Author: Luca Veste (Editor)
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291093672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
47 short stories, based on classic film titles... Following the Spinetingler award nominated 'Off The Record', the charity anthology featuring stories based on classic song titles, comes the highly anticipated sequel. This time, inspiration arrives in the form of classic film titles. With an introduction penned by Chris Ewan and featuring some of biggest and brightest names writing today including... Will Carver, Steve Mosby, Helen FitzGerald, Adrian McKinty, Matt Hilton, Stav Sherez, Claire McGowan, Sean Cregan, David Jackson, Mel Sherratt, Maxim Jakubowski, and many, many more... 47 writers from around the world. All coming together to raise money for children's literacy charities. In the UK, National Literacy Trust. In the US, Children's Literacy Initiative. From Crime to Fantasy, Taxi Driver to Weekend at Bernie's there's something for everyone in this collection of 47 short stories. And all proceeds from the sales of this anthology go directly to charity!
Off The Record 2 - At The Movies - A Charity Anthology
Author: Luca Veste (Editor)
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291093672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
47 short stories, based on classic film titles... Following the Spinetingler award nominated 'Off The Record', the charity anthology featuring stories based on classic song titles, comes the highly anticipated sequel. This time, inspiration arrives in the form of classic film titles. With an introduction penned by Chris Ewan and featuring some of biggest and brightest names writing today including... Will Carver, Steve Mosby, Helen FitzGerald, Adrian McKinty, Matt Hilton, Stav Sherez, Claire McGowan, Sean Cregan, David Jackson, Mel Sherratt, Maxim Jakubowski, and many, many more... 47 writers from around the world. All coming together to raise money for children's literacy charities. In the UK, National Literacy Trust. In the US, Children's Literacy Initiative. From Crime to Fantasy, Taxi Driver to Weekend at Bernie's there's something for everyone in this collection of 47 short stories. And all proceeds from the sales of this anthology go directly to charity!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291093672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
47 short stories, based on classic film titles... Following the Spinetingler award nominated 'Off The Record', the charity anthology featuring stories based on classic song titles, comes the highly anticipated sequel. This time, inspiration arrives in the form of classic film titles. With an introduction penned by Chris Ewan and featuring some of biggest and brightest names writing today including... Will Carver, Steve Mosby, Helen FitzGerald, Adrian McKinty, Matt Hilton, Stav Sherez, Claire McGowan, Sean Cregan, David Jackson, Mel Sherratt, Maxim Jakubowski, and many, many more... 47 writers from around the world. All coming together to raise money for children's literacy charities. In the UK, National Literacy Trust. In the US, Children's Literacy Initiative. From Crime to Fantasy, Taxi Driver to Weekend at Bernie's there's something for everyone in this collection of 47 short stories. And all proceeds from the sales of this anthology go directly to charity!
Kwik Krimes
Author: Otto Penzler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781612183008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
81 short stories of criminal adventures by as many authors.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781612183008
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
81 short stories of criminal adventures by as many authors.
The 50/50 Killer
Author: Steve Mosby
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1409106101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The 50/50 killer preys on couples. He manipulates their love for each other and makes them play a game. He stalks them, tortures them and then forces them to choose. What is going to break first? Their will or their love for each other? Only two things are certain: One of them will die. And the other will have killed them.
Publisher: Orion
ISBN: 1409106101
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The 50/50 killer preys on couples. He manipulates their love for each other and makes them play a game. He stalks them, tortures them and then forces them to choose. What is going to break first? Their will or their love for each other? Only two things are certain: One of them will die. And the other will have killed them.
Goldmine Record Album Price Guide
Author: Dave Thompson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440248915
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Just like you, Goldmine is passionate about vinyl. It rocks our world. So trust us when we say that the Goldmine Record Album Price Guide is a vinyl collector's best friend. Inside these pages you'll find the latest pricing and identification information for rock, pop, alternative, jazz and country albums valued at $10 or more. And that's just for starters. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide features: • Updated prices for more than 100,000 American vinyl LPs released since 1948. • A detailed explanation of the Goldmine Grading Guide, the industry standard. • Tips to help you accurately grade and value your records--including promo pressings. • An easy-to-use, well-organized format. Whether you're new to the scene or a veteran collector, Goldmine Record Album Price Guide is here to help!
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440248915
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
Just like you, Goldmine is passionate about vinyl. It rocks our world. So trust us when we say that the Goldmine Record Album Price Guide is a vinyl collector's best friend. Inside these pages you'll find the latest pricing and identification information for rock, pop, alternative, jazz and country albums valued at $10 or more. And that's just for starters. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide features: • Updated prices for more than 100,000 American vinyl LPs released since 1948. • A detailed explanation of the Goldmine Grading Guide, the industry standard. • Tips to help you accurately grade and value your records--including promo pressings. • An easy-to-use, well-organized format. Whether you're new to the scene or a veteran collector, Goldmine Record Album Price Guide is here to help!
The Passage of Power
Author: Robert A. Caro
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307960463
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 785
Book Description
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK PRIZE Book Four of Robert A. Caro’s monumental The Years of Lyndon Johnson displays all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that led the Times of London to acclaim it as “one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age. A masterpiece.” The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career—1958 to1964. It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him. Yet it was, as well, the time in which the presidency, the goal he had always pursued, would be thrust upon him in the moment it took an assassin’s bullet to reach its mark. By 1958, as Johnson began to maneuver for the presidency, he was known as one of the most brilliant politicians of his time, the greatest Senate Leader in our history. But the 1960 nomination would go to the young senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy. Caro gives us an unparalleled account of the machinations behind both the nomination and Kennedy’s decision to offer Johnson the vice presidency, revealing the extent of Robert Kennedy’s efforts to force Johnson off the ticket. With the consummate skill of a master storyteller, he exposes the savage animosity between Johnson and Kennedy’s younger brother, portraying one of America’s great political feuds. Yet Robert Kennedy’s overt contempt for Johnson was only part of the burden of humiliation and isolation he bore as Vice President. With a singular understanding of Johnson’s heart and mind, Caro describes what it was like for this mighty politician to find himself altogether powerless in a world in which power is the crucial commodity. For the first time, in Caro’s breathtakingly vivid narrative, we see the Kennedy assassination through Lyndon Johnson’s eyes. We watch Johnson step into the presidency, inheriting a staff fiercely loyal to his slain predecessor; a Congress determined to retain its power over the executive branch; and a nation in shock and mourning. We see how within weeks—grasping the reins of the presidency with supreme mastery—he propels through Congress essential legislation that at the time of Kennedy’s death seemed hopelessly logjammed and seizes on a dormant Kennedy program to create the revolutionary War on Poverty. Caro makes clear how the political genius with which Johnson had ruled the Senate now enabled him to make the presidency wholly his own. This was without doubt Johnson’s finest hour, before his aspirations and accomplishments were overshadowed and eroded by the trap of Vietnam. In its exploration of this pivotal period in Johnson’s life—and in the life of the nation—The Passage of Power is not only the story of how he surmounted unprecedented obstacles in order to fulfill the highest purpose of the presidency but is, as well, a revelation of both the pragmatic potential in the presidency and what can be accomplished when the chief executive has the vision and determination to move beyond the pragmatic and initiate programs designed to transform a nation. It is an epic story told with a depth of detail possible only through the peerless research that forms the foundation of Robert Caro’s work, confirming Nicholas von Hoffman’s verdict that “Caro has changed the art of political biography.”
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307960463
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 785
Book Description
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK PRIZE Book Four of Robert A. Caro’s monumental The Years of Lyndon Johnson displays all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that led the Times of London to acclaim it as “one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age. A masterpiece.” The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career—1958 to1964. It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him. Yet it was, as well, the time in which the presidency, the goal he had always pursued, would be thrust upon him in the moment it took an assassin’s bullet to reach its mark. By 1958, as Johnson began to maneuver for the presidency, he was known as one of the most brilliant politicians of his time, the greatest Senate Leader in our history. But the 1960 nomination would go to the young senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy. Caro gives us an unparalleled account of the machinations behind both the nomination and Kennedy’s decision to offer Johnson the vice presidency, revealing the extent of Robert Kennedy’s efforts to force Johnson off the ticket. With the consummate skill of a master storyteller, he exposes the savage animosity between Johnson and Kennedy’s younger brother, portraying one of America’s great political feuds. Yet Robert Kennedy’s overt contempt for Johnson was only part of the burden of humiliation and isolation he bore as Vice President. With a singular understanding of Johnson’s heart and mind, Caro describes what it was like for this mighty politician to find himself altogether powerless in a world in which power is the crucial commodity. For the first time, in Caro’s breathtakingly vivid narrative, we see the Kennedy assassination through Lyndon Johnson’s eyes. We watch Johnson step into the presidency, inheriting a staff fiercely loyal to his slain predecessor; a Congress determined to retain its power over the executive branch; and a nation in shock and mourning. We see how within weeks—grasping the reins of the presidency with supreme mastery—he propels through Congress essential legislation that at the time of Kennedy’s death seemed hopelessly logjammed and seizes on a dormant Kennedy program to create the revolutionary War on Poverty. Caro makes clear how the political genius with which Johnson had ruled the Senate now enabled him to make the presidency wholly his own. This was without doubt Johnson’s finest hour, before his aspirations and accomplishments were overshadowed and eroded by the trap of Vietnam. In its exploration of this pivotal period in Johnson’s life—and in the life of the nation—The Passage of Power is not only the story of how he surmounted unprecedented obstacles in order to fulfill the highest purpose of the presidency but is, as well, a revelation of both the pragmatic potential in the presidency and what can be accomplished when the chief executive has the vision and determination to move beyond the pragmatic and initiate programs designed to transform a nation. It is an epic story told with a depth of detail possible only through the peerless research that forms the foundation of Robert Caro’s work, confirming Nicholas von Hoffman’s verdict that “Caro has changed the art of political biography.”
El Hermano
Author: Carmen Baca
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781889921549
Category : Hispanic Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
El Hermano is a rare and authentic window into everyday Hispanic village life the way it once was, and to some extent, persists.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781889921549
Category : Hispanic Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
El Hermano is a rare and authentic window into everyday Hispanic village life the way it once was, and to some extent, persists.
Harlequin Presents October 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2
Author: Lynne Graham
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460382358
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Harlequin® Presents brings you a collection of four new titles! This Presents box set includes: CLAIMED FOR THE LEONELLI LEGACY Wedlocked! by Lynne Graham Tia Grayson has lived a sheltered life—until Max Leonelli arrives with the news that she is a wealthy heiress. Her grandfather expects a match, but Max is not a marrying man. Until incendiary desire overtakes them, and he must consider the consequences! BUYING HIS BRIDE OF CONVENIENCE Bound to a Billionaire by Michelle Smart Eva Bergen is the perfect candidate for Daniele Pellegrini's convenient wife—her body is pure temptation, and she can't stand him! Eva has buried any hope of loving again. Until her new husband changes the rules with his expertly ruthless seduction! THE TYCOON'S MARRIAGE DEAL by Melanie Milburne Ruthless Blake McClelland needs a fiancée to clinch a deal—so he cold-heartedly chooses a woman who's completely innocent! Matilda Toppington knows she should refuse Blake's outrageous proposition! Unless Tillie dares to surrender to the pleasures his sinful gaze promises… HIS MAJESTY'S TEMPORARY BRIDE The Princess Seductions by Annie West Cat Dubois's life as an illegitimate royal hasn't been luxurious. But when her princess half-sister disappears ahead of her engagement to King Alexander, Cat agrees to step in! She didn't anticipate Alex's electric attraction—and Cat cannot hold back from his caress… Be sure to collect Harlequin® Presents' October2017 Box Set 2 of 2!
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460382358
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Harlequin® Presents brings you a collection of four new titles! This Presents box set includes: CLAIMED FOR THE LEONELLI LEGACY Wedlocked! by Lynne Graham Tia Grayson has lived a sheltered life—until Max Leonelli arrives with the news that she is a wealthy heiress. Her grandfather expects a match, but Max is not a marrying man. Until incendiary desire overtakes them, and he must consider the consequences! BUYING HIS BRIDE OF CONVENIENCE Bound to a Billionaire by Michelle Smart Eva Bergen is the perfect candidate for Daniele Pellegrini's convenient wife—her body is pure temptation, and she can't stand him! Eva has buried any hope of loving again. Until her new husband changes the rules with his expertly ruthless seduction! THE TYCOON'S MARRIAGE DEAL by Melanie Milburne Ruthless Blake McClelland needs a fiancée to clinch a deal—so he cold-heartedly chooses a woman who's completely innocent! Matilda Toppington knows she should refuse Blake's outrageous proposition! Unless Tillie dares to surrender to the pleasures his sinful gaze promises… HIS MAJESTY'S TEMPORARY BRIDE The Princess Seductions by Annie West Cat Dubois's life as an illegitimate royal hasn't been luxurious. But when her princess half-sister disappears ahead of her engagement to King Alexander, Cat agrees to step in! She didn't anticipate Alex's electric attraction—and Cat cannot hold back from his caress… Be sure to collect Harlequin® Presents' October2017 Box Set 2 of 2!
Gotrek and Felix: The Anthology
Author: Christian Dunn
Publisher: Games Workshop
ISBN: 9781849701457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gotrek and Felix: unsung heroes of the Empire, or nothing more than common thieves and murderers? The truth perhaps lies somewhere in between, and depends entirely upon whom you ask ... Within these pages you will find the untold tales of the adventuring duo, some of which undoubtedly even they would rather remain a secret. From the wastelands of the north to the mystical cities of Araby, and from the orcs of Karak Azgal to the ogres of Skabrand--their exploits are recalled and their legend grows. Featuring the brand new novella-length tale Sloayer's Honour by Nathan Long, the anthology also contains a swashbuckling selection of great stories including a previously unpublished tale by renowned SF wirter John Brunner.
Publisher: Games Workshop
ISBN: 9781849701457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gotrek and Felix: unsung heroes of the Empire, or nothing more than common thieves and murderers? The truth perhaps lies somewhere in between, and depends entirely upon whom you ask ... Within these pages you will find the untold tales of the adventuring duo, some of which undoubtedly even they would rather remain a secret. From the wastelands of the north to the mystical cities of Araby, and from the orcs of Karak Azgal to the ogres of Skabrand--their exploits are recalled and their legend grows. Featuring the brand new novella-length tale Sloayer's Honour by Nathan Long, the anthology also contains a swashbuckling selection of great stories including a previously unpublished tale by renowned SF wirter John Brunner.
The Bone Keeper
Author: Luca Veste
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492671304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A chilling psychological read, for fans of serial killer thrillers that asks the question: What if you found out the figure that haunted your nightmares as a child was real? He'll slice your flesh. Your bones he'll keep. The Bone Keeper's coming. And he'll make you weep. Twenty years ago, four teenagers went exploring in the local woods, trying to find the supposed home of the Bone Keeper. According to lore, victims are lured into his lair, never to be seen again. Only three returned. Now, a woman is found wandering the streets, horrifically injured, claiming to have fled the evil urban myth. Detective Louise Henderson must convince skeptical colleagues that this urban myth might be flesh and blood. And then a body turns up. For fans of C.J. Tudor and Riley Sager, The Bone Keeper is a haunting suspense novel of old legends, past demons, and all the things that go bump in the night. "A well-crafted, deliciously unsettling blend of police procedural and horror folklore that shares appeal with John Connolly's and Lauren Beukes' thrillers."—Booklist "Like the scariest urban legend from your childhood all grown up, The Bone Keeper is spine-tingling, hair-raising entertainment."—Abby Endler, Crime by the Book
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492671304
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A chilling psychological read, for fans of serial killer thrillers that asks the question: What if you found out the figure that haunted your nightmares as a child was real? He'll slice your flesh. Your bones he'll keep. The Bone Keeper's coming. And he'll make you weep. Twenty years ago, four teenagers went exploring in the local woods, trying to find the supposed home of the Bone Keeper. According to lore, victims are lured into his lair, never to be seen again. Only three returned. Now, a woman is found wandering the streets, horrifically injured, claiming to have fled the evil urban myth. Detective Louise Henderson must convince skeptical colleagues that this urban myth might be flesh and blood. And then a body turns up. For fans of C.J. Tudor and Riley Sager, The Bone Keeper is a haunting suspense novel of old legends, past demons, and all the things that go bump in the night. "A well-crafted, deliciously unsettling blend of police procedural and horror folklore that shares appeal with John Connolly's and Lauren Beukes' thrillers."—Booklist "Like the scariest urban legend from your childhood all grown up, The Bone Keeper is spine-tingling, hair-raising entertainment."—Abby Endler, Crime by the Book
Haiti Noir (Akashic Noir).
Author: Edwidge Danticat
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1936070650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Haiti has had a tragic history and continues to be on of the most destitute places on the planet, especially in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake. Here, however, editor Edwidge Danticat reveals that even while the subject matter remains dark, the calibre of Haitian writing is of the highest order. Features stories by Edwidge Danticat, Madison Smartt Bell, Gary Victor, Jessica Fievre, Marilene Phipps, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Katie Ulysse, Yanick Lahens, Evelyne Trouillot, Kettly Mars, Rodney Saint-Eloi and many more.
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1936070650
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Haiti has had a tragic history and continues to be on of the most destitute places on the planet, especially in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake. Here, however, editor Edwidge Danticat reveals that even while the subject matter remains dark, the calibre of Haitian writing is of the highest order. Features stories by Edwidge Danticat, Madison Smartt Bell, Gary Victor, Jessica Fievre, Marilene Phipps, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Katie Ulysse, Yanick Lahens, Evelyne Trouillot, Kettly Mars, Rodney Saint-Eloi and many more.