Except for mental demons, Troy Abernathy does not believe in ghosts or demons. When the fame-hungry doctor takes Lynn DeAngelis to Silent Hill, his entire world is upended. They confront the cause of her apparent illusions there and discover themselves imprisoned in a land of unfathomable horrors!
Discover the passionate love story between two Greek deities, Hades and Persephone, as it is brought to life by opulent artwork and an appealing modern voice.
Witness what the gods get up to at night in Rachel Smythe’s chic and modern reworking of one of mythology’s most well-known tales, which includes scandalous gossip, crazy parties, and forbidden love. This sharply insightful and romantic graphic paperback from Smythe’s original Eisner-nominated webcomic Lore Olympus takes the Greek Pantheon into the present era and includes a brand-new, exclusive short story.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Hades, all the fine suits in the world won’t change the fact that you stink of death.”
― Rachel Smythe, Lore Olympus: Volume One
“Two brothers and you still have only child syndrome.”
― Rachel Smythe, Lore Olympus: Volume One
“Mermaids are like… angles from the sea don’t you think?”
“I think you should get your dick off the glass and sit your ass down.”
― Rachel Smythe, Lore Olympus: Volume One
Along with Phoebe Waller-fresh Bridge’s writing, Fleabag: The Scriptures also includes the show’s filming scripts and never-before-seen stage directions.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I think you know how to love better than any of us. That’s why you find it all so painful.”
― Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures
“Don’t make me an optimist, you will ruin my life!”
― Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures
“People are all we’ve got.”
― Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures
“-I don’t know what to do with it –
-With what?
-With all the love I have for her. I don’t know… were to – put it now.”
― Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures
“you don’t read the news” “yes, I do” “what happened yesterday?” “Sting wore white jeans and a puppy got stuck in a fan”
― Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag: The Scriptures
The world’s deadliest virus was unintentionally created by two idealistic scientists… A family struggling to survive the initial outbreak of the infection while making desperate decisions… In a devastated London, a lone survivor fighting the Infected with a rifle… The gory culmination of four original stories detailing the worst tragedy humanity has ever experienced is as horrific as the Rage Virus itself.
In the legendary horror film, 30 Days of Night writer Steve Niles penned the story, and three of the most frightfully gifted comic book artists now at work produced the artwork for 28 Days Later: The events of the sequel, 28 Weeks Later, are set up in The Aftermath, which starts before the popular film and finishes with a startling conclusion.
The American mystery-comedy television show Only Murders in the Building was produced by Steve Martin and John Hoffman. In August 2021, Hulu hosted the premiere of the ten-episode first season. The story centers on three strangers who share a passion for a real crime podcast and are portrayed by Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. For its comic take on crime fiction in addition to the performance and chemistry of the principal actors, the series has won praise from critics.
The first volume of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel was hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “the most moving and effective narrative ever done about the Holocaust” and “the first masterpiece in comic book history” (The New Yorker).
Maus, widely regarded as the finest graphic novel ever written, chronicles the author’s father’s terrifying experiences during the Holocaust, with Jews shown as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as threatening cats.
Maus is a frightening story within a story, weaving the author’s depiction of his troubled connection with his aging father into an incredible recounting of one of history’s most horrible disasters. It’s a remarkable survival story and a fascinating look at the aftermath of trauma.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“No, darling! To die it’s easy… But you have to struggle for life!”
“Sometimes I don’t feel like a functioning adult”
“Yes, life always takes the side of life, and somehow the victims are blamed. But it wasn’t the best people who survived, nor did the best ones die. It was random!”
“I know this is insane, but I somehow wish I had been in Auschwitz with my parents so I could really know what they lived through! I guess it’s some kind of guilt about having had an easier life than they did.”
“If you want to live, it’s good to be friendly.”
Fans of The Legend of Korra and Avatar: The Last Airbender have been burning with the same question for years: what happened to Fire Lord Zuko’s mother? Zuko finally discovers a clue, and to assist him to discover the biggest secret of his life, he calls on Team Avatar and the most unexpected of allies.
This novel, which was written by American-born Chinese Eisner winner and National Book Award contender Gene Luen Yang in close cooperation with Avatar creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, will permanently alter the lives of Aang and his pals!
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Oh, cruel abandonment! My bones turn to dust beneath the gaze of your ever-mocking smile!”
“Though cast away am I from the heart of my city, black tears dribble from mine eyes at the sight of the fearful trail blazing towards her gates!”
“Ozai: What I’m saying is this — There is no right or wrong apart from what you decide, who you choose to defend deserves to be defended simply because ”
The world will end on a Saturday, according to The Nice and Correct Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the sole book of prophecy that is 100 percent accurate and was published in 1655, just before she burst. in fact, on Saturday next. not long before dinner.
Atlantis is rising, frogs are dropping, and tempers are escalating as a result of the gathering forces of Good and Evil. Everything seems to be proceeding as intended by the divine plan. But a fussy angel and a quick-tempered demon, who have both been living among Earth’s mortals since The Beginning and have become very fond of the way of life, aren’t really anticipating the Rapture. Additionally, it appears that the Antichrist has been lost.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“DON’T THINK OF IT AS DYING, said Death. JUST THINK OF IT AS LEAVING EARLY TO AVOID THE RUSH.”
“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”
“She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close.”
“An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards.”
“Anyway, if you stop tellin’ people it’s all sorted out afer they’re dead, they might try sorting it all out while they’re alive. ”
The eagerly anticipated new screenplay and directing debut of wildly successful screenwriter Richard Curtis is Love Actually. The film, which interweaves the stories of ten couples, is as true to life as it gets and is as clever, humorous, and moving as only Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral) could make it.
A lovelorn Prime Minister, an elderly rock star, a sexually ambitious assistant, a recently widowed stepfather, a stunning housekeeper, a wandering husband, and other characters involved in the silly, sloppy, seductive, sweet business of finding love are among the cast in this contemporary London drama set just before Christmas. Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, and Laura Linney are just a few of the outstanding actors in the movie.
The book, which is prefaced by Richard Curtis, includes the complete screenplay in addition to outtakes, photos from the set, and more. This insightful, humorous, and romantic book, which features gorgeous full-color images throughout, is a Valentine for anybody who still thinks that, despite the chaos and uncertainties of modern life, love is in fact all around them.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“The thing about romance is people only get together right at the very end.”
“We may be a small country, but we’re a great one, too. The country of Shakespeare, Churchill, the Beatles, Sean Connery, Harry Potter. David Beckham’s right foot. David Beckham’s left foot, come to that.”
“Which doll shall we give Daisy’s little friend Emily? The one that looks like a transvestite or the one that looks like a dominatrix?”
After Bright Lights, Big City was published in 1984, Jay McInerney rose to literary fame and was hailed as the voice of a generation. The story follows a young man as he navigates nightclubs, fashion shows, editorial offices, and loft parties in an effort to escape mortality and the dawn’s relentless approach. He flees until he approaches his reckoning point, where he is forced to face loss and may find his finer instincts, with nothing but kindness, controlled drugs, and wit to sustain him in this anti-quest. One of America’s most cherished, emulated, and famous novels are this outstanding tale of childhood and New York.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Everything becomes symbol and irony when you’ve been betrayed”
“Things happen, people change,’ is what Amanda said. For her that covered it. You wanted an explanation, and ending that would assign blame and dish up justice. You considered violence and you considered reconciliation . But what you are left with is a premonition of the way your life will fade behind you, like a book you have read too quickly, leaving a dwindling trail of images and emotions, until all you can remember is a name.”
“Your heartbreak is just another version of the same old story.”
“You have friends who actually care about you and speak the language of the inner self. You have avoided them of late. Your soul is as disheveled as your apartment, and until you can clean it up a little you don’t want to invite anyone inside.”
“Something changed. Somewhere along the line you stopped accelerating.”
This is the first collection of the well-known comic strip Calvin, which depicts a boisterous 6-year-old boy and his endearingly animated stuffed tiger named Hobbes.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.”
“I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word ‘booger’ in a newspaper comic strip.”
Edward Elric lost both of his limbs in a botched alchemical ritual, and his brother Alphonse was reduced to nothing more than a soul in armor. With artificial “auto-mail” limbs, Edward transforms into a state alchemist in search of the fabled Philosopher’s Stone, the only substance capable of healing his and his brother’s bodies.
Alchemy is the esoteric ability to change the physical universe; it lies somewhere between magic, art, and science. One of the Elric brothers lost an arm and a leg as he experimented with the ability to grant his most cherished wish to his brother, Edward. and the other vanished into little more than a soul trapped inside a living steel body. Edward is now a government agent and a victim of the military-alchemical complex, using his special abilities to carry out commands, including murder. But his abilities aren’t original. The misuse of alchemy has wreaked havoc on the planet. Their adversaries are even more merciless than they are in the search for the ultimate alchemical treasure, the Philosopher’s Stone.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“It’s a cruel and random world, but the chaos is all so beautiful.”
“A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return, but once you have overcome it and made it your own…you will gain an irreplaceable fullmetal heart.”
“A lesson without pain is meaningless. That’s because no one can gain without sacrificing something. But by enduring that pain and overcoming it, he shall obtain a powerful, unmatched heart. A fullmetal heart.”
“Fool! Nothing but black ink runs through my veins!”
“The two brothers who sought to get their only family back, to feel her warmth, one lost his last family member and the other could never feel warmth again.
Greg Heffley is suddenly thrown into a new year and a new school where short, frail kids share the halls with tall, mean kids who have already started shaving. Greg is glad to have his not exactly cool sidekick, Rowley, along for the voyage since he is eager to demonstrate his newly discovered maturity, which only going up a grade can provide.
However, when Rowley’s fame begins to grow, Greg tries to take advantage of it for himself. This test of Greg and Rowley’s friendship is chronicled in his diary along with humorous photographs and his own words, and the outcomes are entertaining.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“If there’s one thing I learned from Rodrick, it’s to set people’s expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.”
“I’ll be famous one day, but for now I’m stuck in middle school with a bunch of morons.” – Greg Heffley,”
“You can’t expect everyone to have the same dedication as you.”
“The best person I know is Myself.”
“It’s not easy to writing thank-you notes for the stuff you didn’t want in the first place.”
The protagonist in John Kennedy Toole’s tragicomic story A Confederacy of Dunces is Ignatius J. Reilly. The 30-year-old medievalist writes his masterpiece on Big Chief writing pads that he keeps concealed beneath his bed, resides at home with his mother in New Orleans, and tells anybody who will listen about the harrowing encounter he once had on a Greyhound Scenicruiser headed for Baton Rouge. “That bus was racing into the abyss, speeding along.” Ignatius almost gets arrested by Patrolman Mancuso, who mistook him for a tramp and then gets into a vehicle accident with his inebriated mother at the wheel, which puts an end to his peaceful life of controlling his mother and writing unending comparative history.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”
“Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today’s employer is seeking. ”
“Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you mongoloids really talking about me?”
“You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him.”
“I mingle with my peers or no one, and since I have no peers, I mingle with no one.”
One night, Raina awakens with a horrible stomach ache. Since her mother also has one, it is most likely just a glitch. When Raina eventually goes back to school, she has to deal with the typical highs and lows, including friends and not-friends as well as peers who believe that the school year is just one big gross-out session. It quickly becomes apparent that Raina’s stomach issues aren’t going away, and they correlate with her concerns about her weight, her education, and her changing friendships. What is happening?
Once more, Raina Telgemeier gives us a wise, endearing, and humorous true account of growing up and finding the confidence to confront and overcome her worries.
Best Quotes from this Book:
“Thoughts can exist… feelings can exist… but words do not always exist.”