The Steampunk Gazette

The Steampunk Gazette
Author: Thaddeus Tinker
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Postmodernism
ISBN: 9780764165566

Tells the story of the 1980s pop culture movement inspired by early Victorian science fiction that developed into an international lifestyle movement, having its own distinctive art, fashion, home decor, music, and social events.

The Steampunk Gazette

The Steampunk Gazette
Author: Major Tinker
Publisher: Fil Rouge
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012
Genre: Steampunk culture
ISBN: 9780956438263

From a fantasy fiction genre, steampunk has grown into a broad pop culture aesthetic with its own art, fashion, home decor, music and events. This title chronicles this burgeoning international subculture with an illustrated newspaper-style design that reflects the vintage aesthetic. It reports from the steampunk movement and includes photographs.

Steaming Into a Victorian Future

Steaming Into a Victorian Future
Author: Julie Anne Taddeo
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2013
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0810885867

This collection of essays explores the social and cultural aspects of steampunk, examining the various manifestations of this multi-faceted genre, in order to better understand the steampunk sub-culture and its effect on--and interrelationship with--popular culture and the wider society.

Steampunk Chic

Steampunk Chic
Author: Jennifer O'Neil
Publisher: All American Crafts Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-09-15
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781936708086

Catch the wave of the popular Steampunk Style in crafting as well-known authors and designers, Jennifer and Kitty O'Neil present their own version of this fun and funky look in crafts and home decor with 15 new fanciful projects. They'll show how to create delightful vintage flare from recycled finds of all kinds.

Fashion and Its Multi-Cultural Facets

Fashion and Its Multi-Cultural Facets
Author: Patricia Hunt-Hurst
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2019-01-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1848883099

This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2014. Fashion is multi-faceted in its inclusion of people, places, and products. How people dress and adorn themselves reflect their space, their time, and their innovators. This collection of essays reflects the changing world of fashion from historic topics of change, to new fashion places, to new media outlets for fashion communication, and to critical issues related to comfort, ethics, and innovation. The authors examine familiar names of fashion like Coco Chanel and Tim Walker and introduce us to new names like Ann Lowe, Tommaso Cecchi De’Rossi, and Warwick Freeman. The contributors to this collection represent a variety of places (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America) and share their observations, studies, and experiences from the perspective of their cultural backgrounds and disciplines.

Grandville Noel

Grandville Noel
Author: Bryan Talbot
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2014-11-18
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1630081191

Le blaireau est de retour! Alone in Grandville, Detective Inspector LeBrock stalks a growing religious cult led by a charismatic unicorn messiah who, along with his con-men partners, are responsible for horrific mass murder. With Paris in the grip of the mysterious crime lord Tiberius Koenig and increasingly violent attacks by human terrorists, can LeBrock stop the inevitable slide into fascism? And could these conditions all be the manipulations of a centuries-old conspiracy to throw the world into war? From the imagination of Bryan Talbot comes Grandville Noël, the fourth installment of the acclaimed steampunk fantasy series.

Viminy Crowe's Comic Book

Viminy Crowe's Comic Book
Author: Marthe Jocelyn
Publisher: Tundra Books
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2014-05-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1770494790

When chubby, geeky Wylder Wallace spills lunch on cool and aloof Addy Crowe at Toronto's Comicon, she dashes to the bathroom, leaving behind the latest issue of her uncle's steampunk comic hit: FLYNN GOSTER in GOLD RUSH TRAIN. Wylder, a fan of the Flynn comics, opens this new one eagerly, astounded to see the girl who was just yelling at him inside the comic. Fascinated, he follows Addy into the bathroom, and the adventure begins... Is there a personality conflict? Oh, yes. Addy wants to go home; Wylder wants to stay and explore the world of Viminy Crowe's comic book. Do things go wrong? You bet they do, from the very start, when Addy loses her pet rat, Catnip, and almost gets shot by a Red Rider. All the while the actual comic book story is going on around them. The train carries a fortune from the Yukon goldfields, and both dashing Flynn Goster (hero of a thousand disguises and thief extraordinaire) and villainous Professor Aldous Lickpenny (criminal genius, aided by malevolent robots but somewhat hampered by doltish nephew Nevins) have plans to steal the gold. There's romance too -- Flynn's old flame, the brilliant aviatrix, Isadora Fortuna, is traveling across Canada with her balloon, and her strangely familiar protégée Nelly Day. Addy and Wylder navigate the story with the aid of the comic book itself. Every page turn sends them to a different setting, from the Banff Springs Hotel to an alligator-wrestling arena in Florida. But when they finally find a portal back to the real world, catastrophe follows ... A hilarious thrill-ride of a story that will have kids laughing and on the edge of their seats with every turn of the page.

Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl

Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl
Author: David Barnett
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2013-09-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0765334240

A fantastical steampunk fable set against an alternate historical backdrop: the ultimate Victoriana/steampunk mash-up!

Airborn

Airborn
Author: Kenneth Oppel
Publisher: EOS
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2004-05-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN:

Sailing toward dawn, and I was perched atop the crow's nest, being the ship's eyes. We were two nights out of Sydney, and there'd been no weather to speak of so far. I was keeping watch on a dark stack of nimbus clouds off to the northwest, but we were leaving it far behind, and it looked to be smooth going all the way back to Lionsgate City. Like riding a cloud. . . . Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist's granddaughter that he realizes that the man's ravings may, in fact, have been true, and that the creatures are completely real and utterly mysterious. In a swashbuckling adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne and Robert Louis Stevenson, Kenneth Oppel, author of the best-selling Silverwing trilogy, creates an imagined world in which the air is populated by transcontinental voyagers, pirates, and beings never before dreamed of by the humans who sail the skies.

Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred

Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred
Author: David Erik Nelson
Publisher: No Starch Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2010-11-15
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1593273878

Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred is packed with fun craft and toy-making projects for geeks on a budget. Inside, you’ll find illustrated instructions for 24 quirky playthings. Part I: Kid Stuff contains child-friendly projects like the Lock-N-Latch Treasure Chest and a PVC TeePee; Part II: The Electro-Skiffle Band is devoted to homemade musical instruments; and Part III: The Locomotivated showcases moving toys, like a muzzleloader that shoots marshmallows and a steam-powered milk-carton boat. Each project costs just $10 or less to make and is suitable for anyone, regardless of experience level. As you build, you’ll learn useful sewing and carpentry skills, and the appendix offers a primer on electronics and soldering. You (and your kids) will have hours of fun making projects like: –A simple electric guitar – An oversized joy buzzer that (safely) administers a 100-volt jolt – Cool, mess-free, screen-printed T-shirts – Kites made from FedEx envelopes – Booming Thunderdrums made from salvaged x-ray film – Classic board games like Go, Tafl, and Shut-the-Box Whether you’re a mom or dad in search of a rainy day activity, a Scout leader looking to educate and entertain your troop, or just a DIY weekend warrior, the projects in Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred will inspire and amuse you. Now, roll up your sleeves and make!