Author: Nicholas Bowling
Publisher: Chicken House
ISBN: 1911490982
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The newest novel from the critically-acclaimed author of WITCHBORN ... Fourteen-year-old Cadmus has been scholar Tullus's slave since he was a baby - his master is the only family he knows. But when Tullus disappears and a taciturn slave called Tog - daughter of a British chieftain - arrives with a secret message, Cadmus's life is turned upside down. The pair follow a trail that leads to Emperor Nero himself, and his crazed determination to possess the Golden Fleece of Greek mythology. This quest will push Cadmus to the edge of the Roman Empire - and reveal unexpected truths about his past ...
In the Shadow of Heroes
Author: Nicholas Bowling
Publisher: Chicken House
ISBN: 1911490982
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The newest novel from the critically-acclaimed author of WITCHBORN ... Fourteen-year-old Cadmus has been scholar Tullus's slave since he was a baby - his master is the only family he knows. But when Tullus disappears and a taciturn slave called Tog - daughter of a British chieftain - arrives with a secret message, Cadmus's life is turned upside down. The pair follow a trail that leads to Emperor Nero himself, and his crazed determination to possess the Golden Fleece of Greek mythology. This quest will push Cadmus to the edge of the Roman Empire - and reveal unexpected truths about his past ...
Publisher: Chicken House
ISBN: 1911490982
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The newest novel from the critically-acclaimed author of WITCHBORN ... Fourteen-year-old Cadmus has been scholar Tullus's slave since he was a baby - his master is the only family he knows. But when Tullus disappears and a taciturn slave called Tog - daughter of a British chieftain - arrives with a secret message, Cadmus's life is turned upside down. The pair follow a trail that leads to Emperor Nero himself, and his crazed determination to possess the Golden Fleece of Greek mythology. This quest will push Cadmus to the edge of the Roman Empire - and reveal unexpected truths about his past ...
Reflections of the Shadow
Author: Jeffrey Hirschberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781932907612
Category : Heroes in motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Using examples from contemporary films, Hirschberg explores the commonalitiesamong heroes and villains who have stood the test of time.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781932907612
Category : Heroes in motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Using examples from contemporary films, Hirschberg explores the commonalitiesamong heroes and villains who have stood the test of time.
Player's Option, Heroes of Shadow
Author: Wizards RPG Team
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780786957453
Category : Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides information on the nature of the power source, races, classes, feats, powers, and options in the game of Dungeons and Dragons.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780786957453
Category : Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Provides information on the nature of the power source, races, classes, feats, powers, and options in the game of Dungeons and Dragons.
The Shadow Hero
Author: Gene Luen Yang
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1466858672
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity... The Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero. The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but the acclaimed author of American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang, has finally revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that creates an origin story for the Green Turtle. With artwork by Sonny Liew, this gorgeous, funny comics adventure for teens is a new spin on the long, rich tradition of American comics lore.
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1466858672
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity... The Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero. The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but the acclaimed author of American Born Chinese, Gene Luen Yang, has finally revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that creates an origin story for the Green Turtle. With artwork by Sonny Liew, this gorgeous, funny comics adventure for teens is a new spin on the long, rich tradition of American comics lore.
Yousuf Karsh
Author: Yousuf Karsh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
For some people sitting for a photographic portrait by Yousuf Karsh may well have something for do with their rise to notoriety. Among his many subjects have been Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth II, J. Paul Getty, Ansel Adams, Ernest Hemingway, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Andy Warhol. As well as his photographs of all of the above and others, this book illuminates Karsh the man and the artist in essays and writings by those who have studied his work and his life.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
For some people sitting for a photographic portrait by Yousuf Karsh may well have something for do with their rise to notoriety. Among his many subjects have been Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth II, J. Paul Getty, Ansel Adams, Ernest Hemingway, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Andy Warhol. As well as his photographs of all of the above and others, this book illuminates Karsh the man and the artist in essays and writings by those who have studied his work and his life.
Shadow of Heroes
Author: Robert Ardrey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hungary
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Play deals with the Hungarian Rising in Budapest in 1956.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hungary
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Play deals with the Hungarian Rising in Budapest in 1956.
The Shadow Project
Author: Herbie Brennan
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061756458
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Danny Lipman is a thief . . . until one night he robs the wrong house. He inadvertently breaks into the headquarters of the Shadow Project, a secret government organization where teenage spies are trained to leave their bodies, using astral projection to travel around the world on deadly missions. Danny is captured, but the Project leaders quickly realize he has a special gift. And when a key operative—the director's daughter, Opal—goes missing, he is offered a choice: Join the Shadow Project or go to jail. Danny joins and is quickly sent to investigate the Project's current target: a worldwide terrorist organization known as the Sword of Wrath. But as he gets deeper in, he discovers both the Project and the Sword of Wrath are far more than they seem. Danny and his fellow operatives are caught up in an ancient supernatural conflict and will have to learn how to survive in a world without boundaries of space or time, where the wrong choice could be their last.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061756458
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Danny Lipman is a thief . . . until one night he robs the wrong house. He inadvertently breaks into the headquarters of the Shadow Project, a secret government organization where teenage spies are trained to leave their bodies, using astral projection to travel around the world on deadly missions. Danny is captured, but the Project leaders quickly realize he has a special gift. And when a key operative—the director's daughter, Opal—goes missing, he is offered a choice: Join the Shadow Project or go to jail. Danny joins and is quickly sent to investigate the Project's current target: a worldwide terrorist organization known as the Sword of Wrath. But as he gets deeper in, he discovers both the Project and the Sword of Wrath are far more than they seem. Danny and his fellow operatives are caught up in an ancient supernatural conflict and will have to learn how to survive in a world without boundaries of space or time, where the wrong choice could be their last.
Shadow of the Sun
Author: Sean Tulien
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434226166
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
FLASH and KID FLASH must stop the evil SHADE before he blankets all of CENTRAL CITY in darkness.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434226166
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
FLASH and KID FLASH must stop the evil SHADE before he blankets all of CENTRAL CITY in darkness.
Heroes Like Us
Author: Thomas Brussig
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374527601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
The comic life of Klaus Uhlzscht, a rookie secret policeman in East Germany, keeping his fellow citizens under close surveillance, but never quite sure what to look for. Relief from boredom comes when his penis changes size.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374527601
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
The comic life of Klaus Uhlzscht, a rookie secret policeman in East Germany, keeping his fellow citizens under close surveillance, but never quite sure what to look for. Relief from boredom comes when his penis changes size.
Heroes of Might and Magic III
Author: Russ Ceccola
Publisher: Prima Games
ISBN: 9780761528401
Category : Heroes of might and magic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Death casts a long shadow. • Covers originalHeroes™ IIIStandard and Campaign scenarios • Strategies for all new Standard and Campaign scenarios • Complete artifacts list • Special Adventure Map locations
Publisher: Prima Games
ISBN: 9780761528401
Category : Heroes of might and magic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Death casts a long shadow. • Covers originalHeroes™ IIIStandard and Campaign scenarios • Strategies for all new Standard and Campaign scenarios • Complete artifacts list • Special Adventure Map locations