The Amazing Adventures Of Phoenix Jones

Author : Jon Ronson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781101568316

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The Amazing Adventures of Phoenix Jones by Jon Ronson Pdf

Bestselling author Jon Ronson walks the mean streets of America where he finds real life, modern day superheroes. Fighting crime, saving old ladies, and chasing away drug dealers – all while wearing a mask and a cape. Phoenix Jones patrols Seattle, masked, muscles rippling, while corner boys scatter and teenage runaways are helped, whether they want it or not. He might still see his pediatrician when superhero-ing gets a little too intense, but he’ll be back out there with his ass-kicking comrades as soon as he’s bandaged up. These do-gooding citizens talk the talk, and walk the walk of mythical superheroes – the only thing they're missing is actual supernatural powers. The Amazing Adventures of Phoenix Jones is an inside, intimate look at the world of amateur superheroes and a front row seat to their adventures.

Author : Jon Ronson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1322814902

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Amazing Adventures of Phoenix Jones by Jon Ronson Pdf

Author : Stan Kirby
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781442435636

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Captain Awesome Vs. Nacho Cheese Man by Stan Kirby Pdf

When second-grader Eugene's favorite comic book goes missing, he blames his best friend Charlie even though he has no evidence. Illustrations.

Author : Jon Ronson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781447265511

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Lost at Sea by Jon Ronson Pdf

Frequently hilarious, sometimes disturbing, always entertaining, these fascinating stories of the chaos that lies on the fringe of our daily lives will have you wondering just what we're capable of. This updated edition of Lost at Sea includes the complete text of Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie. Jon Ronson has been on patrol with America's real-life superheroes and to a UFO convention in the Nevada desert with Robbie Williams. He's met a man who tried to split the atom in his kitchen and asked a conscious robot if she's got a soul. Fascinated by madness, strange behaviour and the human mind, Jon has spent his life exploring mysterious events and meeting extraordinary people. Collected from various sources (including the Guardian and GQ) Lost at Sea features the very best of his adventures. Portions of this book have appeared previously, in slightly different form, in Out of the Ordinary, What I Do, the Guardian and GQ.

Author : Ken Jones
Publisher : Quercus
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781623655976

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Darkness Descending by Ken Jones Pdf

In January 2003, Ken Jones, an adventurer and former British Special Forces soldier, was caught in a devastating avalanche as he climbed deep in the frozen wilderness of Romania's Carpathian Mountains. Swept over the edge of a 75-foot cliff, he plummeted to the rocks below. Against all odds, he survived the fall--regaining consciousness shrouded in darkness and sub-zero temperatures, separated from his supplies, and in excruciating pain from a broken leg and shattered pelvis. With frostbite and internal bleeding beginning to take their toll, Jones summoned his deepest will to live and began three agonizing days dragging himself over frozen terrain to safety--only to discover that his true ordeal was yet to begin. The doctors who initially treated him were astonished that any person could sustain such massive trauma and exposure and still be alive. Then, after an initial round of extensive surgeries and recoveries that equaled if not exceeded the pain of the injuries themselves, Jones was told he would almost certainly never walk again. Over the next two years he endured constant physical therapy and additional surgery, with latent effects from the fall still threatening his life. At one point, he slipped into unconsciousness under anesthesia just as he heard a doctor telling his mother he was going to die. But with a soldier's heart he made his way to recovery, regained full mobility, and has made his story known in this remarkable book. In the bestselling tradition of Into Thin Air and Touching the Void, Darkness Descending is a classic tale of triumph over adversity and what it means to never give up. Jones's remarkable feat has already been featured on Animal Planet's hit series I Shouldn't Be Alive, and stands tall as an unforgettable testament to the strength of the human spirit.

Author : Jon Ronson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781439126738

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Them by Jon Ronson Pdf

A New York Times–bestselling author hangs out with conspiracy theorists and hunts for the Bilderberg Group in this “hilarious, disturbing” memoir (The New York Times). A wide variety of extremist groups, from Islamic fundamentalists to neo-Nazis, share the oddly similar belief that a tiny shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room. In Them, journalist Jon Ronson has joined the extremists to track down the fabled secret room. As a journalist and a Jew, Ronson was often considered one of “Them,” but he had no idea if their meetings actually took place. Was he just not invited? Them takes us across three continents and into the secret room. Along the way he meets Omar Bakri Mohammed, considered one of the most dangerous men in Great Britain, PR-savvy Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Thom Robb, and the survivors of Ruby Ridge. He is chased by men in dark glasses and unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp. In the forests of northern California he even witnesses CEOs and leading politicians—like Dick Cheney—undertake a bizarre owl ritual. Ronson’s investigations, by turns creepy and comical, reveal some alarming things about the looking-glass world of “us” and “them.” Them is a deep and fascinating look at the lives and minds of extremists. Are the extremists onto something? Or is Jon Ronson becoming one of them? “Jon Ronson has managed to write a hugely amusing book about the lunatic fringe.” —The Washington Post “Them is at times funny, other times unsettling, but always astonishing.” —Booklist “It takes a funny man to see the humor in all the conspiracy theories that float hatefully across the land, and Jon Ronson is a funny man. It takes a brave man to chase that humor right into the belly of the beast, and Jon Ronson is a brave man too.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune

Author : Nick Jones
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982693688

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And Then She Vanished by Nick Jones Pdf

He only looked away for a second. Still haunted by the disappearance of his little sister, Amy, over twenty years ago, Joseph Bridgeman’s life has fallen apart. When a friend talks him into seeing hypnotherapist Alexia Finch to help with his insomnia, Joseph accidentally discovers he can time travel. His first trip only takes him back a few minutes, but his new-found ability gives him something he hasn’t felt for the longest time: hope. Joseph sets out to travel back to the night Amy went missing and save her. But after several failed attempts, he discovers the farther back he travels, the less time he gets to stay there. And the clock is ticking. With the help of Alexia, Joseph embarks on a desperate race against the past to save his sister. Can he master his new skill and solve the mystery of Amy’s disappearance before it’s too late? Previously released as The Unexpected Gift of Joseph Bridgeman, this updated version includes extra chapters, new plotlines, and even deeper character development. It makes way for an expanded vision of the Joseph Bridgeman Series, with the first four books released in 2021 and 2022.

Author : Anna Hackett
Publisher : Anna Hackett
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780994358431

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Return to Dark Earth by Anna Hackett Pdf

Author : Jon Ronson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781451665970

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The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson Pdf

Now a major film, starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, and Jeff Bridges, this New York Times bestseller is a disturbing and often hilarious look at the U.S. military's long flirtation with the paranormal—and the psy-op soldiers that are still fighting the battle. Bizarre military history: In 1979, a crack commando unit was established by the most gifted minds within the U.S. Army. Defying all known laws of physics and accepted military practice, they believed that a soldier could adopt the cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls, and—perhaps most chillingly—kill goats just by staring at them. They were the First Earth Battalion, entrusted with defending America from all known adversaries. And they really weren’t joking. What’s more, they’re back—and they’re fighting the War on Terror. An uproarious exploration of American military paranoia: With investigations ranging from the mysterious “Goat Lab,” to Uri Geller’s covert psychic work with the CIA, to the increasingly bizarre role played by a succession of U.S. presidents, this might just be the funniest, most unsettling book you will ever read—if only because it is all true and is still happening today.

Author : Mason Sabre
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1516947258

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The Rise of the Phoenix by Mason Sabre Pdf

Cast out by his own family after a wolf's bite infects him, a young thirteen-year-old boy is forced to roam the streets and fend for himself. In a world of Humans and Others, he belongs to neither. No longer considered Human, but nor a purebred Other, a race of powerful supernatural beings, he will be unwanted and hunted by both. Danger lurks at every turn. Young, vulnerable and afraid, he tries to come to terms with the physical changes taking place in him while at the same time trying to find a way to survive. In a menacing world filled with threats and hate, is there any hope of salvation for this orphaned fledgling? Please note, this is a Society Short.

Author : Helen Moss
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781444010404

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The Phoenix Code by Helen Moss Pdf

When Ryan Flint accompanies his journalist mother to an archaeological expedition in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, he isn't expecting life-threatening danger and a 3,000-year-old murder mystery - but that's exactly what he finds! Before he knows it, he has joined forces with Cleo McNeil, an archaeologist's daughter, to solve secret codes, discover an ancient treasure and outwit a strange cult intent on gaining possession of the relic. Can Ryan and Cleo unravel the mystery and solve the Phoenix Code before it's too late? Indiana Jones meets THE DA VINCI CODE in this exciting new series for readers of 9+.

Author : Joanne Bertin
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466820678

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Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin Pdf

In Dragon and Phoenix, the sweeping sequel to Joanne Bertin's hugely successful fantasy epic The Last Dragonlord, Linden and Muarynna must rescue a trapped dragon from an evil princess. Once every thousand years the phoenix of Jehanglan burns to death in a magical release. For millennia the emperors of Jehanglan have tried to harness the awesome power of the phoenix's rebirth. One has finally succeeded, using black magic and the enslavement of a dragon. Far away at the Crown of the World, Dragon-lord Linden and his new wife, Maurynna, are trying to live the life of happy newlyweds. But all is not well. Since her first Change into dragon-form, Maurynna has been unable to duplicate it. And as her inability to Change drives her into a dark abyss of depression, Linden begins to doubt the love he was once so sure of... At this time of personal crisis, these two must journey to Jehanglan and marshall all of their diplomatic and martial skill to penetrate the treachery of the empire and set free the phoenix. But to do so they must face the dragon--the dragon who just might be a Dragonlord gone mad.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Ralph Peters,Owen Parry
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811748766

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Honor's Kingdom by Ralph Peters,Owen Parry Pdf

Grotesque murders multiply as Major Abel Jones pursues a monstrous killer who may be a well-connected Confederate agent or a ghost from Jones's bloody past in India--or both.

Author : Amy Hodgins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1906377324

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The Adventures of Ginger Mclean by Amy Hodgins Pdf

Dear Reader, This book is all about me and the cruel world that I inhabit. Ever since the reception class, I've stood out. I'd like to think this was because I am exceptionally funny, clever and stylish, but others say that it's down to my CRAZY hair and big mouth. Whatever it is, I am definitely not to blame. A LOT of people are jealous of me and that is why going to high school will be brilliant. I will meet much better people there who don't wear pink leg warmers and glitter. If it wasn't for my best friend Frances and my she-hamster, Trevor, I don't know how I'd put up with the madness. Frances gets me, even if she still wants to play princesses-get-chased-by-witch, and that's a lot more than I can say for my stupid parents who insist on ruining my life with their stupid feuds. If only I can stop being such a loser whenever Milo Costigan is around, perhaps it'll all work out okay... See you on the other side, Ginger Mclean

Author : Jess Phoenix
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781643260563

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Ms. Adventure by Jess Phoenix Pdf

Ms. Adventure tells the story of Jess Phoenix's extraordinary career in geology—and how the barriers she faced along the way inspired her to advocate for more diversity in science.