New Releases by Peter Gross

Tom King lo dice chiaramente nella sua prefazione al volume: è lecito aggiornare i miti. Quando George Orwell scrisse La fattoria degli animali, a neanche metà del Ventesimo secolo, voleva evidenziare come il mondo fosse cambiato rispetto alle logiche politiche dell’Ottocento, e quali pericoli si nascondessero nelle politiche più estreme all’interno dei sistemi democratici. Ottant’anni dopo Tom King, uno degli sceneggiatori più apprezzato d’America, aiutato dal disegnatore Peter Gross e dalla colorista Tamra Bonvillain, attualizza la metafora di Orwell per renderla attuale, pertinente nel tempo confuso e pericoloso che stiamo vivendo. La storia del rifugio, di Madame Fifi, di Lucky, Titan e delle libere elezioni tra gli animali è la nostra storia. Il loro pericolo è quello all’ombra del quale ci risvegliamo ogni mattina. E questo fumetto è qualcosa che tutti dovrebbero leggere, per tornare a dire ad alta voce che le cose assurde sono assurde.

L'Antéchrist Jodie Christianson est le président des États-Unis et il planifie l'effondrement de l'économie à travers des guerres et des pandémies. Il cherche à créer un gouvernement mondial au nom de son père, Lucifer, et à réduire en esclavage numérique toute l'humanité. Face à lui se dresse Catalina, la réincarnation du Christ. Mais que peut faire la jeune femme si le monde entier reste sourd à ses paroles ? Découvrez la conclusion de la trilogie American Jesus réalisée par Mark Millar (Civil War, Kick-Ass, The Magic Order) avec Peter Gross (Lucifer, Fables, The Unwritten) et adaptée en série télévisée par Netflix. [Cet album contient les épisodes American Jesus: Revelation (2022) 1 à 3.]

This book offers an alternative perspective to the reigning socio-political and economic approaches to evaluating media systems and why and how they function. Peter Gross outlines a cultural model, a "kaleidoscopic cultural prism," for assessing the nature and functioning of these systems. By testing this model in one Eastern European country, Romania, Gross contributes to existing scholarship on media theory, media and transformation, East and Central European media, Romanian media, and East and Central European transformations in general. Awareness of the inherent negatives in the cultural bricolage accumulated over the centuries while Romanians lived under physical, administrative, and ideological dominance of various empires is increasingly sown among the new generations. This reality makes a culture-driven understanding of Romania’s media system even more urgent and meaningful for comprehending the evolving transformation. Scholars of communication, media studies, and Eastern European studies will find this book of particular interest.

¡Un cómic con una narración fantástica y cautivadora que no dejará indiferente a nadie! Nacer esclavo es un hecho, no un decreto del destino. Y los hechos pueden cambiarse. En el país de Ossaniul existe una fortaleza tan desproporcionada como inaccesible: la Casa Culminante. Sus amos, la noble familia de Aldercrest, reinan sobre un verdadero ejército de esclavos. En lo más bajo del escalafón, el joven Moth realiza las tareas más ingratas y tiene pocas esperanzas de vivir más allá de la infancia. Hasta el día en que conoce a Obsidian, un misterioso prisionero de la Casa que le susurra en sueños. Si Moth hace lo que pide, Obsidian le concederá fortuna y gloria. Y todo indica que Obsidian puede cumplir sus promesas. ¿Aceptará Moth la oferta? A través de una sutil historia alternativa, The Highest House lleva a los lectores a un país ficticio que recuerda a los reinos balcánicos del siglo XVI. Mike Carey y Peter Gross extraen de este contexto una cautivadora narración fantástica que reflexiona sobre el alma humana, el poder corruptor de la esclavitud y las desigualdades entre clases, todo ello desde las diferentes perspectivas de los numerosos habitantes de la Casa. Inmediata y atemporal a la vez, The Highest House es una fantasía polifacética que con toda seguridad permanecerá con los lectores hasta mucho tiempo después de pasar la última página. Editorial USA: IDW

The second and final omnibus of Peter Gross' amazing run of The Books of Magic series! The son of a manipulative sorceress and a mystical falconer, Tim Hunter is destined to become the most powerful mage in the world. But as the young Londoner comes to terms with his abilities and future, he must deal with demons and wizards looking to claim his power. In the fourth volume of this enrapturing series, Tim's magical adventures continue as he has a remarkable encounter with Death, transforms himself into a cat, faces off against an ancient enchantress and celebrates his fourteenth birthday. Readers can enjoy this expansive collection that includes The Books of Magic #33-75, The Books of Magic Annual #1-3, The Books of Faerie #1-3, Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1-3, Hellblazer: Books of Magic #1-2, Books of Faerie: Molly's Story #1-4, and Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer #1.

Workbook for Wheatstone Ministries'' "Teach Them to Pray" Youth Ministry Leader Training Event. [Current Edition]

101 Ways to Amaze & Entertain helps kids become confident, funny magicians, teaching them unique tricks and gags with clear, easy-to-follow instructions and humorous illustrations. It provides tips on telling jokes, how to deal with hecklers, as well as step-by-step instructions for 50 magic tricks that will delight readers of all ages. Additional instructions on how to create a complete magic act with performance tips sets this book apart from the competition, and it combines the two into one fun and hilarious book.

-When an enormous scandal reveals that Tom might really be a boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a very mysterious, very deadly group that has secretly kept tabs on him all his life. To protect his own life and discover the truth behind his origins, Tom traverses a series of locations that have been featured on a very special map. This document charts places throughout world history where fictions--ranging from literary works to folktales to pop culture--have impacted and tangibly shaped reality. In the process, Tom uncovers a huge conspiracy that spans the entirety of the history of fiction. Mike Carey and Peter Gross''s classic Vertigo series is now available, for the first time ever, in hardcover with with bonus material including sketches, scripts and other concept material---

Die Geschichte vor, während und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg war auch in der neutralen Schweiz geprägt durch die Wirtschaftskrise, durch Militärdienst und Lebensmittelrationierungen, durch technische Entwicklungen und durch die Aufbruchstimmung nach dem Krieg. Für diejenigen, die sie erlebt haben, fand diese Geschichte in kalten, verdunkelten Wohnzimmern statt, im engen Luftschutzkeller, beim Radiohören mit der Familie, mit dem ersten Chewing Gum und mit dem ersten, einzigen Auto im Quartier. 28 prominente Zeitzeuginnen und Zeitzeugen schauen zurück und erzählen in ihren Beiträgen davon, wie sie den Krieg und die Vor- und Nachkriegszeit als Kinder und Jugendliche erlebt haben. Ihre persönlichen Geschichten und Schilderungen des Alltags lassen die Vergangenheit lebendig werden und hinterlassen einen fesselnden Eindruck vom Lebensgefühl jener Zeit.

Tom Taylor's life was screwed from day one. His father created the Tommy Taylor fantasy series, boy-wizard novels with popularity on par with Harry Potter. The problem is Dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom's real life that fans are constantly comparing him to his counterpart, turning him into the lamest variety of Z-level celebrity.

The Boy Who Turned into a cat is a funny. lighthearted, yet touching story of 12 year-old Charles (Chuggy) Thomas. Chuggy has a disagreement with his parents and unhappy over having to do his chores, he goes to sleep one night wishing he could live a carefree live, much like that of his cat, Peeps. The next day, Chuggy wakes up to discover his wish has come true - he is a cat! From that point on the tale becomes funny, frantic and furry. Chuggy's desperate parents can't figure out where he's gone. Television and newspaper reporters descend on the Thomas house to get the 'scoop.' In the midst of this is a remarkable cat that seems to have communication skills superior to most household pets. And what is it that Susie, Chuggy's five year-old sister knows that no one else knows? The Boy Who Turned into a Cat is very much a pre-teen version of Be Careful What You Wish For. At first, Chuggy is ecstatic about his new feline life; the freedom, the ability to jump six feet in the air with his powerful back legs and the revelation that he can now 'talk' to Peeps. But soon Chuggy begins to miss the things he used to do as a boy and he now has to figure out how to become a human again. Along the way, he sees how much his family cares for him and how much he is missed. Cat lovers will smile as they recognize the behaviours of their own kitties in The Boy Who Turned into a Cat. Anyone who loves an old-fashioned family values story will also read this from cover to cover. It's a fast and witty read, full of surprises, laughs and even a little sidebar on what constitutes an important story on news shows these days.

Originally published in single magazine form as The unwritten 25-30.

The revolutions of 1989 swept away Eastern Europe's communist governments and created expectations on the part of many observers that post-communist media would lead the liberated societies in establishing and embracing democratic political cultures. Peter Gross finds that it was utopian to hold such expectations of the media in societies in transition. On the one hand, those countries' media professionals had all learned their jobs under the communist regimes and could not instantly transform themselves into guides for a politically enabled populace, Gross argues. On the other hand, newcomers to the media world, even those who were notable literary figures, viewed themselves as social and political leaders rather than mere informers and facilitators of the resocialization required to form new democracies. The news media have remained highly politicized and partisan. So how are the media, civil society, and political culture related in societies in transition? And can changes in these relationships be anticipated? To address these questions, Entangled Evolutions examines media in post-1989 Eastern Europe. It studies the effects of privatization of the media, journalists' relations to political figures, institutional structures such as media laws, professional journalistic culture, and the media's relation to their market. Sources include interviews with journalists and politicians, sociological and political data from national surveys, and media audience studies.

Tim Hunter''s voyage of discovery across America''s mystical landscape and beyond continues, with a way-out trip to the wild, Wild West, and a pioneering leap into the unknown.

Timothy Hunter is taken on a tour of the magical realms by a quartet of fallen mystics.

Examines the nature and influence of the news media in Romania before, during, and after the December 1989 revolution, concentrating on print and broadcast news media and their struggle to remake themselves and remake society. Covers the precommunist legacy, foreign mass media as a spark for the revolution, media laws in the noncommunist era, neutrality and objectivity in journalism, and news media in the presidential and parliamentary elections of the 1990s. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR