Download or read book Jack Kraken one shot written by Tim Seeley and published by Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues). This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack Kraken is the best agent the Humanoid Interaction Agency has. Using his extranormal powers, Jack protects humans and humanoids alike from those who would kill them. Follow Jack's adventures rescuing kids and stopping the things that go _bump_ in the night. * Art by Ross Campbell (_The Abandoned_), Tim Seeley (_Ex Sanguine_), and Jim Terry (_The Crow_)!

Download or read book Hack Slash 15th Anniversary Celebration One Shot written by Greg Ellner and published by Image Comics. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the 15th anniversary of the bloody tale about the slasher victim who fought back with these brand-new stories from HACK/SLASH alumni STEFANO CASELLI, EMILY STONE, and DAN LEISTER, as well as new, emerging talent! Plus: an unmissable lead story from and about! disgruntled comics writer TIM SEELEY, who makes a wish for Cassie Hack to become real and then becomes a victim himself when his creation swears to kill him.

Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to the Jersey Shore written by Peter Genovese and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-12 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jersey Shore, our most treasured asset, the envy of forty-nine other states, comes alive in this new book by the reporter and writer who knows New Jersey—and the Jersey Shore—best. Every conceivable topic—where to eat, where to stay, landmarks and attractions, what to do with the kids—is covered with the kind of inside information you just won’t find on tourism web sites or Facebook. All one hundred-plus Shore towns are included, from Sandy Hook to Cape May. There are hundreds of restaurant listings and recommendations. The book also contains engaging profiles and vignettes of the people and places that give the Shore its special character and charm. A throwback five-and-dime store on Long Beach Island. Banner pilots. Birders. Baby parades. And more. You want lists and rankings? The book is full of them—twenty best Shore towns, twenty-one secret spots down the Shore, twenty essential Jersey Shore experiences, fifty things we bet you didn’t know about the Shore, and so on. The book is the next best thing to being at the Shore; actually, it may be better than being there (think of those epic traffic jams on the Parkway, and all the money you’ll save on tolls, beach fees, and bad boardwalk pizza).

Download or read book Stanley Brambles and the Pirate s Treasure written by Owen Spendlove and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Stanley Brambles is an average kid. He lives in the boring, small town of East Stodgerton, has a regular family-a mom, a dad, and a dog-and his life is one long routine. But all that changes one day when he meets his great uncle, Jackson Warrington Lee. Rumour has it that Uncle Jack was once the most feared pirate to ever sail the seven seas-and now Stanley wants to uncover his secrets. A humdrum visit to Uncle Jack's seaside mansion quickly turns into the adventure of a lifetime as Stanley and his friends, Alabaster Lancaster and Prunella "Nell" Hawthorne, are whisked off to a strange and wonderful world, where vicious prehistoric fish dominate the aquatic food chain and pirates still plough the waves. But there's more than piracy afoot. A sinister power is at work in this world, and Stanley is more than a little surprised to learn that he has somehow drawn its attention. A rollicking story full of adventure and danger, good versus evil, and the strength and importance of friendship, Stanley Brambles and the Pirate's Treasure brilliantly shows that even seemingly ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things.

Download or read book Forged by War Omnibus written by James David Victor and published by Fairfield Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human race is on the verge of extinction and their only hope is a Marine who never wanted to be one. A Military Sci-Fi adventure from Bestselling Author James David Victor. Humanity has been pushed from one side of the galaxy to the other. In a final, desperate attempt to defeat the Chitins, they fall back and prepare for a final confrontation. Can Jack Forge and the Fleet Marines save humanity, or will this war prove to be the end of everything? The Forged by War Omnibus includes the last three books in the Jack Forge, Fleet Marine series. If you like fast paced military science fiction, Jack Forge is the kind of hero you can root for. Download the Forged by War Omnibus and get started on your next space adventure today! Stories Included: - Forged to Hunt - Forging a Trap - Forged by War

Download or read book Pirates in History and Popular Culture written by Antonio Sanna and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of new essays covers the myriad portrayals of the figure of the pirate in historical records, literary narratives, films, television series, opera, anime and games. Contributors explore the nuances of both real and fictional pirates, giving attention to renowned works such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, the Pirates of the Caribbean saga, and the anime One Piece, as well as less well known works such as pirate romances, William Clarke Russell's The Frozen Pirate, Lionel Lindsay's artworks, Steven Speilberg's The Adventures of Tintin, and Pastafarian texts.

Download or read book The Titan Kiss Hardcover Edition written by Clark Nida and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-20 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ex-miner Jack Williams and his ailing wife Hilda welcome their only son Harry back home from Nix City to their 1970s pit village in Durham's Wear Valley. But Harry brings with him a strange fiancee from another world: a groubian called Tvoul Rainbow. And a fifty-thousand year-old longing is all set to be fulfilled... bringing ruin on everyone concerned. A sinister wedding guest from Nix City warns Jack his son is in dire peril. The tidings strike down Hilda, catapulting Jack on a fearful quest across world after world to uncover the heart-breaking truth of Harry's star-crossed romance. Is Jack the resolute hero, seeking redress for his lost wife and son? Or a deluded invalid, in thrall to bitter prejudice, the catspaw of shady interests whose motives he will never comprehend? And is redress to take the form of justice... or heedless revenge? ""I enjoyed this so much that I missed it when it ended"-Mel (Hong Kong) ""I read it through a second time, much more carefully"-Mitali D (Gateshead)"

Download or read book Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man s Chest Storybook and CD written by Disney Book Group and published by Disney Press. This book was released on 2006-12-19 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Jack Sparrow has to find the chest of Davy Jones...or else! The voices of Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and the rest of the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, not to mention the sound effects, bring this storybook to life as the CD plays along with the text. With full-color images from the film, this complete re-telling will be a hit with pirate fans everywhere.

Download or read book Forged in Space Omnibus written by James David Victor and published by Fairfield Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one man steps up to save humanity, he fights to keep a secret that can destroy him, and those around him. A military space adventure from Bestselling Author James David Victor. Jack Forge started as an unwilling recruit, but quickly established himself as a top-notch Marine and an inspired leader. When faced with impossible odds, he has repeatedly saved the day…and his fellow marines. As his status grows, he must fight to keep a secret that could cost himself and his friends everything. One thing is certain, Jack has been forged in space and will fight to save humanity from the hostile aliens who inhabit it. The the Forged in Space Omnibus includes the first three books in the Jack Forge, Fleet Marine series. If you like fast paced military science fiction, Jack Forge is the kind of hero you can root for. Download the Forged in Space Omnibus and get started on your next space adventure today! Stories Included: - Recruit - Forged in Space - Forged to Lead

Download or read book Postmodern Pirates written by Susanne Zhanial and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postmodern Pirates offers a comprehensive analysis of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series and the pirate motif in British literature and Hollywood movies through the lens of postmodern film theories.

Download or read book Rising From the Deep written by Geoff Baker and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encompassing sports, civics, and regional identity, this is a multifaceted narrative of launching a franchise from the ground up In 2021, Seattle released the Kraken. Evoking the aquatic mystique of Puget Sound while epitomizing colorful innovation, the Seattle Kraken, the National Hockey League's newest expansion franchise, entered its inaugural season backed by league-wide fanfare and with an eye toward the future of both the team and its city. In true Seattle fashion, they would play their games on ice from recycled rainwater in front of sold-out crowds at the privately funded, all-electric, Amazon-sponsored Climate Pledge Arena. If an organic union of sports and civic identity was ever possible, this would seem to be it. How did it go so right? What made the Emerald City the perfect setting for a new hockey franchise just years after it had failed to retain the NBA's SuperSonics? And could the same forces that propelled the Kraken into existence be redeployed to attract a basketball team once again? Rising From the Deep traces the dynamic origins of the NHL's newest team, from the history of Seattle hockey in the early 20th century, to the winter sports void left by the bitter departure of the Sonics, to the the development of a team identity that captured the imagination of hockey fans everywhere. Seattle Times investigative reporter Geoff Baker takes readers behind the scenes and back to the start with power brokers, players, and fans in this fascinating, hard-fought saga.

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Download or read book Smoketown written by Mark Whitaker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant, lively account of the Black Renaissance that burst forth in Pittsburgh from the 1920s through the 1950s—“Smoketown will appeal to anybody interested in black history and anybody who loves a good story…terrific, eminently readable…fascinating” (The Washington Post). Today black Pittsburgh is known as the setting for August Wilson’s famed plays about noble, but doomed, working-class citizens. But this community once had an impact on American history that rivaled the far larger black worlds of Harlem and Chicago. It published the most widely read black newspaper in the country, urging black voters to switch from the Republican to the Democratic Party, and then rallying black support for World War II. It fielded two of the greatest baseball teams of the Negro Leagues and introduced Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers. Pittsburgh was the childhood home of jazz pioneers Billy Strayhorn, Billy Eckstine, Earl Hines, Mary Lou Williams, and Erroll Garner; Hall of Fame slugger Josh Gibson—and August Wilson himself. Some of the most glittering figures of the era were changed forever by the time they spent in the city, from Joe Louis and Satchel Paige to Duke Ellington and Lena Horne. Mark Whitaker’s Smoketown is a “rewarding trip to a forgotten special place and time” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). It depicts how ambitious Southern migrants were drawn to a steel-making city on a strategic river junction; how they were shaped by its schools and a spirit of commerce with roots in the Gilded Age; and how their world was eventually destroyed by industrial decline and urban renewal. “Smoketown brilliantly offers us a chance to see this other Black Renaissance and spend time with the many luminaries who sparked it…It’s thanks to such a gifted storyteller as Whitaker that this forgotten chapter of American history can finally be told in all its vibrancy and glory” (The New York Times Book Review).

Download or read book The Special Detective written by Mark B Wignall and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the quiet city of Westgate Shores life hardly moves forward, without a shove, even sunlight tries to not directly shine on the town too quickly. Here however the land is peaceful; no technology or brand rules the social hierarchy people are just decent, very dull and everywhere. But this recluse for the overly excited now plays host to a criminal mob from the modern high powered era terrorising its streets, recruiting its youth and being very troublesome for the cities, illuminating, police force who just so happen to recruit a local man of their own who has a mysterious past, a big sword and a habit of kicking buttocks where ever his foot can reach it. This is the introduction of Jack Ryan, who will take the fi ght to the street, the road, the street again and a dozen other dotted places around town. Lets just hope he can get it done right along side the humbling bumbling police unit S.O.23 and the beautiful Penelope who is a transfer offi cer from France who carries a really big gun and really modest opinions.

Download or read book Small Hours written by Bobby Palmer and published by Review. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Powerful' JOANNA GLEN 'Beautiful' KATE SAWYER 'A triumph' JENNIE GODFREY The eagerly awaited new novel from Bobby Palmer, author of the critically acclaimed debut Isaac and the Egg. If you stood before sunrise in this wild old place, looking through the trees into the garden, here's what you'd see: A father and son, a fox standing between them. Jack, home for the first time in years, still determined to be the opposite of his father. Gerry, who would rather talk to animals than the angry man back under his roof. Everything that follows is because of the fox, and because Jack's mother is missing. It spans generations of big dreams and lost time, unexpected connections and things falling apart, great wide worlds and the moments that define us. If you met them in the small hours, you'd begin to piece together their story. 'A magical, comforting read that touches on father-son relationships, male mental health and the healing power of nature' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'A beautiful examination of love and loss' HEAT 'Tender and touching' GLAMOUR PRAISE FOR ISAAC AND THE EGG 'A tender story of love, grief and the transformative power of friendship' Guardian 'Truly one of the most beautiful stories you will ever read' Joanna Cannon 'Will linger longer after the final page' Independent 'Unique, tender and funny' Pandora Sykes 'A future classic' Clare Mackintosh 'Like nothing I've ever read before' Stylist 'An arresting debut novel about grief in the most wonderfully oblique way' Reverend Richard Coles 'Just magic' Kate Sawyer

Download or read book Cinema of Swords written by Lawrence Ellsworth and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cinema of Swords is a history, guide, and love letter to over four hundred movies and television shows featuring swashbucklers: knights, pirates, samurai, Vikings, gladiators, outlaw heroes like Zorro and Robin Hood, and anyone else who lives by the blade and solves their problems with the point of a sword. Though swordplay thrives as a mainstay of current pop culture—whether Game of Thrones or Lord of the Rings or Star Wars—swashbuckling was if anything even more ubiquitous during Hollywood’s classic period, from its foundations in the Silent Era up through the savage bursts of fantasy films in the ‘80s. With this huge cinematic backlist of classics now available online and on-demand, Cinema of Swords traces the roots and branches of this unruly genre, highlighting classics of the form and pointing fans toward thrilling new gems they never knew existed. With wry summaries and criticism from swordplay expert Lawrence Ellsworth, this comprehensive guidebook is perfect as a reference work or as a dazzling Hollywood history to be read end-to-end.

Download or read book Forbidden Journeys written by Nina Auerbach and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “darkly entertaining” story collection is “a significant contribution to nineteenth-century cultural history, and especially feminist studies" (United Press International). In the 1870s and 1880s, children’s literature saw some astonishingly bold and innovative writing by women authors. As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one that was startlingly subversive for its time. While writers such as Lewis Carroll and J.M. Barrie wrote nostalgic tales that pined for lost youth, their female counterparts had more serious—at times unsettling—concerns. From Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s adaptations of "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood" to Christina Rossetti’s unsettling anti-fantasies in Speaking Likenesses, the stories collected here are breathtaking acts of imaginative freedom, by turns amusing, charming, and disturbing. Besides their social and historical implications, they are extraordinary works of fiction, full of strange delights for readers of any age. "The editors’ intelligent and fascinating commentary reveals ways in which these stories defied the Victorian patriarchy."—Allyson F. McGill, Belles Lettres