H Gardner: 26 books

In this unauthorized collection of film theory essays, author Troy H. Gardner closely examines the history of pop culture icon Chucky the killer doll. With a look at all six films in the series, as well as drawing from the horror genre as a whole, Gardner explores such topics as character studies...

In this unauthorized book, author Troy H. Gardner casts an analytical eye on the Sleepaway Camp series, a horror franchise that has amassed a cult following. Gardner calls upon a variety of film theory techniques to examine the iconic Angela Baker. Essays include close readings of the films,...

Murder, mayhem, maniacs... these thirteen horror stories are guaranteed to give you night terrors!Journey with us into the dark heart of horror as authors from around the globe reveal their deepest fears. From Scotland and England across the Atlantic to the USA, we meet a pair of twins with...

When seventeen year old Shelby Dourif isn't captaining her school's cheer squad, working at the Mini-Mart, or ignoring her brother's immature friends, she's reading true crime novels. After Shelby learns that her favorite author is seeking inspiration from his readers about crime...

Fifteen-year-old Haley built a comfortable life for herself. She's taken over her school's failing newspaper and learned to navigate her dad's armchair politics. All she wants to do is finish high school and make her absentee mom proud. But when her rival steals her meal and dies from food...

4 YA novels in 1: Joshua's Tree by N.W. Harris...Chased by flesh-eating mutants and aided by an overbearing warrior princess, brainy Joshua must save the future—from himself. Relocated by Margaret Fieland...On planet Aleyne, a teenage boy discovers a terrorist plot and learns more than his own life...

This work provides in-depth analysis of the origins of landscape ecology and its close alignment with the understanding of scale, the causes of landscape pattern, and the interactions of spatial pattern with a variety of ecological processes. The text covers the quantitative approaches that are applied...

On the hard-to-find Evermore Island, where mythical creatures live and work, May Day is a much beloved holiday. Fairy tale creatures celebrate with songs, parties, and feasts. And just like any other holiday, May Day means family obligations.The fairy Abelone, secretary for Cupid, has recently...

Real estate agent Nina Taylor just wants a day off, but her boss has other ideas. Nina is called in to show a foreclosure to prospective buyers when her co-worker disappears. Everything goes well for Nina, until she discovers a locked door in the basement. Nina will stop at nothing to open the door and learn the house’s dark secrets.

In a not too distant future, political polarization, religious intolerance, and social differences have splintered America into eight different countries. Fleetwood Castor is a sixteen year old from New England who’s mostly concerned about passing the eleventh grade without any drama. After...

Workaholic elf Dagfinn Snorkelbone thought he could relax in his new position working in the Valentine’s Day Department on the enchanted Evermore Island, but he was wrong. While throwing an office party to celebrate his promotion, Dagfinn meets the charming, but dangerous, Julian, who runs...

After graduating from college, Bethany finds herself living back at home and facing a mountain of college loans.To make ends meet, Bethany accepts a job watching live footage from a supposedly haunted building. The owner wants them to find evidence of the ghost he believes killed his daughter...

Surmounting the Global Crisis critiques the impact of NATO enlargement and the US 'pivot to Asia' on both the Russia and China and examines how these dual US-backed policies may influence key countries in the Euro-Atlantic, wider Middle East, and Indo-Pacific regions in general.

An ideal text for students taking a course in landscape ecology. The book has been written by very well-known practitioners and pioneers in the new field of ecological analysis. Landscape ecology has emerged during the past two decades as a new and exciting level of ecological study. Environmental...