Author: Julie Kushner
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557263395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
36-year old actuary Gerald Blumenstein despised every aspect of his life. His butterball-esque appearance was unappealing, his dull job unnerving, his cramped apartment uncomfortable, and his love life nonexistent. And yet, not a soul in the world was more petrified of death than Gerald. In fact, Gerald Blumenstein would do anything to avoid dying, even if it meant remaining trapped forever in an existence that, quite frankly, sucked. Then, one fateful night, while attending a highly unorthodox therapy session mandated by his boss, Gerald Blumenstein died. Now his life will never be the same ...Life Sucks, Death Bites is a dark comedy about the inconveniences of daily life and nightly undeath, with some romance and a bit of psychotherapy thrown in for good measure. If the three critically acclaimed HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, True Blood, and In Treatment, could procreate, this novel would undoubtedly be the lovechild that they would produce.
Life Sucks, Death Bites
Author: Julie Kushner
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557263395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
36-year old actuary Gerald Blumenstein despised every aspect of his life. His butterball-esque appearance was unappealing, his dull job unnerving, his cramped apartment uncomfortable, and his love life nonexistent. And yet, not a soul in the world was more petrified of death than Gerald. In fact, Gerald Blumenstein would do anything to avoid dying, even if it meant remaining trapped forever in an existence that, quite frankly, sucked. Then, one fateful night, while attending a highly unorthodox therapy session mandated by his boss, Gerald Blumenstein died. Now his life will never be the same ...Life Sucks, Death Bites is a dark comedy about the inconveniences of daily life and nightly undeath, with some romance and a bit of psychotherapy thrown in for good measure. If the three critically acclaimed HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, True Blood, and In Treatment, could procreate, this novel would undoubtedly be the lovechild that they would produce.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557263395
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
36-year old actuary Gerald Blumenstein despised every aspect of his life. His butterball-esque appearance was unappealing, his dull job unnerving, his cramped apartment uncomfortable, and his love life nonexistent. And yet, not a soul in the world was more petrified of death than Gerald. In fact, Gerald Blumenstein would do anything to avoid dying, even if it meant remaining trapped forever in an existence that, quite frankly, sucked. Then, one fateful night, while attending a highly unorthodox therapy session mandated by his boss, Gerald Blumenstein died. Now his life will never be the same ...Life Sucks, Death Bites is a dark comedy about the inconveniences of daily life and nightly undeath, with some romance and a bit of psychotherapy thrown in for good measure. If the three critically acclaimed HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, True Blood, and In Treatment, could procreate, this novel would undoubtedly be the lovechild that they would produce.
Bitten
Author: Pamela Nagami
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312318239
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
We've all been bitten, and we all have stories. The bite attacks that Pamela Nagami has chosen to write about in this book take place all around the world, and throughout history. With reports from medical journals, case histories, colleagues, and her own career as a practicing physician and infectious disease specialist, the author offers readers intrigued by infection, disease, and mesmerized by creatures in the wild a compulsively readable narrative that is entertaining, sometimes disturbing, and always engrossing. -- Publisher description.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312318239
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
We've all been bitten, and we all have stories. The bite attacks that Pamela Nagami has chosen to write about in this book take place all around the world, and throughout history. With reports from medical journals, case histories, colleagues, and her own career as a practicing physician and infectious disease specialist, the author offers readers intrigued by infection, disease, and mesmerized by creatures in the wild a compulsively readable narrative that is entertaining, sometimes disturbing, and always engrossing. -- Publisher description.
Brutal Bites
Author: Cassiopia Shapiro
Publisher: Cassiopia Shapiro
ISBN:
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Brutal Bites is the literary debut of Author Cassiopia Shapiro. Carefully researched and selected, these worldwide true crime stories come in a snack-sized portion, a one-page read. The entire work includes 49 real crime cases. Including hundreds of murders, killers, and details that will make your jaw drop open. A pig farmer who threw killer raves, a sorcerer burying his victims in a sugar cane field, and even the world’s youngest serial killer who had a body count of three before his 7th birthday. Each story is accurate, with cited sources, and includes individual accounts of serial killers you've probably never heard of and what happened to those involved.
Publisher: Cassiopia Shapiro
ISBN:
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Brutal Bites is the literary debut of Author Cassiopia Shapiro. Carefully researched and selected, these worldwide true crime stories come in a snack-sized portion, a one-page read. The entire work includes 49 real crime cases. Including hundreds of murders, killers, and details that will make your jaw drop open. A pig farmer who threw killer raves, a sorcerer burying his victims in a sugar cane field, and even the world’s youngest serial killer who had a body count of three before his 7th birthday. Each story is accurate, with cited sources, and includes individual accounts of serial killers you've probably never heard of and what happened to those involved.
Mosquito Bite Murder
Author: Leslie Langtry
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a killer summer camping trip! In her career as a spy, Merry Wrath had her share of camping trips—from glamping in a yurt at Oktoberfest with drug lord Carlos the Armadillo to an awkward team building campout in the backyard of a Yakuza mob boss who thought “trust falls” should have lethal consequences. So when the former CIA turned Girl Scout troop leader has the opportunity to take six girls from her troop into a vast, private nature preserve in search of an abandoned scout camp, she jumps at it. The fact that she can secretly use this as a chance to meet up with another spy who has asked for her help just seems to be an added bonus. Of course she doesn't expect to find a guy named Chad in a shallow grave. He’s still alive, at least for the moment, and he insists on accompanying them further into the woods. Merry’s contact is a no-show, but another, more dangerous colleague surprises them on the trail. And just when she thinks she might be able to handle things, the group find themselves confronted by a hostile group of senior citizen hermits. From the strange noises in the night, to vampire ticks, and the constant fear of being invaded by Communists, everything in Merry’s world appears to be dangerously off kilter. When she’s accosted by a 200lb snapping turtle named Old Eisenhower, Merry realizes that not everything is what it appears to be. Can Merry figure out who is behind the strange occurrences before the camping trip ends up with a body count? Merry Wrath Mysteries: Merit Badge Murder – book #1 Mint Cookie Murder – book #2 Scout Camp Mystery – short story in the "Killer Beach Reads" collection Marshmallow S'More Murder – book #3 Movie Night Murder – book #4 Mud Run Murder – book #5 Fishing Badge Murder – short story in the "Pushing Up Daisies" collection Motto for Murder – book #6 Map Skills Murder – book #7 Mean Girl Murder – book #8 Marriage Vow Murder – book #9 Mystery Night Murder – book #10 Meerkats and Murder– book #11 Make Believe Murder – book #12 Maltese Vulture Murder – book #13 Musket Ball Murder – book #14 Macho Man Murder – book #15 Mad Money Murder – book #16 Mind-Bending Murder – book #17 Mascots Are Murder – book #18 Mosquito Bite Murder – book #19 What critics are saying about Leslie Langtry's books: "I laughed so hard I cried on multiple occasions! Girl Scouts, the CIA, and the Yakuza... what could possibly go wrong?" ~ Fresh Fiction "Darkly funny and wildly over the top, this mystery answers the burning question, 'Do assassin skills and Girl Scout merit badges mix…?'" ~ RT BOOKreviews "Mixing a deadly sense of humor and plenty of sexy sizzle, Leslie Langtry creates a brilliantly original, laughter-rich mix of contemporary romance and suspense." ~ Chicago Tribune "Langtry gets the fun started from page one." ~ Publisher's Weekly
Publisher: Gemma Halliday Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
From USA Today bestselling author Leslie Langtry comes a killer summer camping trip! In her career as a spy, Merry Wrath had her share of camping trips—from glamping in a yurt at Oktoberfest with drug lord Carlos the Armadillo to an awkward team building campout in the backyard of a Yakuza mob boss who thought “trust falls” should have lethal consequences. So when the former CIA turned Girl Scout troop leader has the opportunity to take six girls from her troop into a vast, private nature preserve in search of an abandoned scout camp, she jumps at it. The fact that she can secretly use this as a chance to meet up with another spy who has asked for her help just seems to be an added bonus. Of course she doesn't expect to find a guy named Chad in a shallow grave. He’s still alive, at least for the moment, and he insists on accompanying them further into the woods. Merry’s contact is a no-show, but another, more dangerous colleague surprises them on the trail. And just when she thinks she might be able to handle things, the group find themselves confronted by a hostile group of senior citizen hermits. From the strange noises in the night, to vampire ticks, and the constant fear of being invaded by Communists, everything in Merry’s world appears to be dangerously off kilter. When she’s accosted by a 200lb snapping turtle named Old Eisenhower, Merry realizes that not everything is what it appears to be. Can Merry figure out who is behind the strange occurrences before the camping trip ends up with a body count? Merry Wrath Mysteries: Merit Badge Murder – book #1 Mint Cookie Murder – book #2 Scout Camp Mystery – short story in the "Killer Beach Reads" collection Marshmallow S'More Murder – book #3 Movie Night Murder – book #4 Mud Run Murder – book #5 Fishing Badge Murder – short story in the "Pushing Up Daisies" collection Motto for Murder – book #6 Map Skills Murder – book #7 Mean Girl Murder – book #8 Marriage Vow Murder – book #9 Mystery Night Murder – book #10 Meerkats and Murder– book #11 Make Believe Murder – book #12 Maltese Vulture Murder – book #13 Musket Ball Murder – book #14 Macho Man Murder – book #15 Mad Money Murder – book #16 Mind-Bending Murder – book #17 Mascots Are Murder – book #18 Mosquito Bite Murder – book #19 What critics are saying about Leslie Langtry's books: "I laughed so hard I cried on multiple occasions! Girl Scouts, the CIA, and the Yakuza... what could possibly go wrong?" ~ Fresh Fiction "Darkly funny and wildly over the top, this mystery answers the burning question, 'Do assassin skills and Girl Scout merit badges mix…?'" ~ RT BOOKreviews "Mixing a deadly sense of humor and plenty of sexy sizzle, Leslie Langtry creates a brilliantly original, laughter-rich mix of contemporary romance and suspense." ~ Chicago Tribune "Langtry gets the fun started from page one." ~ Publisher's Weekly
Bites
Author: Allen B. Ury
Publisher: Troll Communications
ISBN: 9780816739752
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A collection of short stories with vampires.
Publisher: Troll Communications
ISBN: 9780816739752
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A collection of short stories with vampires.
Forensic Odontology Today
Author: Lowell J. Levine
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dental jurisprudence
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dental jurisprudence
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Bite
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780515139709
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The bite is back in vampire fiction as five of today’s most provocative authors cast their irresistible spells on you… Follow a vampire hunter who can be as deadly as her prey. Meet a down-home southern girl who’s found out, much to her chagrin, that vampires are her type. Feel the euphoria of fear in the shadow of a reluctant queen of the undead. Step closer to the hot-blooded edge of passion as a strange new mythology of the night is unveiled. Includes never-before-published stories featuring vampire hunter Anita Blake and everyone's favorite vampire-loving waitress, Sookie Stackhouse.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780515139709
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The bite is back in vampire fiction as five of today’s most provocative authors cast their irresistible spells on you… Follow a vampire hunter who can be as deadly as her prey. Meet a down-home southern girl who’s found out, much to her chagrin, that vampires are her type. Feel the euphoria of fear in the shadow of a reluctant queen of the undead. Step closer to the hot-blooded edge of passion as a strange new mythology of the night is unveiled. Includes never-before-published stories featuring vampire hunter Anita Blake and everyone's favorite vampire-loving waitress, Sookie Stackhouse.
Vampire Brownie Bite Bereavement
Author: Addison Moore
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors. And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. *A laugh out loud standalone cozy mystery by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore* All books in the series can be read individually, so dive on in!.***Includes RECIPE*** My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people. Okay, so I rarely see dead people, mostly I see furry creatures of the dearly departed variety, who have come back from the other side to warn me of their previous owner's impending doom. It's Halloween in Honey Hollow and things are about to get spooky. A coven of vampire lovers have flown into the B&B, and it's one haunted night that's destined to take a bite out of my sanity. Not only do I find a body, but I find myself in a legal pickle of matrimonial proportions. Noah has a surprise relative come into his life, and Everett is up against great evil. Add one monster killer on the loose, and you've got a horror show that lasts the entire haunted month of October. Here's hoping I can stop the killer before the killer ensures this festival of fright is my last. Lottie Lemon has a brand new bakery to tend to, a budding romance with perhaps one too many suitors, and she has the supernatural ability to see the dead-which are always harbingers for ominous things to come. Throw in a string of murders, and her insatiable thirst for justice, and you'll have more chaos than you know what to do with. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. From the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Addison Moore- Cosmopolitan Magazinecalls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!"
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors. And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. *A laugh out loud standalone cozy mystery by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore* All books in the series can be read individually, so dive on in!.***Includes RECIPE*** My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people. Okay, so I rarely see dead people, mostly I see furry creatures of the dearly departed variety, who have come back from the other side to warn me of their previous owner's impending doom. It's Halloween in Honey Hollow and things are about to get spooky. A coven of vampire lovers have flown into the B&B, and it's one haunted night that's destined to take a bite out of my sanity. Not only do I find a body, but I find myself in a legal pickle of matrimonial proportions. Noah has a surprise relative come into his life, and Everett is up against great evil. Add one monster killer on the loose, and you've got a horror show that lasts the entire haunted month of October. Here's hoping I can stop the killer before the killer ensures this festival of fright is my last. Lottie Lemon has a brand new bakery to tend to, a budding romance with perhaps one too many suitors, and she has the supernatural ability to see the dead-which are always harbingers for ominous things to come. Throw in a string of murders, and her insatiable thirst for justice, and you'll have more chaos than you know what to do with. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. From the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Addison Moore- Cosmopolitan Magazinecalls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!"
Murder Stories
Author: Paul Kaplan
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739171712
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Murder Stories engages with the current theoretical debate in death penalty research on the role of cultural commitments to ‘American’ ideologies in the retention of capital punishment. The central aim of the study is to illuminate the elusive yet powerful role of ideology in legal discourses. Through analyzing the content and processes of death penalty narratives, this research illuminates the covert life of ‘the American Creed,’ (a nexus of ideologies—liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and laissez faire—said to be unique to the United States) in the law. Murder Stories draws on the entire record of California death sentence resulting trials from three large and diverse California counties for the years 1996 – 2004, as well as interviews with 26 capital caseworkers (attorneys, judges, and investigators) from the same counties. Employing the theoretical framework proposed by Ewick and Silbey (1995) to study hegemonic and subversive narratives, and also the ethnographic approach advocated by Amsterdam and Hertz (1992) to study the producers and processes of constructing legal narratives, this book traces the ideological content carried within the stories told by everyday practitioners of capital punishment by investigating the content, process, and ideological implications of these narratives. The central theoretical finding is that the narratives constructed by both prosecutors and defenders tend to instantiate rather than subvert the ideological tenets of the American Creed.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739171712
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Murder Stories engages with the current theoretical debate in death penalty research on the role of cultural commitments to ‘American’ ideologies in the retention of capital punishment. The central aim of the study is to illuminate the elusive yet powerful role of ideology in legal discourses. Through analyzing the content and processes of death penalty narratives, this research illuminates the covert life of ‘the American Creed,’ (a nexus of ideologies—liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and laissez faire—said to be unique to the United States) in the law. Murder Stories draws on the entire record of California death sentence resulting trials from three large and diverse California counties for the years 1996 – 2004, as well as interviews with 26 capital caseworkers (attorneys, judges, and investigators) from the same counties. Employing the theoretical framework proposed by Ewick and Silbey (1995) to study hegemonic and subversive narratives, and also the ethnographic approach advocated by Amsterdam and Hertz (1992) to study the producers and processes of constructing legal narratives, this book traces the ideological content carried within the stories told by everyday practitioners of capital punishment by investigating the content, process, and ideological implications of these narratives. The central theoretical finding is that the narratives constructed by both prosecutors and defenders tend to instantiate rather than subvert the ideological tenets of the American Creed.
Parasites
Author: Rosemary Drisdelle
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520259386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The evolution and life history of parasites, their role in shaping human history, as well as future threats posed by them.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520259386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The evolution and life history of parasites, their role in shaping human history, as well as future threats posed by them.