Роланд Смит – лучшие книги

Четырнадцатилетний Пик Марчелло с детства бредил скалолазанием и высотой. Страсть к покорению вершин у него в крови, ведь родители Пика — альпинисты. Но его манят не только горы, и однажды Пик поднимается на небоскреб... Теперь ему грозит тюрьма, и единственный выход — уехать подальше. И Пик вместе со своим отцом, которого он не видел уже много лет, отправляется в Гималаи. Мальчик оказывается в совершенно ином мире: шумном и суетливом Катманду, в буддийском монастыре, у подножия прекрасных заснеженных Гималаев. Страшная и, кажется, недостижимая вершина Эвереста маячит высоко над головой. Но “Пик”— это не только захватывающая приключенческая история о подъеме на самую высокую гору мира, это еще и очень честный рассказ о людях, которые на это решились.

Таинственная организация, известная под именем Весперы, похитила семь членов могущественного клана Кэхиллов. Шаг за шагом Дэн и его старшая сестра Эми следовала указаниям похитителей: чего они только не делали ради того, чтобы спасти своих родственников!
Но наступил момент, который изменит все. Веспер-Один приказывает ребятам украсть «Золотой юбилей» — один из самых больших бриллиантов в мире. Только брат с сестрой не знают, что кража бриллианта на самом деле — опасная ловушка…

П’ятнадцятирічний Пік Марчелло припинив альпіністські сходження після того, як зумисне не дійшов до вершини Евересту. Він насолоджувався життям на висоті рівня моря і був звичайним законослухняним підлітком. Але одного дня з’явилися його старі приятелі-альпіністи – Джей Ар, Вілл та Джек – із пропозицією, від якої Пік, можливо, й не відмовиться: «Міжнародне сходження задля миру». Мільярдер Себастьєн Планк набирав команду з молодих альпіністів усього світу, аби зняти документальний фільм, що надихне й об’єднає всіх мешканців планети. Піка обрали представником від США. Він разом із матір’ю рушають на гелікоптері до далекого базового табору в горах Гіндукуш. Утім подорож із відпочинку швидко перетворюється на кошмар. Після нападу невідомого й невидимого ворога стає зрозуміло, що кількох альпіністів викрали, зокрема й маму Піка. Хлопець не має вибору, він мусить рушити за ними. У романі «Межа», захопливому, сповненому ризику продовженні бестселера «Пік», Роланд Сміт знову пропонує читачеві чудову пригодницьку історію з незабутніми персонажами, несамовитою динамікою й потужним сюжетом.

The International Peace Ascent is the brainchild of billionaire Sebastian Plank: Recruit a global team of young climbers and film an inspiring, world-uniting documentary. The adventure begins when fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello and his mountaineer mother are helicoptered to a remote base camp in the Hindu Kush Mountains on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. When the camp is attacked and his mother taken, Peak has no choice but to track down the perpetrators to try to save her. Fans of the bestselling Peak will be thrilled with this gripping, high-stakes sequel.

In 1941, bombs drop from the night skies of London, demolishing the apartment Nick Freestone lives in with his mother. Deciding the situation in England is too unstable, Nick's mother sends him to live with his father in Burma, hoping he will be safer living on the family's teak plantation.
But as soon as Nick arrives, trouble erupts in the remote Burmese elephant village. Japanese soldiers invade, and Nick's father is taken prisoner. Nick is left stranded on the plantation, forced to work as a servant to the new rulers. As life in the village grows more dangerous for Nick and his young friend, Mya, they plan their daring escape. Setting off on elephant back, they will risk their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese POW camp.
In this thrilling journey through the jungles of Burma, Roland Smith explores the far-reaching effects of World War II, while introducing readers to the fascinating world of wild timber elephants and their mahouts.

Peak and his team need to descend into Tibet after surviving an avalanche on the remote and isolated mountain of Hkakabo Razi. The only catch is that Peak's famous mountaineering father, Josh, and climbing guide, Zopa, are both wanted by the Chinese government. As a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse ensues, making it off the mountain won't be the end of this team's struggles, only the beginning...

After conquering the mountains in Afghanistan, Peak Marcello goes to Myanmar, a country that has been in the grips of a brutal military regime for more than fifty years, to visit Alessia. When he’s invited to climb Hkakabo Razi, one of the most isolated mountains in the world, Peak can’t pass up the opportunity. But getting to the mountain will involve a four-week trek through tropical rainforests rife with hazards—from venomous reptiles and leeches to corrupt police and military. In the end, summiting Hkakabo Razi may be the easiest thing Peak does.

Individual leaders can have a significant amount of influence over the development of organizational talent. One of the simplest yet most effective ways to develop others is the talent conversation – a way of building on relationships that are based on rapport, collaboration, and mutual commitment in order to help the individuals you lead improve performance, focus development, and reach positive outcomes. Learn how to prepare for and facilitate effective talent conversations by using the Center for Creative Leadership's development framework of assessment, challenge, and support.

The president's daughter has been kidnapped by the elusive and lethal Ghost Cell. Quest (Q) and Angela are in hot pursuit with vicious winds and blinding rain thwarting them at every turn. It's a desperate high stakes chase. But who is chasing whom? Are Q and Angela the hunters or the hunted?

The first in a middle-grade action-adventure series from Roland Smith!

Chase Masters and his father are "storm runners," racing across the country in pursuit of hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. Anywhere bad weather strikes, they are not far behind. Chase is learning more on the road than he ever would just sitting in a classroom. But when the hurricane of the century hits, he will be tested in ways he never could have imagined.

Roland Smith makes his Scholastic debut with a middle-grade adventure novel about the search for a mysterious creature--the giant squid--in this sequel to CRYPTID HUNTERS.

Marty and Grace O'Hara's globe-trotting parents disappeared while on assignment for a nature magazine, and now they're living with their Uncle Wolfe, a scientist fascinated by cryptids--creatures that appear in myths but haven't been proven to exist, such as the Loch Ness Monster. Wolfe is planning an expedition to New Zealand to track a giant squid, and he's rented a huge (and possibly haunted) freighter for the trip. But someone on board is determined to sabotage their mission--and if Marty and Grace keeping poking their noses into things, they might end up the saboteur's next victims!

Born the runt of his litter and gambled away to a rusty old river man, the Newfoundland pup Seaman doesn’t imagine his life will be marked by any kind of glory. But when he meets Captain Meriwether Lewis, Seaman finds himself on a path that will make history. Lewis is setting off on his landmark search for the Northwest Passage, and he takes Seaman along. Sharing the curiosity and spirit of his new master, the intrepid dog proves himself a valuable companion at every turn. Part history, part science—and all adventure—this is the thrilling tale of America’s greatest journey of discovery. Includes an author’s note and a reader’s…

When Jack Osborne's father was arrested for drug trafficking, he agreed to tell the authorities everything he knew about his ex-boss, the ruthless drug czar Alonzo Aznar. But betraying a man as powerful as Alonzo has consequences. The Osbornes have spent the last year in hiding, forced to take on new identities and live under the close surveillance of the Witness Security Program. Now, with his trial date fast approaching, Alonzo intensifies his hunt for Jack's family. One slipup, and Alonzo will find them, making sure no Osborne survives to testify against him. Jack has messed up once before, and he won't do it again. Unfortunately,…

Jack Osborne's life changes forever the night men in masks break into his house, threaten Jack and his family, and ransack their home. Jack then discovers the reason these men have come into their lives-his father has been arrested for drug trafficking.

Jack, his mother, and his sister are then forced to enter Witness Security Program. Jack becomes "Zach" and moves to Elko, Nevada, a town in the middle of nowhere. There he meets Sam, the strangest school custodian he has ever encountered, and Catalin, a girl who might make Zach's uprooting worth the trouble. But just as Zach finally begins to piece together a new life, he finds himself in danger again-and this time his actions could determine the fates of everyone he cares about.