All Ballantyne's novels are, in his own words, "adventure stories for young folks", and The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean (1858) is no exception. It is a Robinsonade, a genre of fict……続きを見る
"'In Search of Lost Time' is widely recognized as the major novel of the twentieth century." ーHarold Bloom "At once the last great classic of French epic prose tradition and the towering precursor ……続きを見る
SHORTLISTED: NEW ANGLE PRIZE
Norfolk, 1813. In the quiet Waveney Valley, the body of a woman - Mary Tyrell - is staked through the heart after her death by suicide. She had been under arrest for the……続きを見る
“Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest! Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest. Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”
ー Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island.
‘Billy’ Bo……続きを見る
"In the Track of the Troops" is an adventurous and traditionally rich novel written by using R. M. Ballantyne, a 19th-century Scottish writer known for his memories of exploration and survival. The ……続きを見る
"Jarwin and Cuffy" by R. M. Ballantyne is an exciting journey novel that transports readers to the coronary heart of a maritime journey packed with pleasure and demanding situations. The tale follow……続きを見る
"The Settler and the Savage" is a unique written through R. M. Ballantyne that explores the cultural conflict between European settlers and indigenous peoples inside the context of nineteenth-centur……続きを見る
But the howling condition of life did not last long.At the age of five years little Chingatok began to grow unusually fast, and when he reached the age of seven, the tribe took note of him as a more……続きを見る
"Chasing the Sun" is the call of a movement book that became written by a Scottish writer in the 1800s. Journey and locating are crucial elements of history, and the story captures the spirit of the……続きを見る
"Life in the Red Brigade: London Fire Brigade" by R.M. Ballantyne is a captivating urban adventure that follows the courageous firefighters of London as they battle flames, risking their lives to re……続きを見る
"The Lively Poll: A Tale of the North Sea" by R. M. Ballantyne is a captivating maritime adventure novel that immerses readers in the perilous world of sea voyages and shipwrecks. Set against the ba……続きを見る
"Away in the Wilderness" by using R. M. Ballantyne is a captivating journey novel that transports readers into the rugged and untamed landscapes of the Canadian desert all through the nineteenth cen……続きを見る
著者:Peter M. Ball
出版社: Brain Jar Press
発売日: 2022年02月15日
Peter M. Ball made his debut as a speculative fiction writer in 2007, but he’d already been writing for over a decade before turning his attention to science fiction and fantasy. This chapbook bring……続きを見る
Neues von Autor, Lyriker und Künstler Günther M. Bach. Mit "Restlicht und Widerschein" legt der Ostberliner ein neues Werk mit autobiographischem Touch vor. Es wird erzählt von einem illusionslosen ……続きを見る
“A tale is but half told when only one person tells it.”
- The Saga of Grettir the Strong.
Saga Six Pack 5 is a Viking-sized selection of Scandinavian super-stories:
Erling the Bold by R. M. Ballan……続きを見る
Three boys, fifteen-year-old Ralph Rover (the narrator), eighteen-year-old Jack Martin and fourteen-year-old Peterkin Gay, are the sole survivors of a shipwreck on the coral reef of a large but unin……続きを見る
In the second half of the seventeenth century, the Scottish Kirk was in direct conflict with the King of England. By 1666, the king s soldiers were given lists of the names of the Scottish Covenante……続きを見る
Hereupon the monkey uttered a terrific shriek of passion, exposed all its teeth and gums, glared at its adversary like a little fiend, and seizing the branch with both hands, shook it with all its m……続きを見る
著者:R. M. Ballantyne
出版社: Walrus Books Publisher
発売日: 2019年07月16日
Telling of international diplomacy, slavery, piracy, and rebellion, The Pirate City moves from the sordid slave markets of Algiers to smoke-cloaked warship Queen Charlotte, in this tale of pirates v……続きを見る
His father told him never to fall in love. His mother didn't protect him from childhood sexual abuse, and she never gave him the affection he deserved. Now, Shariff Delapierre has the dubious reputa……続きを見る
“There is a dividing ridge in the great northern wilderness of America, whereon lies a lakelet of not more than twenty yards in diameter. It is of crystal clearness and profound depth, and on the st……続きを見る
By the early light of a bright summer morning, long, long ago, two small boats were seen to issue from one of the fiords or firths on the west coast of Norway, and row towards the skerries or low ro……続きを見る
The great Pacific is the scene of our story. On a beautiful morning, many years ago, a little schooner might have been seen floating, light and graceful as a seamew, on the breast of the slumbering ……続きを見る
On a brilliant summer morning in the last quarter of the seventeenth century a small troop of horsemen crossed the ford of the river Cairn, in Dumfriesshire, not far from the spot where stands the l……続きを見る
Martin Rattler was a very bad boy. At least his aunt, Mrs. Dorothy Grumbit, said so; and certainly she ought to have known, if anybody should, for Martin lived with her, and was, as she herself expr……続きを見る
Talk of earthquakes! not all the earthquakes that have rumbled in Ecuador or toppled over the spires and dwellings of Peru could compare, in the matter of dogged pertinacity, with that earthquake wh……続きを見る
The Giant was an Eskimo of the Arctic regions. At the beginning of his career he was known among his kindred by the name of Skreekinbroot, or the howler, because he howled oftener and more furiously……続きを見る
Some time within the first quarter of the present nineteenth century, a little old ladyーsome people would even have called her a dear little old ladyーsat one afternoon in a high–backed chair besid……続きを見る
Charlie to the Rescue written by Scottish author R.M. Ballantyne. This book is one of many works by him .Published in 1890. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally impo……続きを見る
“‘Honesty is the best policy,’ Tom, you may depend on it,” said a youth to his companion, one afternoon, as they walked along the margin of one of those brawling rivulets which, born amid the snows ……続きを見る