Former stuntman Sami "e;Sam"e; Nasser is steadily piecing his life back together after narrowly surviving a torturous experience with psychotic gang lord Dominus Smith six months earlier.
From Machiavellian city officials to big time mobsters (such as Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano, and Al Capone) to corrupt beat cops to overzealous G-men to suffragettes to abolitionists to innocent citizens caught in the crossfire, Boardwalk Empire is replete with philosophically compelling characters who find themselves in philosophically interesting situations.
Since its debut manga RG Veda, CLAMP has steadily asserted itself as one of the most widely renowned teams of manga artists, leaving a durable imprint in every established genre while also devising novel formulas along the way.
Encyclopaedia of Asia: Land, Culture and People is a unique attempt in the sense that for the first time the editors have attempted to provide readers with most contemporary information-base about these very important countries, forming the said region, called Asia.
Gunned down and left for dead on a New York rooftop, Alex Underwood 's life should have ended there but instead, at the moment of death, she became host to the Witchblade, a mystical artifact that grants the woman wielding it extraordinary powers.
An incisive history of the controversial Google Books project and the ongoing quest for a universal digital libraryLibraries have long talked about providing comprehensive access to information for everyone.
"e;BEGINNING, MIDDLE AND END"e; Scud is programmed to destroy a basement monster but he will self destruct if he does, so the robotic assassin puts the wounded creature on life support and becomes a freelance assassin to pay for the hospital bills.
The immensely popular Grand Theft Auto game series has inspired a range of reactions among players and commentators, and a hot debate in the popular media.
PRISM AWARDS FINALIST 2021GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS - YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION (YALSA) 2022"e;When I was in school, everyone got to a certain age where they became interested in talking about only one thing: boys, girls and sex.
Comic book audience expectations have fluctuated dramatically through the years, and comic book creators have had to adapt to shifting reader concerns.
In the 23rd Century, a beautiful prostitute, Valerie Belmont, teams up with Frank Morris, a cop falsely accused of murder, as they uncover a criminal plot while investigating the case of a stolen hallucinogenic drug that threatens the future of the planet.
In a world where everyone is constantly connected to the internet through chips implanted in their brains, an all-attitude young hacker named Vanessa helps a mysterious young man named Malik in his desperate search for the truth about his checkered past after a virus damages his chip and erases all his memories.
Spinning off from the SUNSTONE universe comes a slice-of-life romantic drama about a couple trying to regain the sexual energy from the beginning of their relationship by swinging with other couples.
After escaping a televised attempt on their lives and blowing past two million bucks in their REAPR campaign, Charlie and Vita abandon Los Angeles for the desert paradise Las Vegas in search of answers.
In Night Bus, a young woman wearing round glasses finds herself on an adventurous late night bus ride that constantly makes detours through increasingly fantastical landscapes.
With the intimacy of a person who has lived the tragedy himself but with the restraint of a true artist, Hamid Sulaiman tells a powerful tale of Syria s descent into cataclysm while reminding us of those still tending the seeds of the revolutionary spring.
TFP brings together international researchers, students and industry professionals dedicated to promoting new research directions and to investigating the relationship between functional programming and other branches of Computer Science.
Learn to draw expressive faces which communicate thoughts, feelings and emotions Drawing characters with realistic facial expressions is a challenging and critical skill for every manga artist and storyteller.
This Palgrave Pivot questions how a new generation of alternative stand-up comedians and the political world continue to shape and influence each other.
