Bøker av Hal Johnson

Nerdy, prudish Oscar Cox has bragged to one too many people about his fantasy life as international playboy and all around man of mystery-and now his T.A. union wants to hire him to assassinate some sap of an undergrad. If that's not bad enough, perhaps the T.A. union is operating under the command of sinister shadowy forces from three thousand years ago. How are you going to math your way out of this one, Oscar?A Pynchonian comedy, a paranoid thriller, a northeastern Confederacy of Dunces-this book is also both a collection of penis jokes the only accurate surviving record of what life was like in New York City in 2003.

Congratulations on your acceptance to the Apprentice Academy, one of the world's finest institutions for knightly education. Your course of study here will prepare you for a career as a knight, samurai, Viking, or really any type of sword-swinging warrior. Swinging a sword is inherently dangerous, but this guide will help you complete your education while minimizing the twin risks of 1. getting maimed and 2. working too hard.Learn how to:. Fight people!. Fight dragons!. Fight monsters!. Fight everything else!. Die honorably!. And more!Please follow all instructions carefully. If you go off on your own and try something silly, and then get your head chopped off of your body bitten in two, don't start drafting a letter of complaint. You had fair warning.

Literature is extra fun when it's spooky! This illustrated compendium of 25 of the spookiest and most nefarious monsters from classic literature - from Dracula to the Jabberwocky - includes a playful retelling of each monster's story accompanied by full-colour illustration and sidebars about its literary origins, including authorship and genre. For ages 8-12.