The Mystery of the Mona Lisa

The Mystery of the Mona Lisa
Author: Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Publisher: Jack Stalwart
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781862301238

"The Mona Lisa", the most famous painting in the world, has been stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. Can secret agent Jack Stalwart find it before an evil red-haired man takes it out of the country, never to be seen again?

The Facts on File Companion to the French Novel

The Facts on File Companion to the French Novel
Author: Karen L. Taylor
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2006
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 0816074992

French novels such as "Madame Bovary" and "The Stranger" are staples of high school and college literature courses. This work provides coverage of the French novel since its origins in the 16th century, with an emphasis on novels most commonly studied in high school and college courses in world literature and in French culture and civilization.

Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: Book 6: The Pursuit of the Ivory Poachers: Kenya

Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: Book 6: The Pursuit of the Ivory Poachers: Kenya
Author: Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2012-07-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1602862087

Jack finally receives a coded message from his brother Max, possibly detailing his whereabouts. But duty calls, and Jack is whisked away to the sweltering savannah of Kenya before he can decipher it. Once there, a wise and kind Masai chief alerts Jack to a series of elephant killings where the corpses have been robbed of their tusks. Jack must find the malevolent ring of poachers responsible before more of these endangered species are destroyed.

Sophie's World

Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466804270

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: Book 4: The Caper of the Crown Jewels: England

Secret Agent Jack Stalwart: Book 4: The Caper of the Crown Jewels: England
Author: Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2012-07-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1602862060

In The Caper of the Crown Jewels, Jack is summoned to solve a matter of grave national importance: the theft of the Crown Jewels of the British Empire from the Tower of London. Arriving on the scene, he is greeted by a traditional Tower guard- a Yeoman Warder (or Beefeater)- who explains what's missing: The Imperial State Crown, the Sovereign's Orb, and the Sovereign's Scepter with the cross containing the finest-cut diamond in the world, the Star of Africa. Jack identifies Ivan the Incredible and his assistant, Jazz, as the thieves immediately--but puzzling out how they did it is stickier. The famous Tower has the most advanced security in the world, and even using his impressive gadgets (the Encryption notebook, Heli-Spacer, Rock Corer, and Rope Tornado) Jack is flummoxed by how the jewels were spirited out. However, Jack can conjure up more than gadgets--he foils the evil magicians with some powerful mojo of his own, dispels an invisibility enchantment, and narrowly avoids the executioner's block before restoring the jewels to the crown and earning the gratitude of the Queen herself!

Reel Views 2

Reel Views 2
Author: James Berardinelli
Publisher: Justin, Charles & Co.
Total Pages: 627
Release: 2005
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1932112405

Thoroughly revised and updated for 2005! Includes a new chapter on the best special edition DVDs and a new chapter on finding hidden easter egg features.

Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959

Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959
Author: Graham Webb
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 735
Release: 2020-07-27
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 147668118X

Short subject films have a long history in American cinemas. These could be anywhere from 2 to 40 minutes long and were used as a "filler" in a picture show that would include a cartoon, a newsreel, possibly a serial and a short before launching into the feature film. Shorts could tackle any topic of interest: an unusual travelogue, a comedy, musical revues, sports, nature or popular vaudeville acts. With the advent of sound-on-film in the mid-to-late 1920s, makers of earlier silent short subjects began experimenting with the short films, using them as a testing ground for the use of sound in feature movies. After the Second World War, and the rising popularity of television, short subject films became far too expensive to produce and they had mostly disappeared from the screens by the late 1950s. This encyclopedia offers comprehensive listings of American short subject films from the 1920s through the 1950s.

Secret Agents Jack and Max Stalwart: Book 2: The Adventure in the Amazon: Brazil

Secret Agents Jack and Max Stalwart: Book 2: The Adventure in the Amazon: Brazil
Author: Elizabeth Singer Hunt
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2017-07-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1602863628

For fans of the award-winning SECRET AGENT JACK STALWART series comes a must-read new chapter book series! Now Jack teams up with his older brother, Max, to solve new international mysteries, using their special training as secret agents. Secret agents Jack and Max Stalwart are sent to the Amazon jungle to investigate the disappearance of an important Global Protection Force scientist. Soon, they discover that the scientist's disappearance is no accident. A greedy outlaw is illegally mining for gold and he'll stop and nothing to keep his secret safe. Can Jack and Max save themselves and the scientist from almost certain death?

Out of the Rat Trap

Out of the Rat Trap
Author: Max Reisch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780752490076

For the Austrian Max Reisch, pioneer international motorist and writer of the 1930s, the Second World War offers yet more opportunities for adventure. Here is his lively account of his time with a vehicle maintenance unit of Rommel's legendary Afrikakorps in Libya, Egypt and Tunisia.