Robert Rigby

Danny Watts højeste ønske er at blive soldat. Men hæren nægter at optage ham, for hans bedstefar, Fergus, var en forræder af den værste art. En SAS-bombeekspert som forrådte sit land og regimet for penge – narkopenge. Han blev arresteret og efterladt i et colombiansk fængsel for at dø. I det mindste er det, hvad den 17-årige Danny får som forklaring. Men Danny ved noget, som SAS ikke ved. Fergus Watts lever i bedste velgående i skjul under et andet navn. Spørgsmålet er hvor. Fergus er Dannys eneste levende slægtning og opfyldt af raseri og ønsket om hævn begiver Danny sig ud for at opspore og afsløre ham. Andy McNab (f. 1959) er tidligere elitesoldat i den britiske specialenhed Special Air Services. McNab står bag adskillige bestsellere, som er skrevet på baggrund af hans oplevelser i elitestyrken.

Who is the traitor among us? WWII, German-occupied Antwerp, and life continues as usual for 16-year-old Paul Hansen – until his father is shot. Paul learns that his parents are part of a group of resistance fighters and he's whisked away by Jos Theys, his father's closest friend, to the home of an elderly couple. There Paul learns he must leave Antwerp as quickly as possible and travel south through France and across the Pyrenees into Spain, and from there to England, and freedom. It is a journey to save his life. Along the way he is aided by a collection of courageous men and women prepared to risk everything to help him in his desperate fight for survival. Danger is ever present; who can Paul really trust? A tense, hugely compelling tale of bravery, betrayal and first love.

Title: A Sermon on Joel ii. 13] preached ... on ... March 12, 1800, being the day appointed for a General Fast. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Rigby, Robert; 1800. 15 p.; 8 . 10347.f.7.(1.)

A lethal new drug with devastating side effects, known as Meltdown, is threatening to destabilize society. Dudley knows that the security services have to act fast, and when his 4 x 4 arrives at their remote hideout in the Canadian lakes, 18-year-old Danny and his grandfather, are once again sucked into an operation and a race against time.

Danny and Elena are now working for the Firm, desperately attempting to track down the vengeance-seeking Black Star before more 'Angels of Death' suicide bombers are despatched. Elena is the key to discovering the bomb-master's whereabouts as she has already made Deep Web contact. The plan is simple - locate Black Star and kill him - at whatever cost. While Fergus is forced to remain in England, confined to a wheelchair as he recovers from his injuries, the hunt takes Danny and Elena to New York on a covert mission led by Marcie Deveraux. Despite Black Star's trickery and deception, the net gradually closes. Fergus travels to the US to help, but Elena is drawn into terrible danger, and only Danny can save her. Using the skills his grandfather has taught him and his own initiative, he must stop the avenging bomb-master from wreaking further destruction . . .

After leaving Los Angeles to play soccer with Newcastle United, Mexican American Santiago Munez is recruited to play for Real Madrid, one of the best teams in the world, and must struggle with the pressures and temptations his newfound fame brings.

In the high-octane sequel to Boy Soldier, seventeen-year-old Danny and his grandfather, ex-SAS explosives expert Fergus, are on the run again, with their cover in southern Spain blown.

Gripping, action-packed SAS thriller from the best-selling author of BRAVO TWO ZERO. Ideal for adventure-seeking readers. Danny Watts's grandfather, Fergus, was a traitor. One of the worst sort. An SAS explosives expert who betrayed his country and his Regiment for money. Drug money. He was arrested and left to rot and die in a Colombian jail. At least, that's what seventeen-year-old Danny is told when his hopes of becoming a soldier are destroyed for ever. But he knows something the army doesn't seem to know. Fergus Watts is alive and in the UK, living in secret under an assumed name - but where? Fergus is Danny's only living relative. Burning with fury and desire for revenge, Danny sets out to track down his grandfather and expose him. In doing so he sets in train an explosive sequence of events which throw Danny and Fergus together on the run from the people who want Fergus, and now Danny, dead. Packed with breathtaking action, SAS procedures and surveillance and survival techniques, this is a fast-moving, action-packed thriller for teenagers.

Cuando Santiago Mu ez llega a Los Angeles de M xico a la tierna edad de diez a os, viaja con s lo una bola de f tbol y una foto deslucida de la Copa Mundial. Cuando un cazatalento de Inglaterra le ofrece la oportunidad de cumplir su sue o eterno de jugar al f tbol, vuela hasta un lejano rinc n del mundo a jugarse el todo por el todo. Sin embargo, no todo es color de rosa cuando Santiago aterriza en una de las ciudades m s industriales y desalentadoras de Inglaterra. La presi n que Santiago siente por triunfar crece cada d a, provoc ndolo a ocultar un secreto que podr a sabotear su juego. No cabe duda que Santiago posee instinto, habilidad y determinaci n. Pero tendr el aguante para triunfar en el f tbol profesional europeo? Basado en la pel cula espectacular del mismo nombre, GOOOL es un relato conmovedor de desaf os y tribulaciones, tragedias y triunfos, ambientado en el mundo del deporte m s popular y emocionante de todos los tiempos.

Santiago, a young Mexican American, fulfills his dream of playing soccer when a chance encounter in inner-city Los Angeles results in a trip to England to try out for the Newcastle United soccer team.