Download or read book The Last Gasp written by Scott Christianson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Gasp takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. In page-turning detail, award-winning writer Scott Christianson tells a dreadful story that is full of surprising and provocative new findings. First constructed in Nevada in 1924, the gas chamber, a method of killing sealed off and removed from the sight and hearing of witnesses, was originally touted as a "humane" method of execution. Delving into science, war, industry, medicine, law, and politics, Christianson overturns this mythology for good. He exposes the sinister links between corporations looking for profit, the military, and the first uses of the gas chamber after World War I. He explores little-known connections between the gas chamber and the eugenics movement. Perhaps most controversially, he has unearthed new evidence about American and German collaboration in the production and lethal use of hydrogen cyanide and about Hitler’s adoption of gas chamber technology developed in the United States. More than a book about the death penalty, this compelling history ultimately reveals much about America’s values and power structures in the twentieth century.

Download or read book Slow Death Zero written by Jon B. Cooke and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hey, gang! Slow Death, Last Gasp's ultimate horror comix anthology from the hippie days of the underground, is back with a furious vengeance! IN this all-new 50th anniverary collection, a stellar crew of contributors -- some cartoonists from the original eco-funnies days, including Rich Corben, William Stout, Tim Boxell, and Errol McCarthy -- share macabre tales of ecological terror of today's horrifying times!

Download or read book One Last Gasp written by Andrew C. Piazza and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "My first thought was, "That house is insane." Not just a house for the insane, but that the building itself was insane, as if the layout of the walls themselves belied a shattered psyche dwelling within the stone...." (page 177) Near the end of World War II, during the Battle of The Bulge, a US Army unit pursues a renegade SS panzer battalion into the secluded Ardennes forest. There, hidden deep in the snow-covered pines, they find an ancient manor house containing an inhuman evil that defies any sense of reality. Confronted with a supernatural evil inside the manor, and surrounded by enemy troops outside, the soldiers will have to unravel the mysteries of the creature called The Geist and face a nightmarish battle for body and soul if they are to survive. Part war story, part Lovecraftian horror story, One Last Gasp will hold you in its haunting grip from its explosive beginning to its mindbending conclusion.

Download or read book Russia s Last Gasp written by Prit Buttar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the increasingly futile, bloody struggles for territory that had characterised the Eastern Front the previous year, the German and Austro-Hungarian commands held high hopes for 1916. After the success of the 1915 Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive, which had driven Russia out of Galicia and Poland, Germany was free to renew its efforts in the west. Austria-Hungary, meanwhile, turned its attention to defeating Italy. In an attempt to relieve pressure on their British and French allies at the Somme and Verdun, Russia launched one of the bloodiest campaigns in the history of warfare. General Brusilov's June advance was quickly characterised by innovative tactics, including the use of shock troops – a tactic that German armies would later adapt to great effect. The momentum continued with Romania's entry into the war and the declaration by the Central Powers of a Kingdom of Poland – two events which would radically transform the borders of post-war Europe. Drawing on first-hand accounts and archival research, internationally renowned historian Prit Buttar presents a dramatic account of an explosive year on the Eastern Front, one that gave Russia its greatest success on the battlefield but plunged the nation into revolution at home.

Download or read book Last Gasp written by S.C. Wynne and published by S.C. Wynne. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LGBT Cozy Mystery Kip O’Connor lives a simple life in the little seaside town of Pearl Bay. Unless it’s tourist season, things tend to be pretty peaceful. There is, however, one never-ending source of irritation in the form of Police Chief Merrick Dawson. Merrick is Kip’s older brother’s BFF, and nothing seems to bring Merrick more joy than nagging Kip about silly things. You’d think a Police Chief would have more important things to do than lecture Kip on parking tickets and picking up pet waste, but somehow Merrick always finds the time. When Kip decides to take an art class at the local community college, he’s annoyed to find Merrick has also enrolled in the course. The instructor takes a shine to Kip, and soon they become friends outside of class. Merrick warns Kip of the dangers of blurring those lines and befriending his teacher, but Kip is flattered by the attention. When his art teacher is found stabbed through the forehead with a palette knife, Kip is determined to figure out who killed his new friend. Merrick naturally thinks Kip getting involved in the investigation is a horrible idea, but when has Kip ever listened to that irksome, pig-headed Merrick Dawson?

Download or read book Heaven s Door written by Keiichi Koike and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sci-fi manga collection of psychedelic short stories by Keiichi Koike. A drug in paper form! This is his first full-length book published in English. Contains these stories: KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR 3,000 Leagues in Search of Mother Lazarus Franco's 4 A.M. The Ronin and the Sea Looper Kenbo's Diary Sponge Generation Airway Stereo Scope Horizon Landed

Download or read book Inner City Romance written by Guy Colwell and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2015-02-22 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guy Colwell’s 1970s underground comic book series Inner City Romance tread new territory: it was filled with stories about prison, black culture, ghetto life, the sex trade, and radical activism. It portrayed the unpleasant realities of life in the inner city, where opportunities were limited and being on the lowest end of the economic ladder meant that one’s vision of the American dream was more about survival than lifestyle choices. Every issue of Inner City Romance is included in this collection, as well as many of the highly detailed paintings Colwell created at the time. In an accompanying text piece, Colwell provides context for the material.

Download or read book R Crumb Draws the Blues written by R. Crumb and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 1993 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of comic strips by Robert Crumb that were inspired by his love of blues music. 'Contains adult content.

Download or read book Hitler s Last Gasp written by Manfred Krutein and published by Amador Pub. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Book of Weirdo written by Jon B. Cooke and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive - and hugely entertaining - history of Weirdo magazine, the legendary Robert Crumb humour comics anthology from the 1980s. Weirdo took risks, broke barriers, and seriously offended the faint hearted. Ground-breaking and iconoclastic, it was an antidote to the times, a cult favourite show case for the counterculture.

Download or read book Punks Git Cut written by Jay Howell and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A big brick of a book filled with hundreds of funny drawings by Jay Howell. Contains reprints of his popular zines and books, including "Punks Git Cut," "The Dark Wave," "Let Me Tell You Where/Where Not To Stick It," "Dogs and Dog Information," "Pages from Books Vol. 1," "Wicked Wendy, Wild Wolf and Other Fun Drawings," and more.

Download or read book Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary written by Justin Green and published by McSweeney's. This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Berkeley, Calif.: Last-Gasp Eco-Funnies, 1972.

Download or read book Status Factory written by Ron English and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STATUS FACTORY is a hardcover art book presenting new paintings from street art legend Ron English. In his paintings, English perverts and subverts the establishment, poking fun at religion, consumerism, and blind obedience to popular culture. He uses humor as a wake-up call, and renders it with meticulous brush strokes. Ron English populates alternate versions of "The Last Supper" and "Guernica" with cartoon characters, drops camouflaged clowns on dinosaurs, and births incredible creatures from his fertile imagination. Among reinterpretations of familiar characters like Ronald McDonald and Mickey Mouse, you'll find three-eyed rabbits, udderly delicious cowgirls, grinning skulls, and many more. In addition to over 180 images from his paintings, Status Factory includes over 100 photographs of English's street art installations, subverted billboards, and other public art. An afterword by the artist delves into his creative process, explaining how source materials are transformed into his riveting images. Luxuriously printed on heavy art paper, this large-format coffee table book showcases Ron English's art beautifully. A great addition to any art library focused on street art, pop surrealism, graffiti, and painting.

Download or read book Pure Trance written by Junko Mizuno and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cute, dark, and alluring, Pure Trance breaks every stereotype of girls' manga. In this dreamy science fiction fantasy, Junko Mizuno illustrates a story full of catfights, alien safari adventures, evil experiments, and a girl who dreams of becoming a pop idol signer. This is a new hardcover edition. Following the Third World War, humankind left the toxic surface of the Earth and built an underground city to survive. A serious social problem emerged in this new society: hyperorexia, or severe overeating, a side effect of the Pure Trance life-sustaining pill. Our story begins in a hospital that has been ruined by a tyrannical director, Keiko Yamazaki...

Download or read book Who Killed Hunter S Thompson written by Warren Hinckle and published by Last Gasp. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inquiry into the life and death of the master of 'gonzo' - Hunter Thompson - with candid memories and appreciations by many of his closest friends and co-conspirators. Thompson's compatriots, observe and comment on the journalistic legend's life and death. Contains: transcripts of his rants and idiosyncratic phone messages, The Gonzo Master's Midnight Faxes, The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved, and a humungous introduction (a book in itself!) by Warren Hinckle III. BOOK ONE The Crazy Never Die including The Night Manager Warren Hinckle BOOK TWO The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved Hunter S. Thompson & Ralph Steadman BOOK THREE Adventures with Hunter including Shotgun Art & Shotgun Golf John G. Clancy A Master Of Tools Bill Cardoso The Origin Of Gonzo Dennis P. Eichhorn What Is Gonzo? Roger Black Waiting For Copy Jerry Brown Res Ipsa Loquitur Ben Fong-Torres Janis Joplin Knew What She Was Doing, Too Paul Krassner Blowing Deadlines With Hunter Timothy Ferris Fear And Loathing William Randolph Hearst III How The Doctor Rated The Game Terry McDonell The Smoking Lamp Is Off Martin F. Nolan Hunter By Moonlight William Kennedy A Box Of Books Chris Felver Shooting Hunter In f8 Phil Bronstein A Night At Hunter's Barbara Wohl-Littinger I Told You I Was Sick John R. MacArthur A Night On The Town Jack Thibeau One Of Those Learning Experiences Michael Stepanian Life Was Perfect, Life Was Real Eugene "Dr. Hip" Schoenfeld, M.D. Medicating Hunter Matthew Naythons 16 Alexander Avenue Wayne Ewing Never Call 911 Deborah Fuller Owl Farm Album John Walsh Hunter As Elvis Jeff Goodby Hunter Makes A Commercial, Sort Of Ralph Steadman I Knew He Meant It Jonah Raskin The View From The Left Tom Wolfe As Gonzo In Life As In His Work Garry Trudeau Some Nasty Karmic Shift Jonathan Shaw & Johnny Depp The Gift of the Severed Finger Wavy Gravy A Haiku For The Good Doctor Stephen R. Proctor Heir Aberrant BOOK FOUR They Came For Blood... We Gave Them Ink R. L. "Bob" Crabb including The Topless Caravan to Woody Creek BOOK FIVE Midnight Faxes Hunter S. Thompson To Jeff Armstrong, Road Manager including Other Faxes from HST BOOK SIX Requiem Susie Bright Juan Thompson Wayne Ewing

Download or read book Walt Disney s Donald Duck written by Carl Barks and published by Complete Carl Barks Disney Lib. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Donald and the boys wind up in Old California, the rush is on -- for the gold in them thar hills! Carl Barks delivers another superb collection of outrageous hijinks, preposterous situations, bamboozlement, befuddlement, and all-around cartooning brilliance.

Download or read book Tal Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn written by Matthew Mercer and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Tal'Dorei, a fantasy-filled continent brimming with grand tales of heroes and adventure - and eagerly awaiting your own epic stories. Soar on a skyship from the metropolis of Emon to the distant haven of Whitestone, venture into wilderness rife with terrifying monsters and wayward mages, and uncover magic items that range from simple trinkets to the legendary Vestiges of Divergence. The hit series Critical Role first explored this continent through the epic adventures of Vox Machina. Now the world moves on in their wake. This campaign setting is newly revised and expanded to cover the exciting conclusion of the Vox Machina campaign and the characters lives in the years following. Let your footsteps, too, shape the fate of Tal'Dorei and perhaps the wider world of Exandria.This definitive, art-filled tomb is revised and expanded, containing everything you need to unlock the rich campaign setting of Tal'Dorei and make it your own:- A guide to each major region, with story hooks to fuel your campign- Expanded character options, including 9 subclasses and 5 backgrounds- Magic items such as the Vestiges of Divergence, legendary artifacts that grow in power with their wielders- Dozens of creatures, including many featured in the Critical Role campaigns- New lore and updated stat blocks for each member of Vox Machina