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Toil & trouble : a memoir / by Burroughs, Augusten,author.;
"From the number one New York Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that is tender, touching ... and just a little spooky. 'Here's a partial list of things I don't believe in: God. The Devil. Heaven. Hell. Bigfoot. Ancient Aliens. Past lives. Vampires. Zombies. Homeopathy. Bigfoot. Canola oil, because there's no such thing as a canola. Note that 'witches' and 'witchcraft' are absent from this list. When really they should be right there at the top. The thing is, I wouldn't believe in them, and I would privately ridicule any idiot who did, except for one thing: I am a witch.' --From Toil & Trouble For as long as Augusten Burroughs could remember, he knew things he shouldn't have known. He manifested things that shouldn't have come to pass. And he told exactly no one about this, save one person: his mother. His mother reassured him that it was all perfectly normal, that he was descended from a long line of witches, going back to the days of the early American colonies. And that this family tree was filled with witches. It was a bond that he and his mother shared - until the day she left him in the care of her psychiatrist to be raised in his family (but that's a whole other story). After that, Augusten was on his own. On his own to navigate the world of this tricky power; on his own to either use or misuse this gift. From the hilarious to the terrifying, Toil & Trouble is a chronicle of one man's journey to understand himself, to reconcile the powers he can wield with things with which he is helpless. There are very few things that are coincidences, as you will learn in Toil & Trouble. Ghosts are real, trees can want to kill you, beavers are the spawn of satan, houses are alive, and in the end, love is the most powerful magic of all"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Burroughs, Augusten.; American wit and humor.; Novelists, American; Witchcraft;

Quidditch through the ages / by Rowling, J. K.; Tomić, Tomislav.;
A copy of the volume found in Hogwarts School Library, where it is consulted by Quidditch fans.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Sports stories.; Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization); Quidditch (Game); Magic;

The calling / by Armstrong, Kelley.;
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; High schools; Human-animal relationships; Schools; Supernatural; Witchcraft;
© c2012., Doubleday Canada,

The monarchs / by Morgan, Kass.; Paige, Danielle(Novelist);
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Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Colleges and universities; Greek letter societies; College sorority members; Witches; Magic; Witchcraft;

Everyone knows your mother is a witch / by Galchen, Rivka,author.;
"Drawing on real historical documents but infused with the intensity of imagination, sly humor, and intellectual fire for which award-winning author Rivka Galchen's writing is known, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch is a tale for our time-the story of how a community becomes implicated in collective aggression and hysterical fear"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630; Keplerin, Katharina, 1547-1622; Trials (Witchcraft);

The last fallen star / by Kim, Graci.;
Riley Oh can't wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a powerful lineage of Korean healing witches their family has belonged to for generations. Her sister, Hattie, will earn her Gi bracelet and finally be able to cast spells without adult supervision. Although Riley is desperate to follow in her sister's footsteps, she's a saram -- a person without magic. Riley was adopted, and often feels like the odd one out in her family and the gifted community. Then Hattie gets an idea: what if the two of them could use an incantation that would allow Riley to share Hattie's magic? They decide to perform it at Hattie's initiation ceremony. But when the sisters attempt to violate the laws of the Godrealm, Hattie's life ends up hanging in the balance, and to save her Riley has to find the last fallen star. But what even is the star, and how can she find it? As Riley embarks on her search, she finds herself meeting fantastic creatures and collaborating with her worst enemies. And when she uncovers secrets that challenge everything she has been taught to believe, Riley must decide what it means to be a witch, what it means to be family, and what it really means to belong.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Witchcraft; Sisters; Quests (Expeditions); Goddesses, Korean; Korean Americans; Adoption;

The craft. [videorecording] / by Adlon, Gideon,1997-actor.; Duchovny, David,actor.; Galitzine, Nicholas,actor.; Grey, Julian,2006-actor.; Luna, Zoey,actor.; Lister-Jones, Zoe,film director.; Monaghan, Michelle,actor.; Spaeny, Cailee,1997-actor.; Vandervaart, Charles,actor.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Cailee Spaeny, Zoey Luna, Gideon Adlon, David Duchovny, Michelle Monaghan, Nicholas Galitzine, Julian Grey, Charles Vandervaart.Though Lily Schechner (Cailee Spaeny) thought a display of her strange mental abilities would make her an outcast at her new school, it only intrigued three classmates (Gideon Adlon, Lovie Simone, Zoey Luna) who were looking for a fourth to form a witches' coven. Their new abilities, however, might not save them from the secrets Lily's mom (Michelle Monaghan) and stepdad-to-be (David Duchovny) are hiding.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Witches; Family secrets; High school students; Teenage girls; Female friendship; Supernatural; Witchcraft;
For private home use only.

Curiosities : a novel / by Fleming, Anne,1964-author.;
"A thrilling literary-historical novel with a modern twist, in the vein of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald. Curiosity begins when a present-day historian discovers a cache of five seventeenth-century manuscripts that each, astonishingly, tells the same strange story from vastly different points of view. The five manuscripts (which become the five parts of the novel) spin this tale: after the plague descends upon a village in England, two children, Joan and Thomasina, are the only survivors. They bond tightly with each other and with a mute woman living in a field nearby, who discovers and cares for them. When people return, the woman, as the lone adult alive, is accused of witchcraft, and the children are separated. Joan becomes a maid in the local manor house, and eventually, through her intelligence and skill, companion to the fascinating Lady Margaret Long. Thomasina, taken on a voyage to Virginia, decides to adopt boy's clothing and navigate life as a man named Tom. Tom and Joan find each other again as adults and fall in love, but are discovered together, naked, by young clergyman John Heard. Shocked and horrified, he believes in only one explanation for Tom's state: Joan must be a witch. Tom, trying to save both himself and Joan, runs as far away as he can, taking a position aboard an expedition through the Northwest Passage. The modern historian pieces together the interlocking stories of all five manuscripts and adds her own layer of "truth" to a history and time period where labels for who Tom and Joan might truly be, didn't yet exist. Curiosity is a compulsively readable novel, at the heart of which are characters who are utterly charming and whose journeys you'll feel deeply connected to."--
Subjects: Lesbian fiction.; Queer fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Archival materials; Impersonation; Lesbians; Witchcraft; Women historians;

Official Christmas cookbook / by Revenson, Jody,author.; Craig, Elena P.,author.;
Celebrate Christmas like Harry, Ron, and Hermione, with over 50 recipes inspired by holiday celebrations in the Harry Potter films. 'Harry Potter: The Official Christmas Cookbook' features full-colour photography, step-by-step instructions, and helpful tips to ensure every cook makes magic in the kitchen.
Subjects: Cookbooks.; Recipes.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Potter, Harry (Fictitious character); Cooking.; Harry Potter films; Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization);

The last fallen moon / by Kim, Graci.;
Riley Oh ventures into the Spiritrealm, where she hopes to convince Saint Heo Jun to become the new patron god of the Gom clan and restore their healing powers.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Witchcraft; Sisters; Quests (Expeditions); Goddesses, Korean; Korean Americans; Future life;

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