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"In the Land of the Dinosaurs: The Mammoth's Halloween Costume" is a fun book for kids that takes place in a world full of huge mountains and old forests. Max is a young, curious giant with a heart exactly the size of his body. The story follows him as he goes on an amazing Halloween journey. Max's loving parents, Manny and Martha, live in a beautiful cave between two huge rocks. With Halloween coming up, Max becomes more interested in the parties and celebrations going on all around him in the dinosaur world. Oscar the pterodactyl and Tina the triceratops tell him about fun costumes, pumpkin lanterns, and tasty treats. Max, who is excited and interested, asks to spend Halloween with his folks. Even though mammoths don't celebrate Halloween, Manny and Martha look at each other with a sly grin and decide to get Max involved. Max then says that he wants to dress up as a scary dinosaur for Halloween, drawing ideas from the animals that like to hang out where he is. Because they love and support him no matter what, Max's folks decide to help him make the dinosaur costume of his dreams. To make the scales on his back and tail, they get vines, twigs, and leaves from the bush. Max is so excited as they work on the outfit together that he can't hold it in. He can't wait to put it on and feel like a real dinosaur. Max gets his finished outfit on Halloween. His parents make a few small changes, and then he is ready to go trick-or-treating with his friends Tina and Oscar. As they leave on their Halloween adventure, they are shocked by the decorations and pumpkin lanterns that have been set up around the old forest. Creatures dressed up in scary costumes are making everyone laugh. After some time, the three of them reach an open area with a Halloween costume contest. Max, Tina, and Oscar are excited to take part, and the judges give them prizes for their creative outfits. Max is thrilled to have won the prize for the scariest outfit. As the night goes on, Max and his friends enjoy Halloween in ways they never thought possible. They play games, dance, and eat a huge meal. As the night comes to a close, Max goes back to his cozy cave, takes off his dinosaur costume, and thinks about what a great Halloween trip it was. Max loves his family and friends very much because they helped him reach his goal and showed him that with their help, anything is possible, even a baby giant dressed as a dinosaur for Halloween. The story shows how important friendship, dreams, and all the wonderful things in the world are. This is how the story starts: Max was a baby mammoth that lived in a world full of old woods and high peaks a long time ago. This friendly and curious giant had a huge heart, and his kindness was just as big as his size. His cave was safe because it was tucked between two huge, solid rocks. It was always a treat and an honor to be Max. He would go into the vast desert every day at dawn because he was very curious and wanted to see everything there was to see. With every step he took on the beautiful ground, his huge body left a mark on this old area. Max wasn't the only one in the middle of this magical land. His parents, Manny and Martha, are very careful, so they made his basement home a close-knit family. They worked together to make a safe place where they could live through the hard times of ancient times—a warm and loving place in the middle of a harsh environment. Max could feel the excitement building in the air as the seasons changed and the land went through its normal changes. He became interested in the idea of a party. On its way, Halloween, a one-of-a-kind event, was coming up. Max was interested because his friends and people on the air had been talking about this wonderful event. He had never been to a Halloween party or done anything scary on Halloween before. Max was interested in the accounts of beautiful costumes, glowing pumpkin lanterns, and tasty snacks that filled the room. Max was getting more and more excited about Halloween every day. His friends, Oscar the pterodactyl and Tina the triceratops, told him about the things they did on Halloween. Max was mesmerized by their creative descriptions, which made him think of magical parties and magical disguises. Max chose to make the most of the nice afternoon. He went to his parents, Manny and Martha, with a strong will and told them the truth. Max said, "Mom and Dad, I want to celebrate Halloween this year. I want to dress up and have fun with my friends." Manny and Martha smiled along with Max because they could see how happy he was. He asked in a somber voice, "Halloween, you say?" "It is not a custom amongst mammoths, but if it stirs your heart, dear Max, we shall stand by you." Martha agreed and nodded, her eyes shining with love. Max's mind was racing as he imagined his dream costume. "We will help you make a wonderful costume, my child. Tell me, what does your heart desire?" "I just picture myself as a mean dinosaur!" he cried with joy. He was thrilled at the thought of spending the night as one of the beautiful animals he had seen for a long time wandering their ancestral lands. Max's folks were happy and supportive of his choice. They set out to make the best outfit possible. They worked very hard to make scales for his back and tail by weaving together leaves, twigs, and plants from the lush forest.

The Mammoth Book of Wolf Men brings together twenty-three tales of terror and transformation from classic pulp novellas like Manly Wade Wellman's The Hairy Ones Will Dance and The Whisperers by Hugh B. Cave, to modern masterpieces such as David Case's The Cell, Clive Barker's Twilight at the Towers and the award-winning Boobs by Suzy Mckee Charnas. Also collected are memorable stories by contemporary masters: Ramsey Campbell, Les Daniels, Stephen Laws, Scott Bradfield, Denis Etchison, Karl Edward Wagner and many more. The ideal companion for those that have enjoyed the movie The Wolf Man.

Twenty-six terrifying tales set on the scariest night of the year! Treat yourself to some very tricky stories! Halloween . . . All Hallows’ Eve . . . Samhain . . . Día de los Muertos . . . the Day the Dead Come Back . . . When the barriers between the worlds are at their weakest—when ghosts, goblins, and grisly things can cross over into our dimension—then for a single night each year the natural becomes the supernatural, the normal becomes the paranormal, and nobody is safe from their most intimate and terrifying fears. The Mammoth Book of Halloween Stories brings you a dark feast of frightening fiction by some of the most successful and respected horror writers working today, including Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Helen Marshall, Richard Christian Matheson, Robert Shearman, Robert Silverberg, Angela Slatter, Steve Rasnic Tem, and many more, along with a very special contribution by award-winning poet Jane Yolen. Here you will encounter witches, ghosts, monsters, psychos, demonic nuns, and even Death himself in this spooky selection of stories set on the night when evil walks the earth . . .

In four decades of writing for magazines ranging from Texas Monthly to the Atlantic, American History, and Travel Holiday, Stephen Harrigan has established himself as one of America’s most thoughtful writers. In this career-spanning anthology, which gathers together essays from two previous books—A Natural State and Comanche Midnight—as well as previously uncollected work, readers finally have a comprehensive collection of Harrigan’s best nonfiction. History—natural history, human history, and personal history—and place are the cornerstones of The Eye of the Mammoth. But the specific history or place varies considerably from essay to essay. Harrigan’s career has taken him from the Alaska Highway to the Chihuahuan Desert, from the casinos of Monaco to his ancestors’ village in the Czech Republic. Texas is the subject of a number of essays, and a force in shaping others, as in “The Anger of Achilles,” in which a nineteenth-century painting moves the author despite his possessing a “Texan’s suspicion of serious culture.” Harrigan’s deceptively straightforward voice, however, belies an intense curiosity about things that, by his own admission, may be “unknowable.” Certainly, we are limited in what we can know about the inner life of George Washington, the last days of Davy Crockett, or the motives of a caged tiger, but Harrigan’s gift—a gift that has also made him an award-winning novelist—is to bring readers closer to such things, to make them less remote, just as a cave painting in the title essay eerily transmits the living stare of a long-extinct mammoth.

The finest exponents of horror fiction writing today, Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Basil Cooper, Glen Hirshberg, Jay Russell, feature in the world's premier annual horror anthology series, another bumper showcase devoted exclusively to excellence in macabre fiction. To accompany the very best in short stories and novellas is the year's most comprehensive horror overview and contacts listing as well as a fascinating necrology.

As usual, acclaimed horror anthologist Stephen Jones has chosen the finest short stories and novellas of supernatural and psychological fiction. With the most comprehensive review of the year, useful contact lists, and a fascinating necrology as a bonus, this is one book that every horror fan must have.

A refreshingly candid and wickedly funny look at life’s second half from Everybody Loves Raymond TV sitcom star and three-time Emmy Award–winning comic Brad Garrett. In this no-holds-barred book of comedic and personal essays, Brad Garrett divulges his hilarious—and irreverently honest—experiences with the many challenges and ultimately joys of middle age, as he advises us on how to best navigate the dreaded “second half” of life. Ranging in topics from genetics to genitals, sex to stereotypes, and alimony to addiction, Brad leaves no stone unturned in this raw, laugh-out-loud look at getting older. With pieces such as “No Scales in Heaven,” in which Brad points out the essential pointlessness of overthinking diet and exercise, and “Celebrating Your E.D. (erectile dysfunction) During Your Mid-Life Crisis,” the star comedian encourages you to forget the overwhelming concerns that accompany middle age and to welcome the laughs—even if you throw your back out doing it. Penned in the blunt, conversational, no-nonsense style that has cemented Brad’s status as an icon in the comedy industry, this autobiographical book will help you accept that, no matter what, we all get old. So you might as well embrace it.

The creepy middle grade debut from USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard in which a girl stays with her grandmother in Trinidad for the summer and discovers that she comes from a long line of powerful witches. Darika “Rika” Lovelace is in trouble. The kind of trouble that sends her to her grandmother’s estate in Trinidad for the whole summer. But something about the island feels…different. As soon as she steps off the plane, strange things start happening! Rika meets a group of kids called Minders, who seem to have elemental powers. Even worse, she can sense jumbies lurking in the shadows. Needless to say, she wants a ticket home. But when the Minders let slip that her long-lost mom is in danger, she knows she can’t leave. Thrust into a magical adventure involving bloodcurdling monsters, a supernatural silk cotton tree, and an endless maze, Rika must defeat the fearsome jumbie king to save her family and new friends. But unless she learns to believe in herself, she’ll never beat him or escape his twisted maze.