Every tragedy has a cause, every monster, its origins.Everyone knows the story of the infamous Phantom of the Opera, who kills anyone who tries to stand in the way of his love for Christine. In 1909, Gaston Leroux wrote one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, which has been adapted several times into motion pictures and screenplays and reached its utmost popularity with Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical bearing the same title in 1986.Few, however, know the origins of this...

There are many different singing techniques, but one technique above all allows you to sing anything and everything without ever damaging your voice: the belcanto technique.Appropriately modified, adapted and consolidated over the years by Robert Steiner, this technique, which has now taken on very different connotations from that used in opera, allows the student to sing musicals, pop, rock, jazz, blues, soul, metal or any other non-opera music genre, without ruining or straining t...

Sixty years after the original story, Wendy must face her fears and weaknesses and return to Neverland to rescue Peter from certain doom in this final and most touching chapter of the ever youthful legend of Peter Pan.

This fascinating book, which explores an intriguing idea formulated by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the very last months of his life, has up until now been available only to German readers. Since Polyphonie des Lebens first appeared twenty-five years ago, a whole new generation of scholars has come into contact, in English as well as in the original German, with the entire collection of his works, as well as with a huge body of Bonhoeffer studies that have provided an exhaustive assessment of th...

**The beloved classic tale of a boy who refuses to grow up, the three children he befriends, and their magical adventures in Neverland.“Barrie wrote his fantasy of childhood, added another figure to our enduring literature, and thereby undoubtedly made one of the boldest bids for immortality of any writer. . . . It is a masterpiece.”—J. B. Priestley**Everything changes for the Darling children the night Peter Pan flies into their nursery. Wendy, Michael, and John Darling ar...

Meet Little Jane Silver, the twelve year-old granddaughter of notorious Treasure Island pirate Long John Silver. Growing up on the Pieces of Eight, the pirate ship of her parents, Captains Bonnie Mary Bright and Long John Silver II, Little Jane is increasingly frustrated with being thrust below decks whenever any real pirating action takes place.Desperate to be taken seriously as a member of the crew, Little Jane vows to become a real pirate, but every at...

This ancient Ojibway legend predates contact with European settlers, but the drummer boy and the people he meets at the end of his journey couldn't be more familiar to modern culture.When the orphaned Anung sets out on his vision quest, he sees clearly that his purpose in life is to find the greatest chief of all and tell him of the many acts of kindness the mothers and fathers of the village have given to Anung. When the people of his village learn of the vision, t...

Two Indian youths compete to win honored favor in their tribe. As young men they fight to save their families lives. This short story provides background character sketches for the novel, Stuart Brannon's Final Shot.

Four novellas combining the western with sci-fi and horror.This new addition to Pulpwork Press's best-selling HOW THE WEST WAS WEIRD series includes the following stories:MR. BRASS AND THE CRIMSON SKIES OF KANSAS by Josh Reynolds. The robot Pinkerton is all that stands between President Teddy Roosevelt and an attack by sky pirates and Mr. Hyde.HELL'S OWN by Russ Anderson. Zombies overrun a small western town, and the town's lone sheriff is the only one that's armed....

Strong Bear, a proud Cheyenne Dog Soldier, refuses to be forced onto a reservation. He decides to resist to the last, choosing his own fate –staking himself out in the traditional manner, with his face to his enemies…A short story by Troy D. Smith, winner of the Peacemaker and Spur Awards.

He is born on a bare hillside near the end of the Dry Time. Abandoned by his mother, cared for and suckled only by a dog, he becomes a creature of the wilds. To the poor villagers, he hardly appears human at all, and they reject him. Yet the dog-boy, as he is called, proves to be a survivor. Against the odds, and in spite of his savage upbringing, he grows into a 'special' child – someone destined to change the lives of all who cross is path. From a master fantasy writer comes the compelli...

The Oregon Trail was an arduous often dangerous trek across this great country of ours. It was filled with life decisions, battling the elements, and braving the Native Americans along the way. Have you ever felt that the Pioneers had all the fun? Join a wagon train as it journeys across all 2,000 miles of the Oregon Trail. You get to make the decisions along the way and help or hinder your family make it to their destination.