The Unwritten

The Unwritten
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Publisher : Vertigo
Total Pages : 144
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1401232922
ISBN-13 : 9781401232924
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Unwritten by : Mike Carey

In order to harness his extraordinary powers, Tom Taylor must sail the seas of one of the greatest stories ever told, and hunt the white whale that has left countless stories of myth and madness in its wake. Meanwhile, his friends are hunted by a dangerous new enemy-- and face identity crises of their own.

The Unwritten

The Unwritten
Author :
Publisher : Vertigo
Total Pages : 144
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1401225659
ISBN-13 : 9781401225650
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis The Unwritten by : Mike Carey

"Tom Taylor's life was screwed from the word go. His father created the mega-popular Tommy Taylor boy-wizard fantasy novels. But dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom that fans constantly compare him to his counterpart, turning him into a lame, Z-level celebrity. When a scandal hints that Tom might really be the boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a mysterious, deadly group that's secretly kept tabs on him all his life. Now, to protect his life and discover the truth behind his origins, Tom will travel the world, to all the places in world history where fictions have shaped reality" -- from publisher's web site.

The Unwritten Vol. 4: Leviathan

The Unwritten Vol. 4: Leviathan
Author :
Publisher : Vertigo
Total Pages : 146
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ISBN-10 : 9781401241384
ISBN-13 : 1401241387
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis The Unwritten Vol. 4: Leviathan by : Mike Carey

Tom Taylor is more than just the son of one of the world's most popular authors and the namesake of his most beloved creation, the boy wizard Tommy Taylor. He's a living weapon in a literal war of words, in which a shadowy cabal uses the power of storytelling itself to shape the world according to their own dark designs. And he was born and bred to close the book on them forever. But now his own story is headed for its most dangerous twist yet - a real whale of a tale. In order to harness his extraordinary powers, Tom must sail the seas of one of the greatest stories ever told and hunt the white whale that has left countless stories of myth and madness in its wake. Meanwhile, his friends are hunted by a dangerous new enemy and facing identity crises of their own. Will Tom's voyage lead them all to the answer they seek? Or will he drown in the depths of a thousand and one unhappy endings? Acclaimed storytellers Mike Carey and Peter Gross delve deeper than ever before into their frightening, fascinating world! Collects THE UNWRITTEN #19-24.

Leviathan

Leviathan
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Publisher : Courier Corporation
Total Pages : 418
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780486122144
ISBN-13 : 048612214X
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Leviathan by : Thomas Hobbes

Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.

The Unwritten Fables

The Unwritten Fables
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Publisher : Vertigo
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 140124694X
ISBN-13 : 9781401246945
Rating : 4/5 (4X Downloads)

Synopsis The Unwritten Fables by : Mike Carey

Tom Taylor's life was screwed from the word go. His father created the mega-popular Tommy Taylor boy-wizard fantasy novels. But dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom that fans constantly compare him to his counterpart, turning him into a lame, Z-level celebrity. When a scandal hints that Tom might really be the boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a mysterious, deadly group that's secretly kept tabs on him all his life. Now, to protect his life and discover the truth behind his origins, Tom will travel the world, to all the places in world history where fictions have shaped reality.

The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity

The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
Author :
Publisher : Vertigo
Total Pages : 148
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781401236335
ISBN-13 : 1401236332
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis The Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by : Mike Carey

Tom Taylor's life was screwed from the get go. His father created the Tommy Taylor fantasy series, boy-wizard novels with popularity on par with Harry Potter. The problem is Dad modeled the fictional epic so closely on Tom's real life that fans are constantly comparing him to his fictional counterpart, turning him into the lamest variety of Z-level celebrity. In the final novel, it's even implied that the fictional Tommy will cross over into the real world, giving delusional fans more excuses to harass Tom. When an enormous scandal reveals that Tom might really be a boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a very mysterious, very deadly group that's secretly kept tabs on him all his life. Now, to protect his own life and discover the truth behind his origins, Tom will travel the world, eventually finding himself at locations all featured on a very special map-one kept by the deadly group that charts places throughout world history where fictions have impacted and tangibly shaped reality, those stories ranging from famous literary works to folktales to pop culture. And in the process of figuring out what it all means, Tom will find himself having to figure out a huge conspiracy mystery that spans the entirety of the history of fiction. Collects issues #1-5 in this NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Vertigo series by Mike Carey (LUCIFER) and Peter Gross (LUCIFER).

Climate Leviathan

Climate Leviathan
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Publisher : Verso Books
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 9781786634313
ISBN-13 : 1786634317
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Climate Leviathan by : Joel Wainwright

**Winner of the 2019 Sussex International Theory Prize** -- How climate change will affect our political theory - for better and worse Despite the science and the summits, leading capitalist states have not achieved anything close to an adequate level of carbon mitigation. There is now simply no way to prevent the planet breaching the threshold of two degrees Celsius set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. What are the likely political and economic outcomes of this? Where is the overheating world heading? To further the struggle for climate justice, we need to have some idea how the existing global order is likely to adjust to a rapidly changing environment. Climate Leviathan provides a radical way of thinking about the intensifying challenges to the global order. Drawing on a wide range of political thought, Joel Wainwright and Geoff Mann argue that rapid climate change will transform the world's political economy and the fundamental political arrangements most people take for granted. The result will be a capitalist planetary sovereignty, a terrifying eventuality that makes the construction of viable, radical alternatives truly imperative.

The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice

The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice
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Publisher : Vertigo
Total Pages : 162
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ISBN-10 : 9781401247409
ISBN-13 : 1401247407
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice by : Mike Carey

A New York Times Bestseller! One of Publishers Weekly's Hot Fall Books of 2013! Tom Taylor has lived his life being mistaken for Tommy Taylor, the boy wizard from the world-famous series of novels penned by Tom's long-lost father Wilson. However,after a series of strange events start to parallel the lives of both Taylors—fictional and real—Tom realizes that he might be the character on page made flesh. In this first-ever original graphic novel spinning off from the pages of the criticallyacclaimed THE UNWRITTEN series, writer Mike Carey explores the origins behind Tom's mysterious powers and the odyssey his father has sent him on.

The Unwritten Vol. 7: The Wound

The Unwritten Vol. 7: The Wound
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Publisher : Vertigo
Total Pages : 148
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781401244774
ISBN-13 : 1401244777
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis The Unwritten Vol. 7: The Wound by : Mike Carey

A year after The War of Words and nearly unbearable tragedy and loss, Tom Taylor's life is finally knitting itself back together. However, disconnected from the power of Leviathan and the manipulation of the Cabal, the real world and the fictional world are facing a sweeping tide of chaos, and the damage seems to be spreading. When a rash of mysterious disappearances catches the eye of young detective Didge Patterson, it becomes apparent that the cult known as The Church of Tommy is involved. When ghosts, vampires and unicorns are also mixed in, Tommy finds that an even more complicated tale is about to unfold. Can Tommy discover the secrets behind the cult’s mysterious façade and heal "The Wound" before the real and fictional worlds crumble? The Eisner Award-nominated creative team of Mike Carey (JOHN CONSTANTINE: HELLBLAZER) and Peter Gross (LUCIFER) present UNWRITTEN VOLUME 7: THE WOUND - a tumultuous tale where the lines between fiction and reality are irreparably blurred. Collects issues #36-41.

Ideals as Interests in Hobbes's Leviathan

Ideals as Interests in Hobbes's Leviathan
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0521392438
ISBN-13 : 9780521392433
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Ideals as Interests in Hobbes's Leviathan by : S. A. Lloyd

S. A. Lloyd proposes a radically new interpretation of Hobbes's Leviathan that shows transcendent interests--interests that override the fear of death--to be crucial to both Hobbes's analysis of social disorder and his proposed remedy to it. Most previous commentators in the analytic philosophical tradition have argued that Hobbes thought that credible threats of physical force could be sufficient to deter people from political insurrection. Professor Lloyd convincingly shows that because Hobbes took the transcendence of religious and moral interests seriously, he never believed that mere physical force could ensure social order. Lloyd's interpretation demonstrates the ineliminability of that half of Leviathan devoted to religion, and attributes to Hobbes a much more plausible conception of human nature than the narrow psychological egoism traditionally attributed to Hobbes.