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Circle Of Magic
''Circle of Magic'' is a tetralogy of fantasy novels by Tamora Pierce, set in Emelan, a fictional realm in a pseudo-medieval and renaissance era. It revolves around four young mages, each specializing in a different kind of magic, as they learn to control their extraordinary and strong powers and put them to use. It is followed by another quartet, '' The Circle Opens'', which takes place four years later, and the standalone book '' The Will of the Empress'', which takes place several years after that. '' Melting Stones'' and '' Battle Magic'' are also set in the same universe, but they feature only Briar. Series *'' Sandry's Book'' (1997, also published as ''The Magic in the Weaving''). The four recover from their disastrous lives and move to Discipline Cottage. After just starting lessons, the four must spin their magics together to save themselves from disaster. *'' Tris's Book'' (1998, also published as ''The Power in the Storm''). Things are finally settling down and the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature, fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic (paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishers Weekly
''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of Book Publishing and Bookselling." With 51 issues a year, the emphasis today is on book reviews. History Nineteenth century The magazine was founded by bibliographer Frederick Leypoldt in the late 1860s and had various titles until Leypoldt settled on the name ''The Publishers' Weekly'' (with an apostrophe) in 1872. The publication was a compilation of information about newly published books, collected from publishers and from other sources by Leypoldt, for an audience of booksellers. By 1876, ''The Publishers' Weekly'' was being read by nine tenths of the booksellers in the country. In 1878, Leypoldt sold ''The Publishers' Weekly'' to his friend Richard Rogers Bowker, in order to free up time for his other bibliographic endeavors. Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on genres considered speculative fiction, including science fiction and related genres such as fantasy, alternate history, and horror fiction. The ISFDB is a volunteer effort, with the database being open for moderated editing and user contributions, and a wiki that allows the database editors to coordinate with each other. the site had catalogued 2,002,324 story titles from 232,816 authors. The code for the site has been used in books and tutorials as examples of database schema and organizing content. The ISFDB database and code are available under Creative Commons licensing. The site won the Wooden Rocket Award in the Best Directory Site category in 2005. Purpose The ISFDB database indexes speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror, and alternate history) authors, novels, short fiction, essays, publishers, awards, and magazines in print, electronic, and audio formats. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic Steps
''Magic Steps'' is the opening book of '' The Circle Opens'' quartet of young adult fantasy novels by Tamora Pierce. It is preceded by the ''Circle of Magic'' quartet, taking place four years after the conclusion of '' Briar's Book''. It portrays the adventures of Sandrilene fa Toren, the noble thread mage and her first experience as a teacher of magic. Plot Sandry, now fourteen years old, has temporarily moved out of Discipline Cottage into the ducal palace in Summersea to look after her great-uncle Duke Vedris after he suffers a heart attack. While out riding in the city one morning, she sees a twelve-year-old boy named Pasco Acalon performing a dance for luck over fishing nets. Sandry senses magic in the dance, though Pasco denies that he has any magical ability. Moreover, Pasco’s family are all employed in the city watch, known as the harriers, and do not approve of his ambition to be a dancer. Vedris and Sandry learn that Jamar Rokat, the patriarch of a wealthy merchan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonsai
Bonsai (; , ) is the Japanese art of Horticulture, growing and shaping miniature trees in containers, with a long documented history of influences and native Japanese development over a thousand years, and with unique aesthetics, cultural history, and terminology derived from its evolution in Japan. Similar arts exist in other cultures, including Korea's ''bunjae'', the Chinese art of ''penjing'', and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese . The loanword ''bonsai'' has become an Hyponymy and hypernymy, umbrella term in English, attached to many forms of diminutive potted plants, and also on occasion to other living and non-living things. According to Stephen Orr in ''The New York Times'', "[i]n the West, the word is used to describe virtually all miniature container trees, whether they are authentically trained bonsai or just small rooted cuttings. Technically, though, the term should be reserved for plants that are grown in shallow containers following the precise tenet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briar's Book
''Briar's Book'' by Tamora Pierce is a 1999 fantasy novel set in the fictional duchy of Emelan. It is the fourth and final book in the Circle of Magic quartet, starring the four young mages Sandry, Tris, Daja and Briar. Plot Several months after the events of Daja’s Book, Briar is traveling to Summersea with Rosethorn and Sandry; the latter is pestering him to choose a day to mark as his birthday, which he is reluctant to do. In the Mire, a slum outside Summersea, Briar finds a friend of his, a girl named Flick who lives in the sewers, has fallen ill with a new disease. Briar and Rosethorn take Flick to a charity hospital called Urda’s House, where they must remain in quarantine until the source of the illness is understood. There they tend to Flick and other patients who arrive with the sickness, which comes to be called the blue pox for the blue spots it leaves on the skin. The pox proves worryingly difficult to treat, as it not only causes a high fever and weakens the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daja's Book
''Daja's Book'', by Tamora Pierce, is the third book in the '' The Circle of Magic'' fantasy quartet, about the further adventures of four young mages as they discover their magic. Plot Following the events of Tris's Book, the four children, their teachers and Duke Vedris travel to Gold Ridge Valley, a fief currently experiencing a three-year drought and grassfires in its outlying regions. The children’s magic has continued to intertwine and behave unpredictably, each child’s workings taking on characteristics of the others’. When Daja heats a cluster of iron rods, it responds by becoming plant-like and apparently alive. A passing Trader caravan expresses interest in purchasing the living metal plant; however, as the only survivor of the shipwreck that killed her family, Daja is considered ''trangshi'', or outcast, and therefore unclean, and the Traders initially refuse to speak to her or even acknowledge her existence. Daja, longing for contact with people from her own c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tris's Book
''Tris's Book'', by Tamora Pierce, is the second book in the '' The Circle of Magic'' fantasy quartet, about the further adventures of four young mages as they discover their magic. Plot summary Following the events of Sandry's Book, Emelan is left vulnerable, with many of its defenses, including those at Winding Circle, damaged by the earthquake. One night, two nearby lighthouses are destroyed in explosions. Investigation reveals that the explosions were caused by a new weapon called black powder. Duke Vedris visits the temple and informs Sandry that pirates have begun raiding settlements along the coast. Another visitor is Tris’s cousin Aymery Glassfire, a student mage using Winding Circle’s library. Shortly after Aymery’s arrival, all of the scrying tools in the temple grounds break at once, leaving the dedicates unable to see the future. The next day, a massive pirate fleet, which had approached under the cover of a masking spell, begins bombarding the temple with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booklist
''Booklist'' is a publication of the American Library Association that provides critical reviews of books and audiovisual materials for all ages. ''Booklist''s primary audience consists of libraries, educators, and booksellers. The magazine is available to subscribers in print and online. It is published 22 times per year, and reviews over 7,500 titles annually. The ''Booklist'' brand also offers a blog, various newsletters, and monthly webinars. The ''Booklist'' offices are located in the American Library Association headquarters in Chicago’s Gold Coast, Chicago, Gold Coast neighborhood. History ''Booklist'', as an introduction from the American Library Association (ALA) publishing board notes, began publication in January 1905 to "meet an evident need by issuing a current buying list of recent books with brief notes designed to assist librarians in selection." With an annual subscription fee of 50 cents, ''Booklist'' was initially subsidized by a $100,000 grant from the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Library Journal
''School Library Journal'' (''SLJ'') is an American monthly magazine containing reviews and other articles for school librarians, media specialists, and public librarians who work with young people. Articles cover a wide variety of topics, with a focus on technology, multimedia, and other information resources that are likely to interest young learners. Reviews are classified by the target audience of the publications: preschool; schoolchildren to 4th grade, grades 5 and up, and teens; and professional librarians themselves ("professional reading"). Fiction, non-fiction, and reference books books are reviewed, as are graphic novels, multimedia, and digital resources. History ''School Library Journal'' was founded by publisher R.R. Bowker in 1954, under the title ''Junior Libraries'' and by separation from its ''Library Journal ''Library Journal'' is an American trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey. It reports news about the library wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandry's Book
''Sandry's Book'', by Tamora Pierce is a fantasy novel set mainly in the fictional nation of Emelan. It is the first in a quartet of books: '' The Circle of Magic'', about four young mages as they discover their magic. Plot Following an outbreak of plague which killed her parents, ten-year-old Lady Sandrilene fa Toren, or Sandry, is rescued by the mage Niklaren Goldeyes, known as Niko. Niko takes her first to the city of Summersea, the home of her great-uncle Duke Vedris, the ruler of Emelan. Vedris believes that life in the ducal palace would be too lonely for Sandry, and he suggests that she live instead at the nearby Winding Circle Temple of the Living Circle faith, where many children are educated by the dedicates. Niko also finds three other similarly aged children and brings them to the temple: a Trader girl named Daja Kisubo, whose entire family was killed in a shipwreck, causing her to be declared an outcast by her people; Briar Moss, a homeless orphan in a street gang, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
