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Annmarie Banks

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Annmarie Banks spent the first twenty years of her professional life as a bookseller specializing in out-of-print and antiquarian books. She currently resides in the state of Arizona.

Since then she has studied many books about the history of the quest for knowledge. Early Western scientists were alchemists and philosophers who were forced to learn about the secrets of Nature by hiding in locked rooms poring over encrypted documents. Their struggle was so fascinating to her that she wrote the book she had always hoped to find on the shelves of the bookstore, but never did.

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Ars Longa, Vita Brevis

Chauvet Horses, 30,000 years old

An individual human life can range from moments to a century. Yet even a century is a heartbeat when the entire span of human history is imagined. I am reading a book on the Siege of Malta and the Battle of Lepanto, two events that spanned decades, but in hindsight can be analyzed and discussed in an evening. It made me think about the complexity of existence a...

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Average rating: 4.16 · 74 ratings · 41 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Hermetica of Elysium (The Elysium Texts, #1) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Unfettered Mind 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Necromancer's Grimoire (The Elysium Texts, #2) 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Key of All Things 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Elysium Texts (2 books)
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The Pillars of the Earth (The Pillars of the Earth, #1)

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Annmarie said "yes" to attending Historical Novel Society Conference date: June 22, 2013 04:00PM location: St. Petersburg, FL The Vinoy, The United States description: Annmarie Banks will be attending the Historical Novel Society Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida in June. Book signing on Saturday the 22nd at 4 PM at the historical Vinoy Hotel.
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Annmarie is currently reading The Pillars of the Earth (The Pillars of the Earth, #1) by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Annmarie liked Arthistorychick's review of The Necromancer's Grimoire (The Elysium Texts, #2): " The Necromancer’s Grimoire by Annmarie Banks (The Elysium Texts #2) My Rating: 5/5 stars Source: Knox Publishing Annmarie Banks wastes no time in The Necromancer’s Grimoire, the second installment of The Elysium Texts series. Grimoire begins just two... " Read more of this review »
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Annmarie rated a book 4 of 5 stars The Tibetan Book of the Dead or The After-death Experiences on the Bardo Plane by W.Y. Evans-Wentz read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Tedious. I felt like I had to mine the information out with a chisel and brush. The information is the treasure, the clumsy writing and unfortunate selection of vocabulary is the sand and clay.
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Annmarie wants to read Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Annmarie rated a book 5 of 5 stars The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche read in April, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Beautifully presented and easily accessible. The early translations were done by Christians who had no idea of the cultural connotations of the words being translated. That is why the Tibetan book of the dead reads like the Egyptian one (seemingly ra...more
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