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Colin Bateman
Colin Bateman (known Mononymous person, mononymously as Bateman) is a novelist, screenwriter and former journalist from Bangor, County Down, Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Biography Born on 13 June 1962, Bateman attended Bangor Grammar School leaving at 16 when he was hired by Annie Roycroft to join the ''County Down Spectator'' as a "cub" reporter, then columnist and deputy editor. A collection of his columns was published as ''Bar Stool Boy'' in 1989. Bateman has been writing novels since his debut, ''Divorcing Jack (novel), Divorcing Jack'', in 1994. ''Divorcing Jack'' won a Betty Trask Award in the same year and was adapted into a Divorcing Jack (film), 1998 film starring David Thewlis. Several of Bateman's novels featured the semi-autobiographical Belfast journalist, Dan Starkey. His book ''Murphy's Law'' was adapted from the BBC television series ''Murphy's Law (UK TV series), Murphy's Law'' (2001–2007), featuring James Nesbitt. Bateman explains on his website ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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James Nesbitt
William James Nesbitt (born 15 January 1965) is an actor from Northern Ireland. From 1987, Nesbitt spent seven years performing in plays that varied from the musical '' Up on the Roof'' (1987, 1989) to the political drama ''Paddywack'' (1994). He made his feature film debut playing talent agent Fintan O'Donnell in ''Hear My Song'' (1991). He got his breakthrough television role playing Adam Williams in the romantic comedy-drama series '' Cold Feet'' (1997–2003, 2016–present), which won him a British Comedy Award, a Television and Radio Industries Club Award, and a National Television Award. Nesbitt's first significant film role came when he appeared as pig farmer "Pig" Finn in ''Waking Ned'' (1998). With the rest of the starring cast, he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. In '' Lucky Break'' (2001), he made his debut as a film lead, playing prisoner Jimmy Hands. The next year, he played Ivan Cooper in the television film ''Bloody Sunday'', about the 1972 sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tusk (novel)
The ''SOS Adventures'' series is a trilogy of young adult novels written by Northern Irish author Colin Bateman, released between June 2010 and March 2011. The novels surround teenager Michael Monroe and his adventures with a team of international environmental rescue operatives, known as ''SOS''. The first novel in the series was longlisted for the children's Northern Ireland Book Award 2010–11. Characters * Michael Monroe – fourteen-year-old orphan and newest member of the ''SOS'' team. * Katya – teenage member of ''SOS''. * Dr. Jimmy Kincaid – pop-star millionaire founder of ''SOS''. * Mr. Crown – ''SOS'' team member who specialises in combat. * Bailey – ''SOS''s helicopter pilot. * Bonsoir – strategist and language expert for ''SOS''. * Dr. Faustus – ''SOS''s surgeon. ''Ice Quake'' ''Ice Quake '' is the first novel of the ''SOS Adventures'' series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 3 June 2010 through Hodder Children's Books. It sets on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Storm (novel)
The ''SOS Adventures'' series is a trilogy of young adult novels written by Northern Irish author Colin Bateman, released between June 2010 and March 2011. The novels surround teenager Michael Monroe and his adventures with a team of international environmental rescue operatives, known as ''SOS''. The first novel in the series was longlisted for the children's Northern Ireland Book Award 2010–11. Characters * Michael Monroe – fourteen-year-old orphan and newest member of the ''SOS'' team. * Katya – teenage member of ''SOS''. * Dr. Jimmy Kincaid – pop-star millionaire founder of ''SOS''. * Mr. Crown – ''SOS'' team member who specialises in combat. * Bailey – ''SOS''s helicopter pilot. * Bonsoir – strategist and language expert for ''SOS''. * Dr. Faustus – ''SOS''s surgeon. ''Ice Quake'' ''Ice Quake '' is the first novel of the ''SOS Adventures'' series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 3 June 2010 through Hodder Children's Books. It sets on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Quake (novel)
The ''SOS Adventures'' series is a trilogy of young adult novels written by Northern Irish author Colin Bateman, released between June 2010 and March 2011. The novels surround teenager Michael Monroe and his adventures with a team of international environmental rescue operatives, known as ''SOS''. The first novel in the series was longlisted for the children's Northern Ireland Book Award 2010–11. Characters * Michael Monroe – fourteen-year-old orphan and newest member of the ''SOS'' team. * Katya – teenage member of ''SOS''. * Dr. Jimmy Kincaid – pop-star millionaire founder of ''SOS''. * Mr. Crown – ''SOS'' team member who specialises in combat. * Bailey – ''SOS''s helicopter pilot. * Bonsoir – strategist and language expert for ''SOS''. * Dr. Faustus – ''SOS''s surgeon. ''Ice Quake'' ''Ice Quake '' is the first novel of the ''SOS Adventures'' series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 3 June 2010 through Hodder Children's Books. It sets on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SOS Adventure
The ''SOS Adventures'' series is a trilogy of young adult novels written by Northern Irish author Colin Bateman, released between June 2010 and March 2011. The novels surround teenager Michael Monroe and his adventures with a team of international environmental rescue operatives, known as ''SOS''. The first novel in the series was longlisted for the children's Northern Ireland Book Award 2010–11. Characters * Michael Monroe – fourteen-year-old orphan and newest member of the ''SOS'' team. * Katya – teenage member of ''SOS''. * Dr. Jimmy Kincaid – pop-star millionaire founder of ''SOS''. * Mr. Crown – ''SOS'' team member who specialises in combat. * Bailey – ''SOS''s helicopter pilot. * Bonsoir – strategist and language expert for ''SOS''. * Dr. Faustus – ''SOS''s surgeon. ''Ice Quake'' ''Ice Quake '' is the first novel of the ''SOS Adventures'' series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 3 June 2010 through Hodder Children's Books. It sets on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannibal City
Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food. Cannibalism is a common ecological interaction in the animal kingdom and has been recorded in more than 1,500 species. Human cannibalism is well documented, both in ancient and in recent times. The rate of cannibalism increases in nutritionally poor environments as individuals turn to members of their own species as an additional food source.Elgar, M.A. & Crespi, B.J. (1992) ''Cannibalism: ecology and evolution among diverse taxa'', Oxford University Press, Oxford ngland New York. Cannibalism regulates population numbers, whereby resources such as food, shelter and territory become more readily available with the decrease of potential competition. Although it may benefit the individual, it has been shown that the presence of cannibalism decreases the expected survival rate of the whole population and increases the risk of consuming a relative. Other negative effects may include the increased ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titanic 2020
''Titanic 2020'' is the first novel of the ''Titanic 2020'' series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 19 July 2007 through Hodder Children's Books. Plot The novel is based in the year 2020 and follows a stowaway named Jimmy Armstrong and his journey on the brand new and purportedly "unsinkable" cruise ship ''Titanic''. Jimmys great-grandfather was on the original and drowned when it sank. During a school trip Jimmy misses his chance to see the newly built ''Titanic'' and so decides to return later that night to take a look by himself. The ship leaves port at this point, making Jimmy an unwitting stow-away on the ship's maiden voyage from Belfast to Miami. Discovered by a crew member, Jimmy is brought before the Captain and, given their distance from shore, is ordered to work his passage on the ship's newspaper, the ''Titanic Times''. At the same time, an incurable disease is quickly spreading around the world resulting in widespread rioting and panic. Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seagulls Have Landed
The ''Eddie & the Gang with No Name'' series is a trilogy of young-adult novels, written by Northern Irish author Colin Bateman. The trilogy surrounds a twelve-year-old Eddie and his affiliation with a local gang, the "Reservoir Pups". The trilogy was bought by the publisher Random House for release in America. However, given the drug-related content in the third installment of the series, Random House decided to publish only the first two novels. Characters * Eddie Malone – thirteen-year-old boy, protagonist of the story. * Eddie's mum – mother of Eddie and heavily pregnant with Scuttles' child. * Bernard Scuttles – chief of hospital security and boyfriend of Eddie's mum. * Mo – female albino best friend of Eddie. ; Since ''Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett'' * Gary Gilmore – friend of Eddie who is fond of explosives and explosions in general. * Pat – runaway orphan, friend of Eddie. * Sean – also a runaway orphan and friend of Eddie. ''Reservoir Pups'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bring Me The Head Of Oliver Plunkett
''Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett'' is the second novel of the '' Eddie & the Gang with No Name'' trilogy by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 13 May 2004 through Hodder Children's Books. Plot The story surrounds a twelve-year-old named Eddie and his affiliation with a local gang, known as the "Reservoir Pups". Two runaway orphans, Pat and Sean, witness the theft of Saint Oliver Plunkett’s head from St. Peter's Church in Drogheda, where it was on display for a forthcoming papal visit. Pat speaks to the primate of the church and discovers that he will be greatly embarrassed by the disappearance; Pat decides to help as he is feeling guilty for not preventing the crime initially. The orphans enlist the help of Eddie and his best-friend Mo in their task. Eddie and Mo, meanwhile, have been involved in some tasks for the Reservoir Pups which coincidentally involve the son of Scarface Cutler; a blind boy named Ivan and son of the thief in possession of the head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reservoir Pups
''Reservoir Pups'' (also known as ''Running with the Reservoir Pups'') is the first novel of the '' Eddie & the Gang with No Name'' trilogy by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, published on 13 November 2003 through Hodder Children's Books. It is Bateman's first young adult novel. Plot The story surrounds a twelve-year-old named Eddie and his affiliation with a local gang, known as the "Reservoir Pups". Eddie's father leaves his mother to run away with her boss, a doctor. His mother finds herself a new nursing job at the Royal Victoria Maternity Hospital, however it's located in a run-down section of Belfast; the pair move there regardless. A short time after they arrive, Scuttles, the chief of hospital security, accuses Eddie of scamming the locals and of being part of a neighbourhood gang, the "Reservoir Pups", for which his mum scolds him also. Given that all the people in his life believe he is already part of the gang, Eddie decides to join. He is tasked with stealing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie & The Gang With No Name
The ''Eddie & the Gang with No Name'' series is a trilogy of young-adult novels, written by Northern Irish author Colin Bateman. The trilogy surrounds a twelve-year-old Eddie and his affiliation with a local gang, the "Reservoir Pups". The trilogy was bought by the publisher Random House for release in America. However, given the drug-related content in the third installment of the series, Random House decided to publish only the first two novels. Characters * Eddie Malone – thirteen-year-old boy, protagonist of the story. * Eddie's mum – mother of Eddie and heavily pregnant with Scuttles' child. * Bernard Scuttles – chief of hospital security and boyfriend of Eddie's mum. * Mo – female albino best friend of Eddie. ; Since ''Bring Me the Head of Oliver Plunkett'' * Gary Gilmore – friend of Eddie who is fond of explosives and explosions in general. * Pat – runaway orphan, friend of Eddie. * Sean – also a runaway orphan and friend of Eddie. ''Reservoir Pups'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
