Resultados para "Kanada" en Literatura y ficción

Dalla morte della madre, Carter è costretto a seguire in giro per il mondo il padre Julius, egittologo, e a vivere separato dalla sorella Sadie. Ai Kane sono concessi solo due giorni all'anno da trascorrere insieme, e durante uno di questi Julius decide di portare i figli al British Museum. Ma qualcosa va storto. Julius evoca una misteriosa figura. Un attimo dopo c'è una violenta esplosione e l'uomo scompare.

Apophys, il serpente gigante, dio del caos, sta per essere liberato dalle forze del male. Vuole distruggere il mondo e per questo è determinato a inghiottire il dio sole, Ra, il più antico e potente degli dei egizi. Il mito vuole che Ra, minacciato da Apophys e Isis, abbia lasciato il suo trono di fuoco a Osiris e si sia lasciato cadere in un sonno eterno. Per non essere svegliato ha diviso in tre parti il Libro di Ra, un antico papiro che contiene i suoi segreti e le formule magiche per svegliarlo.

At være 13 kan være svært. At være 13 med et kunstigt ben er endnu sværere ved Rosa, der bor alene med sin far og er plaget af ulykkelig kærlighed. Men selv da det ser rigtig svært ud, mærker hun, hvor gode (voksen)venner hun har.

Si alguien ha pensado que pertenecer a una familia de faraones es un chollo, que hablen conmigo o con mi hermana Sadie. Sin tiempo para reponernos de nuestra aventura en la Pirámide Roja, Amos y Bast acaban de encomendarnos otra de sus misiones exprés: despertar a Ra, el primer y más poderoso rey de los dioses. Dicho así, parece fácil, ¿verdad? Pero el problema es que nadie sabe dónde está, porque hace miles de años se retiró a los cielos y no se ha vuelto a saber de él.

Forfatterskoleelev Iben Konradi Brodersen debuterer med en litteraer roman om de voldsomme kraefter, der gemmer sig i venskabet imellem to unge kvinder? Piger kan leve laenge måske for evigt handler om 12-talspigen Gro. Hun er en mønsterelev, men har alligevel ikke den mindste lyst til at starte i gymnasiet. Da hun møder den gådefulde pige Faxe på sin første dag, kan hun ikke lade vaere med at se hende som en redning fra sin egen usikkerhed og de forkrampede skoledage.

Jack Kane is a man on a mission; a secret agency wants him dead... and his family is in the firing line. The Valknut Group, a state-funded private military group, has taken an interest in a UK Lithium mine. MI6 is concerned about that interest and Valknut's wider ambitions to undermine Western powers. Jack Kane and Frank Craven are tasked with travelling to Cornwall on Britain's south-west coast to investigate. A violent encounter ensues, and Kane is forced into battle against skilled and well-armed enemies.

Jessa has been raised to be the “perfect girl.” She is unfailingly polite, never rocks the boat, and always follows the rules—no matter what. Her friends love to give her a hard time for being such a goody-two-shoes, but Jessa likes it this way. She knows what's expected of her, and she's happy to be the person her parents (and society) want. When a freak storm takes out the power during a sleepover at Jessa’s creepy, old house, things go south before the pizza gets cold.

Fifteen-year-old Kane Alexander is growing up in a single-parent home after her mother abandons the family. Her father is forced to take on two jobs to support his family, and the responsibility of caring for her two younger siblings is placed on Kane. She loves her family, but can’t help but feel like she’s missing out on life as a teenager. Kane shares her feelings with her father, but he insists that she should put her family ahead of her social life. When the pressure in her home becomes too much to bear, Kane decides to run away; however, she doesn’t make it far.

Lord Takeda has sent Risuko, Emi, and Toumi on a mission to the capital. The road is dangerous. The destination is treacherous. Risuko—the girl who just likes to climb— must make a choice that will have repercussions not only for Risuko's life and those of her friends, but possibly for all of Japan.

Since the 1950s, the United States explored psychic research, hoping to use extrasensory perception for spy operations. Codenamed "Stargate," this program was unreliable.

Molly, an expert skier, is sent to the Firethorn Ski Resort in Colorado on her first mission as a secret agent! Another young agent there was investigating a smuggling ring and has had a skiing "accident". Someone using the code name "Dormouse", who isn't an agent, has been continuing the agent's work and sending SOS messages. Molly must find and assist Dormouse and catch smugglers.

College student Daniel is recruited to be an agent for a top-secret organization that assists Interpol and is sent on his first mission to Hawaii! He has one week to find a way to access and hack into four cybercriminals' phones and tablets and install spyware. Once there, he uncovers plans for a crime that he must prevent and then receives a third even trickier mission. Fast-paced action and adventure.

A group of friends occupy their summer in the Florida swamps. When some of the kids make bad choices, things turn for the worst. John is good, but can he rally his companions to stand together?

Lily Parker is new to St. Sophia's School for Girls, but she's already learned that magic can be your best friend - or your worst enemy. That's why Lily has to learn how to control her newly discovered paranormal abilities while fighting the good fight with her best friend Scout as they take on Chicago's nastiest nightlife - including the tainted magic users known as Reapers....

Protecting Chicago from the dark side of life can be an exhausting job, especially when you're in high school. So when the girls of St. Sophia's start gearing up for Sneak, their fall formal, Lily decides to take a break from fighting to get ready for the event. But when a Reaper unexpectedly crashes the party prep and Lily's firespell fails, she realizes that she has a much bigger problem than a full social calendar....

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, extraordinary portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship. Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark...