Heroes Of Last Resort

Author : C. T. Knospe,J. K. Galioto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798545988525

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Heroes of Last Resort by C. T. Knospe,J. K. Galioto Pdf

Jack Jensen is a middle-aged nobody who lives a lackluster life in an even more uninteresting town. Having sampled every job the small town of Merrill, Wisconsin has to offer, he has excelled at nothing but growing his beer gut and his luxurious curly blonde hair. His life is one of unrealized potential and lack of direction. Things change one morning when his brother, an Army Major, lands his helicopter in the parking lot of Jack's less-than-profitable gaming store in a desperate bid to thrust the perennial slacker into the role of saving the country, the world, and even more unlikely, himself. Heroes of Last Resort is a LitRPG series that features leveling, detailed character systems, epic world saving quests, and much more. It's perfect for fans of books like The Land, Noobtown, and Life Reset. Find out more about the book and the authors at flamingfistpublishing.com.

Author : Marcia Reynders Ristaino
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0804750238

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Port of Last Resort by Marcia Reynders Ristaino Pdf

This book examines two large and generally overlooked diaspora communities, one Jewish, the other Slavic, who found refuge in Shanghai during the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century.

Author : Jack D. Pressman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0521524598

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Last Resort by Jack D. Pressman Pdf

This book, first published in 1998, revisits the period in the 1940s and 1950s when many Americans were operated on for mental illness.

Author : Marissa Stapley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781501188084

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The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley Pdf

From the bestselling author of Reese’s Book Club Pick Lucky comes a gripping novel about marriage, loyalty, and the deadly secrets that unravel over the course of a two-week couples’ therapy retreat in Mexico. We all have thirteen secrets. Five stay buried forever, but the rest will be revealed. Miles Markell is missing, and everyone is a suspect. To the guests at The Harmony Resort, Doctors Miles and Grace Markell appear to be a perfect power couple. They run a couples’ therapy retreat in a luxurious resort in the Mayan Riviera where they help spouses deal with their marriage struggles. Johanna and Ben’s relationship looks great on the surface, but in reality, they don’t know each other at all. Shell and Colin fight constantly—Colin is a workaholic, and Shell always comes second—but what has really torn them apart is too devastating to talk about. When both couples begin Harmony’s intensive therapy program, it becomes clear that Harmony is not all that it seems—and neither are Miles and Grace. What are they hiding, and what price will these couples pay for finding out their secrets? As a powerful hurricane descends on the coast, trapping both the hosts and their guests, confidences are revealed, loyalties are tested, and not one single person—or marriage—will ever be the same. A gripping exploration of relationships and trust, The Last Resort is a propulsive read about all the big truths we hide, even from ourselves.

Author : Joshua Kubli
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781312474550

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Invulnerable Super Hero RPG Vigilante Edition by Joshua Kubli Pdf

Invulnerable Super Hero RPG: Vigilante Edition is here! Invulnerable's flexible point-based system emphasizes versatility and roleplaying. Invulnerable heroes gain a wide variety of Power Enhancements to show the amazing feats they can perform, and their Motivations and Central Contradiction tell you what kind of hero they are behind the mask! Heroes need a world to protect. Invulnerable includes a detailed setting, Earth-Omega, filled with heroes to join, and villains to trounce, and legacies to uphold! So what are you waiting for? Grab Some Dice And Save The World!

Author : Elizabeth Svoboda
Publisher : Zest Books ™
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541578746

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The Life Heroic by Elizabeth Svoboda Pdf

Heroes are superhuman. Or at least it's easy to assume that when you read ripped-from-the-news stories of derring-do. But in reality, almost anyone who's motivated can be a hero, and the heroes who make the biggest impact aren't always the ones who make headlines. This approachable, research-backed guide will equip kids with the tools they need to become everyday heroes. Along the way, you'll hear from real heroes living out the truth of psychologist Phil Zimbardo's words: "Most heroes are ordinary. It's the act of heroism that's extraordinary."

Author : Joe Abercrombie
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575088160

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Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie Pdf

Springtime in Styria. And that means war. There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king. War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared and famous mercenary in Duke Orso's employ, it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die. Her allies include Styria's least reliable drunkard, Styria's most treacherous poisoner, a mass-murderer obsessed with numbers and a Northman who just wants to do the right thing. Her enemies number the better half of the nation. And that's all before the most dangerous man in the world is dispatched to hunt her down and finish the job Duke Orso started... Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge.

Author : Barbara Korte,Nicole Falkenhayner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000382693

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Heroes in Contemporary British Culture by Barbara Korte,Nicole Falkenhayner Pdf

This book explores how British culture is negotiating heroes and heroisms in the twenty-first century. It posits a nexus between the heroic and the state of the nation and explores this idea through British television drama. Drawing on case studies including programmes such as The Last Kingdom, Spooks, Luther and Merlin, the book explores the aesthetic strategies of heroisation in television drama and contextualises the programmes within British public discourses at the time of their production, original broadcasting and first reception. British television drama is a cultural forum in which contemporary Britain’s problems, wishes and cultural values are revealed and debated. By revealing the tensions in contemporary notions of heroes and heroisms, television drama employs the heroic as a lens through which to scrutinise contemporary British society and its responses to crisis and change. Looking back on the development of heroic representations in British television drama over the last twenty years, this book’s analyses show how heroisation in television drama reacts to, and reveals shifts in, British structures of feeling in a time marked by insecurity. The book is ideal for readers interested in British cultural studies, studies of the heroic and popular culture.

Author : John Guthrie (M.A., D.D.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000598329

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Heroes of Faith as Delineated in Hebrews by John Guthrie (M.A., D.D.) Pdf

Author : Benjamin Fleury-Steiner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781442217874

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Disposable Heroes by Benjamin Fleury-Steiner Pdf

For many soldiers, the end of military service signals a cruel and new beginning. Disposable Heroes illuminates the challenges facing many veterans, particularly African Americans. Rather than finding military service to be a path to equality and upward mobility, these veterans fight just to survive. The book draws on in-depth interviews and national survey data to show the ways America is failing many black veterans today. Author Benjamin Fleury-Steiner shares the remarkable stories of 30 veterans from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan. Their words illustrate the ongoing impact of explicit racial oppression such as Jim Crow segregation, white backlash against integration, and racially targeted criminal justice policies. The book traces the persistent role of racial inequalities in African American veterans’ lives before service, during active duty, and particularly after military life. Taken together, the stories in Disposable Heroes paint a compelling story of hope, struggle, and survival. Disposable Heroes makes a powerful case for ending America’s longstanding “war at home”—enduring unemployment, deficient health care, and substandard housing—that continue to plague many urban African American communities in the United States today, with particular attention to challenges of African American veterans.

Author : Robert G. Weiner
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786451159

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Marvel Graphic Novels and Related Publications by Robert G. Weiner Pdf

This work provides an extensive guide for students, fans, and collectors of Marvel Comics. Focusing on Marvel's mainstream comics, the author provides a detailed description of each comic along with a bibliographic citation listing the publication's title, writers/artists, publisher, ISBN (if available), and a plot synopsis. One appendix provides a comprehensive alphabetical index of Marvel and Marvel-related publications to 2005, while two other appendices provide selected lists of Marvel-related game books and unpublished Marvel titles.

Author : Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666709605

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Interreligious Heroes by Alon Goshen-Gottstein Pdf

Over forty premier world religious and scholars, of all major faith traditions, were asked the following: •Who is a figure who inspires your interfaith work? •How does this figure inspire you, and what lessons, applications, and concrete expressions has this inspiration taken in your life? The result is a stunning overview of the interfaith movement, its history, role models and heroes. Historical presentation complements the personal and experiential voice of the authors, making this not only a work for interfaith education but also a resource for spiritual inspiration.

Author : Sarah Nooter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139510479

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When Heroes Sing by Sarah Nooter Pdf

This book examines the lyrical voice of Sophocles' heroes and argues that their identities are grounded in poetic identity and power. It begins by looking at how voice can be distinguished in Greek tragedy and by exploring ways that the language of tragedy was influenced by other kinds of poetry in late fifth-century Athens. In subsequent chapters, Professor Nooter undertakes close readings of Sophocles' plays to show how the voice of each hero is inflected by song and other markers of lyric poetry. She then argues that the heroes' lyrical voices set them apart from their communities and lend them the authority and abilities of poets. Close analysis of the Greek texts is supplemented by translations and discussions of poetic features more generally, such as apostrophe and address. This study offers new insight into the ways that Sophoclean tragedy inherits and refracts the traditions of other poetic genres.

Author : Lynnette Porter
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786457953

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Tarnished Heroes, Charming Villains and Modern Monsters by Lynnette Porter Pdf

The heroes, villains, and monsters portrayed in such popular science fiction television series as Heroes, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Doctor Who, and Torchwood, as well as Joss Whedon's many series, illustrate a shift from traditional, clearly defined characterizations toward much murkier definitions. Traditional heroes give way to "gray" heroes who must become more like the villains or monsters they face if they are going to successfully save society. This book examines the ambiguous heroes and villains, focusing on these characters' different perspectives on morality and their roles within society. Appendices include production details for each series, descriptions and summaries of pivotal episodes, and a list of selected texts for classroom use. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Rebecca A. Umland
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476623511

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Outlaw Heroes as Liminal Figures of Film and Television by Rebecca A. Umland Pdf

Unlike such romanticized renegades as Robin Hood and Jesse James, there is another kind of outlaw hero, one who lives between the law and his own personal code. In times of crisis, when the law proves inadequate, the liminal outlaw negotiates between the social imperatives of the community and his innate sense of right and wrong. While society requires his services, he necessarily remains apart from it in self-preservation. The modern outlaw hero of film and television is rooted in the knight errant, whose violent exploits are tempered by his solitude and devotion to a higher ideal. In Hollywood classics such as Casablanca (1942) and Shane (1953), and in early series like The Lone Ranger (1949–1957) and Have Gun—Will Travel (1957–1963), the outlaw hero reconciles for audiences the conflicting impulses of individual freedom versus serving a larger cause. Urban westerns like the Dirty Harry and Death Wish franchises, as well as iconic action figures like Rambo and Batman, testify to his enduring popularity. This book examines the liminal hero’s origins in medieval romance, his survival in the mythology of the Hollywood western and his incarnations in the urban western and modern action film.