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Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2014
Description
History seems bound to ruthlessly repeat itself in The Lady of Hay, when tenacious journalist Jo Clifford undertakes a session of hypnotic regression. What unfolds is an eight hundred year-old tale of secret passion and brutal betrayal. In Time?s Legacy, Anglican Curate, Abi Rutherford, is forced to flee her parish in search of spiritual sanctuary when she is accused of witchcraft. She soon finds herself experiencing violent visions of a buried two...
Author
Publisher
Pyramid
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Hidden within all of us is a special set of powers. Learning the tools of wicca and witchcraft unlocks those powers and opens the door on to a new world. This essential handbook is filled with everything you need to know in order to live in harmony with yourself and the natural world. It features detailed information on the most important elements of a modern-day wiccan way of life, including how to celebrate all the sabbats of the year, casting a...
3) The Ragwitch
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2005
Description
An ancient spirit wreaks death and destruction on the world that sought to cripple her powers, and Paul sets out to defeat her and rescue his captured sister Julia at the same time.
5) Hag storm
Author
Publisher
Pokey Hat
Pub. Date
2021
Description
12-year-old Rab endeavours to save his family from the clutches of a witches coven before their Halloween ceremony.
Author
Publisher
CICO Books
Pub. Date
2021
Description
Did you know that in your own store cupboard you already own the ingredients to heal and prevent common ailments? And that many of these herbs, spices and other foods are equally useful for household cleaning? In this beautifully illustrated guide, discover centuries-old recipes and methods to treat a whole range of conditions, from soothing teas to settle upset stomachs to simple homemade salves for burns and itchy skin. There are also natural ways...
8) The Graces
Author
Publisher
Faber
Pub. Date
2016
Description
A lonely teen girl befriends a family who she believes have magical abilities.
12) Witchborn
Author
Publisher
Chicken House
Pub. Date
2017
Description
After her mother is executed for being a witch, Alyce flees to London where she soon finds herself embroiled in the royal machinations of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.
13) The witches
Author
Description
This story is about "real witches" - who dress in ordinary clothes, look like ordinary women, but loathe all children.
15) Circe
Author
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Description
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe has neither the look nor the voice of divinity, and is scorned and rejected by her kin. Increasingly isolated, she turns to mortals for companionship, leading her to discover a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft. When love drives Circe to cast a dark spell, wrathful Zeus banishes her to the remote island of Aiaia. There she learns to harness her...
16) The mercies
Author
Publisher
Bolinda/Macmillan audio
Pub. Date
2020
Description
On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the remote Norwegian island of Vardø is thrown into a reckless storm. As Maren Magnusdatter watches, 40 fishermen, including her father and brother, are lost to the waves, the menfolk of Vardø wiped out in an instant. Now the women must fend for themselves. Eighteen months later, a sinister figure arrives. Summoned from Scotland to take control of a place at the edge of the civilized world, Absalom Cornet knows...
18) The burning
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's UK
Pub. Date
2019
Description
'The Burning lights a fire in you - one that makes you want to fight for change and ignite sparks in others so the fire spreads and spreads.'- HOLLY BOURNE Fire is like a rumour. You might think you?ve extinguished it but one creeping, red tendril, one single wisp of smoke is enough to let it leap back into life again. Especially if someone is watching, waiting to fan the flames ... New school. Tick. New town. Tick. New surname....
Author
Publisher
Sceptre
Pub. Date
2023
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Description
'Ashes and Stones' is a moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages and modern cities, in search of the traces of those accused of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Scotland. We visit modern memorials, roadside shrines and standing stones, and roam among forests and hedge mazes, folk lore and political fantasies. From fairy hills to forgotten caves, we explore a spellbound landscape. Allyson Shaw untangles the myth...
20) The crucible
Author
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Pub. Date
2010
Description
'The Crucible' is Miller's classic dramatisation of the witch-hunt and trials that besieged the Puritan community of Salem in 1692.