Steve Metcalf

Covering the whole of his unique works, this bio-bibliography is an unparalleled resource on the life and music of Leroy Anderson—composer of over 40 popular orchestral miniatures.In his compositions, Leroy Anderson defied the nature of typical orchestral music. His artful combination of a light, pop sound and masterful orchestration into short musical pieces has captivated audiences for years. Young and old, non-musicians and musicians alike have gravitated toward his sound. However, because of the unique nature of his work, Anderson is often overlooked in the study of American music. For the first time, an entire volume has been dedicated to the life and works of Leroy Anderson. This bio-bibliography provides a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in Anderson's unique brand of American orchestral music.A short biography introduces the reader to background information on the composer himself and on his more famous pieces. This is followed by a complete, categorized listing of Anderson's works, a discography, a bibliography of articles written by and about Anderson, and a list of arrangements of his work by Anderson and others. Ten separate appendices at the end of the work ensure ease of navigation and cross-referencing for the reader.

Jack Madden and his team of relic hunters must fight Nile crocs, deadly cobras and swarms of flesh-eating scarabs to uncover the secret burial chamber of an ancient pharaoh laid to rest deep within the Red Pyramid.Using scraps of a papyrus that claims King Sneferu was entombed with a prized possession - a gold scepter tipped with the polished remains of a meteorite that hit Africa two billion years ago - the motley crew of adventurers must uncover lost chambers and avoid the deadly traps hidden throughout the 4,000-year-old monument to the dead king.

A dusty, hand-written journal kicks off a deadly expedition deep into the jungles of Southern Peru. The journal leads the explorers to the site of the ruined village in the shadow of a mountain - a hollow mountain with a colossal ziggurat inside. It is a temple built to honor one of the Moche religion's chief deities - a building-sized spider known as The Decapitator. Once revered for its strength and protection, this colossal Spider is now a caged monster driven insane by centuries of isolation. The massive beast stalks the group through the cavernous temple, ready to torture and slay the entire academic expedition. The team soon find themselves in a traumatic and bloody fight for survival against a horrifying creature from legend. Can anyone survive The Spider God?

It's a simple rescue mission with one small wrinkle - the four scientists are trapped 100 million years in Earth's past.Four months after the events of "Objekt 221" an alarm sounds in the enormous Crimean research facility. Precision Robotics, now in control of the huge building and the time rift it protects, decides they need to send a rescue party back to the Cretaceous period to recover the scientists - abandoned in the time of dinosaurs.Once again, they rely on their private army, The Wraiths, to gear up with the most advanced weaponry available to do battle with the vicious inhabitants of this ancient world. While performing a data dump at the research and observation station Facility Four - codenamed "Hell Island" - the rescue team begins to learn the horrifying truth about the four-armed super predator classified in many secret research documents simply as Project: Goliath.Genetic modification, private military, abandoned facilities, dinosaurs, betrayal ... welcome to Hell Island

During three seasons of increasing popularity, the ghost hunting television show King Paranormal Investigations has come to be known to seek out dangerous environments. The team is Lucas King - the face of the show, Harrison Frost - the trusted veteran, and Jeff Blake - the technology wizard. Their three personalities blend well and make for compelling television. When - during the break between seasons three and four - the team receives a letter describing a haunted mining town and the curse that has followed a family for 100 years, how could they not explore it? Joined by Cole Ballard, the last surviving member of the cursed family, and their equipment tech, Jimmy Vargas, the team sets about investigating the paranormal happenings in Coldwater, California. In the era of content creation spanning across pay-per-view, broadcast television, streaming services and internet channels, producers are searching for the most dangerous settings possible to grab viewership in numerous techological spheres. But what happens when this plan backfires? What happens to the stars of a reality television show when they are confronted by a truly malevolent force? Can they be protected by superior technology? Or will demons finally show the true scope of their evil to a television audience? Armed with the latest ghost hunting gear and more than 20 years of experience between them, King Paranormal Investigations prepares for their most terrifying episode ever. Coldwater, California.

Steve had suffered under the brutal regime of his Japanese guards. He and his classmates at Chefoo school in China - for the most part the children of missionaries - had been interned in 1942. Resentment of the Japanese was a way of life. Could he possibly pray for them? Painfully, reluctantly, he found that he could, and his prayers sank deep. At the end of the war the China Inland Mission was seeking young men willing to go to Japan . Steve trained, packed and went. Thus began Steve's lifelong love of Japan. Over the years he would tussle with a culture where courtesy wins over truth; where suicide is an honourable choice; where to be foreign is to be forever alien. Time after time he would encounter miracles of healing, provision, and protection as God looked after him, his wife Evelyn and their growing family. In a resistant culture he would see many come to Christ. This is the story of how a boy's grudging prayers were remarkably answered.