Why has life suddenly become so complicated for affable Freddie Weston? He supplies bouncers to London clubs and always puts his family first....

A group of seven actors have devised and are rehearsing a play about the 18th century precursor of hypnosis, Mesmer. Things start to go wrong when one of the actors has to drop out and the director steps into her shoes....

In this book the process of death, dying and bereavement is discussed in full. Topics related to death (such as suicide, accidents, natural death, the undead, different funeral formats and the aftermath) is also explored in designated chapters. What sets this book apart from others on the topic, is the inclusion of MINISTRY TO THE UNDEAD. ...

Emma Craine, depressed after a miscarriage some months previously, is drawn to a charismatic fortune teller at a New Age Fair in Manchester. His counsel is reassuring and afterwards Emma curiously finds her own psychic abilities beginning to emerge as her sexuality returns.Then she discovers she is the target of a terrifying stalker....

Business intelligence (BI) used to be so simple—in theory anyway. Integrate and copy data from your transactional systems into a specialized relational database, apply BI reporting and query tools and add business users. Job done. No longer. Analytics, big data and an array of diverse technologies have changed everything....

Father Christmas has a problem. One of his reindeer is injured and he has to make a forced landing on the village green.Can Figaro the Cat Detective, with the help of the village children, come up with a solution to the crisis and save Christmas? ...

A ship draws near Mollusk Island, bringing an eerie passenger – a cloaked stranger who makes even the desperate pirate crew shake in fear. Lord Ombra is coming for Peter and the Lost Boys......

In this action-packed finale to the Starcatchers series, Peter and Molly find themselves in the dangerous land of Rundoon, ruled by an evil king who enjoys watching his snake consume those who displease him. But that’s just the beginning of trouble for our heroes....

In the action-packed finale to the bestselling \"Starcatchers\" series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and Molly find themselves in the dangerous land of Rundoon, ruled by an evil king who enjoys watching his pet snake consume those......

Don?t even think of starting this book unless you?re sitting in a comfortable chair and have lots of time. A fast-paced, impossible-to-put-down adventure awaits as the young orphan Peter and his mates are dispatched to an island ruled by the evil King Zarboff....

\"Mr. Barry is the funniest man in America and we should encourage him. \"-The New York Times Book ReviewTHERE\'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME-EXCEPT IN A SELLER\'S MARKETAt long last, Dave Barry, the dean of everything, lets you in on the deepest, darkest mysteries of life....

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist comes one of the funniest, warmest, most delightful Christmas stories ever. My name is Doug Barnes, and this stuff happened on Christmas Eve in my town, which is Asquont, New York. The year is 1960, and, as it is every year, the Christmas pageant at St. John\'s Episcopal Church, directed by Mrs....

Book Description \"A lyrical meditation on faith, love, mortality, and the redemptive power of storytelling.\"?Alice McDermott In this extraordinary book, Dan Barry sings, to startling and profound effect, the song of his life. Beginning with his boyhood, he weaves the rhythms of Long Island and Ireland?his mother\'s birthplace?...

On April 18, 1981, a ball game sprang eternal. For eight hours, the night seemed to suspend a town and two teams between their collective pasts and futures, between their collective sorrows and joys?...

Did you ever wish that you really understood money? Well, Dave Barry wishes that he did, too. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing this book. In it, Dave explores (as only he can) such topics as: • How the U.S....