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A Galaxy of Things

Author : Colette Searls
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000897968

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A Galaxy of Things explores the ways in which all puppets, masks, makeup-prosthetic figures are "material characters," using iconic Star Wars characters like Yoda and R2-D2 to illustrate what makes them so compelling. As an epic franchise, Star Wars has been defined by creatures, droids, and masked figures since the original 1977 movie. Author Colette Searls, a theatre director and expert in puppetry studies, uncovers how non-humans like Chewbacca, semi-humans like Darth Maul, and even concealed humans like Boba Fett tell meaningful stories that conventional human characters cannot. Searls defines three powers that puppets, masked figures, and other material characters wield—distance, distillation, and duality—and analyzes Star Wars’ most iconic robots and aliens to demonstrate how they work across nearly a half-century of live-action films. Yoda and "Baby Yoda"—two of popular culture’s greatest puppets—use these qualities to transform their human companions. Similarly, Darth Vader’s mask functions as a performing object driving mystery and suspense across three film trilogies. The power of material characters has also been wielded in problematic ways, such as stereotypes in the representation of service droids and controversial creatures like Jar Jar Binks. Bringing readers forward into the first Star Wars live-action streaming series, the book also explores how the early 2020s stories centered material characters in particularly meaningful, often redemptive ways. A Galaxy of Things is an accessible guide to puppets, masks, and other material characters for students and scholars of theatre, film, puppetry, and popular culture studies. It also offers useful perspectives on non-human representation for researchers in object-oriented ontology, posthumanism, ethnic studies, and material culture.

And Another Thing ...

Author : Eoin Colfer
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241959527

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And Another Thing ... by Eoin Colfer Pdf

Discover the sixth book in the ludicrously inaccurately named Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy, as broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and featuring original cast members including Simon Jones, Geoff McGivern, Mark Wing-Davey and Sandra Dickinson. Arthur Dent led a perfectly ordinary, uneventful life until the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy hurled him deep into outer space. Now he's convinced a cruelly indifferent universe is out to get him. And who can blame him? His life is about to collide with a pantheon of unemployed gods, a lovestruck green alien, a very irritating computer and at least one very large slab of cheese. If, that is, everyone's favourite renegade Galactic President can get him off planet Earth before it is destroyed . . . again. 'A triumph, fabulous. Colfer has given us a delight' Observer 'I haven't read anything in a long time that made me laugh as much' The Times 'Chock-full of fanciful, inventive one-liners and asides, brimming with a burning sense of the ridiculousness of life' Independent on Sunday 'The best post-mortem impersonation I have ever read' Mark Lawson, Guardian

Star Wars: The Ultimate Pop-Up Galaxy (Pop up books for Star Wars Fans)

Author : Matthew Reinhart
Publisher : Insight Editions
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1683834895

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Star Wars: The Ultimate Pop-Up Galaxy (Pop up books for Star Wars Fans) by Matthew Reinhart Pdf

2020 IBPA Awards Winner! "I honestly can't recommend this book enough" Starwarsnews.net "This book takes things to a whole new, and massive, level. Magnificent to behold" Geekdad.com From famed New York Times best-selling paper engineer Matthew Reinhart comes Star Wars: The Ultimate Pop-Up Galaxy. This glorious pop-up book is a fitting tribute to the entire Star Wars saga, from A New Hope to The Rise Of Skywalker See Padmé battle alongside the Jedi and clone troopers, Luke train with Jedi Master Yoda on Dagobah, and Rey and Kylo Ren battle Supreme Leader Snoke’s Praetorian Guards, as well as other memorable moments from the saga. With five amazing scenes rich with detail and secrets that fold out into one breathtaking map of the entire Star Wars saga, Star Wars: The Ultimate Pop-Up Galaxy is the perfect gift for boys, girls, and Star Wars fans of all ages. —The Entire Star Wars Saga. Featuring all 11 Star Wars movies, including A New Hope, Rogue One, Revenge of the Sith, and The Rise Of Skywalker. —Illustrious Characters. Jedi, Sith, royalty, and rogues are all featured. See Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, Finn, Poe Dameron, Mace Windu, Darth Sidious, General Hux, Supreme Leader Snoke, and more! —Legendary Locations. See locations come to life, including Geonosis, Mustafar, Yavin, Tatooine, Crait, Endor, and, of course, the notorious Death Star and the fearsome Starkiller Base. —Iconic Moments. Witness battles and duels from across the saga, including the Jedi’s heroic struggle on Geonosis, the battle of Hoth, Obi-Wan Kenobi’s tragic duel with Anakin Skywalker, and Anakin’s rebirth as the fearsome Darth Vader. —Famous Vehicles. See the Millennium Falcon, Star Destroyers, X-wings, TIE fighters, snowspeeders, AT-ATs, and other vehicles from the saga.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket Raccoon & Groot

Author : Dan Abnett
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504092999

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Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket Raccoon & Groot by Dan Abnett Pdf

In Marvel’s first original novel, Rocket and Groot face every villain in the galaxy after saving an android Recorder with powerful secrets. A talking racoon and a mobile tree walk into a bar. Then things start to get weird. With the Guardians of the Galaxy on hiatus, Rocket Racoon and Groot are out looking for some quick cash. But during a spaceport brawl, the infamous pair wind up rescuing an android Recorder from a pack of alien Badoons. Turns out, this particular Recorder is holding some highly sensitive, incredibly powerful information. The kind of information that some very powerful forces—including the ruthless Kree Empire and the stalwart Nova Corps—would do anything to get their hands on. Now, to protect their newfound android friend, Rocket and Groot are about to embark on an interplanetary escapade of epic proportions.

Samsung Galaxy Tab For Dummies

Author : Dan Gookin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781118075616

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Samsung Galaxy Tab For Dummies by Dan Gookin Pdf

Full-color guide to Samsung's exciting new tablet device! The Samsung Galaxy Tab puts a universe of technology right in your hands. And, if you've got a Samsung Galaxy Tab, you've got a handful of cool features to explore. This For Dummies guide shows you how to take full advantage of all this exciting new technology. In addition to tablet features you may already be familiar with—web and e-mail access, music, camera, e-books, and much more—this book shows you how to do video conferencing, video chat, find new apps, and take full advantage of the reach and popularity of the Android operating system. Packed with practical how-tos, tips, and features, Samsung Galaxy Tab For Dummies makes using your Tab easier. Helps you get up to speed on the Samsung Galaxy Tab Clarifies the basics of how to use it, how the technology works, how to configure everything, and how to make it totally yours Delivers a full slate of how-tos, tricks, features, and techniques, all in full color Covers setup and configuration, texting, e-mailing, wireless networking, desktop synchronization, accessing apps at the Android market, and more Explores how to customize your Galaxy Tab, how to maintain it, and how to upgrade it with new software Got a new Galaxy Tab? Now find out how to use it with Samsung Galaxy Tab For Dummies.

The Best Things in Life are Cheese

Author : Ellie Studd,Sam Studd
Publisher : Plum
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781761269578

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The Best Things in Life are Cheese by Ellie Studd,Sam Studd Pdf

Discover the infinite galaxy of cheese with experts Ellie and Sam Studd, as they share their wealth of knowledge and all the practical info you need to up your cheese game. Learn how to buy and store cheese, pair it perfectly every time and put together a rockstar cheese board. Ellie and Sam guide you through the key categories of cheese - from blues and washed rinds to fresh cheeses such as mozzarella- telling the story of each, explaining how they are made and sharing tasting notes for their favourite cheeses in each category. Then, celebrate cheese in all its oozy glory, with 70 delicious recipes for a casual brunch, midnight snack, date night or picnic with mates. Try summery halloumi and watermelon salad, the best-ever cheese toasties, three genius ways with mac 'n' cheese or baked camembert with caramelised apple and roasted hazelnuts. Get ready to fall (even more!) in love with cheese and arm yourself with all the knowledge you need to select, store, serve, taste and cook with cheese like a true pro. This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book.

Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2

Author : Jacob Johnston,Various
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302500702

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Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 by Jacob Johnston,Various Pdf

The Guardians are back! After saving the universe, Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot find themselves with expunged records and a new mandate: Guard what needs guarding. Now, go inside the studio in this new collectible volume! Discover exclusive concept art, production stills, and commentary from cast and crew-including returning director James Gunn and Marvel's extraordinary Visual Development team. Complete your ART OF THE MOVIE collection with this latest installment as the Guardians soar to new heights!ÿ

Galaxy 666

Author : Pel Torro,Lionel Fanthorpe,Patricia Fanthorpe
Publisher : Gateway
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473204157

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Galaxy 666 by Pel Torro,Lionel Fanthorpe,Patricia Fanthorpe Pdf

They had reached the very limits of space. Nothing lay ahead except the evil planet, waiting to destroy. NOTES FROM CAPTAIN BRONET'S LOG: It looked like a lizard, or a snake with legs. It had a large flattish head, three eyes set in triangular formation, and a round food-intake in the centre of the "face." There was no chin. The head perched high on a mottled, leathery neck. The skin on its back was ribbed and corrugated. This creature was the first living thing we encountered on the sinister planet...

A Memory Called Empire

Author : Arkady Martine
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250186454

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Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel A Locus, and Nebula Award nominee for 2019 A Best Book of 2019: Library Journal, Polygon, Den of Geek An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A Guardian Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2019 and “Not the Booker Prize” Nominee A Goodreads Biggest SFF Book of 2019 and Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee "A Memory Called Empire perfectly balances action and intrigue with matters of empire and identity. All around brilliant space opera, I absolutely love it."—Ann Leckie, author of Ancillary Justice Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident—or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court. Now, Mahit must discover who is behind the murder, rescue herself, and save her Station from Teixcalaan's unceasing expansion—all while navigating an alien culture that is all too seductive, engaging in intrigues of her own, and hiding a deadly technological secret—one that might spell the end of her Station and her way of life—or rescue it from annihilation. A fascinating space opera debut novel, Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire is an interstellar mystery adventure. "The most thrilling ride ever. This book has everything I love."—Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky And coming soon, the brilliant sequel, A Desolation Called Peace! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Things That Are

Author : Amy Leach
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781571318640

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Things That Are by Amy Leach Pdf

Essays by a Whiting Award winner: “Like a descendant of Lewis Carroll and Emily Dickinson . . . one of the most exciting and original writers in America.” —Yiyun Li, author of Must I Go Things That Are takes jellyfish, fainting goats, and imperturbable caterpillars as just a few of its many inspirations. In a series of essays that progress from the tiniest earth dwellers to the most far-flung celestial bodies—considering the similarity of gods to donkeys, the inexorability of love and vines, the relations of exploding stars to exploding sea cucumbers—Amy Leach rekindles a vital communion with the wild world, dormant for far too long. Things That Are is not specifically of the animal, the human, or the phenomenal; it is a book of wonder, one the reader cannot help but leave with their perceptions both expanded and confounded in delightful ways. This debut collection comes from a writer whose accolades precede her: a Whiting Award, a Rona Jaffe Award, a Best American Essays selection, and a Pushcart Prize, all received before her first book-length publication. Things That Are marks the debut of an entirely new brand of nonfiction writer, in a mode like that of Ander Monson, John D’Agata, and Eula Biss, but a new sort of beast entirely its own. “Explores fantastical and curious subjects pertaining to natural phenomena . . . for those interested in looking at the natural world through the lens of a fairy tale, this is a bonbon of a book.” —Kirkus Reviews

Vile Things

Author : Ramsey Campbell,Tim Curran,Randy Chandler,Graham Masterton
Publisher : Red Room Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780982097915

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Vile Things by Ramsey Campbell,Tim Curran,Randy Chandler,Graham Masterton Pdf

Vile Things is the ultimate collection of extreme horror with 15 unspeakably gruesome, cringe-worthy, and sometimes disturbingly hilarious tales. and above all else an entertaining and damn good, fun read. The stories, most of which are previously unpublished, include a wide range of subjects: the Jersey Devil, zombies, sadistic Nazis, insatiable ghouls, perverted fishermen, a cult of Basilisk, tequila worms, and much more! FANGORIA MAGAZINE REVIEW "This book is not just your basic horror stories. This is extreme shit...Edited by Cheryl Mullenax, VILE THINGS: EXTREME DEVIATIONS OF HORROR is not for the light horror fan. The stories are not just extreme horror, but also extreme gore and sex…a triple threat of fun in my eyes...This book is a definite for any extreme horror fan. Full of terror, sex, and gore, I don’t recommend this for the faint of heart or for a light read at a beauty salon." MONSTER LIBRARIAN REVIEW "Vile Things is one of the stronger horror anthologies I have come across in some time... I would say that while there are definitely some stronger and gorier stories in this collection than in other horror anthologies, Vile Things offers some excellent horror tales and is highly recommended for public libraries." RUE MORGUE MAGAZINE REVIEW "The most striking fiction is often rooted directly in reality, and this is especially true for the stories found in Vile Things. Most of these tales, collected by editor Cheryl Mullenax, begin with plausible, everyday situations and then darken quickly to trap the reader in twisted supernatural plotlines that teem with the imagination's most repulsive creations, including parasitic mutations, a spate of festering fungal rashes and many other rancid and, well, vile things...But dismembered members aside, there are no cheap gross-outs here; even though the focus is clearly on the vile and unpalatable these don't feel like stories that were written with the sole purpose of being labeled "extreme horror" or to merely revel in their graphic, gory descriptions. Simply put, Vile Things is every deviant horror fan's wet dream."

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge

Author : Eloc Throno,Cole Horton
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780760370230

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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge by Eloc Throno,Cole Horton Pdf

“[A] guide to all the ins and outs of the Black Spire Outpost . . . the next best thing to actually going to Disneyland or Disney World.” —Gizmodo Set your course for the edge of the galaxy to the planet Batuu, where you’ll be immersed in the alluring offerings of a mysterious outpost and thriving port that is a haven for scoundrels, rogues, and smugglers. Upon arrival, you will have access to an authentic, in-world environment unlike anything you have ever experienced before! This official guide to Batuu is written completely in-world, as if you are a visitor from another part of the galaxy looking for recommendations on where to eat, shop, and sightsee while on your trip to this exciting location. Highlighted features: Full-color photos, illustrations, and maps Original content from Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Imagineering Backstories to characters and locations found in Black Spire Outpost Whether living your adventure in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge or simply being an armchair traveler, this in-depth literary companion will delight any fan of Star Wars. “Gives Star Wars fans a unique look at what you’ll discover while visiting Batuu . . . there are lots of new details, factoids, and travel warnings to discover in this in-world guidebook.” —StarWars.com “Takes a deep dive into the galactic adventures (and pleasures) to be found at Disney World and Disneyland.” —Syfy

The Love of Impermanent Things

Author : Mary Rose O'Reilley
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1571312838

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The Love of Impermanent Things by Mary Rose O'Reilley Pdf

At midlife, Mary Rose O'Reilley reflects on her past and her hard-won sense of self. She is determined, now, not to sacrifice or waste her self. She has struggled for years along the paths set by her suburban childhood, her Catholic upbringing, her failed marriage, and the mute duties of daughterhood. Now, she is trying to see the world through the eyes of the deer that stop outside her window and look in at her. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she feels a closer connection to the natural world as experienced by animals. As an apprentice potter, she sees in a Japanese tea bowl the ultimate balance of action and contemplation. As a Quaker, she can both sit still and sing. And as a writer, O'Reilley can speak clearly to readers at midlife who are expected to know it all, but don't.

Astroquizzical

Author : Jillian Scudder
Publisher : Icon Books
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781785783357

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Astroquizzical by Jillian Scudder Pdf

In this enthralling cosmic journey through space and time, astrophysicist Jillian Scudder locates our home planet within its own 'family tree'. Our parent the Earth and its sibling planets in our solar system formed within the same gas cloud. Without our grandparent the Sun, we would not exist, and the Sun in turn relies on the Milky Way as its home. The Milky Way rests in a larger web of galaxies that traces its origins right back to tiny fluctuations in the very early universe. Following these cosmic connections, we discover the many ties that bind us to our universe. Based around readers' questions from the author's popular blog 'Astroquizzical', the book provides a quirky guide to how things work in the universe and why things are the way they are, from shooting stars on Earth, to black holes, to entire galaxies. For anyone interested in the 'big picture' of how the cosmos functions and how it is all connected, Jillian Scudder is the perfect guide.

Once Upon a Galaxy

Author : Anonim
Publisher : august house
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0874833876

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Once Upon a Galaxy by Anonim Pdf

Includes fifty folktales from around the world, relating them to contemporary fantasy, science fiction, and cartoon themes.