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Includes an excerpt from "Dark vengeance, vol. 1" by Jeff Maroitte.
How race quotas--and their public perception--reflect Brazil's complicated history with racial injustice
2023 Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection in Popular and American Culture One of the greatest untold stories about the globalization of the Western is the key role of comics. Few American cultural exports have been as successful globally as the Western, a phenomenon commonly attributed to the widespread circulation of fiction, film, and television. The Comic Book Western centers comics in the Western's international success. Even as readers consumed translations of American comic book Westerns, they fell in love with local ones that became national or international sensations. These essays reveal the unexpected cross-pollinations that allowed the Western to emerge from and spe...
FROM EXCITING AUTHOR OF LGBT+ ROMANCE KRISTIAN PARKER A My Bloody Valentine story Venice at Valentine's? Andrew didn't bargain on outrunning the Mafia, fighting for his life...or meeting Sergio. Post break-up Andrew, in Venice for Valentine's Day, isn't alone and pining for very long before handsome local Sergio sweeps him off his feet—and into his gondola. What should have been the most romantic evening of Andrew's life turns into the deadliest when a dying policewoman they rush to help slips them a vital piece of evidence...and they're accused of shooting her. With both the Mafia and corrupt cops in hot pursuit, Andrew and Sergio must deliver the evidence to the only man who can clear their name. The only problem is he lives at the other end of Italy, which sends them on the most action-packed Valentine's date ever. It's going to take some serious Valentine's magic for the shy Englishman and the sexy gondolier to have a second date, never mind a chance at a relationship...
Anecdotes savoureuses, temoignages passionnes, revelations intimes, la vie de Lina, dramaturge-cineaste, se dessine, et son uvre, vertigineux tourbillon de paradoxes, confond les critiques. Attention: ses propos sont crus, son humour, irresistible "
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The artists’ books made in Russia between 1910 and 1915 are like no others. Unique in their fusion of the verbal, visual, and sonic, these books are meant to be read, looked at, and listened to. Painters and poets—including Natalia Goncharova, Velimir Khlebnikov, Mikhail Larionov, Kazimir Malevich, and Vladimir Mayakovsky— collaborated to fabricate hand-lithographed books, for which they invented a new language called zaum (a neologism meaning “beyond the mind”), which was distinctive in its emphasis on “sound as such” and its rejection of definite logical meaning. At the heart of this volume are close analyses of two of the most significant and experimental futurist books: Mir...
This engaging study tells the fascinating story of the only European empire to relocate its capital to the New World.
Vampires—the Cursed Ones—have declared war on humanity. Most people are too afraid or unwilling to take a stand, but eighteen-year-old Jenn Leitner trains to become a vampire hunter, risking everything in the process. When Jenn falls for Antonio, a vampire fighting on the side of humanity, she discovers a love that transcends attraction and physical consummation. But the closer Jenn and Antonio become, the greater the danger. Together, they must fight for their love—and to bring light into the darkness the vampires have drawn over the face of the planet.
This pocket-sized reference on key environmental data for over 200 countries includes key indicators on agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. The volume helps establish a sound base of information to help set priorities and measure progress toward environmental sustainability goals.