Books with author Martin Ross

Excerpt from Beggars on Horseback: A Riding Tour in North WalesEmpress stove, and Mr Griffiths' attitude of mild bewilderment changed to wounded dignity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Seventeen-year-old Zander Hua has grown up hearing his parents argue about the environment. His dad, Mike, just wants to enjoy his life as a deep-sea fisherman, but his mom, Gloria, detests how the fishing industry damages reefs in our already dying oceans. When he is ten, his parents divorce and Zander splits his time between his mom’s world of environmental activism and his dad’s world of sailing, fishing, and survival shows. The summer after Zander’s junior year, his dad invites him to sail from Seattle to Hawaii. A retired software exec from Seattle has hired Mike to help him transport his luxurious 80 ft sailing yacht—along with some indigenous artifacts including an antique Makah dugout canoe—to his summer home in Hawaii. Zander begs to let his girlfriend, Jenna come along, and she brings her cat, Mr. Jackson. The trip goes well at first, but something is very odd about the boat’s owner. He scares Jenna and gets on Zander’s nerves. One night, midway between Los Angeles and Hawaii, Zander is suddenly pushed overboard by an unknown hand, and the yacht sails away. After nearly drowning, he discovers that the old canoe and the cat have also been tossed overboard. He crawls inside the canoe and eventually realizes he is in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. No stranger to the irony that the stuff he needs to survive is the same stuff that’s killing our oceans, Zander sets about collecting plastic garbage that just might save his life and allow him the chance to find out what happened to his dad and Jenna.

Legend tells that if the Ravens leave the Tower of London, then Britain and the Crown will fall. Jester and the Ravens live the good life, entertaining the tourists in the grounds of the Tower, blissfully unaware that they live in the shadow of an ancient, evil curse. When Jester's lust for adventure threatens the unity of the family, a traitor's treacherous plot begins to take shape. When evil strikes the Tower and disaster sweeps the land, it falls to the Ravens and their friends to save Britain and the Crown from catastrophe.

Mixed-Up Morning Blues has been one of Mark’s most requested songs for the past thirteen years. Here it is served up by a righteous twelve-piece band with a ton of help from “his kids,” along with lively illustrations in an easy-to-follow book format. It’s an inspired project that beautifully brings together Mark’s extensive experience and passion as both a blues musician and an educator. According to Mark, you can teach kids almost anything with music, and they do “get” the blues.“Bring Mark Ross, a guitar, and a group of young children together in a room, and you have magic. Mark’s ability to use his music to teach language, math, anatomy, movement – you name it – all the while handling a preschool crowd that can rival any late night blues club, is pure joy.”--Linda Duerr, Director, Child Development Lab, Penn State University“When Mark comes to visit he’s a huge hit with our kids and teachers alike. Pure fun, that always leaves us wanting more! Mixed-Up Morning Blues is a great book and disc to add to your child’s library.” --Miss Janet Stay and Play Preschool, State College, PA

Two hundred years in the future and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Food supplies are low, the oil’s gone, and the environment is ravaged. Then almost by accident time travel is discovered and soon man-made “trapdoors” link the future to the past, and millions of people live up and down the timestream. Their purpose is to process food and materials and ship it upstream to feed the growing population and fuel humanity's new golden age. But for those living in the past it’s not always so great. Most live in factory complexes under the thumb of the oppressive corporations which run their lives. Maya, Nestor, and Susan live at a factory in the Permian Era, 250 million years ago, on the super continent of Pangaea. When Maya’s father is murdered, leaving her a cryptic message, they are dragged into a conspiracy which challenges their understanding of the world, and rewrites history, literally. The adventure takes them across the desert and deep underwater, and pits them against a menagerie of deadly prehistoric creatures. There are betrayals, crash landings, rooftop chases, time travel, shark attacks and a hint of romance before they finally discover why her father was murdered, and confront the people responsible.(This is edition 6 which has been heavily edited in the light of peoples feedback).

The line separating flesh from spirit can be elusive….Teenaged altar boy Jonah Gregory’s faith is strong, even if some of his beliefs are unconventional. Jonah is certain Christ is gay, like him, and he knows the devotion he feels is mutual. His plans to become a priest are called into question when he meets Rusty Naylor, the closeted son of a famous romance novelist. Not only is Rusty attractive and charming, he could be Jesus’s twin. Jonah is torn between the calling of his soul and the desires of his body—a distinction that grows more and more muddled since Jonah can’t look at Rusty without imagining the Lord, and vice versa. Worse yet, Jonah feels caught in a tug-of-war between them.As Jonah struggles to determine the course of his life, he’s aided by his parents, Rusty’s famous mother, a surly Father from Brooklyn, and the two men who hold sway over his heart: Rusty and the Lord.

Early learners reading edition. Build your child's confidence in their reading ability with these early readers books! Beautiful full colored images that draw your child's attention and keeps it as they turn the pages to explore more. This early learning book also comes with a comprehension check at the end to help your child build the skill of retaining information.