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The Antiheroes

Author : Jacob Peppers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Antiheroes written by Jacob Peppers and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world needed heroes...It got them instead. A swordsman past his prime who has vowed to never wield a blade again. A mage who'd rather throw fists than fireballs and thinks magic is for sissies. An assassin who grows sick at the sight of blood. And a man with a pet squirrel he believes to be an ancient god from long ago. An evil has risen in the land, one that, if not dealt with, threatens to start a war which would include the gods themselves. To counter it, the realm must call on its greatest heroes, its most courageous adventurers. Unfortunately, those great heroes, those brave adventurers, are all busy-being dead mostly. So it is left to Dannen Ateran, known in his youth as the Bloody Butcher but, more recently as the passed-out drunk at the table in the corner, to lead his companions against an army of the dead. They are not heroes. But perhaps they just might do. The Antiheroes is the first book in a new epic fantasy series by bestselling author Jacob Peppers. It is a tale of fast-paced action, swordfights, magic, and humor. Think you can't laugh at undead armies and battles of life and death? Come find out.

The Antiheroes: Treatise of a Lost Soul

Author : Abe Sulfaro
Publisher : Bookclick 360 Wordeee
ISBN 13 : 1946274038
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book The Antiheroes: Treatise of a Lost Soul written by Abe Sulfaro and published by Bookclick 360 Wordeee. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thriller from start to end. We hurriedly walk across an empty, weed-filled lot to approach the house from the back. There’s very little light. Most street lights don’t work here. It’s perfect. I can only imagine how we would look to an incidental observer tonight, this gang of painted up, crazy looking freaks, and we are truly all of that. The living dead have come to call. White painted faces like death masks, all dressed in black as we stride across the overgrown lot in a neighborhood of abandoned and boarded up ramshackle houses, like a scene from a war torn country or the movie set of some vile, cheap, B-horror flick. We are a nightmare from Halloween come to life. Anyone encountering this spectacle would turn and run the other way...

Don't Feed the Trolls

Author : Jacob Peppers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Don't Feed the Trolls written by Jacob Peppers and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-21 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hero Checklist for a long and happy life: Step One: Don't be a hero. Step Two: If by some horrible miscalculation, a man finds himself a hero, then he should not, under any circumstances, accept a "quest." Particularly one including magical rings, swords in stones, or any talk of "chosen ones." Quests, after all, are only death with a lot of walking beforehand. Step Three: If said hero is so foolish as to actually find himself on a quest, he is advised to run heroically for the nearest exit. He'll die anyway, but if the gods are kind, he'll do so with an ale in his hand. P.S. The gods are never kind. Step Four: If the unfortunate soul is unable to find an exit-or at least one not containing a rampaging troll-he should, by any means necessary, ensure that there are as many people between him and the troll as possible in the hopes that it won't be hungry by the time it reaches him. P.S. Trolls are always hungry. Step Five: If all else fails and a hero finds himself confronting a mythical monster or a magic-wielding necromancer, he is to draw his sword. It won't help, but it will give him something to do while he waits to die. Step Six: If "death" outcome is unacceptable, see steps 1-4. Dannen Ateran had never gone so far as to write the list out, but he knew it by heart. He ought to, as he had been telling it to himself for years and himself-fool that he was-had been ignoring it for just as long. So it was that he found himself standing beside Fedder, Mariana, and Tesler, watching as an undead dragon soared toward them. And if, by some feat of magic or luck-with undead dragons, skill rarely factored into it-they survived, there was only the little issue of a master swordsman and his necromancer brother to worry about, not to mention an undead horde. Plenty of ways to die, then, if a man liked a little variety with his suffering. And the week was just getting started. Don't Feed the Trolls is book two of The Antiheroes, an epic fantasy series by Jacob Peppers, the author of the bestselling grimdark fantasy series The Seven Virtues. It is a tale of mythical creatures and magic, of swordsmen, necromancers and undead hordes. Do you enjoy character driven fantasy with a lot of action and humor? Then come and enjoy the fun. Just...don't feed the trolls, alright? It only makes them hungrier.

The Hero Reloaded

Author : Rosario López Gregoris
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027261555
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book The Hero Reloaded written by Rosario López Gregoris and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was a hero in Classical Antiquity? Why is it that their characteristics have transcended chronological and cultural barriers while they are still role models in our days? How have their features changed to be embodied by comic superheroes and film? How is their essence vulgarized and turned into a mass consumption product? What has happened with their literary and artistic representation along centuries of elitist Western culture? This book aims at posing these and other questions about heroes, allowing us to open a cultural reflection over the role of the classical world in the present, its meaning in mass media, and the capacity of the Greek and Roman civilizations to dialogue with the modern world. This dialogue offers a glimpse into modern cultural necessities and tendencies which can be seen in several aspects, such as the hero’s vulnerability, the archetype’s banalization, the possibility to extend the heroic essence to individuals in search of identities – vital as well as gender or class identities. In some products (videogames, heavy metal music) our research enables a deeper understanding of the hero’s more obvious characteristics, such as their physical and moral strength. All these tendencies – contemporary and consumable, contradictory with one another, yet vigorous above all – acquire visibility by means of a polyhedral vehicle which is rich in possibilities of rereading and reworking: the Greco-Roman hero. In such a virtual and postmodern world as the one we inhabit, it comes not without surprise that we still resort to an idea like the hero, which is as old as the West.

Hero or Villain?

Author : Abigail G. Scheg
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476667691
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Hero or Villain? written by Abigail G. Scheg and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One dimensional television characters are a thing of the past--today's popular shows feature intricate storylines and well developed characters. From the brooding Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries to the tough-minded Rick Grimes in The Walking Dead, protagonists are not categorically good, antagonists often have relatable good sides, and heroes may act as antiheroes from one episode to the next. This collection of new essays examines the complex characters in Orange Is the New Black, Homeland, Key & Peele, Oz, Empire, Breaking Bad, House, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Anti-Fandom

Author : Melissa A Click
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479883247
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book Anti-Fandom written by Melissa A Click and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing look at the pleasure we get from hating figures like politicians, celebrities, and TV characters, showcased in approaches that explore snark, hate-watching, and trolling The work of a fan takes many forms: following a favorite celebrity on Instagram, writing steamy fan fiction fantasies, attending meet-and-greets, and creating fan art as homages to adored characters. While fandom that manifests as feelings of like and love are commonly understood, examined less frequently are the equally intense, but opposite feelings of dislike and hatred. Disinterest. Disgust. Hate. This is anti-fandom. It is visible in many of the same spaces where you see fandom: in the long lines at ComicCon, in our politics, and in numerous online forums like Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, and the ever dreaded comments section. This is where fans and fandoms debate and discipline. This is where we love to hate. Anti-Fandom,a collection of 15 original and innovative essays, provides a framework for future study through theoretical and methodological exemplars that examine anti-fandom in the contemporary digital environment through gender, generation, sexuality, race, taste, authenticity, nationality, celebrity, and more. From hatewatching Girls and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo to trolling celebrities and their characters on Twitter, these chapters ground the emerging area of anti-fan studies with a productive foundation. The book demonstrates the importance of constructing a complex knowledge of emotion and media in fan studies. Its focus on the pleasures, performances, and practices that constitute anti-fandom will generate new perspectives for understanding the impact of hate on our identities, relationships, and communities.

Prewriting Your Screenplay

Author : Michael Tabb
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351058258
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Prewriting Your Screenplay written by Michael Tabb and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-16 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prewriting Your Screenplay cements all the bricks of a story’s foundations together and forms a single, organic story-growing technique, starting with a blank slate. It shows writers how to design each element so that they perfectly interlock together like pieces of a puzzle, creating a stronger story foundation that does not leave gaps and holes for readers to find. This construction process is performed one piece at a time, one character at a time, building and incorporating each element into the whole. The book provides a clear-cut set of lessons that teaches how to construct that story base around concepts as individual as the writer’s personal opinions, helping to foster an individual writer’s voice. It also features end-of-chapter exercises that offer step-by-step guidance in applying each lesson, providing screenwriters with a concrete approach to building a strong foundation for a screenplay. This is the quintessential book for all writers taking their first steps towards developing a screenplay from nothing, getting them over that first monumental hump, resulting in a well-formulated story concept that is cohesive and professional.

Spring Boot and Angular

Author : Devlin Basilan Duldulao
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803234539
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Spring Boot and Angular written by Devlin Basilan Duldulao and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design, build, and deploy performant and maintainable web applications using Spring, Spring Boot, and Angular Key Features Find solutions to common problems faced while developing applications with Angular and Spring Boot Explore tips, tricks, and best practices to overcome challenges related to source code Build applications faster and more efficiently using the Spring Framework and the Spring Boot extension Book DescriptionAngular makes building applications with the web easy and Spring Boot helps get an application up and running using just a few lines of code and minimal configuration. This book provides insights into building full-stack apps using Angular and Spring Boot effectively to reduce overall development time and increase efficiency. You'll start by setting up your CI/CD pipeline and then build your web application’s backend guided by best practices. You'll then see how Spring Boot allows you to build applications faster and more efficiently by letting the Spring Framework and Spring Boot extension do the heavy lifting. The book demonstrates how to use Spring Data JPA and add its dependencies along with Postgres dependencies in the project to save or persist a user's data in a database for future use. As you advance, you'll see how to write tests and test a service using Mockito. Finally, you'll create a CI workflow or pipeline for a Spring Boot and Angular application to enable operations to deliver quality applications faster. By the end of this Spring Boot and Angular book, you'll be able to build a full-stack web application and deploy it through continuous integration and continuous deployment.What you will learn Explore how to architect Angular for enterprise-level app development Create a Spring Boot project using Spring Initializr Build RESTful APIs for enterprise-level app development Understand how using Redis for caching can improve your application s performance Discover CORS and how to add CORS policy in the Spring Boot application for better security Write tests to maintain a healthy Java Spring Boot application Implement testing and modern deployments of frontend and backend applications Who this book is for The book is for busy Java web developers and TypeScript developers with little experience developing Angular and Spring Boot apps who want to learn best practices for building full-stack web apps. Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript or the Java programming language is necessary.

Concept TV

Author : Luca Bandirali
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498597572
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Concept TV written by Luca Bandirali and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a television series? A widespread answer takes it to be a totality of episodes and seasons. Luca Bandirali and Enrico Terrone argue against this characterization. In Concept TV: An Aesthetics of Television Series, they contend that television series are concepts that manifest themselves through episodes and seasons, just as works of conceptual art can manifest themselves through installations or performances. In this sense, a television series is a conceptual narrative, a principle of construction of similar narratives. While the film viewer directly appreciates a narrative made of images and sounds, the TV viewer relies on images and sounds to grasp the conceptual narrative that they express. Here lies the key difference between television and film. Reflecting on this difference paves the way for an aesthetics of television series that makes room for their alleged prolixity, their tendency to repetition, and their lack of narrative closure. Bandirali and Terrone shed light on the specific ways in which television series are evaluated, arguing that some apparent flaws of them are, indeed, aesthetic merits when considered from a conceptual perspective. Hence, to maximize the aesthetic value of television series, one should not assess them in the same framework in which films are assessed but rather in a distinct conceptual framework.

A Parent's Guide to Understanding Antiheroes

Author : Axis
Publisher : David C Cook
ISBN 13 : 0830776834
Total Pages : 9 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book A Parent's Guide to Understanding Antiheroes written by Axis and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern films, shows, video games, and books are filled with bad guys gone good, "heroes" who fight for justice in unconventional ways. As entertaining as they are, without wise adults to point teens toward true justice and heroism, an entire generation could grow up believing people in masks are our hope. This guide will equip you to talk to your teen about why these characters are so appealing and what we can learn from both their positive, and negative traits. Parent Guides are your one-stop shop for biblical guidance on teen culture, trends, and struggles. In 15 pages or fewer, each guide tackles issues your teens are facing right now—things like doubts, the latest apps and video games, mental health, technological pitfalls, and more. Using Scripture as their backbone, these Parent Guides offer compassionate insight to teens’ world, thoughts, and feelings, as well as discussion questions and practical advice for impactful discipleship.

Antiheroes

Author :
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1936661527
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Antiheroes written by and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most interesting characters are almost never the good guys. Doing the right thing is great and all, but a little bit of darkness—or a lot of it—often makes for a more engaging story. Antiheroes: Heroes, Villains, and the Fine Line Between is dedicated to the dark heroes and sympathetic villains we love. Find out why William McKinley High's agonist Sue Sylvester is essential to Glee. Discover where your favorite comic book character falls on the continuum of good and evil. Weigh in on Twilight's very dangerous boy Edward Cullen: romantic, sparkly hero, or sociopath suffering from Antisocial Personality Disorder? Plus other essays on: • The Vampire Diaries' most antiheroic antihero, Damon Salvatore • America's favorite serial killer, Dexter Morgan, and the nature (and nurture) of evil • The curious appeal of Alias' Arvin Sloane • Supernatural's vampire hunter-cum-vampire Gordon Walker • The shared monstrosity of Spider-Man, Doc Ock, and the Green Goblin • Gun-slinging necromancer Anita Blake, and the benefits (and pitfalls) of embracing the monster within This brand new, e-book only collection of essays—"remixed" from previous Smart Pop series titles—gives a funny and thought-provoking in-depth look at the antihero, from the villains just a little too good to be unequivocal bad guys, and the heroes just a bit too bad to be truly good.

Using Superheroes in Counseling and Play Therapy

Author : Lawrence C. Rubin, PhD, LMHC, RPT-S
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780826101327
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Using Superheroes in Counseling and Play Therapy written by Lawrence C. Rubin, PhD, LMHC, RPT-S and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006-12-20 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harness the Therapeutic Power of the Superhero! Application of the Star Wars Adoption Narrative Emotional Literacy and the Incredible Hulk Batman and Trauma What Would Superman Do--An Adlerian Approach? With an incisive historical foreword by John Shelton Lawrence and insight from contributors such as Michael Brody, Patty Scanlon, and Roger Kaufman, Lawrence Rubin takes us on a dynamic tour of the benefits of using these icons of popular culture and fantasy in counseling and play therapy. Not only can superheroes assist in clinical work with children, but Rubin demonstrates how they can facilitate growth and change with teen and adults. Early childhood memories of how we felt pretending to have the power to save the world or our families in the face of impending danger still resonate in our adult lives, making the use of superheroes attractive as well, to the creative counselor. In presenting case studies and wisdom gleaned from practicing therapists' experience, Lawrence Rubin shows how it is possible to uncover children's secret identities, assist treatment of adolescents with sexual behavior problems, and inspire the journey of individuation for gay and lesbian clients, all by paying attention to our intrinsic social need for superhero fantasy and play.

Screening Characters

Author : Johannes Riis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429749163
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Screening Characters written by Johannes Riis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Characters are central to our experiences of screened fictions and invite a host of questions. The contributors to Screening Characters draw on archival material, interviews, philosophical inquiry, and conceptual analysis in order to give new, thought-provoking answers to these queries. Providing multifaceted accounts of the nature of screen characters, contributions are organized around a series of important subjects, including issues of class, race, ethics, and generic types as they are encountered in moving image media. These topics, in turn, are personified by such memorable figures as Cary Grant, Jon Hamm, Audrey Hepburn, and Seul-gi Kim, in addition to avatars, online personalities, animated characters, and the ensembles of shows such as The Sopranos, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad.

Cognitive Media Theory

Author : Ted Nannicelli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136226095
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Media Theory written by Ted Nannicelli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the academy, scholars are debating the question of what bearing scientific inquiry has upon the humanities. The latest addition to the AFI Film Readers series, Cognitive Media Theory takes up this question in the context of film and media studies. This collection of essays by internationally recognized researchers in film and media studies, psychology, and philosophy offers film and media scholars and advanced students an introduction to contemporary cognitive media theory—an approach to the study of diverse media forms and content that draws upon both the methods and explanations of the sciences and the humanities. Exploring topics that range from color perception to the moral appraisal of characters to our interactive engagement with videogames, Cognitive Media Theory showcases the richness and diversity of cognitivist research. This volume will be of interest not only to students and scholars of film and media, but to anyone interested in the possibility of a productive relationship between the sciences and humanities.

21st-Century TV Dramas

Author : Amy M. Damico
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440833451
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book 21st-Century TV Dramas written by Amy M. Damico and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its exploration of some of the most influential, popular, or critically acclaimed television dramas since the year 2000, this book documents how modern television dramas reflect our society through their complex narratives about prevailing economic, political, security, and social issues. Television dramas have changed since the turn of the 21st century—for the good, many would say, as a result of changes in technology, the rise of cable networks, and increased creative freedom. This book approaches the new golden age of television dramas by examining the programs that define the first 15 years of the new century through their complex narratives, high production value, star power, popularity, and enthusiastic fan culture. After an introduction that sets the stage for the book's content, thematic sections present concise chapters that explore key connections between television dramas and elements of 21st-century culture. The authors explore Downton Abbey as a distraction from contemporary class struggles, patriarchy and the past in Game of Thrones and Mad Men, and portrayals of the "dark hero protagonist" in The Sopranos, Dexter, and Breaking Bad, as a few examples of the book's coverage. With its multidisciplinary perspectives on a variety of themes—terrorism, race/class/gender, family dynamics, and sociopolitical and socioeconomic topics— this book will be relevant across the social sciences and cultural and media studies courses.

In Praise of Antiheroes

Author : Victor Brombert
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226075525
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Antiheroes written by Victor Brombert and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999-04-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book tracing the rise of the antihero in modern literature. The author defines him as someone whose courage displays our own needs and deficiencies. For example, he achieves dignity through humiliation, or suffers a reversal through his honesty.

Antihero

Author : Jennifer Joline Anderson
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 1629697869
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Antihero written by Jennifer Joline Anderson and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines the role and theme of the antihero archetype in Macbeth, Wuthering Heights, Notes from Underground, and Native Son. It features four analysis papers that consider the antihero theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme. Critical thinking questions, sidebars highlighting and explaining each thesis and argument, and other possible approaches for analysis help students understand the mechanics of essay writing. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.