The first comprehensive book on WWE’s hottest brandNXT: The Future Is Now follows the rise of WWE’s popular NXT brand from its conception to the brink of taking over WWE with its own rabid following. For decades, sports-entertainment had no centralized system for recruiting and training talent. Recognizing this need, Paul Levesque — better known as 14-time World Champion Triple H — convinced Vince McMahon that WWE must reinvent itself. This book d...

Creating the Mania takes fans backstage with an all-access pass to the behind-the-scenes stories of WrestleMania 34, which became the Mercedes-Benz Superdome’s highest grossing entertainment event at $14.1 million and a sold-out crowd of 78,133 fans. Follow the yearlong life cycle of WWE’s biggest event, from how the storylines were developed to how the host city was selected, from the logistics and planning behind hosting over 70,000 members of the WWE Universe to the rivalries and matche...

It's becoming increasingly easier for anyone to be a "designer," or at least call themselves any combination of designerly-titles: Graphic designer, art director, commercial artist, visual communicator, content creator... The list goes on. But there's one big thing about design that most people get wrong: It's not about making things look good. A designer's job is to focus on meaning, how it can be created and communicated. To understand how products are sold and marketed. To evaluate busi...

Remember the time Goldust ran over “Rowdy” Roddy Piper in his gold Cadillac? How about when Randy Orton battled Mick Foley with a barbed-wire bat named “Barbie”?When you ask a WWE Superstar what his favorite match is, you might be surprised by his answer. But that’s the thing about a phrase like “favorite match.” It’s not about the greatest match in their careers or the time they won their first title. It’s about the moments that stand out and make them smile. Sometimes, it’s the s...

How did an untrained former college football player end up in the middle of a ring, wrestling during the highest-rated segment during the WWE’s acclaimed Attitude Era?That’s the story behind Looking at the Lights. As a childhood friend of Shane McMahon, Pete Gas was given the opportunity most only pray for. Beginning with appearances to interfere in McMahon’s matches, his role blossomed into becoming a full-fledge wrestler and leading the Mean Street Posse to WrestleMania,...

'We're miles from anywhere, and we don't have a clue where we're going'Deep in a snow-covered forest Alyn, Jes, Ryan and Elsa have escaped from prison. Now they're being hunted.They quickly realise they have a special talent - they can control the world around them.Now they must use this skill to stop themselves falling into greater danger. But can they master it before their deadly enemies close in - for good?This gripping sequel will leave...

IF YOU THINK ALL THE WWE DRAMA UNFOLDS INSIDE THE RING,THEN THINK AGAIN. . . .ALL-NEW ROAD TRIP STORIES FROM: CHRISTIAN, CHRIS JERICHO, SHELTON BENJAMIN, RANDY ORTON, TED DIBIASE, R-TRUTH, CHAVO GUERRERO, KOFI KINGSTON, MATT HARDY, GOLDUST, THE MIZ, BETH PHOENIX, REY MYSTERIO, MVP, JOHN MORRISON, MICKIE JAMES, SANTINO, MARK HENRY, HORNSWOGGLE, WILLIAM REGAL, DREW MCINTYRE, JACK SWAGGER, MARIA, SHAD, KANE, JTG, DOLPH ZIGGLER, EZEKIEL JACKSON, TOMMY DREAMER, E...

Nowhere is a fast-paced conspiracy thriller by debut author Jon Robinson.'No one's coming for us.Not our families, not the police.No one.'Alyn, Jes, Ryan and Elsa are Nowhere.A concrete cube in the middle of a dense forest.Imprisoned inside are one hundred teenagers from all over the country.They're all criminals. But none of them remember committing any crimes.Who has pu...

The focus of this study is court literature in early sixteenth-century England and Scotland. The author examines courtly poetry and drama in the context of a complex system of entertainment, education, self-fashioning, dissimulation, propaganda and patronage. He places selected works under close critical scrutiny to explore the symbiotic relationship that existed between court literature and important socio-political, economic and national contexts of the period 1500 to 1540. The first two...

The action-packed finale to Jon Robinson's debut conspiracy thriller trilogy, Nowhere.In hiding with the mysterious Guild, Alyn, Jes and their friends learn of a way to destroy the prison called Nowhere and end the Pledge's project for good.But another, far more dangerous figure, has plans to send the country spiralling into anarchy and chaos. Will the gang be able to stop him in time, or might it already be too late...?

The captain of the Manticore faces a game-changing offer: transport a priceless alien relic to a distant galaxy and secure a lifetime of wealth for his crew.The catch? An alluring cyborg ninja must accompany them, her arm concealing the mysterious artefact. Secrets abound as they journey through peril, with bounty hunters in hot pursuit. Meanwhile, a passionate romance unfolds between Orion and his ship's doctor, pushing the boundaries of desire and trust.

The captain of the Manticore faces a game-changing offer: transport a priceless alien relic to a distant galaxy and secure a lifetime of wealth for his crew.The catch? An alluring cyborg ninja must accompany them, her arm concealing the mysterious artefact. Secrets abound as they journey through peril, with bounty hunters in hot pursuit. Meanwhile, a passionate romance unfolds between Orion and his ship's doctor, pushing the boundaries of desire and trust.