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Historical and Curious Maps
This book contains stunning images for use as a graphic resource, or inspiration. All the illustrations are stored in high-resolution format on the enclosed free CD-ROM and are ready to use for professional quality printed media and web page design. The pictures can also be used to produce postcards, or to decorate your letters, flyers, etc. They can be imported directly from the CD into most design, image- manipulation, illustration, word-processing and e-mail programs&894 no installation is required. For most applications, single images can be used free of charge. Please consult the introduction to this book, or visit our website for conditions. This is a book showing how curious maps can be, and how beautifully they can be executed. The selection is of great diversity in appearance and meaning&894 there are comparative overviews of the length of rivers and the height of mountains, nautical charts, medieval city plans, and maps from pre-historical times. Also included are historical schemes showing how to make and read maps, and maps with a double meaning. Historical & Curious Maps contains a collection of amazing and beautifully made maps that have been chosen on visual impact and uncommonness. The selection is of great diversity in appearance and meaning&894 there are comparative overviews of the length of rivers and the height of mountains, nautical charts, medieval city plans, and maps from pre-historical times. Also included are images of how Europeans perceived the world to look like many centuries ago, highly detailed bird’s-eye maps from Japan, and archaic, captivating charts made by Native Americans and Australian Aboriginals. Furthermore, there are a number of very extraordinary maps with a double meaning. Of some maps, details are shown in the book. The CD-ROM, however, contains all the maps in full.
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GUARDIAN DE LOS ARCANOS
En el año 70 despuĂ©s de Cristo, los judĂos se sublevaron contra los romanos. La revuelta terminĂł cuando las legiones del general Tito irrumpieron en el templo de JerusalĂ©n, matando a los Ăşltimos resistentes y saqueando sus tesoros. Poco antes, sin embargo, el sumo sacerdote habĂa entregado el objeto más sagrado, el sĂmbolo de Israel, al joven David. Desde aquel momento, y hasta que llegara la señal que Ă©l habĂa profetizado, David y sus descendientes serĂan los guardianes del secreto del templo. En diciembre de 1944, un alto oficial nazi ocultaba en una antigua mina una misteriosa y pesada caja de madera traĂda desde Francia. Nadie, ni siquiera los prisioneros que tuvieron que cargar con ella a travĂ©s de la nieve, supo jamás lo que realmente contenĂa.Hasta que en la actualidad…El inspector Yusuf Jalifa (uno de los protagonistas de El enigma de Cambises) está visitando una tumba en el Valle de los Reyes cuando recibe aviso de que, en una necrĂłpolis cercana, se ha encontrado el cadáver de un anciano europeo. Cuando lo ve, y se fija en los detalles, Jalifa asocia esta muerte con el primer caso en el que trabajĂł en su vida: el asesinato de una mujer israelĂ, antigua prisionera de los campos de concentraciĂłn, asesinada en un templo egipcio. Parece que al final ha descubierto a su asesino. Y cuando el inspector registra la casa del muerto, se encuentra con otra sorpresa: en el sĂłtano se amontonan piezas arqueolĂłgicas y libros de historia. ÂżQuiĂ©n era este hombre? ÂżPor quĂ© asesinĂł a la mujer israelĂ? Para averiguarlo, tendrá que solicitar la colaboraciĂłn de un policĂa israelĂ, con quien se lleva mal desde el principio.Mientras, en JerusalĂ©n, una periodista palestina investiga una carta anĂłnima que ha recibido. En ella se adjunta fotocopia de un documento medieval y, cuando lo descifra, le pone sobre la pista de un tesoro de poderes mĂsticos que, en el año 1100, fue transportado desde JerusalĂ©n al castillo de Castelombres, en tierra de los cátaros.Un objeto sagrado, de gran poder mĂstico, cuyo paradero se desconoce desde hace siglos. Un tesoro por el cual ha sido asesinada gente. Un objeto cuyo descubrimiento podrĂa ser manipulado para empeorar la conflictiva situaciĂłn entre israelĂes y palestinos. Un policĂa resuelto a descubrir la verdad, cueste lo que cueste.
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Children of Hurin
Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien. There are tales of Middle-earth from times long before The Lord of the Rings, and the story told in this book is set in the great country that lay beyond the Grey Havens in the West: lands where Treebeard once walked, but which were drowned in the great cataclysm that ended the First Age of the World. In that remote time Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in the vast fortress of Angband, the Hells of Iron, in the North; and the tragedy of Turin and his sister Nienor unfolded within the shadow of the fear of Angband and the war waged by Morgoth against the lands and secret cities of the Elves. Their brief and passionate lives were dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bore them as the children of Hurin, the man who had dared to defy and to scorn him to his face. Against them he sent his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire. Into this story of brutal conquest and flight, of forest hiding-places and pursuit, of resistance with lessening hope, the Dark Lord and the Dragon enter in direly articulate form. Sardonic and mocking, Glaurung manipulated the fates of Turin and Nienor by lies of diabolic cunning and guile, and the curse of Morgoth was fulfilled. The earliest versions of this story by J.R.R. Tolkien go back to the end of the First World War and the years that followed; but long afterwards, when The Lord of the Rings was finished, he wrote it anew and greatly enlarged it in complexities of motive and character: it became the dominant story in his later work on Middle-earth. But he could not bring it to a final and finished form. In this book Christopher Tolkien has constructed, after long study of the manuscripts, a coherent narrative without any editorial invention.
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Voivod - Forgotten In Space (Box Set) 6LP+DVD
KDO: Voivod pocházejí z kanadského Quebecku a patří k silné čtyřce trash metalových kapel ze země s javorovým listem ve znaku (dále ještě Sacrifice, Razor a Annihilator). Voivod začínali v osmdesátých letech a soustředili se na speed metal. Jejich zvuk se však postupně měnil, Voivod vstřebali vlivy progresivní metalové hudby i trash metalu a na jejich základech postupně vystavěli vlastní originální styl.
CO: Speciální box skupiny Voivod „Forgotten In Space“ obsahuje 3 alba (Rrröööaaarrr, Killing Technology, Dimension Hatröss), která v letech 1986-1988 natočila pro label Noise, doplněná na dalších discích o dema a živé nahrávky i DVD s koncertními snímky.
LP1
1. A1 Korgull the Exterminator
2. A2 Fuck Off and Die
3. A3 Slaughter in a Grave
4. A4 Ripping Headaches
5. A5 Horror
6. B1 Thrashing Rage
7. B2 The Helldriver
8. B3 Build Your Weapons
9. B4 To the Death
LP2
1. C1 Killing Technology
2. C2 Overreaction
3. C3 Tornado
4. D1 Forgotten In Space
5. D2 Ravenous Medicine
6. D3 Order of the Blackguards
7. D4 This Is Not an Exercise
LP3
1. E1 Experiment
2. E2 Tribal Convictions
3. E3 Chaosmongers
4. E4 Technocratic Manipulators
5. F1 Macrosolutions to Megaproblems
6. F2 Brain Scan
7. F3 Psychic Vacuum
8. F4 Cosmic Drama
LP4
1. G1 Experiment (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
2. G2 Tribal Convictions (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
3. G3 Chaosmongers (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
4. G4 Technocratic Manipulators (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
5. H1 Macrosolutions to Megaproblems (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
6. H2 Brain Scan (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
7. H3 Psychic Vacuum (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
8. H4 Cosmic Drama (Dimension Hatröss Demo 1987) (2022 - Remaster)
LP5
1. I1 Korgüll the Exterminator (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
2. I2 Ripping Headaches (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86) / 3. I3 Blower (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
4. I4 Fuck Off and Die (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
5. J1 Tornado (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
6. J2 Iron Gang (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
7. J3 War and Pain (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
LP6
1. K1 Warriors of Ice (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
2. K2 Nuclear War (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
3. K3 Overreaction (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
4. L1 The Helldriver (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
5. L2 Ravenous Medicine (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
6. L3 Voivod (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
7. L4 Thrashing Rage (Spectrum '86 - 'No Speed Limit Week-End') (Live at Montreal, October '86)
DVD
1. Ripping Headaches
2. Voivod (Live, Jonquiere Cultural Center QC, Canada, 01/27/84) [To the Death!]
3. Thrashing Rage (Live, NYC, N.Y., USA - 05/05/86) [First U.S. Show]
4. Korgüll the Exterminator (Live, Long Beach, C.A., USA - 06/13/86)
5. Ravenous Medicine (Video Shoot)
6. Ravenous Medicine
7. Killing Technology (Live at The Token Lounge, Westland, MI, USA 14/05/87)
8. Cockroaches (Live at Rössli Azmoos, Sargans, Switzerland 06/11/87)
9. Overreaction (Live at Rex Club, Paris, France 01/12/87)
10. Interview (One)
11. Tribal Convictions
12. Experiment (Live at The Axiom, Houston, TX, USA 10/12/88)
13. Psychic Vacuum (Video Shoot)
14. Psychic Vacuum
15. Macrosolutions to Megaproblems (Live at Fender's Ballroom, Long Beach, CA, USA 03/12/88)
16. Chaosmongers (Live at Anthrax, Norwalk, CT, USA 09/11/88)
17. Interview (Two)
18. Astronomy Domine
19. Overreaction (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
20. Experiment (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
21. Tribal Convictions (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
22. Chaosmongers (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
23. Ravenous Medicine (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
24. Korgüll the Exterminator (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
25. Technocratic Manipulators (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
26. Macrosolutions to Megaproblems (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
27. Nuclear War / War and Pain / Warriors of Ice / Voivod (Medley) (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
28. Brain Scan (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
29. Psychic Vacuum (Live at Cubby Bear, Chicago - 20th Nov 1988)
30. Intro (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
31. Thrashing Rage (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
32. Ripping Headaches (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
33. Warriors of Ice (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
34. Korgüll the Exterminator (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
35. Condemned to the Gallows (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
36. Fuck off and Die (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
37. Nuclear War (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
38. Voivod (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
39. Suck Your Bone (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
40. The Helldriver (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
41. To the Death (Live at World War III Festival, Montreal - 30th Nov 1985)
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Favoritka DVD
Režie: Yorgos Lanthimos
Hrají: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss, James Smith, Jenny Rainsford
Na začátku 18. století vládne Velké Británii královna Anna (Olivia Colman), poslední z rodu Stuartovců, která se do historie zapsala spíše neslavně. Je plachá a přehlížená, trpí bolestivou dnou a není příliš vzdělaná, což z ní činí perfektní oběť manipulátorů. Její jedinou oporou v životě je lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) a jejich vztah postupně přerůstá až do jakési milostné symbiózy. Sarah se díky tomu dostala do nejvyšších kruhů britské aristokracie a za nejistou královnu prakticky vládne. Zpoza královnina trůnu činí všechna důležitá rozhodnutí ohledně chodu státu a probíhající války o španělské dědictví. Zároveň si svou pozici ostře střeží a nikoho, kdo by se pokusil královnu ovlivnit, k ní nepustí. Podcenila jen svou sestřenici Abigail (Emma Stone), která na dvůr přijela prosit o práci služebné poté, co její rodina zbankrotovala. Sarah ji z lítosti přijala. Netuší však, že by ctižádostivá Abigail mohla ohrozit její roli královniny favoritky. Zatímco tedy Abigail díky oblibě panovnice rychle stoupá společenským žebříčkem, od Sarah se začíná přízeň odvracet. A to nemůže zůstat bez odplaty
Délka: 115 min.
Dabing: český 5.1, anglický 5.1, polský 5.1 VO, maďarský 5.1, turecký 5.1
Titulky: české, slovenské, anglické pro neslyšící, arabské, bulharské, chorvatské, řecké, hebrejské, maďarské, islandské, polské, portugalské, rumunské, srbské, slovinské, turecké
Disky: 1
Bonusy:
• Vynechané scény • Favoritka: Rozbor kostýmního dramatu
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Favoritka BD
Režie: Yorgos Lanthimos
Hrají: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn, Mark Gatiss, James Smith, Jenny Rainsford
Na začátku 18. století vládne Velké Británii královna Anna (Olivia Colman), poslední z rodu Stuartovců, která se do historie zapsala spíše neslavně. Je plachá a přehlížená, trpí bolestivou dnou a není příliš vzdělaná, což z ní činí perfektní oběť manipulátorů. Její jedinou oporou v životě je lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) a jejich vztah postupně přerůstá až do jakési milostné symbiózy. Sarah se díky tomu dostala do nejvyšších kruhů britské aristokracie a za nejistou královnu prakticky vládne. Zpoza královnina trůnu činí všechna důležitá rozhodnutí ohledně chodu státu a probíhající války o španělské dědictví. Zároveň si svou pozici ostře střeží a nikoho, kdo by se pokusil královnu ovlivnit, k ní nepustí. Podcenila jen svou sestřenici Abigail (Emma Stone), která na dvůr přijela prosit o práci služebné poté, co její rodina zbankrotovala. Sarah ji z lítosti přijala. Netuší však, že by ctižádostivá Abigail mohla ohrozit její roli královniny favoritky. Zatímco tedy Abigail díky oblibě panovnice rychle stoupá společenským žebříčkem, od Sarah se začíná přízeň odvracet. A to nemůže zůstat bez odplaty
Délka: 119 min.
Dabing: český 5.1, anglický 5.1 DTS-HD MA , španělský 5.1, porugalský 5.1, hindský 5.1, maďarský 5.1, polský 5.1 VO, thajský 5.1, turecký 5.1
Titulky: české, slovenské, anglické pro neslyšící, španělské, portugalské, arabské, bulharské, kantonské, chorvatské, řecké, hebrejské, hindské, maďarské, islandské, korejské, malajské, čínské, polské, rumunské, srbské, slovinské, thajské, turecké
Disky: 1
Bonusy:
• Vynechané scény • Favoritka: Rozbor kostýmního dramatu
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Suede - The Blue Hour (2LP/2CD/DVD)
KDO: Britští Suede patřili k nejzářivějším hvězdám ostrovní rockové scény devadesátých let. Počátkem nultých let se vytratili a zdálo se, že to definitivně zabalili. Jenže v roce 2010 se velkolepě vrátili na pódia a jejich dokonalý restart přinesla deska Bloodsports (2013).
CO: Na osmém studiovém albu slavné britksé kapely najdeme českou stopu. Podílela se na ni pražská filharmonie! Suede na nahrávce opět hledají nové světy, kromě výrazných smyčcových aranží je tu i mluvené slovo a sborový zpěv. Album produkoval Aln Moulder. Deska je k dispozici na CD, 2LP a v jedinečném sběratelském boxu obsahujícím obě zmíněné verze, bonusové CD s instrumentálními verzemi jednotlivých skladeb, DVD s komentářem členů kapely, producenta a dosud nevydaným videem Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You a dále též sedmipalcový singl Manipulation.
CD 1
1. As One
2. Wastelands
3. Mistress
4. Beyond The Outskirts
5. Chalk Circles
6. Cold Hands
7. Life Is Golden [3:57]
8. Roadkill
9. Tides
10. Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You [4:24]
11. Dead Bird
12. All The Wild Places
13. The Invisibles [4:09]
14. Flytipping
CD 2
1. As One (Instrumental)
2. Wastelands (Instrumental)
3. Mistress (Instrumental)
4. Beyond The Outskirts (Instrumental)
5. Chalk Circles (Instrumental)
6. Cold Hands (Instrumental)
7. Life Is Golden (Instrumental)
8. Roadkill (Instrumental)
9. Tides (Instrumental)
10. Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You (Instrumental)
11. Dead Bird (Instrumental)
12. All The Wild Places (Instrumental)
13. The Invisibles (Instrumental)
14. Flytipping (Instrumental)
LP 1
1. As One
2. Wastelands
3. Mistress
4. Beyond The Outskirts
5. Chalk Circles
6. Cold Hands
7. Life Is Golden [3:57]
LP 2
1. Roadkill
2. Tides
3. Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You [4:24]
4. Dead Bird
5. All The Wild Places
6. The Invisibles [4:09]
7. Flytipping
LP 3
1. Manipulation
DVD
1. Commentary
2. Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You (Video)
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Suede - The Blue Hour 2LP
KDO: Britští Suede patřili k nejzářivějším hvězdám ostrovní rockové scény devadesátých let. Počátkem nultých let se vytratili a zdálo se, že to definitivně zabalili. Jenže v roce 2010 se velkolepě vrátili na pódia a jejich dokonalý restart přinesla deska Bloodsports (2013).
CO: Na osmém studiovém albu slavné britksé kapely najdeme českou stopu. Podílela se na ni pražská filharmonie! Suede na nahrávce opět hledají nové světy, kromě výrazných smyčcových aranží je tu i mluvené slovo a sborový zpěv. Album produkoval Aln Moulder. Deska je k dispozici na CD, 2LP a v jedinečném sběratelském boxu obsahujícím obě zmíněné verze, bonusové CD s instrumentálními verzemi jednotlivých skladeb, DVD s komentářem členů kapely, producenta a dosud nevydaným videem Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You a dále též sedmipalcový singl Manipulation.
LP 1
1. As One
2. Wastelands
3. Mistress
4. Beyond The Outskirts
5. Chalk Circles
6. Cold Hands
7. Life Is Golden [3:57]
LP 2
1. Roadkill
2. Tides
3. Don't Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You [4:24]
4. Dead Bird
5. All The Wild Places
6. The Invisibles [4:09]
7. Flytipping
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El vencedor está solo
Con el Festival de Cannes como telón de fondo, Paulo Coelho presenta una historia protagonizada por grandes estrellas, productores y supermodelos, personas que tienen todo aquello que muchos desearían. Pero los suenos personales no pueden ser manipulados. ?Quién conseguirá identificar el suyo propio y hacerlo realidad?
El vencedor está solo es una novela llena de suspense que avanza hasta convertirse en un impactante reflejo del lado más intrascendente y depredador del mundo en el que vivimos, en el que la fascinación por el lujo y el éxito a cualquier precio nos distancia de lo que nuestro corazón realmente desea.
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Death Message
The first message sent to Tom Thorne's mobile phone was just a picture - the blurred image of a man's face, but Thorne had seen enough dead bodies in his time to know that the man was no longer alive. But who was he? Who sent the photograph? And why? While the technical experts attempt to trace the sender, Thorne searches the daily police bulletins for a reported death that matches the photograph. Then another picture arrives. Another dead man ...It is the identities of the murdered men which give Thorne his first clue, a link to a dangerous killer he'd put away years before and who is still in prison. With a chilling talent for manipulation, this man has led another inmate to plot revenge on everyone he blames for his current incarceration, and for the murder of his family while he was inside. Newly released, this convict has no fear of the police, no feelings for those he is compelled to murder. Now Tom Thorne must face one of the toughest challenges of his career, knowing that there is no killer more dangerous than one who has nothing left to lose.
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Skinny Puppy - Cleanse Fold & Manipulate CD
Tracklist:
1. First Aid
2. Addiction
3. Shadow Cast
4. Draining Faces
5. The Mourn
6. Second Tooth
7. Tear Or Beat
8. (Deep Down) Trauma Hounds
9. Anger
10. Epilogue
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Bungo Stray Dogs Vol. 7
Not long after Ougai Mori takes the reins of the Port Mafia, his right-hand man, Osamu Dazai, has a nasty run-in with a gravity manipulator named Chuuya Nakahara, leader of the Sheep gang. However, with ominous rumors about Mori’s deceased predecessor as well as the mysterious being called Arahabaki spreading throughout Yokohama, the duo must put aside their differences and get to the bottom of things. Before they achieved infamy as the fearsome pair Twin Dark, Dazai and Chuuya were just boys. Was their first encounter a harbinger of hope or an ill omen of things to come…?
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Why Sinead O'Connor Matters
A stirring defense of Sinéad O’Connor’s music and activism, and an indictment of the culture that cancelled her.
In 1990, Sinéad O’Connor’s video for “Nothing Compares 2 U” turned her into a superstar. Two years later, an appearance on Saturday Night Live turned her into a scandal. For many people—including, for years, the author—what they knew of O’Connor stopped there. Allyson McCabe believes it’s time to reassess our old judgments about Sinéad O’Connor and to expose the machinery that built her up and knocked her down.
Addressing triumph and struggle, sound and story, Why Sinéad O’Connor Matters argues that its subject has been repeatedly manipulated and misunderstood by a culture that is often hostile to women who speak their minds (in O’Connor’s case, by shaving her head, championing rappers, and tearing up a picture of the pope on live television). McCabe details O’Connor’s childhood abuse, her initial success, and the backlash against her radical politics without shying away from the difficult issues her career raises. She compares O’Connor to Madonna, another superstar who challenged the Catholic Church, and Prince, who wrote her biggest hit and allegedly assaulted her. A journalist herself, McCabe exposes how the media distorts not only how we see O’Connor but how we see ourselves, and she weighs the risks of telling a story that hits close to home.
In an era when popular understanding of mental health has improved and the public eagerly celebrates feminist struggles of the past, it can be easy to forget how O’Connor suffered for being herself. This is the book her admirers and defenders have been waiting for.
Raising Hell, Living Well
Part cultural criticism, part rueful confessional, a reformed brand strategist brings to light the impact of influence on us and our society and offers an escape in this ironically persuasive case for not being so easily influenced anymore.
We live in a world that is under the influence.
Our lives are being choreographed by forces that want something from us. Everything from ingrained family values to mind-altering algorithms create our foundations, warp how we see the world, manipulate our decisions, and dictate our beliefs. Yet rarely do we question these everyday influences of our modern times even as we go further down the path of unwell, unhappy, and unhinged.
A high-spirited exploration through the troublesome influences of our world, Raising Hell, Living Well, Jessica Elefante’s eye-opening debut, follows one bullshit artist’s journey, from small-time salesperson to award-winning corporate strategist to founder of the digital wellbeing movement Folk Rebellion, in coming to terms with how she was wielding influence—and the forces she was under herself.
With whip-smart writing and wry humor, Elefante’s collection of essays is a head-trip through her misadventures. From explaining productivity as a symptom of the influence of capitalism to how the wellness industry makes us feel more unwell or our unquestioning participation in oversharing, optimization, and instant gratification, she invites us to reexamine our world, our pasts, and ourselves through the lens of influence. Now a reformed brand strategist, Elefante lays bare her own culpability, sharing what she learned—and what she got wrong. She offers a new take on intentional living and provides a simple practice to deconstruct how the powers-that-be are attempting to modify our behaviors. Before you know it, you’ll be questioning everything from how you take your coffee to how our social institutions are structured. And you’ll learn how to live free from the influences around us—including Elefante herself.
The much-needed subversive voice to demystify these times, Elefante will make you angry, make you laugh, and make you think about how you’re really living. Unpretentious, sharply observed, and devil-hearted, Raising Hell, Living Well holds out a hand to help you climb out from under the influence.
The Eighth Girl
One woman, many personas. But which one is telling the truth?
Alexa Wu is a brilliant yet darkly self-aware young woman whose chaotic life is manipulated and controlled by a series of alternate personalities. Only three people know about their existence: her therapist Daniel; her stepmother Anna; and her enigmatic best friend Ella.
When Ella gets a job at a high-end gentleman's club, she is gradually drawn into London's cruel underbelly. With lives at stake, Alexa follows her friend on a daring rescue mission. Threatened and vulnerable, she will discover whether her multiple personalities are her greatest asset, or her biggest obstacle.
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Static: Season One
At long last, the most famous face of the Milestone Universe makes his shocking return!
Bullied nerd Virgil Hawkins wasn’t the kind of kid you’d normally find on the streets at a protest—but like everyone else in the city of Dakota, he was fed up. Unfortunately, the first time he stood up to raise his voice, the world turned upside down. The experimental tear gas released that day left some of his classmates maimed or dead…but it left Virgil, and others, with stunning new abilities. Virgil has power inside him now—real power, the ability to channel and manipulate electromagnetic fields.
But there’s anger burning inside him, too.
What is he supposed to do about all of this? And first and foremost—what is he supposed to do about his bullies, now that they’ve got superpowers too?
A dynamic creative team of new comics voices including writer Vita Ayala and finisher Nikolas Draper-Ivey join Milestone Media veteran layout artist ChrisCross to tell a new chapter in the story of the most iconic Black teen superhero in comics history. Like every classic Milestone tale, it will take you places you could never dream!
Includes Static (Season One) #1-6.
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