Download or read book The Freedom of the Villainous written by William Rose and published by Aeon Books. This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In appearance they are the same, but their personalities are strangely different. Intertwined in their lives is the Marques de Mansura, who seems to defy time and the normal bounds of reality and whose fascination with identical twins contains the perverse wish to induce the annihilation of one twin by the other. His powerful influence and occult powers threaten to bring about this very end. For those who wish to save them, there will be a monumental struggle that will take them to Paris in the decadent 1860s, to the Tabernas Desert in Spain, and even, through an occult trick of time, Ancient Alexandria of the 2nd Century BC. Their paths will cross with Cora Pearl, the renowned Parisian courtesan, the artists, Gustave Moreau, Gustave Dore, and the flamboyant, Felicien Rops. The poet, Alfred Tennyson, will also play a role and the twin Mariana bears an uncanny resemblance to the Mariana of his tragic poem, 'Mariana in the South', written before she was born. Whilst Mariana hopes for peace and solace in the desert, her twin, Marguerite, moves towards villainy as her dark, guiding star.This novel is a striking exploration of the fascination of identical twins cleverly set across 1860s Paris, the Tabernas Desert in Spain and Ancient Alexandria.
Download or read book A Darker Freedom written by Milton Herbert Kornfeld and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Supervillains and Philosophy written by Ben Dyer and published by Open Court. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The devil gets his due in the latest entry in the Pop Culture and Philosophy series. Supervillains and Philosophy features an international cabal of philosophers and comics industry professionals conspiring to reveal the dark details — and deeper meanings — lurking behind today’s most popular comic book monsters. Whether it’s their moral justification for world domination or the wavering boundaries they share with the modern anti-hero, everyone's favorite villains generate as much attention as their heroic counterparts. The 20 essays in this accessible book explore the nature of supervillainy, examine the boundaries of good and evil, offer helpful advice to prospective supervillains, and untangle diabolical puzzles of identity and consciousness. All the legends are here, from Dr. Doom and the Spectre to the Joker and the Watchmen, reconsidered through the lens of classic and modern philosophy.
Download or read book H I V E Higher Institute of Villainous Education written by Mark Walden and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute of Villainous Education) is a top-secret school of applied villainy where children with a precocious gift for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents into criminal mastermind. After all, 'villains have the best lines and wear the best costumes'. One small catch is that the children cannot leave until training is complete, six years later. With villainy comes a certain freedom of thought, and every year one student in particular will show exceptional talent - after all, it takes the best to produce the worst. This year there are two students: Otto Malpense and his new friend Wing Fanchu are both exceptionally bad, and they are definitely not keen on being held against their will for six long years . . .
Download or read book Villainous written by Matthew Cody and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fantastic story, thrillingly told. This book has a superpower—you can’t put it down.” —Jonathan Stroud, author of the bestselling Bartimaeus Trilogy The truth about the Super children—who have real powers like flight and super strength—is finally exposed, and the town of Noble’s Green has created a special boarding school for its superpowered children. That’s where all Daniel’s friends are headed, while he—regular kid that he is—is headed to summer school. But all is not well at the Academy for the Extraordinarily Gifted. A clique of popular kids (led by a pair of sinister twins) has taken over the school, and once again, it’s powerless Daniel who may be able to stop them. To do so, he will have to turn to his sworn enemy, the Shroud, for help.
Download or read book Villains and Heroes or Villains as Heroes Essays on the Relationship between Villainy and Evil written by Luke Seaber and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What constitutes a villain? How does villainy differ from evil? Do villains created for children's fiction differ from those created for adults? The villains considered in this volume come from an eclectic range of sources - from comic books to film and from novels to television serials - and a broad selection of times and places. Villains continue to raise troubling questions about the role of narrative in both fiction and real life.
Download or read book Going Against the World in Villainous Form Coloring Book written by Activity Book Zone for Kids and published by Activity Book Zone for Kids. This book was released on 2016-05-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should villains be colored all black? Why can't they have other shades, too? This coloring book will give you the chance to paint your favorite villains with the colors normally reserved to superheroes. Coloring gives you the freedom to plan and create. Sky's the limit when you're coloring so grab your tools and use them today!
Download or read book The Protagonist Villain written by Lisa Wulandari and published by Eternity Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Berawal dari Keira Anthea yang tanpa sengaja membaca buku novel fantasi yang membuatnya menjadi kasihan terhadap tokoh penjahat di novel tersebut, Callista Edenburgh. Callista si Putri Duke Edenburgh yang paling berbakat dan memiliki kecantikan tak tertandingi di kekaisaran harus mati dengan cara dipenggal karena terhasut oleh seorang Putri Viscount yang ternyata adalah penjahat sesungguhnya. “Tapi... tunggu... ke-kenapa aku disini?? Dimana ini???” “Selamat Pagi Nona, Duke dan Duchess serta Tuan Muda Aland sudah menunggu anda dibawah.” “Hah?! Nona?!” “Apa Ada masalah Nona Callista?!” Callista?? A-aku masuk ketubuh Callista Edenburgh si Penjahat yang akan mati.
Download or read book The Villain s Journey written by Valerie Estelle Frankel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The villain's journey is rare in popular culture--most characters are fully-formed tyrants with little to no story arc. However, a few particularly epic series take the time to develop complex villains, including Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Babylon 5, Game of Thrones, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Increasingly, villains' origin stories have found new popularity through films like Wicked, Maleficent, and Despicable Me, alongside shows starring serial killers and Machiavellian schemers. This book examines the villain's decline and subsequent struggle toward redemption, asking why these characters are willing to cross moral lines that "good" characters are not. The first half follows characters like Loki, Jessica Jones and Killmonger through the villain's journey: an inverse or twisted version of scholar Joseph Cambell's hero's journey. The remainder of this book examines the many different villainous archetypes such as the trickster, the outcast, the tyrant, or the misunderstood hero in greater detail. Written for writers, creators, fans, and mythologists, this book offers a peek into the minds of some of fiction's greatest villains.
Download or read book Surrounded by Enemies of Freedom written by David Colton and published by . This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hero and the Villain Within written by Kenneth Castiel and published by Lioncrest Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two faces to every coin, two sides to every story, and two parts to every person. One part wants us to succeed, promoting health, vitality, and happiness. The other part wants us to fail. To live a financially sound, physically fit, and psychologically fulfilling life, we need to know how to embrace the hero within us and defeat the inner villain. In this remarkable book, Kenneth Castiel shows you how to never let anything hold you back. By working with his unconscious mind, discovering his
Download or read book Heroes and Villains written by Mike Alsford and published by Baylor University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hercules, Jesus, James Bond, Luke Skywalker, Gandalf, Frodo, Harry Potter, Buffy Summers, Spiderman, Batman, Captain Kirk, Dr. Who, Darth Vader, Sauron, Voldemort, Lex Luthor, Dr. Doom, the Daleks, the Borg. Almost anybody living in the developed West would be able to group these individuals into two camps: the heroes and the villains. However, what criteria they may use to do this is less clear. Mike Alsford introduces us to a range of heroic and villainous archetypes on a journey through film, television, comic books, and literature. On the way, he addresses questions such as: What is a true hero? What is a true villain? Have we misunderstood these terms? What kind of societal values do our mythical heroes and villains represent? In trying to understand the extremes of hero and villain we are made more aware of our own ethical standards and given a space in which to explore contemporary concerns over notions of right and wrong, good and bad.
Download or read book The Beast Within written by Serena Valentino and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cursed prince sits alone in a secluded castle. Few have seen him, but those who claim they have say his hair is wild and nails are sharp--like a beast's! But how did this prince, once jovial and beloved by the people, come to be a reclusive and bitter monster? And is it possible that he can ever find true love and break the curse that has been placed upon him?
Download or read book Value and Freedom written by Jonathan Scott Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freedom s Last Stand written by Richard Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Weakest Manga Villainess Wants Her Freedom written by Kazuki Karasawa and published by Cross Infinite World. This book was released on 2020-05-22 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oh, crud, I just realized that I’ve been reincarnated into my favorite manga as the first boss defeated by the heroine at the start of the story! Worst yet, it turns out my fiancé is the strongest of the Four Grand Magi and the very villain who slanders my character as a disgrace on her deathbed! I’m outta here! This is the story of the weakest manga villainess who seeks out the slow life instead of the villain life.
Download or read book Heroes and Villains written by The Bill of Rights Institute and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised 2014
