Adventures in Italy with Gabby and Maddox
Adventures in Italy with Gabby and Maddox

Author: Steve Altier

Publisher: 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.

Published: 2024-08-12

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13:

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Travel back in time to Ancient Rome with these adventurous siblings! Enjoy the Roman Chariot races and visit the Coliseum where gladiator battles were fought. See the fine paintings of Michelangelo at the Sistine Chapel. This is the civilization that created many of the modern aspects of today’s cities. Entertainment, art, and much more were vital parts of Roman Civilization. Their journey includes stops in Pisa where they visit The Leaning Tower and a final stop in Venice, the city built entirely on the water! Discover more about Italy up-close and from the perspective of the time they were first created. This book contains lots of fun facts about Italy alongside “Anti-Bully” and “Good Sportsmanship” messages for early readers interested in history and geography.

Blast Off with Gabby and Maddox
Blast Off with Gabby and Maddox

Author: Steve Altier

Publisher: 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.

Published: 2024-03-03

Total Pages: 71

ISBN-13:

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Join Gabby and Maddox on a wild, out of this world adventure! While visiting their grandparents in Florida, Gabby and Maddox join the Children’s Astronaut Program. Shortly after liftoff on what should have been a routine trip to the Space Station, Gabby and Maddox find themselves adrift on a ship with no power. Thankfully, the siblings are rescued by a purple alien named Spark from a planet called Ubatuba. He recruits them to solve a baffling mystery, and in exchange, he promises to take them back home. They quickly learn not everything is as it appears. Meanwhile, Cody and Bindi embark on a rescue mission to save their friends, but will they make it in time?

Lizardville the Ghost Story
Lizardville the Ghost Story

Author: Steve Altier

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-08-31

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9781535309455

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The world outside sounds menacing as loud thunderous cracks rained down on the home. In the middle of this fierce raging storm with no electricity, siblings Zack and Daniel turn to their father, John Malone. Feeling the boys are now old enough to learn the truth about his childhood, John decides to share a family secret that he's kept locked away, a secret that changed John's life forever. In a small Pennsylvania town called Lizardville, a young boy named Johnny and his friends set out on a weekend camping trip along the banks of Big Fishing Creek. On the first night, as the boys gather around the campfire, Parker shares a story that happened nearly eighty years ago, the legend of the Ax Factory murders. Soon after, strange, mysterious things begin to happen. Little do the boys realize they have awakened the spirit world! Jimmy, unable to sleep, comes face to face with a ghost named Annabelle. She is searching for something and knows the boys are hiding what she seeks. Could the secret lie in an old puzzle box? As this spine tingling, edge of your seat adventure unfolds, one question remains: Will they survive the weekend?

The Book of Azrael
The Book of Azrael

Author: Amber Nicole

Publisher:

Published: 2022-03-29

Total Pages: 752

ISBN-13: 9781737706755

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World Ender meets Ender of Worlds... For thousands of years after The Gods War the Etherworld has known peace but soon that too will change. An old enemy driven by revenge slowly builds an army behind the scenes. Temples are ransacked in search of an item long lost and enemies since the dawn of time must put aside their differences if they have any hope for survival.

City of Iron and Dust
City of Iron and Dust

Author: J.P. Oakes

Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1789097118

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Fast-paced and razor-sharp dark fantasy for readers of Nicholas Eames, Anna Smith Spark and Robert Jackson Bennett "A fantastic book, full of wit and sharp humor, City of Iron and Dust careens through a modernized faerie at a breakneck pace, full of verve and unforgettable characters. Oakes spins a smart, electric, and sometimes snarky tale, showing that the beating heart of modern fantasy is alive and well." – John Hornor Jacobs, author of A Lush and Seething Hell and The Incorruptibles The Iron City is a prison, a maze, an industrial blight. It is the result of a war that saw the goblins grind the fae beneath their collective boot heels. And tonight, it is also a city that churns with life. Tonight, a young fae is trying to make his fortune one drug deal at a time; a goblin princess is searching for a path between her own dreams and others’ expectations; her bodyguard is deciding who to kill first; an artist is hunting for his own voice; an old soldier is starting a new revolution; a young rebel is finding fresh ways to fight; and an old goblin is dreaming of reclaiming her power over them all. Tonight, all their stories are twisting together, wrapped up around a single bag of Dust—the only drug that can still fuel fae magic—and its fate and theirs will change the Iron City forever.

Shooting Stars of the Small Screen
Shooting Stars of the Small Screen

Author: Douglas Brode

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 0292783310

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Since the beginning of television, Westerns have been playing on the small screen. From the mid-1950s until the early 1960s, they were one of TV's most popular genres, with millions of viewers tuning in to such popular shows as Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and Disney's Davy Crockett. Though the cultural revolution of the later 1960s contributed to the demise of traditional Western programs, the Western never actually disappeared from TV. Instead, it took on new forms, such as the highly popular Lonesome Dove and Deadwood, while exploring the lives of characters who never before had a starring role, including anti-heroes, mountain men, farmers, Native and African Americans, Latinos, and women. Shooting Stars of the Small Screen is a comprehensive encyclopedia of more than 450 actors who received star billing or played a recurring character role in a TV Western series or a made-for-TV Western movie or miniseries from the late 1940s up to 2008. Douglas Brode covers the highlights of each actor's career, including Western movie work, if significant, to give a full sense of the actor's screen persona(s). Within the entries are discussions of scores of popular Western TV shows that explore how these programs both reflected and impacted the social world in which they aired. Brode opens the encyclopedia with a fascinating history of the TV Western that traces its roots in B Western movies, while also showing how TV Westerns developed their own unique storytelling conventions.

The Films of Carol Reed
The Films of Carol Reed

Author: Robert F. Moss

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780231059848

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Once enthroned as a major international filmmaker, Carol Reed has long since been banished to a musty corner of movie history. To dust off his work, however, is to discover a dazzling body of films, a canon as remarkable for its diversity as its quality. Building his case, film by film, Robert Moss argues persuasively for a reassessment of this gifted artist, claiming a place for him in the ranks of the world's greatest directors.

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

Author: David Sedaris

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2010-09-28

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 031613127X

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Featuring David Sedaris's unique blend of hilarity and heart, this new collection of keen-eyed animal-themed tales is an utter delight. Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of everyday life. In "The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck," three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In "Hello Kitty," a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In "The Squirrel and the Chipmunk," a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family members. With original illustrations by Ian Falconer, author of the bestselling Olivia series of children's books, these stories are David Sedaris at his most observant, poignant, and surprising.

Not Enough Horses
Not Enough Horses

Author: Thomas King

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-12-18

Total Pages: 14

ISBN-13: 1443419591

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In the old days, suitors would bring a dowry of horses when asking for a hand in marriage. Today, Clinton comes to Houston with kittens, a recliner, sausages and a snow blower. A Short History of Indians in Canada, Thomas King’s bestselling collection of twenty tales, is a comic tour de force, showcasing the author at his hilarious and provocative best. With his razor-sharp observations and mystical characters, including the ever-present and ever-changing Coyote, King pokes a sharp stick into the gears of the Native myth-making machine, exposing the underbelly of both historical and contemporary Native-White relationships. Through the laughter, these stories shimmer brightly with the universal truths that unite us. HarperCollins brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperCollins short-stories collection to build your digital library.

Jottings from a Far Away Place
Jottings from a Far Away Place

Author: Brendan Connell

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12-01

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9781943813018

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Ranging on the fringes of imagination and erudition, forming a mosaic of stories, maxims and sketches, at once fragmentary and cumulative, Jottings from a Far Away Place combines the timeless, mannered assurance of the Eastern discursive essay with the experimentation of the Western avant-garde. As the focus shifts between fantastic tales and studies of viciousness, the reader is treated to, among myriad other things, the adventures of a Taoist guitar player, a bloody episode with Countess de Bathory, a recipe for cinnabar sauce, and the story of a man who has been reincarnated as a spoon. A book that is like a collection of bulletins from the world of dreams."