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Devil's Candy, the popular webcomic by Rem and Bikkuri, is a
hilarious action-adventure that follows Kazu Decker and his science
experiment, Pandora, as they navigate high school with a ghoulish
supernatural twist. At Hemlock Heart Academy, science wiz Kazu
Decker shows off his skills by creating a humanoid girl named
Pandora. But in a world of monsters and mayhem, surviving high
school is harder than getting good grades and lessons often turn
violent at Hemlock. Fortunately for them, Pandora's stoic nature
and seemingly limitless strength, paired with Kazu's luck,
knowledge and friends, get them out of trouble almost as often as
it gets them mixed up in it! Pandora's run-in with Scarlet Crown
agents Strazio and Pia exposes Kazu and their new friends to the
dangerous daemon crime world that runs the town. Just when Kazu's
scientific prowess helps Milo escape the grip of criminal life, mob
leader Tremolo rears his horned head toward Yahgie and challenges
him to a rock-off! Pandora, Kazu, and the usual Hemlock Academy
crew band together with Yahgie and his devil guitar, Mark
Stevenson, for a heavy metal performance of epic proportions!
An inspirational memoir-meets-manifesto by Danica Roem, the
nation's first openly trans person elected to US state legislature
Danica Roem made national headlines when--as a transgender former
frontwoman for a metal band and a political newcomer--she unseated
Virginia's most notoriously anti-LGBTQ 26-year incumbent Bob
Marshall as state delegate. But before Danica made history, she had
to change her vision of what was possible in her own life. Doing so
was a matter of storytelling: during her campaign, Danica hired an
opposition researcher to dredge up every story from her past that
her opponent might seize on to paint her negatively. In wildly
entertaining prose, Danica dismantles all the stories her opponents
tried to hedge against her, showing how through brutal honesty and
loving authenticity, it's possible to embrace the low points, and
even transform them into her greatest strengths. Burn the Page
takes readers from Danica's lonely, closeted, and at times
operatically tragic childhood to her position as a rising star in a
party she's helped forever change. Burn the Page is so much more
than a stump speech: it's an extremely inspiring manifesto about
how it's possible to set fire to the stories you don't want to be
in anymore, whether written by you or about you by someone
else--and rewrite your own future, whether that's running for
politics, in your work, or your personal life. This book will not
just encourage people who think they have to be spotless to run for
office, but inspire all of us to own our personal narratives as
Danica does.
Compilation of music videos made by the Hammer and Tongs production
company, aka film director Garth Jennings and producer Nick
Goldsmith. The collection features tracks by, among others, Blur,
Radiohead, Vampire Weekend and Eels.
Christian Democracy, which may briefly be defined as organised
political action by Catholic democrats, has been a major political
force in Western Europe since the Second World War, not least in
France. The aim of this book, first published in 1973, is to trace
the Development of Christian Democracy in France from its origins
in the 1830s to the present day, discussing its theories and its
importance in French history and politics, with particular (but by
no means exclusive) reference to the Fourth Republic (1946-58) when
the MRP was one of the key centre parties. Dr Irving provides a
thorough analysis of MRP, its economic, foreign and colonial
policies, and gives reasons for the relative decline of French
Christian Democracy in the 1960s. This French movement has been
little understood in Britain and a throrough history has been badly
needed. This study will be valuable to all those who, in the
context of a United Europe, wish to understand the political forces
at work at its conception. It will be valuable especially to
students of modern history and politics.
Summer vacation! The?usual is happening at Fuji High: second- and
third-year study training camps. That is to say, a great
opportunity for second-years to enjoy summer with their friends.
Blue sky and ocean as far as the eye can see, girls in their
swimsuits,?intimate conversations, and...men's-only hot springs
trips? ?? You can enjoy the sunlight or squint to keep it out
of your eyes—either way, hold on to those memories before they
get away.??
As far as normies go, it's hard to beat Saku Chitose. The most
popular kid in his high school? Check. An ironclad reputation that
can weather even vicious online attacks? Check. A friend group
that's as attractive on the outside as they are on the inside?
Check. But when a teacher asks Saku to help reacclimate a student
who been shut away in his room for months to school life, his
perfect world will never be the same. What is this, some kinda
normie harem story?
Known for its evocative use of colour, proportion, and subversive
fabrication, the New York based fashion house Sies Marjan, founded
in 2016 by Dutch creative director Sander Lak, had a brief but
influential life. Sies Marjan s pieces were marked by luxurious
construction, the signature use of shining, jewel-toned hues, and
effortlessly cool appeal the house s pastel coats, thrown over
T-shirts, are still regularly seen in downtown New York and
Brooklyn. Since its founding Sies Marjan has garnered a devoted fan
base and praise from notable critics, celebrities, and fans alike
in a city known for its endless affection for a darker palette.
Rejecting the chronologies and seasonality of the typical fashion
compendium, this exhaustive, richly illustrated volume is organized
purely by colour. The trajectory through the colour spectrum traces
the journey through the blazing life of the brand. Images featured
within range from previously unpublished drawings, looks from
iconic runway shows and ad campaigns, as well as found objects that
reveal the inspiration behind the creation of these luxurious,
chromatic garments. The flow of colour is punctuated by a number of
interviews and reflections from Donna Tartt, Isabella Rossellini,
Rem Koolhaas, Nia Dacosta, Hanya Yanagihara, and others.
The war in the South Pacific in its entirety has remained
remarkably neglected by historians. This is the first comprehensive
narrative history covering all land, sea and air operations in the
theater to the end of World War II. While Guadalcanal is familiar
to most Americans and the Kokoda Trail is well known to
Australians, the war in the South Pacific includes many now
forgotten operations that deserve to be well remembered. Also,
significantly, the official Australian history of World War II
correctly observed that Australia's part in the Pacific war is
barely mentioned in American histories. This volume finally brings
the major Australian contribution to the fore, recognizing too the
valuable part played by New Zealand forces in the Solomons
campaign. The dramatis personae could hardly be improved upon,
including brilliant and imperious General Douglas MacArthur,
audacious and profane Admiral William Bull Halsey, and bibulous and
indelicate Australian General Thomas Blamey. No less interesting
are many others that will be mostly new to readers, many from the
Japanese side, including indomitable generals Noboru Sasaki and
Hatazo Adachi. As for the fighting men, many of their stories are
captured in accounts of the actions for which they were awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor, Victoria Cross, and other decorations
for valor. Three chapters are of special interest. Based on the
author's archival research, Chapter 10 tells through confidential
correspondence the remarkable story of the death of the top Marine
general in the Pacific and its cover-up sanctioned by Halsey.
Chapter 23 concerns the first African-American ground troops in
combat and tells how the performance of one company on Bougainville
resulted in a reversal of that policy. Chapter 26 involves Blamey's
questionable decision to eradicate the isolated Japanese forces,
forcing his Australian militia to risk their lives knowing their
sacrifices could make no difference in the outcome of the war. The
26 maps included were carefully chosen from official American and
Australian sources and the 70 photographs, many rarely seen, were
selected to best illuminate the text.
Kenta Yamazaki, former shut-in and otaku loser, has resolved to
transform himself under the tutelage of Saku Chitose. He hangs out
with Saku's friends, practices his social skills, and even gets a
total makeover. But Saku's not the only popular kid in town, and
his friendliness with Kenta has gotten on the nerves of his fellow
normie, Atomu Uemura. When opinions clash, which popular kid will
come out on top?!
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Koolhaas. Countryside, A Report (Paperback)
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The rural, remote, and wild territories we call "countryside", or
the 98% of the earth's surface not occupied by cities, make up the
front line where today's most powerful forces-climate and
ecological devastation, migration, tech, demographic lurches-are
playing out. Increasingly under a 'Cartesian' regime-gridded,
mechanized, and optimized for maximal production-these sites are
changing beyond recognition. In his latest publication, Rem
Koolhaas explores the rapid and often hidden transformations
underway across the Earth's vast non-urban areas.Countryside, A
Report gathers travelogue essays exploring territories marked by
global forces and experimentation at the edge of our consciousness:
a test site near Fukushima, where the robots that will maintain
Japan's infrastructure and agriculture are tested; a greenhouse
city in the Netherlands that may be the origin for the cosmology of
today's countryside; the rapidly thawing permafrost of Central
Siberia, a region wrestling with the possibility of relocation;
refugees populating dying villages in the German countryside and
intersecting with climate change activists; habituated mountain
gorillas confronting humans on 'their' territory in Uganda; the
American Midwest, where industrial-scale farming operations are
coming to grips with regenerative agriculture; and Chinese villages
transformed into all-in-one factory, e-commerce stores, and
fulfillment centers. This book is the official companion to the
Guggenheim Museum exhibition Countryside, The Future. The
exhibition and book mark a new area of investigation for architect
and urbanist Rem Koolhaas, who launched his career with two
city-centric entities: The Office for Metropolitan Architecture
(1975) and Delirious New York (1978). It's designed by Irma Boom,
who drew inspiration for the book's pocket-sized concept, as well
as its innovative typography and layout, from her research in the
Vatican library. The book brings together collaborative research by
AMO, Koolhaas, and students at the Harvard Graduate School of
Design; the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing; Wageningen
University in the Netherlands; and the University of Nairobi.
Contributors also include Samir Bantal, Janna Bystrykh, Troy Conrad
Therrien, Lenora Ditzler, Clemens Driessen, Alexandra Kharitonova,
Keigo Kobayashi, Niklas Maak, Etta Madete, Federico Martelli, Ingo
Niermann, Dr. Linda Nkatha Gichuyia, Kayoko Ota, Stephan Petermann,
and Anne M. Schneider.
"Once there was a nation that went to war, but after they conquered
a continent their own country was destroyed by atom bombs... then
the victors imposed democracy on the vanquished. For a group of
apprentice architects, artists, and designers, led by a visionary,
the dire situation of their country was not an obstacle but an
inspiration to plan and think... although they were very different
characters, the architects worked closely together to realize their
dreams, staunchly supported by a super-creative bureaucracy and an
activist state... after 15 years of incubation, they surprised the
world with a new architecture-Metabolism-that proposed a radical
makeover of the entire land... Then newspapers, magazines, and TV
turned the architects into heroes: thinkers and doers, thoroughly
modern men... Through sheer hard work, discipline, and the
integration of all forms of creativity, their country, Japan,
became a shining example... when the oil crisis initiated the end
of the West, the architects of Japan spread out over the world to
define the contours of a post-Western aesthetic...." -Rem Koolhaas
/ Hans Ulrich Obrist Between 2005 and 2011, architect Rem Koolhaas
and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist interviewed the surviving members of
Metabolism-the first non-Western avant-garde, launched in Tokyo in
1960, in the midst of Japan's postwar miracle. Project Japan
features hundreds of never-before-seen images-master plans from
Manchuria to Tokyo, intimate snapshots of the Metabolists at work
and play, architectural models, magazine excerpts, and astonishing
sci-fi urban visions-telling the 20th-century history of Japan
through its architecture. From the tabula rasa of a colonized
Manchuria in the 1930s, a devastated Japan after the war, and the
establishment of Metabolism at the 1960 World Design Conference in
Tokyo to the rise of Kisho Kurokawa as the first celebrity
architect, the apotheosis of Metabolism at Expo '70 in Osaka, and
its expansion into the Middle East and Africa in the 1970s: The
result is a vivid documentary of the last moment when architecture
was a public rather than a private affair. Oral history by Rem
Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist Extensive interviews with Arata
Isozaki, Toshiko Kato, Kiyonori Kikutake, Noboru Kawazoe, Fumihiko
Maki, Kisho Kurokawa, Kenji Ekuan, Atsushi Shimokobe, and Takako
and Noritaka Tange Hundreds of never-before-seen images,
architectural models, and magazine excerpts Layout by award-winning
Dutch designer Irma Boom Further reading
Devil's Candy, the popular webcomic by Rem and Bikkuri, is a
hilarious action-adventure that follows Kazu Decker and his science
experiment, Pandora, as they navigate high school with a ghoulish
supernatural twist. At Hemlock Heart Academy, science wiz Kazu
Decker shows off his skills by creating a humanoid girl named
Pandora. But in a world of monsters and mayhem, surviving high
school is harder than getting good grades, and lessons often turn
violent. Fortunately for them, Pandora's stoic nature and seemingly
limitless strength, paired with Kazu's luck, knowledge and friends,
get them out of trouble almost as often as they get mixed up in it!
Science projects at Hemlock require more than a fizzy volcano to
impress the class, so naturally Kazu introduces them to Pandora,
whose violent streak and impressive strength cause more destruction
in his already chaotic school life. Braving runaway science
experiments, howling apparitions and a deadly fashion show, Pandora
learns that life at a devil high school is a day-to-day struggle
for survival.
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Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech (Hardcover)
Virgil Abloh; Edited by Michael Darling; Foreword by Madeleine Grynsztejn; Text written by Samir Bantal, Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, …
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The rural, remote, and wild territories we call "countryside", or
the 98% of the earth's surface not occupied by cities, make up the
front line where today's most powerful forces-climate and
ecological devastation, migration, tech, demographic lurches-are
playing out. Increasingly under a 'Cartesian' regime-gridded,
mechanized, and optimized for maximal production-these sites are
changing beyond recognition. In his latest publication, Rem
Koolhaas explores the rapid and often hidden transformations
underway across the Earth's vast non-urban areas. Countryside, A
Report gathers travelogue essays exploring territories marked by
global forces and experimentation at the edge of our consciousness:
a test site near Fukushima, where the robots that will maintain
Japan's infrastructure and agriculture are tested; a greenhouse
city in the Netherlands that may be the origin for the cosmology of
today's countryside; the rapidly thawing permafrost of Central
Siberia, a region wrestling with the possibility of relocation;
refugees populating dying villages in the German countryside and
intersecting with climate change activists; habituated mountain
gorillas confronting humans on 'their' territory in Uganda; the
American Midwest, where industrial-scale farming operations are
coming to grips with regenerative agriculture; and Chinese villages
transformed into all-in-one factory, e-commerce stores, and
fulfillment centers. This book is the official companion to the
Guggenheim Museum exhibition Countryside, The Future. The
exhibition and book mark a new area of investigation for architect
and urbanist Rem Koolhaas, who launched his career with two
city-centric entities: The Office for Metropolitan Architecture
(1975) and Delirious New York (1978). It's designed by Irma Boom,
who drew inspiration for the book's pocket-sized concept, as well
as its innovative typography and layout, from her research in the
Vatican library. The book brings together collaborative research by
AMO, Koolhaas, and students at the Harvard Graduate School of
Design; the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing; Wageningen
University in the Netherlands; and the University of Nairobi.
Contributors also include Samir Bantal, Janna Bystrykh, Troy Conrad
Therrien, Lenora Ditzler, Clemens Driessen, Alexandra Kharitonova,
Keigo Kobayashi, Niklas Maak, Etta Madete, Federico Martelli, Ingo
Niermann, Dr. Linda Nkatha Gichuyia, Kayoko Ota, Stephan Petermann,
and Anne M. Schneider.
Christian Democracy, which may briefly be defined as organised
political action by Catholic democrats, has been a major political
force in Western Europe since the Second World War, not least in
France. The aim of this book, first published in 1973, is to trace
the Development of Christian Democracy in France from its origins
in the 1830s to the present day, discussing its theories and its
importance in French history and politics, with particular (but by
no means exclusive) reference to the Fourth Republic (1946-58) when
the MRP was one of the key centre parties. Dr Irving provides a
thorough analysis of MRP, its economic, foreign and colonial
policies, and gives reasons for the relative decline of French
Christian Democracy in the 1960s. This French movement has been
little understood in Britain and a throrough history has been badly
needed. This study will be valuable to all those who, in the
context of a United Europe, wish to understand the political forces
at work at its conception. It will be valuable especially to
students of modern history and politics.
The year 2013 welcomes a major anniversary: 450 years of the
Heidelberg Catechism. This Protestant confessional was written in
Heidelberg in 1563 on behalf of Frederick III, Elector Palatine,
and spread over the world when it was approved on the Synod of Dort
in 1619. Since then, the Heidelberg Catechism has shaped the
spiritual and political life and became a symbol of change and
departure from the old in Europe, America, and Asia. To this day,
the Heidelberg Catechism is one of the most influential catechisms
of the Reformed Church and is in everyday use by more than 20
million people worldwide. The Palatinate Museum Heidelberg (KMH),
State Palaces and Gardens Baden-Wurttemberg (SSG), the foundation
Refo500, and the Johannes A Lasco Library (JALB) will celebrate the
anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism together with several
events. The heart of the activities is a joint exhibition presented
by KMH and SSG in two locations in Heidelberg, an exhibition at
Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, as well as this companion to the
exhibition that is realized by Refo500. In addition, the Johannes A
Lasco Library supported this project with a conference in March
2011; the conference papers are also included. In this volume,
well-known specialists in the field present how the Heidelberg
Catechism spread and influenced culture, education, and
ecclesiastical life. Together with over 700 photographs depicting
objects in the exhibition, as well as illustrating the
contributions, Power of Faith: 450 Years of the Heidelberg
Catechism is an incomparable testament to the history of the
Heidelberg Catechism, as well as its continued use today - a
fitting tribute to this important anniversary.
Henrik Ibsen, the 'Father of Modern Drama', came from a seemingly
inauspicious background. What are the key contexts for
understanding his appearance on the world stage? This collection
provides thirty contributions from leading scholars in theatre
studies, literary studies, book history, philosophy, music, and
history, offering a rich interdisciplinary understanding of Ibsen's
work, with chapters ranging across cultural and aesthetic contexts
including feminism, scientific discovery, genre, publishing, music,
and the visual arts. The book ends by charting Ibsen's ongoing
globalization and gives valuable overviews of major trends within
Ibsen studies. Accessibly written, while drawing on the most recent
scholarship, Ibsen in Context provides unique access to Ibsen the
man, his works, and their afterlives across the world.
For three weeks, Kenta Yamazaki has undergone strict training from
his King—Saku Chitose—to learn how to live the normie life.
Now, to prove his rebirth, he’s meeting up with the otaku group
at the source of his trauma…but he didn’t expect to be hit by a
torrent of verbal abuse and insults! Just when he’s about to
break down, Saku swoops in to save the day…
Henrik Ibsen's drama is the most prominent and lasting contribution
of the cultural surge seen in Scandinavian literature in the later
nineteenth century. When he made his debut in Norway in 1850, the
nation's literary presence was negligible, yet by 1890 Ibsen had
become one of Europe's most famous authors. Contrary to the
standard narrative of his move from restrictive provincial origins
to liberating European exile, Narve Fulsas and Tore Rem show how
Ibsen's trajectory was preconditioned on his continued embeddedness
in Scandinavian society and culture, and that he experienced great
success in his home markets. This volume traces how Ibsen's works
first travelled outside Scandinavia and studies the mechanisms of
his appropriation in Germany, Britain and France. Engaging with
theories of book dissemination and world literature, and
re-assessing the emergence of 'peripheral' literary nations, this
book provides new perspectives on the work of this major figure of
European literature and theatre.
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Pan (Paperback)
Knut Hamsun; Edited by Tore Rem
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'When the snow water had broken crevices open in the mountain a
shot or even just a sharp cry was enough to tear loose a huge slab
and send it toppling.' Lieutenant Thomas Glahn spends a summer in
northern Norway, where the midnight sun triggers a short but
intense release of energies. Living out of a rudimentary hut on the
edge of the forest, he pursues a solitary existence, hunting,
fishing, and engaging intermittently with the inhabitants of the
nearby coastal village. Among these is Edvarda, daughter of the
wealthy local trader Herr Mack. Their mutual attraction rapidly
develops into an erotic fascination shot through with suspicions
and jealousies; a series of fraught encounters culminates in
violent actions with unforeseen consequences. First published in
1894, Pan was an immediate success and remains a classic of
Norwegian literature. It embodies many of the distinctive features
of Hamsun's early works, in particular a rejection of psychological
stereotypes and a style infused by what Hamsun called a 'poetry of
the nerves'. Terence Cave's new translation restores the power and
virtuosity of Hamsun's original and includes an illuminating
introduction and explanatory notes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100
years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range
of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
Henrik Ibsen's drama is the most prominent and lasting contribution
of the cultural surge seen in Scandinavian literature in the later
nineteenth century. When he made his debut in Norway in 1850, the
nation's literary presence was negligible, yet by 1890 Ibsen had
become one of Europe's most famous authors. Contrary to the
standard narrative of his move from restrictive provincial origins
to liberating European exile, Narve Fulsas and Tore Rem show how
Ibsen's trajectory was preconditioned on his continued embeddedness
in Scandinavian society and culture, and that he experienced great
success in his home markets. This volume traces how Ibsen's works
first travelled outside Scandinavia and studies the mechanisms of
his appropriation in Germany, Britain and France. Engaging with
theories of book dissemination and world literature, and
re-assessing the emergence of 'peripheral' literary nations, this
book provides new perspectives on the work of this major figure of
European literature and theatre.
Devil's Candy, the popular webcomic by Rem and Bikkuri, is a
hilarious action-adventure that follows Kazu Decker and his science
experiment, Pandora, as they navigate high school with a ghoulish
supernatural twist. At Hemlock Heart Academy, science wiz Kazu
Decker shows off his skills by creating a humanoid girl named
Pandora. But in a world of monsters and mayhem, surviving high
school is harder than getting good grades and lessons often turn
violent at Hemlock. Fortunately for them, Pandora's stoic nature
and seemingly limitless strength, paired with Kazu's luck,
knowledge and friends, get them out of trouble almost as often as
it gets them mixed up in it! Kazu is having a hard time getting
used to Pandora's growing independence, but then an elite rival
academy, Sacred Crown, challenges the ill-matched students of
Hemlock Heart to a violent game of Eggscram. Pandora's unlimited
strength soon gets recognized by a society of sinister daemons
beyond the schoolyard, and now it's not just Kazu who wants
Pandora's attention! Is Pandora prepared to take the step from
schoolyard skirmishes into the wrath of the daemon world?
"Saku Chitose is a womanizing scumbag"-Even if he's attacked by
slanderous gossip online, Saku Chitose's reign at the top of his
school is unshakable. As a member of the student elite, he's
surrounded by attractive, popular kids. ? But as he enjoys his
smooth-sailing social life, Saku is suddenly asked to rehabilitate
Kenta Yamazaki, an anti-social shut-in-!?
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