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Iain Ballantyne

Now a major television documentary (Channel 4, 2021)The epic mission to destroy Hitler's flagship.'Bismarck was now loose in the Atlantic we had to find and sink her.'May, 1941. The most powerful battleship the world has ever seen, the German Navy's Bismarck, breaks out into the Atlantic to ravage Allied convoys. Together with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, the Bismarck will seek to deliver a ki...

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Ballantyne

Three boys, a shipwreck, and a world of unfamiliar dangers: survival begins with what they can discover and do together.In R. M. Ballantyne's The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean, Ralph Rover, Jack Martin, and Peterkin Gay find themselves stranded on a remote island in the South Pacific. With no familiar comforts to rely on, they must use observation, practical skill, and determination to build a life amid tropical abundance and uncertainty. Their...

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Ballantine

Discover why admissions officers from the nation’s top medical schools selected these essays of worthy applicantsWith only a limited number of spaces available every year to the thousands ofqualified applicants to the nation’s top medical schools, a serious candidate must finda way to set himself or herself apart from the crowd. The essay is your one chance tohighlight the personal qualities and achievements that the application and MCATscores do not rev...

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Andrew Ballantyne

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Very Short Introductions

This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach in favour of giving an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally. The book begins by looking at how architecture acquires meaning through tradition, and concludes with the exoticism of the recent avant garde. Illustrations ...

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Lisa Ballantyne

"Sophisticated, suspenseful, unsettling, and highly recommended: a terrific debut from an author to watch." —Lee Child, #1 New York Times–bestselling authorMoving and suspenseful, Lisa Ballantyne's The Guilty One is a psychological thriller about the darkness in each of us. It explores how we are all tied to our pasts, and what it means to be guilty.Solicitor Daniel Hunter is called to defend eleven-year-old Sebastian who has been ...

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Iain Ballantyne

"An excellent account . . . A suspenseful narrative that will keep readers on the edge of their seats." — WWII History MagazineIn May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, broke out into the Atlantic to attack Allied shipping. The Royal Navy's pursuit and subsequent destruction of Bismarck was an epic of naval warfare.In this new account of those dramatic events at the height of t...

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Jackie Ballantyne

Brilliantly capturing the voice and perspective of a young girl, this is a heart-warming, lively, funny and intriguing novel. The year 1961 is a pivotal one for nine-year-old Solly McKeen. She is a loner in a family of doubles: a ‘single’ with no twin of her own, and seen as a bit of an oddity by everyone in her dairy-farming community in South Otago. On learning about the unnamed paupers’ graves in the local cemetery, she promises to people them: imagini...

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Iain Ballantyne

A fascinating and lively account of the lives of British warships named London, looking at history from the perspective of the men who were there.There is no current warship in the Royal Navy called HMS London, but vessels carrying the name have featured in some of the most controversial episodes of British naval history.For example, the wooden wall battleship HMS London of the late 18th century could be called "the ship that lost A...

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Will Ballantyne

What is the perfect marriage without some horrific ups and downs?Seeking to experience fresh and exciting parts of the world, Andrew and Tavie Morgan, teachers and conspiracy theory aficionados from England, travel to live and work in Shunde, China. Settling into a secure apartment complex, life is idyllic and secure, until one morning Tavie screams in horror. She believes someone or something has broken into their flat in the middle of the night. And it is not the first time....

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Philippa Ballantine

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Philippa Ballantine

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The Chronicles of Art

Sive, ancient goddess of the Fey is busy watching her world die. Darkness creeps over the Fey world, and its once immortal people and creatures are fading away. As much as she despises humans, Sive knows across the Veil that separates the worlds power can be found.So enlisting the help of her trickster cousin, Puck, she tracks down a mortal bard who may just offer hope. As they watch the child become a man, the brutal and destructive power grows stronger in Sive’s realm, threatenin...

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Philippa Ballantine

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Philippa Ballantine

Born from Philippa Ballantine’s Patreon feed, these 15 stories span fantasy, horror, and science fiction. They explore the dark places of the human soul, the brightness of hope, and the void between worlds.A clone finds the welcoming voice of an alien. A small dragon learns the secrets of the past. The bodies of the dead dance in an ancient church.These and other stories were inspired by an ongoing monthly collaboration between reader and author. From there, they were spun ...

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Philippa Ballantine

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Philippa Ballantine

From the writer of Books of the Order and the co-author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences comes a new historical fantasy about two lovers separated by magic and circumstance.Never alone. Never apart. They are the Awakened, a unique breed of people in a remote corner of the world. Faith is one of these gifted carriers of the Seraphim; and in return of her unconditional love, her Seraphim grants her powers of incredible potential. But not all carriers embrace t...