Author : Disney Book Group
Publisher : Disney Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,67 MB
Release : 2013-06-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781423163961
Hook stumbles upon the Team Treasure Chest filled with Gold Doubloons. He drags it to Never Land where he tries to stay one step ahead of Jake's crew. Will Hook get the Treasure Chest open before Jake and the crew hunt him down?
Author : Dave Barry
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 33,56 MB
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1423163079
One summer morning while Aidan and Sarah are visiting their grandfather, they discover a secret compartment in his battered wooden desk. Inside is a yellowed envelope that contains a piece of very thin, almost translucent, white paper, on which, handwritten in black ink, are a series of seemingly random lines; among them are what appear to be fragments of letters, but not enough to make sense. At the bottom of the page is a verse about Peter Peter and a reference to a real hotel in London. As it happens, the family is about to embark on a trip to Europe, so the children decide that while in London, they will try to locate the hotel.
Author : Gama Ray Martinez
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0063014653
In this magical re-imagining of J. M. Barrie’s classic tale, Michael Darling—the youngest of the Darling siblings and former Lost Boy, now all grown up—must return to the life he left behind to save Neverland from the brink of collapse and keep humanity safe from magical and mythological threats, as well as answer the ultimate question: Where is Peter Pan? Peter Pan is missing; Neverland is in trouble. For adults, that might not matter all that much, but for children—whose dreams and imagination draw strength from the wild god’s power—the magic we take for granted in the real world is in danger of being lost forever. Such is the life of a now grown-up Michael Darling. Michael returned from Neverland with the dream of continuing his adventuring ways by joining the Knights of the Round, an organization built to keep humanity safe from magical and mythological threats. But after a mission gone terribly wrong, he vowed to leave the Knights behind and finally live as a “civilian,” finding order and simplicity as a train engineer, the tracks and schedule tables a far cry from the chaos of his youth. He hasn’t entered the narrative in years. So what could the Knights need from him now? Maponos—or how he’s better known, Peter Pan—has gone missing, and Neverland is now on the edge of oblivion. Michael realizes he has no choice and agrees to one last mission. Alongside the young Knight Vanessa and some old friends, Michael embarks on the ultimate adventure: a journey to a fantasy world to save a god. Determined to stop evil, fight for Neverland, and find Maponos, will Michael be able to save the magical and physical world? Or will his biggest fear come true? The clock is ticking, and in Neverland, that’s never a good sign.
Author : Bill Gates
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
In this clear-eyed, candid, and ultimately reassuring
Author : Richard Locke
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0231157835
The ten novels explored in Critical Children portray children so vividly that their names are instantly recognizable. Richard Locke traces the 130-year evolution of these iconic child characters, moving from Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Pip in Great Expectations to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn; from Miles and Flora in The Turn of the Screw to Peter Pan and his modern American descendant, Holden Caulfield; and finally to Lolita and Alexander Portnoy. "It's remarkable," writes Locke, "that so many classic (or, let's say, unforgotten) English and American novels should focus on children and adolescents not as colorful minor characters but as the intense center of attention." Despite many differences of style, setting, and structure, they all enlist a particular child's story in a larger cultural narrative. In Critical Children, Locke describes the ways the children in these novels have been used to explore and evade large social, psychological, and moral problems. Writing as an editor, teacher, critic, and essayist, Locke demonstrates the way these great novels work, how they spring to life from their details, and how they both invite and resist interpretation and provoke rereading. Locke conveys the variety and continued vitality of these books as they shift from Victorian moral allegory to New York comic psychoanalytic monologue, from a child who is an agent of redemption to one who is a narcissistic prisoner of guilt and proud rage.
Author : Andrew Kolb
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,95 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781524860202
Journey into the world of Peter Pan and its mysterious inhabitants. The book is a feature-length hex crawl campaign, filled with endless adventure, adapted from the tales of Peter Pan, and tailored for an older audience.
Author : James Matthew Barrie
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780192839190
In addition to the ever-popular "Peter Pan", J.M. Barrie also wrote social comedy and political satire. "The Admirable Crichton and "What Every Woman Knows" are shrewd contributions to the politics of class and gender, while "Mary Rose" is one of the best ghost stories written for the stage.
Author : John King
Publisher : Random House
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,16 MB
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1446444546
The Football Factory centres on Tom Johnson, a reasoned 'Chelsea hooligan' who represents a disaffected society operating by brutal rules. We are shown the realities of life - social degradation, unemployment, racism, casual violence, excessive drink and bad sex - and, perhaps more importantly, how they fall into a political context of surveillance, media manipulation and division. Graphic and disturbing, sometimes very funny, and deeply affecting throughout, The Football Factory is a vertiginous rush of adrenaline - the most authentic book yet on the so-called English Disease.
Author : Lawrence McGuire
Publisher : Virtualbookworm Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 39,33 MB
Release : 2001-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781589391178
The Great American Wagon Road is the story of three completely different individuals who by chance find themselves traveling together to California. First we meet Leatherwood, a drifting street musician with a mysterious, tragic past. He hitches a ride with Paul, a stiff academic on a spiritual quest. But everything changes when they cross paths with Lara, a Grateful Dead fan who is returning to the mainstream after two years on the road. The book is first and foremost a compelling road narrative and a description of the dynamics of a sexual triangle. But the novel goes deeper, as it probes the classic themes of death, spirituality, love, and identity. Finally, it is an unforgettable rendering of the American Experience. The Great American Wagon Road is Book One of the trilogy, A Pilgrimage to Ojai. Book Two, narrated by Lara, is titled The Gathering at Big Sur. And Book Three is Paul's Ojai Journal. Each book is narrated by one of the three main characters and each is complete unto itself. However the three together form parts of a whole powerful story.
Author : R. L. Tyler
Publisher : Wonder Realms Books
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 33,64 MB
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
An agent in forced retirement investigates a string of brutal murders while coming to terms with his wife's death.
