{"product_id":"2940014584555","title":"THE SORCERY CLUB","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I HOW THEY FIRST HEARD OF ATLANTIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    II THE BLACK ART OF ATLANTIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   III LEARNING TO SIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IV THE TESTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V THE INITIATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    VI THE FIRST POWER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   VII SAN FRANCISCO LADIES AND DIVINATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  VIII TWO DREAMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    IX LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X HOW THE DREAMS WERE INTERPRETED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XI LEON HAMAR CALLS ON THE MARTINS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XII THE GREAT CHALLENGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XIII THE MODERN SORCERY CO. LTD. GIVE A GRATIS PERFORMANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIV SHIEL TO THE RESCUE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XV HOW HAMAR, CURTIS AND KELSON ENTERED THE ASTRAL PLANE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XVI HAMAR MAKES ADVANCES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XVII THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XVIII STAGE THREE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XIX A SERIES OF MISADVENTURES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XX THE STAGE OF HAUNTINGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXI THE SELLING OF SPELLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXII THE PERSECUTION OF THE MARTINS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXIII LOVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIV THE SUBPOENA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   XXV CURTIS IN A NEW RÔLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXVI IN HYDE PARK AT NIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e XXVII THE RIGHT GIRL TO MARRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXXVIII WHOM WILL HE MARRY?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  XXIX THE END AND 'THE BEYOND'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE KEEP OFF,\" KELSON SHRIEKED (frontispiece)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE INITIATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHEY GAZED FASCINATED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ROOM FILLED WITH LUMINOUS, STRIPED FIGURES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHOW THEY FIRST HEARD OF ATLANTIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRain is responsible for a great deal more than the mere growth of\u003cbr\u003evegetables--it is a controller, if a somewhat capricious controller,\u003cbr\u003eof man's destiny. It was mainly, if not entirely, owing to rain that\u003cbr\u003ethe French lost the Battle of Agincourt; whilst, if I mistake not,\u003cbr\u003eConfucius alone knows how many victories have been snatched from the\u003cbr\u003eChinese by the same factor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was most certainly rain that drove Leon Hamar to take refuge in a\u003cbr\u003esecond-hand bookshop; for so deep-rooted was his aversion to any\u003cbr\u003eliterature saving a financial gazette or the stock and shares column\u003cbr\u003eof a daily, that nothing would have induced him to get within touching\u003cbr\u003edistance of a book save the risk of a severe wetting. Now, to his\u003cbr\u003eunutterable disgust, he found himself surrounded by the things he\u003cbr\u003eloathed. Books ancient--very ancient, judging by their bindings--and\u003cbr\u003emodern--histories, biographies, novels and magazines--anything from\u003cbr\u003eten dollars to five cents, and all arrayed with most laudable tact\u003cbr\u003eaccording to their bulk and condition. But Hamar was neither to be\u003cbr\u003etempted nor mollified. He frowned at one and all alike, and the\u003cbr\u003ecolossal edition of Miss Somebody or Other's poems--that by reason of\u003cbr\u003eits magnificent cover of crimson and gold occupied a most prominent\u003cbr\u003eposition--met with the same vindictive reception as the tattered and\u003cbr\u003etorn volumes of Whittier stowed away in an obscure corner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBacking still further into the entrance of the store for a better\u003cbr\u003eprotection from the rain, which, now falling heavier and heavier, was\u003cbr\u003eblown in by the wind, Hamar collided with a stand of books, with the\u003cbr\u003eresult that one of them fell with a loud bang on the pavement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA man, evidently the owner of the store, and unmistakably a Jew,\u003cbr\u003einstantly appeared. Picking up the book, and wiping it with a dirty\u003cbr\u003ehandkerchief, he thrust it at Hamar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"See!\" he said, \"you have damaged this property of mine. You must\u003cbr\u003eeither buy it or give me adequate compensation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What!\" Hamar cried, \"compensation for such rubbish as that? Why all\u003cbr\u003eyour books together are not worth five dollars. Indeed I've seen twice\u003cbr\u003eas many sold at a sale for half that amount. You can't Jew me!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two men eyed each other quizzically.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Perhaps,\" the owner of the store observed slowly, \"perhaps some of\u003cbr\u003eyour ancestors were once Yiddish. In which case there ought to be a\u003cbr\u003ebond of sympathy between us. You may have that book for a nickel.\u003cbr\u003eWhat, no! Your cheeks are hollow, your fingers thin. A nickel is too\u003cbr\u003emuch for you. I will take your chain in exchange.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080243495152,"sku":"2940014584555","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014584555","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}