Slum Wolf

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Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 168137174X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (813 download)

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Book Synopsis Slum Wolf by : Tadao Tsuge

Download or read book Slum Wolf written by Tadao Tsuge and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gritty collection of graphic short stories by a Japanese manga master depicting life on the streets among punks, gangsters, and vagrants. Tadao Tsuge is one of the pioneers of alternative manga, and one of the world’s great artists of the down-and-out. Slum Wolf is a new selection of his stories from the late Sixties and Seventies, never before available in English: a vision of Japan as a world of bleary bars and rundown flophouses, vicious street fights and strange late-night visions. In assured, elegantly gritty art, Tsuge depicts a legendary, aging brawler, a slowly unraveling businessman, a group of damaged veterans uniting to form a shantytown, and an array of punks, pimps, and drunks, all struggling for freedom, meaning, or just survival. With an extensive introduction by translator and comics historian Ryan Holmberg, this collection brings together some of Tsuge’s most powerful work—raucous, lyrical, and unforgettable.

The Man Without Talent

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Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681374439
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (813 download)

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Book Synopsis The Man Without Talent by : YOSHIHARU TSUGE

Download or read book The Man Without Talent written by YOSHIHARU TSUGE and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Japanese manga legend's autobiographical graphic novel about a struggling artist and the first full-length work by the great Yoshiharu Tsuge available in the English language. Yoshiharu Tsuge is one of comics' most celebrated and influential artists, but his work has been almost entirely unavailable to English-speaking audiences. The Man Without Talent, his first book ever to be translated into English, is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs -- used camera salesman, ferryman, and stone collector -- hoping to find success among the hucksters, speculators, and deadbeats he does business with. Instead, he fails again and again, unable to provide for his family, earning only their contempt and his own. The result is a dryly funny look at the pitfalls of the creative life, and an off-kilter portrait of modern Japan. Accompanied by an essay from translator Ryan Holmberg that discusses Tsuge's importance in comics and Japanese literature, The Man Without Talent is one of the great works of comics literature.

The Book of the New Sun

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Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 9781473211971
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (119 download)

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Book Synopsis The Book of the New Sun by : Gene Wolfe

Download or read book The Book of the New Sun written by Gene Wolfe and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, a torturer's apprentice, is exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners. Ordered to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner's sword, Terminus Est, Severian must make his way across the perilous, ruined landscape of this far-future Urth. But is his finding of the mystical gem, the Claw of the Conciliator, merely an accident, or does Fate have a grander plans for Severian the torturer . . . ? This edition contains the first two volumes of this four volume novel, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.

Animal heroes

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Publisher : New York : Charles Scribner's Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Animal heroes by : Ernest Thompson Seton

Download or read book Animal heroes written by Ernest Thompson Seton and published by New York : Charles Scribner's Sons. This book was released on 1905 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tank Tankuro

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Publisher : Presspop Gallery
ISBN 13 : 9784903090245
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis Tank Tankuro by : Gajo Sakamoto

Download or read book Tank Tankuro written by Gajo Sakamoto and published by Presspop Gallery. This book was released on 2011 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tank Tankuro ... is the preeminient robot superhero manga from pre-WWII Japan. First published in 1934, it featured one of the most famous manga characters of the time ... Join Tank Tankuro and his pal Key-ko in their slam-bang, humorous, and courageous fight against their masked enemy, Kuro-kabuto."--Jacket.

The Land Between Two Rivers

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ISBN 13 : 1555977960
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (559 download)

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Book Synopsis The Land Between Two Rivers by : Tom Sleigh

Download or read book The Land Between Two Rivers written by Tom Sleigh and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These essays recount Tom Sleigh's experiences working as a journalist during several tours in Africa and in the Middle Eastern region once called Mesopotamia, "the land between two rivers." Sleigh asks three central questions: What did I see? How could I write about it? Why did I write about it? The first essays focus on the lives of refugees in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Kenya, Somalia, and Iraq. Under the conditions of military occupation, famine, and war, their stories can be harrowing, even desperate. But unlike their depiction in mass media, their stories are often laced with an undeluded hopefulness. The second part of this book explores how writing might be capable of honoring the texture of these individuals' experiences while remaining faithful to political emotions, rather than political convictions. The final essays meditate on youth, restlessness, illness, and Sleigh's motivations for writing his own experiences in order to move out into the world."--Back cover.

Wynfield's Kingdom

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Publisher : Crossroad Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Wynfield's Kingdom by : M. J. Neary

Download or read book Wynfield's Kingdom written by M. J. Neary and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Wolf of Oren-Yaro

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0356514471
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (565 download)

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Book Synopsis The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by : K. S. Villoso

Download or read book The Wolf of Oren-Yaro written by K. S. Villoso and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-02-06 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Intimate and epic' Evan Winter 'An action-packed plot and deep, vivid world-building' Melissa Caruso 'Intricate, intimate and intensely plotted' Nicholas Eames 'They called me the Bitch Queen, the she-wolf, because I murdered a man and exiled my king the night before they crowned me.' Born under the towers of Oren-yaro, Queen Talyien inherited a deeply divided kingdom, devastated by years of war. Her marriage to the son of a rival clan was meant to herald peace, yet her fiancé disappeared before their reign could even begin. Now, years later, Talyien receives a message that will send her across on the sea. Yet what was meant as an effort to reconcile the past leaves her stranded in a land she doesn't know, with assassins at her back and no idea who she can trust. If Talyien is to survive, she must embrace her namesake. A wolf of Oren-yaro is not tamed. Further praise for The Wolf of Oren-Yaro: 'Deeply compelling and wonderfully entertaining' Josiah Bancroft 'A powerful new voice in epic fantasy' Kameron Hurley '[A] remarkable tale of non-stop tension, action and betrayal' Publishers Weekly (starred review) 'Balanced on a blade's edge between intrigue and action' Gareth Hanrahan

Red Flowers

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Publisher : Drawn & Quarterly
ISBN 13 : 177046767X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Red Flowers by : Yoshiharu Tsuge

Download or read book Red Flowers written by Yoshiharu Tsuge and published by Drawn & Quarterly. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yoshiharu Tsuge leaves early genre trappings behind, taking a light, humorous approach in these stories based on his own travels. Red Flowers ranges from deep character studies to personal reflections to ensemble comedies set in the hotels and bathhouses of rural Japan. There are irascible old men, drunken gangsters, reflective psychiatric-hospital escapees, and mysterious dogs. Tsuge’s stories are mischievous and tender even as they explore complex relationships and heartache. It’s a world of extreme poverty, tradition, secret fishing holes, and top-dollar koi farming. The title story highlights the nuance and empathy that made Tsuge’s work stand out from that of his peers. A nameless traveler comes across a young girl running an inn. While showing the traveler where the best fishing hole is, a bratty schoolmate reveals the girl must run the business because her alcoholic father is incapable. At the story’s end, the traveler witnesses an unusual act of kindness from the boy as the girl suffers her first menstrual cramps — and a simple travelogue takes on unexpected depth. Red Flowers affirms why Tsuge went on to become one of the most important cartoonists in Japan. These vital comics inspired a wealth of fictionalized memoir from his peers and a desire within the postwar generation to document and understand the diversity of their country’s culture.

Piero

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Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681372967
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (813 download)

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Book Synopsis Piero by : Edmond Baudoin

Download or read book Piero written by Edmond Baudoin and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A touching graphic memoir about brotherhood, coming of age, and artistic inspiration by one of France's most celebrated graphic novelists. Edmond Baudoin is one of the most revered and influential figures in European comics, renowned for his slashing, expressive brushwork and narrative experimentation. New York Review Comics is proud to present the first English translation of his most intimate and inviting book, his graphic memoir of growing up with his beloved brother, Piero. Whether stuck in bed with whooping cough or out exploring in the woods, the two brothers draw together endlessly. They confront Martians, battle octopuses, stage epic battles between medieval castles, and fly high over the earth. Inevitably, they begin to grow apart, and their shared artistic life is replaced by schoolwork, romance, dances, motorcycles, and the struggle to decide what sort of people they want to be. Piero is a delicate, exuberant testament to the joys of childhood and a bittersweet account of what it means to become an adult—and an artist.

The Eternal Slum

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135130402X
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Book Synopsis The Eternal Slum by : Anthony Wohl

Download or read book The Eternal Slum written by Anthony Wohl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem of how, where, and on what terms to house the urban masses in an industrial society remains unresolved to this day. In nineteenth-century Victorian England, overcrowding was the most obvious characteristic of urban housing and, despite constant agitation, it remained widespread and persistent in London and other great cities such as Manchester, Glasgow, and Liverpool well into the twentieth century. The Eternal Slum is the first full-length examination of working-class housing issues in a British town. The city investigated not only provided the context for the development of a national policy but also, in scale and variety of response, stood in the vanguard of housing reform. The failure of traditional methods of social amelioration in mid-century, the mounting storm of public protest, the efforts of individual philanthropists, and then the gradual formulation and application of new remedies, constituted a major theme: the need for municipal enterprise and state intervention. Meanwhile, the concept of overcrowding, never precisely defined in law but based on middle-class notions of decency and privacy, slowly gave way to the positive idea of adequate living space, with comfort, as much as health or morals, the criterion.Not just dwellings but people were at issue. There is little evidence in this period of the attitude of the worker himself to his housing. Wohl has extensively researched local archives and, in particular, drawn on the vestry reports which have been relatively neglected. Profusely illustrated with contemporary photographs and drawings, this book is the definitive study of the housing reform movement in Victorian and Edwardian London and suggests what it was really like to live under such appalling conditions. This important study will be of interest to social historians, British historians, urban planners, and those interested in how social policies developed in previous eras.

Tropic of Violence

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Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1644451220
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (444 download)

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Book Synopsis Tropic of Violence by : Nathacha Appanah

Download or read book Tropic of Violence written by Nathacha Appanah and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Legend

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110154595X
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Legend by : Marie Lu

Download or read book Legend written by Marie Lu and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Legend doesn't merely survive the hype, it deserves it." From the New York Times bestselling author of The Young Elites What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem. From very different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths - until the day June's brother, Metias, is murdered and Day becomes the prime suspect. Caught in the ultimate game of cat and mouse, Day is in a race for his family's survival, while June seeks to avenge Metias's death. But in a shocking turn of events, the two uncover the truth of what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths their country will go to keep its secrets. Full of nonstop action, suspense, and romance, this novel is sure to move readers as much as it thrills.

When Demons Walk

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780441005345
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (53 download)

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Book Synopsis When Demons Walk by : Patricia Briggs

Download or read book When Demons Walk written by Patricia Briggs and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1998-06-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series and the Alpha and Omega novels comes the fourth novel set in the world of Sianim... Sham had spent most of her young life as a sorceress and thief, stealing from Southwood’s nobility to survive. Now Sham must face the greatest test of her skills. A killer has struck Southwood, claiming the lives of nobles. Lord Kerim, Reeve of Southwood, turns to Sham for help. Posing as his mistress, she delves behind castle walls to find the killer. But this murderer is no mortal—and Sham must use all of her magical wisdom to send the demon away. Because the city of Southwood has nowhere to hide—and no time to run...

Unsettling Memories

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520231221
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (312 download)

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Book Synopsis Unsettling Memories by : Emma Tarlo

Download or read book Unsettling Memories written by Emma Tarlo and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-07-24 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tarlo provides and account of India's Emergency of 1975-97, when Indian democracy was temporarily suspended in favor of authoritarian rule, from the perspective of ordinary people.

Winnie and Wolf

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312428626
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (124 download)

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Book Synopsis Winnie and Wolf by : A. N. Wilson

Download or read book Winnie and Wolf written by A. N. Wilson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winnie and Wolf is the story of the extraordinary friendship between Winifred Wagner and Adolf Hitler in the Years between the First and Second World Wars. The girl who would become Winifred Wagner was raised in an orphanage and married, at the age of eighteen, to the gay son of composer Richard Wagner. As heiress to the country's most august cultural legacy, she grows up in the Wagner family compound, surrounded by the philosophers and composers who would define western European culture in the mid-twentieth century. In 1923, the Wagners met the man who would be their hero and hope for the future: a wild-eyed Viennese opera fanatic named Adolf Hitler. Almost immediately Winnie and Wolf struck up an intimate friendship. In A. N. Wilson's most bold and ambitious novel yet, the world of the Weimar Republic comes to vivid life as the backdrop to this strange and powerful kinship.

Shantytown Kid

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803262582
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis Shantytown Kid by : Azouz Begag

Download or read book Shantytown Kid written by Azouz Begag and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An autobiographical novel of growing up in the multicultural environment of contemporary France tells the story of Azouz Begag, the son of an illiterate Algerian immigrant in Lyon and his coming of age in a world of ethnic and racial tensions.