Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
what takes up 6 ft/1.82 m of shelf space?
I tried to do some shelf tidying earlier on. I discovered that the Cinebook the 9th Art books (and I have some missing -never got sent them) take up 6 feet/1.82m of shelf space.
Thankfully, my great niece and nephews are getting to the ages when Yakari, etc can be paased on to them!
On another note, I did a LOT of posting yesterday and the day before and views sky-rocketed but no comments. So there IS still the audience out there and if you enjoy reading CBO please consider keeping it going by donating (box top right of page) because I mentioned before that if 1000 of the people who visit regularly donated £1/$1 CBO could keep going for a year. If HALF of yesterday's visitors did the same CBO would be safe for 2 years.
To answer a question from Steve via mail: no, it is NOT true -I did not ban Titan books from being reviewed here! Basically the staff at Titan seems to come and go and I never chase after review material -remember the publisher is NOT obliged to send me books! LOL!! I did try Rebellion at one point but they ignored me....really. How common :-)
Ahh, back to reading.
Thankfully, my great niece and nephews are getting to the ages when Yakari, etc can be paased on to them!
On another note, I did a LOT of posting yesterday and the day before and views sky-rocketed but no comments. So there IS still the audience out there and if you enjoy reading CBO please consider keeping it going by donating (box top right of page) because I mentioned before that if 1000 of the people who visit regularly donated £1/$1 CBO could keep going for a year. If HALF of yesterday's visitors did the same CBO would be safe for 2 years.
To answer a question from Steve via mail: no, it is NOT true -I did not ban Titan books from being reviewed here! Basically the staff at Titan seems to come and go and I never chase after review material -remember the publisher is NOT obliged to send me books! LOL!! I did try Rebellion at one point but they ignored me....really. How common :-)
Ahh, back to reading.
Monday, 11 February 2019
Cinebook the 9th Art BEAR'S TOOTH 3 - WERNER
Authors: Yann & Alain Henriet
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: January 2019
£6.99 inc. VAT
ISBN: 9781849183512
April 1945. The Third Reich is collapsing. In Berlin, surrounded by Soviet troops, a small aircraft lands under enemy fire. Daring pilot Hanna Reitsch escorts an important officer to Hitler’s bunker – and is granted an audience with the Führer, from which she emerges visibly upset. Meanwhile, in a German hospital in the countryside, Max comes to after a long coma. His task remains the same: to kill Hanna. But what new mission has she been given?
If you like thrillers, espionage and even a little romance set against the background of World War 2 then this is one for you. Lots of action and not a flaw (that I have seen ) in uniforms, equipment or military hardware. Yann gives us more on the Max/Werner identity mystery and as for the art by Henriet it is added to by the colour work of Usagi (not bad for a Samurai rabbit ..it is him, right?).
"End of Season One" on the last page. After the last two pages can there be a "season two"??
As we see Berlin in ruins, Hitler and others dead just where could a continuation take us. Let's hope we don't have to wait too long to find out.
If you like thrillers, espionage and even a little romance set against the background of World War 2 then this is one for you. Lots of action and not a flaw (that I have seen ) in uniforms, equipment or military hardware. Yann gives us more on the Max/Werner identity mystery and as for the art by Henriet it is added to by the colour work of Usagi (not bad for a Samurai rabbit ..it is him, right?).
"End of Season One" on the last page. After the last two pages can there be a "season two"??
As we see Berlin in ruins, Hitler and others dead just where could a continuation take us. Let's hope we don't have to wait too long to find out.
Cinebook the 9th Art LADY S. 6 - A SECOND OF ETERNITY
Authors: Aymond & Van Hamme
Age: 15 years and upSize: 18.4 x 25.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: November 2018
ISBN: 9781849184212
£6.99 inc. VAT
Lady S just went up several notches in the action and thriller department. Van Hamme certainly knows how to write these books. I think that I previously compared Lady S to a modern Modesty Blaise, well, Modesty is the classic but Lady S is definitely the modern star.
April 2015 was when I last looked at Lady S with volume 5. Might explain why I had the strange idea that the series ended with volume 5?
But Philippe Aymond's art is gorgeous to look at and there can be no arguing over the qualty. If you add the superb colour work of Sebastien Gerard to the mix....well, you may just read and then go back and study each page like I did!
Highly recommended.
Pursuing The Strange & Weird A Naturalist's Viewpoint
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UP DATE -From Dead Aquatic (Humanoid) Creatures, the giant squid and yet undiscovered sea creatures; submarine and ships crews encountering true leviathans. This is a fully expanded section which also refers to the so-called ‘Ningen’ sightings and video footage.
Extinct animals at sea that have been re-discovered.
The subject of Sasquatch and other mystery Hominids around the world is dealt with including a look at the “Sasquatch-killer”, Justin Smeja. Dr. Bryan Sykes and his DNA test results for TVs The Bigfoot Files as well as the controversial Erickson Project and Dr. Melba Ketchum’s even more controversial Sasquatch DNA test results.
Also included are two early French UFO entity cases that still baffle.
Ghosts, strange creatures and the Star-Child hoax. All dealt with by the naturalist and pursuer of the strange and weird
The Bizarre Legend, Crimes & Truth About Spring Heeled Jack
Terry Hooper-Scharf
The terror and mystery created by “Jack The Ripper” has been the subject of countless books, magazine articles as well as movies and TV documentaries. Ask anyone if they have ever heard of Jack The Ripper and it is doubtful anyone would respond with a “no idea.”
By that same token, ask people who “Spring-heeled Jack” was and you would be lucky to find anyone who had ever heard of him.
Spring-heeled Jack was the subject (loosely) of a film The Curse of the Wraydons (1946) and Dominic Keating also appeared as Spring Heeled Jack in the 2010 film Sherlock Holmes by The Asylum film company. The character has also featured in both American and British comic books and a number of books, for both children and adults.
But the fact that the Springald held the country –not just London– in a grip of terror much longer that the Ripper did is all but forgotten except for some half-truths and fanciful theories.
Now be prepared to read the full story of Spring Heeled Jack
Terry Hooper-Scharf
Paperback,
53 Pages
Dimensions (centimetres) 20.98 wide x 29.69 tall (A4)
fully illustrated and referenced
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The terror and mystery created by “Jack The Ripper” has been the subject of countless books, magazine articles as well as movies and TV documentaries. Ask anyone if they have ever heard of Jack The Ripper and it is doubtful anyone would respond with a “no idea.”
By that same token, ask people who “Spring-heeled Jack” was and you would be lucky to find anyone who had ever heard of him.
Spring-heeled Jack was the subject (loosely) of a film The Curse of the Wraydons (1946) and Dominic Keating also appeared as Spring Heeled Jack in the 2010 film Sherlock Holmes by The Asylum film company. The character has also featured in both American and British comic books and a number of books, for both children and adults.
But the fact that the Springald held the country –not just London– in a grip of terror much longer that the Ripper did is all but forgotten except for some half-truths and fanciful theories.
Now be prepared to read the full story of Spring Heeled Jack
Some More Things Strange & Sinister
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322 pages
B&W
Illustrated throughout
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Follow-up to Some Things Strange & Sinister. For those interested in Ufology, cryptozoology, hominology, unusual natural history, ghosts and mysteries in general.
The secret history of gorillas -before they were officially 'discovered' along with exclusive lost photographs. Wild men of Europe, the UK and US; from the bizarre to blood chilling. Hominology.
Giant snakes. Amazons. The Giant serpent of Carthage . Girt Dog of Ennerdale. The Beast of Gevaudan. Crocodiles in the UK . Silent City of Alaska .
And much more. Updated with extra pages and photographs.
Some Things Strange & Sinister
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B&W
358 pages
Photographs, illustrations, line work and maps
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After more than 30+ years as an investigator and more than forty as a naturalist,the author has opened some of the many files he has accumulated dealing with such things as..
The Terrifying Events At The Lamb Inn,The Ghosts Of All Saints Church,Dead Aquatic Creatures of Canvey Island,captured bigfoot like creatures in India -all exclusively presented for the first time and with new added research previously unseen. PLUS a vastly expanded section on Spring-heeled Jack!
Photographs,maps,line drawings and up-dated to make 358 pages looking at Things truly Strange and Sinister. Cryptozoologist,Ghost Hunter,Ufologist or Fortean: this book has something for everyone -including the just plain inquisitive!
Mysterious & Strange Beasts/Strange & Mysterious Beasts
Above: cover for smaller format version
Mysterious & Strange Beasts
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324 pp
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Strange & Mysterious Beasts
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Strange & Mysterious Beasts is the smaller format book while Mysterious & Strange Beasts is the standard larger A4 format.
IGNORE the "only ships from North America " as that is just a site message error
The Monster of the Forest of Mouliere
The Beast of Lyonnais
The Beast of Cevennes , Gard and Vivarais
The Beast of Sarlat
The Beast of Gevaudan
British Man Beasts
Bigfoot and Werewolves in the West Midlands
The Strange Creature in Repton Woods
Bigfoot Returns – To Kent !
Werewolf!
The Curious and Frightening Case of the Hull Werewolf
The Gnome of Girona
The Caponi Close Encounters and Photographs
Return of the Shark Killing Thing –a Possible Identification
The Dingellchough Mystery Creature
The Unidentified Corfu Sea
Strange Sea Creature Found In Persian Gulf
The Devil of Gatagon
The Supernatural Invasion: Slender-man and Black Eyed Kids
The Sheep Killer of Niali
Mystery Creature of the Bay of Flamanville
Things Caught on Camera –Fact and Fiction
The Bat Creatures
The Owl-man
The British Pig-man and Snake-man
The Pictish Beast
Shunka Warak'in –A Hyena Too Far?
The Chupacabra
UFO Contact? Unidentified-Identified and Contact!
530 pages
Prints in 3-5 business days
Since 1947 it has been claimed that UFOs/flying saucers are evidence of aliens visiting the Earth. Since the 1950s claims of encounters with landed craft and alien beings were talked about but not taken seriously.
In the 1960s the subject of UFO abduction was a "slow-burner" until the whole "Grey" abduction phenomenon and claims made by researchers such as Budd Hopkins, Prof. John Mack and Dr David Jacobs and Whitley Streiber.
But is there evidence to back up any of the claims -and what about those encountering Alien Entities but who were not abducted?
Are these people all hoaxers, psychotic or suffering from some other mental illness as some claim?
Are those people who were exposed by Ufologists against their wishes, people who wanted to report what happened and then just get back to their everyday lives -thrust into the media glare against their will?
And if US authorities were so interested that in one case at least they broke into the home of two abductees and this was later proven -why?
Why did a hard core of these people never want publicity or to make money from what happened to them?
Above all, why did a major UFO landing incident take place on a US Inbterstate road in front of a large number of observers (all willing to talk to investigators) never get investigated? If it were not for a radio presenter interviewing and taking notes we would know nothing of the case -it would be labelled "insubstantial".
James and Coral Lorensen -the Scopolamine Kids; using a very notorious "truth drug" on alleged UFO witnesses and selling stories to newspapers. An investigator (a veteran) showing a witness images of "aliens" encountered in other cases before any memories were retrieved. Worst of all, the constant "pissing competition" and breaches of trust between UFO investigators.
2017 is the time to assess the past evidence and look at the faults within Ufology.
Not everyone is going to be happy -debunkers or ufologists.
Smaller format version:
Second Book in the series
220 pages
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The follow up to the comprehensive book "UFO Contact?"
The Author spent 1974 to 2018 specializing in the investigation and research of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE3K) and alien entity cases; the former involving an Unidentified Flying Object and the latter, apparently, involving none.
Previously unreported cases as well as 'lost' cases are looked at as well as the possibility that some percients suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome after their encounters.
A must read for those with a serious interest in UFOs
Some of the contents:
The Nottinghamshire UFO Crash of 1987…or 1988
The Llandrillo ‘Saucer’ and Berwyn Mountains
Strange Pennsylvania Entity Encounter
UFO Abductees and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
The UFO That Landed On A US Highway
My Encounters With The Men In Black
A Previously Un-noted Alien Entity Type UK Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounter with a Boggart
Some Odd and Unusual Cases
Rosa Lotti and the Happy Entities
The Strange Case of the Woollaton Gnomes and the Mince-pie Martians
What Happened on the Isle of Wight and at Felixstowe?
The ‘Lost’ Belgian UFO Landing Case
Strange Aliens from Outer Space? UK CE3K/Alien Entity Catalogue
Third Book in the Series
These cover everything from UFOs and Close Encounters of the Third Kind to encounters with unidentified humanoid creatures, ghosts, poltergeists, mysterious and unidentified creatures at sea, on land as well as bizarre carcasses washed ashore. Loch Ness, Sasquatch, previously thought lost photographs of a city in the sky and others.
And if you want to concentrate solely on alleged alien abductions or encounters then UFO Contact? (receiving some praise from the Centre for UFO Studies) and the follow up, Unidentified-Identified are the books you need
Contact! Encounters With Extra Terrestrial Entities?
Format A4
370pp
Black & white
Profusely illustrated
£15.00 SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE
The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) says that we may have to wait many thousands of years before any signals sent gets a response if they are detected.
The real SETI may already have established the there is alien life –and it has been visiting Earth for at least 70 years.
Once the mass of reports of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and entity encounters are sifted there remains a strong core of cases that defy logical explanation and suggest that these encounters have resulted in physiological effects and post traumatic stress.
Terry Hooper-Scharf of the CE3K/AE Project has led research into these reports for over 40 years and in this work takes a look at rare or obscure reports as well as cataloguing encounters from Germany and Portugal and focuses in on correlations in the reports and how the Dandenong (Kelly Cahill) encounter could be the best case ever reported.
Have the serious investigators and researchers looking into UFOs been unearthing better evidence of extra terrestrial life and contact with humans than established
SETI ?
530 pages
illustrated with maps, photographs and more
A4 format
B&W
Paperback: List Price:£20.00 £18.00 (excl. VAT) |You Save: 10%
Prints in 3-5 business days
Since 1947 it has been claimed that UFOs/flying saucers are evidence of aliens visiting the Earth. Since the 1950s claims of encounters with landed craft and alien beings were talked about but not taken seriously.
In the 1960s the subject of UFO abduction was a "slow-burner" until the whole "Grey" abduction phenomenon and claims made by researchers such as Budd Hopkins, Prof. John Mack and Dr David Jacobs and Whitley Streiber.
But is there evidence to back up any of the claims -and what about those encountering Alien Entities but who were not abducted?
Are these people all hoaxers, psychotic or suffering from some other mental illness as some claim?
Are those people who were exposed by Ufologists against their wishes, people who wanted to report what happened and then just get back to their everyday lives -thrust into the media glare against their will?
And if US authorities were so interested that in one case at least they broke into the home of two abductees and this was later proven -why?
Why did a hard core of these people never want publicity or to make money from what happened to them?
Above all, why did a major UFO landing incident take place on a US Inbterstate road in front of a large number of observers (all willing to talk to investigators) never get investigated? If it were not for a radio presenter interviewing and taking notes we would know nothing of the case -it would be labelled "insubstantial".
James and Coral Lorensen -the Scopolamine Kids; using a very notorious "truth drug" on alleged UFO witnesses and selling stories to newspapers. An investigator (a veteran) showing a witness images of "aliens" encountered in other cases before any memories were retrieved. Worst of all, the constant "pissing competition" and breaches of trust between UFO investigators.
2017 is the time to assess the past evidence and look at the faults within Ufology.
Not everyone is going to be happy -debunkers or ufologists.
Smaller format version:
Pages 530
Binding Perfect Bound
Paperback
Interior Black ink &white
Weight 1.05kg
Size 18.9 x24.59cm
£18.00
Second Book in the series
220 pages
A4
perfect bound
paperback
Fully illustrated with photographs and illustrations
Paperback: List Price:£20.00 £18.00 (excl. VAT) |You Save: 10%
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The follow up to the comprehensive book "UFO Contact?"
The Author spent 1974 to 2018 specializing in the investigation and research of Close Encounters of the Third Kind (CE3K) and alien entity cases; the former involving an Unidentified Flying Object and the latter, apparently, involving none.
Previously unreported cases as well as 'lost' cases are looked at as well as the possibility that some percients suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome after their encounters.
A must read for those with a serious interest in UFOs
Some of the contents:
The Nottinghamshire UFO Crash of 1987…or 1988
The Llandrillo ‘Saucer’ and Berwyn Mountains
Strange Pennsylvania Entity Encounter
UFO Abductees and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
The UFO That Landed On A US Highway
My Encounters With The Men In Black
A Previously Un-noted Alien Entity Type
Early 20th Century UK Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Close Encounter with a Boggart
Some Odd and Unusual Cases
Rosa Lotti and the Happy Entities
The Strange Case of the Woollaton Gnomes and the Mince-pie Martians
What Happened on the Isle of Wight and at Felixstowe?
The ‘Lost’ Belgian UFO Landing Case
Strange Aliens from Outer Space?
Encounter with Black Aliens and Landed UFO
Preliminary UK CE3K/Alien Entity Catalogue
Third Book in the Series
These cover everything from UFOs and Close Encounters of the Third Kind to encounters with unidentified humanoid creatures, ghosts, poltergeists, mysterious and unidentified creatures at sea, on land as well as bizarre carcasses washed ashore. Loch Ness, Sasquatch, previously thought lost photographs of a city in the sky and others.
And if you want to concentrate solely on alleged alien abductions or encounters then UFO Contact? (receiving some praise from the Centre for UFO Studies) and the follow up, Unidentified-Identified are the books you need
Contact! Encounters With Extra Terrestrial Entities?
Format A4
370pp
Black & white
Profusely illustrated
£15.00 SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE
Contact! Encounters With Extra Terrestrial Entities?
Format A4
370pp
Black & white
Profusely illustrated
£15.00 SPECIAL LAUNCH PRICE
The Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) says that we may have to wait many thousands of years before any signals sent gets a response if they are detected.
The real SETI may already have established the there is alien life –and it has been visiting Earth for at least 70 years.
Once the mass of reports of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and entity encounters are sifted there remains a strong core of cases that defy logical explanation and suggest that these encounters have resulted in physiological effects and post traumatic stress.
Terry Hooper-Scharf of the CE3K/AE Project has led research into these reports for over 40 years and in this work takes a look at rare or obscure reports as well as cataloguing encounters from Germany and Portugal and focuses in on correlations in the reports and how the Dandenong (Kelly Cahill) encounter could be the best case ever reported.
Have the serious investigators and researchers looking into UFOs been unearthing better evidence of extra terrestrial life and contact with humans than established
SETI ?
Book Discounts
A 15% discount has been set on prose books on the online store.
The Hooper interviews is excluded as it is currently set at a very low price.
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