Mark Robson

Dans le Royaume de Treer, tous les enfants rêvent de devenir cavalier-dragon. Tous, sauf Nolity elle a peur du vide et... des dragons ! Pourtant, c'est elle que Vulcain, le dragon bleu, a choisie pour mener à bien sa quête fantastique. Mais un jour il tombe gravement malade, il va mourir ; tous les dragons sont menacés. Nolita va devoir surmonter ses pires craintes pur les sauver. Et, avec une horde de chasseurs assoiffés de sang à ses trousses, sa mission s'annonce périlleuse...

Vulcain

When Femke is entrusted with a vital foreign mission for the Emperor, the resourceful young spy assumes it will be a straightforward task. But nothing is simple when your enemies are one step ahead of you. Framed for two murders while visiting the neighbouring King’s court, Femke finds herself isolated in a hostile country. As the authorities hunt her down for the murders, her arch-enemy, Shalidar, is closing in for his revenge . . . First in a new series.

Imperial Spy

Dragon's in Areth each have a single predestined rider and a single life mission, given to them by the Oracle. But this once all-powerful being is now fatally damaged and fading fast... Only the dragons and their riders can save it! Pell and his night dragon Shadow must find the dark orb to help save the Oracle, leader of all dragonkind. But Segun, a power-hungry tyrant, stands in their way. Pell must use his flying skills, bravery and resourcefulness to the limit, as Segun is determined to get the orb - even if it means killing the opposition…

Dragon Orb: Shadow

Dragons in Areth each have a single predestined rider and life mission, given to them by the Oracle. Kira and her dusk dragon, Longfang, must find the third orb to save the Oracle, leader of all dragonkind. Following a path beset with dangers and traps, the four dragonriders must reach the twilight world of the Castle of Shadows. Kira knows enough to be anxious. What twisted sacrifice will thisorb demand?

Dragon Orb: Longfang

Four dragonriders on a mission to save their world. Elian and his dawn dragon, Aurora, lead the search for the fourth and final orb. Pursued by night dragons and helped by a WWI airman, the four dragonriders are drawn into a huge aerial battle between all the dragon enclaves. The ultimate fate of dragonkind hangs by a thread. To restore order, a terrible price must be paid ...

Dragon Orb: Aurora

Poll est un cavalier impatient. Égoïste. Orgueilleux. Avec son dragon, le monstrueux Souffle d'Ombre, il ne s'attire pas la sympathie des gens. Mais pour ramener l'Orbe de la Mort à l'Oracle, il va devoir apprendre à faire confiance aux autres. La route est longue jusqu'à la victoire. Le cavalier de lui saura-t-il déjouer tous les piéges qui se dresseront sur son chemin ?

Souffle d'Ombre

Fabienne Berganz

Les jours de l'Oracle sont comptés. Pour trouver le dernier orbe qui achèvera de guérir le Maître des Dragons, Elias est prêt à tout. À risquer sa vie et celle d'Aurore, son dragon de l'aube. À s'allier avec des soldats d'un autre monde. Et même à déclencher une guerre titanesque. Il n'y a pas de triomphe sans sacrifice. Elias saura-t-il prendre les bonnes décisions ?

Aurore

Le monde des cavaliers-dragons est sur le point de sombrer dans le chaos. L'Oracle va mourir. Pour le guérir, Nolita, Elias, Poll et Kira doivent trouver quatre orbes dragoniques. Cette fois, c'est à Kira et Dent de Sabre de prouver leur bravoure. Le troisième orbe est caché dans une forteresse truffée de pièges. Poursuivie par le tyran Ségun et par une horde de chasseurs de dragons, Kira sera-t-elle assez forte pour accepter le sacrifice que l'orbe exigera?

Dent-de-Sabre

The Forging of the Sword

Dragon's in Areth each have a single predestined rider and a single life mission, given to them by the Oracle. But this once all-powerful being is now fatally damaged and fading fast... Only the dragons and their riders can save it! Nolita is terrified of dragons! Learning to fly her day dragon would be dangerous enough without irrational fears to contend with and a vicious dragon-hunter on her tail. With Elian, another novice rider, Nolita seeks the first of four Orbs, whose combined power can restore the Oracle. Only Nolita, as a day dragon rider, can claim it. To do so, she must face her worst fears, and face them alone...

Dragon Orb: Firestorm

Declared outlaws by the Emperor, the Guild of Assassins strikes back hard in the second volume in the Imperial Trilogy. The Emperor must act fast. He needs someone to infiltrate the Guild. All attempts to locate the assassins' headquarters have failed and Femke is already known to the assassins. So Reynik, the young legionnaire, must penetrate their inner circle to discover the Guild's secrets. But secrets kept hidden for more than five centuries command a high price—is Reynik ready to risk his life for the mission?

Imperial Assassin

When Emperor Surabar is assassinated, Shalidar makes plans to put Lord Tremarle on the throne, in return for being appointed his heir. The remaining lords have other plans, however, and the city descends into anarchy. Femke and Reynik go into hiding with the Emperor designate, Lord Kempten. But for Kempten to take over, he must destroy the master stone - a stone which is kept in the heavily-guarded palace. As gladiators face up to assassins, can Femke come up with a plan to get them into the palace - and return peace to the city?

Imperial Traitor

Stephen Greenblatt is the most important exponent of 'new historicism', a dynamic critical movement which rejects the traditional reliance on individual canonical texts, exploring a multitude of other, more marginal works and voices. Questioning not just literary but social, political and cultural assumptions about knowledge and power, Greenblatt’s work has had a huge impact on contemporary theory. Mark Robson discusses ideas specific to particular works and explores the relation of Greenblatt’s thought to new historicism as well as other modes of criticism including the key topics of: context cultural poetics power, subversion and containment thick description anecdotes. Providing a starting point for readers new to this crucial theorist’s sometimes complex texts, or support for those deepening their understanding of his work, this guidebook is ideal for students in the fields of literary, history, social and cultural studies.

Stephen Greenblatt

La spia di Shandar

An essential guide to understanding literary theory and criticism in the European tradition What is Literature? A Critical Anthology explores the most fundamental question in literary studies. ‘What is literature?’ is the name of a problem that emerges with the idea of literature in European modernity. This volume offers a cross-section of modern literary theory and reflects on the history of thinking about literature as a specific form. What is Literature? reveals how ideas of the literary draw on the foundations of Western thought in ancient Greece and Rome, charting the emergence of modern literature in the eighteenth century, and including selections from the present state of the art. The anthology includes the work of leading writers and critics of the last two thousand years including Plato, Henry James, Virginia Woolf, Edward Said, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Jacques Rancière, and many others. The book is an insightful examination of the nature of literature, its meanings and values, functions and forms, provocations and mysteries. What is Literature? brings together in one volume influential and intriguing essays that show our enduring fascination with the idea of literature. This important guide: Contains a broad selection of the most significant texts on the topic of literature Includes leading writers from ancient times to the most recent thinkers on literature and criticism Encourages readers to reflect on the varied meanings of “literature” What is Literature? A Critical Anthology is a unique collection of texts that will appeal to every student and scholar of literature and literary criticism in the European tradition.

A Critical Anthology

What is Literature?

Mark Robson discusses ideas specific to particular works and explores the relation of Greenblatt's thought to new historicism as well as other modes of criticism including the key topics of context, cultural poetics, power, subversion and containment, and thick description.

Sam and Callum are still stranded in the parallel world, having been pulled across by the dangerous energy of the Bermuda Triangle. Now they've found Sam's mum they are desperate to find a way home... at any cost. Meanwhile Niamh is convinced that her brother is alive and not dead as the authorities suspect, but she needs to find out what really happened to the boys before her father is convicted of their murder.

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