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Holiday House
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Can eighteen-year-old Natalie and her great-great-grandmother's magical sisterhood end the cycle of violence in Natalie's small Texas town?
Every fifty years, a cult claims twelve men to murder in a small Texas town. Can one girl end the cycle of violence - and save the boy who broke her heart? San Solano, Texas, is a quaint town known for its charm, hospitality, and history of murder. Twice now, twelve men have been brutally killed, and no one knows...
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Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldermort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.
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Harry Potter volume 2
Publisher
Salamandra
Language
Español
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Cuando Dobby, el elfo doméstico, aparece en Privet Drive e insiste en que Harry no debe volver a Hogwarts, éste sospecha que su rival, Draco Malfoy, tiene algo que ver. Sin embargo, después de que Ron lo rescate de casa de los Dursley en un coche volador, Harry pasa junto a los Weasley el resto del verano en La Madriguera, donde las distracciones mágicas le hacen olvidar las advertencias del elfo. Pero de regreso en Hogwarts, un mensaje siniestro...
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Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
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From Tanzania and Zambia to Ivory Coast and Ghana belief in witchcraft continues to terrorize women: the denunciation, brutal beating, the banishment to an unknown village without family or friends. In Northern Ghana alone there are estimated to be more than 5000 ‘witches’ confined to ‘witches villages,’ part sanctuaries, part prisons. Witches in Exile is the first film to tell their story and the story of the human rights struggle to find...
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[publisher not identified]
Edition
First Edition
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English
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In her thirteenth life, Aven is truly happy. She's settled into the now witchcraft-friendly Salem where she has opened her own shop and made great friends - there's even a possibility o flove. Despite her contentment, the thruth of Aven's existence haunts her. She is cursed to live life after life with all the memories of her horrific past. Does the elusive white raven, who has shadowed Aven through each of her lives, hold the secret to her release...
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English
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Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban.
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English
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander's classic compendium of magical creatures, has delighted generations of wizarding readers. With this new edition, Muggles too will have the chance to discover where the Runespoor lives, what the Puffskein eats, and why shiny objects should always be kept away from the Niffler.
A description of beasts, believed by Muggles to be mythical, like the Quintaped, the Puffskein, and the Knarl.
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13) Crimson shore
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English
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Pendergast and his ward Constance Greene travel to the quaint seaside village of Exmouth, Massachusetts, to investigate the theft of a priceless wine collection. But inside the wine cellar, they find a bricked-up niche that once held a crumbling skeleton. Local legend holds that during the 1692 witch trials in Salem, the real witches escaped, fleeing north to Exmouth and settling deep in the surrounding salt marshes, where they continued to practice...
14) Siliva the Zulu
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Language
English
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This is a heavily fictionalized account of Zulu life in 1927. Made by an Italian team that included the famous anthropologist Lidio Cipriani, it weaves genuine enthnographical elements into a fantasy of love, witchcraft, and betrayal. Directed by: Attilio Gatti.
15) Beheld
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Kendra Chronicles volume 4
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English
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Kendra, a witch, meets James, another witch, in Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials, and he rescues her. This is the story of the three hundred years Kendra spends looking for James, while helping those around her find love.
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English
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"The War Against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet ... As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate-and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasley twins expand their business. Teenagers...
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Chronicles of Chrestomanci volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
1st Harper Trophy ed.
Language
English
Description
Adventures of the Chrestomanci, an enchanter with nine lives, whose job is to control the practice of magic in the infinite parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds.
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Martha Carrier was one of the first women to be accused, tried and hanged as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and willful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. Often at odds with one another, mother and daughter are forced to stand together against the escalating hysteria of the trials and the superstitious tyranny that led to the torture and imprisonment of more than 200 people...
19) Practical magic
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
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English
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The wry, comic romantic tale follows the Owens sisters as they struggle to use their hereditary gift for practical magic to overcome the obstacles in discovering true love.
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