She tried to take the easy way out. But life after death is killer… Jasmine Shaw believed being dead would solve all her problems. But instead of reconnecting with her deceased twin brother, she wakes up in a grim desert afterlife where zombies want to munch on her brains. And no sooner does she escape that fate than she’s pursued by an indestructible psycho samurai. Harried and terrified, Jasmine teams up with an Eighties glam-rocker wannabe to navigate the unforgiving landscape and her master her emerging powers. But with a horde of flesh-eaters and the katana-wielding nutjob hot on their heels, all roads seem to lead to ruin. Will Jasmine find her sibling at the passage to Heaven, or will she be skewered by a warrior’s blade? Badlands Born is the first book in the gritty post-apocalyptic Badlands Born fantasy series. If you're a fan of The Gunslinger, World War Z and Mad Max, you've found your next read. If you like complex heroines, gruesome ghouls, and Eighties Easter eggs, you’ll flip for this page-turner. Buy Badlands Born to not die again today! Keywords: Adventure, Post-Apocalyptic, Afterlife, Dark Fantasy, magic, survival, monsters, zombies, Max Brooks, Neil Gaiman, spellbinding, magic, journey, road trip, undead hell, cannibal maniac, free, free first in series, free fantasy, action-packed, magic power, rock and roll, rock n' roll, metaphysical, portal fantasy, Badlands Cursed, Enter the Samurai

According to the doctrine of original sin, all humans are born bad and only God’s grace can bring salvation. James Boyce shows how these ideas have shaped the Western view of human nature, and how the belief that we are all innately sinful retains a firm grip on Western consciousness and culture – even in the writings of avowed atheists such as Marx and Freud. Born Bad traces a fascinating journey from Adam and Eve all the way to Adam Smith and Richard Dawkins in this sweeping story of a controversial idea and its remarkable influence.

Charlie Starkweather - Natural Born Killer In 1957 garbageman Charlie Starkweather embarked upon a killing spree which shocked America. Modelling himself on James Dean, Starkweather took teen rebellion to its logical and bloody conclusion, killing first Caril's, his jailbait sweetheart's disapproving father and then a succession of other innocent victims before being apprehended and executed in the electric chair.

Once a victim, now a survivor... Jasmine continues the search for her missing brother, armed with his dark secret and her own emerging powers. When she gets caught in a civil war, she will have to choose sides. Determined to fix the afterlife, she undertakes a daring journey to find her twin. Pursued by those that would possess her and put her in her brother’s chains, she finds herself fighting deadlier enemies from both without and within. If she’s caught by either, she’ll be stuck in Hell forever. The Badlands gave Jasmine has the power to heal, but will its curse destroy her? Badlands Cursed is the second book in the Badlands Born series. If you like page-tuning action and rich fantasy with a rock n’ roll vibe, this is the book for you. Buy Badlands Cursed and continue the adventure! Keywords: Adventure, Post-Apocalyptic, Afterlife, Dark Fantasy, magic, survival, monsters, zombies, Max Brooks, Neil Gaiman, spellbinding, magic, journey, road trip, undead hell, cannibal maniac, free, free first in series, free fantasy, action-packed, magic power, rock and roll, rock n' roll, metaphysical, portal fantasy, Enter the Samurai, Badlands Born, Mad Max, World War Z, The Gunslinger

Find out how legendary musician Bruce Springsteen earned his monicker. There's only one Boss; his story is revealed here.Bruce Springsteen is a platinum-shifting, stadium-filling rock star, but he is also more nuanced than that. He is a man of the people, making conventional-and-proud-of-it rock music aimed at the American working class.A supreme songwriter, Springsteen is a rock 'n' roll legend, and this lavishly illustrated book is an examination of his life and music. A comprehensive overview of a fascinating and unique artist, Boss: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - The Illustrated History is a tribute to Springsteen's body of work, from the rock anthem Born to Run to his sepia-toned analysis of working-class misery, The River. There's Springsteen's gnarly, Bonnie and Clyde-style tableaux Atlantic City, as well as his debunking of guys' yearnings for youthful Glory Days. Throughout it all, Springsteen has demonstrated that he knows how to create a classic track. Find out once and for all why his nickname is The Boss.

"A gazetteer of American noir."- Daily Telegraph In the summer of 1989 John Williams donned a baseball cap and took off for the States to search out the mythical America of modern crime fiction-to find James Ellroy's Los Angeles, Elmore Leonard's sleazy South Beach of Miami, Sara Paretsky's Chicago, and many others on a tour of the American underbelly. The result was Into the Badlands, a riveting collection of interviews. In 2005 Williams returned to discover that much had changed in the intervening years, both in crime writing and in America as a whole. As Williams crosses America in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he finds himself in a profoundly uneasy country. Whether their territory is inner-city DC, like George Pelecanos, or the rural white poverty of the Ozark Hills, like Daniel Woodrell, the best crime writers today are sending dispatches from the edge. John Williams brings their visions together to construct a powerful, personal portrait of America today. Includes interviews with James Lee Burke, James Ellroy, James Crumley, Sara Paretsky, Eugene Izzi, Elmore Leonard, George V. Higgins, Vicki Hendricks, Kem Nunn, Kinky Friedman, Daniel Woodrell, and George P. Pelecanos.