New Releases by Paul Ruditis

It''s alive! ...Again! Frankenstein Lives brings to life the enduring legacy of Mary Shelley''s Creature in thrilling images and captivating commentary. Beginning with the story of Mary Shelley''s conception of the novel on a stormy night on the shores of Lake Geneva, Frankenstein Lives traces the Creature''s transformation from a nameless literary monster to an international sensation, appearing in films, television shows, and commercial merchandise. The Creature has even appeared on a cereal box! Frankenstein''s monster has been a hero and a villain, a star in both comedies and dramas. He has gone head-to-head with both Dracula and the Wolf Man, tap danced with Gene Wilder, joked around with Abbott and Costello, served as the butler for the Addams family, and continues to star in films today. With special attention placed on the 1931 film starring Boris Karloff staggering through the mad scientist''s laboratory, the book explores the classic--and often misunderstood--character. This visual guide includes photos of Shelley''s manuscript pages, Boris Karloff on set as the Creature in the 1931 film, and much more! Frankenstein Lives brings the history to life, including: Mary Shelley''s background and inspiration Film portrayals of Frankenstein''s monster, including upcoming film adaptions Commercial merchandizing of the monster, including costumes and video games Profiles of the Bride, Igor, and Dracula And much more! Relive the Creature''s greatest pop culture moments in this visually stunning and comprehensive guide to the green monster that we can''t stop loving.

The Power of Three returns in this original storybook starring the very first Charmed Ones in a never-before-told tale from their childhood. Prue, Piper, and Phoebe were the first sisters to be called the Charmed Ones, the most powerful witches the world has ever known. But before they were charmed, they were just three little girls living with their Grams, and no idea of the power within them. When their constant bickering threatens the future unity of the Charmed Ones, their magic awakens to send the three young witches on an adventure that could change their destiny forever. THE OG P3 ARE BACK: Revisit the original Power of Three with an all-new story from a time before Prue, Piper, and Phoebe knew they were charmed. NEXT GEN FANS: Parents, grandparents and cool aunts and uncles can introduce young readers to Charmed. A STORY OF SISTERHOOD: Enjoy a timeless family tale of sisterhood mixed with magic. A SECRET HERSTORY: This unknown adventure from the Charmed Ones’ past reveals a secret herstory in their tale. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED: See Charmed Ones in a whole new way with vibrant, original illustrations. TOTALLY TUBULAR TALE: Set in the 1980s, this blast from the Charmed Ones’ past is a retro adventure from a bewitching time.

This new book goes behind the scenes on the award-winning TV series Battlestar Galactica to discover the concepts behind the designs of dozens of spaceships! Battlestar Galactica debuted on TV in 1978 and acquired a phenomenal following, breaking new ground for TV drama and winning several awards. It returned to TV screens in 2003 in a critically acclaimed reimagined series, with Time Magazine naming it one of the 100 Best TV Shows of All Time. This behind-the-scenes guide looks at the creation of the ships in both the original and the reimagined series, including vessels of the ragtag fleet and those of the Cylon enemy. Featuring artwork from the groundbreaking first series and the 2004 reimagined series, this volume explores the art of ship creation from the first sketches to the finished designs of the modelmakers. Covering 18 key ships from the two shows, including the Galactica itself, the Vipers and the Cylon Raiders, the pages are packed with original concept art from designers Eric Chu, Andrew Probert and legendary artist Ralph McQuarrie.

Relive the beloved holiday classic with this lavishly illustrated storybook the entire family can share! It’s a Wonderful Life is one of the most beloved films in cinema history. The heartwarming story of George Bailey and the guardian angel (second class) who shows George that his acts of compassion and kindness have changed his town of Bedford Falls for the better has become a Christmastime favorite enjoyed by generations of families. This engaging illustrated storybook retells the tale of the 1946 classic film through charming original artwork and allows readers to return to the town of Bedford Falls to watch George dream big, fall in love, and learn the important lesson that “no man is a failure who has friends.” Just like the film, this picture book can be enjoyed by the whole family and is the perfect gift for the holidays.

Ariel é a princesa-sereia caçula do reino submarino governado pelo Rei Tritão, seu pai. A vida da Pequena Sereia é repleta de compromissos reais entediantes e aulas cansativas, sendo sempre supervisionada pelo conselheiro real, o siri Sebastião. A maior diversão de Ariel nas horas vagas é explorar o mar com seu inseparável amigo, Linguado, à procura de tesouros provenientes do mundo humano, que tanto sonha em conhecer. Porém, tudo muda quando, em um passeio, conhece Nyssa, uma jovem sereia rebelde que a envolve em uma incrível e perigosa aventura em busca de um dos maiores mistérios dos sete mares: a Pérola da Sabedoria. Será que nossa Pequena Sereia vai dar conta desse mistério sem se meter em confusão?

Charmed: Let Gorgons Be Gorgons Part 1 of 4 When Piper, Phoebe, and Paige undo a spell that turned a local politician to stone, they little realize the powerful magic behind the hex. As attacks on innocents mount, The Charmed Ones enlist the help of their sister, Prue, confined on the magical Nexus, but are unaware that the most heinous of mythical creatures—a gorgon—is to blame. Freed from her underground tomb, Medusa reluctantly joins her own sisters in a crusade to avenge womankind, turning those who cross her to stone forever. At the same time, dark magic seems to be undoing all of Phoebe''s good works, distracting her from the impending battle with the gorgons. With time running out, will the sisters be able to defeat Medusa and restore their innocents to life? Inspired by the hit televisions series Charmed, the new novel Charmed: Let Gorgons Be Gorgons continues the story of the Halliwell witches. With only the Book of Shadows to guide them, the Halliwell sisters are the fulfillment of their ancestor Melinda Warren''s prophecy that three sisters descending from her line would become the most powerful witches of all time. The sisters use the Power of Three to protect the innocent and banish evil from the Earthly realm.

Charmed: Let Gorgons Be Gorgons Part 2 of 4 When Piper, Phoebe, and Paige undo a spell that turned a local politician to stone, they little realize the powerful magic behind the hex. As attacks on innocents mount, The Charmed Ones enlist the help of their sister, Prue, confined on the magical Nexus, but are unaware that the most heinous of mythical creatures—a gorgon—is to blame. Freed from her underground tomb, Medusa reluctantly joins her own sisters in their increasingly visible attacks around the city of San Francisco. At the same time, dark magic seems to be undoing all of Phoebe''s work uniting couples in love through her advice column, and when her Cupid husband offers his assistance in healing the couples’ broken hearts, she gladly accepts, even though it might mean having him team up with her ex, Cole. Inspired by the hit televisions series Charmed, the new novel Charmed: Let Gorgons Be Gorgons continues the story of the Halliwell witches. With only the Book of Shadows to guide them, the Halliwell sisters are the fulfillment of their ancestor Melinda Warren''s prophecy that three sisters descending from her line would become the most powerful witches of all time. The sisters use the Power of Three to protect the innocent and banish evil from the Earthly realm.

Charmed: Let Gorgons Be Gorgons Part 3 of 4 When Piper, Phoebe, and Paige undo a spell that turned a local politician to stone, they little realize the powerful magic behind the hex. As attacks on innocents mount, The Charmed Ones enlist the help of their sister, Prue, confined on the magical Nexus, only to learn that the most heinous of mythical creatures—a gorgon—is to blame. Freed from her underground tomb, Medusa joins her sisters in a crusade to avenge womankind, turning those who cross her to stone forever. At the same time, dark magic seems to be undoing all of Phoebe’s good works, distracting her from the impending battle with the gorgons. With time running out, will the sisters be able to defeat Medusa and restore their innocents to life? Inspired by the hit televisions series Charmed, the new novel Charmed: Let Gorgons Be Gorgons continues the story of the Halliwell witches. With only the Book of Shadows to guide them, the Halliwell sisters are the fulfillment of their ancestor Melinda Warren’s prophecy that three sisters descending from her line would become the most powerful witches of all time. The sisters use the Power of Three to protect the innocent and banish evil from the Earthly realm.

Charmed: Let Gorgons Be Gorgons Part 4 of 4 When Piper, Phoebe, and Paige undo a spell that turned a local politician to stone, they little realize the powerful magic behind the hex. As attacks on innocents mount, The Charmed Ones enlist the help of their sister, Prue, confined on the magical Nexus, only to learn that the most heinous of mythical creatures—a gorgon—is to blame. Freed from her underground tomb, Medusa joins her sisters in a crusade to avenge womankind, turning those who cross her to stone forever. At the same time, dark magic seems to be undoing all of Phoebe’s good works, distracting her from the impending battle with the gorgons. With time running out, will the sisters be able to defeat Medusa and restore their innocents to life? Inspired by the hit televisions series Charmed, the new novel Charmed: Let Gorgons Be Gorgons continues the story of the Halliwell witches. With only the Book of Shadows to guide them, the Halliwell sisters are the fulfillment of their ancestor Melinda Warren’s prophecy that three sisters descending from her line would become the most powerful witches of all time. The sisters use the Power of Three to protect the innocent and banish evil from the Earthly realm.

Having won the ultimate battle against the forces of darkness, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige—The Charmed Ones—are looking forward to a hard-earned, peaceful future. But when Phoebe’s former love, Cole, returns from the dead and the sisters are reunited with Prue, now imprisoned at the magical convergence between the realms, a dangerous new threat emerges. As seemingly normal mortals violently steal the magic of witches, The Charmed Ones must shield their kind while protecting themselves from a modern-day witch hunt. Charmed: The War on Witches continues the story of the Halliwell witches, picking up where the hit television series, Charmed, left off. With only the Book of Shadows to guide them, the Halliwell sisters are the fulfillment of their ancestor Melinda Warren’s prophecy that three sisters descending from her line would become the most powerful witches of all time. As The Charmed Ones, the sisters use the Power of Three to protect the innocent and banish evil from the Earthly realm.

Ever since Battlestar Galactica first aired, fans have embraced its engrossing story of humanity''s war with the alien Cylons. This fully licensed volume will feed their craving for inter-Galactica information with an in-depth, exclusive look all the entire BSG franchise. It covers the series'' creative development, characters, popular storylines, favorite episodes, and what the BSG franchise means to the sci-fi universe.

Six-pack abs, cutthroat competition, nonstop drama. The second book in a hot new series inspired by one champion''s teen years.

A hilarious, illustrated holiday gift book that celebrates the rich Klingon Christmas traditions—perfect for Star Trek fans everywhere. This hilarious parody firmly plants Klingons at the center of the Christmas story—where they rightly should be—including everything from a Santa equipped with retractable claws, tribbles in the stockings of naughty Klingon boys and girls, and the spirited holiday warmth of a hot cup of mulled blood wine. Illustrated in a classic Norman Rockwell–inspired style, A Very Klingon Khristmas is the perfect holiday gift for every Star Trek fan!

Bilderreiches Nachschlagewerk zu der berühmten Raumschiff-Enterprise-Serie und den daraus resultierenden Spielfilmen der Star-Trek-Reihe, mit ausführlichen Beschreibungen der unterschiedlichen Lebensformen insbesondere in den Filmen. Ab 12.

Voyage through a complete illustrated tour of the Star Trek(TM) Galaxy and explore the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise(TM), Borg(TM) technology, The Dominion War, The Q Continuum and much more in Star Trek: The Visual Dictionary. Featuring the celebrated as well as infamous characters, aliens, starships, and technology, this stunning hardcover tome from DK shows the Star Trek Universe as you have never seen it before.

Thirty-six hundred colonists were incinerated in the blast. Every living thing, every building, everything on the surface of the planet was destroyed in the fireball. Only one ship could have been responsible for such wholesale destruction - the USS Enterprise. Recalled to Earth by Starfleet, Captain Jonathan Archer is only too well aware that the Vulcan High Command is citing the disaster as irrefutable proof that humanity should never have been allowed to explore deep space. And yet . . . The mysterious Crewman Daniels, who claims to be a soldier in the temporal Cold War, thrust back in time from the thirty-first century, offers Archer a lifeline. According to Daniels, history recorded no such disaster. No colonists died. The Enterprise was never recalled. Armed with new hope, Archer sets out to prove the innocence of his ship and his crew. But time is a swiftly moving river, in whose treacherous eddies Enterprise and her captain are caught. Against all odds, can Archer unmask the forces that are manipulating the fabric of truth?

A guide to the television program provides information on the making of its first season, discussing adapting it from the comic book, the characters, and the cast and crew, and offers episode summaries.

After living demon-free lives for a eighteen months, the Charmed Ones, the three Halliwell sisters who are decended from one of the Salem witches, are suddenly confronted with an ancient evil more powerful than anything they have dealt with before.

Charmed Season 9 picks up where the TV show left off! With the source of all evil defeated, The Charmed Ones, three witches destined to be the most powerful force for good our world has ever known, have embraced a new life. One of new family, friends, and a future without the constant battle between good and evil ... or so they think.

Bryan Stark describes himself as the "Greek Chorus," constantly watching the action and drama unfold around him in the arena with the most high school divas possible--the theater! At his posh private school in Malibu, Orion Academy, the teens are entitled, the boys are cute, and the theatre productions extremely elaborate. Bryan sees it all as he directs his best friend Samantha, the most talented of the Orion divas, through the throng. This bind-up is filled with friends, theatre, and romance, but underneath it all DRAMA! is a heartfelt comedic series.

Companion to the third and fourth seasons of the television show.

Directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) and starring Dennis Quaid (Far From Heaven), Christopher Eccleston (Heroes) and Sienna Miller (Stardust), G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA explodes into theaters summer 2009. In this glode-spanning action adventure, an elite international unit of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit and led by General Hawk (Quaid), take on the evil Cobra organization, led by the notorious arms dealer Destro (Eccleston). This full-color companion to the movie contains intel on all the G.I. Joe team members and their shadowy enemies working for Cobra, as well as details on the amazing locations the slick, cutting-edge technology and vehicles, and the fantastic stunts and special effects.

Step inside the Playboy Mansion, where the sexy stars of E!''s hit reality show The Girls Next Door are giving readers full access to the action you don''t see on TV.... Hugh Hefner''s girlfriends -- Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson -- have become superstars in their own right, thanks to their hit reality show on E!, in which all three gorgeous ladies share their glamorous lives with the cameras. But what crazy antics and juicy details didn''t make the cut? This exclusive, behind-the-scenes companion to the show features never-before-seen photos, all new commentary, and three unique perspectives on life in the Playboy Mansion. Want to look, act, or throw a party just like a Girl Next Door? Let Holly, Bridget, and Kendra show you how. In addition to sharing the secrets of their sexy style, the Girls talk candidly about their childhoods, their daily lives (including Hef''s famous bashes), and their relationships with the ultimate Playboy himself...not to mention each other. In episode guides to all four seasons, the Girls share their take on what really happened each week, while interviews with the Mansion''s memorable staff members reveal how they see the Girls and themselves. And Hef himself shares new insights and fond memories about his life with the Girls. Being blonde and beautiful in the most famous bachelor pad in the world isn''t as easy as it looks, but Holly, Bridget, and Kendra are having the time of their lives. Sharing stories from their favorite travel destinations, recipes from the Playboy kitchen, treasured photos, and much more, this insider''s guide is a unique look at life with The Girls Next Door.

It''s time for the Fall One-Act Festival, and Hope gets the honored privilege of debuting her very first original play! With Bryan directing and Jason and Sam as the leads, it seems as if nothing could go wrong with this dream team of talent. But where''s the fun in that? Enter Sam and Jason''s onstage chemistry that''s so hot, it''s working overtime offstage! Course, Sam''s real-life beau, Eric isn''t so cool with that. And what about Bryan? With his sexual orientation public knowledge, he''s gaining some admiring attention from the most unexpected people. Can you blame them? With all these raging hormones, it''ll be a wonder if the play goes off at all. And the after party? Please - that''ll be a show all in itself...

Rainbow Parties. Are they real? Who''s going? GIN and SANDY One''s been with all the guys, one''s terrified of them. It''s Gin''s party; she invited everyone. ALLISON President of the Celibacy Club. What''s she thinkin''? HUNTER and PERRY Friends...with benefits. JADE Hanging on to it for the right guy. SKYE and ROD Totally doing it, totally curious. VI Skye''s BF who has it for Rod. The party could change everything. RUSTY and BRICK One thinks he''s a playah. One''s built like it. Neither''s getting any. ASH and ROSE The class couple, not ready yet. So why are they going? Would you? Rainbow Party is a cautionary tale about a group of teens faced with the prospect of attending a party involving oral sex. The novel spotlights each of their diverse viewpoints in the hours leading up to the party. It explores what each teen has -- and has not -- been up to sexually, and why. And ultimately, why they would consider going to a party like this in the first place. This book addresses important and timeless issues relevant to teens, including self-esteem, peer pressure, awareness about STD protection, and making an informed and educated decision about readiness for sexual activity. It was inspired by numerous news reports about the prevalence and attitudes among teens towards certain types of sexual behavior, and is intended to engage readers in this real-life issue in a responsible and constructive fashion.

The Renaissance Faire has come to town! Okay, so the exclamation point doesn''t make it any cooler, but Sam is overjoyed to reunite with her former faire folk. Bryan, on the other hand, can do without all the "thees, " "thous, " and, oh yes man tights. But he''d best take part in the festivities lest he lose his head with Sam doing the chopping.

Age 12-14. Hartley Blackstone--the famous director, producer, choreographer, and genuine Broadway icon--has chosen Orion Academy to hold auditions for one lucky guy and girl to attend his summer theater program in New York City, so Bryan Stark knows he has to bring his A-game for this big break.

The Power of Three has gone underground Clues and magic can''t be found Grown-up sons, come quickly forth Help your father find his worth While a newly mortal Leo is out for a walk with Wyatt and newborn Chris, demons trap the Charmed Ones in the house and take them to the Underworld, where they are imprisoned by demon scientist Dr. Gnivik, who plans to steal the Power of Three. When Leo returns to find the house empty and in even more disarray than when he had left, he tries to piece together what happened, but can''t. Due to his recent fall from grace, the Elders ignore his calls. What is he to do? With no other options and no magic of his own, Leo becomes desperate. Using a spell from the Book of Shadows, his sons'' magic, and a sliver of unicorn horn, he calls the future versions of Wyatt and Chris back to the present. Together, the Halliwell men go in search of The Charmed Ones. With Dr. Gnivik nearing success and the sisters powerless to stop him, it''s up to Leo and the boys to save the day....

This first book of a new series opens the curtain on a high school theater group putting on a production of "The Wizard of Oz." However, a mystery unfolds as cast members begin dropping out one by one.