The Arcanum

Author : Janet Gleeson
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0446564796
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arcanum written by Janet Gleeson and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary episode in cultural & scientific history comes to life in the fascinating story of a genius, greed, & exquisite beauty revealed by the obsessive pursuit of the secret formula for one of the most precious commodities of eighteenth century European royalty-fine porcelain.

Author : Thomas Wheeler
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307418367
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arcanum written by Thomas Wheeler and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1919 and the Great War has come to a close. But in the shadows of the world’s major cities, the killing has just begun. In this perilous time, as the division between order and chaos grows increasingly slim, a select group of visionaries have taken it upon themselves to ensure the safety of humanity. They are known as the Arcanum. In London’s stormy Hyde Park, Konstantin Duvall, the Arcanum’s founder, has been killed in a suspicious accident. Dismayed, the group’s longest-lived member, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, determines to avenge Duvall’s death—and uncover the secret left in his wake. For the dead man possessed the world’s most powerful—now missing—artifact: the Book of Enoch, the chronicle of God’s mistakes, within whose pages lie the seeds for the end of everything. From the scene of the crime, Conan Doyle embarks on a path that leads him to the sleazy underworld of New York City’s Bowery and a series of deceptively disparate—but decidedly connected—murders. And as he calls upon the scattered members of the Arcanum for aid, he also finds himself embroiled in a story of war as old as time itself. Not of a struggle between countries, but between darkness and light. Peopled with the twentieth century’s most famous—and infamous—figures, here is an extraordinary tale in which the stakes go beyond the realm of humankind—into the divine.

Author : Simon Morden
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316220094
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arcanum written by Simon Morden and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rome was the center of the most powerful empire the world had ever seen, but that didn't stop it falling to Alaric the Goth, his horde of barbarian tribesmen and their wild spell-casting shamans. Having split the walls with their sorcery and slaughtered the inhabitants with their axes, the victors carved up the empire into a series of bickering states which were never more than an insult away from war. A thousand years later, and Europe has become an almost civilized place. The rulers of the old Roman palatinates confine their warfare to the short summer months, trade flourishes along the rivers and roads, and farming has become less back-breaking, all due to the magic, bestowed by gods, that infuses daily life.Even the barbarians' gods have been tamed: where once human sacrifices poured their blood onto the ground, there are parties and picnics, drinking and singing, fit for decent people and their children.But it looks like the gods are going to have the last laugh before they slip quietly into ill-remembered obscurity...

Author : R. K. Mortenson
Publisher : Barbour Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781597899741
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Landon Snow and the Island of Arcanum written by R. K. Mortenson and published by Barbour Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landon Snow and his two sisters join a quest to find the Island of Arcanum, where the animals of Wonderwood are imprisoned and the the evil shadows of Malus Quidam lurk.

Author : Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Dragonsteel, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1938570073
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sixth of the Dusk written by Brandon Sanderson and published by Dragonsteel, LLC. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating new novella in Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere, the universe shared by his Mistborn series and the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. Sixth of the Dusk, set in a never-before-seen world, showcases a society on the brink of technological change. On the deadly island of Patji, where birds grant people magical talents and predators can sense the thoughts of their prey, a solitary trapper discovers that the island is not the only thing out to kill him. When he begins to see his own corpse at every turn, does this spell danger for his entire culture? -------------------- A note from the publisher: For a detailed behind-the-scenes look at the creation of this novella, including brainstorming and workshopping session transcripts, the first draft, line-by-line edits, and an essay by Brandon, please see Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology.

Author : Brandon Sanderson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765391171
Total Pages : 774 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection written by Brandon Sanderson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new 120-page Stormlight Archive novella, "Edgedancer," will be the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first book of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. The collection will include nine works in all. The first eight are: “The Hope of Elantris” (Elantris) “The Eleventh Metal” (Mistborn) “The Emperor's Soul” (Elantris) “Allomancer Jak and the Pits of Eltania, Episodes 28 through 30” (Mistborn) “White Sand" (excerpt; Taldain) "Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell” (Threnody) “Sixth of Dusk” (First of the Sun) “Mistborn: Secret History” (Mistborn) These wonderful works, originally published on Tor.com and elsewhere individually, convey the expanse of the Cosmere and tell exciting tales of adventure Sanderson fans have come to expect, including the Hugo Award-winning novella, “The Emperor's Soul” and an excerpt from the graphic novel "White Sand." Arcanum Unbounded will also contain the 120-page Stormlight Archive novella "Edgedancer," which will appear in this book for the first time anywhere. It is a story of Lift, taking place between Words of Radiance and the forthcoming Oathbringer. Finally, this collection includes essays and illustrations for the various planetary systems in which the stories are set. Other Tor books by Brandon Sanderson The Cosmere The Stormlight Archive The Way of Kings Words of Radiance Edgedancer (Novella) Oathbringer The Mistborn trilogy Mistborn: The Final Empire The Well of Ascension The Hero of Ages Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne series Alloy of Law Shadows of Self Bands of Mourning Collection Arcanum Unbounded Other Cosmere novels Elantris Warbreaker The Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians The Scrivener's Bones The Knights of Crystallia The Shattered Lens The Dark Talent The Rithmatist series The Rithmatist Other books by Brandon Sanderson The Reckoners Steelheart Firefight Calamity At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : André Breton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arcanum 17 written by André Breton and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered radical at the time, Breton's ideas today seem almost prescient, yet breathtaking in their passionate underlying belief in the indestructibility of life and the freedom of the human spirit. Breton wrote Arcanum 17 during a trip to the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec in the months after D-Day in 1944, when the allied troops were liberating Occupied Europe. Using the huge Perce Rock - its impermanence, its slow-motion crumbling, its singular beauty - as his central metaphor, Breton considers issues of love, loss, aggression, war, pacifism and feminism.

Author : Robert Fitzgerald
Publisher : Three Hands Press
ISBN 13 : 9781945147463
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arcanum Bestiarum written by Robert Fitzgerald and published by Three Hands Press. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the tradition of the medieval bestiaries, Robert Fitzgerald's 'Arcanum Bestiarum' re-imagines the spiritual, magical and atavistic powers of the animal world. Written for the modern reader, the 272-page volume examines the occult virtues of fifty animals, including magical correspondences and tutelary powers. The text is graced with fifty-five original woodcut illustrations by celebrated artist Liv Rainey-Smith, prepared especially for this title in close collaboration with the author. Completing the design elements is an original typeface created for the work by calligrapher Gail Coppock.

Author : Andrew 'Reown the Rojko' Peterson
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1646101707
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terra Arcanum: Dragon Knight written by Andrew 'Reown the Rojko' Peterson and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terra Arcanum Dragon Knight: Legacy of the Titans Book 1 By: Andrew 'Reown the Rojko' Peterson This story taking place in its own fantastical realm, the story of the Terra Arcanum Dragon Knight is entertainment with adventure, humor, and science fiction added to it. The story of Vindex will fulfill your needs to adventure and danger. Vindex, the underdog trying to prove himself to others, shows that the unexpected may be the most successful outcome

Author : Thomas Wheeler
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0553381997
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arcanum written by Thomas Wheeler and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1919 and the Great War has come to a close. But in the shadows of the world’s major cities, the killing has just begun. In this perilous time, as the division between order and chaos grows increasingly slim, a select group of visionaries have taken it upon themselves to ensure the safety of humanity. They are known as the Arcanum. In London’s stormy Hyde Park, Konstantin Duvall, the Arcanum’s founder, has been killed in a suspicious accident. Dismayed, the group’s longest-lived member, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, determines to avenge Duvall’s death—and uncover the secret left in his wake. For the dead man possessed the world’s most powerful—now missing—artifact: the Book of Enoch, the chronicle of God’s mistakes, within whose pages lie the seeds for the end of everything. From the scene of the crime, Conan Doyle embarks on a path that leads him to the sleazy underworld of New York City’s Bowery and a series of deceptively disparate—but decidedly connected—murders. And as he calls upon the scattered members of the Arcanum for aid, he also finds himself embroiled in a story of war as old as time itself. Not of a struggle between countries, but between darkness and light. Peopled with the twentieth century’s most famous—and infamous—figures, here is an extraordinary tale in which the stakes go beyond the realm of humankind—into the divine.