On Writing by Stephen King

Description: From Yale's English Monarchs series, the most authoritative picture yet of King Stephen King has written a masterpiece that reveals how a medieval political community can both consume and then reconstitute itself and offers readers a king emblematic of his truncated, troubled age.-Choice King Stephen's reign (1135-1154), with its nineteen long winters of civil war, made his name synonymous with failed leadership. After years of work on the sources, Edmund King shows with rare clarity the strengths and weaknesses of the monarch. Keeping Stephen at the forefront of his account, the author also chronicles the activities of key family members and associates whose loyal support sustained Stephen's kingship. In 1135 the popular Stephen was elected king against the claims of the empress Matilda and her sons. But by 1153, Stephen had lost control over Normandy and other important regions, England had lost prestige, and the weakened king was forced to cede his family's right to succession. A rich narrative covering the drama of a tumultuous reign, this book focuses well-deserved attention on a king who lost control of his destiny.

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ISBN: 9780300181951

Description: It was not long after Halloween when Stephen King received a telephone call from his editor. 'Why don't you do a book about the entire horror phenomenon as you see it? Books, movies, radio, TV, the whole thing.' The result is this unique combination of fantasy and autobiography, of classic horror writing honed to an unforgettable edge by the bestselling master of the genre. DANSE MACABRE ranges across the whole spectrum of horror in popular culture from the seminal classics of Dracula and Frankenstein. It is a charming and fascinating book, replete with pertinent anecdote and observation, in which Stephen King describes his ideas on how horror works on many levels and how he brings it to bear on his own inimitable novels. There is a reason why Stephen King is one of the bestselling writers in the world, ever. Described in the Guardian as an author who 'knows how to engage the deepest sympathies of his readers', Stephen King writes books that draw you in and are impossible to put down.

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ISBN: 9781444723267

Description: Stephen risked being seen as a man who never quite transcended the essential flawed-ness of his claim to be king. His actions betrayed uneasiness in his new skin' Remembered as a time in which 'Christ and his saints slept', Stephen's troubled reign plunged England into anarchy. Without clear rules of succession in the Norman monarchy, conflict within William the Conqueror's family was inevitable. But, as this resonant portrait shows, there was another problem too: Stephen himself, unable to make good the transition from nobleman to king.

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ISBN: 9780141989877

Description: Cell : Paperback : HODDER & STOUGHTON : 9781473695474 : : 20 Sep 2018 : Autumn 2018 sees Stephen King take his rightful place as the King of Halloween with four nostalgia-inducing collector's editions of his classic novels.

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Description: The Shining : Paperback : Hodder & Stoughton : 9781473695498 : : 20 Sep 2018 : Autumn 2018 sees Stephen King take his rightful place as the King of Halloween with four nostalgia-inducing collector's editions of his classic novels.

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Description: Bag of Bones : Paperback : Hodder & Stoughton : 9781444720686 : 1444720686 : 04 Aug 2011 : Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author brand lettering and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them.

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Description: Four Past Midnight : Paperback : Hodder & Stoughton : 9781444723595 : 1444723596 : 21 Jun 2012 : Wake up the new reader and shake up the existing reader - between Spring 2021 and Autumn 2024 Hodder is reissuing groups of Stephen King's books in a wonderful new livery. The Bram Stoker Prize-winner for Best Fiction Collection - four RIVETING, DARK STORIES from Stephen King that will 'grab you and not let go' (Washington Post).

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Description: Blaze : Paperback : Hodder & Stoughton : 9781444723519 : : 22 Dec 2012 : The name on the covers was Bachman. But the imagination could only belong to one man: Stephen King.

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Description: 2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Stephen King's first novel Carrie in April 1974. Rescued from the rubbish by his wife Tabitha, the novel launched the Maine schoolteacher on a prolific and extraordinarily successful career. His name has become synonymous with horror and suspense through over fifty works, including The Dark Tower, a retelling of Byron's Childe Harold to the Dark Tower Came. Simpson traces the writer's life from his difficult childhood - his father went out to the shops and never came back - through his initial books under the pseudonym Richard Bachman to the success of Carrie, Salem's Lot and The Shining in the 1970s, and beyond. He examines how King's writing was affected by the accident that nearly killed him in 1999 and how his battles with alcohol and addiction to medication have been reflected in his stories. The guide will also take a look at the very many adaptation's of King's work in movies, on television and radio, and in comic books.

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ISBN: 9781472110602

Description: Three : Hardback : Scholastic Australia : 9781760664053 : 1760664057 : 01 Nov 2019 : One, two, three. One, two, three. Every day was a skip and a hop for Three. He was happy to walk from here to there, wherever his nose led or wherever his legs took him. all the way to new friends. From award-winning picture book creator, Stephen Michael King, comes this heartwarming story about how perfect it is to be you, just as you are.

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