Books with author Thom Roberts

Originally published in 1827, Roberts’ Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff was a handbook for servants to perform their duties more efficiently and thoughtfully. Roberts gives a plethora of information about household duties of a butler like:• How to dress suitably for work• Regulations for the dinner table• Directions for cleaning tea trays• Giving Britannia metal a brilliant polish• Preserving fruits for the year• Addressing and behaving properly around your employer• And many more insightsRoberts provides information on how to make the best-tasting lemonade; preserving good wine for years; not passing judgments on the other servants; never letting your master ring the bell for you twice; cleaning dirty tables with a mix of milk, turpentine, and sweet oil; rubbing off rust with salad oil and lime; and other useful tidbits for the curious butler. This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of household help and will delight any nineteenth century enthusiast.

Originally published in 1827, Roberts’ Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff was a handbook for servants to perform their duties more efficiently and thoughtfully. Roberts gives a plethora of information about household duties of a butler like:• How to dress suitably for work• Regulations for the dinner table• Directions for cleaning tea trays• Giving Britannia metal a brilliant polish• Preserving fruits for the year• Addressing and behaving properly around your employer• And many more insightsRoberts provides information on how to make the best-tasting lemonade; preserving good wine for years; not passing judgments on the other servants; never letting your master ring the bell for you twice; cleaning dirty tables with a mix of milk, turpentine, and sweet oil; rubbing off rust with salad oil and lime; and other useful tidbits for the curious butler. This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of household help and will delight any nineteenth century enthusiast.

In a new home with a new stepmother and stepsister, plagued by the memory of his mother's untimely death, thirteen-year-old Will Morris is struggling to adjust to his new life. Unfortunately for Will, larger troubles lay ahead.Something has awakened in Hawkins, Connecticut, a town with a sordid history of witchcraft and murder. Something ancient. Evil. Hungry. With the death-toll climbing, it's up to Will and his friends to solve the mystery of GOOL and to destroy the creature once and for all.WARNING: This book contains mild language and more-than-mild violence in addition to heaps and heaps of sharp teeth, splattery monster mayhem, and high levels of gory fun. Additionally, this novel was written two years prior to Stranger Things--any similarities are purely coincidence. This is the first young adult novel by author Thom Roberts, whose writing has been praised by New York Times Bestselling Author James Rollins as "not to be missed."

Iris didn't want to go the funeral; funerals creep her out. But she loved her Gram, and she wanted to say goodbye. Gram had been like a mother to her since her own mother died. Now she was all alone, except for her Dad. When Gram passed she left behind her house and all her possessions, including 5 wooden fairy dolls, to Iris. It was all very strange. Why her? She was only 11 years old. A house? Dolls? She didn't play with dolls anymore. The one condition for her to keep her new house was that she was required to live in it. This is the same house where all the weird things happened, and it was out in the woods, in a new town.Being the “new kid,” in a new town is weird enough, especially moving into a house with so many mysteries. And it doesn't take long before things start to happen, unexplainable things, strange things. Before they even get there, on the way to the house, on the dirt road leading to it, she sees a little boy on a swing disappear in mid-swing, in a burst of light. Of course she tells her Dad, they stop the car and look for him, but he's gone. He didn't see it. He doesn't believe her. She has no friends here and her Dad thinks she has “issues,” since the death of her mother. What can she do? Who can she tell? Who would believe her? She wonders if she should try to find him? What if you see things all the time that nobody else sees? Are you crazy?11 year old Iris uncovers her own strange past and learns that anything is possible if you believe in yourself. Come with her and find yourself in the magical world of Fairalon, but be wary of the strange creatures you meet there.Fairalon explores themes of trust, loneliness, friendship, and self-reliance with a sprinkle of budding romance in this coming of age action filled story.Fairalon is a MG/YA fantasy novel with 30 full color illustrations.

Seven To Die tells the story of Lex MacArthur, a San Francisco college student who comes into possession of an enigmatic clay pendant that unlocks a bevy of dormant superhuman genes. She's stronger, she's faster, and she's on a mission to find out why. As Lex sets out to discover who she is and where she really came from, she comes face-to-face with Egil, a killer who has been tracking Lex her entire life. At the helm of an enormous operation to eradicate all of Lex's kind, Egil captures Lex's long-lost mother, forcing Lex to confront him head on and save those she loves from certain death.Aspen Novels continues its genre-spanning adventures into the prose world with this latest young adult, urban fantasy thriller that is an edge-of-your-seat page turner.

Danny Has caught a fish, not just a big fish but one that can talk. This is where the trouble starts for Danny. Between being laughed at school and people who do not believe him, he is torn between doing what is right and saving the life of fish he has become friends with. It seems that the whole world is standing between saving Sam and their own greed. Danny is growing up fast and making decisions that will change his outlook on life and life itself. Time is short for Sam and Danny and action and trouble is around every corner. word count = 43,391