![]() It’s easy to get lost in Gorey’s densely cross-hatched illustrations, which are accompanied by descriptions of his characters’ misadventures and certain dooms. These stories are inhabited by swooning ingénues, mysterious men with shifty eyes, and children in all sorts of perilous situations. Gorey is most known for crafting delightfully macabre picture books in his signature pen and ink style. This is an apt description for the work that follows, as Gorey’s books certainly contain their fair share of nonsense. ![]() As the author explains in a note at the start of the book, the title comes from the word amphigory, meaning a nonsense verse or composition. Originally published in 1972, “Amphigorey” is a collection of 15 stories written and illustrated by Gorey between 19. If you’ve ever wanted to dive into Gorey’s bibliography, “Amphigorey” is the perfect place to start. ![]() There’s really no better way to get into the spooky spirit than with the work of author and illustrator Edward Gorey. ![]() Here in the dead of August, I know we’re all dreaming of the cooler, crisper, and- let’s be honest- spookier months of fall ahead of us. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() For the first time now all six issues are collected in this 96-page horror classic. The story was never completed because Skywald cut the series short and so readers never got to read the ending. ![]() Not a part of the Frankenstein serial, but a joke story. Alan Hewetson wrote the saga back in the early 1970s and the series first appeared in Scream and later in five installments of Victims. 1st edition, Out of New York City in the early '70s emerged a series of black and white horror comics titled 'Nightmare,' 'Psycho' and 'Scream,' These comics established themselves as unique thanks to the editorship of Alan Hewetson. Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset SKYWALD HORROR-MOOD by Hewetson Alan Used Paperback first Headpress, 2004. ![]() The letters page announces a contest in which the prizes are ‘gargoyle eggs’, which were actually smooth, round stones that Hewetson & Fedory picked up along the beach.Ī Leering Look at the Frankenstein Monster.Karloff (2 pages) Pencils:? (illustrations)? (photograph) | Inks:? (illustrations)? (photograph) | Letters:? typeset During his trip, Hewetson was inspired to write the back cover story, ‘It’. The article contains photos of Lovecraft’s home and neighborhood in Providence, RI, taken by Hewetson, who was a former newspaper photographer. The Legend of an 18th Century Gentleman: H. Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Corpses. January 1973 | Price: 0.60 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-Monthly ![]() ![]() I was so ashamed and feeling guilty about what I had done that I spiralled further into depression and anxiety. There I was, a 20 year old with no experience and there he was, a big, strong former football player who was twice my age and I was in an environment and area I knew nothing about. I didn’t want to go but felt like I owed it to him to go because I was too scared to say no to this man. It screamed no to meeting a guy twice my age to have sex. ![]() That day I ignored everything in my body that screamed NO. I just kept rolling with life’s punches until I got to the worst day of my life when I was 20. It got to a point where my school told me to speak to a doctor about my mental health, but when I did, the doctor told me I couldn’t be depressed because ‘my eye contact was too good’. ![]() I was resentful, so unhappy and ultimately found myself going through a stage of sadness that I just couldn’t shake. I struggled with a bit of depression after my family moved states just before I turned 16. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jacket is very good, with mild darkening to rear panel and moderate darkening to the spine and three minuscule chips (largest is 1/8" x 1/8") from head and heel of spine dust jacket illustration by Charles White. The interior is superb-strong hinges, flexible paper, and pages that are free of any marking, stains or other damage. ![]() Book is in very fine condition: book is clean and square, binding tight, corners not bumped slight creasing at head and heel of spine with no fabric damage, portions of end pages have slight darkening as though news clippings were kept there otherwise the book is near fine or better. 8-3/8" tall 363 pages one- piece medium-brown cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine (title & author only), front board plain plain ivory end pages untrimmed fore edge. Stated First Edition ("Published December 1951 / First Edition"), presumed First Printing (because the price printed on front dj flap is"$5.00", indicating that this was part of a limited signed first edition because the first trade printing was priced $2.50). Self published by Howard Fast, New York, 1951. ![]() ![]() James seems hellbent on destroying my future. The only thing standing in my way is James Allen, the fancy-schmancy lawyer from New York with his adorable smile, jaw-dropping assets, and his client’s millions of dollars. I’ve got plans – big plans to renovate the motel back to its vintage glory. Sure, others (*cough*James*cough*) may describe it as rundown or derelict or in desperate need of a wrecking ball. I’ve made the mistake of falling for a younger man before and I won’t do it again.įor me, family is everything, and nothing represents ours more than the Sea Sprite, the motel that’s been in my family for eighty years. And most of all…that I might be falling for him even though I know better. ![]() Or that we can’t keep our hands off each other despite being on opposite sides. As does the fact that he doesn’t want to sell. Turns out, he’s one of the owners I’m here to negotiate with. ![]() Until I meet Sawyer, the sexy young bartender I accidentally kiss in the broom closet. I’m good at my job, I know how to close a sale, and this time won’t be any different. ![]() My assignment is simple: Go to the Cape and seal the real estate deal for my most important client. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Kendall discusses femininity, feminism and womanhood within her book, she makes one thing painfully clear. ![]() No book lives in a vacuum, so, before I review Luster – I’d like to take a moment to discuss some points raised by Mikki Kendall in Hood Feminism. Racism, Police Brutality, Sexual Aggression, Alcoholism/Substance Abuse, Violence, Mental Health, Suicide, Bereavement, Miscarriage. Razor sharp, provocatively page-turning and surprisingly tender, Luster by Raven Leilani is a painfully funny debut about what it means to be young now. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscape of sexual and racial politics as a young black woman wasn’t already hard enough, with nowhere else left to go, Edie finds herself falling head-first into Eric’s home and family. ![]() ![]() And then she meets Eric, a white, middle-aged archivist with a suburban family, including a wife who has sort-of-agreed to an open marriage and an adopted black daughter who doesn’t have a single person in her life who can show her how to do her hair. No one seems to care that she doesn’t really know what she’s doing with her life beyond looking for her next hook-up. She’s messing up in her dead-end admin job in her all-white office, is sleeping with all the wrong men, and has failed at the only thing that meant anything to her, painting. ![]() ![]() ![]() Walter, though, wants to use the money to start a business. Lena Younger wants to use the money as a down payment on a new home and to help fund the education for her daughter Beneatha Younger (Diana Sands). The family conflict is primarily between the mother, Lena Younger (Claudia McNeil) and her son, Walter Lee Younger (Sidney Poitier). The all-star cast includes other African-American legendary actors like Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett Jr., Diana Sands and Ivan Dixon.īased on a stage play written by African-American playwright Lorraine Hansberry, “A Raisin in the Sun” explores the turmoil that erupts in a family when the mother gets a $10,000 insurance check for the death of her husband. Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil give riveting performances in “A Raisin in the Sun.” ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead of protecting the community it was meant to serve, the Church exploited its powerful influence to protect itself from scandal - and innocent children paid the price. Their findings, based on a six-month campaign by the 'Spotlight' investigative team, showed that hundreds of children in Boston had been abused by Catholic priests, and that this horrific pattern of behaviour had been known - and ignored - by the Catholic Church. On 31 January 2002, the Boston Globe published a report that sent shockwaves around the world. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. Betrayal is a ground-breaking work of investigative journalism, now brought brilliantly to life on the screen in the major new movie Spotlight. This is the true story of how a small group of courageous journalists uncovered child abuse on a vast scale - and held the Catholic Church to account. THE BOOK WHICH INSPIRED SPOTLIGHT, 2016 WINNER OF THE BEST PICTURE OSCAR AND THE BEST SCREENPLAY OSCAR Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes ![]() Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary subjects
![]() ![]() After a long hiatus which resulted from the reorganization of the publishing industry and McCammon's personal depression and soul searching, he returned to the publishing world with Speaks the Nightbird, the first book in the Matthew Corbett series. After clashing with an editor at a new publisher over the direction for his historical fiction novel Speaks the Nightbird, he retired from writing. After the release of Gone South, McCammon chose to leave his publisher. ![]() McCammon has published multiple award-winning books, including Mine in 1990 and Boy's Life in 1991. He has a daughter, Skye, with his former wife, Sally Sanders. in Journalism from the University of Alabama in 1974. After his parents' divorce, McCammon lived with his grandparents in Birmingham. ![]() His parents are Jack, a musician, and Barbara Bundy McCammon. Since 2002 he’s written several books in a historical mystery series featuring a 17th-century magistrate’s clerk, Matthew Corbett, as he unravels mysteries in colonial America. One of the influential names in the late 1970s–early 1990s American horror literature boom, by 1991 McCammon had three New York Times bestsellers ( The Wolf's Hour, Stinger, and Swan Song) and around 5 million books in print. ![]() Robert Rick McCammon (born July 17, 1952) is an American novelist from Birmingham, Alabama. ![]() ![]() Daniel makes her feel things she hasn't felt in years - including the desire to share her secrets. ![]() Still, she can't deny her attraction to the handsome, broad-shouldered stranger. Ever since her fiancé's death, she's created a quiet life for herself restoring Victorian cottages. Shannon O'Toole isn't looking for romance. Sometimes life gives us a second chance at love. But he still hasn't found a way to mend the wounds of his past - until he attends a wedding in the small mountain town of Eternity Springs and meets a beautiful, intriguing woman who offers a glimpse of something Daniel thought he'd never have again. Haunted by the loss of his wife and son, Daniel Garrett left the police force to devote his life to finding missing children. Two weary strangers are about to rest their burdens in Eternity Springs, where there's hope for every broken heart. ![]() |