![]() Vampires, humans, cops, and criminals collide in the dark streets of Mexico City. As the trail of corpses stretches behind her, local cops and crime bosses both start closing in. Her plan doesn't include Domingo, but little by little, Atl finds herself warming up to the scrappy young man and his undeniable charm. Domingo is mesmerized.Ītl needs to quickly escape the city, far from the rival narco-vampire clan relentlessly pursuing her. Atl, the descendant of Aztec blood drinkers, is smart, beautiful, and dangerous. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street kid, is just trying to survive its heavily policed streets when a jaded vampire on the run swoops into his life. ![]() Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Certain Dark Things Silvia Moreno-Garcia € 24.99 If not in stock, the expected delivery time to our store for this item will be 7-10 working days.įrom Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic, comes Certain Dark Things, a pulse-pounding neo-noir that reimagines vampire lore. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() While they grieve Cameron's loss, suspicion starts to take hold, and Nathan is forced to examine secrets the family would rather leave in the past. Nathan, Bub and Nathan's son return to Cameron's ranch and to those left behind by his passing: his wife, his daughters, and his mother, as well as their long-time employee and two recently hired seasonal workers. But something made him head out alone under the unrelenting sun. ![]() Cameron was the middle child, the one who ran the family homestead. In an isolated belt of Australia, their homes a three-hour drive apart, the brothers were one another's nearest neighbors. Their third brother, Cameron, lies dead at their feet. Brothers Nathan and Bub Bright meet for the first time in months at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback. ![]() ![]() He directed several cult films, namely the infamous "El Topo," a Midnight movie favorite. ![]() The 1970s saw him transition into the world of film where he quickly put a defining stamp on all his cinematic works. ![]() This innovative artistic movement allowed him to creatively participate in over a 100 theater productions. In the 1960s, Jodorowsky ventured further into the world of theater, creating in Mexico, the Panic Movement. He traveled with a pantomime troupe in the 1950s, and within a couple years had made his way to Paris where he collaborated with the world-renowned mime Marcel Marceau. ![]() Jodorowsky was multi-talented from an early age, becoming skilled in puppetry and mime, in addition to writing, by his late teens. Born February 7th, 1929, in Tocopilla, Chile, of a Jewish Ukrainian immigrant family. ![]() ![]() ![]() The zombies might be scary, but not the real threat. In The Walking Dead, the zombies are really just background, and the real danger is the threat of other people, hungry for power and control, full of violent, sadistic impulses and a tribalism that ensures the destruction of humanity. Three of the lead characters in The Mist were cast members of The Walking Dead, and the makeup for both the movie and the series was created by Greg Nicotero and Howard Burger. ![]() The film is also similar to another zombie franchise, The Walking Dead television series, which Frank Darabont also developed and produced at the beginning. While the former has flying bug-like animals with tentacles, they are analogous to the zombies in that they seemingly exist just to kill. The Mist is very much like great zombie movies in many ways. This explains the nihilistic ending of the film, when the lone survivor of the house is shot to death by rednecks with guns and then his body is burned. They threaten each other, and it is clear that the real danger is not zombies but fellow human beings. In that film, a group of people are gathered in a house, and can’t get along well enough to protect themselves from the terrifying zombies outside. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead in the way that its bottle movie structure reveals dark truths about the human condition. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was the first Police Chief of the Lewiston Police Department, Lewiston Volunteer Fire Deptartment, Blue Nights, VFW and honorary member of the Clark County Fire Department in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kenny worked for the New York State Power Authority until his retirement. In 1948 he married Lois Smith and they made their home in Lewiston, New York, for many years. ![]() He was awarded many medals for his bravery including the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. The son of the late John and Sarah Masters, he was raised in Ransomville, New York.Īs a World War II veteran, he served at the White House and then in combat with the Army 78th division in Germany. Masters, age 93 of Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away at his home surrounded by loved ones on June 3, 2018. ![]() ![]() He founded the SDS Journal Radical America and the archive Oral History of the American Left and, with Mari Jo Buhle, is coeditor of the Encyclopedia of the American Left. Paul Buhle, formerly a senior lecturer at Brown University, produces radical comics. His work is prominently featured in BLAB!, an annual comic anthology that has also featured Charles Burns, Mark Mothersbaugh, Daniel Clowes and Chris Ware. He was the author of several other graphic novels, including the highly acclaimed Nightmare Alley. He (along with Robert Crumb) was one of the original members of Zap Comics and has a reputation as an outstanding political artist. Spain Rodriguez’s powerful artwork illuminates Che’s life and the experiences that shaped him: his motorcycle journey through Latin America, his rise to prominence as a leader in Fidel Castro’s revolutionary movement, his travels in Africa, the desperate mission in Bolivia that led to his death, and his extraordinary legacy.Ībout the Author: Spain Rodriguez was one of the most best-known artists in the comix underground. ![]() But the most important trip he made was in 1952. He traveled along the Atlantic coast of South America to the then-British colony of Trinidad and Tobago, passing by Curaçao, British Guyana, Venezuela, and several ports in Brazil. It portrays his revolutionary struggle through the appropriate medium of the underground political comic-one of the most prominent countercultural art forms since the 1960s. In 1951 Che was hired as an assistant doctor on board a state oil ship. This dramatic and extensively researched book breathes new life into the story of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. ![]() ![]() Synopsis: The classic graphic biography of Che Guevara-the most iconic revolutionary of the twentieth century ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a tender and beautifully told story of memory, family and love. ![]() A life imbued with the spirit of Prague and the loved ones left behind.įavel Parrett’s deep emotional insight and stellar literary talent shine through in this love letter to the strong women who bind families together, despite dislocation and distance. Here, Mana and Bill have made a life for themselves and their granddaughter. Inside, the smell of warm pipe tobacco and homemade cakes. ![]() Melbourne, 1980: Mala Li ka’s grandma holds her hand as they climb the stairs to their third floor flat. The world can go to hell for all he cares because Babi is waiting for him in the warm flat. A young boy can slip right under the heavy blanket that covers this city – the fear cannot touch him. His anger slaps Eva, but his hate will change everything, as war forces so many lives into small, brown suitcases. Favel Parretts tender new novel, There Was Still Love, explores what it means to make a home and how a person might be free in a world ruptured by. Eva runs into him, hits the pavement hard. Suddenly a man steps out, a man wearing a hat. Prague, 1938: Eva flies down the street from her sister. Favel Parretts tender new novel, There Was Still Love, explores what it means to make a home and how a person might be free in a world ruptured by political. ![]() ![]() ![]() They were both abrasive to each other early on, and Red was crass even in his own thoughts and perspectives on things. It took me awhile to warm up to these two characters, especially Red. And Chloe starts to wonder if maybe Red could help her check off a couple other items on her Get a Life list. When Red finds Chloe stuck in a tree after trying to rescue a cat, they actually have a couple moments of civility with one another. She knew it was a serious invasion of his privacy to keep watching, hiding behind her own curtains, but she was drawn to the sight of him, lost in his work. His apartment is right across from her’s. But in the evenings, he often paints in his living room with the curtains open. She tries to avoid him whenever possible. And every time she runs into him there’s some drama going on, and she ends up at the center of it, looking like a fool or a shrew. Redford Morgan is the supervisor for Chloe’s apartment building. ![]() Well, actually, the last one – Do Something Bad – she has technically already completed, too. Done! The other six items on her “get a life” list are taking longer. Step one is moving out of the family home and getting her own place. ![]() She also realized her life is bland, and she has nothing to show for her years on this earth. The whole thing sent her chronically ill body into a tailspin. ![]() If she had been just a couple feet in the other direction, the drunk driver would have hit her instead of that coffee shop. On a random Tuesday, on her usual mid-day walk, Chloe Brown almost died. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It chooses flight, and commands that you bolt to safety somewhere far away, where terrifying changes can't get you. You receive a 'breaking news' notification on your phone on Friday evening that cases of Covid-19 are going back up. In a their book Burnout: The secret to solving the stress cycle (RRP £16.99), identical twins Dr Emily Nagoski and Dr Amelia Nagoski – who have a PhD in Health Behaviour and a Doctorate in Musical Arts between them – argue that we lead lives humming with stress, but we never complete the 'stress cycle.' Cracking this, they say, is the key to unlocking ourselves from our hyped up cages and into greater mental clarity. Of course, at the root of this are deep, systemic issues: problems around our work culture and entrenched inequality, to name just two.Īs such, it's time to talk about coping strategies to reduce stress that are accessible, free and truly have the power to help you in times of acute stress. According to YouGov and The Mental Health Foundation, 74% of the UK say they feel so stressed that they’re unable to cope. Persistent feelings of strain, tension and overwhelm are rife in the UK, and only continue to grow amidst a cost-of-living crisis. ![]() Stressed? If so, know that you are far from alone. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters’ storylines intersect? Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. ![]() Ten years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it’s not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it’s everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. ![]() |