Author : Andrea Weiss
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN :
A revelatory survey of lesbian identity in film--from the crossdressing stars like Garbo, Dietrich, and Hepburn to the vampire movies of the late '60s, Silkwood and The Color Purple. With wit and political acumen, Weiss reveals the concealed world of a host of movies both popular and forgotten.
Author : James Patterson
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 41,2 MB
Release : 2001-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0759526540
Detective Alex Cross must confront his most terrifying nemesis ever -- and his own deepest fears -- in this electrifying thriller from the world's #1 bestselling writer. D.C. Detective Alex Cross has seen a lot of crime scenes. But even he is appalled by the gruesome murders of two joggers in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park-killings that look more like the work of savage beasts than humans. Local police are horrified and even the FBI is baffled. Then, as Cross is called in to take on the case, the carnage takes off, leaving a trail of bodies across America and sweeping him to Savannah, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Los Angeles as his nemesis, the merciless criminal known as the Mastermind, stalks him, taunts him, and once again, threatens everything he holds dear...
Author : Kelsey Quick
Publisher : Vampires of Avignon
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 35,90 MB
Release : 2019-12-09
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781733072403
In the Vampire Stratocracy of Cain, human blood is scarce. For centuries, councils have enslaved and bred humans, turning them into profitable supply units. Wavorly is bound to serve her blood willingly to her master for the rest of her life, but as one of only a few humans not bred in Cain, she knows freedom and is determined to escape.
Author : Michelle Poploff
Publisher : Little Apple
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 36,8 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780439260763
Thinking that no one in her class likes her and afraid that she will receive no valentines, Wanda Doomsday invites her Uncle Vex to show her class how to bake Valentine's Day cookies, but then Uncle Vex gets hurt and can't go to school.
Author : V Dynasty Universe
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 20,45 MB
Release : 2021-03-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781954183391
A Standalone Paranormal Romance Featuring a Feisty Slayer & an Arrogant Vampire Royal Eliminate Vampiric Influences Everywhere. That's my life. My job. My entire world. I fell victim to a vampire once. He used me to commit the ultimate crime of betrayal. A consequence I've lived with for over a century thanks to the immortality amulet around my neck. Now I slay every bloodsucker in sight. Which is why they call me the "demon of the night." My E.V.I.E. boss has a new assignment for me-some errant vamp causing issues in New York City. No problem. I'll handle this pest like I have the countless leeches before him. Only this is no ordinary vampire. It's Cassius. My former lover. My betrayer. The royal vampire who seduced me into a forbidden affair that nearly ended my life. Seeing him again is a blow to the chest, one I intend to return with a stake through his dead heart.Because I don't do second chances, a fact Cassius is about to learn the hard way. Stake up, friends. It's going to be a bloody ride. Author's Name: Violet Slays previously released with the E.V.I.E. Anthology. It is a standalone novel that introduces the Vampire Dynasty universe.
Author : Alex Hyde
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 33,78 MB
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1783787295
An astonishing debut novel of motherhood and loss in the dying days of the Second World War 'Moving, graceful... Violets has a compelling, quiet power all the way to its exquisitely affecting end' Megan Hunter, author of The Harpy and The End We Start From 'Stunning and original... Written in pristine prose, it reminded me of the possibilities of language' Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory A young woman, Violet, lies in a hospital bed in the closing days of World War Two. Her pregnancy is over and she is no longer able to conceive. With her husband deployed in Burma and her friends caught up in transitory love affairs, she must find a way to put herself back together. In a small, watchful town in the Welsh valleys, another Violet contemplates the fate she shares with her unborn child. Unwed, an overseas posting offers a temporary way out. Plunged into the heat and disorder of Naples, her body begins to reveal the responsibility it carries even as she is drawn into the burnished circle of a charismatic new friend, Maggie. Between these two Violets, sung into being like a babe in a nursery rhyme: a son. As their lives begin to intertwine, a spellbinding story of women's courage emerges, suffused with power, lyricism and beauty, from an exhilarating new voice in British fiction. 'Beautiful, inventive and deeply moving' Liz Berry 'A novel of taut symmetry and dissonance... Alex Hyde's prose is rhythmically acute and emotionally layered. This is a subtle and daring book' Margo Jefferson
Author : Derrick Belanger
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 21,56 MB
Release : 2015-07-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1780927681
Terror strikes! The Violet Vampire, a winged monster with sharp claws and glowing eyes, has been attacking all of London! Is it an advanced flying machine? An alien from another world? Could it possibly be a real vampire? And how are the notorious outlaws known as The Peterson gang involved with all of this? It's up to The MacDougall Twins and their good friend Sherlock Holmes to solve the case, with help from Inspector Lestrade, Scotland Yard, and a surprising special agent!
Author : Michelle Fox
Publisher : Trans Media Publishing LLC
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 2022-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
My target is a vampire with a name fit for a Greek god--Zopyros Persopoulos--and he has the good looks to match. More importantly, he runs Datagenex and it's his DNA database that will reveal why my blood kills vampires. I just need to get him alone and hack Datagenex's servers without falling into that smoldering gaze of his that makes me feel like I'm on fire. Posing as a blood courtesan is the perfect cover...right up until everything goes wrong. A steamy novella in the Blood Courtesans world where vampires suck in all the right ways. Complete story with HEA and no cliffhanger. Enjoy! EXCERPT Pyros stalked over to me, and I found myself backing up as he crowded my personal space. My legs bumped the back of the couch, and I plopped down. "So. You thought being a blood courtesan would get you what you wanted?" He leaned down, looming over me. The spicy scent of his aftershave and a hint of cigar filled my nose. "Well, through your own stupidity, you're going to find out if that was a good plan or not." "I am?" My voice came out in a cartoon-character squeak. Like someone had throat punched Alvin right after he downed a tanker of helium. "I will take you as mine." "You will?" This was a whisper. My vocal cords had drawn tight and I couldn't move air, let alone give words any volume. "In every way." His words throbbed with wickedness. My body responded with a throb of its own, like a nearby tribe answering a signal. His voice--just his voice--had slipped through my skin cells to the vulnerable flesh beneath. Ohgodohgodohgod. This was a different kind of vampire attack. Soft and sultry and sensuous. A seduction that would suck the life right out of a girl if she wasn't careful. Keywords: paranormal romance, fantasy romance, urban fantasy, shifter romance, bear shifters, steamy romance, shifters, alpha heroes, alpha shifters, myth, mythology, love story, werewolf, werewolf romance, action adventure, vampire, witch, demon, devil, psychic, shapeshifter, alpha, vampires, vampire series, shapeshifter werewolf romance, fantasy, lycan, mate bond, vampire, vampire romance, immortal, vampire slayer, fae, Laurel K. Hamilton, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Christine Feehan, Gena Showalter, K.F. Breene, Shannon Mayer, Ruby Dixon, JR Ward, J.R. Ward, Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Vampire Diaries, Twilight, Crave, Tracy Wolff, The Vampire Diaries, Bella Forrest, A Shade of Vampire, Harry Potter, witch, wizard, fated mates, Vampire Academy, Vampire Knight, werewolf books, werewolf romance, shapeshifters
Author : Bliss Cua Lim
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,97 MB
Release : 2024-01-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 147802786X
Drawing on cultural policy, queer and feminist theory, materialist media studies, and postcolonial historiography, Bliss Cua Lim analyzes the crisis-ridden history of Philippine film archiving—a history of lost films, limited access, and collapsed archives. Rather than denigrate underfunded Philippine audiovisual archives in contrast to institutions in the global North, The Archival Afterlives of Philippine Cinema shows how archival practices of making do can inspire alternative theoretical and historical approaches to cinema. Lim examines formal state and corporate archives, analyzing restorations of the last nitrate film and a star-studded lesbian classic as well as archiving under the Marcos dictatorship. She also foregrounds informal archival efforts: a cinephilic video store specializing in vintage Tagalog classics; a microcuratorial initiative for experimental films; and guerilla screenings for rural Visayan audiences. Throughout, Lim centers the improvisational creativity of audiovisual archivists, collectors, advocates, and amateurs who embrace imperfect access in the face of inhospitable conditions.
Author : Jude Davies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 20,33 MB
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1135958300
Hollywood has devoted big budgets and established stars to films about controversial issues in the last ten years. Identities considered marginal have come into prominence on the big screen. The authors of this title look at the issues raised by these developments, bring together debates in identity politics with film studies, and launch an innovative theorization of the cinematic representation of identity. Movies from ForrestGump to Philadelphia, from Malcolm X to Falling Down have been specifically concerned with multiculturalism and identity politics. This book is concerned with the meanings put into circulation by these mainstream films and audiences' reactions to them. It provides an accessible introduction to issues such as arguments over positive and negative images and the relationship between cultural representation and political power in American life.
