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A modern retelling of Aesop and Beatrix Potter's classic tale, this
version finds the Town Mouse sent to the country for moral
improvement after being excluded from school for dealing in class
'C' cheese. Meanwhile, the Country Mouse marches on London to
protest at the recent ban on stag beetle hunting.
Over the course of its seven-year run, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
cultivated a loyal fandom and featured a strong, complex female
lead, at a time when such a character was a rarity. Evan Ross Katz
explores the show's cultural relevance through a book that is part
oral history, part celebration, and part memoir of a personal
fandom that has universal resonance still, decades later. Katz-with
the help of the show's cast, creators, and crew-reveals that
although Buffy contributed to important conversations about gender,
sexuality, and feminism, it was not free of internal strife,
controversy, and shortcomings. Men-both on screen and off-would
taint the show's reputation as a feminist masterpiece, and changing
networks, amongst other factors, would drastically alter the show's
tone. Katz addresses these issues and more, including interviews
with stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Charisma Carpenter, Emma
Caulfield, Amber Benson, James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, Seth
Green, Marc Blucas, Nicholas Brendon, Danny Strong, Tom Lenk,
Bianca Lawson, Julie Benz, Clare Kramer, K. Todd Freeman, Sharon
Ferguson; and writers Douglas Petrie, Jane Espenson, and Drew Z.
Greenberg; as well as conversations with Buffy fanatics and friends
of the cast including Stacey Abrams, Cynthia Erivo, Lee Pace,
Claire Saffitz, Tavi Gevinson, and Selma Blair. Into Every
Generation a Slayer Is Born engages with the very notion of fandom,
and the ways a show like Buffy can influence not only how we see
the world but how we exist within it.
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Kangaroo
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David Herbert Lawrence
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Kangaroo
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David Herbert Lawrence
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From the fevered and alien parasite-infested mind of Reddit
D-Lister Top_Gorilla17 comes the first volume of his tales of scum,
villainy, and perhaps if you buy him enough slippery nipples, a bit
of ribaldry! Behold this whimsical and disturbing peek into the
psyche of the self-described Emperor of Iowa, and his many
adventures, most of which really happened! Bear literary witness to
the time he farted on a duly elected government official! Chortle
with rapturous glee as he recounts the time he broke all ten of the
commandments of the Hebrew God! Shift your weight uncomfortably as
you find out, quite against your will, precisely what he means by
the phrase 'Hot dogging'! So don't be caught in that airplane
lavatory reading yet another Dan Patterson novel, you weenie!
Instead, read the critically-ignored 'Top Gorilla's Tales Of Scum
And Villainy,' which Top_Gorilla's girlfriend was heard describing
as "Pretty good, I guess."
"I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" - Dav Pilkey,
creator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man. The second
laugh-out-loud Bad Guys episode by award-winning creator Aaron
Blabey, now in full colour. They sound like the Bad Guys, they look
like the Bad Guys ... and they even smell like the Bad Guys. But Mr
Wolf, Mr Piranha, Mr Snake and Mr Shark are about to change all of
that - whether you want them to or not! The Bad Guys next mission?
Rescue 10,000 chickens from a high-tech cage farm. But they are up
against sizzling lasers, one feisty tarantula, and their very own
Mr. Snake...who's also known as "The Chicken Swallower." What could
possibly go wrong? The perfect illustrated novel for reluctant
readers Perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants Now an
animated film from Dreamworks
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