Author: Mark Brandstetter
Publisher: Mark Brandstetter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Would you wear clown makeup to live your best life ever? Would you to have everything you ever desired? Imagine a town where everyone wears clown makeup. Sounds fun, right? But what if you wanted to be just you, no makeup, no masks? Welcome to "Clown Town"! Meet Jill, a fearless girl who discovers Jack, a boy brave enough to show his real face in a town full of disguises. Together, they're ready to turn Clown Town upside down! "Clown Town" is a rollercoaster ride of fun, secrets, and surprises that will make you laugh, gasp, and cheer. It's a story about finding the magic in being yourself in a world that tries to make everyone look the same. Are you ready to join Jill and Jack on their thrilling journey? Get ready to uncover hidden secrets, revel in the crazy antics, and learn the awesome power of being YOU. If you enjoyed unraveling the mysteries of other worlds in "Alice in Wonderland," you'll love the enchanting adventure of "Clown Town." Grab your copy now before the price changes.
Power
Author: Bella Jay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781730957987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
What if Aladdin was an above average thief in the hood, Princess Jasmine was the daughter of a crime boss, and Jafar was still the snake he always was? Welcome to Power. For The Sultan Empire (TSE) nothing is more important than being and staying on top. The business and family come first. Jolee Cullen was instilled this all her life and though she accepted it, all she wanted at her age was a chance at a regular life. But as the daughter of crime boss - Samuel Cullen -, and the heir to his throne, a regular life is never something she'd have. She was born with all the power she could want... but she wanted freedom. And once she meets Amare, she'll have to decide between him and her empire. Amare Thomas, a skilled thief, has spent the better part of his life trying to stay afloat for himself and his younger brother. When the consequences of a bad decision lands him on TSE's payroll, he has no idea of the turn his life will take. Or that he'll fall for his boss' off limits daughter. For Amare having power is the furthest thing from his mind until he gets a taste. Jareem Blackwood, the current right-hand man to Samuel, wants what he believes he deserves, and that's to be Samuel's successor. Jareem already has it all, but he doesn't think he has enough. His pockets are deep but sometimes it's not about the money, loyalty, or respect. It's about the power. To him, you can never have enough and nothing or no one was going to stop him from getting the throne. The Urban Fairytale Series is a series of standalone fairytale retellings. Power, the second book in the series, is inspired by the classic fairytale, Aladdin.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781730957987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
What if Aladdin was an above average thief in the hood, Princess Jasmine was the daughter of a crime boss, and Jafar was still the snake he always was? Welcome to Power. For The Sultan Empire (TSE) nothing is more important than being and staying on top. The business and family come first. Jolee Cullen was instilled this all her life and though she accepted it, all she wanted at her age was a chance at a regular life. But as the daughter of crime boss - Samuel Cullen -, and the heir to his throne, a regular life is never something she'd have. She was born with all the power she could want... but she wanted freedom. And once she meets Amare, she'll have to decide between him and her empire. Amare Thomas, a skilled thief, has spent the better part of his life trying to stay afloat for himself and his younger brother. When the consequences of a bad decision lands him on TSE's payroll, he has no idea of the turn his life will take. Or that he'll fall for his boss' off limits daughter. For Amare having power is the furthest thing from his mind until he gets a taste. Jareem Blackwood, the current right-hand man to Samuel, wants what he believes he deserves, and that's to be Samuel's successor. Jareem already has it all, but he doesn't think he has enough. His pockets are deep but sometimes it's not about the money, loyalty, or respect. It's about the power. To him, you can never have enough and nothing or no one was going to stop him from getting the throne. The Urban Fairytale Series is a series of standalone fairytale retellings. Power, the second book in the series, is inspired by the classic fairytale, Aladdin.
Lil Red Ryder
Author: Queen Pen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781987077445
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Ryder is back and finally able to tell her story, it's her turn to leave your jaws dropping. When two of Ryder's best friends go missing, everyone starts to lose hope in finding them but when something about their disappearance leads to a fragment of Ryder's past that she thought was dead and gone, Ryder has a choice to make. - Barnes & Noble
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781987077445
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Ryder is back and finally able to tell her story, it's her turn to leave your jaws dropping. When two of Ryder's best friends go missing, everyone starts to lose hope in finding them but when something about their disappearance leads to a fragment of Ryder's past that she thought was dead and gone, Ryder has a choice to make. - Barnes & Noble
Fairy Tales of London
Author: Hadas Elber-Aviram
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350110698
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Finalist for the 2022 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth and Fantasy Studies From the time of Charles Dickens, the imaginative power of the city of London has frequently inspired writers to their most creative flights of fantasy. Charting a new history of London fantasy writing from the Victorian era to the 21st century, Fairy Tales of London explores a powerful tradition of urban fantasy distinct from the rural tales of writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien. Hadas Elber-Aviram traces this urban tradition from Dickens, through the scientific romances of H.G. Wells, the anti-fantasies of George Orwell and Mervyn Peake to contemporary science fiction and fantasy writers such as Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman and China Miéville.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350110698
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Finalist for the 2022 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth and Fantasy Studies From the time of Charles Dickens, the imaginative power of the city of London has frequently inspired writers to their most creative flights of fantasy. Charting a new history of London fantasy writing from the Victorian era to the 21st century, Fairy Tales of London explores a powerful tradition of urban fantasy distinct from the rural tales of writers such as J.R.R. Tolkien. Hadas Elber-Aviram traces this urban tradition from Dickens, through the scientific romances of H.G. Wells, the anti-fantasies of George Orwell and Mervyn Peake to contemporary science fiction and fantasy writers such as Michael Moorcock, Neil Gaiman and China Miéville.
When the Fairytale Ends
Author: Dwan Abrams
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1601626940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Young, successful and thriving, Shania and Greg have it all going on. Not only do they have the kind of relationship everyone envies, they’re also walking the right path in so many other ways—like Greg, who’s a youth pastor at his church, happily making a difference in the lives of troubled teens. But after receiving some unexpected news, Greg’s manhood takes a devastating blow. Realizing that her man is headed for depression, Shania suggests they take an exotic vacation to revitalize their marriage. Except the trip seems to pull them further apart instead of bring them together. Caught in the middle of a sinister plot, they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives as greed, lies and deception could cost someone their life....
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1601626940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Young, successful and thriving, Shania and Greg have it all going on. Not only do they have the kind of relationship everyone envies, they’re also walking the right path in so many other ways—like Greg, who’s a youth pastor at his church, happily making a difference in the lives of troubled teens. But after receiving some unexpected news, Greg’s manhood takes a devastating blow. Realizing that her man is headed for depression, Shania suggests they take an exotic vacation to revitalize their marriage. Except the trip seems to pull them further apart instead of bring them together. Caught in the middle of a sinister plot, they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives as greed, lies and deception could cost someone their life....
Snow
Author: Erik Schubach
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781512242393
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
When people are in need of locating or rescue outside of the walled cities in a werewolf infested world. Gretta Snow, Recovery Specialist and Wolf Hunter, is the woman to call. Her ability with weapons and combat are just as formidable as Her magics and supernatural connection to nature. After saving a boy from a kidnapping outside of Seattle, she finds herself caught up in a plot by the Alpha wolves to protect their own power. With officer Rachel Paige at her side, she stands with the Red Hood and her hellhound against some of the darkest gypsy witches the world has seen in centuries.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781512242393
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
When people are in need of locating or rescue outside of the walled cities in a werewolf infested world. Gretta Snow, Recovery Specialist and Wolf Hunter, is the woman to call. Her ability with weapons and combat are just as formidable as Her magics and supernatural connection to nature. After saving a boy from a kidnapping outside of Seattle, she finds herself caught up in a plot by the Alpha wolves to protect their own power. With officer Rachel Paige at her side, she stands with the Red Hood and her hellhound against some of the darkest gypsy witches the world has seen in centuries.
Candy Licker
Author: Noire
Publisher: One World
ISBN: 0307494330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
She wanted to be a hip-hop star but the streets got in the way. Have you ever laid down with a man and wasn’t sure if you’d ever get back up? Tossed the sheets with a bone-knocking fear that only a hard-core hustler could produce? Sexed him like your life depended on it, because in reality it did? You still with me? Then let’s roll over to my house. Harlem. 145th Street. Grab a seat and brace yourself as I show you the kind of pain that street life and so-called success can bring. . . . Nineteen-year-old Candy Raye Montana, an ex—drug runner for the Gabriano crime family and a former foster child, dreams of becoming a hip-hop superstar, if only someone will discover her talents. Someone does. Mega music producer and king thug of Harlem, Junius “Hurricane” Jackson, CEO of the House of Homicide recording studio, cuts a deal and puts Candy on the stage. Suddenly she is a hot new artist on the notorious Homicide Hitz record label. Her career takes off and she blazes the charts, but it’s not long before Candy realizes that the man she thought was her knight is nothing more than a cold-blooded nightmare. Caught between the music and the madness, between the dollars and the deals, Candy belongs to Hurricane—body and soul—and must endure his sadistic bedroom desires while keeping his sexual secrets hidden from the world. But Candy has some strong desires of her own that simply cannot be denied, especially when she finds herself turned on by a brilliant investment baller who just happens to be Hurricane’s right-hand man. Candy longs for her freedom, but if Hurricane gets wind of her betrayal the blowback will be lethal—and not only will she risk losing her recording contract, she just might lose her life.
Publisher: One World
ISBN: 0307494330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
She wanted to be a hip-hop star but the streets got in the way. Have you ever laid down with a man and wasn’t sure if you’d ever get back up? Tossed the sheets with a bone-knocking fear that only a hard-core hustler could produce? Sexed him like your life depended on it, because in reality it did? You still with me? Then let’s roll over to my house. Harlem. 145th Street. Grab a seat and brace yourself as I show you the kind of pain that street life and so-called success can bring. . . . Nineteen-year-old Candy Raye Montana, an ex—drug runner for the Gabriano crime family and a former foster child, dreams of becoming a hip-hop superstar, if only someone will discover her talents. Someone does. Mega music producer and king thug of Harlem, Junius “Hurricane” Jackson, CEO of the House of Homicide recording studio, cuts a deal and puts Candy on the stage. Suddenly she is a hot new artist on the notorious Homicide Hitz record label. Her career takes off and she blazes the charts, but it’s not long before Candy realizes that the man she thought was her knight is nothing more than a cold-blooded nightmare. Caught between the music and the madness, between the dollars and the deals, Candy belongs to Hurricane—body and soul—and must endure his sadistic bedroom desires while keeping his sexual secrets hidden from the world. But Candy has some strong desires of her own that simply cannot be denied, especially when she finds herself turned on by a brilliant investment baller who just happens to be Hurricane’s right-hand man. Candy longs for her freedom, but if Hurricane gets wind of her betrayal the blowback will be lethal—and not only will she risk losing her recording contract, she just might lose her life.
CLOWN TOWN: An Urban Tale About an 11-Year Old Girl Who Discovers Her Town Is Not What It Seems
Author: Mark Brandstetter
Publisher: Mark Brandstetter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Would you wear clown makeup to live your best life ever? Would you to have everything you ever desired? Imagine a town where everyone wears clown makeup. Sounds fun, right? But what if you wanted to be just you, no makeup, no masks? Welcome to "Clown Town"! Meet Jill, a fearless girl who discovers Jack, a boy brave enough to show his real face in a town full of disguises. Together, they're ready to turn Clown Town upside down! "Clown Town" is a rollercoaster ride of fun, secrets, and surprises that will make you laugh, gasp, and cheer. It's a story about finding the magic in being yourself in a world that tries to make everyone look the same. Are you ready to join Jill and Jack on their thrilling journey? Get ready to uncover hidden secrets, revel in the crazy antics, and learn the awesome power of being YOU. If you enjoyed unraveling the mysteries of other worlds in "Alice in Wonderland," you'll love the enchanting adventure of "Clown Town." Grab your copy now before the price changes.
Publisher: Mark Brandstetter
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Would you wear clown makeup to live your best life ever? Would you to have everything you ever desired? Imagine a town where everyone wears clown makeup. Sounds fun, right? But what if you wanted to be just you, no makeup, no masks? Welcome to "Clown Town"! Meet Jill, a fearless girl who discovers Jack, a boy brave enough to show his real face in a town full of disguises. Together, they're ready to turn Clown Town upside down! "Clown Town" is a rollercoaster ride of fun, secrets, and surprises that will make you laugh, gasp, and cheer. It's a story about finding the magic in being yourself in a world that tries to make everyone look the same. Are you ready to join Jill and Jack on their thrilling journey? Get ready to uncover hidden secrets, revel in the crazy antics, and learn the awesome power of being YOU. If you enjoyed unraveling the mysteries of other worlds in "Alice in Wonderland," you'll love the enchanting adventure of "Clown Town." Grab your copy now before the price changes.
The Urban Uncanny
Author: Lucy Huskinson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317399374
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The Urban Uncanny explores through ten engaging essays the slippage or mismatch between our expectations of the city—as the organised and familiar environments in which citizens live, work, and go about their lives—and the often surprising and unsettling experiences it evokes. The city is uncanny when it reveals itself in new and unexpected light; when its streets, buildings, and people suddenly appear strange, out of place, and not quite right. Bringing together a variety of approaches, including psychoanalysis, historical and contemporary case study of cities, urban geography, film and literary critique, the essays explore some of the unsettling mismatches between city and citizen in order to make sense of each, and to gauge the wellbeing of city life more generally. Essays examine a number of cities, including Edmonton, London, Paris, Oxford, Las Vegas, Berlin and New York, and address a range of issues, including those of memory, death, anxiety, alienation, and identity. Delving into the complex repercussions of contemporary mass urban development, The Urban Uncanny opens up the pathological side of cities, both real and imaginary. This interdisciplinary collection provides unparalleled insights into the urban uncanny that will be of interest to academics and students of urban studies, urban geography, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, social studies and film studies, and to anyone interested in the darker side of city life.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317399374
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The Urban Uncanny explores through ten engaging essays the slippage or mismatch between our expectations of the city—as the organised and familiar environments in which citizens live, work, and go about their lives—and the often surprising and unsettling experiences it evokes. The city is uncanny when it reveals itself in new and unexpected light; when its streets, buildings, and people suddenly appear strange, out of place, and not quite right. Bringing together a variety of approaches, including psychoanalysis, historical and contemporary case study of cities, urban geography, film and literary critique, the essays explore some of the unsettling mismatches between city and citizen in order to make sense of each, and to gauge the wellbeing of city life more generally. Essays examine a number of cities, including Edmonton, London, Paris, Oxford, Las Vegas, Berlin and New York, and address a range of issues, including those of memory, death, anxiety, alienation, and identity. Delving into the complex repercussions of contemporary mass urban development, The Urban Uncanny opens up the pathological side of cities, both real and imaginary. This interdisciplinary collection provides unparalleled insights into the urban uncanny that will be of interest to academics and students of urban studies, urban geography, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, social studies and film studies, and to anyone interested in the darker side of city life.
Rogue Reels
Author: Margaret Dickinson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1838717870
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Margaret Dickinson's history of oppostional film is a pioneering account of an important by little documented aspect of modern British Cinema: the often extreme form of independent cinema that accompanied the radical politics of the 1960s and 70s. During the 70s an organized independent film and video movement emerged (including such filmmaking groups as London Filmmakers' Co-op, Cinema Action, Amber, Liberation Films and Sheffield Co-op). This avant-garde exerted an increasing influence within the British media mainstream - changing attitudes and practice, and enabling cross-over work by filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway and Sally Potter. This oppostional sector revolutionized British media, especially during the formation of Channel Four at the start of the 1980s, even as the political landscape at large was shifting dramatically to the right. Organized into three parts, 'Rogue Reels 'provides the first overview of the various strands of politicized filmmaking that emerged in postwar Britain. Part I is a concise history of the movement. Part II collects key texts and documents form the period 1971-92. Part III is made up of seven oral histories of the most influential production houses. Recuperating the radical tradition of postwar filmmaking (which continues to impact on today's media culture), 'Rogue Reels' raises urgent issues of policy and practice. Mixing narrative with first-hand accounts, and the important statements and documents of this movement the book provides the first overview of the different strands of filmmaking that are still impacting on avant-garde and mainstream practice.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1838717870
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Margaret Dickinson's history of oppostional film is a pioneering account of an important by little documented aspect of modern British Cinema: the often extreme form of independent cinema that accompanied the radical politics of the 1960s and 70s. During the 70s an organized independent film and video movement emerged (including such filmmaking groups as London Filmmakers' Co-op, Cinema Action, Amber, Liberation Films and Sheffield Co-op). This avant-garde exerted an increasing influence within the British media mainstream - changing attitudes and practice, and enabling cross-over work by filmmakers such as Peter Greenaway and Sally Potter. This oppostional sector revolutionized British media, especially during the formation of Channel Four at the start of the 1980s, even as the political landscape at large was shifting dramatically to the right. Organized into three parts, 'Rogue Reels 'provides the first overview of the various strands of politicized filmmaking that emerged in postwar Britain. Part I is a concise history of the movement. Part II collects key texts and documents form the period 1971-92. Part III is made up of seven oral histories of the most influential production houses. Recuperating the radical tradition of postwar filmmaking (which continues to impact on today's media culture), 'Rogue Reels' raises urgent issues of policy and practice. Mixing narrative with first-hand accounts, and the important statements and documents of this movement the book provides the first overview of the different strands of filmmaking that are still impacting on avant-garde and mainstream practice.
Consumerism on TV
Author: Alison Hulme
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317161173
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Presenting case studies of well-known shows including Will and Grace, Birds of a Feather, Sex and the City and Absolutely Fabulous, as well as 'reality' television, this book examines the transformations that have occurred in consumer society since its appearance and the ways in which these have been constructed and represented in popular media imagery. With analyses of the ways in which consumerism has played out in society, Consumerism on TV highlights specific aspects of the changing nature of consumerism by way of considerations of gender, sexuality and class, as well as less definable changes such as those to do with the celebration of ostentatious greed or the righteousness of the ’ethical’ shopper. With attention to the highly delineated consumer field in which ’shopping’ as an embedded practice of everyday life is caught between escapism and politics, authors explore a variety of themes, such as the extent to which consumerism has become embedded in forging identity, the positing of consumerism as a form of activism, the visibility of the gay male consumer and invisibility of the lesbian consumer, and the (re)stratification of consumer types along class lines. An engaging invitation to consider whether the positioning of consumerism through on-screen depictions is indicative of a new type of non-philosophical politics of 'choice' - a form of marketised, (a)political pragmatism - this book will appeal to scholars and students of sociology and cultural and media studies, with interests in class, consumption and gender.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317161173
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Presenting case studies of well-known shows including Will and Grace, Birds of a Feather, Sex and the City and Absolutely Fabulous, as well as 'reality' television, this book examines the transformations that have occurred in consumer society since its appearance and the ways in which these have been constructed and represented in popular media imagery. With analyses of the ways in which consumerism has played out in society, Consumerism on TV highlights specific aspects of the changing nature of consumerism by way of considerations of gender, sexuality and class, as well as less definable changes such as those to do with the celebration of ostentatious greed or the righteousness of the ’ethical’ shopper. With attention to the highly delineated consumer field in which ’shopping’ as an embedded practice of everyday life is caught between escapism and politics, authors explore a variety of themes, such as the extent to which consumerism has become embedded in forging identity, the positing of consumerism as a form of activism, the visibility of the gay male consumer and invisibility of the lesbian consumer, and the (re)stratification of consumer types along class lines. An engaging invitation to consider whether the positioning of consumerism through on-screen depictions is indicative of a new type of non-philosophical politics of 'choice' - a form of marketised, (a)political pragmatism - this book will appeal to scholars and students of sociology and cultural and media studies, with interests in class, consumption and gender.