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Series:
All souls volume 1
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Witch and Yale historian Diana Bishop discovers an enchanted manuscript, attracting the attention of 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew Clairmont. The orphaned daughter of two powerful witches, Bishop prefers intellect, but relies on magic when her discovery of a palimpsest documenting the origin of supernatural species releases an assortment of undead who threaten, stalk, and harass her.
Publisher:
Acorn
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Contains strong language, violence, sexual situations, and disturbing images"--Container.
When Diana Bishop, historian and witch, calls up an ancient, bewitched manuscript from Oxford's Bodleian Library, she knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire, and witches should never trust vampires.
"Brilliant historian Diana Bishop ... is a witch denying her heritage. But when she unexpectedly...
Publisher:
Sundance Now/Universal Studios
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Season two sees Diana and Matthew hiding in time in Elizabethan London. Here, they must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic and search for the elusive Book of Life. Enemies are everywhere, the threat to witches is growing, and Diana and Matthewâ‚‚s romance faces a barrage of new threats, from within as much as without.
Publisher:
Sundance Now
Pub. Date:
[2022]
Language:
English
Description:
In the final season of A Discovery of Witches, Matthew and Diana return from their trip to 1590 to find tragedy has occurred at Sept-Tours. They must locate the missing pages from the Book of Life and the Book itself before it's too late. But their enemies are gearing up against them, and a monster from Matthew's past has been lying in wait to return for revenge.
Author:
Publisher:
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date:
[2018]
Language:
English
Description:
"A fully illustrated guide to Deborah Harkness's #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls trilogy. In The World of All Souls, Harkness shares the rich sources of inspiration behind her bewitching novels. She draws together synopses, character bios, maps, recipes, and even the science behind creatures, magic, and alchemy--all with her signature historian's touch. Bursting with fascinating facts and dazzling artwork, this essential handbook is a must-have...
Author:
Publisher:
Mint Editions
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
Starting in the 15th century, a fear of witchcraft and alternative practices grew into a hysteria. Because witches were suspected to be devil worshippers, they were considered heretics to the Christian church. Consequently, the Christians launched a crusade against these women and men. Matthew Hopkins was not only among the greatest supporters of this crusade, but also one of the most active participants. In just over a year, Matthew Hopkins, a self-proclaimed...
Publisher:
Sundance
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
Brilliant historian Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer, Warm Bodies) is a witch denying her heritage. But when she unexpectedly comes across an ancient, bewitched manuscript, she is thrown into a dangerous mystery-and into the path of enigmatic geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode, Downton Abbey). This romantic thriller is adapted from Deborah Harkness's bestselling trilogy of novels.
Author:
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2009
Language:
English
Description:
"A fascinating book, analyzing a pivotal time in western intellectual history." - John Shelby Spong, author of A New Christianity for a New World "A detailed and fascinating account of the life and times of one of the great founding figures of modern science." - John Polkinghorne, author of Belief in God in an Age of Science "James Connor narrates the compelling human drama behind significant scientific discoveries of the seventeenth century." - Eve...
Series:
Lexile measure:
1030L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
"Dorothy and her little dog, Toto, are swept away from their home in Kansas by a powerful tornado and dropped into an enchanting new land called Oz. To get home, the Witch of the North tells Dorothy she must follow the yellow brick road to the Emerald City and ask the mysterious Wizard of Oz for help. Along the way, she meets the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion, and together they embark on a strange and magical adventure"--
13. Shadow of night
Author:
Series:
All souls volume 2
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Oxford scholar and reluctant witch Diana and vampire geneticist Matthew are in Elizabethan London, where Dina seeks a magical tutor and Matthew confronts elements from his past at the same time the mystery of Ashmole 782 deepens.
Author:
Series:
All souls volume 3
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew's ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches--with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when...
Author:
Series:
All souls volume 5
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
"Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself--and her family history--in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls series. Deborah Harkness first introduced the world to Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and witch, and vampire geneticist Matthew de Clairmont in A Discovery of Witches. Drawn to each other despite long-standing taboos, these two other-worldly beings found themselves at the center...
Author:
Series:
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Forced to set aside her Ph.D. research in order to help the settling of her late grandmother's abandoned home, Connie Goodwin discovers a hidden key among her grandmother's possessions that is linked to a darker chapter in Salem witch trial history.
17. Time's convert
Author:
Series:
All souls volume 4
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"Set in contemporary Paris and London, and the American colonies during the upheaval and unrest that exploded into the Revolutionary War, a sweeping story that braids together the past and present. On the battlefields of the American Revolution, Matthew de Clermont meets Marcus MacNeil, a young surgeon from Massachusetts, during a moment of political awakening when it seems that the world is on the brink of a brighter future. When Matthew offers him...
Series:
Oz volume 2
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
Tip and his creation, Jack Pumpkinhead, run away to Oz, where they save the city after it is captured by girls.
Author:
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Formats:
Description:
"For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI - a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the...
Author:
Series:
Temperance Brennan volume 11
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
When a plumber discovers the remains of a murdered girl and various dark religious objects in the cellar of a client's house, Temperance Brennan is called in to investigate the case.