Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers. One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he's never met—a man his mother claimed was dangerous. His uncle tells him an impossible Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are tr…
The Carls just appeared. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor—April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new…
My name is Magnus Chase. These days, I'm one of Odin's immortal warriors, but that doesn't stop people trying to kill me all the time.Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. He's put together a crew of giants and zombies to sail Naglfar , the Ship of the Dead, in a battle against the Norse gods. If he succeeds, the final battle of Ragnarok will extinguish all the worlds.With help from P…
Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. U…
In this exciting second installment of the three-book series, Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them.
You can't tell by looking at me that my dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. It's not easy being a half-blood these days. Even a simple game of dodgeball becomes a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants - and that was only the beginning. Now Camp Half-Blood is under attack, and unless I can get my hands on the Golden Fleece, the whole camp will be invaded by monsters. Big ones . …
In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet—reasoned the detective—like Hercules he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters. So, in the period leading up to his retirement, Poirot makes up his mind to accept just twelve more cases: his self-imposed “Labors.” Each would go down in the annals of crime as a heroic fea…
Mengapa di antara hewan ditemukan kerja sama, pengasuhan, bahkan pengorbanan diri? Sepintas itu semua sulit diselaraskan dengan gagasan evolusi sebagai “pertarungan untuk hidup”. Konsep gen egois hadir untuk menjelaskannya, juga kasus lain seperti keberadaan serangga sosial dan efek gen yang bisa melampaui tubuh pemiliknya. Namun gen cuma satu contoh replikator, sesuatu yang bisa membuat sa…
Saya ingin menunjukkan kepada Anda bahwa dunia nyata, seperti yang dipahami lewat sains, memiliki sihirnya tersendirijenis yang saya sebut sihir puitis: kecantikan yang mengilhami, yang semakin ajaib karena nyata sifatnya dan karena kita bisa memahami bagaimana cara kerjanya.... Sihir realitas sungguh mengagumkan. Mengagumkan, dan nyata. Mengagumkan karena nyata. Ada berbagai pertanyaan be…
Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon to the Isle of the Lost―a dark and dreary place protected by a force field that makes it impossible for them to leave. Stripped of their magical powers, the villains now live in total isolation, forgotten by the world. Mal learns from her mother, Maleficent, that the key to true darkness, the Dragon’s Eye…