Beware the Boggart!

Beware the Boggart!
Author: Irene Kilpatrick
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1416949461

Jared Grace offers an in-depth look at the tactics he used to fight off hordes of goblins from Spiderwick Mansion, helping readers learn how to identify threats from the magical world around them. Original.

Watch Out, There's a Ghost About!

Watch Out, There's a Ghost About!
Author: John Foster
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780192762788

Featuring poems from favourite poets such as Kit Wright, Jack Pretutsky, and Adrian Henri, as well as specially-written poems, this a collection of creepy poems selected by the best-selling anthologist John Foster.John Foster is the most renowned children's poetry anthologist in the UK, he lives in Oxford and is well-known for his performances.

Harry Potter Power

Harry Potter Power
Author: J. A. Sykley
Publisher: Interactive Publications
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2010
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1921479310

"[The author] shows how the universal themes in the Harry Potter series can make your life more positive and healthy and your lifestyle more sustainable."--Back cover.

Animal Lore and Legend

Animal Lore and Legend
Author: Ruth Binney
Publisher: Dover Publications
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2019-01-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0486828751

What makes owls wise and foxes sly? How did the lion become the king of beasts, and why do serpents symbolize evil? This survey of legends, folk tales, myths, and superstitions chronicles the human fascination with the animal kingdom. Assembled by a noted naturalist, Ruth Binney, this charmingly illustrated collection abounds in animal lore from around the world and throughout history. Binney provides captivating examples of attempts to explain nature's wonders and mysteries with animal-related proverbs and folk wisdom. She explores the historic associations of wild and domestic animals with kindling romance, bringing good and bad luck, and fostering improved health, as well as their roles in forecasting weather and serving as omens of everything from sudden wealth to imminent death. A gallery of mythical figures features dragons, werewolves, mermaids, and other creatures with supernatural powers. Brimming with enchantment, this compilation of folkloric traditions will delight animal lovers of every stripe!

Rude Awakenings

Rude Awakenings
Author: Jonathan Eaves
Publisher: Jonathan Eaves
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2014-06-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1310560145

In the land known as Terra Infirma (so-called due to its weak constitution), in the once vibrant city of Marasmus, the Trollian Conquest is complete and an authoritarian and oppressive regime holds sway. Religion is banned and the city's patron God, WACCHUS, finds Himself forcibly retired. He discovers that resurrection is only possible through the person of the Awakener. Unfortunately, the only being who remotely fits the bill is a drunken and world-weary dwarf called Anyx. Can Anyx really be the Awakener? And can he (with the assistance of, amongst others, an elephant, a down-on-his-luck leper, a bunch of half-crazed pirates and some blokes in tights) evade the clutches of the psychotic troll Granntt, and the demonic Theo De Ville, and save the day?

The Little Book of Lancashire

The Little Book of Lancashire
Author: Alexander Tulloch
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0752497464

Did You Know? In Stacksteads, a village near Bacup, there is an annual event which has to rank among the wackiest in the country’s sporting calendar: the Gravy Wrestling competition. According to legend King Arthur’s mighty sword Excalibur is lying at the bottom of Lancashire’s deepest lake, Martin Mere. In Wigan, Eccles cakes used to be called ‘slow walking cakes’ because they were offered to mourners at funerals. St Walburge’s Church in Preston was named after the patron saint of people suffering from rabies. The Little Book of Lancashire is fun and informative guide to the things you did not know about this amazing part of England. Whether you want to sit down and read it cover to cover or dip into it for hilarious facts and anecdotes, this book will delight both visitors to this beautiful county and the residents who call it home.

The Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times

The Wizards of Once: Knock Three Times
Author: Cressida Cowell
Publisher: Hachette Children's
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2019-09-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1444941461

The No.1 bestselling series from current Waterstones Children's Laureate and author of How To Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell. Enter a land of wizards, warriors, mythical creatures and powerful Magic in an exciting fantasy adventure. Wish and Xar are outlaws on the run, hunted by Warriors, Wizards and worst of all by WITCHES ... Can they find the ingredients for the spell to get rid of Witches before the Kingwitch gets his talons on the Magic-that-Works-on-Iron? Their next Quest is the most terrifying and treacherous of all ... and someone is going to betray them. Are you ready to KNOCK THREE TIMES? 'A rollercoaster of suspense and surprise' GUARDIAN 'Cowell is moving towards national treasure' BIG ISSUE 'Another coup from Cowell' SUNDAY TIMES

Lacan, Psychoanalysis, and Comedy

Lacan, Psychoanalysis, and Comedy
Author: Patricia Gherovici
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1316688119

This collection of essays explores laughter, humor, and the comic from a psychoanalytic perspective. Edited by two leading practicing psychoanalysts and with original contributions from Lacanian practitioners and scholars, this cutting-edge volume proposes a paradigm swerve, a Freudian slip on a banana peel. Psychoanalysis has long been associated with tragedy and there is a strong warrant to take up comedy as a more productive model for psychoanalytic practice and critique. Jokes and the comic have not received nearly as much consideration as they deserve given the fundamental role they play in our psychic lives and the way they unite the fields of aesthetics, literature, and psychoanalysis. Lacan, Psychoanalysis and Comedy addresses this lack and opens up the discussion.

Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction

Folklore and the Fantastic in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
Author: Jason Marc Harris
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2016-04-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317134656

Jason Marc Harris's ambitious book argues that the tensions between folk metaphysics and Enlightenment values produce the literary fantastic. Demonstrating that a negotiation with folklore was central to the canon of British literature, he explicates the complicated rhetoric associated with folkloric fiction. His analysis includes a wide range of writers, including James Barrie, William Carleton, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Sheridan Le Fanu, Neil Gunn, George MacDonald, William Sharp, Robert Louis Stevenson, and James Hogg. These authors, Harris suggests, used folklore to articulate profound cultural ambivalence towards issues of class, domesticity, education, gender, imperialism, nationalism, race, politics, religion, and metaphysics. Harris's analysis of the function of folk metaphysics in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century narratives reveals the ideological agendas of the appropriation of folklore and the artistic potential of superstition in both folkloric and literary contexts of the supernatural.

Harry Potter Jigsaw Puzzle Book

Harry Potter Jigsaw Puzzle Book
Author: Moira Squier
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2022-09-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1645179389

Harry Potter fans will love these nine 96-piece jigsaw puzzles showcasing key locations and memorable movie moments from the films—with a secret message printed on the back Explore the hidden corners of the Wizarding World with Harry, Ron, and Hermione as you piece together nine 96-piece jigsaw puzzles, each featuring a memorable scene from the films that showcases a location on the magical Marauder’s Map. Each puzzle is accompanied by editorial recounting memorable movie moments, giving readers further insight about the importance of the map locations as Harry navigates the Hogwarts grounds. As a bonus, the back side of each puzzle contains a segment of the Marauder’s Map—and when laid out side by side, the nine puzzles form the entire map with a secret message! The puzzles all fit into individual recessed trays in the book’s pages, with the map segments printed in the tray to serve as a puzzle key. Get to know the Jigsaw Puzzle Book series! These unique books of puzzles are perfect for jigsaw fans of all ages! Each book in the series features nine 96-piece puzzles, and every spread offers a brand-new puzzle, which is securely housed in a tray built directly into the page. Remove the pieces and work on the puzzles on a table, or assemble your jigsaw masterpieces directly in the trays. The reverse sides of each puzzle’s jigsaw pieces are color-coordinated with the trays so that you’ll never worry about the pieces of different puzzles getting mixed together. Each puzzle is also accompanied by interesting stories and fun facts that add a richness to the images you are piecing together. A puzzle key for all nine puzzles can be found on inside back cover. And don’t miss the surprise—as you remove the puzzle pieces from the tray, you’ll reveal a special message printed on the inside of the tray. The Jigsaw Puzzle Book series offers an engaging new twist on the joy of puzzling!