Most Popular Books by Tony Lee

After a decade of successful films that included Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock produced Marnie, an apparent artistic failure and an unquestionable commercial disappointment. Over the decades, however, the film’s reputation has undergone a reevaluation, and both critics and fans alike have come to appreciate Marnie’s many qualities. In Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie, Tony Lee Moral investigates the cultural and political factors governing the 1964 film’s production, the causes of its critical and commercial failure, and Marnie’s relevance for today’s artists and filmmakers. Hitchcock’s style, motivation, and fears regarding the film are well-documented in this examination of one of his most undervalued efforts. Moral uses extensive research, including personal interviews with Tippi Hedren and Psycho screenwriter Joseph Stefano—as well as unpublished excerpts from interviews with Hitchcock himself—to delve into the issues surrounding the film’s production and release. This revised edition features four new chapters that provide even more fascinating insights into the film’s production and Hitchcock’s working methods. Biographies of Winston Graham—the author of the novel on which the film is based—and screenwriter Jay Presson Allen provide clues into how they brought a feminist viewpoint to Marnie. Additional material addresses Hitchcock’s unrealized project Mary Rose and his efforts to bring it to the screen, the director’s visual style and subjective approach to Marnie, and an exploration of the “real” Alfred Hitchcock. The book also addresses criticisms of the director following the HBO television movie The Girl, which depicted the filming of Marnie. With newly obtained access to the Hitchcock Collection Production Archives at the Margaret Herrick Library, the files of Jay and Lewis Allen, and the memoirs of Winston Graham—as well as interviews in 2012 with the Hitchcock crew—this new edition of Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie provides an invaluable look behind the scenes of a film that has finally been recognized for its influence and vision. It contains more than thirty photos, including a storyboard sequence for the film.

When it comes to the defensive use of firearms, the skill of not being shot is at least as important as the skill of shooting. Moving to cover and shooting from cover should be a constant part of Handgun drilling, but unfortunately, most exercises don't emphasize this aspect of defense. In a perfect world, the first shots a beginner fires would be from behind cover. Seeking cover while drawing or firing should be an instinct you are training yourself every time you handle a gun, and if you stand out in the open when shooting drills, you are training yourself to stand out In the open when returning fire, an immobile and easy target, as is very often observed in law enforcement shootings. The antidote is to shoot from cover, from the very outset, and keep it a constant part of your training. As law enforcement training shifts to this paradigm, they observe that officers who come up for qualification are uneasy firing in the open--they instinctively prefer to shoot from Behind cover when it is available. There is very little use of cover in these drills, which is why I mention it here. They can, however, be adapted. It is up to you to give yourself the kind of training you want to have.

Published to coincide with the film's 50th anniversary in 2013, the first book-length treatment on the production of this modernist masterpiece Featuring new interviews with stars Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, and Veronica Cartwright, as well as sketches and storyboards from Hitchcock's A-list technical team, Robert Boyle, Albert Whitlock, and Harold Michelson, the book charts every aspect of the film's production all set against the tumultuous backdrop of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis and JFK's presidency. Using unpublished material from the Alfred Hitchcock Collection, Evan Hunter's files, Peggy Robertson's papers, and Robert Boyle's artwork, this is the ultimate guide to Hitchcock's most ambitious film. This book analyzes the film's modernist underpinnings, from art director Robert Boyle's initial sketches influenced by Munch's The Scream, to the groundbreaking electronic score by pioneering German composers Remi Gassmann and Oskar Sala. There is also a time line detailing the film's production to its release at MOMA in New York, and the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.

What If the Feelings You Absorb Aren’t Yours—But Messages from a Hidden Power Within You? You walk into a room and instantly feel the energy shift. A stranger’s sadness weighs on your heart. A sudden insight flashes before something happens. These moments aren’t coincidences—they’re signs of a gift waiting to be awakened. This 2-in-1 transformative guide to sensitivity and spiritual awakening shows you how to turn your empathy and intuition into sources of strength, clarity, and purpose. Whether you’re an empath, intuitive, or simply feel deeply, this book will teach you to protect your energy, trust your perceptions, and unlock your innate psychic abilities with confidence. Inside, you’ll discover how to: ✓ Recognize and manage empath overload, freeing yourself from emotional and energetic exhaustion ✓ Set powerful boundaries with compassion, breaking the cycle of people-pleasing and energy drain ✓ Develop clairvoyance, clairaudience, and clairsentience, decoding the intuitive “languages” of images, sounds, and sensations ✓ Interpret auras and chakras, gaining insight into emotional and spiritual energy patterns ✓ Strengthen intuition and telepathy, blending ancient practices with modern techniques ✓ Heal emotional wounds through shadow work, releasing inner barriers to growth ✓ Design a sustainable spiritual routine, combining grounding, protection, and expansion rituals Filled with guided exercises, journaling prompts, and practical rituals, this book bridges timeless wisdom with modern insight. You’ll learn not only to protect your energy—but to expand it, channel it, and live from it with clarity and peace. Imagine waking each day grounded in your own energy, unshaken by others’ emotions, and deeply connected to your intuition. Imagine using your sensitivity as a superpower—to heal, guide, and create a life of balance and light. Your awakening begins the moment you open this book. Step onto the path of energetic mastery and become the powerful empath and intuitive you were always meant to be.

Sports are unpredictable. They?re wacky. They can be totally off-the-wall! This title highlights some of the most memorable tales and traditions from sports history and is brought to life with exciting detail. Informative sidebars offer even more stories. You can also find a glossary, additional resources, and more! This title is a must-read for any sports fan. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Clemson Tigers is a beginner's history of the Clemson University football team. Beginning with the program's early years, readers will experience the team's highest and lowest moments and meet the key players and legendary coaches who made it happen. Short biographies, fun facts, informative sidebars, and revealing quotes and anecdotes combine with action-packed photographs to enhance the Tigers' story, allowing your readers Inside College Football! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

When soul Reaper Lucas encounters Faith Jones, the reincarnation of his murdered wife Elizabeth, he rebels against his master Death, and embarks upon an adventure to uncover the truth of where the souls that he has collected really went. That is, if Lucas can survive the forces that the vengeful Death will throw at him.

🌀 See Beyond the Visible. Hear Beyond the Spoken. Feel Beyond the Known. 🌟 What if reality isn’t limited to what your eyes can see or your ears can hear? What if every moment carries hidden layers of energy, meaning, and truth—whispering just beneath the surface of ordinary perception? You’ve sensed it before—the instant connection with someone you just met, the chill before something unexpected happens, the sudden clarity that guides you when logic falls silent. These aren’t coincidences—they’re messages from your deeper awareness, waiting for you to notice. If you felt inspired by “The Intuitive Way” by Penney Peirce, “You Are Psychic!” by Pete A. Sanders Jr., or “Psychic Witch” by Mat Auryn, Psychic Abilities by Tony Lee will be your next essential guide. For centuries, mystics and visionaries have walked between worlds, reading the language of energy and intuition. Now, it’s your turn to remember what they always knew: that psychic perception isn’t a gift for the chosen few—it’s a birthright for all who dare to awaken it. Psychic Abilities is your roadmap to awakening your inner senses and expanding your consciousness. Through intuitive training, guided exercises, and powerful spiritual practices, you’ll learn to recognize, trust, and refine the gifts already within you. With each chapter, you’ll gain the tools to: ✅ Sharpen your intuition and rely on it as your inner compass. ✅ Activate clairvoyance, clairaudience, and clairsentience, decoding the subtle languages of energy, images, sounds, and sensations. ✅ Develop telepathy and energetic communication, forming deeper connections beyond words. ✅ Read auras and chakras to reveal insights for healing and self-understanding. ✅ Use shadow work and shamanic practices to clear energetic blocks and awaken higher awareness. ✅ Protect your energy with grounding, cleansing, and psychic shielding techniques. Packed with journaling prompts, spiritual tools, and practical applications, this book bridges ancient wisdom with modern understanding, helping you explore your potential safely, confidently, and with purpose. Imagine trusting your inner guidance so deeply that doubt fades away. Imagine living with heightened awareness, emotional balance, and unshakable confidence in your intuition. Answer the call of your intuition and open the doorway to the unseen. Psychic Abilities will guide you through the sacred process of remembering what your soul has always known—how to see beyond illusion, trust your inner vision, and awaken the limitless awareness within. psychic abilities, intuition development, psychic awakening, unlock intuition, clairvoyance, third eye awakening, spiritual awakening, awakening spiritual senses, chakra healing, aura reading, spirit guides, spiritual development

The first graphical ‘sequel’ to Dracula ever to be endorsed by a member of the Stoker family! Six months after Dracula dies, A ghostly vision informs the Harkers that their work is not yet done – and the Count’s last surviving bride returns to London to gain revenge – and use Mina’s unborn baby as a new host for Dracula! Featuring introductions from Dacre Stoker, Ian Holt and Leslie S. Klinger, this story includes every major character from the original – alive AND dead!

🔓 If You’ve Ever Felt Trapped in Pleasing Everyone Else, This Is Your Invitation to Finally Choose Yourself. 🕊️ Do you feel responsible for everyone’s happiness but your own? Do you struggle to say no, fear rejection when setting boundaries, or find yourself drained by one-sided relationships that never seem to change? These aren’t personal failings—they’re signs of codependency, a learned cycle of over-giving and self-neglect that slowly steals your confidence and peace. Codependency is your compassionate, practical guide to breaking free from those patterns and rediscovering the self you’ve been taught to silence. With warmth, insight, and step-by-step tools, this book helps you release guilt, rebuild self-worth, and create a life where your needs matter as much as everyone else’s. Inside, you’ll learn how to: ✅ Recognize the hidden signs of codependency in your romantic, family, and work relationships ✅ Understand the roots of toxic attachment, including early emotional conditioning and unmet needs ✅ Protect yourself from narcissists and manipulators, and stop giving away your power ✅ Rebuild authentic self-worth, turning self-criticism into confidence and compassion ✅ Set healthy, guilt-free boundaries, learning to say no with strength and clarity ✅ Let go of control and people-pleasing, choosing truth over approval ✅ Communicate with courage and honesty, building balanced, respectful connections ✅ Create lasting emotional freedom, where love no longer requires self-sacrifice Every chapter of Codependency is designed to help you stop disappearing in others’ stories and start living as the author of your own. You’ll uncover the deeper beliefs that fuel over-giving—and learn exactly how to replace them with self-trust, confidence, and calm independence. Imagine loving freely without losing yourself. Imagine protecting your peace without guilt. Imagine finally knowing that you are enough, without needing to earn it. This book is your roadmap back to yourself. If you’re ready to stop over-giving and start truly living, let Codependency guide you step by step toward the freedom, balance, and self-respect you deserve.

Gang leader Otis is dating super-smart Desire. Her love is the only thing keeping him in school. But Iggy, Otis's gang rival, wants him gone. And he knows just what to do. As Iggy weaves a web of lies and betrayal, it's soon clear that this story can only end in heartbreak. Dark Reads are very short novels of just 600 words, written specifically to appeal to struggling teenage readers with a very low reading age of 6-7. Each story has the perfect combination of accessible language and interesting, age-appropriate content.Every title has the look and feel of a real book with a contents page, information about the author and illustrator, story facts and dynamic two-tone illustrations. Dark Reads I draws on supernatural classics and famous monsters, and Dark Reads II presents a modern and relatable 'way in' to the plays of Shakespeare.These bite-sized books are perfect for encouraging those normally daunted by the prospect of reading.

🔍 They Made You Doubt Your Reality. Now It’s Time to Take It Back. 🔥 Do you ever feel like you’re losing yourself, giving too much, apologizing too often, or questioning your own memory of events? Maybe you’ve been told you’re “too emotional” or “imagining things.” Or perhaps you’ve noticed that no matter how hard you try, love always comes with conditions, control, or quiet cruelty. If Codependent No More by Melody Beattie, The Gaslight Effect by Robin Stern, or Psychopath Free by Jackson MacKenzie resonated with you, Toxic Relationship Recovery by Tony Lee will be your next essential read. These aren’t coincidences. They’re deliberate patterns of manipulation - codependency, narcissistic abuse, and gaslighting that slowly dismantle your confidence, your boundaries, and your sense of self. This powerful book unites three complete works - Codependency, Narcissist, and Gaslighting into one transformative guide. Together, they expose the hidden mechanics of toxic relationships and show you exactly how to break free, rebuild your strength, and reclaim your life. You’ll learn to rebuild, reclaim, and rise: ✅ Identify the roots of codependency and stop people-pleasing without guilt ✅ Spot narcissistic red flags early, from love-bombing to silent treatments ✅ See through gaslighting tactics and trust your perceptions again ✅ Break trauma bonds that keep you emotionally tied to toxic people ✅ Set unshakable boundaries that protect your peace and self-worth ✅ Heal deep emotional wounds through mindfulness, journaling, and self-compassion ✅ Reclaim your independence and confidence, learning to thrive without validation With practical tools, guided reflections, and lived experiences, this all-in-one resource turns healing from a vague idea into a clear, actionable path—helping you replace self-doubt with confidence and exhaustion with empowerment. Imagine standing in your truth, no longer manipulated or second-guessed. Imagine relationships built on respect and authenticity, not control. Imagine waking each day with peace, confidence, and emotional freedom—knowing your life is truly your own again. If you’re ready to stop questioning your worth and start trusting yourself, this book is your roadmap. Rebuild your boundaries. Reclaim your power. Rewrite your story, starting now. Toxic relationship recovery, Narcissistic abuse, Codependency recovery, Emotional abuse, Trauma bonding, Psychological abuse, Narcissistic partner, Covert narcissist, Emotional manipulation, No contact method, Healing after abuse, Restore self worth, Gaslighting.

Retells, in graphic novel form, the tale of Arthur Pendragon who, raised in obscurity, draws a legendary sword from a stone and begins the life he was born to lead, guided by the elusive wizard Merlin.

The Borg strike an alliance with the Cybermen putting the entire universe in jeopardy, unless the crew of the Enterprise and Dr. Who and his companions can find a way to stop them.

From New York Times-bestselling writer Tony Lee and illustrator Yishan Li (Batwoman Annual #2, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D, 1956) comes the first volume in a stunning fantasy trilogy. A thousand years ago, a mighty battle raged between two of the greatest sorcerers: Brother Havoc and Sister Fortune. In the end Brother Havoc won, shattering his rival into a thousand shards. Now, a millennia later, teenager Carrie Taylor not only learns that she is one of these shards, but that each shard created an alternate universe, with multiple versions of her out there—and a great evil is bent on destroying them all. Carrie must team with a handful of “alternate” Carries from across the universes to fulfill a prophecy that will bring Sister Fortune back from limbo to defeat this evil, but the more Carrie travels from broken universe to broken universe, she realizes she might not be working for the “good guys”—nor, perhaps, is she one of these shards after all. If that is indeed the case, then who is she?

A one-of-a-kind historical document and celebration of the artwork behind several of the Master of Suspense’s greatest films. This stunning coffee table book focuses on the storyboards for nine of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movies – Vertigo, The Birds, Psycho, North by Northwest, The 39 Steps, Torn Curtain, Marnie, Shadow of a Doubt and Spellbound. It includes never before-published images and incisive text putting the material in context and examining the role the pieces played in some of the most unforgettable scenes in cinema. Hitchcock author and aficionado Tony Lee Moral provides a fascinating and illuminating insight into the directorial mind of the Master of Suspense.

Trina was the queen of Rosedale High, and if she didn't like you, your life was hell. Dark Reads are very short novels of just 600 words, written specifically to appeal to struggling teenage readers with a very low reading age of 6-7. Each story has the perfect combination of accessible language and interesting, age-appropriate content.Every title has the look and feel of a real book with a contents page, information about the author and illustrator, story facts and dynamic two-tone illustrations. Dark Reads I draws on supernatural classics and famous monsters, and Dark Reads II presents a modern and relatable 'way in' to the plays of Shakespeare.These bite-sized books are perfect for encouraging those normally daunted by the prospect of reading.