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From the novels to the screen, from adaptions to filming secrets, dive into the world of Jane Austen. Discover her life, inspirations, correspondence and the incredible influence of her work in her time through to today. A modest young lady of the countryside gentry, like many of her heroines, Jane Austen could have made her life the theme of one of her novels. To understand the origins of her inspiration and her talent, first discover her life, her family, her loved ones, and the England so dear to her heart. Explore Jane Austen's work, which consists of six completed novels, two incomplete novels, letters and early writings. Austen's prestige as one of the most famous British novelists can be attributed to her unique writing style, biting irony, iconic characters, and timeless stories. From the written word to the screen, from adaptations to secrets and filming locations, this book invites you on a fascinating journey of discovery through Austen's writing to its heritage and influence. Want to walk in the footsteps of Jane Austen, dressing in Regency style or simply enjoying a delicious Afternoon Tea? Look no further than The Complete Jane Austen Encyclopedia!
HANDS DOWN, THE FUNNIEST BOOK OF THE DECADE!>ROMAN DIRGE'S UNIQUE BRAND OF HUMOR SPAWNED THE SUBGENRE FOR CUTE GIRL GOTHIC HORROR/HUMOR.If you loved Roman Dirge's unique, anarchic and counter-culture cult classic LENORE: THE CUTE LITTLE DEAD GIRL, then get ready for his greatest book yet! Presented as a child's primer book for maths, I Can Count to Ten is without doubt the single most completely useless teaching aid for anyone looking for a book to teach them how to count to ten. What starts as the cutest counting book in the history of education, soon descends spectacularly into the single goriest, bloodiest, and funniest non-teaching aid EVER, that somehow manages to shoehorn in a sinister government conspiracy and an alien invasion into a gentle tale of a bunch of loveable numbers introducing themselves in order. Genius is a word bandied about a lot, but what Roman has done here is nothing less than pure genius, creating a genuinely funny belly-laugh of a book that will have any reader crying with laughter.
Dare you revisit the terrifying secrets of Old Yharnam in this second deluxe box-set of the beloved comic series! Fans of Fromsoftware/Hidetaka Miyazaki's critically-acclaimed Bloodborne videogame and eldritch horror will need to get their hands on this! Includes three stunning exclusive art cards! This incredible boxset collects the next three instalments in the highly successful graphic novel series of adaptations of Fromsoftware's Bloodborne videogame. In the plagued city of Yharnam, under the blood moon, a scourge of beasts stalk the streets, and a new threat lurks around every corner. Hunters must venture into the terror of the night, but malignant and ancient horrors await them. The incredible team of acclaimed horror writer Cullen Bunn and fan-favorite artist Piotr Kowalski return to continue the plight of the night of the hunt. Based on the world of the critically acclaimed Bloodborne videogame, this stunning graphic novel features delightfully horrific artwork of recognizable places and monsters. Fans of the game and other horror video games such as Dark Souls and Resident Evil will love this! Collects Bloodborne: The Veil, Torn Asunder/The Lady of the Lanterns/The Bleak Dominion Includes three stunning exclusive art cards!
They might be friends now, but the Burst Angels still have a way to go before they can call themselves Tokyo's top mercenaries. A contract has come across to hunt down a dangerous cyborg, but the battle isn't going to be as simple as it seems... Perfect for fans of girls-with-guns and shonen manga! The epic conclusion in the third and final manga volume, prequel to the hit anime series of the same name! Jo has a run-in with another mysterious person from her past while villains from a looming pharmaceutical company plot against the gunslinging duo of Jo and Meg!
The sixth volume of the beloved series, perfect for fans of Magical Girl manga, sees the greatest test of Alpi's skills yet! The spirit of the great serpent needs help moving on, but Alpi's companion Perenai must contend with his own darkness... After a long search, Alpi and the Soul Senders have managed to locate the body of the great spirit serpent, and are ready to perform the valediction to ease its passing to the next world! However, someone seems intent on stopping them, destroying everything they create to help it move on. Meanwhile Alpi's most trusted ally Perenai must grapple with his own dark secret... perhaps the Soul Sender doesn't truly know her closest friend at all...
The prequel series to the legendary Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka continues with its 10th volume. Six's journey leads him to fight a tough foe to save an old acquaintance. Fans of mecha fights and anime will find a perfect fit with this action-packed Manga! Responding to a distress call, Six scurries around only to be greeted by an old acquaintance. But when a powerful foe starts detecting Six, he must grapple with saving his friends and saving himself! Created by Masami Yuki and Tetsurō Kasahara, Volume 10 of ATOM: The Beginning inches closer to the iconic Osamu Tezuka creation, Astro Boy!
After a deadly encounter, the young Soul Sender strikes back out into the world in this fifth volume of the hit manga series, perfect for fans of Magical Girl manga! Alpi has made new friends in her quest to help the spirits of the world move onto the next life! The curator of Ashmarte, the legendary library city turned out not to be the ally Alpi thought him to be... after his series of wicked experiments of spirits and humans, he has managed to escape, leaving her with a new enemy for life. Striking back out into the world, the young soul sender goes back to what she does best, but this time with new allies to help organize the sacred rites!
There's a princess trapped in a tower. This isn't her story.Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor of Toadling: return to the human world and offer a blessing of protection to a newborn child. Simple, right?If only.Centuries later, a knight approaches a towering wall of brambles, where the thorns are as thick as your arm and as sharp as swords. He's heard there's a curse here that needs breaking, but it's a curse Toadling will do anything to uphold...
In Reply Hazy, Try Again, an indecisive young woman finds a mysterious Magic 8 Ball that might just have the answers she's been looking for...or might lead her down a path of self-destruction. In Bachelorette, a bridesmaid attends her childhood best friend's bachelorette weekend only to discover the itinerary may demand more than she's willing to sacrifice.In Goblin, an unusually brutal dieting app wreaks havoc on the life of a timid, insecure woman preparing to attend her ex's wedding.In Bad Dolls, after the death of her younger sister, a wayward young woman comes into possession of a strange porcelain doll that could offer a connection to her lost sister, but could also just be pure evil.These dark tales navigate the complications of modern life with humour, insight and the odd blood sacrifice...
The fascinating life of Starfleet's celebrated captain, and Bajor's Emissary of the Prophets, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Benjamin Sisko tells the story of his career in Starfleet, and his life as a father and Bajor's Emissary to the Prophets. Chart his rise through the ranks, his pioneering work designing the Defiant class, his critical role as ambassador and leader during the Dominion War, and his sacred standing as a religious leader of his adopted home. Explore the hidden history of his childhood and early career in Starfleet, and the innermost thoughts of the man who made first contact with the wormhole aliens and opened safe passage to the Gamma Quadrant, and united Starfleet, Klingon and Romulan forces to defeat the Dominion. Discover Sisko's personal take on his confidantes Lieutenant Dax and Major Kira Nerys, the enigmatic Garak, and his adversaries, Gul Dukat and Kai Winn, as well as his fatherly advice for his son Jake. Passing on lessons from father to son, from his experiences with the Prophets to the writings of Benny Russell, Sisko's story is a unique phenomenon in Starfleet and human history, told in the way only he can.
Julie Crews is a coked-up, burnt-out thirty-something who packs a lot of magic into her small body. She's trying to establish herself as a major Psychic Operative in the NYC magic scene, and she'll work the most gruesome gigs to claw her way to the top.Desperate to break the dead-end grind, Julie summons a guardian angel for a quick career boost. But when her power grab accidentally releases an elder god hellbent on the annihilation of our galaxy, the body count rises rapidly.The Dead Take the A Train is a high-octane cocktail of Khaw's cosmic horror and Kadrey's gritty fantasy?shaken, not stirred.
A man returns to the cult he escaped from to bury his brother, only to discover the past is monstrous, hungry and mutating, in this devilishly gory body horror. Perfect for fans of Adam Nevill and John Carpenter.
While her starfaring people are being hunted by an implacable enemy, a young caver discovers a traitor in their ranks and must undertake a transformative journey across the galaxy to save everything she has ever known. Persecuted for their worship of the Endless--an ancient, galactic-spanning race of god-like power, who disappeared long ago--the Pilgrims escaped the world of Raia almost a century ago, fleeing the despotic rule of the United Empire in a dozen space-faring fleets. The Pilgrims of the Horizon of Light fleet have spent two long years being hunted by an especially determined Empire foe. Now though, it appears they've finally caught a break, laying low on a non-descript comet that's hurtling into deep space. Young Pilgrim Sewa Eze wants to become a caver--and head into the depths on deserted moons, asteroids, and worlds to secure whatever the fleet needs: precious resources, Endless relics, even Dust. However, a strange device is discovered deep in the ice of the comet they shelter on--suggesting dark forces are afoot--and Sewa is instead selected for a leadership role at the Ceremony of Duties and must reassess her life, beginning with finding the traitor in their ranks who threatens her entire fleet's existence. The course of Sewa's life changes forever as she is forced to confront treachery, discover the secrets of the ancient past and travel to the very heart of the tyrannical United Empire.
The ongoing saga of Valdemar enters a new era with this epic trilogy, from the New York Times bestselling author and Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
A fascinating and unsettling anthology of 32 science fiction short stories in tribute to the prophetic dystopias of New Wave sci-fi pioneer, and literary titan of the twentieth century, J. G. Ballard--featuring Will Self, Iain Sinclair, Christopher Fowler, Chris Beckett, and a new Jerry Cornelius story from Michael Moorcock. Few authors are so iconic that their name is an adjective - Ballard is one of them. Master of both literary and science fiction, his novels such as Empire of the Sun, Crash and Cocaine Nights show a world out of joint - a bewildering, alienating and yet enthralling place. From his rapturously weird takes on contemporary reality to his classic dystopias like The Drowned World and High Rise, Ballard's legacy shaped the future of literature. This first-of-its-kind anthology, featuring our greatest literary and science fiction authors, and a new Jerry Cornelius story from the iconic Michael Moorcock, pays tribute to the unique visions of humanity's uncanny and uneasy clash with the future - our empires of concrete - seen through the warped lens of J. G. Ballard.
A brand-new standalone Cthulhu Casebooks narrative, a thrilling tale of mystery and dread, from the New York Times bestselling author. It's 1929 and an ageing Dr John Watson, conscious of his imminent demise, finally sits down to write a fresh chronicle disclosing the true events behind his published accounts of Sherlock Holmes's exploits. In these pages, Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart companion encounter reanimated corpses in Highgate Cemetery; a very different, though ever elusive, Irene Adler; tales of madness and murder in the frozen wastes of the north; grotesque organic machines; and much more. Each case brings the illustrious pair ever closer to the dramatic and terrifying truth about the mysterious aliens, the Mi-Go, and their plans for Earth...
Famed for being the baker who stuffed her pies with the flesh of Sweeney Todd's victims, Margery Lovett has long been in the demon barber of Fleet Street's diabolical shadow. But what led a woman who began life as a hard-working butcher's daughter to such distasteful crimes?
In the aftermath of a terrible storm, the town of Stillwater, Maryland tries to recover what it has lost. From flooded roads and houses, to ruined businesses? the residents of the town begin to clean up and return to normal.In the midst of the clear up, people begin to see things. Matthew Crawly spies his father in the woodlands above the Narrows, but that cannot be possible; Maggie Quedentock nearly hits a child with her car, only to find an empty road lying before her; and in the middle of it all, Sergeant Ben Journell is thrust into an impossible investigation.Animals are being slaughtered, their brains systematically removed from their bodies. Something is happening to the town of Stillwater... something dark and ancient and evil has its grip on everyone. The saying goes, still waters run deep, but no one in Stillwater is prepared for just how deep they run, and no one can possibly be ready for what they might find when they reach the bottom of the gray waters of the Narrows.
To celebrate Godzilla's 70th year as a pop culture icon, this official cookbook, inspired by the Toho Godzilla movies and creatures, features a wide variety of food and drink recipes to suit all tastes and skill levels. Get ready to unleash the culinary power of monstrous flavors with Godzilla: The Official Cookbook! This officially licensed hardback cookbook features over 60 jaw-dropping recipes inspired by the iconic Godzilla and other kaiju creatures such as Mothra, Mechagodzilla and King Ghidorah. Embark on a gastronomic journey like never before, exploring a menu as vast as the Pacific Ocean. From fiery drinks that erupt with flavor to starters that capture the essence of destruction, every recipe is crafted to unleash your inner food monster. Whether you crave meaty creations or prefer vegetarian and vegan options that still pack a punch, this cookbook has something for every kaiju-loving palate--and stunning photography showcases the finished dishes in all their towering glory. Each page will transport you to the heart of epic culinary battles that will leave you craving more, so put on your chef's hat and prepare to embrace some unique creativity in the kitchen. Godzilla: The Official Cookbook is a must-have for fans of all ages, perfect for themed parties, family gatherings, or just indulging your monstrous cravings!
A smart-talking supernatural noir, full of twists and turns, delivered at a whipalong pace about a dead investigative-journalist-turned-soul-collector on the trail of his nemesis - and murderer. Perfect for fans of Ben Aaranovitch and Richard Kadrey. Del Farmer isn't your ordinary hardboiled private eye. Instead of collecting fingerprints or clues, he collects souls of the recently dead. His latest dead guy, Brad Larsen, might just be the key to destroying Farmer's long-time nemesis, The Association. Of course, Farmer is sadly mistaken. An FBI agent unstuck in time is toying with him. A mysterious couple keeps trying to kill him. Another job ― a mundane babysitting gig that pays the bills ― is threatening to steer him way off course into a violent hell of sexual deceit, fractured identities and cheap apartment toilets. With only a head packed full of nagging ghosts, Del realises this case might just drive him out of his mind, literally.
Over 70 recipes inspired by the most popular cult universes, from Indiana Jones to Alien, from chef and pop-culture expert, Thibaud Villanova, author of Gastronogeek Anime Cookbook and The Unofficial Ghibli Cookbook. Board the Gastronogeek ship and immerse yourself in an incredible culinary voyage. Gastronogeek Book of Potions explores six classic universes of geek culture: science fiction, fantasy, horror, comics, manga, and video games. Re-discover the most popular geek universes with more than 70 creative gourmet recipes (cocktails, milkshakes, smoothies, soups, sauces, etc.) accompanied by tips from chefs and mixologists, from Star Trek Romulan Beer to Naruto Ramen Ichiraku. Teeming with 57 essential references from pop-culture, this gourmet tribute will immerse you in astounding geek universes: - Star Trek- Firefly- Back to the Future- Star Wars- Dune- Doctor Who- Terminator- Stargate- H2G2- Alien- Camelot- Hook- Conan- Willow- The Cardinal's Blades- Harry Potter- Discworld- Lord of the Rings- Dungeons & Dragons- Attack on Titan- Dragon Ball- Naruto- Candy Candy- Saint Seiya- One Piece- Princess Monoke- City Hall- Sailor Moon- Black Jack- Night of the Living Dead- Cthulhu Mythos- The Goonies- Highlander- Ghostbusters- Indiana Jones- The Addams Family- Dracula- Beetlejuice- Big Trouble in Little China- Superman- Batman- Hellblazer- Hellboy- Thor- Guardians of the Galaxy- Scott Pilgrim- Deadpool- Hulk- Final Fantasy- Fallout- Zelda- Monkey Island- Super Mario- Pokémon- Prince of Persia- Donkey Kong- Assassin's Creed
Discover 37 delicious recipes inspired by classic and newcomer cult series, from Star Trek to Game of Thrones, from Thibaud Villanova, author of Gastronogeek Anime Cookbook and The Unofficial Ghibli Cookbook. From the classics such as The X-Files, Star Trek, Lost, to newer fan-favorites including Westworld and Stranger Things, discover 37 delicious recipes from or inspired by essential series. Gastronogeek Special Cult Series explores five classic universes of geek culture: From Infinity and Beyond, Terrible and Monsterous, Pop-Culture, Fantasy, and Super-Heroes. Thibaud Villanova, author of Gastronogeek Anime Cookbook, offers us a gourmet revisit of the pearls of the small screen. From Twin Peaks Cherry Pie to Stranger Things Waffles, Buffy the Vampire Slayer chocolate bars to Vikings' land-sea stew. Teeming with pop-culture references, immerse you in the world of the cult series: - Star Trek- Battlestar Galactica- Stargate SG-1- Westworld- Firefly- Real Humans- Doctor Who- Buffy the Vampire Slayer- Stranger Things- The Walking Dead- American Horror Story- Fringe- Supernatural- The Big Bang Theory- X-Files- Six Feet Under- Breaking Bad- Dexter- Hannibal- Vikings- Sherlock- Twin Peaks- Game of Thrones- Lost- Sense 8- The OA- Once Upon a Time- Charmed- Highlander- A Series of Unfortunate Events- Pushing Daisies- Daredevil- Gotham- Heroes- Smallville- The Flash- Jessica Jones
The hitman hero of the acclaimed Cinemax series comes out of retirement when his daughter, a true-crime writer, is abducted by the subject of one of her books. A nail-biting suspense thriller from the author of ROAD TO PERDITION. MWA Grand Master Max Allan Collins' longest-running series, which inspired the show on Cinemax, makes a ferocious return following the Edgar Award-nominated QUARRY'S BLOOD as aging hitman Quarry is forced to come out of retirement when his true-crime-author daughter is abducted by one of the killers she's written about. Perfect for fans of Liam Neeson thrillers and authors such as Lee Child.
Bata, an eleven-year-old girl tormented by nightmares, wakes up one night to find herself standing sentinel before her cousin's door. Her skin, hair, and eyes have turned a dazzling white colour, which even the medicine-man can't heal. Her cousin is to get married the next morning, but only if she can escape the murderous attack of a ghostbride, who used to be engaged to her groom.Through the night, Bata battles the vengeful ghost and finally vanquishes it before collapsing. On awakening, she has no recollection of the events. And when the medicine-man tries to exorcise the entities clinging to her body as a result of her supernatural possession, Bata dies on the exorcism mat. There begins her journey.She is taken into Ibaja-La, the realm of dead brides, by Mmu?-Ka-Mmu?, the ghost-collector of the spirit realm. There she meets the ghosts of brides from every culture who died tragically before their weddings; both the kind and the malevolent. Bata is given secret powers to fight the evil ghost-brides before being sent back to the human realm, where she must learn to harness her new abilities as she strives to protect those whom she loves.
1989, Lamesa, Texas. A community driven by oil and cotton - a town where everyone knows everyone else's business. Tolly Driver, seventeen, a good kid with more potential than application, exists on the outskirts with his best friend, Amber. They navigate the hellscape of the teenage social scene, sticking together in a place that doesn't know how to be different.But when they go to a fateful party at Deek Masterton's house - a party that ends in a series of gruesome, brutal and extravagant murders - Tolly's world gets flipped upside-down. Because some slashers are born in violence and retribution, some were born that way - and some were just in the wrong place, at the wrong time...
It starts as an end-of-junior-school sleepover, but when Athena, Hal, Peter and Erin stumble across a missing boy, deep in the forests surrounding sleepy Clegg, Texas, they discover a world of sorcery and untold power. So begins a new life with the Dissonance, under thetutelage of Professor Elijah Marsh. Twenty years later, separated and broken by their experiences, the friends are pulled back to Clegg for the anniversary memorial service at the town's high school. Each carrying their own trauma, they come together once more to confront the legacy of their actions, and the monsters they failed to bury. Hurled onto a collision course with the apocalyptic events of their past, Owen, a young man trapped in service to a murderous entity, and several lifetimes of mistakes, three unsuccessful adults and one frightened teen are all that stand between reality and oblivion.
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