Showing results for "The Force" in Literature & Fiction

Following the events of The Last Jedi, Rey struggles to let go of her lonely childhood on the desert planet of Jakku. Hoping to have a breakthrough in her Jedi training, she returns to her home world with Finn and BB-8 in tow. When they meet a young girl on a dangerous mission to save her family, they travel through pitch-black tunnels beneath the sand where they encounter scurrying gnaw-jaws, a haunting terror from the past, and maybe—just maybe—hope for them all.

When Finn and Rey find themselves on the run, they must work together to escape from the evil First Order. Listen as the action unfolds in this exciting Star Wars audio story!

Pinki hails from a long line of rakkhosh resisters, demons who have spent years building interspecies relationships, working together to achieve their goal of overthrowing the snakey oppressors and taking back their rights. But she has more important things to worry about, like maintaining her status as fiercest rakkhosh in her class and looking after her little cousins. There is also the teeny tiny detail of not yet being able to control her fire breathing and accidentally burning up school property.

A top-secret government programme needs a crack team of undercover military operators. They must have awesome levels of determination, endurance and fitness. They must be able to think on their feet. The recruits undergo the most rigorous and testing selection process the modern military can devise. And in order to operate in circumstances where adult forces would be compromised, the recruits must be under 16. Only a few are tough enough and smart enough to make it.

Alyssa finds an amethyst, a stone believed to aid in psychic awareness. Suddenly she's interpreting dreams and making predictions, all with 100 percent accuracy. While half the camp girls are believers, the other half are skeptics, attributing the gem's track record to coincidence. Not that...

Meet the team behind the Kung Fu Force: Lucas the Lizard, Brady the Bengal Cat and Coco the Cockatoo. Together with Shifu Seong the Seahorse, these three animal pals master kung fu skills and learn life lessons along the way. And when duty calls, they channel their chi to save the world!

Rachel was a girl who loved science and the sea, books and writing, and all the creatures of the world. Rachel was quiet, a listener by nature. But when she saw problems, she could not remain silent. Some people thought girls shouldn't be scientists or writers. They thought girls shouldn't use their voices to question or challenge, even to protect all the creatures of the world. Luckily Rachel didn't listen to them.

À peine rentrée d’un séjour mémorable à Paris, Billie plonge dans le merveilleux monde de la gymnastique. Forte de son expérience en danse, la jeune fille se sent tout à fait dans son élément. Mais la mauvaise nouvelle annoncée par sa grand-mère à la fin de leur récent voyage jette une ombre sur son bonheur… et sur sa relation avec Mirko. Heureusement, plusieurs surprises attendent Billie au cours de ce mois rempli d’émotions. Elles l’aideront à retrouver le sourire et à surmonter la difficile épreuve qui l’attend.

La reine Anna a du pain sur la planche : son royaume accueille des visiteurs, un ami a besoin de son aide, et le neveu du Duc de Weselton rôde dans les parages. Alors, quand les Esprits de la Nature commencent eux aussi à faire des leurs, elle sait qu’elle doit résoudre ce problème au plus vite, avant que la situation ne dégénère. Mais lorsque Elsa et Anna se rendent dans la Forêt Enchantée, elles découvrent de mystérieuses machines en cuivre qui semblent perturber l'ordre naturel des choses.

It's the Kung Fu Force's first day at a new school, and three boxers—Dave, Diego and Darius—bully Lucas the Lizard, just because he is small. Then the tap at the canteen's bubble tea stall malfunctions, creating a huge milk tea whirlpool that pulls in those disagreeable puppies. Lucas must now put aside his anger long enough to rescue his bullies.

Das Space Shuttle "Globus" startet zu einem neuen Weltraumflug. Die Steuerung übernimmt die Hauptkontrollsoftware KX7000, ein Programm, das über künstliche Intelligenz verfügt und von den Technikern liebevoll Plock genannt wird. Der Start ist erfolgreich und das Shuttle unterwegs ins All, als plötzlich sämtliche Computer des Shuttles und der Bodenstation verrücktspielen. Das Shuttle droht zu explodieren! Schuld daran sind die GLITCHES, fünf bösartige Computerviren, die sämtliche Rechner aller Weltraumzentralen überfallen und unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht haben.

Die GLITCHES, eine Bande von Computervirus-Programmen, sind zurückgekehrt! Sie haben das gesamte Computersystem der bundesweiten Flugsicherung in ihre Gewalt gebracht. Alle in der Luft befindlichen Flugzeuge drohen abzustürzen. Viele Menschenleben sind in Gefahr! Jetzt können nur noch Danny, der junge Computerfreak, und die COMPUTER FORCE helfen.

Mr. Masterbit, der finstere Boss einer Hackerbande, braucht Geld ? viel Geld. Um an dieses Geld zu kommen, heckt er einen tollkühnen Plan aus: Mittels einer Kreditkarte schleust er seine üblen Computerviren, die GLITCHES, in die Rechenanlage einer Bank. Dort angekommen, machen sich die GLITCHES auch gleich ans Werk und transferieren jede Menge Geld auf das Konto ihres Chefs. Durch Zufall wird der junge Computerfreak Danny Zeuge dieses "digitalen Banküberfalls".