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Marvel Entertainment was a struggling toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. But what accounts for its stunning rise?
In MCU, beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards draw on more than a hundred interviews with actors, producers, directors, and writers to present the definitive chronicle of Marvel Studios and its sole, ongoing production, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As they delve into the studio’s key moments – from the contentious hiring of Robert Downey Jr. for Iron Man to the negotiations over Disney’s acquisition of Marvel to studio head Kevin Feige’s embrace of streaming TV – the authors demonstrate that the genius of Marvel was its resurrection and modification of Hollywood’s old studio system.
Dishy and authoritative, MCU is the first book to tell the Marvel Studios story in full – and an essential, effervescent account of popular culture.
It's not always easy to understand the experiences of people who
are different from us. But we have to work at it to build better
communities. In this book, you'll learn about practising empathy,
communicating respectfully and building meaningful communities with
other people. With child-friendly explanations of key ideas and
relevant scenarios, this text will help young readers to be
engaged, respectful members of their community.
What happens when the fictional 'perfect guy' comes to life and is
convinced you're his soulmate? While her parents are away for the
week, sixteen-year-old Ivy McIntosh plans on binge-watching her
favourite TV show and hanging out with her best friend, Henry. But
things quickly go downhill on the very first morning, when Ivy
wakes up to find Weston, the gorgeous lead character of her
favourite show, in her bedroom. And, oh yeah, he thinks that she's
his soulmate. Ivy realizes that her writing has somehow brought
Weston as she's imagined him to life, and now he's living out her
fanfiction dreams. But those fairytale dreams soon turn into
disasters. Mack, Ivy's best-friend-turned-enemy who lives next
door, and Henry get involved and the three of them need to figure
out why Weston is here and how to get rid of him. As Ivy and Mack
grow closer again, old feelings resurface and they finally face the
fallout of their broken friendship, and question if they've both
secretly always wanted something more . . . The new sapphic YA
friends-to-enemies-to-lovers novel from bestselling author Sophie
Gonzales, with her trademark humour and heart.
Who are you? How do the identities you hold - like your racial or
gender identity - impact you every day? How do they impact others?
These big and important questions are key to understanding
ourselves. Part of being your true self means learning about group
identities and how they affect our experience of the world. With
child-friendly explanations of key ideas and relevant scenarios,
this book will help young kids explore their identities and how it
shapes their experience.
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The Bullet Swallower
Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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A dazzling magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy
meets Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, The Bullet Swallower follows a
Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to save his family, only
to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, finally, to collect
a cosmic debt generations in the making. In 1895, Antonio Sonoro is
the latest in a long line of ruthless men. He's good with his gun
and is drawn to trouble but he's also out of money and out of
options. A drought has ravaged the town of Dorado, Mexico, where he
lives with his wife and children, and so when he hears about a
train laden with gold and other treasures, he sets off for Houston
to rob it-with his younger brother Hugo in tow. But when the heist
goes awry and Hugo is killed by the Texas Rangers, Antonio finds
himself launched into a quest for revenge that endangers not only
his life and his family, but his eternal soul. In 1964, Jaime
Sonoro is Mexico's most renowned actor and singer. But his
comfortable life is disrupted when he discovers a book that
purports to tell the entire history of his family beginning with
Cain and Abel. In its ancient pages, Jaime learns about the
multitude of horrific crimes committed by his ancestors. And when
the same mysterious figure from Antonio's timeline shows up in
Mexico City, Jaime realizes that he may be the one who has to pay
for his ancestors' crimes, unless he can discover the true story of
his grandfather Antonio, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The
Bullet Swallower. A family saga that's epic in scope and magical in
its blood, and based loosely on the author's own great-grandfather,
The Bullet Swallower tackles border politics, intergenerational
trauma, and the legacies of racism and colonialism in a lush
setting and stunning prose that asks who pays for the sins of our
ancestors, and whether it is possible to be better than our
forebears.
New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a
mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who
uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her
suspicious death Who gets to leave a legacy? 1985. Anita de Monte,
a rising star in the art world, is found dead in New York City; her
tragic death is the talk of the town. Until it isn't. By 1998
Anita's name has been all but forgotten--certainly by the time
Raquel, a third-year art history student is preparing her final
thesis. On College Hill, surrounded by progeny of film producers,
C-Suite executives, and international art-dealers, most of whom
float through life knowing that their futures are secured, Raquel
feels herself an outsider. Students of color, like Raquel, are the
minority there, and the pressure to work twice as hard for the same
opportunities is no secret. But when Raquel becomes romantically
involved with a well-connected older art student, she finds herself
unexpectedly rising up the social ranks. As she attempts to
straddle both worlds, she stumbles upon Anita's story, raising
questions about the dynamics of her own relationship, which eerily
mirrors that of the forgotten artist. Moving back and forth through
time and told from the perspectives of both women, Anita de Monte
Laughs Last, is a propulsive, witty examination of power, love, and
art, daring to ask who gets to be remembered and who is left behind
in the rarefied world of the elite.
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The Bullet Swallower
Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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With a Little Luck (Hardcover)
Marissa Meyer; Contributions by Chuck Gonzales
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Miami Marriage Pact by Nadine Gonzalez Love has nothing to do with
this proposal… Film producer Gigi Garcia needs her inheritance to
save her company, but it requires a husband – fast! So she must
convince rising Miami chef Myles Paris to marry her. On top of
their unexpected passion, Gigi and Myles face off against
professional rivals, erupting scandal and an enemy’s revenge. And
now a secret could take their short-term marriage merger off the
table… Overnight Inheritance by Rachel Bailey A fortune isn’t
the only thing she inherited… Mae Dunstan just inherited
billions…along with a seductive business rival. CEO and single
dad Sebastian Newport wants to buy Mae out. But when the boardroom
leads to the bedroom, their passionate affair reignites a
long-standing feud between their families. Amid divided loyalties
and open questions, will Mae risk more than the bottom line for a
future with Sebastian?
This thought-provoking book examines the state of the European
Monetary Union (EMU) and its shortcomings in terms of social rights
protection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the
aftermath of the Euro crisis. Providing a critical analysis of the
basic tenets of European economic governance, it highlights current
challenges for a Social Europe and proposes new avenues for
tackling these issues. Focusing on the existing mechanisms of
social rights protection in the EU, chapters explore the imbalance
between economic and social goals within the EMU, discussing how to
strengthen the building blocks of Social Europe in order to address
this. The book also investigates the challenges for the
adjudication of social rights before European and domestic courts,
and considers alternative models of judicial review that offer
better protection in the context of crisis. Scholars and students
of EU law, constitutional law, and public international law will
find this book a crucial read, in particular those with an interest
in law and economics. It will also be useful for EU law
practitioners working in social rights.
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The Takeover
Mandy Gonzalez; As told to Brittany J. Thurman
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Human Life in Motion presents for the first time the previously
unpublished transcripts of the seminars on Aristotle Martin
Heidegger gave in the 1920s. These transcripts reveal much about
the evolution of his thought during that time. Detailed student
transcripts for these seminars appear among the papers of one of
Heidegger's students, Helene Weiss, held today in the Special
Collections Department of Stanford University. Analyzing and
organizing hundreds of pages of these transcripts written by
different students, Francisco Gonzalez brilliantly reconstructs the
original seminars. He summarizes what Heidegger presented and
claimed in each class. Gonzalez also throws into relief the
overarching philosophical significance of the seminars, showing how
the different interpretative moves or claims are connected and
where they lead, something which in turn requires explicating them
in the context of both the Aristotelian texts discussed and
Heidegger's own thought during this period. Essential reading for
students and scholars of Heidegger or Aristotle, Human Life in
Motion is a publishing event that forces a reconsideration of the
thought and legacy of both philosophers.
This Research Handbook is an insightful overview of the key rules,
concepts and tensions in privacy and data protection law. It
highlights the increasing global significance of this area of law,
illustrating the many complexities in the field through a blend of
theoretical and empirical perspectives. Providing an excellent
in-depth analysis of global privacy and data protection law, it
explores multiple regional and national jurisdictions, bringing
together interdisciplinary international contributions from Europe
and beyond. Chapters cover critical topics in the field, including
key features of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),
border surveillance, big data, artificial intelligence, and
biometrics. It also investigates the relationship between privacy
and data protection law and other fields of law, such as consumer
law and competition law. With its detailed exploration and insights
into privacy and data protection, this Research Handbook will prove
a useful resource for information and media law students as well as
academics researching fields such as data protection and privacy
law and surveillance or security studies.
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