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An out-of-work actress gets a job as a tour guide for an ultra-luxury time travel company—only to discover her trips to the past could upend her present—in this rollicking, speculative debut novel. “Retro is so much fun! It’s got nostalgia, ennui, inappropriate workplace crushes, jaunts...

Game Drama: Retro Consoles, Games & The People Who Made Them Matter is a deep, narrative-driven exploration of the era when video games stopped being simple entertainment and started becoming cultural milestones. This book is not a surface-level nostalgia trip. It is a carefully researched, thoughtfully written examination of the games, systems, and creators that reshaped how an entire generation experienced interactive media. Spanning iconic hardware like the Super Nintendo and the original PlayStation, landmark titles such as Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 4, Silent ...

His Uncle’s Time Machine Has an Unexpected Consequence… When Dave sneaks into his Uncle Henry’s workshop late one night, looking for materials to make a bong, he stumbles upon a working time machine. He fires it up, ready to test, unaware there’s a reason his uncle hasn’t gone public with the technology. Anyone transported back in time (the only current direction of travel) is changed into the opposite gender. Dave doesn’t know this as he sits in the chair and flings himself back in time, but he rolls with the punches. It’s the second piece of information that concerns him ...

Nancy Kranich (played by Emmy-nominated actress Natasha Lyonne of Russian Doll and Orange Is the New Black) is a night nurse on an orbiting space station. But Nancy hates her job, is sick of space, and longs to find adventure and a safe place to smoke cigarettes that won’t blow everyone up. But when Nancy gets caught up in an outer-space conspiracy involving President Kennedy, former vice-president Richard Nixon, and an intergalactic object that could change the course of history, she gets way more adventure than she bargained for.

An epic yet intimate novel about a Colombian man caught up in the sweep of global historical and ideological revolutions. The Colombian film director, Sergio Cabrera, is in Barcelona for a retrospective of his work. It's a hard time for him: his father, famous actor Fausto Cabrera, has just died...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The must-read new book from Jonathan Karl, the author of New York Times bestsellers Tired of Winning, Betrayal, and Front Row at the Trump Show In Retribution, Jonathan Karl’s unparalleled access brings us behind closed doors deep inside the White House...

If the West had its Swinging Sixties, Hindi cinema had its Seventies. Everything that journalists today call 'retro' when referring to Bollywood is a product of the 1970s. But to refer to the decade as 'swinging' and 'retro' is missing the wood for the trees. The 1970s is the most influential decade of Hindi cinema. Not the 1950s, not the 1960s which unapologetic nostalgists hark back to.

What starts off as a lighthearted competition to live without modern technology for a year turns into a fight for survival in this unputdownable young adult thriller by New York Times bestselling author Jarrod Shusterman and debut author Sofía Lapuente. It was never meant to happen this way...

This audiobook is a completely transparent, in-depth, and detailed account of my journey through retroactive jealousy - from its vulnerable, innocent origins, to its ultimate epic defeat. This book is also a comprehensive guide on how I personally struggled with and eventually transformed the insidious beast into personal strength and power.

So you’ve said yes to a track day, you’ve got the car, booked your first session, and have no idea what to expect, what to do now or how to make the most of the money you’ve spent. You’re excited, but nervous about looking like the “newbie” at the track, or worse… upsetting the experienced racing enthusiasts and causing uproar in the pit lane. The problem is, that you couldn’t spot an apex if it leaped out in front of you. You don’t have time to get your head around the mindboggling array of race engineering terms out there, and you certainly can’t justify spending yet ...

This little black book was discovered in an attic in 2015. The typed recipes and instructions are a direct translation of the handwriting seen in the photographs on each page. To preserve its authenticity, no extra instructions have been added. The cover is a photograph of the actual book, (with title added.) Bring your tablet into the rural English kitchen of 1910. Relive the tastes and smells of an age where there were no microwave ovens or digital scales. Back then, cooking was done on a Yorkshire Range. This is not a book for the complete novice. You won't find any "preheat the oven to ...

Tim is an ordinary thoroughly modern, Atomic Age man of the 1980s or 90s. He has a nice apartment in a typical high-rise and a luxury Skycar to toodle about in when he wants to leave the city. This morning, Tim is headed to the department store–not to shop, but to look again at his favorite mannequin. We won’t judge him because we don’t know the story yet. We are about to.

Welcome back to Seashell Key, where the sun is hot, the gossip is hotter, and the truth never stays buried. When a retro 1980s festival sweeps into town, the energy is all neon swimsuits and breakdancing contests—until a mysterious cassette tape from the past plays over the marina speakers. The haunting voice of a long-gone girl echoes across the docks, followed by a sudden death that points fingers in every direction… including at beloved coffee shop owner, Dr. Cash. Holly, Ben, and the rest of the crew are pulled into a decades-old mystery involving secret notes, hidden cassettes, and...

Amos Walker has made a lot of friends - and a few enemies - in his years as a detective in Detroit, but he has never had to deal with quite the trouble he finds when he agrees to grant the deathbed wish of Beryl Garnet. Beryl was a madam with a long, successful career. She's got no regrets about that, but she does about her son. She hasn't seen him in a long time and would like him to know his mother never forgot him. So she asks Walker to make sure that her son gets her ashes when she's gone.

Brought to you by Penguin. Ash is a failed actress who is done trying to ‘make’ something of her life. Until a golden opportunity drops in her lap: a job at Retro, an agency who organise trips into the past for the ultra-wealthy. Energised by her new role, Ash throws herself into leading...

Classic radio broadcasts of baseball and football games and interviews from the past 100 years in sports history. Hear the greats like Vin Scully, Ernie Harwell, Mel Allen, Harry Caray, and Phil Rizzuto with the vintage radio play-by-play.Full games are published 3 times a week on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday. Bonus content and interview clips will be published on Mondays.All of the old-time radio broadcasts distributed in this podcast are either in the public domain, have expired copyright, or are freely available in Creative Commons at various internet sources.Visit RetroSeasons for more ...

The Royal Rumble has fascinated and enthralled wrestling fans around the world for over 30 years, captivating the imagination in a way that few other wrestling PPV concepts ever could. In the first volume of Retro Pro Wrestling's Complete History of The Royal Rumble, journalist and wrestling fan CJ Scholes relive every match, every angle, and every interview from the annual every-man-for-himself extravaganza. From Hacksaw Jim Duggan's victory in the inaugural TV special to The Rock's triumph at the 2000 event via back-to-back wins for Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin, the ...

Relive the golden age of television—when families gathered around the TV, theme songs became anthems, and sitcoms shaped our sense of humor, identity, and culture. In Classic 80s Television, you'll take a heartfelt trip back to one of the most iconic decades in entertainment history. From the beloved sitcoms that filled our homes with laughter to the groundbreaking dramas that pushed boundaries, this book explores the shows, characters, and cultural shifts that defined a generation. Whether you’re a lifelong fan of the Huxtables and Keatons, still quoting Cheers and Saved by the Bell, ...

Imagine a slight change to our historical timeline where the Industrial Revolution heated up much quicker than expected. Technological marvels such as airships, trains, battleships, and submarines came into being much earlier. They were followed by steam-powered wonders such as mechanical men, flying ships, and even crafts capable of reaching the deepest fathoms of the sea or traveling to distant celestial orbs. That is the world where Sherlock Holmes and his Boswell, Dr. Watson find themselves in Sherlock Holmes: Adventures in the Realms of Steampunk.

Declared “the best survival book in a decade” by Outside Magazine, 438 Days is the true story of the man who survived fourteen months in a small boat drifting seven thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean. On November 17, 2012, two men left the coast of Mexico for a weekend fishing trip in...