Author: Tom Sykes
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1909930822
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidential election by a landslide. Infamous for his bombastic temper and un-PC wisecracks, he is waging a brutal drug war that has killed more than 12,000 people so far. Over the last nine years, British writer Tom Sykes has travelled extensively in the Philippines in order to understand the Duterte phenomenon, interviewing friends and enemies of 'The Punisher' - as he is known - in politics, the media, the arts and civil society. Sykes witnesses anti-government demonstrations in the capital Manila and visits the provincial city of Davao, where Duterte began his crusade against crime using police and vigilante death squads. By delving into Duterte's troubled childhood of violent rebellion, Sykes discovers what motivates the man today in his pursuit of a merciless 'war on the poor' - as Amnesty has described it - that has no end in sight. The Realm of the Punisher also examines oppressed and marginalized groups in the modern Philippines through encounters with a transgender rights campaigner, an 86-year-old former sex slave to the Japanese in the Second World War, a public artist who must work while under attack from Maoist rebels, and slum-dwellers resisting violent eviction by a real estate company. The past is never far away from these present-day problems and Sykes' travels to festivals, cemeteries, war memorials and a tomb housing an embalmed corpse reveal the ways in which key figures in Philippine history - from José Rizal to Ferdinand Marcos - have influenced current affairs. Funny, tragic, enlightening and uncompromising - and infused with the author's strong sense of social justice - The Realm of the Punisher is the first major travel book by a Westerner to explore Duterte's Philippines.
The Realm of the Punisher
Author: Tom Sykes
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1909930822
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidential election by a landslide. Infamous for his bombastic temper and un-PC wisecracks, he is waging a brutal drug war that has killed more than 12,000 people so far. Over the last nine years, British writer Tom Sykes has travelled extensively in the Philippines in order to understand the Duterte phenomenon, interviewing friends and enemies of 'The Punisher' - as he is known - in politics, the media, the arts and civil society. Sykes witnesses anti-government demonstrations in the capital Manila and visits the provincial city of Davao, where Duterte began his crusade against crime using police and vigilante death squads. By delving into Duterte's troubled childhood of violent rebellion, Sykes discovers what motivates the man today in his pursuit of a merciless 'war on the poor' - as Amnesty has described it - that has no end in sight. The Realm of the Punisher also examines oppressed and marginalized groups in the modern Philippines through encounters with a transgender rights campaigner, an 86-year-old former sex slave to the Japanese in the Second World War, a public artist who must work while under attack from Maoist rebels, and slum-dwellers resisting violent eviction by a real estate company. The past is never far away from these present-day problems and Sykes' travels to festivals, cemeteries, war memorials and a tomb housing an embalmed corpse reveal the ways in which key figures in Philippine history - from José Rizal to Ferdinand Marcos - have influenced current affairs. Funny, tragic, enlightening and uncompromising - and infused with the author's strong sense of social justice - The Realm of the Punisher is the first major travel book by a Westerner to explore Duterte's Philippines.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1909930822
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In June 2016, Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidential election by a landslide. Infamous for his bombastic temper and un-PC wisecracks, he is waging a brutal drug war that has killed more than 12,000 people so far. Over the last nine years, British writer Tom Sykes has travelled extensively in the Philippines in order to understand the Duterte phenomenon, interviewing friends and enemies of 'The Punisher' - as he is known - in politics, the media, the arts and civil society. Sykes witnesses anti-government demonstrations in the capital Manila and visits the provincial city of Davao, where Duterte began his crusade against crime using police and vigilante death squads. By delving into Duterte's troubled childhood of violent rebellion, Sykes discovers what motivates the man today in his pursuit of a merciless 'war on the poor' - as Amnesty has described it - that has no end in sight. The Realm of the Punisher also examines oppressed and marginalized groups in the modern Philippines through encounters with a transgender rights campaigner, an 86-year-old former sex slave to the Japanese in the Second World War, a public artist who must work while under attack from Maoist rebels, and slum-dwellers resisting violent eviction by a real estate company. The past is never far away from these present-day problems and Sykes' travels to festivals, cemeteries, war memorials and a tomb housing an embalmed corpse reveal the ways in which key figures in Philippine history - from José Rizal to Ferdinand Marcos - have influenced current affairs. Funny, tragic, enlightening and uncompromising - and infused with the author's strong sense of social justice - The Realm of the Punisher is the first major travel book by a Westerner to explore Duterte's Philippines.
Stan Winston's Realm of the Claw
Author: Stan Winston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781582406398
Category : Fantasy comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When zookeeper Harrison Reed becomes plagued with strange, dream-like visions, he is forced to confront the unthinkable: that he and his brother are more than they seem. With enemies lurking in every corner and the allure of power corrupting at every turn, the truth must be discovered else his world... and his sanity... will be lost forever.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781582406398
Category : Fantasy comic books, strips, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When zookeeper Harrison Reed becomes plagued with strange, dream-like visions, he is forced to confront the unthinkable: that he and his brother are more than they seem. With enemies lurking in every corner and the allure of power corrupting at every turn, the truth must be discovered else his world... and his sanity... will be lost forever.
War of the Realms Omnibus [new Printing]
Author:
Publisher: Marvel Universe
ISBN: 9781302934019
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Ten Realms have all fallen to Malekith and his army -- except one. Now, at last, Midgard burns! All hell breaks loose as Malekith and his allies begin their assault on Earth -- and with Thor trapped in the land of the Frost Giants, Earth's forces are overwhelmed! What can possibly stop the diabolical Dark Elf and his army? Spider-Man, Captain America, the Punisher, Ghost Rider, Blade, Hulk and more join the fray as Jason Aaron's epic THOR saga reaches a crescendo that explodes across the Marvel Universe! Collecting WAR OF THE REALMS #1-6; WAR OF THE REALMS OMEGA; WAR OF THE REALMS: WAR SCROLLS #1-3; WAR OF THE REALMS STRIKEFORCE: THE LAND OF THE GIANTS, THE DARK ELF REALM and THE WAR AVENGERS; GIANT-MAN #1-3; WAR OF THE REALMS: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #1-5; SPIDER-MAN & THE LEAGUE OF REALMS #1-3; WAR OF THE REALMS: PUNISHER #1-3; WAR OF THE REALMS: UNCANNY X-MEN #1-3; WAR OF THE REALMS: NEW AGENTS OF ATLAS #1-4; ASGARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #8-10; TONY STARK: IRON MAN #12-13; VENOM (2018) #13-15; THOR (2018) #8-16; AVENGERS (2018) #18-20; CAPTAIN MARVEL (2019) #6-7; CHAMPIONS (2019) #5-6; DEADPOOL (2018) #13-14; FANTASTIC FOUR (2018) #10; MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR + SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN (2019) #7-8 and UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL (2015B) #43-46.
Publisher: Marvel Universe
ISBN: 9781302934019
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Ten Realms have all fallen to Malekith and his army -- except one. Now, at last, Midgard burns! All hell breaks loose as Malekith and his allies begin their assault on Earth -- and with Thor trapped in the land of the Frost Giants, Earth's forces are overwhelmed! What can possibly stop the diabolical Dark Elf and his army? Spider-Man, Captain America, the Punisher, Ghost Rider, Blade, Hulk and more join the fray as Jason Aaron's epic THOR saga reaches a crescendo that explodes across the Marvel Universe! Collecting WAR OF THE REALMS #1-6; WAR OF THE REALMS OMEGA; WAR OF THE REALMS: WAR SCROLLS #1-3; WAR OF THE REALMS STRIKEFORCE: THE LAND OF THE GIANTS, THE DARK ELF REALM and THE WAR AVENGERS; GIANT-MAN #1-3; WAR OF THE REALMS: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #1-5; SPIDER-MAN & THE LEAGUE OF REALMS #1-3; WAR OF THE REALMS: PUNISHER #1-3; WAR OF THE REALMS: UNCANNY X-MEN #1-3; WAR OF THE REALMS: NEW AGENTS OF ATLAS #1-4; ASGARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #8-10; TONY STARK: IRON MAN #12-13; VENOM (2018) #13-15; THOR (2018) #8-16; AVENGERS (2018) #18-20; CAPTAIN MARVEL (2019) #6-7; CHAMPIONS (2019) #5-6; DEADPOOL (2018) #13-14; FANTASTIC FOUR (2018) #10; MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR + SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN (2019) #7-8 and UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL (2015B) #43-46.
Strikeforce
Author: Tini Howard
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302934988
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Collects Strikeforce (2019) #6-9. Can this team of misfits stay together long enough to complete its mission? Strikeforce must contend with the menace of Moonstone, A.K.A. the psychotic psychiatrist Karla Sofen! But what does a manipulator of minds want with a hospital full of the dead and dying? Then, where death goes, Deadpool soon follows! With hundreds of shape-shifting Vridai sneaking their way through Midgard, Strikeforce is the only one who can stop them — and that brings Blade and his allies to King Deadpool’s Monster Island! For Angela, the battle gets personal as the one-time Queen of Hel faces off against the Queen of the Vridai! But who will enter a death match of no-holds-barred sports entertainment?
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302934988
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Collects Strikeforce (2019) #6-9. Can this team of misfits stay together long enough to complete its mission? Strikeforce must contend with the menace of Moonstone, A.K.A. the psychotic psychiatrist Karla Sofen! But what does a manipulator of minds want with a hospital full of the dead and dying? Then, where death goes, Deadpool soon follows! With hundreds of shape-shifting Vridai sneaking their way through Midgard, Strikeforce is the only one who can stop them — and that brings Blade and his allies to King Deadpool’s Monster Island! For Angela, the battle gets personal as the one-time Queen of Hel faces off against the Queen of the Vridai! But who will enter a death match of no-holds-barred sports entertainment?
Thor Vol. 2
Author: Jason Aaron
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302514326
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Collects Thor (2018) #7-11. The stage is set for the War of the Realms! Thor has battled through Hel, but now finds himself a prisoner of the fearsome warriors of Heven! Can even the intervention of Valkyrie and Thors deadly sister, Angela, help the Thunder God escape the inescapable prison of angels? Meanwhile, with S.H.I.E.L.D. gone, Roz Solomon has been left adrift but shes about to take on a surprising new role and make a million new enemies. For war is coming and the invasion of Earth may have already begun! As Malekith targets all there is, will Odin be left as the All-Father of Nothing? Plus: Centuries ago, Odin was determined to keep a young Thor away from Midgard for good and Loki knew just the way to do it!
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302514326
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Collects Thor (2018) #7-11. The stage is set for the War of the Realms! Thor has battled through Hel, but now finds himself a prisoner of the fearsome warriors of Heven! Can even the intervention of Valkyrie and Thors deadly sister, Angela, help the Thunder God escape the inescapable prison of angels? Meanwhile, with S.H.I.E.L.D. gone, Roz Solomon has been left adrift but shes about to take on a surprising new role and make a million new enemies. For war is coming and the invasion of Earth may have already begun! As Malekith targets all there is, will Odin be left as the All-Father of Nothing? Plus: Centuries ago, Odin was determined to keep a young Thor away from Midgard for good and Loki knew just the way to do it!
Original Sin
Author: Jason Aaron
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302441493
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Collects Original Sin #5.1-5.5.
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302441493
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Collects Original Sin #5.1-5.5.
The Punisher's Brain
Author: Morris B. Hoffman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139916564
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Why do we punish, and why do we forgive? Are these learned behaviors, or is there something deeper going on? This book argues that there is indeed something deeper going on, and that our essential response to the killers, rapists, and other wrongdoers among us has been programmed into our brains by evolution. Using evidence and arguments from neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Morris B. Hoffman traces the development of our innate drives to punish - and to forgive - throughout human history. He describes how, over time, these innate drives became codified into our present legal systems and how the responsibility and authority to punish and forgive was delegated to one person - the judge - or a subset of the group - the jury. Hoffman shows how these urges inform our most deeply held legal principles and how they might animate some legal reforms.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139916564
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
Why do we punish, and why do we forgive? Are these learned behaviors, or is there something deeper going on? This book argues that there is indeed something deeper going on, and that our essential response to the killers, rapists, and other wrongdoers among us has been programmed into our brains by evolution. Using evidence and arguments from neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Morris B. Hoffman traces the development of our innate drives to punish - and to forgive - throughout human history. He describes how, over time, these innate drives became codified into our present legal systems and how the responsibility and authority to punish and forgive was delegated to one person - the judge - or a subset of the group - the jury. Hoffman shows how these urges inform our most deeply held legal principles and how they might animate some legal reforms.
Supreme of Seven Realms
Author: Wang QingFeng
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649482345
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1223
Book Description
After fourteen years of bullying, his strong will was forged. Fourteen years later, he would regain his Martial Veins and obtain the Heavenly Treasures, the Heavenly Jade Pendant. From then on, he would rise to greatness. For the sake of his parents, for the sake of the truth, for the sake of his beauties, he had ignited his will to climb to the peak. He had engaged in a fierce struggle with the Heaven's Pride of the Seven Realms, leaving behind one legend after another!
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649482345
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1223
Book Description
After fourteen years of bullying, his strong will was forged. Fourteen years later, he would regain his Martial Veins and obtain the Heavenly Treasures, the Heavenly Jade Pendant. From then on, he would rise to greatness. For the sake of his parents, for the sake of the truth, for the sake of his beauties, he had ignited his will to climb to the peak. He had engaged in a fierce struggle with the Heaven's Pride of the Seven Realms, leaving behind one legend after another!
Imagining Manila
Author: Tom Sykes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0755602870
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The city of Manila is uniquely significant to Philippine, Southeast Asian and world history. It played a key role in the rise of Western colonial mercantilism in Asia, the extinction of the Spanish Empire and the ascendancy of the USA to global imperial hegemony, amongst other events. This book examines British and American writing on the city, situating these representations within scholarship on empire, orientalism and US, Asian and European political history. Through analysis of novels, memoirs, travelogues and journalism written about Manila by Westerners since the early eighteenth century, Tom Sykes builds a picture of Western attitudes towards the city and the wider Philippines, and the mechanics by which these came to dominate the discourse. This study uncovers to what extent Western literary tropes and representational models have informed understandings of the Philippines, in the West and elsewhere, and the types of counter-narrative which have emerged in the Philippines in response to them.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0755602870
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The city of Manila is uniquely significant to Philippine, Southeast Asian and world history. It played a key role in the rise of Western colonial mercantilism in Asia, the extinction of the Spanish Empire and the ascendancy of the USA to global imperial hegemony, amongst other events. This book examines British and American writing on the city, situating these representations within scholarship on empire, orientalism and US, Asian and European political history. Through analysis of novels, memoirs, travelogues and journalism written about Manila by Westerners since the early eighteenth century, Tom Sykes builds a picture of Western attitudes towards the city and the wider Philippines, and the mechanics by which these came to dominate the discourse. This study uncovers to what extent Western literary tropes and representational models have informed understandings of the Philippines, in the West and elsewhere, and the types of counter-narrative which have emerged in the Philippines in response to them.
The Punisher Volume 1
Author:
Publisher: Marvel
ISBN: 9780785154433
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For years the Punisher waged war on crime in New York, but a lead on a major source of drugs, weapons and more has set his sights due west! Frank Castle is in the City of Angels, taking on the powerful Dos Sols gang - but when he discovers their newest weapon, it's bad news...for him! Now the Punisher must duke it out with A.I.M., even as the Dos Sols' takeover of LA begins and war breaks out in the streets! Will the city burn, or can Frank fight fire with fi re? And even if Frank can overcome A.I.M. and the Dos Sols, can he escape the ti ghtening noose of the Howling Commandos? COLLECTING: PUNISHER 1-6
Publisher: Marvel
ISBN: 9780785154433
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For years the Punisher waged war on crime in New York, but a lead on a major source of drugs, weapons and more has set his sights due west! Frank Castle is in the City of Angels, taking on the powerful Dos Sols gang - but when he discovers their newest weapon, it's bad news...for him! Now the Punisher must duke it out with A.I.M., even as the Dos Sols' takeover of LA begins and war breaks out in the streets! Will the city burn, or can Frank fight fire with fi re? And even if Frank can overcome A.I.M. and the Dos Sols, can he escape the ti ghtening noose of the Howling Commandos? COLLECTING: PUNISHER 1-6