Books with author Roger Smith

The lights are going out all over Europe. War has begun. The year is 1914. Time-travellers Liam O’Malley, aged 12, and his sister Aoife are transported back in time and embark on another epic adventure in the midst of the Great War. Their mission: to protect their 15-year-old great-grandfather Tom, who has volunteered to fight. Assisted by their friends Seamus and Phelim and a magical horse called Ferdia, they encounter real-life heroes Captain Arthur O'Sullivan, Nurse Edith Cavell, the poet Frances Ledwidge and the mysterious one-handed, one-eyed soldier who could not be killed: the Belgian/Irish Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart. Follow the group as they witness the horrors of war in France and Belgium and attempt to help the wounded. Experience the chance meeting they have with a young German soldier which sets off a chain of unexpected events in the future. But first things first: they must protect Tom and let the future take care of itself …

Ten year old Danny and his sister Emmie are on holiday with their Grandad and Nanny down by the coast in Merlin’s Corner when they find buried in the sand a strange shaped bottle with funny symbols placed on it.When a storm forces them into an old fisherman’s hut the bottle top comes undone and as wisps of smoke appear a tall man with white beard and shoulder length hair, wearing a long blue cloak, a small conical hat with a blue star on it and what looks like the carpet slippers that their Grandad wears indoors appears. He says his name is Merlin.He tells them that many years ago his spirit was trapped inside the bottle by another wizard called Tarlin who wanted to rule the World and he was still alive and close to achieving it, needing only to find a mysterious Ring of Avalon which was lost when the wizards fought.It seems that fate has conspired for Merlin to reappear and for the children to help him stop Tarlin as he cannot do it on his own for his power had been seriously reduced due to his time inside the bottle.The final fight takes place in the grounds of Seven House where Tarlin had made an awesome machine of immense power that was just days from being unleashed on the World, with catastrophic consequences.When Tarlin is finally beaten after a terrific battle and the Ring of Avalon located Merlin has to return to his own time, leaving Danny & Emmie with memories of their best holiday ever.

Excerpt from Hyacinth From Limbo: And Other StoriesWhy, then, had they come? Was not her home fabulous and, to many, beautiful, or dare one suspect some appeal in the curious notoriety ofher name? Surely, many a romantic had smiled hearing that old pied piper, the ancient music box, sing him a lorelei beneath the pudgy hand of a blond cherub, escaped from an antique-mad mama's eye or a gilded cupid frame, cranking obstinately away and perched on a stool. No, it was not all malice there!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.

Human rights have been central to the United Nations (UN) since the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and they continue to play a role in debates about the UN's responsibility to protect the vulnerable. Despite having proven ineffective in preventing some human rights abuses, the UN has done important work in setting standards and creating the rules that govern international human rights law. Learn more about the UN's role in upholding these norms in Human Rights and Protecting Individuals, one of the titles in The United Nations series.

Excerpt from Hyacinth From Limbo: And Other StoriesWhy, then, had they come? Was not her home fabulous and, to many, beautiful, or dare one suspect some appeal in the curious notoriety ofher name? Surely, many a romantic had smiled hearing that old pied piper, the ancient music box, sing him a lorelei beneath the pudgy hand of a blond cherub, escaped from an antique-mad mama's eye or a gilded cupid frame, cranking obstinately away and perched on a stool. No, it was not all malice there!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.

Ten year old Danny and his sister Emmie are on holiday with their Grandad and Nanny down by the coast in Merlin’s Corner when they find buried in the sand a strange shaped bottle with funny symbols placed on it.When a storm forces them into an old fisherman’s hut the bottle top comes undone and as wisps of smoke appear a tall man with white beard and shoulder length hair, wearing a long blue cloak, a small conical hat with a blue star on it and what looks like the carpet slippers that their Grandad wears indoors appears. He says his name is Merlin.He tells them that many years ago his spirit was trapped inside the bottle by another wizard called Tarlin who wanted to rule the World and he was still alive and close to achieving it, needing only to find a mysterious Ring of Avalon which was lost when the wizards fought.It seems that fate has conspired for Merlin to reappear and for the children to help him stop Tarlin as he cannot do it on his own for his power had been seriously reduced due to his time inside the bottle.The final fight takes place in the grounds of Seven House where Tarlin had made an awesome machine of immense power that was just days from being unleashed on the World, with catastrophic consequences.When Tarlin is finally beaten after a terrific battle and the Ring of Avalon located Merlin has to return to his own time, leaving Danny & Emmie with memories of their best holiday ever.