24.12.2021

“Deep Dark Fears” by Fran Krause

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"A devilishly funny collection of comics that explores our most gruesome, hilarious, and bizarre fears—and the dangers lurking around every corner. We all have strange, irrational fears—from seeing ghosts in the bedroom mirror to being sucked into a mall escalator or finding yourself miles below the ocean's surface on the deck of a sunken ship. In Deep Dark Fears, animator, illustrator, and cartoonist Fran Krause brings these fears to life in 101 vividly illustrated comics inspired by his wildly popular web comic and based on real fears submitted by online readers. Deep Dark Fears reveals a primal part of our humanity and highlighting both our idiosyncrasies and our similarities."...>>

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23.12.2021

“Epubor Ultimate Converter 3.0.13.1216 Multilingual” by Epubor Software (+keygen)

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"Convert eBooks purchased from almost all the popular retailers Support eBooks purchased from: Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony, Kobo, Google Play, Lulu, Smashwords, Fictionwise, and more... Input formats: KFX, EPUB, PDF, AZW, AZW1, AZW3, AZW4, Mobi, PRC, TPZ, Topaz, TXT, and HTML. Output formats: EPUB, Mobi, AZW3, TXT and PDF. Batch conversion saves your time. Convert your books at 60X faster speed. Choose the format you want to convert and click the convert button. Once the conversion is done, the output folder which stores the converted books will pop up. Get the converted books and read them on any device or app." This version of Epubor Converter is able to strip DRM from the latest 1.32 and 1.33 versions...>>

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23.12.2021

“Spells, Images, and Mandalas: Tracing the Evolution of Esoteric Buddhist Rituals” by Koichi Shinohara

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"Koichi Shinohara traces the evolution of Esoteric Buddhist rituals from the simple recitation of spells in the fifth century to complex systems involving image worship, mandala initiation, and visualization practices in the ninth century. He presents an important new reading of a seventh-century Chinese text called the Collected Dharani Sutras, which shows how earlier rituals for specific deities were synthesized into a general Esoteric initiation ceremony and how, for the first time, the notion of an Esoteric Buddhist pantheon emerged. In the Collected Dharani Sutras, rituals for specific deities were typically performed around images of the deities, yet Esoteric Buddhist rituals in earlier sources involved the recitation of spells rather than the use of images....>>

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23.12.2021

“British Gothic Cinema” by Barry Forshaw

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"From the films produced by the Hammer studios and their rivals in the 1940s and 1950s, to the films of the 21st century and their current popularity, Barry Forshaw provides a definitive, wide-ranging study of British horror cinema. Beginning with a lively discussion of the great literary antecedents, British Gothic Cinema examines the flowering of the genre in the middle of the twentieth century and the headline-grabbing critical and establishment revulsion over the unprecedented levels of violence and sexuality that these films contained. British Gothic Cinema also explores the rude health of the field and its continuing influence. With enthusiasm and scholarship, Forshaw celebrates the British cinema's long love affair with the Gothic and the...>>

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23.12.2021

“Contemporary Gothic” by Catherine Spooner

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"Modern Gothic culture alternately fascinates, horrifies, or bewilders many of us. We cringe at pictures of Marilyn Manson, cheer for Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and try not to stare at the pierced and tattooed teens we pass on the streets. But what is it about this dark and morbidly morose aesthetic that fascinates us today? In Contemporary Gothic, Catherine Spooner probes the reasons behind the prevalence of the Gothic in popular culture and how it has inspired innovative new work in film, literature, music, and art. Spooner traces the emergence of the Gothic subculture over the past few decades and examines the various aspects of contemporary society that revolve around the grotesque,...>>

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