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'If this is a made-up story, it's hilarious. If it's true, IT'S TERRIFYING!' - Mackenzie Crook'Warning! Laughing at this book may cause you to short circuit!' - Phil Earle'Completely hilarious' Piers TordayI was in the corner shop buying a comic. Dad was waiting outside.I’d just given my money to Mr Norman, the shop owner...

The world wouldn't change for everyone when Corporal Elvis Presley met his fate on an Army base in Friedberg Germany. Fidel Castro would continue to gain power. Luna 3 would circle the moon. US soldiers would land in Vietnam. But for four young men, nothing would remain the same.Billy Clover will go from playing guitar in dive bars to being groomed to become the next King of Rock and Roll. One night in Reno will rocket Alvin Hill and his high school pals into lives of hard crime, an...

Gossip, rumour, scandal and defamation are just some of the popular discourses examined in this collection of essays by an international group of scholars. Featuring research on a wide range of resource materials (including political literature, police reports, drama, ballads, contemporary fiction, poetry and caricatures) the volume provides an introduction to the history and sociology of dissent. Each chapter explores instances of subversion and scurrility in a particular historical conte...

A dark, multi-generational drama that follows three interwoven stories for nearly a century. The first tale begins in 1873, in the deserts that reach into Mexico where an outlaw and his daughter face crooked lawmen, horse thieves, a Padre named David, and a bloodthirsty posse. Another story unfolds in Los Angeles, establishing itself in 1923 before making its way through 1947, with an industrialist, a socialite, their daughter Lotus, and everyone from pioneering policewoman Minnie Barton t...

Here is a wealth of factual and interpretative information about Germany between 1918 and 1945. Designed for maximum practicality, it sets the Hitler years in their wider context, with most sections spanning the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism as well as the Third Reich itself. In addition to political chronologies and anatomies of the Nazi party and the police state, there is detailed information on economy, society and culture; diplomacy, rearmament and war; and racial politics an...

I was in the corner shop buying a comic. Dad was waiting outside.I’d just given my money to Mr Norman, the shop owner, when it happened.Mr Norman’s head exploded.Something VERY WEIRD is going on in Cleeby.All the grown-ups are acting strangely. Sandy and his friend Arjan have a suspicion. They think the grown-ups have all been replaced by ROBOTS.And everything points to the e...

This title was first published in 2002: Since the invention of printing in the mid-fifteenth century the production, distribution and consumption of printed matter have been the principal means through which new ideas and representations have been spread. In recent times cultural historians have taken a growing interest in the previously somewhat isolated field of book history, shifting the study of printing and publishing into the centre of historical concern. This study of print and prin...

First published in 1999, this volume explores how the cities of central Europe, among them Berlin, Budapest, Hamburg, Vienna and Prague, went through a period of phenomenal growth during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their rapid expansion and growing economic importance made citizens aware of the need to manage the fabric and culture of the urban environment, while burgeoning nationalism and the development of local and international tourism constructed cities as showcases ...

A hilarious, zany and action-packed adventure about three brilliant kids on an out-of-this-world adventure! From the fantastically funny author of ROBOTS STOLE MY MUM!, this can be read as the next book in the series or works just as brilliantly on its own.Sandy is very surprised when he finds an ALIEN in the garden shed!Luckily, Bobslurdle Shuzberger BumBum the Seventh - known as Bob - is sweet and polite. He just needs a bit of help escaping from a scary ...

Bram Stoker Award-winner for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction!Nightmares come to life in this comprehensive how-to guide for new and established authors…Book two in Crystal Lake Publishing's The Dream Weaver series picks up where the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Where Nightmares Come From left off.It's Alive focuses on learning the craft in order to take your story from concept to completion.With an introduction by Richar...

A hilarious, zany and action-packed adventure about three brilliant kids on an out-of-this-world adventure! From the fantastically funny author of ROBOTS STOLE MY MUM!, this can be read as the next book in the series or works just as brilliantly on its own.Sandy is very surprised when he finds an ALIEN in the garden shed!Luckily, Bobslurdle Shuzberger BumBum the Seventh - known as Bob - is sweet and polite. He just needs a bit of help escaping from a scary ...

Book one in Crystal Lake Publishing's The Dream Weaver series...Where Nightmares Come From focuses on the art of storytelling in the Horror genre, taking an idea from conception to reality—whether you prefer short stories, novels, films, or comics.Featuring in-depth articles and interviews by Joe R. Lansdale (Hap & Leonard series), Clive Barker (Books of Blood), John Connolly (Charlie Parker series), Ramsey ...