Oh, no, an ancient evil has arisen from the depths of some terrible place. Again. How rude. Except this time it’s a five-alarm-brown-pants-panic-like-it’s-the-end-of-the-world situation. Because this guy is the real deal. He’s a burn-it-all-down kind of guy. He doesn’t want wealth, or power, or an all-access pass to the most popular theme parks. He wants everyone and everything deader than dead. And he has the mojo to make it happen. In other words, he’s the bad guy. The good guy… Is confused. No one will give him a straight answer. A strange woman kidnaps Zosimos and takes him to a creepy island. Where some even stranger sort of steampunk tunneling machine people kidnaps him from the kidnapper. Why? He’s a nobody. According to his brother and his sister and most everyone who knows him, anyway. Except… Maybe there’s a secret locked inside him. Something both terrible and awesome. Something that might stop the bad guy’s rampage. Or it might give the bad guy the key to unlock the ultimate weapon of destruction. Until Zosimos figures it out, everyone’s day is going from cloudy-with-a-chance-of-rain, to doom-with-a-certainty-of-fiery-death. An epic, unhinged chapter in the weird fantasy world of Realms Unseen.

A gorgeously rendered graphic novel of Daniel Alarcón’s story City of Clowns. From the author of The King Is Always Above the People, which was longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction. Oscar “Chino” Uribe is a young Peruvian journalist for a local tabloid paper. After the recent death of his philandering father, he must confront the idea of his father’s other family, and how much of his own identity has been shaped by his father’s murky morals. At the same time, he begins to chronicle the life of street clowns, sad characters who populate the violent and corrupt city streets of Lima, and is drawn into their haunting, fantastical world. This remarkably affecting story by Daniel Alarcón was included in his acclaimed first book, War by Candlelight, and now, in collaboration with artist Sheila Alvarado, it takes on a new, thrilling form. This graphic novel, with its short punches of action and images, its stark contrasts between light and dark, truth and fiction, perfectly corresponds to the tone of Chino’s story. With the city of Lima as a character, and the bold visual language from the story, City of Clowns is moving, menacing, and brilliantly vivid.

The author discusses the tragi-comic aspect of Chola kingship in relation to other Indian expressions of comedy, such as the Vidiisaka of Sanskrit drama, folk tales of the jester Tenali Rama, and clowns of the South Indian shadow-puppet theaters. The symbolism of the king emerges as part of a wider range of major symbolic figures--Brahmins, courtesans, and the tragic" bandits and warrior-heroes. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The pulp fiction master Johnston McCulley is most famous today as the creator of Zorro, though over a long career he issued a plethora of exciting heroes and villains. Colourful characters such as Black Star, Thubway Tham, The Spider, The Bat, The Crimson Clown, The Thunderbolt and many more helped influence the development of American pulp and comic book literature. This eBook presents McCulley’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to McCulley’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major series * All the Zorro novels for the first time in digital publishing, with individual contents tables * Includes a selection of Zorro short stories * A wide range of McCulley’s famous creations * Features numerous pulp novellas and stories appearing in digital print for the first time * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Zorro Series The Curse of Capistrano (1919) The Further Adventures of Zorro (1924) Zorro Rides Again (1931) The Sign of Zorro (1941) A Task for Zorro (1947) Zorro’s Fight for Life (1951) Miscellaneous Zorro Short Stories The Black Star Stories The Black Star (1916) Black Star’s Subterfuge (1916) Return of the Black Star (1917) Black Star’s Campaign (1919) Black Star Comes Back (1921) The Thubway Tham Stories Thubway Tham Stories The Spider Series The Spider’s Den (1918) The Spider’s Sign (1918) Into the Spider’s Jaws (1918) The Spider’s Strain (1919) The Spider’s Reward (1919) The Thunderbolt Tales Master and Man (1920) The Kidnapped Midas (1920) The Big Six (1920) The Man in Purple Series The Man in Purple (1921) The Man in Purple Meets a Man in Blue (1921) Breath of Disaster (1921) The Bat Stories The Bat Strikes! (1934) Bite of the Bat (1934) Shadow of the Bat (1935) Code of the Bat (1935) The Crimson Clown The Crimson Clown (1926) The Avenging Twins The Avenging Twins (1927) The Rollicking Rogue Stories The Rollicking Rogue (1930) The Rollicking Rogue’s Second Deal (1930) The Green Ghost Series The Green Ghost (1934) The Day of Settlement (1934) Swift Revenge (1934) The Green Ghost Stalks (1934) The Murder Note (1935) Deadly Peril (1935) Bloodstained Bonds (1935) The Mongoose Cases Alias the Mongoose (1932) The Voice from Nowhere (1932) The Mongoose Strikes Again (1932) Smoke of Revenge (1932) Jewels of the Rajah (1932) Ransom for Vengeance (1932) Six Sacks of Gold (1933) Profit for the Mongoose (1933) Trap of the Mongoose (1933) The Whirlwind Stories Alias The Whirlwind (1933) The Whirlwind’s Revenge (1934) The Whirlwind’s Red Trail (1934) The Whirlwind’s Rage (1934) The Whirlwind’s Ready Blade (1934) The Whirlwind’s Frenzy (1934) The Whirlwind’s Private War (1935) Other Pulp Stories Wild Norene (1914) Captain Fly-by-Night (1916) The Jungle Trail (1917) The Brand of Silence (1919) Four Hours (1919) Carden, Crook Comedian (1920) Flaming Hate (1920) The Mystery of the Private Dining Room (1920) Mysterious Doctor Toke (1921) The Obvious Clew (1921) The Ghost Phone (1921) Jerry, the Boaster (1923) The Black Jarl (1923) The Scarlet Scourge (1925) Miscellaneous Stories

What lurks beyond the edge of porch light? From the dark influences that haunt the world to gnarled gnomes and ancient books and demonic creatures that lurk beneath carefully trimmed lawns, settle back beneath the covers and turn on the nightlight as Ferrel D. Moore shows you why you really should stay inside with the doors bolted on a red moon night.

Okay, so have you guys ever wondered what it's like to be a spy? No. Well, how about being a hybrid spy? Still no. Well lucky you because this is my life everyday. Stopping monsters and saving mankind is my everyday kind of job. And, I would love it too, if I wasn't suck with an airhead partner, who can't seem to act his age. I would love to just rip his dark wings off and save the world by myself. But as long as I'm at the Supernatural Spy Organization (SSO) that isn't happening anytime soon. Oh, and if it couldn't get any worse. Now we have an old enemy back on the streets again. That can get rid of mankind as we know it. So, it's up to me and my airhead partner to stop it before we can kiss all the humans goodbye forever. Join me Kat Long on this amazing avdenture to save the human world. But try and keep up though because there is a reason my name is CODE: Shadow