Author: Grant Hayter-Menzies
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9789622098817
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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"Imperial Masquerade: The Legend of Princess Der Ling, the first biography of one of the twentieth century's most intriguing cross-cultural personalities, traces not only the life of Princess Der Ling, in all its various transformations, but offers a fresh look at the woman she lionized and, ultimately, betrayed - the Empress Dowager Cixi, to whom, like Der Ling, many legends have been affixed over the past century. The book also depicts the changing worlds of Paris, Tokyo and the other international stages of Der Ling's development as woman and as mystery, and deals with the many teachers who made her who she was." --Book Jacket.
Author: Matt Dinniman
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 059382024X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 465
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The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition. You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what. Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show. Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not. Includes part one of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.”
Author: Keith Herber
Publisher: White Wolf Games Studio
ISBN: 9781565048201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Vannevar Thomas is an astute Virginia gentleman and sophisticated vampire living in 19th century San Francisco. In the midst of the California Goldrush, Vannevar faces the conflicts and corruption associated with a rapidly growing vampire society. Prince of the City depicts Nob Hill mansions and balls, a World Fair, and the great San Francisco Earthquake from a vampire's point of view.
Author: Jessica Burkhart
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442436565
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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Canterwood Crest Academy cordially invites you to a costume party—with a special sweetheart surprise. Canterwood is known for its fabulous parties, and Halloween is no exception. Lauren Towers is especially excited for the big day. Not only is it her favorite holiday, it’s also her birthday! And this year, she and her friends will celebrate in style—by attending Canterwood’s first-ever masquerade ball. What Lauren doesn’t know is that there’s a special someone behind a mask, just waiting to be revealed. Will this mysterious guest make this masquerade magnifique, or will her perfect birthday bash become a bummer?
Author: Efrat Tseëlon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783203673
Category : Beauty, Personal
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty" focuses on issues of power, social positioning, ideologies and practices within the web of relationships between creators, producers, practitioners and end-users of fashion. This book explores the contemporary meanings of masks, masking and masquerade. The editors argue that these concepts have been transformed over the centuries but they continue to serve as useful tools for critical cultural analysis. The history of fashion is a story of codification of visual appearance as a measure of rank and power. Historically it has been expressed in ways that secure a hegemonic reading of fashion signification as follows: 1) controlling what one can wear: Powerful agents (parents, pedagogues, religious leaders) or institu-tions (schools, army, religious institutions, civil service, health service, private enterprises) prescribe uniforms or ways of dressing and set rules for appropriate dress (manners and etiquette regarding what materials and styles are suitable for particular times and places). 2) controlling the gaze: Powerful agents (in homes and institutions, people with elected or appointed authority, celebrities) are usually the ones controlling the gaze in the sense of surveillance. But they are also the focus of the gaze in the sense of being in the public eye, and being publicly visible). What counters these forms of hegemonic control is masking in its various forms as a conscious or unconscious form of behaviour. Masking provides a strategy for deconstructing meaning by reclaiming control over the construction of meaning. This it achieves by creating a space for resistance that is independent from either social prescriptions or the controlling gaze. It is in this sense that masking is deployed in this volume by the various authors. Masking operates in two ways: (1) by adding ambivalence to dress codes, and (2) by increasing the gap between dress as a signifier and the social reality it signifies. Ambivalence is the result of blurring the clear unambiguous links between fashion and the social reality it indexes. It introduces a contextual and negotiated element to the meaning of clothing symbols over time (as in the shift in attitudes to fur from a sign of opulence to a sign of animal cruelty), or across increasingly fragmented social groups with their distinctive and fast-changing codes (Davis 1992; Tseelon 1989, 2012). The second way in which masking resists the hegemonic meanings of fashion is captured in my analysis (Tseelon [1995] 2000a) of fashion signification inspired by Baudrillard s concept of simulacra. Using a linguistic analogy to analyse commodities, Baudrillard outlined a genealogy of sign structures consisting of three orders. The first order, founded on imitation characterizes the pre-modern period and presupposes a dualism where appearances reflect reality. In the second order, founded on production, appearances conceal reality. In the third order, founded on simulation, appearances deconstruct reality. No longer concerned with the real, the visual code is subverted from a language to a playful spectacle. It is this lack of a reference point that threatens the distinction between true and false. "Fashion and Masquerade" showcases the articles from the third volume of Intellect s journal "Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty." "
Author: Giuliano Ferri
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 9888342061
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
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Masks disguise and surprise in this playful lift-the-flap board book by Giuliani Ferri, the creator of Brick by Brick. An ABC Best Books for Young Readers selection At the masquerade party you never know who you're going to find. Who's behind that pirate's mask? Who's under that knight's helmet? In this playful lift-the-flap board book, toddlers will love discovering the animals under- neath, and the alliterative text will give them lots of fun new words to learn.
Author: Seth Dickinson
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466875135
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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A breathtaking geopolitical epic fantasy, The Monster Baru Cormorant is the sequel to Seth Dickinson's "fascinating tale" (The Washington Post), The Traitor Baru Cormorant. Her world was shattered by the Empire of Masks. For the power to shatter the Masquerade, She betrayed everyone she loved. The traitor Baru Cormorant is now the cryptarch Agonist—a secret lord of the empire she's vowed to destroy. Hunted by a mutinous admiral, haunted by the wound which has split her mind in two, Baru leads her dearest foes on an expedition for the secret of immortality. It's her chance to trigger a war that will consume the Masquerade. But Baru's heart is broken, and she fears she can no longer tell justice from revenge...or her own desires from the will of the man who remade her. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: H. Snow
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595362524
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 507
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The Keepersż survival now rests in the hands of a nameless warrior, whose grim secrets touch them more closely than they imagine.
Author: The Beautiful, The Crummy and The Brave
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460299698
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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SPIDER-VILLE is about an adorable 8 year old who loves spiders. JENNA's world becomes a special one when she turns into a spider and meets new friends in SPIDER-VILLE. Soon she witnesses the terror of SPIDER-VILLE the nasty villain FAT SAMUEL the centipede who rules the town. JENNA quickly comes up with a master plan to save her friends of SPIDER-VILLE, with the hope to finally rid of FAT SAMUEL. THE SPECIAL GIFT is a story of a lonely princess who dreams of romance and freedom. Her father the King has made a mask of gold to hide her face from the world. Join PRINCESS ARIELLE’S adventure in her desperate search for romance and happiness. Survival of the fittest, the WOLF and his gangs must raid the roosters den before winter arrives or they may not survive the long winter. How can the ROOSTER protect his family from the gangs of the big gray WOLF? Brute strength vs wits don’t miss this riveting story of THE ROOSTER AND THE WOLF. MADISON’S an 11 year old talented Artist who loves hanging out with her best friends SARA and INDIA. At school she’s an introvert who loves to be left alone doing her own thing. Sadly, bullying’s a big problem in PARK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOL which has an effect on many students who are there just to learn. How will MADISON deal with the BULLYING problem in her school?
Author: Keith Herber
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780061054228
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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The first of three World of Darkness role-playing games to be novelized, the Vampire world features Gothic-punk storytelling where each character must strive to control the beast within. Already an 80,000-copy bestselling game.
