Blake: 2526 books

A descent through the stairwell of an apartment building turns into a tour of hell. A convenience store robber gets the munchies, and ends up on a strange evil's menu. A heist in Italy is tied to one thief's horrifying past, and offers him a terrifying future. While on the road chasing the love of...

Nightmare Stories presents five of C. C. Blake's terrifying excursions into dark fantasy and the macabre. Mad science and one man's desires mingle in Victorian Europe, seeking to find "Divinest Sense" from horror. The Inquisition demands an ingénue's pain while her...

"Much Madness is divinest Sense . . ." The year is 1864. Victor von Hielzen visits his wife in an asylum. In his pocket, Victor carries a mysterious vial whose contents will end his wife's suffering. Using it, Victor embarks on a terrifying journey, the conclusion of which may hold...

Dancing grannies, Polish milkmaids and the Bearded Lady. There’s no denying that the Eurovision Song Contest remains one of the most enduring phenomena of popular culture – and, perhaps, also one of the strangest. Ireland’s love affair with the Eurovision has now lasted over half a century....

This, The Shapes Of Natural Things, is a book of poems about nature, love, God and the intersection of plant, animal, human and divine things. It is written in rhyme and meter, with the exception of the limerick which is not strictly metrical. The poems in this book are mainly dedicated to one woman,...

From the École Polytechnique shootings of 1989 to the political controversy surrounding the elimination of the federal long-gun registry, the issue of gun control has been a subject of fierce debate in Canada. But in fact, firearm regulation has been a sharply contested issue in the country since...

Poems for the nuclear age. 246 permutations (reporting) (or predicting) the fallout of one man's inner/outer world. Like any forecasting algorithm- sometimes accurate, sometimes pathetically wrong.

“Uma obra-prima de thriller e mistério! O autor fez um trabalho magnífico no desenvolvimento das personagens com um lado psicológico tão bem trabalhado que temos a sensação de estar dentro das suas mentes, sentindo os seus medos e aplaudindo os seus sucessos. A história é muito inteligente...

Broadway, Schrafft’s and Seeded Rye—Growing Up Slightly Jewish on the Upper West Side, is a lighthearted memoir, by the author of How to Succeed at Aging Without Really Dying, about growing up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in the 1930's and early 1940's. Through essays and poems, histories...

It is often suggested that there are 'secrets' to comedy or that it is 'lightning in a bottle', but the craft of comedy writing can be taught. While comedic tastes change, over time and from person to person, the core underpinning still depends on the comedic geniuses that have paved the way. Great...

Television is changing almost beyond recognition. In the battle for consumers, social media sites, smart phones and tablets have become rivals to traditional linear TV. However, audiences and producers are also embracing mobile platforms to enhance TV viewing itself. This book examines the emerging...

One of the most acclaimed young voices of his generation, Blake Butler now offers his first work of nonfiction: a deeply candid and wildly original look at the phenomenon of insomnia. Invoking scientific data, historical anecdote, Internet obsession, and figures as diverse as Andy Warhol, Gilles...

Learn how to adopt ten easy-to-follow customer experience guidelines that integrate emerging technologies with effective strategies to combat disconnected processes, silo mentalities, and a lack of buyer perspective to keep up with the demands of the customer of the future. Amazon has led the...

The study of comparative public policy reveals the intensely political nature of policy choices. While policy analysts often look to policy successes and failures outside their borders to draw valuable lessons and insights, cultural, economic, political, and institutional conditions vary from country...