Sleeper All False Moves

Author : Nickie D. Phillips,Staci Strobl
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814767887

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Comic Book Crime by Nickie D. Phillips,Staci Strobl Pdf

“Carrying ahead the project of cultural criminology, Phillips and Strobl dare to take seriously that which amuses and entertains us—and to find in it the most significant of themes. Audiences, images, ideologies of justice and injustice—all populate the pages of Comic Book Crime. The result is an analysis as colorful as a good comic, and as sharp as the point on a superhero's sword.”—Jeff Ferrell, author of Empire of Scrounge Superman, Batman, Daredevil, and Wonder Woman are iconic cultural figures that embody values of order, fairness, justice, and retribution. Comic Book Crime digs deep into these and other celebrated characters, providing a comprehensive understanding of crime and justice in contemporary American comic books. This is a world where justice is delivered, where heroes save ordinary citizens from certain doom, where evil is easily identified and thwarted by powers far greater than mere mortals could possess. Nickie Phillips and Staci Strobl explore these representations and show that comic books, as a historically important American cultural medium, participate in both reflecting and shaping an American ideological identity that is often focused on ideas of the apocalypse, utopia, retribution, and nationalism. Through an analysis of approximately 200 comic books sold from 2002 to 2010, as well as several years of immersion in comic book fan culture, Phillips and Strobl reveal the kinds of themes and plots popular comics feature in a post-9/11 context. They discuss heroes' calculations of “deathworthiness,” or who should be killed in meting out justice, and how these judgments have as much to do with the hero's character as they do with the actions of the villains. This fascinating volume also analyzes how class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation are used to construct difference for both the heroes and the villains in ways that are both conservative and progressive. Engaging, sharp, and insightful, Comic Book Crime is a fresh take on the very meaning of truth, justice, and the American way. Nickie D. Phillips is Associate Professor in the Sociology and Criminal Justice Department at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY. Staci Strobl is Associate Professor in the Department of Law, Police Science and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In the Alternative Criminology series

Author : A.W. Whaley
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781300901709

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One False Move by A.W. Whaley Pdf

One False Move is the story of Anthony William Lee and how his life has taken a drastic change during the same week as the United States Career Aptitude test. He joins a rebel group and goes undercover in a dystopian United States; but is that the way things will stay? The ultimate ethical dilemma? become a double agent? kill? The lines of the constitution are blurred, the document is going up in flames; what will he choose?

Author : Paul Millar
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781775581314

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No Fretful Sleeper by Paul Millar Pdf

Outlining the career of one of New Zealand's most distinguished fiction writers and sharpest critics, this fascinating narrative details the life and work of Bill Pearson. Beginning with his difficult childhood in a society dominated by the New Zealand working man, this gripping biography follows Pearson through his long and distinguished academic career, the penning of his one major and celebrated novel, and his momentous decision to trade a dental career for World War II combat. Touching on his time in London and the native &“fretful sleepers,&” this engrossing account is emblematic of the intellectual culture, left-wing politics, and growing acceptance of both homosexual identity and Maori and Pacific Island culture in 20th-century New Zealand.

Author : Charles Tomlinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Chess
ISBN : HARVARD:HN5V1D

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Chess Player's Annual by Charles Tomlinson Pdf

Author : Charles Tomlinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : KBNL:KBNL03000135896

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Chess-player's Annual for the Year ... by Charles Tomlinson Pdf

Author : Ed Brubaker
Publisher : Wildstorm
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN : 1401223605

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Sleeper: Season One by Ed Brubaker Pdf

Originally published in single magazine form as Sleeper #1-12.

Author : William J. Smith
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781387843664

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The Magical Ruby Amulet of Dernolia by William J. Smith Pdf

The wall between dimensions is so paper-thin all it takes for someone to travel between dimensions is a little bit of magic, which can be found in the most mundane objects.Little Carol Anne Smith found this out while she was playing in her basement, one cold winter afternoon and found this ruby amulet on the floor, and when she picked it up, it led her on a fantastic adventure through the Forest of Sorrows where she would team with a ragtag band of warriors, a young knight, an archer, and a couple of fencing wizards.Carol Anne and her friends must get the ruby amulet back from this evil troll named Harold, before he can give it to a wicked witch named Belinda who wants to use the magic of the amulet to take over the universe, and Carol Anne and her friends must race against time to get the ruby amulet back to its rightful owner, Queen Rebecca of Dernolia, and foil Belinda's wicked plans for universal and world conq

Author : Alex Malloy
Publisher : Krause Publications
Page : 874 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-30
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0896894630

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Comics Values Annual 2007 by Alex Malloy Pdf

' Cross-referenced listings aid in easily identifying and accurately assessing collections

Author : Terrence R. Wandtke
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496805515

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Ed Brubaker by Terrence R. Wandtke Pdf

Ed Brubaker (b. 1966) has emerged as one of the most popular, significant figures in art comics since the 1990s. Most famous as the man who killed Captain America in 2007, Brubaker's work on company-owned properties such as Batman and Captain America and creator-owned series like Criminal and Fatale live up to the usual expectations for the superhero and crime genres. And yet, Brubaker layers his stories with a keen self-awareness, applying his expansive knowledge of American comic book history to invigorate his work and challenge the dividing line between popular entertainment and high art. This collection of interviews explores the sophisticated artist's work, drawing upon the entire length of the award-winning Brubaker's career. With his stints writing Catwoman, Gotham Central, and Daredevil, Brubaker advanced the work of crime comic book writers through superhero stories informed by hard-boiled detective fiction and film noir. During his time on Captain America and his series Sleeper and Incognito, Brubaker revisited the conventions of the espionage thriller. With double agents who lose themselves in their jobs, the stories expose the arbitrary superhero standards of good and evil. In his series Criminal, Brubaker offered complex crime stories and, with a clear sense of the complicated lost world before the Comics Code, rejected crusading critic Fredric Wertham's myth of the innocence of early comics. Overall, Brubaker demonstrates his self-conscious methodology in these often little-known and hard-to-find interviews, worthwhile conversations in their own right as well as objects of study for both scholars and researchers.

Author : Ed Brubaker
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-20
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781779517425

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Sleeper Omnibus (2022 Edition) by Ed Brubaker Pdf

SLEEPER is the critically acclaimed graphic novel series written by Eisner Award-winner Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Deadenders, Captain America) and stylishly rendered by legendary artist Sean Phillips (Marvel Zombies. Criminal, Incognito). Agent Holden Carver is forced to live one day at a time in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse he plays with the leader of the secret criminal organization he has infiltrated while trying to elude detection.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022078971

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Filmmaker by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ed Brubaker
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781401278441

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Sleeper Book One by Ed Brubaker Pdf

SLEEPER is the critically acclaimed series written by Eisner Award winner Ed Brubaker (AUTHORITY, BATMAN: WAR GAMES) and stylishly presented by legendary artist Sean Phillips (Marvel Zombies) and is now collected in a new format with SLEEPER BOOK ONE. From Eisner Awardwinning author Ed Brubaker comes two thrilling stories collected together for the first time in SLEEPER BOOK ONE. POINT BLANK, a fiveissue comic book limited series published by WildStorm, stars the popular character Grifter from the Wildcats, who is investigating an attempted murder of his friend John Lynch. Meanwhile, Holden Carver, a covert operative, has been placed undercover in a villainous organization led by TAO. As Holden and Grifter cross paths, will cooler heads prevail? The answer? Hell no. Riddled with noir undertones and the action of a spy thriller, SLEEPER BOOK ONE highlights all the attributes that have made writer Ed Brubaker one of the most soughtafter writers in all of comics! Join the wild ride in SLEEPER BOOK ONE. Collects POINT BLANK #15, SLEEPER #112.

Author : J. Robert Janes
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504022163

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The Sleeper by J. Robert Janes Pdf

A schoolteacher enters a war of shadows to save his daughter from the 3rd Reich David Ashby spent the last war killing Germans, and the years after falling in love with one. By the time Hitler comes to power, David has a half-German daughter, Karen, whom he loves more than life itself. So when Europe begins to slide toward war, and it becomes unsafe for an American to stay in the Fatherland, David does the only thing he can: He flees—and takes his daughter with him. David takes refuge in England, becoming a teaching master at a quiet country boarding school, and places Karen with friends on the Cornwall coast. But Hitler will not part with a daughter of the 3rd Reich so easily. German intelligence sends a sleeper, a dormant agent awakened, to finish off David and recover his child, drawing the mild-mannered schoolteacher—and the British intelligence services—into the thick of a secret war. Caught between 2 armies of spies, David will do whatever it takes to preserve Karen’s freedom.

Author : Jacob Presser
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : History
ISBN : 0814320368

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Ashes in the Wind by Jacob Presser Pdf

Focusing on a country often forgotten in Holocaust histories, this comprehensive account describes how 110,000 Jews were deported from the Netherlands to concentration camps in 1940 but less than 6,000 returned at the end of the war. Utilizing 15 years of research and documents from the Netherlands State Institute for War Documentation, the incremental demands on Jewish citizens are analyzed - starting with forced registry and ending with death at concentration camps - while demonstrating how this slow progression led the Germans involved to accept these atrocities. Graphically recounting stories of persecution, going into hiding, and life in the transit camps, it conveys the despair experienced as families and lives were destroyed, while showing how these stories fit into a wider, global picture.

Author : Clyde de L. Ryals
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781501743221

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Browning's Later Poetry, 1871-1889 by Clyde de L. Ryals Pdf

Maintaining that Browning's later work has been underestimated, Professor Ryals gives close, sophisticated readings of the individual poems, covering each of the published volumes from Balaustion's Adventure through Asolando. He emphasizes the overall structure of a poem and the manner in which themes and ideas are presented. The later Browning is portrayed as "a poet intent upon discovering forms that would give shape and meaning to thought and experience."