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Passages selected from the writings of Thomas Carlyle, with a biogr. memoir by T. Ballantyne
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 384
Twisted Metal
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 496

Twisted Metal

The Robot Wars are just beginning . . .On a world of intelligent robots who seem to have forgotten their own distant past, it is a time of war as the soldiers of Artemis City set out to conquer everything within range on the continent of Shull, killing or converting every robot they capture to their philosophy, while viewing their own wire-based minds as nothing but metal to be used or recycled for the cause. Elsewhere, the more individualistic robots of Turing City believe they are something more than metal, but when the Artemisian robot Kavan sets out on a determined crusade to prove himself, even Turing City can't stand against him. Increasingly tied up with Kavan's destiny is Karel, a Tu...

The Guilty One
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 419

The Guilty One

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-08-27
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  • Publisher: Hachette UK

A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB FAVOURITE AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON 'Sophisticated, suspenseful, unsettling' Lee Child 'Grips like a vice' Daily Mail 'Compulsive' Rosamund Lupton 'Moving, insightful' Guardian ___________ Daniel Hunter has spent years defending lost causes as a solicitor in London. But his life changes when he is introduced to Sebastian, an eleven-year-old accused of murdering an innocent young boy. As he plunges into the muddy depths of Sebastian's troubled home life, Daniel thinks back to his own childhood in foster care - and to Minnie, the woman whose love saved him, until she, too, betrayed him so badly that he cut her out of his life. But what crime did Minnie commit that ...

Over the Rocky Mountains
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 58

Over the Rocky Mountains

Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 - 8 February 1894) was a Scottish author of juvenile fiction who wrote more than 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist, and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy.Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh on 24 April 1825, the ninth of ten children and the youngest son, to Alexander Thomson Ballantyne (1776-1847) and his wife Anne (1786-1855). Alexander was a newspaper editor and printer in the family firm of "Ballantyne & Co" based at Paul's Works on the Canongate,

The Iron Horse
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 222

The Iron Horse

"The Iron Horse," authored by R. M. Ballantyne, is a riveting historical adventure novel that delves into the remarkable era of the railway expansion in 19th-century America. This story revolves around the experiences of Charlie Kennedy, one of the courageous young man who finds himself embroiled in the awe-inspiring construction of the transcontinental railroad. Set against the backdrop of the rugged American West, the narrative follows Charlie as he joins a diverse workforce tasked with the monumental challenge of building the iron tracks that will connect the East and also West coasts. Through Ballantyne's vivid descriptions, readers are transported to a world of steam engines, blasting p...

Blood and Iron
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 456

Blood and Iron

While Wa-Ka-Mo-Do of Ko tries to establish relations between the existing robot population and the humans who have recently arrived on Yukawa, Kavan forms an army on the continent of Shull to march on Artemis City.

Good Bad Love
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 401

Good Bad Love

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-01-08
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  • Publisher: Hachette UK

'Gripping and emotionally charged' Clare Mackintosh 'Emotionally compelling' Chris Brookmyre There's a fine line between good and bad . . . 'Big George' McLaughlin is a bad person. He's snatched a little girl from her family, and he's not planning on giving her back. But George is also inherently good. He loves this little girl and has kidnapped her with pure intentions. She's his daughter and he wouldn't do a thing to hurt her. So when being together feels so right, why is it so terribly wrong? Is there such a thing as good bad love? From the Richard & Judy Book Club and international bestselling author of The Guilty One comes a suspenseful, gritty and emotionally charged journey of an estr...

Dream London
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 416

Dream London

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-10-10
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  • Publisher: Solaris

Captain Jim Wedderburn has looks, style and courage by the bucketful. He's adored by women, respected by men and feared by his enemies. He's the man to find out who has twisted London into this strange new world, and he knows it. But in Dream London the city changes a little every night and the people change a little every day. The towers are growing taller, the parks have hidden themselves away and the streets form themselves into strange new patterns. There are people sailing in from new lands down the river, new criminals emerging in the East End and a path spiralling down to another world. Everyone is changing, no one is who they seem to be.

The Collected Works of R. M. Ballantyne
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 9212

The Collected Works of R. M. Ballantyne

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-11-13
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  • Publisher: DigiCat

This edition includes: Novels: The Coral Island Snowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders) Ungava Martin Rattler The Dog Crusoe and his Master The World of Ice The Gorilla Hunters The Golden Dream The Red Eric Away in the Wilderness Fighting the Whales The Wild Man of the West Fast in the Ice Gascoyne The Lifeboat Chasing the Sun Freaks on the Fells The Lighthouse Fighting The Flames Silver Lake Deep Down Shifting Winds Hunting the Lions Over the Rocky Mountains Saved by the Lifeboat Erling the Bold The Battle and the Breeze The Cannibal Islands Lost in the Forest Digging for Gold Sunk at Sea The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands The Iron Horse The Norsemen in the West The Pioneers Bl...

The Wild Man of the West
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 235

The Wild Man of the West

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-11-13
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  • Publisher: DigiCat

Living in the Wild West wasn't always a dream job. There were often skirmishes with the rival groups and an on-going tussle with the Native Americans, who wanted to preserve their own space. But can a group of "mountain men" survive in these environments or will they succumb to the pressure? R.M. Ballantyne was a famous children's author and a renowned artist.