Real Adventure

In this book, Children enjoy learning with five fun conversational short stories that introduce an interesting new concept from the real-world environment while enabling language skills.

Desde que tengo consciencia de lo que ocurre a mi alrededor, comprendí que era un ser inmortal y eso siempre me gustó. Por años, desarrollé el instinto de ayudar a los humanos, con mis conocimientos y capacidad financiera. Si me lo preguntan, sí, era muy feliz, pero siempre sentí que algo me faltaba.

In 2015 the Quantum Bomb exploded. An accident at an atom-smasher has fractured reality and opened Earth - now called Otopia - to waves of immigration from other dimensions, home to demons, fairies, elves and elementals. It is now 2021 and Lila Black, a special operative condemned to live as a cyborg after losing her limbs on a dangerous mission, has been assigned as bodyguard to Zal, a charismatic elven rock star.

Bill Belleville's enchanting Salvaging the Real Florida invites listeners to rediscover treasures hidden in plain sight. Join Belleville as he paddles a glowing lagoon, slogs through a swamp, explores a spring cave, dives a "literary" shipwreck, and pays a visit to the colorful historic district of an old riverboat town. Journey with him in search of the apple snail, the black bear, a rare cave-dwelling shrimp, and more. Everywhere he goes, Belleville finds beauty, intrigue, and, more often than not, a legacy in peril.

What’s right? What’s wrong? What’s real? The next stand-alone action thriller in the Amazon-bestselling series that has enthralled thousands of readers around the world.

When forced out of a full-time job - after dedicating several years of her life, to a radio station, that caused her nothing but grief. Abby decided it was time to take a risk. Upon a gutsy notion, this middle aged woman cleverly utilized her resources to achieve the better things in life. Enjoy this compelling story of life, love, friends, and romance as you follow Abby through her day to day adventures of reality.

Cuba is more than just an exploration of culture, tourism, and people. It's actually an excellent place to visit when it comes to historical significance from past to present, for generations to come. For instance, Cuban society is rich in influences, although Cuban customs greatly vary, which is dependent on certain cultural influences. This country is in fact located in the stunning Caribbean that comprises the mainland of Cuba called Isla de la Juventud, along with other archipelagos.

Los hermanos Callender, miembros del Club de los sabuesos, no se creen lo que les cuentan si no lo ven por sí mismos, tienen una enorme curiosidad y un gran espíritu de aventura. Por eso, no se quedan tan tranquilos cuando asisten a la inauguración de la exposición donde se va a exhibir el famoso papiro de Turín y descubren que... ¡el papiro ha desaparecido!

Danielle Williams, skydiver and founder of the online community Melanin Base Camp, profiles dozens of adventurers pushing the boundaries of inclusion and equity in the outdoors. These compelling narratives include a mother whose love of hiking led her to found a nonprofit to expose BIPOC children to the wonders of the outdoors and a mountain biker who, despite at first dealing with unwelcome glances and hostility on trails, went on to become a blogger who writes about justice and diversity in natural spaces.

This book follows Mike, a Brazilian man who gets thrown out of his mundane life after he gets admitted into a psychiatric unit. Over there, he ends up meeting more people who are just like him and finds out that he has superpowers. He discovers places he had never seen before, and he learns things about this world that completely changed his life. With his newfound friends, he decides to make an escape to find out the truth behind everything, but nothing is as easy.

Stage magician Quinn Bradley has one dream: to headline his own show on the Vegas Strip. And with talent scouts in the audience wowed by his latest performance, he knows he’s about to make the big-time. What he doesn’t expect is an offer to go on a quest to a place where magic is all too real. That’s how he finds himself in Alissia, a world connected to ours by a secret portal owned by a powerful corporation. He’s after an employee who has gone rogue, and that’s the least of his problems. Alissia has true magicians...and the penalty for impersonating one is death.

What if one day you woke up and you found Greek Mythology was real?Gawky and bullied teenager Echetlaeus spends all of his time dreaming about the heroes of Greek mythology and what it would be like to be one of them.

As an insecure, wild-haired teen with a limp who prefers gaming to real life, Jagger is thrilled to be in Skyboard. But before long, she realizes, wherever there are heroes, there are villains. Looking like a cloaked hero herself, Jagger is recruited by locals to help save Skyboard from invasion by the most soulless villains in gaming history.

My name is Ava McNealy, and I'm addicted to The Haven, an immersive virtual reality program. Who cares if tyrannical aliens rule the Earth when there are endless digital worlds to explore, monsters to fight, and team-ups with friends. But when my father is arrested as a rebel, everything changes. Desperate to save him from execution, I embark on a perilous journey through treacherous levels and uncharted realms within The Haven, where everything is not as it seems.

A young American professor at the University of Tehran falls in love with an Iranian artist and is thwarted by social, political, and religious forces that seem beyond his control. Set in the time of the Shah, this is a heart-warming picture of the Iranian people who befriend, guide, love, and laugh at the naïve foreigner who wants more than anything to fit in.

What began as a wild idea turned into the adventure of a lifetime - this is the story of how I traveled around world at age 19, and who I met on the journey. Cult members and college students, chain smokers and cameramen, this story recounts a slew of traveling adventures and misadventures. It’s about holding your cool while detained in airports, extreme and convoluted economizing, and getting lost at all hours of the night. It includes everything from hitchhiking at five a.m. to trying on a $1,140 dress on a dare.

Set before the events of The Incredibles, this original prequel story is focused on Elastigirl's crime-stopping adventures during the golden age of Supers

Role Playing Games are taken to a whole new level of immersion when BattleHelm, the leading developer of Augmented Reality systems, builds the world's largest theme park on a remote island in the Philippines modeled after the most popular MMO. Imagine what it's like to experience your favorite videogame in real life... Well, that's what Ryan Fontanella discovered for himself when he accepted an all-expenses-paid travel package offer to the island.

This is a fairy tale about 12 forest creatures whose mates have disappeared after being crystallized by a mysterious dark dust. The forest creatures combine forces with Zac, the handsome woodcarver, Ana, his beautiful half-elf wife, and their timid, winged doth, Pook, to try to save themselves and restore the dying forest.

Disney Declassified isn't about the analysis of the Disney Company at a deep or philosophical level - actually, it's quite the contrary; it's a collection of true stories with Disney being the setting or the catalyst in situations that are very un-Disney-like. In some of these instances, not every Disney story ends happily ever after. However you feel about Disney, lover or hater, explore these stories and many more, when the real world collides with Disney and their world. Chances are you may never view Disney the same way again!