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Escape from St. Hell: A Graphic Novel
In this sequel to the Indie bestseller WELCOME TO ST. HELL, Lewis Hancox tells the hilarious, inspiring story of coming into his own as a trans manFor Lew, figuring out he was a guy and wanted to live life as a guy was the end of our journey... and the start of a whole other journey. Escape From St. Hell charts all the changes that Lew wanted to be made in order for him to live as a young trans man -- changes not just to his own body and perspective, but to the perspectives of the family, friends, and enemies around him. As he did in his bestselling graphic memoir Welcome to St. Hell, Lewis Hancox charts his journey with plenty of laughs, a good number of cringes, and an honesty that takes readers along for the ride of Lew's life.
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Escape from St. Hell: A Graphic Novel
In this sequel to the Indie bestseller WELCOME TO ST. HELL, Lewis Hancox tells the hilarious, inspiring story of coming into his own as a trans manFor Lew, figuring out he was a guy and wanted to live life as a guy was the end of our journey... and the start of a whole other journey. Escape From St. Hell charts all the changes that Lew wanted to be made in order for him to live as a young trans man -- changes not just to his own body and perspective, but to the perspectives of the family, friends, and enemies around him.As he did in his bestselling graphic memoir Welcome to St. Hell, Lewis Hancox charts his journey with plenty of laughs, a good number of cringes, and an honesty that takes readers along for the ride of Lew's life.
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Village Against the World
One hundred kilometres from Seville lies the small village of Marinaleda, which for the last thirty-five years has been the centre of a tireless struggle to create a living utopia. This unique community drew British author Dan Hancox to Spain, and here for the first time he recounts the fascinating story of villagers who expropriated the land owned by wealthy aristocrats and have, since the 1980s, made it the foundation of a cooperative way of life.Today, Marinaleda is a place where the farms and the processing plants are collectively owned and provide work for everyone who wants it. A mortgage is ?15 per month, sport is played in a stadium emblazoned with a huge mural of Che Guevara, and there are monthly 'Red Sundays' when everyone works together to clean up the neighbourhood. Leading this revolution is the village mayor, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, who in 2012 became a household name in Spain after heading raids on local supermarkets to feed the Andalusian unemployed.As Spain's crisis becomes ever more desperate, Marinaleda also suffers from the international downturn. Can the village retain its utopian vision? Can Sánchez Gordillo hold on to the dream against the depredations of the world beyond his village?
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Multitudes
From raucous football matches and raves to rubber-bullet-riddled riots, Hancox takes us into the crowd's pulsating heart to pose the questions that will define our age. Multitudes argues it is time to rethink long-held assumptions about crowd behaviour and psychology. The story of the modern world is the story of multitudes in action. Crowds are the ultimate force for change: the bringer of conviviality, euphoria, mass culture and democracy.
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Triumph Production Testers' Tales
From the 1950s through to the 1970s, Hughie Hancox worked at the Triumph Meriden factory in various capacites - a fitter, a member of the famous Royal Corps of Signals Motorcycle Display Team, in the experimental department (where he actually worked on the prototype Bonneville), and eventually as one of the legendary Triumph testers. This latter role provided countless unique experiences with some of the most iconic British motorcycles ever manufactured. The story of production testing at Meriden has never before been published, and this intimate and pragmatic account comes straight from a man who was at the heart of it. With many previously unpublished pictures and service bulletins, plus helpful advice on problems that still exist with the bikes today, this is a unique book about a fascinating time and place in British industry.
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Resurrection
Her daughter has disappeared before her eyes, clutched in the deadly embrace of her enemy, and her beloved Gabrael lies dead at her feet, slain by her own son. How much more can the planet of Kamilon throw at her before the spirit of Jenna Whitehair is broken? In the third volume of the Chronicles of Jenna Whitehair, the evil that has taken her daughter becomes a threat to the very existence of both Kamilon and Earth and together with some strange new allies; Jenna must race against time to save both. Hidden secrets, resurrected heroes, and a love that conquers all obstacles, unite together for an epic battle, a battle that Jenna fears that she was never destined to win. But destiny has always had its own agenda!
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Return to Kamilon
A desperate Jenna struggles to return to normal life, but the knowledge that she is pregnant by Gabrael, the being known in Kamilon as the Kwidatz; is making that readjustment tricky to say the least! Then, whilst working at her school, she receives a visit from a red haired stranger and his white dog and her fragile grip on normality is hurled to the wind, literally. She and her companions are sent flying back into the cold and hostile world of her nightmares to rescue her daughter, who is now being held hostage by an evil force who is bent on devouring Kamilon and all who dwell there. Will she reach Megan before her Nemesis does? Will the Prophesy come true; that her son will save her life? Will she yet again have to surrender her humanity in order to prevail? Who will survive the final battle?
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Revolution in Transmedia Storytelling through Place
This book proposes that the theory and practice of transmedia storytelling must be re-considered from a social impact and community development perspective, and that time has come for a rigorous critique of the limited ways in which it has been commonly represented. Transmedia storytelling has become one of the most influential and profitable innovations in the field of media and entertainment. It has changed the ways audiences interact with films, television and web series, advertising, gaming and book publishing. It has also shifted the practices around creation and dissemination of such content. This book asserts that the futures of transmedia storytelling for social impact or change are deeply tied to understandings of place grounded in human geography. Through a series of case studies of projects which challenge the status quo of transmedia, this book explores the elements of transmedia that can be used to amplify under-represented voices and make stories that signal a more inclusive and sustainable future. This book offers a valuable contribution to the literature in the areas of transmedia storytelling, narratology, digital fiction, electronic literature, locative storytelling, performative writing, digital culture studies and human geography.
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Inner City Pressure
A GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, PITCHFORK, NPR, METRO AND HERALD SCOTLAND BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2018 ‘The definitive grime biography’ NME ’A landmark genre history’ Pitchfork The year 2000. As Britain celebrates the new millennium, something is stirring in the crumbling council estates of inner-city London. Making beats on stolen software, spitting lyrics on tower block rooftops and beaming out signals from pirate-radio aerials, a group of teenagers raised on UK garage, American hip-hop and Jamaican reggae stumble upon a dazzling new genre. Against all odds, these young MCs will grow up to become some of the UK’s most famous musicians, scoring number one records and dominating British pop culture for years to come. Hip-hop royalty will fawn over them, billion dollar brands will queue up to beg for their endorsements and through their determined DIY ethics they’ll turn the music industry's logic on its head. But getting there won’t be easy. Successive governments will attempt to control their music, their behaviour and even their clothes. The media will demonise them and the police will shut down their clubs. National radio stations and live music venues will ban them. There will be riots, fighting in the streets, even murder. And the inner-city landscape that shaped them will be changed beyond all recognition. Drawn from over a decade of in depth interviews and research with all the key MCs, DJs and industry players, in this extraordinary book the UK’s best grime journalist Dan Hancox tells the remarkable story of how a group of outsiders went on to create a genre that has become a British institution. Here, for the first time, is the full story of grime.
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Escape From St Hell
MAN-MODE: ACTIVATED Escape from St Hell is the life-affirming sequel to the Eisner Award-nominated graphic memoir, Welcome to St Hell, by author, illustrator and filmmaker, Lewis Hancox. We re-join Lewis on his transition journey as he leaves his small Northern hometown for university, and starts picking his way through life as an adult, beset with hilarious awkwardness, plaid shirts, and a second puberty. With the guidance and wisdom from his future self, Lewis navigates what it takes to become the man he wants to be – from his first chin hair to his first bromance. This funny and honest personal story shows what it truly means to find self-acceptance (and the perfect meltdown soundtrack).
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Welcome to St Hell: My trans teen misadventure
A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen. Warning: This book contains adult themes for readers aged 14+ "Candid writing, playful artwork, and a riotous and fearlessly real story of figuring out that you're trans – this book will bring hope and comfort to so many." – Alice Oseman, bestselling author and illustrator of HEARTSTOPPER Lewis has a few things to say to his younger teen self. He knows she's confused about who to snog. He knows she's really a he and will ultimately realize this... But she's going to go through a whole lot of mess (some of it funny, some of it not funny at all) to get to that point. Lewis is trying to tell her this ... but she's refusing to listen. In Welcome to St Hell, author-illustrator Lewis Hancox takes readers on the hilarious, heartbreaking and healing path he took to make it past trauma, confusion, hurt and dubious fashion choices in order to become the man he was meant to be. For fans of Heartstopper, Fun Home and Flamer Lewis Hancox is a trans influencer, filmmaker and illustrator A remarkable graphic memoir from an unmistakably bold new voice in comicsSuitable for ages 14+
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Revolution in Transmedia Storytelling through Place
This book proposes that the theory and practice of transmedia storytelling must be re-considered from a social impact and community development perspective, and that time has come for a rigorous critique of the limited ways in which it has been commonly represented. Transmedia storytelling has become one of the most influential and profitable innovations in the field of media and entertainment. It has changed the ways audiences interact with films, television and web series, advertising, gaming and book publishing. It has also shifted the practices around creation and dissemination of such content. This book asserts that the futures of transmedia storytelling for social impact or change are deeply tied to understandings of place grounded in human geography. Through a series of case studies of projects which challenge the status quo of transmedia, this book explores the elements of transmedia that can be used to amplify under-represented voices and make stories that signal a more inclusive and sustainable future. This book offers a valuable contribution to the literature in the areas of transmedia storytelling, narratology, digital fiction, electronic literature, locative storytelling, performative writing, digital culture studies and human geography.
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Kwidatz
Jenna Tate, emotionally scarred and passionately devoted single mother of two, is kidnapped and transported to the world of Kamilon. Here, she is informed that she is the next descendant of The Lady Jenna White Hair, whose role it is to vanquish the evil being threatening both Kamilon and her own world, The Hyalin. Fighting her destiny every step of the way, as the magical Torque of Torail melds with her flesh and fills her with its wild and uncontrollable power, the one thought that enables her to keep a grip on to her fragile sanity is that of returning to her beloved children and keeping them safe. This is a roller coaster of a ride; she falls in love, has to face some of her most deep rooted fears, and finally, much changed by her ordeals and in full control of her power, she confronts the Hyalin.
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King Hancock
A concise and highly readable biography…[Hancock’s] legacy is very much worth our remembering. —Wall Street Journal“King Hancock is a vastly enjoyable work of popular history that wears its impressive scholarship lightly. It deftly explains the wider forces that unraveled the colonists’ close bonds with the mother country… The book also features an almost tactile account of what it was like to live in Boston in the eighteenth century.” —New Criterion“A terrific book. Barbier’s meticulous research sheds light on how one of the wealthiest men of his time made himself into a man of the people—a politician whose genuine capacity for sensing the popular mood commanded fierce loyalty, even as he clashed with both Loyalists and radical Patriots. John Hancock was an important figure, and this biography helps restore him to his proper place.” —Robert J. Allison, author of The American Revolution: A Very Short IntroductionIn this spirited account of John Hancock’s life, Brooke Barbier depicts a patriot of fascinating contradictions: a child of privilege who became a voice of the common people, uncomfortable with radicalism yet a promoter of revolution. Hancock spoke for and to Americans ambivalent about independence, bringing them along.The man behind the famous signature was one of New England’s most prominent politicians, earning a place on Britain’s most-wanted list and the derisive nickname King Hancock. Yet he joined the revolution cautiously, and after 1776 his ever-moderating disposition proved a frequent asset. Barbier shows Hancock appealing to southerners and northerners, Federalists and Anti-Federalists. He steadied the fractious Second Continental Congress and parlayed with the great powers of Europe. As governor of Massachusetts, Hancock convinced its delegates to back the federal Constitution and calmed the fallout from Shays’s Rebellion.An insightful study of leadership in the revolutionary era, King Hancock traces a moment when passion was on the side of compromise and accommodation was the basis of profound social and political change.
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