Sam: 2572 books

“Ray Bradbury is without a doubt, one of this, or any century’s greatest and most imaginative writers. Shadow Show, a book of truly great stories, is the perfect tribute to America’s master storyteller.” —Stan Lee, legendary comic book writer and former president and chairman of Marvel Comics “Great...

The author describes what it was like living in the American Embassy in Moscow, USSR, from 1967-68 in the middle of the Cold War. He was a staff sergeant in the Defense Intelligence Agency who was also the part time editor of TWIM (This Week in Moscow) the only free press in the USSR. In addition...

Including 50 poems by revered New Zealand poet and social activist James K. Baxter, this unique and accessibly sized collection offers an insider's view of the man and his work from his longtime friend and fellow poet Sam Hunt. With a range of familiar and lesser-known poems dating from 1945 to 1972,...

4 short stories The Little Fox..... How a little fox learned to be proud of himself, and not want to be someone else. The Old Man and the Rapper...... Two people from different age groups must learn to respect, and trust each other in order to save themselves. A Snake is Always a Snake...... A tale of...

Practical, cultural, user-friendly guide to the sights and monuments of Bihar and Jharkhand. Includes referenced maps, full background information on Indian history, culture and religions, and eating and accommodation tips. This is a chapter from Blue Guide India: the best guide for the...

A man takes a woman home with him. His last one night stand. An urban fantasy of lust, alcohol and sexual objectification. Sexual objectification with a twist.

Kerala with the French enclave of Mahé: On-site guide to the sights and monuments of this popular destination, which includes the historic city of Cochin (Kochi). With full background information on Indian history, culture and religions, and eating and accommodation tips. This is...

Told throughout in interview form, in 'As Recorded' the hero, Sniff - as he was known in 'Constant Change' and 'Undeclared War' - tells of the childhood of the trilogy's 5 main characters - Newt, Blue, Pancho, Mort and himself - from their starting school in Curledge...

Soper, another European tyrant, has been defeated by an armed United Nations, the Blues, who have become Europe's occupying army. Henry, a survivor the Camps, comes by the wherewithal to finance his revenge. Told alongside Henry's tale is the history of how Soper came to power and how he came to be defeated. (We Need Madmen won the Skrev Press 2007 Science Fiction prize.)

John John's genesis lies in my having fallen off my bicycle and having briefly lost my memory. I am aware that amnesia is a well-used literary device as well as a physical affliction. But I wanted to use it to demonstrate what makes up an identity; and to build the history, upon which most self-identity is based, within the story. So does a man awake in a hospital bed....

John Cox is killed. Wife Bridget hangs on in the tithe cottage. Farmer wants her out. Union offers help. Daughter Sarah watches. Adultery, betrayals, another fatal accident, a crippling, grief, care, clumsiness, canoeing, love... all follow. Oh and there's a rabbit, some hens, and a cat called Spud.

Using the third person overview narrator Paul describes the background to those 2 days of his Bridgwater life which included parenthood, bike rides, drinks, fights, a stabbing and a robbery. As the True Stories included attest, events of those two days were nothing unusual for Bridgwater then.

The Langfords were a normal family and no one would have expected Steph and Tony to disappear over night.Things started when their new neighbours moved in next door and invited them over to play with an Ouija Board with strange messages. At first Steph and Tony dismissed them as nonsense but...

The Sick Ape of the title dwells in the mind. Although that’s not the first consideration of this tale. First there’s the accident of meeting of two divorced and embittered fathers, then comes a cooking and eating of meals, followed by a marriage of disgruntled minds. The consequence of which...