Mangatopia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mangatopia write by Timothy Perper. This book was released on 2011-10-24. Mangatopia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fascinating insights on what Japanese manga and anime mean to artists, audiences, and fans in the United States and elsewhere, covering topics that range from fantasy to sex to politics. Within the last decade, anime and manga have become extremely popular in the United States. Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World provides a sophisticated anthology of varied commentary from authors well versed in both formats. These essays provide insights unavailable on the Internet, giving the interested general reader in-depth information well beyond the basic, "Japanese Comics 101" level, and providing those who teach and write about manga and anime valuable knowledge to further expand their expertise. The topics addressed range widely across various artists and art styles, media methodology and theory, reception of manga and anime in different cultural markets, and fan behavior. Specific subjects covered include sexually explicit manga drawn and read by women; the roots of manga in Japanese and world film; the complexity of fan activities, including "cosplay," fan-drawn manga, and fans' highly specific predilections; right-wing manga; and manga about Hiroshima and despair following World War II. The book closes with an examination of the international appeal of manga and anime.
Mangatopia: Little Monsters
Mangatopia: Little Monsters - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mangatopia: Little Monsters write by Daniela Massironi. This book was released on 2025-07-29. Mangatopia: Little Monsters available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Laddertop Books 1 - 2
Laddertop Books 1 - 2 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Laddertop Books 1 - 2 write by Orson Scott Card. This book was released on 2013-11-05. Laddertop Books 1 - 2 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From Orson Scott Card, the bestselling author of Ender's Game, and his daughter Emily Janice Card, comes a 384-page omnibus edition containing the first two books of an all-ages manga series! Out of deep space, a mysterious alien race known as "The Givers" came to Earth. They gave the human race the greatest technology ever seen—four giant towers known as Ladders that rose 36,000 miles into space. Each tower culminated in a space station that harnessed the energy of the Sun to power the entire planet. As suddenly as the Givers arrived, they vanished, leaving the human race with one solemn instruction: maintain and preserve the Ladders at all costs. Due to the unique alien construction of the Laddertop space stations, however, only a skilled crew of children could perform the maintenance necessary to keep the stations running. Twenty-five years later, back on Earth, competition is fierce to enter Laddertop Academy. Robbi and Azure, two eleven-year-old girls who are best friends, are among those vying for a spot at the prestigious academy. While one is rejected, the other takes off into space for the adventure of a lifetime. Yet soon, their destinies will collide, as they must decipher an alien message and solve an ancient mystery that could either save the Earth from invasion...or trigger its imminent destruction. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Mangatopia: Cupcakes and Kitties
Mangatopia: Cupcakes and Kitties - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mangatopia: Cupcakes and Kitties write by Maddie Morales. This book was released on 2024-01-09. Mangatopia: Cupcakes and Kitties available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Amazing Decisions
Amazing Decisions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Amazing Decisions write by Dan Ariely. This book was released on 2019-07-23. Amazing Decisions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dan Ariely, the New York Times bestselling author of Predictably Irrational, and illustrator Matt R. Trower present a playful graphic novel guide to better decision-making, based on the author’s groundbreaking research in behavioral economics, neuroscience, and psychology. The internationally renowned author Dan Ariely is known for his incisive investigations into the messy business of decision-making. Now, in Amazing Decisions, his unique perspective—informed by behavioral economics, neuroscience, and psychology—comes alive in the graphic form. The illustrator Matt R. Trower’s playful and expressive artwork captures the lessons of Ariely’s groundbreaking research as they explore the essential question: How can we make better decisions? Amazing Decisions follows the narrator, Adam, as he faces the daily barrage of choices and deliberations. He juggles two overlapping—and often contradictory—sets of norms: social norms and market norms. These norms inform our thinking in ways we often don’t notice, just as Adam is shadowed by the “market fairy” and the “social fairy,” each compelling him to act in certain ways. Good decision-making, Ariely argues, requires us to identify and evaluate the forces at play under different circumstances, leading to an optimal outcome. Amazing Decisions is a fascinating and entertaining guide to developing skills that will prove invaluable in personal and professional life.
