Mysterious Traveler

Author : Mal Peet,Elspeth Graham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Adopted children
ISBN : 140635452X

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Mysterious Traveller by Mal Peet,Elspeth Graham Pdf

This tale begins with a disgruntled camel, desperately trying to protect a little baby from a violent desert storm whipping up all around him. He is rescued by Issa - the desert guide - who takes the child in, naming her Mariama. She becomes Issa's family and, as he begins to lose his sight, his eyes. Many years later, a mysterious stranger arrives at their doorstep, a stranger who will change both their lives for ever.

Author : Steve Ditko
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-28
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781606994986

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Mysterious Traveler by Steve Ditko Pdf

Over 210 full-color pages of Ditko in his early prime that have never been properly reprinted until now - thrilling stories of suspense, mystery, haunted houses, and unsuspecting victims.

Author : Zack Kruse
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496830579

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Mysterious Travelers by Zack Kruse Pdf

Steve Ditko (1927–2018) is one of the most important contributors to American comic books. As the cocreator of Spider-Man and sole creator of Doctor Strange, Ditko made an indelible mark on American popular culture. Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity resets the conversation about his heady and powerful work. Always inward facing, Ditko’s narratives employed superhero and supernatural fantasy in the service of self-examination, and with characters like the Question, Mr. A, and Static, Ditko turned ordinary superhero comics into philosophic treatises. Many of Ditko’s philosophy-driven comics show a clear debt to ideas found in Ayn Rand’s Objectivism. Unfortunately, readers often reduce Ditko’s work to a mouthpiece for Rand’s vision. Mysterious Travelers unsettles this notion. In this book, Zack Kruse argues that Ditko’s philosophy draws on a complicated network of ideas that is best understood as mystic liberalism. Although Ditko is not the originator of mystic liberalism, his comics provide a unique window into how such an ideology operates in popular media. Examining selections of Ditko’s output from 1953 to 1986, Kruse demonstrates how Ditko’s comics provide insight into a unique strand of American thought that has had a lasting impact.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780520270008

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No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain Pdf

Originally published: Berkeley, Calif; London: University of California Press, 1969.

Author : Richard Cook,Brian Morton
Publisher : Penguin Mass Market
Page : 1560 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Jazz
ISBN : UCSC:32106016777796

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette by Richard Cook,Brian Morton Pdf

Featuring comprehensive information on musical and biographical details, authoritative critical ratings, special sections for "Anthologies" and "Various Artists" collections, and more, this guide answers the questions that jazz fans want to know. Over 3,500 new listings new to this edition.

Author : Raj Haldar
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781728222066

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Word Travelers and the Taj Mahal Mystery by Raj Haldar Pdf

A new chapter book series from bestselling author Raj Haldar that explores etymology and world cultures using an exciting, action-packed mystery story! Eddie and Molly-Jean are next door neighbors and best friends. One Saturday, Eddie's mom sends him up to the attic to get his great-grandpa's most prized possession (a book, of course). Eddie and Molly-Jean are suddenly transported to India where they must use their word knowledge to solve a mystery and help a new friend save his school. This new series will follow the two best friends as they discover the hidden stories behind common words. Using their Awesome Enchanted Book and a healthy dose of imagination, the daring duo transport themselves to exotic locales, always encountering new adventures and learning how different cultures have contributed to the English language along the way. Content is vetted for language and reading level by Alycia Zimmerman, a Princeton graduate who has written for Netflix's Magic Schoolbus, a contributing teacher for Scholastic, and former 3rd grade teacher in NYC.

Author : Vincent Terrace
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476612232

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Radio Program Openings and Closings, 1931Ð1972 by Vincent Terrace Pdf

The openings and closings to radio programs of all types, from comedies (Blondie, The Jack Benny Program, Lum and Abner) to mysteries (Inner Sanctum Mysteries, The Black Chapel) to game shows (Can You Top This?, Truth or Consequences) to serials (Second Husband, Bachelor’s Children) to crime dramas (The Falcon, Eno Crime Clues, The Green Hornet, Mr. and Mrs. North) to westerns (Gunsmoke, Wild Bill Hickok, Hawk Larabee) that were aired between 1931 and 1972, are included in this work. Each entry has a brief introductory paragraph that provides information about the storyline, principal cast, sponsors and air dates. Commercials have been included if the programs were under regular sponsorship. Includes three appendices (sponsors; slogans and jingles; and World War II announcements) and an index.

Author : Alexander C. Branscom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : American fiction
ISBN : PRNC:32101067629996

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Mystic Romances of the Blue and the Grey by Alexander C. Branscom Pdf

Author : Robert Moss
Publisher : New World Library
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781608685387

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Mysterious Realities by Robert Moss Pdf

Prepare to Encounter Goddesses, Daimons & Parallel Worlds Sigmund Freud called dreams the "royal road to the unconscious," but to bestselling author and world-renowned dream explorer Robert Moss, they are more: portals to the imaginal realm, a higher reality that exists at the intersection of time and eternity. The traveler's tales in this book are just-so stories in the sense that they spring from direct experience in the many worlds. As you journey from the temple of the Great Goddess at Ephesus to an amazing chance encounter on an airplane, from Dracula country in Transylvania to the astral realm of Luna, you'll confirm that the doors to the otherworld open from wherever you are. You'll see what it means to live on a mythic edge and to make a deal with your personal Death for a life extension. At any moment, you may fall, like the author, into the lap of a goddess or the jaws of an archetype.

Author : Rebecca Stead
Publisher : Wendy Lamb Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375892691

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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Pdf

"Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" —The Washington Post This Newbery Medal winner that has been called "smart and mesmerizing," (The New York Times) and "superb" (The Wall Street Journal) will appeal to readers of all types, especially those who are looking for a thought-provoking mystery with a mind-blowing twist. Shortly after a fall-out with her best friend, sixth grader Miranda starts receiving mysterious notes, and she doesn’t know what to do. The notes tell her that she must write a letter—a true story, and that she can’t share her mission with anyone. It would be easy to ignore the strange messages, except that whoever is leaving them has an uncanny ability to predict the future. If that is the case, then Miranda has a big problem—because the notes tell her that someone is going to die, and she might be too late to stop it. Winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction A New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book Five Starred Reviews A Junior Library Guild Selection "Absorbing." —People "Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." —The Wall Street Journal "Lovely and almost impossibly clever." —The Philadelphia Inquirer "It's easy to imagine readers studying Miranda's story as many times as she's read L'Engle's, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." —Publishers Weekly, Starred review

Author : Steve Ditko
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-19
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781606997062

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Dripping with Fear by Steve Ditko Pdf

Dripping With Fear: The Steve Ditko Archives Volume 5 features another 200-plus meticulously restored, full-color pages from Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko in his early prime, at the time working in near anonymity for Charlton Comics in the then-popular horror/suspense genre. Comics like Tales of The Mysterious Traveler and This Magazine Is Haunted saw an explosion in Ditko's ingenuity, as he manipulated the traditional comic-book page layout with masterful results. It was during this time that Ditko and his art-school colleague, the famed fetish artist Eric Stanton, began sharing a studio in Manhattan. The introduction by editor Blake Bell examines Ditko's stylistic evolution and delves deep into his association with Stanton. Ditko's secret collaborations with Stanton on his female bondage material remain a highly controversial topic, and Bell's introduction highlights numerous examples that prove the allegedly shy and private Ditko contributed with wild abandon to these risqué tales of titillation. This fifth volume stands as the best example yet of the Steve Ditko that would soon begin crafting such iconic classics as Spider-Man and Doctor Strange alongside Stan Lee at Marvel Comics.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9782765902171

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The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain Pdf

The Mysterious Stranger is the final novel attempted by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it periodically from 1897 through 1908. The body of work is a serious social commentary by Twain addressing his ideas of the Moral Sense and the damned human race This version includes new illustrations.

Author : Tony Bramwell
Publisher : Portico
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781910232163

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Magical Mystery Tours by Tony Bramwell Pdf

Tony Bramwell's remarkable life with The Beatles began in a post-war Liverpool suburb where he was childhood friends with John, Paul and George. By the time he unexpectedly ran into George Harrison on top of a bus, Tony was well into a life story absolutely unlike any other. At Apple Record's insistence, Tony stayed with The Beatles for every step of their meteoric rise. His story has been sought for over thirty years, and here it is, detailing with an insider's shrewd eye the incomparable success and inevitable failure of the Apple empire; Brian Epstein's frolics; Ken Kessy's Merry Pranksters; Phil Spector's eccentric behaviour; as well as never-heard-before stories about Yoko Ono. 'Magical Mystery Tours' reveals fresh insights that have never been published in any of the 800 plus books already on the market, including compelling details of the early recordings and songwriting and Yoko's pursuit of John and her growing influence over The Beatles' lives. From the first number one to the last and from scraps of song lyrics to the discovery of the famous Mr Kite circus poster, this is a broad ranging account of the swinging sixties and the decade's most successful rock band.

Author : Lesley Blanch
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781681371948

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Journey Into the Mind's Eye by Lesley Blanch Pdf

A stunning tale set in England, Paris, and Moscow, chronicling Blanch's love for an older Russian man and the passionate obsession that takes her to Siberia and beyond. “My book is not altogether autobiography, nor altogether travel or history either. You will just have to invent a new category,” Lesley Blanch wrote about Journey into the Mind’s Eye, a book that remains as singularly adventurous and intoxicating now as when it first came out in 1968. Russia seized Lesley Blanch when she was still a child. A mysterious traveler—swathed in Siberian furs, bearing Fabergé eggs and icons as gifts along with Russian fairy tales and fairy tales of Russia—came to visit her parents and left her starry-eyed. Years later the same man returned to sweep her off her feet. Her love affair with the Traveller, as she calls him, transformed her life and fueled an abiding fascination with Russia and Russian culture, one that would lead her to dingy apartments reeking of cabbage soup and piroshki on the outskirts of Paris in the 1960s, and to Siberia and beyond.

Author : Vincent Terrace
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786445134

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Radio Programs, 1924-1984 by Vincent Terrace Pdf

This is an encyclopedic reference work to 1,802 radio programs broadcast from the years 1924 through 1984. Entries include casts, character relationships, plots and storylines, announcers, musicians, producers, hosts, starting and ending dates of the programs, networks, running times, production information and, when appropriate, information on the radio show's adaptation to television. Many hundreds of program openings and closings are included.