Download or read book My Favorite Thing is Monsters written by Emil Ferris and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.
Download or read book Fabulous Monsters written by Alberto Manguel and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and the world itself. Manguel's favorite characters include Jim from Huckleberry Finn, Phoebe from The Catcher in the Rye, Job and Jonah from the Bible, Little Red Riding Hood and Captain Nemo, Hamlet's mother, and Dr. Frankenstein's maligned Monster. Sharing his unique powers as a reader, Manguel encourages us to establish our own literary relationships. An intimate preface and Manguel's own "doodles" complete this delightful and magical book.
Download or read book Vampirella Magazine 59 written by Carl Bates and published by Dynamite Entertainment. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More classic tales from the original Warren era Vampirella series! The Beautiful Succubus Had Stolen Pendragon’s Heart.
Download or read book My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two written by Emil Ferris and published by . This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most inspiring "monster" in contemporary fiction.
Download or read book Things You Ve Always Wanted to Know About Monsters written by Tony Tallarico and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1977-10-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stills from famous monster movies accompany answers to questions about Dracula, Frankenstein, King Kong, werewolves, vampires, and other creatures and the film stars who portrayed them
Download or read book My Favorite Thing is Monsters written by Emil Ferris and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, Monsters is told is told through a fictional graphic diary employing the iconography of B-movie horror imagery and pulp monster magazines. As the precocious Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her beautiful and enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, we watch the interconnected and fascinating stories of those around her unfold"--Publisher.
Download or read book Horror Monsters written by Monster and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-24 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete run of Horror Monsters Magazine
Download or read book Shipwreck Island written by Struan Murray and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breathtaking adventure continues in the sequel to the much-loved Orphans of the Tide. Orphans Ellie and Seth have crossed an endless ocean in search of freedom and peace. Arriving on the shores of a colourful tropical island ruled by a mysterious queen, it seems they might just have found the perfect new home. But there is trouble brewing in paradise and soon Ellie and Seth find themselves caught up in a dangerous struggle for power - and forced to confront terrible truths from their past . . . Praise for Orphans of the Tide: 'Unputdownable' - Times 'Enthralling' - Daily Express 'Sumptuously atmospheric . . . tirelessly inventive' - Daily Telegraph
Download or read book No Sad Songs written by Frank Morelli and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Following a family tragedy, 18-year-old Gabe LoScuda suddenly finds himself thrust into the role of caregiver for his ailing grandfather. Between the shopping trips and the doctor visits with Grandpa, Gabe and his friend John try to salvage their senior year, meet girls, and make the varsity baseball team. It doesn't take long for Gabe to realize that going to school and looking after a grandfather with Alzheimer's is more work than he ever imagined. And when long-lost Uncle Nick appears on the scene, Gabe soon finds that living with Nick and Grandpa is like babysitting two grown men. Aside from John, the only person who truly understands Gabe is Sofia, a punk-rocking rebel he meets at the veteran's hospital. When these three unlikely friends are faced with a serious dilemma, will they do what it takes to save Grandpa? If there's a chance of preserving the final shreds of Grandpa's dignity, Gabe may have to make the most gut-wrenching decision of his life--and there's no way out."--Provided by publisher.
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Download or read book Monster Shakes written by Vicki Valsamis and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get your freak on with these insane shakes! Is it a dessert, is it a drink? No, it’s a freakin’ monster shake! Here you’ll find fifty over-the-top and out-of-this-world milkshake recipes (including a whole bunch of dairy-free options) that will wow, shock, likely give you diabetes, and make you the most popular Instagrammer among your friends. These overindulgent dessert sensations are not for the fainthearted. Filled with delicious sugary goodness, there are no rules and no limits to what can be added: cupcakes, muffins, donuts, and pretzels are all fair game, not to mention sauces such as dulce de leche, salted caramel, or rich chocolate glazes, all garnished with more of the above and a delicately placed straw that really serves no use other than to remind you of the fact that this is, actually, a humble milkshake in disguise. This book is perfect for those who love indulging in the sweet stuff, so grab your mason jar, fill it until overflowing, dig in, and die from happiness.
Download or read book The Ducati Monster Bible written by Ian Falloon and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ducati released the Monster in 1993 it created a new niche market for the naked motorcycle that continues today. Continual advancement over the past 18 years has enhanced the Monster’s ‘less-is-more’ philosophy, and Ducati has created Monsters to suit everyone, from entry-level 400s and 600s to Superbike-powered Testastrettas. All Monsters share the naked style that showcases the engine and chassis, while providing ergonomics suitable for cities or canyons.
Download or read book Ysabel written by Guy Gavriel Kay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The multiple award-winning fantasy author of The Fionavar Tapestry brings his extraordinary imagination to a tale of mythic figures in contemporary times... Ned Marriner is in France with his father, a celebrated photographer shooting the Saint-Sauveur Cathedral of Aix-en-Provence. While exploring the cathedral, Ned meets Kate, an American exchange student with a deep knowledge of the area’s history. But even Kate is at a loss when she and Ned surprise a scar-faced stranger, wearing a leather jacket and carrying a knife. “I think you ought to go now,” he tells them. “You have blundered into a corner of a very old story...” In this ancient place, where the borders between the living and the long-dead are thin, Ned and his family are about to be drawn into a haunted story, as mythic figures from conflicts of long ago erupt into the present, changing—and claiming—lives.
Download or read book The Thing Around Your Neck written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These twelve dazzling stories from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — the Orange Broadband Prize–winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun — are her most intimate works to date. In these stories Adichie turns her penetrating eye to the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the United States. In “A Private Experience,” a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman, and the young mother at the centre of “Imitation” finds her comfortable life in Philadelphia threatened when she learns that her husband has moved his mistress into their Lagos home. Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow and longing, this collection is a resounding confirmation of Adichie’s prodigious literary powers.
Download or read book Ear Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tender Prey written by B. W. Battin and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A WOMAN WITH TERROR IN HER HEART. A MAN WITH MURDER IN HIS SOUL. Reporter Amanda Price stood on the brink of national fame. Her TV expose of small-town corruption had galvanized New England, and was sure to boost her career. But Amanda's triumph soon turned to terror. First came the stranger with the corpse-like eyes. Then the kidnap attempt ... and the threats ... and the all-consuming fear. Now Amanda and her daughter have no choice but to run. Now she knows that everything she holds dear is in grave danger. But even in an isolated cabin hidden deep in the woods, Amanda can hear his footsteps right behind her. And she knows that in his vacant gaze she and her daughter are little more than ... TENDER PREY.
Download or read book Dead Six written by Larry Correia and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Valentine, veteran and former member of an elite private military company, has been recruited by the government to conduct a secret counter-terror operation in the Persian Gulf nation of Zubara. The unit is called Dead Six. Their mission is to take the fight to the enemy and not get caught. Lorenzo, assassin and thief extraordinaire, is being blackmailed by the world's most vicious crime lord. His team has to infiltrate the Zubaran terrorist network and pull off an impossible heist or his family will die. When Dead Six compromises his objective, Lorenzo has a new job: Find and kill Valentine. As allegiances are betrayed and the nation descends into a bloody civil war, Lorenzo and Valentine must face off. Two men. Two missions. Only one will win. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
