The Demonata

The Demonata

<p>"A huge, jagged patchof light forms at the foot of my bed. Then a shape presses through. I'm too horrified to scream. It's a monster from my very worst nightmare - pale red skin; dark red eyes; no nose; and sharp, grey teeth. As it leans further forward I see a hole in the left side of its chest, and inside - dozens of tiny, hissing snakes. The monster frowns andstretches a hand towards me!"</p><p>When Kernel Fleck's brother is stolen by demons, he must enter their universe in search of him. It is a place of magic, chaos and incredible danger. Kernel has three aims: learn to use magic, find his brother,and stay alive. But a heartless demon awaits him, and death has been foretold!</p><

Dekker, back from space, found great physical changes in the people of Earth; changes that would have horrified him five years before. But now, he wanted to be like the rest—even if he had to lose an eye and both ears to do it.<

<p>When winners write history, they sometimes "forget" to include their own embarrassing misjudgments. Fortunately, this take-no-prisoners edition of history isn't going to let the winners (or the losers) forget the mistakes of the past. Be prepared to laugh out loud — and gasp in horror — at the most painfully idiotic strategies, alliances, and decisions the world has ever known. These stupid wars have been launched by democracies as well as monarchies and dictatorships, in recent decades just as often as in less "enlightened" times. The ridiculous and reckless conflicts chronicled in Stupid Wars include the misdirected Fourth Crusade, the half-baked invasion of Russia by the U.S., the U.K.'s baffling Falklands War, Hitler's ill-fated Beer Hall Putsch, several incredibly foolish South American conflicts, the Bay of Pigs fiasco, and many more. Whether you're a future dictator, war-mongering politician, royal mistress, or history lover, these blow-by-stupid-blow accounts will teach you the valuable lessons you need to stay off the list, including:</p><p>• Don't declare war on all your neighbors at the same time.</p><p>• Working radios, accurate maps, and weather-appropriate uniforms are big plusses.</p><p>• Large amounts of bird poop and very small islands are probably not worth dying for.</p><p>• Never invade Russia.</p><p>• Seriously. It's a really bad idea.</p><

Consider the poor mailman of the future. To “sleet and snow and dead of night”—things that must not keep him from his appointed rounds—will be added, sub-zero void, meteors, and planets that won’t stay put. Maybe he’ll decide that for six cents an ounce it just ain’t worth it.<

Les « charybdes » avançaient de front, d'un bout de l'horizon à l'autre, respectant des intervalles réguliers de cinq cents mètres, dans le fracas et le vrombissement des moteurs super-puissants. Ils laissaient derrière eux, sur la steppe jaune, de larges bandes de terre marron retournée, éventrée jusqu'à la couche inférieure de basalte. Les engrenages des chenilles brillaient sous le soleil. Loin sur la droite, dans le ciel terne, s'agitait un point à peine visible : c'était l'hélicoptère qui guidait le mouvement de ces monstres métalliques. Les « charybdes » marchaient sur la Vague …<

<p>The planet itself was tough enough—barren, desolate, forbidding; enough to stop the most adventurous and dedicated. But they had to run head-on against a mad genius who had a motto:</p><

<p>A teen at boarding school grapples with life, love, and rugby in a heartbreakingly funny novel.</p><p>Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy.</p><p>With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart.</p><p>Filled with hand-drawn infographics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.</p><

Macmillan Readers

Macmillan Readers Starter Level<

<p>Like every farmer on every planet, Duncan had to hunt down anything that damaged his crops—even though he was aware this was—</p><

Sugiere a la gente de izquierdas que la cuestión de los animales debería ser incluida entre las luchas por la liberación y, una vez que dejen de reírse, verás que casualmente no te toman en serio. Con un enfoque basado en el trabajo, la propiedad y la “vida” de las mercancías, Por encima de su cadáver pretende dar claves para entender la profunda naturaleza de la dominación, el poder y la jerarquía, explorando las intersecciones entre las opresiones humana y animal y su relación con las dinámicas de explotación propias del capitalismo. Combinando como tuercas y tornillos la economía política marxista, una visión anarquista pluralista y un replanteamiento crítico del movimiento por los derechos de los animales, Bob Torres desafía al pensamiento anticapitalista convencional y aboga por la abolición del uso de animales en la industria (y en el plato de la cena).Por encima de su cadáver busca despertar un amplio debate en el movimiento por los derechos de los animales y en los entornos anarquistas y anticapitalistas durante los años venideros.<