Download or read book Dark Lord of Derkholm written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. Chesney operates Pilgrim Parties, a tour group that takes paying participants into an outer realm where the inhabitants play frightening and foreboding roles. The time has come to end the staged madness . . . but can it really be stopped? Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones serves up twists and turns, introduces Querida, Derk, Blade, and Shona and a remarkable cast of wizards, soldiers, kings, dragons, and griffins, and mixes in a lively dash of humor. With all the ingredients of high fantasy, this unforgettable novel will delight fans old and new.
Download or read book The Dark Lord of Derkholm written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious adventure about a fantasy world in danger of destruction from that most vile of threats... tourism .Winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature in 1999.
Download or read book Dark Lord of Derkholm written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Greenwillow. This book was released on 1998-10-29 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derk, an unconventional wizard, and his magical family become involved in a plan to put a stop to the devastating tours of their world arranged by the tyrannical Mr. Chesney.
Download or read book Year of the Griffin written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wizards' University is short of cash. Nothing comes from the tourists anymore and efforts to drum up support by writing letters to students' families come to nought. And then the first reply arrives to a begging letter in the form of assassins
Download or read book Dogsbody written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A funny, heartbreaking, stunning book by the legendary Diana Wynne Jones—with an introduction by Neil Gaiman. The Dog Star, Sirius, is tried - and found guilty - by his heavenly peers for a murder he did not commit. His sentence: to live on the planet Earth until he can carry out a seemingly impossible mission - the recovery of a deadly weapon known as the Zoi. The first lesson Sirius learns in his lowly earthly form is that humans have all the power. The second is that even though his young mistress loves him, she can't protect either of them. The third - and worst - is that someone out there will do anything to keep Sirius from finding the Zoi. Even if it means destroying Earth itself. This funny, heartbreaking, stunning book features an introduction by Neil Gaiman, an avid fan of Diana Wynne Jones.
Download or read book Power of Three written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ayna could predict the future. Cari could find what was lost. Gair thought he was ordinary. The three children of Gest, the chief of Garholt, know the perils of the Moor on which they live. The Dorig, their people's enemies, are cold-blooded, fierce underwater creatures who terrify anyone unlucky enough to happen upon them. The Giants are dangerous and violent. But it's not until their home is invaded that Gair learns of a dying curse that endangers all three peoples of the Moor. A curse that ordinary Gair, with the help of his extraordinary brother and sister, may be able to break, but only at the most dreadful risk to all three, and to the Moor itself.
Download or read book Deep Secret written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fast and witty new fantasy novel about the magician in charge of Earth, who maintains the balance between positive and negative magic for the good of all.
Download or read book The Tough Guide to Fantasyland written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by D A W Books, Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative A-Z guide constitutes an essential source of information for all who dare to venture into the imaginative hinterlands, providing acute insights into such subjects as: the varying types of virgin, why High Priests are invariably evil, how Dark Lords always have minions, and why Cooks all have filthy tempers. Whether you're a first-time visitor or a veteran Fantasyland traveler, "The Tough Guide to Fantasyland" has everything you need to get the most from your Tour, including: what to do when you're captured by a Goblin, where to find a Healer when you're stricken with the dreaded plague, and how to obtain the magic sword which will protect you from those pesky Barbarian Hordes.
Download or read book Archer s Goon written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trouble started when Howard Sykes came home from school and found the "goon" sitting in the kitchen. He said he'd been sent by Archer. But who was Archer? It had to do with the 2,000 words that Howard's author father had failed to deliver. It soon became clear not only that Archer wanted those words, but that his wizard siblings, Hathaway, Dillian, Shine, Torquil, Erskine, and Venturus, would also go to any lengths to get them. Although each wizard ruled a section of the town, he or she was a prisoner in it. Each suspected that one of them held the secret behind the words, and that secret was the key to their freedom. Which one of them was it? The Sykes family become pawns in the wizards' fight to win their freedom, wrest control from one another, and fan out to rule the world. Diana Wynne Jones skillfully guides the reader through a riveting, twisty plot, with satisfying surprises at every amazing turn. An exciting science fiction adventure where, happily, nothing is what it first seems to be.
Download or read book Heir Apparent written by Vivian Vande Velde and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample Text
Download or read book Witch s Business written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They're in the revenge business! Jess and Frank's father has stopped their allowances for four whole months! That means that Jess can't go anywhere or do anything with her friends. Worse yet, Frank owes money to Buster Knell, the bully. How can Jess and Frank earn some cash—fast? By starting a business, Own Back, Ltd. It specializes in revenge, which every kid needs to seek at some time, they figure. Most don't have the courage themselves. But Jess and Frank do—for a price! Lots of clients show up. But Jess and Frank soon discover that the revenge business can be pretty complicated, especially when it turns out that there's another one in town—owned by Biddy Iremonger, the fiercely competitive local witch!
Download or read book Cart And Cwidder written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-06 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clennen and his family make their living as travelling musicians. A danger deepens around them, Moril is chosen to receive the mysterious musical instrument - the ancient cwidder.
Download or read book King of Shadows written by Susan Cooper and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only in the world of the theater can Nat Field find an escape from the tragedies that have shadowed his young life. So he is thrilled when he is chosen to join an American drama troupe traveling to London to perform A Midsummer Night's Dream in a new replica of the famous Globe theater. Shortly after arriving in England, Nat goes to bed ill and awakens transported back in time four hundred years -- to another London, and another production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Amid the bustle and excitement of an Elizabethan theatrical production, Nat finds the warm, nurturing father figure missing from his life -- in none other than William Shakespeare himself. Does Nat have to remain trapped in the past forever, or give up the friendship he's so longed for in his own time?
Download or read book Zen Shorts A Stillwater and Friends Book written by Jon J Muth and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, now in his own Apple TV+ original series! This Caldecott Honor Book presents wondrous Zen tales to light up your life.... When a giant panda named Stillwater moves into Michael, Addy, and Karl's neighborhood, he tells them the most amazing stories! To Addy, he tells a tale of a poor man who gives gifts to a robber. To Michael, he tells of a farmer who learns not to judge luck. And to Karl, he tells the tale of a monk who continues to carry the weight of a burden long past.With vibrant watercolors and elegant ink drawings, Jon J Muth--and Stillwater the bear--imaginatively present three classic Zen stories that abound with enlightenment and love.
Download or read book The Pinhoe Egg written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2006 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two powerful young enchanters, Cat, the future Chrestomanci, and Marianne, who is being trained to be Gammer of the Pinhoes, work together as friends to try to end an illegal witches' war and, in the process, right some old wrongs.
Download or read book Mixed Magics written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dapper, debonair, and wise, the great enchanter Chrestomanci has nine lives and a strong personality as well as strong magic. That personality reverberates in each of these four dazzling stories. A warlock tries to escape Chrestomanci's justice by fleeing to another world-with hilarious results. Cat Chant and Tonino Montana reluctantly join forces when Chrestomanci sends them on a visit that turns suddenly dangerous. The youngest best-selling dreamer needs Chrestomanci's help when she finds she can't dream anymore. And as the gods of an ever-so-orderly world try to destroy the young Sage of Dissolution, Chrestomanci lends a hand. Like Chrestomanci himself, acclaimed author Diana Wynne Jones has a graceful flair, which sparkles in the remarkable wit, imagination, and intelligence of these fast-paced tales.
Download or read book A Tale of Time City written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling story by the legendary Diana Wynne Jones—with an introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin. London, 1939. Vivian Smith thinks she is being evacuated to the countryside, because of the war. But she is being kidnapped - out of her own time. Her kidnappers are Jonathan and Sam, two boys her own age, from a place called Time City, designed especially to oversee history. But now history is going critical, and Jonathan and Sam are convinced that Time City's impending doom can only be averted by a twentieth-century girl named Vivian Smith. Too bad they have the wrong girl. . . .
