Hiro Hamada liebt Roboter über alles. Der technikbegeisterte Junge ist so verrückt nach ihnen, dass er als Experte in diesem Bereich in ganz San Fransokyo bekannt ist. Auch sein bester Freund ist ein Roboter - und wer glaubt, die hätten kein Herz, der kennt Baymax noch nicht!
Der sieht nicht nur aus wie ein Marshmallow, sondern ist auch mindestens genauso süß. Und auch wenn er zugegebenermaßen ziemlich tollpatschig sein kann, steht er Hiro im...
Clan, King and Covenant explores the turbulent history of the Highlands during the seventeenth century. The signing of the National Covenant in 1638 first challenged the powers of Charles I in Scotland, but it was only when Alasdair MacDonald joined Montrose in raising the Royalist clans that the country erupted into civil war. Central to the conflict was the ancient enmity between the MacDonalds and the Campbells, Earls of Argyll, as Clan Don...
The Jacobite Wars is a detailed exploration of the Jacobite military campaigns of 1715 and 1745, set against the background of Scottish political, religious and constitutional history. The author has written a clear and demythologized account of the military campaigns waged by the Jacobites against the Hanoverian monarchs. He draws on the work of recent historians who have come to emphasize the political significance of the rebellions (which h...
Feuds, Forays and Rebellions is a history of the Highland Clans over the hundred and fifty years after the MacDonalds, Lords of the Isles, forfeited the Earldom of Ross in 1475. It describes the fragmentation of Clan Donald and its vassal kindreds as they resisted the impact of central authority, by James IV and his successors. Only by service to the Crown did the other leading families in the Highlands and Western Isles flourish and prosper u...
Joseph L. Roberts was, for over thirty years, the pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, the former pulpit of the Reverends Martin Luther King Senior and Junior. The sermons in this collection demonstrate Roberts's commitment to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the mission of his church, the lives of his parishioners, and the message of Jesus Christ. Roberts addresses such topics as the need for prophetic voic...
From fossils on Skye to the oldest rocks in Europe, this is a guide to the geology of the diverse landforms of the north and west Highlands of Scotland.