To Kill a Mockingbird

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Moby Dick or the White Whale

Hardback ex-library with usual stamps and markings in good all round condition. No dust jacket.[]

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Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography

A teen idol at fifteen an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.

The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties leading to his quest for family and sobriety.

Never mean-spirited or salacious Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes disappointments relationships and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.

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World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

“The end was near.” —Voices from the Zombie War

The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men women and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living or at least the undead hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance that gripped human society through the plague years.

Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China where the epidemiological trail began with the twelve-year-old Patient Zero to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold to the United States of Southern Africa where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War.

Most of all the book captures with haunting immediacy the human dimension of this epochal event. Facing the often raw and vivid nature of these personal accounts requires a degree of courage on the part of the reader but the effort is invaluable because as Mr. Brooks says in his introduction “By excluding the human factor aren’t we risking the kind of personal detachment from history that may heaven forbid lead us one day to repeat it? And in the end isn’t the human factor the only true difference between us and the enemy we now refer to as ‘the living dead’?”

Note: Some of the numerical and factual material contained in this edition was previously published under the auspices of the United Nations Postwar Commission.


Eyewitness reports from the first truly global war

“I found ‘Patient Zero’ behind the locked door of an abandoned apartment across town. . . . His wrists and feet were bound with plastic packing twine. Although he’d rubbed off the skin around his bonds there was no blood. There was also no blood on his other wounds. . . . He was writhing like an animal; a gag muffled his growls. At first the villagers tried to hold me back. They warned me not to touch him that he was ‘cursed.’ I shrugged them off and reached for my mask and gloves. The boy’s skin was . . . cold and gray . . . I could find neither his heartbeat nor his pulse.” —Dr. Kwang Jingshu Greater Chongqing United Federation of China


“‘Shock and Awe’? Perfect name. . . . But what if the enemy can’t be shocked and awed? Not just won’t but biologically can’t! That’s what happened that day outside New York City that’s the failure that almost lost us the whole damn war. The fact that we couldn’t shock and awe Zack boomeranged right back in our faces and actually allowed Zack to shock and awe us! They’re not afraid! No matter what we do no matter how many we kill they will never ever be afraid!” —Todd Wainio former U.S. Army infantryman and veteran of the Battle of Yonkers


“Two hundred million zombies. Who can even visualize that type of number let alone combat it? . . . For the first time in history we faced an enemy that was actively waging total war. They had no limits of endurance. They would never negotiate never surrender. They would fight until the very end because unlike us every single one of them every second of every day was devoted to consuming all life on Earth.” —General Travis D’Ambrosia Supreme Allied Commander Europe[]

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The Phantom of the Opera

First published in French as a serial in 1909 "The Phantom of the Opera" is a riveting story that revolves around the young Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father a famous musician dies and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house she begins hearing a voice who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents who are patrons of the opera and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. The voice who is the deformed murderous 'ghost' of the opera house named Erik however grows violent in his terrible jealousy until Christine suddenly disappears. The phantom is in love but it can only spell disaster. Leroux's work with characters ranging from the spoiled prima donna Carlotta to the mysterious Persian from Erik's past has been immortalized by memorable adaptations. Despite this it remains a remarkable piece of Gothic horror literature in and of itself deeper and darker than any version that follows.[]

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God If You're Not Up There I'm F*cked: Tales of Stand-Up Saturday Night Live and Other Mind-Altering Mayhem

A raw poignant and often hilarious look inside the troubled life and mind of an American comic icon

From his harrowing childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse to a lifetime of alcoholism and self-mutilation psychiatric hospitalizations and misdiagnoses to the peak of fame and success as the longest-tenured cast member of Saturday Night Live (where his hilarious dead-on impressions of Bill Clinton Dick Cheney Chris Matthews and a hundred other prominent figures ushered him to the peak of stardom) Darrell Hammond delves into the darkest corners of his life both in front of and behind the camera with brutal honesty and fierce comic wit.

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Seriously...I'm Kidding

I've experienced a lot the last few years and I have a lot to share. So I hope that you'll take a moment to sit back relax and enjoy the words I've put together for you in this book. I think you'll find I've left no stone unturned no door unopened no window unbroken no rug unvacuumed no ivories untickled. What I'm saying is let us begin shall we?[]

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Harry Potter: Page to Screen

From the acquisition of the film rights to the casting of Harry Ron and Hermione and the assembly of the creative team Harry Potter: Page to Screen is a unique behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of the most popular film series in cinema history as told by the people who made the magic real. Harry Potter: Page to Screen traces the cinematic process of bringing J.K. Rowling's beloved books to big-screen life. From the moment the book was optioned to the last film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 this book reveals all the filming secrets never-before-seen images and the most memorable moments - real and fictional - of the Harry Potter saga. Comprehensive interviews quotes and stories from the Harry Potter creative team and cast round out the hundreds of images providing context and an insightful in-depth look at the inner-workings of the Potter world. Daniel Radcliffe recounts how his personal life was shaped by playing Harry Potter; his narration sets the tone for the book and connects the many voices of the Harry Potter family. Not only do Radcliffe and his fellow cast members discuss the reality of "growing up Potter" they also reflect on the countless memories that made the Potter experience so unique: meeting J.K. Rowling; Richard Harris's (the original Dumbledore) death; the effects of 9-11 on the cast and crew; and the day to day experience of bringing a film to life. Fully supported by Warner Bros. Entertainment Harry Potter: Page to Screen is created by the same team responsible for the hugely successful Harry Potter: Film Wizardry and is sure to delight Muggles everywhere.[]

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