Bøger af Bob McLain

A DINO IN HER PIXIE DUSTIn this Disney College Program diary, New England girl Brittany DiCologero must make the best of a less-than-ideal role: running games and selling merchandise in Animal Kingdom's DinoLand. With screaming guests, a trainer from hell, and a shirtless, sweaty Pluto, this might be her extinction level event.The "Earning Your Ears" series chronicles the experiences of young people from around the country and around the world who leave home, often for the first time, to live and work in Walt Disney World or Disneyland for several months, or even longer.Each book in the "EARS" series makes you an honorary Cast Member as the author takes you behind Disney's pixie dust curtain to learn things the Mouse would prefer you didn't know, and what no guidebook will tell you, including how the theme parks operate from the inside out and what Disney employees do when they're not wishing you a magical day.Former Disney World Cast Member Brittany DiCologero shares: The ins and outs of Disney Merchandise, as taught by the world's most fanatical, ninja-like trainer, BillThe silly Disney rules for making sure no one is offended, including why there's no such thing as a "ball" at the DinoLand basketball gameThe ups and down of working in DinoLand, with appearances by screaming guests, clueless managers, and Make-A-Wish kidsThe most up-to-date advice for acing the Disney College Program application, selecting non-venomous roommates, and surviving Disney trainingIf you've ever wondered what it would be like not just to visit a Disney theme park but to work in one, the "Earning Your Ears" series is your E-ticket!

When You Dare to Be Different...In a heartless dystopian world where anyone who's different is rejected, a tribe of exiled rebels revolts against a prejudiced Big Brother. Rejex, the first of a book trilogy, is for anyone who has felt rejected or unloved, who has felt like an outsider, or been bullied, because you are not alone.On a hidden planet somewhere in the galaxy, there's a culture clash between a heartless high-tech society and a world full of ancient magick.Below environmentally ravaged Mainlandia, an underground city is ruled by hooded bullies and intolerant thinking. And, anyone who doesn't conform is labeled a "rejex" and cast out to the perilous island of Geto-mostly to be swept away and forgotten. But on that distant island, an uproarious game of Bonko is watched by a "rainbow" of happy outsiders, a riot of rejexes. One teen rebel, Aiya, dreams of escaping Geto and discovering why her people have been walled off from Mainlandia.Aiya's mother, Ma-Tu, was formerly an "adept" on Mainlandia, while Aiya's mentor Alkima, another rejex, is now schooled in alchemic arts and medicine. Freed from societal constraints and prejudice and using the powerful, natural forces of "magick," Aiya and her fellow outsiders are evolving into an irresistible force on Geto.When Aiya meets handsome Abana excelling at Bonko, they have an immediate attraction. So, he teaches her martial arts and her dream inspires him. Then when Alkima gets a cry for help from Mainlandia, they can't resist the call to leave their island home together and go down the rabbit hole to the underground city. But what awaits them is ripped from their worst nightmares. And what's more, something truly dark is coming, thirty days and counting...

Know, O Reader...In thousands of four-color panels for Marvel Comics, Roy Thomas told the tale of Robert E. Howard

Byline: MurderCordell Burgess is the writer Jack Mathis has been waiting for--a genius who crafts fiction of gripping intensity and powerful insights. But the young Chicago book editor doesn't even know Burgess's name. The mysterious author lives in a rural farmhouse far from the skyscrapers of the North Loop, mailing in his stories anonymously. When Jack decides to dig a little deeper, he doesn't like what he finds.Burgess is a serial killer. Committing brutal murders inspires him to write his extraordinary fiction. He feels that he has found a kindred spirit in Jack and puts in motion a series of events to lure his unsuspecting editor into a creative partnership, one from which Jack--and those closest to him--may not emerge alive. How far will Jack go in his desire to own the next Cordell Burgess story...and the next one...and the one after that...?"The most frightening novel I've read this year!"Chris Rickert / Rickert & Beagle Books

Please Feed the HoofengoofersOl' Mark Twain sure spun some mem'rble tales, and Walt Disney loved 'em all. Walt read everything from Twain he could get his hands on. This book ain't Twain, but it's the next best thing: a heap o' Ozark tales by a feller who writes jist like him.Walt Disney grew up in Missouri, where many of the stories in this book by acclaimed author and showman Alan Lance Andersen are set. Whether deep in the myth-laden Ozarks or down home in the folksy farms and villages of the heartland, Andersen's characters embody the American spirit, with its tall tales, rock-ribbed values, and dreams for a better life.From Frost Haints and Hoofengoofers to blacksmiths and outlaws, and even more fanciful Ozark denizens like feathered trolls and monstrous gowrows, these humorous tales, many told in dialect, will tickle your funny bone. Get a taste of the regional flavor that inspired Mark Twain and set loose the imagination of young Walt Disney.