Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Media Tie-In

Against the backdrop of Hollywood in the 1930's, an eye-catching, 15-year-old girl is catapulted into fame. Xavia "Excy" O'Brian, the impoverished, orphaned, daughter of a famous, silent movie star, becomes the protege of Hal Sonderson, a studio executive. With help from the family of her best friend, Annie, she escapes an amoral foster home and goes to live with Annie's Aunt Tillie. Excy meets many Hollywood personages including an Italian count, Alberto. Ted Wallace, Annie's older brother, always plays a pivotal role in her life.

On a promotional studio tour in Europe, adolescence,...

Not long after the wedding, Judith's son, Leo, who isconstantly in debt to loan sharks, arranges for hismother and stepfather to be robbed. Then, Judith andLeo conspire to get rid of Vince's precious pets whilehe is out of town...

Fake news. Media bashing. Vanishing readers. 1st amendment under attack.That is the state of affairs of newspapers today, but this is one way to push back.

Readers have no idea what goes into bringing forth a daily or weekly newspapers. They would be amazed at what happens inside the newspaper offices from edition to edition. Factory assembly lines bring many various pieces together at a precise location and at a precise point in time. That is exactly what newspapers do, but there is nothing "mechanical" as the daily or weekly deadline approaches.

EXTRA EXTRA takes the reader...

Eight men. Two women. Some are ugly. Some are pretty. All are condemned to death and awaiting their fate at the hands of a third-world government. Each is swept up from their respective hellhole and offered the ultimate prize -- their life. An online reality show promises the condemned a suitcase full of cash and their freedom. The only proviso: survive, by killing off all the other players. Caught up in this mad "game" is an American, Jack Conrad (Stone Cold Steve Austin). He refuses to cooperate, instead playing by his own rules. As time runs out and the body...

From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry, the first in a thrilling series of novels based on Deadlands, a hugely successful role-playing game (RPG) set in the Weird, Weird West.

Welcome to the Deadlands, where steely-eyed gunfighters rub shoulders with mad scientists and dark, unnatural forces. Where the Great Quake of 1868 has shattered California into a labyrinth of sea-flooded caverns . . . and a mysterious substance called "ghost rock" fuels exotic steampunk inventions as well as plenty of bloodshed and flying bullets.

In Ghostwalkers, ...

A new nation has arisen from the ashes of the Romulan War: the United Federation of Planets, an unprecedented union of diverse species cooperating for the good of all. Admiral Jonathan Archer--the former captain of the Earth starship Enterprise, whose efforts made this union possible--envisions a vibrant Fed-eration promoting galactic peace and a multispecies Starfleet dedicated to exploring strange new worlds. Archer's former crewmates, including Captain T'Pol of the U.S.S. Endeavour and Captain...