A journey beyond imagination is about to unfold. . . .   Description: It begins in the most boring place in the world: Chickentown, U.S.A. There lives Candy Quackenbush, her heart bursting for some clue as to what her future might hold. When the answer comes, it’s not one she expects. Out of nowhere comes a wave, and Candy, led by a man called John Mischief (whose brothers live on the horns on his head), leaps into the surging waters and is carried away. Where? To the ABARAT: a vast archipelago where every island is a different hour of the day, from The Great Head that sits in the mysterious twilight waters of Eight in the Evening, to the sunlit wonders of Three in the Afternoon, where dragons roam, to the dark terrors of Gorgossium, the island of Midnight, ruled over by the Prince of Midnight himself, Christopher Carrion. Candy [...read more...]

Description: An original anthology and a personal legacy from a long-gone era, Spike Milligan was a goon, a loon and to some not of this world. His vivid imagination and embracing of the nonsensical and intellectual simultaneously made him a legend of comedy who’s influence is still felt. ‘The Unpublished Spike Milligan’ chosen and edited by Norma Farnes, Milligan’s manager, biographer and close friend is essential and compulsive. It consists of the contents of ‘Box 18′, a file into which the highly prolific Spike would put his writing and drawings as they came to him, but which never came to be published. The book also draws on previously unseen diaries and letters. Buy The Unpublished Spike Milligan from BookieMonster for just $22.95!

Secrets of the Monarch by Allison DuBois What the Dead Can Teach Us About Living a Better Life from the bestselling author who inspired the hit television series Medium Description: Known as the inspiration for the hit television show Medium, Allison DuBois regularly encounters spirits who have passed. As part of her life’s work, she comforts families who have tragically lost children, helps authorities find dangerous criminals, and locates missing persons. In Secrets of the Monarch, Allison shares important life lessons she’s learned through communicating with the dead. She explores the legacies we leave and shows how her experiences with the other side have helped her to learn the secret to living a happy life while ensuring her children and grandchildren will too. Like the monarch butterfly, whose survival as a species depends on its predecessors’ actions, we can live good lives to ensure the happiness of future generations. With [...read more...]