amulets

Archaeologist Lara Croft searches in the Middle East for the lost Amulet of Mareish which is believed to bestow untold power; however, there are those who will stop at nothing to keep Lara from owning it.

Jack Sparrow, a teenage stowaway on the "Barnacle," joins with the crew to clear their names when they are suspected of stealing a powerful amulet from a village on the Yucatan peninsula.

While working as a resident advisor at the Witch University's Summer Sorcery School, Marnie Piper investigates the disappearance of her younger sister and uncovers Professor La Biel's sinister plan to steal the powerful amulet known as The Gift.

Cyril, Robert, Anthea, and Jane rescue a magic sand-fairy from a pet-shop cage. The creature leads them to an amulet which has the power to take them back in time.

Marilyn's eccentric Aunt Zenobia dies shortly after entrusting her with an ancient amulet inhabited by a cursed demon that wants to be free.

A look at man's creation of and reliance on talismans, amulets, and good luck charms as a framework for life and civilization.

When Lysander and his barracks are sent to Taras, Italy, to protect a vital trading post threatened by a local uprising, he spies a statue of a figure wearing the Fire of Ares and sets out to discover his connection to the city, hoping to learn more of his mysterious heritage.

When slaves rebel in ancient Sparta, twelve-year-old Lysander, guarded by an heirloom amulet, the Fire of Ares, is caught between the Spartan ruling class, with whom he has been training as a warrior since his noble heritage was revealed, and those among whom he was recently laboring as a slave.

Examines charms of the past and present, their history, composition, and use.