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Magic : a very short introduction / by Davies, Owen,1969-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-130) and index.Introduction; 1. Anthropologies of magic; 2. Historical perspectives; 3. All in the mind?; 4. Writing magic; 5. Practising magic; 6. Magic and the modern world; Conclusion.A wide-ranging overview of how magic has been defined, understood and practiced over the millennia introduces it in today's world as a real force that helps people overcome misfortune, poverty and illness.
Subjects: Magic.; Witchcraft.;
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Magic eye : a new way of looking at the world : 3D illusions / by N.E. Thing Enterprises.;
Subjects: Visual perception.; Optical illusions.;
© c1993., Andrews and McMeel,
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Magic pill : the extraordinary benefits and disturbing risks of the new weight-loss drugs / by Hari, Johann,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-282) and index."The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it--from his personal experience on Ozempic to our ability to heal our society's dysfunctional relationship with food, weight, and our bodies"--Provided by publisher.Introduction: The holy grail -- Finding the treasure chest: How the drugs work -- Cheesecake park: Why we gained weight -- The death and rebirth of satiety: The strange connection between processed food and the new drugs -- Living in an inflamed state: What has happened to our bodies-and do these drugs reverse it? -- An old story repeating itself?: The risks of the old weight-loss drugs-and the new ones -- Why don't you diet and exercise instead?: The two biggest alternatives to weight-loss drugs-and why they have [mostly] failed -- The brain breakthrough: Good news for addiction, bad news for depression? -- What job was overeating doing for you?: The five reasons why we eat-and what happens when they are taken away from us -- I don't think you're in your body: How Ozempic made me realize I had to change -- Self-acceptance vs self-starvation?: What will these drugs mean for eating disorders? -- The forbidden body: What do these new drugs mean for stigma? -- Land that doesn't need Ozempic: what the Japanese do right-and how we can become like them -- Conclusion. The choices now: So what do we do, for us, and our kids? ; What you can do to improve the food system.
Subjects: Weight loss.; Obesity; Weight loss; Weight loss preparations.; Drugs; Pills.; Weight Loss; Anti-Obesity Agents;
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Armageddon's children / by Brooks, Terry.;
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic;
© 2006., Ballantine Books,
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Practical magic / [electronic resource]. by Hoffman, Alice.; Moore, Christina.;
Narrator: Christina Moore.Alice Hoffman's enchanting witch's brew of suspense, romance and magic — now a major motion picture from Warner Bros. When the beautiful and precocious sisters Sally and Gillian Owens are orphaned at a young age, they are taken to a small Massachusetts town to be raised by their eccentric aunts, who happen to dwell in the darkest, eeriest house in town. As they become more aware of their aunts' mysterious and sometimes frightening powers — and as their own powers begin to surface — the sisters grow determined to escape their strange upbringing by blending into "normal" society. But both find that they cannot elude their magic-filled past. And when trouble strikes — in the form of a menacing backyard ghost — the sisters must not only reunite three generations of Owens women but embrace their magic as a gift — and their key to a future of love and passion. Funny, haunting, and shamelessly romantic, Practical Magic is bewitching entertainment — Alice Hoffman at her spectacular best.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 259052 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Fantasy.; Literature.;
© 2012., Simon & Schuster Audio,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=1091628 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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Mind magic : [electronic resource] : The neuroscience of manifestation and how it changes everything. by Doty, James R.; Doty, James R..;
Narrator: James R. Doty, MD.A deep exploration of the neuroscience behind manifestation, with a six-part plan for realizing your dreams For decades the practice of manifestation has been widely dismissed as self-involved, materialistic pseudoscience. But as neuroscientist and recognized compassion leader Dr. James Doty reveals, manifestation introduces us to different possibilities, and it lays the groundwork for a kinder, better world.     Doty grounds us in the practices that change our brain structures: attention, meditation, visualization, and compassion. This mind magic allows us to move through the world in ways that help us see clearly—reclaiming our agency, realizing our dreams, and reaching out to help others along the path.     Where previous works about manifestation have focused narrowly on outward success and individual benefit, Mind Magic delivers an openhearted call to make manifestation part of a deeper contribution to healing the problems we face today.Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; New Age.; Science.; Self-Improvement.;
© 2024., Books on Tape,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=10091972 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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Magic pill : [electronic resource] : The extraordinary benefits and disturbing risks of the new weight-loss drugs. by Hari, Johann.;
In January 2023, Johann Hari started to inject himself once a week with Ozempic, one of the new drugs that produces significant weight loss. He wasn’t alone—some predictions suggest that in a few years, a quarter of the U.S. population will be taking these drugs. While around 80 percent of diets fail, someone taking one of the new drugs will lose up to a quarter of their body weight in six months. To the drugs’ defenders, here is a moment of liberation from a condition that massively increases your chances of diabetes, cancer, and an early death. Still, Hari was wildly conflicted. Can these drugs really be as good as they sound? Are they a magic solution—or a magic trick? Finding the answer to this high-stakes question led him on a journey from Iceland to Minneapolis to Tokyo, and to interview the leading experts in the world on these questions. He found that along with the drug’s massive benefits come twelve significant potential risks. He also found that these drugs radically challenge what we think we know about shame, willpower, and healing. What do they reveal about the nature of obesity itself? What psychological issues begin to emerge when our eating patterns are suddenly disrupted? Are the drugs a liberation or a further symptom of our deeply dysfunctional relationship with food? These drugs are about to change our world, for better and for worse. Everybody needs to understand how they work—scientifically, emotionally, and culturally. Magic Pill is an essential guide to the revolution that has already begun, and which one leading expert argues will be as transformative as the invention of the smartphone.Electronic reproduction.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Nonfiction.; Biography & Autobiography.; Health & Fitness.; Sociology.;
© 2024.,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=10158483 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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Magic words : the science and secrets behind seven words that motivate, engage, and influence / by David, Tim,author.;
Subjects: Business communication.; Communication in organizations.; Oral communication.; Interpersonal communication.; Motivation (Psychology).;
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The name of the wind / by Rothfuss, Patrick,1973-author.;
"The tale of Kvothe, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-riddled city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a difficult and dangerous school of magic. In these pages, you will come to know Kvothe as a notorious magician, an accomplished thief, a masterful musician, and an infamous assassin. But this book is so much more, for the story it tells reveals the truth behind Kvothe's legend"--Publisher descriptionAlex Award, 2008.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magicians.; Magic.;
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Magical mathematics : the mathematical ideas that animate great magic tricks / by Diaconis, Persi.; Graham, Ron,1950-;
"Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of amazing, fun-to-perform card tricks--and the profound mathematical ideas behind them--that will astound even the most accomplished magician. Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham provide easy, step-by-step instructions for each trick, explaining how to set up the effect and offering tips on what to say and do while performing it. Each card trick introduces a new mathematical idea, and varying the tricks in turn takes readers to the very threshold of today's mathematical knowledge. For example, the Gilbreath principle--a fantastic effect where the cards remain in control despite being shuffled--is found to share an intimate connection with the Mandelbrot set. Other card tricks link to the mathematical secrets of combinatorics, graph theory, number theory, topology, the Riemann hypothesis, and even Fermat's last theorem. Diaconis and Graham are mathematicians as well as skilled performers with decades of professional experience between them. In this book they share a wealth of conjuring lore, including some closely guarded secrets of legendary magicians. Magical Mathematics covers the mathematics of juggling and shows how the I Ching connects to the history of probability and magic tricks both old and new. It tells the stories--and reveals the best tricks--of the eccentric and brilliant inventors of mathematical magic. Magical Mathematics exposes old gambling secrets through the mathematics of shuffling cards, explains the classic street-gambling scam of three-card monte, traces the history of mathematical magic back to the thirteenth century and the oldest mathematical trick--and much more"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Mathematics in the air -- In cycles -- Is this stuff actually good for anything? -- Universal cycles -- From the Gilbreath principle to the Mandelbrot set -- Neat shuffles -- The oldest mathematical entertainment -- Magic in the Book of changes -- What goes up must come down -- Stars of mathematical magic (and some of the best tricks in the book) -- Going further -- On secrets.
Subjects: Card tricks;
© 2012., Princeton University Press,
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