Time Out Shortlist Gotham and Metropolis

Author: Dan Wallace
Publisher: Time Out
ISBN: 9781846709807
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"The Gotham City & Metropolis shortlist takes you to the heart of the neighboring cities, selecting the very best sights, restaurants, shopping, nightlife and entertainment, with Time Out's trademark expertise. It also tips you off to the latest news and fashions, and gives your the dates that matter. It's the complete reference book to both cities ... Gotham City & Metropolis shortlist includes: two rival cities, two rival heroes?; the secrets behind Wayne Enterprises; the Batman: urban myth or hometown hero?; Gotham City's must-see parades and parties; how the kryptonian attack changed Metropolis; Lex Luthor and the legacy of LexCorp; all there is to know about Superman."--Back flap.

Man of Steel

Author: Daniel Wallace
Publisher: Insight Editions
ISBN: 9781608871810
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In Man of Steel, director Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen) and producer Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy) have delivered a stunning new vision of Superman that is both fresh and familiar. Man of Steel: Inside the Legendary World of Superman explores the remarkable creative process behind the movie and showcases the exceptional concept art that shaped its unique visual style. From the stark alien vistas of Krypton to the down-to-earth warmth of Smallville, this book uncovers the intensive world-building process that makes Superman’s universe both thrilling and believable. Also featuring in-depth interviews with the cast and crew, and candid on-set photography, Man of Steel: Inside the Legendary World of Superman is the ultimate insider’s look at one of the most electrifying movies in recent memory. Man of Steel stars Henry Cavill as Superman. Also appearing are three-time Oscar® nominee Amy Adams (The Fighter) as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane, and Oscar® nominee Laurence Fishburne (What’s Love Got to Do with It) as her editor-in-chief, Perry White. Starring as Clark Kent’s adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, are Oscar® nominee Diane Lane (Unfaithful) and Academy Award® winner Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves). Squaring off against the superhero are two other surviving Kryptonians, the villainous General Zod, played by Oscar® nominee Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road), and Faora, Zod’s evil partner, played by Antje Traue. Also from Superman’s native Krypton are Lara Lor-Van, Superman’s mother, played by Ayelet Zurer, and Superman’s father, Jor-El, portrayed by Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator). Rounding out the cast are Harry Lennix as U.S. military man General Swanwick, as well as Christopher Meloni as Colonel Hardy.

Introducing Human Geographies

Author: Paul Cloke
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113405131X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1087

Book Description
Introducing Human Geographies is the leading guide to human geography for undergraduate students, explaining new thinking on essential topics and discussing exciting developments in the field. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated and coverage is extended with new sections devoted to biogeographies, cartographies, mobilities, non-representational geographies, population geographies, public geographies and securities. Presented in three parts with 60 contributions written by expert international researchers, this text addresses the central ideas through which human geographers understand and shape their subject. Part I: Foundations engages students with key ideas that define human geography’s subject matter and approaches, through critical analyses of dualisms such as local-global, society-space and human-nonhuman. Part II: Themes explores human geography’s main sub-disciplines, with sections devoted to biogeographies, cartographies, cultural geographies, development geographies, economic geographies, environmental geographies, historical geographies, political geographies, population geographies, social geographies, urban and rural geographies. Finally, Part III: Horizons assesses the latest research in innovative areas, from mobilities and securities to non-representational geographies. This comprehensive, stimulating and cutting edge introduction to the field is richly illustrated throughout with full colour figures, maps and photos. These are available to download on the companion website, located at www.routledge.com/9781444135350.

Suicide Squad Most Wanted: El Diablo

Author: Jai Nitz
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN: 1401277128
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
When a sudden pardon springs the powerful pyro-kinetic formerly known as Chato Santana from Belle Reve Prison-and frees him from the control of Task Force XÕs ruthless commander, Amanda Waller-his only desire is to return home to reunite with his family. But a vicious attack cuts short his plan and puts him on the radar of Checkmate, a metahuman black ops organization that puts the Suicide Squad to shame. Alongside his new comrades, El Diablo embarks on a whirlwind tour of the DC UniverseÕs most dangerous hotspots, from the technological terrors of Metropolis to the dark nights of Gotham City, making strange allies and unstoppable enemies along the way. With his old team closing in and his new teamÕs agenda shrouded in mystery, will the devil get his due, or is El Diablo doomed to die once more? Find out in SUICIDE SQUAD MOST WANTED: EL DIABLO, a scorching new thriller featuring the fiery antihero from the award-winning movie Suicide Squad, from writer JAI NITZ and artist CLIFF RICHARDS! Collects the El Diablo stories from SUICIDE SQUAD MOST WANTED #1-6.

Kingdom Come

Author: Mark Waid
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781401220341
Category : Batman (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
One of the most acclaimed graphic novels of all time is offered in this new edition, with lush new panoramic cover art.

The Last of the Live Nude Girls

Author: Sheila McClear
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593764626
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
A “eye-opening, gritty, and compelling” memoir by one of New York City’s last Times Square peep show girls (The Paris Review Online). In 2006, Gotham City Video was among the last of its kind where, breathing in a cocktail of Pine-Sol and Windex, a man paid $40 to watch a girl strip naked behind glass. These fantasy lands, left over from the days when 42nd Street was the center of vice, eventually disappeared from the rapidly gentrifying city, their stories lost forever. Not those of tenderloin grinder, Sheila McCelar. Pulling back the curtain on the little-documented world of the peeps, her “ribald . . . memorable and highly relevant” (The Daily Beast) reflection is “both a eulogy and a paean to the freaks and misfits who have long given their souls to the city” (Matthew Gallaway, author of The Metropolis Case). A late bloomer from small-town Michigan, Sheila arrived in New York as a struggling actress and soon found herself adrift. Borderline homeless, and crashing with friends, she finally got steady work that paid the rent—as a stripper along the triple-x stretch of Eighth Avenue. When Times Square seeped into her blood, she ended up staying much longer than she imagined. The story she tells is not just of her own coming-of-age, it’s a “sharp, sweetly personal . . . fascinating and honest” narrative of modern life on the fringes of society in New York City (Mark Jacobson, author of Pale Horse Rider).

Eventful Cities

Author: Greg Richards
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136440143
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 536

Book Description
Processes of globalization, economic restructuring and urban redevelopment have placed events at the centre of strategies for change in cities. Events offer the potential to achieve economic, social, cultural and environmental outcomes within broader urban development strategies. This volume: * analyzes the process of cultural event development, management and marketing and links these processes to their wider cultural, social and economic context * provides a unique blend of practical and academic analysis, with a selection of major events and festivals in cities where ‘eventfulness’ has been an important element of development strategy * examines the reasons why different stakeholders should collaborate, as well as the reasons why cities succeed or fail to develop events and become eventful Eventful Cities evaluates theoretical perspectives and links theory and practice through case studies of cities and events across the world. Critical success factors are identified which can help to guide cities and regions to develop event strategies. This book is essential reading for any undergraduate or graduate student and all practitioners and policy-makers involved in event management, cultural management, arts administration, urban studies, cultural studies and tourism.

Conflict, Security and the Reshaping of Society

Author: Alessandro Dal Lago
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136933417
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part of the OAPEN-UK research project. This book is an examination of the effect of contemporary wars (such as the 'War on Terror') on civil life at a global level. Contemporary literature on war is mainly devoted to recent changes in the theory and practice of warfare, particular those in which terrorists or insurgents are involved (for example, the 'revolution in military affairs', 'small wars', and so on). On the other hand, today's research on security is focused, among other themes, on the effects of the war on terrorism, and on civil liberties and social control. This volume connects these two fields of research, showing how 'war' and 'security' tend to exchange targets and forms of action as well as personnel (for instance, the spreading use of private contractors in wars and of military experts in the 'struggle for security') in modern society. This shows how, contrary to Clausewitz's belief war should be conceived of as a "continuation of politics by other means", the opposite statement is also true: that politics, insofar as it concerns security, can be defined as the 'continuation of war by other means'. This book will be of much interest to students of critical security studies, war and conflict studies, terrorism studies, sociology and IR in general. Salvatore Palidda is Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Genoa. Alessandro Dal Lago is Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the University of Genoa.

Batman Beyond

Author: Adam Beechen
Publisher: Titan Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781781160442
Category : Batman (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
When the Justice League arrives in New Gotham to take down the Matter Master, Batman must either join with the League, or take them out.

DC Comics: Exploring Gotham City

Author: Matthew Manning
Publisher: Insight Editions
ISBN: 9781647220617
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Discover the secrets of Gotham City with this large-scale interactive book, DC Comics: Exploring Gotham City. DC Comics: Exploring Gotham City combines striking full-color illustrations of Gotham City with interactive elements that reveal the secrets of the most fascinating locations from the birthplace of the Dark Knight. Explore famous landmarks like the Batcave, Arkham Asylum, and Wayne Manor and uncover the mysteries of the Gotham City. The first in a series of large-scale interactive books that explore the iconic locations from the world of DC Comics, DC Comics: Exploring Gotham City is the perfect book for readers of all ages who want to investigate the tumultuous city Batman calls home.