Premiering at the Manchester Opera House in February 2020 to rave reviews—including a notice from The Guardian that the show “sets a new standard of spectacle,” Back to the Future: The Musical brings the classic 1985 film to life on the theatrical stage. Featuring music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard and a book by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale (adapted from their original screenplay), the show stars Tony Award–winner Roger Bart as Doc Brown and Olly Dobson as Marty McFly. Creating Back to the Future: The Musical offers fans of the film franchise and lovers of musical theater an engrossing and entertaining look at the birth of a new theatrical classic. With unprecedented access to cast and crew, author Michael Klastorin (Back to The Future: The Ultimate Visual History) pairs exclusive, in-depth interviews with previously unpublished photography; excerpts from Bob Gale’s personal journal; and a foreword by Gale to reveal and detail the years long process, and the creative ingenuity and technical innovation, that went into the show’s West End premiere.

Compiled from decades of visiting beaches along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts collecting fossils and conducting extensive research, A Beachcomber's Guide to Fossils is the definitive guide for amateur collectors and professionals interested in learning more about the deep history they tread on during their vacations. Authored by Bob, Pam, and Ashby Gale, this guide offers over twelve hundred high-quality color photographs and detailed descriptions of more than three hundred fossil specimens found on beaches from Texas, east to Florida, and north to New Jersey. The book includes descriptions and identifying information for the fossil remains of mammals, reptiles, birds, and fish. Because the tides provide a new beach to explore every day, and beachcombers need immediate comparison for identification, the Beachcomber's Guide is essential for quick and easy reference. And while the seemingly infinite varieties of shark teeth form much of what beachcombers find on their sandy strolls, this guide also illuminates the fossilized remains of species that walked in a different world. From glyptodonts (a giant, prehistoric armadillo) and giant sloths to the intricately patterned remains of the ancestors of manta rays and pufferfish, this book not only teaches its readers not only what treasures to look for but how to look for them.

Teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) just wants to play electric guitar and date girlfriend Jennifer; he is also determined not to end up a loser in life like his own parents. Father George (Crispin Glover) is a weak-willed failure, bullied at work by his former high school tormentor Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson), while mother Lorraine (Lea Thompson) is an alcoholic. Marty's friend and mentor is the eccentric Doctor Emmet Brown (Christopher Lloyd), who has successfully invented his own time machine in the form of a plutonium-powered Delorean sports car. However, after Marty travels thirty years back in time, he discovers that he doesn't have enough fuel to return to 1985. And, after he accidentally prevents the first ever meeting between his own, teenage parents, Marty's own future birth and present existence is placed in jeopardy!

"Sometimes God answers prayers, and sometimes the devil does." 16-year-old best friends Mitch Simon and Jordy Hubbard are two of the smallest kids in their suburban high school. All they want to do is hang together, mind their own business and survive their junior year. But their size, their lowly status, and their rumored sexual orientation makes them the targets of "The Syndicate," a group of rich, arrogant kids who take pleasure in relentlessly bullying, tormenting and humiliating them, directly and on the internet. Desperate and powerless, with no one to turn to, Mitch and Jordy fervently pray to heaven for help during a very intense lightning storm. Amazingly, it soon arrives in the form of James Batt, a seemingly clueless kid who immediately becomes the primary focus of The Syndicate. But "J.B." isn't exactly what he seems, and before long, the boys - and everyone else at school - are wondering: just who is this new kid, where is he from, and what's his agenda? Retribution High combines elements of "Carrie," "Dexter" and the "Friday the 13th" movies with Clint Eastwood's "High Plains Drifter" and puts them into a contemporary high school, with some "Tales From The Crypt" sprinkled in as well. If you've ever been bullied and wished the worst on your tormentors, then this is the novel you've been waiting for. It's dark, it's twisted, it's violent and it's harsh. It's High School Horror. It's not politically correct. And it's not family entertainment. It's a tale in which the bad kids get what they really deserve. Retribution isn't always divine, but it can be immensely satisfying Note: This is the Explicit Version (red) of Retribution High. It contains profanity, gay bashing and sexual situations. As a movie, it would be rated R or X. For those who prefer a less extreme experience, please select the Standard Version (green), which contains none of the 68 words or expressions that can't be said on network television. There is no reason to buy both versions because, other than the language and the controversial party sequence in Chapter 8, the scenes in both versions are the same. Award Winning Screenwriter Bob Gale is best known as the co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of Back to the Future and its sequels. He has written over 30 screenplays, and various comic books including issues of Batman, Spider-Man and Daredevil.

"Sometimes God answers prayers and sometimes the devil does." 16-year-old best friends Mitch Simon and Jordy Hubbard are two of the smallest kids in their suburban high school. All they want to do is hang together, mind their own business and survive their junior year. But their size, their lowly status, and their rumored sexual orientation makes them the targets of "The Syndicate," a group of rich, arrogant kids who take pleasure in relentlessly bullying, tormenting and humiliating them, directly and on the internet. Desperate and powerless, with no one to turn to, Mitch and Jordy fervently pray to heaven for help during a very intense lightning storm. Amazingly, it soon arrives in the form of James Batt, a seemingly clueless kid who immediately becomes the primary focus of The Syndicate. But "J.B." isn't exactly what he seems, and before long, the boys - and everyone else at school - are wondering: just who is this new kid, where is he from, and what's his agenda? Retribution High combines elements of "Carrie," "Dexter" and the "Friday the 13th" movies with Clint Eastwood's "High Plains Drifter" and puts them into a contemporary high school, with some "Tales From The Crypt" sprinkled in as well. If you've ever been bullied and wished the worst on your tormentors, then this is the novel you've been waiting for. It's dark, it's twisted, it's violent and it's harsh. It's not politically correct. And it's not family entertainment. It's a tale in which the bad kids get what they really deserve. Retribution isn't always divine, but it can be immensely satisfying Note: This is the Standard Version (green border) of Retribution High. It contains no profanity, nor any of the 68 words or expressions banned on network television, and the sexual situations are minimized. As a movie, it would probably be rated PG-13. For those who prefer a more extreme reading experience, please purchase the Explicit Version (red border). Other than the language and the controversial party sequence in Chapter 8, the scenes in both versions are the same, and they are priced identically. Author Bob Gale is best known as the co-creator, co-writer and co-producer of Back to the Future and its sequels. He has written and co-written over 30 screenplays, as well as various comic books including issues of Batman, Spider-Man and Daredevil. We're also on the web at retributionhigh.com and on Facebook, at www.facebook.com/retributionhigh