Bøger af C Robert Jones

A delightful, accessible memoir of a 50-year career as a professional playwright, director, and teacher of theatre by C. Robert Jones, author of Mandy Lou, Taking A Chance on Love, Rivals, and other plays.

They say you don't get to choose your family; for Ashton Firebrand, the adopted son of a dragon, this is particularly true. Still, he finds a way to make it work. When Ashton learns of an assassination plot targeting his dragon father, he launches an investigation that reveals a lot more than he bargained for-including some interesting details about his own origins. One detail is the nature of his relationship with a magical barmaid named Abigail, who is promptly kidnapped by nefarious aurators, or mage hunters. Now, Ashton must travel to another continent to confront the aurators and save Abigail before their evil plan comes to fruition. Along the way, Ashton meets a witch, a half-elf sorcerer, an animated teddy bear, and other magical figures who agree to help him take down the aurators. Filled with humor and intrigue, Ash to Ashes is an enchanting adventure that explores the meaning of family in a very unfamiliar locale.

Neko Goodbrush just wanted to spend a lazy day with his best friend: find some breakfast, explore the forest, maybe even take a nap beneath a tree. But when his fairy friend Talia is sprite-napped by a pixie dust addicted troll, Neko finds himself thrust into a whirlwind adventure that will test the limits of his courage and send him deep into the remote and dangerous depths of the Sylvanwood Forest that they call home. What is a three-foot-tall wolfkin supposed to do when nothing is what it seems, legends become real, and exiled forest deities run amok? Find out in this eagerly anticipated second volume of the Chronicles of Chalisaria!

Hidden within the lofty heights of a dark necromancer's tower, a murder will soon happen, a curse will be discovered, and a betrayal will be revealed. The dead will walk, and Benjamin Finch must put his trust in a most unlikely ally if he hopes to escape this dread tower alive. "Nine Lives..." shares all of the style and humor of the Chronicles of Chalisaria series in this short story installment. Take a quick peek into this secluded corner of the ever-growing world of Chalisaria and discover what other mischief is going on beyond the content of the main books.

Imagine a young boy who's already six feet, four inches tall at age thirteen, and you'll know how Laurence Lonagan got the name "Lanky." It's the year 1913, long before radios, television, and computers were heard of. And even telephones and automobiles are rare in the small mountain town of Claggett Cove where Lanky lives with his mother. Lanky's adventures always seem to happen when he tries to help somebody in trouble or when he gets a well-intentioned idea to make some situation better. And then ... wham! Things go horribly wrong. This is when Lanky calls upon himself to "fix the problem." By using his clever, quirky, and often humorous way of looking at things, Lanky saves the day and all ends well. Lanky is all-boy, full of fun and eager for discovery. He could easily have been a pal of Tom Sawyer or the Hardy Boys. Throughout the various Lanky Tales, the citizens of the Cove emerge and appear in story after story ... folks like Angus McTavish, who runs the General Store; Preacher McPheters, whom Lanky rescues more than once from some impending disaster; Dibb Dozier, the Cove's hermit whose life Lanky saves during a blizzard; and others, like Miss Eunice Quackenbush, the choir leader who can't sing well; Li Chiang, the Chinese railroad worker who is robbed and left for dead; and Billy Red Wing, the Cherokee Indian who must live with his family in hiding. And there are the animals: Lady, the fawn, who stops an impending train wreck; Benjamin, the cat who saves a life; and Ruby, the faithful dog who changes the lives of a lot of people by her example of loyalty and gentle kindness. Lanky Tales are funny, thoughtful, and timeless and are designed for boys and girls who are in the "tween years" (9-12), but are fun for all the family.