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1) Head games
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Set in 1957, Head Games is a quirky, action-packed caper. When Senator Prescott Bush demands the mummified head of Poncho Villa for Yale's Skull & Bones Society's trophy case, a pulp writer named Lassiter winds up holding the bag.
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In this new Arcane Society novel set in Victorian England, Leona Hewitt, a gifted crystal worker, isn't the only one sneaking into Lord Delbridge's private museum to recover a relic. Thaddeus Ware, a mesmerist with psychic gifts, is on a similar mission. Neither one of them has any idea that this relic--a rare ancient crystal--will lead them in a deadly chase where danger and desire await.
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Salem Wiley is a genius cryptanalyst, courted by the world's top security agencies ever since her quantum computing breakthrough. She's also an agoraphobe shackled to a narrow routine since her father's suicide. When her intelligence work unexpectedly exposes a sinister plot to assassinate the country's first viable female presidential candidate, Salem finds herself both target and detective in a modern day witch hunt.
Drawn into a labyrinth of messages...
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First published in 1923, "The Lost Keys of Freemasonry" or "The Legend of Hiram Abiff," by Manly P. Hall is an illuminating and informative explanation of Freemasonry symbolism and ritual. Hall was born in 1901 in Ontario, Canada and moved to California in 1919 and was immediately drawn into studying Christian mysticism, esoteric arts, world religions, and Greek philosophers. He began publishing numerous books on Freemasonry and mysticism in the 1920's...
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"Lamar Jimmerson is the leader of the Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of the lost city of Atlantis. Stationed in France in 1917, Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and extended alchemical metaphors. It's the Codex Pappus - the sacred Gnomon text. Soon he is basking in the lore of lost Atlantis, convinced that his mission on earth is to administer...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 20
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A sinister fire in a Copenhagen bookstore ignites a relentless hunt across four continents. Arson and murder reveal an insidious plot to steal a Bible that once belonged to Charles Darwin, the father of evolutionary theory. And Commander Gray Pierce dives headlong into a mystery that dates back to Nazi Germany . . . and to horrific experiments performed in a now-abandoned laboratory buried in a hollowed-out mountain in Poland. A continent away, madness...
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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Eleven-year-old Rye O'Chanter and her two friends delve into the secret lore of their village when mysterious creatures of legend reappear on the night of the Black Moon, leading them to the notorious secret society, the Luck Uglies.
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Plagued by rumors that she poisoned her fiancé, Lucinda Bromley manages to live on the fringes of polite society. She tends her beloved plants and occasionally consults on a murder investigation, for the notorious botanist can detect almost any type of poison. But the murder of a lord has Lucinda shaken. She has detected a poison containing a very rare species of fern. So rare that the only specimen in England was in her conservatory - until it was...
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Este libro de Miguel Aracil da la espalda a la tradición convencional sobre los templarios. La documentación histórica nos demuestra que estos caballeros fueron, ante todo, seres humanos con sus virtudes y sus defectos, y como verdaderos hijos de su tiempo, debieron de cojear del mismo pie que muchos de sus coetáneos. En el caso de los templarios, como si se tratara de una leyenda que se alimenta de sí misma y a la que se le añaden ingredientes...
10) Look to the East
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"Look to the East: A Ritual of the First Three Degrees of Freemasonry" by Ralph P. Lester is the classic and easy to understand guide for every Mason. It details in simple and plain language the rituals of the Entered Apprentice, Fellow-Craft, and Master-Mason's degrees and the general procedures followed by most lodges when they hold their regular meetings. While this time-honored guide is a helpful reference for both new and experienced Masons,...
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Sketching out a fascinating network of historic figures, cults, and Christendom, this book by an occult-studies expert and respected authority on magic and sorcery takes Western spiritual traditions seriously-but examines them with common sense and self-effacing humor. Working backward from the Freemasons to one of their original orders, the 14th-century Knights Templar, the account considers sorcery, heresy, and intrigues; explores the legend that...
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The fraternal society of the Masonic Order, steeped in mystery for over 600 years, is brought to light in a fascinating volume that serves as a guide for neophytes as well as a reference for the initiated. Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry reveals the spiritual paths taken by inductees as they move through each initiated degree of enlightmentment: Mark Master, Past Master, Most Excellent Master, and the Royal Arch. The Freemasons' rituals, arcane symbols...
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First published in 1866, by Malcolm C. Duncan, "Duncan's Ritual of Freemasonry" provides a fascinating glimpse into the rights and rituals of this secretive organization. Duncan did not write this guide to shine light on Masonry for outsiders, but rather to help new members navigate the complex organization. As he states in the Preface: "The purpose of this work is not so much to gratify the curiosity of the uninitiated as to furnish a guide for the...
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En "El libro negro de los Illuminati", el autor analiza en profundidad a los Illuminati modernos, desvelando hasta dónde están dispuestos a llegar para traer su Nuevo Orden Mundial. El libro contesta preguntas como las siguientes:
• ¿Existe una fuerza negativa que controla a los Illuminati?
• ¿Está en Europa su centro neurálgico?
• ¿Qué poder tiene la sociedad de Skull&Bones en China?
• ¿Existe relación entre los fundadores del...
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La masonería ha sido hasta hace poco la sociedad secreta más numerosa e importante en su género, y por ello la más atractiva para profundizar en su estudio. Esta obra pretende sumergirse en el provechoso mar de su historia, desde sus raíces hasta la actualidad, a partir de su definición y de sus fines propuestos.
Presenta su evolución desde las épocas mitológicas o legendarias y de sus vicisitudes, a través de los diversos periodos históricos,...
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L'admiration et l'attirance sexuelle pour les hommes qui commettent toutes sortes de crimes est un comportement qui ne laisse personne indifférent, et lorsque certaines femmes imbues de passion décident d'une relation avec un criminel, le sujet suscite un intérêt encore plus grand chez les gens. Ces femmes sont mues par des sentiments exacerbés, elles tracent des trajectoires obsessionnelles, quelque chose qui les anime, leur fait perdre la peur,...
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An air of profound mystery surrounds the fraternal order of Free and Accepted Masons, or Freemasons. Built on three pillars of brotherly love, charity, and truth, the order ranks among the world's oldest and most renowned societies. This classic study explores Freemasonry's history and traditions, both legendary and documented, and chronicles the society's influence on the Western world, particularly in regard to American culture and government. Author...
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This early work by Arthur Edward Waite was originally published in the early 20th Century and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Some Deeper Aspects of Masonic Symbolism' is one of Waite's writings on secret societies. Arthur Edward Waite was born on the 2nd of October, 1857 in America. After the death of his father, Waite and his mother returned to her native England, where he was raised in North London, attending...
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Las claves históricas del símbolo perdido repasa históricamente la masonería de modo que el lector podrá comprender la naturaleza, origen y misterios de la Sociedad Secreta más difundida y menos comprendida en Occidente. Así, hace un recorrido por las catedrales góticas, desde las piedras del Neolítico hasta el Obelisco de Washington DC. Los masones dedicaron siglos de esfuerzo en la interpretación de los símbolos y se aseguraron de que...
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