Published in 1943 & long unavailable Dark Horse Books is proud to present this landmark book from the author of such beloved tales as Charlie & the Chocolate Factory" " James & the Giant Peach" & " Matilda". Digitally restored this remarkable presentation of Dahls classic story lavishly illustrated by the artists of the Walt Disney Studios will delight readers of all ages! " The Gremlins" is the story of Gus a British World War II fighter pilot who during the Battle of Britain turned to look out on the wing of his plane only to see an amazing sight: a little man no more than six inches tall with horns growing from his head drilling a hole in the planes wing. Gus was the first man to ever see a Gremlin & what happened after that would change the war & the world forever. Bought by Walt Disney to be produced as an animated motion picture (and considered to be the first story featuring the mythical airplane sabotaging creatures known as Gremlins) the project was ultimately shelved & is reprinted here for the first time in over 60 years." ...

Matt Wagners masterpiece heats up in the third of four omnibus collections reprinting the complete Grendel saga! No longer content to inhabit one host at a time the Grendel entity goes viral in a new phase of Wagners epic spanning centuries & culminating with the rise of a new kind of host
- the Grendel-Khan! This volume collects the never-before-reprinted Incubation Years" tales from Grendel number 20-22 & the mammoth " God & the Devil" & " Devils Reign" storylines featuring art by Tim Sale & John K. Snyder & collected in order for the first time."
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Though there have been numerous biographies of Greta Garbo this is the first to fully investigate the two so-called missing periods in the life of this most mysterious & enigmatic of all the Hollywood stars. The first during the late 1920s when Garbo disappeared completely for several months forcing the studio employed a lookalike was almost certainly to conceal a pregnancy. The second occurred during World War Two when Garbo was employed by British Intelligence to track down Nazi sympathisers. In Gr eta Garbo: Divi ne Star David Bret has acquired a large amount of previously unsourced material along with anecdotes from friends & colleagues of the star which have never before been published. For the first time he paints a complete portrait of her childhood & youth in Sweden. Bret has also sourced copies of all Garbos films
- with the exception Th e Divi ne Wom an of whicch no print survives
- including the silents before scenes were trimmed or cut. in addition the author met Garbo in Paris a few years before she died

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Set around 200 BC Grey Falcon plots the lives of a merchant ships crew. On arriving in a strange port Captain Ash & his team get unwittingly caught up in ongoing schemes & devious dealings becoming the focus of two unscrupulous men. To one of them Obesar their ship becomes a desirable object to add to his growing fleet & he bends all his influence over the port to legally steal it away from them. To the other Scrubbs the fortuitous arrival of the Grey Falcon enables him to manipulate the situation & force the captain into taking a cargo of arms to rebels in a far l&. To save their ship home & lifeblood the captain must escape from the port. He opts to carry the cargo but this takes them further from their home port & deeper into harms way. The crew are simple mariners & as they move from scene to scene meeting new people & situations all the time their characters are changing evolving & enabling them to stand up to new challenges but their goal is always to return home. Grey Falcon which is the first book in the Navigator series is a work of fantasy adventure fiction that has been inspired by Charles Dickens J. R. R. Tolkien & Kenneth Grahame. ...

Following a serious illness Will is sent to stay with his uncle in the wild bleak mountains of Tywyd. He is troubled by vague memories until he meets the mysterious Bran
- & suddenly Will knows the task that lies ahead. With Bran's help Will set outs to find the golden harp & awaken the six sleepers who must join the final battle between the Dark & the Light. But Will is about to encounter his most terrifying opponent yet: the Grey King.
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While most of us just dream of packing up & heading off into the sunset experienced travellers John & Jane Richardson pulled on their rucksacks & lived the dream during a life-changing eight months exploring America Australia & Malaysia. This is not a hurried dash from country to country John & Jane are ' Grey Nomads' mature travellers wanting to shop cook & understand the people & communities they interact with during their journeys. Keen to use as many forms of transport as possible they undertook two great train adventures; a memorable twenty three hours on the Californian Zephyr across America & the fascinating jungle railway through the centre of Malaysia to the Islamic state of Kelantan on the border with Thail&. From encounters with bears & wolves in Yellowstone Park to Queensland's worst ever floods
- they take the time to understand the people they met & the places they've visited. Full of stories sometimes amusing sometimes serious The Grey Nomads is an enchanting travelogue of life on the road for two mature travellers.
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So this is surfing in Britain I told myself as I grumpily walked up a slope of wet rocks & wispy beach grass trying to keep a foothold as rain & wind both tried their utmost to send me skidding back down to the freezing beach below. Tom Anderson has always loved surfing
- anywhere except the UK. But a chance encounter leads him to a series of adventures on home surf! As he visits the popular haunts & secret gems of British surfing he meets the Christians who pray for waves (and get them) loses a competition to a non-existent surfer is nearly drowned in the River Severn & has a watery encounter with a pedigree sheep. All this rekindles his love affair with the freezing fun that is surfing the North Atlantic.
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Did Hitler (code name ' Grey Wolf') really die in 1945? The evidence says no. Here's the gripping story of what might have happened
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This title looks at extensive evidence some recently declassified that suggests Hitler fled Berlin & took refuge in Argentina. It identifies escape routes vehicles & hideouts that might have been used. Did Hitler (code name ' Grey Wolf') really die in 1945? The evidence says no. Here's the gripping story of what might have happened... When Truman asked Stalin in 1945 whether Hitler was dead Stalin replied bluntly No". As late as 1952 Eisenhower declared: " We have been unable to unearth one bit of tangible evidence of Hitler's death". What really happened? Simon Dunstan & Gerrard Williams have compiled extensive evidence some recently declassified that Hitler actually fled Berlin & took refuge in a remote Nazi enclave in Argentina. The recent discovery that the famous " Hitler's skull" in Moscow is female as well as newly uncovered documents provide powerful proof for their case. Dunstan & Williams cite people places & dates in over 500 detailed notes that identify the plan's escape route vehicles aircraft U-boats & hideouts. Among the

Details: the CIA's possible involvement & Hitler's life in Patagonia including his two daughters."

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Spring 1941. German submarines are prowling the North Atlantic sinking ships filled with the food fuel & weapons that Britain needs to survive. With the Royal Navy losing the war at sea six young agents must sneak into Nazi-occupied Europe & sabotage a submarine base on France's western coast. If the submarines aren't stopped the British people will starve. ...