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Michael DC Drout

The Tower and the Ruin

No writer has surpassed the epic achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien, who spent decades refining his world of Middle-earth. In The Tower and the Ruin , Michael D.C. Drout explores Tolkien's genius, allowing us …

C M Kushins

Cooler Than Cool

Drawing on unprecedented archival and family access, Cooler Than Cool: The Life of Elmore Leonard , is the first comprehensive biography of the master American crime writer, author of witty, gritty bestse…

George Salmon

A Treatise on Conic Sections

Reprint of the original, first published in 1863. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the pub…

The Times

My Picture Gallery: The Artpop Recordings

C M Kushins

Cooler Than Cool

Drawing on unprecedented archival and family access, Cooler Than Cool: The Life of Elmore Leonard , is the first comprehensive biography of the master American crime writer, author of witty, gritty bestse…

Sofia Ahlberg,

Magic, Literature and Climate Pedagogy in a Time of Ecological Crisis

Channeling the creative potential of humanity to transition towards joyous and just futures in times of life-threatening climate change, this book uses metaphors of magic and shapeshifting to imagine liva…

Mark Fisher

The Weird and the Eerie

Explore the weird, the eerie, and the horrific in 20th-century literature, film, and music---from H.P. Lovecraft and Daphne Du Maurier to Stanley Kubrick and Christopher Nolan.What exactly are the Weird a…

Triple Threat (Blu-ray)

Milliardärstochter Xian sagt einem Verbrechersyndikat den Kampf an. Schnell heftet sich eine vom skrupellosen Collins geführte Söldnereinheit an ihre Fersen. Zum Glück für die Lady grätscht ein Kämpfer-Tr…

James Aaron Green

Sensation Fiction and Modernity

This book re-reads the relationship between the Victorian sensation novel and modernity. Whereas critics have long recognized its appearance in the form of nervous subjects and technologically-enabled mob…

High Ground

Travis, im Ersten Weltkrieg Scharfschütze und jetzt Ordnungshüter im weiten Norden Australiens, verliert die Kontrolle über einen Einsatz, der in ein Massaker an einer indigenen Gruppe ausartet. Seine Vor…

Kieron Gillen, Jason Aaron,

Star Wars: Darth Vader Modern Era Epic Collection: Vader Down

The thrilling conclusion of Marvel's intial Darth Vader run, collected along with the first blockbuster crossover event in modern Star Wars comics!When Darth Vader accidentally finds himself facing off ag…

João Figueiredo

Sorcery and Jurisdiction in Angola

Jurisdiction, law, and "sorcery"

Gerry Smyth

Englishness and Environment in Genre Fiction, 1890-1940

In this moment of growing anxiety about the environment and the fate of humanity, literature continues its vital role of articulating dynamic new ways of thinking about the relations between humanity, env…

Christine Schott

Canon Fanfiction

Fanfiction as a genre has exploded in popularity among young adults in the internet age. It also bears resemblance to the work of literary scholars, who seek to respond, sometimes radically, to the diffic…

Alex Cuadros

When We Sold God's Eye

'A first-class work of reporting [and] a work of compassion for Indigenous peoples everywhere' BENJAMIN MOSER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of SONTAG 'Reads like a wondrous mixture of Heart of Darkness a…

J Michael Straczynski, Fiona Avery,

Amazing Spider-Man Modern Era Epic Collection: The Life and Death of Spiders

The modern era of super Spider-Man storytelling continues, from the powerhouse pairing of J. Michael Straczynski and John Romita Jr.!Spider-Man at his very best, continuing to protect innocent citizens fr…

Sten Nadolny

Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit

Seit seiner Kindheit träumt John Franklin davon, zur See zu fahren, obwohl er dafür denkbar ungeeignet ist, denn in allem, was er tut, ist er extrem langsam. Doch was er einmal erfaßt hat, vergißt er nich…

A Cultural History of Fairy Tales in the Long Nineteenth Century

How have fairy tales from around the world changed over the centuries? What do they tell us about different cultures and societies?This volume explores the period when the European fairy tales conquered t…

Chloé Wallerand,

The Devil's Sons 4

Einmal Devil's, immer Devil's ... es sei denn, Groll und Zeit haben über sie gesiegtDrei Jahre sind seit den tragischen Ereignissen vergangen. Drei Jahre, in denen Avalone sich von Ann Arbor und den Devil…