books by Tom Holt     books:     Tom Holt      You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But it Helps Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2007 I was beginning to despair I comb bookstores, wherever I go looking for a line on new to me authors. No one has ever mentioned Tom Holt and I pretty much tripped over him because of some snarky comment by a reader of his who said something unforgivable about Terry Pratchett. Tom is the real ...             Earth, Air, Fire and Custard Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2005 Good, but not as great as Portable Door or In Your Dreams. 3 stars for people just looking for a book to read. 4 stars for those who've read the other two books and are looking for a conclusion. I'm sure most of you reading this know already, but this is the third (and probably final) book in the adventures of Paul ...             Snow White and the Seven Samurai Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2004 A truly enjoyable read, brush up on your children's stories I have read several of Holt's book prior to reading this (Nothing But Blue Skies, Wish You Were Here, Odds and Gods, and Little People) but this has to be his best. It has just so much going on that you can only read this in small doses. It is just so clever. And ...             Falling Sideways Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2004 A Frenetic Comedic Science Fiction Masterpiece I was originally drawn to this book because of the rather odd frog on the cover, which is good, because there are a lot of amphibious life forms within, hehe. I was really not expecting the fast-paced, frantic, free-wheeling and fun read that this book turned out to ...             In Your Dreams Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2004 I LOVED this book This book, the sequel to The Portable Door, is absolutely one of the BEST books I have ever read. I said the same thing about The Portable Door, but that is now my second favorite book of all time. Tom Holt is an excellent author. If I could choose to be an author ...             The Better Mousetrap Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2008 It touches all our lives; our triumphs and tragedies, our proudest achievements, our most traumatic disasters. Alloyed of love and fear, death and fire, and the inscrutable acts of the gods, insurance is indeed the force that binds the universe together. Hardly surprising, therefore, that Frank Carpenter, one of the foremost magical practitioners ...             Barking Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2008 Is it a one off? I will admit that I am one who clings to an author when I am amused. I ran across Tom Holt, and have been reading his books as I find them. This installment had me curious, given that he had apparently just wound down a series [which is now revived in You Don't Have ...             For Two Nights Only: Contains Overtime and Grailblazers Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2004 Two of Tom Holt's best-loved tales are brought together in this omnibus edition. In Overtime, it all started for Guy Goodlet somewhere over Caen. One moment he was heading for the relative safety of the coast, aware that fuel was low and that the Mosquito had more than a few bullet holes in it. The next, his co-pilot was asking to be dropped ...             Tall Stories: Contains Expecting Someone Taller and Ye Gods! (Omnibus) Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2004 A treasure trove of zany fantasy fiction Fans of comic fantasy will relish an omnibus of Tom Holt's zany stories, packing in a treasure trove of zany fantasy fiction. Fans of Douglas Adams will recognize a kindred soul in Holt, whose funny protagonists finds themselves in all manner of strange circumstances. ...             The Portable Door Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2004 One of his best This is a book so hilarious that I have repeated bits of the jokes in two settings in the two days since I finished it (the bit about Chekov. And this one little joke made people laugh so hard that tears came to their eyes. And I can't tell jokes. And it was out of ...             Valhalla Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2004 Subtly hysterical This book has many threads seemingly all going in different directions. You find yourself waiting for Holt to tie them together in the bizarre unforseeable way that only he can. And he delivers. The cast is a fabulous mix of modern day Joe's with issues, Joan of Arc ...             The First Tom Holt Omnibus: Flying Dutch & Faust Among Equals (Tom Holt Omnibus) Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2004 Nuggets from the golden age of Holt I'm glad to see thse two books back in print, even if they're now printed in one book. (UK readers may see the same two books collected as "Dead Funny," with a different cover but the same ISBN.) They're two of Holt's best, dating back to the early 1990s. In the ...             Only Human Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2004 A pleasant moment away from a busy schedule There is no God. At least, not for the next few days. OK, it takes "deus ex machina" (emphasis on the "machina") to get the story going. After that, it was a happy few hours of reading. The characters are enjoyable: a vicar having a devil of a time (or vice versa), a ...             Fishy Wishes: Contains Wish You Were Here and Djinn Rummy Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2004 Another omnibus joins together two of Tom Holt's popular fantasy stories. In Wish You Were Here, i t?s a busy day on Lake Chicopee. But it was a mixed bunch of sightseers that had the strange local residents rubbing their hands with delight. But most promising of all, there was Wesley Higgins, the young man from Birmingham, who was there because ...             Mightier Than the Sword: Contains Who's Afraid of Beowulf? and My Hero (The Second Tom Holt, Omnibus) Tom Holt Little, Brown Book Group, 2004 A Twofer There are two novels in this thick tome, the best of which is WHO'S AFRAID OF BEOWULF about a female archaeologist who finds more than she bargained for at a Viking burial site in Scotland. It is an amusing little novella not quite long enough or strong enough to ...          products you might be interested in search for books contains, expecting, grailblazers, mousetrap, overtime, sideways      toavi.com    web we recommend A treasure trove of zany fantasy fiction randomly chosen book: Encountering the Spirit: The Charismatic Tradition (Traditions of ...