Books with author Tod Curtis

Fourteen-year-old Quinn Tucker had just endured the worst day of his life: a new high school, a nose bloodied by cross-neighborhood rival Zane Riggle, and the prospect of never overcoming his reputation as a passive computer geek. A simple package at his doorstep would change everything. Quinn, his chunky friend Spaz, and spunky neighbors Cierra and Cliff enter the mythical world of Ne'varr, a traditional role-playing society where warriors, knights, and sorcerers abound. In their quest to return home the teens embrace the opportunity to transform themselves into the heroes they’ve always wanted to be. The rules and foundations of the land are rocked by the return of a powerful object, readied by the Scorned for a crusade of destruction against the Just. The end culminates in an ages-old conflict, a tower-top battle with their old neighborhood arch-enemies for power over life and death. A young adult novel heavy on adventure and fun and light on fantasy. Appropriate for all ages.

Fourteen-year-old Quinn Tucker had just endured the worst day of his life: a new high school, a nose bloodied by cross-neighborhood rival Zane Riggle, and the prospect of never overcoming his reputation as a passive computer geek. A simple package at his doorstep would change everything. Quinn, his chunky friend Spaz, and spunky neighbors Cierra and Cliff enter the mythical world of Ne'varr, a traditional role-playing society where warriors, knights, and sorcerers abound. In their quest to return home the teens embrace the opportunity to transform themselves into the heroes they've always wanted to be. The rules and foundations of the land are rocked by the return of a powerful object, readied by the Scorned for a crusade of destruction against the Just. The end culminates in an ages-old conflict, a tower-top battle with their old neighborhood arch-enemies for power over life and death. A young adult novel heavy on adventure and fun and light on fantasy. Appropriate for all ages.

In Irish folklore, a selkie is a seal who can take off her sealskin like a coat and become a woman, seducing fishermen anywhere she goes. If he steals her sealskin, she is bound to his home, marrying him and mothering his children - unless she can find it and escape, leaving her family on shore forever. In Eelgrass, a lesbian reimagining of tales about women and the sea, Efa is having too much fun to worry about stories. Too young to have earned respect in her village, she spends her days roving with her beautiful and vivacious best friend, Bettan -- until the night Bettan disappears into a rainstorm, and Efa can't shake the certainty that she's been taken. Desperate to rescue her friend, Efa seeks out the fishwives, half-human fish who dwell under the tides and kill sailors with their sharp teeth and alluring songs. She doesn't expect to find Ninka, an outrageous young woman who makes her feel giddy and who might be the key to unlocking her own courage.

The Lives Less Ordinary series brings you the most exciting, adventurous and entertaining true-life writing that is out there, for men who are time-poor but want the best. Lives Less Ordinary drops you into extreme first-hand accounts of human experience, whether that's the adrenaline-pumping heights of professional sport, the brutality of the modern battlefield, the casual violence of the criminal world, the mind-blowing frontiers of science, or the excesses of rock 'n' roll, high finance and Hollywood. Lives Less Ordinary also brings you some of the finest comic voices around, on every subject from toilet etiquette to Paul Gascoigne.'"I first saw her at Universal just walking down the street. She was breathtakingly voluptuous in a see-through blouse that revealed her bra ... I said to this beautiful girl, "My name is Tony." "My name is Marilyn," she said.' Tony Curtis, one of the great Hollywood heartthrobs, was friends with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant and James Dean. He romanced a string of screen sirens including Janet Leigh, Natalie Wood, and of course, Marilyn Monroe. Here, Curtis shares his stories of some of those legendary seductions.This digital bite has been extracted from Tony Curtis's autobiography American Prince.

Tiva is celebrating her 9th Birthday and her mom has granted her ultimate wish, lots of chocolate with every meal. Come and share in her adventure as she enjoys chocolate chip pancakes, a chocolate sunday and even chocolate covered bacon!What would you do if your entire bedroom was made of your favorite food?Keep reading to see what Tiva does in Choclate Dreams.

No matter what I say... In Irish folklore, a selkie is a seal who can take off her sealskin like a coat and become a woman, seducing fishermen anywhere she goes. If he steals her sealskin, she is bound to his home, marrying him and mothering his children - unless she can find it and escape, leaving her family on shore forever. In Eelgrass, a lesbian reimagining of tales about women and the sea, Efa is having too much fun to worry about stories. Too young to have earned respect in her village, she spends her days roving with her beautiful and vivacious best friend, Bettan -- until the night Bettan disappears into a rainstorm, and Efa can't shake the certainty that she's been taken. Desperate to rescue her friend, Efa seeks out the fishwives, half-human fish who dwell under the tides and kill sailors with their sharp teeth and alluring songs. She doesn't expect to find Ninka, an outrageous young woman who makes her feel giddy and who might be the key to unlocking her own courage.