-Titulo Original : Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches-Fabricante : Quirk Book...

-Titulo Original : The Big Bad Book Of Bill Murray: A Critical Appreciation Of The Worlds Finest Actor (QUIRK BOOKS)-Fabricante : Quirk Book...

-Titulo Original : Basic Witches: How To Summon Success, Banish Drama, And Raise Hell With Your Coven-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: Want to feel terrifyingly beautiful? Wear the right color of eye shadow to project otherworldly glamour. Need to exorcise a toxic friendship? Repeat the proper incantation and make it disappear. Want to increase your energy? Whip up a tasty herbal “potion” to rev up your stamina. DIY projects, rituals, and spells—along with fun historical sidebars—summon the best trends of the modern witchy lifestyle and the time-trusted traditions of the hell-raising women of the past. With humor, heart, and a hip sensibility, Jaya Saxena and Jess Zimmerman dispense witchy wisdom for the curious, the cynical, and anyone who could use a magical boost. Selected Table of Contents: What We Mean by “Witchcraft” Our Favorite Pop Culture Witches How to Clothe Yourself in Literal Darkness The Dark Magic of Unfeminine Haircuts A Spell for Self-Care A Spell to Make Peace with Your Body Magical Exercise A Ritual for a Relaxing Netflix Binge The Transformative Power of Vulnerability A Collaborative Ritual to Deepen Friendship Conjuring Your Perfect Mate The Magic Circle of Consent A Spell for Talking about Sex Expelling Social Toxicity The Different Types of Personal Demons A Spell to Counter Impostor Syndrome A Spell to Name Your Heart’s Desire How to Read Tea Leave...

-Titulo Original : William Shakespeares Avengers The Complete Works-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: Assemble, Ye Avengers! All four Avengers films are presented as Shakespearean plays in this must-have for Marvel fans.What if the most epic cinematic franchise of all time had been penned by the greatest playwright of all time? Wonder no more! In William Shakespeare’s Avengers, the best-selling author of the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series has reimagined the Avengers films as plays penned by the Bard himself, including:* Assemble, Ye Avengers* Lo, The Age of Ultron* Infinity War’s Tale* The Endgame’s AfootAuthentic meter and verse, stage directions, and clever Easter eggs will delight fans of the Avengers and Shakespeare alike. Readers will experience their favorite scenes, characters, and lines in a fresh-yet fully faithful-way, through soliloquies and dialogue by everyone from Captain America to Groot (“’Tis I!”). The lavish two-column format recalls Shakespeare’s folios, and dozens of vibrant illustrations capture all the iconic movie moments. This franchise bible elevates and celebrates the films and is a must-have for fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Avengers. Review “Author Ian Doescher has remixed the familiar “Avengers” films into a format Shakespeare himself would be proud of.-Los Angeles Times“Rollicking meter.”-Under the Radar“It’s a lot of fun, seeing the Marvel universe rewritten in iambic pentameter, and trying to spot the actual Shakespeare references sprinkled throughout the text.”-GeekDad“For that kid who is really into theater and Marvel...[William Shakespeares Avengers is] great fun, peppered with references to actual plays from the First Folio.”-Broadway Direct“An extraordinary and unique contribution to the growing library of Marvel Universe fiction.”-Midwest Book Review About the Author Ian Doescher is the New York Times best-selling author of the William Shakespeare’s Star Wars® series, the Pop Shakespeare series, and MacTrump. He has written for Marvel Comics and is a contributing author to the story collection Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his family. Visit him at IanDoescher ...

-Titulo Original : The League Of Regrettable Superheroes Half-baked Heroes From Comic Book History-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: Meet one hundred of the strangest superheroes ever to see print, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. You know about Batman, Superman, and Spiderman, but have you heard of Doll Man, Doctor Hormone, or Spider Queen? So prepare yourself for such not-ready-for-prime-time heroes as Bee Man (Batman, but with bees), the Clown (circus-themed crimebuster), the Eye (a giant, floating eyeball; just accept it), and many other oddballs and oddities. Drawing on the entire history of the medium, The League of Regrettable Superheroes will appeal to die-hard comics fans, casual comics readers, and anyone who enjoys peering into the stranger corners of pop culture. Review “A volume rich with historical anecdotes and informed commentary on every era of comics history.”- A.V. Club“With its gorgeous full page images of the comics and humorous descriptions of the heroes, each second-stringer gets a few pages of glory.” -Boing Boing“Jon Morris has compiled the histories and art of some of the strangest and most unusual superheroes that ever saw print and collected them here for you. Definitely check it out!”- Nerdist“This compendium of short-lived superheroes (from actual comics) will thrill and amaze.”- Mental Floss “A great idea, executed with adroit prose, attractive design and painstaking production quality. . . turning what could have been a merely dutiful archive into a vibrant, living, expertly curated tour of a long-neglected and seriously goofy facet of American cultural history.”-NPR’s Monkey See “[A]n amusing collection of obscure wonderments.” -Sci Fi magazine “Forgotten but not gone, cartoonist and graphic designer Jon Morris has lovingly resurrected, wittily chronicled, and copiously illustrated these idiosyncratic super-D-list-ers-more than a hundred-for our enlightenment and-mostly-amusement.”- PRINT magazine “[Morris’s] wealth of knowledge and whip-smart sense of humor add up to a book that’s both deeply informative and quite funny.”- Seattle Weekly “This excellent book would be a worthy addition to any comic fan’s collection, be they the hardcore enthusiast or the more casual fan of the superhero genre.”- ComicBook “This compilation is essential reading both old and new fans who revel in the art of comic books. . . This is a wealth of comic art and undeniable fun.”- The New York Journal of Books Praise for national bestseller The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: “Fascinating.”- Entertainment Weekly “A sequel to Morris’s acclaimed The League of Regrettable Superheroes, this quick-read volume is a chronological encyclopedia of the strangest and silliest antagonists ever to appear in sequential art.”- Vulture “In the realm of comic books, the undisputed guru of all things ridiculous, forgotten, and regrettable is Jon Morris.”- VICE “[A] delightfully fun rundown of more than 100 of pulp history’s most marvelous forgotten baddies.”- Parade “Full of gorgeous vintage comic art and poignantly entertaining character entries.”- PRINT magazine Praise for The League of Regrettable Sidekicks: “A gorgeous technicolor reference tome.”-Tor “Entertaining, well-written and researched. . . Highly recommended!”- My Comic Book About the Author Jon Morris is a cartoonist and graphic designer and author of The League of Regret­table Superheroes (Quirk, 2015), The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains (Quirk, 2017), and The League of Regrettable Sidekicks (Quirk, 2018). Since the late 1990s, he’s operated the blog Gone & Forgotten, an irreverent in-depth look at the worst, the lowliest, and the most unfortunate stories and characters comic books have ever offered. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Superheroes are big! Contemporary culture has embraced superheroes in a major way. Hardly a month goes by without an announcement about the release of a new blockbuster superhero movie. Superhero tele...

-Titulo Original : The League Of Regrettable Sidekicks Heroic Helpers From Comic Book History!-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: Nominated for the 2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Comics-Related BookMore than one hundred of the strangest sidekicks in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. This collection affectionately spotlights forgotten helpers like Thunderfoot (explosive-soled assistant to the Human Bomb), super-pets like Frosting (polar bear pal of space hero Norge Benson), fan favorites like Rick Jones (sidekick to half of the Marvel Universe), and obscure partners of iconic heroes ( Superman Juniors career barely got off the ground). Included are pernicious profiles of henchmen and minions, the sidekicks of the supervillain world. Casual comics readers and diehard enthusiasts alike will relish the hilarious commentary and vintage art from obscure old comics. Review Nominated for the 2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Comics-Related Book “This snarky, vividly illustrated ride through comic book history is a hoot.”- BookPage “A gorgeous technicolor reference tome.”-Tor “ The League of Regrettable Sidekicks is the perfect gift for the comic fan in your life.”- Free Press “The exquisite artwork allows readers to visualize each character as they make their way through the book and is an entertaining read all the way to the end.”- Bio Gamer Girl. “Even non-comics fans could have a great time flipping through this reference and laughing with a friend…or a sidekick for that matter.”- Pop Matters “Entertaining, well-written and researched…Highly recommended!”- My Comic Book Praise for national bestseller The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: “Fascinating.”- Entertainment Weekly“A sequel to Morris’s acclaimed The League of Regrettable Superheroes, this quick-read volume is a chronological encyclopedia of the strangest and silliest antagonists ever to appear in sequential art.”- Vulture“In the realm of comic books, the undisputed guru of all things ridiculous, forgotten, and regrettable is Jon Morris.”- VICE“[A] delightfully fun rundown of more than 100 of pulp history’s most marvelous forgotten baddies.”- Parade“Full of gorgeous vintage comic art and poignantly entertaining character entries.”- PRINT magazine Praise for The League of Regrettable Superheroes: “A volume rich with historical anecdotes and informed commentary on every era of comics history.”- A.V. Club“With its gorgeous full page images of the comics and humorous descriptions of the heroes, each second-stringer gets a few pages of glory.”- BoingBoing“Jon Morris has compiled the histories and art of some of the strangest and most unusual superheroes that ever saw print and collected them here for you. Definitely check it out!”- Nerdist“This compendium of short-lived superheroes (from actual comics) will thrill and amaze.”- Mental Floss“A great idea, executed with adroit prose, attractive design and painstaking production quality… turning what could have been a merely dutiful archive into a vibrant, living, expertly curated tour of a long-neglected and seriously goofy facet of American cultural history.”-NPR’s Monkey See About the Author Jon Morris is a cartoonist and graphic designer and author of The League of Regret­table Superheroes (Quirk, 2015), The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains (Quirk, 2017), and The League of Regrettable Sidekicks (Quirk, 2018). Since the late 1990s, he’s operated the blog Gone & Forgotten, an irreverent in-depth look at the worst, the lowliest, and the most unfortunate stories and characters comic books have ever offered. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Introduction What would a superhero be without a plucky, pint-sized partner? What would a villain be with no obedient underlings? What would the landscape of superhero comics look like if there were no sidekicks-or their felonious equivalents, henchpersons? The answer to this last question is: “Roughly the same.” Nothing requires hero...

-Titulo Original : Paperback Crush The Totally Radical History Of 80s And 90s Teen Fiction-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: For fans of vintage YA, a humorous and in-depth history of beloved teen literature from the 1980s and 1990s, full of trivia and pop culture fun. Those pink covers. That flimsy paper. The nonstop series installments that hooked readers throughout their entire adolescence. These were not the serious-issue novels of the 1970s, nor the blockbuster YA trilogies that arrived in the 2000s. Nestled in between were the girl-centric teen books of the ’80s and ’90s-short, cheap, and utterly adored. In Paperback Crush, author Gabrielle Moss explores the history of this genre with affection and humor, highlighting the best-known series along with their many diverse knockoffs. From friendship clubs and school newspapers to pesky siblings and glamorous beauty queens, these stories feature girl protagonists in all their glory. Journey back to your younger days, a time of girl power nourished by sustained silent reading. Let Paperback Crush lead you on a visual tour of nostalgia-inducing book covers from the library stacks of the past. From School Library Journal Bustle features editor Moss (Glop: Nontoxic, Expensive Ideas That Will Make You Look Ridiculous and Feel Pretentious) takes a chatty and nostalgic dive through the history of the frivolous yet formative and influential genre of popular tween and teen series fiction of the 1980s and 1990s. Introducing readers to the early pioneers of modern-day YA literature, which began to solidify in the 1970s, the author then explores the themes and historical context of the paperback frenzy that resulted in the first book for young readers to make the New York Times Best Sellers list (a Sweet Valley entry, of course) and the career-making stardom of some its authors-including Ann M. Martin, R.L. Stine, Christopher Pike, Caroline B. Cooney, Susan Beth Pfeffer, and more. Moss points out the lack of diversity of most of the series and problematic story lines but also highlights works that were ahead of their times in representation and themes. Full-color reproductions of classic covers, interviews with cover artists and models, and profiles of editors and authors scattered throughout add visual interest. VERDICT YA history buffs and academics alike will want to read, reminisce, and chuckle through this fun and well-done work.-Shelley M. Diaz, ­School Library Journal?(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Review “Gabrielle Moss pays homage to the pastel-tinted golden years between Judy Blume and J.K. Rowling.”-The Washington Post “A love letter to and analysis of the books that an entire generation read voraciously.”- Buzzfeed News “A researched and nostalgic look back at what made the genre so successful, from cover art and feminist themes to fan favorite authors and publishers.”-Chicago Tribune“A history lesson, sociological study, and nostalgia trip in one.”-Hello Giggles “A nostalgic and hilarious tour through teen bookshelves and the Golden Age of YA literature.”-Bitch Media“Remember the days of The Baby-Sitters Club, Sweet Valley High, and The Saddle Club? If not, Paperback Crush will jog your memory in the loveliest possible way.”-Brit Co “Writer Gabrielle Moss has a chatty, lets-dish tone that works well for this trip down nostalgia road.”- Deseret News “A humorous and nostalgic ode to favorite YA series of the era, from The Baby-Sitters Club, Sweet Valley High, and beyond.”-Publishers Weekly“Part history, part snark, part love letter to the past, Paperback Crush is the hilarious pop culture history book millennial readers have been waiting for.”-Bustle“YA history buffs and academics alike will want to read, reminisce, and chuckle through this fun and well-done work.”-School Library Journal, Starred Review“Moss lovingly snarky writing style will fuel former teen-girl paperback readers appreciation, and the 1980s-style graphic design adds to the nostalgia.”-Book...

-Titulo Original : Secret Lives Of The First Ladies Strange Stories And Shocking Trivia From Inside The White House-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: American history has never been so fascinating than in this collection of biographies about the secrets, scandals, and trivia of the first ladies of the United States Whether she’s a leading lady, loyal spouse, or lightning rod for scandal, the First Lady of the United States has always been in the spotlight-and in 2017 that was truer than ever. This revised and expanded edition from Quirk’s best-selling Secret Lives series features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the women of the White House, from Martha Washington to Melania Trump, it comes complete with hundreds of little-known, politically incorrect, and downright wacko facts. Did you know that: * Dolley Madison loved to chew tobacco * Mary Todd Lincoln conducted seances on a regular basis * Eleanor Roosevelt and Ellen Wilson both carried guns * Jacqueline Kennedy spent $121,000 on her wardrobe in a single year * Betty Ford liked to chat on CB radios-her handle was “First Mama” With chapters on every woman who’s ever made it to the White House, Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles all the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why was Eleanor Roosevelt serving hot dogs to the King and Queen of England? American history was never this much fun in school! About the Author Cormac O’Brien is also the author of Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents and Secret Lives of the Civil War. He lives in New Jersey...

-Titulo Original : The Ultimate Evil The Search For The Sons Of Sam-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: The true-crime cult classic that inspired the Netflix docuseries The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness and a companion podcast, The Ultimate Evil follows journalist Maury Terry’s decades-long investigation into the terrifying truth behind the Son of Sam murders. On August 10, 1977, the NYPD arrested David Berkowitz for the Son of Sam murders that had terrorized New York City for over a year. Berkowitz confessed to shooting sixteen people and killing six with a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver, and the case was officially closed. Journalist Maury Terry was suspicious of Berkowitz’s confession. Spurred by conflicting witness descriptions of the killer and clues overlooked in the investigation, Terry was convinced Berkowitz didn’t act alone. Meticulously gathering evidence for a decade, he released his findings in the first edition of The Ultimate Evil. Based upon the evidence he had uncovered, Terry theorized that the Son of Sam attacks were masterminded by a Yonkers-based cult that was responsible for other ritual murders across the country. After Terry’s death in 2015, documentary filmmaker Josh Zeman (Cropsey, The Killing Season, Murder Mountain) was given access to Terry’s files, which form the basis of his docuseries with Netflix and a companion podcast. Taken together with The Ultimate Evil, which includes a new introduction by Zeman, these works reveal the stunning intersections of power, wealth, privilege, and evil in America-from the Summer of Sam until today. Review “If the details of the Son of Sam case have always left you wondering if there was more to it, then Terry’s in-depth book will satisfy your curiosity. The Ultimate Evil is a true-crime classic that details one of the most notorious serial killings of all time, connecting the dots to a larger conspiracy.”-Geeks of Doom“This book isn’t just about Son of Sam...It’s about an author who drove himself into the ground trying to make sense of some of the most brutal crimes in American history. Is what he found true? That’s for you to ponder. But I will tell you, I wasn’t able to put this book down-and neither will you.”-Billy Jensen,author of Chase Darkness with Me About the Author Maury Terry was an award-winning investigative reporter whose work was prominently featured in both television and print media. He wrote for the Gannett newspaper chain, Vanity Fair, Gear, and Penthouse, among others. He reported on and coproduced nearly a dozen national TV specials about the Son of Sam conspiracy. Terry died in Yonkers, New York, in 2015. Joshua Zeman has been at the forefront of the true crime genre for the past decade. He is the director of the critically acclaimed film Cropsey, the docuseries The Killing Season, and Murder Mountain. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Introduction by Joshua ZemanI first learned of Maury Terry in the summer of 2008. At the time, I was directing my first documentary about five missing children and the man linked to their disappearances in my hometow of Staten Island, New York. My interest in the case was sparked by a local legend I’d heard years before about a boogeyman named Cropsey. According to the kids in our neighborhood, Cropsey was an escaped mental patient who lived in the tunnels beneath the old abandoned Willowbrook State School and came out late at night to snatch children off the street. For most of my childhood, Cropsey remained nothing more than a cautionary tale-until the summer of 1987. That was the summer I turned fifteen and Jennifer Schweiger, a twelve-year-old girl with Down syndrome, disappeared from our neighborhood. After more than six weeks of searching, her body was found on the grounds of the same Willowbrook State School. Though I didn’t know it back then, Willowbrook had a nefarious history. For decades, the “snake pit institution,” as Bobby Kennedy called it, had been warehousing hundreds of developmentally disabled children in ...

-Titulo Original : Signing Their Lives Away The Fame And Misfortune Of The Men Who Signed The Declaration Of Independence-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: An entertaining and essential collection of stories about the surprising and strange fates of the fifty-six Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence.In the summer of 1776, a group of 56 men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence-yet how many of them do we remember? Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders, and scoundrels who signed this historic document-and the many strange fates that awaited them. To wit:* The Signer Who Was Poisoned By His Nephew * The Signer Who Was Killed In a Duel * The Signer Who Went to Prison * The Signer Who Was Lost at Sea * The Signer Who Achieved Fame as a Brewer Complete with portraits of every signatory, Signing Their Lives Away provides an entertaining and enlightening narrative for students, history buffs, politicos, and Hamilton fans alike. Review Featured history title in Reader’s Digest’s “Best of America” issue, 2009“Kiernan and D’Agnese . . . succeed in stripping away preconceived notions of the more famous signers, and bringing out something of interest about the other, less well known ones.”-Library Journal“Astonishing individual portraits of all the signers.”-School Library Journal, starred review“Signing Their Lives Away is told in a brisk entertaining fashion.”-McClatchy Newspapers About the Author Denise Kiernan is a journalist, producer, and the New York Times best-selling author of the narrative nonfiction books, The Last Castle and The Girls of Atomic City. Joseph D’Agnese is a journalist, author and ghostwriter who has written for both adults and children. With his wife, Denise Kiernan, he has authored several books on U.S. history, including Signing Their Lives Away, Signing Their Rights Away, and Stuff Every American Should Know. They live in North Carolina. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Introduction:In 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives to defy the British and sign their names to the Declaration of Independence, but most Americans can’t name more than a handful. There’s John Hancock, of course. And most people will correctly identify Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams. But then the guessing begins: George Washington? Paul Revere? Thomas Paine? The Declaration of Independence is America’s birth certificate, its most celebrated document, and a model for later declarations crafted by struggling peoples the world over. Its signers were men who drew upon the best within themselves in the face of horrifyingly difficult circumstances. They also lived remarkably interesting lives. True, most of them were privileged members of the elite upper classes, but quite a few were just the opposite. And all these men were impacted by death, suffering, and adversity. Many were orphaned; even more lost children and wives for no other reason than that, in those days, the flu was deadly. So was asthma. So was a bad bout of diarrhea. Yet all these men carried on. Over the years, we’ve read newspaper articles and junk e-mails seeking to quantify and magnify the sufferings of the signers. Every July, their miseries are dusted off and trotted out along with barbecues and flags. It’s a shame that this is the only time of year Americans think about these men. But it’s even more disheartening to discover that most of the stories are just plain false. In the end, it doesn’t matter that none of the signers were killed for affixing their name to the Declaration of Independence or that none died in battle. What does matter is that they came together one sweltering summer under distressing circumstances and, despite huge differences in opinion, backgrounds, and values, decided to band together and form a new nation. Doing so was, without a doubt, an enormous, life-threatening risk, and if the colonies had not been triumphan-and honestly, it’s astoun...

-Titulo Original : Monster, She Wrote The Women Who Pioneered Horror And Speculative Fiction-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: Review 2019 Bram Stoker Award® Winner for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction2020 Locus Award Winner for Non-FictionA 2019 Booklist Editors’ Choice in Arts and Literature “I was elated when Monster, She Wrote arrived in my mailbox. It is a book I have been waiting to read for a long time...Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson deserve a standing ovation.”-Danielle Trussoni for The New York Times Book Review“Inspired not only in the way it explores what the off-kilter, the monstrous and the half-known has meant to women for centuries but also in how it illuminates the often unusual lives of the women who crafted these dark worlds.”-BookPage“Your necronomicon for all women writing horror.”-Book Riot“The curatorial quality of a literary anthology, the historical rigor of an academic text, and the pleasure of a picture book.”-Tor “Kroger and Anderson write in consistently engaging prose and display depth and breadth in their knowledge of literary matters. Besides demonstrating great synthetic acuity, they provide the fruits of original scholarship.”-Locus“A great gift for anyone fascinated with genre writing.”-SFX Magazine“Straddling the divide between highly useful reference and compulsively readable stories about the writing lives of the women of horror, this book will keep you up all night (one way or another).”-Booklist, starred review“A perfect way to find your next spooky story.”-Tulsa World“Its like if youve ever spent a night hopping from Wikipedia entry to Wikipedia entry...because youre just devouring entry after entry...Its so entertaining.”-BookRiot“Presented in a breezy, conversational style that makes it easy to gobble up whole sections at a time...Anyone from casual fans to horror historians will benefit from reading this important book.”-Cemetery Dance“This biographical index will reawaken readers admiration for established virtuosos of literary terror and inspire curiosity in lesser-known specialists in fictitious fear.”-Publishers Weekly“An engrossing, eye-opening encyclopedia on the pioneering women who went against convention and broke down barriers to mold the horror fiction genre, thereby inspiring generations of writers and even filmmakers with their works.”-Geeks of Doom“Unique, fascinating, informative...an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, community, college, and university library.”-Midwest Book Review Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein was just the beginning: horror stories and other weird fiction wouldn’t exist without the women who created it. From Gothic ghost stories to psychological horror to science fiction, women have been primary architects of speculative literature of all sorts. And their own life stories are as intriguing as their fiction. Everyone knows about Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein, who was rumored to keep her late husband’s heart in her desk drawer. But have you heard of Margaret “Mad Madge” Cavendish, who wrote a science-fiction epic 150 years earlier (and liked to wear topless gowns to the theater)? If you know the astounding work of Shirley Jackson, whose novel The Haunting of Hill House was reinvented as a Netflix series, then try the psychological hauntings of Violet Paget, who was openly involved in long-term romantic relationships with women in the Victorian era. You’ll meet celebrated icons (Ann Radcliffe, V. C. Andrews), forgotten wordsmiths (Eli Colter, Ruby Jean Jensen), and today’s vanguard (Helen Oyeyemi). Curated reading lists point you to their most spine-chilling tales.Part biography, part reader’s guide, the engaging write-ups and detailed reading lists will introduce you to more than a hundred authors and over two hundred of their mysterious and spooky novels, novellas, and stories. About the Author Lisa Kroger holds a PhD in English. Her short ficti...

-Titulo Original : Attack On Titan Garrison Girl A Novel-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: “An engaging, thrilling, and deeply personal story . . . if you are a fan of either Attack on Titan or Rachel Aaron . . . you need to read this book.”-Geeks of Doom Get ready for the final season of Attack on Titan! Battle titans, defend Wall Rose, and fall in love in this original YA novel set in the world of the hit anime and manga series, Attack on Titan! When the last vestige of the human race is threatened by unstoppable carnivorous giants, a brave young woman decides to defy her wealthy family and join the military garrison to battle humanity’s enemies. But Rosalie Dumarque soon finds that her dream of escaping the protection of Wall Rose not only leads to bloody sword fights with monsters, but exposes her to other dangers. Can she earn the trust of her fellow soldiers, stand up to a corrupt authority, navigate a forbidden romance . . . and cut her way out of a titan’s throat? Review “An engaging, thrilling, and deeply personal story . . . if you are a fan of either Attack on Titan or Rachel Aaron . . . you need to read this book.”- Geeks of Doom “Set in the world of Hajime Isayamas popular manga series Attack on Titan, this action-packed fantasy will appeal to existing fans and newcomers alike.”- Booklist “Exciting and sometimes gruesome . . . A great page-turner for fans of the Attack on Titan series, as well as any readers who enjoy fantasy, suspense, horror, and kick-ass heroines.”- School Library Journal “A good introduction to Attack on Titan for those new to this dark, terrifying, yet utterly fascinating saga.”- Midwest Book Review “It’s a really enjoyable book. The writing is crisp, and...often vivid. The action scenes only improve as the book goes on...with moments that Isayama himself might envy.- All the Anime “For teens who want the female protagonist to kick ass more than kiss.”- Kirkus Reviews About the Author Rachel Aaron is the author of fourteen fantasy and science-fiction novels, including The Legend of Eli Monpress, Nice Dragons Finish Last and the rest of the Heartstrikers series, and the Paradox trilogy ( Fortune’s Pawn, Honor’s Knight, and Heaven’s Queen). Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. On a clear day, from the top of her house, Rosalie Dumarque could see all that was left of the human world. Standing on the peaked roof of the colossal Dumarque Manor, which was itself perched atop one of the tallest hills in the district, she could look right over the fifty-meter-high circle of Wall Sina into the terrain beyond. This early in the morning, the towns and fields of the Rose Zone were still hazy with the autumn fog, but if she squinted, Rosalie could just make out the white ribbon of Wall Rose running along the horizon, 130 kilometers away. The sight never failed to make her stomach tighten. More than a marvel of engineering, Wall Rose was a boundary. The fifty-meter-tall circle of stone marked the edge of human civilization, the end of the world. It hadn’t always been this way. For most of her childhood, the end of the world had been at Wall Maria, nearly twice as far away. Growing up, Rosalie had considered the walls a default component of reality, like the sky or the ground. They were always there, the unbreakable barrier that shielded everything she knew from the monsters that stalked the wilderness beyond. Then, five years ago, the monsters had broken through. In a single day, the land left to humanity was diminished by a third. With Wall Maria broken, all territory between it and Wall Rose-all the cities and farms and forests in the Maria Zone-was now the domain of titans, not humans. Rosalie’s personal world was even smaller. She’d never been allowed outside Wall Sina, the heavily fortified inner ring that protected the king and all the noble families. She failed to see much difference; big or small, a prison was a prison. So long as titans existed, the world would ...

-Titulo Original : 100 Ghosts A Gallery Of Harmless Haunts-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: Cut two eyeholes out of a bed sheet, and BOO! Youve scared yourself up a classic Halloween icon. But what does that ghost look like when hes shy? Or in love? Or a pirate, a llama, a bond villain, or Russian nesting doll? 100 Ghosts explores every sort of spook in a series of whimsically haunting illustrations. Its a delightful collection for adults, children, and anyone in need of a friendly fright. Review “A hauntingly good book just in time for Halloween.”- Parents “...funny and oddly moving.”- Topless Robot About the Author Doogie Horner is a writer, designer, and stand-up comedian. He is the author of Everything Explained Through Flowcharts (Harper Collins, 2010). His writing and illustrations have been featured in McSweeney’s, Boing Boing, Wired, Fast Company, and other publications. His book cover designs include Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children. Learn more at doogiehorner...

-Titulo Original : The Spectacular Sisterhood Of Superwomen Awesome Female Characters From Comic Book History-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: Meet more than one hundred of the most heroic female characters in comics history, complete with backstories, vintage art, and colorful commentary. This spectacular sisterhood includes costumed crimebusters like Miss Fury, super-spies like Tiffany Sinn, sci-fi pioneers like Gale Allen, and even kid troublemakers like Little Lulu. With vintage art, publication details, a decade-by-decade survey of industry trends and women’s roles in comics, and spotlights on iconic favorites like Wonder Woman and Ms. Marvel, The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen proves that not only do strong female protagonists belong in comics, they’ve always been there. Review “An upbeat celebration of women in comics.”-J.D. Biersdorfer, New York Times Book Review“A showcase for powerful women who range in sexuality, skin color, and spunk...this collection is an awesome reminder that feminists have been fighting the good fight in comics since before many of us were born.”- BUST “[ The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen] is a book I’m proud to have on my shelf.”-SyFys Fangrrls “An amazing compilation that is sure to introduce you to at least one superheroine of which you were unaware.”-Geeks of Doom “Comic book heroines have come a long way and not always by the expected routes, as Nicholson, founder of Bedside Press, traces in this informative and entertaining encyclopedia of female characters in comics.”- Publishers Weekly “This book is an uplifting reminder of the superheroines who have inspired us for almost a century and continue to do so in both comics and film today.” -ComicBook “Fans of comics and graphic novels will love this passionate endorsement of female characters through comic history.” -Georgia Christgau , School Library Journal “Since superheroes, female and otherwise, permeate so much of our current culture, it’s a real treat to get such rich history of how characters such as Carol ‘Ms. Marvel’ Danvers emerged and evolved, and Nicholson is a trustworthy, knowledgeable guide.”- Publishers Weekly “A wonderfully entertaining and informative read; Hope Nicholson has captured the distinct core of every character, from famed icons to the forgotten heroines shes resurrected from the back issue bin of comic book history.”-Tim Hanley, Author of Wonder Woman Unbound, Investigating Lois Lane, and The Many Lives of Catwoman. “In her snappy, irreverent style, tour guide Hope Nicholson takes us on a spectacular trip through time with stops to visit a crew of comic book heroines who range from the grotesque to the awesome. Some of this sisterhood of superwomen lasted only one issue, others have inspired us for up to 75 years, they are all fascinating. Thanks, Hope, for the time travel!”-Trina Robbins, Author of Last Girl Standing, Babes in Arms, and A Minyen Yidn “ The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen is a wonderfully informative and oftentimes personal exploration of the leading women of comics from past to present. Hope Nicholson has created an intimate tome that very well may hold the keys to inspiring more women in comics-both on the page and behind the brush.”-Gerard Way, writer of Doom Patrol & The Umbrella Academy “ The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen is an in depth catalog of the only thing I like better than comic book superheroes: comic book superheroines. Nicholson pulls from both the back and front of the long box, critiquing well-known favorites and revealing little known gems.-Tim Seeley, writer of Revival, Hacks/Slash, and Nightwing “Nicholson’s work is rife with revelations for both the casual and not-just-the-movies comics fan.” -Brooklyn Magazine“A fun...humorous survey.” -The Sacramento Bee “A very well-written book that will make comics fan salivate.” -The Daily Times“Nicholson is a true comics geek, whose love of the medium as a whole is evident in every page of Superwomen.” -Broken Frontier“The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen is an absolute MUST...

-Titulo Original : My Best Friends Exorcism A Novel-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires, this unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist blends teen angst and unspeakable horrors into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller. The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act…different. She’s moody. She’s irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she’s nearby. Abby’s investigation leads her to some startling discoveries-and by the time their story reaches its terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single question: Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil? Review “National treasure Grady Hendrix follows his classic account of a haunted IKEA-like furniture showroom, Horrorstor (2014), with a nostalgia-soaked ghost story, My Best Friend’s Exorcism.”-The Wall Street Journal “Take The Exorcist, add some hair spray and wine coolers, and enroll it in high school in 1988 - that’ll give you My Best Friend’s Exorcism...Campy. Heartfelt. Horrifying.”- Minnesota Public Radio “Clever, heartfelt, and get-under-your-skin unnerving.”- Fangoria “A touching story of high school friendship and, well, demonic possession.”- Bloody Disgusting “Terrific...Sharply written...[ My Best Friend’s Exorcism] makes a convincing case for [Hendrix’s] powers as a sharp observer of human behavior, filtered through a fun genre conceit that doesn’t skimp on the spooky-or the bodily fluids.”- The A.V. Club “Think Mean Girls with demonic possession, set in 1988 Charleston. It’s funny, it’s heart-wrenching, it’s even a little spiritual, in a very strange way.”- Southern Living magazine “The perfect mix of 80s nostalgia and scares.”- POPSUGAR “This book packs all the magic of a summer horror flick.”- Bustle “The rare exorcism book that will make you cry, My Best Friend’s Exorcism is both a truly scary tale and a loving tribute to high school friendship.”- Hypable “If you’re looking for a good summer book, something for the beach or the back porch that won’t insult your intelligence, one that’s tense and sometimes scary and sometimes funny, with characters you may even come to like and admire as they come of age, keep My Best Friend’s Exorcism in mind.”- SFFWorld More praise for Grady Hendrix: “Pure, demented delight.”- The New York Times Book Review, on Paperbacks from Hell “ Horrorstor delivers a crisp terror-tale...[and] Hendrix strikes a nice balance between comedy and horror.”- The Washington Post, on Horrorstor “Hendrix’s darkest novel yet will leave readers begging for an encore.”- Booklist, starred review, on We Sold Our Souls “A true appreciation of the genre.”- Los Angeles Times, on Paperbacks from Hell “An inventive, hilarious haunted house tale.”- Bustle, on Horrorstor “A good, creepy, music-tinged thriller.”- CNET, on We Sold Our Souls About the Author Grady Hendrix is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of Horrorstor, My Best Friend’s Exorcism, We Sold Our Souls, and the New York Times bestselling The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, which is being adapted into a series by Amazon Studios. Grady also authored the Bram Stoker Award-winning nonfiction book, Paperbacks from Hell, a history of the horror paperback boom of the ’70s and ’80s. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. The exorcist is dead. Abby sits in her office and stares at the email, then clicks the blue link. It takes her to the homepage of the paper she still thinks of as the News and Courier, even though it changed its name fifteen years ago. There’s the exorcist floating in the middle of her screen, balding and with a ponytail, smiling at the camera in a blurry headshot the size of a postage stamp. Ab...

-Titulo Original : This Is Not The Jess Show-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: “A fantastically smart, funny, and thoughtful thriller.”-Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star The year is 1998: Titanic just won six Oscars, boy bands are dominating MTV’s airwaves, and like any other teenager Jess Flynn is just trying to survive high school. Between a crush on her childhood best friend, overprotective parents, and her sister’s worsening health, the only constant is her hometown of Swickley, which feels smaller by the day. Jess is resigned to her small-town life, until the day she discovers a mysterious device with an apple logo, causing her to question everything and everyone she’s ever known. As more cracks appear in Jess’s world, she faces a choice: can she live the rest of her life knowing it’s a lie, or should she risk everything for the truth? A fast-paced, mind-bending YA thriller packed with ’90s pop culture references and perfect for fans of Riverdale, This Is Not the Jess Show will keep readers guessing until the very end.And dont miss the explosive and thrilling conclusion, This Is Not the Real World! From School Library Journal Gr 6-10-Careys latest is an entertaining thrill ride set in the 1990s that will keep readers guessing even after the twist is revealed. Jess Flynn has a lot on her mind. A high school junior with a newfound crush on her best guy friend, Jess is also dealing with her sister Saras illness, which seems to be worsening by the day. And then there are the odd things that keep happening around town: Half the population is out sick with a mysterious flu, her two best friends keep pushing her away from her crush and toward another boy, and only Jess seems to hear a mysterious chanting. When Sara is hospitalized, Jess begins to see the cracks in her world more clearly, and once she realizes the truth nothing will ever be the same. Jess is a relatable protagonist whom readers will root for as she forges through Careys upside-down world and topsy-turvy plot. As the narrative careens past the twist, Careys scrutiny of modern-day life resonates. Friendships, romantic relationships, and familial bonds are all examined via new perspectives as Careys thriller not only entertains, it makes one think. Race and skin color arent explicitly stated, though one of Jesss friends look[s] like Dionne from Clueless. VERDICT A fun and thoughtful thriller; this YA novel will please fans of E. Lockhart and Kiera Cass.-Elissa Bongiorno, Washington, DC?(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Review A 2022 Hal Clement Notable Young Adult BookNamed one of Brightly’s Best YA Books Being Published in 2021One of New York Public Librarys Best Books of 2021 A 2022-2023 South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee“It’s a dark and distorted mirror of our own extremely strange times, perfect reading for anyone who wants to feel seen without necessarily needing to be looked at.”-Shondaland“I read this in a single, compulsive sitting. A fantastically smart, funny, and thoughtful thriller about how our devices manipulate and exploit our closest relationships.”-Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star “At once thought-provoking and hilarious, This Is Not the Jess Show is a timely, incisive book so masterfully-plotted you wont want to put it down.”-Tahereh Mafi, New York Times Bestselling author of the Shatter Me series and A Very Large Expanse of Sea “Nostalgic, romantic, thrilling, and with an exciting twist, I devoured This Is Not The Jess Show and didnt want it to end!”-Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game “I read this book in under 24 hours, if that tells you anything about how thrilling and addictive it is. It has so many smart, insightful things to say about celebrity culture and the entertainment...

-Titulo Original : Geekerella A Fangirl Fairy Tale (once Upon A Con)-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: Cinderella goes to the con in this fandom-fueled twist on the classic fairy tale romance. Part romance, part love letter to nerd culture, and all totally adorbs, Geekerella is a fairy tale for anyone who believes in the magic of fandom. Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield, the classic sci-fi series she grew up watching with her late father. So when she sees a cosplay contest for a new Starfield movie, she has to enter. The prize? An invitation to the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball, and a meet-and-greet with the actor slated to play Federation Prince Carmindor in the reboot. With savings from her gig at the Magic Pumpkin food truck (and her dad’s old costume), Elle’s determined to win…unless her stepsisters get there first. Teen actor Darien Freeman used to live for cons-before he was famous. Now they’re nothing but autographs and awkward meet-and-greets. Playing Carmindor is all he’s ever wanted, but the Starfield fandom has written him off as just another dumb heartthrob. As ExcelsiCon draws near, Darien feels more and more like a fake-until he meets a girl who shows him otherwise. From School Library Journal Gr 7 Up-Elle Wittimer loves Starfield, the popular sci-fi series that has garnered a cultlike fandom across the United States. When the latest teen sensation, Darien Freeman, is cast in the significant role of Prince Carmindor, Elle vents her displeasure on her fan blog and receives unprecedented readership. While working on the promotions for the show, Darien begins to feel the wrath of Starfields loyal fans and attempts to get out of an upcoming ExcelsiCon cosplay event by contacting the conventions organizer. Elles deceased father is the conventions founder, and Dariens text message is forwarded to her cell phone. The two develop an anonymous relationship via text messaging, which starts to attract the suspicion of Elles evil stepsisters and Dariens production team. When Elle decides to enter the cosplay contest, she must hatch a plan with her new friend, Sage, to avoid the interference of her nagging stepmother and acts of sabotage from her stepsisters. Predictably, Elles and Dariens paths cross at the ExcelsiCon ball, which ends with the expected lost slipper. The plot in this fairy-tale retelling wont be a mystery, but there are a few twists and turns that add a unique spin to the classic story. Unfortunately, the alternating voices of Darien and Elle are almost indistinguishable. VERDICT This secondary purchase is best suited for collections that serve teens who revel in the fandom and cosplay communities.-Lynn Rashid, Marriotts Ridge High School, Marriottsville, MD Review Spring 2017 Kids Indie Next List Pick2017 Goodreads Choice Award finalist for Best Young Adult FictionNamed to Seventeens 2017 12 Life-Changing Books You Have to Read This Summer List“Geekerella has ‘must-read’ written all over it. A fun romantic comedy with coming-of-age sensibilities and authentically voiced teens, this novel hits all the YA book-love buttons. Geekerella is simply delightful.”-USA Todays Happy Ever After“Fairytale and fandom collide in this sweet, heartfelt, entertaining rom-com.”-Bustle“A legit love letter to geekdom.”-Paste Magazine“Pay attention, fangirls, because Ashley Poston’s Geekerella is about to be your favorite YA romance.”-Sweety High “The geekiest spin on Cinderella youll ever read.”-Hypable“Geeks and non-geeks will discover their inner fangirl when they fall for this fan-tastic book that celebrates fan-doms, fan-tasy, and shipworthy romance’.”-Justine“This geeky twist on a classic Cinderella story is honestly the most adorable thing ever!”-Her Campus“This charming and funny twist on Cinderella is the perfect YA fandom fairytale.” -BNTeen blog“With geekily adorable characters, a show that’s part Star Trek and part Firefly, a cosplay contest, and a food truck fairy godmother, this is a love letter to fandom. Required reading for geeks ever...

-Titulo Original : This Is Not The Jess Show-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: “A fantastically smart, funny, and thoughtful thriller.”-Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a StarThe year is 1998: Titanic just won six Oscars, boy bands are dominating MTV’s airwaves, and like any other teenager Jess Flynn is just trying to survive high school. Between a crush on her childhood best friend, overprotective parents, and her sister’s worsening health, the only constant is her hometown of Swickley, which feels smaller by the day. Jess is resigned to her small-town life, until the day she discovers a mysterious device with an apple logo, causing her to question everything and everyone she’s ever known. As more cracks appear in Jess’s world, she faces a choice: can she live the rest of her life knowing it’s a lie, or should she risk everything for the truth? A fast-paced, mind-bending YA thriller packed with ’90s pop culture references and perfect for fans of Riverdale, This Is Not the Jess Show will keep readers guessing until the very end.Now in paperback, with an excerpt from the explosive and thrilling conclusion, This Is Not the Real World! Review A 2022 Hal Clement Notable Young Adult BookNamed one of Brightly’s Best YA Books Being Published in 2021One of New York Public Librarys Best Books of 2021 A 2022-2023 South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee“It’s a dark and distorted mirror of our own extremely strange times, perfect reading for anyone who wants to feel seen without necessarily needing to be looked at.”-Shondaland“I read this in a single, compulsive sitting. A fantastically smart, funny, and thoughtful thriller about how our devices manipulate and exploit our closest relationships.”-Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star “At once thought-provoking and hilarious, This Is Not the Jess Show is a timely, incisive book so masterfully-plotted you wont want to put it down.”-Tahereh Mafi, New York Times Bestselling author of the Shatter Me series and A Very Large Expanse of Sea “Nostalgic, romantic, thrilling, and with an exciting twist, I devoured This Is Not The Jess Show and didnt want it to end!”-Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game “I read this book in under 24 hours, if that tells you anything about how thrilling and addictive it is. It has so many smart, insightful things to say about celebrity culture and the entertainment industry.”-The Nerd Daily“A thrilling and thought-provoking ride.”-Kirkus Reviews “This is Not the Jess Show goes deep in exploring how people live their lives and create their own realities-sometimes at a cost.”-Foreword Reviews“The fast-paced, intricate plot ramps up Jesss paranoia and frustration, both of which are vividly expressed through her first-person narrative.”-Booklist“A fun and thoughtful thriller; this YA novel will please fans of E. Lockhart and Kiera Cass.”-School Library Journal“Fast paced and thrilling.”-Bulletin for the Center of Childrens Books“This young adult foray offers up surprising plot twists that keep you riveted and reading quickly, with the clever unfolding plot paralleling Jim Carey’s The Truman Show.”-Mom Central About the Author Anna Carey is the author of Blackbird, Deadfall, and the Eve trilogy. She lives in Los Angeles. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1Three things happened the week I found out. Titanic won a bunch of Oscars, and my sister and I stayed up late to watch because we’d never miss a chance to see Leo in a tux. Meanwhile every news anchor was talking about the president, and everywhere I went people repeated that phrase, how he “didn’t have sexual relations with that woman.” I probably should have cared (president, impeachment, important stuff) but another, more pressing matter, had consumed me: I’d fallen in love with my best friend. Tyler. Also known as Ty, Scr...

-Titulo Original : Whisper Down The Lane A Novel-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: “A diabolically creepy hybrid of horror and psychological suspense that thrills as much as it unsettles. You’ll keep turning the pages even as your hands shake.”-Riley Sager, New York Times best-selling author of Home Before DarkNow in paperback, a pulse-pounding, true-crime-based horror novel inspired by the McMartin preschool trial and Satanic Panic of the ’80s.Richard doesn’t have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage, a first chance at fatherhood, and a quiet life as an art teacher in Virginia. Then the body of a ritualistically murdered rabbit appears on his school’s playground, along with a birthday card for him. But Richard hasn’t celebrated his birthday since he was known as Sean . . .In the 1980s, Sean was five years old when his mother unwittingly led him to tell a lie about his teacher. When school administrators, cops, and therapists questioned him, he told another. And another. And another. Each was more outlandish than the last-and fueled a moral panic that engulfed the nation and destroyed the lives of everyone around him.Now, thirty years later, someone is here to tell Richard that they know what Sean did. But who would even know that these two are one and the same? Whisper Down the Lane is a tense and compulsively readable exploration of a world primed by paranoia to believe the unbelievable. Review One of POPSUGAR’s Best New Mystery and Thriller Books of April 2021One of Tor Nightfire’s Horror Books We’re Most Looking Forward To in 2021One of The Lineups Scariest Horror Books Were Most Looking Forward to in 2021 “[A] spellbinding psychological thriller...a suspenseful tale of paranoia that will keep readers riveted until the last surprise is sprung.”-Publishers Weekly, starred review“Within just a few pages you’ll have gotten enough shocking violence, overwhelming fear and psychological intrigue to keep you hooked for hours.”-BookPage, starred review“Creepy and engaging, this is a tale for readers who enjoy true crime like We Believe the Children by Richard Beck (2015), horror like Grady Hendrixs My Best Friends Exorcism (2016), and intensely disorienting psychological suspense like Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin (2017).”-Booklist“This clever, creepy roller-coaster ride is perfect for fans of fast-paced horror with the flavor of true crime.”-Library Journal“A potent, compulsive thriller...one of the most gripping novels I’ve read this year.”-SFFWorld“Chapman expertly taps into the hysteria of the famed “Satanic Panic,” creating a chilling, psychological thriller that keeps the reader guessing and worrying, wondering what’s real.”-Daily Dead“Devilishly good. In Whisper Down the Lane, Clay McLeod Chapman has given us a diabolically creepy hybrid of horror and psychological suspense that thrills as much as it unsettles. You’ll keep turning the pages even as your hands shake.”-Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark“A ruthlessly compelling novel, where two stories close on each other like a claw-a truly diabolical nightmare that daylight can’t dispel-all the more terrifying for what it tells us of ourselves.”-Ramsey Campbell, author of The Wise Friend and The Searching Dead“In Whisper Down the Lane, Clay McLeod Chapman has gifted readers a novel that is darkly compelling, deeply discomfiting, and achingly human. We squirm as the dread and terror mount, but we can’t stop reading. We’re under the spell of a true storyteller, and bound to follow him wherever he takes us. Prepare to surrender some sleep for this twisting tale of family, memory, identity, and the weight of old sins.”-Shaun Hamill, author of A Cosmology of Monsters“Chapman is a maestro at building grim suspense to the point of unimaginable consequences, proving genuine horror dwells in the world we live in today.”-Mystery and Suspense Magazine About the Author Clay McLeod Chapman writes novels, comic books, and childrens books, as well as for film and T...

-Titulo Original : The Southern Book Clubs Guide To Slaying Vampires A Novel-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: “This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while creeping me all the way out. So good.”-Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black GirlNow in paperback, Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this New York Times best-selling horror novel about a womens book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town.Bonus features: * Reading group guide for book clubs * Hand-drawn map of Mt. Pleasant * Annotated true-crime reading list by Grady Hendrix * And more! Patricia Campbell’s life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she’s always a step behind on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. At these meetings they’re as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families.One evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighbor, bringing the neighbors handsome nephew, James Harris, into her life. James is well traveled and well read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasn’t felt in years. But when children on the other side of town go missing, their deaths written off by local police, Patricia has reason to believe James Harris is more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt. The real problem? James is a monster of a different kind-and Patricia has already invited him in. Little by little, James will insinuate himself into Patricia’s life and try to take everything she took for granted-including the book club-but she won’t surrender without a fight in this blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong. Review The New York Times Best SellerA Barnes & Noble Best Fiction Book of 20202021 Locus Award FinalistA Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist#1 April 2020 LibraryReads PickApril 2020 Indie Next PickAmazon Best Book of April 2020A Library Journal Editors Pick for April 2020The A.V. Club Best Book of April 2020A POPSUGAR Best Book for Book Clubs 2020One of Good Housekeepings 30 of the Scariest Horror Books Ever Written“This funny and fresh take on a classic tale manages to comment on gender roles, racial disparities, and white privilege all while creeping me all the way out. So good.”-Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl “Ghosts of the past have also inspired one of the most rollicking, addictive novels I’ve read in years: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix, a tale of housewives battling vampires that is sweetly painful, like hard candy that breaks a tooth.”-Danielle Trussoni for The New York Times Book Review“A delight...its incisive social commentary and meaningful character development make The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires not just a palatable read for non-horror fans, but a winning one.”-USA Today, 3.5 out of 4 star review“Delightful read that reads like Dracula set in the 90s American South....Perfect for fans of horror and real-life crime alike.”-Good Housekeeping“The novel is a charming testament to friendships and lifes imperfections, with dashes of rot and savagery to earn its keep in horror literature....Its a rollercoaster [that] lands as a vampire story concreted in vileness and Southern charm.”-Fangoria“[Hendrix] remains excellent at staging page-turning sequences of excitement and anxiety...[and] a master of adding little details that fill in the landscape of his Southern-fried world.”-The A.V. Club“As fun (and as creepy) as the title suggests….This novel will definitely whet your appetite if you’re looking for something a bit eccentric and spooky.”-BuzzFeed“This book has all of the southern charm, 90s nostalgia, and savagery that you might expect from the title alone.”-Business Insider“[A] clever, addictive vampire thriller....This powerfu...

-Titulo Original : Horrorstor A Novel-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Slaying Vampires comes a hilarious and terrifying haunted house story in a thoroughly contemporary setting: a furniture superstore.Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed Liripip wardrobes. Sales are down, security cameras reveal nothing, and store managers are panicking. To unravel the mystery, three employees volunteer to work a nine-hour dusk-till-dawn shift. In the dead of the night, they’ll patrol the empty showroom floor, investigate strange sights and sounds, and encounter horrors that defy the imagination. Review “Horrorstor delivers a crisp terror-tale...[and] Hendrix strikes a nice balance between comedy and horror.”-TheWashington Post“Disarming.”-The Wall Street Journal“Wildly inventive...Hendrix delivers both a palm-sweating horror story and a laugh-out-loud satire of retail.”-Esquire “Hendrix conjures up some wonderfully gruesome imagery.”-Nerdist“An inventive, hilarious haunted house tale.”-Bustle“Hendrix’s one-of-a-kind novel is an innovative hybrid of ghost story and satire, at once clever, gruesome, and hilarious.”-Amazon Book Review “If you’ve ever been frustrated trying to put together furniture from IKEA, you’ll get a laugh out of Hendrix’s spoof mystery.”-New York Post“Hendrix is an engaging writer.”-Santa Fe New Mexican“A clever little horror story...[and] a treat for fans of The Evil Dead or Zombieland, complete with affordable solutions for better living.”-Kirkus Reviews“A fun horror novel.”-Library Journal “A very clever ghost story.”-Booklist“The book’s packaging as a catalog-complete with illustrations of increasingly sinister-looking furniture with faux Scandinavian names-gives it a charmingly oddball allure.”-Publishers Weekly More praise for Grady Hendrix:“National treasure Grady Hendrix follows his classic account of a haunted IKEA-like furniture showroom, Horrorstor (2014), with a nostalgia-soaked ghost story, My Best Friend’s Exorcism.”-The Wall Street Journal, on My Best Friend’s Exorcism“Pure, demented delight.”-The New York Times Book Review, on Paperbacks from Hell“Terrific... Sharply written... [My Best Friend’s Exorcism] makes a convincing case for [Hendrix’s] powers as a sharp observer of human behavior.”-The A.V. Club, on My Best Friend’s Exorcism“Hendrix’s darkest novel yet will leave readers begging for an encore.”-Booklist, starred review, on We Sold Our Souls“A true appreciation of the genre.”-Los Angeles Times, on Paperbacks from Hell“Campy. Heartfelt. Horrifying.”-Minnesota Public Radio, on My Best Friend’s Exorcism“Clever, heartfelt, and get-under-your-skin unnerving.”-Fangoria, on My Best Friend’s Exorcism“A good, creepy, music-tinged thriller.”-CNET, on We Sold Our Souls About the Author Grady Hendrix is an award-winning and New York Times best-selling novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of Horrorstor, My Best Friend’s Exorcism (which is being adapted into a feature film by Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, and The Final Girl Support Group. Grady also authored the Bram Stoker Award-winning nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell and These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. It was dawn, and the zombies were stumbling through the parking lot, streaming toward the massive beige box at the far end. Later they’d be resurrected by megadoses of Starbucks, but for now they were the barely living dead. Their causes of death differed: hangovers, nightmares, strung out from epic online gaming sessions, circadian rhythms broken by late-night TV, children who couldn’t stop crying, neighbors partying till 4 a.m., broken hearts...

-Titulo Original : Dogs First Baby A Board Book-Fabricante : Quirk Books-Descripcion Original: I am a dog. Are you a dog?Welcoming a new baby to the family isn’t always easy. When his humans bring home someone new, Dog is determined to sniff out the truth. Is this arrival another dog, or something else? As Dog investigates, he might just find a new friend in this loud, silly creature. With Dog’s First Baby, Natalie Nelson captures the wonder and humor of a new baby through a dog’s eyes. Sure to delight kids and dog parents alike, this playful and heartwarming board book promises to be a repeat read-aloud. From School Library Journal Baby-Toddler-Dog isnt sure whether the new critter in the house is another canine or something else. It doesnt smell like a dog or have a tail. Its front legs are different from its back legs. But the little one sleeps and stretches and howls and plays like a dog. No matter what it is, they are friends. VERDICT Darling, bold collages and minimal text present the arrival of a new baby from the family dogs perspective, with enough wry humor to make even adult readers smile.?(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. Review Kids Indie Next List PickA 2022 Georgia Author of the Year Award nominee Bookstagangs Best Board Book of 2021“A playful and funny romp that will appeal to dog-owning tots.”-Kirkus Reviews“Children will delight at seeing the baby from the point of view of a dog, especially those who live with four-legged friends. Those who don’t have puppies around will be sure to beg for one after reading this board book treasure.”-New York Journal of Books“Original, playful and heartwarming.”-Midwest Book Review“Darling, bold collages and minimal text present the arrival of a new baby from the family dog’s perspective, with enough wry humor to make even adult readers smile.”-School Library Journal“The perfect books for families with pets and a new baby.”-Youth Services Book Reviews “A fun addition to storytime and board book collections, this would be especially fitting for a storytime about - or with - dogs, with a few points for emphasizing how to safely and kindly interact with our four-pawed friends.”-Jean Little Library About the Author Natalie Nelson is an illustrator, picture book maker, and collage artist. Trained in graphic design and illustration, she works in a mixed media hybrid of cut paper, collage, and digital art, with an emphasis on intriguing shapes, textures, and layers. Her previous titles include Dogs First Baby (Quirk 2021) and Holiday!. Her art is in demand from national clients including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, Curbed, Eater, The Bitter Southerner, Teach for America, Vox Media, Mailchimp, and more. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, their dog, Coach, and their young son...

-Titulo Original : The Resurrectionist: The Lost Work Of Dr. Spencer Black-Fabricante : Quirk Book...