Download or read book The Spooky Art written by Norman Mailer and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2004-02-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Writing is spooky,” according to Norman Mailer. “There is no routine of an office to keep you going, only the blank page each morning, and you never know where your words are coming from, those divine words.” In The Spooky Art, Mailer discusses with signature candor the rewards and trials of the writing life, and recommends the tools to navigate it. Addressing the reader in a conversational tone, he draws on the best of more than fifty years of his own criticism, advice, and detailed observations about the writer’s craft. Praise for The Spooky Art “The Spooky Art shows Mailer’s brave willingness to take on demanding forms and daunting issues. . . . He has been a thoughtful and stylish witness to the best and worst of the American century.”—The Boston Globe “At his best—as artists should be judged—Mailer is indispensable, an American treasure. There is enough of his best in this book for it to be welcomed with gratitude.”—The Washington Post “[The Spooky Art] should nourish and inform—as well as entertain—almost any serious reader of the novel.”—Baltimore Sun “The richest book ever written about the writer’s subconscious.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer “Striking . . . entrancingly frank.”—Entertainment Weekly Praise for Norman Mailer “[Norman Mailer] loomed over American letters longer and larger than any other writer of his generation.”—The New York Times “A writer of the greatest and most reckless talent.”—The New Yorker “A devastatingly alive and original creative mind.”—Life “Mailer is fierce, courageous, and reckless and nearly everything he writes has sections of headlong brilliance.”—The New York Review of Books “The largest mind and imagination [in modern] American literature . . . Unlike just about every American writer since Henry James, Mailer has managed to grow and become richer in wisdom with each new book.”—Chicago Tribune “Mailer is a master of his craft. His language carries you through the story like a leaf on a stream.”—The Cincinnati Post

Download or read book The Spooky Halloween Art Book written by Mike Von Hoffman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master Monster artist Mike "Von" Hoffman marches on through the graveyard with this collection of his spookiest Halloween art matched with his inimitable humorous verse!

Download or read book Halloween written by and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An artful blend of informative narrative, old-fashioned poems, prose, and chants, this volume highlights eye-catching images of vintage Halloween ephemera and fanciful illustrations. More than 100 postcards from 1900 to 1918 are included among the 163 color illustrations.

Download or read book The Spooky Storybook written by Random House and published by Hutchinson. This book was released on 2003 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring stories from a host of top children's authors and illustrators including Tony Ross, Dyan Sheldon and Nicholas Allan, this creepy compendium is packed with ghosts, witches, monsters and bogeymen - all the ingredients needed for a tremulous tale at bedtime, or any time! Brand new illustrations from Nicholas Allan accompany a ghostly tale from Hilltop Hospital, the exuberant witch who got on at Paddington station brightens the lives of a host of commuters and a resourceful little boy catches the elusive Bogeyman. These wonderfully creepy stories will thrill and delight the youngest of readers, without scaring them out of their wits! Stories to be featured are: A WITCH GOT ON AT PADDINGTON STATION by Dyan Sheldon and Wendy Smith; MARMADUKE AND THE SCARY STORY by Michael Ratnett and June Goulding; THE LITTLE SCOTTISH GHOST by Franz Hohler and Werner Maurer; THE DREAMBEAST by John Richardson; The GHOST OF HILLTOP HOSPITAL by Nicholas Allan; TITCHYWITCH by Jean Baylis; CAPTAIN DING: THE DOUBLE DECKER PIRATE by David Cox and Graham Round; PETER AND THE BOGEYMAN by Michael Ratnett and June Goulding; THE MAGIC LAVATORY by Nicholas Allan and THE SHOP OF GHOSTS by Tony Ross.

Download or read book The Book of Ice written by DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid and published by Subliminal Kid Inc. This book was released on 2011 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of climate change and humanitys increasingly complex and nuanced relationship with the natural world, this book serves as an accessible point of entry into complex ideas. Miller uses Antarctica as a point on entry for contemplating humanitys relationship with the natural world.

Download or read book The Halloween Kid written by Rhode Montijo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the illustrator of the Melvin Beederman, SUPERHERO series comes a story about a masked hero and his trusty steed. Together they save Halloween from ruthless toilet paper–tossing mummies and pumpkin-sucking vampires. No siree, Halloween won’t be canceled anytime soon, not while the Halloween Kid’s around. With a rootin’ tootin’ Halloween monster–shootin’ text and retro-modern illustrations, The Halloween Kid will lasso in readers both young and old. Because who doesn’t love a hero who defends the right to trick or treat? Yee-Ha-lloween!

Download or read book Super Scratch and Sketch written by and published by Peter Pauper Press. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents twenty drawing and design projects, including hieroglyphics, tattoos, super-heroes, and African sculpture.

Download or read book Creepy Carrots written by Aaron Reynolds and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Caldecott Honor–winning picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him. Includes audio! Jasper Rabbit loves carrots—especially Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats them on the way to school. He eats them going to Little League. He eats them walking home. Until the day the carrots start following him...or are they? Celebrated artist Peter Brown’s stylish illustrations pair perfectly with Aaron Reynold’s text in this hilarious picture book that shows it’s all fun and games…until you get too greedy.

Download or read book A Woggle of Witches written by Adrienne Adams and published by Aladdin. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Woggle of Witches is one of Adrienne Adams' most delightful picture books. Each double-page spread records a high moment in these lighthearted witches' night out.

Download or read book Forever Strange written by Jasmine Becket-Griffith and published by . This book was released on 2018-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past two decades, fantasy artist Jasmine Becket-Griffith has entranced a worldwide audience with herpop-surrealist acrylic paintings. Exploring themes ofmagic, mystery, and historical reference, infused withgothic melancholy, her original characters always evokea sense of wonder and visceral human connection withtheir trademark large expressive eyes.This volume is an expansive monograph of full color fine art reproductions of Jasmine¿s recent paintings, andserves as an heirloom tome for lifelong collectors, while at the same time providing an exciting introductionto new fans.Featuring background descriptions and artistic insights from Jasmine herself, the artworks are alsoaccompanied by the poetry and short stories of Amber Logan and Kachina Mickeletto ¿ the artist¿s sisters¿ and author Matthew David Becket, revealing the inspiration behind some of the artist¿s most well-lovedimages.184 full-colour pages with hard-padded cover book

Download or read book Soul Taken written by Patricia Briggs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must face her greatest fears in this chilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. The vampire Wulfe is missing. Since he’s deadly, possibly insane, and his current idea of “fun” is stalking me, some may see it as no great loss. But, warned that his disappearance might bring down the carefully constructed alliances that keep our pack safe, my mate and I must find Wulfe—and hope he’s still alive. As alive as a vampire can be, anyway. But Wulfe isn’t the only one who has disappeared. And now there are bodies, too. Has the Harvester returned to the Tri-Cities, reaping souls with his cursed sickle? Or is he just a character from a B horror movie and our enemy is someone else? The farther I follow Wulfe’s trail, the more twisted—and darker—the path becomes. I need to figure out what’s going on before the next body on the ground is mine.

Download or read book Ralph Masiello s Halloween Drawing Book written by Ralph Masiello and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides step-by-step instructions for drawing Halloween motifs including pumpkins, ghosts, a black cat, gravestones, a witch, a skeleton, and a haunted mansion.

Download or read book Strangeling written by Jasmine Becket-Griffith and published by Beyond Words. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past 15 years, fantasy artist Jasmine Becket-Griffith has captivated a worldwide audience with her imaginative acrylic paintings. Exploring realms of sparkling whimsy and gothic melancholy, her original characters evoke an emotional response with their large luminous eyes. This volume contains a comprehensive compilation of fine colour reproductions of Jasmine’s paintings and serves as a true treasure for long-time collectors as well as being a very accessible introduction for new fans. In addition to detailed personal insights from the artist, the artworks are supplemented with the poetry and short stories of Amber Logan and Kachina Glenn - the artist’s sisters - illuminating the histories behind some of Jasmine’s most beloved characters.

Download or read book Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark written by Alvin Schwartz and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film! Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time. Available for the first time as an ebook, Stephen Gammell’s artwork from the original Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark appears in all its spooky glory. Read if you dare! And don't miss More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Scary Stories 3!

Download or read book The Deer Park written by Norman Mailer and published by Gardners Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desert D'Or is the fashionable Californian resort where Hollywood's elite converge when they need a break. It is an incestuous hothouse of a town - a haven for manipulators, film stars, lovers, pimps, producers, whores, gamblers, scriptwriters and cheats. Into this nightmare world of depravity arrives Sergius O'Shaughnessy, recently discharged from the Air Force, traumatised by his ar experiences and trying to write the Great American Novel. But O'Shaughnessy's burning ambition begins to lose its edge; lured by greed and rules by weakness, he soon becomes disturbingly familiar with the dnagerous life of slick compromises and sexual follies... The Deer Park is a powerful and vigorous satire on Hollywood's excesses and corruption. Combining a savage imagination with a heightened documentary realism, Mailer paints an uncompromising and terrifying portriat of a decadent society lost in moral confusion and despair.

Download or read book Circus The Skin written by Keith McCleary and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a circus caravan is torn apart by a destructive summer storm, the show's tattooed man and his fellow performers are scattered across the wheat fields of a nameless hamlet. The tempest's survivors convene at a local boarding house, but a series of violent attacks and strange deaths sabotage their attempts to regroup. The show's tattooed man is Sue, a middle-aged, world-weary war veteran whose days are haunted by dark memories. At night his inks call to him, seemingly alive. As the circus strains to stay the course, Sue's sense of reality begins to fragment -- and something reaches for him from the recesses of his past.

Download or read book The Spooky Halloween Surprise written by Suzy-Jane Tanner and published by HarperFestival. This book was released on 1998-08-21 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children will love to lift the flaps to discover the source of all the creaking and squeaking in Whisker Witch's haunted house on Halloween, revealing a delightfully creepy cast of characters. Original.