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Language
English
Description
An Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls himself king, and an alchemist, all of whom point Santiago in the direction of his quest. No one knows what the treasure is, or if Santiago will be able to surmount the obstacles along the way. But what starts out as a journey to find worldly goods...
2) Bloodlines
Author
Series
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning.
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Primera edicion.
Language
Español
Description
Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco and trigger the end of the human race.
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
Back in London, twins Sophie and Josh Newman must determine whom they can and cannot trust as they search for Scatty and an immortal who can teach Josh the magic of fire, while Doctor Dee and Machiavelli continue to seek power.
Author
Series
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1. ed.
Language
Español
Description
While working at pleasant but mundane summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Purports to be a compilation of pamphlets, journals, restaurant reviews, maps, historical information, and other never-before-published papers from the world of the apprentice alchemist, Septimus Heap.
Author
Series
Wildlands novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Petra Dee and her immortal husband, Gabe, have been trying to gain a toehold in what passes for ordinary life in Temperance, Wyominga wickedly enchanted land founded generations ago by the alchemist, Lascaris. Petra may be adept when it comes to the uncanny, but as a reasoned geologist, Petra still can't fathom the wildfires suddenly engulfing Yellowstone National Park, or why Gabe claims to have seen the sky explode in flames. The answers could lie...
9) Quicksilver
Author
Series
Baroque cycle (Neal Stephenson) volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.
It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin turned swashbuckling...
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
1st Paperback trade ed.
Language
English
Description
From the publisher. Nicholas Flamel's heart almost broke as he watched his beloved Paris crumble before him. The city was destroyed by Dee and Machiavelli, but Flamel played his own role in the destruction. Sophie and Josh Newman show every sign of being the twins of prophecy, and Flamel had to protect them and the pages from the Dark Elders. But Nicholas grows weaker with each passing day. Perenelle is still trapped in Alcatraz, and now that Scatty...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rocabolsillo
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1a. ed.
Language
Español
Description
After fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris, the City of Lights. Home for Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anything but sweet. Perenell is still locked up back in Alcatraz and Paris is teeming with enemies. Nicollo Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated art collector, is working for Dee. He's after them, and time is running out for Nicholas and Perenell. For every day spent without the Book of Abraham the Mage,...
Author
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2013, 2012
Language
Español
Description
San Francisco: A Nicholas y Perenelle Flamel solo les queda un día de vida y tienen una tarea que completar. Tienen que defender San Francisco. Los monstruos recluidos en la isla de Alcatraz han sido liberados y se dirigen a la ciudad. Si nadie los detiene, destruirán todo y a todos los que se encuentren a su paso. Incluso con la ayuda de los más grandes guerreros de la historia y los mitos, ¿conseguirán la Maga y el legendario Alquimista defender...
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