Robert Bevan

Tim and his friends find out the hard way that you shouldn't question the game master, and you shouldn't make fun of his cape. One minute, they're drinking away the dreariness of their lives, escaping into a fantasy game and laughing their asses off. The next minute, they're in a horse-drawn cart surrounded by soldiers pointing crossbows at them. Tim now has the voice and physique of a prepubescent girl. Dave finds that while he lost a foot or two in height, he somehow acquired a suit of armor and a badass beard. Julian's ears have grown ridiculously long and pointy. And Cooper... well Cooper has gotten himself a set of tusks, a pair of clawed hands, and a bad case of the shits. He also finds that he's carrying a bag with a human head in it - a head that he had chopped off when they were still just playing a game. Shit just got real, and if they want to survive, these four friends are going to have to tap into some baser instincts they didn't even know existed in their fast-food and pizza delivery world. It's fight, flight, or try to convince the people who are trying to kill them that they don't really exist. Meanwhile, a sadistic game master sits back in the real world eating their fried chicken.

Critical Failures

The adventure continues. Tim and the C&C gang face their most difficult challenges yet. Horses die. Eyeballs are eaten. People are urinated on. A god is born.

Critical Failures IV

In the wake of their recent loss, the Caverns & Creatures gang are left hanging. Do their choices amount to more than waiting around to die of thirst and leaping to a quicker death? Probably, or else this would have been a much shorter book.

Critical Failures VI

Culture Wars and the Truth about the Past

Monumental Lies

Zombie Attack!!!

Splitting the party is never a good idea, but sometimes that's just the hands fate deals you.On Nazere, the gang's plans are cast into the wind when a stubborn foe returns to settle a score.Back in Cardinia, Stacy has her hands full trying to help Dave while Dave does everything in his power to avoid being helped.Tim and Cooper stagger out of the desert to find themselves in a whole new world of trouble.As everyone explores new parts of this vast fantasy world, they encounter new friends and foes... and run into some they've met before.Set sail for adventure with Galleons of Sea Men!

Critical Failures VIII

Deeming the Whore's Head Inn no longer safe to hide in, the gang decide to take a more proactive role in their pursuit to get back to reality, or at least to keep Mordred from doing so.

Critical Failures VII

Caverns and Creatures

Authors and Dragons

Cooter Conners was your typical son of an out-of-work rodeo clown until he ate a taco that would change his life forever.This Very Special installment of Shingles asks the hard-hitting questions.Is there an afterlife?Does God judge us according to the condiments we consume?Jesus is totally white, right? I mean, like, everybody knows that.You may want to leave the lights on while you read this shocking tale of horror, lest your heart freeze, your bladder fail you, and your skin break out in...Shingles.

It Came from My Butthole

Nobody likes getting bullied, and Donny has had enough. Deciding to take matters into his own hands, he solicits the help of the old Asian man at the end of his street to teach him Karate. During a grueling two days of training, Donny earns belt after belt, until he finally becomes a Karate Master.But there is more to those belts than there seems. Cursed with ancient dark magic, they have a mind of their own. Will Donny be able to stand up to his bullies? Will he be able to overpower the will of the spirit trapped within the cursed belts? Will he win the love of the most beautiful girl in the whole trailer park?Find out in this chilling tale of horror.

Wax On, Whacks Off

Haunted with the ever-present memory of watching his parents get devoured by bears as a child, and now losing his adopted father and mentor, Klaus Richter embarks on a voyage of self-discovery and booze. He finds so much more, and so much less.

The Legend of Klaus Richter

Klaus Encounters

A decimated Shiite shrine in Iraq. The smoking World Trade Center site. The scorched cityscape of 1945 Dresden. Among the most indelible scars left by war is the destroyed landscapes, and such architectural devastation damages far more than mere buildings. Robert Bevan argues herethat shattered buildings are not merely “collateral damage,” but rather calculated acts of cultural annihilation. From Hitler’s Kristallnacht to the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s statue in the Iraq War, Bevan deftly sifts through military campaigns and their tactics throughout history, and analyzes the cultural impact and catastrophic consequences of architectural destruction. For Bevan, these actions are nothing less than cultural genocide. Ultimately, Bevan forcefully argues for the prosecution of nations that purposely flout established international treaties against destroyed architecture. A passionate and thought-provoking cri de coeur, The Destruction of Memory raises questions about the costs of war that run deeper than blood and money. “The idea of a global inheritance seems to have fallen by the wayside and lessons that should have long ago been learned are still being recklessly disregarded. This is what makes Bevan’s book relevant, even urgent: much of the destruction of which it speaks is still under way.”—Financial Times Magazine “The message of Robert Bevan’s devastating book is that war is about killing cultures, identities and memories as much as it is about killing people and occupying territory.”—Sunday Times “As Bevan’s fascinating, melancholy book shows, symbolic buildings have long been targeted in and out of war as a particular kind of mnemonic violence against those to whom they are special.”—The Guardian

Architecture at War

The Destruction of Memory

Destruction of Memory

This is a collection of the sixth six short stories in the Caverns and Creatures series. It includes the following titles: Slimes and Misty WienersGreat Balls on FireYour Anus is a Gas GiantClear and Present RangerThe Mimic's ChestStyxian Stoners May Break My BonersIf you've already purchased all of these books, there is nothing new for you here. If you haven't yet purchased any, you can save a few bucks by buying this collection. If you've only purchased some of these already, you'll have to do some math.

This is a collection of the eighth six short stories in the Caverns & Creatures series. It includes the following titles: This Poo Shall Pass, Hung Ogre, Fortune Favors the Kobold, Asses to Asses, Love on the Rocs, and The Winds of Cooper. If you've already purchased all of these books, there is nothing new for you here. If you haven't yet purchased any, you can save a few bucks by buying this collection. If you've only purchased some of these already, you'll have to do some math.

Vier Freunde werden in ihre Rollenspiel-Fantasiewelt versetzt. Tim und seine Freunde erfahren auf die harte Tour, dass man dem Spielleiter nicht dazwischenreden und sich auch nicht über seinen Umhang lustig machen sollte. Eben amüsieren sie sich noch bestens mit ihrem Fantasy-Rollenspiel und viel Bier, im nächsten Moment finden sie sich in einem Pferdewagen wieder, umstellt von Soldaten. Tim hat jetzt die Stimme und die Statur eines Grundschulkindes. Dave muss feststellen, dass er einen halben Meter kleiner geworden ist, dafür aber eine Rüstung und einen Rauschebart besitzt. Julian sind plötzlich lächerlich lange und spitze Ohren gewachsen. Und Cooper ... nun, Cooper hat plötzlich ein Paar Hauer, Klauen an den Fingern und üblen Durchfall. Außerdem schleppt er den Kopf eines Menschen mit sich herum – einen Kopf, den er selber abgeschlagen hat, als alles noch ein Spiel war. Der ganze Scheiß wird plötzlich echt, und wenn sie überleben wollen, dann müssen sie sich auf andere Instinkte verlassen als die, die sie in ihrer Welt aus Fastfood und Pizza kannten. Jetzt müssen sie entweder kämpfen oder fliehen – oder die Leute, die ihnen ans Leder wollen, davon überzeugen, dass sie gar nicht existieren. In der Zwischenzeit lehnt sich ein sadistischer Spielleiter in der wirklichen Welt zurück und futtert ihre Brathähnchen.

Kritische Fehlschläge – der ganze Scheiß wird plötzlich echt

Kieran Long

Kester Rattenbury

This volume offers both an introduction to and an insight into key contemporary architects as well as giving a snapshot of the varied nature of architecture today. For each architect there are details of their life and work and illustrations of their most representative and iconic buildings.

Architects Today

It was supposed to be a family vacation just like any other. Mom off blowing random dudes somewhere. Dad crying at the hotel bar. Eric and his little brother Bobby left to fend for themselves in the hotel room with no food or money. But this vacation would be different, because Eric is about to meet the love of his life. He's about to get a crash course in love, the real dangers of drug use, and maybe... just maybe... butt stuff. Buckle up, kids. We're going to Hypo Beach, and it's going to be a bumpy ride.

Terror on Hypo Beach

Is there anything more stressful than moving into a new house? Lucy and her brother, Junkie, find out that moving was only the beginning of their troubles when they encounter the ghost of a little boy in the woods. Now it's up to them to solve the mystery of his death so his soul can be at peace.But ghosts aren't the only issues they have to deal with. Will Lucy get along with her new mom who arrives to replace the one that moved to Florida? Will Junkie win the heart of the woman they find chained in the basement? Does the real estate agent have enough feet to satisfy the family's ravenous appetites?Some of what you read within the pages of this book you may find shocking. It may keep you awake at night, paralyzed with fear at every rustle of leaves outside or every twitching shadow on the wall. It may even give you... Shingles!

Robert Bevan

Books

Your next favorite book is out there