Lady Sidekick
Lady Sidekick

Author: Anneka Harry

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2020-10-20

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0750996366

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Lady Sidekick has gathered up all the tired tropes for women so you don't have to! From the Femme Fatale to the Crazy Cat Lady, the Bridezilla to the Girl Next Door, it calls them out and, most importantly, RECLAIMS them. For too long women have been pigeonholed into a handful of tired and basic characters, their personality and behaviour criticised if they don't fit the role society thinks they should be playing. Lady Sidekick analyses fifty of the most moth-eaten, antiquated, cookie-cutter females clichés, archetypes and tokens that twenty-first-century women are SO over. Through hilarious breakdowns, comic illustrations and tongue-firmly-in-cheek-fuelled study, it slow-roasts each trope, sprinkling them with sarcasm, seasoning them with feminism, infusing them with activism, before serving them up ready for the modern masses to enjoy. It's time to shove a stick of dynamite up the arse of the out-of-date – and Lady Sidekick is ready to light the wick. Happy trope-spotting!

Batman (2011-2016) #28
Batman (2011-2016) #28

Author: Scott Snyder

Publisher: DC

Published:

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13:

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The final chapter is almost upon us, and we've saved the best for last! What corners of Batman's past will be revealed? And how will they impact his very near future? 'Zero Year' part 8.

Prince in Disguise
Prince in Disguise

Author: Stephanie Kate Strohm

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2017-12-04

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1484781228

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Someday I want to live in a place where I never hear "You're Dusty's sister?" ever again. Life is real enough for Dylan-especially as the ordinary younger sister of Dusty, former Miss Mississippi and the most perfect, popular girl in Tupelo. But when Dusty wins the hand of the handsome Scottish laird-to-be Ronan on the TRC television network's crown jewel, Prince in Disguise, Dylan has to face a different kind of reality: reality TV. As the camera crew whisks them off to Scotland to film the lead-up to the wedding, camera-shy Dylan is front and center as Dusty's maid of honor. The producers are full of surprises-including old family secrets, long-lost relatives, and a hostile future mother-in-law who thinks Dusty and Dylan's family isn't good enough for her only son. At least there's Jamie, an adorably bookish groomsman who might just be the perfect antidote to all Dylan's stress . . . if she just can keep TRC from turning her into the next reality show sensation.

Freshman Sidekick
Freshman Sidekick

Author: Ron Tucker

Publisher: Ron Tucker

Published:

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Robbie Garcia isn't your ordinary high school student. He can teleport. And in King City, if you've got a superpower, that means you can sign up to be a sidekick, so he does just that. Wanting to become a sidekick (and hopefully a fully-fledged superhero one day) was all Robbie dreamed about. But, like they always say, be careful what you wish for. No sooner than his first day of high school, does the balancing act commence. Making time for his best friend? Finally getting to go out with his crush? Training with his superhero mentor? Not to mention, there's a psychotic villain on the loose and his minion wants to kill Robbie. Yeah, high school can suck. Add superpowers to the mix, and it can be downright deadly. If you love Smallville, Spider-Man or shows like Runaways, Titans, The Flash download Freshman Sidekick today!

The Detective's Companion in Crime Fiction
The Detective's Companion in Crime Fiction

Author: Lucy Andrew

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-24

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 3030749894

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This book aims to establish the position of the sidekick character in the crime and detective fiction literary genres. It re-evaluates the traditional view that the sidekick character in these genres is often overlooked as having a small, generic or singular role—either to act as the foil to the detective in order to accentuate their own abilities at solving crimes, or else to simply tell the story to the reader. Instead, essays in the collection explore the representations and functions of the detective’s sidekick across a range of forms and subgenres of crime fiction. By incorporating forms such as children’s detective fiction, comics and graphic novels and film and television alongside the more traditional fare of novels and short stories, this book aims to break down the boundaries that sometimes exist between these forms, using the sidekick as a defining thread to link them together into a wider conceptual argument that covers a broad range of crime narratives.

The Depiction of Terrorists in Blockbuster Hollywood Films, 1980-2001
The Depiction of Terrorists in Blockbuster Hollywood Films, 1980-2001

Author: Helena Vanhala

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 0786456906

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This book examines how American foreign policy and the commercial film industry's economic interests influenced the portrayal of international terrorism in Hollywood blockbuster films from the time of the Iran hostage crisis to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Part I provides a historical overview of modern international terrorism and how it relates to the United States, its news media, and its film industry. Part II covers depictions of terrorism during the Cold War under President Reagan, including films like Commando and Iron Eagle. Part III covers the Hollywood terrorist after the Cold War, including European terrorists in the Die Hard franchise, Passenger 57, Patriot Games, Blown Away, The Jackal and Ronin; fundamentalist Islamic terrorists in True Lies and Executive Decision; the return of the communist threat in Air Force One; and 9/11 foreshadowing in The Siege.

Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson (Updated and Expanded)
Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson (Updated and Expanded)

Author: Patrick McGilligan

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2015-11-09

Total Pages: 799

ISBN-13: 0393350975

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“Jack’s Life feels true. . . . Fascinating.”—Entertainment Weekly Jack Nicholson has lived large on and off the screen. Patrick McGilligan, one of America’s outstanding film biographers, has plumbed research and interviews to expand his definitive biography since its publication twenty years ago. Jack’s Life captures the essence of this most private and public of stars with a vivid depiction of Nicholson’s tangled Dickensian upbringing, his hungry years as actor and writer, his nearaccidental breakthrough in Easy Rider, and his prolificacy and artistry ever since, with roles in Chinatown, Five Easy Pieces, The Shining, A Few Good Men, As Good As It Gets, and The Departed, to name a beloved handful of his sixty-plus films. McGilligan captures the life and legacy of this unabashed and complex personality

Church Folks
Church Folks

Author: Adria Cabey

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-04-22

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1450077536

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Lillian Carter is eighteen, and a month out of high school, when she finds out she is pregnant. She tells her boyfriend Jarvis Davis, a college football star, and he encourages her to have an abortion. Lillian is a not the type to run away from her problems, however in the face of adversity that is exactly what she does. She packs her car, tells her baby sister goodbye, and runs away from her grandmother's home without looking back. She becomes Nicolette Cotter, but doesn't realize that by running away she may have just run into her destiny

The Female Investigator in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture
The Female Investigator in Literature, Film, and Popular Culture

Author: Lisa M. Dresner

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-12-24

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1476607737

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In this book the author examines how women detectives are portrayed in film, in literature and on TV. Chapters examine the portrayal of female investigators in each of these four genres: the Gothic novel, the lesbian detective novel, television and film.

Velvet #6
Velvet #6

Author: Ed Brubaker

Publisher: Image Comics

Published: 2014-07-23

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13:

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THE SECOND ARC BEGINS HERE! Following the revelations at the end of issue 5, Velvet's quest for the truth and her innocence takes her right back to the heart of her own organization - to London, where every move she makes is even more dangerous than the last!