Among the many fine examples of film scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), the score for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) stands out the most. Winner of the Academy Award(TM) for best dramatic score in 1938, it is seen by many as the archetypal accompaniment to a Warner Brothers swashbuc[...]
This book presents what NYC natives and tourists need to know, from getting a cab to chasing away cockroaches, stopping a runaway hot dog cart, and escaping a swarm of pigeons.[...]
Set three months before the deadly asteroid 2011GV1 is due to hit Earth, this Last Policeman sequel chronicles the further adventures of Hank Palace. The Concord Police Department is now operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, and Hank is out of a job-until he's hired by a busin[...]
Paranormal activity is BIG in popular culture these days. Vampires, zombies, werewolves, ghosts are everywhere (look out!): on TV, in books, comics, video games and movies, hiding behind your curtains ...Luckily, the authors of the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook series are back w[...]
Covering the range of romantic and relationship perils, it's a bedside bible of expert advice that will keep readers amused and disaster-free in equal measure, with chapters on Defensive Dating, First Impressions, On the Date, Getting It On, Relationship Survival Skills, It's Over (Let's Be Friends)[...]
What s the point in solving murders if we re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre[...]
Following the massive success of "Pride Prejudice and Zombies", and the impressive pre-pub sales of "Sense and Sensibility" and "Sea Monsters", we have "Quirk Classic 3". Like 1 and 2 the suspense will build as we discover what new monster mayhem will descend upon us this Spring. Certain to create t[...]
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters coauthor Ben H. Winters is back with an all-new collaborator, legendary Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy, and the result is Android Karenina: an enhanced edition of the classic love story set in a strange new world of robots, cyborgs, and interplanetary travel.
Alex and Susan Wendt are the perfect couple in search of the perfect Brooklyn brownstone - and the house at 56 Cranberry Street is too good to pass up. Sure, the landlady seems a little eccentric. And the creepy handyman drops too many strange remarks about the previous tenants. But the sidewalk is [...]
Critically acclaimed author Ben H. Winters delivers this explosive final installment in the Edgar Award winning Last Policeman series. With the doomsday asteroid looming, Detective Hank Palace has found sanctuary in the woods of New England, secure in a well-stocked safe house with other onetime mem[...]
Järki ja tunteet ja merihirviöt laajentaa Jane Austenin rakastetun romaanin aivan uuteen maailmaan: siellä hallitsevat jättiläishummerit, hirviömäiset mustekalat, kaksipäiset merikäärmeet ja muut eläinmaailman ennenkuulumattomat kammotukset. Tarinan alussa Dashwoodin sisarukset ajetaan po[...]