The only thing harder than raising the dead is making a movie about raising the dead. In the summer of 1931, life was good for Junior Laemmle. Though only twenty-three years old, he was the head of all movie production for Universal Pictures, and under his reign, the studio flourished. So much so, he was about to be bestowed with the greatest honor a young executive can receive in Hollywood: a promotion to vice president of the entire company. What's more, Carl Laemmle, his father and founder of the studio, was returning to California for the first time in years to personally present the honor to his son. Or so Junior thought. When his father arrives, Junior discovers that instead of being grateful for transforming and catapulting the out-of-date studio into the future, his father is obsessed with Junior's next production: Frankenstein. Like the year before, Carl is fervently against making another grisly and gothic film, despite Dracula becoming a huge hit--a project which Junior fought for and personally oversaw through production. Also not helping Junior's cause, though the film is just days away from beginning production, the final choice between Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff to play the role of the Monster, has yet to be made. It's Alive! is a thrilling and vibrant portrait of 1930s Hollywood centered around the chaotic and exciting days just before the filming of the beloved cult-classic film, Frankenstein. Woven with hopeful passion, emotional vulnerability, staunch determination, and creative fulfillment, readers will be swept along with breathless cinematic pace through events that will not only change the lives of everyone involved, but Hollywood itself.

The golden age of live television comes to vivid life with the memorable and entertaining tale of Jonny Dirby, who unintentionally captivates the imagination of America with his creation of the hit show Justice Girl. This fun, engrossing work of historical fiction transports readers back to a time when television shows were chaotic tightrope acts balancing the agendas of actors, studio executives, advertisers, and politicians, and all of it broadcast live to fifty million viewers without the security of a safety net. Set in 1955 in New York City, Julian David Stone's impressive novel follows Jonny from the writers' room of a steady network gig to a crisis of conscience when he decides to abandon his regular paycheck to claim the moral high ground against the spreading plague of McCarthyism. In a final act of defiance, Jonny alters the script of a Superman-inspired lampoon moments before it is broadcast live. What nobody can anticipate is that Jonny's accidental creation Justice Girl and her infectious catchphrase of "Justice is served " are about to sweep the nation and win the hearts and minds of America. Add to the mix a highly driven actress trying to get Jonny blacklisted, along with a desperate network president willing to do anything he can to get compete control of the show, and the history of television will never be the same. The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl moves beyond the gags and gaffes of television's golden age to plumb the depths of the media's broader influence. Anyone interested in this time when television was a new phenomenon, with different factions fighting to use it to promote their varied agendas, will enjoy this riveting novel. Stone is an award-winning writer and director whose twenty years in the entertainment business informs his work with an insider's perspective.

The adventurous cats first met in Travels With George: Paris are back, and this time, they are seeing the hometown sights in New York City. George tells his tale from his cat's eye perspective as he and Billy explore Central Park, take a borat ride out to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, and finally they look at the city from the topEmpire State Building. Their travels are colorfully illustrated by Cat Artist Deborah Julian as she captures them in 13 original scenes around The Big Apple.

Suppose you were a cat. And suppose you wanted to see the world and Paris was your first option. Would you take the gamble, even not knowing what "Paris" is? If you were George, you would, and if you were his tag along buddy, Billy, you'd go too Risking serious danger but hungry for adventure, George smuggles his way into a trip to France. Once there, he does what everyone does in Paris. He visits the sights. In Travels With George: Paris, George tells us about his trip, what he saw and what he thought about it. Fortunately, he chose as one of his companions for the trip, his friend, digital artist Deborah Julian. He tells his story, and she illustrates it with over a dozen full color prints (suitable for framing) of his adventures. Wonder what a cat thought about being at the top of the Eiffel Tower, or maybe something more mellow like a quiet cruise along the Seine? Read and see it. Join George, Billy and their involuntary people guides as they explore and discover the City of Light.