Books with title Asterix and the Secret Weapon

A woman bard? That’s unheard of in Ancient Gaul. So, when the mothers in Asterix’s town want to replace Cacofonix with Bravura, the men are horrified. But, Bravura hits the right notes musically, and she proves very valuable when Julius Caesar sends in his secret weapon: a group of female legionnaries. Caesar thinks the Gauls will be too noble to fight the women...but Bravura has no such scruples! And, even Cacofonix succeeds in coming into his own.

The Adventures of Asterix (French: Asterix or Asterix le Gaulois) is a series of French comic books written by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo (Uderzo also took over the job of writing the series after the death of Goscinny in 1977). The series first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on 29 October 1959. As of 2008, 33 comic books in the series have been released.The series follows the exploits of a village of ancient Gauls as they resist Roman occupation. They do so by means of a magic potion, brewed by their druid, which gives the recipient superhuman strength. The protagonist, the titular character, Asterix, along with his friend Obelix have various adventures. In many cases, this leads them to travel to various countries around the world, though other books are set in and around their village. For much of the history of the series (Volumes 4 through 29), settings in Gaul and abroad alternated, with even-numbered volumes set abroad and odd-numbered volumes set in Gaul, mostly in the village.The Asterix series is one of the most popular Franco-Belgian comics in the world, with the series being translated into over 100 languages, and it is popular in most European countries. The success of the series has led to the adaptation of several books into 11 films; eight animated, and three with live actors. There have also been a number of games based on the characters, and a theme park near Paris, Parc Asterix, is themed around the series. To date, 325 million copies of 33 Asterix books have been sold around the world making co-creators Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo France's bestselling authors abroad.

An uncoordinated high school senior is asked by the coach of a two-time championship high school basketball program to join the team in mid season bumping the most popular player on the team in favor of him. Instead of being admired by his classmates and team members he is shunned, abused and kidnapped by thugs before the team can make it to the playoffs. The secret is why he is on the team and he is telling nobody even if it kills him. Clarence is sustained by his solid Christian beliefs but must choose between his not-so-pretty girlfriend and the most beautiful redhead he has ever seen. Temptation or following Christ is his dilemma and staying on a team that neither wants or apparently needs him.This is more than a story about basketball, but centers on a young seventeen year old Christian boy who has made a commitment to both his basketball coach and to God. One of those promises is only between him and his coach and no one else for specific reasons and the other promise is to God protecting those who persecute and beat him because they did not understand the promise made to their basketball coach.Throughout the book, he is hounded by his father and his new girlfriend to disclose the promise for which they have no understanding. But then, outsiders become involved and even though he is kidnapped and roughed up by two street thugs and locked up where he could possibly die, he refuses their highhanded techniques and honors the promise. Even a beautiful and sensuous girl who tries to wrangle the promise from him is unsuccessful because of his love of another girl and because of his unwavering love of God.

In a spaceship equipped with a powerful secret weapon, eleven-year-old Jill and her father must try to change the course of a space war. After piloting the ship in a wildly risky raid on the enemy’s largest space station, Jill will attempt to rescue a young alien sister and brother. Wherever she goes she is under the threat of capture by the enemy, for she knows the plans of the secret weapon. In the end her choices will decide the fate of trillions of people on thousands of planets!