Monstrous Design

Monstrous Design
Author: Kat Dunn
Publisher: Zephyr
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre: Fantasy fiction
ISBN: 9781789543681

With swashbuckling, super-fast paced action and own voices queer romance, The Battalion of the Dead return in a dazzling new adventure, set amid the opulence and squalor of 18th-century London and Paris. 1794, London: where luxury and squalor rub shoulders and men of science conspire to raise the dead and make monsters. From the glamorous excesses of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens to the city's seedy underbelly, Camille continues her search for Olympe de l'Aubespine - the girl born of magic and mayhem. But with half the battalion trapped in Paris and a new enemy lying in wait in London, time is running out. Camille must decide how much she's willing to risk. To get what you want, how far is too far? Perfect for fans of Netflix's Shadow and Bone series.

Monstrous By Design

Monstrous By Design
Author: Chris Meier
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2013-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1462863949

Meet Victer, the second best assassin at the leading protounit marksgame corporation-Omega Corp. In a world where the government has banned guns in favor of a peaceful exterior, the large corporations manipulate their pawns amid the shadows of the night. This is a story of the bonds that tie us to one another and how fragile those bonds are. In a city where lies and conspiracy are embraced by the powerful, Victer and his friends will have to fight for the truth.

The Monster in the Garden

The Monster in the Garden
Author: Luke Morgan
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2016
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0812247558

In The Monster in the Garden, Luke Morgan develops a new conceptual model of Renaissance landscape design, arguing that the monster was a key figure in Renaissance culture and that the incorporation of the monstrous into gardens was not incidental but an essential feature.

Monstrous Bodies/political Monstrosities in Early Modern Europe

Monstrous Bodies/political Monstrosities in Early Modern Europe
Author: Laura Lunger Knoppers
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780801489013

Multi-disciplinary in approach & cross-European in scope, this volume explores links between the political & the monstrous in Europe from the Renaissance to the 19th century. These essays stress the continual reinvention & polemical applications of the monstrous.

Dangerous Remedy

Dangerous Remedy
Author: Kat Dunn
Publisher: Zephyr
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2021-02-04
Genre: Interpersonal relations
ISBN: 9781789543667

The first in a historical adventure series set in the extravagant and deadly world of the French Revolution. A whirlwind of action, science and magic reveals, with a diverse cast of fearless heroines, a band of rebels like no other.

Monstrous

Monstrous
Author: MarcyKate Connolly
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2015-02-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 006227273X

Reminiscent of Frankenstein and tales by the Brothers Grimm, this debut novel stands out as a compelling, original story that has the feel of a classic. The city of Bryre suffers under the magic of an evil wizard. Because of his curse, girls sicken and disappear without a trace, and all live in fear. No one is allowed outside after dark. Night is when Kymera comes to the city, with a cloak disguising her wings, the bolts in her neck, and her spiky tail. Her mission is to rescue the girls of Bryre. Despite Kym's caution in going secretively, a boy named Ren sees and befriends her . . . but what he knows will change her world forever.

The Monstrous Child

The Monstrous Child
Author: Francesca Simon
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0571330282

A stunning, operatic, epic drama, like no other. Meet Hel, an ordinary teenager - and goddess of the Underworld. Why is life so unfair? Hel tries to make the bets of it, creating gleaming halls in her dark kingdom and welcoming the dead who she is forced to host for eternity. Until eternity itself is threatened. Francesca's first and wonderful foray into teen.

Wednesday: Child of Woe

Wednesday: Child of Woe
Author: Francesco Santora
Publisher: Francisco Santora
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2024-04-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This is the complete collection of the Wednesday: Child of Woe series so far. Welcome to Wednesday's World of Darkness a collection of terrifying tales for those who prefer the darker side of life.

Putting History to the Question

Putting History to the Question
Author: Michael Neill
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2000
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780231113328

Covering dramatic works by Shakespeare, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, and others--and reflecting upon subjects ranging from social attitudes towards racial difference and adultery to the politics of mercantilism and the hierarchy of master/servant relationships--the book reenergizes the discussion of Renaissance drama and history.