Bøger af Dan Spencer

No one sees us the way our pets do - and this pet has plans of his own . . .

Trevor and Bax are two broke college grads who dream of breaking out of suburbia, breaking into big money tech careers, and retiring young. But as they flounder from one gig economy job to another, Trevor falls for an online conspiracy theorist's whacko beliefs. Bax watches with skepticism as his pal joins an online tribe of like-minded lonely oddballs.And when Trevor takes a wrong turn on the Internet, government authorities are watching. Swirl is a timely comic novel about San Francisco tech nerds, the fervent faith behind conspiracy theories, and the culture of 'fake it till you make it.'

A naked man survives a meteoric plunge from a cloudless sky, and a small-town TV reporter rushes to get the story. The fallen man claims amnesia and, despite widespread efforts, no one can identify him. The press dubs him Buddy What. When no clues surface about his identity and as details about the mystery man are examined, Internet devotees start worshipping him as a celestial being. With trepidation, he accepts the call to become a spiritual guru. But as Buddy What grows into a worldwide phenomenon, controversies follow. Be Now, Buddy What is a satire about fame, the news media, organized religion, the Internet, and people who let strangers into their homes.

Los Angeles. 9:38 am. It's a typical day. Then time stops. Everything is frozen as if captured in a 3D snapshot. No wind, no sounds. No one moves. Except Ben Muncie. And he has no idea why. Ben sets off on a soul-searching odyssey that takes him through Los Angeles and over the Hollywood Hills in search of answers. Along the way he encounters other people trapped in the single moment of time, including a vicious attacker and an enigmatic woman who holds clues to Ben's passage back to reality. Day of the Jaja is a modern fantasy about sin, salvation, and revelation.

A funny thing happened in a parallel universe. Charlie awakens from anesthesia in a dark cavern. A science team was supposed to be on hand to greet him, but they're nowhere to be found. He doesn't know what strange new world he's entered. In a lonely corner of Oregon, Melinda sleepwalks through her life. She sees her clients, assists her aging parents, cares for her cat. Forty-one and single, she leads a drab existence. What if something, or someone, changed all that? Charlie reenters Melinda's life and leads her on a quixotic journey up and down the West Coast, across alternate universes, into their mutual pasts, and through the myriad what-ifs of love and fate. In another of his signature comic adventures, Dan Spencer spins a quirky tale about sanity, reality, mortality, and Schrodinger's cat.

San Francisco, 1967: It's autumn, and the Summer of Love is over. The hippies have fled to rural communes while a rash of bad drugs and runaways taints the Haight Ashbury neighborhood. Then comes the grisly murder of a drug dealer. A swift arrest and conviction follow. Few notice. Except for Evan Dunne. His brother's drug-related murder in the Haight comes as a shock. His brother didn't fit the mold of a dealer. He was a husband, a father, a straight arrow. The killer can't even recall the crime. Nothing adds up. Then Evan discovers his late brother's diary. The journal describes a grand conspiracy against the counter culture that might have precipitated the bizarre murder. With Haight Street decaying around him and the Vietnam War looming in his future and shadowy men seeking the diary, Evan risks his life to expose the alarming conspiracy. In this fast-paced historical thriller, Dan Spencer delves into the celebrated Summer of Love to show how the Sixties blurred the line between hallucination and reality.

"I am a god in ruins." In a mix of fantasy, adventure, and humor, Dan Spencer's rollicking novel - the first in a series - introduces an eccentric hero on an epic journey through American history. His name is Vern Johnson. And he's immortal. He spends his life on the run. From the Pinkertons and the FBI. From the Shawnee and the Shakers. From wives and clergy and death and war. From the past to the present. To many, Vern appears to be an ordinary man. But he can survive lethal wounds, and he never ages. He is neither devil nor angel. At least he doesn't think so. He doesn't really know what he is. He just wants to be left alone.

The first major study of the role of the castle in the Wars of the Roses.

First comprehensive study of English artillery in the late Middle Ages, bringing out its full impact on areas beyond the military.One of the most important technological developments of the Middle Ages was the adoption of gunpowder weapons in medieval Europe. From the fourteenth century onwards, this new technology was to eventually transform the conduct ofwarfare beyond all recognition with important implications for European and global history. Guns came to be used in all aspects of military operations, with kings, nobles and burgesses all spending large sums of money on these prestigious weapons. The growing effectiveness of gunpowder artillery prompted major changes in the design of fortifications, the composition of armies, the management of logistics and administrative systems. This book is the first full-length study of the unique English experience of gunpowder weapons, tracing their development from their introduction in the reign of Edward III to the end of the fifteenth century. The rich records of the English Exchequer and urban accounts are used to explore their role in campaigns, in sieges, on the battlefield, at sea and their role in the defence of towns, royal castles and the fortifications of the Pale of Calais. It provides a comprehensive framework for the speed of technological advances and the factors responsible for these changes, as well as an in-depth discussion of individual gun types. DAN SPENCER obtained his PhD from the University of Southampton.

A tale of love, danger, and deception set during the Berlin Airlift.

Listen up, parents! Your children may not be telling you all the amazing things going on in their lives. Or maybe you're just not listening! But Michael Pritchard has listened. And this PBS series host and award-winning youth counselor has some wondrous stories about your kids that you need to read.