An enduring collection of revolutionary comics from a genre-transforming and critically acclaimed cartoonist Julie Doucet arrived in comics in the 1990s as a fully formed cartoonist. Her comic book series Dirty Plotte was visionary both for the medium and for storytelling. Her stories are candid, funny and intimate, plumbing the depths of the female psyche while charting the fragility of the men around

Draw 50 People teaches aspiring artists how to draw with ease by following simple, step-by-step instructions. Acclaimed author Lee J. Ames shows you how to draw a wondrous diversity of people from around the world and throughout history. Included here are people from ancient times, like an Egyptian mathematician, a medieval troubadour, and a Roman athlete. But there are also pirates, queens, soldiers

Create beautiful Zendalas and other fascinating circular designs with this step-by-step guidebook. Zendalas are Zen mandalas, drawn using tangles to fill each section of a circle. For centuries, mandala circles have been used to connect the spirit with the divine, offering symbols found in nature as subjects of contemplation. In this book, talented CZT artists share their secrets for creating sacred

When Selina Kyle finds out an item from her past is being sold for way more than it used to be worth, it sends her into a spiral, and she\'ll do everything in her power to steal it back. 2023 Eisner Nominee - Best Limited Series Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catwoman, is the greatest thief that Gotham City has ever seen. She\'s effortlessly stolen countless items of immense value over the years and successfully

Are churches looking for the wrong kind of leaders? The last decade has witnessed a rising number of churches wrecked by spiritual abuse--harsh, heavy-handed, domineering behavior from those in a position of spiritual authority. And high-profile cases are only a small portion of this widespread problem. Behind the scenes are many more cases of spiritual abuse that we will never hear about. Victims

Hidden in the darkness is an ancient secret suppressed by every aspect of our light-drunk modern world--there is a Great Mother from the bottom of time who has always guided us through perils and calamities. Now is the hour of Her return.\"An exigent, affecting summons to rediscover the night.\"--Kirkus ReviewsIs darkness synonymous with ignorance and evil? Or is it the original matrix from which all

Chronicling the traditions of Chinese life and culture, The Art of Chinese Living is a visual cornucopia and an epic cultural immersion into everything from cuisine and history to art and rituals, calligraphy and music to artefacts and interiors, and from widespread national traditions to the minutiae of daily family life.Spanning over 1,100 stunning pages and divided into the four seasons, this lavish

In the latest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas sifts through the wreckage of the past to find a killer. The body was left in a dumpster like so much trash, the victim a woman of no fixed address, known for offering paper flowers in return for spare change--and for keeping the cops informed of any infractions she witnessed on the street. But the notebook

One overcast weekend in October 1974, Georges Perec set out in quest of the \"infraordinary\": the humdrum, the non-event, the everyday--\"what happens,\" as he put it, \"when nothing happens.\" His choice of locale was Place Saint-Sulpice, where, ensconced behind first one cafe window, then another, he spent three days recording everything to pass through his field of vision: the people walking by;

This two-volume book presents outcomes of the 7th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving, SocProS 2017. This conference is a joint technical collaboration between the Soft Computing Research Society, Liverpool Hope University (UK), the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, the South Asian University New Delhi and the National Institute of Technology Silchar, and brings together

Comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory\'s million-copy-plus bestselling memoir--now in trade paperback for the first time. \"Powerful and ugly and beautiful...a moving story of a man who deeply wants a world without malice and hate and is doing something about it.\"--The New York Times Fifty-five years ago, in 1964, an incredibly honest and revealing memoir by one of the America\'s best-loved

The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Two women, centuries apart. Linked in a place haunted by its history . .

Lord Purdey was shaking with anger. \'Bring back the lynx? Over my dead body \'The environmental protestors murmured, and Rory stepped forward. \'Your hunting has destroyed our hills and left them treeless wastes, devoid of wildlife. It\'s time that changed.\'\'Listen, you lentil-eating cat lover, \' Purdey barked through the megaphone, \'men like me own Scotland. If we want to kill anything that moves

An Emma Watson \"Our Shared Shelf\" Selection for November/December 2018 - NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018/ MENTIONED BY: The New York Public Library - Mashable - The Atlantic - Bustle - The Root - Politico Magazine (\"What the 2020 Candidates Are Reading This Summer\") - NPR - Fast Company (\"10 Best Books for Battling Your Sexist Workplace\") - The Guardian (\"Top 10 Books About Angry Women\") Rebecca

The Familiar Volume 1 Wherein the cat is found . . . The Familiar Volume 2 Wherein the cat is hungry . . .The Familiar Volume 3 Wherein the cat is blind . . . Released for the summer from the perils of school, Xanther and her nameless cat are settling into a comfortable routine at home. However, the rest of the Ibrahim family is growing more and more unsettled. Astair fears their stretched finances

Justinian I was the last great conquering Roman emperor, who dramatically increased the size of his realm although he never actually led an army in person. His long reign (527-565) was devoted to the challenging project of renovatio imperii, that is the renovation of Empire. His was the will and vision behind campaigns that saw the reconquest of Rome itself and Italy from the Ostrogoths, North Africa

The accounts of Chopin\'s pupils, acquaintances and contemporaries, together with his own writing, provide valuable insights into the musician\'s pianistic and stylistic practice, his teaching methods and his aesthetic beliefs. This unique collection of documents, edited and annotated by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, reveals Chopin as teacher and interpreter of his own music. Included in this study is

Robbergirls is a Sapphic retelling of Hans Christian Andersn\'s fairy tale, The Snow Queen. It was inspired by a childhood fear of, and desire for, the character of the Robbergirl who both taunts and aids Gerda in her search for her missing playmate,

The long-awaited and utterly enthralling autobiography of a Fleet Street

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This 3rd studio album by Nevada rock band Imagine Dragons was released in the summer of 2017 and reached #2 on the Billboard 200 album charts. Our matching folio includes piano, vocal & guitar arrangements to the singles \"Believer\" and \"Thunder\" as well as 9 moresongs: Dancing in the Dark * I Don\'t Know Why * I\'ll Make It up to You * Mouth of the River *