Bar isn't your typical dwarf. While most dwarves treasure the riches hidden beneath the earth, Bar seeks the wonders of the world above. A wanderer at heart, his restless spirit leads him into danger—a trap that leaves him captured, with no hope of escape. But fate intervenes when he meets an elf princess in dire need.Bar’s strength and kindness compel him to make a daring choice: to protect her, even at the risk of his own life. This act of courage sets him on a collision course wi...

The Beatles: Paperback Writer is a unique volume containing over 40 years of interviews, articles, reviews and essays, on subjects ranging from the Fab Four's Liverpudlian origins, to their influence on the counterculture of the late 1960s, and beyond to the post-Beatle paths followed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. This collection is a compelling and utterly essential guide to the Beatles' story

Adin has always been an outcast—a dwarf boy shunned by his own kind, searching for a place to belong. But when he uncovers a secret that could change the fate of an entire kingdom, he is thrust into a perilous quest that will test his courage, his resolve, and his very destiny.As war looms on the horizon, Adin holds the key to a legendary power—the Iron Runes—ancient cuffs crafted for warriors who dare to wield unimaginable strength. But power comes at a cost, and enemies lurk in e...

Return to the captivating world of the Taggart Series in The Northern Woods, a gripping sequel that takes readers deeper into the lives of Bar, the wandering dwarf, and Tami, the royal elf. On a desperate journey to escape King Ellon's relentless pursuit, the newlyweds and their loyal companions venture toward the vast northern woodlands—a place where the trees whisper secrets and the shadows hold mysteries.But survival is far from simple. Unforeseen challenges force Bar, Tami, and ...

The year is 2057. Endless wars have torn the USA apart and enslaved Americans to the evil CCR, the Confederation of Consolidated Republics. Growing up in wartime has made fourteen-year-old Cody Pierce wise in survival skills. Now he’s The White Fox, rebel leader of the children’s barracks in a CCR prison camp. Cody manages a terrifying escape and then plays cat and mouse with the CCR. Every day brings him closer to capture, but closer as well to his goal – to return and liberate the childr...

In the distant past, the leader of a Neanderthal tribe confronts the end of his kind.Today, a computational biologist, a Navy pilot, and an autistic boy are drawn together by the ancient mystery that gave rise to Homo sapiens.Planes are falling from the sky. Global communications have ceased. America stands on the brink of war with China—but war is the least of humankind’s concerns. As solar storms destroy Earth’s electronics and plunge the world into another Ice A...

Brian sets out on the hunt of a lifetime in this follow-up to the award-winning classic Hatchet from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen!Brian Robeson has stood up to the challenge of surviving the wilderness in Hatchet, The River, Brian's Winter, and Brian's Return. Now, while camping alone on a lake in the woods, he finds a wounded and whimpering dog. As Brian treats her wounds, he worries about who or what did this to ...

He is one of the most famous, most wealthy people on the planet, and yet he remains little-known and understood as a personality. At long last, Paul McCartney is the subject of a major, deeply researched, psychologically acute biography. It tells a story that will illuminate and surprise.The publication finds McCartney - who turns 70 in 2012 - revitalized as a performer (touring with a set of mostly Beatles songs) and a man buffeted by profound changes in recent years: the death of...

The definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip Norman.Since the age of twenty-one, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock-n-roll lives played out on the most public of stages. Now, Paul's story is told by rock music's foremost biographer, with McCartney's consent and access to family members and close friends who have never spoken on the record before.Paul McCartney reveals the complex...

The definitive biography of The Beatles, hailed as "irresistible" by the New York Times, "riveting" by the Boston Globe, and "masterful" by Time.As soon as The Beatles became famous, the spin machine began to construct a myth -- one that has continued to this day. But the truth is much more interesting, much more exciting, and much more moving -- the highs and the lows, the love and the rivalry, the awe and the jealousy, the drugs, the te...

National BestsellerDrawing on previously unknown sources, unpublished letters, and unprecedented access to all the key figures, author and journalist Philip Norman gives us the most complete and revealing portrait of John Lennon that is ever likely to be published.For this masterpiece of biography, Philip Norman set himself the challenge of looking afresh at every aspect of Lennon’s much-chronicled life. He has not just dug deep into the archives, including...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR • The revelatory account of the pre-fame Beatles—the first volume in a groundbreaking trilogy about the band that revolutionized music“An epic unprecedented in rock ’n’ roll biography . . . And it’s a great read. There’s a surprise on every page.”—MojoDrawing on deep archival access and great firsthand material, premier Beatles historian Merk Lewisohn shoots adren...