Read the facts and behind the scenes information on the amazing film trilogy of Back to the Future.Learn about the DeLorean, the film version and the read one. Discover the ideas behind the hoverboard, and explore Hill Valley.Find out about the characters in the films, and the actors who portrayed them on screen. Gain much more information and facts inside this book...This is an unofficial published book full of facts about the film trilogy Back to the Future™ which...

Are you a fan of The Walking Dead television series or video games? This illustrated fact-filled book makes great reading for any fans of the franchise.Relive all the seasons of The Walking Dead and the episodes of Fear the Walking Dead by reading their storylines in the form of a book.Most characters are also referenced in this book, with a synposis of their role in the series, and how they interact with other characters.Get ready for in depth information about the...

Christopher Columbus is credited for finding America.Leif Erikson, discovered Vinland (America).This illustrated, investigative book is full of interesting historical facts and information about both legendary explorers, Columbus and Erikson, and their explorations of North America.It also explains that other Europeans also set foot on land, yet to be called America.Read about the very beginnings of America, thro...

An in depth colorful guide to the popular historical television drama series called Downton Abbey from story lines in date order, through to character biographies.Discover page after page of facts about all six television series and specials covering the years 1912 to 1925.Learn about the making of Downton Abbey, film locations, characters and story lines. Read about each character and how they fit in with the other characters in the show.This book is full of facts ...

Four weeks, five parts, one thrilling story.Part one of a gripping five-part murder mystery from bestselling thriller writer James Patterson, with exclusive extra content.No. 7 Ocean Drive is a multimillion-dollar beachfront house in the Hamptons, but its beautiful exterior hides a horrific past. This house was the setting for a series of depraved killings that have never been solved. Neglected, empty and rumoured to be cursed, it's known as the Murder Hous...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A deeply engaging history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world—from the highly acclaimed author of 1491. • "Fascinating...Lively...A convincing explanation of why our world is the way it is." —The New York Times Book ReviewPresenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exc...

What was it like to live in a Victorian Household? What time did the servants have to get up? What was the food like and who cooked it? How did the clothing differ for the different types of servants? How much did the servants get paid? This book shows you what it was really like to live in Victorian times, for those both above and below stairs.

Building on the success of the bestselling "Master Shots," this volume goes much deeper, revealing the great directors' secrets for making the most of the visual during the usual static dialogue scene. Includes more than 200 diagrams illustrating camera positions.

Revealing the central yet intentionally obliterated role of Africa in the creation of modernity, Born in Blackness vitally reframes our understanding of world history.Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and the maritime connection it established between West and East; others the accidental unearthing of the “New World.” Still others point to...

The official companion to all three seasons.The Great War has ended, but Downton Abbey is far from peaceful…A changing world has brought new challenges and new guests. Inside the walls of the Great House there is more intrigue, rivalry and romance than ever.The Chronicles of Downton Abbey take you deep into the lives of the Crawleys, their servants, lovers, friends and guests. So wander the crowded servants' quarters and peek into luxurious bed chambers. Go beneath ...

An 11-year-old boy finds his dad's gun and rushes to a deadly stand off at the mall. "Backup" by Rick Mofina is the 2,300-word, gut-wrenching short story that was nominated for Canada's top literary prize for crime fiction, the Arthur Ellis Award, in the category of Best Short Story, presented by the Crime Writers of Canada. "Backup" received further acclaim when it was named a finalist for a Best Short Story Award by The International Thriller Writers. It is one of three gripping tales in...

Two hundred million years ago the earth consisted of a single vast continent, Pangea, surrounded by a great planetary sea. Continental drift tore apart Pangaea, and for millennia the hemispheres were separate, evolving almost entirely different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's arrival in the Americas brought together these long-separate worlds. Many historians believe that this collision of ecosystems and cultures - the Columbian Exchange - was the most consequential event in human...