Black and Blue Magic
Title | Black and Blue Magic PDF eBook |
Author | Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2012-12-04 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1453271880 |
From a three-time Newbery Honor author: Harry Houdini Marco had it hard enough as a normal clumsy twelve-year-old—but growing wings made it even worse. Except for his unusual name, Harry Houdini Marco is unremarkable in every way. While his namesake was the greatest illusionist of all time, Harry can’t even catch a ball. He is on the verge of a long, boring summer—and he is dreading every moment of it. Then he meets a mysterious traveling salesman named Mr. Mazzeeck. But Mr. Mazzeeck is more than a traveling salesman, he’s a wizard—at least, he claims to be. Before he leaves town, Mr. Mazzeeck gives Harry a bottle of magical oil, saying that the potion will give him wings. And to Harry’s amazement, the oil works: He gets wings! Now he just has to figure out how to use them. This ebook features an extended biography of Zilpha Keatley Snyder.
Black and Blue Magic
Title | Black and Blue Magic PDF eBook |
Author | Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
Publisher | Holiday House |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1972-07-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780689703133 |
The story of a wizzard's unweildly gift and a hero who becomes an "angel unaware."
Black and Blue Magic
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ISBN | 9780812461992 |
Black and Blue Magic
Title | Black and Blue Magic PDF eBook |
Author | Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
Publisher | |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Magic |
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Humpty Harry, always falling over his own feet, got the magic, and learned to fly.
Black Magic
Title | Black Magic PDF eBook |
Author | Dinah Johnson |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2010-01-19 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0805078339 |
Presents a poem celebrating the African-American experience and what it means to be part of a strong, proud, and free people.
Black Magic
Title | Black Magic PDF eBook |
Author | Chad Sanders |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2022-02-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1982104236 |
A “daring, urgent, and transformative” (Brené Brown, New York Times bestselling author of Dare to Lead) exploration of Black achievement in a white world based on honest, provocative, and moving interviews with Black leaders, scientists, artists, activists, and champions. “I remember the day I realized I couldn’t play a white guy as well as a white guy. It felt like a death sentence for my career.” When Chad Sanders landed his first job in lily-white Silicon Valley, he quickly concluded that to be successful at work meant playing a certain social game. Each meeting was drenched in white slang and the privileged talk of international travel or folk concerts in San Francisco, which led Chad to believe he needed to emulate whiteness to be successful. So Chad changed. He changed his wardrobe, his behavior, his speech—everything that connected him with his Black identity. And while he finally felt included, he felt awful. So he decided to give up the charade. He reverted to the methods he learned at the dinner table, or at the Black Baptist church where he’d been raised, or at the concrete basketball courts, barbershops, and summertime cookouts. And it paid off. Chad began to land more exciting projects. He earned the respect of his colleagues. Accounting for this turnaround, Chad believes, was something he calls Black Magic, namely resilience, creativity, and confidence forged in his experience navigating America as a Black man. Black Magic has emboldened his every step since, leading him to wonder: Was he alone in this discovery? Were there others who felt the same? In “pulverizing, educational, and inspirational” (Shea Serrano, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Basketball (And Other Things)) essays, Chad dives into his formative experiences to see if they might offer the possibility of discovering or honing this skill. He tests his theory by interviewing Black leaders across industries to get their take on Black Magic. The result is a revelatory and essential book. Black Magic explores Black experiences in predominantly white environments and demonstrates the risks of self-betrayal and the value of being yourself.
Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic
Title | Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic PDF eBook |
Author | Ace Atkins |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019-05-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1101982462 |
Iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser delves into the black-market art scene to investigate a decades-long unsolved crime of dangerous proportions The heist was legendary, still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece stolen, Gentlemen in Black, by a Spanish master, arrives at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser's help. Soon the cold art case thrusts Spenser into the shady world of black market art dealers, aged Mafia bosses, and old vendettas. A five-million-dollar-reward by the museum's top benefactor, an aged, unlikable Boston socialite, sets Spenser and pals Vinnie Morris and Hawk onto a trail of hidden secrets, jailhouse confessions, murder, and double crosses. Set against the high-society art scene and the lowlife back alleys of Boston, this is classic Spenser doing what he does best.