Extraordinary Adventures

Extraordinary Adventures
Author: Daniel Wallace
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-05-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 125011845X

**Wallace named the Harper Lee Award winner for 2019 by the Alabama Writers' Forum** **One of PopSugar’s Best 2017 Spring Books for Women** A large-hearted and optimistic novel, Extraordinary Adventures is the latest from the New York Times bestselling Daniel Wallace. Edsel Bronfman works as a junior executive shipping clerk for an importer of Korean flatware. He lives in a seedy neighborhood and spends his free time with his spirited mother. Things happen to other people, and Bronfman knows it. Until, that is, he gets a call from operator 61217 telling him that he’s won a free weekend at a beachfront condo in Destin, Florida. But there’s a catch: the offer is intended for a couple, and Bronfman has only seventy-nine days to find someone to take with him. The phone call jolts Bronfman into motion, initiating a series of truly extraordinary adventures as he sets out to find a companion for his weekend getaway. Open at last to the possibilities of life, Bronfman now believes that anything can happen. And it does.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
Author: Rick Yancey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1599904128

A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of the Year, Carnegie Medal nominee, and Book Sense Children's Pick. Before The 5th Wave, there was The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp. This first book in Rick Yancey's lauded series earned two starred reviews, and was called "unforgettable" by Ridley Pearson. Alfred Kropp is an ordinary kid with an ordinary life--until he steals the legendary sword of King Arthur and mistakenly delivers it into the wrong hands. Now the world is faced with imminent destruction, and it's up to Alfred to recover the sword . . . before it's too late. Packed with car chases, knights, and secret agents, this thrilling first book in New York Times bestselling author Rick Yancey's series is one that fans of James Patterson and Anthony Horowitz won't want to miss.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil

The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil
Author: Wiley Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 9780747588986

A sheer delight, this is a wild and irresistible story from award-winning cartoonist Wiley Miller.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Extraordinary Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2013-10-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1448161576

‘On the contrary, my dear Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see’ Herein lie the problems: a stolen jewel, the inexplicable death of a young woman, the disappearance of one of the most remarkable racehorses in England, a missing butler, the curious symbols of dancing men, a broken bust of Napoleon, a possible kidnapping and the bad business of a coachman shot through the heart. The solution? Elementary my dear friend. Call the super sleuth famed for his rapid deductions, his swift intuitions and ingenious solutions - Sherlock Holmes of 221b Baker Street. Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can test your powers of observation and deduction, learn about the author and brush up on your detective skills! Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Extraordinary Adventures for Ordinary Days

Extraordinary Adventures for Ordinary Days
Author: Emily Fitch
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2013-06-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1449783546

This collection of seven adventure tales about resourceful and thoughtful boys and girls is designed to ignite the imagination of all who read and encourage your children to create their own backyard adventures. These stories are ideal for reading aloud, for older children to read by themselves, or as a bedtime story, creating new memories for parents and grandparents to share with children. Come along and go lion hunting with Chandler, or have a snowball fight in the middle of the summer, and spark your own imagination.

Extraordinary Adventures of an Ordinary Man

Extraordinary Adventures of an Ordinary Man
Author: J. Merrill Rosenberger
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2013-11-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 149071846X

This book has two parts. The first part of this book will relate some of the many exciting and sometimes dangerous experiences that I encountered while living in the isolated and primitive bush country of North Western Ontario. The extreme cultural shock of moving from a home with hot and cold running water and central heating to a cabin with a coal oil stove for heat, a hand pump for cold water only located at the kitchen sink. The second part of the book relates to my life some 20 years later as I was employed as a sales manager for Philippine Airlines and later as a tour director and guide for tourists throughout the orient China and Southeast Asia

Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin

Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin
Author:
Publisher: Lethe Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2014
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1590214641

This much-anticipated sequel to the award-winning collection detailing the exploits of the beloved 800-year-old Turkish "wise fool," Mullah Nasruddin, presents well over 250 hilarious and authentic folktales, dozens appearing in English for the first time. Author Suresha has done extensive research to unearth many of these centuries-old racy tales of the "naughty Nasruddin"-stories previously suppressed for moralistic reasons-which explore taboo themes as the Mullah interacts with his family, community, and strangers during his many journeys. Readers will be amused as well as amazed by this unadulterated account of the truly Extraordinary Adventures of Mullah Nasruddin.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks
Author: Emily Kenny
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2023-02-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0861542088

“Has heart, soul and so much spirit.” Lindsay Galvin, author of Darwin’s Dragons “Disappearing animals, twists and turns, and an amazing autistic protagonist.” Rashmi Sirdeshpande, author of Dosh “Exciting, deftly plotted and full of surprises.” Sinéad O'Hart, author of The Eye of the North Alice Tonks would love to make friends at boarding school. And, being autistic, she just wants people to accept her for who she is. But after a rather strange encounter with a talking seagull on her first day, she suddenly has a new challenge and a lot of questions. Animals are going missing and Alice can’t solve the mystery alone. With new friends behind her, can Alice harness her magic powers and become the hero she never imagined? A story about finding your voice, friendship and unlikely heroes, for fans of A Kind of Spark

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin Gentleman-Burglar

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin Gentleman-Burglar
Author: Maurice Leblanc
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2008-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Maurice-Marie-Emile Leblanc (1864-1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsene Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. The first Arsene Lupin story appeared in a series of short stories serialized in the magazine Je Sais Tout, starting in No. 6, dated 15 July 1905. Clearly created, at editorial request, under the influence of, and in reaction to, the wildly successful Sherlock Holmes stories, the roguish and glamorous Lupin was a surprise success and Leblanc's fame and fortune beckoned. In total, Leblanc went on to write twenty-one Lupin novels or collections of short stories. The character of Lupin might have been based by Leblanc on French anarchist Marius Jacob, whose trial made headlines in March 1905; it is also possible that Leblanc had also read Octave Mirbeau's Les 21 Jours d'un Neurasthenique (1901), which features a gentleman thief named Arthur Lebeau. Leblanc also wrote two notable science fiction novels: Les Trois Yeux (1919) and Le Formidable Evnement (1920).

The Obsidian Dagger: Being the Further Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle

The Obsidian Dagger: Being the Further Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle
Author: Catherine Webb
Publisher: Atom
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0748111131

There seem to be some odd things going on in the city of London, lately. Take the murders, for instance; quite peculiar. And those missing statues - what's going on there? And shouldn't Saint Paul's have a roof? Odd. . . Horatio Lyle, of course, is no stranger to. . . well, strangeness. In fact, he finds the lure of the unknown quite invigorating. But having just survived the most frightening episode in his life, the last thing he wants is that pompous Lord Lincoln sticking his nose in again and demanding that he take on another case the police are too thick to solve. Of course, His Lordship can be painfully persuasive at times, so it should come as no surprise that Lyle, along with his young proteges Tess (the thief) and Thomas (the toff), and his faithful hound Tate (the smart one), is soon up to his cravat in events of a singularly unscientific nature. Actually, it would all be terribly exciting if only they weren't trying to kill him.