Eaton, a boy of twelve, lives in an epoch long before written history. Small, and a little shy, he spends most of his days with his two friends, Jarvis and Addison. Life is simple and serene, until the three embark on a dangerous adventure.What the trio see as a once in a lifetime opportunity, witnessing knights hunt down a killer dragon, turns into a horrific nightmare.Eaton is ripped from this world and thrown into a fantastic realm, filled with mythical creatures. Eaton, the child in the background, now stands alone, lost and afraid. Without his friends to guide him, he must summon the courage to stand strong. He must now become the driving force that will save the creatures of this unreal menagerie, and in the process, save his own.
OVERVIEW: A male "Sex and the City" full of sexy laughs, romance, and misadventures. **** MORE DETAILS: New York City, May 2000. The Internet bubble has burst, and Evan's boss fires him with an email. The next day, his girlfriend dumps him, also via email. Afraid to check any more emails, Evan desperately seeks a rebound romance but the catastrophes that ensue go from bad to hilariously worse. Fortunately, Evan meets someone whose legendary disasters with females eclipse even his own. To reverse their fortunes, they recruit their friends into a group of five guys who take on Manhattan in pursuit of dates, sex, and adventure. With musings about life, relationships, and human psychology, this quintessential New York story about the search for happiness follows five men on their comical paths to trouble, self-discovery, and love. **** PRAISE FOR "SEX IN THE TITLE" "the funniest book I have] read in a long time...Never before have I had so much fun with 5 totally clueless but completely lovable guys" "This book is so much more than a 'Romantic Comedy'... It's] funny...clever and] well written, with superbly developed characters." ----Nikki Hardie of the Blissful Book Blog "A wickedly brilliant story that] reminded me of the grand influence and power of the written word. Reading it was like] sitting on a plane and discovering you quite possibly met the most intriguing person you will ever encounter, and for those brief hours suspended in time, all of the universe is up for discussion with out the usual formalities of social standing. "...spans several genres and does it with such cleverness, you cannot help but be impressed...one of my all-time favorite reads." ----Author JL Brooks " The] situations the men] go through will have you laughing hysterically one second, cringing the next, sighing in another and getting misty eyed as well...It's beyond funny, intelligent and heartwarming... and] will have you hysterically laughing and blissfully satisfied. ----Kristen Karwan of the BOOK fri-ENDS Blog "loved...the male POV on dating, friends, life and all the dating] disasters that the characters went through and their] trials and tribulations searching for] their life long love." "a fun 'Romantic Comedy' with]...well developed characters and...hilariously fantastic adventures..." ----Abby's Book Blog "a witty, well thought out, splendidly executed satire on growing up" "a tale of coincidence and...how to deal with life, when all life is sending is hard knocks" ----Little Ebook Reviews "...loved reading about...adventures of being single in NYC The...characters have...witty and sophisticated dialog and higher-education humor. Misadventures...bring friends together in the most unthinkable situations]. ----Jennifer Cothran of the Sweet, Beautiful, Moments in West FL book blog "...a lovely surprise and very, very funny...a page-turner and extremely well written... with] well developed characters and individual stories. ----Magic Within the Pages Book Blog " A] romance...about a bunch of men trying to find love in the craziness of] New York in the late 90's and early 00's. It was funny, entertaining and kept me wanting to read more... 'Sex and the City, ' but from a guy's perspective... ----Author Liz King of the Romance Addiction Blog This was one of my top...reads...The laughing never stopped... ----Melinda Swenson of the Keepin It Real Book Blog
Steve Ditko (1927-2018) is one of the most important contributors to American comic books. As the cocreator of Spider-Man and sole creator of Doctor Strange, Ditko made an indelible mark on American popular culture. Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity resets the conversation about his heady and powerful work. Always inward facing, Ditko's narratives employed superhero and supernatural fantasy in the service of self-examination, and with characters like the Question, Mr. A, and Static, Ditko turned ordinary superhero comics into philosophic treatises. Many of Ditko's philosophy-driven comics show a clear debt to ideas found in Ayn Rand's Objectivism. Unfortunately, readers often reduce Ditko's work to a mouthpiece for Rand's vision. Mysterious Travelers unsettles this notion. In this book, Zack Kruse argues that Ditko's philosophy draws on a complicated network of ideas that is best understood as mystic liberalism. Although Ditko is not the originator of mystic liberalism, his comics provide a unique window into how such an ideology operates in popular media. Examining selections of Ditko's output from 1953 to 1986, Kruse demonstrates how Ditko's comics provide insight into a unique strand of American thought that has had a lasting impact.
Steve Ditko (1927-2018) is one of the most important contributors to American comic books. As the cocreator of Spider-Man and sole creator of Doctor Strange, Ditko made an indelible mark on American popular culture. Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity resets the conversation about his heady and powerful work. Always inward facing, Ditko's narratives employed superhero and supernatural fantasy in the service of self-examination, and with characters like the Question, Mr. A, and Static, Ditko turned ordinary superhero comics into philosophic treatises. Many of Ditko's philosophy-driven comics show a clear debt to ideas found in Ayn Rand's Objectivism. Unfortunately, readers often reduce Ditko's work to a mouthpiece for Rand's vision. Mysterious Travelers unsettles this notion. In this book, Zack Kruse argues that Ditko's philosophy draws on a complicated network of ideas that is best understood as mystic liberalism. Although Ditko is not the originator of mystic liberalism, his comics provide a unique window into how such an ideology operates in popular media. Examining selections of Ditko's output from 1953 to 1986, Kruse demonstrates how Ditko's comics provide insight into a unique strand of American thought that has had a lasting impact.
What if some UFO sightings are real? Flying saucers controlled by intelligent life forms from other worlds. If so, why would they travel so far to explore our Earth and at the same instance, conceal their excursions? Perhaps one reason would be... they are not traveling so far, after all. This story explores the possibility of one such scenario.===================================The Voyage Home: Our first encounter with intelligent lifeThe world has united to send the first human crewed mission into deep space. No one, not even the nations who finance the mission, believe it will succeed. It is only seen as a way to help unite a dying world.No one, however, is aware of the designer's hidden agenda. This experimental flight will bring mankind face to face with an advanced alien civilization. The shock will be their location - in our own solar system.
Questions have recently been raised about the political consequences a state experiences when hosting an international sporting event. As the Olympics and FIFA World Cup have visited Brazil and Russia, and the latter is slated to visit Qatar, issues regarding human rights, poverty, and human trafficking have seemingly appeared as frequently in media coverage as the results of competition. This text begins to build an understanding of just how a state’s human rights are influenced by both the want and actual experience of hosting. It finds that hosts behave differently when the eyes of the world are on them and that these events do produce positive effects on a state’s level of respect for human rights. Yet, it also identifies those areas in which hosts, organizations like the IOC and FIFA, and the international sports regime can help to strengthen and expand human rights
Discourse on popular music frequently describes artists’ recordings and performances as “intimate.” Yet that discourse often stops short of elucidating how a mass-produced commodity such as popular music is able to elicit feelings of intimacy with and among its audience. Through detailed analysis of popular music’s composition, performance, production, and promotion, Musical Intimacy examines how intimacy is constructed and perceived in popular music via its affective and technological affordances. From the recording studio to the concert stage, from collective experience to individual listening and perception, this book presents a working understanding of musical intimacy.
Discourse on popular music frequently describes artists’ recordings and performances as “intimate.” Yet that discourse often stops short of elucidating how a mass-produced commodity such as popular music is able to elicit feelings of intimacy with and among its audience. Through detailed analysis of popular music’s composition, performance, production, and promotion, Musical Intimacy examines how intimacy is constructed and perceived in popular music via its affective and technological affordances. From the recording studio to the concert stage, from collective experience to individual listening and perception, this book presents a working understanding of musical intimacy.
