New books on my wish list # 2
This is the second episode of New book on my wish list, where monster books that have occurred in my wish list this week.
Dinotopia
James Gurney
hidden island of Dinotopia humans and dinosaurs live and work together in harmony, except for the few predators that roam the earth. It's a place that still has the harmony and beauty that have been lost from the rest of the world.
The story tells of a time outside the Earth inhabited by Arthur Dennison, his son Will, and the different people they encounter on trips of Dinotopia. The story is written in first person, it seems that the diary of Arthur. The Dennison (father and son) are shipwrecked near Dinotopia, and are later found by the people of the 'Hatchery. L '"Hatchery" is a farm where the dinosaurs were born; help other human beings in the process of birth small.
An important element of the story is the fact that 'Dinotopia' is surrounded by a storm that prevents anyone from leaving the island.
Runemal: The Big Book of Runes
of Bellini and G. Carmignani U.
The Runes are the sacred language of gods and heroes of the North, are the letters of an alphabet that has ancient and mysterious in its origin myth of Odin. They represent the different stages and different aspects of life, the seasons, sowing and crops, the evidence that every human being is called upon to face, the prestigious awards and the inevitable losses in the ongoing confrontation with destiny. Through them we can ask for help to nature and receive the necessary energy to make our way in joy and light, overcoming the demons of fear and anger, denial and despair. But Runes are also carriers of a deeper understanding, the Art Oracular, the ability to interpret the meaning of events past, present and future, today, through the discoveries of quantum physics and Jungian psychology and, thanks to new theories systems on the psyche and the unconscious, the space-time, the synchronicity and morphogenetic fields, we can read in a light completely new. With this book, and Giovanni Bellini Umberto Carmignani invite the reader to make an experience of inner growth, following the step by step the road indicated by Rune.
Daffodil
P. Lamanna, F. and G. Rigano Brémaud
When night falls , the streets are filled with creatures of darkness, vampires and monsters who terrorize the living and for whom death is a form of life. The most frightening of all is Nosferatu ... but parliament vampires has decided to send his three most attractive agents to deal with and put an end to the problem.
A story full of action and adventure, drawn by an artist of the hit series Monster Allergy, which will delight all lovers of the night and fans of great adventures.
Norwegian wood
Tokyo blues
of Haruki Murakani
One of the most sensational literary successes Japanese of all time is the book most intimate, introspective Murakami, which here comes off the dreamlike and surreal that made him famous, to explore the world and in the shadow of the feelings of loneliness. Norwegian Wood is also a great novel about adolescence, the conflict between the desire to be integrated into the world of "others" to enter victorious in adult life and the essential need to be yourself, no matter what cost. Like Holden Caulfield, Toru is constantly assailed by doubts that he can make mistakes or wrong choices in his life and love, but is also stubborn and driven by a personal sense of morality and an instinctive aversion to anything that smacks of fake and manufactured. Torn between two girls, Naoko and Midori, which attract both with irresistible force, Toru can not do is decide. Or wait for the life (and death) for him to decide.
The theater of dolls death
D. Barzi and G. Rigano
Sweets portraits and macabre visions, suspended on the threshold of a romantic nightmare. The images of John Rigano accompany the words of David Barzi, creating the visual poetry of the Gothic Lolitas.
A gang of idiots
of JKToole
The "band" is set in his hometown of Toole, New Orleans, and tell it the story of Ignatius O'Reilly, a character defined by Walker Parcy "without any precedent in the history of world literature. " Ignatius, fat and indolent young man of talent, with a degree in medieval philosophy, he gets angry with everything and everyone. He accused the world to throw in the trash for a life of TV, and music unlistenable crap varie.Senonché he spends most of the day in this way. It is considered a genius, but fails to produce anything convincing, if not trouble. The mother save it in various situations, until one day he was arrested in a drunken state, and she tries to hospital ...
Sky Doll
A. Barden and B. Canepa
An unknown galaxy in an unspecified time. The "Sky Doll" of the title of the dolls are mechanical humanoid size and appearance, created for the inhabitants of the planet where the story begins they can satisfy their erotic instincts without sin. In fact, on this planet exists a government of a religious (largely inspired by the Catholic liturgy), which is headed by the Pope Joan Lodovica and controls the life of the population with a series of religious edicts. In the world of Sky Doll, there were two Papesse, Agape and Lodovico, the first performance of spiritual love, the second of the flesh. The first has been killed since then Lodovica reigns supreme on the planet, even if more and more groups of worshipers Agape (branded as heretics) are starting to come together, despite efforts from the upper echelons of the liturgy to erase the memory of her.
The story follows the adventures through various planets of Noa, a Sky Doll, and the two papal emissaries and Roy Jahu, which inadvertently Noa can be found to host on their spaceship.
As you can see in your wish list this week there are so many picture books and comics, the period should be, the fact is that I'm paying a lot of attention to drawing and graphic design recently, why. . . also the eye wants its part!
