Rough Magicks

Author : Lara Prior-Palmer
Publisher : Ebury Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Endurance riding (Horsemanship)
ISBN : 1785038850

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Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL PRIZE 2019 'Such an addictive and likeable book...One of this year's best memoirs' The Telegraph 'It's the resistance to the obvious narratives that makes Rough Magic so appealing: the book undermines lazy women-in-the-wilderness tropes at every turn.' Sarah Moss, Guardian 'A heroic tale beautifully told' TLS 'Rough Magic is transporting, beguiling and terrifically entertaining' Daily Mail The Mongol Derby is the world's toughest horse race. A feat of endurance across the vast Mongolian plains once traversed by the people of Genghis Khan, competitors ride 25 horses across a distance of 1000km. Many riders don't make it to the finish line. In 2013 Lara Prior-Palmer - nineteen, underprepared but seeking the great unknown - decided to enter the race. Driven by her own restlessness, stubbornness, and a lifelong love of horses, she raced for seven days through extreme heat and terrifying storms, catching a few hours of sleep where she could at the homes of nomadic families. Battling bouts of illness and dehydration, exhaustion and bruising falls, she found she had nothing to lose, and tore through the field with her motley crew of horses. In one of the Derby's most unexpected results, she became the youngest-ever champion and the first woman to win the race. A tale of adventure, fortitude and poetry, Rough Magic is the extraordinary story of one young woman's encounter with oblivion, and herself.

Author : Kenneth Hite,Pelgrane Press
Publisher : Pelgrane Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1934859311

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Rough Magicks by Kenneth Hite,Pelgrane Press Pdf

A magic supplement for the best-selling and award winning Trail of Cthulhu, written by the master of Lovecraft Lore, Kenneth Hite.

Author : Mary Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:630831959

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This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart Pdf

Author : KENNY. SOWARD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1945528974

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ROUGH MAGICK. by KENNY. SOWARD Pdf

Author : Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Caliban (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 0822223325

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Rough Magic by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Pdf

THE STORY: Transplanting characters from The Tempest to present-day New York, ROUGH MAGIC is a Shakespearean action-adventure-fantasy in the tradition of Harry Potter and The X-Men that conjures a mythical, magical meta-universe in which the

Author : Steven Adler
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0809323761

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Rough Magic by Steven Adler Pdf

Broadway stage manager, director, and teacher Steven Adler discusses the history of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). During six years of research, Adler attended more than 40 RSC productions. The text is based largely upon interviews with more than 60 members of the Company, including actors, directors, stagehands, designers, producers, stage managers, craftspeople, and administrators. Coverage includes theater facilities, budgeting, producing, directing, designing, and acting. c. Book News Inc.

Author : Miranda Newman
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780771006760

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Rough Magic by Miranda Newman Pdf

A harrowing but ultimately uplifting memoir about living with borderline personality disorder—the most stigmatized diagnosis in mental health. “I didn’t know whether to take you to a psychologist or an exorcist.” This is how Miranda Newman’s mother described the experience of trying to find an explanation for her daughter’s behaviour. It would be years before Miranda was able to find a diagnosis that explained the complicated way she moved through the world. She would have to advocate for herself in the mental health system while dealing with abuse, being unhoused, survival sex, suicide attempts and hospitalizations. Through it all, Miranda has found strength in her diagnosis. Her recollections are visceral and confessional, but also self-aware, irreverent and funny. She tells readers how she has found strength and joy in what others might see as tragic, while bolstering her personal recollections with deeply researched observations on Canada’s mental healthcare system, and the history of diagnostics and disorder, using research supported by her work at Yale University.

Author : Lara Prior-Palmer
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781948226981

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Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer Pdf

"Think the next Educated or Wild. Palmer’s memoir of beating the odds to become a horse champion is an inspiring saga of perseverance—and a classic underdog tale." —Entertainment Weekly At the age of nineteen, Lara Prior–Palmer discovered a website devoted to “the world’s longest, toughest horse race”―an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of twenty–five wild ponies across 1,000 kilometers of Mongolian grassland. On a whim, she decided to enter the race. As she boarded a plane to East Asia, she was utterly unprepared for what awaited her. Riders often spend years preparing to compete in the Mongol Derby, a course that re–creates the horse messenger system developed by Genghis Khan. Many fail to finish. Prior–Palmer had no formal training. She was driven by her own restlessness, stubbornness, and a lifelong love of horses. She raced for ten days through extreme heat and terrifying storms, catching a few hours of sleep where she could at the homes of nomadic families. Battling bouts of illness and dehydration, exhaustion and bruising falls, she decided she had nothing to lose. Each dawn she rode out again on a fresh horse, scrambling up mountains, swimming through rivers, crossing woodlands and wetlands, arid dunes and open steppe, as American television crews chased her in their jeeps. Told with terrific suspense and style, in a voice full of poetry and soul, Rough Magic captures the extraordinary story of one young woman who forged ahead, against all odds, to become the first female winner of this breathtaking race. "Taking off on a horse into the Mongolian Steppe sounds like the bracing inverse to an overpopulated, busy urban life, but having the skills and grit to pull it off is another thing entirely. . . . Lara Prior–Palmer attempted the Mongol Derby not really knowing what she was getting into; she ended it knowing much more about herself, and a race champion besides." ―Estelle Tang, Elle

Author : Hilary Fannin,Arthur Riordan,Sonya Kelly,Shane Mac an Bhaird,Morna Regan,Ellen Cranitch
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350119819

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Rough Magic Theatre Company by Hilary Fannin,Arthur Riordan,Sonya Kelly,Shane Mac an Bhaird,Morna Regan,Ellen Cranitch Pdf

Celebrating the work of one of Ireland's most daring theatre companies, this anthology gathers five plays by established and emerging playwrights. They include vibrant new adaptations of the world classics Peer Gynt and Phaedra alongside vital new dramas that explore issues of urgent contemporary concern, such as sex and sexuality, emigration and climate change. With contributions from Hilary Fannin and Ellen Cranitch, Arthur Riordan, Sonya Kelly, Morna Regan, and Shane Mac an Bhaird – as well as a foreword from Booker Prize-winning novelist Anne Enright - this book is an exciting snapshot of contemporary Irish playwriting. The book operates as a showcase of outstanding new Irish playwriting, blending work by established and emerging playwrights, and also acts as a celebration of one of Ireland's most important theatre companies. And it includes new plays that demonstrate Rough Magic's consistent willingness to push the boundaries of Irish theatre, both formally and thematically, in plays that cover such topics as sex and sexuality, emigration and climate change. This edition contains a foreword by Anne Enright, Booker prize winner and Laureate of Irish Fiction.

Author : Mary Stewart
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444720518

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This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart Pdf

Stuck inside? Join the original queen of the page-turner Mary Stewart, as she leads you on a thrilling journey through a dangerous and deadly Provence . . . 'Mary Stewart is magic' New York Times 'One of the great British storytellers of the 20th century' Independent Lucy Waring, a young, out-of-work actress from London, leaps at the chance to visit her sister for a summer on the island paradise of Corfu, and what's more, a famous but reclusive actor is staying in a villa nearby. But Lucy's hopes for rest and romance are shattered when a body washes up on the beach and she finds herself swept up in a chilling chain of events. I shuddered, and drank my coffee, leaning back in my chair to gaze out across pine tops furry with gold towards the sparkling sea, and surrendering myself to the dreamlike feeling that marks the start of a holiday . . . 'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' Harriet Evans 'She built the bridge between classic literature and modern popular fiction. She did it first and she did it best.' Herald

Author : Mercedes Lackey,Eric Flint,Dave Freer
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618244123

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This Rough Magic by Mercedes Lackey,Eric Flint,Dave Freer Pdf

The Demon Chernobog¾ Foiled but Not Conquered in The Shadow of the Lion¾ is Back to Conquer Sixteenth-Century Venice! Chernobog had come within a hair of seizing absolute power in Venice, but was thwarted by the guardian Lion-spirit, who awoke to protect his city from the power-mad demon. But the power of the Lion is limited to Venice, and Chernobog has a new ally in the King of Hungary, who has beseiged the island of Corfu to seize control of the Adriatic from Venice. Trapped on the island is the small band of heroes who awoke the Lion and thwarted Chernobog before. Far from the Lion's help, Manfred and Erik lead guerrillas against the foe, and Maria discovers ancient magical powers on the island. If she can make alliance with them, she may be able to repel the invaders¾but not without paying a bitter personal price. . . . At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). Praise for the Prequel, The Shadow of the Lion: "The prolific Lackey and cohorts Flint and Freer whip up a luscious bouillabaisse of politics, intrigue, love and black magic set in an "Other-worldly, New-Age Venice. . . ." The authors' use of contemporary American vernacular . . . instead of pompous period speech keeps the pages turning fast. . . ." ¾Publishers Weekly "[A] massive concoction of alternate history, high fantasy, and historical romance set in the sixteenth-century Venice of an alternate world . . . rich plotting, vivid characterization, and splendid evocation of Renaissance ethics and culture should make readers turn all the pages." ¾Booklist ". . . a sweeping alternate history. .. .The authors deftly wield the juxtaposition of fantasy and history into a finely crafted story." ¾Romantic Times "[A] top pick . . . fast-paced action and complex, believable settings." ¾The Bookwatch

Author : Louise James
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524680503

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A Rough Kind of Magic by Louise James Pdf

This is the story of a young man who has been told that he has a damaged heart and that he has to have a heart transplant. He was told that he had only a year to live unless he can find a donor. He decided to go to the Black Mountain where he finds his grandfathers old farm. He wanted to stay there for whatever time he has got left, and he doesnt intend to get involved with anyone. But then he met a white witch and her lovely granddaughter.

Author : Nathan McGrath
Publisher : H.H Dervish
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Magic. A Rough Guide by Nathan McGrath Pdf

Author : Paul Alexander
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780786730254

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Rough Magic by Paul Alexander Pdf

Since her suicide at age thirty, Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) has been celebrated for her impeccable and ruthless poetry. Rough Magic probes the events of Plath's life, including her turbulent marriage to the poet Ted Hughes.

Author : Caryl Cude Mullin
Publisher : Second Story Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781926920139

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Rough Magic by Caryl Cude Mullin Pdf

Out in the midst of the ocean, rising out of the rough seas, lies a mysterious island. It has seen visitors over the years, and has learned to fear them. Humans have done nothing but take, stealing the island's magic and enslaving its spirits. Caliban, born to a great sorceress who was marooned on the island's shores, grew up half-wild with its creatures. Having escaped the island to live amongst kingdoms and courtiers for many years, he now finds himself returning with his young charge Chiara, a girl who has a power within her that no one suspected. Once back on the island they are joined by Calypso, a magical young woman with ties to them all. Inspired by The Tempest, Shakespeare's famous play of love, loyalty, and magic, it is the island and its power that draws them all back. But this time the dragon who lives at the bottom of the sea has been awakened and must be satisfied. It will be up to the humans to strike a balance between their power and the natural world.