New Releases by Alan Robert

These poems are funny little things. They don't take themselves too seriously. They shave and shower and brush their teeth but totally disregard the anxieties that seem to plague their cousins. Somehow they fell immune. Sure they might not get straight A's. And they sleep well beyond their alarm clocks, but they walk without shame or guilt or worry and go through this life happily, like the glad idiot who unwittingly makes the world envious of him; these poems shed light inside his life. They fall asleep when their heads hit the pillow and prefer the simile to metaphor. Thank you for reading. -- Note from the author.

The 30th Anniversary of Type O Negative’s album BLOODY KISSES is celebrated in this stunning volume of art and stories. With contributions by rock stars Andy Biersack, Carla Harvey, Cristina Scabbia, and Burton C. Bell (As well as many more!), this anthology captures both the haunted edge and the dry satirical humor that defined what many consider to be the definitive gothic metal album. Written by an ensemble cast of writers including Cristina Scabbia, Charlie Benante, Burton C. Bell, Andy Biersack, Ryan J. Downey, Carla Harvey, and Alan Robert. Illustrated by various artists including Steve Kurth, Alan Robert, and Marco Finnegan. Cover art by Alan Robert Edited by Rantz A. Hoseley The 30th Anniversary of Type O Negative’s album BLOODY KISSES is celebrated in this stunning volume of art and stories. With contributions by rock stars Andy Biersack, Carla Harvey, Cristina Scabbia, and Burton C. Bell (As well as many more!), this anthology captures both the haunted edge and the dry satirical humor that defined what many consider to be the definitive gothic metal album.

Ghouliana and her mischievous gang of undead pals are haunting the record shop in the highly anticipated seventh volume of the best-selling coloring book series! By spinning vinyl in reverse, they've unleashed sinister spells through the backward messages, transforming iconic album art into hilarious and horrific designs to color. The most popular records of all time have never looked so twisted! The Beauty of Horror 7: Backwards Records coloring book delivers over 80 pages of comedic carnage to sink your fangs into. Created by Life of Agony's Alan Robert, an award-winning illustrator, who returns to bring his unique style and sensibility to the fan-favorite series.

The creator of the best-selling coloring book series The Beauty of Horror, Alan Robert, intricately illustrates the most recognizable and beloved scenes of the ghost with the most from Tim Burton’s renowned 1988 film in Beetlejuice: The Official Coloring Book! The mischievous world of Beetlejuice™ comes to life in Beetlejuice: The Official Coloring Book, ready to be colored! Alan Robert, renowned illustrator of The Beauty of Horror coloring book series, hand-draws rich, detailed illustrations that evoke the haunting spirit of the infamous bio-exorcist as he tempts the Maitlands, terrorizes Lydia Deetz and her family, counters Otho’s over-the-top hijinks, and highlights all the frights and sights revealed in the afterlife. With more than 60 pages of captivating illustrations from the cult classic film, fans can chant Beetlejuice... Beetlejuice...Beetlejuice: The Official Coloring Book to conjure up hours of strange and unusual fun among the recently deceased. 60+ COLORING PAGES: Beetlejuice: The Official Coloring Book is full of more than 60 pages of custom art, full of details ready to color! ICONIC SCENES: Color in Barbara and Adam’s adventures in the underworld, the Maitland’s exorcism, the Deetz’s Day-O dinner party, all of Betelgeuse’s haunting attractions, and more BEWITCHING ILLUSTRATIONS: Tim Burton’s afterlife scenes captured the audience’s imagination upon release in 1988, and now fans can color and explore those unforgettable settings! OFFICIAL COLORING BOOK: Created in collaboration with Warner Bros. COMPLETE YOUR COLLECTION: Complete your horror coloring book collection with It: The Official Coloring Book, Chucky: The Official Coloring Book, and Universal Monsters: The Official Coloring Book, also available

The best-selling coloring book series brings you an all-new hair-raising tale of Ghouliana and her undead pals! In the latest horrific endeavor from visionary creator Alan Robert, The Beauty of Horror: Ghouliana's Sanctuary for Monsters presents the same bone-chilling artwork with a brand-new twist: This coloring book tells a story! Follow Ghouliana as she befriends Agatha, an 18th-century witch who has sworn to protect the world's most feared monsters from the evils of mankind. When Agatha unexpectedly falls ill, Ghouliana must rise to the occasion and fill her shoes. But does Ghouliana have what it takes to lead the legion of monsters to safety? Find out the answer while adding your colors and creativity to over 80 pages of intricate illustrations from top horror artist Alan Robert.

The best-selling coloring book series delivers its first ever retrospective collection featuring material culled from the first six volumes. You wanted the best? You got the best! In this special "Best Of" edition of the hit Beauty of Horror coloring series, award-winning creator Alan Robert hand curated over 80 pages of his most popular illustrations to color. The artwork in this spine-tingling collection spans six volumes of the best-selling coloring books, so have no fear... Ghouliana groupies will get another chance to sink their fangs into their favorite designs while reimagining them in fun new ways. For Beauty of Horror newbies who have yet to take a stab, they will be immediately immersed into a twisted coloring experience like no other. This unique combination of comedy and carnage cannot be found anywhere else! Also included in this release are a handful of exclusive, new designs, plus a bonus fold-out poster to color, so Ghouliana can haunt your walls when you're done!

Ghouliana returns as a ghastly guide through famed creator Alan Robert''s painstakingly illustrated tarot deck, presenting 78 cards from the major and minor arcana, ready for you to color! Let Ghouliana and her undead pals guide you through a truly sinister tarot experience filled with demons, werewolves, vampires, ancient spirits, and much, much more. This latest addition to the best-selling Beauty of Horror coloring book series just might be the world's creepiest take on the major and minor arcana you've ever seen... A must-have for horror fans! Included in this collection are 78 pieces of art by famed musician and illustrator Alan Robert, depicting each piece of the classic tarot in his own fiendish manner. Originally published as a card set, these painstakingly detailed illustrations are appearing in book form for the first time in The Beauty of Horror: Tarot. Each design is accompanied by a thoughtful, in-depth explanation of the card's meaning to help guide you through the mystery of the tarot. Channel your creativity and choose your own destiny by bringing these terrifying depictions to life with your custom palette.

England, 1926. Lady Isobel Farrar, an ageing widow with a colorful past, has returned home after years of living abroad. As she moves back into Halcyon Hill, her beloved country house, she finds herself dwelling on a long-buried secret. In the wake of a terrible tragedy when she was young, Isobel gave up a child for adoption, and now she can't help but wonder what became of him. Life has not been kind to Frank Brodie. Cruelly mistreated by his adoptive parents, he spent his young adulthood struggling to survive on the harsh streets of London, before the Great War took him away to the trenches. Now he has found safety with Arthur, an older man who loves and protects him. But something is still missing from Frank's life. When mother and son are finally reunited, will they be able to lay the past to rest?

Ghouliana and pals pay homage to pop culture greats with a twisted and terrifying Haunt of Fame in the newest edition of the bestselling coloring book series! Everybody who was anybody is here! From The Godfather of Soul to The Fab Four to many members of the 27 Club, icons from across the entertainment arts are resurrected in all their ghastly glory! Ghouliana and her undead friends pay tribute to their favorite celebrities in their very own Haunt of Fame, featuring Harry Houdini, Edgar Allan Poe, Einstein, Marilyn, and more! Join her merrily-macabre squad of walking horrors as they spend their 15 minutes with the most famous faces to ever brighten our cultural landscape. While coloring over 80 pages of detailed, hand-drawn designs, be sure to help Ghouliana find all the ghastly memorabilia and easter eggs hidden throughout. The Beauty of Horror 5: Haunt of Fame features the original size (10" x 10") and double-sided format that fans love!

The bigger, the scarier! The scarier, the better! The popular horror coloring book series expands with this lithograph set of twelve oversized illustrations suitable for framing. It's a terribly attractive addition to the bestselling Beauty of Horror series by creator Alan Robert. Each MONSTER-sized print allows for an even more fun coloring experience with its large spaces and one-sided, deluxe coloring format. This GOREgeous print collection includes fan favorites from The Beauty of Horror Volume One, Volume Two: Ghouliana's Creepatorium, and Volume Three: Haunted Playgrounds, and also features three, brand-new Alan Robert exclusives!

Ghouliana takes Mischief Night to a whole new level with this special Halloween edition of the hit coloring book series! Expect more tricks than treats from bestselling artist Alan Robert as you color each of these GOREgeously drawn macabre masterpieces. While you fill your jack 'o lantern to the brim with delicious delights, keep an eye out for all of Ghouliana's contaminated candies before you take a fatal bite. She has already dismantled Christmas with The Beauty of Horror: Ghosts of Christmas coloring book, now it's time to turn Hallow's Eve on its head with these brand-new FANGtastic designs. Trick Or Treaters beware! These 7" x 7", one-sided, perforated pages allow you to decorate your haunt with your horrific creations for everyone to see!

In one of the most beautiful, most wealthy zip codes in the country lies the sleepy, sun-drenched coastal town of La Jolla, California, and among all of this beauty stands Diablo House. It'll make your dreams come true, if you dare. Surf-bum and host, Riley, invites us into his home and shares stories of the people who let their desires come at the cost of all else.

Get that red crayon ready! Rock-star-turned-comics-creator Alan Robert has created a follow-up to his smash-hit, horror-themed adult coloring book! The color-crazed carnage continues! Follow everyone's favorite undead girl, Ghouliana, as she mischievously attempts to trick budding colorists into unleashing a deadly spell. Try and find the ingredients she's sprinkled throughout Robert's intricate pen and ink illustrations before it's too late!

Get that red crayon ready! With this coloring book for adults channeling The Walking Dead meets The Secret Garden, comics creator/rock star Alan Robert (Crawl to Me, Killogy, Wire Hangers) invites fans of horror to discover their inner-colorist. Through intricate pen and ink illustrations to complete, color, and embellish, readers will meet an onslaught of severed heads, monsters, deadly weapons, and skeletal remains. Visit burial grounds, the zombie apocalypse, serial killer lairs, and gruesome torture chambers. Horror fans and newcomers alike will welcome this GOREgeous and creative journey into a blood-soaked new world.

The Salome Ensemble probes the entangled lives, works, and passions of a political activist, a novelist, a screenwriter, and a movie actress who collaborated in 1920s New York City. Together they created the shape-shifting, genre-crossing Salome of the Tenements, first a popular novel and then a Hollywood movie. The title character was a combination Cinderella and Salome like the women who conceived her. Rose Pastor Stokes was the role model. Anzia Yezierska wrote the novel. Sonya Levien wrote the screenplay. Jetta Goudal played her on the silver screen. Ginsberg considers the women individually and collectively, exploring how they shaped and reflected their cultural landscape. These European Jewish immigrants pursued their own versions of the American dream, escaped the squalor of sweatshops, knew romance and heartache, and achieved prominence in politics, fashion, journalism, literature, and film.

'The priest Eadwig tries to betray Godwin and his kin to King William when they leave besieged Exeter at night with Ivar and his friends, overland to Barnstaple. Ivar next takes ship with Godwin, Eadmund and Magnus to Dublin. As with Harold and Leofwin years earlier, Ivar asks King Diarmuid on Godwin's behalf for men and ships to harry the Normans and win over the West Countrymen. With Dublin Danish leaders Ketilbeorn and Thored they raid near Bristol but are fought off by the fyrd. Again at Barnstaple Thegn Aelfred's fyrdmen take them on, killing Thored amongst many Danes. Ivar takes badly wounded Magnus to Bosham after another abortive raid, leaving soon with Saeward and Hemming for Wales and the north, where they meet Eirik and Theodolf near Chester. Further, at York with Osgod, Harding and their fyrdmen they sack the Normans' new wooden fortress, eject the shire reeve William Malet and take his castellan hostage'. This is Ivar's fourth adventure in the RAVENFEAST saga, following on from OUTCAST. The next in the series will be WAYFARER. See developments in the series on Alan's website: www.northworldsagasite.webeden.co.uk and on his Hub sub-domain: alancaster149.hubpages.com/hub/RAVENFEAST (no need to add 'www' to this).

The Volcano Is Our Home When Alan Akana realized he had missed the gift of hearing many of his family's stories, his search for his history became a gift to all his readers. The Volcano is Our Home introduces us in a very personal way to the influences that shaped Hawaii from an isolated group of islands inhabited by remarkable people with a unique and beautiful culture into the tourist mecca known today by travelers from all over the world. The author takes you to the real Hawaii, so that you may walk these islands with new understanding of the lost way of life of those who have gone before. You will journey over 250 years with a Hawaiian family, guided by their connection to the land, each other and a rich spiritual realm. You will join them on the slopes of Kilauea Volcano as they confront the arrival of each new wave of change--from Captain Cook to the missionaries, to the overthrow of the kingdom, to the 50th State, to the 21st century. Alan Akana is one of the current generation of Hawaiians who has perfected the art of "talking story." --Gail Larsen, Founder of Real Speaking and Author of Transformational Speaking: If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story An Excerpt from the Book: "My ancestors simply could not ignore the goddess who lived among them and continued to appear in their midst. As the culture changed dramatically, Pele was a constant presence from generation to generation. While villages disappeared, species became extinct, churches were established, and governments were stolen, the relationship between the people who lived on the slopes of Kilauea and Pele remained firm as ever; and the people continued to make sacrifices and prayers to her in the same way as their ancestors did centuries before them."

What do you get when you throw three murderers into one prison cell together? Well, when those characters happen to be based on the likenesses of celebrities Frank Vincent (Goodfellas, Raging Bull, The Sopranos), Marky Ramone (formerly of The Ramones) and Brea Grant (Heroes, Dexter), you can bet that the outcome will be anything but ordinary. From the creator of IDW’s hit series Crawl to Me (now in development to become a feature film), comes Alan Robert’s Killogy, an off-the-wall, genre-busting mash-up of crime, dark comedy, and horror.

Something Went Wrong? / Right! Real Studies of Leadership in Cross-Cultural Ministry consists of 37 brief stories that originate from the cross-cultural development and leadership work of linguistic experts Alan Robert Pence and his wife, Patricia. After each story, discussion sections feature leadership issues and relevant scriptures. This is a comprehensive training resource for those going into leadership in cross-cultural ministry and in other nonprofit organizations. Alan Robert Pence and his wife began training and service with Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL International in 1956. Following their arrival in Papua, New Guinea in 1959, they worked with the Kunimaipa (Gajili) Language Group as linguists and translators. In their five-year assignment, Alan learned to speak Kunimaipa, analyzed the grammar, compiled a dictionary, researched and got approval for an alphabet, and translated an abridged form of the book of Genesis. If you believe that experience is the best teacher, Al Pence's collection of real situations over many years is a 'must read' for anyone involved in or interested in international mission work. His ability to link real world situations to biblical references for guidance is outstanding. - Gerald Van Eeckhout, Retired Executive and Professor, University of Shanghai

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

When a wave of abductions plagues New York City, no one is safe. It's not a question of if, but of when you'll be taken. The Suicide King Killer is out there, preying on the weak. Will you live in fear, or stand up and fight? Pill-popping detectives, corrupt secret agents, and a mysterious, disfigured homeless man are all inter-connected in this horrific tale of revenge and redemption.

This book offers an illuminating and informed introduction to the central issues, ideas and perspectives in core fields such as metaphysics, epistemology, and logic.

Ce guide, désormais un grand classique, présente les minéraux, les roches et les fossiles du monde entier, en trois parties distinctes. Pour chacune d'elles, une introduction expose les caractéristiques physiques, chimiques et géologiques, ainsi que les traits d'identification caractéristiques (pour les minéraux et les roches : système cristallin, dureté, structure, texture, type de gisement... ; pour les fossiles : origine biologique, aspect, ancienneté...). 600 spécimens sont ensuite décrits dans le détail et illustrés de photographies couleurs, croquis et schémas qui permettent une identification sans erreur. Le Guide des minéraux, roches et fossiles indique également les lieux et techniques de récolte et de conservation des spécimens géologiques.

In the year 2000 the world struggles to recover from the devastation wrought by World War lll. Though fears of global destruction proved unfounded, deep battle scars were raked across the Earth as superhuman titans clashed with little regard for borders and, far too often, even less regard for merely human innocents. Now, survivors of both groups face the daunting task of rebuilding their lives, sustaining a tenuous truce with one another and suppressing tense flare-ups from within. Into this world is thrust Erik, a young man who finds himself neither prepared for nor worthy of the role of hero in a time and place so far removed from his home. His newfound super-strength is at best a curiosity to him, less important that his newfound love of comic books and movies, and his long-standing love of women. In a world filled with real heroes, he feels his occasional foiling of street crimes in New York is so minor as to be beneath notice. The World Intelligence Agency, however, feels differently. When Erik receives their offer of employment, he soon finds himself facing challenges for which he never prepared, in a world too long bereft of justice.

According to a reader's report, this is "one of the finest studies on (any kind of) Chinese music to emerge in recent years." Based on extensive fieldwork and a thorough knowledge of the scholarly literature, the author examines the theoretical underpinnings of the 'silk and bamboo' instrumental ensemble traditions of the Chaozhou, Hakka and Cantonese peoples of South China. Stepping back far into history, the book opens with a penetrating examination of Confucian theory, the ancient corpus of behavioral doctrine which promoted music as a means of achieving social harmony and which, together with Daoist belief, exercised unusually strong influence over common-practice music and aesthetics. This is followed by a rigorous analysis of the music itself, focusing upon linear and modal structures and performance styles which reflect a fascinating mix of ancient ideologies and more recent influences.

The Chinese instrumentarium is unquestionably the largest and most diverse of any civilization, ancient or modern. Inscriptions on tortoise shells and cow bones from more than 3000 years ago recorded various instruments including drums, stone chimes, and panpipes. In this volume, Alan R. Thrasher discusses the evolution of Chinese musical instruments, detailing their construction, regional variations, and role in musical accompaniment.

A reference guide for anyone interested in learning the tricks and tips of close-up photography. Constant provides practical "how-to" advice covering the many different areas of close-up photography. Heavily illustrated with diagrams, tables and over 200 beautiful color photos, the guide also includes mathematical formulas that have been simplified and explained with examples.