On the first day the world had ever known God had a busy week in front of Him... So begins Once Upon A World, a delightful collection of Bible stories for children. With stories selected from the Old and New Testaments, the fresh clear style of author Robert Duncan combines superbly with the wry and gentle humour of the late John Le Mesurier, one of Britain's most distinctive and loved voices best known for his portrayal of Sergeant Wilson in Dad's Army. Now digitally restored, Once Upon A...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

This collection showcases the speculative writing of Scottish-born and California-based writer Robert Duncan Milne (1844-99) whose works mark him as one of the forgotten pioneers of early science fiction. Hailed as the first full-time science fiction writer in America, this critical edition draws together the most expansive collection of his writing ever published and places his life, works and themes into their historical, literary and scientific contexts. With his writing touching on nea...

Robert Duncan Milne was born on 7th June 1844 in Cupar in Fife, Scotland.Little is known of the life of this extraordinary author who created some of the most appealing science fiction stories ever written.As an adult he lived in San Francisco and wrote short stories for local newspapers and periodicals of the time and principally for The Argonaut, the political and literary newspaper heavyweight of the area.Robert Duncan Milne died in San Francisco, California on 1...

Robert Duncan Milne was born on 7th June 1844 in Cupar in Fife, Scotland.Little is known of the life of this extraordinary author who created some of the most appealing science fiction stories ever written.As an adult he lived in San Francisco and wrote short stories for local newspapers and periodicals of the time and principally for The Argonaut, the political and literary newspaper heavyweight of the area.Robert Duncan Milne died in San Francisco, California on 1...

‘The End of the World is Nigh’ has been seen, heard and quoted ad infinitum all of our lives. In the comfort zone of our own arrogance and the resources that we humans have at our disposal it seems we are both inviolable and invincible. All is safe. We are in control.But Nature has a way of sending earthquakes, eruptions, fires and flood, and much else besides, at the most inopportune times and, in these more modern days, with increasing frequency and extremes.In this volum...

Robert Duncan Milne was born on 7th June 1844 in Cupar in Fife, Scotland.Little is known of the life of this extraordinary author who created some of the most appealing science fiction stories ever written.As an adult he lived in San Francisco and wrote short stories for local newspapers and periodicals of the time and principally for The Argonaut, the political and literary newspaper heavyweight of the area.Robert Duncan Milne died in San Francisco, California on 1...

Robert Duncan Milne was born on 7th June 1844 in Cupar in Fife, Scotland.Little is known of the life of this extraordinary author who created some of the most appealing science fiction stories ever written.As an adult he lived in San Francisco and wrote short stories for local newspapers and periodicals of the time and principally for The Argonaut, the political and literary newspaper heavyweight of the area.Robert Duncan Milne died in San Francisco, California on 1...

Robert Duncan Milne was born on 7th June 1844 in Cupar in Fife, Scotland.Little is known of the life of this extraordinary author who created some of the most appealing science fiction stories ever written.As an adult he lived in San Francisco and wrote short stories for local newspapers and periodicals of the time and principally for The Argonaut, the political and literary newspaper heavyweight of the area.Robert Duncan Milne died in San Francisco, California on 1...