Robots Fantasy

After bloody civil unrest, environmental disaster, and the Third World War, benevolent corporations have replaced governments and delivered peace, prosperity, and equality to a grateful human race. Max Carmichael is an agent in the Cryptics Bureau, whose duty is to protect the corporations that govern the world. But when he’s given a secret mission to find a mysterious woman linked to acts of sabotage, he discovers she was part of a MIM*X experiment that links human brains to artificial intelligence.

Everyone in Peter Powers' family has super awesome superpowers - except Peter. All he can do is make ice cubes and flash freeze little stuff. At least his brother and sister have finally stopped picking on him - mostly. But at school, an even more menacing bully has it out for Peter and his friends. As if that wasn't enough, Boulder City is being raided by robots! When his parents are captured, will Peter and his siblings be able to work together and save the day? Or will the town - and possibly the world - be iced? Join Peter Powers and his fantastic family for their second adventure.

"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!

Fact: Robots are awesome. They have lasers for eyes, rockets for feet, and supercomputers for brains! Plus, robots never have to eat steamed beans or take baths, or go to bed. If only there were some sort of magical “Robo-Sauce” that turned squishy little humans into giant awesome robots.... Well, now there is.

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!

Four years after the horrific events in Leadville, a young visitor from England, Victoria Dawes, sets into motion a series of events that will lead Cora and herself out into the New Mexico desert. They are in pursuit of Anaba, a Navajo witch bent on taking revenge for the atrocities committed against her people.

Meet Easie Damasco: thief, liar...and lately, reluctant hero. But whatever good intentions Damasco may have are about to be tested to their limits, as the most valuable - and dangerous - object in the land comes within his light-fingered grasp. Add in some suicidally stubborn giants, an old enemy with dreams of empire, and the deadliest killer in two kingdoms on his heels, and Easie’s chances of staying honest - or even just surviving - are getting slimmer by the hour.

Marius dos Hellespont and his apprentice, Gerd, are professional looters of battlefields. When they stumble upon the corpse of the King of Scorby and Gerd is killed, Marius is mistaken for the monarch by one of the dead soldiers and is transported down to the Kingdom of the Dead. Just like the living citizens, the dead need a king - after all, the king is God’s representative, and someone needs to remind God where they are. And so it comes to pass that Marius is banished to the surface with one message: If he wants to recover his life he must find the dead king.

It is the Black Dawn, a time of environmental apocalypse, the earth wracked and dying. It is the Bright Day, a time long generations hence, when a peace has descended across the world. In each era, a child shall be chosen. Their task is to find a dark messiah known only as the Crowman. But is he our savior - or the final incarnation of evil?

In this beautifully written kids story... it is the last day of Tom's holiday at the seaside and he's feeling very upset that it's nearly time for him to go home. He throws the last stick into the sea for his dog Patch but oh dear a giant wave carries them both far away to a desert island. But this island has a secret past as Tom is soon to find out because this is Robot Island that nobody knows about. Will Tom be able to escape from the Robots and get back home? These are great story books for kids who love robots. These two good stories for kids in this book truly do capture the imagination.

Esta comedia dramática, ambientada en un futuro próximo, cuenta la historia de una mujer de 40 años, que cansada de los hombres que nunca quieren asumir compromisos, harta de intentar nuevos vínculos a través de aplicaciones en línea, decide encarar una relación romántica y tener una familia con un robot: Mi Principe Azul. Nuestra protagonista intenta así solucionar sus eternos problemas de relación con los hombres desarrollando una relación sentimental con un robot que no tiene ninguno de los defectos masculinos que tanto la agobian.

When the plans for his super-advanced robot are stolen by his father's esteemed colleague, Marcus Makeran, 8-year-old Billy Myers and his robot, Zocar, must do battle and defeat the scientist's new creation, ARNIE, an evil militaristic robot even more advanced than Zocar. When ARNIE malfunctions and threatens the entire city, it's up to Zocar to save the day. Find out how in this exciting story of adventure, friendship, and trust.

When the lucky survivors of the world’s most infamous maritime disaster were plucked out of the freezing ocean by the passenger steamship Carpathia, they thought their problems were over. But something is sleeping in the darkest recesses of their rescue ship. Something old. Something hungry.

Altapasaeda, capital of the Castoval, is about to be besieged by its own king - and where else would luckless, somewhat reformed thief Easie Damasco be but trapped within the city's walls? Faced with a war they can't win and a populace too busy fighting amongst itself to even try, the Castovalian defenders are left with one desperate option. Far in the northern lands of Shoan, rebels have set up the young prince Malekrin as a figurehead in their own quest to throw off the king's tyrannical rule. One way or another, the prince must be persuaded to join forces.

Exiled from the court of Queen Elizabeth for accusing a powerful nobleman of treason, swordsman-turned-spy Mal Catlyn has been living in France with his young valet, Coby Hendricks, for the past year. But Mal harbours a darker secret: he and his twin brother share a soul that once belonged to a skrayling, one of the mystical creatures from the New World.

Elizabethan spy Mal Catlyn has everything he ever wanted - his twin brother Sandy restored to health, his family estate reclaimed and a son to inherit it - and while his work is far from over, Mal still has a slim chance of eliminating his enemies whilst they are at their weakest. With Sandy's help, Mal learns to harness his own magic in the fight against the guisers, but it may be too late to save England. Schemes set in motion decades ago are at last coming to fruition, and the barrier between the dreamlands and the waking world is wearing thin…

Birdsong: Beep and Mort are enchanted by a bird’s beautiful song. Mollyvale comes together to make the bird a gift so it might sing again. The Dream: When Pop tells Beep and Mort about the amazing, magical dream she had the night before, Beep is sad that robots can’t dream. Mort, Mae, Uncle Joe and Pop join forces to create a real-life dreamland for Beep. Beep’s Home: Beep learns about missing something and introduces the villagers to Planet Beep, shedding light on her life before she landed in Mollyvale.

Timo und Korgy fliegen ins All. Naja, nicht in Wirklichkeit, sondern in einem Simulator. Die beiden Freunde wundern sich nur, wie unfassbar realistisch sich ihr Trip in die Weiten des Universums anfühlt. Ein kleines bisschen zu echt... Könnte es sein, dass sie die Erde vielleicht doch verlassen haben? Steig mit ein und finde es heraus.

Korgy kann nicht einschlafen. Der kleine Roboter bastelt deshalb mitten in der Nacht an einem neuen Motor für seinen Räderrucksack - und freut sich schon auf den nächsten Morgen, um die Konstruktion zu testen. Doch kurz nach Sonnenaufgang wartet auf Korgy und Timo plötzlich eine ganz andere Mission: Sie sollen auf Waldi aufpassen, den alten Dackel vom Nachbarhof. Kein Problem! Aber nebenbei machen die beiden Freunde eine unglaubliche Entdeckung.

Was tun, wenn kleine Roboter Schluckauf haben? Timo muss feststellen, dass die klassischen Hausmittelchen bei Korgy versagen. Die beiden Freunde machen sich also auf den Weg, um andere Methoden auszuprobieren. Das führt sie unter anderem in eine Tropfsteinhöhle... Ob Korgys Hicks-Problem dort gelöst werden kann? Finde es heraus! (Aber pass auf die Fledermäuse auf...).