Bøger af Alastair Macdonald

NASA is preparing for its first manned mission to Mars. Benjy, Elicia, Rio, Murray the Martian and Sir Ralph are in charge of producing the astronauts food for the journey. Mopsworth Custard is on every menu, in fact Mopsworth Custard is critical to NASA'a whole trip to Mars. All is going well until an accident with a cowpat sees Benjy, Elicia, Rio, Murray and Sir Ralph fly off to Mars. How will they get back to Earth? But the most important question...what will Benjy, Elicia, Rio and Sir Ralph find on Mars? The journey to Mars is full of fun for the young astronauts. But not for the people back at NASA. They are pulling their hair out. On Mars, is when the fun really begins. If the young astronauts are to return to Earth, Benjy must learn to ride a camel. Elicia must to learn how throw a javelin. Rio must to learn how use rocket boots. And Sir Ralph, the Queen of England's corgi must learn how to become a TV cameraman. If not they will never get back to Earth.

A militant food activist group is willing to do anything to expose product purchase manipulation forced by supermarkets onto their customers. Will their efforts be in vein as the public deem them terrorists or will they be seen as fighting for the rights of the everyday shopper? What is more important, will the British public ever look at supermarkets in the same way again?But everything changes when the opening ceremony of London's premier food show is thrown into chaos as a gunman shoots his way onto the main stage. A short while later, a celebrity chef's lifeless body is found hanging in a kitchen. The blame is laid at the feet of the food activist group. The police brand them a danger to life.As UK' supermarkets and the nation's celebrity chefs buckle under the continued attacks, the whole fabric of the world in which they operate in is being forced towards collapse. Can they both still function and inspire their customer's culinary dreams as the attacks intensify and their empires crumble?Chief Inspector Borage is tasked with apprehending the activist group under an increasing media spotlight. Even with all the resources of the Metropolitan police available to him he seems to be thwarted at every turn. Can he bring them to justice before it is too late?

Northern Scotland is a cross-disciplinary publication which addresses historical, cultural, economic, political and geographical themes relating to the Highlands and Islands and the north-east of Scotland.

Northern Scotland is an annual peer-reviewed international journal that addresses historical, cultural, economic, political and geographical themes relating to the Highlands and Islands and north-east of Scotland.