Books with author Rob MacGregor

Bunyan's classic Christian allegory adapted for children and the young at heart, an excellent introduction to one of the seminal works of western literature. Pilgrims Progress is relates the story of a pilgrim on his journey on the straight and narrow, where he encounters various entities that strive to sometimes aid, sometimes prevent him from continuing on his journey to the celestial city. Illustrated to enhance the reading experience, this eBook has been formatted for Kindle devices and the Kindle for iOS apps.

Nish has done some crazy things – but nothing to match this! At midnight on New Year’s Eve he’s planning to “moon” the entire world.The Screech Owls have come to New York City for the Big Apple International Peewee Tournament. They’ll be playing in Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Rangers, and on New Year’s Eve they are going to Times Square for the biggest party in history. The countdown to midnight will be broadcast live on a giant TV screen and beamed around the world by a satellite. But Data and Fahd figure out that with just a laptop computer and video camera they can interrupt the broadcast – and Nish will have pulled off the most outrageous stunt ever.Travis, Sarah, and the others have heard it all before. They are more interested in playing in the tournament and exploring the most exciting city on Earth. But no one anticipated just how exciting New York can be. Just hours before midnight, the Owls discover that terrorists plan to disrupt the New Year’s celebration in a more dramatic way than even Nish could have imagined.Sudden Death in New York City is the thirteenth book in the Screech Owls Series. Check out the Screech Owls’ website at www.screechowls.com

The Screech Owls have come to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, to play in the world’s biggest minor league hockey tournament — more than 500 teams gathering from all over the world! Little does Nish realize, as he befriends the hilarious, daring mascot, that he is about to embark on the most terrifying adventure of his lifetime.The Bell Capital Cup is a tournament that brings together 25,000 kids and more than 510 teams. Published to coincide with the next Cup over the 2007/2008 winter holiday, this new Screech Owls book is a grand re-entry for this outstanding series.

A vivid account of the story of Rome from the earliest times to the death of Augustus, retold for children, chronicling the birth of a city and its growth through storm and struggle to become a great world empire. Gives short accounts of battles and campaigns, and of the men who expanded the borders of the Roman empire to include all lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea.

A vivid account of the story of Rome from the earliest times to the death of Augustus, retold for children, chronicling the birth of a city and its growth through storm and struggle to become a great world empire. Gives short accounts of battles and campaigns, and of the men who expanded the borders of the Roman empire to include all lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Suitable for ages 10 and up.

A history of France from the Roman conquest of Gaul to the Franco-Prussian War in the late 19th century. The stories of Vercingetorix, Clovis, Roland, Charlemagne, Rollo the Viking, St. Louis, Bertrand du Guesclin, Joan of Arc, Charles the Bold, Bayard, Henry Navarre, Louis XIV, and Napoleon Bonaparte are retold in beautiful detail. Richly illustrated to enhance the reading experience. Contents include:The DruidsThe Patriot VercingetorixKing AttilaThe First King of FranceThe Three Little PrincesThe Sluggard KingsThe Death of St. BonifaceRoland Winds His HornLouis the Good-NaturedThe VikingsThe Vikings Besiege ParisRollo's PrideKing Robert and the PopeThe Truce of GodPeter the HermitThe OriflammeThe Second CrusadeArthur, Prince of Normandy, DisappearsThe Battle of BouvinesThe Vow of St. LouisSt. Louis is Taken PrisonerThe Sicilian VespersThe Battle of the SpursPope Boniface Taken PrisonerThe Salic LawThe Battle of SluysThe Battle of CrecyThe Siege of CalaisThe Battle of PoitiersThe Rebellion of JacquesSir Bertrand du GuesclinThe Battle of RoosebekThe Mad KingThe Two Lily PrincesThe Battle of AgincourtThe Baby-King of FranceThe Siege of OrleansJoan Sees the DauphinJoan Relieves OrleansJoan Leads the Dauphin to RheimsThe Death of the MaidThe League of the Common WealLouis XI Visits Charles the BoldThe Death of Charles the BoldMadame la GrandeBayard is Taken PrisonerBayard Holds the Bridge AloneThe Field of the Cloth of GoldThe Death of BayardThe ReformersThe "Gabelle" or Salt TaxThe Siege of St. QuentinThe Prince of Condé Taken PrisonerThe Prince of Condé KilledAdmiral Coligny Goes to ParisSt. Bartholomew's DayHenry of Navarre Escapes from ParisThe King of ParisThe Prince of BéarnRavaillac Stabs the KingThe Italian FavouriteThe Siege of La RochelleThe Day of DupesThe Wars of the FrondeThe Diligent KingLouis XIV. Persecutes the HuguenotsThe Bread of the PeasantsThe Taking of QuebecMarie AntoinetteThe Taking of the BastilleThe Fishwives at VersaillesThe Flight of the Royal FamilyLouis XVI. is ExecutedMarie Antoinette is ExecutedNapoleon BonaparteThe Bridge of LodiThe Battle of the PyramidsThe Great St. Bernard Pass"The Sun of Austerlitz"The Berlin DecreeThe Retreat from MoscowNapoleon is Banished to ElbaThe Battle of WaterlooThe Revolution of JulyThe Brave ArchbishopThe Siege of Sebastopol"The Man of Sedan"

LONG, long years ago, Troy, one of the great cities in Asia Minor, was taken by the Greeks. Many mighty Trojans had defended their city well, and among them all none had fought more bravely than the prince Æneas. But when Æneas saw that the Greeks had set fire to the city, he fled, carrying, it is said, his father on his shoulders, and grasping by the hand his son Ascanius. Moreover, so precious to him was the sacred image of the goddess Pallas, that he saved it from the burning city. The gods, pleased with his reverence, helped him in his flight by building a ship. So when Æneas reached the sea he at once embarked in it, with his followers and their wives, and sailed away to seek for a new land in which to build a new city. As the Trojans sailed they saw a bright star shining above them. Day and night the star was always to be seen, showing the seafarers the direction in which to steer. At length the Trojans reached the western shore of Italy, and here, at a town called Latium, they disembarked. The women were weary of the sea, and no sooner had they landed than they began to wonder how they could persuade their husbands to journey no farther, but to settle in the pleasant country which they had reached. Among these women was a lady of noble birth, who was wise as she was good. Roma, for that was the lady's name, proposed that they should burn the ship in which they had sailed. Then it would be impossible for their husbands to go any farther in search of a new home. The other women agreed to Roma's daring plan, and with mingled hope and fear the ship was set on fire. When the men saw the flames devouring the vessel they were troubled, but when they found out how it had been set on fire, they were angry. Yet, as anger could not give them back their ship, and as Italy was a pleasant land, the men did as the women wished. They settled near a hill called Mount Palatine, and there they built a city...

Long, long ago the land which we now call France was called Gaul.Gaul was much larger than France is to-day, although north, south, and west France has the same boundaries now as Gaul had in the far-off days of which I am going to tell you.What these boundaries are, many a geography lesson will have shown. But, lest you have forgotten, take a map of Europe, and you will see that on the north France has to protect her the English Channel, on the south she is guarded by the Mediterranean and the Pyrenees, while on her west roll the waters of the Atlantic. These mountains and waters were also the bulwarks of ancient Gaul.It was on the east that Gaul stretched far beyond the boundaries of France, reaching to the Alps and to the swift-flowing river Rhine.And it is of Gaul, as it was in those far-off days many centuries B.C., that I wish first to tell you.The large tract of land called Gaul was then little more than a dreary waste of moor and marsh, with great forests, larger and gloomier than any you have ever seen.Through these forests and marshlands terrible beasts prowled—wolves, bears, wild oxen. Herds of swine, too, fierce as any wolves, roamed through the marshes. These had been tamed enough to answer to their keepers horn.As for the people who lived in Gaul in those days, they were almost as savage as the wild beasts. Half naked, they too, like the wolves and bears, wandered through the marshes and forests to seek for food...

A vivid account of the story of Rome from the earliest times to the death of Augustus, retold for children, chronicling the birth of a city and its growth through storm and struggle to become a great world empire. Gives short accounts of battles and campaigns, and of the men who expanded the borders of the Roman empire to include all lands bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Suitable for ages 10 and up.