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The Joker

Author : Robert Moses Peaslee
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2015-02-26
ISBN : 1626746796
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (746 Download)

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Download Free The Joker PDF by Robert Moses Peaslee Full Book and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman, the Joker stands out as one of the most recognizable comics characters in popular culture. While there has been a great deal of scholarly attention on superheroes, very little has been done to understand supervillains. This is the first academic work to provide a comprehensive study of this villain, illustrating why the Joker appears so relevant to audiences today. Batman’s foe has cropped up in thousands of comics, numerous animated series, and three major blockbuster feature films since 1966. Actually, the Joker debuted in DC comics Batman 1 (1940) as the typical gangster, but the character evolved steadily into one of the most ominous in the history of sequential art. Batman and the Joker almost seemed to define each other as opposites, hero and nemesis, in a kind of psychological duality. Scholars from a wide array of disciplines look at the Joker through the lens of feature films, video games, comics, politics, magic and mysticism, psychology, animation, television, performance studies, and philosophy. As the first volume that examines the Joker as complex cultural and cross-media phenomenon, this collection adds to our understanding of the role comic book and cinematic villains play in the world and the ways various media affect their interpretation. Connecting the Clown Prince of Crime to bodies of thought as divergent as Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche, contributors demonstrate the frightening ways in which we get the monsters we need.

Spell of the Screaming Jokers

Author : R.L. Stine
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-01-22
ISBN : 1442488379
Pages : 144 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (488 Download)

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Download Free Spell of the Screaming Jokers PDF by R.L. Stine Full Book and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deck is stacked—for evil! Brittany has picked a joker. And that’s no laughing matter, because these jokers are deadly. But when you get all four suits, the trouble really starts. Because that’s when the joker plays for keeps!

Wild Cards: Jokers Wild

Author : George R.R. Martin
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-03-14
ISBN : 0575134178
Pages : 400 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (134 Download)

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Download Free Wild Cards: Jokers Wild PDF by George R.R. Martin Full Book and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first trilogy of the WILD CARDS series comes to a shocking conclusion in this superhero epic edited by bestselling author of GAME OF THRONES George R. R. Martin Amidst the fun and festivities of Wild Card Day there is an evil mind lurking, who hopes that the celebrations will go off with more than a band. The streets of New York have erupted in celebration of Wild Card Day - the annual event held every September 15th to remember the dead and cherish the living. It is a day for fireworks, street fairs and parades, for political rallies and memorial banquets, for drinking and fighting in the alleys. With each passing year, the festivities become larger and more fevered. And this year - 1986, the fortieth anniversary - promises to be the biggest and best Wild Card Day ever. The media and tourists have discovered the celebration, and taverns and restaurants expect record-setting. But lurking in the background is a twisted genius who cares nothing for the fun and festivity. The Astronomer has only one concern: destruction ... Featuring plotlines and writing from George R. R. Martin, John J. Miller, Lewis Shiner, Melinda Snodgrass and more, this novel wraps up the opening WILD CARDS series, while also setting the stage for future adventures.

Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild

Author : George R. R. Martin
Publisher : Tor Books
Release Date : 2014-02-11
ISBN : 1466806915
Pages : 384 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (86 Download)

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Download Free Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild PDF by George R. R. Martin Full Book and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon to be a show on Hulu! Rights to develop Wild Cards for TV have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team that brought you The Magicians and Mr. Robot, with the co-editor ofWild Cards, Melinda Snodgrass as executive producer. Let the secret history of the world be told—of the alien virus that struck Earth after World War II, and of the handful of survivors who found they now possessed superhuman powers. Some were called Aces, endowed with powerful mental and physical prowess. The others were Jokers, tormented by bizarre mind or body disfigurements. Some served humanity. Others wreaked terror. Now, forty years later, under the streets of Manhattan an evil genius unleashes the powers of darkness—and Aces and Jokers alike must fight for their lives. Here, in the third volume of the Wild Cards series, seven of science fiction's most gifted writers take you on a journey of wonder and excitement. Includes stories by: Edward Bryant Leanne C. Harper George R. R. Martin John J. Miller Lewis Shiner Walter Simons Melinda M. Snodgrass The Wild Cards Universe The Original Triad #1 Wild Cards #2 Aces High #3 Jokers Wild The Puppetman Quartet #4: Aces Abroad #5: Down and Dirty #6: Ace in the Hole #7: Dead Man’s Hand The Rox Triad #8: One-Eyed Jacks #9: Jokertown Shuffle #10: Dealer’s Choice #11: Double Solitaire #12: Turn of the Cards The Card Sharks Triad #13: Card Sharks #14: Marked Cards #15: Black Trump #16: Deuces Down #17: Death Draws Five The Committee Triad #18: Inside Straight #19: Busted Flush #20: Suicide Kings The Fort Freak Triad #21: Fort Freak #22: Lowball #23: High Stakes The American Triad #24: Mississippi Roll #25: Low Chicago #26: Texas Hold 'Em At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Seven Jokers In The Glass Cage

Author : Eray Aydın
Publisher : Cosmo Publishing
Release Date :
ISBN : 1949872424
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (872 Download)

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Download Free Seven Jokers In The Glass Cage PDF by Eray Aydın Full Book and published by Cosmo Publishing. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BEST SELLERS IN TURKEY -The shocking revenge story of an art genius from Istanbul… -When intelligence, patience and brutality come together, revenge becomes an art. If you do not have them all, you would better forgive your enemy… Peyami Recai Son is a famous artist with his past full of secrets. Since he was shot in the face years ago, he begins to wear a face mask instead of having his face operated. That he masks his face and his talent is appreciated around the world for a long time gives him a mysterious fame at the same time. In this way, he becomes one of the most famous and interesting persons in the country. Ahmet Duman is a former journalist, who goes through mental health problems. After a few unsuccessful attempts for writing books, he becomes weary of life. One day, Ahmet receives a letter from Peyami because Peyami, the mysterious artist, wants his life and secrets to be written on a book and chooses especially Ahmet for this job despite so many great journalists in the community. Ahmet is both surprised and very happy to receive such an offer. However, the day before he starts writing his book, Peyami dies as a result of an accident in his art gallery. Ahmet, who misses the opportunity of his life, still wants to finish his book and explores Peyami’s life. Ahmet, who wants to collect information about the life of Peyami from Mikail Mikail, Peyami’s only known close-friend, visits Mikail, who lives isolated and safe on the 77th floor of a residence for a long time. However, Ahmet discovers that what is between these two friends is not a friendship but a deadly hostility and becomes the key person in an old revenge story even though he does not want to. Eray AYDIN

Jerry and the Joker: Adventures and Comic Art

Author : Jerry Robinson
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Release Date : 2017-10-17
ISBN : 1630087726
Pages : 192 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (87 Download)

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Download Free Jerry and the Joker: Adventures and Comic Art PDF by Jerry Robinson Full Book and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this memoir, penned by the late Jerry Robinson in his final years, he tells the story of a seventeen-year-old college hopeful who became the artist on Detective Comics, and later Batman, shares his thoughts on creating the Joker as the first super villain, and relates the celebrity-studded journeys that a long life in comics afforded him. In this volume, you'll also find never before published original artwork from iconic comics like Detective Comics #76 and Batman #14 and cover artwork featuring Batman, Robin, and the Joker, delving deep into imagery that has shaped the evolution of comics' most famous villain. "I always thought that heroes were essentially dull. Villains were more exotic and could do more interesting things". -Jerry Robinson

Are You the King, or Are You the Joker?

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ISBN : 9814476447
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (476 Download)

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Breaking Down Joker

Author : Sean Redmond
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-31
ISBN : 1000521613
Pages : 256 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (521 Download)

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Download Free Breaking Down Joker PDF by Sean Redmond Full Book and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking Down Joker offers a compelling, multi-disciplinary examination of a landmark film and media event that was simultaneously both celebrated and derided, and which arrived at a time of unprecedented social malaise. The collection breaks down Joker to explore its aesthetic and ideological representations within the social and cultural context in which it was released. An international team of authors explore Joker’s sightlines and subtexts, the affective relationships, corrosive ideologies and damning if ambivalent messages of this film. The chapters address such themes as white masculinity, identity and perversion, social class and mobility, urban loneliness, movement and music, and questions of reception and activism. With contributions from scholars from screen studies, theatre and performance studies, psychology and psychoanalysis, geography, cultural studies and sociology, this fully interdisciplinary collection offers a uniquely multiple operational cross-examination of this pivotal film text, and will be of great importance to scholars, students and researchers in these areas.

The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers

Author : Pseudonymous Bosch
Publisher : Penguin
Release Date : 2019-05-14
ISBN : 0525552340
Pages : 192 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (552 Download)

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Download Free The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers PDF by Pseudonymous Bosch Full Book and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the bestselling Secret Series comes this funny chapter-book mystery about a third-grade magician and the wisecracking rabbit who is the secret brains behind his act. Eight-year-old Oliver dreams of being a professional magician, even though he has terrible stage fright. And now, his friends Teenie and Bea have gotten him invited to a classmate's birthday party as the paid entertainment! Desperate for help, he visits The Great Zoocheeni's Magic Emporium, but comes away with nothing more than a moth-eaten top hat. Oliver is in for a lucky surprise, though. Inside that top hat hides a wisecracking rabbit named Benny, who agrees to help Oliver with his act. But at the party, Oliver is accused of robbery! He'll need to solve the mystery of the missing robo-cat to clear his name before he and Benny can amaze the crowd with their grand finale.

Making Democracy Fun

Author : Josh A. Lerner
Publisher : MIT Press
Release Date : 2014-02-21
ISBN : 0262321521
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (321 Download)

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Download Free Making Democracy Fun PDF by Josh A. Lerner Full Book and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-02-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the tools of game design to fix democracy. Anyone who has ever been to a public hearing or community meeting would agree that participatory democracy can be boring. Hours of repetitive presentations, alternatingly alarmist or complacent, for or against, accompanied by constant heckling, often with no clear outcome or decision. Is this the best democracy can offer? In Making Democracy Fun, Josh Lerner offers a novel solution for the sad state of our deliberative democracy: the power of good game design. What if public meetings featured competition and collaboration (such as team challenges), clear rules (presented and modeled in multiple ways), measurable progress (such as scores and levels), and engaging sounds and visuals? These game mechanics would make meetings more effective and more enjoyable—even fun. Lerner reports that institutions as diverse as the United Nations, the U.S. Army, and grassroots community groups are already using games and game-like processes to encourage participation. Drawing on more than a decade of practical experience and extensive research, he explains how games have been integrated into a variety of public programs in North and South America. He offers rich stories of game techniques in action, in children's councils, social service programs, and participatory budgeting and planning. With these real-world examples in mind, Lerner describes five kinds of games and twenty-six game mechanics that are especially relevant for democracy. He finds that when governments and organizations use games and design their programs to be more like games, public participation becomes more attractive, effective, and transparent. Game design can make democracy fun—and make it work.

Wild Cards

Author : George R.R. Martin
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-11-08
ISBN : 0575134127
Pages : 400 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (134 Download)

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Download Free Wild Cards PDF by George R.R. Martin Full Book and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of A GAME OF THRONES There is a secret history of the world - a history in which an alien virus struck the Earth in the aftermath of World War II, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. Some were called Aces - those with superhuman mental and physical abilities. Others became Jokers - cursed with bizarre mental or physical disabilities. Some turned their talents to the service of humanity. Others used their powers for evil. Wild Cards is their story. Return to the beginning of the long running shared-world series edited by George R. R. Martin, featuring stories and characters who would go on to become legends. Super-heroes have never been more real. Originally published in 1987, Wild Cards includes powerful tales by Roger Zelazny, Walter Jon Williams, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, and George R. R. Martin himself. And this expanded edition contains further original tales set at the beginning of the Wild Cards universe, by eminent new writers like Hugo-winner David Levine, noted screenwriter and novelist Michael Cassutt, and New York Times bestseller Carrie Vaughn.

Commissary

Author : Joel Shrallow
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Release Date : 2017-02-01
ISBN : 1619846187
Pages : 18 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (846 Download)

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Download Free Commissary PDF by Joel Shrallow Full Book and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ed has been loyal to Louie and Paco since childhood, his two best friends in the whole world. But will a woman change all that? Commissary is a tale of friendship and romance and how they combine to form one hell of a situation.

Knaves Over Queens

Author : Wild Cards Trust
Publisher : Tor Books
Release Date : 2019-08-13
ISBN : 1250168058
Pages : 560 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (168 Download)

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Download Free Knaves Over Queens PDF by Wild Cards Trust Full Book and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for current fans and new readers alike, Knaves Over Queens is an all-new adventure set in London, featuring a fresh cast of characters from the Wild Cards universe. Developed by aliens and field-tested on Earth, the virus known as Xenovirus Takis-A was released in New York in 1946, changing the course of human history forever. Most of those infected die — and a tiny percentage become deformed beings known as jokers. A lucky few survivors become aces: superhumans gifted with amazing powers. Now the virus has reached Britain. There, Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, gifted with extraordinary longevity, together with the Enigma ace Alan Turing, set up a special organization named the Order of the Silver Helix. They will need all of the wild cards they can find if they are to deal with the terrifying mutations spawned by the virus. Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and Melinda M. Snodgrass, Knaves Over Queens features the writing talents of Paul Cornell, Marko Kloos, Mark Lawrence, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Emma Newman, Peter Newman, Peadar O Guilin, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Caroline Spector, and Charles Stross. Now in development for TV: Rights to develop Wild Cards have been acquired by Universal Cable Productions, the team behind The Magicians and Mr. Robot, with the co-editor of Wild Cards, Melinda Snodgrass, as executive producer. The Wild Cards Universe The Original Triad #1 Wild Cards #2 Aces High #3 Jokers Wild The Puppetman Quartet #4: Aces Abroad #5: Down and Dirty #6: Ace in the Hole #7: Dead Man’s Hand The Rox Triad #8: One-Eyed Jacks #9: Jokertown Shuffle #10: Dealer’s Choice #11: Double Solitaire #12: Turn of the Cards The Card Sharks Triad #13: Card Sharks #14: Marked Cards #15: Black Trump #16: Deuces Down #17: Death Draws Five The Committee Triad #18: Inside Straight #19: Busted Flush #20: Suicide Kings The Fort Freak Triad #21: Fort Freak #22: Lowball #23: High Stakes The American Triad #24: Mississippi Roll #25: Low Chicago #26: Texas Hold 'Em At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Joker One

Author : Donovan Campbell
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2009-03-10
ISBN : 1588367789
Pages : 336 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (367 Download)

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Download Free Joker One PDF by Donovan Campbell Full Book and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-03-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After graduating from Princeton, Donovan Campbell wanted to give back to his country, engage in the world, and learn to lead. So he joined the service, becoming a commander of a forty-man infantry platoon called Joker One. Campbell had just months to train and transform a ragtag group of brand-new Marines into a first-rate cohesive fighting unit, men who would become his family. They were assigned to Ramadi, the capital of the Sunni-dominated Anbar province that was an explosion just waiting to happen. And when it did happen—with the chilling cries of "Jihad, Jihad, Jihad!" echoing from minaret to minaret—Campbell and company were there to protect the innocent, battle the insurgents, and pick up the pieces. Thrillingly told by the man who led the unit of hard-pressed Marines, Joker One is a gripping tale of a leadership and loyalty.

Practically Joking

Author : Moira Marsh
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2015-06-22
ISBN : 1457195364
Pages : 270 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (195 Download)

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Download Free Practically Joking PDF by Moira Marsh Full Book and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2015-06-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Practically Joking, the first full-length study of the practical joke, Moira Marsh examines the value, artistry, and social significance of this ancient and pervasive form of vernacular expression. Though they are sometimes dismissed as the lowest form of humor, practical jokes come from a lively tradition of expressive play. They can reveal both sophistication and intellectual satisfaction, with the best demanding significant skill and talent not only to conceive but also to execute. Practically Joking establishes the practical joke as a folk art form subject to critical evaluation by both practitioners and audiences, operating under the guidance of local aesthetic and ethical canons. Marsh studies the range of genres that pranks comprise; offers a theoretical look at the reception of practical jokes based on “benign transgression”—a theory that sees humor as playful violation—and uses real-life examples of practical jokes in context to establish the form’s varieties and meanings as an independent genre, as well as its inextricable relationship with a range of folklore forms. Scholars of folklore, humor, and popular culture will find much of interest in Practically Joking.

The Alphabet Stories

Author : T.L. Yates
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2021-05-13
ISBN : 1662427034
Pages : 58 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (427 Download)

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Download Free The Alphabet Stories PDF by T.L. Yates Full Book and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andy the Alligator and Colleen the Canary have come to help children learn their ABCs through stories. The Alphabet Stories is a book that assists children to learn and recognize their letters from A to Z. Each letter of the alphabet is associated with a short children's story. The majority of words in each of the stories begin with the designated letter associated with the story. For children, there are some words that are confusing as they sound as if they start with one letter but actually begin with another. This book allows children to learn the letter and then associate many words that start with each letter. By doing so, the child's vocabulary is expanded, their spelling is enhanced, and their pronunciation is magnified. The best way to teach children is through fun learning, which is why Andy and Colleen are here to help.

Mahjong from A to Zhú

Author : Scott D. Miller
Publisher : Lulu Press, Inc
Release Date : 2015-11-17
ISBN : 1300447265
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (447 Download)

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Download Free Mahjong from A to Zhú PDF by Scott D. Miller Full Book and published by Lulu Press, Inc. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the most common Chinese traditions to the most arcane, this text contains over forty different Mahjong variants with detailed explanations and hand illustrations to appeal to beginners and masters alike. Ever wondered what else these beautiful tiles can do? Also included are games like Meow Meow Mahjong, Sap Tim Pun, Ten Phases, fortune telling and more. Tom Sloper of Sloperama Productions writes "Scott Miller has amassed an impressive amount of information about a great many mah-jongg variants. This is a work that all scholars and researchers of mah-jongg and games will need to add to their libraries. It's a valuable resource that's sure to add some branches to the family tree of mah-jongg."