Showing results for "Úrsula" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. Hungry for power and knowledge, Sparrowhawk tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.  

In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, and everything is taken from her - home, family, possessions, even her name. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, and guards the shadowy, labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan. Then a wizard, Ged Sparrowhawk, comes to steal the tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Tenar's duty is to protect the ring, but Ged possesses the light of magic and tales of a world that Tenar has never known....

Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk - Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord - embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this...

First published in the 1940s, the story of Gobbolino, the witch's cat with one white paw and bright blue eyes, has been delighting generations of children. Gobbolino is the charming tale of a witch's cat who would rather be a kitchen cat. Gobbolino has one white paw and blue eyes and isn't wicked at all, so his mother doesn't like him.

Bogwoppit is a light-hearted, lively story, brilliantly told by Ursula Moray Williams, author of Gobbolino. Samantha opened the door, and something hopped and shuffled into the room. Something round and black and furry.... In the cellar of Park House, the old mansion where orphaned Samantha has been sent to stay with her disagreeable aunt Daisy, there are hundreds of bogwoppits - believed extinct, up till now.

One night after roller derby practice, 12-year-old Tamora Carter discovers a pair of goblins digging through the dumpster behind the rink. The scruffy pair passed through a magical portal into our world, and they're not alone. Do these creatures know the truth about what happened to Tamora's best friend Andre? She won't rest until she finds out. But there are things far more dangerous than goblins....

The complete epic adventure series from ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones. For centuries, Dalemark has been a land divided by the warring earldoms of the North and South. Now, with the help of the Undying, the mysterious gods of Dalemark, four extraordinary young people must join...

Humans have gone too far, wrecking planet Earth. We might need to find a new planet. But who could possibly help us do that? The AstroNuts! Lucky for us, back in the 1980s, NNASA (NotNASA) created four secret superpowered Animal Astronauts - AlphaWolf, SmartHawk, LaserShark, and StinkBug. They were built to be automatically launched into space to check out possible Goldilocks planets if things on Earth ever got too bad. Unlucky for us, things just got too bad.  

When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. But when a Bandit King comes to steal the magic Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, it's Ned who safeguards the magic and summons the...

Read by Ursula Jones, the third title in the stunning Chrestomanci series. SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS IS A WITCH When the note, written in ordinary ballpoint, turns up in the homework books Mr Crossley is marking, he is very upset. For this is Larwood House, a school for witch-orphans, where...

Dalla nascita della scuola di Roke all'ascesa di Ged ad Arcimago, passando per storie d'amore senza tempo e incredibili personaggi inediti. Cinque racconti che approfondiscono le origini ed esplorano l'universo di Terramare: un'appassionante ricerca negli archivi storici dell'Arcipelago, dalla magica penna di Ursula K. Le Guin, per rispondere alle domande irrisolte.

Weihnachten! Davon hat noch niemand in Bikini Bottom gehört. Bis Sandy allen vom Fest der Liebe berichtet. SpongeBob ist so angetan davon, dass er in diesem Jahr auch Weihnachten feiern will. Mit allem was dazu gehört. Allmählich geht das Weihnachtsfieber um und als es soweit ist, warten die Bewohner von Bikini Bottom sehnsüchtig auf den Weihnachtsmann, der ihnen all ihre Wünsche erfüllen soll. Sie warten lange. Zu lange. Schließlich beschweren sie sich bei dem verdatterten Schwamm. Zum Glück zeigt sich, dass SpongeBob doch Recht hatte. Es gibt den Weihnachtsmann.

The brand new and final novel from the magical pen of ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones; co-authored with her sister Ursula Jones. How are you supposed to turn into a Wise Woman if your powers just won’t show up? Aileen is convinced she’ll never become as magical as her Aunt...

On the surface, Aunt Maria seems like a cuddly old lady, all chit-chat and lace doilies and unadulterated NICEness! When Mig and her family go for a short visit, they soon learn that Aunt Maria rules the place with a rod of sweetness that’s tougher than iron and deadlier than poison. Life...

The third book in the epic fantasy-adventure series from ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones. ‘I had not seen how they hated us till I heard them shout. It was terrible.’ Tanaqui and her family have always known they were somehow different from the other villagers. But when the...

Während ihre Freundinnen sich zu Pyjamapartys treffen, verbringt sie ihre Zeit mit einem lebendigen Skelett. Um die Welt zu retten, versteht sich. Baron Vengeous, einer der gefährlichsten Gegenspieler Skulduggerys, ist aus dem Gefängnis geflohen. Er hat einst ein Wesen geschaffen, das die Macht besitzt, die Gesichtslosen zurückzuholen. Nun will der Baron jenes Wesen erwecken - und somit den Weg für das Böse ebnen.

From NYT bestselling and Hugo and Nebula award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes a spellbinding middle grade fairytale about the lengths one princess will go to save her kingdom and her sister, for readers of ELLA ENCHANTED and IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES. The duty of the twin daughters of the Royal...

I sogni dello stregone Alder, in cui la moglie lo attira a sé dal regno degli inferi, stanno mettendo a rischio il fragile confine tra i vivi e i morti. E mentre i draghi vogliono reimpossessarsi delle terre sottratte loro dagli uomini, Alder segue il saggio consiglio di Ged, e parte insieme a Tenar e al giovane re Lebannen alla volta di Roke, verso il luogo più sacro di tutta Terramare, per tentare di riparare agli antichi torti e ristabilire così l'equilibrio del mondo.

Ava’s father has always dreamed of owning his own amusement park. The local townspeople are thrilled when he reopens Ursula’s Funland, until creepy things start happening. Are the ghosts of those who died in a long-ago accident haunting the park? Determined to save the park for her dad, Ava teams up with Oliver—a strange but kind boy who has lived by the park all his life. Together, they try to hunt down whomever—or whatever—is causing all the trouble.

Zwei Geschichten von Bestseller-Autorin Ursula Poznanski über ungewöhnliche Feen und Prinzessinnen. Glücksfee Pauline, Fee in Ausbildung, scheint es an Talent zu mangeln: Alle, denen sie eine Prise Sternenstaub zukommen lässt, haben erst mal Pech. Zum Glück hat Lehrerin Camilla einen Plan und weiß, dass wahres Glück manchmal erst auf Umwegen zum Ziel kommt. Bianca, Violetta und Rosalind sind drei bezaubernde Prinzessinnen. Sie haben nur einen klitzekleinen Fehler: Sie streiten für ihr Leben gern! Als Prinz Waldomir auf Brautschau seinen Besuch ankündigt, entspinnt sich ein wahnwitziger Wettkampf.