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Monster Portraits
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Author : Sofia Samatar
language : en
Publisher: Rose Metal Press
Release Date : 2018
Monster Portraits written by Sofia Samatar and has been published by Rose Metal Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Fiction categories.
"An uncanny and imaginative autobiography of otherness, it offers the fictional record of a writer in the realms of the fantastic shot through with the memories of a pair of Somali-American children growing up in the 1980s. Operating under the sign of two—texts and drawings, brother and sister, black and white, extraordinary and everyday —Monster Portraits multiplies, disintegrates, and blends, inviting the reader to find the danger in the banal, the beautiful in the grotesque. Accumulating into a breathless journey and groundbreaking study, these brief fictions and sketches claim the monster as a fragmentary vastness: not the sum but the derangement of its parts."--Amazon.com.
Portraits Of Human Monsters In The Renaissance
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Author : Touba Ghadessi
language : en
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Release Date : 2018-03-13
Portraits Of Human Monsters In The Renaissance written by Touba Ghadessi and has been published by Medieval Institute Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-13 with History categories.
At the center of this interdisciplinary study are court monsters--dwarves, hirsutes, and misshapen individuals--who, by their very presence, altered Renaissance ethics vis-a-vis anatomical difference, social virtues, and scientific knowledge. The study traces how these monsters evolved from objects of curiosity, to scientific cases, to legally independent beings. The works examined here point to the intricate cultural, religious, ethical, and scientific perceptions of monstrous individuals who were fixtures in contemporary courts.
Portrait Of A Monster
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Author : Lisa Pulitzer
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2011-07-05
Portrait Of A Monster written by Lisa Pulitzer and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-05 with True Crime categories.
From a pair of New York Times bestselling authors with unparalleled access comes an in-depth account of the manhunt for Joran van der Sloot, one of the most reviled accused criminals in the world In May 2005, Natalee Holloway disappeared from a high school trip to Aruba. Five years to the day later, twenty-one-year-old Stephany Flores was reported missing in Lima, Peru. Implicated in both crimes was one young man: Joran van der Sloot. A twenty-three-year-old Dutchman, Van der Sloot has become the subject of intense scrutiny by the media and the public in the years since 2005. He was arrested and detained by Aruban authorities in connection with the Holloway disappearance, only to be released after questioning. In 2008, during a Dutch sting operation, he admitted to being present for Holloway's death---but later recanted his statement. In 2010, on the five-year anniversary of her disappearance, a young business student in Peru named Stephany Flores disappeared, only to be found dead three days later in a hotel room---registered to Van der Sloot. He was arrested for the murder and confessed, but he later claimed he was coerced. This is the first book to offer a probing look at the man tied to two of the most sensational cases of the decade. It draws from: • Interviews with members of the families of Joran, Stephany, and Natalee • Never-before-seen photographs of the crime scene in Peru, fingerprint files, hotel records, and more • Internal communications between Interpol, the FBI, Aruban officials, and officials in Chile and Peru • Never-before-seen police files from Chile, Peru, and Aruba Portrait of a Monster offers an unflinching look into the workings of an international manhunt and a chilling portrait of an alleged killer.
Monster Mama
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Author : Liz Rosenberg
language : en
Publisher: Puffin Books
Release Date : 1997
Monster Mama written by Liz Rosenberg and has been published by Puffin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Bullies categories.
Patrick Edward's fierce monster mother helps him deal with some obnoxious bullies.
A Stranger In Olondria
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Author : Sofia Samatar
language : en
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Release Date : 2013-04-12
A Stranger In Olondria written by Sofia Samatar and has been published by Small Beer Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-12 with Fiction categories.
Jevik travels to the city of Olondria where he is overtaken by a ghost from his past.
The Portrait
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Author : Ilaria Bernardini
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-01-05
The Portrait written by Ilaria Bernardini and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-05 with Fiction categories.
“Electric. A wildly astute plunge into the depths of love, rivalry, betrayal and the power of women.”—Bill Clegg An internationally renowned writer, Valeria Costas has dedicated her life to her work and to her secret lover, Martìn Acla, a prominent businessman. When his sudden stroke makes headlines, her world implodes; the idea of losing him is terrifying. Desperate to find a way to be present during her lover's final days, Valeria commissions his artist wife, Isla, to paint her portrait—insinuating herself into Martìn's family home and life. In the grand, chaotic London mansion where the man they share—husband, father, lover—lies in a coma, Valeria and Isla remain poised on the brink, transfixed by one another. Day after day, the two women talk to each other during the sittings, revealing truths, fragilities and strengths. But does Isla know of the writer's long involvement with Martìn? Does Valeria grasp the secrets that Isla harbors? Amidst their own private turmoil, the stories of their lives are exchanged, and as the portrait takes shape, we watch these complex and extraordinary women struggle while the love of their lives departs, in an unforgettable, breathless tale of deception and mystery that captivates until the very end.
The Winged Histories
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Author : Sofia Samatar
language : en
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Release Date : 2016-02-15
The Winged Histories written by Sofia Samatar and has been published by Small Beer Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-15 with Fiction categories.
Four women — a soldier, a scholar, a poet, and a socialite — are caught up on opposing sides of a violent rebellion. As war erupts and their loyalties and agendas and ideologies come into conflict, the four fear their lives may pass unrecorded. Using the sword and the pen, the body and the voice, they struggle not just to survive, but to make history. Here is the much-anticipated companion novel to Sofia Samatar’s World Fantasy Award-winning debut, A Stranger in Olondria. The Winged Histories is the saga of an empire — and a family: their friendships, their enduring love, their arcane and deadly secrets. Samatar asks who makes history, who endures it, and how the turbulence of historical change sweeps over every aspect of a life and over everyone, no matter whether or not they choose to seek it out. Sofia Samatar is the author of the Crawford, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy award-winning novel A Stranger in Olondria. She also received the John W. Campbell Award. She has written for the Guardian, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, and many other publications. She is working on a collection of stories. Her website is sofiasamatar.com.
Famous Monster Movie Art Of Basil Gogos
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Author : Kerry Gammill
language : en
Publisher: Vanguard
Release Date : 2006-03-30
Famous Monster Movie Art Of Basil Gogos written by Kerry Gammill and has been published by Vanguard this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-30 with Art categories.
Highlighting the artist who changed movie monster art, this in-depth exploration of Gogos's work includes a long interview with the artist and more than 180 illustrations from his long career as an artist and illustrator. Original.
Monster
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Author : Aileen Wuornos & Christopher Berry-Dee
language : en
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-30
Monster written by Aileen Wuornos & Christopher Berry-Dee and has been published by Kings Road Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-30 with True Crime categories.
Aileen Wuornos was executed in Florida, on the 9th of October, 2002 at the age of 46. She was the 10th woman to be sentenced to death in the USA since the death penalty resumed in 1976. Convicted for the murder of six men, in a two month period, Aileen claimed she acted in self defence however the investigation into these claims was poor and she later retracted her statement announcing to the Supreme Court, "I'm one who seriously hates human life and would kill again." All-too-often female prostitutes have been the victims of male serial killers - the killings of Aileen 'Lee' Wuornos were the inverse of this. She was a child prostitute, fleeing an abusive childhood at the hands of her grandparents, which led straight into a disastrous adulthood of difficult affairs with both men and women. Her metamorphosis from victim to attacker had brutal consequences: a stream of dead men. Following a renewed interest in this woman after the film "Monster", this is her story in her own words.
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
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Author : Emil Ferris
language : en
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Release Date : 2017-02-15
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters written by Emil Ferris and has been published by Fantagraphics Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-15 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.