Showing results for "George" in Teen & Young Adult

Fast vollständig wurden die Jedi-Ritter vernichtet, doch eine Rebellengruppe widersetzt sich den Befehlen Darth Vaders: Der junge Luke Skywalker erfährt von Jedi-Meister Obi-Wan Kenobi seine Bestimmung - und nimmt gemeinsam mit dem Schmuggler Han Solo und Prinzessin Leia Organa den Kampf gegen die Dunkle Seite der Macht auf... Gelesen von Wolfgang Pampel, der Synchronstimme von "Han Solo" (Harrison Ford).

Una saga internazionale destinata a diventare un grande successo editoriale, tradotta e venduta in tutto il mondo. Il tempo non è una linea retta. È un labirinto di sussurri, segreti e paradossi. E il suo cuore, il Cristallo di Gláin, sta per cambiare tutto. George Petit è un tredicenne parigino come tanti: timido, geniale e con una passione per i libri. Ma la sua vita cambia per sempre quando, nel buio studio del nonno Jules De Montagny, scopre un laboratorio segreto.

He remained firmly in the center of the action and at the center of controversy. That's what made General George S. Patton America's most colorful military leader and an endlessly fascinating subject. He's as dynamic in digital audio as he was in life in Alden Hatch's lively, accessible biography, which chronicles Patton from his early days growing up in Southern California to his triumphant march into Germany in World War II.

Four short, engaging biographies of some of America's most famous pioneers: Daniel Boone, Colonel George Rodgers Clarke, Davy Crockett, and Kit Carson.

Young John Gray was the only boy ever to flunk out of Marcia Van Scoy’s School of Ballroom Dancing. And that was after he had repeated the class. Twice. No surprise then, that he had a love/hate relationship with his best friend, Peter, who could float and cavort with pure abandon. No wonder dancing became the metaphor for John’s entire life, and for his sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking three-decade pilgrimage in search of his own dance, with rollicking Peter always nearby, if sometimes disastrously so.

Oregon, 1927: Twelve-year-old Louise Pearson wants to fly. Her mother doesn’t think it’s ladylike; her best friend George Graham doesn’t think it’s safe. But Louise doesn’t feel safe on the ground. Her mother seems to be holding her at arm’s length. George is preoccupied with a religious identity crisis. Worst of all, terrifying anonymous notes keep popping up where Louise least expects them.

Colt O'brien knows that he doesn't have to prove anything. He's the savviest computer technician at Highline High in Burien, Washington. When a PC is down, Colt is called in to save the day. The short, energetic senior, with his bright, colorful attire and cocky attitude, knows that he's the best. He expects the respect that is showered upon him by peers and teachers. School will soon be over and freedom beckons. No more girlfriend to tell him what to do. No more schoolwork to bore him to death. Colt is cruising through senior year, but his life is about to be turned upside down.

An ancient foe. A divided planet. And an impossible choice to make. The evil Nocterar was defeated, and the planet saved. But if Excelsior thinks the worst is over, he has another thing coming - quite literally! Things aren’t going well on Denab IV. And when it transpires that the link he kept with earth could destroy both planets, even some of Excelsior’s own people start doubting him. With Hodera on the march leading a deadly new army and an ancient foe rising more powerful than ever, everything both Matthew and Excelsior love is on the brink of destruction.

High school senior Matthew Peters thinks he's just writing some online fiction about an alien superhero, Excelsior. But when a woman arrives at his school claiming to be from the distant planet he's writing about, he must think again. What's more, she says Excelsior's lifeforce lives within him. As an alien assassin tries to kill him, Matthew must decide what is more important: to save his own life or to retrieve an ancient artifact that could save two worlds. To stay the guy with growing online popularity, or lose himself to something he can't understand.

Décryptez "La Ferme des animaux" de George Orwell avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr !Que faut-il retenir de "La Ferme des animaux", le roman allégorique culte de la littérature anglaise ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée. Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche : Un résumé complet ; Une présentation des personnages principaux tels que les hommes, les cochons et les chiens ; Une analyse des spécificités de l'œuvre.

The Life & Times of George Washington (Part 2) - After being defeated at Germantown and Brandywine, Pa., George Washington and his army of 11,000 men spent the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge. More then 3,000 men died there of extreme cold, hunger and sickness. What kept them going? George Washington's leadership, Baron Von Steubin's training, and the news that general Burgoyne's Red Coats had been licked at Saratoga.