Download or read book The Chimera of Prague Paperback edition written by Rick Pryll and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pryll captures all the international sexual tension and possibility that was 1990s Prague." - Bonnie Ditlevsen, editor, Penduline PressDivorced expat, Joseph, takes a gap year in the late nineties, womanizing Prague with a vengeance. He obsesses over one elusive girl, and tires of the parade of women he assimilates into his sad life, Along the way, he figures three things out. First, he is going to end up alone. Second, the object of his infatuation is changed by the infatuation, rendering her incompatible with him, and third, the search is not about the girl. It is about unearthing a way to love himself again. His soulmate is out there. In fact, he may have already met her. "Chimera" features a unique story-within-the-story format as Joseph digs from finish to start through his first love in an attempt to understand his particular brand of dysfunction. As much as the big story is about a love affair with a magical city, the vignettes are an ode to Western New York State from which he hails, and the woman who originally broke his heart.
Download or read book Daughter of Smoke Bone written by Laini Taylor and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the New York Times bestselling epic fantasy trilogy by award-winning author Laini Taylor Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands"; she speaks many languages--not all of them human; and her bright blue hair actually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she's about to find out. When one of the strangers--beautiful, haunted Akiva--fixes his fire-colored eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?
Download or read book Prague Spring written by Simon Mawer and published by Little, Brown Book Group. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewhere in southern Germany they decide, on a whim, to visit Czechoslovakia where Alexander Dubcek's 'socialism with a human face' is smiling on the world. Meanwhile Sam Wareham, a first secretary at the British embassy in Prague, is observing developments in the country with a mixture of diplomatic cynicism and a young man's passion. In the company of Czech student Lenka Konecková, he finds a way into the world of Czechoslovak youth, its hopes and its ideas. It seems that, for the first time, nothing is off limits behind the Iron Curtain. Yet the wheels of politics are grinding in the background. The Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev is making demands of Dubcek and the Red Army is massed on the borders. How will the looming disaster affect those fragile lives caught up in the invasion?
Download or read book La Chim re of Prague written by Rick Pryll and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph's mermaid bi-sexual girlfriend mysteriously drowned. Naked Pete may have answers. Waitress-turned-supermodel Karina stays over, only to run off with her English tutor the next day. She's back. She's ready for more. Is it too late?
Download or read book Prague Spring written by Simon Mawer and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Room Simon Mawer returns to Czechoslovakia, this time during the turbulent 1960s, with a suspenseful story that mixes sex, politics, and betrayal. In the summer of 1968--a year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter--Oxford students James Borthwick and Eleanor Pike set out to hitchhike across Europe, complicating a budding friendship that could be something more. Having reached southern Germany, they decide on a whim to visit Czechoslovakia, where Alexander Dubček's "socialism with a human face" is smiling on the world. Meanwhile, Sam Wareham, First Secretary at the British embassy in Prague, is observing developments in the country with both a diplomat's cynicism and a young man's passion. In the company of Czech student Lenka Konečková, he finds a way into the world of Czechoslovak youth, its hopes and its ideas. For the first time, nothing seems off limits behind the Iron Curtain. Yet the wheels of politics are grinding in the background. The Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev is making demands of Dubček, and the Red Army is amassed on the borders. How will the looming disaster affect those fragile lives caught up in the invasion? With this shrewd, engrossing, and sensual novel, Simon Mawer cements his status as one of the most talented writers of historical spy fiction today.
Download or read book Cicada written by Phoebe Giannisi and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The celebrated Greek poet Phoebe Giannisi explores connections between language, life, and the natural world By one of Greece’s foremost contemporary poets, Cicada is Phoebe Giannisi’s second collection in English. The cicada signifies metamorphosis in this breathtaking, lyrical book, which evokes the spirits of Archilochus, Plato, Empedocles, and Heraclitus. As the translator Brian Sneeden remarks: “The ‘I’ in Giannisi’s poetry is never static, never a fixed point, but part of a process of rebodying the ambient.” Yet, despite the fluid, mythic nature of Giannisi’s poems, they are also exquisitely rooted in the everyday: the sea heard through a window, the murmur of a distant mechanical crane, a damp wind, a photo of John and Yoko. Giannisi is a poet internationally known for her idiosyncratic eco-poetics, as well as her poetic multimedia works and performances, and most of all for her brilliant vision glowing at the borders of language, voice, place, and memory.
Download or read book Oscar Martin s Solo The Survivors of Chaos written by Oscar Martin and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a desolate, post-apocalyptic world filled with vicious mutant animals and savage hunters, Solo the rat does everything he can to survive. Warner Bros Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Oscar Martin, delivers an action-packed, heart-breaking tale of one rat’s journey to understand what it means to be truly alive. “A gorgeous post-apocalyptic story that deserves your attention.” – MDCU Comics “Martin takes pages from Jack Kirby’s Kamandi, Mad Max, and Spartacus to create a world as brutal as it is complex.” – Bitfeed
Download or read book Little Victories written by Yvon Roy and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning graphic novel autobiography of a father, and the challenges he faces raising his autistic son. A beautiful visual exploration of the highs and lows experienced by a parent learning how to adapt to his son’s autism. Faced with a challenging road ahead, the author uses creative flair and ingenuity in order to connect with his son, enabling him to reach his fullest potential and prepare him for the transition into adulthood. This stunning insight into the nature of autism and the daily struggles of a parent uses humor and compassion to convey its message. This is the perfect creative outlet for anyone – from parent to teacher – looking for detailed information on the subject with a more personal touch. Yvon Roy won the Best Biography Award from the Disability Fund and Society, as well as reciving the INSPIREO High School Students Award for the most inspiring youth book, and the Literary Award for Citizenship from the Maine Teacher’s League. “Diving into this exquisite comic book is truly a journey into the life of a child and will interest all parents concerned with understanding what their offspring is made of.” – Huffington Post “A beautiful book, both in substance and form.” – BD Gest “A vibrant song of comfort for autism.” – Actua BD
Download or read book Insight Guides Explore Prague Travel Guide eBook written by Insight Guides and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a fresh approach to Prague with this brand new Explore guide. Lavishly illustrated in full colour, this book features 16 fantastic self-guided routes, written by a local expert and packed with great insider tips. Whether you are new to the city or a repeat visitor, whatever your interests, and however long your stay, this book is the perfect companion, showing you the smartest way to link the sights and taking you beyond the beaten tourist track. All the routes come with clear, easy-to-follow full-colour maps. A 'Key Facts' box at the start of each tour highlights the recommended time needed to enjoy it to the full, plus the distance covered and a start and end point; all this makes it simple to find the perfect tour for the time you have to spare. Try some of the hand-picked places to eat and drink and sleep, or refer to the clearly organised A-Z of practical information to get to grips with the city. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure. 'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine
Download or read book The Tragedy of Arthur written by Arthur Phillips and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tragedy of Arthur is an emotional and elaborately constructed tour de force from “one of the best writers in America” (The Washington Post). Its doomed hero is Arthur Phillips, a young novelist struggling with a con artist father who works wonders of deception. Imprisoned for decades and nearing the end of his life, Arthur’s father reveals a treasure he’s kept secret for half a century: The Tragedy of Arthur, a previously unknown play by William Shakespeare. Arthur and his twin sister inherit their father’s mission: to see the manuscript published and acknowledged as the Bard’s last great gift to humanity . . . unless it’s their father’s last great con. By turns hilarious and haunting, this virtuosic novel, which includes Shakespeare’s (?) lost play in its entirety, brilliantly subverts our notions of truth, fiction, genius, and identity, as the two Arthurs—the novelist and the ancient king—play out their strangely intertwined fates. A New York Times Notable Book • A New Yorker Reviewers’ Favorite of the Year • A Wall Street Journal Best Novel of the Year • A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year • A Chicago Tribune Favorite Book of the Year • A Library Journal Top Ten Book of the Year • A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year • One of Salon’s five best novels of the year Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.
Download or read book Azimut written by Wilfrid Lupano and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2022-03-02 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North Pole has disappeared! With no compass to divide the world, chaos ensues! Nations ride to war; a beautiful woman travels across the brawling continents to find eternal life; a daring aeronaut and a lovesick rabbit follow behind, sworn to thwart her quest; an eccentric scientist’s study of time-manipulating creatures has collapsed; and the mythical Time Snatcher, who stalks men’s dreams and steals their youth while they sleep, has reappeared. But what has the missing magnetic north got to do with it all? None can say, but the fate of the world hangs by a thread! Written by the award-winning Wilfrid Lupano and illustrated by Crayon d’Or prize winner Jean-Baptiste Andréae, Azimut is perfect for fans of Terry Gilliam and the whimsical creatures of Lewis Carroll.
Download or read book Prague written by Henrik Neugebauer and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Knights of Heliopolis written by Alejandro Jodorwosky and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed writer Jodorowsky puts a supernatural spin on one of the greatest myths in the history of France, The Man in the Iron Mask, rewritten as a grand, esoteric fable. The 18th century. In a monastery in the North of Spain hides the sacred temple of the Knights of Heliopolis: an assembly of immortal alchemists cut off from the world. As disciple Seventeen prepares to complete his training and integrate order, his master Fulcanelli reveals to the other knights the terrible secret of his origins – Seventeen is actually the hidden son of King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette! Will the young heir remain in the shadows, faithful to the millennial precepts of Alchemy, or reveal himself and claim the throne?
Download or read book Wika written by Thomas Day and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse yourself in the stunning steampunk Lord of the Rings-esque fantasy world of Wika, a graphic novel from award-winning artist Olivier Ledroit! After narrowly escaping an uprising that claims the lives of her parents, Wika, the last of a royal line of fairies, must evade the assassins on her trail long enough to discover the secret of her lineage. Uncover Thomas Day’s first comic book story – a dark tale of magic and mystery, with fairies, dwarves, goblins and elves, in a stunning fantasy world brought to life by the beautiful illustrations of Olivier Ledroit. A rewriting of the fairy tale genre in beautiful baroque illustrations.
Download or read book Wallow written by Rick Pryll and published by . This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever thought about quitting your job, leaving it all behind, running away to Europe, to find yourself? Ever been to Prague and considered, just for a second, what it would be like to stay? WALLOW depicts the plight of Steve, a self-obsessed romantic in the self-induced exile of Prague's expat community. Newly divorced from both the love of his life and his yuppie-dom on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Steve finds himself broke, alone, and smack dab in the middle of his quarter-life crisis. To get through it, he is going to have to give up a few of his favorite delusions. Before he does, Steve takes a moment to bask in the cold sun of Self.WARNING: Includes episodes of profanity and sexually explicit language.Rick Pryll's fiction is at once a thin disguise for his personal experience and a deep, dark tour of his secret self. Earnest to a fault, his work triumphs in its ability to crystallize the emotional complexity of an instant in individual human experience. Highlights:The short story "Chris" captures what it was like to be living in the American expatriate community in Prague at the close of the last century. The poem "Paper Plates" nails what it is about living in a transient yet sticky place like Prague that hurts so much. The short story "Eye of the Jackal" features an ironical twist that exposes the victim of a theft as a thief himself. And finally, an Unsent Letter at the end of the book (dated to show that it was written before any of the rest of the book occurred) shows that while the process of self-discovery is bumpy and long, often the kernel of it exists within us before we even begin. This connected collection of short stories, poems, unsent letters and journal excerpts come together to describe a twenty-something man's coming to terms with his life after divorce. Set both in New York City and Prague, the book is divided into seven sections, taking the reader through a fractured landscape of loss, self-pity, self-discovery and ultimately hope.
Download or read book Cutting Edge written by Francesco Dimitri and published by Titan Comics. This book was released on 2021-07-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed author Francesco Dimitri and award-winning artist Mario Alberti tell a story of extraordinary people who are brought together to uncover a deadly conspiracy that threatens the world… The mysterious Leviathan Corporation offers an exclusive group of experts and pioneers an incredible challenge: the Dodecathlon! Mark, Stella, Hiroshi, Jirakee, and Delroy join forces for tasks that will not only push them to their limits, but risk their very lives. Only by completing it will they find answers, and a prize of apocalyptic proportions. Scientists, artists, entrepreneurs… they are the best of humanity. They are the Cutting Edge! “This slow-burn supernatural mystery churns with razor-sharp storytelling.” – Syfy Wire “This is what I want to see every single time I open up a comic book.” – Reading With a Flight Ring
Download or read book Magic Prague written by Angelo Maria Ripellino and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attempting to go beyond the cliche of Prague as the golden city , this book brings out all its mystery, ambiguity, gloom, lethargy and hidden fascination. More than a literary and cultural history of Prague, this book seeks to be both a celebration and requiem for an oppressed culture.
