From author Robert David Duncan comes a novel of artistic passion, adversity and triumph in The Mansion.Joel is new to university and big city life, while Tessa is working toward her PhD in art history. Alec and Gwen have been retreating from their previous lives as street artists. Moira is a newcomer, having been painfully jettisoned out of a marriage she realizes was an illusion. Together, they share a ramshackle old apartment house on the edge of campus. When developers...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and ...

This magisterial work, long awaited and long the subject of passionate speculation, is an unprecedented exploration of modern poetry and poetics by one of America’s most acclaimed and influential postwar poets. What began in 1959 as a simple homage to the modernist poet H.D. developed into an expansive and unique quest to arrive at a poetics that would fuel Duncan’s great work in the 1970s. A meditation on both the roots of modernism and its manifestation in the work of H.D., Ezra Pound, D...

“Read this book immediately if you like truth, drugs, generation gaps, guitars, and lifelong quests for freedom and kicks.” --Craig Finn, The Hold SteadyThomas Ransom, born to a severely dysfunctional southern family transplanted to New York City, is left to his own devices by neglectful parents, and spends his childhood shadowing his criminally-inclined half-brother and roaming the city with hard-drinking teenage pals. He eventually finds an outlet as the...

All seven series of Andy Hamilton's fiendishly funny award-winning comedy set in Hell.'Satirical, philosophical - and devilishly funny' Gillian Reynolds, Daily TelegraphWelcome to Hell - where nobody can ever quite catch the barman's eye. In this collection, which contains all seven series of Old Harry's Game, get ready for some wicked one-liners and scorching satire.Satan is fed up after a millennia in charge of Hell, esp...

Once Upon a World presents Bible stories for children in a unique, individual, and highly readable style.Stories selected from the Old and New Testaments are charmingly retold and illustrated with delightful cartoon sketches. The stories are brought vividly to life, and throughout, Robert Duncan retains a warmth and reverence for his subject. A happy combination of faith and fun has produced a book that will appeal to all children and those young at heart.A...

Original bestselling biography of the original band by former Creem editor and "World's Leading Authority on the Rock Group Kiss" Robert Duncan. Revealing encounters with Gene, Paul, Peter and Ace. Heroic tales of the hungry years. Handwriting analysis. Even comedy. Said a topknot-scratching Gene: "Robert really worked the strange stuff." First published in 1978, this unauthorized bio sold 400,000 copies around the world. Out-of-print for 25 years, and now a collectible, Robert Duncan's KI...

In the days and weeks following their friend's memorial in Paris, friends Dave, Aisling, Marie and Jeff ponder what to do next in life, each finding that they have reached some sort of crossroads. Meanwhile, street artist Spirit has a trick or two up his sleeve.Après Paris adds to the story world shaped by other Robert David Duncan works such as Genius, Spirit Falls, The Paris MBA, Paris Remains, Alley of Lost Friends and Spinoza Hotel.

Paris Remains revisits characters Dave, Aisling, Jeff and Marie later in life as sad news causes them all to return to Paris. Though they haven't been in close touch over the years, they are inextricably linked together by their shared pasts, and the act of revisiting Paris challenges each of them to reconsider their direction in life and the choices that have led them to the present.This novelette by Robert David Duncan shares some intriguing connective tissue with other works inc...

Dave is twenty-four and spending a few weeks studying acting in New York before heading off to grad school. Sharing a room with a fellow student at an old hotel to save money seems like a good idea, except his roommate's bizarre habits begin to make Dave wonder if he is losing his mind, or perhaps even more.Spirit Falls adds to the story world shaped by other Robert David Duncan works such as Genius, The Paris MBA, Paris Remains, Alley of Lost Friends and Spinoza Hotel.

A collection of the hilarious show-within-a-show about two daytime TV presentersSit back, dip your biscuit in your tea, and relax... because Mike and Sue are here! In each episode of this mid-morning spoof, the sofa-bound host couple Mike and Sue and their live studio audience tackle various topics of the day - no matter how clumsily.Ranging from shopping addictions and teenagers to cults and holidays, the programme intersperses studio segments with sketche...

One of the biggest secrets of the ages is this: thought is creative. Thought creates reality—no matter how much it might seem otherwise. This is the secret of power, success, love, and health. You shape your reality by shaping your thoughts. This is staggering and incredible, but it’s the truth.If thought is creative, then you have endless power at your disposal in your mind.So why doesn’t everybody use this power? It’s very simple. Thought is creative, but...