It Came from Something Awful

It Came from Something Awful
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Publisher : All Points Books
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781250219473
ISBN-13 : 1250219477
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis It Came from Something Awful by : Dale Beran

How 4chan and 8chan fuel white nationalism, inspire violence, and infect politics. The internet has transformed the ways we think and act, and by consequence, our politics. The most impactful recent political movements on the far left and right started with massive online collectives of teenagers. Strangely, both movements began on the same website: an anime imageboard called 4chan.org. It Came from Something Awful is the fascinating and bizarre story of sites like 4chan and 8chan and their profound effect on youth counterculture. Dale Beran has observed the anonymous messageboard community's shifting activities and interests since the beginning. Sites like 4chan and 8chan are microcosms of the internet itself—simultaneously at the vanguard of contemporary culture, politics, comedy and language, and a new low for all of the above. They were the original meme machines, mostly frequented by socially awkward and disenfranchised young men in search of a place to be alone together. During the recession of the late 2000’s, the memes became political. 4chan was the online hub of a leftist hacker collective known as Anonymous and a prominent supporter of the Occupy Wall Street movement. But within a few short years, the site’s ideology spun on its axis; it became the birthplace and breeding ground of the alt-right. In It Came from Something Awful, Beran uses his insider’s knowledge and natural storytelling ability to chronicle 4chan's strange journey from creating rage-comics to inciting riots to—according to some—memeing Donald Trump into the White House.

My Tank Is Fight!

My Tank Is Fight!
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Publisher : Citadel Press
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9780806534923
ISBN-13 : 0806534923
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis My Tank Is Fight! by : Zack Parsons

Soldiers that fly! Tanks that fly! Cruisers that . . . sink! What Fight Have Been My Tank Is Fight! contains a humorous and exciting examination of twenty real inventions from World War II that never saw the light of day. Each entry includes full technical details, a complete development history, in-depth analysis, and a riveting fictionalized account of the invention's success or failure on the battlefield. Lavish color artwork and technical illustrations are falling from the pages of this book like toenails from a trench foot. Dive under the Atlantic in the turreted U-Cruiser, or rule its surface from an aircraft carrier made out of ice. Shred bomber formations in a high-performance flying wing fighter and then rocket to your untimely end from the cockpit of your very own suicide missile. We've got a pair of German armored land vehicles for you that are so large they had to be powered by naval engines! My Tank Is Fight! delivers the thrilling action of the Second World War as it might have been with a touch of humor and a lack of class. Only the slow-witted are reading this anywhere other than in line at the cash register. Ask an adult to help you if you're still not sure you want to buy the book.

Everything Is Awful

Everything Is Awful
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781501166495
ISBN-13 : 1501166492
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Everything Is Awful by : Matt Bellassai

The comedian behind the series "Whine About It" and "To Be Honest" presents a collection of humorously anguished essays chronicling the awful moments of his life so far, from everyday indignities to the humiliations of the adult world.

The Golden Age (1993-1994) #1

The Golden Age (1993-1994) #1
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Publisher : DC Comics
Total Pages : 48
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ISBN-10 : PKEY:T0050500015001
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis The Golden Age (1993-1994) #1 by : James Robinson

DC's first generation of super-heroes has been driven into retirement, hiding, or madness—except for a few who are willing to change with the times. But behind the scenes, something sinister is unfolding—a subtle plot that may engulf the planet and remake it in one man's image.

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

When Bad Things Happen to Good People
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Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9780805241938
ISBN-13 : 0805241930
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis When Bad Things Happen to Good People by : Harold S. Kushner

Offers an inspirational and compassionate approach to understanding the problems of life, and argues that we should continue to believe in God's fairness.

It Can't Happen Here

It Can't Happen Here
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 9780698152700
ISBN-13 : 0698152700
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis It Can't Happen Here by : Sinclair Lewis

“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—Salon It Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler’s aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press. Called “a message to thinking Americans” by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, It Can’t Happen Here is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary as today’s news. Includes an Introduction by Michael Meyer and an Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst

MISHA

MISHA
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Publisher :
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : 0747261008
ISBN-13 : 9780747261001
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis MISHA by : MISHA DEFONSECA.

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes
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Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781803361505
ISBN-13 : 1803361506
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes by : Eric LaRocca

"Amongst the Top 50 Horror Books of All Time" - Cosmopolitan Three dark and disturbing horror stories from an astonishing new voice, including the viral-sensation tale of obsession, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke. For fans of Kathe Koja, Clive Barker and Stephen Graham Jones. Winner of the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novella. A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s—a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires. A couple isolate themselves on a remote island in an attempt to recover from their teenage son’s death, when a mysterious young man knocks on their door during a storm… And a man confronts his neighbour when he discovers a strange object in his back yard, only to be drawn into an ever-more dangerous game. Three devastating, beautifully written horror stories from one of the genre’s most cutting-edge voices. What have you done today to deserve your eyes?

Tweak

Tweak
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 393
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ISBN-10 : 9781471109737
ISBN-13 : 1471109739
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Tweak by : Nic Sheff

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING STEVE CARELL AND BAFTA AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED TIMOTHEE CHALAMET ‘It was like being in a car with the gas pedal slammed down to the floor and nothing to do but hold on and pretend to have some semblance of control. But control was something I'd lost a long time ago.’ Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age 11. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and heroin. Even so, he felt like he would always be able to quit and put his life together whenever he needed to. It took a violent relapse one summer to convince him otherwise. In a voice that is raw and honest, Nic spares no detail in telling us the compelling true story of his relapse and the road to recovery. He paints an extraordinary picture for us of a person at odds with his past, with his family, with his substances, and with himself. Tweak is a raw, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful tale of the road from relapse to recovery and complements his father’s parallel memoir, Beautiful Boy. Praise for Nic Sheff:- ‘Difficult to read and impossible to put down.’Chicago Tribune 'Nic Sheff's wrenching tale is told with electrifying honesty and insight.' Armistead Maupin

Sometimes I Lie

Sometimes I Lie
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Publisher : Flatiron Books
Total Pages : 288
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781250144836
ISBN-13 : 1250144833
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Sometimes I Lie by : Alice Feeney

My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?