The Severaine

The Severaine
Author: KJ Simmill
Publisher: Next Chapter
Total Pages: 813
Release: 2022-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Winner, New Apple 2017 Official Selection for Fantasy Finalist, Independent Author Network Book Of The Year Kingdoms were lost, and races forgotten. Across the countless span of time, a threat rises, heralding the end of man's rule and laying to waste those who defiled its mistress. It is known as the Severaine: a power that could bring even the Gods themselves to their knees. Our heroes had been tasked to save the world, yet by their hand it was plunged into peril. But fate will not relinquish its hold on the ones who are chosen. Creatures once forced into slumber rise, their cries heralding a new dawn as the Severaine awakens. Its sole purpose is to purge and remake the world. To stop such a power seems impossible. As paths once closed reopen, whispered tales speak of hope... but only to those willing to listen.

John Severin: Two-Fisted Comic Book Artist

John Severin: Two-Fisted Comic Book Artist
Author: Jon B. Cooke
Publisher: Two Morrows Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-11-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781605491066

The definitive biography of one of the most prolific creators in the history of American comics! From a start in 1947 at the Simon & Kirby shop, he co-created the legendary Western strip American Eagle with Will Elder, and became an EC Comics mainstay, working with Harvey Kurtzman on Mad and Two-Fisted Tales. In addition to a 40+ year association with Cracked magazine, his pivotal Marvel Comics work included an extended run inking Herb Trimpe on The Hulk, and teaming with sister Marie Severin to create the classic comics version of King Kull. Throughout his storied career, he freelanced for every major publisher, and remained a workhorse up till his final Dark Horse mini-series at age 90. Included in this volume is a special "American Eagle" section, an eye-popping art gallery, and extensive personal photos and artifacts (including WWII "Victory Mail" cartoons and handmade greeting cards for his family). Also featured are commentary from over 25 peers gathered just for this book, including Neal Adams, Richard Corben, John Byrne, Russ Heath, Walter Simonson, and many others. Written by Greg Biga and multiple Eisner Award-winner Jon B. Cooke, with an introduction by Howard Chaykin, Foreword by Mort Todd, and Afterword by Chuck Dixon, this profusely illustrated book celebrates the centennial of the two-fisted artist's birth!

Tragic King

Tragic King
Author: Sparrow Beckett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2017-09-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781976221248

Severin is a dominant jerk with a bad attitude. Minnow, the woman hired to curb his temper, has seen beyond his bastard nature and has become obsessed with the way he masters her.She thinks she knows all of his secrets.She's wrong.For years someone else has sought Severin's mastery - a man she never suspected. When the situation implodes, she's no longer sure where she stands.New trouble reopens old wounds. Their unstable three-way relationship threatens to collapse. Will Severin's submissives be able to save him from self-destruction, or will they need to abandon the man they love?Warning: BDSM, dark themes. Character's memories of prior abuse may trigger some readers.

Stevie Smith's Resistant Antics

Stevie Smith's Resistant Antics
Author: Laura Severin
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780299152949

The author explores the connections between Smiths work and mass media production; twentieth-century historical events; her romantic and Victorian predecessors; and such contemporaries as Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker, Aldous Huxley, and Evelyn Waugh. By presenting Smith in the cultural milieu surrounding World War II, Severin illuminates the still dark period of British womens writing from 1930 to 1960. Focusing on the complete works of Stevie Smith, Severin suggests that Smiths boundary-crossing art forms, which transgress genres and even media, represent an attempt to undo the coherence of femininity as defined in the conservative period of World War II.

Motor Age

Motor Age
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1640
Release: 1920
Genre: Automobile industry and trade
ISBN:

Feral King

Feral King
Author: Sparrow Beckett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2017-06-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781548461096

Minnow Korsgaard works a dead end job to make ends meet. When she's hired to take care of a wealthy old man with no social skills, she's excited to have found work in her field.The new boss isn't at all what she expected.Severin Leduc is only thirty. He's also a dominant, tattooed brute who needs someone to break through the walls he's built. The exiled son of a wealthy family, he's unapologetically rude and eccentric. Raised by servants, he doesn't want extra people in his life, let alone a pretty girl who refuses to leave him in peace.Minnow's submissive nature sparks against Severin's dominance. Torrid sexual attraction flares between them. Sharing her with his best friend, Rodrigo, only strengthens their growing bond, and Severin's life is scattered into chaos. Will he learn to trust her, or will he live the rest of his life forgotten?Warning: BDSM, dark themes. Character's memories of prior abuse may trigger some readers.

Peaceland

Peaceland
Author: Séverine Autesserre
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2014-05-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1107052106

This book suggests a new explanation for why international peace interventions often fail to reach their full potential. Based on several years of ethnographic research in conflict zones around the world, it demonstrates that everyday elements - such as the expatriates' social habits and usual approaches to understanding their areas of operation - strongly influence peacebuilding effectiveness. Individuals from all over the world and all walks of life share numerous practices, habits, and narratives when they serve as interveners in conflict zones. These common attitudes and actions enable foreign peacebuilders to function in the field, but they also result in unintended consequences that thwart international efforts. Certain expatriates follow alternative modes of thinking and acting, often with notable results, but they remain in the minority. Through an in-depth analysis of the interveners' everyday life and work, this book proposes innovative ways to better help host populations build a sustainable peace.