Wolfboy Jack and the Scissors of Doom

Wolfboy Jack and the Scissors of Doom
Author: Lee Thomas
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2024-01-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1837913889

Wolfboy Jack and The Scissors of Doom is a story about bravery, being scared, and facing your fears head-on. Set in the quirky, monster-filled world first seen in 2019's Molly and the Bog Sprogs. 'Wolfboy's here to save the day! He's so brave!', they sing. 'That's right', he said. 'I don't get scared. I don't fear anything'. But what if he does fear something? And what if he doesn't want want to admit to it? The dashing tale of a valiant hero who, with the help of his friends, finds new ways to be brave.

Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom

Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom
Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN: 9780606320306

When ten-year-old Zeus is kidnapped, he discovers he can defend himself with a magical thunderbolt.

Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse
Author: Hervey Allen
Publisher: Henry Holt
Total Pages: 1224
Release: 1960
Genre: Historical fiction
ISBN: 9780030284007

Anthony Adverse, an orphan, travels throughout the world as he looks for adventure.

Like Light for Flies

Like Light for Flies
Author: Lee Thomas
Publisher: Lethe Press
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2013
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590210263

Lee Thomas's newest short story collection offers twelve tales of suspense and horror. A boy is horrified to discover what his older brother is doing in their father's work shed; a Victorian dandy and his dog must save the world from terrible creatures from another dimension; an old man can whisper a word that sets his victims on the path to madness; suburbia is threatened when a zealous neighbor opens the gates of Hell. Thomas's fiction has earned him the Lambda Literary Award and Bram Stoker Award, and readers will not be disappointed by this new book from a master of the genre.

The German

The German
Author: Lee Thomas
Publisher: Lethe Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2011
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590213092

Set during the height of World War II, The German examines the effect a series of ritualistic murders has on a small, Texas community. A killer preys on the young men of Barnard, Texas, leaving cryptic notes written in German. As the panic builds all eyes turn toward a quiet man with secrets of his own, who is trying to escape a violent past. Ernst Lang fled Germany in 1934. Once a brute, a soldier, a leader of the Nazi party, he has renounced aggression and embraces a peaceful obscurity. But Lang is haunted by an impossible past. He remembers his own execution and the extremes of sex and violence that led to it. He remembers the men he led into battle, the men he seduced, and the men who betrayed him. But are these the memories of a man given a second life, or the delusions of a lunatic?

The Dust of Wonderland

The Dust of Wonderland
Author: Lee Thomas
Publisher: Lethe Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590213890

Tell me a story. A panicked call from his ex-wife summons Ken Nicholson back to New Orleans, where his son has been attacked and left for dead. While his child's life hangs in the balance, Ken endures visions connected to a terrifying time from his past. As a teenager, he witnessed the brutal deaths of several young men, an act orchestrated by his benefactor, Travis Brugier. Following the shocking spectacle, Brugier kills himself before Ken's eyes. Now, decades later, someone wants Ken to remember, wants Ken to return to those violent days. With the lives of his estranged family and his lover, David, threatened, Ken has no choice but to follow his nightmares back to their origin. There he will battle a corrupt and powerful being that believes every life is a story to be captured and rewritten, a being that doesn't believe in happy endings. Welcome back to Wonderland.

The Megalithic European

The Megalithic European
Author: Julian Cope
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 0007138024

Julian Cope's long-awaited follow up to The Modern Antiquarian, his bestselling and critically acclaimed guide to ancient Britain. The Megalithic European takes us on a breathtaking journey around prehistoric Europe's first temples.

Camera Man

Camera Man
Author: Dana Stevens
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2023-02-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1501134205

They were calling it the Twentieth Century -- "She is a little animal, surely" -- "He's my son, and I'll break his neck any way I want to" -- "The locomotive of juveniles" -- A little hell-raising Huck Finn -- The boy who couldn't be damaged -- "Make me laugh, Keaton" -- Speed mania in the kingdom of shadows -- Pancakes at Childs -- Comique -- Roscoe -- Brooms -- Mabel at the wheel -- Famous players in famous plays -- Home, made -- Rice, shoes, and real estate -- The shadow stage -- Battle-scarred risibilities -- One for you, one for me -- The "darkie shuffle" -- The collapsing façade -- Grief slipped in -- The road through the mountain -- Not a drinker, a drunk -- Old times -- The coming thing in entertainment -- Coda: Eleanor.