Brian James: 127 books

This children's thriller, based on the author's own experiences in London, is about coming of age and the importance of family and friends during World War II. It's the height of the Blitz. Night after night, waves of German bombers pound London streets, determined to bring the city to its...

The pirate kids make lists for Santa and prepare presents for the entire crew--a fresh batch of sea slug cookies for everyone! But Rotten Tooth is acting like a Scrooge, and convinces the kids that Santa won't deliver the presents because he won't be able to find the ship. Pete has a great idea: sail...

Rotten Tooth has finally decided it’s time to teach the pirate kids some real pirating skills! They are overjoyed—until he begins by showing them how to tie and untie different knots. BOR-ING! But one night while the kids are below deck practicing their knots, the Sea Rat comes under attack by...

As the Sea Rat pulls into port, the kids are excited to explore the town! That is, until Rotten Tooth makes them run errands the whole time. But they are determined to have fun, so the kids turn it into a spying mission. By the time they return to the deck, they have a whole list of suspicious activities...

By happy coincidence, the Sea Rat meets up with another pirate ship, the Bone Rattler. The Bone Rattler isn?t any old pirate ship, either?it?s the ship Aaron and Vicky sailed on before coming to Pirate School! Captain Stinky Beard decides to let the kids sail off with the Bone Rattler for a few days...

They?ve done it!!! The pirate kids have found buried treasure!!! Too bad Rotten Tooth was there to take it away, mumbling something about scallywags . . . But when all the pirates on the Sea Rat come down with a mysterious illness, the kids start to wonder if it could have something to do with their treasure. Could it be cursed?

A two-time Iraq War veteran finds himself in prison with nothing but time and his unique brand of thinking. Follow along on his day to day experiences as he encounters a prison environment that is more like a playground for convicts than a center for rehabilitation. Funny, amusing, entertaining, and unapologetically racist from start to finish.

Charting their training, travels, and performances, this innovative study explores the role of the artists that roamed the Chinese countryside in support of Mao's communist revolution. DeMare traces the development of Mao's 'cultural army' from its genesis in Red Army propaganda teams to its full...

Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts. Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents this eclectic collection of unique novelettes and novellas from some of the most unique voices in the speculative genres. This diverse anthology offers readers an enticing assortment of high fantasy, alien adventure, paranormal investigations, haunts both real...

An intimate, humorous look at Brian Kilrea's 60-year career in junior hockey. With more wins than any coach in junior hockey history, and a personality as large as his winning record, Brian Kilrea is more than a hockey legend, he's one of the most beloved figures in the game. With veteran sportswriter,...

Blast off into space and explore the galaxies with a constellation of illustrated poems about the sun, moon and stars, black holes and worm holes, asteroids and meteorites, and even weird alien life forms. From shape poems and free verse to rhymes, kennings and haikus, Spaced Out will take...

Increase the love and passion in your marriage! Are you about to give up on your marriage? Is your spouse about to leave you? Does your spouse feel that he doesn't love you anymore? Give your marriage just one more chance and live the major improvements! How would you like to improve your marital...

Am 300. Todestag von Galileo Galilei kam er auf die Welt, am Geburtstag von Albert Einstein, dem 139., verließ er sie wieder. Stephen Hawking ist zweifellos der berühmteste Wissenschaftler unserer Zeit gewesen. Kein Wissenschaftler, Einstein vielleicht ausgenommen, hat die Menschheit in den letzten...