When Trash Pandas Attack
When Trash Pandas Attack

Author: D. Castanea

Publisher: D. Castanea

Published: 2020-12-28

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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When Trash Pandas Attack is a collection of short stories, misadventures, family tales, encounters with the bizarre, unusual, and interesting, and humorous events. The tales in here are not tall. They are short and true. From hair-raising encounters with wild animals, meeting extraterrestrials after church, having out-of-body experiences after drinking Kool-Aid, embarrassing but enlightening misunderstandings of language and cuisine, cosmic signs and connections, and general good fun, When Trash Pandas Attack is a book full of the wonder and silliness of life in all its strange manifestations. So, sit back, relax, and join us for a spell as we share a few stories from my family to yours. With any luck, the trash pandas won’t attack. Thanks to us, they’re probably too full by now to bother you. But, if they do, I recommend cocoa, lots of cocoa.

Revenge of the Trash Pandas
Revenge of the Trash Pandas

Author: D. Castanea

Publisher: D. Castanea

Published: 2021-04-01

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13:

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Revenge of the Trash Pandas is a collection of short stories, misadventures, family tales, and humorous encounters. The tales in here are not tall. They are true. From crowd-scattering encounters with wild animals, slobbery exposures to rabid raccoons, sleeping through an out-of-body experience, barnyard mishaps, mountain pranks, misadventures large and small, super-heroic failings, and general good fun, Revenge of the Trash Pandas is a compilation of short stories expressing the wonder and silliness of life in all its strange manifestations. So, sit back, relax, and join us for a tale or a few as we share stories from our family to yours. And, with any luck, no trash pandas will hunt you seeking revenge. We’ve taken care of that. Mostly because they’ve already had their revenge on us. But, if they do come after you, remember dogs are man’s best friend… along with your rabies shots.

Marvel Strike Force
Marvel Strike Force

Author: N/A

Publisher: Marvel Entertainment

Published: 2019-12-18

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1302517317

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Go inside the creative process of the hit mobile game Marvel Strike Force! When Earth comes under attack by the Kree menace Ultimus, in an unholy alliance with A.I.M. and Hydra, Nick Fury recruits an unlikely band of heroes and villains for the Special Tactical Reserve for Interdimensional Key Events — S.T.R.I.K.E.! This volume takes you behind the scenes with the artists who designed Ultimus, the game’s version of Fury and, of course, your favorite agents of S.T.R.I.K.E. — including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Gamora, Groot, Daredevil, Ms. Marvel, Miles Morales, Wolverine and Black Panther-not to mention the likes of Crossbones, Carnage, and Loki! From turn-based mobile battles to a genuine page-turner, this is one truly striking Marvel art book!

Christmasly Obedient
Christmasly Obedient

Author: Julia Kent

Publisher: Julia Kent

Published: 2020-11-24

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 1950173844

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Tree picking in glorious, downeast Maine. Snow. Santa. Roaring fires, people you love, and a good life. What more could a guy want? Or, rather, two guys? Mike and Jeremy have a quiet life with Lydia, on her parents' family campground in Verily, Maine. It's a little boring, sure, but after the craziness of their old lives, what's wrong with boring? Besides, Jeremy and Mike find Lydia anything but. As Christmas looms, and an unexpected oops leaves them all in a state of uncertainty, they have to ask themselves: is it time to let life be a little less boring? And what's inside that slim box Lydia's giving them both on Christmas morning? Christmasly Obedient is a new holiday book in Julia Kent's USA Today bestselling Obedient series.

Quality Time
Quality Time

Author: Suzannah Showler

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

Published: 2023-05-16

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0771003692

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A debut love story of 2000s discontent from author and poet Suzannah Showler—for readers of HOW SHOULD A PERSON BE? by Sheila Heti and NORMAL PEOPLE by Sally Rooney. Ferociously in love from the start, Nico and Lydie spent a first year together so beautiful that they've been recreating it, day by day, ever since. Their anniversaries, sometimes elaborate, sometimes small, have become the couple’s entire universe, tethering them to a reality they've built together, collapsing their sense of time. But the real world is creeping in. As the people around them start to get married, get pregnant, get serious, Lydie wonders what it is they're really doing, and why it leaves her so little time to focus on the art she moved to the city to create. Meanwhile, Nico experiences a divine event that convinces him the anniversaries matter more than ever, and in the city around them, the urban wildlife is rising up on a mission of their own. A vivid time capsule from an era of Millennial love, recession discontent, and city garbage strike racoons, Quality Time is about that rare, innocent moment when we feel like masters of our own fate, and what happens when the real world starts to press in from the edges.

Follow the Buzzards
Follow the Buzzards

Author: Keith Elliot Greenberg

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 2022-10-04

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 1770907416

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Industry expert Keith Elliot Greenberg chronicles pro wrestling through the most memorable, controversial, and polarizing period of the last two decades As a new decade dawned, 2020 was supposed to be the best year to be a wrestling fan. Finally, WWE had serious competition in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and there were viable secondary promotions and a thriving international indie scene. Few in the industry realized that in China, a mysterious virus had begun to spread. By the time a pandemic was declared in March, the business — and the world — was in disarray. For the first time, pro wrestling was no longer seen as escapism, as real-world events intruded on the fantasy. Still, when everything else shut down, wrestling never went away. Despite cancellations and empty arena shows, there were great innovations, like the cinematic match — battles shot to look like movies — and the “ThunderDome,” which replicated the live experience with fan faces surrounding the ring on LED screens. On the indie circuit, matches were held outdoors with spectators separated into socially distanced pods. The entire time, New York Times bestselling author and historian Keith Elliot Greenberg was chronicling the scene, juxtaposing pro wrestling developments with actual news events like the U.S. presidential election and Brexit. The result, Follow the Buzzards: Pro Wrestling in the Age of COVID-19, captures the dread, confusion, and spontaneous creativity of this uncertain era while exploring the long-term consequences.

Just a Batter of Time
Just a Batter of Time

Author: Molly O'Hare

Publisher: Be You Publishing, LLC

Published: 2022-09-13

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13:

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From USA Today bestselling author Molly O'Hare comes an older brother's best friend, curvy, teach-me-all-the-things, opposites attract romance. Riley's been crushing on her older brother's best friend, Liam, for years. Sad, right? Oh well, she's living her best life baking her heart out at Pastries & Paws - her bakery that caters to humans and pets. She's an almost 28-year-old virgin with zero interest in dating ever again. However, it only took one little kitty and an unfortunate wardrobe malfunction to change everything. Liam's in love with his best friend's curvy, gorgeous, insanely driven little sister. Protecting her and loving her from the sidelines was going to have to be enough, since he can't cross the Bro Code. It doesn't help matters the three of them are roommates. But one kitten caused mishap later, and the thin thread holding him together snapped. When Riley asked him to teach her about "the deed," how could he tell her no? Liam's about to get everything he's ever wanted as long as her brother doesn't find out. Too bad it's only a matter of time before the cat's out of the bag.

Violence and Harm in the Animal Industrial Complex
Violence and Harm in the Animal Industrial Complex

Author: Gwen Hunnicutt

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-11-12

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1040254403

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This book grapples with multispecies violent exploitations embedded in corridors of power within the animal-industrial complex (A-IC). The A-IC is a useful framework for understanding how exploitative human-animal relations are central to capitalist relations and profit accumulation. ‘A-IC-related-violence’ – killing animals for economic gain – has a ripple effect which results in profound consequences for humans as well. This collection of international scholarship explores topics as varied as how A-IC-related-violence is reproduced and sustained through rapidly changing discursive strategies, ideological architecture, and particular cultural forms that elide and legitimize animal cruelty. Several chapters expose collusion between governments, corporations, and academia as central to maintaining dominance of A-IC-related-violence. Other scholars explore the trouble with making the conditions of “meat” production visible – of de-fetishizing meat commodities. The scholarship critically explores dynamic components of an apparatus that enables A-IC-related-violence and harm but is situated within the capitalist order and charts A-IC-related-violence as the key profit-generating practice in select domains of the A-IC. The book unmasks inherent cruelties in a proliferation of social forms that ultimately reflect a socioeconomic system that centralizes capitalist life characterized by endless growth, competitiveness, and profligate consumption. This is essential reading for those engaged in critical criminology, green criminology, violence studies, peace and conflict studies, critical animal studies, or animal rights-oriented scholars.

Producing Graphic Media for Sports
Producing Graphic Media for Sports

Author: John S. Zaffuto

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-05-16

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1000875083

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Producing Graphic Media for Sports: New Horizons and Possibilities for the Motion Media Specialist explores the origins, applications, and future of the production of sports-oriented motion graphics. Beginning with the evolution and development of sports-oriented art and design, this book investigates the importance of motion graphics within a variety of environments in the sphere of organized, competitive activity. Venue-based presentation, broadcast and streaming environments, and the importance of graphic standards and brand guidelines are all discussed in detail, along with applications within social media and mobile platforms. A final chapter on emerging technologies covers the potential use of motion media for e-sports and other trending developments within the sports world. The author draws on case studies and interviews with sports media professionals to augment his own research and observation of trends and processes and to highlight the exciting career opportunities that exist within the sports presentation and marketing industries. This book is recommended reading for students of advanced media production, sports marketing, and media production for advertising.

St. Nick’s Journey
St. Nick’s Journey

Author: Keith Mayhew-Hammond

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2020-12-28

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1725282844

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Tom desperately tries to battle his doubts and fears about death, abandonment, and loneliness while struggling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, acute anxiety, and crippling depression. He writes prose and poetry in his journal as an attempt to cope. And he tries, unsuccessfully, to keep this internal conflict from becoming known to his family and friends by trying to keep up appearances. But the tiny thread keeping his hope alive inevitably snaps. And he becomes in desperate turmoil. Imagine if the glue that keeps everything dear to you comes loose, threatening your destruction. Wouldn't you desperately try all you could to put your life back together? When this happens to the young Obsessive-Compulsive Tom Jolmen, he clings to his last hope. Tormented by a shadowy presence, Tom runs away to find his Christmas hero, St Nicholas. Join him, his sports-loving brother, Nate, and their new-found companions: the conflicted Brendan and antagonistic Paul on their quest. The adventure goes amiss. But with the aid of their guardian angels this failed attempt helps resolve their doubts and strengthen their faith as they discover the real truth about themselves.