In the Palace of Versailles there is a fabulous golden clock made for Louis XV by the king's engineer Claude-Simeon Passemant The astronomical clock shows the phases of the moon & the movements of the planets & it will tell time-hours minutes seconds & even sixtieths of seconds-until the year 9999 Passemant's clock brings the nature of time into sharp focus in Julia Kristeva's intricate poetic novel The Enchanted Clock Nivi Delisle a psychoanalyst & magazine editor nearly drowns while swimming off the Ile de Re; the astrophysicist Theo Passemant fishes her out of the water They become lovers While Theo wonders if he is descended from the clockmaker Passemant Nivi's son Stan who suffers from occasional comas develops a passion for the remarkable clock at Versailles Soon Nivi is fixated on its maker But then the clock is stolen & when a young writer for Nivi's magazine mysteriously dies the clock is found near his body The Enchanted Clock combines past & present jumping back & forth between points of view & across eras from eighteenth-century Versailles to the present day Its stylistically inventive narrative voices bring both immediacy & depth to our understanding of consciousness Nivi's life resembles her creator's in many respects coloring Kristeva's customary erudition with autobiographical poignancy Part detective mystery part historical fiction The Enchanted Clock is a philosophically & linguistically multifaceted novel full of poetic ruminations on memory love & the transcendence of linear time It is one of the most illuminating works of one of France's great writers & thinkers ...

Imagine between the visible & the unseen is a guiding force that some call Spirit the Holy Will the Divine the Field or Consciousness Using this card deck by Colette Baron-Reid will connect you to that larger Consciousness & guide you as you travel along on the journey of your life The themes of these 52 cards represent some of the places you&ll visit the conditions you may encounter & the allies & challengers you&ll meet as you navigate a metaphoric map of your life&s journey The enclosed guidebook will help you ask the right questions & interpret the messages in your readings The Enchanted Map Oracle Cards were created in order to empower you to understand the story of your fate destiny & free will; & allow you to chart a course to live a life of deep purpose true prosperity & vibrant love Step into the Enchanted Map & watch the magic come alive! ...

The Enchanted Wood is the first magical story in the Faraway Tree series by the world's best-loved children's author Enid Blyton When Joe Beth & Frannie move to a new home an Enchanted Wood is on their doorstep & when they discover the Faraway Tree that is the beginning of many magical adventures! Join them & their friends Moonface Saucepan Man & Silky the fairy as they discover which new land is at the top of the Faraway Tree Will it be the Land of Spells the Land of Treats or the Land of Do-As-You-Please? Come on an amazing adventure
- there'll be adventures waiting whatever happens The Faraway Tree stories have been delighting readers for over 75 years Look out for the other titles in the Faraway Tree series The Faraway Tree Folk of the Faraway Tree & Up the Faraway Tree Also available in beautiful deluxe editions Also look out for the Blyton Colour Reads series Chock full of vibrant colour illustrations from Alex Paterson these are the perfect way to introduce the Faraway Tree adventures to children aged five & up Enid Blyton is arguably the most famous children's author of all time thanks to series such as The Wishing-Chair The Faraway Tree- The Mysteries The Famous Five & The Secret Seven Enid takes her place alongside Roald Dahl Beatrix Potter & A A Milne as one of Britain's true heritage children's authors ' Her books were terrific page-turners in the way no others were'
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A deluxe hardback edition of this classic & magical Blyton adventure
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Honey Moon has had it with the scary stuff at least for Christmas She wants Sleepy Hollow to celebrate her favorite holiday like a normal town When she learns about the scary celebration planned for the same day Honey & her friends Becky & Claire have one chance to take the season back But that means climbing a rickety old tower in the dark solving a decade old mystery & ringing a few bells ...

A Sleepy Hollow Valentine&s Day dance with a boy! NO WAY NO HOW is 4th grader Honey Moon going to a scary sweetheart dance with that Noah kid But after being forced to dance together in PE classword gets around that Honey likes Noah Now she has no choice but to stop Valentine&s Day in its tracks Things never go as planned & Honey winds up with the surprise of her Sleepy Hollow life ...

Honey Moon comes face to face with Clarice Kligore & her Royal Shades she knows something must be done to keep this mean club from taking over Sleepy Hollow Elementary Welcome to The Enchanting World of Honey Moon & her life in Sleepy Hollow Massachusetts? Honey sets out to beat them at their own game forming her own club The Queen Bees Instead of chasing the Shades off the playground for good Honey learns that being the Queen Bee is more about the honey than the sting ...

It&s Monday & there&s a new girl at school & she is sticking to Honey Moon like gum on her sneaker At first Honey is flattered but soon she is ready for her to strike out on her own When Honey can&t shake her she decides to help the new girl figure out her own place at schoolu 2015with some interesting & scary results ...

The two that are one must become the one that is all One to save the world one to destroy it San Francisco Nicholas & Perenelle Flamel have one day left to live & one job left to do They must defend San Francisco The monsters gathered on Alcatraz Island have been released & are heading toward the city If they are not stopped they will destroy everyone & everything in their path But even with the help of two of the greatest warriors from history & myth will the Sorceress & the legendary Alchemyst be able to defend the city? Or is it the beginning of the end of the human race? Danu Talis Sophie & Josh Newman travelled ten thousand years into the past to Danu Talis when they followed Dr John Dee & Virginia Dare & it's on this legendary island that the battle for the world begins & ends Scathach Prometheus Palamedes Shakespeare Saint-Germain & Joan of Arc are also on the island & no one is sure what
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In 1969 Loren Mc Intyre a National Geographic photographer found himself lost among the people of the remote Javari Valley in Brazil It was an encounter that was to change his life bringing the limits of human consciousness into startling focus Inspired by the book Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu The Encounter traces Mc Intyre's journey into the depths of the Amazon rainforest incorporating innovative technology into a solo performance to build a shifting world of sound The Encounter opened at the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2015 performed by Simon Mc Burney & received its London premiere at the Barbican in February 2016 before embarking on a world tour ...