Tom Baker

An outrageous and funny, subversive horror-fantasy.

The Boy who Kicked Pigs

James Goss

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER What are you afraid of? In his first-ever Doctor Who novel, Tom Baker’s incredible imagination is given free rein. A story so epic it was originally intended for the big screen, Scratchman is a gripping, white-knuckle thriller almost forty years in the making. The Doctor, Harry and Sarah Jane Smith arrive at a remote Scottish island, when their holiday is cut short by the appearance of strange creatures – hideous scarecrows, who are preying on the local population. The islanders are living in fear, and the Doctor vows to save them all. But it doesn’t go to plan – the time travellers have fallen into a trap, and Scratchman is coming for them. With the fate of the universe hanging in the balance, the Doctor must battle an ancient force from another dimension, one who claims to be the Devil. Scratchman wants to know what the Doctor is most afraid of. And the Doctor’s worst nightmares are coming out to play...

Doctor Who: Scratchman

Tom Baker's autobiography covers his childhood in the poor, spirited Irish community in Liverpool; his six years as a monk; his struggling times as an out-of-work actor; and onto appearances alongside Olivier at the National Theatre, work with Pasolino and his time as Doctor Who.

An Autobiography

Who on Earth is Tom Baker?

Enjoy a collection of classical stories, culled from the greatest storytellers of all time, offering up tales of animals and other enchanted creatures to delight readers young and old. As fables, each story demonstrates a moral lesson or a piece of advice for readers some of whom may be struggling with related problems, difficulties, and stumbling blocks addressed by the lessons in each tale. Whether it's a rousing tale of stone soup, a tortoise and eagle, country and city mice, or foxes, hens, and farmers, readers of all ages will be entertained by the fresh story approach of Aesop, Roberts Dodsley, Phaedrus, and others, some retold from tales of cultures as diverse as those of Native Alaska, Africa, Arabia, the Far East, and more."

Collected from Around the World

50 Famous Fables and Folk Tales

El niño que daba patadas a los cerdos

Alex Kirby

Clive Staples Lewis

Marilyn Fox

Geoffrey Burgon

Sophie Wilcox

Sophie Cook

All four adaptations of the C.S. Lewis children's books using live action and animation to recreate the magical world of Narnia. In 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe' (1988) it is a quiet sort of day in the English countryside when Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy stumble through the back of an old wardrobe into the enchanted land of Narnia and embark on an extraordinary adventure. When the White Witch learns of their presence, their lives are in danger, but there is talk that Aslan is on the move. 'Prince Caspian' (1989) sees t.

the complete collector's edition

The chronicles of Narnia [BBC TV series]

Christopher Walker

Policy-making is more globally connected than ever before. Policy ideas, experiences and expertise circulate with great speed and over great distances. But who is involved in moving policy, how do they do it, and through which arenas? This book examines the work involved in policy circulation. As the first genuinely interdisciplinary collection on policy circulation, the book showcases theoretical approaches from across the social sciences—including policy diffusion, transfer and mobility—and offers empirical perspectives from across the world.

Arenas, Agents and Actions

Public Policy Circulation

A collection of poems by experimental musician and outsider artist, Tom B., Molotov is the first collection of his poetry ever published. Erupting from the burning, nauseous gut of a terminal outsider, one who takes his cues from the sleeping brain (wired into the vast, Universal Conscious Awareness), these brief versifications and black forays into the world of dreams and nightmares span an era of ten years, and cycles of subconscious communication with that ineffable OTHER only a living, sentient, but alien soul can perceive. The poetry of Molotov boils over with a malignant rage at a world gone mad; yet, it still looks, with an eager, mystic eye, at a world that is invisible, unborn, but certainly one that is also Yet To Come.

Molotov: Poems

It is 1966, and Tim Halladay, in his senior year at William and Mary, is in the process of discovering his true sexuality. He spends his weekends living in the basement apartment of his aunt Blade's Georgetown home. There, he uncovers the darker side of the nation's capital, making forays into the Washington, DC, neighborhood of Foggy Bottom and meeting some brilliant, unforgettable men and women. Tim has known since he was thirteen that he was born a twin and that his brother, Jeffrey, died in the delivery room after they were born prematurely. Over time, Tim's curiosity about his unknown brother has grown dangerously close to an obsession. As he deals with the recent death of his theatrical mentor and worries about being drafted after his graduation-a prospect that makes him hesitant to apply to Yale's drama school for graduate study-his fixation on Jeffrey continues to grow. Tim's journey takes strange and adventurous turns as he goes from Arlington National Cemetery to Williamsburg at Christmas time, and then on a South American adventure with his aunt Blade. Along the way, Paperwhite Narcissus delves into an exploration of narcissism, identity, and the doppelganger theory as one young man struggles to define himself.

Paperwhite Narcissus

Jonathan Simon

AcknowledgmentsList of Contributors1. Embracing RiskTom Baker and Jonathan SimonPart One: Toward a Sociology of Insurance and Risk2 Risk, Insurance, and the Social Construction of ResponsibilityTom Baker3 Beyond Moral Hazard: Insurance as Moral OpportunityDeborah Stone4 Embracing Fatality through Life Insurance in Eighteenth-Century EnglandGeoffrey Clark5 Imagining Insurance: Risk, Thrift, and Life Insurance in BritainPat O'Malley6 Insuring More, Ensuring Less: The Costs and Benefits of Private Regulation through InsuranceCarol A. Heimer7 Rhetoric of Risk and the Redistribution of Social InsuranceMartha McCluskeyPart Two: Risk(s) beyond Insurance8 Taking Risks: Extreme Sports and the Embrace of Risk in Advanced Liberal SocietiesJonathan Simon9 At Risk of MadnessNikolas Rose10 The Policing of RiskRichard V. Ericson and Kevin D. Haggerty11 The Return of Descartes's Malicious Demon: An Outline of a Philosophy of PrecautionFrancois Ewald (translated by Stephen Utz)Index Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The Changing Culture of Insurance and Responsibility

Embracing Risk

n January 2005, President Bush declared the medical malpractice liability system ''out of control.''the president's speech was merely an echo of what doctors and politicians (mostly Republicans) have been saying for years - that medical malpractice premiums are skyrocketing due to an explosion in malpractice litigation. Along comes Baker, director of the Insurance Law Center at the University of Connecticut School of Law, to puncture ''the medical malpractice myth'' with a talent for reasoned argument and incisiveness. He counters that the real problem is ''too much medical malpractice, not too much litigation,'' and that the cost of malpractice is lost lives and the ''pain and suffering of tens of thousands of people every year'' - most of whom do not sue. Baker argues that the rise in medical premiums has more to do with economic cycles and the competitive nature of the insurance industry than runaway juries. Finally, Baker offers an alternative in the form of evidence-based medical liability reform that seeks to decrease the incidence of malpractice and also protect doctors from rising premium costs. Having worked with insurance companies, law firms and doctors, Baker brings experience and perspective to his book, which is sure to be important and controversial in future debates.

The Medical Malpractice Myth

Nazi, Monkey, Seance: A Broken Book

A tale of relentless horror, Wes Craven's Last House on the Left (1970) was, in turn inspired by Ingmar Bergman's 1960 film The Virgin Spring. That foreign classic was based upon the Medieval folktale of "Tore's Daughters," a short, ghoulish story of sin, irony, and grim retribution. The story is here retold by Tom Baker, author of Scary Urban Legends, Buried, Nazi Monkey Seance, and other books.

Tore's Daughters

Modest, gem-like, and oddly affecting, the sixteen quite short stories of Full Frontal present intimate moments of one gay mans not untypical life in the late twentieth century. And, like a bracelet or necklace of quirky, individual charms, they ultimately add up to the kind of surprising cumulative effect one usually only gets from knowing someone well for a long time. Felice Picano It is August of 1957, and Tim Halladay, a caddie at the Long Shore Country Club, is looking forward to beginning eighth grade at Assumption School. Tim and his best friend and fellow caddie, Jimmy, are oblivious to the fact that they are slowly transforming into young men with secret desires. As Tim embarks on a journey of emotional and sexual development, he approaches the world around him with a full frontal attitude that allows him to somehow not only survive but thrive, beginning with his first gay experiences as a shy teenager in suburban Connecticut and moving through his escapades at a Virginia army base, the Hotel Manhattan, the Museum of Modern Art, the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and lavish suites at various upscale hotels and resorts. As Tim moves from one encounter to the next, he gradually transforms, moving toward a future as a rising star. Full Frontal shares an intriguing glimpse into the life of a gay man, as told through his eclectic relationships as he eventually discovers that true happiness is all about give and take.

To Make a Long Story Short

Full Frontal

The Hawk and the Dove is historical fiction with threads of magical realism and romance. It develops over six wartime periods: the Viking era, the Peninsula War, the US Civil War, World War II, and the killing fields of Rwanda and Vietnam. A hawk and dove flow through these times, influencing characters in their struggles.

The Hawk and the Dove

Understanding the Fullness of the Gospel

Ten Weeks of Just Words

Zoe Jaques

Mariko Usuba Owen

Tokyo shows its loud and exuberant style with an inherent modesty. It is exactly this quirk and contradiction that endears millions to Japan and its busy capital.

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