Throughout history, to the present day, witchcraft raises questions about the distinction between reality & fantasy, faith & proof. This Very Short Introduction explores witchcraft, both as a contemporary phenomenon & a historical subject. It looks at witch-beliefs & accusations around the world, from pre-history to the present. ...

The Grand High Witch of all the World has gathered together the witches of England for an annual conference at the Hotel Magnificent in Bournemouth. Their agenda is the elimination of all the children in the country & the prospects for their young victims look bleak. ...

A wide-ranging exploration of witchcraft, from druidism to the many cults practicing today, featuring documents, interviews, spells, rituals, eyewitness accounts & photographs. This book is available in large page size & wide spine width & it contains 200 photographs, including insider photos of secret rituals. ...

Details: Read the novel that inspired the major TV drama Witches of East End, starring Julia Ormond & Jenna Dewan-Tatum*
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The air of Eastwick breeds witches
- women whose powerful longings can stir up thunderstorms & fracture domestic peace. Jane,
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When bigotry & power-mania take control, disaster always follows for subjugated persons
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Witchety Sticks in no ordinary witch
- oh no! She lives in a ramshackle shed in Muddly Wuddly Woods & she keeps magic buttons in
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By the spring of 1645, civil war had exacted a terrible toll upon Engl&.

Disease was rife, apocalyptic omens appeared

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A chilling & revelatory expose of the KGB’s renaissance, Putin’s rise to power, & how Russian black cash is subverting the world.

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On a crystal clear Mediterranean day, Briony Mc Allister sits playing with her four-year-old daughter, Katie, while she waits for her mother, Valerie, to join them. Valerie has recently moved to a picturesque town in southern Spain to finally leave behind her turbulent past & find a peace that has always eluded her. Briony has no idea that in a few moments' time her relationship with her mother will change irrevocably. As Katie plays, Briony pulls from her bag an old photo album, found in a box in her mother's new home. As she begins to study the faded photos, a letter falls to the ground. It is addressed to her. My Darling Briony, it begins. As Briony reads the words with mounting shock, realisation dawns. Her mother lied to her about what happened with her beloved grandmother Tessa all those years ago
- & denied Briony that most precious of relationships, the type of relationship Valerie now enjoys with Katie. The lives of three generations of women are set to change forever as the past is revisited & the truth unfolds through the undelivered letters Tessa wrote to Briony over the years. Secrets, lies, betrayals & sacrifices
- the complex bonds between mothers, daughters & granddaughters are intricately explored as Patricia Scanlan takes us into the hearts & homes of a family at war. Read by Deirdre Purcell

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