Books with author Christopher Lee Cox

Robin Hood: one of the most iconic figures of British legend. Now, for the first time, the ‘true’ story of how he became an outlaw, outwitted Prince John and the Sheriff of Nottingham, exposed corruption, won the hand of Maid Marian and reclaimed his ancestral home can finally be told. Filled with characters both familiar and less familiar – including Sir Guy of Gisborne, and the hilarious Hench and Men – and featuring links to twelve original songs available online, The Adventures of Robin Hood is a fresh, funny re-telling of a classic tale. Perfect for children aged 9-13, this brand-new novel appeals to children of all ages.

The Victorian era was the first great "Age of Doubt" and a critical moment in the history of Western ideas. Leading nineteenth-century intellectuals battled the Church and struggled to absorb radical scientific discoveries that upended everything the Bible had taught them about the world. In The Age of Doubt, distinguished scholar Christopher Lane tells the fascinating story of a society under strain as virtually all aspects of life changed abruptly.In deft portraits of scientific, literary, and intellectual icons who challenged the prevailing religious orthodoxy, from Robert Chambers and Anne Brontë to Charles Darwin and Thomas H. Huxley, Lane demonstrates how they and other Victorians succeeded in turning doubt from a religious sin into an ethical necessity.The dramatic adjustment of Victorian society has echoes today as technology, science, and religion grapple with moral issues that seemed unimaginable even a decade ago. Yet the Victorians' crisis of faith generated a far more searching engagement with religious belief than the "new atheism" that has evolved today. More profoundly than any generation before them, the Victorians came to view doubt as inseparable from belief, thought, and debate, as well as a much-needed antidote to fanaticism and unbridled certainty. By contrast, a look at today's extremes--from the biblical literalists behind the Creation Museum to the rigidity of Richard Dawkins's atheism--highlights our modern-day inability to embrace doubt.

Deep in the forest, there lived a beautiful little fir tree who longed to see the world. When the tree is taken to town at Christmas, it feels like all his dreams have come true. But what will happen the day after? Find out in this beautifully illustrated modern retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s festive tale. When he was surrounded by the splendour of nature, the little fir tree could only think about what he wasn’t and what he didn’t have and couldn’t see. After the initial excitement of venturing out, though, he finds that the world isn’t quite what he expected. As the story of the little fir tree unfolds – brought to enchanting life with the colourful, folk art–inspired artwork of acclaimed author/illustrator Christopher Corr – so does a touching lesson on appreciating what we already have and a hopeful message of rebirth.

When we think of nuclear physics, we often think of the fraught issues of nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons. However, nuclear physics has many other practical applications, including in the fields of nuclear medicine, materials engineering, and geology and archaeology. The history of nuclear physics is full of fascinating figures--Rutherford, Geiger, Bohr, Einstein, Oppenheimer--and highly dramatic experiments, triumphs, and utter tragedies. Capturing both the promise and the peril of this most fascinating science with compelling, comprehensible text and full-color photos and explanatory visual aids, this volume introduces readers to the most transformative science of the modern era.

On a dark and stormy night, Detective Kenzie is visited by a mysterious creature. A little leprechaun is upset because he can’t find his rainbow. The leprechaun hires the best sleuth around, Detective Fuzzbucket, to find the missing colors of the rainbow! Help Detective Kenzie and watch her city magically come back to life as you find all the missing colors of the rainbow!

* "Beautiful...lyrical...mystical. A superb celebration of life." -- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred reviewIn a heartbeat, in a wingbeat, it happens. Isla and her father are racing across the fields, following the migrating swans, when everything goes wrong. The birds collide with power lines, and her dad suffers a heart attack.At the hospital, upset and scared, Isla meets Harry, with his wild red hair and firefly eyes. He doesn't laugh when she tells him about her love of birds. He listens. But Harry is ill, too: He has leukemia.As Isla tries to deal with her father's frailty and the new feelings she has for Harry, she's determined to help the only way she knows how. Outside the hospital windows, Isla watches a lone swan struggling to fly. If she could just save the lost bird, would that magically make everything good again?By the author of the Printz Honor Book STOLEN, a novel SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL calls "a superb celebration of life."

HEROES ARE REBORN! What if I told you they are real? What if I said that when they came back, it was me who stood in their way?Would you believe me? Grab ahold of your FAITH.Fight for your REDEMPTION.And at all costs,Protect your POWER.Introducing the first installment in the RAIN trilogy, An action-packed and unpredictable YA SUPERHERO FANTASY. For fifteen year old, Tyler Grey, the line between myth and reality is quickly blurred, when he inadvertently becomes the host to an ancient power. A power that puts him on the radar of not only a deadly black ops organization but also very old and malevolent beings, that are eager to see both it and him destroyed.He has but two choices:RISE up and FIGHT!Or DIE!REVIEWS ★★★★★“The story is filled with so much emotion, action and mystery! I loved it!!”-Avid YA Reviewer