After ruining his sister’s chance to move on in the afterlife, Alex Scire vows to find another one of the Maqlû – alien objects of immense power. But all he has to aid him is his dad’s magical ankh and a mysterious dragon’s vague directions to the Fountain of Youth. He sets out on the dangerous quest alone and is shocked when his Druid friends, Jane and Diana, follow him onto a ghost ship, where they convince the pirate captain to help them. To succeed, though, they’ll have to find a place that might not exist, battle pirates, and survive an eerie hurricane in the Bermuda Triangle.
After destroying The Fountain of Youth, all Alex Scire wants to do is go home, but he finds himself adrift on the ocean. With his usual knack for finding trouble, he faces one deadly encounter after another as soon as he reaches land until he meets a ghost who holds the secret to the fabled Sangreal. Hoping to help his sister move on in the afterlife, Alex embarks on a quest that takes him from the dungeons of the Spanish Inquisition to Dracula’s haunts in Transylvania. To find the mythical object, though, he will have to survive assassination attempts and a deadly new cabal of ghosts. But those are nothing compared to the danger that awaits him at the Sangreal.
Alex Scire never thought much about the supernatural – until he mistakenly took his dad’s magical ankh. Suddenly, he starts seeing ghosts everywhere, including his twin sister, Deborah, who’s stuck in the afterlife. Desperate to move on, she asks Alex to help her find the Palantir, an object with extraordinary magical powers. After discovering a clue to the Palantir’s location, Alex joins an archeological expedition headed to the ancient Mayan city of Lamanai to search for the object. But to find it, he has to battle a tyrannical ghost king, survive assassination attempts by those who killed his family, and gain the trust of two skeptical Druid apprentices.
After fulfilling his promise to take the Holy Grail to Avalon, Alex Scire encounters the ghost of William Wallace. The former Scottish warrior is stuck in the afterlife and asks for help in finding his scattered body parts so he can move on. Alex agrees and begins searching throughout Britain to help Wallace. But Alex’s sudden appearance in England, nine months after everyone assumed he was dead, causes his enemies to redouble their efforts to kill him. And all he has to help him are his mysterious ankh, his Druid friends Jane and Diana, and a rowdy bunch of ghosts.
After ruining his sister’s chance to move on in the afterlife, Alex Scire vows to find another one of the Maqlû – alien objects of immense power. But all he has to aid him is his dad’s magical ankh and a mysterious dragon’s vague directions to the Fountain of Youth. He sets out on the dangerous quest alone and is shocked when his Druid friends, Jane and Diana, follow him onto a ghost ship, where they convince the pirate captain to help them. To succeed, though, they’ll have to find a place that might not exist, battle pirates, and survive an eerie hurricane in the Bermuda Triangle.
After destroying The Fountain of Youth, all Alex Scire wants to do is go home, but he finds himself adrift on the ocean. With his usual knack for finding trouble, he faces one deadly encounter after another as soon as he reaches land until he meets a ghost who holds the secret to the fabled Sangreal. Hoping to help his sister move on in the afterlife, Alex embarks on a quest that takes him from the dungeons of the Spanish Inquisition to Dracula’s haunts in Transylvania. To find the mythical object, though, he will have to survive assassination attempts and a deadly new cabal of ghosts. But those are nothing compared to the danger that awaits him at the Sangreal.
Alex Scire never thought much about the supernatural – until he mistakenly took his dad’s magical ankh. Suddenly, he starts seeing ghosts everywhere, including his twin sister, Deborah, who’s stuck in the afterlife. Desperate to move on, she asks Alex to help her find the Palantir, an object with extraordinary magical powers. After discovering a clue to the Palantir’s location, Alex joins an archeological expedition headed to the ancient Mayan city of Lamanai to search for the object. But to find it, he has to battle a tyrannical ghost king, survive assassination attempts by those who killed his family, and gain the trust of two skeptical Druid apprentices.
After fulfilling his promise to take the Holy Grail to Avalon, Alex Scire encounters the ghost of William Wallace. The former Scottish warrior is stuck in the afterlife and asks for help in finding his scattered body parts so he can move on. Alex agrees and begins searching throughout Britain to help Wallace. But Alex’s sudden appearance in England, nine months after everyone assumed he was dead, causes his enemies to redouble their efforts to kill him. And all he has to help him are his mysterious ankh, his Druid friends Jane and Diana, and a rowdy bunch of ghosts.
The absorbing, definitive account of CrossFit's origins, its explosive grassroots growth, and its emergence as a global phenomenon. One of the most illuminating books ever on a sports subculture, Learning to Breathe Fire combines vivid sports writing with a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human. In the book, veteran journalist J.C. Herz explains the science of maximum effort, why the modern gym fails an obese society, and the psychic rewards of ending up on the floor feeling as though you're about to die. The story traces CrossFit’s rise, from a single underground gym in Santa Cruz to its adoption as the workout of choice for elite special forces, firefighters and cops, to its popularity as the go-to fitness routine for regular Joes and Janes. Especially riveting is Herz’s description of The CrossFit Games, which begin as an informal throw-down on a California ranch and evolve into a televised global proving ground for the fittest men and women on Earth, as well as hundreds of thousands of lesser mortals. In her portrayal of the sport's star athletes, its passionate coaches and its “chief armorer,” Rogue Fitness, Herz powerfully evokes the uniqueness of a fitness culture that cultivates primal fierceness in average people. And in the shared ordeal of an all-consuming workout, she unearths the ritual intensity that's been with us since humans invented sports, showing us how, on a deep level, we're all tribal hunters and first responders, waiting for the signal to go all-out.
This book explores mate-finding and courtship behaviour in the insect world, in all its subtlety and diversity. Insects engage in courtship as much, or as little, as any other animal; they have songs and dances, and all manner of instruments and ornaments to attract and court the opposite sex. Insects have evolved complex chemical and acoustic communication systems, sending fragrant messages, visual signals and subtle vibrations to attract and persuade. Insects also have many different ways and means of choosing or rejecting mating partners. This beautifully illustrated book shows the incredible variety of courtship behaviours and celebrates the wonderful natural history of a wide range of insects. Varieties of courtship can occur before, during and even after copulation, and numerous examples of the different mating strategies used are presented. This landmark volume will be of interest to students of biology, entomologists, naturalists and anyone with a desire to know more about the love lives of the small creatures with which we share the planet.
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