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'Jim Sharman is one of Australia's visionary greats: low-brow, high-brow, pop yet classical, fearless and fun.' Baz Luhrmann Blood and Tinsel is a stunning self-portrait-lyrical, wry, smart and uncompromising-of one of the most daring Australian directors. Jim has perched ringside at the carnival of his own times and it's a hot ticket! 'The Sharman/Shaman/Showman firmament twinkles with galaxies as diverse as Rocky Horror, Hair, discovering Kubrick, Lou Reed, Weimar cabaret. He made Australian creativity hip and original and international when it really mattered.' Geoffrey Rush In Blood and Tinsel, Jim Sharman takes us on an epic personal journey from his colourful childhood in his father's boxing troupe to Tokyo, London, Berlin and Sydney via the international successes of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar. Whether recounting conversations with Lou Reed, giving us the inside story about Rocky Horror or describing a fateful meeting with Patrick White, Jim Sharman casts a brilliant story of the people and events that have shaped the times. Blood and Tinsel ranges from the rough and ready world of outback Australia in the fifties, where boxers and panto dames shared the stage, to the cultural explosions in which Sharman played a part. Blood and Tinsel is a remarkable story about Australia. It is also a moving tribute to a family legendary in the entertainment stakes.

Visions of sugarplums can’t fix this one. It’ll take a whole lot of Dragon Magic, sprinkled with fairy dust and tied together with yards of tinsel and garland. It’s over the river, through the woods, and straight to Christmas hell for Chance Nichols. His twin has taken off on a mission to the Frozen North, and most of the other Guardsmen are cuddled up with their mates, so it’s up to Chance to decorate the Lair before the snow begins to fall. One trip to town for decorations and Happy Holidays has turned into Scary Grinchmas. According to the latest report, the North Pole is completely shut down. The elves have revolted, the reindeer have flown the coop, and Mrs. Claus is on strike – talk about up the proverbial tree without an extension cord. Grab your eggnog and a bowl of figgy pudding cause the Gingerbread Man has made a house call, and Fate is on the way. Never fear. If all else fails, we’ll be tangled in tinsel and singing Jingle Bells. There’s no better way to spend your holidays.

Recall the experience of gathering in a festively decorated church sanctuary with a lighted candle in your hand, the sanctuary aglow in candlelight, singing the beloved Christmas hymn, “Silent Night, Holy Night.” These short stories, originally presented by the author during church candlelight services, are intended to elicit the thoughts and emotions that are unique to Christmas Eve. While the stories are the product of the author’s imagination, the author strives to be faithful to the story of Jesus’ birth and its meaning as found in Scripture. This book is designed to be used for personal enjoyment, devotional reading, presentation at a worship service, and group study.

A Christmas story that packs a punch... It's Shelby Yule's job to make sure the office Christmas party is a success. That means no dodgy Kris Kringle presents, no one gets too sloshed, and there are definitely no dance floor injuries. Never did she think she'd have to worry about the shy new guy, her inappropriate crush, starting a fight. Adam Tide can't help it if his job as the lead coder means he has a better relationship with his project management software than his human colleagues, but that doesn't mean he's unaware of Felix, head of HR, and the way he treats Shelby. Adam has suffered a whole twelve months of Felix being a dick and after one over–warm beer he just can't take it anymore. Decking Felix lands Adam in the Emergency Room, and likely the unemployment line, but since Shelby's New Year's resolution is to go after what she wants most, there's still a chance this season will be jolly.

FROM EXCITING ROMANCE AUTHOR AURELIA T. EVANS Book three in the Meridian series He has turned her into the humblest of slaves, eager to satisfy his every command and serve his bloodthirsty appetite— as well as a few unusual appetites of her own. When Katelyn Dillon's attempt to save her friends fails, she's instead swept up into the world of the vampires who killed them— not as a vampire herself but as their familiar. Jude uses her shamelessly by compelling her to find him and his coven more victims, capitalizing on her ability to intuit who people really are. And in the meantime, her unwanted appetite twists into something dark and strange— craving life in all its mean forms, from Jude's human victims to the rats in the walls and the spiders skittering across the floor. she's powerless, enslaved, cursed and completely at the mercy of a man who thinks he spoils her rotten, even while trapping her between worlds and molding her in his own image. His refusal to change her into a vampire leaves Katelyn conflicted on multiple fronts— desperate to feed on more of his blood, desperate for him to feed on her, desperate for him to set her free and desperate for him to never let her go.

Murder comes in all shapes and sizes. It also comes at inconvenient times. Christmas, for example. This anthology has all the classic motives: blackmail, revenge, lust, greed, anger… Murder by meat-hook, piano-wire, scarf, knife, hammer, golf-club, bullet, syringe … It’s all here, at your elbow. And there’s more! Humour, intrigue, suspense…