Harry Shearer’s fantasy about a World’s Fair held in Kansas City. Told in quick blackouts, it resembles a profane Simpsons episode.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Fran Adams, David Arnott, Lewis Arquette, James Avery, Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Timothy Fall, David L. Lander, Tom Leopold, Edie McClurg, Julie Payne, Mary Kay Place, John Randolph, Erika Schickel, Harry Shearer and Fred Willard.Directed by Harry Shearer. Recorded before a live audience...

A professor of religion offers an "engrossing and excellent" look at how the Good Book has changed—and changed the world—through the ages ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In a lively journey from early Christianity to the present, this book explores how a box of handwritten scrolls became the Bible, and how the multibillion-dollar business that has brought us Biblezines and Manga Bibles is selling down the Book's sacred capital.Showing us how a...

Sometimes Hell follows you home.Something with sinister intentions stalks Daniel Strong, but it doesn’t know that he has a magical stone that can send it back to the fiery abyss. Unfortunately for Daniel, there isn’t much power in slinging stones.Heartless Charles must decide who he serves, and If that wasn’t enough trouble, an alluring female spirit has him ensnared with her charms. Beau is in Grayton ready to catch the next bus to Heaven, but to get there...

There is only one way out of Hell.Daniel Strong is a troubled young man with only one bright spot in his life—his girlfriend, Kristine. He hopes to propose to her on a hike in the mountains, but a mysterious artifact in a dark cavern ruins his plan. Things quickly go downhill—literally—as handling the ‘keystone’ causes Daniel to fall straight into Hell, leaving Kristine behind.A soul-harvesting demon tells him the only way out is through, that he must go to...

Tödlicher die Glocken nie klingen ...Ein Urlaub in der Weihnachtszeit? Eigentlich kann Chief Inspector Timothy Smart sich kaum etwas Schlimmeres vorstellen. Doch als seine geliebte Gattin Mildred beim Radio einen Aufenthalt in einem Wellnesshotel im Lake District gewinnt, kann er ihr den Wunsch nicht abschlagen. Im Hotel erwartet sie Trubel statt Feiertagsruhe, denn dort findet gerade ein Treffen von Hörspielfans statt. Und damit nicht genug: Der Autor ebendieser Hörspiele ...

★☆ Do You Find it Hard to Sleep Sometimes? Worried that it is a Symptom of a Much Worrying Illness? Continue Reading... ☆★Forget about medication and tea. The real secret of a good night sleep, is meditation. Changing the lives of millions around the world, meditation proves to be the best exercise to perform before going to bed. At the end of day, your mind feels overwhelmed with stress, fatigue, and worries. When you fall asleep while still having all those thoug...

How climate change ushered in the collapse of one of history’s mighty empiresIn 1644, after close to three centuries of relative stability and prosperity, the Ming dynasty collapsed. Many historians attribute its demise to the Manchu invasion of China, but the truth is far more profound. The Price of Collapse provides an entirely new approach to the economic and social history of China, exploring how global climate crisis spelled the end of Ming rule....

An einem sonnigen Morgen im Juli wird am Ufer des Gardasees die Leiche einer jungen Frau angespült. Ein Carabiniere, als Erster am Fundort, geht von einem Unfall aus: Immer wieder unterschätzen Touristen die Gefahr plötzlich aufziehender Stürme, für die der See berühmtberüchtigt ist. Er will die Akte schließen, ehe sie überhaupt angelegt wurde. Commissario Achille Peroni aber ist überzeugt, dass die Frau nicht ertrunken ist. Und er kann die Tote identifizieren. Erst vor drei Tagen hat er e...

Wilhelm von Habsburg wore the uniform of an Austrian officer, the court regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the simple suit of a Parisian exile, the decorations of the Order of the Golden Fleece and, every so often, a dress. He spoke the Italian of his archduke mother, the German of his archduke father, the English of his British royal friends, the Polish of the country his father wished to rule and the Ukrainian of the land Wilhelm wished to rule himself.Timothy Snyder's masterful bio...

A Revealing Look at the Signs of the End TimesAfter decades of researching biblical prophecy, bestselling author Timothy Dailey warns that end-time events are closer than we realize. Connecting the dots between history, archeological findings, first-hand accounts, and Scripture, Dr. Dailey shows that malevolent forces are converging to trigger the end of human history. He reveals:· the hidden activity of Gog and Magog over the millennia· worldly port...

This book completes the series of studies of the 'British Revolution of the Three Kingdoms of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland' and covers the period from the fall of the 'failed state' and Protectorate in 1657 to the restoration of the Stuart monarchy and Charles II in 1660, examines the Restoration settlement in depth and a high point in Stuart pro-French and Catholic policy - contrary to the 1660 Restoration understanding when Charles II vowed reluctance 'go on {his} travels agai...

In The Rule of Empires, Timothy Parsons gives a sweeping account of the evolution of empire from its origins in ancient Rome to its most recent twentieth-century embodiment. He explains what constitutes an empire and offers suggestions about what empires of the past can tell us about our own historical moment. Parsons uses imperial examples that stretch from ancient Rome, to Britain's "new" imperialism in Kenya, to the Third Reich to parse the features common to all empires, their...