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Along Heroic Lines

by Christopher Ricks ...

A selection of new and revised essays from eminent scholar and critic Professor Christopher Ricks. Christopher Ricks brings together new as well as substantially augmented critical essays across a wide range. Several derive from his term as the Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford, when his inaugural lecture engaged with the illuminatingly puzzled relations between poetry and prose. ... Read more

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A selection of new and revised essays from eminent scholar and critic Professor Christopher Ricks. Christopher Ricks brings together new as well as substantially augmented critical essays across a wide range. Several derive from his term as the Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford, when his inaugural lecture engaged with the illuminatingly puzzled relations between poetry and prose.
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Sins of the Past

A Bill of the Dead / False Icons Crossover

by Rick Gualtieri, R. E. Carr ...

Narrated by Andrea Emmes, Christopher John Fetherolf ...

Unabridged

6 hours 21 min

BURYING THE PAST IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE.Ed Vesser feels trapped by his life - literally. He’s being held prisoner by a would-be world conqueror. All he wants is to escape back to hisfiancé, assuming she doesn’t dump his ass when she finds out he’s a vampire.Serena Taylor’s a witch with a knack for technomancy - using her magic to help deliver unreal profit margins. Too bad she’ll need to put in ... Read more

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BURYING THE PAST IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE.Ed Vesser feels trapped by his life - literally. He’s being held prisoner by a would-be world conqueror. All he wants is to escape back to hisfiancé, assuming she doesn’t dump his ass when she finds out he’s a vampire.Serena Taylor’s a witch with a knack for technomancy - using her magic to help deliver unreal profit margins. Too bad she’ll need to put in
... Read more
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Tome of Bill Series, The - Volume 1

Books 1 - 4

by Rick Gualtieri ...

Narrated by Christopher John Fetherolf ...

Series Audiobook box set - The Tome of Bill
Unabridged

33 hours 33 min

IT’S HARD TO LIVE FOREVER WHEN EVERYONE WANTS YOU DEAD.Get ready to die laughing with the first FOUR novels of the hilarious Tome of Bill series – over 30 hours of epic horror comedy that will leave you gasping for more.Gamer, geek, and vampire - Bill Ryder was a normal guy. Now he's trying to survive in a world of abnormal horrors. Despite awesome powers, surprising friends, and a Brooklyn-sized ... Read more

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IT’S HARD TO LIVE FOREVER WHEN EVERYONE WANTS YOU DEAD.Get ready to die laughing with the first FOUR novels of the hilarious Tome of Bill series – over 30 hours of epic horror comedy that will leave you gasping for more.Gamer, geek, and vampire - Bill Ryder was a normal guy. Now he's trying to survive in a world of abnormal horrors. Despite awesome powers, surprising friends, and a Brooklyn-sized
... Read more
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Goddamned Freaky Monsters

A Vampire Comedy Nightmare

by Rick Gualtieri ...

Narrated by Christophe John Fetherolf ...

Series Audiobook 5 - The Tome of Bill
Unabridged

9 hours 58 min

THERE ARE REASONS WE FEAR THE NIGHT. NOW HE’S TRYING TO STOP THEM.My name’s Bill Ryder and three months ago I was utterly consumed by the evil within me. Now I’m back, having awakened halfway across the globe, buck-ass nude and with no clue as to how I got here. The only thing I’m certain of is my captors don’t care how much blood they spill so long as they recruit me to their insane cause.Escape ... Read more

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THERE ARE REASONS WE FEAR THE NIGHT. NOW HE’S TRYING TO STOP THEM.My name’s Bill Ryder and three months ago I was utterly consumed by the evil within me. Now I’m back, having awakened halfway across the globe, buck-ass nude and with no clue as to how I got here. The only thing I’m certain of is my captors don’t care how much blood they spill so long as they recruit me to their insane cause.Escape
... Read more
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The Mourning Woods

A Vampire Comedy Bloodbath

by Rick Gualtieri ...

Narrated by Christopher John Fetherolf ...

Series Audiobook 3 - The Tome of Bill
Unabridged

9 hours 11 min

THREE WORDS: VAMPIRES VERSUS SASQUATCH.My name’s Bill Ryder and, despite being undead, I program games for a living. That means I’m mostly content to stay at home, do my job, and not go on stupid-ass adventures.Or at least that was the case.Now, a war is brewing between ancient enemies from the dawn of time. If it can’t be stopped, the veil will be lifted and all of humanity’s darkest nightmares ... Read more

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THREE WORDS: VAMPIRES VERSUS SASQUATCH.My name’s Bill Ryder and, despite being undead, I program games for a living. That means I’m mostly content to stay at home, do my job, and not go on stupid-ass adventures.Or at least that was the case.Now, a war is brewing between ancient enemies from the dawn of time. If it can’t be stopped, the veil will be lifted and all of humanity’s darkest nightmares
... Read more
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Half A Prayer

A Vampire Comedy Misadventure

by Rick Gualtieri ...

Narrated by Christopher John Fetherolf ...

Series Audiobook 6 - The Tome of Bill
Unabridged

12 hours 15 min

TERROR LURKS BELOW AND IT’S ABOUT TO SURFACE.My name is Bill Ryder. With Armageddon rapidly approaching you’d think I’d have my priorities straight, but you’d be wrong. Sidelined from action and with too much time on my hands, I’m stuck obsessing about the ladies in my life, lethal as most of them might be. Too bad it’s a distraction I can ill afford.An unstoppable terror from the dawn of time has ... Read more

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TERROR LURKS BELOW AND IT’S ABOUT TO SURFACE.My name is Bill Ryder. With Armageddon rapidly approaching you’d think I’d have my priorities straight, but you’d be wrong. Sidelined from action and with too much time on my hands, I’m stuck obsessing about the ladies in my life, lethal as most of them might be. Too bad it’s a distraction I can ill afford.An unstoppable terror from the dawn of time has
... Read more
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne, Sir Christopher Ricks ...

'L-d! said my mother, what is all this story about? - A COCK and a BULL, said Yorick - And one of the best of its kind, I ever heard'Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it, with a rich metafictional narrative that might classify it as the first 'postmodern' novel. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative ... Read more

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'L-d! said my mother, what is all this story about? - A COCK and a BULL, said Yorick - And one of the best of its kind, I ever heard'Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it, with a rich metafictional narrative that might classify it as the first 'postmodern' novel. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative
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Holier Than Thou

A Vampire Comedy Calamity

by Rick Gualtieri ...

Narrated by Christopher John Fetherolf ...

Series Audiobook 4 - The Tome of Bill
Unabridged

9 hours 13 min

THERE ARE REASONS THE UNDEAD FEAR THE NIGHT.My name’s Bill Ryder and my cold dead heart is all aflutter, metaphorically speaking anyway. See, the girl I want is deadly to me. But the girl who wants me is deadly to everyone else. I’m trapped in a lethal love triangle and it’s about to get worse.On the eve of war, The Icon – prophesized slayer of the vampire race – has appeared. Panic is about to ... Read more

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THERE ARE REASONS THE UNDEAD FEAR THE NIGHT.My name’s Bill Ryder and my cold dead heart is all aflutter, metaphorically speaking anyway. See, the girl I want is deadly to me. But the girl who wants me is deadly to everyone else. I’m trapped in a lethal love triangle and it’s about to get worse.On the eve of war, The Icon – prophesized slayer of the vampire race – has appeared. Panic is about to
... Read more
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The Last Coven

A Vampire Comedy Epic Finale

by Rick Gualtieri ...

Narrated by Christopher John Fetherolf ...

Series Audiobook 8 - The Tome of Bill
Unabridged

18 hours 41 min

THERE ARE REASONS WE FEAR THE NIGHT. HE MIGHT FINALLY BE ONE OF THEM.My name’s Bill Ryder and I’m in way over my head. My problems include an egomaniacal goddess, a supernatural war against the Sasquatch clans, and an end-of-the-world prophecy I’m expected to fulfill. That’s a lot of crap to heap on anyone’s plate, much less an undead programmer from Brooklyn.Sadly, Armageddon isn’t about to give ... Read more

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THERE ARE REASONS WE FEAR THE NIGHT. HE MIGHT FINALLY BE ONE OF THEM.My name’s Bill Ryder and I’m in way over my head. My problems include an egomaniacal goddess, a supernatural war against the Sasquatch clans, and an end-of-the-world prophecy I’m expected to fulfill. That’s a lot of crap to heap on anyone’s plate, much less an undead programmer from Brooklyn.Sadly, Armageddon isn’t about to give
... Read more
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The Wicked Dead

A Vampire Comedy Cataclysm

by Rick Gualtieri ...

Narrated by Christopher John Fetherolf ...

Series Audiobook 7 - The Tome of Bill
Unabridged

15 hours 3 min

THERE ARE REASONS WE FEAR THE NIGHT. NOW HE MUST BECOME ONE OF THEM.My name’s Bill Ryder and I’m told I have an important destiny. I just didn’t expect it to involve an amnesiac bloodsucker, my old D&D group, and a pregnant witch. Whatever the case, it’s finally time for me to accept the prophecy hanging over my head – stupid as it might be.Ordered to storm the vampire stronghold in Boston, I’ll ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

THERE ARE REASONS WE FEAR THE NIGHT. NOW HE MUST BECOME ONE OF THEM.My name’s Bill Ryder and I’m told I have an important destiny. I just didn’t expect it to involve an amnesiac bloodsucker, my old D&D group, and a pregnant witch. Whatever the case, it’s finally time for me to accept the prophecy hanging over my head – stupid as it might be.Ordered to storm the vampire stronghold in Boston, I’ll
... Read more
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Bill The Vampire

A Comedy of Undead Proportions

by Rick Gualtieri ...

Narrated by Christopher John Fetherolf ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Tome of Bill
Unabridged

7 hours 40 min

THERE ARE REASONS WE FEAR THE NIGHT. HE’S NOT ONE OF THEM.My name’s Bill and I have no life, but not because I enjoy video games or D&D. I literally have no heartbeat thanks to the night I met Sally. She was too good to be true, a woman worth dying for. So, I did.Problem is, I didn’t stay dead.Now I’m a vampire, surrounded by undead freaks who are stronger and faster than me – not to mention ... Read more

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THERE ARE REASONS WE FEAR THE NIGHT. HE’S NOT ONE OF THEM.My name’s Bill and I have no life, but not because I enjoy video games or D&D. I literally have no heartbeat thanks to the night I met Sally. She was too good to be true, a woman worth dying for. So, I did.Problem is, I didn’t stay dead.Now I’m a vampire, surrounded by undead freaks who are stronger and faster than me – not to mention
... Read more
True Friendship

Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell Under the Sign of Eliot and Pound

by Christopher Ricks ...

Series series The Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities Series
"[From a] critic of unrivaled authority . . .[E]ssays on three late-twentieth-century poets. . . .[and] their literary debts to T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound." — Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of BooksTrue Friendship looks closely at three outstanding poets of the past half-century—Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell—through the lens of their relation to their two predecessors in ... Read more

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"[From a] critic of unrivaled authority . . .[E]ssays on three late-twentieth-century poets. . . .[and] their literary debts to T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound." — Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of BooksTrue Friendship looks closely at three outstanding poets of the past half-century—Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell—through the lens of their relation to their two predecessors in
... Read more

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