Auteur: Christopher Moore

An original and provocative book that illuminates the origins of philosophy in ancient Greece by revealing the surprising early meanings of the word ‘philosopher’ Calling Philosophers Names provides …

The definitive and first major text on personas in contemporary culture Modern social media and communication technologies have reshaped our identities and transformed contemporary culture, revealing …

The definitive and first major text on personas in contemporary culture Modern social media and communication technologies have reshaped our identities and transformed contemporary culture, revealing …

History without the stiffness and polish time creates. Canada’s journey to Confederation kicked off with a bang — or rather, a circus, a civil war (the American one), a small fortune’s worth of champ …

Almost all current wars are primarily intra-state, involving complex societal conflicts with at least one party a non-state community. Second Track/ Citizens’ Diplomacy is broadly defined as facilita …

Zombies in the Academy taps into the current popular fascination with zombies and brings together scholars from a range of fields, including cultural and communications studies, sociology, film studi …

This collection uncovers how music criticism contributed to national and transnational preoccupations and agendas. Music Criticism in France examines the aesthetic battles that animated and informed …

Zum Brüllen komisch und absolut hinreißend – eine liebenswerte Komödie der besonderen Art. Charlie Ashers Welt ist perfekt, bis seine Frau Rachel bei der Geburt ihres ersten Kindes stirbt. Über Nacht …

Die Klikiss kehren zurück Die Zivilisation der insektoiden Klikiss galt als ausgestorben, nun kehren sie zu Tausenden durch Transportale zurück auf die von ihnen einst besiedelten Welten, um die mens …

Der Hofnarr Pocket trauert um seine geliebte Cordelia, Königin von England, die vor Kurzem einem mysteriösen Fieber erlag. Vor ihrem Tod hatte sie Pocket gebeten, nach Venedig zu reisen, um die Mächt …

Engel im 26. Jahrhundert Gut 30 Jahre nach den Ereignissen aus „Das Unsterblichkeitsprogramm“ ist Takeshi Kovacs wieder im Einsatz: Jan Schneider, Pilot, heuert ihn für eine Mission auf dem Mars an. …

Takeshi Kovacs letzter Fall Takeshi Kovacs wuchs auf Harlan auf, einer Welt, die zu neunzig Prozent von Wasser bedeckt ist. Im Orbit kreisen Artefakte der „Marsianer“, die alles zerstören, was sich h …

In San Francisco verschwinden die Seelen der Toten – um sie zu retten, braucht Charlie Asher einen todsicheren Plan … In San Francisco gehen seltsame Dinge vor sich: Die Seelen der Toten verschwind …

San Francisco 1947: Es kommt nicht jeden Tag vor, dass eine rätselhafte, anmutige Blondine namens Stilton (ja, wie der Käse) in den verlotterten Laden kommt, in dem Sammy »Two Toes« Tiffin Gin aussch …

Im Buch der Bücher fehlen einige Kapitel: Unter den wachsamen Augen von Engel Raziel soll Biff diese Lücke füllen und alles über die Kindheit und die turbulente Jugend von Jesus Christus berichten. B …

Everyone knows about the immaculate conception and the crucifixion. But what happened to Jesus between the manger and the Sermon on the Mount? In this hilarious and bold novel, the acclaimed Christop …

Now in a special holiday edition, the hilariously deranged tale of Santa, fruitcakes, angels, and Kung fu. . . . &#8220Christopher Moore writes novels that are not only hilarious, but fun to read as …

Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy with a normal life, married to a bright and pretty woman who actually loves him for his normalcy. They’re even about to have their first child. Yes, Charlie’s doi …

Being undead sucks. Literally.Just ask C. Thomas Flood. Waking up after a fantastic night unlike anything he’s ever experienced, he discovers that his girlfriend, Jody, is a vampire. And surprise! No …

In Christopher Moore’s ingenious debut novel, we meet one of the most memorably mismatched pairs in the annals of literature. The good-looking one is one-hundred-year-old ex-seminarian and "road …

Take a wonderfully crazed excursion into the demented heart of a tropical paradisea world of cargo cults, cannibals, mad scientists, ninjas, and talking fruit bats. Our bumbling hero is Tucker Case, …

&#8220Readers new to the work of Christopher Moore will want to know two things immediately. First: Where has this guy been hiding? (Answer: In plain sight, since he has a cult following.)…[H]e wri …

Hilarious, always inventive, this is a book for all, especially uptight English teachers, bardolaters, and ministerial students. Dallas Morning News Foolthe bawdy and outrageous New York Times bestse …

The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturallywell, to be accurate, artificiallybusiness is booming at the …

Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word.Carl Hiaasen The undead rise again in Bite Me, the third book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moores wonderfu …

If theres a funnier writer out there, step forward.Playboy The always outrageous Christopher Moore New York Times bestselling author of Bite Me, Lamb, You Suck, The Stupidest Angel, and a host of oth …

Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of that word. Carl Hiassen A magnificent Comedy d Art from the author of Lamb, Fool, and Bite Me, Moores Sacr Bleuis part mystery, part hi …

Venice, a long time ago. Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy from the Queen of Britain: the rascal-Fool Pocket.This trio of cunning plotter …

In San Francisco, the souls of the dead are mysteriously disappearingand you know that cant be goodin New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moores delightfully funny sequel to A Dirty Job.Som …

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!The absurdly outrageous, sarcastically satiric, and always entertaining New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore returns in finest madcap form with this z …

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Charlie Asher is a pretty normal guy. A little hapless, somewhat neurotic, more of a Beta than an Alpha Male. Charlie’s been lucky, though. He owns a building in the heart of San Francisco, and runs …

Just why do humpback whales sing? That’s the question that has marine biologist Nate Quinn and his crew poking, charting, recording and photographing very big, wet, gray marine mammals. That is, unti …

Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas and little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a Christmas miracle. Josh is sure he saw Santa take a shovel to the head and now the seven …

In Christopher Moore’s ingenious debut novel, we meet one of the most memorably mismatched pairs in the annals of literature. The good-looking one is one-hundred-year-old ex-seminarian and ‘roads’ sc …

As a boy growing up in Montana, he was Samson Hunts Alone – until a deadly misunderstanding with the law forced him to flee the Crow reservation at age fifteen. Today he is Samuel Hunter, a successfu …

Jody never asked to become a vampire. But when she wakes up under an alley Dumpster with a badly burned arm, an aching neck, superhuman strength, and a distinctly Nosferatuan thirst, she realises the …

Take a wonderfully crazed excursion into the demented heart of a tropical paradise – a world of cargo cults, cannibals, mad scientists, ninjas, and talking fruit bats. Our bumbling hero is Tucker Cas …

The town psychiatrist has decided to switch everybody in Pine Cove, California, from their normal antidepressants to placebos, so naturally – well, to be accurate, artificially – business is booming …

The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth birthday. But no one knows about the early life of the Son of God, the miss …

A man of infinite jest, Pocket has been Lear’s cherished fool for years, from the time the king’s grown daughters – selfish, scheming Goneril, sadistic but hot Regan, and sweet, loyal Cordelia – were …

Being undead sucks. Literally. Just ask C. Thomas Flood. Waking up after a fantastic night unlike anything he’s ever experienced, he discovers that his girlfriend, Jody, is a vampire. And surprise! N …

While some lovers were born to run, Jody and Tommy were born to bite. Well, reborn, that is, now that they’re vampires. Good thing theirs is an undying love, since their Goth Girl Friday, Abby Normal …

International Retail Marketing combines a broad thematic overview of the key issues concerning international retail marketing with a series of incisive cases and examples of industry practice from ma …

International Retail Marketing combines a broad thematic overview of the key issues concerning international retail marketing with a series of incisive cases and examples of industry practice from ma …

Learn how to shift from teaching science content to teaching a more hands-on, inquiry-based approach, as required by the new Next Generation Science Standards. This practical book provides a clear, r …

Learn how to shift from teaching science content to teaching a more hands-on, inquiry-based approach, as required by the new Next Generation Science Standards. This practical book provides a clear, r …

Teach your students how to think like scientists. This book shows you practical ways to incorporate science thinking in your classroom using simple ‘Thinking Tasks’ that you can insert into any lesso …

Teach your students how to think like scientists. This book shows you practical ways to incorporate science thinking in your classroom using simple ‘Thinking Tasks’ that you can insert into any lesso …

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Retailing is one of the biggest and most important sectors in today”s economy. Graduates who are seeking a career in the sector will therefore require a solid knowledge of its core principles. The P …

Retailing is one of the biggest and most important sectors in today”s economy. Graduates who are seeking a career in the sector will therefore require a solid knowledge of its core principles. The P …

From the master of subversive humor Christopher Moore comes a quirky, irreverent novel of love, myth, metaphysics, outlaw biking, angst, and outrageous redemption.As a boy, he was Samson Hunts Aloneu …

Jody never asked to become a vampire. But when she wakes up under an alley Dumpster with a badly burned arm, an aching back, superhuman strength, and a distinctly Nosferatuan thirst, she realizes the …

In Christopher Moore’s lively and engaging history of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, he traces the evolution of one of Canada’s most influential courts from its origins as a branch of t …

At the end of the eighteenth century, when ten lawyers gathered in what is now Niagara-on-the-Lake to form the Law Society of Upper Canada, they were creating something new in the world: a profession …

At the end of the eighteenth century, when ten lawyers gathered in what is now Niagara-on-the-Lake to form the Law Society of Upper Canada, they were creating something new in the world: a profession …

History without the stiffness and polish time creates.Canada’s journey to Confederation kicked off with a bang – or rather, a circus, a civil war (the American one), a small fortune’s worth of champa …

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Zombies in the Academy taps into the current popular fascination with zombies and brings together scholars from a range of fields, including cultural and communications studies, sociology, film studi …

This collection of essays provides the first in-depth examination of camp as it relates to a wide variety of twentieth and twenty-first century music and musical performances. Located at the converge …

New York Times Bestseller!Shakespeare meets Dashiell Hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery from New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moorean uproarious, hardboiled take on the B …

Egy zsidó, egy néger meg egy angol ül a gondolában… A tizenharmadik század végén járunk, és Velence pont olyan, mint ma: olasz és vizes. Cordelia ide küldte Tarsolyt, hogy a nevében is ellenezze a …

Aki Jézus gyerekkori haverja volt… Jézus születésének történetét jól ismerjük. Csakúgy, mint bölcs tanításait, dicső cselekedeteit és isteni önfeláldozását a harmincadik születésnapját követően. De …

Ha ​a halál el nem választ… …akkor majd valami más. Nagyon különös dolog történik San Franciscóban: a holtak lelkei titokzatos módon eltűnnek. Valaki vagy valami ellopja őket, és senki nem tudja …

Jobb ma egy nő, mint holnap két egyforma San Francisco, 1947 nyara. Nem mindennap esik meg, hogy egy olyan titokzatos, szőke hölgyemény, mint Stilton – igen, a sajtról kapta a nevét – besétál abba a …

Travis évtizedek óta úton van, mégsem menekülhet, ugyanis szó szerint magával cipeli a végzetét: egy démont, akit fiatal korában véletlenül idézett meg. Ha Travisnek ördöge van, akkor a démon emberér …

Tarsoly jó néhány éve Lear király bolondja, feladata elsősorban a királylányok szórakoztatása alpári – és, ha úgy adódik, altáji – humorral. Amikor azonban az öregség miatt búskomor Lear szétosztja a …

Charlie Asher egy normális fickó, aki kifejezetten jól érzi magát a saját kis normális életében. Ugyan kicsit neurotikus, és kicsit túlaggódja a dolgokat, de mindezt a normalitás határain belül teszi …

A Télapó halott. És ha ő meghalt, akkor a karácsonynak is annyi. Vagy mégsem? ‘Mennyei Atyánk. Josh Barker vagyok, a Worchester Street 671. alatt lakom, Pine Cove-ban, Kaliforniában, irányítószám: 93 …

La novela más divertida del autor más inclasificable. Christopher Moore es el mejor exponente de la llamada ‘Ficción absurda’, un movimiento literario que se caracteriza por cultivar el humor absurdo …

The book I present to you has the working title of A Stroke of Luck or a Beginner’s Guide to Being Hospitalised as a More-Mature Person and What You Can Reasonably Expect. I believe that it represent …

Bordélyház az egész világ. Tarsoly, királyok bolondja és bolondok királya, valamint bőséges szájvizű társa, Nyáladzó, viharos és skorbutos kalózélet után görög partokon találják magukat. Csakhogy az …

Avian Aesthetics in Literature and Culture: Birds and Humans in the Popular Imagination closes the gap between ornithological and humanities knowledge. This book contains fifteen innovative essays th …

New York Times Bestseller Smart and funny and all sorts of raunchy in the best way. San Francisco Chronicle Repeat New York Timesbestselling author Christopher Moore returns to the mean streets of Sa …

S?phrosun? (?self-discipline?) is the often-forgotten sibling of justice, wisdom, courage, and piety in discussions of canonical Greek virtues. Christopher Moore shows that during the classical perio …

S?phrosun? (?self-discipline?) is the often-forgotten sibling of justice, wisdom, courage, and piety in discussions of canonical Greek virtues. Christopher Moore shows that during the classical perio …

The Classical Greek sophists – Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, Hippias, and Antiphon, among others – are some of the most important figures in the flourishing of linguistic, historical, and philosophi …

The Classical Greek sophists – Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, Hippias, and Antiphon, among others – are some of the most important figures in the flourishing of linguistic, historical, and philosophi …

The snow is falling, the holidays are approaching and…It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies! This delightfully depraved book of classic Zombie Christmas carols by Michael P. Spradlin is gua …