Rob s'en va pour un long voyage, et au bout, un nouveau pays l'attend. Les lignes se brouillent dans cette étrange contrée pourtant familière, et la vie y suit son drôle de cours.

Ich darf mich bei Ihnen kurz vorstellen, mein Name ist Iron R.O.B.O.T. 987XV. Kurz gerufen, Rob. Ich bin nun seit zirka acht Jahren der Familie Futures zu Diensten. Mein Aufgabenbereich besteht darin, Mutter Denise, Vater Steven und den beiden Kindern Samantha und Leo ihr Leben zu erleichtern. Ich putze, wasche, koche, erledige den Einkauf und bin gleichzeitig der beste Freund der Familie. Als ich damals nagelneu in der Fabrik zusammengeschraubt wurde, einen schönen Anstrich bekam und somi...

Ich darf mich bei Ihnen kurz vorstellen, mein Name ist Iron R.O.B.O.T. 987XV. Kurz gerufen, Rob. Ich bin nun seit zirka acht Jahren der Familie Futures zu Diensten. Mein Aufgabenbereich besteht darin, Mutter Denise, Vater Steven und den beiden Kindern Samantha und Leo ihr Leben zu erleichtern. Ich putze, wasche, koche, erledige den Einkauf und bin gleichzeitig der beste Freund der Familie. Als ich damals nagelneu in der Fabrik zusammengeschraubt wurde, einen schönen Anstrich bekam und somi...

Nofel i ddysgwyr Cymraeg Lefel Uwch gan Mared Lewis, sy'n diwtor Cymraeg i oedolion. Mae Rob a'i ddau blentyn yn symud i fyw i dA* ei fodryb, ac yn dechrau bywyd newydd fel tad sengl. Ond ydy hi'n hawdd cynnau tan ar hen aelwyd? Nofel lawn hiwmor, sy'n ymdrin a nifer o themau cyfoes.

Rob Roy is a captivating novel of chivalry and romance set in the Scottish Highlands of the 18th century. After rejecting the life his father has laid out for him, Frank Osbaldistone is sent to live with his uncle in the north of England. When his father’s wealth and reputation are threatened, he travels to the Scottish Highlands, aiming to retrieve a set of stolen documents. It is here that he is pulled into a number of skirmishes relating to the Jacobite uprising of 1715, and where his p...

Rob MacLaine, CEO of Harper MacLaine Security and ex-Special Forces operative, is preparing to take part in a demonstration of a game-changing military weapon.Merging the technologies of laser guidance, smart bullets and drones, the invention is something never before seen in the field of battle. But after Rob foils an attempt to kidnap a senator, a series of events is set in motion that takes him deep into the dark world of people-trafficking and crime.Racing against time ...

Retired Air Force Sergeant Robert Madden thought his wars were behind him, but as he entered Tres Rios, New Mexico, a new war was just beginning. When Madden stops at Tres Rios on his way to California to pursue a doctorate in education, he didn't expect to stay past lunch. A run-in with a local drug lord halts all of his plans. To escape from a corrupt police force and legal action, Madden is given a choice in punishment--state prison or a year teaching troubled kids at the local rural sc...

Rob Roy is a historical novel by Walter Scott. It is narrated by Frank Osbaldistone, the son of an English merchant who travels first to the North of England, and subsequently to the Scottish Highlands, to collect a debt stolen from his father. On the way he encounters the larger-than-life title character, Rob Roy MacGregor.The story takes place just before the 1715 Jacobite Rising, with much of Scotland in turmoil. Frank Osbaldistone, the narrator, quarrels with his father and is ...

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.‘Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.’Set just before the Jacobite Rising in 1715, Scott drew upon the political and economic struggles leading up to the rebellion and the tumultuous history of the Highlands in his classic adventure novel Rob Roy. Despite the book’s title, Frank Osbaldistone is the protagonist, travelling through England and the Scottish Highlands to collect a deb...

"Rob Roy" by Sir Walter Scott is a historical fiction novel as gripping as his masterpiece "Ivanhoe". It is part of the Waverley novels, a series of Scott's books that focused on Scottish history and it is considered a quintessential work in the genre of Romanticism, inspiring countless tales of swashbuckling and chivalry ever sinceAlthough "Rob Roy" was published in 1817, it is a story based on the actual historical figure of Robert Roy MacGregor, born in the late 1600s in...

Rob Roy MacGregor is the romantic outlaw who comes alive in Sir Walter Scott's classic epic of the passions and struggles of the Scottish border lands.In rich, vivid prose, Rob Roy follows the adventures of Frank Osbaldistone, who falls out of favor with his father after failing to measure up to his expectations in the world of business. Sent to stay in Scotland, Frank, an innocent, Protestant Englishman,is intrigued by the wild and noble land. He finds himself drawn to th...

"For God's sake, kill me!" Cried undercover DEA Agent Bonnie McCord to members of the Sola Mesa Drug Cartel members as they repeatedly raped her. In Bolivia, where DEA agents are prohibited, her supervisors took the risk of assigning her deep in the heart of the drug-producing region to collect critical intelligence on cartel operations. Her cover was blown by both the US Embassy and a vindictive jilted suitor. Would she spend the remaining days of her life as a "trophy whore" for the Sola...