This is a real-life story about a dog named Jessica and her love of swimming.While spending hours happily swimming in the family pool, she discovered that she loves to do something that is just as fun . . . if not more
This is a real-life story about a dog named Jessica and her love of swimming.While spending hours happily swimming in the family pool, she discovered that she loves to do something that is just as fun . . . if not more
Young Adult Paranormal Romance - 70,000 words Dragon Council Proclamation: In order to remain undetected by mundane humans on Earth, The Dragon High Council has decided peace between the S dh races is critical. Therefore, all S dh Valleys will participate in a summer camp hosted by Dragon Valley. It is believed the unique blending of races within the summer camp will achieve the first step toward peace. Participants shall include the eldest two teenage children (or direct descendants) of each council member. Participation in the Peace Camp is not optional. If any S dh Valley refuses to participate, all known gateways within that valley will be shut down immediately. Note: A copy of this proclamation has been dispatched to the governmental bodies of all known valleys. Is Jared an answer to her prayers or her worst nightmare? Seventeen-year-old, Katie McQuillen is a halfling (vampire/elf mix) in a world where halflings are not acceptable members of polite society. Unfortunately, her grandpa is chairman of the Vampire High Council and she is forced into attending a summer camp meant to create peace between the S dh races. She is in the middle of S dh puberty - going from scrawny to beach bunny in less than three weeks - when she and her twin brother arrive at camp. Camp starts off with a bang when vampire hottie, Jared Andrews, becomes one of her new seven cabinmates, especially when he can't keep his eyes off her. But is he interested in her, her family's money, or her blood? She might actually enjoy summer camp, if she can stop finding dead bodies and if people stop trying to kill her. "And I saw you snitching that last slice of coconut cream pie mom made. You should be ashamed of yourself for not sharing with your beloved twin brother," Mitch said, his lips twitched with laughter. She grinned as he walked toward her. He was so busy teasing her he didn't notice the slowly rotating ceiling fan. For all his teasing, she should let him walk into the fan, but his head would break her ceiling fan. "Mitch," she said, pointing up at the fan in warning. He ignored her, chattering on about how much she was eating during puberty. He was almost there. "Mitch " She waved her hand to stop him, waiting for the inevitable ker-chunk. "Aargh " He bellowed and his eyes bugged out. Ducking at the last minute, he neatly avoided the thin wooden blade of the fan. Looking up, he glared at the fan. Katie's laughter filled the room. Talk about priceless. Though, she was glad his cement-hard head hadn't broken her ceiling fan. "Very funny, Katie. Ha. Ha," he grumbled, turning his good-humored glare on her; his lips twitched, trying not to laugh with her. "I tried to stop you." "Just wait until you start your growth spurt. Next week you'll be whining and complaining that nothing fits anymore." "I think it might be sooner than next week. I'd guess a couple of days max." Her clothes were loose, but they irritated her skin. Every time she moved, she felt the brush of her shorts and soft cotton halter-top slide against her sensitive skin. Her skin had started tingling yesterday afternoon. She sighed in resignation, being tender was normal a few days before she started the final growth spurt. "Honestly," Katie said. "I can't wait. I'm so sick of wearing boys slim cut jeans. To think, I'll actually have..." "La La La La " He loudly bellowed with a sick look on his face and fingers stuck in his ears. "I was just going to say hips," she said, planting her hands on her hips. She grinned at his pained expression. He gave a long-suffering sigh and removed his fingers. She couldn't resist the urge to tease him. "Oh, and I'll finally have boobs." Her giggles turned to laughter as his mortified expression turned beet red. He tried to say something, but only a gurgle came out, while the tips of his pointed ears turned rosy red. Thank you for considering Forbidden Te
When five students graduate high school, Glory, Ray, Misty, Phoenix and Forrest, Glory starts experiencing some strange visions. They soon realize that their old imaginary friends are really magical creatures called Thunderinions and that there are five Thunderinion mothers who were captured and are being held captive by the Evil Thunderinions. The leader of the Evil Thunderinions has poisoned the five, but they have no cure apart from the mother. They know what they must do, but how will they figure out where their mothers are being kept.
In early modern Spain, theater reached the height of its popularity during the same decades in which Spanish monarchs were striving to consolidate their power. Jodi Campbell uses the dramatic production of seventeenth-century Madrid to understand how ordinary Spaniards perceived the political developments of this period. Through a study of thirty-three plays by four of the most popular playwrights of Madrid (Pedro Caldern de la Barca, Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Juan de Matos Fragoso, and Juan Bautista Diamante), Campbell analyzes portrayals of kingship during what is traditionally considered to be the age of absolutism and highlights the differences between the image of kingship cultivated by the monarchy and that presented on Spanish stages. A surprising number of plays performed and published in Madrid in the seventeenth century, Campbell shows, featured themes about kingship: debates over the qualities that make a good king, tests of a king's abilities, and stories about the conflicts that could arise between the personal interests of a king and the best interest of his subjects. Rather than supporting the absolutist and centralizing policies of the monarchy, popular theater is shown here to favor the idea of reciprocal obligations between subjects and monarch. This study contributes new evidence to the trend of recent scholarship that revises our views of early modern Spanish absolutism, arguing for the significance of the perspectives of ordinary people to the realm of politics.
Research on European food culture has expanded substantially in recent years, telling us more about food preparation, ingredients, feasting and fasting rituals, and the social and cultural connotations of food.At the First Table demonstrates the ways in which early modern Spaniards used food as a mechanism for the performance of social identity. People perceived themselves and others as belonging to clearly defined categories of gender, status, age, occupation, and religion, and each of these categories carried certain assumptions about proper behavior and appropriate relationships with others. Food choices and dining customs were effective and visible ways of displaying these behaviors in the choreography of everyday life. In contexts from funerals to festivals to their treatment of the poor, Spaniards used food to display their wealth, social connections, religious affiliation, regional heritage, and membership in various groups and institutions and to reinforce perceptions of difference. Research on European food culture has been based largely on studies of England, France, and Italy, but more locally on Spain. Jodi Campbell combines these studies with original research in household accounts, university and monastic records, and municipal regulations to provide a broad overview of Spanish food customs and to demonstrate their connections to identity and social change in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Post-Apocalyptic, Sports Manga-inspired Mayhem perfect for fans of Fence and Do A Powerbomb!Teenage Trini will do anything to compete in her favorite sport, Screaming Pain Ball, alongside her longtime hero Skull-Crusher, and a gaggle of misfits is just what she needs to cross the American wastes and battle in Queen Mob’s deadly tournament. With Trini’s dreams of being just like Skull-Crusher on the line, what will it take to win a coveted spot on their team? With hope in her heart and an icepick in her hand, Trini will never stop chasing her dreams… and taking us along for the funniest, queerest, craziest, bloodiest underdog tale of all time. Breakout writer of DC’s Amazons Attack event and screenwriter Josie Campbell (Wonder Woman, She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power) along with rising star artist Alessio Zonno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) bring sports action to post-apocalyptic America with enough comic relief at its brutal heart to keep anyone along for the ride! Collects I Heart Skull-Crusher #1-5.
Mary Bromfield has always struggled to determine who she is outside her family...kinda hard to do when you're all superheroes! Now, after Billy Batson's heroic sacrifice, the power of Shazam has vanished, and she's been left powerless. Most heroes would be distraught, but not Mary. It's finally time for a voyage of self-discovery as she prepares for her freshman year of college and a civilian life. But nothing is ever truly normal for this young hero, because she's just been chosen as the new champion of Shazam! (At least according to a talking rabbit sent by her estranged brother Billy.) Will she embrace the power? Or will it die along with this world's hope of survival against the mysterious magical forces waiting to take control? The New Champion of Shazam! collects the entire four issue series!
Mary Bromfield has always struggled to determine who she is outside her family kinda hard to do when you re all superheroes! Now, after Billy Batson s heroic sacrifice, the power of Shazam has vanished, and she s been left powerless. Most heroes would be distraught, but not Mary. It s finally time for a voyage of self-discovery as she prepares for her freshman year of college and a civilian life. But nothing is ever truly normal for this young hero, because she s just been chosen as the new champion of Shazam! (At least according to a talking rabbit sent by her estranged brother Billy.) Will she embrace the power? Or will it die along with this world s hope of survival against the mysterious magical forces waiting to take control? The New Champion of Shazam! collects the entire four issue series! Lantern, Iron Man, the Punisher, the Simpsons, Spongebob Squarepants, GI Joe and many others. He is (along with artist Graham Nolan) the creator of the Batman villain Bane, the first permanent addition to the Dark Knight's rogues gallery in 40 years and for which he won 1993's Wizard Fan Award for best new character. His graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is a perennial bestseller worldwide. His unprecedented 100-issue run on DC Comics', Robin is considered to be a classic in the comics medium. Chuck's contributions to Marvel Comics' The Punisher are widely acknowledged as integral to that character's development.
Have the Amazons really attacked man's world?! After the shocking events in Wonder Woman, the Amazons are now fighting for a world that no longer wants them! After an alleged Amazon kills over a dozen people, the U.S begins to put a ban on all Amazons. Quickly, other countries begin adopting the same policy and all begin guarding themselves against Amazon aggression. Led by the fearless Queen Nubia, a group of Amazons featuring Wonder Girl and Faruka II frantically search for answers as their existence and way of life are threatened. Can the tribes survive these accusations? Josie Campbell (The New Champion of Shazam!) and Vasco Georgiev(Batman: Urban Legends), bring to life an action-packed adventure starring the greatest warrior women in the DCU!
Flying from the screen to the page, it's Superman! The hit Adult Swim animated series gets an all-new comic book adventure bridging the gap between seasons one and two, and told by the head writer of the show! In 2023, My Adventures with Superman debuted on Adult Swim, dazzling viewers with a fresh, anime-inspired take on the Superman mythos while retaining the enduring qualities of the Man of Steel, and his friends and enemies! Picking up from the explosive end of season one, Clark's about to spend Christmas alone in Metropolis. Though he's feeling a bit down and out, a tip about a monster in the sewers sends Superman, Lois, and Jimmy into action! But what is this monster that can absorb anything it touches, and why is it here in Metropolis? And when a mysterious android is captured by a covert military group, Superman realizes he can't just bust through a government facility and take what he wants this is a job for mild-mannered journalist Clark Kent! Written by the head writer of My Adventures with Superman, Josie Campbell, and drawn by Pablo M. Collar, this collection brings the hit show to comics for the first time! This volume collects My Adventures with Superman #1-6.
New series writer Josie Campbell (My Adventures with Superman) sends the Mightiest Mortal on an epic adventure. When a new threat lurks under the streets of Philly the Shazam! family will have to band together to stop the monster onslaught on their hometown before it s too late. Billy Batson also known as the Earth s Mightiest Mortal Shazam! is sent on an epic new adventure deep in the underbelly of his hometown of Philadelphia. When a string of monster attacks strike the streets of Philly, it s up to the Shazam! family to uncover the mystery behind these creatures. Can DC s greatest family stop their hometown from crumbling beneath their feet or will the citizens be overrun with ancient monsters? Acclaimed new series writer Josie Campbell brings the Captain into a brand new era. Collects: Shazam! #13-18.
Mr. Mind has launched an all-out assault on the Shazamily leaving Billy at odds with his friends Who will fall prey to the devious worm's influence and will Shazam be able to stop him in time to save everyone he cares about? The final volume of Shazam pits the Shazamily up against one of their most iconic villains: Mr. Mind When the telepathic worm begins to control members of the family, Billy Batson is forced into the impossible position of going up against his found brothers and sisters. Don't miss the epic conclusion to Josie Campbell's iconic run Collects Shazam #17-21
Get wild. Get messy. 'Dad dance' like no one’s watching. Nourish your body and mind. Let go of the reins and the routines. Make memories and have some serious fun.From the co-founders of the award-winning family festival, Camp Bestival at Home is the perfect handbook for parents who want to bring the magical ethos of the festival home.Packed with activities, recipes and ideas to keep the whole family inspired all year round, why not get back to nature and stargaze. For kids with endless energy, you could organise a kitchen disco or put on a show. Go foraging, learn circus skills and face painting, or make festive decorations. And relax after all the activity with a family feast, plus some yoga for the grown-ups.Written and illustrated by Camp Bestival co-founders Josie and Rob da Bank, with contributions from celebrity friends and festival regulars Fatboy Slim, Sara Cox, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Fearne Cotton and Jo Whiley.
Taking a transnational approach to the study of film culture, this book draws on ethnographic fieldwork in a South Korean university film club to explore a cosmopolitan cinephile subculture that thrived in an ironic unevenness between the highly nationalistic mood of commercial film culture and the intense neoliberal milieu of the 2000s. As these time-poor students devoted themselves to the study of film that is unlikely to help them in the job market, they experienced what a student described as ‘a different kind of fun’, while they appreciated their voracious consumption of international art films as a very private matter at a time of unprecedented boom in the domestic film industry. This unexpectedly vibrant cosmopolitan subculture of student cinephiles in neoliberal South Korea makes the nation’s film culture more complex and interesting than a simple nationalistic affair.
Taking a transnational approach to the study of film culture, this book draws on ethnographic fieldwork in a South Korean university film club to explore a cosmopolitan cinephile subculture that thrived in an ironic unevenness between the highly nationalistic mood of commercial film culture and the intense neoliberal milieu of the 2000s. As these time-poor students devoted themselves to the study of film that is unlikely to help them in the job market, they experienced what a student described as ‘a different kind of fun’, while they appreciated their voracious consumption of international art films as a very private matter at a time of unprecedented boom in the domestic film industry. This unexpectedly vibrant cosmopolitan subculture of student cinephiles in neoliberal South Korea makes the nation’s film culture more complex and interesting than a simple nationalistic affair.