The Waldorf Astoria is the classiest hotel along the Manhattan skyline in 1930s New York City. When a charming woman named Nina checks in with a high-society entourage, young Frank, a bellhop, and Theresa, a maid, get caught up in a series of mysterious thefts. The stakes quickly grow perilous, and the pair must rely on each other to discover the truth while navigating delicate class politics.Eisner Award-winning artist Jonathan Case (Green River Killer, Dear Creature) wri...

Comedia de enredo, suspense y slapstick, El New Deal explora política y socialmente aspectos de un momento histórico -los años 30- como el cine nunca ha sido capaz de plasmar.En la era de la depresión americana, un extraño robo tiene lugar en el hotel Waldorf Astoria de Nueva York, donde se hospeda lo más granado de la sociedad.El Waldorf Astoria es el hotel con más clase en el Manhattan de los años 30. Por allí ...

« La beauté est dans les yeux de celui qui regarde »La vie de Grue, étrange humanoïde des profondeurs de l’océan, bascule lorsqu’il découvre des œuvres de Shakespeare enroulées dans une bouteille de coca... Venu à la surface pour tenter de se faire des amis, Grue est rejeté et se met alors en tête de retrouver la personne qui a jeté les pièces dans la mer. Ce qu'il trouve, c'est l'amour dans les bras de la belle Giulietta... Mais avec son passé trouble et sordide, ...

The Grand Manhattan HotelDans les années 1930 à New York, le Waldorf Astoria est l’hôtel le plus prestigieux de tout Manhattan. Quand Nina, une charmante femme et son cortège de la haute-société font irruption dans ce temple du luxe, l’établissement est frappé par une série de vols mystérieux à laquelle se retrouvent mêlés Frank, un jeune groom, et Theresa, une femme de ménage de couleur. L’affaire devient très problématique, et le duo doit rapidement se faire conf...

Funny, romantic and a little bit wicked, this is Mhairi McFarlane… with vampires!I mean hey, what’s the worst that could happen? Ok fine, the worst that could happen is that I didn’t imagine those fangs after all…Squeaky clean good girl Lucy Partridge is a sucker for heartwarming tales and happy endings. So a weekend reporting on the Whitby Goth Weekend is well outside her comfort zone. As is sharing her tiny annexe accommodation with all six feet ...

'Oh, by the way, Gabe. I know what happened with Seamus! Everybody at Kiss does.'How did Mitchell know any details about my breakup? I felt my jaw tense. Why did everybody at the third most popular bar in The Village also know? Did Seamus tell them? My heart rate switched from a pulse to a vibration, and my limbs stiffened. Were they all talking about it and laughing at me? Did they, for some reason, now hate me?Gabriel is at rock bottom: ...

'Thought-provoking and beautifully written' Daily Mail 'Strangely compelling' The Times 'Astonishing. If you like Sally Rooney, read this book' Hattie Williams(Look at these two. They have been sure that their fate is in their own hands – they have been desperate to believe this – and now they are learning it is not.The ending is a pivotal moment in their story.)No...

Get busy living or get busy dying.Cassie Ravenheart has worked at a dead-end job at a diner on the edge of the moon longer than she cares to remember.Events unfold offering her a choice to be something more than she ever thought possible.The Order is recruiting a new class of Cyber Hunter. If she can make it through selection, she has a chance to change her life forever.

The American heartland is poised for a demographic decline with very real consequences. Migrant Midwest tracks the history of population growth and its projected decline in the Midwest to highlight the need for increased international migration to the region. Burkham first illustrates how the forces of fertility and migration drove the development of the region's agricultural and industrial economies, and how the region has more recently struggled with deindustrialization, outmigr...

It's come down to one shot –One mission to prove he's worthy.Robert Cole isn't proud of his wasted past. In fact, shame isn't a far stretch.But now he's found a chance at redemption. A new profession as a mercenary for an elusive firm – Immortal Corp.Let's not count our genetically engineered chickens before they hatch; he has to live through this gnarly assignment first.Get ready to dive into the past of a broken ma...

In July 2011, Israel passed legislation outlawing the public support of boycott activities against the state, corporations, and settlements, adding a crackdown on free speech to its continuing blockade of Gaza and the expansion of illegal settlements. Nonetheless, the campaign for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) continues to grow in strength within Israel and Palestine, as well as in Europe and the US.This essential intervention considers all sides of the movement-including...

In 2001, Vanity Fair declared that the Age of Irony was over. Joan Didion has lamented that the United States in the era of Barack Obama has become an "irony-free zone." Jonathan Lear in his 2006 book Radical Hope looked into America’s heart to ask how might we dispose ourselves if we came to feel our way of life was coming to an end. Here, he mobilizes a squad of philosophers and a psychoanalyst to once again forge a radical way forward, by arguing that no genuinely huma...