Author: Fred Perry
Publisher: Antarctic Press
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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In his continued bid to take over the magical world of Jade-Realm, Dreadwing the dragon has tricked the were-cat leader, Xercie, into a pact with him. He will grant the were-cats enough wealth and magic to become independently wealthy as a people. All Xercie has to do is help him rescue Serpentus, the leader of the Orcs who overran the were-cats years ago!
Author: Fred Perry
Publisher: Antarctic Press
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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In the aftermath of Peebri using Gina's singularity-powered server for online RPG hax, a clever little intruder has found her way into the lab -- from another time! Under Brianna, Charlotte and Pini's interrogation, she claims to be Brianna and Zan's daughter from the future, but with all the other wild stories she's telling, can they believe her?
Author: Fred Perry
Publisher: Antarctic Press
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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It's almost time for Genn and Seance to get married, and Brianna, Pini and Charlotte (mainly Brianna) have plans for a super-sized, super-beefy bachelorette party for Genn! Meanwhile, Peebri's more interested in finding cheat codes to restore her online multiplayer battle game status...and with Pini in charge of Gina's lab for now, the time to raid is ripe!
Author: William H. Young
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313027358
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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Prior to the stock market crash of 1929 American music still possessed a distinct tendency towards elitism, as songwriters and composers sought to avoid the mass appeal that critics scorned. During the Depression, however, radio came to dominate the other musical media of the time, and a new era of truly popular music was born. Under the guidance of the great Duke Ellington and a number of other talented and charismatic performers, swing music unified the public consciousness like no other musical form before or since. At the same time the enduring legacies of Woody Guthrie in folk, Aaron Copeland in classical, and George and Ira Gershwin on Broadway stand as a testament to the great diversity of tastes and interests that subsisted throughout the Great Depression, and play a part still in our lives today. The lives of these and many other great musicians come alive in this insightful study of the works, artists, and circumstances that contributed to making and performing the music that helped America through one of its most difficult times. The American History through Music series examines the many different styles of music that have played a significant part in our nation's history. While volumes in this series show the multifaceted roles of music in our culture, they also use music as a lens through which readers may study American social history. The authors present in-depth analysis of American musical genres, significant musicians, technological innovations, and the many connections between music and the realms of art, politics, and daily life.
Author: Lee Moller
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525506811
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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The crucifix is in! You can fool most of the people most of the time. In The God Con, Lee Moller, a life-long atheist and skeptic, looks at organized religion through the lens of the con. Organized religion has been selling an invisible product, that it never has to deliver, for thousands of years. It has given us bigotry, rampant pedophilia, terrorism, and bloodshed beyond imagining. And its acolytes have, in turn, given organized religion power over their bank accounts, their reproduction, and their very “souls”.
Author: Thomas Schatz
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1627796452
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 530
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At a time when the studio is making a stunning comeback, film historian Thomas Schatz provides an indispensable account of Hollywood's tradional blend of business and art. This book lays to rest the persistent myth that businesspeople and producers stifle artistic talent and reveals instead the genius of a system of collaboration and conflict. Working from industry documents, Schatz traces the development of house styles, the rise and fall of careers, and the making-and unmaking-of movies, from Frankenstein to Spellbound to Grand Hotel. Richly illustrated and highly readable, The Genius of the System gives the definitive view of the workings of the Old Hollywood and the foundations of the New.
Author: Jervette R. Ward
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813575095
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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From The Real Housewives of Atlanta to Flavor of Love, reality shows with predominantly black casts have often been criticized for their negative representation of African American women as loud, angry, and violent. Yet even as these programs appear to be rehashing old stereotypes of black women, the critiques of them are arguably problematic in their own way, as the notion of “respectability” has historically been used to police black women’s behaviors. The first book of scholarship devoted to the issue of how black women are depicted on reality television, Real Sister offers an even-handed consideration of the genre. The book’s ten contributors—black female scholars from a variety of disciplines—provide a wide range of perspectives, while considering everything from Basketball Wives to Say Yes to the Dress. As regular viewers of reality television, these scholars are able to note ways in which the genre presents positive images of black womanhood, even as they catalog a litany of stereotypes about race, class, and gender that it tends to reinforce. Rather than simply dismissing reality television as “trash,” this collection takes the genre seriously, as an important touchstone in ongoing cultural debates about what constitutes “trashiness” and “respectability.” Written in an accessible style that will appeal to reality TV fans both inside and outside of academia, Real Sister thus seeks to inspire a more nuanced, thoughtful conversation about the genre’s representations and their effects on the black community.
Author: Luo Xu
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472112395
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Chronicles the changing worldviews of Chinese youth in the tumultuous decade leading up to the Tiananmen demonstrations
Author: Rosemarie Ostler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195182545
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Giving yesterday's words another chance to sparkle before they retire to the archives for good, Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers focuses on language that still resonates with the mood of its times.
Author: Alastair Davidson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521522953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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In the modern State, power rests on the consensus of the citizens. They accord its institutions the authority to regulate society. State theory suggests that this authority is a right to speak on certain matters in certain ways and to have the audience agree with those statements. It is a matter of an authorised language; all others fall into the category of ratbaggery. In this 1991 book, the first major book applying State theory to Australia, Alastair Davidson shows how Australian citizens were formed in the nineteenth century, and how their particular characteristics led to the empowering of a certain language of power: legalism. He further shows that this made the judiciary the most powerful arm of government - unlike countries where the people arm sovereign and the legislature supreme - because the judiciary has the last say on all issues and in its own language.
