Craig Roberts

A take on Home Alone British style where the main character is all grown up now.

Even as the view of America as a rogue state consolidates abroad, Americans appear largely bystanders at the spectacle of their government running amok. People forget the myriad instances of their government's flouting of the Constitution and international legal norms-- if ever they were aware of them in the first place--accepting to live in the increasingly pernicious "new normal" with little protest. This remarkable anthology of columns documents...

This book describes the irrational life of Soviet producers, the monstrous deprivation of Soviet consumers, and the ideological origins of the Soviet economy that have resulted in a system unable to bear the weight of being a superpower. The authors spell out the challenges that Gorbachev and his successors face. The penultimate chapter deals with the privatization of the Soviet economy. In the last chapter they document the failure of Western experts...

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

Wambu is a young aborigine of New Guinea whose family is part of a small and slowly shrinking jungle tribe. The people's destiny is shaped by a witch doctor who rules the people's lives with superstition and terror. Too small to carry on the tradition of headhunting, the tribe lives off the land, much to the disgust of the witch doctor who believes the tribe's spirit-strength is slowly being sapped. One day Wambu and his father Koresio find a young...

Cindy Campbell and her self-serving, sex-crazed pal Brenda are joined by Tom Ryan, a cute, but utterly clueless guy. Together, they battle to save the world from a ruthless alien invasion. Cindy moves in next to Tom because she's taking care of an elderly lady. She finds out the house is haunted by a little boy and goes on a quest in the village to find out who killed him and why. Also, Alien "Tr-iPods" are invading the world and Cindy has to uncover...

"Meet Angelina Ballerina and take a tour of the lovely village of Chipping Cheddar as Angelina heads to the annual summer festival in the town square! Along the way you will meet some of Angelina's family and friends, visit Miss Lilly's Ballet School, stop at Mrs. Thimble's shop, and more!" --back cover.

Just as a musician gets her big break, she has to deal with her dying mother and a difficult ex-boyfriend.

A fifteen-year-old Maya is being raised in a broken household. Her mom, Camila, is a struggling alcoholic with an abusive boyfriend, Diego. When Maya is followed on social media by a cute guy named Ray, she begins to chat with him about her chaotic life. Ray and Maya start meeting up, and he quickly becomes her confidant. When Diego's abuse escalates at home and Camila turns a blind eye, Ray encourages Maya to run away with him. After being initially...

An offbeat, coming-of-age love story that follows Sam (Craig Roberts, *The Fundamentals of Caring*) and Mary (Imogen Poots,* Green Room*), two strangers who are both taken hostage during the armed robbery of one of London's most exclusive jewelry stores. As the traumatizing ordeal progresses, the two unexpectedly fall in love, showing that even in the darkest situations, love might just find you in the end. Official Selection at the **Berlin International...