Prue McKeel is keeping out of trouble. Or trying to. Then her baby brother is abducted by crows and hauled off to the woods beyond the city. It is up to Prue to bring him back. On her mission she is plunged into the world of Wildwood and there she meets more trouble - and magic - than she ever thought possible.
Un livre surprenant Prue a toujours été une jeune fille obéissante. Et lorsque son père lui demande de ne jamais s'aventurer dans les Territoires Infranchissables, elle l'écoute sagement. Jusqu'au jour où son frère est mystérieusement kidnappé dans son berceau par des corbeaux qui l'emmènent au-delà de la frontière défendue. Avec son ami Curtis, elle décide de braver l'interdit et de partir à son secours. Tous deux découvrent alors un monde magique où des animaux, pas toujours bien intentionnés, imposent leur loi. La mission de sauvetage se transforme rapidement en une lutte pour la libération de cette contrée enchantée qu'on appelle Wildwood. Il était une fois un pays interdit où les animaux avaient décidé d'imposer leur loi...
Una historia fascinante llena de peligros y magia en un mundo donde se mezclan fantasía y realidad. ¡Un verdadero clásico para el siglo XXI! Prue tiene una vida muy normal. Por lo menos hasta que su hermano pequeño es secuestrado por una bandada de cuervos. A partir de ese momento las cosas se ponen realmente extrañas. En todos los mapas de Portland, Oregon, hay una mancha grande de color verde en el borde de la ciudad con la etiqueta «BI». Esto significa «Bosque Intransitable». Nadie se atreve a adentrarse en él, pues el que lo ha hecho no ha vuelto para contarlo. Y allí es donde los cuervos han llevado a su hermano. Así comienza una aventura que llevará a Prue y su amigo Curtis a las profundidades del bosque intransitable. Descubrirán un mundo secreto, un mundo lleno de criaturas enfrentadas, seres sobrenaturales que quieren la paz y poderosos personajes con las más oscuras intenciones. Un mundo que corre un grave peligro. Y lo que comienza como una misión de rescate se convierte en algo mucho más grande: la lucha por la libertad de este universo paralelo. Un universo al que los lugareños llaman Wildwood.
Commissioned on April 1, 1943, Naval Air Station Wildwood trained thousands of U.S. Navy airmen during World War II. Located in southern New Jersey on a peninsula bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay, the air station was perfectly sited to provide them with the over-water practice they needed for fighting the Japanese fleet in the western Pacific theater. Some of the war's most lethal bombers-Helldivers and TBM-3E Avengers among them-were flown by members of naval fighter, dive-bombing, and torpedo-bombing squadrons based at the station from 1943 until 1945. At least 42 airmen lost their lives while training at the station, but their deaths brought about improvements in airplane design and tactics. Today only a handful of the station's 126 original buildings remain; the largest of these, Hangar No. 1, has been restored to its original appearance and houses Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum.
Uncle Will of Wildwood is a warm and humorous memoir of the nineteenth-century Bluegrass that recalls a defining period of Kentucky's past. It was a time of self-sufficient country estates when, as Thomas D. Clark writes in his introduction, "every Bluegrass farm gate was the entryway into a ruggedly independent domain." Wildwood was such a place, ruled by the affable Uncle Will of this classic book. Everything at Wildwood revolved around Will Goddard, who was "a cross between a hurricane and an electric fan." Uncle Will -- with his mad dashes into Harrodsburg for mowing-machine parts, his habit of leaving his stallion Black Joe unhitched, his irrepressible spirit, and his uncanny perception of the potential of a horse -- became a family and community legend. A celebration of Kentucky before the arrival of the modern age, Uncle Will of Wildwood fondly remembers life before the automobile, before radio and television, and before growing cities eroded the quiet and grand way of country life. Though Uncle Will's story is nearly two hundred years old, his lessons of self-sufficiency, community, and eccentricity are still pertinent today. In print for the first time since 1974, Uncle...
In The Lost Creatures of Wildwood, three adventurous children—Dave, Lewis, and Hannah—stumble upon a hidden world deep within Wildwood Forest. Contrary to what they had always believed, creatures once thought to be extinct are still alive and well. From glowing critters and invisible beasts to ancient giants and mythical birds, the children embark on an extraordinary journey to protect these rare animals from those who seek to harm them. Filled with humor, heart, and unexpected twists, this adventure teaches the importance of teamwork, protecting wildlife, and respecting nature, no matter the cost.
A portrait of beautiful women and talented men in 1950s Italy. Scattered around the world, the group of worldly and privileged people are brought together again in their homeland. Against the nightlife of Milan, Rome, and London, their old roles are reinstituted.
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