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Fanatic of Heaven Slaughter: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Dan QiFengYunHe was reborn as a piece of trash, opened his supreme treasure body, stepped onto the path of the strong, passed through all obstacles, and advanced by leaps and bounds. He killed gods, gods, buddhas, and buddhas! I am arrogant but I have the qualifications! I am proud, the world allows me to roam free and unfettered! To step on the great Dao, to defy the Yin and Yang, to look down upon the heavens and earth!
Fanatic of Heaven Slaughter: Volume 10 (Volume 10 #10)
by Dan QiFengYunHe was reborn as a piece of trash, opened his supreme treasure body, stepped onto the path of the strong, passed through all obstacles, and advanced by leaps and bounds. He killed gods, gods, buddhas, and buddhas! I am arrogant but I have the qualifications! I am proud, the world allows me to roam free and unfettered! To step on the great Dao, to defy the Yin and Yang, to look down upon the heavens and earth!
Fanatic of Heaven Slaughter: Volume 11 (Volume 11 #11)
by Dan QiFengYunHe was reborn as a piece of trash, opened his supreme treasure body, stepped onto the path of the strong, passed through all obstacles, and advanced by leaps and bounds. He killed gods, gods, buddhas, and buddhas! I am arrogant but I have the qualifications! I am proud, the world allows me to roam free and unfettered! To step on the great Dao, to defy the Yin and Yang, to look down upon the heavens and earth!
Fanatic of Heaven Slaughter: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Dan QiFengYunHe was reborn as a piece of trash, opened his supreme treasure body, stepped onto the path of the strong, passed through all obstacles, and advanced by leaps and bounds. He killed gods, gods, buddhas, and buddhas! I am arrogant but I have the qualifications! I am proud, the world allows me to roam free and unfettered! To step on the great Dao, to defy the Yin and Yang, to look down upon the heavens and earth!
Fanatic of Heaven Slaughter: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Dan QiFengYunHe was reborn as a piece of trash, opened his supreme treasure body, stepped onto the path of the strong, passed through all obstacles, and advanced by leaps and bounds. He killed gods, gods, buddhas, and buddhas! I am arrogant but I have the qualifications! I am proud, the world allows me to roam free and unfettered! To step on the great Dao, to defy the Yin and Yang, to look down upon the heavens and earth!
Fanatic of Heaven Slaughter: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Dan QiFengYunHe was reborn as a piece of trash, opened his supreme treasure body, stepped onto the path of the strong, passed through all obstacles, and advanced by leaps and bounds. He killed gods, gods, buddhas, and buddhas! I am arrogant but I have the qualifications! I am proud, the world allows me to roam free and unfettered! To step on the great Dao, to defy the Yin and Yang, to look down upon the heavens and earth!
Fanatic of Heaven Slaughter: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Dan QiFengYunHe was reborn as a piece of trash, opened his supreme treasure body, stepped onto the path of the strong, passed through all obstacles, and advanced by leaps and bounds. He killed gods, gods, buddhas, and buddhas! I am arrogant but I have the qualifications! I am proud, the world allows me to roam free and unfettered! To step on the great Dao, to defy the Yin and Yang, to look down upon the heavens and earth!
Fanatic of Heaven Slaughter: Volume 6 (Volume 6 #6)
by Dan QiFengYunHe was reborn as a piece of trash, opened his supreme treasure body, stepped onto the path of the strong, passed through all obstacles, and advanced by leaps and bounds. He killed gods, gods, buddhas, and buddhas! I am arrogant but I have the qualifications! I am proud, the world allows me to roam free and unfettered! To step on the great Dao, to defy the Yin and Yang, to look down upon the heavens and earth!
Fanatic of Heaven Slaughter: Volume 7 (Volume 7 #7)
by Dan QiFengYunHe was reborn as a piece of trash, opened his supreme treasure body, stepped onto the path of the strong, passed through all obstacles, and advanced by leaps and bounds. He killed gods, gods, buddhas, and buddhas! I am arrogant but I have the qualifications! I am proud, the world allows me to roam free and unfettered! To step on the great Dao, to defy the Yin and Yang, to look down upon the heavens and earth!
Fanatic of Heaven Slaughter: Volume 8 (Volume 8 #8)
by Dan QiFengYunHe was reborn as a piece of trash, opened his supreme treasure body, stepped onto the path of the strong, passed through all obstacles, and advanced by leaps and bounds. He killed gods, gods, buddhas, and buddhas! I am arrogant but I have the qualifications! I am proud, the world allows me to roam free and unfettered! To step on the great Dao, to defy the Yin and Yang, to look down upon the heavens and earth!
Fanatic of Heaven Slaughter: Volume 9 (Volume 9 #9)
by Dan QiFengYunHe was reborn as a piece of trash, opened his supreme treasure body, stepped onto the path of the strong, passed through all obstacles, and advanced by leaps and bounds. He killed gods, gods, buddhas, and buddhas! I am arrogant but I have the qualifications! I am proud, the world allows me to roam free and unfettered! To step on the great Dao, to defy the Yin and Yang, to look down upon the heavens and earth!
Tears of Rage: The Racial Interface of Modern American Fiction-Faulkner, Wright, Pynchon, Morrison (Southern Literary Studies)
by Dan Rather Shelly BrivicIn this provocative study, Shelly Brivic presents the history of the twentieth-century American novel as a continuous narrative dialogue between white and black voices. Exploring four of the most renowned and challenging works written between 1930 and 1990 -- William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, Richard Wright's Native Son, Thomas Pynchon's V., and Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Brivic traces how these works progress through the interaction of white and black perspectives toward confronting the calamity of slavery and its reverberating aftermath and continuing legacy. Brivic shows how one novel leads ineluctably to the next and how the four works in a sense form one continuous narrative: with Faulkner's attack on the racial system in Absalom, Absalom! in the 1930s, a literary space opened for Wright's devastating novel of protest. Through the character of Bigger Thomas, Wright's Native Son exposes a virtually incurable division in American ideologies, which leads to the multiplying perspectives of postmodernism in Pynchon's V. Arriving at the crest of the civil rights movement, V. questions Western systems of control, laying a foundation for a world outside the white one, and so providing a basis for the African view of reality presented in Morrison's Beloved. The emergence of African consciousness in American literature exemplified across these works has had, and continues to have, Brivic concludes, the potential not only to redress ongoing injustices but to bring about a new conception of the American universe and its laws of reality. Striking in both the selection of novels and the connections Brivic draws among them, Tears of Rage advances understanding of the destructive nature of racism and the possibilities for overcoming its effects through literature.
The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre since 1945 (Cambridge Companions to Theatre and Performance)
by Jen Harvie Dan RebellatoBritish theatre underwent a vast transformation and expansion in the decades after World War II. This Companion explores the historical, political, and social contexts and conditions that not only allowed it to expand but, crucially, shaped it. Resisting a critical tendency to focus on plays alone, the collection expands understanding of British theatre by illuminating contexts such as funding, unionisation, devolution, immigration, and changes to legislation. Divided into four parts, it guides readers through changing attitudes to theatre-making (acting, directing, writing), theatre sectors (West End, subsidised, Fringe), theatre communities (audiences, Black theatre, queer theatre), and theatre's relationship to the state (government, infrastructure, nationhood). Supplemented by a valuable Chronology and Guide to Further Reading, it presents up-to-date approaches informed by critical race theory, queer studies, audience studies, and archival research to demonstrate important new ways of conceptualising post-war British theatre's history, practices and potential futures.
Corazones hambrientos
by Dan RhodesLa novela que consagra a Rhodes: una obra maestra del humor británico. En una apacible ciudad de una región imprecisa hay un sitio muy especial: un museo dedicado al suicidio, fundado por una rica benefactora con el noble intento de disuadir a las almas afligidas de pensar en la muerte. Sin embargo, cuando cae la noche, suceden cosas muy extrañas. ¿Qué horribles secretos se esconden tras sus muros? Y ¿quién es Ernst Fröhlicher, el enigmático doctor a quien siempre acompaña un fiel perro labrador negro? Entre presencias siniestras, triángulos amorosos, suicidios, canibalismo, personajes grotescos y situaciones al límite del absurdo, se teje una fábula gótica, apasionante y divertidísima. Reseñas: «Una fábula gótica, extraña y surrealista que combina romance arrebatador, nihilismo y desesperación, flaquezas humanas, ¡ah! y unas cuantas arañas de aperitivo, y nos brinda un relato único y chispeante. Dan Rhodes es un escritor a atesorar.»List «Rhodes ha dado al mundo pequeños libros geniales, relatos en los que conjuga un estilo prosístico preciso, un temperamento cómico maravillosamente anclado en lo oscuro, y una dosis de emoción que parte los corazones. Corazones hambrientos es sin duda su obra más lograda hasta la fecha.»The Scotsman «Una fábula divertida sobre cómo pueden frustrarse el altruismo y malograrse las buenas intenciones, cuya lectura complacerá a idealistas cínicos y a cínicos idealistas por igual.»Financial Times «Bajo la ligereza superficial de su tercera novela, Rhodes ha urdido una trama ingeniosa, oscura y precisa como un reloj... El resultado es un libro abigarrado, lleno de vida y de fugas rocambolescas, descripciones deslumbrantes de detalles curiosos y personajes interesantes.»The Daily Telegraph «Rhodes es un novelista cómico que aborda asuntos como el sufrimiento, la neurosis, la soledad, el egocentrismo, e incluso la maldad genuina. Qué delicioso e inspirador leer una novela que destila una sabiduría cargada de mordacidad.»Scotland on Sunday «Después de leer el libro de Rhodes, uno acaba aplaudiendo a rabiar.» The Observer «Ah, cómo nos gusta Dan Rhodes. Indefectiblemente raro, pero siempre fabuloso.»The Guardian
El cochecito blanco
by Dan Rhodes¿Qué harías si fueras culpable de la muerte de la princesa Diana? París, verano de 1997. Veronique acaba de romper con su novio saxofonista después de escuchar la música del Octeto Sofía Experimental de la Tabla del Pan. Aunque ha fumado más de la cuenta, vuelve a casa en su cochecito blanco. Al día siguiente, cuando sospecha que ha matado a la princesa, sabe que tiene que hacer desaparecer las pruebas. Pero desintegrar un Fiat no es fácil si una compañera te espía día y noche y tu principal aliada es una gran amiga... de las sustancias psicoactivas. Una novela llena de situaciones cómicas por las que desfilan colombófilos, mecánicos románticos y músicos búlgaros empeñados en complicar la destrucción del coche más buscado del país.
Marry Me
by Dan RhodesOffering a wry, sharp, and unfailingly honest look at marital life (and strife), in 79 (very) short stories. Rhodes's deft use of language spares no emotion and leaves no romantic stone unturned--husbands, wives, lovers, and all combinations thereof are ripe for the picking (and choosing). The result is a collection of vignettes both funny and subtle, outrageous and poignant, equal parts absurd and all-too-familiar.
Oro
by Dan RhodesUna comedia en la que se funden el amor y el humor negro y descubre una vez más la capacidad de Dan Rhodes para transformar una historia romántica y bucólica en una inesperada tragedia de gran profundidad. A Miyuki Woodward, la hija de una galesa y un japonés al que nunca conoció, le gusta la rutina, y todos los años se escapa dos semanas al mismo pueblecito galés para echar terriblemente de menos a su novia, Grindl, mientras comparte las peculiaridades de sus habitantes, come feliz espaguetis de lata y lee un libro al día. Pero este año ha decidido atreverse a hacer algo diferente, que tendrá insospechadas consecuencias... La crítica ha dicho...«Realmente extraño, pero a la vez fabuloso. Dan Rhodes es el mejor escritor del Reino Unido.»The Guardian «Impactante. Dan Rhodes encuentra a la perfección ese frágil equilibrio entre la tristeza y el humor que ha marcado el resto de sus libros. Ésta es unamagnífica novela.»Sunday Herald «Oro es original, fresca y divertida.»The Observer «Rhodes articula las peores pesadillas de cada uno de nosotros. Debería ser elogiado por su economía de palabras y por su humor escandaloso.»The New York Times
Timoleon Vieta vuelve a casa
by Dan RhodesUna novela agridulce y llena de giros inesperados en la que Dan Rhodes entretiene y conmueve en la misma gran medida. «... los perros dependen de los hombres, y los hombres están en manos del destino.»Eric Knight, Lassie vuelve a casa Un músico retirado vive en voluntaria soledad en la Toscana. Con él está Timoleon, un perro de la mejor raza: un mestizo con los ojos más bonitos que se hayan visto nunca. Fantasías acerca del amor verdadero e ideas extravagantes sobre el suicidio ocupan la vida del compositor, que sobrevive gracias a las rentas del pasado. De pronto, sin avisar, aparece un joven desconocido. Un hombre callado y atractivo, pero con una personalidad inquietante que empieza a poner en peligro los sólidos lazos de unión entre el animal y su amo...
When the Professor Got Stuck in the Snow
by Dan RhodesEverybody at the Women's Institute in the village of Upper Bottom is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a very special guest speaker: the world famous evolutionary biologist Professor Richard Dawkins. But with a blizzard setting in, their visitor finds himself trapped in the nearby town of Market Horten, with no choice but to take lodgings with the local Anglican vicar.Will the professor be able to abide by his motto - cordiality always - while surrounded by Christians? Will he ever reach Upper Bottom? And can his assistant, Smee, save the day?
Nubby
by Dan RichardsA beloved but overworked toy strikes out on his own to find glory—only to find that the best rewards were at home all along in this sweet and funny picture book that is perfect for fans of Toy Story and Knuffle Bunny.Nubby the stuffed rabbit is his owner&’s favorite toy, but you wouldn&’t know it from the way he&’s treated. He&’s been dropped, dragged, and even used as a nose wipe. He decides to strike out for a fresh start, and his adventure takes him across the realm—or at least around the cul-de-sac—in search of treasure, fame, and glory. But these rewards aren't as sweet as Nubby hoped they'd be. What's missing? As Nubby travels through the neighborhood, his owner's family begins to search for him. Nubby's journey might not have taken him far, but it does teach him one thing: no amount of glory could replace the love of his owner.
Once Upon a Goat
by Dan RichardsA twisted fairy tale about a king and queen who wish for a child of their own . . . and end up with a baby goat. Perfect for readers of Children Make Terrible Pets and Wolfie the Bunny."A funny and redemptive fairy tale."--The Wall Street JournalOnce upon a time, a very prim and proper king and queen begged their fairy godmother for a child. They'd prefer a boy, with glowing skin, bright eyes, and two roses for lips . . . but any kid will do. When they find themselves gifted with a baby goat (also known as a kid) instead, they can't imagine how he'll fit into their lives. But of course, it isn't long before he's part of the royal family.Readers will delight in this story's hilarity, confusion, and celebration of families that come in every shape and size."A fresh, amusing, kindhearted picture book."--Booklist, Starred review"With its gentle morals of acceptance, not judging by appearances, and being open to outcomes different than expectations, this is a lovely family read-aloud."--Kirkus"The contrast between the royal couple's once-ordered existence and the cheerful mess at book's end is very funny, and the message about acceptance and the expanded definition of family is a bonus."--Horn Book
Penny and Penelope
by Dan RichardsTwo girls on a play date learn there’s more to each other than meets the eye with a little help from their dolls in Penny and Penelope, an exciting picture book adventure from writer Dan Richards and illustrator Claire Almon.Penny and Penelope are very different dolls. Penelope is a sweet princess, while Penny is a fierce secret agent. Penelope wants to ride her pony through the countryside, while Penny wants to wrestle alligators. How can they possibly get along playing in an imaginary kingdom?Luckily, Penny and Penelope are more than their packaging. After all, you can’t judge a doll by its outfit.An Imprint Book "Delightfully clever." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review“Readers will cheer… there’s a bit of Penny and Penelope in everyone.” —Publishers Weekly
Stu Truly (Stu Truly)
by Dan RichardsStu Truly is the coming-of-age story of 12-year-old Stu as he struggles to navigate the murky waters of adolescence when he finds himself living a lie---that seems to be growing beyond his control---to impress the new girl in school, now available in paperback!When Stuart Cornelius Truly first sets eyes on the new girl, Becca, he staples his finger to his seventh-grade history assignment. The second time he sees her, he coughs up a bite of her lunch---a vegetarian roasted pepper sandwich---all over her sweater, and promptly lies, claiming that he, too, is a vegetarian. Their third encounter goes more smoothly, but Stu's lie turns out to be harder to keep than he expected, especially since his family owns a butcher shop.In this hilarious, heartwarming, contemporary middle grade novel, Stu suddenly begins to realize the opposite sex exists (and isn't so bad, after all!). Can Stu learn to successfully navigate old friends, new crushes, and horror-filled school dances, or will his lie, intended to impress his crush, cause his world to fall apart?
Backchannel: (#: Backchannel: Rabt) A Readers Guide To World War Iii A Forward Looking Historical Novel Beginning 2018 (Suffer The Children, Nuevo Laredo: A Prelude To War By Dan Robinson Ser.)
by Dan RobinsonImagine a world where not just teenagers, but governments use secret social media channels to communicate – and to target. Meet Doug McKenzie, a charismatic Black Irish investigative reporter for the New York Daily, a man whose fearless journalism has attracted international enemies with the resources to neutralize him. In response to his incendiary reports, a clandestine ‘Backchannel’ is activated, manipulating the U.S. government itself to take him down. But Doug isn’t alone. His fiery daughter Rachel, an emerging journalist in her own right, stands by his side, as do allies from the global stage. Journey with Doug from the power corridors of Washington, DC to the bustling streets of Osaka, Japan; from the political heart of Ankara, Turkey to the fraught border crossing of Bazargan, Iran. Caught in a web of international intrigue is Doug’s tumultuous personal life – his marriage to Turkish-born Nukhet hangs by a thread, complicated by their one-year-old daughter Sirin, and the reemergence of his enigmatic lover, Dr. Laurie Reynolds. Get ready to dive into a world of political suspense, international espionage, and intricate relationships. Welcome to Backchannel. Trust us, you won’t want to put it down.
Families Belong
by Dan SaksA rhyming, light-hearted celebration of families being - and belonging - together.Families belongTogether like a puzzleDifferent-sized peopleOne big snuggleThis deliciously warm board book is an appreciation of the unconditional love and comfort shared within a family. Through a handful of specific yet universal scenarios, from singing songs together to sharing food together, from dancing together to lying still together, this book invites the youngest readers to celebrate what it means for a family to be truly together.