New Releases by Christopher Lee

This is the story of Gabriel Dunne, a lower class white kid growing up in South Florida. At the age of ten, he is thrust, along with his best friend, Thomas, into a hair-raising adventure. Stalked by a savage foreign killer, they only have each other and one way out to escape. Gabriel''s life-and-death experience as a boy serves as an initiation, unwittingly sending him into manhood. As an adult, Gabriel becomes an elite member of a commando unit rescuing hostages behind enemy lines. Suspense, adventure, humor and a touch of horror are mixed together in this tale that spans over fifteen years.

The Mushroom is a story of Robert Hamlin, “an ordinary man,” set in our current American culture. He''s someone with whom most men can identify, at least on some levels. He is a good-hearted man who loves his wife and his job, but soon finds his life in complete and utter ruin, despite his best efforts.When your masculinity is slowly eaten away, it becomes hard to move. His love and kindness go unnoticed and his career is jeopardized by the selfish conniving actions of others, leaving him stranded in a world with no options. He soon finds himself in the fight of his life, but not against terrorists or wild beasts. He must fight for the will to live. Finding the will to get up one more morning was all he needed to turn his world around. A new sunrise and a special mushroom will provide him with extraordinary powers, skills and visions of the past, present, and future, which will change his life forever.

The late 1950s, twilight years of the British Empire, saw the end of the era of the ''tramp steamer'' - coal-burning merchant ships that ''tramped'' from port to port in the days before bulk carriers, hunting for any cargo that needed hauling to any place. In this marvelous memoir Christopher Lee offers the diaries of a ''Lad'' much like himself who, at the age of 17, took his first job aboard the tramp ship Empire Heywood. Over two years this Lad would get to travel through the Suez canal, into the Indian Ocean and across the Pacific - so acquiring a panoramic view of the fading empire - before returning home to England as a man. The diaries give a splendid account of all the dramas of life aboard ship, with an eccentric cast of characters and a wealth of lively seafaring language. A third-person narrative from the author provides invaluable historical context.

The history of Asian American literature reveals the ongoing attempt to work through the fraught relationship between identity politics and literary representation. This relationship is especially evident in literary works which claim that their content represents the socio-historical world. The Semblance of Identityargues that the reframing of the field as a critical, rather than identity-based, project nonetheless continues to rely on the logics of identity. Drawing on the writings of philosopher and literary critic Georg Lukacs, Christopher Lee identifies a persistent composite figure that he calls the "idealized critical subject," which provides coherence to oppositional knowledge projects and political practices. He reframes identity as an aesthetic figure that tries to articulate the subjective conditions for knowledge. Harnessing Theodor Adorno''s notion of aesthetic semblance, Lee offers an alternative account of identity as a figure akin to modern artwork. Like art, Lee argues, identity provides access to imagined worlds that in turn wage a critique of ongoing histories and realities of racialization. This book assembles a transnational archive of literary texts by Eileen Chang, Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, Chang-rae Lee, Michael Ondaatje, and Jose Garcia Villa, revealing the intersections of subjectivity and representation, and drawing our attention to their limits.

Worlds collide when, deep in the dark tunnels of an abandoned sewer a scenario of unimaginable proportions unfolds. A child killer, Hector Pike, pursued by Detective Mervin Daniels is traced to the sewer where a gunfight ensues. However, an Underworld High Spirit is also keen on tracing Hector Pike so that he may possess him. Out of the ensuing chaos Margaret the Abomination is born. The events that follow draw in the leaders of Matrix Earth, Third Heaven, and the Underworld as mankind is dragged into a spine chilling nightmare rained down on them by the Abomination. Will Detective Daniels, Abigail Okafor, Captain Gounden and Colonel Rage, along with their Third Heaven counterparts stop the horde of Underworld warriors, led by the Super-Beast, Guerrier who has instructions to annihilate the Abomination, and anyone who stands in his way? A fast paced, action packed, Supernatural Thriller that takes the reader on an imaginative journey across the various dimensions of existence. Hidden Spiritual codes.

Weird is the biography of Mark Christopher Lee lead singer and songwriter in cult indie band - The Pocket Gods. This book charts the highs and lows of being in an unsigned indie band. From being discovered by the late John Peel and recording sessions for BBC Radio 1 and Radio 6, to playing gigs to one man and his dog in dubious London pubs. It captures the sights, sounds and smells of an up and coming indie band. It also explores Mark''s relationship with the paranormal and the ""weird"" unexplainable things that have happened in his rock and roll journey. It''s like Spinal Tap meets the X Files but with better snacks. Mark Whitby from Dandelion Radio has described the book as; ""A tale from the far more interesting backwaters of modern music, with Mark and his band fighting to survive within the swirling evolutionary gloop. It''s Mark''s honesty that stands out. It reaches out and grabs you by the throat wringing fascinating observations out of every line whether you like them or not""

A Kaleidoscope of Song is an exciting collection of poems (160 pages) composed by Mixed-African poet and author, Christopher Lee. The poems draw strongly from his experiences, imagination and vibrant dreams. There are Character poems, Love poems, Dark Poetry, Inspirational and Religious verse. General poems also feature. There is a poem for virtually any age and the book is thought provoking with an emphasis on ease of flow and hyperbole. The reader is taken on a fantastical journey where they experience the poems through the eyes of the writer. The author says, "We live in a world system that must be appreciated yet challenged. Life, to maintain its authenticity and adventure, is best lived without a training manual. Some poems may appear contentious yet no malice is intended. While I question the Matrix system I do love my fellowman as nobody chose their birth but had it thrust upon them." The work came about as a result of the poet''s personal experience, e.g. Pleasure Hotel.

DescriptionWaterboarded is the story of an American college student in New York City the summer after 9/11 attending the internship of his life. Unfortunately for him, the pain, confusion and madness of his life long battle with manic depression catches up with him erupting into a summer of debauchery and excess that ultimately leads to self destruction. Through the haze of drugs and illicit sex the young man tries to ultimately find his way out in the most unexpected manner. Will he move on and find hope or simply fall back into the mind numbing habits of his youth? About the AuthorChristopher L. Jones is an author, poet and artist living in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Originally born in Tucson, Arizona, he has been a survivor of mental illness, specifically bi-polar disorder, for most of his life. A graduate of New Mexico State University with a degree in Philosophy and Theater Arts, he has spent over twenty five years contributing to the various performing arts groups in his community. His work has been described as ""masturbating on the world''s stage in verse"" and .".".exactly what is wrong with the average white American male..."" Christopher started writing after being introduced to poetry as a form of art therapy as a teenager and has not stopped since. Aside from working with words, he is a single father of one.

Every weekend from August through January, 25 million Americans plop into their Lay-Z-Boys, crack open a beer, and watch football on television. At last, here is an illustrated book that celebrates their pastime and codifies their culture of extreme devotion like no other. The Armchair Quarterback Playbook is both hilarious and authentic, and is designed like a real football playbook—complete with modified X and O diagrams. Everything a stay-at-home fan needs to know is here: how to redirect an interfering spouse ("The Listen and Respond Fake"), methods for keeping children at bay ("Intentional Grounding), equipment and etiquette tips, game food recipes, armchair quarterback vernacular, and more. Written by a certified "AQ," this is the perfect book for the football fanatic.

Dragons in Southern California? Tamara was waiting for that special someone, Acacia was desperate. When he rescued her he had hopes she would help him. She did, but it came with a condition. Little did she know how deeply she would fall in love.

Jump start hope, kick your creativity into gear, and explode your definition of the possible A self improvement book like nothing you''ve ever seen-or heard: a book and podcasting joint production brings to light an insight-boosting audio/visual method for changing the way you think and maximizing your creative potential. Recommended by the American Psychological Association, the therapeutic method works on two different levels. Powerful four color images accompanied by penetrating questions ask us to think deeply and concentrate on our ideas and beliefs. Then the sound track uses bilateral sounds that resonate from one side of your headphones to the other, stimulating both sides of the brain. When asking the brain to communicate with itself differently, new neural networks and thought pathways form, and people begin to be able to see events and ideas through different lenses. The process heightens awareness and mindfulness and allows readers the rare opportunity to take control and live the lives they''ve always dreamed of and ignite the genius they''ve always had within.

Read this engaging psychological novel in the tradition of Kafka about the case of a man who thought he could transform the written word by will power. Are the words really fixed once we set them in print? What of these words you are reading right now? I used to think I was certain of the answer to both of these questions but then I read this wonderful new book authored by Christopher Lee Roberts. A psychological novel in the tradition of Kafka but told through an astonishing collection of journal entries, articles, letters, drawings and a psychiatric monograph, The revisionist traces the case of the patient, J., who thought he could transform the written word by will power. Along the way, our narrator, Isaac Himmelfarb, traces the fall of the career of J''s noted psychoanalyst who ended-up believing in his patient and dubbed his alleged power logokinesis mania. The reader also follows Isaac''s troubled marriage to the tender but alcoholic Sarah and communicates with his brother-in-law, Abram, who is heading up a cult in Modesto, California. This book offers a superb read that keeps the reader riveted right up to the exciting conclusion which delivers the narrator to a first-hand encounter with the Revisionist.

"Chris Nutter came out of the closet with a bang--in a brutally honest essay for Details magazine. His essay gave gay issues an explosive new voice and launched his career in exploratory journalism writing for magazines and newspapers such as Details, The New York Times, New York Post and the Village Voice. He also became the unofficial counselor for hundreds of confused gay men. Now, twelve years later, he shares all he has learned about gay life in America. Using his own experiences and those of the countless gay men he has written about and mentored, Nutter creates a step-by-step chronology of the typical gay experience, from the realization through the experimental phase, coming out to friends, coming out to the world, the second experimental phase, being aggressively gay and eventually finding your place as a happy, healthy and contented individual. And instead of passing himself off as an expert, Nutter always imparts his advice with humor, brotherhood, inclusiveness and clarity"--Publisher''s description.

Concise coverage of the clinical aspects of biochemistry and genetics. The cards cover disease facts - biochemical and genetic defects, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment. Each chapter opens with a clinical vignette.

Autobiography of one of Britain''s most distinguished actors.

In his commentary on the Letter to the Hebrews, New Testament scholar Edgar McKnight explores the two aspects of Hebrews as covenant--the appeal to the perfection and finality of Jesus Christ and the exhortation to faithfulness based on that appeal. He also highlights the interpretative strategies of the author--strategies that are often strange to modern readers. By bringing the ancient text into the world of present readers and to take readers back to the world of Hebrews, we are able to frame the author''s treatment of the problems of our spiritual ancestors from the perspective of our modern world and problems presented in our pilgrimage. In his accompanying commentary on the Letter of James, New Testament scholar Christopher Church presents the letter as something of a biblical and historical fossil, a surviving representative of a once-flourishing Jewish Christianity. The Letter of James exposes a form of early Christianity distinct from the Pauline line that later predominated.

In the late 1950s, an old tramp ship set sail from Amsterdam for the Far East. For nearly two years, she would tramp from port to port, never quite knowing where the next cargo might be or where it would be taken. Grubbing for trade, she sailed a complete circumnavigation of the globe. Aboard her was a young lad from the Kent marshes. He simply wanted to go to sea. Faithfully, in old school notebooks, the lad recorded what he saw, felt and did; moments of magic and moments of fear. Here is the often moving and often hilarious diary of that epic voyage.

2000 years of British history told by one of the greatest figures of that history.New one volume abridgement, now at an unbeatable price.From Boadicea to Victoria.

To Bath for the Christmas panto comes former Bond girl Lynda Elstrom, all curves and blonde hair. She doesn''t show for the panto photocall. Next morning she does show, centre stage, hanging from the Fairy Godmother''s wire. Irritating she might have been, but who would want to kill her? Inspector James Boswell Hodge Leonard has no shortage of people to talk to. Jason Williams, the ageless balladeer; Maurice Poulson, the director, cruel and brilliant; Curley Weekes, the first black Buttons Bath has ever seen; the Rostow twins, the ugliest of the Ugly Sisters; and Lynda''s first husband.