1891) was an American showman, businessman, scam artist and entertainer, remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the famous traveling circus. Barnum was also an author, publisher, philanthropist, and for some time a politician. His successes may have made him the first "show business" millionaire.

Historie Della Vita E Dei Fatti Dell'Ammiraglio Don Cristoforo Colombo
Historie Della Vita E Dei Fatti Dell'Ammiraglio Don Cristoforo Colombo

Author: Fernando Colón

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13:

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The series offers contemporary sources relating to Columbus' four voyages and the inter penetration of the hitherto separate worlds that resulted from them. The texts are presented in the original language for specialists, but also in English translation for students and scholars in related fields. This text was first published in 1571 in Venice, having been translated from the Spanish original, and immediately became the starting point for all future biographies of Columbus and of historical reconstructions of the first phase of the Spanish conquest of the New World. It covers his whole life, exalts the goodness and power of Spain, and criticizes the Spanish monarchs for denying him and his descendants their legitimate rights. Distributed by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Magic in Western Culture
Magic in Western Culture

Author: Brian P. Copenhaver

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-09-09

Total Pages: 615

ISBN-13: 1316299481

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The story of the beliefs and practices called 'magic' starts in ancient Iran, Greece, and Rome, before entering its crucial Christian phase in the Middle Ages. Centering on the Renaissance and Marsilio Ficino - whose work on magic was the most influential account written in premodern times - this groundbreaking book treats magic as a classical tradition with foundations that were distinctly philosophical. Besides Ficino, the premodern story of magic also features Plotinus, Iamblichus, Proclus, Aquinas, Agrippa, Pomponazzi, Porta, Bruno, Campanella, Descartes, Boyle, Leibniz, and Newton, to name only a few of the prominent thinkers discussed in this book. Because pictures play a key role in the story of magic, this book is richly illustrated.

New York Magazine
New York Magazine

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1989-09-04

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.