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...

**“A sumptuously written story about culinary ambition, restaurant-world vice, and the frailties of the heart.” — KEVIN CHONG, author of The Double Life of Benson YuRestaurateur Teo Wolf’s culinary fame is peaking just as a series of scandals and reckless decisions threaten to destroy everything.**Teo’s life as a Paris brasserie apprentice is filled with challenges and triumphs, as well as all the regular abuses of slammed commercial kitchens. Still, he rises throu...

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...

Zimtgebäck, Schnee und ein rätselhafter Mord auf Crannock HallEigentlich ist Chief Inspector Timothy Smart schon auf dem Weg zu Frau und Festtagsbraten, als sein dandyhafter Freund Robin Chandler ihn bittet, nach Crannock Hall zu kommen. Auf diesem vor Cornwalls Küste gelegenen Landsitz haben sich einige der Reichsten und Schönsten des Landes eingefunden, eingeladen vom mysteriösen Lord Bainbridge persönlich. Chandler fürchtet nahendes Unheil - mörderischer Art, wohlgemerkt! Smart ...

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...

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...

Presented for the first time as a standalone work, the epic tale of The Fall of Gondolin reunites fans of The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings with Elves, Balrogs, Dragons & Orcs and the rich landscape unique to Tolkien’s Middle-earth. This brand new unabridged audio book is read by Timothy West & Samuel West.Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable, is central to the enmity of two of the greatest powers in the world.Morgoth of the ut...