A Strange World

Author : Reza Farazmand
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780735220119

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Comics for a Strange World by Reza Farazmand Pdf

Don’t Miss Poorly Drawn Lines on Cake, airing on FX and streaming on FX on Hulu! Absurd comics for our absurd times, from the artist behind the wildly popular webcomic Poorly Drawn Lines—the perfect gift for comic book fans! In his follow up to the New York Times bestselling Poorly Drawn Lines, beloved webcomic artist Reza Farazmand returns with a collection of comics that hilariously skewers our modern age. Comics for a Strange World takes readers through time, space, and alternate realities, reuniting fans with favorite characters and presenting them with even more bizarre scenarios. A child is arrested for plagiarism. A squirrel adapts to human society by purchasing a cell phone—and a gun. And an old man shares memories of the Internet with his granddaughter (“A vast network of millions of idiots. Together, the idiots created endless shitty ideas. It was a true renaissance of shit.”). In the world of Poorly Drawn Lines, nothing is too weird or too outlandish for parody.

Author : Frank Edwards
Publisher : University Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0821625152

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Strange World by Frank Edwards Pdf

Based on authenticated incidents, gathered from around the world, this look at the supernatural argues that human beings live in circumstances beyond rational or scientific explanation. Reprint.

Author : Toby Ferris
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780062931771

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Short Life in a Strange World by Toby Ferris Pdf

“Oddly charming, deeply intelligent. . . . Anyone asking questions about their own place in the world might be drawn to these portrayals of ordinary life from almost 500 years ago—scenes of human beings who work and return home, who carry their kids and tend to chores, who nap, play, eat, drink and do other, less decorous things. And, with the author’s help, we look at them more closely than before." — Washington Post “Graceful, transcendent even.” — Los Angeles Times “Captivating . . . a vibrant portrait of the artist’s work and world…. A profusely illustrated, deeply thoughtful meditation.” — Kirkus “Thought-provoking. . . . [Ferris] blends memoir with philosophic meditation on art criticism in his thoughtful debut.” — Publishers Weekly

Author : John Fleskes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1640410392

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Al Williamson by John Fleskes Pdf

In 1948 a young Al Williamson accepted his first commercial assignment--for an issue of Famous Funnies comics, which launched his career as a professional in the field. Developing an elegant and illustrative style, he soon gained prominence in the highly influential EC Comics line of the 1950s. Over the next few decades, his exquisite art also illuminated many Atlas comics, various incarnations of Flash Gordon and the comic strips Secret Agent Corrigan and Star Wars, as well as a host of other titles and properties. This extraordinary body of superior work cemented Williamson's longstanding popularity. By the end of his career in the early 2000s, he had become one of the most highly regarded comic and strip artists in the industry, especially noted for the graceful ink line that he spent a lifetime pursuing. This first compendium in a new series is the perfect introduction to Al Williamson's work. You will find samples that span his fifty-year career along with anecdotes and historical details salted throughout. Cover art, interior pages, drawings and sketches--plus photographs of Al and his friends posing as reference for his sequential art--are included. This volume contains a mixture of both his most-obscure and best-known works, all meticulously reproduced from the original art. Until now, this captivating original artwork has only been seen by those fortunate enough to visit the Williamson studio in person. For the first time, readers will be able to view the artist's most-cherished works. Williamson's love of 1920s and 1930s adventure, fantasy and science-fiction pop culture--and his admiration of artists such as Flash Gordon creator Alex Raymond--grounded his drawing technique and storytelling, which evolved throughout his life. He was able to take these inspirations and carry on the legacy of the past masters while becoming a unique icon in the industry. In this collection, readers will be able to witness Williamson's development as an artist.

Author : Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385364639

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A Strange World. A Novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author : Elif Shafak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781635574487

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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak Pdf

Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize Named a Best Book of the Year by Bookpage, NPR, Washington Post, and The Economist A moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer and speaker Elif Shafak. In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain is still active-for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby, she remembers her life-and the lives of others, outcasts like her. Tequila Leila's memories bring us back to her childhood in the provinces, a highly oppressive milieu with religion and traditions, shaped by a polygamous family with two mothers and an increasingly authoritarian father. Escaping to Istanbul, Leila makes her way into the sordid industry of sex trafficking, finding a home in the city's historic Street of Brothels. This is a dark, violent world, but Leila is tough and open to beauty, light, and the essential bonds of friendship. In Tequila Leila's death, the secrets and wonders of modern Istanbul come to life, painted vividly by the captivating tales of how Leila came to know and be loved by her friends. As her epic journey to the afterlife comes to an end, it is her chosen family who brings her story to a buoyant and breathtaking conclusion.

Author : L.D. Lapinski
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781510106031

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The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski Pdf

'Assured, witty and inventive. This debut has "future classic" written all over it.' - The Guardian Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! Perfect for fans of The Train to Impossible Places and The Polar Bear Explorers' Club. At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . . When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds' magical travel society and explore other worlds. But, unknown to Flick, the world at the very centre of it all, a city called Five Lights, is in danger. Buildings and even streets are mysteriously disappearing. Once Flick realizes what's happening she must race against time, travelling through unchartered worlds, seeking a way to fix Five Lights before it collapses into nothingness - and takes our world with it. A magical adventure for 9+ readers that will take you to whole new worlds.

Author : Nathan W. Pyle
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780062998019

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Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle Pdf

Straight from the mind of New York Times bestselling author Nathan W. Pyle, Strange Planet is an adorable and profound universe in pink, blue, green, and purple, based on the phenomenally popular Instagram of the same name! Strange Planet covers a full life cycle of the planet’s inhabitants, including milestones such as: The Emergence Day Being Gains a Sibling The Being Family Attains a Beast The Formal Education of a Being Celebration of Special Days Being Begins a Vocation The Beings at Home Health Status of a Being The Hobbies of a Being The Extended Family of the Being The Being Reflects on Life While Watching the Planet Rotate With dozens of never-before-seen illustrations in addition to old favorites, this fixed-format e-book offers a sweet and hilarious look at a distant world not all that unlike our own. I feel more attractive. Honestly, you are. It’s the star damage. I CRAVE STAR DAMAGE.

Author : Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444710236

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Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein Pdf

The original uncut edition of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Hugo Award winner Robert A Heinlein - one of the most beloved, celebrated science-fiction novels of all time. Epic, ambitious and entertaining, STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND caused controversy and uproar when it was first published and is still topical and challenging today. Twenty-five years ago, the first manned mission to Mars was lost, and all hands presumed dead. But someone survived... Born on the doomed spaceship and raised by the Martians who saved his life, Valentine Michael Smith has never seen a human being until the day a second expedition to Mars discovers him. Upon his return to Earth, a young nurse named Jill Boardman sneaks into Smith's hospital room and shares a glass of water with him, a simple act for her but a sacred ritual on Mars. Now, connected by an incredible bond, Smith, Jill and a writer named Jubal must fight to protect a right we all take for granted: the right to love.

Author : Marjorie Muir Worthington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1943679053

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The Strange World of Willie Seabrook by Marjorie Muir Worthington Pdf

A novelist's candid and affectionate record of her life with the author of "The Magic Island" and "Asylum".

Author : G. Warren Nutter
Publisher : American Institute for Economic Research
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781630691912

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The Strange World of Ivan Ivanov by G. Warren Nutter Pdf

“It is the bitter lesson of history that society cannot rely on the scruples of a powerful ruler to restrain him from exercising his power over the lives of his subjects. The only safeguard of liberty is the restraint of power itself.”~G. Warren Nutter Economist G. Warren Nutter provided one of the lone dissenting voices to challenge what had become a matter of conventional wisdom among Sovietologists. Whereas others perceived vibrancy and vitality in the socialist society’s industrial growth, Nutter recognized its long-term economic decline concealed behind a politically crafted veneer of propaganda about socialist industrial prowess. From 1956 until its first publication in 1969, he labored on providing a statistical corrective that painted a picture of a society gradually succumbing to the weight of its own central planning in The Strange World of Ivan Ivanov. Though generally well-received in the Cold War environment of its publication, Ivan Ivanov, drifted from memory along with its own Soviet subject matter. In this new edition, the text is accessible again—both as a record of the daily personal hardships experienced under an actual Marxian-socialist state and a warning for a time when socialism’s reputation has become detached from its own track record. The poverty, fear, and coerced subordination of Ivan Ivanov’s life were not aberrations of a socialist revolution gone astray—they were the entirely predictable results of that same socialist system. And as its human toll stretches from the Eastern Bloc to China to Cuba to Venezuela, they continue to repeat with alarming certainty whenever and wherever socialism is attempted. The American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, was founded in 1933 as the first independent voice for sound economics in the United States. Today it publishes ongoing research, hosts educational programs, publishes books, sponsors interns and scholars, and is home to the world-renowned Bastiat Society and the highly respected Sound Money Project. The American Institute for Economic Research is a 501c3 public charity.

Author : Martine F. Delfos,Tony Attwood
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1843102552

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A Strange World by Martine F. Delfos,Tony Attwood Pdf

This guide to autistic spectrum disorders comes from a new scientific perspective. Delfos's biopsychological model provides a theoretical analysis of the nature of autism and the problems it can cause. She offers advice on how to approach problems from the perspectives of autistic children, adolescents and adults, as well as parents and carers.

Author : Daniel F. Styer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2000-02-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521667801

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The Strange World of Quantum Mechanics by Daniel F. Styer Pdf

An exceptionally accessible, accurate and non-technical introduction to the core concepts of quantum mechanics.

Author : Vincent H. Gaddis,Margaret Gaddis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Nature
ISBN : 040212491X

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The Strange World of Animals and Pets by Vincent H. Gaddis,Margaret Gaddis Pdf

Author : Jane MacAndrew,Andrew Kerr-Jarrett
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0762100710

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Strange Worlds, Fantastic Places by Jane MacAndrew,Andrew Kerr-Jarrett Pdf

Describes how different kinds of plants and animals adapt to strange and extreme environments.