Ballantyne: 427 books
The Guilty One
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Moving 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 11-year-old Sebastian who has been charged with...
The Golden Dream (A Western Classic)
Adventures in the Far West (From the Renowned Author of The Coral Island, The Pirate City, The Dog Crusoe and His Master & Under the Waves)
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This eBook edition of "The Golden Dream (A Western Classic)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Ned is a young Englishman who is bitten by the bug of Californian gold rush. He always dreams about going to California and working...
by Ballantyne, R. M.
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. He returned to Scotland in 1847, and published his first book the following year, Hudson's Bay: or,...
by Ballantyne, R. M.
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
The Norsemen in the West by R.M. Ballantyne One fine autumn evening, between eight and nine hundred years ago, two large hairy creatures, bearing some resemblance to polar bears, might have been seen creeping slowly, and with much caution, toward the summit of a ridge that formed a spur to one...
by Ballantyne, R. M.
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
The Ocean and Its Wonders by R.M. Ballantyne The cause of the Gulf Stream has long been a subject of conjecture and dispute among philosophers. Some have maintained that the Mississippi river caused it; but this theory is upset by the fact that the stream is salt--salter even than the sea--while...
Killing the Bismarck
Destroying the Pride of Hitler's Fleet
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
“An excellent account . . . A suspenseful narrative that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.” —WWII History Magazine
In 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...
Pirate Tales for Children (9 Books in One Edition)
Treasure Island, Gold-Bug, Peter Pan and Wendy, Captain Singleton, Captain Sharkey, Coral Island, Captain Boldheart, Master Key and Robinson Crusoe
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
This unique collection of "Pirate Tales for Children (9 Books in One Edition)" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Contents: Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) Gold-Bug (Edgar Allan Poe) Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) Captain Singleton (Daniel Defoe)...
by R. M. Ballantyne
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2019
This book is just what it says it is, an account of the life and adventures of R. M. Ballantyne, as written by himself; there's some short stories in the back too. I would highly recommend this book, especially if you've read any of his books and are curious about the man who wrote them. Its humorous and full of adventure. (Amazon)
HMS London
Warships of the Royal Navy
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2002
Iain BallantyneÕs fascinating and lively account of the lives of British warships named London is illustrated throughout with photographs and paintings, many of them never published before. H.M.S. London looks at history from the perspective of the men who were there, and among the people Iain has...
by R.M. Ballantyne
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
This gripping classic from R.M. Ballantyne tells the story of the eruption of Mt. Krakatau in 1883 which killed more than 36, 000 people.
by Iain Ballantyne
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
The fascinating story of the submarine’s evolution from its ancient beginnings to its culmination as the deadliest vessel ever invented.
A fascinating and comprehensive account of how an initially ineffectual underwater boat—originally derided and loathed in equal measure—evolved into...
Archive Stories
Facts, Fictions, and the Writing of History
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2006
Despite the importance of archives to the profession of history, there is very little written about actual encounters with them—about the effect that the researcher’s race, gender, or class may have on her experience within them or about the impact that archival surveillance, architecture, or...
by Zimbell House Publishing, Alana Ballantyne, Joanna Bair
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Dare to live life by your own rules.
When wives get together, single women cringe.
Who says a woman can't exact revenge?
Be a spy? Or own her own business?
In the early twentieth century, times were changing and society needed to catch-up.
Featured Contributors:
Alana Ballantyne
Joanna Bair
E. W. Farnsworth
Matt McGee
by R. M. Ballantyne
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2016
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.
Contents
The Coral Island (1884)
Away in the Wilderness (1863)
The Lonely Island:...