back from the future brad gilmore
Back from the Future - Brad Gilmore
A Fan’s Look at the Back to the Future Franchise“Brad Gilmore s book not only offers new perspectives and a deeper understanding of Back to the Future, it reminds us why we fell in love with it in the first place. ─Mark Ellis, Comedian Movie Critic#1 New Release in Science Fiction Fantasy MoviesThere’s a host of information out there on the Back to the Future trilogy, but never before has there been a book like this.The history of the films, cartoons, toys, and more. The Back to the Future series is a timeless collection greatly revered by all audiences. The beauty of this book by Brad Gilmore is that it doesn’t present the history of the film as textbook information. He discusses these films from a place of passion and so effectively reveals how the history behind the movies is just as engaging as the films themselves.Unheard details and trivia. Gilmore, a radio and television host and host of Back to the Future: The Podcast, is an expert on all things Back to the Future. Pairing his knowledge with his passion for the films, Gilmore uses this book to discuss details and movie trivia that reveal just why the trilogy has stood the test of time. As a fan speaking to fellow fans, he dives into fan theories and provides answers to many questions readers have—because they are the very questions he himself has asked.Check out this must-have book and learn things you never knew:Completed timelines of all the main characters from the franchiseIn-depth studies of various Back to the Future fan theories that will surprise and intrigue youA detailed comparison of the films’ predictions of the future to our world todayFans of books like Back to the Future: The Classic Illustrated Storybook, Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History, Back to the Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines, or We Don’t Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future Trilogy, will love Back From the Future.
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Greta and the Ghost Hunters - Copeland Sam
The hilarious tale of a family coming to terms with its ghosts - literally.Greta Woebegone did not believe in ghosts until the day she was knocked over by a car and almost died. Then everything changed...Now Greta can not only see the spirits that haunt her ancestral home, she can talk to them too - from her grumpy Grandpa Woebegone and Percy the poo-pushing plague victim to the sinister spook in the cellar.Can Greta help the ghosts avoid being exorcised (a fate worse than undeath)? Can the ghosts help Greta stop her beloved Grandma being put in a home? And can they all help each other overcome the pain in their past that s holding them back from the future?From the acclaimed author of Charlie Changes Into a Chicken comes a touching and side-splitting new story guaranteed to delight readers of nine and up. Hilarious, fast-paced and full of heart - Sunday Express Funny, engaging and utterly heartfelt - LD Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
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Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine - Bob Gale
Doc Brown s Owner s Workshop Manual, Discover the secrets of Doc Brown s time-traveling DeLorean with the first-ever under-the-bonnet user s manual featuring never-before-seen schematics and cutaways of cinema s most iconic car., One of the best-loved movie sagas of all time, the Back to the Future trilogy has left an indelible impact on popular culture. Back to the Future: DeLorean Time Machine: Owner s Workshop Manual delves into the secrets of the unique vehicle that transports Marty McFly and Doc Brown through time, including both the original version of the car and the updated flying model. From the DeLorean s unmistakable gull-wing doors to Doc s cutting-edge modifications, including the Flux Capacitor and Mr. Fusion, this manual offers unprecedented insight into the car s inner workings., Filled with exclusive illustrations and never-before-disclosed information, Back to the Future: DeLorean Time Machine: Owner s Workshop Manual is the perfect gift for the trilogy s legion of fans., Authors, Bob Gale is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter-producer-director best known as co-creator, co-writer, and co-producer of Back to the Future and its sequels. Gale was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in Cinema from the University of Southern California in 1973. He has written over thirty screenplays, and his other film credits include 1941, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Used Cars, Trespass, and Interstate 60. In addition to writing movies, Gale has written comic books including Spider-Man, Batman, and IDW s Back to the Future title, and has also served as an expert witness in over twenty-five plagiarism cases. Gale lives in Southern California with his wife and dog., Joe Walser combined decades of motion picture art department experience with his passion for Back to the Future to become the world s leading authority on the DeLorean time machine. In 2013, he led Universal Studios official restoration of the actual time machine vehicle used in all three Back to the Future movies, which is now on permanent display at the renowned Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. Walser has been directly involved in dozens of licensed Back to the Future products and projects, and has cocreated the world s largest Back to the Future fan celebrations, including the thirtieth anniversary We re Going Back event in 2015. He lives with his wife, daughter, and three sons in Los Angeles, California.
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Back to the Future: Telling Time with Marty McFly - Insight Kids
Learn how to tell the time with Marty McFly and Doc Brown in this interactive board book with fun surprises on every page. Great Scott! Marty McFly is always late. It’s almost like he doesn’t know how to tell time. Sometimes he’s in bed when he should be at school. Other times he’s back at school when he should be at band practice. Help Marty get through the day by turning the die-cut wheel in the cover and lifting the flaps throughout the book to find out where Marty should be at the proper time. With both analog and digital clocks, young learners will get to see time in different ways. Back to the Future: Telling Time with Marty McFly is an entertaining, nostalgic title in the PlayPop line of developmental board books. PLAYFUL LEARNING + POP CULTURE BONDING: Parents, grandparents, and grown-ups can introduce kids to beloved characters from the Back to the Future films. TEACHES TELLING TIME: Learn to read analog and digital clocks LEARN BY DOING: Turn the dial for a tactile, multi-sensory learning experience. READ ALOUD PROMPTS: “At six o’clock in the evening, Marty is supposed to be eating dinner with his family. Where is Marty?” Gentle prompts support reading comprehension and intergenerational interaction. DEVELOP EARLY LITERACY: Emerging readers can practice print motivation, print awareness, letter knowledge, phonological awareness, vocabulary and narrative skills. COLLECT THEM ALL: Learn essential skills and raise the next generation of fans with PlayPop books including E.T’s First Words and Back to the Future: Telling Time with Marty McFly and Labyrinth: Straight to the Castle.
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Funkoverse POP! Back To The Future - 2-Pack (EN) (889698460682)
Figurka - soška, postavička, sběratelská, výška 9 cm, materiál vinyl, nepohyblivá Funko POP! jsou čím dál populárnější malé vinylové figurky s ikonickým roztomilým vzhledem, který je charakterizován velkou hlavou a malým tělem postavičky. Poprvé byly představeny v roce 2010, kombinují tradiční výrobu sošek s moderními prvky a barvami a jsou uznávané i jako sběratelské předměty. Každý si v dnes už tisících figurek najde tu svoji, vyráběny jsou v mnoha různých tématech, jako jsou filmy, televizní seriály, hry, komiksy a další pop-kulturní ikony. I tato figurka, Funkoverse POP! Back To The Future - 2-Pack (EN), o výšce 9 cm se stane skvělým kouskem do vaší sbírky, či veselou hračkou pro vaše dítko. Hlavní přednosti figurky Funkoverse POP! Back To The Future - 2-Pack (EN) Figurka Funko zaujme každého sběratele Materiálem využitým při výrobě je vinyl Funkoverse POP! Back To The Future - 2-Pack (EN) poslouží jako dekorace V balení naleznete jednu figurku Figurka...
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Power Pals - Back to the Future VHS (5056280435815)
Figurka - pro fanoušky Back to the Future, vzhled klasické VHS s rukama a nohama, funguje jako nabíječka Hlavní přednosti figurky Power Pals - Back to the Future VHS Figurka Numskull nadchne každého sběratele Figurka ze série Návrat do budoucnosti vyniká kvalitním zpracováním Materiálem je PVC Power Pals - Back to the Future VHS představuje dekorativní sošku Balení obsahuje jednu figurku Figurka Numskull měří 23 cm
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Pyramid Hrnek Back to the Future 315 ml
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Funko POP! Back to the Future - Marty (M00493)
Figurka - soška, postavička, sběratelská, motiv Návrat do budoucnosti, výška 9 cm, materiál vinyl, nepohyblivá, vhodná od 6 let Funko POP! jsou čím dál populárnější malé vinylové figurky s ikonickým roztomilým vzhledem, který je charakterizován velkou hlavou a malým tělem postavičky. Poprvé byly představeny v roce 2010, kombinují tradiční výrobu sošek s moderními prvky a barvami a jsou uznávané i jako sběratelské předměty. Každý si v dnes už tisících figurek najde tu svoji, vyráběny jsou v mnoha různých tématech, jako jsou filmy, televizní seriály, hry, komiksy a další pop-kulturní ikony. I tato figurka, Funko POP! Back to the Future - Marty, o výšce 9 cm se stane skvělým kouskem do vaší sbírky, či veselou hračkou pro vaše dítko. Hlavní přednosti figurky Funko POP! Back to the Future - Marty Figurka Funko přinese radost sběratelům Je ideální pro děti od 6 let Figurka ze série Návrat do budoucnosti je charakteristická kvalitním zpracováním Materiálem využitým při...
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The Monkey Who Fell From The Future - Ross Welford
The hilarious, moving and adventure-packed new novel for readers of 9 and up from Ross Welford, the bestselling and Costa-shortlisted author of Time Travelling with a HamsterThe year is 2425. Centuries after a catastrophic meteor collision, nature has retaken the earth. In a small town in what was once England, young Ocean Mooney and the monkey-owning Duke Smiff have just dug up a 400 year-old tablet computer.Meanwhile, in the present day, Thomas Reeve and his genius cousin Kylie create the Time Tablet â “ a device which they hope will allow them to communicate with the future.But when the Time Tablet malfunctions live on television, Thomas and Kylie are sucked into the year 2425 â “ and have only 24 hours to return home, and save the future of humanityâ ¦
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The Man from the Future - Bhattacharya Ananyo
A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEARAn exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world A sparkling book, with an intoxicating mix of pen-portraits and grand historical narrative. Above all it fizzes with a dizzying mix of deliciously vital ideas. . . A staggering achievement Tim HarfordThe smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Self-replicating moon bases and nuclear weapons. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable man: John von Neumann.Born in Budapest at the turn of the century, von Neumann is one of the most influential scientists to have ever lived. His colleagues believed he had the fastest brain on the planet - bar none. He was instrumental in the Manhattan Project and helped formulate the bedrock of Cold War geopolitics and modern economic theory. He created the first ever programmable digital computer. He prophesied the potential of nanotechnology and, from his deathbed, expounded on the limits of brains and computers - and how they might be overcome.Taking us on an astonishing journey, Ananyo Bhattacharya explores how a combination of genius and unique historical circumstance allowed a single man to sweep through so many different fields of science, sparking revolutions wherever he went.Insightful and illuminating, The Man from the Future is a thrilling intellectual biography of the visionary thinker who shaped our century.
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Stepping Back from the Ledge
In this “seismically moving memoir” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice), one woman asks a seemingly impossible question in the aftermath of her mother’s suicide: How do you mourn a loved one as you repair the injuries they inflicted? “Laura Trujillo resurfaces from the dark ‘sub-basement’ of despair with assurances for us all: There is hope. There is healing. Always, there is love. This book will save lives.”—Connie Schultz, author of The Daughters of ErietownONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New YorkerLaura Trujillo had been close to her mother for most of her adult life, raising her four children within a few miles of their beloved grandmother’s Phoenix home. But just three months after moving her young family to Cincinnati for a new job, Laura receives shocking news: Her mother had taken her own life—by jumping off a ledge into the Grand Canyon, a place Laura knew her mother had always loved. Laura and her mother had shared a profound and special bond, yet each had also kept from the other the deepest truths about their lives. As an adult, Laura finally broke her silence about the sexual abuse she had suffered as a teenager at the hands of her stepfather—a secret Laura had buried to protect her mother. After her mother’s death, Laura embarks on an emotional odyssey, searching for clues that could explain the depression, intergenerational trauma, and shared heartbreaks in her family. When she returns to the Grand Canyon, it becomes an oasis that nurtures Laura’s search for redemption and peace. As Laura wrestles with her feelings, she forges a new path forward. Moving and intimate, powerfully told, Stepping Back from the Ledge is a remarkable exploration of the bond between a mother and daughter, and of the hope that can come from facing the truth.
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Playmobil Back to the Future DeLorean (4008789703170)
Stavebnice - elektronická, 64 dílků v balení, téma dopravní prostředky a filmy a seriály, materiál plast, vhodná od 6 let, k využití všech funkcí jsou potřeba 2 ks AAA baterie Přemýšlíte, jaký narozeninový dárek bude pro děti ten nejlepší? Stavebnice Playmobil je skvělou volbou pro rozvoj jemné motoriky a zručnosti. Najednou nepotřebují televizi nebo internet, ale zvládnou vytvářet jedinečné stavby jen pomocí své fantazie a hromádky kostiček. Těšit se můžete na celkem 64 dílků. Výrobním materiálem stavebnice je plast. Pro správnou funkčnost všech komponent potřebujete 2 baterie typu AAA, jež je potřeba dokoupit. Hlavní vlastnosti stavebnice Playmobil Back to the Future DeLorean Stavebnice nabízí zábavu i možnost vzdělávání Poslouží k rozvíjení kreativity a motoriky Stavebnice obsahuje celkem 64 dílků Materiálem je plast Stavebnice Playmobil je navržena pro děti od 6 let Motiv: dopravní prostředky a filmy a seriály Ke zprovoznění všech funkcí vyžaduje zakoupit...
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Playmobil Back to the Future Martyho pick-up (4008789706331)
Stavebnice - 35 dílků v balení, téma dopravní prostředky a filmy a seriály, materiál plast, vhodná od 5 let Baví vaše dítě hraní se stavebnicemi? Stavebnice Playmobil má velmi dobrý vliv na duševní rozvoj dětí a podporu jejich jemné motoriky, kreativity a fantazie. Dítka si užijí spoustu zábavy, přičemž ani nepoznají, že se vzdělávají. V této variantě najdete celkem 35 dílků. K její výrobě slouží plast. Hlavní vlastnosti stavebnice Playmobil Back to the Future Martyho pick-up Stavebnice nabízí zábavu i možnost vzdělávání Podpoří rozvoj dětské motoriky a představivosti Pro kompletní složení je potřeba poskládat 35 dílků Materiálem je plast Stavebnice Playmobil je přizpůsobena dětem od 5 let Motiv: dopravní prostředky a filmy a seriály
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Plakát Back to the Future - Movie Poster
Plakát Back to the Future - Movie Poster se hodí na každou zeď Tištěno na kvalitní papír, snadno sbalitelné do tubusu Rozměry plakátu: 61 x 91,5 cm
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Plakát 61x91,5cm – Back to the Future 3
Plakát Back to the Future 3 se hodí na každou zeď Tištěno na kvalitní papír, snadno sbalitelné do tubusu
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Halestorm: Back From The Dead (Extended Edition) - CD (7567862785)
Hudební CD - Rozšířená verze posledního alba Halestorm. Produkci desky Back From The Dead měli na starost Nick Raskulinetz (Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Alice In Chains) a Scott Stevens (Shinedown, Daughtry) Halestorm je americká hardrocková skupina, kterou v roce 1997 založili dva sourozenci, tehdy teenageři z městečka Red Lion ve státě Pensylvánie. Je složena ze zpěvačky a kytaristky Elizabeth „Lzzy” Hale, jejího bratra, bubeníka Arejay Hale, kytaristy Joe Hottingera a baskytaristy Joshe Smithe. V roce 2005 podepsali nahrávací smlouvu se společností Atlantic, o rok později vydali koncertní EP One And Done. Debutové eponymní album vydali v roce 2009, přičemž jejich první singl Love Bites (So Do I), získal cenu Grammy pro nejlepší nahrávku v kategorii rock a heavy metal. Rozšířená verze posledního alba Halestorm. Produkci desky Back From The Dead měli na starost Nick Raskulinetz (Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Alice In Chains) a Scott Stevens (Shinedown, Daughtry),...
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Back From The Dead: The astonishing true story of the Blythe Star, based on the award-winning ABC podcast Expanse - Piia Wirsu
1973: The incredible true story of the Blythe Star disaster, which left ten men, shipwrecked and alone, on the wild Southern Ocean off Tasmania. Almost two weeks later they were found on a remote trail on a southern peninsula, and their story would stun the nation ... and leave a powerful legacy in its wake. When the coastal freighter MV Blythe Star left Hobart on a routine trip, Mick Doleman was an 18-year-old deckhand working alongside nine other crewmen, all accustomed to the dangers of the sea. But nothing could prepare them for what happened less than 24 hours later. In the early morning, the Blythe Star started listing, and swiftly sank. Miraculously, all the crewmen escaped, only to be crammed into a tiny life raft at the mercy of the ocean. The ship s sinking sparked the largest sea and air search at the time, but the crew remained lost â “ and soon they were given up for dead. Twelve days later, three ravaged and starving men, including Mick, found help on a remote logging trail in heavy bush on the Tasman Peninsula. Their story was shocking, and set the country alight with questions about their plight. How had they disappeared without trace? How had they survived the un-survivable? This is an extraordinary story of human endurance in one of the most challenging environments on earth, written by Piia Wirsu, the producer and narrator of From the Dead , the award-winning season of the ABC podcast Expanse, with Mick Doleman, now the only surviving crewmember of the Blythe Star, who became a global influence in maritime safety.
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Asylum Years: Back to the Future?
Has the legacy of the asylum era impacted on the thinking that underpins health policy today? Evidence gathered here from a number of people who worked in an asylum 50 years ago suggests that there is considerable inheritance from the institutional times that reinforce current mental health policy and mode of provision.
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Halestorm: Back From The Dead - CD (7567864133)
Hudební CD - Produkci nové desky skupiny Halestorm měli na starost Nick Raskulinetz (Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Alice In Chains) a Scott Stevens (Shinedown, Daughtry), pilotním singlem je písnička The Steeple. „Na albu jsme pracovali už před covidem,” prozrazuje zpěvačka Lzzy Hale. Produkci nové desky skupiny Halestorm měli na starost Nick Raskulinetz (Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Alice In Chains) a Scott Stevens (Shinedown, Daughtry), pilotním singlem je písnička The Steeple. „Na albu jsme pracovali už před covidem,” prozrazuje zpěvačka Lzzy Hale. „Izolace a nemožnost koncertovat během pandemie mě uvrhly do temnoty, trpěla jsem krizí identity. Album je příběhem o tom, jak se z té propasti dostávám.” Halestorm je americká hardrocková skupina, kterou v roce 1997 založili dva sourozenci, tehdy teenageři z městečka Red Lion ve státě Pensylvánie. Je složena ze zpěvačky a kytaristky Elizabeth „Lzzy” Hale, jejího bratra, bubeníka Arejay Hale, kytaristy Joe Hottingera a...
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Back From The Dead - Dan Biddle
Dan Biddle s body and mind were devastated on 7 July 2005, during the worst single terrorist atrocity on British soil. It took ten seconds to disassemble him. It⠙s taken twenty years for him to find the inner peace and brutal honesty reveal his daily battle to go on surviving.
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Halestorm: Back From The Dead - LP (7567864132)
LP vinyl - Produkci desky skupiny Halestorm měli na starost Nick Raskulinetz (Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Alice In Chains) a Scott Stevens (Shinedown, Daughtry), pilotním singlem je písnička The Steeple. „Na albu jsme pracovali už před covidem,” prozrazuje zpěvačka Lzzy Hale. Produkci desky skupiny Halestorm měli na starost Nick Raskulinetz (Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Alice In Chains) a Scott Stevens (Shinedown, Daughtry), pilotním singlem je písnička The Steeple. „Na albu jsme pracovali už před covidem,” prozrazuje zpěvačka Lzzy Hale. „Izolace a nemožnost koncertovat během pandemie mě uvrhly do temnoty, trpěla jsem krizí identity. Album je příběhem o tom, jak se z té propasti dostávám. Halestorm je americká hardrocková skupina, kterou v roce 1997 založili dva sourozenci, tehdy teenageři z městečka Red Lion ve státě Pensylvánie. Je složena ze zpěvačky a kytaristky Elizabeth ”Lzzy" Hale, jejího bratra, bubeníka Arejay Hale, kytaristy Joe Hottingera a baskytaristy...
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Back from the Dead - Heidi Amsinck
A headless corpse a missing person case closed? June, and as Copenhagen swelters under record temperatures, a headless corpse surfaces in the murky harbour, landing a new case on DI Henrik Jungersen s desk just as his holiday is about to start.
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Future Friend - David Baddiel
From million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel comes a laugh-out-loud and inspiring new adventure for all readers of 8 and up that is ahead of its time â “ 1,001 years ahead, to be preciseâ ¦The year is 3020.Pip@256X#YY.3_7 is lonely and bored: she goes to virtual school on her G-Glasses, she only has a talking cat and parrot to hang out with, and she canâ ™t even leave her LivingSpace due to the extreme heat and floods outside.Until the day that Pip explores a glowing ring in a lab and finds herself in a warehouse, in 2019.Where she meets boy-inventor Rahul â “ who is also lonely and bored.Together, Rahul and Pip are no longer lonely. But they have a whole load of new problems, including hiding talking animals from Rahulâ ™s parents, and finding a way back to the future.Plus â “ just maybe â “ saving the worldâ ¦Future Friend is a terrifically entertaining time-slip adventure that combines action, laugh-out-loud humour and the importance of friendship, in a story that asks the question â “ what would happen if your best friend came from the future?
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Future Boy - Michael J. Fox
A poignant, heartfelt and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J Fox brought two iconic roles to life simultaneously - Alex Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future. Here is the amazing true story, as only Michael J Fox can tell it ...In early 1985, Michael J. Fox was one of the biggest stars on television. His world was about to get even bigger, but only if he could survive the kind of double duty unheard of in Hollywood. Fox s days were already dedicated to rehearsing and taping the hit sitcom Family Ties, but then the chance of a lifetime came his way. Soon, he committed his nights to a new time-travel adventure film being directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg, Back to the Future. Sitcom during the day, movie at night - day after day, for months.Fox s nightly commute from a soundstage at Paramount to the back lot at Universal Studios, from one dream job to another, would become his own space-time continuum. It was in this time portal that Alex P. Keaton handed the baton to Marty McFly while Michael J. Fox tried to catch a few minutes of sleep. Alex s bravado, Marty s flair, and Fox s comedic virtuosity all swirled together to create something truly special.In Future Boy, Fox tells the remarkable story of playing two landmark roles at the same time - a slice of entertainment history that s never been told. Using new interviews with the cast and crew of both projects, the result is a vividly drawn and eye-opening story of creative achievement by a beloved icon.
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Future Boy - Michael J. Fox
In early 1985, Michael J. Fox was one of the biggest stars on television. His world was about to get even bigger, but only if he could survive the kind of double duty unheard of in Hollywood. Fox s days were already dedicated to rehearsing and taping the hit sitcom Family Ties, but then the chance of a lifetime came his way. Soon, he committed his nights to a new time-travel adventure film being directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg--Back to the Future. Sitcom during the day, movie at night--day after day, for months.Fox s nightly commute from a soundstage at Paramount to the back lot at Universal Studios, from one dream job to another, would become his own space-time continuum. It was in this time portal that Alex P. Keaton handed the baton to Marty McFly while Michael J. Fox tried to catch a few minutes of sleep. Alex s bravado, Marty s flair, and Fox s comedic virtuosity all swirled together to create something truly special.In Future Boy, Fox tells the remarkable story of playing two landmark roles at the same time--a slice of entertainment history that s never been told. Using new interviews with the cast and crew of both projects, the result is a vividly drawn and eye-opening story of creative achievement by a beloved icon.
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The Little Book of Golden Girls - Orange Hippo!
The Golden Girls: the show that changed American TV, found an audience all around the world, and made a global legend out of Betty White. 1985 was the year of Live Aid, Back to the Future and the Nintendo. It also saw the start of one of the most well-known and well-loved sitcoms of all time: The Golden Girls. With a cast comprising women over 50, the show was as groundbreaking as it was hilarious. Averaging 25 million viewers an episode - and counting the Queen Mother among them - the show is still ranked among the best US sitcoms ever. And it continues to find a new audience today in younger generations on streaming, with merchandise as popular as ever. Packed with quotes and facts, this little book is perfect for any Golden Girls fan.
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The Book of Bill - Alex Hirsch
Did you miss him? Admit it, you missed him.The demon that terrorized Gravity Falls is back from the great beyond to finally tell his side of the story in The Book of Bill, written by none other than Bill Cipher himself.Inside, Bill sheds light on his bizarre origins, his sinister effects on human history, the Pines family’s most embarrassing secrets, and the key to overthrowing the world (laid out in a handy step-by-step guide). This chaotic and beautifully illustrated tome contains baffling riddles, uncrackable ciphers, lost Journal 3 pages, ways to cheat death, the meaning of life, and a whole chapter on Silly Straws. But most importantly, The Book of Bill is deeply, deeply cursed.Alex Hirsch, #1 New York Times bestselling author, resuscitates this infamous villain and invites fans to a Bill’s eye view of the Gravity Falls universe. There are many who believe this book is too dangerous for human hands. But if you can’t resist, just know this: Once you make a deal with Bill, it’s not so easily undone . . . Beware: This book travels to dimensions meant for older readers.
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America Is Not the Heart - Elaine Castillo
‘This book is it: one of the best debut novels (and novels, period) of recent years’ Elle ‘The next big thing… It has drama and tragedy in spades, but it also has so much love of every kind spilling out of it pages that I closed it each night with a huge, warm smile.’ The Paris Review How many lives can one person lead in a single lifetime? When Hero De Vera arrives in America, disowned by her parents in the Philippines, she’s already on her third. Her uncle, Pol, who has offered her a fresh start and a place to stay in the Bay Area, knows not to ask about the first and second. And his younger wife, Paz, has learned enough about the might and secrecy of the De Vera family to keep her head down. Only their daughter Roni asks Hero why her hands seem to scream with hurt at the steering wheel of the car she drives to collect her from school, and only Rosalyn, the fierce but open-hearted beautician, has any hope of bringing Hero back from the dead.
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The Storytellers - Sue Heath
A delicious story that wraps itself around your heart Evie Woods This book felt like a cozy blanketâ ”comforting, gentle, and full of charm. âââââEveryone has a storyâ ¦The local library is a place for community members to enjoy a cup of coffee, to read a book, to swap a book, to exchange ideas, and maybe even share a piece of themselves. Itâ ™s also a refuge for people like Hattie, looking to reconnect with her past, and Avril, trying to hide from the future, and Stuart, searching for a new purpose, and librarian Will, whose life has been spun in an unexpected direction.Apart, they could not be more different from one another, but when a flyer for a writing competition draws Hattie, Avril, Stuart and Will together, they come to discover that a good story doesn t just open your eyes, but also your world⠦⠓Readers are LOVING The Storytellers! Such a unique story and so well-written. Worth the read! âââââ This was an enchantingly captivating book that completely drew me in from the very start. I was totally invested in the characters and the story line. I loved it âââââ This story is proof that books and stories are the perfect tonic. A truly heartwarming story âââââ This was such a wonderful read. Itâ ™s not a book packed with action or wild twistsâ ”and thatâ ™s exactly what made it so special. The story was simple, but the characters were full of heart. âââââ A perfect escape read about life s journeys and friendship. âââââ All the characters were people you would like to have a cup of tea with. The story that was being written by the group made this a bit like two books in one. Loved it. âââââ I stayed up most of the night because I was just gripped by the story âââââ A real feel good read. âââââ This novel drew me in from the very first page and kept me hooked until the end. The characters were vibrant and relatable, the writing was engaging, and the story had just the right balance of heart and humor. Highly recommend! âââââ Sue has a gift of making characters come to life and these ones all felt like my friends by the end and I felt like I had grown with them all too. âââââ I really appreciate all the thought, care and love that went into this novel. âââââ This author is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. Her stories are wonderful and so are her characters.â ™ âââââ I thoroughly enjoyed loosing myself in this book and couldn t wait to pick it up and start reading again.â ™ âââââ
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Small Island: Winner of the
Small Island by bestselling author Andrea Levy won the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Orange Prize Best of the Best as well as the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Whitbread. Possibly the definitive fictional account of the experiences of the Empire Windrush generation, it was selected by the BBC as one of its 100 Novels That Shaped Our World . A great read... honest, skilful, thoughtful and important GuardianIt is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun.Queenie Bligh s neighbours don t approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but with her husband, Bernard, not back from the war, she has little choice in the matter.Gilbert Joseph was one of the many Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight Hitler. But when he returns to England as a civilian he doesn t receive the welcome he was expecting, and it s desperation that drives him to knock at Queenie s door. Gilbert s wife Hortense, who for years has longer for a better life in England, soon joins him. But London is far from the golden city of her dreams, and even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was.Small Island explores a point in England s past when the country began to change. In this delicately wrought and profoundly moving novel, Andrea Levy handles the weighty themes of empire, prejudice, war and love, with a superb lightness of touch and generosity of spirit. An engrossing read - slyly funny, passionately angry and wholly involving Daily Mail Gives us a new urgent take on our past Vogue
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Physics of the Impossible - Michio Kaku
From cyborgs, starships, UFOs, aliens and antimatter to telepathy, invisibility, psychokinesis and precognition, Michio Kaku s Physics of the Impossible is an exciting look at how science fiction could soon become science fact. Albert Einstein said, If at first an idea does not sound absurd, there is no hope for it. Physics of the Impossible shows how our most far-fetched ideas today - from Star Trek s phasers and teleportation to time travel as envisioned by Back to the Future - are destined to become tomorrow s reality. Michio Kaku, bestselling science author and one of the world s most acclaimed physicists, looks at the technologies of the future and explains what s just around the corner, what we might have to wait a few millennia to get our hands on and how surprisingly little of it is truly impossible. A brilliant, provocative, freewheeling tour around the exotic shores of physics Independent A rich compendium of jaw-dropping reality checks The Times One of the world s most distinguished physicists ... takes the reader on a journey to the frontiers of science and beyond Guardian After reading Kaku s boundless enthusiasm for the future, what you wouldn t give for a real-life time machine to travel forwards and see just how accurate his predictions are Sunday Telegraph Michio Kaku is a leading theoretical physicist and one of the founders of string theory, widely regarded as the strongest candidate for the theory of everything . He is also one of the most gifted popularizers of science of his generation. His books published by Penguin include Parallel Worlds, The Physics of the Future and The Physics of the Impossible. He holds the Henry Semat Professorship in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York, where he has taught for over twenty-five years.
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Artemis Fowl and The Arctic Incident - Eoin Colfer
Movie available from June 12th only on Disney+ Join the world of Artemis Fowl, the number one bestseller by Eoin Colfer.THE FAIRIES ARE IN TROUBLEGoblin gangs (exactly as bad as it sounds) are planning an uprising, and it looks like they ve had human help. Holly Short is convinced it s her old nemesis, Artemis Fowl.But, for once, Artemis is innocent. He s too busy getting his father back from the Arctic Circle, where the Russian Mafia (also very bad) is holding him prisoner.All Artemis has to do is clear his name, face the biggest criminal organisations in the world and avoid freezing to death.At least it ll get him out of the house . . .The misadventure continues. Fast-paced, tongue in cheek . . . laugh-out-loud - Sunday Times A huge hit - The Guardian Artemis is a brilliant creation - Anthony Horowitz ***The first book, Artemis Fowl was winner of the WHSmith Children s Book of the Year Award and Children s Book of the Year at the Children s Book Awards. Shortlisted for the Whitbread Children s Book of the Year Award.***
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The Theory of Everything Else - Dan Schreiber
This is not a book of facts; it s a book of facts . Should you finish it believing we became the planet s dominant species because predators found us too smelly to eat; or that the living bloodline of Christ is a family of Japanese garlic farmers - well, that s on you.Why are we here? Do ghosts exist? Did life on Earth begin after a badly tidied-up picnic? Was it just an iceberg that sank the Titanic? Are authors stealing their plotlines from the future? Will we ever talk to animals? And why, when you re in the shower, does the shower curtain always billow in towards you?We don t know the answers to any of these questions. But don t worry, no matter what questions you have, you can bet on the fact that there is someone (or something) out there, investigating it on your behalf. From the sports stars who use cosmic energy to office plants investigating murders, The Theory of Everything Else will act as a handbook for those who want to think differently.
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The Gecko and the Echo Board Book - Rachel Bright
An adorable board book edition of this flamboyantly funny tale about the love we give to the world - and the love that comes echoing back. From the creators of the multi-award-winning, bestselling The Lion Inside.Goldy wants one thing, and one thing only - to be a STAR. On the sunny island this gecko calls home, it s always THE GOLDY SHOW, morning til night.But when you re dazzled by the limelight, it s easy to lose sight of the world around you. And when Goldy s performance starts to go wrong, the little gecko discovers that friendship means so much more than fame. Because when you treat the world with love, then love will come echoing back.This funny and touching rhyming story is perfect for sharing, reminding us all that treating others with kindness makes the whole world a better and happier place.
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The Kid Who Fell Through Time - James Greg, Smith Chris
â ˜Angus had never been very interested in history until he visited it by accident one Tuesday night.â ™History has always seemed pretty boring to Angus. Who cares about things that happened thousands of years ago? Totally pointless! Thatâ ™s what Angus thinks until the day he accidentally falls into a shopping trolley and ends up travelling through time with Marge, the lady who runs the cheese counter at the local supermarket, and who is also FROM THE FUTURE.And so begins the most epic adventure of his life â “ exploring a market in Roman Britain, hanging out with Shakespeare, making new friends in Ancient Egypt. Oh, and trying to escape the Evil Emperor Kragg from the 99th Century who is determined to destroy the planet.Can Angus and his new friends make it out of the past unscathed and, more importantly, is camel cheese really as bad as you imagine? Only time will tell!This epic and hilarious time travel adventure takes you from Roman Britain to the Ancient Egyptians. An ideal read for Key Stage 2 learners.
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The Incredible Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Collection - Joel Jessup
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact . - Sherlock Holmes, The Boscombe Valley MysterySherlock Holmes is in possession of a pack of cards that once belonged to his diabolical nemesis Professor Moriarty. Can you decode the secrets that they hide? Is his nemesis back from the dead? Or is this all an elaborate trick left behind to plague the great detective?Open this book and join Holmes and his ever-loyal assistant Dr John Watson as you attempt to solve the mysteries that Moriarty has hidden within.With hidden messages, mysterious conundrums, and all manner of puzzles to solve you ll need to hone your own powers of logic and deduction to solve the puzzles that wait within!These narrative puzzles are accompanied by delightful illustrations inspired by the original Sherlock Holmes tales, recreating the cosy Victorian charm that the stories are so loved for.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Conundrums series brings together mind-bending narrative puzzles inspired by classic figures from history and literature, from ancient antiquity to modern greats.
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Return to the Sky - Tina Morris
â œThree cheers for this splendid, surprising, inspiring book!â â ”Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an OctopusAlone in a vast wildlife refuge with little direction and no experience, an American ornithology student found herself responsible for a project of historical importance â “ to bring the mighty Bald Eagle back from the brink of extinction.Tina Morris was one of the first women to spearhead a raptor reintroduction program, and in Return to the Sky, she shares her remarkable story that is as much about the human spirit as it is about birds of prey.In the spring of 1975, on the eve of Americaâ ™s Bicentennial, Tina was selected to reintroduce Bald Eagles into New York State in the hope that the species could eventually repopulate eastern North America. Young and female in a male-dominated field, Tina was handed an assignment to rehabilitate a population that had been devastated by the effects of DDT. The challenges were prodigious, and with no model to refer to, she spent two years playing â ˜motherâ ™ to seven eaglets at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in New York. Driven by her passion, she discovered unknown reserves of patience, determination and grit, and her own path to self-discovery and confidence-building was inextricably linked to the survival of the species she was chosen to protect.At a time when the mass extinction of bird species is a critical global topic, Return to the Sky reminds us how, with a mix of common sense, resilience and resolve, humans can be effective stewards of the natural world.
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The British Bloke, Decoded - Geoff Norcott
I laughed a lot and now understand blokes a lot more than I ever wanted to - KATHERINE RYAN Geoff is one of the funniest intelligent thinkers in comedy and this book reflects that perfectly -ROMESH RANGANATHAN Geoff s examination of blokeness is Geoff all over - funny and insightful, making serious points without committing the cardinal sin of taking itself too seriously. Top bloke. - ADRIAN CHILES Highly informative. Geoff will make a proper bloke out of me yet. - HUGO RIFKIND A brilliant and hilarious book which defends blokes without denigrating women - KONSTANTIN KISIN If you see a man drinking a pint in an airport pub alone, that s a bloke. If you see a man driving to the tip on a Saturday morning with a smile on his face, that s a bloke. And if you see a man heading back from the tip and on the way to the pub, that s a very happy bloke.The British Bloke appears simple and straightforward. He loves football, cricket, beer, sheds, wearing socks and books about the SAS.But beneath that simple exterior lies a mysterious and complex being.In The British Bloke Decoded, writer, comedian and regular bloke, Geoff Norcott peels back the layers of blokedom, revealing the truth behind the sometimes inexplicable behaviour of Britain s husbands, dads and brothers.Based on 46 years of field research and almost scientific insights, Geoff digs deep into subjects as wide as: the value of Banter, the surprising roots of Mansplaining, the near impossibility of getting blokes to send birthday cards, and whether there could be a medal system for Hoovering.And ultimately, he concludes that whilst the toxic men have been grabbing all the publicity - perhaps now s the time to celebrate the simple British bloke in all his eccentric splendour.
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The British Bloke, Decoded - Geoff Norcott
I laughed a lot and now understand blokes a lot more than I ever wanted to - KATHERINE RYAN Geoff is one of the funniest intelligent thinkers in comedy and this book reflects that perfectly -ROMESH RANGANATHAN Geoff s examination of blokeness is Geoff all over - funny and insightful, making serious points without committing the cardinal sin of taking itself too seriously. Top bloke. - ADRIAN CHILES Highly informative. Geoff will make a proper bloke out of me yet. - HUGO RIFKIND A brilliant and hilarious book which defends blokes without denigrating women - KONSTANTIN KISIN If you see a man drinking a pint in an airport pub alone, that s a bloke. If you see a man driving to the tip on a Saturday morning with a smile on his face, that s a bloke. And if you see a man heading back from the tip and on the way to the pub, that s a very happy bloke.The British Bloke appears simple and straightforward. He loves football, cricket, beer and sheds. But beneath that simple exterior lies a mysterious and complex being...In The British Bloke Decoded, writer, comedian and regular bloke, Geoff Norcott, peels back the layers of blokedom, revealing the truth behind the behaviour of Britain s husbands, dads, brothers and friends. He dives into the value of banter, the roots of mansplaining, the near impossibility of getting blokes to send birthday cards, and whether there could be a medal system for vacuuming.Based on 46 years of intensive field research and semi-scientific insights, this book is a celebration of. the simple British bloke in all his splendour.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mr Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound! The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville brings Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to Dartmoor in the most famous of all of Arthur Conan Doyle s books. Is Sir Charles the latest victim of the ancestral Curse of the Baskervilles, which summons a demonic hound to stalk the moor and exact vengeance for a past misdeed, or is there a more modern, more prosaic explanation for the sudden death? In The Hound of the Baskervilles, the modern, rational world, and the ancient, supernatural world collide in the novel which brought Sherlock Holmes back from the dead.This new edition of Conan Doyle s classic mystery is part of a series of new editions of the Sherlock Holmes stories published in Oxford World s Classics. Darryl Jones s Introduction explores the competing worlds of the supernatural and the scientific in the novel and in Arthur Conan Doyle s life, the novel s colonial background and origins, and the role of landscape, folklore, and folk horror in the novel.
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The Dinosaur that Pooped the Past! - Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter
Discover the pooptastic world of Dino and Danny, from bestselling authors Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter!When playtime on Gran s old swing sends Danny and Dinosaur accidentally looping back through time to the Jurassic age, there s no knowing what might happen.Especially when the swing breaks and there s the rumble of a volcano ready to erupt!Can Danny and Dinosaur make it back to the future with their new dino friends?A Jurassic classic from the bestselling creators of The Dinosaur that Pooped a Planet!, The Dinosaur That Pooped Christmas! and The Dinosaur that Pooped a Princess!
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America Is Not the Heart - Elaine Castillo
Longlisted for the Aspen Literary Prize, 2019Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, 2018Longlisted for Elle s Big Book Award, 2018Evening Standard s Wander List Guide to 2019 Getaways How many lives can one person lead in a single lifetime? When Hero De Vera arrives in America, disowned by her parents in the Philippines, she s already on her third. Her uncle, Pol, who has offered her a fresh start and a place to stay in the Bay Area, knows not to ask about the first and second. And his younger wife, Paz, has learned enough about the might and secrecy of the De Vera family to keep her head down. Only their daughter Roni asks Hero why her hands seem to scream with hurt at the steering wheel of the car she drives to collect her from school, and only Rosalyn, the fierce but open-hearted beautician, has any hope of bringing Hero back from the dead.
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The Edge of Yesterday - Rita Woods
The Edge of Yesterday is a haunting contemporary speculative novel about time travel and finding yourself from award-winning author Rita Woods.Greer Coffey is a principal dancer with a renowned Harlem company. Sebastian Coffey is an architect with a prestigious Midtown firm. The Coffey’s are the ultimate dream couple — until their world completely unravels. After Greer develops a career ending neurologic disorder, she finds herself back in her hometown of Detroit. Angry, lonely, her marriage buckling under the strain, she takes to aimlessly wandering the city streets. One night, she stumbles through a vortex, a portal through time that transports her back into 1925 Detroit, where she meets a handsome, charming doctor.Dr. Montgomery Gray is a member of Detroit’s Black Aristocracy, wealthy and connected to some of the most powerful Black families in the country. Detroit in 1925 is the beating heart of an industrial nation, but it is also a tinderbox of poor immigrants, Prohibition driven gang wars, and the Klan. As a member of the Talented Tenth, Monty is expected to be the tip of the spear in the fight for the Race, no matter the cost. Exhausted, frustrated, and longing to break free of expectations, he is stunned to find a woman from the future roaming Detroit’s Black Bottom.Initially cautious, Monty and Greer slowly grow increasingly exhilarated with the visits. For Greer, 1925 offers an escape from the sorrow of her real life, and for Monty, the future that Greer lays before him is irresistible. But 2025 becomes gradually less and less recognizable, as each visit back through time causes increasing rips in the timeline. Ultimately, Greer finds herself trapped in 1925 and Monty is forced into a deadly confrontation that changes the trajectory of his life.
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The Lie - Helen Dunmore
Nominated for the Folio Prize and shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historial Fiction, and the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize.Set during and just after the First World War, The Lie is an enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss by one of the UKâ ™s most acclaimed storytellers.Cornwall, 1920, early spring.A young man stands on a headland, looking out to sea. He is back from the war, homeless and without family.Behind him lie the mud, barbed-wire entanglements and terror of the trenches. Behind him is also the most intense relationship of his life. Daniel has survived, but the horror and passion of the past seem more real than the quiet fields around him. He is about to step into the unknown. But will he ever be able to escape the terrible, unforeseen consequences of a lie?
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The Kingdom - Emmanuel Carrere
This is a brilliant, shocking book ... also witty, painfully self-critical and humane ... it is a work of great literature Tim Whitmarsh, Guardian The Kingdom, already a huge bestseller in France, is thrilling, magnificent and strange Bryan Appleyard, Sunday TimesThe sensational international bestseller from one of France s most fêted writers - an epic novel telling the story of Christianity as it has never been told before, and one man s crisis of faith.Corinth, ancient Greece, two thousand years ago. An itinerant preacher, poor, wracked by illness, tells the story of a prophet who was crucified in Judea, who came back from the dead, and whose return is a sign of something enormous. Like a contagion, the story will spread over the city, the country and, eventually, the world. Emmanuel Carrère s astonishing historical epic tells the story of the mysterious beginnings of Christianity, bringing to life a distant, primeval past of strange sects, apocalyptic beliefs and political turmoil. In doing so Carrère, once himself a fervent believer, questions his own faith, asks why we believe in resurrection, and what it means. The Kingdom is his masterpiece. An utterly brilliant book Catherine Nixey, The Times
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The Camomile Lawn - Mary Wesley
Escape to the Cornish cliffs in the dizzying heat of August 1939, where five cousins are making the most of the last summer of their youth.Oliver is just back from the Spanish Civil War and world-weary at only nineteen. Calypso is gorgeous, utterly selfish and determined to marry for money. Polly and Walter, brother and sister, play their cards close to their chests. Then there s little Sophie, who nobody loves. Soon the world will be swept into war again and the five cousins will enter a whirligig of sex, infidelity, love and loss, but for now they have one last, gaspingly hot summer at the house by the cliffs with the camomile lawn. A beloved bestseller from an author ahead of her time, The Camomile Lawn is a waspishly witty, devil-may-care delight.
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The People of the Abyss - Jack London
The People of the Abyss (1903) is a work of nonfiction by American writer Jack London. Written after the author spent three months living in Londonâ ™s poverty-stricken East End, The People of the Abyss bears witness to the difficulties faced by hundreds and thousands of people every day in one of the wealthiest nations on earth. Inspired by Friedrich Engelsâ ™s The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845) and Jacob Riisâ ™s How the Other Half Lives, London hoped to expose the indignities faced by those left behind by industrialization. In 1902, Jack London traveled to England to live in the slums of Londonâ ™s East End. Hoping to learn about the lives and experiences of the cityâ ™s working class, he spent three months staying in workhouses, sleeping on the streets, and lodging with a poor family in the area. Drawing on his own experience as a working-class American, and informed by his dedicated understanding of socialism, London recorded what he saw of the lives of Londonâ ™s poor, the hundreds of thousands of humans held back from the nationâ ™s progress toward modernization. The People of the Abyss was a popular and critical success upon publication and would inspire the young George Orwell to conduct his own research on poverty and urban life, which he recorded in his groundbreaking work Down and Out in Paris and London. Although he is known more for his contributions to fiction, London was a talented journalist whose experiences as a world traveler and worker allowed him to capture the deprivations of impoverished life while preserving a sense of humanity and advocating for much needed change. This edition of Jack Londonâ ™s The People of the Abyss is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.
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THE ROCKETFELLERS VOL 01 - Peter J. Tomasi
A dysfunctional but fun family from the future hides out in the past against a threat that can travel through time!THE ROCKETFELLERS follows a family from the 25th century hiding in the 21st century with a terrible secret that could affect the fate of humanity. Enlisting in the Time Zone Protection Program and escaping to present-day Earth, The Rocketfellers must find a way to trust each other in the strange â œancientâ world of today as they are hunted by threats from their time and ours.Collecting the first arc of Ghost Machineâ ™s hit series from creators Peter J. Tomasi (Batman Robin, Super Sons), Francis Manapul (The Flash, Detective Comics) and Rob Leigh.Collects issues #1-6.
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The Ultimate Sci-Fi Movie Quiz Book - Chris Farnell
Do you know your ET from your AI? Do you know the year 2001: A Space Odyssey was released ? Put your knowledge to the test with over 1,000 questions about all things sci-fi!Whether you #39;re breaking out of the Matrix or escaping the Terminator, there are ten categories of quizzes, each split into three difficulty levels that will test even the most knowledgeable fans #39; acumen of science fiction films.Whether playing against your family or getting together with your friends, The Ultimate Sci-Fi Movie Quiz Book makes an ideal gift and is a fun way to determine who knows more about this out-of-this-world genre of films.Categories include:Robots and AIAlien invasionTime travelSpace explorationDystopiasGlobal disasterPost-apocalypseOther realitiesExtraordinary abilitiesMad scientistsand more!Test your knowledge with these sample questions!1. There have been two big screen adaptations of Frank Herbert #39;s Dune, but which director, working with legends such as Chris Foss and H.R. Giger, famously failed to bring his Dune adaptation to the screen?2. What year does Marty McFly travel to in Back to the Future III (1990)?3. Isle of Dogs (2018) sees all the dogs moved to a trash island after an outbreak of canine influenza in which country?4. In The World #39;s End (2013), starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, what is the one processed food that Andy misses after the apocalypse?5. A Trip to the Moon (1902) is one of the very earliest depictions of space travel in film. In the lunar mission it depicts, where does the space capsule hit the moon?Also available:So This is Christmas Quiz BookNul Points - The Unofficial Eurovision Quiz BookAnswers: 1. Alejandro Jodorowsky; 2. 1885; 3. Japan; 4. Cornettos; 5. In the eye.
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Within the Walls - Giorgio Bassani
A new translation of Giorgio Bassani s award winning collection of novellas, which inspired his masterpiece The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.A young working class woman abandoned by her bourgeois lover; the tensions of intermarriage between established classes and communities; a holocaust survivor seemingly back from the dead; a formidable socialist activist defying house arrest; the only surviving witness to the first local atrocity of the Second World War. In these five unforgettable stories, Bassani gave life to the characters that would inform the Romanzo di Ferrara, his suite of novels depicting life in the city. Moving, poetic, atmospheric and artfully observed, this collection is a distillation of Bassani s genius. It won the Strega Prize on first publication as Cinque Storie Ferraresi in 1956, and established Bassani as one of the greatest Italian writers of the twentieth century. Giorgio Bassani is one of the great witnesses of this century, and one of its great artists Guardian The most uncompromising, merciful and merciless writer Ali Smith
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