Robot Fiction

"Are we there yet"? Every parent has heard this classic kid question on a long car ride - and after listening to this astonishingly inventive new audiobook, you'll never look at being bored the same way again. Let's face it: Everyone knows that car rides can be boring. And when things get boring, time slows down. In this audiobook, a boy feels time slowing down so much that it starts going backward - into the time of pirates! Of princesses! Of dinosaurs!

Transistor Rodeo, the world's first all-robot rodeo, travels to Hollywood, making its grand debut in a televised spectacle seen around the globe. But when a city-wide power failure causes a massive blackout in L.A., dozens of robot cowboys and android animals - including a life-size mechanical T-Rex - escape into the night! Now it's up to Cal Carpenter, a washed-up former rodeo star and his young son, Dean, to round up all the runaway robots before something very terrible happens.

The next adventures in the series await you with ghosts, magic, superpowers, sewer monsters, and more! Follow Daisy as she tries to stop a war in a hilarious way. Bite your nails while Jerry escapes some suspicious characters. See how Jeremy discovers ancient magic that tries to trap him. Get ready for more action, fun, excitement, silliness, and adventure.

Paul macht Augen, als er entdeckt, was der neue Untermieter in seiner Werkstatt verbirgt: Adam Botumil ist Erfinder, und sein neuester Clou ist ein kleiner selbstlernender Roboter! Roboterkind Roki ist blitzgescheit und in Nullkommanix lernt es sprechen, laufen, aufräumen, lachen und sogar rülpsen! Als bahnbrechende Erfindung muss Roki unbedingt geheim bleiben und darf Adams Werkstatt nicht verlassen. Aber Rokis Roboterhirn braucht mehr als Gleichstrom. Es ist hungrig nach Neuem und schon bald wird dem neugierigen Knirps langweilig.

Felix Foxly is completely alone with nobody to play with him or keep him company. But one day he decides to build himself a robot friend. The moment his robot Pixel’s lights go on, Felix’s whole life changes. He will never have to be alone again! But how long will they be able to stay friends?

Doug and his parents are off to visit the grandbots. But when their journey is interrupted by some sheep in the road, Doug goes from downloading information about farm animals to actually interacting with them! Doug gets to learn by doing - he herds sheep, milks a cow, gathers eggs, and then uses good old-fashioned “horse sense” to get their car back on the road. Doug Unplugs on the Farm is a lively celebration of farm life and the value of hands-on learning that will encourage kids to go screen-free and explore the real world!

Doug is a robot. His parents want him to be smart, so each morning they plug him in and start the information download. After a morning spent learning facts about the city, Doug suspects he could learn even more about the city by going outside and exploring it. And so Doug...unplugs. What follows is an exciting day of adventure and discovery. Doug learns amazing things by doing and seeing and touching and listening - and above all, by interacting with a new friend.

The Good-Hearted Robot is an audiobook for children that adults will love to listen to also because of its timeless mind-blowing message. The story shows how God, the creator of everything, so loved a brilliant but lonely inventor named Joseph that he gave him the ability to create a talking robot, but showed him that this ingenious invention could never take his loneliness away.

Mira elsker heste, men hendes mor er bange for dem. Veninderne interesserer sig kun for drenge, og sommerferien tegner til at blive rigtig kedelig. Men en cykeltur på landet bliver starten på noget helt nyt. Mira føler næsten, at hun er kommet i paradis, da hun møder hestepasseren Helen og får lov at blive staldpige på Bjerregaard. Her forelsker hun sig hurtigt i den forsømte pony Robot. Men da Robot bliver syg, mener ejeren Roland, at det vil være bedst bare at få den skudt. Mira har det ikke altid lige nemt.

Un lote de contrabando por valor de dos millones y medio de terras no le servirá de nada a Carl Ramsey a no ser que encuentre comprador. Con cifras semejantes, a la hora del intercambio no es raro que las cosas se tuerzan, así que cuando todo va sobre ruedas, Carl sabe que no ha podido tener tanta suerte. Tras descubrirse la estafa, la tripulación del Mobius se lanza a la búsqueda de la mercancía robada. En cuanto descubren quién los ha tomado por inocentes, sin embargo, todo se vuelve patas arriba.

Un lote de contrabando por valor de dos millones y medio de terras no le servirá de nada a Carl Ramsey a no ser que encuentre comprador. Con cifras semejantes, a la hora del intercambio no es raro que las cosas se tuerzan, así que cuando todo va sobre ruedas, Carl sabe que no ha podido tener tanta suerte. Tras descubrirse la estafa, la tripulación del Mobius se lanza a la búsqueda de la mercancía robada.

For years, the king and queen have longed for a child. Their wish is miraculously twice granted in the form of a little wooden robot and an enchanted princess, both of whom they raise lovingly. There’s just one catch: every night when the princess falls asleep, she transforms into a log. She can only be woken with the magic words “Awake, little log, awake.” The two siblings are inseparable, until the day when the sleeping princess is mistaken for an ordinary log and carted off to the frozen North.

Sexy and kick-ass Navajo special agent Mara Keoni is off to Paris to stop the world's most famous thief, Carla Santiago, from stealing one of the most iconic landmarks in France. Her loyal AI car partner KATT is along for the ride, and, of course, will do everything she can to help Mara on her mission. And do everything she can to make Mara into a submissive sex toy.

Un ragazzino geniale, appassionato di robotica, diventa amico di un robot alieno col quale crescerà vivendo avventure incredibili e lottando per salvare il mondo da pericolosi alieni. La vita, le passioni e le avventure di Joshua Russell sono raccontate in un intreccio di cospirazioni, pericoli e insidie per il nostro pianeta. Emozioni, amicizia e suspense si mescolano con argomenti importanti come l’ecologia, la guerra, i rischi della tecnologia per la vita umana ma soprattutto con l’etica e l’onore.

Scranton, the strangest city on earth has an uneasy “live and let unlive” relationship with the supernatural. But when a vamp puts the bite on an unwilling victim, or some witch casts the wrong kind of spell, that’s when they call me. “My name’s Markowski, a Detective Sergeant on the Scranton PD’s Supernatural Crimes Investigation Unit. I carry a badge. Also, a crucifix, some wooden stakes, a big vial of holy water, and a 9mm Beretta loaded with silver bullets.”

The Stunning conclusion to the Crown of the Blood trilogy. Ullsaard rules the known world. All are subject to his will. Yet even as another king bows before him, there are those who would wrench his empire from beneath him. Gav Thorpe works from Nottingham, England and has written more than a dozen novels and even more short stories. Growing up in a tedious town just north of London, he originally intended to be an illustrator but after acknowledging an inability to draw or paint he turned his hand to writing.

The clockwork vampires thirst for blood-oil. The land of Falanor has fallen. On his way to recruit reinforcements to launch the counterattack, the mighty hero Kell finds himself the prey of two beautiful but deadly vampire assassins. Their bronze fangs are coming for him. Andy Remic is a British writer with a love of ancient warfare, mountain climbing and sword fighting.

Legendary warrior Kell must choose to flee the conquered land of Falanor, or take up his axe and fight for its people. However even Kell could be too late and all may be lost...for the Vachine invaders have called upon their ancient rulers, semi-immortal bloodsuckers who dwell on the edges between life and death. The vampire warlords have returned, and they will feed.

You’ve got to keep your head to survive in Nekropolis. It’s a shame Victor Baron couldn’t manage that. Now everyone wants a piece of him. Zombie detective Matt Richter and his glamourous she-vampire companion Devona are back on the case, with another wild and wonderful investigation. Tim Waggoner is a novelist and college professor.

The sequel to Sixty-One Nails. "There's been an accident. It's your daughter." But Alex isn't dead. She's been snatched because she came into her magical power early. Her father, Niall Petersen, must use his own wayward magic to track her down and save her from the madness of Bedlam. Mike Shevdon lives in Bedfordshire, England, with his wife and son, where he pursues the various masteries of weapons, technology, and cookery.