Powers Earthquake

Powers, Tim: Earthquake Weather, New York Tor Books 1997

414 pp. Another spectacular installment in Powers' vision of a magical west. F/F; First Edition

[SW: Science Fiction.]

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Tamora Pierce. Circle Of Magic #02: Tris's Book - Reissue. Scholastic Paperbacks, 1999
0590554093 From School Library Journal Grade 5-10?Tris and her three fellow mages-in-training have barely survived an earthquake that hit Winding Circle Temple. Now pirates are threatening to destroy the only real home the young sorcerers have ever known. As in Sandry's Book (Scholastic, 1997), the first installment in the series, the companions realize they can save themselves and their community only by combining powers and becoming one force greater than the sum of its parts. Reminiscent of Virginia Hamilton's Justice and Her Brothers (Harcourt, 1989), but without the rivalry and menace within the four-person "unit," Tris's Book focuses instead on the growing friendship among the young mages and their realization that their magical connections are beginning to seep into other facets of their lives. Individually, the mages are also struggling to control their powers, which come on in overwhelming surges when their possessors feel strong emotions. Readers on the brink of adolescence, struggling with new feelings and abilities, will appreciate the young sorcerers' efforts. Pierce has created another gripping adventure that's sure to please her many fans.?Beth Wright, Edythe Dyer Community Library, Hampden, ME Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist Gr. 6^-9. Sometimes when the first volume in a series is exciting and readable and has interesting characters (each of whom will be featured in a separate book) and an intriguing premise, you wonder if the author will be able to sustain the momentum. That's certainly not a problem with this book, the second in Pierce's Circle of Magic series. It's just as dramatic and engaging as Sandry's Book. The four young mages introduced in Sandry's story continue to learn how powerful they are when they meld their talents. In this adventure, it falls to Tris, the weather mage, to harness her temper and magic to save her friends and the Winding Circle community from marauding pirates who are employing their own deadly magic. Pierce skillfully develops her secondary characters while allowing Tris to take center stage, and smoothly advances the plot. A cut above many fantasies for the age group. Chris Sherman --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title..

Mass Market Paperback, New

[SW: fantasy, tamora pierce, magic, circle of magic, adventure, action, author, circle universe, young adult, blythe, book,]

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Lorie, Peter; Hewitt, V. J. Nostradamus: The End of the Millennium Prophecies 1992-2001. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. ISBN: 0671744461

First edition 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). 207 pages. Color illustrated. The book is VERY GOOD++ with bump to upper spine edge, stain on spine upper edge. The dust jacket is VERY GOOD++ with edge and shelf wear. Dust jacket notes read: "As we approach the end of this millennium, the prophecies of Nostradamus become more and more relevant. Although his extraordinary works projected thousands of years into the future from his sixteenth-century France, the main thrust was always the last years of the 1900s, with a particular reference to global conflict and changes in the 1990s. NOSTRADAMUS- THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM focuses on the attention the prophet gives to the last years of this century. There have been many explanations of Nostradamus's prophecies, but this book has something completely new. The author, V. J. Hewitt, has spent more than a decade developing a precise numerical decoding system that she has applied to the famous quatrains from Nostradamus's THE CENTURIES. This extraordinary code, when applied, permits an accuracy that has never before been achieved, providing us with precise dates and locations out of the sometimes confusing texts. Nostradamus himself wrote that only one person, living at the end of this century, would successfully decode his works. All other attempts, he stated, would fail, and the one who succeeded would save lives and help change our modern powers to see the future. This book finally fulfills that prophecy and gives us the opportunity to see where Nostradamus was attempting to lead the peoples of the late twentieth century. Using a quite simple method, the authors look at specific predictions that touch us all-the United States presidential reelection, global warming, the next San Francisco earthquake, the Middle Eastern conflict (the personalities named by the prophecies in Iraq, Israel, and Jordan), alliances between the United States and Soviet powers, the new European continent and its adoption of Eastern Europe, AIDS, environmental changes and natural disasters, the Catholic Church and the modern religions, the new sciences and modern medicine." Hard Back condition: Very Good in Very Good dj

[SW: Nonfiction]

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Powers, Tim (SIGNED!). Fault Lines. Guild America, ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover ISBN: 1568654979
Book Club Edition. Dust Jacket art by Don Maitz. Signed on the title page by author Tim Powers at Loscon 32, November 2005. This book contains: Expiration Date and Earthquake Weather. Signed: I Signed by Author.

Book Club (BCE/BOMC) Hardcover, H Hard Cover, Near Fine.

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