Author : R. G. Austin
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,43 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9780671432645
The reader determines the path the plot will take when a special effects machine goes haywire and Hollywood movie sets turn into real life scenes.
Author : J Gordon Melton
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
Page : 945 pages
File Size : 20,80 MB
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1578593484
The Ultimate Collection of Vampire Facts and Fiction From Vlad the Impaler to Barnabas Collins to Edward Cullen to Dracula and Bill Compton, renowned religion expert and fearless vampire authority J. Gordon Melton, Ph.D. takes the reader on a vast, alphabetic tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the blood-sucking undead. Digging deep into the lore, myths, pop culture, and reported realities of vampires and vampire legends from across the globe, The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead exposes everything about the bloodthirsty predator. Death and immortality, sexual prowess and surrender, intimacy and alienation, rebellion and temptation. The allure of the vampire is eternal, and The Vampire Book explores it all. The historical, literary, mythological, biographical, and popular aspects of one of the world's most mesmerizing paranormal subject. This vast reference is an alphabetical tour of the psychosexual, macabre world of the soul-sucking undead. In the first fully revised and updated edition in a decade, Dr. J. Gordon Melton (president of the American chapter of the Transylvania Society of Dracula) bites even deeper into vampire lore, myths, reported realities, and legends that come from all around the world. From Transylvania to plague-infested Europe to Nostradamus and from modern literature to movies and TV series, this exhaustive guide furnishes more than 500 essays to quench your thirst for facts, biographies, definitions, and more.
Author : Nancy Lamb
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 32,1 MB
Release : 2001-09-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1582970521
Create Unforgettable Stories for Kids! You dream of writing stories that children respond to–the kind they come back to again and again. Nancy Lamb can help you achieve that dream. She mixes insightful advice for mastering storytelling with dozens of examples that illustrate a variety of plot-building techniques. Nancy's instruction covers everything from format and content to setting and characterization. She also draws from a range of children's classics, including Where the Wild Things Are, Charlotte's Web and Bridge to Tarabithia to explore and illuminate the unique nature of children's literature. Nancy also shares writing tips and tricks accumulated through years of successful storytelling–invaluable advice for crafting fiction that resonates with children of all ages, from 4 to 14 and beyond.
Author : Jeff Abugov
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 15,7 MB
Release : 2015-12-05
Category :
ISBN : 9780692581032
When a highly sophisticated race of alien insects arrive to exterminate mankind, mythical creatures from human lore turn out to be more real than anyone imagined. It is an epic battle for the preservation of our planet, and no one is left out. Oh, and some of them fall in love.
Author : Rita G. Austin
Publisher : Pocket Books
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,1 MB
Release : 1983-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780671469832
Author : Margaret Louise Carter
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 21,10 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
"Comprehensive bibliography (1000+ items) is preceded by three critical essays, two by the editor and one by Devendra P. Varma, a scholar of Dracula and vampirism. A timely release considering the upsurge of interest in this field, and well done." --Goodreads.
Author : Rita G. Austin
Publisher : Simon Pulse
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,83 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780671460211
Magical spells and mythical beasts in a weird and wild world.
Author : R.G. Austin
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 19,33 MB
Release : 1982
Category :
ISBN : 9780671473747
Author : Simon Bacon
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 12,73 MB
Release : 2021-05-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1476678731
This book begins at the intersection of Dracula and War of the Worlds, both published in 1897 London, and describes the settings of Transylvania, Mars, and London as worlds linked by the body of the vampire. It explores the "vampire from another world" in all its various forms, as a manifestation of not just our anxieties around alien others, but also our alien selves. Unsurprisingly, many of the tropes these novels generated and particularly the themes they have in common have been used and adapted by vampire narratives that followed. From Nosferatu to Alien, Interstellar, Stranger Things, and many others, this book examines how these narratives have evolved since the end of the nineteenth century. Bringing together texts and films from across the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, from the far reaches of outer space and the distant future, it concludes that the unexpected and the unknown are not always to be feared, and that humanity does have the power to write its own future.
Author : E.E. Knight
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 18,34 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1440625492
Louisiana, 2065. A lot has changed in the 43rd year of the Kurian Order. Possessed of an unnatural and legendary hunger, the bloodthirsty Reapers have come to Earth to establish a New Order built on the harvesting of enslaved human souls. They rule the planet. They thrive on the scent of fear. And if it is night, as sure as darkness, they will come. On this pitiless world, the indomitable spirit of mankind still breathes in Lieutenant David Valentine. Brought into the special forces of The Wolves—an elite guerilla force sworn to win back Earth—this is Valentine’s first command in the Kurian Zone. Driven by the losses of his past and the hope of a future, Valentine is in it to win. No matter how long it takes. No matter what doom of fate awaits him beyond his wildest nightmares. Fight. Kill. Survive. This is the way of The Wolves. “If The Red Badge of Courage had been written by H.P. Lovecraft.”—Paul Witcover, author of Waking Beauty
