Tam is unhappy at home and often takes refuge in the ruins of Thowt It Farm. But then one day he is transported back to the Second World War. Alone and afraid, he makes friends with May, who has been rescued from a bombed-out house. She tries to persuade him to stay at the farm, but Tam is afraid of being trapped in the past forever.
After being held prisoner for years, Artemis Fowl's father has finally come home. He is a new man-an honest man, much to Artemis's horror. He makes his son promise to give up his life of crime, and Artemis has to go along with it. But not until he has completed one last scheme. Artemis has constructed a super-computer from stolen fairy technology. Called the "C Cube," it will render all existing human technology obsolete. He arranges a meeting with a powerful Chicago businessman, Jon Spiro, to broker a deal for the C Cube. But Spiro springs a trap-he steals the C Cube and mortally injures Butler. Artemis knows his only hope of saving his loyal bodyguard is to employ fairy magic; so once again he must contact his old rival, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police. It is going to take a miracle to save Butler, and Artemis's luck may have just run out.
Ten millennia ago, the fairy people were defeated in a great battle with mankind, forcing them to move underground. Only the 8th family of fairies remained undefeated: the demons. But now one demon has discovered the secrets of the fairy world, and if humans get hold of this information, the fairies are in big trouble.
La aclamada primera novela de Robert Galbraith narra la historia de una joven modelo con problemas emocionales que cae desde su balcón de Mayfair en plana noche. Su cuerpo yace en la calle nevada. Todo el mundo asume que ha sido un suicidio excepto su hermano, que contrata los servicios del investigador privado Cormoran Strike para que se encargue del caso. Veterano de guerra con secuelas físicas y psicológicas, la vida de Strike es un desastre. El encargo le da cierto respiro económico, pero cuanto más profundiza en el complejo mundo de la modelo, más oscuro parece todo y más se acerca Strike a un gran peligro. Un elegante misterio impregnado de la atmósfera de Londres, desde las calles más selectas de Mayfair hasta los pubs ocultos el East End o el bullicio del Soho.
She's as magical as the desert sky. As mysterious as her own name. Nobody knows who she is or where she's from. But everyone loves her for being different. And she captures Leo's heart with just one smile. STARGIRL is a classic of our time that celebrates being true to ourselves and the thrill of first love. A life-changing read that touches souls of all ages.
PRONTO EN CINES ¿Quién es Artemis Fowl? De momento, sabed que no es un niño cualquiera y que, aunque solo tiene doce años, está a punto de arrebatar el poder al mundo subterráneo. «Quieto, humano. No sabes con quién te las vas a tener.» Artemis Fowl tiene doce años, una mente privilegiada y un plan perfecto: robar el oro de las criaturas mágicas para financiar su pequeño imperio criminal. Lo que todavía no sabe es que los duendes, elfos y hadas del mundo subterráneo poco se parecen a los de los cuentos infantiles... Equipados con la tecnología más puntera y armados hasta los dientes, están más que preparados para la lucha. Pero Artemis también. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS The adventures of Artemis Fowl, criminal mastermind, begin. Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous--and extremely high-tech--fairies. He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family's fortune. But he may have underestimated the fairies' powers. Is he about to trigger a cross-species war?
In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.
C'era una volta, o forse ci sarà, una città di palazzi e automobili, strade grigie e gente frettolosa che aveva sempre tante cose da fare. Finché un giorno da una pozzanghera si alzò un alberello che divenne grande grande grande...
Quando suo padre - in crisi profonda da quando la moglie si è gravemente ammalata - diventa un seguace di una strana setta, i Fanciulli, la prima reazione della quindicenne Annabel è di incredulo sgomento. Ma lo sgomento si trasforma in ribellione, quando il signore Henshaw pretende di educare le due figlie secondo le idee della serra, arrivando a farle esonerare dalle materie che potrebbero entrare in conflitto con le convinzioni dei Fanciulli. In breve, l'atteggiamento del padre minaccia di scavare un baratro fra Annabel e i suoi amici, e la famiglia Henshaw vive in uno stato di terribile tensione. Ma i Fanciulli sono davvero quello che sembrano, o sotto la maschera dei fanatici religiosi si cela qualcosa di molto più equivoco e sinistro? E Annabel decide di reagire, costi quello che costi...
