Bøker av Tim Robinson

The Third novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, The Gladesman is, in addition, the Second novel in the "Port Starboard" sub-series.From the darkest depths of the Everglades comes the Gladesman, and the tiny hamlet of Port Starboard will never be the same.The Gladesman, a disgusting, vile swamp dweller comes to Port Starboard - a tiny settlement on the northwest shore of 1880's Lake Worth - and everything goes downhill from there. Because of him, however, the residents discover that Maggie Hooker, a black woman and the town's shopkeeper/postmistress, is the glue that holds the community together.

This story appears in Tim Robinson's first novel, "Tales of Old Florida." In this edition it has been re-formated for young readers. Shipwrecks, pirates, buried treasure; desolate windswept islands, jungled forests, and the mysterious Everglade - dark and foreboding to all but the Seminole and Miccosuki. Imagine growing up in such a place, no one for miles around, only you and your family. This is the world young Charlie MacLeod was born into. To him it is nothing unusual. It is simply home.

[Rating: PG] The Nineteenth novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, Milton's Big Night Out is, in addition, the First novel in the "Bad Dog" sub-series. Pappy and Buddy were living the life, everything running smooth as cream on the farm. All was in order. Life was good. Plenty of time to sit back and soak in Pappy's hot bathtub out by the horse turnout (Pappy, not Buddy, although Buddy tried his best to climb in with him that one time). Yes, all was good at The Last Resort. That is until one fated night, that unalterable moment when Pappy forgot to pull the laundry room door closed.

Three men in a boat, a tiny boat on a raging sea. The Seventh novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, The Hermit continues the tale of Charlie MacLeod.

[Rating: PG] The Twenty-fourth novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, The Puppy that Cried Woof is, in addition, the Third novel in the "Bad Dog" sub-series. Pappy and Buddy were living the life, no problems, all smooth as sweet cream; that is until that fateful day, the day Uncle Joe called, and said, "I got puppies. Ya want one?"

The Homesteaders is the sequel to Tim Robinson's first novel, Tales of Old Florida, and answers a myriad of questions that persist. Many of our most loved, and hated, characters return to find out what happens to Charlie MacLeod and Salty, his little green bird and constant companion. Is there some power on earth that can bring a broken man once again into the folds of humanity? Will the new preacher's wife, the feisty Maude Wickman, split the community along racial lines? Can anyone save the day? And if so, who?

Best Fiction, Florida Historical Society, Patrick D. Smith Award, 2018. [Rating: PG-13, violence] The Ninth novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, The Indian Fighter is, in addition, the First novel in the "Indian Fighter" sub-series. For Jubal and Evie Prescott, there was only one answer: find a new land and create their own opportunities. Indeed, to confront their own destiny. The Second Seminole War would be the longest and most costly of all Indian conflicts in the United States in both lives and national treasure. In 1842, Colonel William J. Worth, commander of the Florida Campaign, declared hostilities at an end. Although as many as 3,000 Seminole and Miccosukee had been relocated to the Oklahoma Territory, several enclaves remained in the extreme southern portions of the peninsula at Big Cypress, Fisheating Creek, Catfish Lake, and New River. A census taken three years later accounted for 120 warriors, (70 Seminoles, 30 Miccosukee, 12 Creek, 4 Uchee, and 4 Choctaw), 100 women, and 140 children - a total of 360 souls. The Florida Indians had prevailed, and old Sam Jones would fulfill his vow to die in the land of his birth.

[Warning: this book has been described as both hilarious and ridiculous; read at your own risk] [Rating: R, for language; NOTE, a cleaned-up edition is available, ASIN B09FS9ZFGX] The Twelfth novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, this is a story of what might happen if Ponce de Leon had been right. Bamboo returns for his swan song and, in the process, prompts us to ask that eternal question: Are there really angels?

[Rating: PG-13] The Thirteenth novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, The Last Caloosa is, in addition, the Third and final novel in the "Indian Fighter" sub-series. The proverbial fork in the road: which path to follow? Bridges burned. No turning back. One can never know to where a single, momentary decision might lead, whether it be to a good place, or to a very, very bad place, indeed, to the gates of Hell.

[Attention: This book completes the tale of Charlie MacLeod and Jubal Prescott and is not intended for fledgling, unseasoned readers of the series, A Tropical Frontier]In the Twelfth book in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, The Deep Blue Sea, we bid a bittersweet farewell to a Jolly Sailor and an old Indian Fighter.

[Warning: this book has been described as both hilarious and ridiculous; read at your own risk]The Sixth novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, Time Rummers is, in addition, the Third novel in the "Port Starboard" sub-series.Whatever will be will be. But what happens when dreams become reality, when unbridled imaginations supplant the laws of nature? For Gnarles and Paddy it can be very confusing, but for a certain resident of Port Starboard it can mean the difference between life and death. Can the diminutive drunks find a way to save the day, to upend reality and turn the tables on Father Time? Maybe, but not without a little help from the patron saint of shipwrecked sailors himself.

Best Fiction, Florida Historical Society, Patrick D. Smith Award, 2015. [Rating: R, for violence and language] The Fourth novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, The Cow Hunters is the sequel to The Good Dog.The Florida Prairie, 1860, cattle country. War looms, but to the settlers living along a jungled, tropical creek, it all seems very far away. For Becky Hackensaw, there are much more pressing matters, such as providing an education for her six children, but where to find someone willing to brave an uninhabited wilderness overrun with wild animals, alligators, venomous snakes, and bloodthirsty mosquitoes?

[Rating: PG-13] The Seventeenth novel in the award-winning "Tropical Frontier" series, The Reef is, in addition, the Second novel in the "Brigand" sub-series. Young Nathan MacLeod has been arrested as a follower of William Augustus Bowles: revolutionary, sworn enemy of the Spanish Crown, and conspirator with the Florida Indians. Imprisoned in the notorious El Morro Castle in Havana, prospects look grim, that is until news of Nathan's capture reaches Arabelle O'Shea, an orphan who lives in a hermitage in the eastern Georgia wilderness. From there, events take on a life of their own. In this, the sequel to "The Brigand," Arabelle is reunited with her old swashbuckler mates, the former crew of the dreaded pirate vessel Non Conception, and the riotous adventure begins. Will they rescue their friend from the clutches of the evil and recalcitrant governor of Cuba, Pasqual Santiago? Or will this spell the end for our dubious heroes?

It is a thousand, thousand years into the future and our world has changed. This is a world of super science, high technology, and a world of magical wonders. It is a world made of many genetically-altered human beings and a few creatures rumored to be not of this world. A small fraction of the population has an ability to use their minds with telekinetic abilities; some far beyond the ability of the average human. Many men use their super mind-powered abilities to help others and for bettering of mankind; however, others may use their abilities for selfish gains and to gain power hoping for world conquest. Anyone that uses his/her superhuman abilities for evil gain are called Inmortal humans, and anyone that uses his/her abilities for good are Immortal (or Emmortal) humans. Both sides continually clash with each other. While one side strives to control mankind and wants man under their control, the good immortals want man to live in peace, love, and harmony. This is the world of the muffins. Muffins are little blue-headed humans whom many evil inmortals hate. Now, read on and let your imagination flow to New America, once in a coming time.

The triumphant conclusion to Tim Robinson's extraordinary Connemara trilogy, which Robert Macfarlane has called 'one of the most remarkable non-fiction projects undertaken in English'. Robinson writes about the people, places and history of south Connemara - one of Ireland's last Gaelic-speaking enclaves - with the encyclopaedic knowledge of a cartographer and the grace of a born writer. From the man who has been praised in the highest terms by Joseph O'Connor ('One of contemporary Ireland's finest literary stylists''), John Burnside ('one of the finest of contemporary prose stylists'), Fintan O'Toole ('Simply one of the best non-fiction prose writers currently at work') and Giles Foden ('an indubitable classic'), among many others, this is one of the publishing events of 2011 and the conclusion of one of the great literary projects of our time.'He is that rarest of phenomena, a scientist and an artist, and his method is to combine scientific rigour with artistic reverie in a seamless blend that both informs and delights.' John Banville, Guardian'A masterpiece of travel and topographical writing, and an incomparable and enthralling meditation on times past ... This perfectly pitched work opens readers up to the world around them' Sunday Times'Anyone willing to get lost in this book will be left with indelible mental images of places they may never have visited but will now never forget' Dermot Bolger, Irish Mail on Sunday'Will endure into the far future ... He knows this world as no one else does, and writes about it with awe and love, but also with measured grace, an artist's eye and a scientist's sensibility' Colm Toibin, Sunday Business Post Books of the Year'Robinson is a marvel ... the supreme practitioner of geo-graphy, the writing of places' Fintan O'Toole, Observer Books of the Year