Bøger af Donald McCrory

Robin Rainbow is a contemporary work of fiction written for young adults. The discovery of a casket that contains a map with a riddle sends Robin and his school friends on a quest that leads them to encounter the ever-present forces of Evil that lurk everywhere. Dramatic turning-points that include their capture, escape, recapture, their rescue via celestial beings and their return to 'everyday reality, dictate the novel's narrative arc. When at war with the powers of evil, concern at their disappearance from home and school soon becomes global. To find the missing children, huge rewards are offered that tempt bounty-hunters from across the world. Their disappearance is taken more seriously than any illegal invasion of another country or outbreak of Covid-19 and its variants or any alleged alien abduction! Conversational in style, the text both challenges and entertains. The element of surprise, a deep thirst for adventure, the search for knowledge and happiness sustain the reader's interest throughout.

The Autopsy of an Obituary is genre blending for it combines contemporary literary fiction with magic realism. It is aimed at the general reader, but in particular, at the mind; body and spirit readership.When sent to sell his recently deceased aunt's cottage, Neil discovers her diaries which reveal her quest to find a new guiding principle that would lead her to the "true good", the discovery of which would afford her continuous happiness in this life and in the next.Her quest became an experiment in the art of living: She yearns to live a simple but morally responsible and culturally rich life in an age and in circumstances that often militate against such a yearning.In short, The Autopsy of an Obituary is a call to reflect on what really matters in this life: open-ended, a sequel is envisaged.

What If? is a contemporary work of magic realism that asks young adults this question, "What is it that you really seek and want from this life?"When swimming in a primeval lake, Bridie 'finds' a casket that has a map and this riddle: 'YOUR HEART'S DESIRE LIES IN THE FOREST...'To solve the riddle, Bridie, with three other girls who attend an international boarding school in Cornwall in England, set out on a journey that leads to a series of adventures in which they meet, inter alia, HEBS (Highly Evolved Beings), ancestors who live underground on sacred ley-lines, and those who compose the Tablets of Destinies.The girl's quest centres on their heart's true desire and is the thread that both sustains the narrative arc and the reader's interest throughout.

The first biography to open up areas of work related to the life and times of Alexander von Humboldt, considered the father of the Natural Sciences, which were previously inaccessible to those without knowledge of Spanish, German and French.