Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?

"The Third Policeman" is Flann O'Brien's brilliantly dark comic novel about the nature of time, death, and existence. Told by a narrator who has committed a botched robbery and brutal murder, the novel follows him and his adventures in a two-dimensional police station where, through the theories of the scientist/philosopher de Selby, he is introduced to "Atomic Theory" and its relation to bicycles, the existence of eternity (which turns out to be just down the road), and de Selby's view that the earth is not round but "sausage-shaped." With the help of his newly found soul named "Joe, " he grapples with the riddles and

一八九五年，已被后辈作家称为“大师”的美国作家亨利·詹姆斯梦想着以一部戏剧征服伦敦。然而，他的第一出戏《盖·多姆维尔》首演既告失败。在失败的阴影下，亨利接受了爱尔兰贵族的邀请，在酒宴歌席中品味他人到中年的困顿，舔舐内心深处的创伤。
《大师》就从这里开始，一直写到一八九九年他的兄长威廉·詹姆斯去拉伊小镇探望他。在这四年里，他的生活相对平静，心底却波澜起伏。他时常怀恋他生命中重要的过客，她们以不同的方式在他作品和灵魂中留下印痕；他为自己的性取向而困顿不安；他回想自己的家庭、亲人对他人生的影响；他渴求温暖和慰藉，却刻意与人保持距离；他希望创造传世杰作，却时时遭逢绝望……这是亨利一生至关重要的心理转折点。
在托宾的同情而温婉的笔下，亨利·詹姆斯这位心理写作大师展示了他纤敏易感之心的横剖面，这真是他零落他乡、孤独一生的缩影。