Trevor Moore struggles through an insufferable brunch with his girlfriend and her friends as they discuss all the relevant issues of the day.
18-year-old Penny Cooper spent years pining for Johnny Sanders Jr., but when a mysterious musician shows up on the beach, Penny is torn.
Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
In a 19th-century summer, two large families gather for their annual fishing retreat on the far-removed island of Haida Gwaii. Adiits’ii, a charming nobleman, accidentally causes the death of his best friend Kwa’s son and hastens into the wilderness. Adiits’ii is tormented by what he has done and spirals into insanity, becoming Gaagiixid, a supernatural being crazed by hunger. He unexpectedly survives the winter, and at next year’s gathering, the families try to convert Gaagiixid back to Adiitst’ii.
An unassuming American family is drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation.
The life of a top chef changes when she becomes the guardian of her young niece.
China is plunged into strife as feuding warlords try to expand their power by warring over neighboring lands. Fuelled by his success on the battlefield, young and arrogant Hao Jie sneers at Shaolin’s masters when he beats one of them in a duel. But the pride comes before a fall. When his own family is wiped out by a rival warlord, Hao is forced to take refuge with the monks. As the civil unrest spreads and the people suffer, Hao and the Shaolin masters are forced to take a fiery stand against the evil warlords. They launch a daring plan or rescue and escape.
An urgent volume of essays engages the Gothic to advance important perspectives on our geological era
What can the Gothic teach us about our current geological era? More than just spooky, moonlit castles and morbid graveyards, the Gothic represents a vibrant, emergent perspective on the Anthropocene. In this volume, more than a dozen scholars move beyond longstanding perspectives on the Anthropocene—such as science fiction and apocalyptic narratives—to show that the Gothic offers a unique (and dark) interpretation of events like climate change, diminished ecosystems, and mass extinction.
This open access book introduces the National Health Insurance (NHI) system of Taiwan with a particular emphasis on its application of digital technology to improve healthcare access and quality. The authors explicate how Taiwan integrates its strong Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry with 5G to construct an information system that facilitates medical information exchange, collects data for planning and research, refines medical claims review procedures and even assists in fighting COVID-19.
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In this comprehensive work, Malekian introduces the importance of the noble principle of the population of wisdom, which relates to the far-reaching foundations of the systems of international human rights law and international criminal justice. This principle is not dependent upon the norm of inequality, nor upon the threat of use of force and the killing of millions, nor does it seek to destroy the truth in order to exploit nations.
Aubrey stars as a seductive secretary who works for a handsome, wealthy young businessman (James Deen). One morning, Aubrey prepares espresso and a cigar for her boss and delivers it to him in his office. As usual, he is so entrenched in work (or looking at X-Art on his computer?) that he barely notices her. When he leaves to drive to a meeting, Aubrey sneaks into his office and ‘accidentally’ wakes up his laptop computer. She discovers his profile page on X-Art Community, where he posts some very hot bondage photos from his sexual exploits with other women. Instantly, Aubrey is consumed by a kinky fantasy that plays out in her mind. What would happen if he caught her snooping on his computer?