![]() ![]() Formerly a police officer, he was forced to leave after going to prison. ![]() Chikara Doumeki ( 百目鬼 力, Dōmeki Chikara) Voiced by: Wataru Hatano (audio drama, film) Yashiro's personal bodyguard. He has difficulty in maintaining close personal relationships with others. While outwardly demanding but cheerful, he is secretly a sadomasochist who was sexually abused as a child by his step-father. Yashiro later discovers that Doumeki is impotent and pursues a sadomasochistic relationship with him.Ĭharacters Yashiro ( 矢代) Voiced by: Tarusuke Shingaki (audio drama, film) A high-ranking yakuza boss. Yashiro develops an attraction to Doumeki, who rejects his advances. He is assigned a new bodyguard, Chikara Doumeki, who discovers that his employer is a hypersexual masochist. The series follows Yashiro, a young, high-ranking yakuza boss and president of a front corporation. It also inspired an original animation DVD (OAD) adaptation of Don't Stay Gold and an ongoing audio drama produced by Frontier Works. The manga was adapted into an anime film trilogy produced by Blue Lynx and animated by Grizzly beginning in 2020. A sequel to Yoneda's previous one-shot stories Don't Stay Gold (2008) and Though They Drift, They Do Not Sink, But Nor Do They Sing (2009), it has been serialized in the boys' love (BL) manga magazine ihr HertZ, formerly known as HertZ, since August 2011. Twittering Birds Never Fly ( Japanese: 囀る鳥は羽ばたかない, Hepburn: Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kou Yoneda. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() But it can be really exciting, too, seeing it getting better as you progress. “Then came the years of revision! That’s where the work comes in. I loved it, loved it, loved it,” she says. “Writing that first draft was very exciting and fun and all so new. . . . ![]() “But it took me a while to make the connection that I didn’t have to just read books, I could also write books.”īeasley figured this out in high school, which led to her choosing an undergraduate writing program at nearby Georgia Southern University, followed by getting her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she wrote the first draft of Circus Mirandus. “I loved books from a very early age and read everything I could get my hands on,” Beasley says. It’s also the culmination of steady progress along a path to authordom that began in childhood. “It’s been a whirlwind, and so much fun-everything that happens is a revelation!” Beasley says. Her magical tale for middle grade readers sold to Dial after a five-publisher bidding war, and a Hollywood production company has pre-emptively purchased film and TV rights. Too late: Beasley has already burst onto the children’s publishing scene. Oh, let’s not be silly-of course she’s counting! On a huge calendar hanging on the wall: “I mark off the days and get more and more excited until I feel like I’m about to burst!” Beasley says. When we reach author Cassie Beasley at her family’s home in rural Georgia, it’s 50 days until the release of her debut, Circus Mirandus. ![]() ![]() ![]() Proudly brought to you by Popcultcha, Australia's online source for awesome books, comics & collectibles. Writer / Artist / Cover Artist: Stjepan Sejic ![]() The birth of legendary antihero Harley Quinn and the shocking origins of her twisted romance with the Joker are revealed in ‘Harleen,’ a stunning new tale of love and obsession written and illustrated by renowned storyteller Stjepan Sejic (Aquaman, Sunstone). ![]() But the more time she spends with her criminally insane subjects, the closer she is drawn to one patient in particular - and the further she falls away from reality. Harleen Quinzel must prove her revolutionary theory to a skeptical establishment by delving into the disturbed minds of Arkham Asylum s deadliest inmates. Harley Quinn - Harleen by Stjepan Sejic DC Black Label Hardcover BookĪ young psychiatrist with a potential cure for the madness that haunts Gotham City, Dr. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I found her without a lack of gumption and thought the budding romance scheme was laid out quite nicely. Iolanthe was an enjoyable character as well. That having been said, I am a very big fan of Thomas McKinnon. His determination and successes in all areas of his life spoke clearly enough throughout the book without having been listed in his introduction. I immediately found his humor charming, but was unable to really enjoy him with the resume of achievements we first had to wade through. Kurland's need to impress upon the reader how purposeful and successful Thomas McKinnon's character was did not serve her well in the beginning. ![]() I found this book in a used book store, and though I was not expecting much based on the cover, found myself buying it anyway. The saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover" rings true for me yet again. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet Sen demolishes the notion that a specific set of ""Asian values"" exists that might provide a justification for authoritarian regimes. How does one explain the recent gulf in economic progress between authoritarian yet fast-growing China and democratic, economically laggard India? For Sen, the answer is clear: India, with its massive neglect of public education, basic health care and literacy, was poorly prepared for a widely shared economic expansion China, on the other hand, having made substantial advances in those areas, was able to capitalize on its market reforms. He tests his theory with examples ranging from the former Soviet bloc to Africa, but he puts special emphasis on China and India. Sen here argues that open dialogue, civil freedoms and political liberties are prerequisites for sustainable development. When Sen, an Indian-born Cambridge economist, won the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economic Science, he was praised by the Nobel Committee for bringing an ""ethical dimension"" to a field recently dominated by technical specialists. ![]() ![]() ![]() With every mile she traveled, she distanced herself from her past: from her best friend Celine, mocked by their town as the only white girl with black friends from her old neighborhood from the eerie Woodsman plantation rumored to be haunted by the spirits of slaves from the terrifying memory of a ghost she saw that terrible day when a dare-gone-wrong almost got Jesse-the boy she secretly loved-arrested for murder.īut now Mira is back in Kipsen to attend Celine’s wedding at the plantation, which has been transformed into a lush vacation resort. ![]() More than a decade ago, Mira fled her small, segregated hometown in the south to forget. ![]() A haunting novel about a black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding and the horror that ensues as she reconnects with the blood-soaked history of the land and the best friends she left behind. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It thereby serves as a refutation both of atheism and of the fideism that gives aid and comfort to atheism. Its aim is to vindicate the view of the greatest philosophers of the past- thinkers like Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Leibniz, and many others- that the existence of God can be established with certainty by way of purely rational arguments. Five Proofs for the Existence of God by FeserEdward The foundation of our faith is the existence of God. This work provides as ambitious and complete a defense of traditional natural theology as is currently in print. Edward Feser’s new book, FIVE PROOFS OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, delves into this topic in ways that appeals to both laymen and academics digging for something a little deeper. Finally, it answers at length all of the objections that have been leveled against these proofs. It also offers a thorough treatment of each of the key divine attributes-unity, simplicity, eternity, omnipotence, omniscience, perfect goodness, and so forth-showing that they must be possessed by the God whose existence is demonstrated by the proofs. ![]() This book provides a detailed, updated exposition and defense of five of the historically most important (but in recent years largely neglected) philosophical proofs of God's existence: the Aristotelian, the Neo-Platonic, the Augustinian, the Thomistic, and the Rationalist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I swear I'm like Benjamin Fucking Button, maturity-wise. ![]() I have no shame in my game, so I will plainly state:ġ) As I get older, I seem to have the attention span of a fruit fly. Now this is usually a HUGE problem for me. In fact, some might consider them plain slow moving as a whole, especially considering the smexy times are always a looooong time coming (haha! pun!). ***ONE OF MY TOP FAVORITE BOOKS OF ALL TIME***ĥ "I Would Lick the Sweat Off Aiden's All Day, Every Day" StarsĪfter reading 2014's Under Locke and 2015's Kulti, I knew I enjoyed Mariana Zapata's shit.īut after reading this one I am officially so fucking #TeamZapata #TeamAiden #TeamMuscledHunkofSexyManMeat #RidiculousInstagram-likeParagraphofIdioticHastags that I'm going to make up my own nationally organized sport league (cause you know even cares) activity I shall hereafter refer to as.īut we don't let felonies get us down here at the Stealth Chase Organization.Īnd at least in prison we could have unlimited Zapata reading time.Īnyprisonrape, if you aren't familiar with Zapata's work, bear this in mind: ![]() ![]() ![]() With more than 300 photographs, this large-scale Collector’s Edition is curated and art directed by Giovanni Bianco. Since then, Gisele has appeared on more than 1,000 covers around the globe, in approximately 450 fashion shows, and in multinational campaigns for the biggest fashion and beauty brands. The following year, she was chosen for the cover of American Vogue, shot by Steven Meisel, and lauded as “the return of the sexy model” with her bronzed, athletic beauty defying late-’90s grunge. The same year, Gisele secured her first British Vogue cover, and swiftly became the most in-demand cover girl of her generation. Gisele was just 18 when she made her breakthrough in the S/S 1998 ready-to-wear “Rain” show of Alexander McQueen, who chose “The Body” thanks to her ability to walk in towering heels on a slippery runway. ![]() ![]() This limited Collector’s Edition celebrates her 20-year milestone in the industry with a unique and spectacular collection of jaw-dropping glamour and intimate, personal insights. ![]() Born in the Brazilian countryside, and nearly six feet tall by the age of 14, Gisele Bündchen grew from humble roots into the most successful supermodel in the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some of the past heroines have had more stereotypical “girly” interests, and I had a hard time relating sometimes. Will she and her team solve the clues and find the missing players? Or will betrayal and distrust win, leaving Alice alone in a world of her own? Follow the White Rabbit into this topsy-turvy fantasy where players become prey, a sip of the wrong tea might as well be poison, and a queen’s ways do not always lead one where they ought to go.Īlice was definitely a jog away from some of Sara Ella’s characters in the past. The stakes are raised when she discovers players go missing during the Trials each year. Now she has less than twenty-four hours to find her way into Wonderland where nothing is impossible. Soon, Alice receives a rather cryptic invitation to play for Team Heart in this year’s annual-and often deadly-Wonderland Trials. But she gets more than she bargained for when her older sister Charlotte is arrested for having the infamous Wonder Gene-the key to unlocking the curious Wonderland Reality. Survive the Trials.Īll Alice Liddell wants is to escape her Normal life in Oxford and find the parents who abandoned her ten years ago. ![]() |