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William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back
By Ian Doescher. 2014
The saga that began with the interstellar best seller William Shakespeare's Star Wars continues with this merry reimagining of George…
Lucas's enduring classic The Empire Strikes Back.Many a fortnight have passed since the destruction of the Death Star. Young Luke Skywalker and his friends have taken refuge on the ice planet of Hoth, where the evil Darth Vader has hatched a cold-blooded plan to capture them. Only with the help of a little green Jedi Master--and a swaggering rascal named Lando Calrissian--can our heroes escape the Empire's wrath. And only then will Lord Vader learn how sharper than a tauntaun's tooth it is to have a Jedi child.What light through Yoda's window breaks? Methinks you'll find out in the pages of The Empire Striketh Back!William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge
By Ian Doescher. 2015
The curtain rises once again on that star-crossed galaxy far, faraway--this time, to chronicle a once-heroic knight's transformation into the…
darkest of villains. William Shakespeare's Tragedy of the Sith's Revenge is the climactic conclusion to the fall of the house of Skywalker, a collaboration between William Shakespeare and George Lucas that's filled with masterful meter, stirring soliloquies, inside jokes, and intricate Elizabethan illustrations. You'll fall in love with Star Wars--and Shakespeare--all over again. At the same time!William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return
By Ian Doescher. 2014
Hot on the heels of the New York Times best seller William Shakespeare's Star Wars comes the next two installments…
of the original trilogy: William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back and William Shakespeare's The Jed Doth Return. Return to the star-crossed galaxy far, far away as the brooding young hero, a power-mad emperor, and their jesting droids match wits, struggle for power, and soliloquize in elegant and impeccable iambic pentameter. Illustrated with beautiful black-and-white Elizabethan-style artwork, these two plays offer essential reading for all ages. Something Wookiee this way comes!William Shakespeare's The Clone Army Attacketh
By Ian Doescher. 2015
To Shmi or not to Shmi? The curtain rises on yeoman Jedi Anakin Skywalker, a man torn between duty to…
his Masters, attraction to Padmé, and concern for his beloved mother, Shmi. His choices will determine not just his own destiny, but that of the entire Republic. An thereby hangs a tale. A noble lady in danger. A knight and squire in battle. And a forbidden love written in the stars. The quill of William Shakespeare meets the galaxy of George Lucas... complete with period illustrations, insightful soliloquies, and masterful meter that will convince you the Bard himself penned this epic adventure.William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back
By Ian Doescher. 2014
The saga that began with the interstellar best seller William Shakespeare's Star Wars continues with this merry reimagining of George…
Lucas's enduring classic The Empire Strikes Back.Many a fortnight have passed since the destruction of the Death Star. Young Luke Skywalker and his friends have taken refuge on the ice planet of Hoth, where the evil Darth Vader has hatched a cold-blooded plan to capture them. Only with the help of a little green Jedi Master--and a swaggering rascal named Lando Calrissian--can our heroes escape the Empire's wrath. And only then will Lord Vader learn how sharper than a tauntaun's tooth it is to have a Jedi child.What light through Yoda's window breaks? Methinks you'll find out in the pages of The Empire Striketh Back!It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
By The Gang. 2015
It works! Trust us!Warning: Following the "advice" contained herein could get you arrested, maimed, or killed.No $$Money$$ Back Guarantee!Friendless? Poor?…
Ugly?Need help luring the woman or man of your dreams onto a boat? Hungry for Rum Ham but don't know how long to cook it? Confused as to the legality of keeping birds as pets in your particular home state? Look no further, loser. The gang from Paddy's Pub have combined forces to weigh in on life's most important topics:* Relationships * Financial Success and Career * Fashion and Personal Grooming * Health and Diet * Survival SkillsGrab a beer, throw caution and common sense to the wind, and welcome the most influential work in the history of the written word (or at least since the script for The Nightman Cometh): The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today.is, Sweet Dee, and Frank weigh in on important topics like Relationships, Financial Success and Career, Fashion and Personal Grooming, Health and Diet, and Survival Skills, providing insane advice, tips, tricks, and recipes (Rum Ham anyone?) as only they can.Fans of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia rejoice and welcome the most influential work in the history of the written word (or at least since the script for The Nightman Cometh): The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today.William Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace
By Ian Doescher. 2015
Join us, good gentles, for a merry reimagining of Star Wars: Episode 1 as only Shakespeare could have written it.…
The entire saga starts here, with a thrilling tale featuring a disguised queen, a young hero, and two fearless knights facing a hidden, vengeful enemy. 'Tis a true Shakespearean drama, filled with sword fights, soliloquies, and doomed romance . . . all in glorious iambic pentameter and coupled with twenty gorgeous Elizabethan illustrations. Hold on to your midi-chlorians: The play's the thing, wherein you'll catch the rise of Anakin!Ghosts from Our Past
By Andrew Shaffer, Abby L. Yates, Erin Gilbert. 2016
As seen in the Sony Pictures 2016 film Ghostbusters, the ultimate guide to identifying, understanding, and engaging with any paranormal…
activity that plagues youYears before they made headlines with the Ghostbusters, Erin Gilbert and Abby L. Yates published the groundbreaking study of the paranormal, Ghosts from Our Past. Once lost to history, this criminally underappreciated book is now back in print, revised and somewhat updated for the new century.According to Gilbert and Yates, "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence," and whether you're a believer or a skeptic, you'll find the information you're seeking right here in this extraordinary book, including:· The childhood experiences that inspired Erin and Abby's lifelong passion for the scientific study of the paranormal;· The history of ghosts and other supernatural entities, the science that explains their existence, and profiles of the groundbreaking paranormal researchers who have investigated them;· An illustrated guide to Class I through Class VII ghosts;· Helpful sidebars like "A Ghost by Any Other Name" and "Ectoplasm Cleanup Tips";· Updates including "The Ghostbusters' Arsenal" by Jillian Holtzmann and "Haunted History" by Patty Tolan;· A new Ghostbusting Resources appendix, featuring the "Paranormal Quickstart Guide", "Is It a Ghost? A Handy Quiz", "A Supernatural Stakeout Journal", "The Devil's Dictionary: Paraterminology You Need to Know"; and more.With this helpful--and hilarious--official Ghostbusters guide in hand, you'll be prepared for almost any spirit, spook, or spectre that comes your way. As for the rest, you know who to call.From the Trade Paperback edition.Say Hello to My Little Friend!
By Michael Mcavennie. 2007
"Me, I want what's coming to me.... the world, chico. And everything in it." Sometimes harsh, other times enlightening, but…
always brutally honest, within you'll encounter the immortal words of Tony Montana -- lines unapologetically quoted and repeated thousands of times across the nation and around the world. This is the perfect companion to the ultimate gangster film, Scarface -- now and forever a part of global popular culture and an unforgettable icon of money, power, and extravagance. After all, nothing exceeds like excess.The Unofficial Harry Potter Joke Book: Stupefying Shenanigans For Slytherin (Unofficial Harry Potter Joke Book)
By Amanda Brack, Boone Brian. 2018
Tickle Charms and Laughing Potions, meet your match! This follow-up to The Unofficial Harry Potter Joke Book: Great Guffaws for…
Gryffindor Here’s just a sampling of the jokes you’ll find inside: Which Hogwarts professor gets blamed for everything? Professor Snape Goat. What’s Professor Lupin’s favorite day of the week? Moonday. Why did Gilderoy Lockhart team up with Nearly Headless Nick? He needed a ghostwriter. Did you hear that Professor McGonagall’s animagi and Crookshanks get together and gossip about students? They’re very catty. Featuring pages and pages of jokes and more than fifty fantastic illustrations for Hogwarts lovers, this joke book provides endless fun. Have all your friends spellbound by hours of laughter!Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure(TM): The Guide to a Bodacious Life
By Steve Behling. 2020
Party on, dudes! This excellent book of wit and wisdom celebrates the genius of the world-famous Wyld Stallyns and their…
time-traveling adventure.Once, Bill and Ted made history. Now, they're ready to share the knowledge they've gained traveling through time. This hardcover companion to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey features full-color film images and original illustrations and gives advice on how to live a non-heinous life, how to start a band when you can't play any instruments, how to find the most-triumphant locations in any food court, and how to make friends with difficult dudes -- from Genghis Khan to your history teacher! This collectible book is sure to become a most outstanding favorite, just like the excellent movies that inspired it.Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure characters and images (TM) & © 1989, 2020 Creative Licensing Corporation. All Rights Reserved.Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey characters and images (TM) & © 1991, 2020 Creative Licensing Corporation. All Rights Reserved.William Shakespeare's Star Wars
By Ian Doescher. 2013
Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas's epic Star Wars in…
the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare's greatest plays. 'Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearstome Stormtroopers, signifying...pretty much everything.Reimagined in glorious iambic pentameter--and complete with twenty gorgeous Elizabethan illustrations--William Shakespeare's Star Wars will astound and edify Rebels and Imperials alike. Zounds! This is the book you're looking for.William Shakespeare's Star Wars Trilogy: The Royal Imperial Boxed Set
By Ian Doescher. 2014
May the verse be with you! Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this retelling of George…
Lucas's Star Wars® Trilogy in the style of the immortal William Shakespeare. This Royal Imperial Boxed Set includes all three volumes in the original trilogy: Verily, A New Hope; The Empire Striketh Back; and The Jedi Doth Return.William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awaken: Star Wars Part the Seventh
By Ian Doescher. 2017
Experience The Force Awakens as a Shakespeare play, complete with Elizabethan verse, Shakespearian monologues, and theatrical stage directions! As the…
noble Resistance clashes with the vile First Order, Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, Kylo Ren, and BB-8 are pulled into a galaxy-wide drama—in iambic pentameter! Star Wars fans and Shakespeare enthusiasts alike will enjoy the authentic meter, reimagined movie scenes and dialogue, and hidden Easter eggs throughout. Chewbacca speaks! Leader Snoke gives a soliloquy! And the romance of Han Solo and Leia Organa takes a tragic turn that Shakespeare would approve of. All with woodcut-style illustrations that place Star Wars characters into an Elizabethan galaxy. The story may take place in a galaxy far, far away, but you’ll be convinced it was written by the Bard.Experience the Star Wars saga reimagined as an Elizabethan drama penned by William Shakespeare himself complete with authentic meter…
and verse and theatrical monologues and dialog by everyone from Luke Skywalker to Rose Tico The Star Wars saga continues with Bard of Avon providing some of the biggest shocks yet Alack the valiant Resistance must flee from the scoundrels of the First Order and it falls to Rey Finn Poe Rose and BB-8 to take up arms against sea of troubles Can they bring Snoke s schemes to woe destruction ruin and decay Will Luke Skywalker take the stage once more and aid General Leia in the winter of her discontent Authentic meter stage directions reimagined movie scenes and dialogue and hidden Easter eggs throughout will entertain and impress fans of Star Wars and Shakespeare alike Every scene and character from the film appears in the play along with twenty woodcut-style illustrations that depict an Elizabethan version of the Star Wars galaxyWilliam Shakespeare's Star Wars
By Ian Doescher. 2013
Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas's epic Star Wars in…
the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare's greatest plays. 'Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearstome Stormtroopers, signifying...pretty much everything.Reimagined in glorious iambic pentameter--and complete with twenty gorgeous Elizabethan illustrations--William Shakespeare's Star Wars will astound and edify Rebels and Imperials alike. Zounds! This is the book you're looking for.Star Trek: The Star Trek Fiction Companion
By Jeff Ayers. 2006
Through four decades, five television series comprising over seven hundred episodes, ten feature films, and an animated series, fandom's thirst…
for more Star Trek stories has been unquenchable. From the earliest short-story adaptations by James Blish in the 1960s, followed by the first original Star Trek novels during the seventies, and on throughout the eighties, nineties, and into the twenty-first century, fiction has offered an unparalleled expansion of the rich Star Trek tapestry. But what is it that makes these books such a powerfully attractive creative outlet to some and a compelling way to experience the Star Trek mythos anew to others? Voyages of Imagination takes a look back on the first forty years of professionally published Star Trek fiction, revealing the personalities and sensibilities of many of the novels' imaginative contributors and offering an unprecedented glimpse into the creative processes, the growing pains, the risks, the innovations, the missteps, and the great strides taken in the books. Author Jeff Ayers has immersed himself in nearly six hundred books and interviewed more than three hundred authors and editors in order to compile this definitive guide to the history and evolution of an incomparable publishing phenomenon. Fully illustrated with the covers of every book included herein, Voyages of Imagination is indexed by title and author, features a comprehensive timeline, and is a must-have for every fan.Red vs. Blue Apple FF: The Ultimate Fan Guide
By Rooster Teeth, Eddy Rivas, Burnie Burns. 2015
In Red vs. Blue, its creators at Rooster Teeth brings together more than a decades' worth of ephemera and behind-the-scenes…
information from the popular comedic web series, including:Character dossiers and fact sheetsCharacter-driven lists, including "The Wisdom of Caboose"Charts and statistics mapping out character, world, and episode triviaBest Red vs. Blue quotes. Of all timeAlternate stories and character arcs that were abandonedSpotlights on the cast and crew of Red vs. Blue, filled with unique anecdotes, behind-the-scenes stories, and insights into the series and their roleNew, never-before-seen content: Includes annotated scripts of some of the most-watching episodes, side-stores, expanded universe material, alternate endings, deleted scenes and triviaOriginal sketches and drawingsThe Unofficial Harry Potter Joke Book: Great Guffaws for Gryffindor (Unofficial Harry Potter Joke Book)
By Brian Boone, Amanda Brack. 2017
Why did Voldemort cross the road? Because he looks like a demented chicken.Muggle world got you down? Dark Lord actively…
trying to end you? Horcrux fell in between the abyss that is your couch cushions? Need some laughter but haven’t learned the tickling charm yet? Don’t worry; The Unofficial Harry Potter Joke Book is here to relieve some of the daily stresses that accompany a life of witchcraft and wizardry. “Tom” Riddles, knock-knock jokes, and plenty of puns:How did Ron gas up the flying car?... ”Expecto petroleum!”How does a Quidditch newbie function?... By winging it!What kind of drink to magical parrots like?... Pollyjuice!What’s a Thestral’s favorite day of the week?... Flyday!For fans of the Harry Potter series, this gut-busting compendium of charming and magical quips pokes fun at some of your favorite characters and scenes from the books and movies. The jokes highlight some of the major characters, including Harry, Hermione, Ron, Hagrid, Dumbledore, and Voldemort, as well as many magical elements from the wizard world!Featuring hundreds of jokes and more than fifty fantastic illustrations, this joke book provides endless amounts of fun and clean humor for readers and fans of the bestselling series.Minecraft: The Official Joke Book (Minecraft)
By Dan Morgan. 2021
The official Minecraft Joke Book is packed with over 200 jokes inspired by the best-selling video game in the world!BONUS:…
Includes full-color poster!Q: What's a Minecraft zombie's favorite vegetable? A: A human bean!Q: Why aren't zombies funny?A: Because their jokes are rotten!The official Minecraft Joke Book is packed full of jokes and humorous illustrations that will fill Minecraft fans' inventories with laughs and giggles. There's something for every Minecrafter, whatever their age. The book also comes with a full-color insert!© 2021 Mojang AB and Mojang Synergies AB. MINECRAFT and MOJANG are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mojang Synergies AB.