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Artemis Fowls fortrolige arkiver er blevet fundet i hans pengeskab på Fowl Manor. Lige siden den allerførste kontakt med feerne har han opbevaret det bag lås og slå, men nu offentliggøres hans optegnelser. Nu kan alle få indblik i hemmelighederne ...Læs de hemmelige optegnelser, læs om hvordan personerne er i virkeligheden, og hvad de drømmer om! Læs også et par nye historier og løs opgaver.Serien omhandler og følger den unge Artemis Fowl: en superintelligent knægt, nedstammende fra en familie af forbrydere og svindlere. Det er dog på samme tid en splittet familie. Artemis' far er forsvundet og hans mor har netop fået et psykisk sammenbrud. Alt sammen efterladende det helt frit for Artemis at udleve sine forbryderiske evner.Eoin Colfer er født i 1965 i Irland. Han er uddannet fra Dublin Universitet, men har rejst og arbejdet over det meste af verden, heriblandt Tunesien, Saudi Arabien og Italien. Indtil Colfer udgav Artemis Fowl-serien, arbejdede han som lærer; men lærergerningen blev tilsidesat, da det blev muligt for ham at skrive på fuld tid.
I fremtidsbyen Satellite City styres stort set alting pr. satellit, og nye produkter afprøves af 'usponsorerede' børnehjemsbørn. En af disse forsøgskaniner er Cosmo Hill, der har tilbragt femten år på Clarissa Frayne-Instituttet for Forældreløse Drenge og pønser på flugt døgnet rundt.En dag lykkes det ham at undslippe, men hans nye tilværelse i Satellite City viser sig at rumme mindst lige så mange farer som på børnehjemmet, og kun hjælp fra den kvikke børnebande kan redde Cosmo.Eoin Colfer er født i 1965 i Irland. Han er uddannet fra Dublin Universitet, men har rejst og arbejdet over det meste af verden, heriblandt Tunesien, Saudi Arabien og Italien. Indtil Colfer udgav Artemis Fowl-serien, arbejdede han som lærer; men lærergerningen blev tilsidesat, da det blev muligt for ham at skrive på fuld tid.
The brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast series based on And Another Thing... the sixth book in the famous Hitchhiker's Guide "e;trilogy"e;. Winner of the 2019 Audie Award for Science Fiction. Forty years on from the first ever radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent and friends return in six brand new episodes, in which they are thrown back into the Whole General Mish Mash in a rattling adventure involving Viking Gods and Irish Confidence Tricksters, with our first glimpse of Eccentrica Gallumbits and a brief but memorable moment with The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast Of Traal. Starring John Lloyd as The Book, with Simon Jones as Arthur, Geoff McGivern as Ford Prefect, Mark Wing-Davey as Zaphod Beeblebrox, Sandra Dickinson and Susan Sheridan as Trillian, Jim Broadbent as Marvin the Paranoid Android and Jane Horrocks as Fenchurch, the cast also includes Samantha Beart, Toby Longworth, Andy Secombe, Ed Byrne, Lenny Henry, Philip Pope, Mitch Benn, Jon Culshaw and Professor Stephen Hawking. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2018, the series is written and directed by Dirk Maggs and based on And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer with additional unpublished material by Douglas Adams. This edition also includes over 50 minutes of unbroadcast bonus material. Listeners are reminded that the relaxed attitude to danger provided by Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses is no substitute for running around, screaming. Music by Philip PopeProduction research by Kevin Jon DaviesWritten and directed by Dirk MaggsBased on the novel And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer, with additional material by Douglas AdamsRecorded at The Soundhouse Ltd. by Gerry O'RiordanSound Design by Dirk MaggsProduced by Dirk Maggs, Helen Chattwell and David MorleyA Perfectly Normal Production for BBC Radio 4
Fru Mortensen er bibliotekar, og hun holder orden i sit bibliotek! Hun bruger specielle tricks, og der går rygter om, at hun har en gaspistol liggende i sin skrivebordsskuffe! De kalder hende Morderheksen!Lukas og Martin bliver tvunget til at tilbringe en del af deres ferie på biblioteket, og de indstiller sig på en skrækkelig og kedelig oplevelse!Morderheksen bestemmer, og de prøver at snyde hende, men langsomt, langsomt ændres drengenes forhold både til bøgerne og bibliotekaren...Eoin Colfer er født i 1965 i Irland. Han er uddannet fra Dublin Universitet, men har rejst og arbejdet over det meste af verden, heriblandt Tunesien, Saudi Arabien og Italien. Indtil Colfer udgav Artemis Fowl-serien, arbejdede han som lærer; men lærergerningen blev tilsidesat, da det blev muligt for ham at skrive på fuld tid.
An extraordinary collaboration between Irish Children's Laureate, Eoin Colfer, and picture book superstar, Oliver Jeffers!
You can't outrun your own history . . .Still trapped in Victorian London, FBI agent Chevie Savano is determined to help her friend Riley find his long-lost brother. But the WARP wormhole has other ideas . . .Pulled two centuries into the past, Chevie and Riley find themselves in the village of Mandrake. Under siege from prowling monsters that have escaped from the wormhole, the village's only protector is the sinister Witchfinder - a man with a hidden past and deadly powers.With Chevie branded a witch and sentenced to be burned at the stake, can Riley thwart the Witchfinder's plans before he destroys them all?W.A.R.P. The Forever Man is the third book in the new time-travel adventure series from the bestselling author ofArtemis Fowl.
The adaptation of his genre-busting, award-winning Artemis Fowl series has been a labour of love for lifelong graphic novel fan Eoin Colfer, and Andrew Donkin. Art by Giovanni Rigano and colour by Paolo Lamanna.Evil pixie, Opal Koboi, is back and she's more dangerous than ever. This time she doesn't just want power over the fairy People - this time she wants the humans too. Captain Holly Short is the only fairy with a hope of stopping her, but as Holly knows, it takes one genius criminal mastermind to fight another. But the 14-year-old genius that Holly is thinking of doesn't even remember that fairies exist. How is she going to convince Artemis Fowl to help her stop Opal? Gold usually does the trick, and this time is should be no different. Or is Artemis changing?
The Matrix meets Oliver Twist, WARP: The Reluctant Assassin is the first of a major new series by Eoin Colfer, the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl.It all began with the FBI and WARP (Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme). Hiding witnesses in the past to protect the future - until now . . .Riley is a Victorian orphan, hurtled into the twenty-first century and on the run from his evil master . . .Albert Garrick, the terrifying assassin-for-hire pursuing Riley through time, along with . . .Chevie Savano, the FBI's youngest and most impulsive special agent.As Garrick relentlessly hunts them down, Riley and Chevie face a desperate race to stay alive and stop Garrick from returning to his own time - armed with knowledge and power that could change the world forever.Colfer has the ability to make you laugh twice over: first in sheer subversive joy at the inventiveness of the writing, and again at the energy of the humour - Sunday TimesReaders mourning the end of the Artemis Fowl series can take heart: this first book in the time-bending WARP series is an all-out blast. - Publishers Weekly
Daniel McEvoy of PLUGGED - 'I love the voice. I love the dark streets. I love the story' Harlan Coben - has caught the attention of a vengeful crime boss in this taut, funny and unputdownable New Jersey mystery.
A stunning graphic-novel adaptation of the megaselling Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident.Adapted by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin. Art by Giovanni Rigano and colour by Paolo Lamanna.Someone has been supplying Class-A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that her arch-enemy, thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl, is responsible. But is he? Artemis has his own problems to deal with: his father is being held to ransom and only a miracle will save him. Maybe this time a brilliant plan just won't be enough. Maybe this time Artemis needs help . . .'Reads like the fastest, punchiest comic strip you've ever come across' - Daily Telegraph'Artemis is a brilliant creation' - Anthony Horowitz'Fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek, with some laugh-out-loud jokes. Smart and page-turning' - The Sunday Times
Hilarious and brilliantly realised downloadable, abridged audiobook edition of Benny and Babe, from the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl. Read by the actor Tom Farrelly. Benny glowered at her. Babe by name, but most certainly not by nature. A summer in the Irish countryside is not Benny Shaws idea of a good time. Especially since the people of Duncade dont appreciate him as the sporting prodigy that he is. All he gets is teasing, which is a favourite pastime of annoying tomboy Babe Meara. Streetwise Benny has met his match and he doesnt know the rules of this particular game. And when Babe turns from a real pain into a real girl, the trouble well and truly begins.
The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Eoin Colfers hilarious tale, Benny and Omar, read by Tom Farrelly. In my old school, we had fighting, no pool and thered be vicious matches against the other schools . . . I miss all that stuff! Moving to Africa is the worst thing that has ever happened to Benny Shaw. No one plays hurling (the best game on the planet) and the local school is run by hippies who like to talk about feelings. As if. But when Benny meets wisecracking Omar (the names Bond, James Bond Omar) who only speaks English in TV catchphrases, he decides that maybe life in this new country can be fun after all . . .
Meet Fletcher Moon. Half-pint schoolboy and fully qualified private investigator. Since graduating online, he has solved all sorts of minor mysteries at school and at home. It was only a matter of time before things got serious. When Fletcher investigates a spate of crimes in the town of Lock, the finger of suspicion is soon pointing in the direction of shady brothers Herod and Red Sharkey.
Will is desperate to win the Giant Jelly Baby competition and be named 'the best boy in the world'. But his big brother Marty always beats him to it. Then one day Will's wish comes true he's the best boy in the world at last! Marty is not happy, and decides that something must be done . . .Funny, quirky fiction with brilliant black-and-white illustrations by Tony Ross throughout. Boys and girls aged 7+ will love this!
Will's brother Marty is always playing practical jokes. But when he tells the bloodcurdling story of the cutthroat pirate Captain Crow, Will is terrified. Is it another one of Marty's tricks, or could Captain Crow's ghost really be out to get him?Spooky, funny fiction brilliant for boys and girls aged 7 9. Now available in paperback!Fabulous, witty illustrations by Tony Ross throughout.
A stunning graphic-novel adaptation of the megaselling Artemis Fowl.This adaptation of his genre-busting, award-winning novel Artemis Fowl has been a labour of love for lifelong graphic novel fan Eoin Colfer, and Andrew Donkin. Art by Giovanni Rigano and colour by Paolo Lamanna.Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a brilliant criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories. These fairies are armed and they're dangerous. Artemis thinks he's got them just where he wants them, but then they stop playing by the rules . . .Reads like the fastest, punchiest comic strip you've ever come across - Daily TelegraphArtemis is a brilliant creation - Anthony HorowitzFast-paced, tongue-in-cheek, with some laugh-out-loud jokes. Smart and page-turning - The Sunday TimesEoin Colfer is the bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series, Half Moon Investigations, The Supernaturalist, Airman and The Legend of . . . books. His brilliant new series, WARP, is out now. Eoin lives with his family in Ireland. www.eoincolfer.comAndrew Donkin is an enormously experienced graphic novelist and the author of over forty books for adults and children, including Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight for DC Comics.
Will has four brothers and it's chaos in his house! If he's not being teased by his big brother Marty, he has to deal with the terrible, three-headed bundle of cuteness that is his three younger brothers. Even worse, his mother has the brilliant idea of packing Will and Marty off to the library during the holidays. She just doesn't understand! Not only is the library no fun, it's also the habitat of the legendary librarian Spud Murphy. If you put a foot wrong, it's rumoured she will use her dreaded gas-powered spud gun and you don't want that - just ask Ugly Frank how he got his nickname! Eventually Will and Marty discover a love of books and that Mrs Murphy isn't so bad after all!
Horrid Henry meets Mrs Doyle in this riotous comedy from Irish Laureate Eoin Colfer - now with full colour artwork. High quality cream paper and a special easy to read font ensure a smooth read for all.
The Matrix meets Oliver Twist! WARP: The Hangman's Revolution is the second book in a major new series by Eoin Colfer, the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl.F.B.I. agent Chevie Savano is trapped in a nightmare future. Unless she can return to 19th-century London and change the course of history, millions will die.Luckily she has Riley the boy magician and a Victorian gangster with lovely hair to help her battle two crazed villains, who have brought the military technology of the future back in time - with potentially disastrous consequences.The stakes are higher than the hangman's noose and only Chevie can save the day. Assuming she can avoid being killed by a couple of psycho warrior-nuns first . . .'Colfer has the ability to make you laugh twice over: first in sheer subversive joy at the inventiveness of the writing, and again at the energy of the humour' - Sunday Times 'Readers mourning the end of the Artemis Fowl series can take heart...the time-bending WARP series is an all-out blast.' - Publishers Weekly
Meg Finn is in trouble, unearthly trouble. Cast out of her own home by her stepfather after her mother's death, Meg is a wanderer, a troublemaker. After a botched attempt to rob a pensioner's flat, Meg and her partner in crime, Belch, end up in a very sticky situation. Meg's soul is up for grabs as the divine and the demonic try every underhand ploy imaginable to claim it. Her only chance of salvation is the Wish List. But how can she persuade the pensioner Lowrie to help her when she has wronged him? Even if she can persuade him, will she really have enough points to face up to St Peter?
Fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill longs to escape from the Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys. When a rare chance to get away comes, he grabs it, but the attempt goes fatally wrong. He can feel his life force ebbing away, sucked out of him by a strange blue Parasite ... until a wisecracking gang of kids burst in, blast the creature and save him. They are the Supernaturalists, dedicated to ridding the world of these life-sucking blue parasites. When they realise that Cosmo has the ability to see these blue creatures too, they enlist him as one of them. Their mission leads Cosmo into a world of high-level corruption, James Bond type technology, thrilling adventure and finally back to a place that Cosmo ever thought he'd have to return...the dreaded Clarissa Frayne.
Kaptajn Holly Short fra Nedre Imperiums Sikkerhedspoliti holder skarpt øje med sin ærkefjende Artemis Fowl. Hun er sikker på, at det er ham, der har solgt illegale dum-dum-lasere til småtroldene.Men Artemis har andre problemer end fepolitiets overvågning. Den russiske mafia har kidnappet hans far og kræver en umulig løsesum. Selv ikke Artmeis‘ onde mesterhjerne kan regne ud, hvordan han skal befri sin far - måske kan han blive nødt til at bede om hjælp det mest usandsynlige sted ... hos feerne?Eoin Colfer er født i 1965 i Irland. Han er uddannet fra Dublin Universitet, men har rejst og arbejdet over det meste af verden, heriblandt Tunesien, Saudi Arabien og Italien. Indtil Colfer udgav Artemis Fowl-serien, arbejdede han som lærer; men lærergerningen blev tilsidesat, da det blev muligt for ham at skrive på fuld tid. Serien omhandler og følger den unge Artemis Fowl: en superintelligent knægt, nedstammende fra en familie af forbrydere og svindlere. Det er dog på samme tid en splittet familie. Artemis' far er forsvundet og hans mor har netop fået et psykisk sammenbrud. Alt sammen efterladende det helt frit for Artemis at udleve sine forbryderiske evner.
Artemis har bygget en supercomputer af løsdele, som han har stjålet fra feerne, og i de forkerte hænder kan den være skæbnesvanger for både mennesker og feer. Men bare rolig! Artemis kriminelle hjerne har udtænkt en fabelagtig plan. Han skal bare lige demonstrere den nye computer for en lyssky forretningsmand emd kontakter til mafian. Og Med Butler ved sin side, kan det simpelthen ikke gå galt. Eller kan det?Eoin Colfer er født i 1965 i Irland. Han er uddannet fra Dublin Universitet, men har rejst og arbejdet over det meste af verden, heriblandt Tunesien, Saudi Arabien og Italien. Indtil Colfer udgav Artemis Fowl-serien, arbejdede han som lærer; men lærergerningen blev tilsidesat, da det blev muligt for ham at skrive på fuld tid. Serien omhandler og følger den unge Artemis Fowl: en superintelligent knægt, nedstammende fra en familie af forbrydere og svindlere. Det er dog på samme tid en splittet familie. Artemis' far er forsvundet og hans mor har netop fået et psykisk sammenbrud. Alt sammen efterladende det helt frit for Artemis at udleve sine forbryderiske evner.
Dette fjerde bind i Artemis Fowl-serien følger den onde småalf, Opal Koboi, der er sluppet løs efter at have ligget lang tid i koma. På fri fod og hævntørstig leder hun efter Holly Short og Artemis Fowl, der vil gøre alt for at stoppe Opal.Eoin Colfer er født i 1965 i Irland. Han er uddannet fra Dublin Universitet, men har rejst og arbejdet over det meste af verden, heriblandt Tunesien, Saudi Arabien og Italien. Indtil Colfer udgav Artemis Fowl-serien, arbejdede han som lærer; men lærergerningen blev tilsidesat, da det blev muligt for ham at skrive på fuld tid.
Det er dommedag for Artemis Fowl…Den magtgale alf Opal Koboi har planlagt at undslippe fængslet i Atlantis, udslette menneskeheden og blive feernes dronning.Hvis alt går efter planen, vil sjælene af for længst afdøde fekrigere genopstå fra jorden lige under Artemis Fowls herresæde, besætte de nærmeste kroppe og sprede død og ødelæggelse i hele verden. Men hvad sker der, hvis de nærmeste kroppe indbefatter krager, hjorte og grævlinger? Eller to nysgerrige, små drenge ved navn Myles og Beckett Fowl?Ja, du læste rigtigt. Det kriminelle geni Artemis Fowls fireårige brødre kan være indblandet i menneskeracens endeligt. Spørgsmålet er, om Artemis Fowl kan regne med hjælp fra sine gamle fevenner og forhindre verdens undergang – i det der meget vel kan blive hans sidste slag."Den sidste vogter" er ottende og sidste bind i serien om Artemis Fowl.Eoin Colfer er født i 1965 i Irland. Han er uddannet fra Dublin Universitet, men har rejst og arbejdet over det meste af verden, heriblandt Tunesien, Saudi Arabien og Italien. Indtil Colfer udgav Artemis Fowl-serien, arbejdede han som lærer; men lærergerningen blev tilsidesat, da det blev muligt for ham at skrive på fuld tid.
Artemis Fowl står over for sin hidtil farligste fjende – sig selv.Artemis Fowl er mere end vant til at håndtere problematiske situationer. Faktisk synes han at fungere som en magnet for den slags. Menneskeædende trolde, bevæbnede og farlige, for slet ikke at tale om højteknologiske feer og flammekastende småtrolde – skulle det være noget særligt? Artemis havde egentlig tænkt sig at ophøre med sine kriminelle aktiviteter af den mere magiske slags, men nu…Nu er hans mor alvorligt syg, og Artemis Fowl rejser tilbage gennem tiden for at stjæle en kur ud af kløerne på et vist geni… ingen andre end Artemis Fowl!Med sin allierede, feen kaptajn Holly Short, ved sin side rejser Artemis tilbage i tiden for at bekrige sig selv.Velkommen til katastrofen!"Tidsparadokset" er sjette bind i serien om Artemis Fowl.Eoin Colfer er født i 1965 i Irland. Han er uddannet fra Dublin Universitet, men har rejst og arbejdet over det meste af verden, heriblandt Tunesien, Saudi Arabien og Italien. Indtil Colfer udgav Artemis Fowl-serien, arbejdede han som lærer; men lærergerningen blev tilsidesat, da det blev muligt for ham at skrive på fuld tid.
I det femte bind af Artemis Fowl møder den 14-årige Artemis Fowl den 12-årige pige, Minerva Paradizo, der giver Artemis kamp til stregen. Minerva har besluttet sig for at fange en fe, men det er ikke en hvilken som helst fe: Hun vil fange en af de farligste fetyper - en dæmon.Eoin Colfer er født i 1965 i Irland. Han er uddannet fra Dublin Universitet, men har rejst og arbejdet over det meste af verden, heriblandt Tunesien, Saudi Arabien og Italien. Indtil Colfer udgav Artemis Fowl-serien, arbejdede han som lærer; men lærergerningen blev tilsidesat, da det blev muligt for ham at skrive på fuld tid.
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