New Releases by Pseudonymous Bosch

In this second hilarious installment of the series that Kirkus called "ridiculous fun," Oliver is performing at a wedding rehearsal when one of the grooms goes missing in the middle of his magic act! Oliver is new to the magical arts. In fact, he has only performed one act so far, and that one was interrupted by a theft-in-progress that he, his friends the twins Teenie and Bea, and his wisecracking rabbit, Benny, managed to thwart. Now Oliver has been hired for an even more important gig: a wedding. Teenie and Bea''s fathers are finally getting married, and Oliver is supposed to entertain at the rehearsal brunch. He has chosen the classic sawed-in-half trick, which will be especially amusing when he calls up the grooms as volunteers. What could go wrong? Except that weddings are supposed to be about bringing people together, not splitting them up . . . and before the trick is over, one of the fathers will have disappeared. Luckily, Oliver seems to be a better sleuth than a magician!

Dva jedenáctiletí dobrodruzi na stopě vedoucí k záchraně života Benjamina Blakea. Zlo však nikdy dlouho nespí, a tak Kas a Maxe Ernsta čekají další tajné úkoly. Kasandra a Max Ernst se po nalezení tajemného kufříku Symfonie vůní vydávají pátrat po jeho majiteli. Patřil kouzelníkovi, který záhadně zmizel během požáru v jeho domě.

Ho sempre temuto l''arrivo di questo giorno. Un segreto è tale se resta segreto, no? Invece ci siamo arrivati: al quinto e ultimo (giuro!) libro della saga sui miei segreti, appunto. Una gita di classe al museo locale di storia naturale diventa di colpo pericolosa - mortale, oserei dire... e non nel senso che si muore di noia - quando Cass rompe accidentalmente il dito di una mummia di inestimabile valore. Come punizione per questo "crimine" vandalico, Cass e i suoi amici Max-Ernest e Yo-Yoji vanno a lavorare per il curatore della mostra egizia e finiscono per prendersi tutta la colpa quando scoppia la tragedia. Per lavare ogni macchia dai propri nomi - e, sperano, per svelare finalmente il Segreto - i tre devono inoltrarsi in una terra di maestose piramidi, tombe polverose, misteriosi geroglifici e morti che camminano. Che sia l''Egitto? Io direi un luogo ancora più bizzarro... Intanto, il Segreto è sempre annidato chissà dove. Voialtri ve ne state là fuori, tranquilli, a parlarne, mentre la mia vita - e la mia scorta di cioccolato - sono già in grave pericolo. Quindi vi prego... anzi no, qui ci vuole la ciliegina sulla torta, vi supplico: fermate questa folle corsa! E, soprattutto, non toccate questo libro!

From the author of the bestselling Secret Series comes this funny chapter-book mystery about a third-grade magician and the wisecracking rabbit who is the secret brains behind his act. Eight-year-old Oliver dreams of being a professional magician, even though he has terrible stage fright. And now, his friends Teenie and Bea have gotten him invited to a classmate''s birthday party as the paid entertainment! Desperate for help, he visits The Great Zoocheeni''s Magic Emporium, but comes away with nothing more than a moth-eaten top hat. Oliver is in for a lucky surprise, though. Inside that top hat hides a wisecracking rabbit named Benny, who agrees to help Oliver with his act. But at the party, Oliver is accused of robbery! He''ll need to solve the mystery of the missing robo-cat to clear his name before he and Benny can amaze the crowd with their grand finale.

Peligro, aventura, travesuras, misterio, nuevos amigos, viejos enemigos y un narrador divertido y esquivo convierten la última novela del exitoso Pseudonymous Bosch en completamente irresistible. ¡En la lista de los más vendidos del New York Times! ¿Una reserva de dragones en medio del desierto? Eso solo puede significar una cosa. Ariella, que es la última dragona de la Tierra, ha sido otra vez capturada por el nefando Sol de Medianoche. Pero las noticias que recibe Clay son aún peores: Cass, la amiga de su hermano, ha desaparecido mientras investigaba un misterioso destino turístico. La misión de rescate lleva a Clay, a escondidas, hasta aquel sitio que se encuentra en la otra punta del mundo. Allí hay un cráter donde tienen encerrados a los dragones para divertir a gente adinerada y sin escrúpulos. O eso parece. ¿Podrá Clay descubrir los horribles planes del Sol de Medianoche?

Haciéndose pasar por un campamento de supervivencia para delincuentes juveniles, el Rancho de la Tierra es en realidad un campamento de magia para jóvenes adeptos, que aprovecha su situación remota y su omnipresente nieblánica como protección. Los chicos del campamento tienden a confundir el delito con la magia. En esta segunda aventura, mientras Clay ayuda a su nuevo amigo, Brett, un chico náufrago que quiere mantener su presencia en secreto, empieza a desvelarse un ardiente misterio, pues todos los indicios apuntan a la imposible idea de que los dragones habitaron en otro tiempo la isla... y tal vez sigan en ella.

Es una farsa. Un engaño. Simples trucos. Al menos, esto es lo que Clay, que ha asistido a muchos espectáculos, piensa de la magia. Por eso cuando llega al campamento de verano, adonde lo envían para evitar una expulsión, magia es lo último que espera encontrar allí. Pero en aquella isla volcánica se topará con extrañas sorpresas, una tras otra. ¿Y cuál es el misterio que esconde la biblioteca? Lo único que sabe seguro es que detrás de las nubes de humo que envuelven la isla nada es lo que parece.

Un pequeño acto de vandalismo arrastra a Cas y a sus amigos, Max-Ernest Yo-Yoji, a una expedición hacia una majestuosa tierra de pirá, tumbas polvorientas y muertos vivientes. ¿Estaré hablando de Egipto? ¿O de algo mucho más extraño?

The can''t-miss final installment of beloved author Pseudonymous Bosch''s bestselling Bad Books trilogy! At Earth Ranch, Clay encountered a haunted library, a castaway boy, and a fire-breathing dragon--not to mention incredible magic. Now he faces his most dangerous foes yet: the mysterious white-gloved members of the Midnight Sun, whose scheming leads Clay to a dragon reserve. Up against impossible odds, will Clay and his Secret Series Allies be able to triumph over these villains once and for all? Packed with action, humor, magic, mystery, and dragons, Pseudonymous Bosch answers long-simmering questions as he delivers his most exciting adventure yet.

Clay''s adventures at a magical camp continue as he befriends a new ally and faces new adversaries in his journey to find his magical talent and solve new mysteries of Price Island.

This book is incredibly BAD. It does not contain MAGIC. Or a mysterious ghost girl. Or spontaneous combustion. Or Spanish-speaking llamas. Nope. None of these things. Okay... maybe one of these things. But certainly not MAGIC. It’s just an ordinary tale of a normal boy who goes to summer camp on a desert island. Nothing exciting or weird happens. The camp is definitely NOT for crazy, badly-behaved kids, and there are NO SECRETS or MYSTERIES at all. And absolutely NO MAGIC whatsoever...

Mensch oder Monster? Lerne das Wesen kennen, das vor über 500 Jahren in einer Flasche geboren wurde! Welche Geheimnisse hütet dieses seltsame, fürchterliche Wesen? Lies nach und finde es heraus, zusammen mit den zwei tapferen Helden Kassandra und Max Ernest. Aber Vorsicht: Dies ist ein sehr gefährliches Buch!

This imaginative companion to the New York Times bestselling Secret Series teases, prompts, and leads readers through the steps of writing a story. Bosch''s signature rip-roaring voice delivers an engaging narrative (for the reader to help complete!) and interactive puzzles and games. Readers get the chance to create their own story while enjoying a satisfying mystery as well. Here''s a note from our fearless "author":I feared this might happen. I knew reading was a dangerous business, but now it''s not safe for writers either! You see, the author of this book is missing. Well, maybe not "missing." A certain author whom I won''t name (okay, me) has abandoned his book and has left his readers hanging out to dry. This is a crime, I admit, but there it is. Most of this book, well, I just haven''t written it. And I''m not going to, either. Why? Oh, I have my reasons. Big. Grown up. Author. Reasons. Unfortunately, I can''t reveal them yet. Let''s just say a life is at stake (mine) and leave it at that. So will you do it? Pretty please? You''ll do it? Thank you! But please hurry! Time is of the essence and you can''t wait any longer. You must WRITE THIS BOOK!

Jack Kaiser is a professor of English at a Los Angeles community college. He presents himself as an enlightened, politically progressive metrosexual teaching courses with names like Film and Feminism. In his free time, however, he prowls the brothels of Tijuana and the sex-tourism hot spots of Cuba. Without his being consciously aware of it, his classroom lectures begin to turn into psychodramas in which he attempts to reconcile the contradictory worlds in which he lives. His life is brought to crisis when he busts a female student for plagiarism and she responds with a bogus sexual harassment charge that becomes a lawsuit. Kaiser, awaiting trial and seeking some kind of redemption, precipitously undertakes a mission to smuggle books into Cuba to deliver to a mysterious fellow named Lázaro Perdomo. His trip becomes an odyssey through Havana''s sexual underground, a world of party girls, drag queens and Santería, and culminates with a final confrontation in a Los Angeles courtroom.

Se il titolo di questo libro è segreto, la sua storia lo è ancora più. Perché racconta di un segreto - un grande segreto - che tormenta persone come voi...

Ma cosa avete da curiosare, voialtri? Questo rapporto contiene informazioni top secret, super riservate, altamente confidenziali su Cass, che potrebbe essere in grave pericolo.

Do you want to finally, conclusively, and at (very) long last, learn the Secret? Are you REALLY sure? Because now''s your chance to escape... No? You''re staying put? Have you any idea of what lies between these perilous pages? (How could you? ... except perhaps if you were to smell that faint aroma of musty mummy, or catch a glance of the deviously despicable Lord Pharaoh). Well, if you really want to learn the Secret I suppose you''ll HAVE to read this. But you won''t like it. The fifth and final fantastical adventure in the ''Secret'' series in which Cass, Max-Ernest and Yo-Yoji are accused of stealing a very-valuable-and-not-to-be-touched ancient Egyptian mummy from the local museum. They are determined to clear their names, but after getting accidentally trapped in a crate with a mummified cat, the three youngest members of the Terces society unwittingly find themselves on their way to the great pyramids of...Las Vegas. Amongst the dusty corridors of the Cairo Hotel and mysterious hieroglyphs of the Nile Nail Salon, Cass draws ever closer to uncovering the Secret...

If you didn''t read "The Name of This Book is SECRET", then this is another book you should definitely NOT read. No, really. There''s a terrible monster grown in a lab, a strange carved ball that sings of distant secrets, and an evil threat against the mysterious Terces Society. And you really shouldn''t visit www.ifyourereadingthisitstoolate.co.uk. You won''t like it. "This is the quirky, original and deliciously dark sequel to the hilarious "The Name of This Book is Secret". Bursting with inventive characters and laugh-out-loud moments, readers will be instantly hooked once more by the stylish storytelling of Pseudonymous Bosch." - Lovereading4kids.co.uk

For those foolish enough to have read "The Name of this Book is Secret" and too foolhardy to have turned away from "If You''re Reading This, It''s Too Late", the third book in the series is best avoided. This book contains none of the following: A cursed Aztec artefact, an evil and deranged chef, a secret jungle lair inhabited by cocoa-crazed monkeys, the most dangerous chocolate ever created. Never visit www.keepthesecret.co.uk if you know what''s good for you. "What child could resist it? A deliciously dark and chocolatey book full of big chunks of crazy humour and a cast of mouth-watering characters... "This Book is Not Good for You" is actually very good for you...the teasing, topsy-turvy world created by the scrumptious Mr Bosch is guaranteed to have you laughing all the way to the next instalment." - Lancashire Evening Post

Wir würden an dieser Stelle gern von den zwei tapferen Helden dieses Buches erzählen, Kassandra und Max-Ernest, und davon, wie ein geheimnisvolles Kästchen, die "Symphonie der Düfte", die beiden auf die Spur eines Zauberers führt, der unter rätselhaften Umständen verschwunden ist. Wir würden gern von den haarsträubenden Abenteuern erzählen, die die beiden dann erleben, von den vertrackten Rätseln, die sie lösen, von den ruchlosen Schurken, die sie bekämpfen müssen. Aber leider können wir all dies nicht verraten! Denn sonst würdest du das Buch vielleicht lesen wollen. Doch das wäre einfach zu gefährlich! Denn dieses Buch enhält ein Geheimnis - um nicht zu sagen: das größte Geheimnis der Menschheit!!

I don''t know how you got here but this page isn''t for you. This is an extremely dangerous book with a very deadly secret. It is an alarming account of two extraordinary adventurers, a missing magician''s diary, a symphony of smells and a deadly secret... If you''re both curious and brave, visit www.thenameofthisbookissecret.co.uk - but remember - I warned you. "Many different types of readers will thoroughly enjoy this tale including fans of Anthony Horowitz and Lemony Snicket. The book is an interesting read where many types of emotions overwhelm you such as horror, grief, mystery, anxiety the lot. Mixed with a hint of sweet satisfaction that you have finally read the story. I honestly do not know how I lived without reading the book - it baffles me." - Guardian Children''s Books Shortlisted Bedforshire Children''s Book of the Year Award 2009, selected for the Premier League Reading Stars programme

Not only is the name of this series a secret, but the story is, too. For it concerns a secret--a big secret--that has been tormenting people like you for over . . . oh no! Did I just mention the secret? Then it''s too late. I''m afraid nothing will stop you now. Read this series if you must. But please, tell no one. Catch up on the adventures of Cass and Max-Ernest with The Secret Series Collection. This boxed set includes all five hardcover novels in the New York Times bestselling Secret Series: The Name of this Book Is Secret; If You''re Reading This, It''s Too Late; This Book Is Not Good for You; This Isn''t What It Looks Like; and You Have to Stop This.

Dos niños tienen que resolver la extraña desaparición de un mago.

Dua anak laki-laki bernama Cass dan Max-Ernest menemukan sebuah kotak yang berisi botol-botol wewangian dari aneka rempah. Mereka secara tak sengaja terjerumus ke dalam sebuah misteri di balik buku harian si pesulap yang telah meninggal dan juga perburuan orang yang tak bisa mati.

The Secret Series continues in this dangerous and daring fourth adventure. Cass finds herself alone and disoriented, a stranger in a dream-like, medieval world. Where is she? Who is she? With the help of a long-lost relative, she begins to uncover clues and secrets--piecing together her family''s history as she fights her way back to the present world. Meanwhile, back home, Cass is at the hospital in a deep coma. Max-Ernest knows she ate Time Travel Chocolate--and he''s determined to find a cure. Can our expert hypochondriac diagnose Cass''s condition before it''s too late? And will he have what it takes to save the survivalist?

Attention ! Ce livre contient un secret si dangereux qu''un seul regard sur ses pages peut être fatal. Une fois dévoilé, il hantera le lecteur jusqu''à l''obsession

Cass and Max-Ernest discover the Museum of Magic, unscramble more coded messages, and solve new mysteries in their attempt to thwart the Terces Society''s ambitions of discovering immortality.