Framing Gotham City as a microcosm of a modern-day metropolis, Gotham City Living posits this fictional setting as a hyper-aware archetype, demonstrative of the social, political and cultural tensions felt throughout urban America.
Paradise Lost, Milton s epic poem, charts humanity s fall from grace and the origin of the struggle between God and Satan, good and evil, life and death.
Madchester may have been born at the Hacienda in the summer of 1988, but the city had been in creative ferment for almost a decade prior to the rise of acid house.
A stunning detective story from the winner of the World Illustration Award**OBSERVER GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH Pick for March**'Could not be more rich or more beautiful if it tried' OBSERVERIn this stunning reimagining of a nineteenth-century Russian crime thriller from the world of Dostoevsky, Carol Adlam presents Charlie Fox, stunt journalist, magician, liar and thief, who reluctantly returns to her hometown of Nowheregrad to investigate the murder of Elena Ruslanova, daughter of a fabulously wealthy glass manufacturer.
Los videojuegos pasaron de ser simples consolas a convertirse en un entretenimiento doméstico de vanguardia y en algunas de las aplicaciones más populares del mundo.
This collection of essays analyzes the many ways in which comic book and film superheroes have been revised or rewritten in response to changes in real-world politics, social mores, and popular culture.
New York Times Notable Book: An "e;engaging"e; illustrated book full of "e;valuable insights into the contemporary world of graphic storytelling"e; (Los Angeles Review of Books).
Dan and Cathy 's swinging adventures continue in this SUNSTONE spin-off as they explore their love and boundaries and discover that trust is the key to it all.
Hellboy, Mike Mignola's famed comic book demon hunter, wanders through a haunting and horrific world steeped in the history of weird fictions and wide-ranging folklores.
In the final volume of the Life on Earth trilogy, celebrated cartoonist MariNaomi concludes her tale of growing up, falling in and out of love, and possible alien interventions.
Geek Heroines not only tells the stories of fictional and real women, but also explores how they represent changes in societal views of women, including women of color and the LGBTQ community.
Beyond Lovecraft is an anthology featuring three tales of cosmic horror that explore the secret history of the Cthulhu mythos, and the terrible truths to be found when we stray outside the bounds of everyday reality.
A complete benchwork on the rich indian cultural heritage in respect of fairs and festivals of indias all regions, from north to south, west to east, north - east region and central india, their socio-cultural, religions and economic significance and value, their support with the human society, in five comprehensive volume covering all the 28 states and 7 union territories very useful for social scientists, teachers and researchers in india and abroad.
The Modern Feminine in the Medusa Satire of Fanny Fern argues that Sara Parton and her literary alter ego, Fanny Fern, occupy a star-power position within the antebellum literary marketplace dominated by women authors of sentimental fiction, writers Nathaniel Hawthorne (in)famously called "e;the damn mob of scribbling women.
This book examines schoolrooms and their material contents to reveal insights into the evolution of education and the translation of educational theories and cultural ideals into practice.
In order for the entire galaxy to survive, Tech Jacket must join forces with his greatest enemies, which face it is no fun to do; neither is the destruction of everyone and everything he holds dear, so.
