In this seminal work, Dr. Szasz examines the similarities between the Inquisition and institutional psychiatry. His purpose is to show “that the belief in mental illness and the social actions to which it leads have the same moral implications and political consequences as had the belief in witchcraft and the social actions to which it led.”
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
In a time when hardship and famine rule the country, one boy finds an oasis of magic and the strength to fight for it. The Dust Bowl uprooted a lot of families and orphaned even more children. No one knows this better than Nat, a teenager who rides the rails from town to town looking for work. After helping a girl accused of witchcraft, Nat stumbles upon a home for wayward children run by a vibrant woman named Camille. She takes in children who have been thrown away and teaches them how to use their untapped potential to do extraordinary things...like magic. In this crazy new place, there are wonders he's never imagined possible. People who can paint portraits of ghosts, walk through walls, and hide windmills in thin air. But in a time of starvation and fear, Camille's magical home comes under attack from people who fear and discriminate against her. It is up to Nat and the other children to rally behind Camille to save their oasis in the dust from utter ruin.
Roald Dahl meets Eva Ibbotson in this hilarious middle grade debut * "Fifth-grader Rupert Campbell lives in a world that combines Roald Dahl’s Witches and Louis Sachar’s Wayside School. Readers will banish themselves from the ordinary world to finish this book in a flash." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review Rupert Campbell is fascinated by the witches who live nearby. He dreams of broomstick tours and souvenir potions, but the closest he can get to a witchy experience is sitting in class with his awful teacher Mrs. Frabbleknacker, who smells like bellybutton lint and forbids Rupert’s classmates from talking to each other before, during, and after class. So when he sees an ad to become a witch’s apprentice, Rupert simply can’t resist applying. But Witchling Two isn’t exactly what Rupert expected. With a hankering for lollipops and the magical aptitude of a toad, she needs all the help she can get to pass her exams and become a full-fledged witch. She’s determined to help Rupert stand up to dreadful Mrs. Frabbleknacker too, but the witchling's magic will be as useful as a clump of seaweed unless Rupert can figure out a way to help her improve her spellcasting—and fast!
In this wickedly funny cultural critique, the author of the critically acclaimed memoir and Hulu series Shrill exposes misogyny in the #MeToo era. This is a witch hunt. We're witches, and we're hunting you. From the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations began: this is feminism gone too far, this is injustice, this is a witch hunt. In The Witches Are Coming, firebrand author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and now critically acclaimed Hulu TV series Shrill, Lindy West, turns that refrain on its head. You think this is a witch hunt? Fine. You've got one. In a laugh-out-loud, incisive cultural critique, West extolls the world-changing magic of truth, urging readers to reckon with dark lies in the heart of the American mythos, and unpacking the complicated, and sometimes tragic, politics of not being a white man in the twenty-first century. She tracks the misogyny and propaganda hidden (or not so hidden) in the media she and her peers devoured growing up, a buffet of distortions, delusions, prejudice, and outright bullsh*t that has allowed white male mediocrity to maintain a death grip on American culture and politics-and that delivered us to this precarious, disorienting moment in history. West writes, "We were just a hair's breadth from electing America's first female president to succeed America's first black president. We weren't done, but we were doing it. And then, true to form—like the Balrog's whip catching Gandalf by his little gray bootie, like the husband in a Lifetime movie hissing, 'If I can't have you, no one can'—white American voters shoved an incompetent, racist con man into the White House." We cannot understand how we got here‚—how the land of the free became Trump's America—without examining the chasm between who we are and who we think we are, without fact-checking the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and each other. The truth can transform us; there is witchcraft in it. Lindy West turns on the light.
In Witch's Brew for Me & You, a girl and her grandmother teamup to cook a delicious stew while pretending to be cackling witches tending to a bubbling witch's brew! Tackling boredom with imagination is the best way to spend a Sunday afternoon. This cozy story written in rhyme features charming illustrations and is sure to inspire more imaginative play with your little one.
Long before the political mass-murders witnessed in the present century, western Europe experienced another kind of holocaust--the witch-hunts of the early modern period. Condemned of flying through the air, changing into animals, and worshipping the Devil, over a hundred thousand people were brutally tortured, systematically maimed and burned alive. Why did these persecutions take place? Was it superstition, irrationality, or mass delusion that led to the witch-hunts? This study seeks explanation in the tangible actions of human actors and their worldly circumstances. The approach taken is anthropological; inferences are grounded on a wide spectrum of variables, ranging from the political and ideological practices used to mystify earthly affairs, to the logical structure of witch-beliefs, torture technology, and the role of psychotropic drugs and epidemic diseases.
Could this day get any worse? Some angry witch put a spell on her and now a werewolf is claiming she's his mate. Geneva Black doesn't need more complications. Okay, so the man is sexy and those kisses leave her wanting more. The danger surrounding his mate raises his hackles, but Evan Connors would never walk away from his mate. The spell on her keeps them in close proximity and ensures she stays within reach. He craves her sweet body, but protecting his mate comes first. The witch doesn't stop when her first spell is thwarted. If Evan and Geneva hope to claim a life together, they'll have to discover who the witch is and stop her or lose everything. Warning: This novel was previously published under the name Close Contact. It has been heavily revised and rewritten. This book contains sexy times between a werewolf and his latent witch as well as some violence, but you can count on a happy ever after.
The entire Witches of Canyon Road paranormal romance saga, now available in one super-sized boxed set! This set includes the complete text of all eight books (seven full-length novels + one novella) — more than a half a million words! HIDDEN GIFTS Their first kiss awakens Miranda’s long-dormant magic, but a dark spell could destroy their clans’ alliance…and any chance for love. DARKER PATHS A love broken by dark magic. A race to save it from an unspeakable evil that may be lost before it begins…. MYSTERIOUS WAYS With the Castillo clan caught in an evil web, Miranda surrenders to Simon—and dares to sacrifice everything to save them…and the man she loves. A CANYON ROAD CHRISTMAS A quiet Christmas for Rafe and Miranda? Not when the clan demands a proper wedding! But first there’s one loose end Rafe must tie up…. DEMON BORN A stranded demon. A beautiful ghost whisperer. A desperate race to save her from a dark warlock before she becomes a ghost herself. AN ILL WIND A de la Paz witch and a Castillo warlock risk all-out clan war to find a stolen grimoire. Failure could unleash unrelenting evil. HIGHER GROUND A witch in search of adventure. A warlock in search of his missing magic. Together they face a threat that could strip them of everything. HAUNTED HEARTS A witch craving freedom. A warlock who carries his prison in his very bones. She holds the key that could free him…or break him.
