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When Jack finds an old tinderbox, he doesn t think much of it, but the fact that someone else wants it so much makes him question his value. Indeed, as his wishes come true, there s only one last thing that he really wants. But will he be able to outwit the King and Queen and win the heart of the Princess before it s too late? Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts."

Ein turbulenter Comicroman ab 8 Jahren über das schrägste Ritterduo, das die Welt je gesehen hat!

Lennart ist der erste Drache überhaupt, der durch die Drachenprüfung gefallen ist. Er liest eben lieber Bücher, als verzwickte Rätsel zu stellen, Dörfer zu fressen oder komplizierte Strickmuster zu stricken. Zum Glück fällt ihm eines Tages ein ganz besonderes Buch in die Hände: Das große Ritter-Handbuch für Anfänger. Lennart ist begeistert, denn endlich hat er seine Bestimmung gefunden: Ritter sein! Mit dem praktischen Handbuch und seinem abenteuerlustigen...

A witty, timely and richly entertaining tale of a modern mother in transition
Helen Fairchild is leading a privileged Pasadena existence: married to a pillar of the community; raising a water polo-playing son destined for the most select high school; volunteering her time on the most fashionable committees. It only bothers Helen a tiny bit that she has never quite fit in with the proper Pasadena crowd, never finished that graduate degree in Classics, and never had that second baby. But the rigid rules of society in Pasadena appeal to...

We recognize the names: Achilles, Odysseus, Zeus, and Apollo. We're taught that The Iliad is a foundational text of civilization. But who has really read the text? Until now, The Iliad was hijacked by academics and used to bludgeon schoolchildren as a boring-yet- mandatory reading.

Poet, novelist, essayist, and former teacher John Dolan revisits this ancient tale and restores it to its ancient glory. The Greeks and Trojans are still fighting. The gods are still interfering. But in Dolan's version, you'll be amazed at how funny, raw, and terrifying this doomed world...