In "Unser Drückeberger" entfaltet Fred Vincent ein facettenreiches Porträt der Protagonisten und ihren existenziellen Kämpfen in einer Welt, die oft von gesellschaftlichen Erwartungen und persönlichem Scheitern geprägt ist. Der literarische Stil zeichnet sich durch eine klarsichtige Sprache aus, die es dem Leser ermöglicht, tief in die psychen Untiefen der Charaktere einzutauchen. Vincent gelingt es dabei, durch einen feinfühligen Einsatz von Dialogen und inneren Monologen, die komplexen B...

Amrûn präsentiert die neueste Ausgabe der Horror Legionen – eine Sammlung mit den besten Geschichten deutscher Genre-Autoren. Jeder von ihnen hat seine eigene Art, sich mit dem Bösen zu beschäftigen, das Horrorgeschichten innewohnt. Mal blutig und grausam, mal leise und kaltblütig von hinten kommend - jeder einzelne Beitrag hat seinen eigenen Reiz und wird Ihnen einen Schauer über den Rücken jagen. Lassen Sie sich in die Welt des puren Horrors entführen - und hoffen Sie, dass Sie einen Weg...

With Hit Me, Fred, sensational sideman Fred Wesley Jr. moves front and center to tell his life story. A legendary funk, soul, and jazz musician, Wesley is best known for his work in the late sixties and early seventies with James Brown and as the leader of Brown’s band, Fred Wesley and the JB’s. Having been the band’s music director, arranger, trombone player, and frequent composer, Wesley is one of the original architects of funk music. He describes what it was like working for t...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

Si le fromage m’était conté...Savez-vous ce qui fait qu’un bon Comté est certifié AOP ? Ou de quelle vache provient le lait dont il est issu ? Fred Bernard non plus. Mais en grand curieux de nature – et amateur des bonnes choses –, il décide avec ces Chroniques de la fruitière de répondre à ces questions dans un voyage au pays du Comté. Ainsi, par le biais d’anecdotes historiques, de témoignages et d’observations personnelles, l’auteur, en reporter candide...

Willkommen im düstersten Bereich der Phantastik, dem Horror.Bevor du dich in die Geschichten stürzt, möchte ich dich etwas fragen:Was ist Horror für dich? Aus welchen Elementen muss eine Geschichte bestehen, damit sie für dich zum Genre gehört? Bedarf sie übersinnlicher Phänomene oder doch eher eines realen, menschlichen Grauens? Muss sie unheimlich oder mit viel Blut und anderen Körperflüssigkeiten angereichert sein? Historisch, aktuell oder futuristisch? Mit einer knallha...

A revealing account of the great Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio from the man who knew him best in the last ten years of his life—“a rare, intimate portrait…that pries open Joltin’ Joe’s perpetually buttoned-up privacy” (The New York Times) with stories about the Yankees, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and other celebrities.In 1990, Dr. Rock Positano, a thirty-two-year-old foot and ankle specialist, met Joe DiMaggio. Despite t...

A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max: Fury Road—with more than 130 new interviews with key members of the cast and crew, including Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy, and director George Miller, from the pop culture reporter for The New York Times, Kyle Buchanan.It won six Oscars and has been hailed as the greatest action film ever, but it is a miracle Mad Max: Fury Road ever made it t...

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST'Essential reading' - THE INDEPENDENT'Vital and insightful' - OWL FISHERWhat does it mean to be non-binary in the 21st Century?Our gender identity is impacted by our personal histories; the cultures, communities and countries we are born into; and the places we go and the people we meet. But the representation of contemporary non-binary identities has been limit...

The Fred Parker Show III is a novelization of a theatrical musical comedy play that takes place in front of a live theater audience inside of a beautiful, ritzy hotel on the fabulous Las Vegas Strip. The show stars Fred, a lovable St. Bernard dog who's a standup comedian.Full of zany humor, screwball misunderstandings, and wacky, comical situations, The Fred Parker Show III is a wild farce that will have you laughing to the very end.The Fred Parker Show is a four novel seri...

An essential survival guide—both to pandemic influenza, and to the hype surrounding it.Written by an emergency physician and a public health physician, The Flu Pandemic and You is a timely and forthright guide on how to prepare for an influenza pandemic, and how to understand the broader context in which this health threat exists.With cool heads and professional expertise, Drs. Lam and Lee carefully explain how readers can assess their level of risk, and set out pr...

The Fred Parker Show II is a novelization of a theatrical musical comedy play that takes place in front of a live theater audience inside of a beautiful, ritzy hotel on the fabulous Las Vegas Strip. The show stars Fred, a lovable St. Bernard dog who's a standup comedian.Full of zany humor, screwball misunderstandings, and wacky, comical situations, The Fred Parker Show II is a wild farce that will have you laughing to the very end.The Fred Parker Show is a four novel series...