Book Description
Everything heats up when Dom and Birdie find themselves trapped in the truck by another unending mass of monsters. But a sudden revelation changes the nature of their mission and poses more questions about their cargo than answers.
Author : Jeff Lemire
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 38,76 MB
Release : 2023-07-05
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN :
Everything heats up when Dom and Birdie find themselves trapped in the truck by another unending mass of monsters. But a sudden revelation changes the nature of their mission and poses more questions about their cargo than answers.
Author : Jeff Lemire
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 23,2 MB
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 153439155X
**Mad Max: Fury Road **meets **_The Sandman_** in this high-octane adventure wrapped in a dark fantasy aesthetic. Dom is a long-haul truck driver attempting to stay ahead of his tragic past. When he stops one night to assist Birdie, who has been in a massive car crash, they pull an artifact from the wreckage that throws their lives into fifth gear. Suddenly, a typical midnight run has become a frantic journey through a surreal world where Dom and Birdie find themselves the quarry of strange and impossible monsters. It’s grindhouse horror meets high-concept supernatural fantasy in the first volume of a bold new series from **JEFF LEMIRE** (**THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS**, **LITTLE** **MONSTERS**) and **GABRIEL HERNÁNDEZ WALTA** (**_The Vision_**, **_Hellboy and the B.P.R.D: Old Man Whittier_**), the Eisner Award-nominated creative team behind the bestselling **_Sentient_** series.
Author : Kate Klise
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 19,44 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547519746
With the impending closure of the post office, the transition to the new communication system VEXT-mail is anything but smooth for the human and paranormal residents of Ghastly, Illinois, in a story told through a lively compilation of illustrations, letters, newspaper articles and drawings. 35,000 first printing.
Author : Norton Juster
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 32,64 MB
Release : 1988-10-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0394820371
With almost 5 million copies sold 60 years after its original publication, generations of readers have now journeyed with Milo to the Lands Beyond in this beloved classic. Enriched by Jules Feiffer’s splendid illustrations, the wit, wisdom, and wordplay of Norton Juster’s offbeat fantasy are as beguiling as ever. “Comes up bright and new every time I read it . . . it will continue to charm and delight for a very long time yet. And teach us some wisdom, too.” --Phillip Pullman For Milo, everything’s a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he’s got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason. Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing. Life is far from dull. In fact, it’s exciting beyond his wildest dreams!
Author : Sophie De Mullenheim
Publisher : In the Shadows of Rome
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,47 MB
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781621644279
The Phantom of the Colosseum is the first volume of the gripping new series for 10 yr. olds and up titled In the Shadows of Rome (5 books total). Being a Christian in ancient Rome was very dangerous. To spread the faith and stay alive, you had to live in the shadows . . . Now that Blandula's master has been arrested for being a Christian, what will she do? Little does she know that she is about to meet three boys who will help her to find the answer: Maximus, the son of a senator; his slave Aghiles; and Titus, who never goes anywhere without his pet monkey. Follow their adventures as Blandula and her new companions forge priceless friendships--and discover the many secrets lurking in the shadows of the Colosseum.
Author : Jeff Lemire
Publisher : Image Comics
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 36,33 MB
Release : 2023-10-18
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN :
The Eisner-winning creative team of JEFF LEMIRE & ANDREA SORRENTINO brings you another chapter of the newest epic series within THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS! Secrets are revealed amongst the neighbors as they continue their descent between floors, but when the group attempts to find a way out of the tunnels, they'll find answers that defy logic and terrors beyond reality.
Author : Marta Solé
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 17,82 MB
Release : 2023-08-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 2832532179
Author : Florian Riedler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 34,97 MB
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 3110617064
This volume approaches the topic of mobility in Southeast Europe by offering the first detailed historical study of the land route connecting Istanbul with Belgrade. After this route that diagonally crosses Southeast Europe had been established in Roman times, it was as important for the Byzantines as the Ottomans to rule their Balkan territories. In the nineteenth century, the road was upgraded to a railroad and, most recently, to a motorway. The contributions in this volume focus on the period from the Middle Ages to the present day. They explore the various transformations of the route as well as its transformative role for the cities and regions along its course. This not only concerns the political function of the route to project the power of the successive empires. Also the historical actors such as merchants, travelling diplomats, Turkish guest workers or Middle Eastern refugees together with the various social, economic and cultural effects of their mobility are in the focus of attention. The overall aim is to gain a deeper understanding of Southeast Europe by foregrounding historical continuities and disruptions from a long-term perspective and by bringing into dialogue different national and regional approaches.
Author : Rodney van der Ree
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 27,79 MB
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 1118568141
Winner of the IENE Project Award 2016. This authoritative volume brings together some of the world’s leading researchers, academics, practitioners and transportation agency personnel to present the current status of the ecological sustainability of the linear infrastructure – primarily road, rail and utility easements – that dissect and fragment landscapes globally. It outlines the potential impacts, demonstrates how this infrastructure is being improved, and how broad ecological principles are applied to mitigate the impact of road networks on wildlife. Research and monitoring is an important aspect of road ecology, encompassing all phases of a transportation project. This book covers research and monitoring to span the entire project continuum – starting with planning and design, through construction and into maintenance and management. It focuses on impacts and solutions for species groups and specific regions, with particular emphasis on the unique challenges facing Asia, South America and Africa. Other key features: Contributions from authors originating from over 25 countries, including from all continents Each chapter summarizes important lessons, and includes lists of further reading and thoroughly up to date references Highlights principles that address key points relevant to all phases in all road projects Explains best-practices based on a number of successful international case studies Chapters are "stand-alone", but they also build upon and complement each other; extensive cross-referencing directs the reader to relevant material elsewhere in the book Handbook of Road Ecology offers a comprehensive summary of approximately 30 years of global efforts to quantify the impacts of roads and traffic and implement effective mitigation. As such, it is essential reading for those involved in the planning, design, assessment and construction of new roads; the management and maintenance of existing roads; and the modifying or retrofitting of existing roads and problem locations. This handbook is an accessible resource for both developed and developing countries, including government transportation agencies, Government environmental/conservation agencies, NGOs, and road funding and donor organisations.
Author : Rachel Corr
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 26,53 MB
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816501114
Not every world culture that has battled colonization has suffered or died. In the Ecuadorian Andean parish of Salasaca, the indigenous culture has stayed true to itself and its surroundings for centuries while adapting to each new situation. Today, indigenous Salascans continue to devote a large part of their lives to their distinctive practices—both community rituals and individual behaviors—while living side by side with white-mestizo culture. In this book Rachel Corr provides a knowledgeable account of the Salasacan religion and rituals and their respective histories. Based on eighteen years of fieldwork in Salasaca, as well as extensive research in Church archives—including never-before-published documents—Corr’s book illuminates how Salasacan culture adapted to Catholic traditions and recentered, reinterpreted, and even reshaped them to serve similarly motivated Salasacan practices, demonstrating the link between formal and folk Catholicism and pre-Columbian beliefs and practices. Corr also explores the intense connection between the local Salasacan rituals and the mountain landscapes around them, from peak to valley. Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes is, in its portrayal of Salasacan religious culture, both thorough and all-encompassing. Sections of the book cover everything from the performance of death rituals to stories about Amazonia as Salasacans interacted with outsiders—conquistadors and camera-toting tourists alike. Corr also investigates the role of shamanism in modern Salasacan culture, including shamanic powers and mountain spirits, and the use of reshaped, Andeanized Catholicism to sustain collective memory. Through its unique insider’s perspective of Salasacan spirituality, Ritual and Remembrance in the Ecuadorian Andes is a valuable anthropological work that honestly represents this people’s great ability to adapt.