Christopher Fowler's foray into the back catalogues and backstories of 99 authors who, once hugely popular, have all but disappeared from our shelves. Whether male or female, domestic or international, flash-in-the-pan or prolific, mega-seller or prize-winner - no author, it seem...
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Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal. In order to win a bet, Billy has to eat 15 worms in 15 days.
"From Saddlebag Dispatches magazine comes West of Dodge, a new anthology bringing you the spirit of the West in all its glory. Journey through dusty streets, treacherous trails, and vast prairies, where adventure, romance, and justice intertwine. Walk beside infamous gunslingers,...
Presented by The Academy of American Poets, Committed to Memory is the essential poetry collection for every home library -- a gathering of the world's best-loved poems, chosen specifically for memorization. These poems carry on a timeless tradition kept alive not in libraries bu...
A refugee's escape, a prisoner's promise, and a daughter's painful secret converge in this inspiring real life story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power ...
Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerilla fighters in a Central American country, Schwarzenegger and his men encounter an enemy more deadly than any on Earth--because the Predator is not of this Earth.
A documentary film which reviews the poetry, music, performances, and career of one of contemporary Canada's greatest artists
Arnold Thomas Fanning had his first experience of depression during adolescence, following the death of his mother. Some ten years later, an up-and-coming playwright, he was overcome by mania and delusions. Thus began a terrible period in which he was often suicidal, increasingly...
"Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler's new anthology brings together the most cunning, resourceful, and brilliant female sleuths in mystery fiction. A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original. For the first time ever, Otto Penzler gathers the most iconic women of the detective can...
Jefferson Smith is a small town idealist who answers the call to duty when he's unexpectedly named to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. Senate. Determined to do some good, he sponsors a bill to create a national boy's camp, unaware it threatens to undermine a graft scheme sponsored ...
A collection of the first three Angel films about a honor roll high school student who leads a double-life as a hooker.
An incredible true tale that reveals a lawless time, a bloody vendetta, and a most unlikely hero. When lawman Mike McCluskie slays a crooked colleague, a gang of angry cattlemen rise up to seek revenge. Hoping to save their small Kansas town, a clever, kindhearted madam and a bra...
For the first time ever, History is gaining full, unprecedented access to one of the most infamous and secretive hotspots of paranormal and UFO-related activities on earth: Skinwalker Ranch. Since the 1950's, Skinwalker Ranch in Utah has been referred to as part of "UFO Alley", a...
The Scorpion King: Mighty Memnon rules over nearly all the known world, who defeats his enemies in battle with the help of a beautiful sorceress. "Free tribes" form a fragile alliance to fight Memnon, and hire a trio of assassins to kill the sorceress and thus remove Memnon's adv...
A celebration of English verse. Includes poems by William Blake, Christopher Smart, Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina Rossetti, Walter de la Mare, Eleanor Farjeon, Ted Hughes, Charles Causley, and many others.
A vivacious teenage rebel joins a group of fellow misfits who hustle and party their way across the country.
Executive produced by James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan, The Game Changers follows James Wilks - elite Special Forces trainer and winner of The Ultimate Fighter - whose world is turned upside down when he discovers a group of world-renowned athletes and scienti...
It doesn't matter what your field of expertise is, whom you know, or how educated you are. If you have powerful management skills, you will succeed; if you don't, you'll hit the ceiling sooner rather than later. In What Makes Great Leaders Great, bestselling author and leadership...
Ralph S. Mouse: Presents the further adventures of a motorcycle-riding mouse who goes to school and becomes the instigator of an investigation of rodents and the peacemaker for two lonely boys.