iZombie Vol. 4: Repossessed

iZombie Vol. 4: Repossessed

Author: Chris Roberson

Publisher: Vertigo

Published: 2012-12-11

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1401242006

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Told from a female zombie's perspective, iZOMBIE is a smart, witty detective series with a mix of urban fantasy and romantic dramedy. Gwendolyn "Gwen" Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but in the process she becomes consumed with the thoughts and personality of the dead person—until she eats the next brain. She sets out to fulfill the dead person's last request, solve a crime, or right a wrong. Once upon a time, Gwen's biggest concerns were finding a brain to snack on and worrying whether her boyfriend would find out she was a zombie. Now, with undead secret agents and monster hunters teaming up to stop a mad scientist from bringing about the end of the world, and her friends stuck right in the middle of it, Gwen has bigger problems on her hands. But can a girl help save the world without losing everything in the world she loves? From the Eisner Award-nominated team of Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, iZOMBIE VOL. 4: REPOSSESSION collects issues #19-28.


iZombie Vol. 1: Dead to the World

iZombie Vol. 1: Dead to the World

Author: Chris Roberson

Publisher: Vertigo

Published: 2011-03-22

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 1401247792

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Told from a female zombie's perspective, this smart, witty detective series mixes urban fantasy and romantic dramedy. Gwendolyn "Gwen" Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but in the process she becomes consumed with the thoughts and personality of the dead person-until she eats her next brain. She sets out to fulfill the dead person's last request, solve a crime or right a wrong. Our zombie girl detective is joined by a radical supporting cast: her best friend Eleanor, who happens to be a swinging '60s ghost, a posse of paintball blasting vampires, a smitten were-terrier and a hot but demented mummy. Collects issues #1-6.


The IZombie Omnibus

The IZombie Omnibus

Author: Chris Roberson

Publisher: Vertigo

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781401262037

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Told from a female zombie's perspective, IZOMBIE is a smart, witty detective series with a mix of urban fantasy and romantic dramedy. Gwendolyn "Gwen" Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but in the process she becomes consumed with the thoughts and personality of the dead person until she eats the next brain. She sets out to fulfill the dead person's last request, solve a crime, or right a wrong. The inspiration behind the hit CW series created by Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) is now collected in its entirety for the first time ever in his oversized omnibus edition! This critically acclaimed series from Chris Roberson and Michael Allred is a can't miss for fans of the show and graphic novel lovers alike! Collects issues #1-28.


Narrative Mechanics

Narrative Mechanics

Author: Beat Suter

Publisher: transcript Verlag

Published: 2021-05-31

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 3839453453

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What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? This book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life. It shows that the narrative mechanics so clearly identifiable in games are increasingly used (and abused) in politics and social life. They have »many faces«, displays and interfaces. They occur as texts, recipes, stories, dramas in three acts, movies, videos, tweets, journeys of heroes, but also as rewarding stories in games and as narratives in society - such as a career from rags to riches, the concept of modernity or market economy. Below their surface, however, narrative mechanics are a particular type of motivational design - of game mechanics.


iZombie Vol. 1: Dead to the World

iZombie Vol. 1: Dead to the World

Author: Chris Roberson

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2011-03-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1401229654

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Told from a female zombie’s perspective, this smart, witty detective series mixes urban fantasy and romantic dramedy. Gwendolyn “Gwen” Dylan is a 20-something gravedigger in an eco-friendly cemetery. Once a month she must eat a human brain to keep from losing her memories, but in the process she becomes consumed with the thoughts and personality of the dead person – until she eats her next brain. She sets out to fulfi ll the dead person’s last request, solve a crime or right a wrong. Our zombie girl detective is joined by a radical supporting cast: her best friend Eleanor, who happens to be a swinging ’60s ghost, a posse of paintball blasting vampires, a smitten were-dog and a hot but demented mummy.


Choice or Chance

Choice or Chance

Author: Stephen Nowicki

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Published: 2016-05-17

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1633880710

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How Much Do You Believe That What Happens to You Is the Result of Your Own Actions—or Do Circumstances Beyond Your Control Largely Determine Your Fate? Locus of Control (LOC) is a phrase used by psychologists to describe a widely effective way of assessing an individual’s potential for success—personal, social, and financial. LOC measures how much you believe what happens to you is the result of your own actions or, conversely, of forces and circumstances beyond your control. People who accept that they are largely in control of their lives tend to do better than those who feel that fate or external factors rule what they do, especially in novel and difficult situations. This book explains LOC research, until now mainly confined to academic circles, in terms easily understandable to the average person. The author, a clinical psychologist who has spent nearly five decades investigating and writing about LOC, helps the reader to explore his or her own locus of control and what those orientations might mean for how life is lived. He discusses the extensively documented relationship between LOC and academic achievement, personal and social adjustment, health, and financial success. Dr. Nowicki notes that there has been an increasing tendency among Americans to feel as though their lives are slipping out of their control, and he identifies ways to reverse this negative trend. He describes how the Locus of Control is learned and demonstrates ways in which it can be changed to yield higher levels of achievement, success, personal satisfaction, and better interactions with others.


House of Mystery Halloween Annual (2009-) #1

House of Mystery Halloween Annual (2009-) #1

Author: Bill Willingham

Publisher: Vertigo

Published: 2012-09-19

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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It's Halloween at the House of Mystery, and that can only mean one thing: the bash of a lifetime! But when Fig discovers a strange mask in the attic, she begins having visions of everywhere the mask has been—sending her on a journey across the Vertigo line, including original tales of terror from HELLBLAZER, MADAME XANADU, and more!


Dangerous Odds

Dangerous Odds

Author: Marisa Lankester

Publisher:

Published: 2016-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783906196046

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The author recounts her experiences working in the illegal sports betting world, chronicling her love for a business partner, career as a model, and flight from the FBI.


Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures)

Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures)

Author: Andrew Thomson

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2011-05-31

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1446408256

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What it’s really like on the frontline of humanitarian aid It's the early 1990s and three young people are looking to change their lives, and perhaps also the world. Attracted to the ambitious global peacekeeping work of the UN, Andrew, Ken and Heidi's paths cross in Cambodia, from where their fates are to become inextricably bound. Over the coming years, their stories interweave through countries such as Rwanda, Bosnia, Somalia and Haiti - war-torn, lawless places where the intervention of the UN is needed like nowhere else. Driven by idealism, the three struggle to do the best they can, caught up in an increasingly tangled web of bureaucracy and ineffectual leadership. As disillusionment sets in, they attempt to keep hold of their humanity through black humour, revelry and 'emergency sex'. Brutal and moving in equal measure, Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) explores pressing global issues while never losing a sense of the personal. Deeply critical of the West's indifference to developing countries and the UN's repeated failure to intervene decisively, the book provoked massive controversy on its initial publication. Kofi Annan called for the book to be banned, and debate was sparked about the future direction of the UN. Brilliantly written and mordantly funny, it is a book that continues to make waves.


IZombie

IZombie

Author: Chris Roberson

Publisher: Vertigo

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781401236977

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Following the zombie invasion of Eugene, Oregon, the newly-undead Gwen goes underground to elude the troops who have been sent to her town to kill zombies, one of whom is her boyfriend who just found out he has been dating a zombie.