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He is also the creator of The Creech, a Sci-Fi/Horror comic published by Image Comics. Other popular comics work includes Marvel Comics’ X-Force and Quasar (as well as a slew of one-shot titles). Prior to that, he was best known for his 80 issue run on Image Comics' Spawn, created by Todd McFarlane. Greg Capullo is a self-taught Illustrator and the current artist on the best-selling and highly acclaimed Batman series for DC Comics. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook, and other journals, and has a short story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. His works include Batman, All-Star Batman, Batman: Eternal, Superman Unchained, American Vampire, and Swamp Thing. 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Her dazzling new work, An Alchemy of Mind, offers an unprecedented exploration and celebration of the mental fantasia in which we spend our days-and does for the human mind what the bestselling A Natural History of the Senses did for the physical senses.īringing a valuable female perspective to the topic, Diane Ackerman discusses the science of the brain as only she can: with gorgeous, immediate language and imagery that paint an unusually lucid and vibrant picture for the reader. Long treasured by literary readers for her uncommon ability to bridge the gap between art and science, celebrated scholar-artist Diane Ackerman returns with the book she was born to write. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Zookeeper's Wife, an ambitious and enlightening work that combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate, as never before, the magic and mysteries of the human mind. 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But for now, he's happy to do the next best thing: Stay with his aunt in Jackson Hollow, Tennessee, for the summer and perform at the amusement park owned by his idol, country legend Wanda Jean Stubbs. Perfect for fans of Erin Hahn, Phil Stamper, and David Levithan.Įmmett Maguire wants to be country music's biggest gay superstar-a far reach when you're seventeen and living in Illinois. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this heartfelt and funny contemporary romance inspired by Dollywood, about two boys who fall in love against the backdrop of a country music-themed amusement park, from debut author Brian D. From the introduction of Ox圜ontin in 1996, Macy parses how America embraced a medical culture where overtreatment with painkillers became the norm. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns it's a heartbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched.īeginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and sets about turning high school football stars into heroin overdose statistics, Macy endeavors to answer a grieving mother's question-why her only son died-and comes away with a harrowing story of greed and need. Beth Macy takes us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. The result is the Prose Edda, a unique glimpse of early Norse mythology. In 1220, Snorri Sturluson, a respected poet, parliamentarian, and a visitor to the royal court of Norway, decided to compile the myths and poetic conventions of Norse mythology before they vanished under the influence of Christianity and the verse forms of Europe. The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda and, historically, simply as Edda, was written in Old Norse in Iceland during the thirteenth century. Norse mythology has captured many imaginations, and inspired epics including Wagner's The Ring and J. The Prose Edda is our richest treasure trove of Germanic and Norse mythology-starting with a creation myth, passing through the struggle of the gods, giants, dwarves, and elves for survival and supremacy, and ending in the Ragnarok, a final all-engulfing battle wherein the world. This encyclopedic study brings together the latest research on Viking art, burial customs, class divisions, jewellery, kingship, poetry and family life. %%%Thoroughly updated and with a new foreword Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates', the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel and far-flung consolidation. The result is a rich and compelling picture of an extraordinary civilisation. For 300 years, from just before AD800 until well into the eleventh century, the Vikings affected almost every region accessible to their ships, and left traces that are still part of life today' Far from being just 'wild, barbaric, axe-wielding pirates', the Vikings created complex social institutions, oversaw the coming of Christianity to Scandinavia and made a major impact on European history through trade, travel and far-flung consolidation. For 300 years, from just before AD800 until well into the eleventh century, the Vikings affected almost every region accessible to their ships, and left traces that are still part of life today Thoroughly updated and with a new foreword 'The Viking Age is shot through with the spirit of adventure. **Like my reviews? Then you should follow me! Because I have hundreds more just like this one. To see what I thought of all the books I read that she recommends, I created a shelf on GoodReads that you can view here. For that reason, I gave this the star-rating I did. On the other hand, a few of the books I'm still scratching my head over and wondering why she recommended them. I'm so eternally grateful for several of the titles I was introduced to! I have some new, wonderful favorites. I thought it was so fun how she included so many illustrations from various books she recommends. I found much of what Gladys Hunt said in the earlier portions of the book to be spot on and inspiring. And after taking two years to read over 500 books recommended in this one (there's more but my budget and my time said to call it good), I feel like I can safely say I gave it a thorough study. If you were to open my copy of this title, you'd think it was a text book I had for some college course! There are various color highlights illuminating key points, numbers scribbled next to book recommendations indicating my scoring of them, and an assemblage of notes scattered here and there. |