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  Wyllard's Weird

  Mary Elizabeth Braddon

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  A village in Cornwall is thrown into turmoil after a young girl falls from a train to her death. Was this an accident? Or murder? The mystery deepens when clues link the girl to a double homicide committed ten years earlier. Braddon's sensational novel takes us to the estates of aristocrats, the haunts of tabloid writers, the homes of Bohemian artists, and the dark alleyways of Paris. Braddon, one of Victorian England's best-selling novelists, is at the height of her powers in Wyllard's Weird. The novel shakes the foundations of 19th-century social order as it questions the sanctity of marriage and exposes the vices hidden beneath masks of gentility. First published in 1885, Wyllard's Weird has been for too long either out of print or available only in expensive facsimile editions. The novel holds an important place in literary history as it forecasts the appearance of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1886 and Sherlock Holmes in 1887.

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  Ridiculous and Ill-Advised

  Rale Sidebottom

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  At once hilarious and crazed, lyrical and absurd, hopeful and fantastical, Ridiculous and Ill-Advised drops us into the world of DIY 1990s, where drugged-out skateboarders, radicalized demolition derby gods and wild fairie artists grapple with the universal mysteries of love and economy, the possibility of success at making a living on their own terms. 
  Taking acid, writing garbage screenplays, skating pools, and playing in experimental noise bands. That was me before I met The Family. Then I was accidentally kidnapped from the parking lot of a rock concert after having sex in an ancient school bus with a strange beast. I'd been kidnapped, but also - I'd escaped. With no home base and no fixed point in space, we drifted from town to town and state to state, a rogue gang of 'curb painters' on a madcap ride down the backroads, to that world hiding out behind the strip malls where dumpsters are still full of magic and me, a young monster desperately trying to become just one thing: a filmmaker...

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  Jealousy - The Adventures of Fenek

  Magdalena Gruca

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  A lot of changes have taken place in Fenek’s life recently. One of them, however, is of key importance: Fenek has become an older brother! Are you interested to know how he will cope with this new role?Thanks to this book, your child will:learn the meaning of jealousy;learn about the kind of situations in which it can appear;realise that jealousy is a natural emotion felt by lots of people;learn about the different ways of handling jealousy.The Adventures of Fenek - Books for younger children 
  Thematic series that respond to the needs of pre-school and kindergarten teachers, parents, and psychologists. 20-page brochures are published in series of four books each, and they are all thematically related.

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  Comic Book Women - Characters...

  Blair Davis, Peyton Brunet,...

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  The history of comics has centered almost exclusively on men. Comics historians largely describe the medium as one built by men telling tales about male protagonists, neglecting the many ways in which women fought for legitimacy on the page and in publishers' studios. Despite this male-dominated focus, women played vital roles in the early history of comics. The story of how comic books were born and how they evolved changes dramatically when women like June Tarpé Mills and Lily Renée are placed at the center rather than at the margins of this history, and when characters such as the Black Cat, Patsy Walker, and Señorita Rio are analyzed. 
   
   
   
  Comic Book Women offers a feminist history of the golden age of comics, revising our understanding of how numerous genres emerged and upending narratives of how male auteurs built their careers. Considering issues of race, gender, and sexuality, the authors examine crime, horror, jungle, romance, science fiction, superhero, and Western comics to unpack the cultural and industrial consequences of how women were represented across a wide range of titles by publishers like DC, Timely, Fiction House, and others. This revisionist history reclaims the forgotten work done by women in the comics industry and reinserts female creators and characters into the canon of comics history.

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  The Squaw

  Bram Stoker

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  Renowned for the horror classic "Dracula," Bram Stoker also penned several other exceptional horror tales, with "The Squaw" being a standout example. Follow the bold yet compassionate American on his travels throughout Europe, accompanied by his companions eager to explore the Torture Tower in the Burg at Nuremberg. However, a seemingly innocent mishap occurs when the American accidentally drops a pebble over the parapet, unleashing a horrifying chain of events.

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  Arcane Pathfinder - Arcane Magic

  Mashton XX, Mashton XY

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  Samantha is a young attorney transported to an alternate reality in her sleep across the Void and time. She soon finds that the world she wakes up in is controlled by an all-powerful System with mechanics similar to the fantasy games she played back on Earth. 
  After a brutal introduction to her new reality, Samantha (Sam) is given a class explicitly curated by the enigmatic System. 
  Equal parts artist, survivor, explorer, and battle junkie, Sam's only limitation is her lack of knowledge about her new magical powers and the System controlling her new reality. A limitation she is quickly overcoming as she explores and battles her way across the landscape, learning and improving along the way! 
  Follow Sam’s adventures as she explores the fantastic and deadly new world she has found herself in.

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