The Fire Thief - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fire Thief write by Terry Deary. This book was released on 2008. The Fire Thief available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This hilarious, time travelling tale reinvents the Greek myth of Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods."--back cover.
Flight of the Fire Thief
Flight of the Fire Thief - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Flight of the Fire Thief write by Terry Deary. This book was released on 2006. Flight of the Fire Thief available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. To escape the gods' revenge, Prometheus travels through time to a murky metropolis called Eden City. There he befriends a motley assortment of comic characters and learns what humans have done with his gift of fire.
The Feather Thief
The Feather Thief - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Feather Thief write by Kirk Wallace Johnson. This book was released on 2018-04-24. The Feather Thief available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.
The Fire Thief Fights Back
The Fire Thief Fights Back - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Fire Thief Fights Back write by Terry Deary. This book was released on 2008-04-29. The Fire Thief Fights Back available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The final book in the critically acclaimed Fire Thief trilogy concludes the story of Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods. Forced to travel through time to escape Zeus's avenging eagle, Prometheus arrives in 1785 Eden City and befriends a boy named Sam. Together, Prometheus and Sam must defend Eden City from seven terrifying mythological monsters. Packed full of wry puns, wisecracking gods, and sarcastic footnotes, this action-packed story pokes fun at narrative tradition and takes readers on a wild ride through Greek mythology. Fans who have followed Prometheus's flight through the trilogy's first two adventures will be dazzled by the very surprising ending.
Rebel of Fire and Flight
Rebel of Fire and Flight - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rebel of Fire and Flight write by Aneesa Marufu. This book was released on 2023-01-03. Rebel of Fire and Flight available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the story of sixteen-year-old Khadija, who flees her home in a stolen hot air balloon to escape life in an arranged marriage. A deeply relevant, commercial fantasy adventure by an enthralling new talent, exploring prejudice, the deep roots of hatred, and the reality of the world that this heroine hopes to save. Khadija loves the ancient tales of jinn and renegade princesses... but real life is closing in and her destiny as a ghadæan girl is marriage and boredom. When her father arranges a match, Khadija leaps at the chance of escape – a rogue hot air balloon fighting its ropes for the sky. Soon, Khadija is flying over the desert sands, away from everything she knows.Khadija finds an unlikely ally in a poor young glassmaker’s apprentice, Jacob. But soon, a deadly revolution threatens their friendship and their world. The oppressed, pale-skinned hari are restless – their infamous terrorist group, the Hareef, have a new, fearsome leader. And the ruling ghadæans are brutal in their repression. As the Hareef exploit forbidden magic – summoning jinn to aid their fight – Jacob and Khadija must choose what kind of a world they want to live in and how to make it a reality.
