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Afterlife with Archie Summary: When 's beloved pet Hot Dog is killed in a Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, hit and run, Jughead turns to the only person he knows who 9781619889088 can help bring back his furry best friend-Sabrina the Teenage Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 Witch. Using dark, forbidden magic, Sabrina is successful and Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up Hot Dog returns to the land of the living. But he's not the $17.99/$19.99 Can. same…and soon, he brings back with him from 160 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS beyond the grave begins to spread, forcing Archie, , THROUGHOUT Veronica and the gang to try to escape from ! Paperback / softback / (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror Publication History: Trade ... Series: Afterlife with ArchieTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 Author Bio: ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA is an award-winning

Sales Restrictions: World playwright, screenwriter, and writer. In television, 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt he was a writer on the HBO series BIG LOVE for three years, 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt and is currently a writer/producer on GLEE. For , he has written -MAN, , THE FOUR (winning a for MK 4), and many others, and also adapted Stephen King's epic novel THE STAND into a best-selling 30-issue series. His accomplishments in the theater world include over fi...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Archie Comics

Archie: The Married Life Book 5 (paper The Married Life series is the most critically acclaimed original) storyline in Archie’s more than 70-year publishing history—it , Fernando Ruiz, Pat Kennedy, Tim has won many adults back to the world of Archie, and K... continues growing steadily with a solid readership. This fifth 9781619889026 volume features the adult Archie characters dealing with more Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 rea... $19.99/$22.99 Can. 272 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Summary: Nominated for Eisner and Harvey Awards, The THROUGHOUT Married Life explores ' life two paths-if Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) he had married -next-door or wealthy Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance socialite . This fifth volume follows Betty and Series: The Married Life SeriesTerritory: World Reggie's time in the TV spotlight, 's political Ctn Qty: 1 ambitions and 's battle with cancer. 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Archie: The Married Life Book 5 collects issues 25-30 of the popular newsstand publication Life with Archie Magazine!

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Red Circle

The : Magnet Summary: It's the fantastic debut of the high-flying Fox! , Dean Haspiel Emmy Award winning writer/artist Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, 9781936975938 HBO's Bored To Death) and -winning writer Mark Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 Waid (, Thrillbent) bring the legendary, pulp-style $14.99/$16.99 Can. hero The Fox to life in Freak Magnet! When photojournalist 144 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Paul Patton, Jr. donned a costume, he thought it THROUGHOUT would be a quick way to make some news-now the strange Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) and unusual just can't help but be drawn to the freak- Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes magnetism of the fabulous fighting ... Series: The FoxTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 Author Bio: MARK WAID is an Eisner Award-winning American Sales Restrictions: World comic book writer. He is well known for his eight-year run as 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt writer of the DC Comics' title THE , as well as his 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt scripting of the KINGDOM COME and : BIRTHRIGHT, and his work on Marvel Comics' . Waid also served as Editor-in-, and later, Chief Creative Officer of BOOM! Studios, where he wrote titles such as , INCORRUPTIBLE and THE TRAVELER. He has received recent acclaim for his ...

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Red Circle

Sam Hill Summary: Sam Hill, hard-boiled private investigator, Tom DeFalco, Greg Scott encounters thieves, thugs, con men and in a 9781619889057 quest to discover the truth behind the of a wealthy Pub Date: 7/22/14, On Sale Date: 7/22 client's husband with connections to the dark underworld of $12.99/$14.99 Can. crime. Sam Hill has a witty comeback for every situation he 112 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS encounters-and he's guaranteed to get to the bottom of evey THROUGHOUT crime! Includes the all-new Sam Hill story by Tom DeFalco Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) and Greg Scott, plus a bonus story featuring the first ever Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery appearance of Sam Hill with art b... Series: Sam HillTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 Author Bio: TOM DEFALCO is an American comics writer and Sales Restrictions: World editor, well-known for his association with Marvel Comics and 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt in particular for his work with SPIDER-MAN and SPIDER-GIRL. 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Winner of a 1990 , DEFALCO is also the author of over three dozen graphic novels, several hundred comic book stories, several dozen cyber-comics, three novels and more than a dozen children's books, including the best-selling DK guides to Marvel comics characters. DeFalco has also created and developed over ...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Animal Man Vol. 4: Splinter Species (The New Summary: As the epic storyline with Swamp 52) Thing, "Rot-World", comes to a close, Buddy Baker is a broken , man with a broken family. 9781401246440 Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 Following the loss of his son, Buddy has become estranged $16.99/$19.99 Can. from his wife and daughter, making him feel completely alone 176 pages in the world. To compound his problems, Buddy cannot even Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) mourn in peace without the constant media intrusions that his Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes newfound fame as an actor have brought about. Even in with Territory: World except United Kingdom his life seemingly in , Buddy must rise to the chall... Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Award-winning Canadian Jeff Lemire is 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt the creator of the acclaimed monthly comic book series published by DC/Vertigo and the award winning Essex County published by Top Shelf.

Now one of DC Comics cornerstone writers, Jeff was prominent in the publisher's recent "New 52" line-wide relaunch as the writer of and FRANKENSTEIN: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. He has also written the monthly

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Harley Quinn: Welcome to Summary: Having played out every trick on the fine citizens , , Brandon Badeaux of , -the 's former girlfriend- 9781401245955 decides that another city deserves her attention. After all, Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 why menace one city when you can menace two? Especially if $19.99/$23.99 Can. the second has a Man of guarding it. 288 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Harley hightails it to Metropolis, with allies and Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes in tow. Writer Karl Kesel and artist Terry Dodson Territory: World except United Kingdom continue their now classic run on this beloved title in HARLEY Ctn Qty: 26 QUINN: WELCOME TO METROPOLIS, coll... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Karl Kesel is one of the most successful artists to come out of DC's New Talent program, and also counts as a major influence on his work-while having a fondness for Kirby's quirky character creations. Kesel built a solid reputation as a respected on such titles as SUPERMAN and in addition to his efforts as a writer on HARLEY QUINN, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN and .

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Justice League: War () Summary: The event that the New 52 has been building , Jeff Lemire towards since the beginning! #1 Times best-selling 9781401245191 writer Geoff Johns (, : EARTH ONE) Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 brings together almost two years of plot threads here in $24.99/$28.99 Can. LEAGUE: TRINITY WAR. When the three Justice 360 pages Leagues go to war with one another, who's side will everyone Hardback be on? Allies will be , friends will become enemies and the Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes DC Universe will never be the same. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 14 This new hardcover graphic novel features stunning art from Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom so... 1.250 lb Wt 567g Wt Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of bestselling graphic novels : The Trench, , Green Lantern: Corps War, : Origin, Superman: and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Trinity of Sin: The Phantom Vol. 2 Summary: Cursed for a betrayal that affected the very (The New 52) course of history, the Stranger walks the Earth attempting to J.M. Dematteis, atone for his sins. His actions have consequences, and as he 9781401247140 fulfils his duty, the people he encounters will never be the Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 same. $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Betrayed by his fellow Trinity of Sin member, the Phantom Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Stranger reflects on the life he has led. But if his life is to Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes move forward, he must first rescue his family from the depths Territory: World except United Kingdom of hell. Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: J.M. DeMatteis was a music critic but gave it up 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt for becoming an award-winning writer best known for his personal works such as MOONSHADOW and DREAMS. He began writing for DC in the late 1970s and to prominence with characters such as the JUSTICE LEAGUE revamp of the 1980s, a franchise that earned him an Eisner Award in 2004 for Best Humor Publication. He has written every major character at DC and Marvel, using that experience for a successful foray into wr...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Batman: - Murderer? (New Summary: After being found with the dead body of Vesper Edition) Fairchild in his arms, Bruce Wayne is arrested for her murder. 9781401246839 Looking to prove Bruce's innocence, , and Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 quickly begin an investigation to discover the true $29.99/$35.00 Can. killer. But as the mystery unfolds, evidence of Bruce's guilt 528 pages mounts and even his closest allies begin to their Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) mentor's innocence. Tired of portraying himself as someone he Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes is not and further embracing the freedom of his masked Territory: World except United Kingdom identity, Bruce decides to... Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Justice League Beyond: In Gods We Trust Summary: Spinning off from the hit WB series BATMAN Derek Fridolfs, JT Krull BEYOND comes JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND! Sector 2814's 9781401247546 newest Green Lantern: Kai-Ro has been posing as a student Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 to expose a secret organization called The Brain Trust which $17.99/$20.99 Can. is brainwashing young students and training them to destory 208 pages the Justice League. It is within the walls of the sinister Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Academy of Arts & Sciences that Kai-Ro befriends Mary Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Marvel and helps her regain her memory and her powers. The Territory: World except United Kingdom Justice League also adds another new member: ... Ctn Qty: 38 Author Bio: Derek Fridolfs broke into comics at the same 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt time as , and has collaborated with him on such titles as GEN ACTIVE, JET, , SUPERMAN/BATMAN and now . In addition, he has contributed work to a wide variety of other titles, including , Spider-Man, The , , Buffy the Slayer, Emily the Strange and Teenage Ninja Turtles, as well as writing stories for Western Tales of Terror, Trailer Park of Terror, the Comic...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Smallville Season 11 Vol. 4: Argo Summary: The first time in print for these digital-first Bryan Q. Miller, Cat Staggs, Daniel HDR stories, the hit CW series continues! 9781401246372 Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 Clark Kent finds himself transported to the future, where he $14.99/$17.99 Can. meets the greatest of the 31st Century: 160 pages and the of Super-Heroes! However, it's not a mere Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) social call: Superman must stop war between Earth and a Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes stunning villain! Collects issues #13-15 and SMALLVILLE Territory: World except United Kingdom SEASON ELEVEN SPECIAL #2. Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Bryan Q. Miller is an American television and 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt comic writer most notable for his work as Executive Story Editor on the CW Network's Smallville. For DC Comics he has written BATGIRL, and currently SMALLVILLE SEASON ELEVEN.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Wonder Woman Vol. 3: Iron (The New 52) Summary: has finally discovered her , , heritage, as well as all the family that comes along with it. 9781401246075 However, as she digs deeper into her familial tree, there's as Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 many Gods that are willing to lend her a hand as there are $16.99/$19.99 Can. those that would do her harm. WW continues on her search 176 pages for her friend Zola's baby, not knowing who she can trust. So Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) when she discovers New God at her doorstep, is he here Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes to help her-or destroy her? Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 Brian Azzarello () and illustrators Cliff Chian... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of JONNY DOUBLE, BATMAN: BROKEN CITY and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS, all created in collaboration with artist . The New York Times best-selling author's other work for DC includes the titles and (both with ), SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW (with Jim Lee), JOKER and LUTHOR (both with ), SGT. ROCK: BETWEEN HELL AND A HARD PL...

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Wonder Woman Vol. 4: War (The New 52) Summary: Collecting the fourth volume of writer Brian Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang, Tony Akins Azzarello's Wonder Woman which features the re- 9781401246082 imagining of The ! Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 $22.99/$26.99 Can. With Diana's family in shambles and London in ruins, both the 144 pages old gods and The New Gods will feel Diana's eldest brother, Hardback the First Born's ! Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: Brian Azzarello is the writer and co-creator of Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 the award-winning Vertigo series 100 BULLETS. Azzarellos's 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt other writing credits for DC Comics include the graphic novel 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt JOKER, as well as BATMAN: BROKEN CITY, : MAN OF STEEL, and HELLBLAZER. Brian has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, The Tribune and other publications.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Batman by and Vol. Summary: In these moody 1990s tales, Batman emerges 1 from the shadows to battle corruption in Gotham City, and to Doug Moench, Kelley Jones face foes including , The Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze, 9781401247645 Two-Face and more. These tales by the classic Batman Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 creative team of writer Doug Moench and artist Kelley Jones $39.99/$47.99 Can. include guest-appearances by Nightwing, Robin, and 432 pages . Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Collects BATMAN #515-525, 527-532 and 535-536. Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Doug Moench has written novels, short stories, 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt newspaper feature articles, weekly newspaper comic strips, film screenplays and teleplays. His first published work was My Dog Sandy, a printed in his elementary school newspaper. Moench has worked for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and many other smaller companies; he has written hundreds of issues of many different comics, and created dozens of characters, such as .

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Deathblow Deluxe Edition Summary: A Deluxe Hardcover collection of the first twelve Brandon Choi, Jim Lee issues of the series originally published by Image 9781401247607 Comics and co-written and drawn by Jim Lee. Created by Lee Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 and Brandon Choi (the creative team behind the best-selling $24.99/$28.99 Can. Gen13 from Image), Deathblow is a hero and Black Ops agent 272 pages from the Wildstorm Universe with the powers of immortality Hardback pulled into a deadly battle between good and evil. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: Jim Lee is a renowned comic book artist and the Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 16 Co-Publisher of DC Entertainment. Prior to his current post, 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Lee served as Editorial Director, where he oversaw WildStorm 179mm W | 276mm H | 567g Wt Studios and was also the artist for many of DC Comics' bestselling comic books and graphic novels, including ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER, BATMAN: , and SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW. He also serves as the Executive Creative Director for the DC Universe Online (DCUO) massively multiplayer game from S...

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Green Arrow Vol. 4: The Kill Machine (The New Summary: Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino begin their 52) ground-breaking in the fourth volume of ! Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino 9781401246907 A mysterious villian called Komodo knows Oliver's secrets and Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 uses them to rob Oliver of all his wealth and his company. $16.99/$19.99 Can. Now on the run from this seemingly unstoppable force, Oliver 192 pages finds himself in a mystery involving the island where he first Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) became Green Arrow and his father! Everything will change for Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes the Emerald Archer in this new beginning for the character. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 Author Bio: Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Jeff Lemire is 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt the creator of the acclaimed monthly comic book series 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt SWEET TOOTH published by DC/Vertigo and the award winning graphic novel Essex County published by Top Shelf.

Now one of DC Comics cornerstone writers, Jeff was prominent in the publisher's recent "New 52" line-wide relaunch as the writer of ANIMAL MAN and FRANKENSTEIN: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. He has also written the monthly adventures of SUPERBOY and THE and is set to tackle

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Green Lantern: Rise of the Third Army (The Summary: The universe is in shambles and the Guardians are New 52) the cause. Their mysterious Third Army has risen across the Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi cosmos like a plague, destroying everything in its path and 9781401246136 and Sinestro are nowhere to be found. It is up to Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 wrongfuly accused Simon Baz to clear his name and become $24.99/$28.99 Can. the hero that the Corps needs in order to get to the bottom 416 pages of Hal and Sinestro's disapperance and the Rise of the Third Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Army! Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: Geoff Johns is Chief Creative Officer of DC Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 15 Entertainment. He has written highly acclaimed stories 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt starring Superman, Green Lantern, , Teen Titans and 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt The Justice Society of America. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling graphic novels GREEN LANTERN: OF THE RED LANTERNS, GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: THY KINGDOM COME and SUPERMAN: BRAINIAC, and is the author of DC Comics' biggest, most recent events, BLACKEST NIGHT, BRIGHTES...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Showcase Presents: Captain Carrot and His Summary: These 1980s tails-sorry, tales-of Captain Carrot Amazing Zoo Crew and the JLA (Justa Lotta Animals) have never been reprinted 9781401247560 before. Featuring pun-filled tails-sorry, tales-written by Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 comics legend , with animated illustrations by $19.99/$23.99 Can. Scott Shaw, these stories star Captain Carrot, along with his 664 pages fellow four-legged heroes including the magical Alley-Kat- Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Abra, super-strong Pig-Iron, stretchable waterfowl Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Rubberduck, the super- Fastback and more. Territory: World except United Kingdom Together, they battle the evil of Bro... Ctn Qty: 1 Author Bio: Roy Thomas has written and often edited comics 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt since 1965, mostly for DC and Marvel. He continues to script comics as well as editing the comics-history magazine Alter Ego for TwoMorrows Publishing. He is also the editor of a series of four books about the Justice Society of America, its heroes and its creators, published under the umbrella title The All-Star Companion. He and his wife Dann live in rural South Carolina, surrounded by a of and beasts.

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Showcase Presents: Vol. 2 Summary: The 1970s adventures of Western bounty hunter 9781401241063 Jonah Hex continue in this new, value-priced Showcase Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 edition collecting Jonah Hex #1-22 and $19.99/$23.99 Can. #34-38. 544 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Trinity of Sin: Pandora Vol. 1 (The New 52) The woman connected to the very creation of the New 52 Ray Fawkes, Daniel Sampere, Vincente Cifuentes stars in her own series! 9781401245245 Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 $14.99/$17.99 Can. Summary: The woman connected to the very creation of 144 pages the New 52 stars in her own series! Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Pandora is on an action-packed, blood-soaked mission to hunt Territory: World except United Kingdom down the horrors she inadvertently unleashed upon the world! Ctn Qty: 52 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Ray Fawkes is a Toronto-based fine artist and 367g Wt writer of graphic novels, prose fiction, and games. Ray's work ranges in styles from introspective, dreamscape narrative to bombastic . He is an Eisner, Harvey, and three-time Shuster Award nominee, and a YALSA award winner for "Possessions Book One: Unclean Getaway". His newest book, "One Soul", debuted in July 2011 to critical acclaim, including a starred booklist review, and has been nominated for the 2012 Eisner award and 201...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Batwoman Vol. 3: World’s Finest (The New 52) Summary: 's search for brings her J.H. Williams III, W. Haden Blackman together with the Amazing Amazon, Wonder Woman, but even 9781401246105 the teaming of the World's Finest might not be enough to Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 bring down the mythological monster-leading Bones, the DEO, $14.99/$17.99 Can. Abbot and the Religion of Crime all descend on Gotham City to 168 pages take part in the fight. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio: J.H. Williams entered the comics field in 1991 Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes and immediately began getting attention for his finely crafted Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 work on such titles as Batman, Starman and of 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Victory. William's went on to co-create and pencil the hit 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt series PROMETHEA with comics legend . His recent works include writing and drawing the critically acclaimed DC- The New 52 title BATWOMAN as well as drawing 's return to the legendary SANDMAN series.

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Batwoman Vol. 4: This Blood is Thick (The New Summary: A shocking family secret rocks BATWOMAN, 52) as acclaimed artist J.H. Williams III and W. Haden JH Williams, W. Haden Blackman, Trevor Mccarthy Blackman continue their critically acclaimed run. 9781401246211 Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 Caught in the crossfire between Batman and the DEO, $24.99/$28.99 Can. Batwoman must decide who is friend or foe, all while 192 pages struggling with a devastating family revelation. Hardback Author Bio: J.H. Williams entered the comics field in 1991 Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes and immediately began getting attention for his finely crafted Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 work on such titles as BATMAN, STARMAN and SEVEN 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt SOLDIERS OF VICTORY. Williams went on to co-create and 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt pencil the hit series PROMETHEA with comics legend Alan Moore. His recent works include BATMAN: THE BLACK GLOVE with , SANDMAN: OVERTURE with Neil Gaiman and writing as well as illustrating BATWOMAN.

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Catwoman Vol. 3: Under Pressure Summary: continues his noir style look at Selina Ed Brubaker, , Kyle and the growing criminal element in Gotham City, along 9781401245924 with new artist Paul Gulacy. An outbreak of gangwar in the Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 streets of Gotham City leads to a kidnapping that affects one $24.99/$28.99 Can. of Selina's friends-but when she tries to trace the kidnappers, 312 pages she ends up fighting the and a ruthless, Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) cybernetically enhance Mafia known as Zeiss. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: A one-time cartoonist, Ed Brubaker has been Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 working as a writer since the early 1990s, and in that time his 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt work has won several awards, including both the Harvey and 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Eisner Awards for Best Writer in 2007, and has been translated around the world. His comics credits include BATMAN, , GOTHAM CENTRAL and for DC/WildStorm and Daredevil, Captain America and Criminal for Marvel. He lives and works in Seattle, Washington with his wife, Melanie, and many pets.

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Justice League of America Vol. 1 Omnibus Summary: This new hardcover omnibus collection spotlights 9781401248420 the origins of the Justice League of America. In these stories Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 from THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #28-30, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF $99.99/$112.00 Can. AMERICA #1-16 and #75, Superman, 672 pages Batman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, Martian , Hardback and Wonder Woman join forces to stand up against powerful Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes intergalactic, mystical, and super-powered such as Territory: World except United Kingdom , Despero, , Dr. Destiny, and Ctn Qty: 1 Felix Faust! 7.250 in W | 10.875 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 184mm W | 276mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: As much as any writer, helped create the tone and feel of the Batman stories of the 1960s.

Fox was an attorney who began his prolific and innovative second career as a writer in the late 1930s on Batman and went on to create such Golden Age classics as the original Flash, , Starman, , and the Justice Society of America. His influence extended throughout the 1950s and 1960s when, until his retirement from DC Comics in 1968, he created and/or wrote such me...

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Superman: Earth One Vol. 2 Summary: A New York Times Best Seller! J. Michael Straczynski, 9781401235598 Following the events of the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 graphic novel by acclaimed writer Michael J. Straczynski and $14.99/$17.99 Can. superstar artist Shane Davis, comes the long awaited sequel 128 pages SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE VOL. 2! Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Young Clark Kent continues his journey toward becoming the Territory: World except United Kingdom World's Greatest Super Hero, but finds dealing with humanity Ctn Qty: 60 to be a bigger challenge than he ever imagined! From a 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt ruthless dictator to a new love interest who's NOT , 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt things are never ea...

Author Bio: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI has worked in television, comics and, most recently, motion pictures. In comics, he is known for The Amazing Spider-Man, The Twelve, and : Requiem, as well as SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE Volumes 1 & 2 and BEFORE for DC Comics. He is the creator of the hit TV series Babylon 5, and was nominated for the 2009 Best Writer

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Batman ’66 Vol. 1 Summary: Put on your go-go boots and get ready to "Batusi" back to the Swingin' 60s as DC Comics reimagines the 9781401247218 classic Batman TV series in comics form for the first time! Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 These all-new stories portray The Caped Crusader, The Boy $16.99/$19.99 Can. Wonder and their fiendish rogues gallery just the way viewers 176 pages remember them. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio: Jeff Parker is a Portland, Oregon based writer Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes and comic book artist. He worked as a storyboard artist on Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 the television cartoon "Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot," and 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt has written a number of Marvel Comics titles including, X- 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Men: First Class, Agents of Atlas, and . He is a member of Periscope Studio, originally from Burlington, North Carolina, and the son of a grocery store owner. His first exposure to comics came from reading comics on the store's spinner racks.

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Batman Beyond: Batgirl Beyond Summary: Terry McGinnis (the Batman of the future) and an Adam Beechen, Adam Archer elderly Bruce Wayne (the original Batman) are the sworn 9781401247539 protectors of Neo-Gotham. But a new hero has entered into Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 town, one that has caught the attention of Commissioner $14.99/$17.99 Can. : Batgirl! Who is this new and what 168 pages role will she play in the future of Neo-Gotham? Plus, Terry Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) McGinnis faces a familiar foe and teams with the Metal Men to Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes take them down! Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 Collects digital chapters #19-28. 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Adam Beechen has been one of the most sought-after writers of animation and comic books of the last decade. He has written for DC Comics' BATMAN BEYOND, , TEEN TITANS, ROBIN, BATGIRL, OF THE DARK KNIGHT, and such animated series as TEEN TITANS, THE BATMAN, THE BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, X-MEN EVOLUTION and 10. Needless to say, he's thought a lot about superheroes and the worlds they live in.

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Justice League Vol. 3: Throne of (The Summary: When Atlantis is struck by a U.S. Naval missile New 52) gone awry, Atlantis-led by Aquaman's brother Master- Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Tony S. Daniel attacks the East Coast of the flooding its major 9781401246983 cities such as Boston, Metropolis, Gotham City and several Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 others. $16.99/$19.99 Can. 192 pages The Justice League comes together to help Aquaman turn Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) back the tide, but they soon learn that they are woefully Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes overmatched by the Atlantean Army, and must find a way to Territory: World except United Kingdom save the world from total . Ctn Qty: 42 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Collects JUSTICE LEAGUE #13-17 and AQUAMAN...

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Justice League Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: The event that the New 52 has been building Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis towards since the beginning! #1 New York Times best-selling 9781401247171 writer Geoff Johns (GREEN LANTERN, BATMAN: EARTH ONE) Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 brings together almost two years of plot threads for an epic $24.99/$28.99 Can. tale that will forever change the shape of the DC Universe. 176 pages When the three Justice Leagues go to war with one another, Hardback who's side will everyone be on? Allies will be born, friends will Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes become enemies and the DC Universe will never be the same. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises in comics.

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Superman: Red Son (New Edition) Summary: The critically acclaimed Superman: Red Son now , Dave Johnson collecting in a brand new edition! 9781401247119 Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 In this vivid tale of Cold War paranoia, the ship carrying the $14.99/$17.99 Can. infant who would grow up to become Superman lands in the 168 pages midst of the 1950s , where he is raised on a Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) collective. As he becomes a symbol to the Soviet people, the Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes world changes drastically from what we know-bringing Territory: World except United Kingdom Superman into conflict with Batman, Lex Luthor and others. Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Mark Millar has written some of the most 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt successful English-language comics in recent years. His recent projects are Marvel's , 2, ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR and WOLVERINE. CIVIL WAR was featured on everything from CNN to MTV for the public unmasking of Spider-Man. His comic was a hit movie in 2008 starring Angelina Jolie.

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Astro City: Shining Stars Summary: Starring the adventures of 's most , popular heroes, collecting ASTRO CITY: SAMARITAN #1, 9781401229917 ASTRO CITY: ASTRA #1-2, ASTRO CITY: SILVER AGENT #1-2 Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 and ASTRO CITY: BEAUTIE #1. Astra Furst, a third-generation $16.99/$18.99 Can. super hero of Astro City, is graduating from college. It's a 208 pages time of friends and family, new opportunities, changing Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) relationships - and danger! Featuring the First Family, the Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes creatures of Monstro City, a new hero team and more on a Territory: World except United Kingdom graduation night nobody's ever going to forge... Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Kurt Busiek is the acclaimed author of DC'S 2008 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt weekly series TRINITY, the ASTRO CITY graphic novels, as well as JLA/, SUPERMAN: SECRET IDENTITY,

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Astro City: Through Open Doors Summary: The long awaited return of the award-winning Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson series ASTRO CITY finally arrives! 9781401247522 Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson launch their next epic in the $24.99/$28.99 Can. world of Astro City when a mysterious door appears, heralding 192 pages the arrival of the Ambassador. But when an ordinary man is Hardback caught in a cosmic conflict, it is up to favorites like Samaritan Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes and Honor Guard, as well as new heroes, to rise to the Territory: World except United Kingdom occasion and save the world! Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Astro City #1-6 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Kurt Busiek is the acclaimed author of DC'S 2008 weekly series TRINITY, the ASTRO CITY graphic novels, as well as JLA/AVENGERS, SUPERMAN: SECRET IDENTITY, and many others

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Earth 2 Vol. 2: The Tower of Fate (The New 52) Summary: The World Army has begun rounding up the , Nicola Scott, Yildaray Cinar super-heros of Earth 2, but for what reason? In an attempt to 9781401246143 avoid capture, Dr. Fate and find themselves in the Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 powerful magical realm of Nabu. The protector of Nabu, $16.99/$19.99 Can. , seeks Dr. Fates assistance in obtaining a secret magic 176 pages locked deep within a tower that only Dr. Fate can enter. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio: James Robinson was born in England but has Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes lived in America for over twenty years as a writer of Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 screenplays and comics. Among the latter, most noteworthy 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt are , STARMAN and Leave It To Chance. 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Currently James has just completed the critically acclaimed series THE for DC, while continuing to write EARTH 2. He resides with his wife in San Francisco.

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Earth 2 Vol. 3: War (The New 52) Summary: New York Times Best-selling author James James Robinson, Nicola Scott, Trevor Scott Robinson and artist Nicola Scott return to Earth 2 in this third 9781401246150 hard cover volume of the ! Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 $22.99/$26.99 Can. The wonders of Earth 2, Green Lantern, , Flash, Atom 160 pages , , Mr. and Dr. Fate, take on the Hardback forces of and the Dogs of when Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes all hope is lost. Now a new Batman enters the fray, but is he Territory: World except United Kingdom enough to turn the tide and prevent from taking Ctn Qty: 24 control of Earth 2? 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: James Robinson was born in England but has lived in America for over twenty years as a writer of screenplays and comics. Among the latter, most noteworthy are THE GOLDEN AGE, STARMAN and Leave It To Chance. Currently James has just completed the critically acclaimed series THE SHADE for DC, while continuing to write EARTH 2. He resides with his wife in San Francisco.

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Talon Vol. 2 (The New 52) Summary: As a young performer with Haly's Circus, young James Tynion IV, Miguel Sepulveda Calvin Rose was secretly being raised to be a master 9781401246259 assassin-a killing machine called a Talon. The Talons have Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 always served the mysterious Court of Owls, a group of $16.99/$19.99 Can. wealthy individuals who will stop at nothing to maintain their 192 pages grip on power in Gotham City. When Rose defects from the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Talon's ranks, he is marked for death and spends the next few Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes years using all his training to hide from his former masters. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 In this volume, Calvin must sli... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt

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Adventures of Superman Vol. 1 Summary: The best creators in comics take on the Man of 9781401246884 Steel, in this collection of stand alone Superman stories Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 written by Michael Avon Oeming (Powers), Jeff Parker $14.99/$17.99 Can. (BATMAN '66), Jeff Lemire (SWEET TOOTH) and many others, 168 pages with artwork by Pia Guerra (Y: THE LAST MAN), Chris Samnee Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) (Daredevil) and others. ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN is a great Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes jumping on point for new readers interested in the Man of Territory: World except United Kingdom Steel. These tales feature battles with some of Superman's Ctn Qty: 46 greatest foes, including Lex Luthor, Bizar... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt

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Batman Anthology Summary: 2014 marks the 75th anniversary of Batman, the 9781401247584 world's greatest detective! And if a hero is measured by his Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 foes, then Batman is truly the greatest hero of all, as his $39.99/$47.99 Can. incredible rogues gallery is unrivaled in comics history. This 384 pages new title collects the best Batman stories of all time, Hardback arranged according to era, and featuring appearances by The Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman, The and many others. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 Author Bio: Robert Kahn was born on October 24, 1916 in 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt the Bronx and at age 18 legally changed his name to Kane. In 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt 1936, this self-proclaimed "compulsive doodleholic" pencilled and inked his first comic book work, Hiram Hick. By 1938 he was selling humorous filler stories to DC Comics, including Professor Doolittle and Ginger Snap. Kane met writer at a party in 1938, and they soon were collaborating on comic book submissions. Their most famous effort, Batman, first appeare...

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Final Crisis (New Edition) Summary: What happens when evil wins? That's the Grant Morrison, Doug Mahnke, J.G. Jones question Superman, Batman, the Justice League and every 9781401245177 being in the DCU have to face when Darkseid and his Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 otherworldly legion of narcissistic followers actually win the $19.99/$23.99 Can. war between light and dark. Featuring the deaths and 352 pages resurrections of major DC characters, is more Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) than your average multi-part event-it's a deconstruction of Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Super Hero comics and a challenging, thought-provoking take Territory: World except United Kingdom on the modern, four-color icons. Ctn Qty: 22 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Writer Grant Morrison is known for his innovative 0.810 lb Wt work on comics from the graphic novel to 367g Wt acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and , as well as his subversive creator owned titles such as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, JOE THE BARBARIAN and WE3. He has also written best-selling runs on JLA, SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY and New X-Men and recently helped to reinvent the DC Universe in ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, 52, BATMAN and JOE THE BARBARIAN. He wrote the opening salvo to SUPERMAN: A...

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The Green Team: Teen Trillionaires Vol. 1 (The Summary: When four teen trillionaires join forces, nothing is New 52) impossible. The highest tech gadgets, faraway explorations- Art Baltazar, Franco, Ig Guara anything money can buy, really. But as this group of wealthy 9781401246419 teens decide that their future is in superheroics, can anything Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 stop them from achieving their goal? $16.99/$19.99 Can. 192 pages From the Eisner Award-winning creative team of Art Baltazar Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) and Franco comes THE GREEN TEAM: TEEN TRILLIONAIRES Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes VOL. 1! Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 Author Bio: Born in Chicago, Art Baltazar found his way early 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt to comic book art and has been cartooning ever since he can 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt recall, self-publishing in 1994 with such titles as The Cray- Baby Adventures, Gyro-Man, Captain Camel & the Space Chicken, Jimmy Dydo, Lunar , Meteor Mite and the famous Patrick the Wolf Boy. Art has also drawn coloring books for Warner Bros. and has a monthly comic strip in Magazine called Gorilla Gorilla! Art also created an autobiographical graphic...

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The Joker: Death of the Family (The New 52) Summary: After having his face sliced off one year ago, The 9781401246464 Joker makes his horrifying return in this new epic that Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 features Batman's entire network of partners in crimefighting, $24.99/$28.99 Can. including Batgirl, Catwoman, Nightwing, Robin, the Teen 456 pages Titans and more. While threatens the very Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) existence of Gotham City, these heroes-and villains-must find Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes a way to survive. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 CATWOMAN 13-14, BATGIRL 13-16, SUICIDE SQUAD 14-15, 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt BATMAN AND ROBIN 15-16, NIGHTWING 15-16, DETECTIVE 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt COMICS 15-16, RED AND TH...

Author Bio: is a New York Times Best Selling writer whose work includes BATMAN: OF GOTHAM, Power, and . After spending two years at the University of Iowa, Kyle transferred to Chapman University where he co-wrote and directed a superhero noir titled The League, about the 1960's superhero labor union of Chicago. The film opened doors at Marvel Comics, where Kyle co-wrote his first two books with Alec Siegel (Captain

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Absolute Superman/Batman Vol. 2 Summary: The World's Finest join forces in this reality- , , Ed McGuiness bending tale, Superman and Batman rule the Earth with an 9781401248178 , with humanity bending to their will. Before long, the Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 World's Finest Duo is sent careening through a series of $99.99/$112.00 Can. bizarre alternate Earths, facing an assortment of classic DC 336 pages characters including Darkseid, Lex Luthor, , Hardback , Sgt. Rock, , and many more. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Collects Superman/Batman issues #14-26 Ctn Qty: 1 Extras include pencilled pages and character sketches 8.125 in W | 12.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 206mm W | 311mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Jeph Loeb is an Emmy award nominated and Eisner award winning writer/producer living in Los Angeles. In television, his many credits include Smallville, Lost and Heroes and in film, Teen Wolf and Commando. In comics, he is best known for his work with the supremely talented artist and partner-in-crime TIM SALE on BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS,CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME for DC as well as Daredevil Yellow, Spider-Man Blue and Gray for Marvel.

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DC Universe Vs. Masters of the Universe Summary: After narrowly escaping his last battle with He- , Dexter Soy Man, Skeletor has fled to the most unexpected realm to 9781401247201 recover: EARTH! Once there, he sets a plan in motion to Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 siphon off Earth's core magic. Forging an unlikely $14.99/$17.99 Can. party, He-Man and company go in search of Skeletor and find 160 pages themselves at odds with the heroes of the DC Universe, He-

Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Man and the Masters of the Universe must find a way to stop Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Skeletor and his mysterious new master! Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 Author Bio: Keith Giffen works waaaay too much, and 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt frankly…it worries us. A true Renaissance man, Keith has 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt provided either plotting, scripting, breakdowns, pencils, or any combination thereof for titles such as ALL-, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES, , CREEPER, LOBO, SUICIDE SQUAD, The , Hero Squared!, and, um… . Most recently he's been involved with the weekly series 52 and COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS, as well as 52 AFTERMATH: THE FOUR HORSEMEN and , plus a ga...

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Deadman Book Five Summary: Deadman, the groundbreaking undead super hero Andrew Helfer, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez driven to find his own murderer, returns in this fourth 9781401246112 collection of his 1970s adventures. Featuring appearances by Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 Swamp Thing, the Challengers of the Unknown and more, this $16.99/$19.99 Can. title finds Deadman continuing his quest to bring his killer to 176 pages justice while battling occult menaces throughout the DC Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Universe. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Collects stories from DEADMAN #1-4, SECRET ORIGINS #15, Ctn Qty: 44 CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #85-87. 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Andrew Helfer is a longtime comics writer and former editor at DC Comics. He has written long runs on , as well as stories starring DEADMAN, BATMAN, , SWAMP THING and many others. More recently, Helfer MALCOLM X: A GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY for Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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Green Lantern Vol. 3: (The New 52) Summary: Comics' hottest writer Geoff Johns continues his Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke historic run on one of the best-selling titles of DC Comics The 9781401246846 New 52, GREEN LANTERN! Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 $19.99/$23.99 Can. The universe is in shambles and the Guardians are the cause. 264 pages Their mysterious Third Army has risen across the cosmos like Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) a plague, destroying everything in its path and Hal Jordan and Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Sinestro are nowhere to be found. It is up to wrongfuly Territory: World except United Kingdom accused Simon Baz to clear his name and become the hero Ctn Qty: 30 that the Corps needs in order to get to the bottom of Hal... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Geoff Johns is Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment. He has written highly acclaimed stories starring Superman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Teen Titans and The Justice Society of America. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling graphic novels GREEN LANTERN: RAGE OF THE RED LANTERNS, GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA: THY KINGDOM COME and SUPERMAN: BRAINIAC, and is the author of DC Comics' biggest, most recent events, BLACKEST NIGHT, BRIGHTES...

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Green Lantern Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: Just as Hal Jordan, and Guy Robert Venditti, Billy Tan Gardner are putting back together the , 9781401247447 lights across all of the different colored Corps begin to flicker. Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 Lanterns from all over the universe begin to lose power, but $24.99/$28.99 Can. unlike times' past, the reasons for the outage don't seem to 224 pages be in-fighting between one another. Allying with enemies and Hardback friends alike, Hal links the answers to the mysterious Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Relic and their confrontations will leave all the corps forever Territory: World except United Kingdom changed. Ctn Qty: 2 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt GREEN ... 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Robert Venditti is the New York Times best- Other Formats selling author of The Homeland Directive and the sci-fi graphic 9781401248161 $22.99 6/24/14 Hardcover novel series The Surrogates, the first installment of which Related Products was adapted into a feature film starring Bruce Willis and Ving Green Lantern: Lights Out (The New 52) 9781401248161 Rhames. His most recent projects are GREEN LANTERN, GREEN $22.99 6/24/14 Hardcover LANTERN CORPS, and 's X-O Manowar.

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Arrow Vol. 2 Summary: Spinning out of the hit CW television show, these 9781401246037 digital-first chapters, written by show creators Marc Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg, fill in the gaps between $16.99/$19.99 Can. the television show and the comics. This volume explores the 192 pages mystery of what really happened to after his Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) dramatic showdown with Oliver during season one of Arrow! Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In Author Bio: Marc Guggeinheim is award-winning multi-media Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 writer, having scribed film, television, prose, video games and 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt comic books. His television credits include Arrow (co-creator), 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Law & Order, Jack & Bobby, CSI: Miami and Brothers & Sisters. His best known comic book work includes AQUAMAN, SUPERMAN/BATMAN, THE FLASH, JSA, and Amazing Spider- Man, Young X-Men and Supreme Power.

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Batman/Superman Vol. 1 (The New 52) Summary: The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel are close , friends in the modern day-but the two weren't always such 9781401245092 close allies. Discover how two of the World's Finest Super Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 Heroes met for the first time in the New 52, and the $24.99/$28.99 Can. mysterious adventure that takes them to a whole new world- 176 pages the world of Earth 2! The heroes of the main DC Universe Hardback meet their Earth 2 counterparts for the first time! Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Collects Batman/Superman #1-7 Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Greg Pak is an American film director/comic book 1.250 lb Wt writer, known for his work on books published by Marvel 567g Wt Comics, which include "Incredible ," "Incredible Hulk," the crossover event "World War Hulk," and more. He is a graduate of Yale University, where he was a member of the Purple Crayon improv group, and studied history at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and studied film at . His student film, "Fighting Grandpa," won the Gold Medal at the 25th Student Academy A...

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The Joker Anthology Summary: Celebrating Batman and Joker's seventy-five 9781401247591 years as cultural icons, this hardcover Joker Anthology Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 collects stories from the characters seven decades as the $39.99/$47.99 Can. greatest villain in comics. 384 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt

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Suicide Squad Vol. 4: Discipline and Punish Summary: New team members, new direction, new creative (The New 52) team! After the Suicide Squad is nearly massacred, the team Ales Kot, returns to Belle Reve to lick their wounds and bury their dead- 9781401247010 but when they find out what's waiting for them at the prison, Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 they'll wish they were back out in the field! Task Force X has $14.99/$17.99 Can. a new , who will make this team of killers and thieves 144 pages even deadlier than ever before. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes From rising writer Ales Kot comes SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 4: Territory: World except United Kingdom DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH, collecting issues #20-23... Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Ales Kot is a writer of comics, video games, films 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt and prose. His graphic novel debut, Wild Children from , arrived to rave reviews and commercial success in July 2012. He is currently writing SUICIDE SQUAD for DC Comics.

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Superman/Batman Vol. 1 - Public Enemies Summary: The iconic super-heroes unite when longtime Jeph Loeb, , Ed McGuiness Superman enemy Lex Luthor, now president of the United 9781401248185 States, accuses Superman of a crime against humanity, and Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 assembles a top-secret team of powerhouse heroes to bring $19.99/$23.99 Can. Superman in-dead or alive. And in the second storyarc, 336 pages prepare for the arrival of Supergirl! Batman has discovered Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) something strange on the bottom of Gotham Bay, which leads Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes him to a mysterious and powerful teenaged girl bent on Territory: World except United Kingdom destroying Gotham City! What's her connection t... Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Jeph Loeb is an Emmy award nominated and 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Eisner award winning writer/producer living in Los Angeles. In television, his many credits include Smallville, Lost and Heroes and in film, Teen Wolf and Commando. In comics, he is best known for his work with the supremely talented artist and partner-in-crime TIM SALE on BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS,CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME for DC as well as Daredevil Yellow, Spider-Man Blue and Hulk Gray for Marvel.

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All Star Western Vol. 4: Gold Standard (The Summary: Guns and horses, spurs and whiskey. Jonah Hex New 52) has made a living using those weapons to become the Jimmy Palmiotti, , greatest bounty hunter in the old west. But when a strange 9781401246266 man clad in gold with force fields, lasers and the ability to Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 drops into the past, Hex's and grit will be tested as $16.99/$19.99 Can. never before. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) The time traveling member of the Justice League, Booster Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Gold, is featured in ALL STAR WESTERN VOL 4: GOLD Territory: World except United Kingdom STANDARD, written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray. Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Collects issues #17-21. 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Jimmy Palmiotti is a multi-award-winning comic book creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, editorial, film writing and production, media presentation, and video game development. He has created and co-created numerous series and characters, including The New West, THE , 21 DOWN, THE RESISTANCE, Gatecrasher,Beautiful Killer, Back to Brooklyn, The Tattered

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Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New Summary: The first printing of this new hardcover will 52) feature a special acetate jacket showcasing the , , face of The Joker. 9781401246020 Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 After having his face sliced off one year ago, the Joker makes $16.99/$19.99 Can. his horrifying return to Gotham City! But even for man who's 176 pages a lifetime of murder, he's more dangerous than Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) ever before. How can Batman protect his city and those he's Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes closest to? It all leads back to Arkham Asylum… Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 This new hardcover collects the the critically acclaimed tale 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt DEATH OF THE FAMILY ...

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Batman Vol. 4: Zero Year-Secret City (The Summary: The fourth volume in Scott Snyder and Greg New 52) Capullo's best-selling run on Batman! Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo 9781401245085 Still dealing with the death of his son and the aftermath of Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 Death of the Family, Batman must stop a robbery by Bruce $24.99/$28.99 Can. Wayne? Twists and turns are around every corner as Bruce 232 pages must clear his name and stop this mysterious perpetrator, all Hardback leading to the epic "Zero Year." Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Collects issues #21-24, #0 and Batman Annual #2 in Scott Ctn Qty: 24 Snyder's landmark run in this #1 New York Times bestselling Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom series. 1.250 lb Wt 567g Wt Author Bio: Scott Snyder is the bestselling and award- winning writer of Batman, Superman: Unchained, American Vampire and Swamp Thing as well as the short story collection Voodoo Heart. He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife, Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley.

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Watchmen Summary: SOON TO BE A FEATURE FILM! Alan Moore, This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall 9781401245252 from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too- Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero $19.99/$23.99 Can. is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown 448 pages assassin. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes One of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a Territory: US, Canada (no open market) perennial bestseller, WATCHMEN has been studied on college Ctn Qty: 1 campuses across the nation and is considered a gateway Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom title, leading readers to other graphic novels su... 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Author Bio: Alan Moore is perhaps the most acclaimed writer in the graphic story medium, having garnered countless awards for works such as WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, SWAMP THING and . He is also the mastermind behind the America's Best Comics line, through which he has created (along with many talented illustrators) THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, PROMETHEA, , TOMORROW STORIES and TOP TEN. As one of the medium's

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World of Warcraft: Dark Riders Summary: A brand-new original graphic novel featuring Michael Costa, characters from the bestselling video game franchise, World 9781401230289 of Warcraft! Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 $16.99/$19.99 Can. A stalwart mage searches for a powerful artifact, stolen by 144 pages dark riders, only to find his son accused of murder. A Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) righteous priest, driven by a mysterious fervor, investigates a Comics & Graphic Novels / savage Wolf Cult. As the paths of these two men join, a Territory: World except United Kingdom fantastic adventure emerges! Supported by a cast of brave Ctn Qty: 1 heroes, the two find out just how dangerous the wolf cult and 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt dark riders are. 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: is an writer, best known for black ops and war-themed works. He has most recently written RESISTANCE, WORLD OF WARCRAFT and SECRET HISTORY OF THE AUTHORITY: HAWKSMOOR, as well as BLACKHAWKS, as a part of DC Comics-The New 52.

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Aquaman Vol. 3: (The New Summary: Atlantis attacks! Aquaman, long having since 52) severed ties with his people, watches as as armies rise from Geoff Johns, Paul Pelletier, Ivan Reis the water and attack the surface world. The Justice League- 9781401246952 Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash and Cyborg- Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 answer the call, defending the shores from the invading $16.99/$19.99 Can. Atlantean hordes. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) But whose side is Aquaman on? With his brother Orm at the Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes head of the undersea army, will Aquman choose to side with Territory: World except United Kingdom his Earth-bound superteam? Or his own people? Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt From the critically acclaimed crea... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one

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Aquaman Vol. 4: Death of a King (The New 52) Summary: Unfolding out of the events of "THRONE OF Geoff Johns, Paul Pelletier ATLANTIS" comes a mystery that sends Aquaman to the ends 9781401246969 of the Earth to solve an ancient murder-one that will reveal a Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 horrific truth about Arthur Curry and threaten those closest $24.99/$28.99 Can. to him today. 176 pages Also, as the Scavenger compiles more Atlantean weaponry Hardback and artifacts, Aquaman enlists the aid of The Others to help Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes find one missing relic in the Southwestern United States Territory: World except United Kingdom before his enemies can get to it and possess untold power. Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Collects issues #17-... 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises

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The Authority Vol. 1 Summary: A New York Times Bestseller! , 9781401247072 After witnessing the demise of most of her Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 teammates, wants to create a new super hero $19.99/$23.99 Can. team dedicated to protecting Earth against threats of a global 296 pages scale. Joined by former StormWatch members Jack Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Hawksmoor and Shen Li-Min, Jenny recruits four new Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes members, the Doctor, the Engineer, , and the Midnighter Territory: World except United Kingdom forming the ultra-powerful Authority. Collected in this edition Ctn Qty: 26 are their first two missions, battling a nation of super- 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt power... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Warren Ellis is a comics and graphics novel writer best known for the graphic novel series , and THE AUTHORITY. With over thirty-five graphic novels in print, Ellis has received numerous acclaims including Winner of the International Horror Guild award for graphic narrative and being named one of Entertainment Weekly's 100 Most Creative People. Rolling Stone described his work as, "more influenced by Jesus and

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Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 2 Summary: Top writers and artists from comics and beyond 9781401246006 tell tales of the Dark Knight! Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 $14.99/$17.99 Can. This second volume of Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight 168 pages collects short stories of the Dark Knight by Jeff Parker, Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) , Chris Sprouse, Ray Fawkes and more! Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Collects LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #6-10. Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt

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JSA Omnibus by Geoff Johns Vol. 1 Summary: Known for his groundbreaking work on Green Geoff Johns, David Goyer Lantern, in 2000 Geoff Johns brought Justice Society of 9781401247614 America characters rooted in the Golden Age of comics back Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 to the forefront of comics. Mixing younger, edgier characters $99.99/$112.00 Can. with the elder statesmen of superheroes, Johns created an 960 pages action-packed series with compelling storylines that are now Hardback collected here in the JSA Omnibus Vol. 1. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Collected here are JSA #6-28, JSA Annual #1, JSA Secret Ctn Qty: 1 Files #2, JLA/JSA Virtue and Vice, JSA Our Worlds at... 7.250 in W | 10.875 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 184mm W | 276mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises in comics.

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The Spectre Vol. 1: Crimes and Judgements Summary: In these never-before-collected tales from the , 1990s, police detective tries to end his mission 9781401247188 as The Spectre. But the grisly crimes of a serial killer pulls him Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 back into the battle for justice-and sends him on a trip to hell $19.99/$23.99 Can. itself. And the enigmatic mystic known as Madame Xanadu 320 pages tries to help Corrigan and his friends-but her help may lead Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) one of them to commit suicide. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Collects THE SPECTRE #1-12. Ctn Qty: 32 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: John Ostrander is a renowned comics writer who 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt co-created the series GRIMJACK with artist . With his late wife, Kim Yale, he wrote DC's

SUICIDE SQUAD and . With artist Tom Mandrake, he wrote a lengthy run of DC's THE SPECTRE. Ostrander has also written for Marvel Comics and Warp Graphics' ELQUEST series. Recently Ostrander has been writing for Dark Horse's line of comics.

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Batgirl Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New Summary: continues her Batgirl run in a tale 52) that ties into the best-selling Bat-Family event "Death of the Gail Simone, , Daniel Sampere Family." When the Joker returns, Barbara Gordon must 9781401246280 confront her past as she deals with the crazed criminal Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 responsible for crippling her. Plus, once the dust settles, $16.99/$19.99 Can. Barbara must deal with her family demons as her psychotic 224 pages brother James Jr. comes after her. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio: A multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes writer of comics and animation, Gail Simone began writing as a Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 columnist for comicbookresources.com, producing the comics 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt parody column "You'll All Be Sorry." She has since had fan

168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt favorite runs on such books as WONDER WOMAN, SUPERMAN, , and the creator-owned WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY. She currently writes BATGIRL for DC Comics.

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Batgirl Vol. 4: Wanted (The New 52) Summary: Batgirl struggles to continue fighting crime after Gail Simone, Fernando Pasarin, Daniel Sampere being emotionally drained by the death of her brother, James, 9781401246297 Jr. With her relationships with Batman and her father strained, Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 Batgirl face one of Batman's most ruthless villains, The $24.99/$28.99 Can. Ventriloquist, alone. 192 pages Hardback Collects Batgirl issues #19-25, Ventriliquist #1. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: A multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 writer of comics and animation, Gail Simone began writing as a 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt columnist for comicbookresources.com, producing the comics 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt parody column "You'll All Be Sorry." She has since had fan favorite runs on such books as WONDER WOMAN, SUPERMAN, SECRET SIX, BIRDS OF PREY and the creator-owned WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY. She currently writes BATGIRL for DC Comics.

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Batman/Deathblow: After the Summary: One is the World's Greatest Detective with Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo unlimited resources for his vigilante quest for justice. The 9781401247225 other is a soldier; a black-ops killer who does whatever it Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 takes for the greater good. What happens when the two $14.99/$17.99 Can. meet? We'll never know because Michael Cray, code-name 168 pages Deathblow, is dead. The Dark Knight faces the daunting task Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) of finishing a job that someone else started, but for reasons Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes that remain a mystery, refused to finish. That someone was Territory: World except United Kingdom Michael Cray. Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt The 3-issue miniseries... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Brian Azzarello is the writer and co-creator of the award-winning Vertigo series 100 BULLETS. Azzarello's other writing credits for DC Comics include the graphic novel JOKER, as well as BATMAN: BROKEN CITY, LUTHOR and HELLBLAZER. Brian has been featured in ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE and other publications. He is currently writing WONDER WOMAN, as a part of DC COMICS- THE NEW 52.

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The Movement Vol. 1 Summary: Coral City is infected by corruption and crime and Gail Simone, Freddie Williams II its up to the citizens to fight back! 9781401246402 Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 sees a young group of super-heroes rise up $16.99/$19.99 Can. and take back the streets of their corrupt city. But when one 192 pages of their own is captured by the police, its Coral City's finest Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) against the citizens they have negelected to protect. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: A multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 writer of comics and animation, Gail Simone began writing as a 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt columnist for comicbookresources.com, producing the comics 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt parody column "You'll All Be Sorry." She has since had fan favorite runs on such books as WONDER WOMAN, SUPERMAN, SECRET SIX, BIRDS OF PREY and the creator-owned WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY. She currently writes BATGIRL for DC Comics.

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Showcase Presents: Vol. 1 Summary: This new, value priced Showcase Presents 9781401247577 collection features tales of TV's Super Friends from the 1970s Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 based on the hit animated TV series "Super Friends." Batman, $19.99/$23.99 Can. Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash, Green 448 pages Lantern, Green Arrow and other heroes battle the evil of The Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Riddler, the Time Trapper and many other DC Universe villains Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes in these kid-friendly stories. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 Collects SUPER FRIENDS #1-34. 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: E. Nelson Bridwell went from being one of comics' earliest fans in the 1950s to a position as assistant to editor in 1965. Renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge of comics history, Bridwell was soon serving as DC's unofficial "continuity cop" during an era when editors and writers were only just beginning to tie together DC's more than quarter century of history. In addition to his editorial duties, Bridwell was also a prolific writer, whose credits include a run on t...

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Catwoman Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: After being robbed time and time again by , Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarrogana Catwoman, Gotham City crime lord the Penguin has decided to 9781401246273 wage war against the thieving anti-hero. However, he isn't Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 the only one after her. Someone named the Joker's Daughter $16.99/$19.99 Can. is after Catwoman. Who is she, and why has she come to 208 pages Gotham City? Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Writer Ann Nocenti continues her run on the title with Territory: World except United Kingdom CATWOMAN VOL. 4, collecting issues #20-24, CATWOMAN Ctn Qty: 38 ANNUAL #1 and JOKER'S DAUGHTER #1. 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Ann Nocenti is thrilled to be back in comics, writing CATWOMAN and KATANA for DC Comics. She wrote for Marvel Comics in the late-1980s, writing Daredevil, editing the X-Men, and creating the characters Longshot, Typhoid, Spiral, Blackheart and more. Nocenti teaches filmmaking at the Indigenous Film Circle in Norway, to Native Americans in Tulsa, and in Haiti for two years. Her journalism has appeared in Details, Utne, HEEB, Stop Smiling, PRINT, Filmmaker, Scenario, and more. She has...

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Red Lanterns Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: Enter of the Red Lantern Corps! , Alessandro Vitti 9781401247423 Hal recruits Guy on an impossible mission - to spy on the Red Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 Lantern Corp from within. But when the ring takes hold of $16.99/$19.99 Can. Guy again, it takes everything in him not to lose himself. And 192 pages with the Red Lantern Corps still in shambles after the First Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Lantern's attack, they are completely unprepared for the Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes ancient evil known as Relic. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 Author Bio: Based in Brooklyn, New York, Charles Soule is a 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt writer of novels (graphic and otherwise), comics, screenplays 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt and stories of all types. He plays the guitar fairly well and speaks at least one language.

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Shazam! Vol. 1 (The New 52) Summary: Young orphan Billy Batson has bounced from Geoff Johns, foster home to foster home, but he's far from the ideal child. 9781401246990 Brash and rude, Billy is a troubled teen that just can't seem to Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 find a calling. But after a fateful night on a subway car, that $16.99/$19.99 Can. all will change. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Brought to the feet of the magical Shazam at the Rock Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes of , Billy is imbued with powers beyond any mortal Territory: World except United Kingdom man. By shouting the wizard's name-Shazam!-the young teen Ctn Qty: 42 is mystically transformed into the powerhouse known as 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Cap... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises

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Tales of the Batman: Summary: In 1964, DC Comics enlisted artist Carmine Carmine Infantino Infantino to introduce the "new look" Batman. As he had with 9781401247553 The Flash and before, Infantino came up with a Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 slick, modern look for the series, making the Dark Knight a $49.99/$58.00 Can. creature of the shadows once more. These stories and 520 pages especially their cover illustrations showcase Infantino's Hardback powerful design sense, one that influenced DC's cover artwork Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes for years to come. In addition, Batman's many battles against Territory: World except United Kingdom crime in the streets of Gotham C... Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: The man most closely associated with the Silver 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt Age Flash, Carmine Infantino began working in comics in the mid-1940s as the artist on such features as Green Lantern, , Ghost Patrol and the original Golden Age Flash. Infantino lent his unique style to a variety of super-hero, , and Western features throughout the 1950s until he was tapped to pencil the 1956 of the Flash. While continuing to pencil the FLASH series, he also provided the art for other st...

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Batman & Robin Vol. 3: Death of the Family Summary: A direct tie to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's (The New 52) "Death in the Family" Batman story comes the disturbingly , Patrick Gleason, Mick Gray creepy and psychological thriller of Batman and Robin by the 9781401246174 all star team of Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 $14.99/$17.99 Can. The Joker returns to test Batman and the extended Bat-family 144 pages but when he squares off against Batman's son Damian aka Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Robin! With Batman's life hanging in the balance, The Clown Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Prince of Crime pushes Robin to his limits and beyond. And Territory: World except United Kingdom with the 300th anniversary of the fo... Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Peter J. Tomasi, a life-long New Yorker, is an 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt NYU grad with degrees in political science and filmmaking. Peter has helped re-imagine many characters and books over the course of his extensive and exclusive career at DC Comics as a writer and editor. Peter's newest projects are BATMAN & ROBIN and GREEN LANTERN CORPS, both a part of DC Comics- The New 52. His previous works include GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS, BATMAN: BLACKEST KNIGHT, THE , NIGHTWING, PHANTO...

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Batman & Robin Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: Spinning out from the tragic death of Damian Peter Tomasi, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, Mick Gray Wayne in the pages of Batman Incorporated, the Dark Knight 9781401246181 attempts to cope with the death of not only his partner, Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 Robin, the Boy Wonder, but also his son. Will he be able to $22.99/$26.99 Can. deal with his grief on his own, or will he turn to his allies to 144 pages try and help him through the pain? Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Collects BATMAN AND ROBIN #18-23. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 Author Bio: PETER J. TOMASI, a life-long New Yorker, is an 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt NYU grad with degrees in political science and filmmaking. 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt Peter has helped re-imagine many characters and books over the course of his extensive and exclusive career at DC Comics as a writer and editor. Peter's current projects include GREEN LANTERN CORPS and BATMAN & ROBIN. His recent writing credits include BRIGHTEST DAY, GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS, BATMAN: BLACKEST KNIGHT, THE OUTSIDERS, NIGHTWING, , ...

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Batman: Arkham Asylum Living Hell Deluxe Summary: ARKHAM ASYLUM: LIVING HELL examines the dark Edition underbelly of Gotham's notorious "House of Madness!" Warren , White, one of Gotham's most successful financiers, thought 9781401247515 he could beat his jail rap by pleading insanity. Now he's Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 finding out why you don't cop an insanity plea in Gotham! $22.99/$26.99 Can. Expect appearances by Batman, The Joker, Two-Face, Poison 160 pages Ivy, Killer Croc, and the rest of Arkham's regulars-plus the Hardback debut of several new Rogues! This new deluxe edition collects Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes the miniseries in hardcover fo... Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 Author Bio: Dan Slott is an American comic book writer best 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H | 1.250 lb Wt known for his work on titles such as The Amazing Spider-Man, 179mm W | 276mm H | 567g Wt Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, She-Hulk, and the twice-monthly series The Superior Spider-Man.

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Before Watchmen: Minutemen/ Spectre Summary: The controversial, long-awaited prequels to the , best-selling graphic novel of all-time are finally here: BEFORE 9781401245122 WATCHMEN! For over twenty years, the back stories of the Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 now-iconic characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's $19.99/$23.99 Can. landmark graphic novel had been the subject of much debate 288 pages and theorizing. Now, DC Comics has assembled the greatest Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) creators in the industry to further paint the world of Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes WATCHMEN, starting with this first volume starring Territory: World except United Kingdom MINUTEMEN and SILK SPECTRE Ctn Qty: 26 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom The critically ... 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Author Bio: Darwyn Cooke is an Eisner Award-winning comic book writer, artist, cartoonist and animator, known for his work on the comic books CATWOMAN, DC: THE NEW FRONTIER, THE SPIRIT and Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter.

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Stormwatch Vol. 2 Summary: Warren Ellis concludes his run on Stormwatch, Warren Ellis redefining the team and introducing new members, including 9781401237271 the powerhouse Apollo and brutal Midnighter. But when Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 disaster strikes in the form of aliens creatures, can the team $19.99/$23.99 Can. survive? Plus, Warren Ellis introduces the concept of The 384 pages Bleed, the fabric between that becomes a major Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) aspect of the Wildstorm and DC Universe! Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: Warren Ellis is a prolific writer whose works Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 include the novel (William Morrow) and, for 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Marvel Comics, , , Newuniversal and many 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt others. His work for DC Comics includes PLANETARY, TOKYO WARNING, STORMWATCH, OCEAN, , HELLBLAZER, and a five-year run on TRANSMETROPOLITAN.

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Stormwatch Vol. 4: Reset (The New 52) Summary: On their first off-planet mission, the new , Yvet Guichet StormWatch has to prove itself, but a run-in with the 9781401248413 Kollective, creatures made of psychic energy who can move Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 anywhere in time and in the universe, threatens to force $16.99/$19.99 Can. Stormwatch to seek intergalactic criminal Lobo's help. The 224 pages power of the Kollective reveals secrets about Midnighter and Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Apollo's origin and others that threaten to destroy Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Stormwatch from the inside out Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 Author Bio: Jim Starlin is the acclaimed author of classic graphic novels including COSMIC ODYSSEY, BATMAN: A 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt DEATH IN THE FAMILY, DEATH OF THE NEW GODS and MYSTERY IN SPACE as well as the 1982 Marvel Comics graphic novel The Death of Captain Marvel.

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Swamp Thing Vol. 4: Seeder (The New 52) Summary: Fetters Hill was once a thriving Scottish town Charles Soule, Kano whose inhabitants relied on the riches of their whiskey 9781401246396 distillery to support themselves. Once closed, Fetters Hill Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 began a slow decline, until a mysterious stranger by the name $16.99/$19.99 Can. of Seeder arrives in the desperate town with a gift: a tree 176 pages that whiskey like fruit. It's a disturbance in the natural Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) order of "the green" that draws the Swamp Thing's attention Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror as well as John . The newfound joy in Fetters Hill Territory: World except United Kingdom may be shortlive... Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Based in Brooklyn, New York, Charles Soule is a 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt writer of novels (graphic and otherwise), comics, screenplays and stories of all types. He plays the guitar fairly well and speaks at least one language.

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Before Watchmen: Comedian/ Summary: A New York Times Best Seller! Brian Azzarello, J.G. Jones, Lee Bermejo 9781401245139 The controversial, long-awaited prequels to the best-selling Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 graphic novel of all-time are finally here: BEFORE WATCHMEN! $19.99/$23.99 Can. For over twenty years, the back stories of the now iconic 256 pages characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's landmark Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) graphic novel have remained a mystery, until now. DC Comics Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes has assembled the greatest creators in the industry to further Territory: World except United Kingdom paint the world of WATCHMEN, with this second volume Ctn Qty: 30 starring two of the most polarizing anti-heroes ev... Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Brian Azzarello is the writer and co-creator of 367g Wt the award-winning Vertigo series 100 BULLETS. Azzarello's other writing credits for DC Comics include the graphic novel JOKER, as well as BATMAN: BROKEN CITY, LUTHOR, WONDER WOMAN and HELLBLAZER. Brian has been featured in ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE and other publications.

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JLA Vol. 5 Summary: In this latest trade paperback collecting JLA 47- Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch 60 - JLA Heaven's Ladder 1, the JLA has always been a team 9781401247508 of superheroes that have relied on each other to defeat Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 insurmountable odds. But with Batman's betrayal and $24.99/$28.99 Can. expulsion from the group, suddenly the team has become 434 pages divided amongst themselves. Dealing with dangerous issues of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) trust, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Aquaman, Martiam Manhunter, and must try and Territory: World except United Kingdom unite to face off against the twisted fairy-t... Ctn Qty: 1 Author Bio: Mark Waid bought his first comic at age four and 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt has never once since entertained the notion of not buying comics. In his early twenties, granted only the writing skills one absorbs by living life as a copious reader, Waid began freelance reporting for and eventually editing comic-book trade publications such as Amazing Heroes. This led to an editorial tenure at DC Comics. Waid left DC's staff in 1989 to pursue a full-time freelance career. Since then, he has written stories for ever...

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Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: A new era begins for and the Outlaws! James Tynion IV, Julius Gopez, Al Barrionuevo 9781401246365 Following the Joker's horrifying attack on the Bat-family, Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 Todd finds himself lost in his own past. Kori and Arsenal $16.99/$19.99 Can. set out on a treacherous journey to the far reaches of the 200 pages globe to rescue him, but when they come face to face with Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) the All Caste, , and the League of Assassins, Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes the Outlaws might reach their breaking point. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 38 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt

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Superman: H’el On Earth (The New 52) Summary: H'El has come to Earth! A figure from Krypton's past has come to Earth, hoping to revive the dead planet-in 9781401246129 place of this one. Superman, Superboy, Supergirl and the Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 Justice League stand ready to fight, but whose side is $19.99/$23.99 Can. everyone on? As hero fights against hero, will the Kryptonians 328 pages be able to defeat H'El, who is their equal in every way? Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes The first Super-crossover in the New 52 is here in SUPERMAN: Territory: World except United Kingdom H'EL ON EARTH, written by Scott Lobdell, Mike Johnson and Ctn Qty: 22 Tom DeFalco, with art by Kennet... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Scott Lobdell is a veteran of the comic book industry, having worked with nearly every major American comic book publisher. Lobdell is best known for his work on Marvel's X-Men franchise in the 1990's, penning such works as Uncanny X-Men, , The Age of Apocalypse, Generation X, amongst others. He is currently the writer of SUPERMAN and TEEN TITANS, each a part of DC Comics - The New 52.

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World’s Finest Vol. 3 (The New 52) Summary: and , the Worlds' Finest, , Kevin McGuire continue to discover connections between this Earth and 9781401246167 Earth 2, in this graphic novel by legendary creators Paul Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 Levitz and artist Kevin Maguire. $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages The forces of Apokolips hunt down Huntress and Power Girl Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) led by the villianous DeSaad! Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: Paul Levitz entered comics in 1971 as editor of Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 The Comic Reader, the newszine, which won two 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Best Fanzine Comic Art Fan Awards. He has received the 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Inkpot Award and the Humanitarian Award and serves on the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund board. Levitz is known for his writing, including an acclaimed run on the LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES, a series to which he's returned. On staff from 1973, Levitz was DC's youngest editor ever, ultimately became publisher in 1989 ...

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Before Watchmen: Nite /Dr. Summary: Discover what happened before WATCHMEN as J. Michael Straczynski, , writer J. Michael Straczynski is joined by and the 9781401245146 legendary Joe Kubert to take flight with the gadget-savvy Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 vigilante known as Nite Owl! And then in BEFORE WATCHMEN: $19.99/$23.99 Can. DR. MANHATTAN, JMS teams with fan-favorite artist Adam 288 pages Hughes on the all-powerful super-man Dr. Manhattan. For Dr. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Manhattan, past, present, and future are one and the same. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes But as he observes the events of his life, do they remain the Territory: World except United Kingdom same? Or are they changed? The ver... Ctn Qty: 26 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI has worked in 0.810 lb Wt television, comics and, most recently, motion pictures. In 367g Wt comics, he is known for The Amazing Spider-Man, The Twelve, Thor and Silver Surfer: Requiem, as well as SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE Volumes 1 & 2 and BEFORE WATCHMEN for DC Comics. He is the creator of the hit TV series Babylon 5, and was nominated for the 2009 Best Writer Eisner Award. In movies, he is known for writing films including Changeling, Thor and a forthcoming reinterpretation of Forbid...

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Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Frank Summary: 's amazing, finely detailed artwork Quitely has been gracing the pages of DC Comics since he began Frank Quietly illustrating stories in THE BIG BOOK series, from DC's Paradox 9781401248406 Press imprint, in the mid-90's. Quitely quickly earned a name Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 for himself illustrating fellow Scotsman Grant Morrison's FLEX $39.99/$47.99 Can. , JLA EARTH 2, as well as Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN: 368 pages NIGHTS. Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Frank Quitely collects all of Territory: World except United Kingdom Quitely's BIG BOOK stories, his ALL STAR SUPERMAN and Ctn Qty: 1 BATMA... 8.625 in W | 11.625 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 219mm W | 295mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Frank Quitely was born in Glasgow in 1968. Some of his most notable work has been for DC Comics/Vertigo, including , BATMAN: THE SCOTTISH CONNECTION, THE KINGDOM: OFFSPRING, JLA: EARTH 2, THE INVISIBLES, TRANSMETROPOLITAN, THE AUTHORITY, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS, WE3, ALL-STAR SUPERMAN and BATMAN & ROBIN. For Marvel Comics, he's worked on New X- Men with frequent collborator Grant Morrison. He is also a

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Green Lantern: Lights Out (The New 52) Summary: The epic event that will forever change the Robert Venditti, Billy Tan universe and the different color Lantern Corps forever! 9781401248161 Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 Relic has arrived and the universe with shiver in his wake. The $22.99/$26.99 Can. lights of the Lanterns are fading as the emotional spectrum is 160 pages being drained. It is up to Hal and the Green Lanterns to rally Hardback the other Corps together if they are going to survive. Many Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes won't and others will change allegiances, but one thing is Territory: World except United Kingdom certain-nothing will ever be the same. Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Robert Venditti is the New York Times best- 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt selling author of The Homeland Directive and the sci-fi graphic novel series The Surrogates, the first installment of which Other Formats was adapted into a feature film starring Bruce Willis and Ving 9781401247447 $24.99 4/29/14 Hardcover Rhames. His most recent projects are GREEN LANTERN, GREEN Related Products LANTERN CORPS, DEMON KNIGHTS and Valiant's X-O Green Lantern Vol. 4 (The New 52) 9781401247447 $24.99 Manowar. 4/29/14 Hardcover

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Larfleeze Vol. 1 (The New 52) The fan favorite Orange Lantern stars in his first Keith Giffen, ongoing series! 9781401245214 Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 $16.99/$19.99 Can. Summary: In his debut adventure, Larfleeze meets 200 pages Laord of the Hunt, a pan-dimensional cosmic entity that Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) believes all living things are prey-and he's out to turn the Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes universe into his own private hunting reserve! And the only Territory: World except United Kingdom thing worse than Laord is the deadly beings he can summon! Ctn Qty: 38 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Keith Giffen works waaaay too much, and 367g Wt frankly…it worries us. A true Renaissance man, Keith has provided either plotting, scripting, breakdowns, pencils, or any combination thereof for titles such as ALL-STAR COMICS, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES, RAGMAN, CREEPER, LOBO, SUICIDE SQUAD, The Defenders, Hero Squared!, and, um… AMBUSH BUG. Most recently he's been involved with the weekly series 52 and COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS, as well as 52 AFTERMATH: THE FOUR HORSEMEN and MIDNIGHTER, plus a ga...

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Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster Summary: In these stories, a variety of heroes including the featuring the Atomic Knights Atomic Knights, Kamandi, Hercules and many others must face 9781401242909 a post-apocalyptic future brought about by the mysterious Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 "Great Disaster." $19.99/$23.99 Can. 576 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Collects stories from #117, 120, 123, Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes 126, 129, 132, 135, 138, 141, 144, 147, 150, 153, 156 and Territory: World except United Kingdom 160, 1st ISSUE SPECIAL #1, HERCULES UNBOUND #1-10, Ctn Qty: 1 KAMANDI #43-46, WEIRD WAR TALES #22, 23, 30, 32, 40, 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 42-44, 46-49, 51-53, 64, 68, 69 and 123, HOUSE OF 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt MYSTERY #318, SUPERMAN #295, HOU...

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Batman - Detective Comics Vol. 3: Emperor Summary: Author of the critically acclaimed Image Penguin (The New 52) series takes over writing duties on DC Comics' , Jason Fabok flagship titles DETECTIVE COMICS. 9781401246341 Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 The Dark Knight faces a series of his deadliest enemies, $16.99/$19.99 Can. including Poison Ivy, , and the Penguin, all while 192 pages dealing with the events of the best-selling Bat-Family Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) crossover "Death of the Family." Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: Once an editor for Wildstorm, John Layman Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 turned to writing comics full-time in 2002 and mainly wrote for 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Marvel Comics. However, he is mostly known for his creator- 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt owned titles at Image Comics, such as the graphic novel Puffed and the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series Chew. He currently writes the monthly adventures of the Dark Knight in DETECTIVE COMICS.

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Batman - Detective Comics Vol. 4 (The New Summary: Author of the critically acclaimed Image 52) series Chew continues his run on DC Comics' flagship John Layman, Jason Fabok title DETECTIVE COMICS. 9781401246334 Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 The Dark Knight faces a multitude of threats, including the $24.99/$28.99 Can. mystery of "the 900," the new Emperor Penguin, and the 224 pages deadly Wrath. Hardback Author Bio: Once an editor for Wildstorm, John Layman Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes turned to writing comics full-time in 2002 and mainly wrote for Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 Marvel Comics. However, he is mostly known for his creator- 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt owned titles at Image Comics, such as the graphic novel 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt Puffed and the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series Chew. He currently writes the monthly adventures of the Dark Knight in DETECTIVE COMICS.

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Before Watchmen: Ozymandias/Crimson Summary: A New York Times Best Seller! Corsair , Jae Lee, Discover what happened before WATCHMEN. The team of 9781401245153 legendary writer Len Wein and acclaimed artist Jae Lee-in his Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 first DC Comics' work in nearly a decade-delve into the mind $19.99/$23.99 Can. of the smartest man in the world: Ozymandias. How does one 256 pages go from the son of immigrant parents to becoming the world's Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) smartest man? Adrian Veidt begins his journey, both spiritual Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes and physical, that will one day make him one of the most Territory: World except United Kingdom pivotal players in the world-changing events o... Ctn Qty: 30 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Len Wein co-created SWAMP THING early in a 0.810 lb Wt writing career that has included work on every major hero and 367g Wt villain at both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. As a writer, Wein is also credited with co-creating Wolverine for Marvel and for DC. Wein was one of the editors on WATCHMEN, and has also been Editor-in-Chief at both Marvel Comics and Disney Comics before settling in to a successful career writing comic books and animation.

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Injustice: Gods Among Us Vol. 1 Summary: From the makers of Mortal Kombat comes the Tom Taylor, Jheremy Raapack critically acclaimed prequel comic to the smash hit fighting 9781401248437 game Injustice: Gods Among Us! Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 $16.99/$19.99 Can. Things in the DC Universe have changed after Superman is 192 pages tricked into destroying the one thing he loves the most. Now Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) unwilling to let crime go unpunished, the heroes of our world Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes must choose if they are with Superman or against him. But Territory: World except United Kingdom not every country will submit to his new world order and Ctn Qty: 42 neither will Superman's greatest threat-Batman! 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Collects #1...

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Injustice: Gods Among Us Vol. 2 Summary: From the makers of Mortal Kombat comes the Tom Taylor, Jheremy Raapack critically acclaimed prequel comic to the smash hit fighting 9781401246013 game Injustice: Gods Among Us! Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 $19.99/$23.99 Can. From the ashes of Metropolis comes Superman and the JLA's 176 pages newest ally: Lex Luthor! Against all odds, he's not only Hardback survived but now embraces Superman's goals. Of course, Lex Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In has his own ideas for how to create a better world. The Man Territory: World except United Kingdom of Steel trusts him, but can the rest of his allies be so sure? Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Tom Taylor has written plays that have been 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt produced across four continents, from the Sydney Opera House to the Edinburgh Festival. He has killed characters for DC Comics and created characters for Lucasfilm. He has written comics which have been reprinted in French, German and Spanish but he can't read any of them. He has sung for thousands in concert halls and acted to tens in the smallest of black-box theatres. He has sent Luke Skywalker on a quest and taught a lesson....

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Absolute All-Star Batman And Robin, The Boy Summary: , the creator of Sin City and talent Wonder responsible for some of Batman's greatest tales, (BATMAN: Frank Miller, Jim Lee , BATMAN: YEAR ONE) teams with 9781401247638 superstar artist Jim Lee (BATMAN: HUSH) to TELL the high- Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 octane origin story of 's transformation into $99.99/$112.00 Can. Robin, the Boy Wonder. This ultimate tale of the Dynamic Duo 256 pages features guest appearances by Superman, Wonder Woman, Hardback Green Lantern, Black Canary and Batgirl as you've never seen Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes them before. This epic graphic novel i... Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 18 Author Bio: Frank Miller is an American writer, artist and film 8.125 in W | 12.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt director best known for his film noir-style comic book stories. 206mm W | 311mm H | 567g Wt He is one of the most widely-recognized and popular creators in comics and is one of the most influential comics creators of his generation. His works include BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN, ALL- STAR BATMAN & ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER, Sin City and 300.

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Cinder & Ashe Summary: Cinder & Ashe are a team of private investigators , Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez hired to find a kidnapped girl-but as they travel across the 9781401246389 U.S. on her trail, their own traumatic pasts come back to Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 them. Ashe is a veteran of the , while $14.99/$17.99 Can. Cinder is the daughter of another U.S. soldier and a native 128 pages Vietnamese woman. This series was written by veteran Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) comics and TV writer Gerry Conway, whose credits include Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers and the Justice Territory: World except United Kingdom League of America, as well as the TV series... Ctn Qty: 60 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Gerry Conway began his professional comic book 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt career in 1969 when DC Comics published his first work in its anthology title THE HOUSE OF SECRETS. He went on to co- create the characters the Nuclear Man, and Killer Croc for DC. Conway also worked for Marvel Comics, where he notably wrote "The Night Died" in The Amazing Spider-Man #121 as well as serving briefly as that company's editor-in-chief. His numerous writing credits include the first DC/Marvel crosso...

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Green Lantern Corps Vol. 3: Willpower Peter J. Tomasi, Fernando Pasarin 9781401247669 Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 30 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt

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Green Lantern Corps Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: A new era begins for John Stewart and the Green Robert Venditti, Van Jensen Lantern Corps! 9781401247454 Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 The Guardians are dead leaving the Corps to fend for itself. $24.99/$28.99 Can. But the has been done to the galaxy and the Green 192 pages Lanterns are in shambles. It is up to John Stewart to train a Hardback group of rookie ringslingers with deadly foes hot on their tails Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes and rings that aren't functioning properly. There is an ancient Territory: World except United Kingdom evil lurking at the edge of the universe, one that threatens to Ctn Qty: 22 extinguish their life forever. 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Robert Venditti is the New York Times bestselling author of The Homeland Directive and the sci-fi graphic novel series The Surrogates, the first installment of which was adapted into a feature film starring Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames. He also writes the graphic novel adaptations of Rick Riordan's bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians novels. His most recent projects are the ongoing monthly comic book series X-O Manowar, Green Lantern, and Demon Knights.

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Harlan Ellison’s 7 Against Chaos Summary: , science fiction's brightest luminary, Harlan Ellison, has joined forces with multi-award winning artist Paul 9781401245559 Chadwick, creator of the incomparable Concrete, to bring you Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 SEVEN AGAINST CHAOS, a graphic novel that is singular, $16.99/$19.99 Can. powerful and unpredictable. This extraordinary odyssey of 208 pages mystery and adventure will take you to the rim of reality and Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) beyond. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom In a distant future, Earth is in grave danger: The fabric of Ctn Qty: 38 reality itself in unraveling, leading to catastrophic natural 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt disasters, dis... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Harlan Ellison has written or edited 75 books; more than 1700 stories, essays, articles, and newspaper columns; two dozen teleplays, for which he received the Writers Guild of America most outstanding teleplay award for solo work an unprecedented four times; and a dozen movies. He won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award twice, the Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker award six times (including The Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996),

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Superboy Vol. 4: Blood and Steel (The New 52) Summary: The Teen of Steel decides it's time to become Justin Jordan, RB Silva more proactive in his battle against evil. The H.I.V.E. agency 9781401246853 and their psi-operatives are a perfect place to begin. But as Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 Superboy, with help from the Teen Titans, get closer to these $14.99/$17.99 Can. lethal enemies, they'll find secrets and revelations darker than 160 pages they ever could have imagined. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes This new chapter of the Teen of Steel begins with rising star Territory: World except United Kingdom writer Justin Jordan (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode) Ctn Qty: 46 taking the helm on SUPERBOY VOL. 4: BLOO... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Justin Jordan is a comic book writer best known for his work with DC Comics and Image Comics. For Image, he has created the critically acclaimed graphic novel series The Strange Talent of Luther Strode. He is currently writing SUPERBOY and GREEN LANTERN: THE NEW GUARDIANS for DC Comics as a part of The New 52.

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Batman: Bruce Wayne - Fugitive (New Edition) Summary: Indicted for killing his sometime girlfriend Vesper 9781401246822 Fairchild, Bruce Wayne is sent to Blackgate Prison…only to Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 escape, launching a citywide manhunt. Now Batman has now $29.99/$35.00 Can. gone to ground-renouncing his true identity and operating 448 pages deeper in the shadows than ever before. It falls to his Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) extended family-Nightwing, Robin, Oracle, Batgirl, Spoiler, and Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Alfred to figure out who really did commit the murder. While Territory: World except United Kingdom the clues point to a possible setup, no one can deny that Ctn Qty: 1 those same clues might poi... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: A one-time cartoonist, Ed Brubaker has been working as a writer since the early 1990s, and in that time his work has won several awards, including both the Harvey and Eisner Awards for Best Writer in 2007, and has been translated around the world. His comics credits include BATMAN, CATWOMAN, GOTHAM CENTRAL and SLEEPER for DC/WildStorm and Daredevil, Captain America and Criminal for Marvel.

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Justice League of America Vol. 1: World’s Most Summary: Following the events of Throne of Atlantis, it is Dangerous (The New 52) deemed nessesary to create a League. This new Geoff Johns, , Doug Mahnke superhero team is under the command of Col. Steve Travor, 9781401246891 of the United States Military's A.R.G.U.S. division(Advanced Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 Research Group Uniting Superhumans). Signing up for duty $16.99/$19.99 Can. with this new incarnation of the JLA are Catwoman, Katanna, 224 pages Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, Steve Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Trevor, Hawkman, Star Girl and the long-awaited return of Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes 80s superhero, . Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 Collects iss... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises

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Justice League of America Vol. 2 Matt Kindt, Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy 9781401247263 Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 176 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt

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Nightwing Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: Kyle Higgins sends Nightwing to the Windy City to Kyle Higgins, , track down his parent's killer! 9781401246303 Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 After the Joker's attack on the Bat-family, Nightwing finds $14.99/$17.99 Can. himself in a new setting with an unlikely ally, The Prankster. 160 pages Together they are being by the mysterious Mask Killer Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) while Dick tries to find the man who killed his parents, Tony Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Zullo. Twists and surprises are at every turn in this exciting Territory: World except United Kingdom new chapter of Nightwing! Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Kyle Higgins is an American comic book writer 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt best known for his work with DC Comics. Higgins' knack for dynamic action scenes and pacing make him one of the best up and coming talents in the industry. His previous works include the limited series BATMAN: GATES OF GOTHAM along with best-selling writer Scott Snyder, as well as BATMAN and DETECTIVE COMICS. He is currently writing NIGHTWING as a part of DC Comics - The New 52

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Birds of Prey Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: The traitor within the Birds of Prey finally shows Christy Marx, Romano Molenaar, Vicente Cifuentes her face, as the team struggles to recollect itself in the wake 9781401246358 of such a deadly, costly betrayal. They'l have no room to Pub Date: 7/22/14, On Sale Date: 7/22 breathe, as two terrifying organizations-Basilisk and the Court $16.99/$19.99 Can. of Owls-come back from team members' pasts to haunt the 208 pages Birds. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Writer Christy Marx (SWORD OF SORCERY) jumps onto one of Territory: World except United Kingdom DC's most unpredictable titles in BIRDS OF PREY VOL. 4. Ctn Qty: 38 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Christy Marx is an American writer and a 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt photographer. She is the creator of the popular animated television series Jem and the Holograms and has written scripts for various episodes of animated television including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Conan the Adventurer, G.I. Joe, Hypernauts, Captain Power and others. She is known for her original comic book series Sisterhood of Steel as well as work on Conan, , and Elfquest. She is currently the writer of BIRDS OF PREY.

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Damian: Deluxe Edition Summary: , the son of Batman, has adopted Andy Kubert, Grant Morrison the cape and cowl as his own…but what horrific events set 9781401246426 this troubled hero on the path of his dark destiny? It's a Pub Date: 7/22/14, On Sale Date: 7/22 possible future that may never be in this epic written and $24.99/$28.99 Can. drawn by one of Damian's co-creators, Andy Kubert! Plus, in a 208 pages tale written by Grant Morrison, Damian Wayne is the Batman Hardback of Tomorrow in a story set 15 years from now in a nightmarish Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes future Gotham! In a world torn apart by terrorism, plagues, Territory: World except United Kingdom weather and bizarre s... Ctn Qty: 20 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics 179mm W | 276mm H | 567g Wt for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers - including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men - as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, , WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the award- winning pages of SEVEN SOLDIERS, ALL-STAR SUP...

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Supergirl Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: In the aftermath of H'EL ON EARTH, Supergirl's Michael Alan Nelson, Mahmud Asrar world has been shattered in every way possible. Kara Zor-El 9781401247003 searches the stars for a new home, but in doing so, Pub Date: 7/22/14, On Sale Date: 7/22 encounters one of Superman's deadliest enemies in his New $14.99/$17.99 Can. 52 debut: Cyborg Superman! 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) New writer Michael Alan Nelson takes over the Girl of Steel in Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes SUPERGIRL VOL. 4, collecting issues #21-26. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 Author Bio: Michael Alan Nelson is a comic book writer that 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt previously worked at BOOM! Studios on such titles as the 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Chutulu series, Hexed and 28 Days Later. He recently began working at DC Comics where he penned the final issues of THE RAVAGERS and is now currently writing SUPERGIRL.

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Tales of the Batman: J.H. Williams III Summary: New York Times Best-selling artist and writer J.H. JH Williams Williams III's work with Batman in Gotham now is collected in 9781401247621 Tales of the Batman: J.H. Williams III! Pub Date: 7/22/14, On Sale Date: 7/22 $49.99/$58.00 Can. Spanning Detective Comics, Batman and Legends of the Dark 448 pages Knight, this collection showcases J.H. Williams III work on Hardback Batman across the years. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: J.H. Williams entered the comics field in 1991 Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 and immediately began getting attention for his finely crafted 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt work on such titles as Batman, Starman and Seven Soldiers of 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt Victory. William's went on to co-create and pencil the hit series PROMETHEA with comics legend Alan Moore. His recent works include writing and drawing the critically acclaimed DC- The New 52 title BATWOMAN as well as drawing Neil Gaiman's return to the legendary SANDMAN series.

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Teen Titans Vol. 4: Light and Dark (The New Summary: The Teen Titans face off against one of their 52) quintesential rivals for the first time in The New 52: the Scott Lobdell, extradimensional demon lord ! 9781401246242 Pub Date: 7/22/14, On Sale Date: 7/22 The demon Trigon triumphs over the Teen Titans, turning one $14.99/$17.99 Can. of their own against the team! As he begins to turn 144 pages Manhattan into a staging ground for a demonic takeover of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) the planet, the Titans must mend the cracks formed between Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes them if they stand any chance against the demonic villains Territory: World except United Kingdom and his corrupted children. Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Scott Lobdell is a veteran of the comic book 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt industry, having worked with nearly every major American comic book publisher. Lobdell is best known for his work on Marvel's X-Men franchise in the 1990's, penning such works as Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, The Age of Apocalypse, Generation X, amongst others. He is currently the writer of TEEN TITANS and SUPERMAN.

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Batman: Black and White Vol. 4 Summary: The legendary, Eisner Award-winning series 9781401246433 BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE returns in a brand-new volume Pub Date: 7/29/14, On Sale Date: 7/29 featuring tales of The Dark Knight by some of comics' $24.99/$28.99 Can. greatest writers and artists such asChip Kidd, Michael Cho, 192 pages , Joe Quinones, Maris Wicks, , Sean Hardback Murphy, Sean Murphy, Rafael Albuquerque,Howard Mackie and Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Chris Samnee! Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt

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Justice League of America’s Vibe Vol. 2 (The Summary: One of the most unlikely members of the Justice New 52) League of America ever (okay, THE most unlikely) stars in his , own title! 9781401247430 Pub Date: 7/29/14, On Sale Date: 7/29 Lost in another dimension, Vibe comes face to face with the $14.99/$17.99 Can. brother he thought he lost during Apokolips' attack on Earth 144 pages all those years ago. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio: Sterling Gates is the acclaimed writer of Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes SUPERGIRL and SUPERMAN: WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON, as well Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 as contributing to DC's BLACKEST NIGHT epic. 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt

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Superman - Vol. 3: At The End Summary: The New York Times best-selling creative team Of Days (The New 52) Grant Morrison and Rags Morales' landmark run on SUPERMAN: Grant Morrison, Rags Morales, Brad Walker ACTION COMICS ends here in SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS 9781401246068 VOLUME 3: AT THE END OF DAYS! Pub Date: 7/29/14, On Sale Date: 7/29 $16.99/$19.99 Can. Five years ago, Clark Kent moved to Metropolis. Alone but 224 pages hopeful, he donned a simple t-shirt laden with a giant S, Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) beginning the career of one of the greatest heroes this-or Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes any other-world has seen. Superman has grown with the city Territory: World except United Kingdom around him, and though he is feared by the public, there's no Ctn Qty: 34 doubt th... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: GRANT MORRISON is known for his innovative work on comics from the graphic novel ARKHAM ASYLUM to acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL, as well as his subversive creator owned titles such as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, JOE THE BARBARIAN and WE3. He has also written best-selling runs on JLA, SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY and New X-Men and recently helped to reinvent the DC Universe in ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, 52, BATMAN and JOE THE

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Superman - Action Comics Vol. 4: (The Summary: Determained to turn the people of Metropolis New 52) against the Man of Steel and finally vanquish him from the , Earth, Lex Luthor unleashes a virus on Metropolis capable of 9781401246327 rewriting the DNA of those infected, including Superman. Pub Date: 7/29/14, On Sale Date: 7/29 $24.99/$28.99 Can. While Superman's immune system eventually fights off the 192 pages infection, but not before a hybrid Superman is created Hardback through the virus' ability to rewrite DNA. This new hybrid Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Superman is the only being capable of defeating the true Territory: World except United Kingdom Superman and Lex will stop at nothing t... Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Andy Diggle is one of the UK's leading comic- 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt book writers, and former editor of the cult British comic 2000AD. He has been writing professionally since 2002. Diggle and artist Jock's Vertigo action thriller series was adapted into a major Hollywood movie in 2010, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Zoe Saldana and Idris Elba. Diggle's other work for DC Comics includes GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE, , HELLBLAZER, SWAMP THING, ADAM STRANGE, SILENT DRAGON an...

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Swamp Thing by Brian K. Vaughan Vol. 2 Summary: In this series from 2000, writer Brian K. Vaughan Brian K. Vaughn, Roger Petersen, Giuseppe kicked off a new SWAMP THING series that starred Tefé Camuncol... Holland, daughter of Swamp Thing and Abigail Arcane. In this 9781401245986 concluding volume, Tefé is on the run from government Pub Date: 7/29/14, On Sale Date: 7/29 agents intent on wiping her out of existence, along with $19.99/$23.99 Can. anyone she's come in contact with. But when Tefé helps a 264 pages friend escape her father, a ruthless congressman bent on Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) harming the environment, she runs headlong into radical Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror environmentalists whose own plans are every b... Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 30 Author Bio: Brian K. Vaughan is the Eisner Award-winning 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt co-creator of the critically acclaimed comics series Y: THE 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt LAST MAN and . He also co-created the Vertigo graphic novel PRIDE OF BAGHDAD and served as a writer and producer for the hit television series Lost. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son and their wiener dog Hamburger. Currently he is executive producer and writer for the hit TV series UNDER THE DOME.

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Ame-comi Girls Vol. 2: Rise of the Brainiac Summary: AME-COMI GIRLS is based on the best-selling Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray product line from DC Collectibles that brings the distinct 9781401246877 Japanese influence of anime and to DC Comics' female Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 heroines and their foes. $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages In the new series the heroines must unite to stop an invasion Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) by the female Braniac, who is aided by a group of "bad girl" Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes super villains including Duela Dent, Poison Ivy, Catwoman and Territory: World except United Kingdom Harley Quinn. Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt This volume collects issues 1-5 of the original series. 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Jimmy Palmiotti is a multi-award-winning comic book creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, editorial, film writing and production, media presentation, and video game development. He has created and co-created numerous series and characters, including The New West, THE MONOLITH, 21 DOWN, THE RESISTANCE, Gatecrasher,Beautiful Killer, Back to Brooklyn, The Tattered Man and Painkiller Jane. Currently he is co-writing DC's ALL-

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Batman - The Dark Knight Vol. 3: Mad (The Summary: The third volume of the Best selling Batman: The New 52) Dark Knight kicks off with the new all star team of Gregg , Ethan Van Sciver Hurwitz and Ethan Van Sciver. 9781401246198 Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 Batman discovers a trail of bodies but no leads. His detective $16.99/$19.99 Can. skills are put to the test as the Mad Hatter begins kidnapping 176 pages Gotham citizens for an unknown purpose. But as the Dark Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Knight delves deeper into this mystery, he soon realizes that Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes this is unlike any Mad Hatter case before. The Hatter's gory Territory: World except United Kingdom past will be revealed and Batman's resolve will ... Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times bestselling 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt author of 12 thrillers, most recently, The Survivor (8/12). His novels have been shortlisted for numerous literary awards, graced top ten lists, and have been translated into 22 languages. He has also written comics for Marvel (Wolverine, ) and DC (Batman, Penguin) and produced and written screenplays for film and television (ABC's "V", "Expulsion" spec script to Warner Bros, and many more). He recently announced that he will be...

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Batman - The Dark Knight Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: Collecting Clayface storyline DC's best- Gregg Hurwitz, selling title BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT featuring the all- 9781401246204 star team of author Gregg Hurwitz and superstar artist Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 Alex Maleev. $22.99/$26.99 Can. 160 pages The classic Batman villain Clayface takes center stage in a Hardback tale that explores the shapeshifting killer's past and present in Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Gotham City Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times bestselling 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt author of 12 thrillers, most recently, The Survivor (8/12). His 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt novels have been shortlisted for numerous literary awards, graced top ten lists, and have been translated into 22 languages. He has also written comics for Marvel (Wolverine, Punisher) and DC (Batman, Penguin) and produced and written screenplays for film and television (ABC's "V", "Expulsion" spec script to Warner Bros, and many more). He recently announced that he will be...

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Batwing Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: Once a member of Batman, Incorporated and Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Eduardo Pansica deputized by the Dark Knight himself, BATWING, the Batman 9781401246310 of Africa, has quit. A new, different hero has emerged in his Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 place…but will his actions do more harm than good? And what $14.99/$17.99 Can. is his connection to Bruce Wayne and Gotham City? 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray blaze a fresh new Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes start for the armored hero in BATWING VOL. 4. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 Author Bio: Jimmy Palmiotti is a multi-award-winning comic 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt book creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt production, editorial, film writing and production, media presentation, and video game development. He has created and co-created numerous series and characters, including The New West, THE MONOLITH, 21 DOWN, THE RESISTANCE, Gatecrasher, Beautiful Killer, Back to Brooklyn, The Tattered Man and Painkiller Jane. Currently he is co-writing DC's ALL- STAR WESTERN and BATWING with Ju...

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Batman Unwrapped: The Court of Owls Summary: The #1 New York Times bestseller of the DC Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo Comics-New 52 now unwrapped in a special hard cover 9781401245078 collection! Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 $39.99/$47.99 Can. 256 pages Hardback The award-winning and best-selling team of Scott Snyder and Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Greg Capullo's first volume of Batman now in a special pencil Territory: World except United Kingdom sketch collection. Ctn Qty: 16 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Scott Snyder is one of comics' best young 1.250 lb Wt writers. His current works include Batman, American Vampire 567g Wt and Swamp Thing. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One-Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook, and other journals, and has a short story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and their children.

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Constantine Vol. 2 (The New 52) Summary: The star of JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK and Ray Fawkes, Renato Guedes HELLBLAZER-the longest-running Vertigo series-John 9781401247478 Constantine has suffered a major loss at the hands of a Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 former protégé. With his vault of mystical weapons now in the $14.99/$17.99 Can. hands of his greatest enemies, must battle 144 pages with Sargon and the Cult of the Cold Flame with all he has Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) left-his wits! Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: Ray Fawkes is a Toronto-based fine artist and Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 writer of comics, graphic novels, prose fiction, and games. 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Ray's work ranges in styles from introspective, dreamscape 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt narrative to bombastic slapstick. He is an Eisner, Harvey, and three-time Shuster Award nominee, and a YALSA award winner for "Possessions Book One: Unclean Getaway". His recent book, "One Soul", debuted in July 2011 to critical acclaim, including a starred booklist review, and was nominated for the 2012 Eisner award and ...

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Superman Vol. 3: At World’s End (The Summary: H'El has come to Earth! When a mysterious ghost New 52) from Krypton's past comes to Metropolis in hopes of finding Scott Lobdell, the lost planet's last son, his arrival comes with disastrous 9781401246228 consequences for not just Superman, but Superboy and Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 Supergirl. H'El has decided that Earth is the place to resurrect $14.99/$17.99 Can. Krypton, but at the price of everyone's life on the planet! It's 144 pages all out war between this villain, Superman, the Justice Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) League, Superboy and Supergirl, but whose side is everyone Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes on? Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 The newest epic be... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Scott Lobdell is a veteran of the comic book industry, having worked with nearly every major American comic book publisher. Lobdell is best known for his work on Marvel's X-Men franchise in the 1990's, penning such works as Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, The Age of Apocalypse, Generation X, amongst others. He is currently the writer of SUPERMAN and TEEN TITANS, each a part of DC Comics - The New 52.

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Superman Vol. 4 (The New 52) Summary: The Queen of H.I.V.E.(Holistically Intergrated Scott Lobdell, Kenneth Rocafort, Aaron Kuder Viral Equality) has placed the telepathic Dr. Hector 9781401246235 Hammond's thoughts deep into the recesses of Superman's Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 mind in an effort to control the Man of Steel. The merging of $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hammond and the Superman's minds brings about vivid 208 pages hallucinations that cause Superman to experience different Hardback realities and view longtime allies as potential threats. With the Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Man of Steel unable to tell what is real and what is a Territory: World except United Kingdom hallucination, it is up to Orion of the... Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Scott Lobdell is a veteran of the comic book 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt industry, having worked with nearly every major American comic book publisher. Lobdell is best known for his work on Marvel's X-Men franchise in the 1990's, penning such works as Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, The Age of Apocalypse, Generation X, amongst others. He is currently the writer of SUPERMAN and TEEN TITANS, each a part of DC Comics - The New 52.

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World of Warcraft: Bloodsworn Summary: As the Cataclysm rips through Azeroth, Warchief Doug Wagner, Jeremias Raapack Garrosh Hellscream orders the best warriors of the Horde to 9781401230302 come forward and serve in a new army, lest their foes in the Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 Alliance sense weakness and attack. We meet these warriors $16.99/$19.99 Can. as they come forward - from very different lands, 152 pages backgrounds, traditions…Will they be able to overcome their Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) deep differences and work together to serve the Horde, Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy especially when challenged by a powerful, unfamiliar race Territory: World except United Kingdom claiming to be the real rulers of Azerot... Ctn Qty: 52 Author Bio: Doug Wagner is an American comic writer who 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt has written Red: Joe Special for Wildstorm Comics, 25 to life, , Boondock Saints: The Head of the Snake all for 12- Gauge Comics, The Ride, Gun Candy and Body Bags for Image Comics.

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Batman: Earth One Summary: A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Geoff Johns, Gary Frank 9781401232092 Batman is not a hero. Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 $12.99/$15.99 Can. He is just a man. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fallible, vulnerable, and angry. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom In a Gotham City where friend and foe are indistinguishable, Ctn Qty: 1 Bruce Wayne's path toward becoming the Dark Knight is 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt riddled with more obstacles than ever before. Focused on 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt punishing his parents' true killers, and the corrupt police that allowed them to go free, Bruce Wayne's thirst for vengeance fuels his mad crusade and no one, not even Alfred, can stop him.

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The Flash Vol. 3: Gorilla Warfare (The New 52) Summary: In his hometown of Central City, The Flash-a.k.a. , Brian Buccellato Barry Allen-is constantly deflecting the criminal schemes of 9781401247126 his Rogue's Gallery. Money hungry, cunning and powerful, Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 these villains have the Speedster running at a pace $16.99/$19.99 Can. faster than even the world's fastest man is used to. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) But when and his army descend on Central City, Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes The Flash will have to contend with a threat he's not used to: Territory: World except United Kingdom murderous, ruthless and without principle. With mammoth Ctn Qty: 44 strength and mind-control pow... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Francis Manapul is the artist and co-writer of THE FLASH, which is part of DC Comics-The New 52. His previous work for DC Comics includes books such as , SUPERMAN/BATMAN, and THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES. His work has been published in various publications from the likes of Aspen Comics, Editions Delcourt, , and Devils Due just to name a few. Manapul was born in Manila, Philippines and currently calls Toronto, Canada his home.

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The Flash Vol. 4: Reverse (The New 52) Summary: The fourth volume of Brian Buccellato and Francis Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato Manapul's New 52 breakout hit - The Flash! 9781401247133 Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 A mysterious and powerful Speed-Force killer has left a trail of $24.99/$28.99 Can. bodies in his wake and only Barry has the power to stop him. 176 pages But when the killer stays one step ahead of him, Barry finds Hardback himself face to face with the Teen Titans and Kid Flash for Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes the first time. All this will lead to a confrontation with the Territory: World except United Kingdom Flash's most deadly foe, The Reverse Flash! Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Francis Manapul is the artist and co-writer of 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt THE FLASH, which is part of DC Comics-The New 52. His previous work for DC Comics includes books such as ADVENTURE COMICS, SUPERMAN/BATMAN, and THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES. His work has been published in various publications from the likes of Aspen Comics, Editions Delcourt, Top Cow Productions, and Devils Due just to name a few. Manapul was born in Manila, Philippines and currently calls Toronto, Canada his home.

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Green Arrow by Deluxe Edition Summary: The acclaimed run of Kevin Smith's Green Arrow is Kevin Smith, , Ande Parks collected in an all-new Deluxe Edition! 9781401245962 Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 Green Arrow is back from the dead and in doing $29.99/$35.00 Can. what he does best. But while he battles drug dealers, 360 pages corporate fatcats, and corrupt politicians, a certain Dark Hardback Knight investigates the mysterious resurrection. And when a Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes silent killer targets costumed vigilantes, Green Arrow finds Territory: World except United Kingdom himself in the crosshairs. Ctn Qty: 14 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Kevin Smith sold his comic book collection to 179mm W | 276mm H | 567g Wt fund Clerks, and after the film became a huge hit he was able to buy them back. One of the most successful and critically acclaimed independent film-makers of recent years, Smith was the producer of the Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting and has also written and directed Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

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Green Lantern: Wrath of the First Lantern (The Summary: Comics' hottest writer Geoff Johns continues his New 52) historic run on one of the best-reviewed and best-selling Geoff Johns titles of DC Comics The New 52, GREEN LANTERN, in this 9781401246938 crossover event! Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 $19.99/$23.99 Can. The Wrath of the First Lantern is here as the Green Lanterns 416 pages battle the Guadians of and the Third Army, but who will Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) win and at what cost? And as First Lantern moves on the Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes brightest of the Corps for his reality altering experiments, we Territory: World except United Kingdom learn the shocking fate of Hal and Sinestro in this must read Ctn Qty: 1 crossover... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises

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Masters of the Universe Vol. 3 Summary: The hordes of Hordak attack Eternia! Keith Giffen, 9781401247195 Eternia is under attack and a woman named Despara is at the Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 lead. When He-Man discovers her true identity, one closely $14.99/$17.99 Can. connected to him, it will take all of his power to stop her from 160 pages destroying everything and everyone he loves. No one in Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Eternia is safe! Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Fantasy Author Bio: Keith Giffen has been a creative force in comics Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 since the 1970s, and has written and/or drawn acclaimed 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt series including LOBO, JUSTICE LEAGUE, AMBUSH BUG, THE 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES, JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA, DR. FATE and many others. His project FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE JUSTICE LEAGUE won an Eisner Award in 2004. He served as layout artist on DC's best-selling weekly series 52, and is currently writing the miniseries REIGN IN HELL and AMBUSH BUG YEAR NONE.

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Batman Incorporated Vol. 2: Gotham’s Most Summary: Years of epic storylines converge as Batman Wanted (The New 52) Incorporated battles Talia and Leviathan for the very soul of Grant Morrison, Gotham City! 9781401246976 Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 Tragedy and are the hallmarks of the second volume $16.99/$19.99 Can. of Grant Morrison's epic Batman Incorporated. Batman and his 240 pages / 224 allies must strengthen their resolve as Leviathan moves to Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) take Gotham City. Everything since Batman Incorporated #1 Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes has been leading to this! Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 Collects BATMAN INCORPORATED #7-13 and BATMAN 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt INCORPORATED SPECIAL #1. 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Writer Grant Morrison is known for his innovative work on comics from the graphic novel ARKHAM ASYLUM to acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL, as well as his subversive creator owned titles such as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, JOE THE BARBARIAN and WE3. He has also written best-selling runs on JLA, SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY and New X-Men and recently helped to reinvent the DC Universe

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Batman: Arkham Unhinged Vol. 3 Summary: In these stories originally available only online and Derek Fridolfs tying into the bestselling video game BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, 9781401246808 Dr. Hugo Strange has gained control of Arkham Asylum and is Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 determined to keep the city's criminal element behind bars. $16.99/$19.99 Can. Gotham City in turn has been transformed into a massive 232 pages prison, run by a madman and ruled by the criminal element. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED VOLUME 3: END GAME features Territory: World except United Kingdom an all star cast of Gotham's super-villains, gathered together Ctn Qty: 34 for the trial of the centur... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Derek Fridolfs broke into comics at the same time as Dustin Nguyen, and has collaborated with him on such titles as GEN ACTIVE, JET, THE AUTHORITY, SUPERMAN/BATMAN and now DETECTIVE COMICS. In addition, he has contributed work to a wide variety of other titles, including Wolverine, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Kiss, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Emily the Strange and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as writing stories for Western Tales of Terror, Trailer Park of Terror, the Comic...

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Batman: Arkham Unhinged Vol. 4 Summary: The prequel series to the best-selling video game Karen Traviss, Derek Fridolfs BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY! 9781401246815 Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 The mysterious new villian known as the Bookbinder has $24.99/$28.99 Can. corrupted Gotham City's food supply leaving the Dark Knight in 200 pages a race against time to find out the true motive and identity of Hardback this threat to the city. Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Author Bio: #1 New York Times best-selling novelist, Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 scriptwriter and comics author Karen Traviss has received 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt critical acclaim for her award-nominated Wess'har series, as 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt well as regularly hitting the bestseller lists with her , Halo, and Star Wars work. She was also lead writer on the 2011 game . A former defence correspondent and TV and newspaper journalist, she lives in Wiltshire.

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Brightest Day Omnibus Summary: Comics' hottest writer Geoff Johns (JUSTICE Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi LEAGUE, GREEN LANTERN joins with Peter J. Tomasi (BATMAN 9781401245979 & ROBIN) in the follow-up to The New York Times best-selling Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 graphic novel, BLACKEST NIGHT, BRIGHTEST DAY. $75.00/$85.00 Can. 696 pages Once dead, twelve heroes and villains were resurrected by a Hardback white light expelled deep within the center of the earth. Now, Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, Firestorm, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Territory: World except United Kingdom Deadman, Jade, Osiris, Hawk, Captain and Zoom Ctn Qty: 1 must discover the mysterious reason behind th... 7.250 in W | 10.875 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 184mm W | 276mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels AQUAMAN VOL. 1: THE TRENCH, BLACKEST NIGHT, GREEN LANTERN: THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR, JUSTICE LEAGUE VOL. 1: ORIGIN, SUPERMAN: LAST SON OF KRYPTON and BATMAN: EARTH ONE which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful fr...

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Justice League Dark Vol. 4: Horror City (The Summary: The Justice League Dark team is called into New 52) action by Wonder Woman in hopes of finding Pandora's Box, Jeff Lemire, Mikel Janin which may hold the only answers to save an ailing Superman. 9781401247256 Not about to let the Seven Deadly Sins escape from Pandora's Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 Box, The Phantom Stranger pleads with the remaining $14.99/$17.99 Can. members of the Justice League to stop Wonder Woman before 144 pages she accidentally puts an end to the world as they know it. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio: Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Jeff Lemire is Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes the creator of the acclaimed monthly comic book series Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 SWEET TOOTH published by DC/Vertigo and the award 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt winning graphic novel ESSEX COUNTY published by Top Shelf. 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt He also writes ANIMAL MAN, FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. and SUPERBOY for DC Comics.

In 2008 Jeff won the Schuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist, and The Award for Best Emerging Talent. He also won the American Library Association's prestigious Alex Awar...

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Katana Vol. 2 Summary: Freed from his mystical prison inside Katana's Ann Nocenti, Alex Sanchez sword, The Creeper walks a path littered with gore and 9781401247249 misery-and there may be no way to stop him! Many will be Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 caught in his , including the Justice League of America's $14.99/$17.99 Can. Katana and Jack Ryder, The Creeper's unwitting human host. 160 pages Where will The Creeper strike next? Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio: Ann Nocenti is thrilled to be back in comics, Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes writing CATWOMAN and KATANA for DC Comics. She wrote for Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 Marvel Comics in the late-1980s, writing Daredevil, editing the 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt X-Men, and creating the characters Longshot, Typhoid, 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Spiral, Blackheart and more. Nocenti teaches filmmaking at the Indigenous Film Circle in Norway, to Native Americans in Tulsa, and in Haiti for two years. Her journalism has appeared in Details, Utne, HEEB, Stop Smiling, PRINT, Filmmaker, Scenario, and more. She has...

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Green Lantern: New Guardians Vol. 3: Love & Summary: Tying into the latest Green Lantern event Death (The New 52) masterminded by comics' hottest writer Geoff Johns, Kyle , Aaron Kuder Rayner and his fellow bearers must join forces to beat 9781401247102 back "The Third Army" and survive "The Wrath of the First Pub Date: 9/2/14, On Sale Date: 9/2 Lantern!" Green Lantern must master the $16.99/$19.99 Can. emotional spectrum itself in order to stand a chance against 288 pages the Third Army. But even then, a more dangerous threat lurks Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) in the shadows-The First Lantern! Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Collects GREEN LANTERN #0, 13-20. Ctn Qty: 26 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Tony Bedard is a former editor at DC Comics, 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt who has gone on the write comics for Valiant, GrossGen and Marvel Comics. For DC Comics he has written BIRDS OF PREY, COUNTDOWN, R.E.B.E.L.S. and : EMPEROR AQUAMAN. Tony is currently writing GREEN LANTERN CORPS and DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS.

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Green Lantern: New Guardians Vol. 4 (The New Summary: The Templar Guardians have been locked away 52) for millennia, but they have a VERY clear idea of what they Justin Jordan, Brad Walker need to do next-and of all the Lanterns in the universe, they 9781401247461 need a reluctant Kyle Rayner's help. But once he sees the Pub Date: 9/2/14, On Sale Date: 9/2 strange anomaly lurking at the edge of the universe, he may $24.99/$28.99 Can. have no choice but to get on board with their mission. 208 pages Hardback the beginnings of the next major Green Lantern villain Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes in this landmark volume in GL lore with GREEN LANTERN: NEW Territory: World except United Kingdom GUARDIANS VOL. 4. Collects in... Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Justin Jordan is a comic book writer best known 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt for his work with DC Comics and Image Comics. For Image, he has created the critically acclaimed graphic novel series The Strange Talent of Luther Strode. He is currently writing SUPERBOY and GREEN LANTERN: THE NEW GUARDIANS for DC Comics as a part of The New 52.

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Kubert Covers War Summary: The best covers by legendary artist Joe Kubert Joe Kubert are collected in this spectacular new hardcover. 9781401224141 From 1955 through the 1970s, Kubert was the primary cover Pub Date: 9/2/14, On Sale Date: 9/2 artist on DC's war comics, and these covers feature Sgt. $39.99/$47.99 Can. Rock, , The Haunted Tank, and many other heroes. 208 pages Kubert's gritty drawing style captured the dangers of war, Hardback showing these ordinary heroes' struggle to survive and reach Comics & Graphic Novels / General their goals while portraying them in a realistic light. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 12 Author Bio: Born in 1926, Joe Kubert began his comics 8.625 in W | 11.625 in H | 1.250 lb Wt career at the age of eleven as an apprentice in Harry "A" 219mm W | 295mm H | 567g Wt Chesler's comic book production house. He has worked in the industry ever since, and in his more than sixty years in the field he has produced countless memorable stories for countless characters, including DC's Hawkman, Tarzan, Enemy Ace, Batman and the Flash. Kubert also edited, wrote and illustrated the DC title SGT. ROCK, which he contributed to for thirty years. In 1996 he produce...

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Superman Unchained Vol. 1 (The New 52) Summary: As the Last Son of Krypton, Superman's always Scott Snyder, Jim Lee, Dustin Nguyen been alone on this planet…and rare are the times that he's 9781401245221 ever encountered someone who understands who he is and Pub Date: 9/2/14, On Sale Date: 9/2 the choices he's had to make. But hidden away in the darkest $24.99/$28.99 Can. corners of the Earth, rarely allowed into the light, there is 240 pages another who sees right into his soul-someone who will force Hardback Superman to question everything he thought he knew about Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes his life, his role, and the future he'd hoped to build! But with Territory: World except United Kingdom Lex Luthor on his trail an... Ctn Qty: 20 Author Bio: Scott Snyder is the bestselling and award- Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom 1.250 lb Wt winning writer of Batman, American Vampire and Swamp 567g Wt Thing as well as the short story collection Voodoo Heart. He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife, Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley.

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Hellblazer: Shoot Summary: An assortment of Hellblazer stories written by 9781401247485 Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS), Warren Ellis (PLANETARY), and Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 others. In these stories by some of comics' top writers, John $14.99/$17.99 Can. Constantine faces school violence, a desperate, occult family 168 pages and more. Plus: A group of documentary filmmakers try to find Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) out what happened to Mucous Membrane-an up-and-coming Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror punk band led by John Constantine that met a mysterious Territory: World except United Kingdom end. Ctn Qty: 58 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Collects HELLBLAZER #144, 145, 245-246, 250 and VERTIGO 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt RESURRECTED: HELLBLAZER-S...

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Lucifer Book Three Summary: Cast out of Heaven, thrown down to rule in Hell, , Peter Gross Lucifer Morningstar has resigned his post and abandoned his 9781401246044 kingdom for the mortal city of Los Angles. Emerging from the Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 pages of writer Neil Gaiman's award-winning series The $29.99/$35.00 Can. Sandman, the former Lord of Hell is now enjoying a quiet 400 pages retirement as the propretor of Lux, L.A.'s most elite piano bar. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Still weak, with most of his power locked in the feathers Territory: World except United Kingdom stolen by Susano-O-No-Mikoto, Lucifer faces the challenge of Ctn Qty: 20 single combat to the de... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Writer Mike Carey, best known for his work on Vertigo's Lucifer and Hellblazer, has made his mark in comics. Born in Liverpool, England, Carey worked as a teacher for fifteen years before gaining regular work writing for several independent companies. In 1999 he wrote the Sandman spinoff miniseries Sandman Presents: Lucifer. This led to the Lucifer solo title which earned him a nomination for the 2001 Comic Industry Awards - Best Writer. The Fourth Rail said of his work...

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Death Summary: From the pages of Newbery Medal winner Neil Neil Gaiman Gaiman's THE SANDMAN comes fan-favorite character Death 9781401247164 in a collection of her solo adventures! Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 $19.99/$23.99 Can. The first story introduces the young, pale, perky, and 320 pages genuinely likable Death. One day in every century, Death Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) walks the Earth to better understand those to whom she will Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy be the final visitor. Today is that day. As a young mortal girl Territory: World except United Kingdom named Didi, Death befriends a teenager and helps a 250-year Ctn Qty: 26 old homeless woman find her missing heart. What follow... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Creator of THE SANDMAN and one of comics' most accomplished writers, Neil Gaiman is also the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Boys, American Gods, Stardust and Coraline, as well as the short story collections M Is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors and the multimedia creation Neverwhere. He also co-wrote the Productions film MirrorMask with longtime collaborator Dave McKean, illustrator of the Gaiman-written graphic novels MR. PUNCH, Violent Cases and B...

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American Vampire Vol. 5 Summary: A New York Times best seller! Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, Dustin Nguyen 9781401237714 In the first story, series mainstays Skinner Sweet, Pearl and Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 company return to Hollywood in the '50s during the Red $16.99/$19.99 Can. Scare. In a time where America was on the lookout for the 280 pages next Communist threat, was the real danger something far Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) more insidious? A major turning point in AMERICAN VAMPIRE Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror lore begins here! Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 In the second tale, familiar face and vampire hunter Felicia 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Book is "retired" from vampire hunting when she gets called 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt back into action to track down...

Author Bio: Scott Snyder has been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One-Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook and other journals. He most recently has co-written AMERICAN VAMPIRE for Vertigo/DC Comics, along with horror-master Stephen King, BATMAN, DETECTIVE COMICS and SWAMP THING.

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American Vampire Vol. 6 Summary: You are cordially invited to a party-to die for! Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque This volume of American Vampire collects eight amazing 9781401247089 stories set in the world of American Vampire, with "lost tales," Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 new characters and old favorites. Don't miss these stories $22.99/$26.99 Can. brought to you by series creators Scott Snyder and Rafael 144 pages Albuquerque, as well as other awesome comics talent like Hardback (BATMAN), Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror (DAYTRIPPER), Jeff Lemire (SWEET TOOTH), (The Territory: World except United Kingdom Punisher, BATWOMAN), Gail Simone (BATGIRL... Ctn Qty: 26 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Scott Snyder is the bestselling and award- 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt winning writer of Batman, Superman: Unchained, American Vampire and Swamp Thing as well as the short story collection Voodoo Heart. He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife, Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Summary: A New York Times Best Seller! Denise Mina, Andrea Mutti, Leonardo Manco 9781401242862 DC Comics/Vertigo will publish the official graphic novel Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 adaptation of Stieg Larsson's " Trilogy," starting in $24.99/$28.99 Can. Fall 2012 with THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, the 312 pages international publishing phenomenon. Each book in the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) "Millennium Trilogy" will be adapted in two hardcover graphic Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In novel volumes. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt aged uncle continues to seek th... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Denise Mina is the award-winning author of eight acclaimed crime novels and is one of the leading figures in Scotland's "Tartan Noir" genre of crime fiction. Denise made her comics debut with a 13-issue run of HELLBLAZER in 2006- 2007. Her first graphic novel was the Vertigo Crime title A SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY.

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Jonah Hex: Shadows West Summary: Joe R. Lansdale, the acclaimed horror novelist of Joe Lansdale, Timothy Truman such titles as EDGE OF DARK WATER and DEAD AIM, took on 9781401247157 DC's famed bounty hunter Jonah Hex in these darkly comic Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 epics from the 1990s. In these twisted tales of the Old West, $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hex battles a doctor determined to transform him into a 392 pages , joins up with Buffalo Will's (yes, Will's) Wild West Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Show and learns the dark secret behind the existence of a Comics & Graphic Novels / General demonic baby, and discovers an ancient race of man-eating Territory: World except United Kingdom worms from beneath the earth. Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Co... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror

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Daytripper Deluxe Edition Summary: The Eisner Award winning DAYTRIPPER follows Gabriel Ba, Fabio Moon Bras de Olivias Dominguez during different periods in his life, 9781401245115 each with the same ending: his death. Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 $29.99/$35.00 Can. DAYTRIPPER follows the life of one man, Bras de Olivias 256 pages Dominguez. Every chapter features an important period in Hardback Bras' life in exotic , and each story ends the same way: Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy with his death. And then, the following story starts up at a Territory: World except United Kingdom different point in his life, oblivious to his death in the previous Ctn Qty: 16 story-and then also ends with him dying... Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba are twin brothers, 567g Wt born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where they live until this day. They have their friends and their family; it's their home.

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The Books of Magic Summary: From Neil Gaiman, the bestselling novelist and Neil Gaiman, John Bolton creator of the world-renowned comics title The Sandman, 9781401246860 comes a mesmerizing tale of the dangers and opportunities of Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 youth, and its endless possibilities. Illustrated by four of $16.99/$19.99 Can. comics' most accomplished artists, John Bolton, Scott 208 pages Hampton, and Paul Johnson, THE BOOKS OF Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) MAGIC collects all four issues of the original miniseries that Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes introduced the character of and set the stage Territory: World except United Kingdom for his continuing adventures. Ctn Qty: 38 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Ti... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Neil Gaiman is the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of AMERICAN GODS and CORALINE (illustrated by Dave McKean). His other novels include NEVERWHERE, STARDUST (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award as one of 2000's top ten adult novels for young adults), the short fiction collection SMOKE AND MIRRORS and the critically acclaimed comic book series THE SANDMAN. He is the author of the children's book THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS (illustrated

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Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery Summary: Once he was Hero of the Beach…and of the Doom Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely Patrol. Now Flex Mentallo, the Man of Muscle Mystery, returns 9781401247027 to investigate the sinister dealings of his former comrade, The Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 Fact, and a mysterious rock star whose connection to Flex $14.99/$17.99 Can. may holding the to saving them both. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) This fast-paced tale twists super-hero tropes, introducing Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes one mind-boggling concept after another. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 60 This long-asked-for Vertigo title is collected at last, 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt presenting an early collaboration between writer Grant 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Morriso... Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers - including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men - as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also

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Saga of the Swamp Thing Book 6 Summary: This collection of issues #57-64 of SWAMP THING Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, begins across the galaxy, where the Swamp Thing's 9781401246921 consciousness has been hurled. Trying to find his way back to Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 Earth, Swamp Thing stops over on Thanagar, home of $19.99/$23.99 Can. Hawkman; Rann, home of Adam Strange; and encounters the 208 pages Green Lantern of a world of sentient plants. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio: Alan Moore is perhaps the most acclaimed writer Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror in the graphic story medium, having garnered countless Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 48 awards for works such as WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt SWAMP THING and MIRACLEMAN. He is also the mastermind 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt behind the America's Best Comics line, through which he has created (along with many talented illustrators) THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, PROMETHEA, TOM STRONG, TOMORROW STORIES and TOP TEN. As one of the medium's most important innovators since the early 1980s, Moore ha...

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FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics Vol. 1 Summary: Wormholes in your kitchen. failures at Simon Oliver, Robbi Rodriguez school. Quantum tornadoes tearing through the midwest. As 9781401245108 with all natural disasters, people do what they always do: Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 They adapt and survive. And if things get really bad, the $14.99/$17.99 Can. Federal Bureau of Physics (FBP) is only a call away. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) COLLIDER is the story of ADAM HARDY: Young, brash and Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction smart, he's a rising star at the FBP, but when a gravity failure Territory: World except United Kingdom leads to the creation of an alternate dimension known as a Ctn Qty: 52 "BubbleVerse," Adam is sent on a resc... Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Simon Oliver is the writer of the Wildstorm comic 367g Wt book series Gen13 and the Vertigo comic book series The Exterminators and Hellblazer Presents: Chas-The Knowledge. He also wrote the acclaimed Vertigo Crime graphic novel Noche Roja.

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Ex Machina Book Two Summary: Award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (PRIDE OF Brian K. Vaughn, Tony Harris, Chris Sprouse BAGHDAD, Y: THE LAST MAN) uniquely combines big city 9781401246914 politics and superheroes in this criticially acclaimed series. Set Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 in our modern-day world, EX MACHINA tells the story of civil $19.99/$23.99 Can. engineer Mitchell Hundred, who becomes America's first living, 272 pages breathing super-hero after a strange accident gives him the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) power to communicate with machines. Eventually Mitchell Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo, Territory: World except United Kingdom retires from masked cr... Ctn Qty: 30 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Brian K. Vaughan is the Eisner Award-winning 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt co-creator of the critically acclaimed comics series Y: THE LAST MAN and EX MACHINA. He also co-created the Vertigo graphic novel PRIDE OF BAGHDAD and served as a writer and producer for the hit television series Lost. Currently, Vaughan is writing the series Saga for Image Comics. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.

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Fairest Vol. 3: The Return of the Maharaja Summary: New York Times bestselling, award-winning Sean Williams, Stephen Sadowski, creator presents a new series starring the 9781401245931 female . Balancing horror, humor and adventure in the Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 FABLES tradition, explores the secret histories of $14.99/$17.99 Can. Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Snow Queen, 160 pages Thumbelina, Snow White, Rose Red and others. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy When Nalayani seeks the help of the Maharaja to save her Territory: World except United Kingdom village from the Dhole, she uncovers a secret that could Ctn Qty: 46 change the Fables Universe forever: the still alive and ... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Sean E. Williams is a storyteller in all mediums, with a background in theatre, film, and television, having spent a decade writing and producing in Hollywood. Before the third arc of FAIREST for DC/Vertigo, he most recently wrote two novellas set in Decipher, Inc.'s WARS universe for Grail Quest Books. He currently writes comic books and prose from the wilds of Minnesota.

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The Girl Who Played with Fire Summary: DC Comics/Vertigo will publish the official graphic Denise Mina, Leonardo Manco, Andrea Mutti novel adaptation of Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, 9781401237578 continuing in Fall 2013 with THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 FIRE, the international publishing phenomenon. Each book in $29.99/$35.00 Can. the Millennium Trilogy will be adapted in two hardcover 288 pages graphic novel volumes. Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In In this first volume, Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of Territory: World except United Kingdom the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will Ctn Qty: 16 expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom its... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Stieg Larsson, who lived in Sweden, was the editor in chief of the magazine Expo and a leading expert on antidemocratic right-wing extremist and Nazi organizations. He died in 2004, shortly after delivering the manuscripts for The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Next.

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John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 8: Rake at Summary: John Constantine heads towards a final the Gates of Hell showdown with a revenge-crazed Satan during a raging race Ennis, riot, and in addition to desperately trying to save his 9781401247492 dwindling number of living friends, Constantine also has one Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 final reunion with his lost love Kit. $19.99/$23.99 Can. 336 pages This re-cut volume features ' and Steve Dillon's Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) final JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER arc, collecting issues Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror #78-83 as well as the special one-shot . Territory: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Irish-born writer Garth Ennis is the acclaimed Ctn Qty: 3 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt author of the graphic novel series, and also has 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt written numerous JOHN CONSTANTINE: HELLBLAZER graphic novels, as well as THE AUTHORITY, , , PRIDE AND JOY and other titles.

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DMZ Deluxe Edition Book Two Summary: In the near future, America's worst nightmare has , come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down 9781401247652 the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias $29.99/$35.00 Can. scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant, Middle 384 pages America rises up and violently pushes its way to the shining Hardback seas, coming to a standstill at the line in the sand-Manhattan Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction or, as the world now knows it, the DMZ. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 In this volume, Matty heads underc... 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 179mm W | 276mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Brian Wood developed his skills as a comics writer and designer whileworking a string of internet design jobs. Since then he has created aseries of successful comics and graphic novels, most notably DMZ, ,, Channel Zero and The Couriers. In addition to earning himinternational acclaim, these projects have also resulted in four Eisner award nominations. Brian was also a designer for the video gamefranchise series Grand Theft Auto for Rockstar Games.

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Preacher Book Four Summary: Writer Garth Ennis's violent, scabrous journey Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon across America's religious landscape continues in this third 9781401230944 hardcover volume. Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 $19.99/$23.99 Can. Preacher Jesse Custer's dark journey to find God, 368 pages accompanied by his gun-toting girlfriend and Irish vampire Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) buddy, continues in this third hardcover volume. During some Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror down time, Jesse Custer faces an enemy from the past, who Territory: World except United Kingdom seeks vengeance for his father's death. Also includes a story Ctn Qty: 22 spotlighting the Saint of Killers and a standalone tale starring 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Cassidy, t... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Irish-born writer Garth Ennis is the acclaimed author of the PREACHER graphic novel series, and also has written numerous JOHN CONSTANTINE-HELLBLAZER graphic novels, as well as THE AUTHORITY, THE BOYS, WAR STORIES, PRIDE AND JOY and other titles.

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Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril Summary: At last, it's the return of Tom Strong-too bad , Chris Sprouse, Karl Story he's ! The lives of his daughter Tesla and her unborn 9781401246457 child both hang in the balance, and there's nothing Tom can Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 do to save them…until he remembers the one thing that just $14.99/$17.99 Can. might. To find it, he and Val Var Garm must journey to the far 144 pages side of the galaxy, and the mysterious world known as… Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) OBSCURA! Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt

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Fables Vol. 20: Camelot Summary: Rose Red finally and formally takes on the mantle Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham of Paladin of Hope to heroically rally the Fables in the tragic 9781401245160 aftermath of "Snow White." A new dark age calls for a new Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 Round Table, with modern knights willing to take on a sacred $16.99/$19.99 Can. quest to reassemble the shattered pieces of Fabletown. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Collects issues #131-136 of this 14-time Eisner-Award- Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy winning series. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 60 Author Bio: Bill Willingham has been writing, and sometimes Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom drawing, comics for more than twenty years. During that time 0.810 lb Wt he's had work published by nearly every comics publisher in 367g Wt the business and he's created many critically acclaimed comic book series, including Elementals, Coventry, PROPOSITION PLAYER and FABLES. Along with FABLES and , Willingham wrote the miniseries DAY OF VENGEANCE and currently writes . His work has been nominated for many awards, including the...

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Animal Man Vol. 6: Flesh and Blood Summary: The sequel to Grant Morrison's genre-defining run , Steve Pugh on ANIMAL MAN, this volume features stories never before 9781401246792 reprinted from writer Jamie Delano, best known for his run on Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 HELLBLAZER. $24.99/$28.99 Can. After being killed in a car crash, Animal Man struggles to 368 pages return to life by climbing the evolutionary ladder one step at a Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) time. But can he reincarnate himself as a creature with any Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes power in time to help his kidnapped son? Plus, a family friend Territory: World except United Kingdom accidentally awakens the , a mammoth creature from Ctn Qty: 28 th... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Born in 1954, Jamie Delano has made a diverse, cross-genre contribution to the comic book medium, scripting- over some 25 years-both original works (World Without End, TAINTED, GHOSTDANCING, Hell Eternal, CRUEL AND UNUSUAL, Territory, NATION) and publisher-owned properties (Captain Britain, Dr Who, Night Raven, HELLBLAZER, ANIMAL MAN, BATMAN, Shadowman). He is currently practicing for retirement, living in semi-rural England with his partner, Sue.

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The Children’s Crusade Summary: In this never-before-collected Vertigo event, Neil Gaiman children are mysteriously disappearing all over England. It's up 9781401242411 a group of young heroes to find out how they ended up in the Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 mystical land called The Free Country-and to figure out how $24.99/$28.99 Can. to bring them home again. 208 pages Hardback This epic adventure features bookend chapters written by #1 Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, and stars the Territory: World except United Kingdom young heroes from Vertigo titles, including Timothy Hunter Ctn Qty: 1 (THE BOOKS OF MAGIC), The (THE ... 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Author Bio: Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Medal-winning The Graveyard Book and Coraline, the basis for the hit movie. His other books include Anansi Boys, Neverwhere, American Gods and Stardust (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award as one of 2000's top novels for young adults) and the short story collections M Is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors. He is also the author of The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Traded My Dad for Two Goldfish, ...

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Django Unchained Summary: Set in the South two years before the Civil War, QUENTIN TARANTINO, RM Guera, DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Django, a slave whose brutal 9781401247096 history with his former owners lands him face-top-face with Pub Date: 7/22/14, On Sale Date: 7/22 German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Schultz is on $16.99/$19.99 Can. the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django 256 pages can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In Brittles-dead or alive. Success leads Schultz to free Django, Territory: World except United Kingdom though the two men choose not t... Ctn Qty: 30 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He has received many industry awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA and the Palme d'Or and has been nominated for an Emmy and Grammy.

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The Unwritten Vol. 9: Fables Summary: The worlds of FABLES and THE UNWRITTEN Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Mark Buckingham collide in the epic comic event by Mike Carey and Bill 9781401246945 Willingham! Pub Date: 7/29/14, On Sale Date: 7/29 $14.99/$17.99 Can. Tommy Taylor is thrust into the world of Vertigo's hit series 160 pages Fables! But a dark and terrible foe has seized the fairy-tale Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) homelands and our world. In desperation, the witches of Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Fabletown gather to summon the greatest mage the worlds Territory: World except United Kingdom have ever seen. But they are in for an unpleasant surprise. Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Writer Mike Carey, best known for his work on 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Vertigo's Lucifer and Hellblazer, has made his mark in comics. Born in Liverpool, England, Carey worked as a teacher for fifteen years before gaining regular work writing for several independent companies. In 1999 he wrote the Sandman spinoff miniseries Sandman Presents: Lucifer. This led to the Lucifer solo title which earned him a nomination for the 2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Best Writer. The Fourth Rail said of his work, ...

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The Doom Patrol Omnibus Grant Morrison’s definitive run on the DOOM PATROL collected Grant Morrison in one giant omnibus edition 9781401245627 Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 $150.00/$172.00 Can. Summary: The new Doom Patrol puts itself back together 1200 pages after nearly being destroyed, and things start to get a lot Hardback weirder for everybody. The Chief leads , the Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes recently formed Rebis and new member against Territory: World except United Kingdom the Scissormen, part of a dangerous philosophical location Ctn Qty: 0 that has escaped into our world and is threatening to engulf 7.250 in W | 10.875 in H | 1.250 lb Wt reality itself. 184mm W | 276mm H | 567g Wt Collecting Grant Morrison's definitive run, which launched his career as one of the comic industry's most innovative and creative writers! ... Author Bio: Writer Grant Morrison is known for his innovative work on comics from the graphic novel ARKHAM ASYLUM to acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL, as well as

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100 Bullets: Brother Lono Summary: The Eisner award-winning team behind 100 Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso BULLETS-writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Rissoe, 9781401245061 reunites to tell the story of the baddest Minuteman of all. Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 When last we saw Lono in 100 BULLETS, Dizzy Cordova had $16.99/$19.99 Can. shot him through the chest…but Lono always was too tough 192 pages to die. Now, after the final events of 100 BULLETS, Lono finds Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) himself in Mexico working on the side of the angels. Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery Territory: World except United Kingdom Collects the entire eight-issue run of this limited series. Ctn Qty: 34 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of JONNY 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt DOUBLE, BATMAN: BROKEN CITY and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. The New York Times best-selling author's other work for DC includes the titles HELLBLAZER and LOVELESS (both with Marcelo Frusin), SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW (with Jim Lee), JOKER and LUTHOR (both with Lee Bermejo), SGT. ROCK: BETWEEN HELL AND A HARD PL...

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The Invisibles Book Two Deluxe Edition Summary: One of Grant Morrison's most controversial, Grant Morrison trippiest and abstract comic books ever is back in a second 9781401245993 deluxe edition hardcover. This volume focuses Lord Fanny's Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 past as a prostitute in Brazil, while King Mob leads the other $29.99/$35.00 Can. Invisibles in a search for the missing Jack Frost. Then, King 344 pages Mov is captured by his enemies and tortured mercilessly, while Hardback his past as a mod super-agent is revealed. Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Collects THE INVISIBLES #13-25 and a story from VERTIGO: Ctn Qty: 14 WINTER'S EDGE #1. 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 179mm W | 276mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers - including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men - as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the award- winning pages of SEVEN SOLDIERS, ALL-STAR SUP...

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Lucifer Book Four Summary: Cast out of Heaven, thrown down to rule in Hell, Mike Carey, Peter Gross Lucifer Morningstar has resigned his post and abandoned his 9781401246051 kingdom for the mortal city of Los Angles. Emerging from the Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 pages of writer Neil Gaiman's award-winning series The $29.99/$35.00 Can. Sandman, the former Lord of Hell is now enjoying a quiet 392 pages retirement as the propretor of Lux, L.A.'s most elite piano bar. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy A deadly new threat to all of Creation emerges and battles Territory: World except United Kingdom lines are drawn. As forces in Hell and on Earth prepare for a Ctn Qty: 20 final struggle for su... 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Writer Mike Carey, best known for his work on Vertigo's Lucifer and Hellblazer, has made his mark in comics. Born in Liverpool, England, Carey worked as a teacher for fifteen years before gaining regular work writing for several independent companies. In 1999 he wrote the Sandman spinoff miniseries Sandman Presents: Lucifer. This led to the Lucifer solo title which earned him a nomination for the 2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Best Writer. The Fourth Rail said of his work...

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Hinterkind Vol. 1 Summary: In a post-apocalyptic world where humans have , Francesco Trifogli been pushed to the edge of extinction by the creatures of 9781401245184 fantasy and fables, THE HINTERKIND tells the story of one Pub Date: 9/2/14, On Sale Date: 9/2 young woman's quest to fulfill her destiny and put the world $14.99/$17.99 Can. right again. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fifty-seven years after an unspecified biological event has all Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction but wiped out the human race, a green hand has moved over Territory: World except United Kingdom the face of the Earth. Leaf, root and shoot have steadfastly Ctn Qty: 52 smothered the works of man, remorselessly grinding the Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom concrete, glass ... 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Author Bio: Edginton sees part of the key to his success coming from good relationships with artists, especially D'Israeli and Steve Yeowell as well as Steve Pugh and Mike Collins. He is best known for his steampunk/alternative history work (often with the artist D'Israeli) and is the co-creator of Scarlet Traces, a sequel to their adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. With 2000 AD he has written Leviathan, Stickleback and, with art by Steve Yeowell, The Red Seas, as

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My Little Monster 1 Summary: Two outcasts make up an odd couple with Robico great potential for spontaneous combustion in this 9781612625973 quirky romantic comedy manga. Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up There's a Beauty and the element to the story with $10.99/$11.99 Can. the "beauty" and "beast" characters revealing layers of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) their personality as their relationship (of sorts) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Romance develops. Series: My Little MonsterTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Funny and odd, this manga will appeal to teens who like Sales Restrictions: World a good offbeat romance. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt 11 volumes total. Ages 13 and up.

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My Little Monster 2 Summary: Two outcasts make up an odd couple with Robico great potential for spontaneous combustion in this 9781612625980 quirky romantic comedy manga. Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up There's a Beauty and the Beast element to the story with $10.99/$11.99 Can. the "beauty" and "beast" characters revealing layers of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) their personality as their relationship (of sorts) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Romance develops. Series: My Little MonsterTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Funny and odd, this manga will appeal to teens who like Sales Restrictions: World a good offbeat romance. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt 11 volumes total. Ages 13 and up.

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My Little Monster 3 Summary: Two outcasts make up an odd couple with Robico great potential for spontaneous combustion in this 9781612625997 quirky romantic comedy manga. Pub Date: 7/29/14, On Sale Date: 7/29 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up There's a Beauty and the Beast element to the story with $10.99/$11.99 Can. the "beauty" and "beast" characters revealing layers of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) their personality as their relationship (of sorts) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Romance develops. Series: My Little MonsterTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Funny and odd, this manga will appeal to teens who like Sales Restrictions: World a good offbeat romance. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt 11 volumes total. Ages 13 and up.

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Say I Love You 1 Summary: For older teens interested in a frank, moving Kanae Hazuki depiction of high school romance. Fans of Sara Zarr and 9781612626024 Stephanie Perkins. Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 $10.99/$11.99 Can. Personal, character-driven storytelling recalls hit manga Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) series like NANA and Kimi ni Todoke. Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Romance Series: Say I Love YouTerritory: World Fans of the recent anime series will want to read past Ctn Qty: 24 where it leaves off to find out what happens to their Sales Restrictions: World favorite characters. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Ongoing in Japan.

16 & Up.

Since her "friends" framed her for the death of the class rabbit in elementary school, Mei Tachibana has given up...

Author Bio: Kanae Hazuki has been drawing romance manga since 2004. Say I Love You, which Kodansha began serializing

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Say I Love You 2 Summary: For older teens interested in a frank, moving Kanae Hazuki depiction of high school romance. Fans of Sara Zarr and 9781612626031 Stephanie Perkins. Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 $10.99/$11.99 Can. Personal, character-driven storytelling recalls hit manga Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) series like NANA and Kimi ni Todoke. Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Romance Series: Say I Love YouTerritory: World Fans of the recent anime series will want to read past Ctn Qty: 24 where it leaves off to find out what happens to their Sales Restrictions: World favorite characters. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Ongoing in Japan.

16 & Up.

After sixteen years as a resentful loner, Mei finds herself beginning to fall for the charming Yamato. In no time... Author Bio: Kanae Hazuki has been drawing romance manga since 2004. Say I Love You, which Kodansha began serializing

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Say I Love You 3 Summary: For older teens interested in a frank, moving Kanae Hazuki depiction of high school romance. Fans of Sara Zarr and 9781612626048 Stephanie Perkins. Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 $10.99/$11.99 Can. Personal, character-driven storytelling recalls hit manga Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) series like NANA and Kimi ni Todoke. Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Romance Series: Say I Love YouTerritory: World Fans of the recent anime series will want to read past Ctn Qty: 24 where it leaves off to find out what happens to their Sales Restrictions: World favorite characters. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Ongoing in Japan.

16 & Up.

Mei and Yamato have been going out for six months, and their relationship not only brings Mei closer to Yamato th... Author Bio: Kanae Hazuki has been drawing romance manga since 2004. Say I Love You, which Kodansha began serializing

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Monster Soul 1 Summary: An earlier work from the author of the popular Hiro Mashima manga series Fairy Tail. 9781612625898 Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 Makes use of easily recognizable monster types like $10.99/$11.99 Can. mummies, Frankenstein monsters, and golems. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Fantasy This is an action adventure story that emphasizes Series: Monster SoulTerritory: World friendship and keeps a light tone with humor throughout. Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: World The series runs for a total of two volumes and is 0.810 lb Wt appropriate for ages 13 and up. 367g Wt A group of monsters known as Black Airs come across a pair of humans who are looking to make some money hunting monsters with boun...

Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one of the most popular manga artists in America. Fairy Tail, currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine, is his

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Monster Soul 2 Summary: An earlier work from the author of the popular Hiro Mashima manga series Fairy Tail. 9781612625904 Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 Makes use of easily recognizable monster types like $10.99/$11.99 Can. mummies, Frankenstein monsters, and golems. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Fantasy This is an action adventure story that emphasizes Series: Monster SoulTerritory: World friendship and keeps a light tone with humor throughout. Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: World The series runs for a total of two volumes and is 0.810 lb Wt appropriate for ages 13 and up. 367g Wt A group of monsters known as Black Airs come across of pair humans who are looking to make some money hunting monsters with bounti...

Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one of the most popular manga artists in America. Fairy Tail, currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine, is his

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Air Gear Omnibus 3 Gear is an exciting, top-selling manga from a known 9781612624020 creator (Oh!great), with an anime available in the U.S. Ages Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 16 and up. $19.99/$22.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Sports Summary: Air Gear is an exciting, top-selling manga Series: Air Gear OmnibusTerritory: World from a known creator (Oh!great), with an anime Ctn Qty: 24 available in the U.S. Ages 16 and up. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt In this omnibus collection of volumes 7, 8 and 9, Ikki leads team Kogarasumaru into battle against team Behemoth. With much greater experience and frighteningly powerful members, Behemoth may be more than Kogarasumaru can handle! Ikki and his team must find a way to contend with the unstoppable punching machine, Bandou, and the ultra powerful Udou, leader of B... Author Bio: OH! GREAT is a Japanese manga artist whose fan-favorite works include Tenjho Tenge and Air Gear.

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Air Gear 31 Air Gear is an exciting, top-selling manga from a known 9781612622460 creator (Oh!great), with an anime available in the U.S. Ages Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 16 and up. $10.99/$11.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Sports Summary: Air Gear is an exciting, top-selling manga Series: Air Gear Territory: World from a known creator (Oh!great), with an anime Ctn Qty: 24 available in the U.S. Ages 16 and up. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt After a strong debut, Air Gear quickly became a fan-favorite series for Kodansha!

Story Locale: Tokyo, Japan

Series Overview: Everybody knows that Itsuki is the most fearsome skater around. With his high-tech Air Gear skates, his moves are so smooth they're almost like flying. But when you're the best, someone always wants to take you down. Action, adventure...

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Animal Land 9 A quirky adventure manga set in a fantastic animal world with Raiku Makoto off-beat humor and unique art. 13 and up. 9781612625461 Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 $10.99/$11.99 Can. Summary: A quirky adventure manga set in a fantastic Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) animal world with off-beat humor and unique art. 13 and Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / General up. Series: Animal LandTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Animal Land is a heartwarming tale of courage, determination 0.810 lb Wt and love. The story stays light on its feet with fun artwork 367g Wt and imaginative world environments.

Story Locale: Animal Land

Series Overview: Orphaned after her parents were killed by Lynxes, Monoko is the only tanuki (raccoon dog) in her village without a family, until she finds a human baby in a river. In Animal Land, a w... Author Bio: Raiku Makoto is a Japanese manga creator who

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Attack on Titan 12 Summary: Releasing monthly through January 2014! Hajime Isayama 9781612626789 is the breakout manga hit of the year! Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 With the hot anime running on Crunchyroll and Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up Funimation, the manga is finding new fans every day as $10.99/$11.99 Can. sales continue to climb! 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) DVD release in English planed for 2014! Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Horror Series: Attack on TitanTerritory: World A character-driven story of survival a hundred years Ctn Qty: 24 after most of humanity has been killed by monsters 0.810 lb Wt known as Titans. For fans of The Walking Dead, World 367g Wt War Z and other post-apocalyptic stories.

A monster hit in Japan, whe...

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Attack on Titan 13 Summary: Releasing monthly through January 2014! Hajime Isayama 9781612626796 Attack on Titan is the breakout manga hit of the year! Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 With the hot anime running on Crunchyroll and Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up Funimation, the manga is finding new fans every day as $10.99/$11.99 Can. sales continue to climb! 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) DVD release in English planed for 2014! Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Horror Series: Attack on TitanTerritory: World A character-driven story of survival a hundred years Ctn Qty: 24 after most of humanity has been killed by monsters 0.810 lb Wt known as Titans. For fans of The Walking Dead, World 367g Wt War Z and other post-apocalyptic stories.

A monster hit in Japan, whe...

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Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus 4 The sci-fi manga epic of the last two decades, Battle Angel Yukito Kishiro Alita is a major comics and animation franchise well known to 9781612622941 comics and cyberpunk fans. Pub Date: 7/22/14, On Sale Date: 7/22 $19.99/$21.99 Can. Even those who already own the series will want to buy this Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) omnibus, which includes three volumes of Battle Angel Alita: Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Science Fiction Last Order in an updated transl... Series: Battle Angel Alita: Last OrderTerritory: World Summary: The sci-fi manga epic of the last two decades, Ctn Qty: 24 Battle Angel Alita is a major comics and animation 0.810 lb Wt franchise well known to comics and cyberpunk fans. 367g Wt Even those who already own the series will want to buy this omnibus, which includes three volumes of Battle Angel Alita: Last Order in an updated translation, plus 30 pages of short stories never before published in the United States.

Series currently set to end at Vol. 5.

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Cage of Eden 14 An exciting action manga that appeals to fans of Lost and Yoshinobu Yamada Jurassic Park. 9781612622637 Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 Will appeal to teen manga readers looking for a shonen series $10.99/$11.99 Can. with real dangers and sinister conspiracies. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Science Fiction 16 and up. Series: Cage of EdenTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 0.810 lb Wt Summary: An exciting action manga that appeals to 367g Wt fans of Lost and Jurassic Park.

Will appeal to teen manga readers looking for a shonen series with real dangers and sinister conspiracies.

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The brutal Dr. Nishikiori forcibly marches Akira to the base of a huge pyramid, where he finds a mummified skull with huge fangs and scales. With Ohmori as a hostage, the doctor Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Kodansha Comics

Cage of Eden 15 An exciting action manga that appeals to fans of Lost and Yoshinobu Yamada Jurassic Park. 9781612622644 Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 Will appeal to teen manga readers looking for a shonen series $10.99/$11.99 Can. with real dangers and sinister conspiracies. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Science Fiction 16 and up. Series: Cage of EdenTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 0.810 lb Wt Summary: An exciting action manga that appeals to 367g Wt fans of Lost and Jurassic Park.

Will appeal to teen manga readers looking for a shonen series with real dangers and sinister conspiracies.

16 and up.

Inside an abandoned underground building, Akira and his friends find a verdant forest full of extinct vegetation. But it's not just a botanical garden, and after Rion scouts down a Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Kodansha Comics

Fairy Tail 36 Summary: A DRAGON KING'S GRUESOME CORONATION Hiro Mashima 9781612624327 Natsu has shut out Rogue and Sting, and Fairy Tail catapults Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 to the top of the rankings! But victory brings with it shocking Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 to 12 revelations about the origins of Acnologia, the black dragon $10.99/$11.99 Can. that nearly destroyed Fairy Tail seven years ago. Meanwhile, 208 pages the Eclipse Plan nears completion, and the dark side of the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Games threatens to spill into daylight… Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Fantasy Territory: World Series Overview: Fairy Tail takes place in a world filled with Ctn Qty: 24 magic. 17-year-old Lucy is an attractive ma... 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 20.000 in T | 0.460 lb Wt Author Bio: Hiro Mashima was born May 3, 1977, in Japan's 127mm W | 191mm H | 508mm T | 209g Wt Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one of the most popular manga artists in America. Fairy Tail, currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine, is his latest creation.

Author Residence: Tokyo, Japan

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Fairy Tail 37 Summary: A RECKLESS RESCUE! Hiro Mashima 9781612624334 To the surprise of no one, Natsu hasn't really thought through Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 his plan to rescue Lucy. Along the way, they face a death Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 to 12 trap, a team of magical executioners, and…another Lucy?! $10.99/$11.99 Can. Meanwhile Erza struggles through a three-way free-for-all 208 pages with the world's other two most powerful women wizards! Will Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) the world survive Fairy Tail's attempts to save it?! Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Fantasy Territory: World Series Overview: Fairy Tail takes place in a world filled with Ctn Qty: 24 magic. 17-year-old Lucy is an attractive mage-in-training... 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 20.000 in T | 0.460 lb Wt Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the 127mm W | 191mm H | 508mm T | 209g Wt Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one of the most popular manga artists in America. Fairy Tail, currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine, is his latest creation.

Author Residence: Tokyo, Japan

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Fairy Tail 38 Summary: Starting with Vol. 30, the story jumps ahead Hiro Mashima seven years, opening up new ground in this long- 9781612624341 running, bestselling series. Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 to 12 Fairy Tail is by fan-favorite author Hiro Mashima, whose $10.99/$11.99 Can. previous work, Rave Master, has sold more than 300,000 Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) copies in the United States. Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Fantasy Territory: World Now on a monthly release, and 8-week initials are Ctn Qty: 24 steadily clumbing with each volume!

Ages 13 and up.

From the creator of the smash hit Monster Hunter Orage, Hiro Mashima-Fairy Tail is an adventure series full of magic, act...

Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one

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Fairy Tail 39 Summary: Starting with Vol. 30, the story jumps ahead Hiro Mashima seven years, opening up new ground in this long- 9781612624167 running, bestselling series. Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 to 12 Fairy Tail is by fan-favorite author Hiro Mashima, whose $10.99/$11.99 Can. previous work, Rave Master, has sold more than 300,000 Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) copies in the United States. Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Fantasy Territory: World Now on a monthly release, and 8-week initials are Ctn Qty: 24 steadily clumbing with each volume!

Ages 13 and up.

From the creator of the smash hit Monster Hunter Orage, Hiro Mashima-Fairy Tail is an adventure series full of magic, act... Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one

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Fairy Tail 40 Summary: Starting with Vol. 30, the story jumps ahead Hiro Mashima seven years, opening up new ground in this long- 9781612624174 running, bestselling series. Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 to 12 Fairy Tail is by fan-favorite author Hiro Mashima, whose $10.99/$11.99 Can. previous work, Rave Master, has sold more than 300,000 Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) copies in the United States. Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Fantasy Territory: World Now on a monthly release, and 8-week initials are Ctn Qty: 24 steadily clumbing with each volume!

Ages 13 and up.

From the creator of the smash hit Monster Hunter Orage, Hiro Mashima-Fairy Tail is an adventure series full of magic, act... Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one

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Fairy Tail 41 (paper original) Summary: Starting with Vol. 30, the story jumps ahead Hiro Mashima seven years, opening up new ground in this long- 9781612624372 running, bestselling series. Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 to 12 Fairy Tail is by fan-favorite author Hiro Mashima, whose $10.99/$11.99 Can. previous work, Rave Master, has sold more than 300,000 Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) copies in the United States. Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Fantasy Territory: World Now on a monthly release, and 8-week initials are Ctn Qty: 24 steadily clumbing with each volume!

Ages 13 and up.

From the creator of the smash hit Monster Hunter Orage, Hiro Mashima-Fairy Tail is an adventure series full of magic, act...

Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one

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Genshiken: Second Season 4 The sequel series to the bestselling Genshiken will have fans Shimoku Kio coming back for more. 9781612625492 Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 The original nerd manga delves deeper into female fandom, $10.99/$11.99 Can. creating more reference points for male and female fans. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / General 16 and up. Series: Genshiken: Second SeasonTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 0.810 lb Wt Summary: The sequel series to the bestselling 367g Wt Genshiken will have fans coming back for more.

The original nerd manga delves deeper into female fandom, creating more reference points for male and female fans.

16 and up.

School festival season is here! With friends of Yajima and Yoshitake visiting, someone from Hato's past chooses just the Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 - September 2013 Page 228

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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 5 A action manga set far in the future based on the Yu Kinutani seminal classic manga, The Ghost in the Shell (also published 9781612625560 by Kodansha). 16 and up. Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 $10.99/$11.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Summary: A cyborg action manga set far in the future Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Science Fiction based on the seminal classic manga, The Ghost in the Series: Ghost in the Shell: SACTerritory: World Shell (also published by Kodansha). 16 and up. Ctn Qty: 24 0.810 lb Wt The Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex originally aired 367g Wt on Cartoon Network as a 26 episode anime series. This manga adaptation is sure to draw fans of the anime and the original The Ghost in the Shell movie and manga.

Story Locale: New Port

Series Overview: Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city ...

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Missions of Love 7 From the creator of ’I am Here!’, which was a sleeper hit for Ema Toyama Kodansha Comics. Strong demand for this series. Ages 16 9781612622897 and up. Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 $10.99/$11.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Summary: From the creator of 'I am Here!', which was a Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Romance sleeper hit for Kodansha Comics. Strong demand for this Series: Missions of LoveTerritory: World series. Ages 16 and up. Ctn Qty: 24 0.810 lb Wt Romantic hijinx and sexual tension are rampant in this funny 367g Wt and dramatic shojo series. Can a girl blackmail a boy to teach her about love, just so she can write a new novel?

Series Overview: In school, Yukina is a cold and distant girl, while Shigure appears to be a perfect, good-looking guy. But the two of them have a secret, and their extraordinary "love" is...

Author Bio: Ema Toyama is a female Japanese manga artist. She made her debut in September 2003 in the monthly manga

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Missions of Love 8 From the creator of ’I am Here!’, which was a sleeper hit for Ema Toyama Kodansha Comics. Strong demand for this series. Ages 16 9781612622903 and up. Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 $10.99/$11.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Summary: From the creator of 'I am Here!', which was a Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Romance sleeper hit for Kodansha Comics. Strong demand for this Series: Missions of LoveTerritory: World series. Ages 16 and up. Ctn Qty: 24 0.810 lb Wt Romantic hijinx and sexual tension are rampant in this funny 367g Wt and dramatic shojo series. Can a girl blackmail a boy to teach her about love, just so she can write a new novel?

Series Overview: In school, Yukina is a cold and distant girl, while Shigure appears to be a perfect, good-looking guy. But the two of them have a secret, and their extraordinary "love" is... Author Bio: Ema Toyama is a female Japanese manga artist. She made her debut in September 2003 in the monthly manga

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No. 6 volume 6 A dystopian thriller for fans of The Hunger Games. Atsuko Asano 9781612623603 Viewers of the anime series will want to see a more detailed Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 take on the story. $10.99/$11.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Young female fantasy readers will love the sensitive portrayal Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Science Fiction of an unsteady friendship growing in adversity. Series: No. 6 Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 16 and up. Series is ongoing in Japan. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Summary: A dystopian thriller for fans of The Hunger Games.

Viewers of the anime series will want to see a more detailed take on the story.

Young female fantasy readers will love the sensitive portrayal of an unsteady friendship growing in adversity.

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No. 6 volume 7 A dystopian thriller for fans of The Hunger Games. Atsuko Asano 9781612625539 Viewers of the anime series will want to see a more detailed Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 take on the story. $10.99/$11.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Young female fantasy readers will love the sensitive portrayal Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Science Fiction of an unsteady friendship growing in adversity. Series: No. 6 Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 16 and up. Series is ongoing in Japan. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Summary: A dystopian thriller for fans of The Hunger Games.

Viewers of the anime series will want to see a more detailed take on the story.

Young female fantasy readers will love the sensitive portrayal of an unsteady friendship growing in adversity.

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No. 6 volume 8 A dystopian thriller for fans of The Hunger Games. Atsuko Asano 9781612625782 Viewers of the anime series will want to see a more detailed Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 take on the story. $10.99/$11.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Young female fantasy readers will love the sensitive portrayal Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Science Fiction of an unsteady friendship growing in adversity. Series: No. 6 Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 16 and up. Series is ongoing in Japan. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Summary: A dystopian thriller for fans of The Hunger Games.

Viewers of the anime series will want to see a more detailed take on the story.

Young female fantasy readers will love the sensitive portrayal of an unsteady friendship growing in adversity.

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Sankarea 6 Boy meets girl, then accidentally turns girl into a zombie when Mitsuru Hattori she falls off a cliff and disembowels herself. 9781612623993 Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 Aimed at young male fans of The Walking Dead and other $10.99/$11.99 Can. zombie TV shows, movies and games, particularly this year’s Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) zombie rom-com “Warm Bodies.” Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Horror Series: Sankarea Territory: World Fans of the anime will want to check out the o... Ctn Qty: 24 0.810 lb Wt Summary: Boy meets girl, then accidentally turns girl 367g Wt into a zombie when she falls off a cliff and disembowels herself.

Aimed at young male fans of The Walking Dead and other zombie TV shows, movies and games, particularly this year's zombie rom-com "Warm Bodies."

Fans of the anime will want to check out the original manga upon which it was based.

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Sankarea 7 Boy meets girl, then accidentally turns girl into a zombie when Mitsuru Hattori she falls off a cliff and disembowels herself. 9781612625508 Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 Aimed at young male fans of The Walking Dead and other $10.99/$11.99 Can. zombie TV shows, movies and games, particularly this year’s Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) zombie rom-com “Warm Bodies.” Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Horror Series: Sankarea Territory: World Fans of the anime will want to check out the o... Ctn Qty: 24 0.810 lb Wt Summary: Boy meets girl, then accidentally turns girl 367g Wt into a zombie when she falls off a cliff and disembowels herself.

Aimed at young male fans of The Walking Dead and other zombie TV shows, movies and games, particularly this year's zombie rom-com "Warm Bodies."

Fans of the anime will want to check out the original manga upon which it was based.

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Sankarea 8 Boy meets girl, then accidentally turns girl into a zombie when Mitsuru Hattori she falls off a cliff and disembowels herself. 9781612625546 Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 Aimed at young male fans of The Walking Dead and other $10.99/$11.99 Can. zombie TV shows, movies and games, particularly this year’s Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) zombie rom-com “Warm Bodies.” Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Horror Series: Sankarea Territory: World Fans of the anime will want to check out the o... Ctn Qty: 24 0.810 lb Wt Summary: Boy meets girl, then accidentally turns girl 367g Wt into a zombie when she falls off a cliff and disembowels herself.

Aimed at young male fans of The Walking Dead and other zombie TV shows, movies and games, particularly this year's zombie rom-com "Warm Bodies."

Fans of the anime will want to check out the original manga upon which it was based.

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Sherlock Bones 4 Summary: Sherlock Holmes is reborn with a twist. Yuma Ando Sherlock Bones has the enigmatic detective reincarnated 9781612624471 as a dog! And there's no slowing this hound down once Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 he's on to the scent of a good mystery. $10.99/$11.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic super sleuth has seen a Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Crime & strong revival in modern culture with the BBC's Sherlock Mystery and CBS' Elementary. Now manga fans can get their fill Series: Sherlock BonesTerritory: World of deductive reasoning with Sherlock Bones! Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: World With a nice balance of playful humor and serious drama, 0.810 lb Wt this title will appeal to all a... 367g Wt

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Tsubasa Omnibus 1 Summary: Tsubasa is one of CLAMP's most successful Clamp series with over 1.4 million copies sold in the US. 9781612625959 Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 Combines sci-fi and fantasy, with space/time travel and $19.99/$21.99 Can. dramatic battles involving magic. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / General It is a love story at its core with great characters that Series: Tsubasa OmnibusTerritory: World will appeal to both boys and girls Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: World This is a three-in-one omnibus. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Appropriate for ages 13+

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Vinland Saga 3 Summary: The epic action manga for fans of Game of Makoto Yukimura Thrones. A story of war, royal intrigue, suspense and 9781612624228 revenge set against the Viking invasions of England. Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 $19.99/$21.99 Can. Readers of gory medieval sagas like Berserk won't find a Hardback more compelling manga series. Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Historical Fiction The success of Vertical's : The Origin and Viz's Series: Vinland SagaTerritory: World Nausicaa Box Set has demonstrated a strong demand for Ctn Qty: 24 this format. Sales Restrictions: World 1.250 lb Wt The release of Vinland Saga is perfectly timed to coincide 567g Wt with the Game of Thrones craze, and the launch of the historical drama ...

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Wallflower 33, The (paper original) It’s the ultimate makeover! Four gorgeous guys must turn a Tomoko Hayakawa reclusive girl into a “real lady.” 13 and up. 9781612625515 Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 $10.99/$11.99 Can. Summary: It's the ultimate makeover! Four gorgeous Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) guys must turn a reclusive girl into a "real lady." 13 and Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Romance up. Series: Wallflower Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 The Wallflower (Yamatonadeshiko Shichihenge) is consistently 0.810 lb Wt one of the top ten manga in Japan, according to NewType 367g Wt Magazine. The first 16 volumes of the series have sold more than 4 million copies!

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xxxHOLiC Omnibus 1 Summary: With a sequel series and live action drama Clamp launching in Japan, xxxHOLiC is garnering great 9781612625911 attention. Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 $19.99/$21.99 Can. Part drama, part mystery, xxxHOLiC spins engaging Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) tales that have remarkable depth. Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Horror Series: XXXHolic OmnibusTerritory: World This omnibus edition will contain three volumes. Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: World Appropriate for ages 13+ 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. He seeks help from a mysterious woman named Yuko, who claims she can help. However, Watanuki must work for Yuko in order to pay for her aid. Soon Watanuki finds him...

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xxxHOLiC Omnibus 2 Summary: With a sequel series and live action drama Clamp launching in Japan, xxxHOLiC is garnering great 9781612625928 attention. Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 $19.99/$21.99 Can. Part drama, part mystery, xxxHOLiC spins engaging Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) tales that have remarkable depth. Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Horror Series: XXXHolic OmnibusTerritory: World This omnibus edition will contain three volumes. Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: World Appropriate for ages 13+ 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. He seeks help from a mysterious woman named Yuko, who claims she can help. However, Watanuki must work for Yuko in order to pay for her aid. Soon Watanuki finds him...

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Brazil - Culture Smart! : The Essential Guide to Summary: Culture Smart! guides provide essential Customs & Culture information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in a variety of Sandra Branco, Rob Williams different countries, ensuring that visitors arrive at their 9781857336894 destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies and Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 sensitive issues. Whether traveling for business or pleasure, $9.95/$12.95 Can. the ability to understand other cultures is now accepted as 168 pages essential. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio: SANDRA BRANCO is a Brazilian-born writer now Travel / South America / Brazil Series: Culture Smart!Territory: World except living in the UK. After graduating in Communications from São Paulo University she worked as a video and television United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 producer and scriptwriter in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife,

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ROB WILLIAMS is a senior lecturer at the University of Westminster in London, running MA programs in Appl...

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Thailand - Culture Smart! : The Essential Guide Summary: For many outsiders Thailand still conjures up to Customs & Culture images of the East at its most mysterious and enchanting - a Roger Jones view largely formed by Hollywood films like The King and I. 9781857336917 Never conquered by foreigners, this proud and ancient land Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 has been shaped by Buddhism, , and the $9.95/$12.95 Can. military. Today it is a representative democracy with a 168 pages populist female prime minister, and is ranked among the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) economies of Southeast Asia. It is a manufacturing Travel / Asia / Southeast powerhouse, the world's largest rice exporter... Series: Culture Smart!Territory: World except Author Bio: ROGER JONES is a writer and editor specializing United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 in careers, living and working abroad, and music. A graduate

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Turkey - Culture Smart! : The Essential Guide Summary: Standing astride two continents and stretching to Customs & Culture from Europe to the Middle East, Turkey is both feared by the Charlotte McPherson West and wooed by it. Travelers have always been drawn to 9781857336931 its glorious cultural heritage and heroic landscapes, and Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 today, thanks to its burgeoning economy, growing geo- $9.95/$12.95 Can. political importance, and young population, it is attracting 168 pages more foreign visitors than ever. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) TRAVEL / Middle East / Turkey This new, updated edition of Culture Smart! Turkey reveals a Series: Culture Smart!Territory: World except nation in transition. Over the last two decades living co... United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: CHARLOTTE McPHERSON is an American with 0.810 lb Wt dual citizenship who has lived in Turkey since 1979. For her 367g Wt graduate studies at Indiana University she specialized in Uralic Altaic languages and history. She has an MA in Anthropology, and during the 1980s she conducted extensive research in Turkey and Central Asia among Turkic-speaking peoples. She has lectured in Social Anthropology at Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, and has written many scholarly papers and several books. She has served ...

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Albania - Culture Smart! : The Essential Guide Summary: Albania, on the Balkan coast of the Adriatic Sea, to Customs & Culture is almost the land that time forgot. Waiting to be Farah Ramadan rediscovered, it is a country rich in natural resources, history, 9781857336566 traditions, and culture. Romans, Byzantines, Slavs, Venetians, Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 and Ottoman Turks all left their mark. In modern times, after $9.95/$12.95 Can. briefly gaining independence, Albania endured decades of 168 pages oppression under Italian Fascist, Nazi German, and hard-line Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Communist rule, and was in the iron grip of the Stalinist Travel / Europe / Eastern dictator Enver Hoxa for... Series: Culture Smart!Territory: World except Author Bio: FARAH RAMADAN grew up in Norway, but has an United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 Albanian background from Macedonia. After graduating in

Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Political Science at the University of Oslo she worked as an 0.810 lb Wt intern at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tirana in 2007, 367g Wt returning there in 2009 and 2010 to work as a consultant in a Norwegian energy company. She has also lived and worked in Macedonia and spent time in Kosovo. Her summer and Christmas vacations are spent with her fiancé and his family in Albania, giving her first-hand ins...

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Ecuador - Culture Smart! : The Essential Guide Summary: Squeezed between Colombia in the north and to Customs & Culture Peru in the south, Ecuador is named for its location on the Russell Maddicks Equator and has a landscape so varied that it has been 9781857336832 described as a microcosm of every microclimate found in Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 South America. This diversity makes it a magnet for tourists, $9.95/$12.95 Can. mountain trekkers, volunteers, and increasing numbers of US 168 pages retirees looking for a warm, culturally interesting, economical, Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) and safe place to spend much of their time. The country is Travel / South America / Ecuador & Galapagos booming, thanks to high oil pri... Islands Series: Culture Smart!Territory: World except Author Bio: Russell Maddicks is a BBC-trained writer, translator, and journalist. A graduate in Economic and Social United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 History from the University of Hull, England, he has spent the 0.810 lb Wt last twenty years traveling, living, and working in South and 367g Wt Central America, most recently as Latin American Regional Specialist for BBC Monitoring. A fluent Spanish speaker, he has made many extended trips to Ecuador, one of his favorite South American destinations, where he has explored the length and breadth of the...

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A Political Education : Coming of Age in Paris Summary: André Schiffrin was born the son of one of and New York France's most esteemed publishers, in a world peopled by Andre Schiffrin some of the day's leading writers and intellectuals, such as 9781612193632 André Gide and Jean-Paul Sartre. But this world was torn Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 apart when the Nazis marched into Paris on young André's $16.95/$16.95 Can. fifth birthday.Beginning with the family's dramatic escape to 288 pages / 16 BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOS Casablanca-thanks to the help of the legendary Varian Fry- Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) and eventually New York, A POLITICAL EDUCATION recounts Biography & Autobiography / Literary the surprising twists and turns of a lif... Territory: World Author Bio: André Schiffrin was, for thirty years, the Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt publisher of Pantheon Books, where he published some of the 140mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt world's leading writers, including Noam Chomsky, Michel Foucault, Eric Hobsbawm, , Simone De Beauvoir, Studs Terkel and Marguerite Duras. In 1990 Schiffrin left Pantheon to found The New Press, and many of those writers can with him. He is the author of the acclaimed study of the book industry, The Business of Books. André Schiffrin divides his time between Paris and N...

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Maranoia : Weed, Greed, and the End of Summary: In the spirit of Hunter Thompson's Hell's California Angels and Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, a David Rose first-person account of a booming California business: 9781612191867 weed Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 $24.95/$24.95 Can. When Californians voted on Proposition 19-the Regulate, 256 pages Control and Tax Cannabis Act-in November 2010, many Hardback expected the state to become the first to fully legalize a History / United States / State & Local - West Schedule I drug. After all, -legalization movement had Territory: World huge popular support, medical marijuana was already legal, Ctn Qty: 12 and, well, pot was the state's biggest agr... 1.250 lb Wt 567g Wt Author Bio: DAVID ROSE is the former president of the London Review of Books. In 1998 he started the magazine's personal ads, the magazine's most popular feature. His ads were collected in two bestselling books, which he edited: They Call Me Naughty : Personal Ads from the London Review of Books and Sexually, I'm More of a Switzerland: More Personal Ads from the London Review of Books (published in the U.S. by Scribner).

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The Weirdness : A Novel Summary: With the literary muscle of Victor LaValle's Jeremy Bushnell Big Machine and the outlandish humor of Kevin Smith's 9781612193151 Dogma, this debut reveals the dark underbelly of the NY Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 literary scene. $16.95/$16.95 Can. 272 pages At thirty, Billy Ridgeway still hasn't gotten around to becoming Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) a writer; he thinks too much to get anything done, really, Fiction / Literary except making sandwiches at a Greek deli with his buddy Anil. Territory: World But the Devil shows up with fancy coffee one morning, Ctn Qty: 24 promising to make Billy's of being published come true: Sales Restrictions: World as long as Billy ... 5.500 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: JEREMY BUSHNELL is a professor at Boston University, specializing in courses in literature and video games. He is the fiction editor for Longform.com, and is also the lead developer of Inevitable, a tabletop game released by Dystopian Holdings. He lives in Boston. This is his first novel.

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The Sea Inside Summary: We're excited to be publishing this important Philip Hoare writer on all things whales and the sea! Melville 9781612193595 would be proud! Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 $27.99/$27.99 Can. A personal story of travel and ocean history from a award- 384 pages / ABOUT 30 B&W PHOTOS winning naturalist writer, Philip Hoare's lyrical examination of Hardback our essential ocean creatures. Like J.A. Baker's The Peregrine, Nature / Marine Life Hoare's latest will open your eyes to the historical and Territory: US, Canada, open market personal significance of the natural world. Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Story Locale: UK, the Azores, Sri Lanka, Tasmania, New 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Zealand

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With My Dog Eyes : A Novel Summary: A short, stunning book by a Brazilian master Hilda Hilst, Adam Morris of the avant-garde. 9781612193458 Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 Something has changed in Amos Keres, a university $12.95/$12.95 Can. mathematics professor-his sentences trail off in class, he is 80 pages / Y disgusted by the sight of his wife and son, and he longs to Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) flee the comfortable bourgeois life he finds himself a part of. Fiction / Literary Most difficult of all are his struggles to express what has Territory: World happened to him, for a man more accustomed to numbers Ctn Qty: 1 than words. He calls it "the clearcut unhoped-for," and it's a Sales Restrictions: World that ... 5.500 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: HILDA HILST was born in 1930 in Jaú, Brazil. Hilst was a prolific author whose work spans many different genres, including poetry, fiction, drama and newspaper columns. Born the heiress to a coffee fortune, she abandoned Sao Paolo and promising law career in the 1960s, moved to the countryside, and built herself a house, Casa do Sol, where she lived until the end of her life with a rotating cast of friends, lovers, aspiring artists, bohemian poets, and dozens

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Gottland Summary: "Extraordinary, hypnotizing and disturbing Mariusz Szczygiel, Antonia Lloyd-Jones tales." 9781612193137 Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 A cultural history of Czechoslovakia, told through the $22.95/$22.95 Can. stories of artists, writers, and performers whose lives 304 pages were completely and often strangely altered by the Hardback various pressures of the times. History / Eastern Europe / General Territory: World The story of Eduard Kirchberger is one of the fascinating and Ctn Qty: 24 absurd cases that this book collects: in the 1920s and '30s, Sales Restrictions: World Kirchberger was a writer of pulp fiction, the author of 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt bestselling thrillers in which gruesome monsters preyed on 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt helple...

Author Bio: Born in 1966, MARIUSZ SZCZYGIEL has been a reporter for Gazeta Wyborcza since 1990. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his writing on Poland and Czechoslovakia, including the Europe Book Prize and the Prix l'Amphi for Gottland. From 1995-2001, he hosted his own talk show ("Na kazdy temat", "On Any Topic"). Together with

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The Annals of Unsolved Crime Summary: One of America's most acclaimed Edward Jay Epstein investigative journalists re-investigates some of the 9781612193175 most notorious and mysterious crimes of the last 200 Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 years $16.95/$16.95 Can. 20 CHARTS AND TIMELINES The beloved head of the UN dies in a tragic plane crash… Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) witnesses unearthed years later suggest it wasn't an True Crime / General accident. Theories behind the mysterious death of Marilyn Territory: World Monroe change yearly, and some believe Jack the Ripper was Ctn Qty: 24 a member of the royal family. History books say Hitler burned 0.810 lb Wt down the Reichstag-but did he? And who really organized t... 367g Wt Author Bio: Edward Jay Epstein is the author of fourteen books. He studied government at Cornell and Harvard and received a Ph.D from Harvard in 1973. His thesis on the search for political truth became a best-selling book, Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth. His doctoral dissertation on television news was published as News From Nowhere. He is the recipient of numerous foundation grants and awards, including the prestigious

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A Short History of Nuclear Folly Summary: In the spirit of Dr. Strangelove and The Atomic Rudolph Herzog, Jefferson Café, a blackly sardonic people's history of atomic blunders 9781612193304 and near-misses revealing the hushed-up and forgotten Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 episodes in which the great powers gambled with $16.95/$16.95 Can. catastrophe. Rudolph Herzog, the acclaimed author of Dead 256 pages / 22 B&W PHOTOS Funny, presents a devastating account of history's most Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) irresponsible uses of nuclear technology. From the rarely History / Military / Nuclear Warfare discussed nightmare of "Broken Arrows" (40 nuclear weapons Territory: World lost during the Cold War) to "Operation Plowshare... Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: RUDOLPH HERZOG is the author of Dead 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Funny: Humor in Hitler's Germany. His documentary on humor in the Third Reich, Laughing With Hitler, scored top audience ratings on German Channel 1 and was also broadcast on the BBC. He is the son of the celebrated filmmaker Werner Herzog.

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Thirst : A Novel of the Iran-Iraq War Summary: The master of Iranian letters tells a daring Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Aida Bahrami story about a war correspondent trying to report the 9781612193007 truth about life under a totalitarian regime. Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 $16.95/$16.95 Can. In Iran, it's nearly impossible to write history. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) On a strategic hill overlooking the frontier, Iraqi and Iranian Fiction / Literary troops battle over a reservoir tank, an indispensable of Territory: US, Canada, open market water. The troops are thirsty and at the brink of madness. Ctn Qty: 24 Nearby, an Iraqi journalist covering the battle is given a tour 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt of a Iraqi military prison. He is informed by... 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: MAHMOUD DOWLATABADI is one of the Middle

East's most important writers of the last century. The author of numerous novels, plays and screenplays, he is a leading proponent of social and artistic freedom in contemporary Iran. Dowlatabadi pioneered the use of the everyday language of the Iranian people as suitable for high literary art, and often examines the lives of the marginal and oppressed in his work, such as in his previous Melville House

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White Guard Summary: A new edition of the novel that launched Mikhail Bulgakov, Michael Glenny Bulgakov's career, part of Melville House's reissue of the 9781612193656 Bulgakov backlist in Michael Glenny's celebrated Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 translations $15.95/$15.95 Can. 304 pages The story of the Turbins, a middle-class family in Kiev amidst Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) the turmoil of the Civil War. Fiction / Classics Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Story Locale: Kiev, 1918 Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: MIKHAIL BULGAKOV was born in Kiev on May 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt 15th 1891. He graduated as a doctor but gave up the practice of medicine in 1920 to devote himself to literature. He went on to write some of the greatest novels in twentieth century Russian literature, including The White Guard, Heart of a Dog, and his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita. He died in Moscow of kidney disease in 1940.

MICHAEL GLENNY (1927-1990) was one of the world's leading translators of Russian literature, translating the...

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Leavetaking A brilliant, brutally honest autobiographical novel, long out of Peter Weiss, Christopher Levenson print, from one of the great artistic polymaths of the 20th 9781612193311 century Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 $16.00/$16.00 Can. 160 pages Summary: "I was on my way to look for a life of my Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) own." Fiction / Classics Territory: World A brilliant, brutally honest autobiographical novel, long Ctn Qty: 24 out of print, from one of the great artistic polymaths of 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt the 20th century. 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt This is a Sebaldian account of the narrator's attempt to break free of a repressive upper-middle-class upbringing and make his way as an artist and individual, written in a single incantatory paragraph.

Leavetaking is the story of an upper-middle-class childhood and adolescence in Berlin between the wars....

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Letters of James Agee to Father Flye Summary: Following the successful rediscovery of James Agee Cotton Tenants, James Agee's correspondence with a 9781612193618 beloved spiritual teacher enters the Neversink Library Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 $16.00/$16.00 Can. Oscillating between earnest questions and bawdy jokes, 240 pages James Agee's decades of letters, compiled by their trusty Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) recipient, Father Flye, explore issues of spiritual belief, Biography & Autobiography / Literary literature, family, success, and writing. Though most of Series: Neversink Territory: World Father Flye's letters have since been lost, Agee's writing Ctn Qty: 24 glimmers with a multi-faceted intelligence and lifelong... 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: JAMES AGEE (1909-1955) was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and started his writing career as a reporter for Fortune. He was also a novelist and poet. His only collection of poetry, Permit Me Voyage, won the Yale Younger Poets competition in 1934. His posthumous novel, A Death in the Family, won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize. Agee also wrote movie reviews for Time and The Nation, as well as several important film scripts, including The African Queen (starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hep...

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Insel Summary: Where are the women in the Modernist Mina Loy, Elizabeth Arnold canon? Right here! 9781612193533 Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 The only novel by the inimitable modernist poet and artist $15.00/$15.00 Can. Mina Loy-never published during her lifetime. The story of an 180 pages unusual friendship between the narrator (a stand-in for Loy Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) herself) and Insel, a surrealist of great talent but Fiction / Classics terrible living habits. Series: Neversink Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Story Locale: 1930s Paris 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Series Overview: The Neversink Library champions books from around the world that have been overlooked, underappreciated, looked askance at,... Author Bio: Mina Loy was born in London in 1882 and began her artistic career as painter; she was influenced by Impressionism and achieved success in the Parisian art world before turning to poetry and other forms of visual art, including lampshades and "junk collages." She was at the

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MELVILLE HOUSE

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Melville House

Bolano : A Biography Summary: The first biography of Chilean novelist Monica Maristain Roberto Bolaño, whose Savage Detectives and 2666 9781612193472 were bestsellers in the U.S. Written by a noted magazine Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 writer, with the cooperation of Bolaño's family and $27.95/$27.95 Can. friends. 301 pages / 30 B&W PHOTOS Hardback How to know the man behind works of fiction so prone to Biography & Autobiography / Literary extravagance? In the first biography of Chilean novelist and Territory: World poet Roberto Bolaño, journalist Mónica Maristain tracks Bolaño Ctn Qty: 12 from his childhood in Chile, to his youth in Mexico and his Sales Restrictions: World early infatuation with literature, to his b... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt

152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: MONICA MARISTAIN is an editor, journalist, and fiction writer. Born in Argentina, she has lived in Mexico since 2000. She has written for various national and international media, including the Argentine newspapers Clarín, Page 12 and The Nation, as well as for Playboy magazine. In 2009, Melville House published Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview and other Conversations, which features Maristain's Playboy Mexico interview with Bolaño, his last published conversation.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Melville International Crime

A Private : A Duca Lamberti Noir Summary: A classic Italian noir novel, from one of the Giorgio Scerbanenco, Howard Curtis greatest Italian crime writers, translated for the first 9781612193359 time. Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 $16.95/$16.95 Can. Milan, 1966. When Doctor Duca Lamberti is released from 256 pages prison, at the end of his sentence for helping a sick older Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) woman commit suicide, he has few options. He's lost his Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard -Boiled license to practice, and he has to support his sister who's Territory: US, Canada, open market raising a child alone. But his father had been a policeman, and Ctn Qty: 24 that means Lamberti still has a connection on the force: Sales Restrictions: US, Canada, open market Superintendent Luigi Carrua... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: GIORGIO SCERBANENCO is considered by many to be the father of Italian noir and has been called 'the Italian Simenon'. He worked as a journalist and as a contributor to women's magazines before turning to crime fiction and noir. The most prestigious Italian literary prize for crime fiction is named after him, and many of his novels have been dramatised for cinema in Italian, Spanish and French. Born in Kiev in 1911, he was a longtime resident of Milan, where he

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Melville International Crime

The Dog Killer of Utica : An Eliot Conte Mystery Summary: "Dirty Harry of Literary Criticism" Frank Frank Lentricchia Lentricchia launches book two of his new mystery series, 9781612193373 featuring Eliot Conte, a PI who's "part Mike Hammer and part Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 William S. Burroughs…an instant original," according to the $15.95/$15.95 Can. Washington Post. Eliot Conte's story is pure noir, as he hunts 224 pages for a local dog killer in ways that don't always adhere to the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) law. This novel features the hard diction and the fast pace of Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled the best Italian-American crime fiction. Lentricchia's portrayal Territory: World of upstate New Yo... Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: World Author Bio: FRANK LENTRICCHIA was raised in Utica, New York, to working class, first generation Italian-American 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt parents. A chaired professor of literature at Duke University, he is the author of several highly acclaimed and often controversial critical studies; novels, including Johnny Critelli and The Knifemen; and a memoir, The Edge of Night.

Author Residence: Charlotte, North Carolina

Author Hometown: Utica, New York

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Melville International Crime

Phantoms of Breslau : An Eberhard Mock Summary: The return of Inspector Eberhard Mock and Investigation the series The Independent calls "As Noir as it gets." Marek Krajewski, Danusia Stok 9781612193441 Breslau, 1919: The hideously battered, naked bodies of four Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 sailors are discovered on an island in the River Oder. As he $15.95/$15.95 Can. pieces together the elements of this brutal crime, which has 288 pages disturbing overtones of the supernatural, Criminal Assistant Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Mock combs the brothels and drinking dens of Breslau and is Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled drawn into an dangerous game: it seems that anyone he Territory: US, Canada (no open market) questions during the Ctn Qty: 24 course of the i... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: MAREK KRAJEWSKI is an award-winning Polish crime writer and linguist. He is best known for his series of five Chandleresque novels set in pre-war Wroclaw (which was, at the time, Breslau) with the policeman Eberhard Mock as the protagonist. These novels have been translated into 14 languages, including English, French, German, and Italian.

DANUSIA STOK is the translator of all five books in the

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Melville International Crime

Come, Sweet Death! Summary: Another dark and funny crime novel by the Wolf Haas, Annie Janusch author Carl Hiaasen has called "the real deal." 9781612193397 Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 The fourth Brenner book finds the detective in Vienna, $15.95/$15.95 Can. uncovering corruption in the ambulance business…and just 224 pages barely escaping with his life in the process. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled Disillusioned ex-cop Simon Brenner decides to take a job as an Territory: World ambulance driver, in the hopes of getting away from the Ctn Qty: 24 drudgery and corruption in the police force, and finding a Sales Restrictions: World "worthy profession." But the ambulance service he goes to 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt work f... 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: WOLF HAAS was born in 1960 in the Austrian province of Salzburg. He is the author of seven books in the bestselling Detective Brenner mystery series, where each title has sold in the hundreds of thousands, and three volumes of which have been made into popular films. Among other prizes, the Brenner books have been awarded the German Thriller Prize and the 2004 Literature Prize from

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Melville International Crime

The Minotaur’s Head : An Eberhard Mock Summary: The fourth volume in the Inspector Eberhard Investigation Mock Quintet, the series called "As Noir as it gets" by the Marek Krajewski, Danusia Stok The Independent. 9781612193427 Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 When Abwehr Captain Eberhard Mock is called from his New $25.95/$25.95 Can. Year's Eve revelries to attend a particularly grisly crime 288 pages scene, his notoriously robust stomach is turned. A young girl- Hardback and suspected spy-who arrived by train from France just days Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled before, has been found dead in her hotel room, the flesh torn Territory: US, Canada (no open market) from her cheek by her assailant's teeth. Ill at ease with the Ctn Qty: 12 increa... Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: MAREK KRAJEWSKI is an award-winning Polish 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt crime writer and linguist. He is best known for his series of five Chandleresque novels set in pre-war Wroclaw (which was, at the time, Breslau) with the policeman Eberhard Mock as the protagonist. These novels have been translated into 14 languages: English, French, German, and Italian, among others.

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Melville House

The Abbess of Castro (paper original) Summary: A Romeo-and-Juliet tale told with Stendhal's 9781612193205 particular biting realism-never before available on its Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 own. $12.00/$12.00 Can. 128 pages A pair of star- lovers-one a young woman whose Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) family disapproves, the other a fatherless brigand-whose Fiction / Classics passion has unintended and dangerous consequences. Series: Art of the NovellaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Story Locale: Lazio, Italy 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 127mm W | 178mm H | 367g Wt Series Overview: Too short to be a novel, too long to be a

short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers but beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writ...

Author Bio: HENRI MARIE BEYLE (1783-1842) had a post in the Ministry of War and followed Napoleon's campaigns before retiring to Italy. There as 'Stendhal', he began writing on art, music and travel. He later wrote novels, literary criticism, and various biographical and autobiographical works.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Melville House

The Nose (paper original) Summary: A masterpiece of satire and a key work of the Nikolai Gogol, Ian Dreiblatt Russian "fantastic" movement. One of the most 9781612193182 celebrated tales in Russian literature. Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 $12.00/$12.00 Can. Collegiate Assessor Kovalyov awakens to discover that his 128 pages nose is missing, leaving a smooth, flat patch of skin in its Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) place. He finds and confronts his nose in the Kazan Cathedral, Fiction / Classics but from its clothing it is apparent that the nose has acquired Series: Art of the NovellaTerritory: World a higher rank in the civil service than he and refuses to return Ctn Qty: 24 to his face. 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt

127mm W | 178mm H | 367g Wt THE ART OF THE NOVELLA Too short ...

Author Bio: NIKOLAI GOGOL was born in 1809 in the Ukrainian Cossack village of Sorochintsy. Seeking literary fame, he went to St. Petersburg at 18 to self-publish an epic poem, which was so ridiculed that he fled the city. He eventually returned and began writing stories influenced by Ukrainian folklore. Collected asEvenings on a Farm Near

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Oroonoko (paper original) Summary: The bestselling story by a legendary female Aphra Behn writer-a tale of love, slavery, and rebellion. 9781612193243 Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda $12.00/$12.00 Can. arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast 128 pages into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of Fiction / Classics his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about Series: Art of the NovellaTerritory: World his destruction. Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt One of the most influential English novels in history, Aphra

127mm W | 178mm H | 367g Wt Behn's Oroonoko was the...

Author Bio: APHRA BEHN (c. 1640-1689), born in Kent, England, claimed to have visited the British colony of Surinam, where Oroonoko is set. She wrote poetry, short stories, stage plays, and political propaganda for the Tory party, as well as her great amorous and political novel, Love Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister.

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The Invisible Man Summary: ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED WORKS OF H.G. Wells SCIENCE FICTION 9781612193229 Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 H.G. Wells' classic The Invisible Man is an artful combination $12.00/$12.00 Can. of a psychological thriller and science fiction novel. A young 128 pages scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility feels initial joy Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) at his newfound freedoms and abilities, but quickly turns to Fiction / Classics despair when he realizes the many things he has sacrificed in Series: Art of the NovellaTerritory: World the pursuit of science. While he struggles to create the Ctn Qty: 24 formula that will restore his visibility and his connection to 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt oth...

127mm W | 178mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: HERBERT GEORGE WELLS was born in Bromley, Kent, England, on September 21, 1866. His father was a professional cricketer and sometime shopkeeper, his mother a former lady's maid. Although "Bertie" left school at fourteen to become a draper's apprentice (a life he detested), he later won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in London, where he studied with the famous Thomas Henry Huxley. He began to sell articles and short stories regularly in 1893. In

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Little Bookroom

The Little Bookroom Guide to Summary: The Little Bookroom Guide to New York City with with Children Children focuses on what parents with good taste want to Michael Berman, Hederman know: how to see New York City in a child-centered way… 9781936941094 without passing up any of the city's sophisticated food, Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 sights, or shops just because the kids are along. Organized $16.95/$19.95 Can. around EAT, PLAY, SHOP, and STAY, the authors take you to 200 pages well-known museums and attractions, but also take you out Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) of tourist-thronged Midtown and into corners of the city that Travel / Special Interest / Family New Yorkers themselves love to take... Territory: World except United Kingdom

Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: Michael Berman is a photographer and writer Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom specializing in food, restaurants, and travel. His blog is 4.500 in W | 6.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt pizzacentric.com. 114mm W | 152mm H | 367g Wt Angela Hederman is an editor of food and travel guides at The Little Bookroom.

Author Residence: New York, NY

Author Hometown: New York, NY

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Verdure: Vegetable Recipes from the Kitchen Summary: Until 2007, a fellowship at the American Academy of the American Academy in Rome, Rome in Rome-arguably, the most prestigious prize awarded to Sustainable Food Project archaeologists, painters, architects, scholars, and artists-had Christopher Boswell, Elena Goldblatt, Annie one huge drawback: the food. The dining room, ideally a place Schlec... for Fellows to gather and for disciplines to "cross-pollinate," 9781936941032 was catered by an outside company whose dreadful food was Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 to be avoided at all costs. But when AAR President Chatfield- $22.00/$26.00 Can. Taylor asked Alice Waters to help, Waters famously 244 pages responded, "That depends. ... Hardback Author Bio: Christopher Boswell is the Executive Chef of Cooking / Specific Ingredients / Vegetables the Rome Sustainable Food Project. He has been at the RSFP Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 since the program was established in 2006, when he was 5.500 in W | 7.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt chosen by Alice Waters to work with former RSFP Executive 140mm W | 178mm H | 567g Wt Chef Mona Talbott.

Boswell started out as a dishwasher and a prep cook in the small gold rush town of Jackson California. He worked at Stars, Acquarello, and One Market restaurants before moving to Italy for a year to learn authentic Italian rustic cooking. He

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NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 New York Review Books

Waiting for the Barbarians : Essays from the Summary: Over the past decade and a half, Daniel Classics to Pop Culture Mendelsohn's reviews for The New York Review of Books, The Daniel Mendelsohn New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review have 9781590177136 earned him a reputation as "one of the greatest critics of our Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 time" (Poets & Writers). In Waiting for the Barbarians, he $17.95/$21.50 Can. brings together twenty-four of his recent essays-each one 432 pages glinting with "verve and sparkle," "acumen and passion"-on a Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) wide range of subjects, from Avatar to the poems of Arthur Literary Criticism / General Rimbaud, from our inexhaustible fascinat... Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: Daniel Mendelsohn's reviews and essays on literary and cultural subjects appear frequently in The New Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt York Review of Books and The New Yorker. His books include 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt a memoir, The Elusive Embrace, a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year; the international best seller The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million; an acclaimed translation of the works of C. P. Cavafy; and a previous collection of essays, How Beautiful It Is and How Easily It Can Be Broken. He teaches at Bard College.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYRB Classics

The Broken Road : From the Iron Gates to Summary: In the winter of 1933 eighteen-year-old Patrick Mount Athos ("Paddy") Leigh Fermor set out to walk across Europe, Patrick Leigh Fermor starting in Holland and ending in Constantinople, a trip that 9781590177549 took him the better part of a year. Decades later, when he Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 was well over fifty, Leigh Fermor told the story of that life- $30.00/$34.95 Can. changing journey in A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods 384 pages and the Water, two works now celebrated as among the most Hardback vivid, absorbing, delightful, and beautifully-written travel Travel / Europe / General books of all time. Territory: US only Ctn Qty: 0 The Broke... 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 127mm W | 203mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) was an intrepid traveler, a heroic soldier, and a writer with a unique prose style. After his stormy schooldays, followed by the walk across Europe to Constantinople that begins in A Time of Gifts (1977) and continues through Between the Woods and the Water (1986), he lived and traveled in the Balkans and the Greek Archipelago. His books Mani (1958) and Roumeli (1966) attest to his deep interest in languages and remote places. In

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYRB Classics

On Being Blue : A Philosophical Inquiry Summary: On Being Blue is a book about everything blue- William H. Gass, Michael Gorra sex and sleaze and sadness, among other things-and about 9781590177181 everything else. It brings us the world in a word as only Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 William H. Gass, among contemporary American writers, can $14.00/$17.00 Can. do. 112 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Gass writes: Literary Collections / Essays Of the colors, blue and green have the greatest emotional Territory: World except United Kingdom range. Sad reds and melancholy yellows are difficult to turn Ctn Qty: 64 up. Among the ancient elements, blue occurs everywhere: in Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom ice and water, in the flame as purely as in the flower, 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt overhead and inside ... 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: William H. Gass is an American novelist, short- story writer, essayist, critic, and emeritus professor of philosophy. His first novel, Omensetter's Luck, about life in a small town in Ohio in the 1890s, was published in 1966. Since then he has published several more works of fiction, including In the Heart of the Heart of the Country, The Tunnel, and Middle C. He has also published several collections of essays,

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NYRB CLASSICS

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYRB Classics

The Use of Man Summary: Aleksandar Tišma's The Use of Man is an Aleksandar Tisma, Bernard Johnson unsparing and unequaled reckoning with the destruction of 9781590177266 human life, self, and being in war, a book about a particular Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 time and place, World War II and the Balkans, but $15.95/$18.95 Can. nonetheless for all times. Set on the banks in the multiethnic 352 pages town of Novi Sad on the Yugoslavian border with Hungary, Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) the novel tracks the intertwined lives of a group of young Fiction / War & Military people, high-school classmates, accustomed to studying and Territory: World except United Kingdom dancing and flirting and gossiping with one... Ctn Qty: 32 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Aleksandar Tišma (1923-2003) was a Serbian 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt novelist, short-story writer, journalist, editor, translator, and poet. Having grown up in Novi Sad, Serbia, in 1944, he 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt returned there from Budapest to join Tito's partisan forces. Following the end of World War II he worked as a journalist for more than a decade before publishing his first literary work, the collection of poems Naseljeni svet (The Populated World) in 1956, followed by more poetry, stories, a play, critical essays, and nove...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYRB Classics

Shakespeare’s Montaigne Summary: An NYRB Classics Original Michel de Montaigne, Stephen Greenblatt, Peter Pla... Shakespeare, Nietzsche once wrote, was Montaigne's best 9781590177228 reader. It is a typically brilliant Nietzschean insight, capturing Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 the intimate relationship between the ever-changing record of $17.95/$21.50 Can. the mutable self constituted by Montaigne's Essays and 472 pages Shakespeare's kaleidoscopic register of human character. For Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) all that, how much Shakespeare actually read Montaigne Literary Criticism / Shakespeare remains a matter of uncertainty and debate to this day. That Territory: World except United Kingdom he read him there is no doubt. Passages from Mo... Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) was one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt for popularizing the essay as a literary genre, and commonly considered the father of modern skepticism.

John Florio (1553-1625) was an Anglo-Italian linguist and lexicographer, a royal language tutor at the Court of James I, a possible friend and influence on Shakespeare, and the translator of Montaigne's Essais into English.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYRB Classics

During the Reign of the Queen of Persia Summary: Joan Chase's subtle story of three of Joan Chase, Meghan O’Rourke women negotiating lifetimes of "joy and ruin" deserves its 9781590177150 place alongside such achievements as Marilynne Robinson's Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 Housekeeping and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine. $14.95/$17.95 Can. 232 pages The Queen of Persia is in fact Gram, who presides over an Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Ohio farmhouse teeming with daughters, granddaughters, and Fiction / Sagas the occasional son-in-law. For the youngest generation, the Territory: World except United Kingdom four girls who together narrate the novel, the farm is a kind of Ctn Qty: 52 Eden, at once life-giving and t... Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Joan Chase is an American writer. She is the author of two novels, During the Reign of the Queen of Persia 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt and The Evening Wolves, and a collection of stories, Bonneville Blue. She has been awarded several prizes, including the PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Meghan O'Rourke has served as an editor for The New Yorker, as a culture editor and literary critic for Slate, and as

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NYRB CLASSICS

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYRB Classics

Fortunes of War: The Levant Trilogy Summary: It's the spring of 1941 and the German army's Olivia Manning eastward march appears unstoppable. In the Egyptian desert, 9781590177211 the young officer Simon Boulderstone, twenty years old and Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 wet behind the ears, waits in dreadful anticipation of his first $19.95 experience of combat. The people of Cairo are waiting, too. In 592 pages crowded apartments, refugees from Europe wait; in palm- Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) shaded mansions, Anglo-Egyptians wait. At night they are Fiction / War & Military joined in the city's bars and cabarets by soldiers on leave, Territory: US only looking for a last dance ... Ctn Qty: 20 Sales Restrictions: US only Author Bio: Olivia Manning (1908-1980) was a British 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt writer. Her first real success as a novelist was The Great Fortune, the first of six books concerning Guy and Harriet 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Pringle, whose wartime experiences and troubled marriage echoed that of the diffident Manning and her gregarious husband. In the 1980s these novels were collected in two volumes, The Balkan Trilogy and The Levant Trilogy, known collectively as Fortunes of War. In addition to her novels, Manning wrote essays and criticism, histo...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYRB Classics

Fear Summary: An NYRB Classics Original Gabriel Chevallier, Imrie Malcolm, John Berger 9781590177167 Winner of the 2013 Scott Moncrief Prize for Translation from Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 the French $16.95/$19.95 Can. 336 pages Fear is a classic of war literature, a book to place on the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) shelf with Storm of Steel, A Farewell to Arms, and Going After Fiction / War & Military Cacciato. Jean Dartemont, the hero of Gabriel Chevallier's Territory: US, Canada (no open market) autobiographical novel, enters what was not yet known as Ctn Qty: 32 in 1915, when it was just beginning to be clear Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) that a war that all the combatants were initially confident 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt would move swiftly to a conclusi... 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Gabriel Chevallier (1895-1969) was a French novelist widely known as the author of the satire Clochemerle, which was written in 1934, translated into twenty-six languages, and sold several million copies. Born in Lyon, Chevallier was called up at the start of World War I and wounded a year later, but returned to the front where he served as an infantryman until the war's end. He was awarded

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYRB Classics

Last Words from Montmartre Summary: An NYRB Classics Original Qiu Miaojin, Ari Larissa Heinrich 9781590177259 Last Words from Montmartre is a novel in letters that Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 narrates the gradual dissolution of a relationship between two $14.95/$17.95 Can. lovers and, ultimately, the complete unraveling of the 176 pages narrator. In a voice that veers between extremes, from self- Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) deprecation to hubris, compulsive repetition to sublime Fiction / Biographical reflection, reticence to vulnerability, it can be read as both Territory: World except United Kingdom the author's masterpiece and a labor of love, as well as her Ctn Qty: 56 own suicide note. Last Words from Montmartre, writte... Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Qiu Miaojin (1969-1995) was a Taiwanese novelist. Her unapologetically lesbian sensibility has had a 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt profound and lasting influence on queer literature in Taiwan. She worked in Taiwan before moving in 1994 to Paris, where she pursued graduate studies in clinical psychology and feminism at the University of Paris VIII. A year later she committed suicide.

Ari Larissa Heinrich is Associate Professor of Literature at

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NYRB CLASSICS

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYRB Classics

Zama Summary: First published in 1956, Zama is now universally Antonio Di Benedetto, Esther Allen recognized as one of the masterpieces of modern Argentinean 9781590177174 and Spanish-language literature. Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 $15.95/$18.95 Can. Written in a style that is both precise and sumptuous, weirdly 236 pages archaic and powerfully novel, Zama takes place in the last Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) decade of the eighteenth century and describes the solitary, Fiction / Historical / General suspended existence of Don Diego de Zama, a highly placed Territory: US, Canada (no open market) servant of the Spanish crown who has been posted to Ctn Qty: 52 Asunción, the capital of remote Paraguay. There, eaten... Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Antonio di Benedetto (1922-1986) was an Argentine journalist and author of five novels, of which Zama 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt is the most well known. His first book, the story collection Mundo Animal (1952), appeared in English translation in 1997 as Animal World.

Esther Allen has translated Javier Marías, Jorge Luis Borges, Felisberto Hernández, Flaubert, Rosario Castellanos, Blaise Cendrars, Marie Darrieussecq, and José Martí. She currently

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The Mad and the Bad Summary: Michel Hartog, a sometime architect, is a Jean-Patrick Manchette, Donald Nicholson-Smith powerful businessman and famous philanthropist whose 9781590177204 immense fortune has just grown that much greater following Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 the death of his brother in an accident. $14.95/$17.95 Can. 192 pages Peter is his orphaned nephew-a spoiled brat. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective / International Julie is in an insane asylum. Mystery & Crime Territory: US, Canada, open market (no European Thompson is a hired gunman with an ulcerated gut. Union) Ctn Qty: 52 Michel, known for his kindly interest in the disadvantaged, Sales Restrictions: US, Canada, open market (no hires Julie to look after Peter. European Union) 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt And he hires Thompson to kill them. 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Julie and Peter escape. Thomps...

Author Bio: Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942-1995) was a genre-redefining French crime novelist, screenwriter, critic,

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Agostino Summary: A thirteen-year-old boy spending the summer at Alberto Moravia, Michael F. Moore a Tuscan seaside resort feels displaced in his beautiful 9781590177235 widowed mother's affections by her cocksure new companion Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 and strays into the company of some local young toughs and $14.95/$17.95 Can. their unsettling leader, a fleshy older boatman with six fingers 152 pages on each hand. Initially repelled by their squalor and brutality, Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) repeatedly humiliated for his well-bred frailty and above all for Fiction / Coming of Age his ingenuousness in matters of women and sex, the boy Territory: World except United Kingdom nonetheless finds h... Ctn Qty: 56 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Alberto Moravia (1907-1990) was one of Italy's 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt greatest twentieth-century writers. Among his best-known books to have appeared in English are Boredom, The Woman 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt of Rome, The Conformist (the basis for Bernardo Bertolucci's film), Roman Tales, Contempt (the basis for Jean-Luc Godard's film), and Two Women.

Michael F. Moore is a New York-based writer, translator, and interpreter, and the chair of the PEN Translation Fund. His translations from the Italian include four novels by Erri D...

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NYRB CLASSICS

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The Siren Summary: In the last two years of his life, the Sicilian Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, Stephen Twilley, aristocrat Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, in addition to his Mar... internationally celebrated novel, The Leopard, also composed 9781590177198 three shorter pieces of fiction that confirm and expand our Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 picture of his brilliant late-blooming talent. $14.95/$17.95 Can. 96 pages In the parable-like "Joy and the Law," a mediocre clerk in Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) receipt of an unexpected supplement to his Christmas bonus Fiction / Short Stories (single author) (an awkwardly outsize version of the traditional panettone) Territory: US, Canada (no open market) finds his visions of domestic bliss... Ctn Qty: 64 Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) Author Bio: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957) was a Sicilian nobleman, Duke of Palma and Prince of 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Lampedusa. In the final two and a half years of his life he produced several drafts of one novel, three short stories (one conceived as the first chapter of a second, unfinished novel), and a childhood memoir. None of these were published in his lifetime, but two years after his death his great novel, The Leopard, won the Strega Prize and became a worldwide best seller, translated into twent...

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You’ll Enjoy It When You Get There : The Summary: An NYRB Classics Original Selected Stories of Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret Drabble Nearly forty years after her death, Elizabeth Taylor is only 9781590177273 beginning to gain the recognition due to her as one of the Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 finest English writers of the postwar period, notwithstanding $16.95 the praise she has received from writers as different as Sarah 400 pages Waters and Hilary Mantel. Inheriting Ivy Compton-Burnett's Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) uncanny sensitivity to the terrifying undercurrents that swirl Fiction / Short Stories (single author) beneath the apparent calm of respectable family life while Territory: US only showing a deep sympathy of her own for... Ctn Qty: 32 Sales Restrictions: US only Author Bio: Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) was an English short-story writer and novelist. Her first novel, At Mrs. 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Lippincote's, was published in 1945. She would go on to publish eleven more novels, including Angel and A Game of Hide and Seek (both available from NYRB Classics), four collections of short stories (many of which originally appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's, and other magazines), and a children's book, Mossy Trotter.

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The Captain’s Daughter Summary: An NYRB Classics Original Alexander Pushkin, Robert Chandler, Elizabeth Chan... Alexander Pushkin's short novel is set during the reign of 9781590177242 Catherine the Great, when the Cossacks rose up in rebellion Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 against the Russian . Presented as the memoir of $14.00/$17.00 Can. Pyotr Grinyov, a nobleman, The Captain's Daughter tells how, 136 pages as a feckless youth and fledgling officer, Grinyov was sent Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) from St. Petersburg to serve in a remote part of southern Fiction / Historical / General Russia. Traveling to take up this new post, Grinyov loses his Territory: World except United Kingdom shirt gambling and then loses his way in a terri... Ctn Qty: 56 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) is considered by many to be Russia's greatest poet, and through his poems 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt as well as his experimentation with other genres-dramas, short stories, novels-he influenced generations of Russian and international writers. Among his best-known works in English translation are Boris Godunov, The Tales of Belkin, Eugene Onegin, The Queen of Spades, and The Captain's Daughter.

Robert Chandler's translations from the Russian include

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Love Sonnets and Elegies Summary: Louise Labé is commonly regarded as the most Louise Labe, Richard Sieburth, Karin Lessing original woman poet of the French Renaissance. The daughter 9781590177310 of an illiterate rope maker in Lyon, known to her Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 contemporaries for her unusual learning as well as her skills as $12.95/$15.95 Can. a singer and lutanist, Labé was in her thirties when she 120 pages published her complete Works in 1555 and then disappeared Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) from the scene, not to be rediscovered until the nineteenth POETRY / Subjects & Themes / Love century. Her love poetry, made famous by Rilke's German Territory: World except United Kingdom versions, is published here with the ori... Ctn Qty: 64 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Louise Labé (c. 1522-1566) was a member of 4.500 in W | 7.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt the sixteenth-century Lyon school of humanist poets 114mm W | 178mm H | 367g Wt dominated by Maurice Scève. Her wit, charm, and accomplishments, and the freedom she enjoyed provoked unverifiable legends, such as those claiming she rode to war, took to dressing like a man, and was a cultured courtesan known as La Belle Cordière (the Beautiful Rope Maker). In addition to love sonnets and elegies, Labé's works include a dedicatory letter advocating women's education and w...

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Nothing More to Lose Summary: Published for the first time in English, this volume Najwan Darwish, Kareem James Abu-Zeid brings together a selection of poems by Najwan Darwish, from 9781590177303 his earliest work written in the late 1990s to his most recent Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 in 2013. Hailed across the Arab world and beyond as a $12.95/$15.95 Can. singular expression of the Palestinian struggle, Darwish's 120 pages poetry walks the razor's edge between despair and Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) resistance, between dark humor and the harsh reality of Poetry / Middle Eastern death. Here, the psychological, social, and political are Territory: World except United Kingdom collapsed into dense coils of rhythm ... Ctn Qty: 64 Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Author Bio: Born in Jerusalem in 1978, Najwan Darwish is 4.500 in W | 7.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt one of the foremost Arabic-language poets of his generation. 114mm W | 178mm H | 367g Wt He has gained widespread acclaim for a body of work that both embodies and transcends the Palestinian struggle. Since the publication of his first collection in 2000, Darwish's poetry has been translated into ten languages. In 2009, the Hay Festival's Beirut39 selected him as one of the thirty-nine best Arab writers under the age of thirty-nine. He continues to make his home in J...

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Computing with Quantum Cats : From Summary: A mind-blowing glimpse into the near future, Colossus to Qubits where quantum computing will have world-transforming John Gribbin effects. 9781616149215 Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 The quantum computer is no longer the stuff of science $28.95 fiction. Pioneering physicists are on the brink of unlocking a 255 pages new quantum universe which provides a better representation Hardback of reality than our everyday experiences and common sense Science / Quantum Theory ever could. The birth of quantum computers - which, like Territory: US only Schrödinger's famous "dead and alive" cat, rely on entities like Ctn Qty: 12 electrons, photons, or at... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: John Gribbin gained a PhD from the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge (then under the leadership of Fred Hoyle) before working as a science journalist for Nature and later New Scientist. He is the author of a number of bestselling popular science books, including In Search of Schrödinger's Cat, In Search of the Multiverse, Science: A History, and The Universe: A Biography. He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex and in 2000 was elected a Fellow

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Taking Liberties : Why Religious Freedom Summary: A concise and lucid explanation of what Doesn’t Give You the Right to Tell Other People religious freedom is and isn't What to Do Robert Boston 9781616149116 Increasingly, conservative religious groups are using religious Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 liberty as a sword to lash out at others. In this forcefully $19.95/$21.00 Can. argued defense of the separation of church and state, Robert 200 pages Boston makes it clear that the religious freedom guaranteed in Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) the First Amendment is an individual right, the right of Political Science / Political Ideologies / personal conscience, not a license allowing religious Conservatism & Liberalism organizations to discriminate against and control others. ... Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: Robert Boston is the director of 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt communications for Americans United for Separation of Church 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt and State and the editor of Church & State magazine. He is the author of Why the Religious Right Is Wrong about Separation of Church and State, Close Encounters with the Religious Right, and The Most Dangerous Man in America? Pat Robertson and the Rise of the Christian Coalition. He is also a frequent contributor to The Humanist, and his articles have

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Villains, Scoundrels, and Rogues : Incredible Summary: Everyone loves a good villain! From the back True Tales of Mischief and Mayhem pages of history, vivid, entertaining portraits of little- Paul Martin known scoundrels whose misdeeds range from the 9781616149277 simply inept to the truly horrifying. Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 $18.95/$20.00 Can. Even if you're an avid history buff, you've probably never 295 pages heard of this disreputable cast of characters: A drunken, Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) ne'er-do-well cop who abandoned his post at Ford's Theatre, History / United States / General giving assassin John Wilkes Booth unchallenged access to Territory: World President Lincoln; a notorious Kansas quack who made millions Ctn Qty: 24 by imp... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Paul Martin, who spent more than thirty years with the National Geographic Society as an editor and writer, is the author of Secret Heroes: Everyday Americans Who Shaped Our World (William Morrow, 2012); Land of the Ascending Dragon: Rediscovering Vietnam (Gates & Bridges, 1997); two other nonfiction books and more than a hundred articles.

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Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Summary: The story of two brilliant nineteenth-century Field : How Two Men Revolutionized Physics scientists who discovered the electromagnetic field, Forbes, Basil Mahon laying the groundwork for the amazing technological and 9781616149420 theoretical breakthroughs of the twentieth century Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 $25.95/$27.50 Can. Two of the boldest and most creative scientists of all time 300 pages were Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and James Clerk Maxwell Hardback (1831-1879). This is the story of how these two men - Science / History separated in age by forty years - discovered the existence of Territory: World the electromagnetic field and devised a radically n... Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Nancy Forbes is an experienced science writer 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt with over twenty-five publications in the area of science and technology including Imitation of Life: How Biology Is Inspiring Computing (MIT Press, 2004). She has also served as a contributing editor for The Industrial Physicist of the American Institute of Physics, and IEEE's Computing in Science and Engineering. Currently, she works for the US Department of Defense.

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Crime Scene Profilers : Investigating What the Summary: In the book Profilers, John H. Campbell with Criminal Mind Leaves Behind coeditor Don DeNevi provided a glimpse into the world of John H. Campbell the criminal profiling process. Leading investigators, most of 9781616145552 them pioneers in developing the profiling process, shared Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 insights gained from years of experience tracking the $27.00/$28.50 Can. perpetrators of notorious crimes. In this new volume, 350 pages Campbell turns to recently published studies by the FBI's Hardback National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime and the True Crime / General Behavioral Science Unit to update and ... Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: JOHN H. CAMPBELL, PHD (St. Cloud, MN), is a 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at St. Cloud 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt State University, the former unit chief of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, and the coauthor (with Don DeNevi) of Into the Minds of Madmen. He and Don DeNevi also edited the anthology Profilers: Leading Investigators Take You inside the Criminal Mind.

Author Residence: St. Cloud, MN

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Mental Biology : The New Science of How the Summary: A leading neuroscientist offers the latest Brain and Mind Relate research and many new ideas on the connections W.R. Klemm between circuitry and conscious experience. 9781616149444 Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 How the mysterious three-pound organ in our heads creates $19.95/$21.00 Can. the rich array of human mental experience, including the 270 pages sense of self and consciousness, is one of the great Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) challenges of 21st-century science. Veteran neuroscientist SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience W. R. Klemm presents the latest research findings on this Territory: World elusive brain-mind connection in a lucidly presented, Ctn Qty: 24 accessible,... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: W. R. Klemm, DVM, PhD, is a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A & M University and the author of over five hundred publications, including sixteen previous books, most recently, Memory Power 101: A Comprehensive Guide to Better Learning for Students, Businesspeople, and Seniors; Atoms of Mind: The "Ghost in the Machine" Materializes; and Core Ideas in Neuroscience. He has also been the president and cofounder of Forum

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Transparent Government : What It Means and Summary: Provides a blueprint for more effective How You Can Make It Happen government and greater citizen participation. Donald Gordon 9781616149192 "Transparency" has become the new mantra of politicians and Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 pundits alike. But what does it mean in practice? In this $18.95/$20.00 Can. informative, clearly written book community activist Donald 260 pages Gordon defines the essential features of a transparent Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) government and makes a convincing case that it is critical for Political Science / Political Advocacy a healthy and maturing democracy and the basic liberties we Territory: World all take for granted. Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Gordon first presents a c... 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: From the perspective of a local activist, Donald Gordon teaches political history, civic engagement, and political reform at Northwestern University. Gordon, a community activist for over thirty years in the Chicago area also ran for alderman in 2007. His first book, Piss 'Em All Off: And Other Practices of the Effective Citizen discusses civic engagement based on his years as an activist. Piss 'Em All Off

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The Mob and the City : The Hidden History of Summary: Forget what you think you know about the How the Mafia Captured New York Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob C. Alexander Hortis, James B. Jacobs aficionados will have a new perspective on organized 9781616149239 crime. Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 $24.95/$26.50 Can. Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first 390 pages full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden Hardback history of how the Mafia came to dominate organized crime in True Crime / Organized Crime New York City during the 1930s through 1950s. Based on Territory: World exhaustive research of archives and secret files obtained Ctn Qty: 12 through the Freedom of Information Ac... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: C. Alexander Hortis, JD, is an attorney specializing in commercial litigation and constitutional law. He has published articles on the Mafia in The Informer: The History of American Crime & Law Enforcement and in New York Law School Law Review.

Author Residence: Baltimore, MD

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The Roman Search for Wisdom Summary: The Roman "philosophy of life" as mirrored in Michael K. Kellogg the literature of ten outstanding representative authors 9781616149253 Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 Though Rome conquered much of the world and established $28.95/$30.50 Can. an empire that lasted more than a millennium, its citizens 335 pages sometimes expressed a sense of inferiority to the intellectual Hardback accomplishments of ancient Greece. The notion that Roman Philosophy / History & Surveys / Ancient & philosophers, thinkers, and writers were just pale imitations of Classical Greek originals has persisted to this day. Even the great Territory: World Roman poet Horace wrote, "Cap... Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Michael K. Kellogg is the author of The Greek 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Search for Wisdom and Three Questions We Never Stop Asking. Educated at Stanford and Oxford in philosophy and at Harvard Law School, he is a founding and managing partner at Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, PLLC.

Author Residence: Washington, DC

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It Started with Copernicus : Vital Questions Summary: A unique approach to the philosophy of about Science science that focuses on the liveliest and most important Keith Parsons controversies surrounding science 9781616149291 Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 Is science more rational or objective than any other $19.95/$21.00 Can. intellectual endeavor? Are scientific theories accurate 350 pages depictions of reality or just useful devices for manipulating the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) environment? These core questions are the focus of this Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects unique approach to the philosophy of science. Unlike standard Territory: World textbooks, this book does not attempt a comprehensive Ctn Qty: 24 review of the... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Keith M. Parsons is professor of philosophy at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He is the author of Rational Episodes: Logic for the Intermittently Reasonable; God and the Burden of : Plantinga, Swinburne, and the Analytic Defense of Theism, among other books; and the editor of The Science Wars: Debating Scientific Knowledge and Technology.

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Wild Connection : What Animal Courtship and Summary: Wild Kingdom meets Sex and the City in this Mating Tell Us about Human Relationships scientific perspective on dating and relationships. Jennifer L. Verdolin 9781616149468 A specialist in animal behavior compares the courtship rituals Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 and mating behaviors of animals to their human equivalents, $18.95/$20.00 Can. revealing the many and often surprising ways we are both 250 pages similar to and different from other species. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Science / Life Sciences / General What makes an individual attractive to the opposite sex? Territory: World Does size matter? Why do we tend to "keep score" in our Ctn Qty: 24 relationships? From perfume and cosmetics to online dat... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Dr. Jennifer L. Verdolin is an expert in animal behavior specializing in social and mating behavior. Dr. Verdolin is currently a research scientist affiliated with the prominent National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in Durham, NC. Her popular science writing has appeared in Scientific American, while her scientific research has been featured on National Public Radio and a well-known New York Times blog. Dr. Verdolin has been interviewed as an animal expert by

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The Asteroid Threat : Defending Our Planet Summary: Presents a realistic, workable plan for from Deadly Near-Earth Objects defusing a potentially lethal threat from a rogue asteroid William E. Burrows or . 9781616149130 Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 $19.95/$21.00 Can. The explosion of a large meteor over Chelyabinsk, Siberia, in 275 pages February 2013 is just the latest reminder that planet Earth is Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) vulnerable to damaging and potentially catastrophic collisions SCIENCE / Space Science with space debris of various kinds. In this informative and Territory: World forward-looking book, veteran aerospace writer William E. Ctn Qty: 24 Burrows explains what we can do in the future to avoid far 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt more serious im... 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: William E. Burrows, professor emeritus of journalism and mass communication at New York University, is the author of twelve books and numerous articles in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and other publications. He is the only nonscientist on the National Research Council's Near-Earth Object Survey and Detection Panel. In recognition of his

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The Chemistry of Alchemy : From Dragon’s Summary: A unique approach to the history of science Blood to Donkey Dung, How Chemistry Was using do-it-yourself experiments along with brief Forged historical profiles to demonstrate how the ancient Cathy Cobb, Fetterolf, Harold Goldwhite alchemists stumbled upon the science of chemistry. 9781616149154 Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 Be the alchemist! Explore the legend of alchemy with the $24.95/$26.50 Can. science of chemistry. Enjoy over twenty hands-on 280 pages demonstrations of alchemical reactions. Hardback Science / History In this exploration of the ancient art of alchemy, three Territory: World veteran chemists show that the alchemists' quest involved Ctn Qty: 12 real science and they recount ... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Cathy Cobb is the author of The Joy of Chemistry (with Monty L. Fetterolf); Crime Scene Chemistry for the Armchair Sleuth (with Monty L. Fetterolf and Jack G. Goldsmith); Magick, Mayhem, and Mavericks: The Spirited History of Physical Chemistry; and Creations of Fire: Chemistry's Lively History from Alchemy to the Atomic Age (with Harold Goldwhite). She is an instructor of chemistry,

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The Baby Makers : How Knowing That Sex Summary: A single idea radically changed our species' Leads to Babies Changed Human Evolutionary biology and culture-reproductive consciousness (i.e., History understanding that sex leads to babies) was the real Holly Dunsworth "" in our evolutionary past. 9781616149178 Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 No other species knowingly has sex for procreation except for $24.95/$26.50 Can. humans and our prehistoric hominin predecessors. 300 pages Reproductive consciousness truly sets human sex apart and Hardback had perhaps a bigger impact on human culture than any other Science / Life Sciences / Evolution idea or discovery. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 That is the theme of this lively, entertainingly... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Holly Dunsworth, PhD, is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Rhode Island. She is the author of Human Origins 101 and scholarly papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Human Evolution, PaleoAnthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology, Evolution: Education and Outreach, and the Scientific American blog. Funded by the National Science

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Curiosity : An Inside Look at the Mars Rover Summary: The story of the people who designed, built, Mission and the People Who Made It Happen launched, landed, and are now operating the Mars rover Rod Pyle Curiosity 9781616149338 Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 Award-winning science writer Rod Pyle provides a behind-the- $19.95/$21.00 Can. scenes look into the recent space mission to Mars of 290 pages Curiosity-the unmanned rover that is now providing Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) researchers with unprecedented information about the red SCIENCE / Space Science planet. Pyle follows the team of dedicated scientists whose Territory: World job it is to explore new vistas on Mars. Readers will also join Ctn Qty: 24 Curiosity, the most advanced machine... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Rod Pyle is the author of the widely acclaimed book Destination Mars-called "the best recent overview of Mars missions" by the Washington Post-and also Destination Moon, Missions to the Moon, and a popular audiobook called The Space Race. He has produced numerous documentaries for the History Channel and Discovery Communications, including the widely praised Modern Marvels: Apollo 11. He has been an assistant professor at the University of La Verne

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Harold and Jack : The Remarkable Friendship Summary: Acclaimed biographer Christopher Sandford of Prime Minister Macmillan and President tells the engrossing story of the unlikely friendship Kennedy between British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Christopher Sandford President John F. Kennedy, a crucial political and 9781616149352 personal relationship during the most dangerous days of Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 the Cold War. $25.95/$27.50 Can. 325 pages This is the story of the many-layered relationship between Hardback two iconic leaders of the mid-twentieth century-British Prime History / Modern / 20th Century Minister Harold Macmillan and American President John F. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Kennedy. Based on previously unquoted pape... Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Christopher Sandford is the critically acclaimed 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt biographer of nineteen books. Although British-born, he grew up in Washington, DC, at the time of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, where his father served as a senior British military liaison. Sandford took a masters degree in modern history from Cambridge. He has written on postwar affairs for a range of publications including The Times, the Daily Telegraph, Chronicles, the Daily Mail, the Transactions

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Christmas in the Koran : Luxenberg, Syriac, Summary: Centering on the pioneering work of and the Near Eastern and Judeo-Christian Christoph Luxenberg, this anthology of scholarly yet Background of Islam accessible studies of the Koran makes a convincing case Ibn Warraq that Islam's holy book borrowed heavily from Christian 9781616149376 texts in Syriac and other Near Eastern sources. Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 $49.95/$52.50 Can. In this important compilation, Ibn Warraq focuses on the 700 pages pioneering work in Syriac and Arabic linguistics of Christoph Hardback Luxenberg, a native speaker of Arabic who lives in the West Social Science / Islamic Studies and writes under a pseudonym. Luxenberg's careful studies of Territory: World th... Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Ibn Warraq, a senior research fellow at 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Westminster Institute (Virginia), is the highly acclaimed author of Why I Am Not a Muslim, Defending the West, Why the West Is Best: A Muslim Apostate Defends Liberal Democracy, and Virgins? What Virgins?. He is also the editor of Which Koran?, Leaving Islam, What the Koran Really Says, The Quest for the Historical Muhammad, and The Origins of the Koran.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Prometheus Books

Mathematical Curiosities : A Treasure Trove of Summary: An innovative and appealing way for the Unexpected Entertainments layperson to develop math skills-while actually enjoying Alfred S. Posamentier, Ingmar Lehmann it 9781616149314 Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 Most people agree that math is important, but few would say $19.95/$21.00 Can. it's fun. This book will show you that the subject you learned 250 pages to hate in high school can be as entertaining as a witty Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) remark, as engrossing as the mystery novel you can't put Mathematics / General down-in short, fun! As veteran math educators Posamentier Territory: World and Lehmann demonstrate, when you realize that doing math Ctn Qty: 24 can be enjoyable, you open a door int... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt

152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: ALFRED S. POSAMENTIER is dean of the School of Education and professor of mathematics education at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Previously, he had the same positions at the City College of the City University of New York for forty years. He has published over fifty-five books in the area of mathematics and mathematics education, including The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers (with Ingmar Lehmann).

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Prometheus Books

The Slaughter : Mass Killings, Organ Summary: The inside story of China's transplant organ Harvesting, and China’s Secret Solution to Its business and its macabre connection with internment Dissident Problem camps and killing fields for arrested dissidents, Ethan Gutman especially the Falun Gong Buddhists. 9781616149406 Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 Mass murder is alive and well. That is the stark conclusion of $25.95/$27.50 Can. this comprehensive investigation into the Chinese State's 325 pages secret program to get rid of political dissidents while profiting Hardback from the sale of their organs-in many cases to Western Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / recipients. Based on interviews with top-ranking police Human Rights official... Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 Author Bio: Ethan Gutmann, an award-winning China 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt analyst and human rights investigator, is the author of Losing 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt the New China: A Story of American Commerce, Desire and Betrayal. He has written widely on China issues for publications such as the Asian Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Weekly Standard, National Review, and World Affairs Journal, and has provided testimony and briefings to the United States Congress, the Central Intelligence Agency,

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The Barrow Summary: Action, horror, politics, and sensuality Mark Smylie combine in this stand-alone fantasy novel with series 9781616148911 potential. Set in the world of the Eisner-nominated Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 Artesia comic books. $18.00/$19.00 Can. 700 pages To find the Sword, unearth the Barrow. To unearth the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Barrow, follow the Map. Fiction / Fantasy / Epic Territory: World When a small crew of scoundrels, would-be heroes, deviants, Ctn Qty: 24 and ruffians discover a map that they believe will lead them 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt to a fabled sword buried in the barrow of a long-dead wizard, 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt they think they've struck it rich. But their hopes are da... Author Bio: Mark Smylie has worked as a writer, illustrator, editor, and publisher for over a decade. His epic military fantasy graphic novel series, Artesia, was first published by Sirius beginning in 1999. He was nominated for the Award for Best Newcomer that year, and for an Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition in 2001. Over the years his illustrations have appeared in game

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Pyr

Blood and Iron Summary: Set in a richly-imagined world, this action- Jon Sprunk heavy fantasy epic and series opener is like a sword- 9781616148935 and-sorcery Spartacus. Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 $18.00/$19.00 Can. It starts with a shipwreck following a magical storm at sea. 445 pages Horace, a soldier from the west, had joined the Great Crusade Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) against the heathens of Akeshia after the deaths of his wife Fiction / Fantasy / Epic and son from plague. When he washes ashore, he finds Series: The Book of the Black EarthTerritory: US, himself at the mercy of the very people he was sent to kill, Canada (no who speak a language and have a culture and customs he open market) doesn't even begi... Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Jon Sprunk is the author of the Shadow Saga- 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Shadow's Son, Shadow's Lure, and Shadow's Master-which has been published in seven languages worldwide. An avid adventurer in his spare time, he lives in central Pennsylvania with his family.

Author Residence: Palmyra, PA

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Pyr

Operation : A Cassandra Kresnov Novel Summary: Part military SF, part cyberpunk, part grand- Joel Shepherd scale space opera, and part techno-psychological 9781616148959 thriller, the Cassandra Kresnov novels transcend the Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 recently narrow segmentation of the science fiction $16.95/$18.00 Can. genre. 490 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) In 23 Years on Fire, Cassandra discovered that the FICTION / Science Fiction / Military technology that created her has been misused in her former Territory: US, Canada (no open market) home and now threatens all humanity with catastrophe. Ctn Qty: 24 Returning home to Callay, she finds that Federation member 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt worlds, exhausted by the previous thirty-year-war against 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt the... Author Bio: Joel Shepherd (Adelaide, South Australia) is the author of four previous Cassandra Kresnov novels- Crossover, Breakaway, Killswitch, and 23 Years on Fire-and four novels in the Trial of Blood and Steel series-Sasha, Petrodor, Tracato, and Haven. He is currently midway through a doctoral program in International Relations, and has also studied film and television, interned on Capitol Hill in

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The Silk Map : A Gaunt and Bone Novel Summary: It's Brent Weeks meets China Mieville in this Chris Willrich wildly imaginative fantasy adventure featuring high 9781616148997 action, elegant writing, and sword and sorcery with a Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 Chinese flare. $15.95/$17.00 Can. 270 pages At the end of The Scroll of Years, the poet Persimmon Gaunt Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) and her husband, the thief Imago Bone, had saved their child Fiction / Fantasy / Epic from evil forces at the price of trapping him within a pocket Territory: US, Canada (no open market) dimension. Now they will attempt what seems impossible; Ctn Qty: 24 they will seek a way to recover their son. Allied with Snow 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Pine, a scrappy bandit w... 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Chris Willrich is the author of The Scroll of Years, the first Gaunt and Bone Novel, and the sword-and- sorcery tales of Persimmon Gaunt and Imago Bone. Until recently he was a children's librarian for the Santa Clara County Library System, in the San Francisco Bay Area. His work has appeared in Asimov's, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Black Gate, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Flashing Swords, The Mythic Circle, and Strange Horizons.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Pyr

Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 Summary: The latest volume of the prestigious Kij Johnson anthology series, published annually across six decades! 9781616149017 Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 The Nebula Awards Showcase volumes have been published $18.00/$19.00 Can. annually since 1966, reprinting the winning and nominated 320 pages stories in the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America® . The editor Fiction / Science Fiction / Short Stories selected by SFWA's anthology committee (chaired by Mike Territory: World Resnick) is American fantasy writer Kij Johnson, author of Ctn Qty: 24 three novels and associate director of the Cente... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Kij Johnson (born Katherine Irenae Johnson January 20, 1960 in Harlan, Iowa) is an American writer of fantasy. She has worked extensively in publishing as managing editor for Tor Books and TSR (later ), collections editor for Dark Horse Comics, and content manager working on the Microsoft Reader. In her time at Wizards of the Coast, she was also continuity manager for Magic: The Gathering and creative director for AD&D settings and . She i...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Pyr

The Leopard Summary: Ahjvar, the assassin known as the Leopard, K. V. Johansen wants only to die, to end the curse that binds him to a life of 9781616149031 horror. Although he has no reason to trust the goddess Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 Catairanach or her messenger Deyandara, fugitive heir to a $18.00/$19.00 Can. murdered tribal queen, desperation leads him to accept her 460 pages bargain: if he kills the mad known as the Voice of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Marakand, Catairanach will free him of his curse. Fiction / Fantasy / Epic Accompanying him on his mission is the one person he has let Series: Marakand Territory: World close to him in a lifetime of death, a ru... Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: K. V. Johansen is the author of Blackdog and 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt numerous works for children, teens, and adults. She predominantly writes secondary-world fantasy but is also the author of some science fiction and literary criticism, and of a collection retelling medieval Danish ballads. With an artist friend, she is working on a manga-style adaptation of a short story set in the Blackdog world. Johansen has an MA from the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. Her lifelong interest in...

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The Return of the Discontinued Man Summary: Explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton and poet Mark Hodder Algernon Swinburne return in a new series of wildly 9781616149055 imaginative steampunk adventures. Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 $18.00/$19.00 Can. SPRING HEELED JACK IS JUMPING BACK! 370 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) It's 9 p.m. on February 15, 1860, and Charles Babbage, the FICTION / Science Fiction / Steampunk British Empire's most brilliant scientist, performs an Series: A Burton & Swinburne AdventureTerritory: experiment. Within moments, blood red snow falls from the US, sky and Spring Heeled Jack pops out of thin air in London's Canada Leicester Square. Though utterly disoriented and apparently (no open insane, the strange creature i... market) Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: Mark Hodder is the author of A Red Sun Also 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Rises and the Burton & Swinburne novels The Strange Affair 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt of Spring Heeled Jack, The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man, Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon, and The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi. A former BBC writer, editor, journalist, and web producer, Mark left London, England, for Valencia, Spain, to de-stress and write novels. He has a

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Pyr

The Wide World’s End Summary: The tale of the early days of Morlock James Enge Ambrosius-master of all magical makers, wandering 9781616149079 , and son of Merlin-concludes! Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 $18.00/$19.00 Can. From beyond the northern edge of the world, the Sunkillers 375 pages (undying enemies of everything that lives and breathes and is Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) an individual) are reaching into the sky of Laent to drain out Fiction / Fantasy / Epic its light and warmth. Their hope is to scrape sky, land, and Series: A Tournament of ShadowsTerritory: World sea clean of mortal life and return to where they once Ctn Qty: 24 dwelled, before the first rising of the sun. Against them 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt stand... 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: James Enge is the author of Blood of Ambrose (nominated for a World Fantasy Award), This Crooked Way, The Wolf Age, A Guile of Dragons (A Tournament of Shadows Book One), and Wrath-Bearing Tree (A Tournament of Shadows Book Two). His fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Flashing Swords, and Every Day Fiction. He is an instructor of classical languages at a Midwestern university.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Seventh Street Books

In the Morning I’ll Be Gone : A Detective Sean Summary: A Catholic cop tracks an IRA master bomber Duffy Novel amidst the sectarian violence of the conflict in Northern Adrian Mckinty Ireland 9781616148775 Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 The early 1980s. Belfast. Sean Duffy, a conflicted Catholic $15.95/$17.00 Can. cop in the Protestant RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), is 300 pages recruited by MI5 to hunt down Cormac McCann, an IRA Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) master bomber who has made a daring escape from the Fiction / Mystery & Detective / notorious Maze Prison. In the course of his investigations Series: The Troubles TrilogyTerritory: US, Canada Sean discovers a woman who may hold the key to Cormac's (no open market) whereabouts; she herself wants justice for h... Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Adrian McKinty is the author of fourteen 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt novels, including Dead I Well May Be, Fifty Grand, Falling Glass, and, most recently, The Cold Cold Ground and I Hear the Sirens in the Street, the first two Detective Sean Duffy novels. Born and raised in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, McKinty was called "the best of the new generation of Irish crime novelists" in the Glasgow Herald.

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Seventh Street Books

Dante’s Poison : A Mark Angelotti Novel Summary: Blind psychiatrist Mark Angelotti has just Lynne Raimondo enrolled in a drug trial that holds out hope of restoring 9781616148799 his eyesight when he is enlisted to act as an expert Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 witness in a case that is rocking the Chicago legal $15.95/$17.00 Can. community. 280 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Attorney Jane Barrett knows all about Lucitrol. She defended Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General the manufacturer of the powerful antipsychotic drug against Territory: US, Canada (no open market) product liability claims. So when Barrett's lover, investigative Ctn Qty: 24 journalist Rory Gallagher, collapses from a fatal dose of the 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt same drug, it falls to Ha... 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Lynne Raimondo is a full-time writer and the author of Dante's Wood, the first Mark Angelotti novel. She formerly worked as the general counsel for Arthur Andersen LLP and later as the general counsel of the Illinois Department of Revenue.

Author Residence: Evanston, IL, and Mount Desert, ME

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Seventh Street Books

Reckless Disregard : A Parker Stern Novel Summary: Parker Stern's last case was highly Robert Rotstein publicized, so it's no surprise when he is asked to defend 9781616148812 a video game designer in a libel suit brought by a Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 Hollywood media mogul, who may also be a murderer. $15.95 350 pages Former topnotch attorney Parker Stern, still crippled by Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) courtroom stage fright, takes on a dicey case for an elusive Fiction / Thrillers / Legal video game designer known to the world only by the name of Territory: US only "Poniard." In Poniard's blockbuster online video game, Ctn Qty: 24 Abduction!, a real-life movie mogul is charged with kidnappi... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: ROBERT ROTSTEIN, an entertainment attorney with over thirty years' experience in the industry, is the author of Corrupt Practices, the first Parker Stern novel. He's represented all of the major motion picture studios and many well-known writers, producers, directors, and musicians. He lives with his family in Los Angeles, California.

Author Residence: Los Angeles, CA

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Seventh Street Books

No Stone Unturned : An Ellie Stone Mystery Summary: Ellie Stone is a professed modern girl in James W. Ziskin 1960s' upstate New York, a young reporter playing by 9781616148836 her own rules while searching for a killer and putting her Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 own life at risk. $15.95/$17.00 Can. 280 pages A dead girl in the woods. Three little oil spots on the dirt Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) road. A Dr. Pepper bottle cap in the shallow grave. And a Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths young reporter, armed with nothing but a camera. Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Evening is falling on a wet, gray, autumn day in upstate New 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt York. Ellie Stone, twenty-four-year-old reporter for a small 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt local daily, stands at a cr... Author Bio: James W. Ziskin is a freelance writer and the author of Styx & Stone, the first Ellie Stone Mystery. A linguist by training, Ziskin has a bachelor of arts and a master of arts from the University of Pennsylvania in Romance languages and literature. For five years, he was director of New York University's Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, where he collaborated with an impressive catalogue of Italian writers,

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Seventh Street Books

The Black Hour Summary: Gravely wounded in a campus shooting, a Lori Rader-Day sociology professor, together with her teaching 9781616148850 assistant, investigate the motive behind the shooting Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 long after the court of public opinion has leveled a share $15.95/$17.00 Can. of the blame on the victim. 330 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) For Chicago sociology professor Amelia Emmet, violence was a Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General research topic-until a student she'd never met shot her. Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 He also shot himself. Now he's dead and she's back on 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt campus, trying to keep up with her class schedule, a growing 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt problem with painkillers, ... Author Bio: Lori Rader-Day has published fiction in Good Housekeeping, where she won first place in the magazine's first short-story contest; The Madison Review, which awarded her the 2008 Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction; TimeOut Chicago; Southern Indiana Review; Crab Orchard Review; and other journals and magazines. She lives in Chicago, where she is active in the Mystery Writers of America Midwest Chapter,

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Seventh Street Books

Cat on a Cold Tin Roof : An Eli Paxton Mystery Summary: In the third Eli Paxton mystery, the search for Mike Resnick a missing cat leads the private investigator into a web of 9781616148898 intrigue involving murder and big drug money. Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 $15.95/$17.00 Can. Hard-luck gumshoe Eli Paxton is hired to find a missing cat-a 250 pages very important cat, it turns out, because its collar is studded Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) with diamonds worth a small fortune. What starts as a routine Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled search of animal shelters soon becomes a perilous journey Territory: World through a murky underworld. The woman who hired Paxton is Ctn Qty: 24 the wealthy widow of a recently m... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Mike Resnick is the author of the previous Eli Paxton mysteries, Dog in the Manger and The Trojan Colt. The all-time leading award winner, living or dead, for short science fiction, he has won five Hugos (from a record thirty- six nominations), plus other major awards in the United States, France, Spain, Croatia, Poland, and Japan. He is the author of sixty-eight novels, more than two hundred fifty stories, and two screenplays, and he has edited forty anthologies. His work has been tr...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Seventh Street Books

Blind Moon Alley : A Jersey Leo Novel Summary: Jersey Leo-outcast, , and good-hearted John Florio soul-is hiding behind a tough guy's swagger in 9781616148874 Prohibition-era Philadelphia, while helping an escaped Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 convict, running from crooked cops, and wooing a $15.95/$17.00 Can. speakeasy . 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) It's Prohibition. It's Philadelphia. And Jersey Leo doesn't fit in. Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled Jersey is an albino of mixed race. Known as "Snowball" on the Territory: US, Canada (no open market) street, he tends bar at a speakeasy the locals call the Ink Ctn Qty: 0 Well. There, he's considered a hero for having saved the life 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt of a young boy. But when ... 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: John Florio is the author of Sugar Pop Moon, the first Jersey Leo novel. He is also a freelance writer and creative director in the advertising, television, and music industries. With his wife, Ouisie Shapiro, he is the author of One Punch from the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title.

Author Residence: New York, NY

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Quirk Books

Find Momo (paper original) : Hide and Seek Summary: It's an art/photography book, it's a game with an Adventurous Border Collie book, and it's the best gift book for dog-lovers since Andrew Knapp William Wegman started photographing his 9781594746789 weimaraners. Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 $14.95/$14.95 Can. FIND MOMO invites readers to play hide-and-seek with Momo 144 pages the border collie, a playful dog who's particularly good at Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) hiding in a variety of beautiful and scenic landscapes. Momo

Pets / Dogs / Breeds plays peekaboo in a variety of settings captured by his Territory: World photographer and human companion, Andrew Knapp. Ctn Qty: 30 Sales Restrictions: World Author Bio: Andrew Knapp is a graphic designer and 7.500 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt photographer from Northern Ontario. Dog crazy, with a desire 191mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt to make every-day routines into creative adventures, Andrew is into design, illustration, photography, music and passionate people, and appreciates the beauty in everything, including failure. He is lead designer at design agency Rareview and has taught graphic design at Algonquin College in Ottawa and at Cambrian College. Additionally, Andrew has had the opportunity to work with a num...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Quirk Books

Colorstrology : What Your Birthday Color Says Summary: This rejacketed edition of a Quirk backlist about You favorite (65,000 net since 2006) will feature an Michele Bernhardt invigorated interior design and a new cover emphasizing 9781594746918 Pantone's participation. Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 $19.95/$22.95 Can. Colorstrology uses a mix of astrology, numerology, and color 432 pages theory to generate "birthday colors" and personality profiles Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) for every day of the year. There's even 366 perforated color Body, Mind & Spirit / Astrology / Horoscopes chips, so you can carry your birthday color while shopping for Territory: World clothing and home decor. Ctn Qty: 18 Sales Restrictions: World Author Bio: Michele Bernhardt is a respected astrologer, 5.875 in W | 5.875 in H | 0.810 lb Wt healer, and metaphysician who has worked extensively with 149mm W | 149mm H | 367g Wt the healing aspects of color and sound. She has contributed to many national publications, including Travel + Leisure, Fitness, and The Miami Herald. She lives in New York City.

Author Residence: New York, NY

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Quirk Books

Stuff Every College Student Should Know Summary: On the heels of the bestselling STUFF EVERY Blair Thornburgh MAN SHOULD KNOW, JOKES EVERY MAN SHOULD KNOW, 9781594747106 and STUFF EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW comes a book Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 for all the stuff they DON'T teach you in class. Learn to $9.95/$10.95 Can. survive all-nighters, cram for exams, and deal with 144 pages roommate drama-all for the cost of a pizza. Hardback Self-Help / Personal Growth / Success From the best-selling series of how-to guides comes STUFF Territory: World EVERY COLLEGE STUDENT SHOULD KNOW, the ultimate Ctn Qty: 72 reference for every part of campus life. Packed with tips, 3.500 in W | 5.750 in H | 1.250 lb Wt tricks, and handy lists, the book ... 89mm W | 146mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Blair Thornburgh is a graduate of the University of Chicago, where she earned a B.A. in Medieval Studies and delivered a pretty good commencement speech.

Author Residence: Philadelphia, PA

Author Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

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How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity Summary: How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity is (paper original) : A Guide to Financial Freedom a fun, tongue-in-cheek guide that parodies get-rich- Patricia Carlin, Dustin Fenstermacher quick books while celebrating the brightest stars on the 9781594746796 Internet: Cats. Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 $12.95/$13.95 Can. For decades, we believed the keys to personal wealth were a 128 pages college diploma and marketable job skills-but no more. Today, Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) your best hope for financial security is literally right at your Humor / Topic / Animals feet: We are talking about your cat. Territory: World

Ctn Qty: 72 The Internet offers an unprecedented opportunity for cats to Sales Restrictions: World become superstar "personalities" ... 5.500 in W | 7.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 178mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Pat Carlin is the author of the hilarious Quirk backlist title How to Tell if Your Boyfriend is the Antichrist (and If He is, Should You Break Up With Him?)

Author Residence: Ardmore, PA

Dustin Fenstermacher is a photographer whose work has

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Quirk Books

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Summary: Quirk is thrilled to present a book of stories Crying and advice for women on getting ahead in the Carol Leifer entertainment business and beyond from comedienne 9781594746772 Carol Leifer, former "Seinfeld" writer and veteran stand- Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 up comic. $19.95/$20.95 Can. 224 pages "The line starts behind us for Carol Leifer's upcoming book…" - Hardback Entertainment Weekly, April 5, 2013 Humor / Topic / Business and Professional Territory: World Part memoir, part guide to life, and all incredibly funny, How Ctn Qty: 40 to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying is a book by a Sales Restrictions: World woman-and for women-who are driven, determined, and 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt defini... 127mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Carol Leifer is a three-time Emmy nominee for her writing on such shows as "Seinfeld," "Saturday Night Live," "The Larry Sanders Show," and the "Academy Awards" telecast. She most recently wrote an episode of the smash ABC hit "Modern Family." As a stand-up comedian, she has performed throughout the country, including over twenty-five

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Quirk Books

William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Summary: The highly-anticipated second installment in Back the to the New York Times best-selling series WILLIAM Ian Doescher SHAKESPEARE'S STAR WARS 9781594747151 Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 The best-selling William Shakespeare's Star Wars strikes back $14.95/$15.95 Can. with all-new, all-Elizabethan, officially-licensed retellings of 176 pages Episode V. Return to the star-crossed galaxy far, far away as Hardback the brooding young hero, power-mad emperor, and jesting Fiction / Science Fiction / General droids match wits, struggle for power, and soliloquize in Territory: World elegant and impeccable iambic pentameter. Illustrated with Ctn Qty: 40 beaut... 5.250 in W | 8.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 133mm W | 203mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Ian Doescher is the author of the New York Times bestseller WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S STAR WARS. He has a B.A. in Music from Yale, a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in Theology from Union Seminary. A theologically trained social media specialist, Ian currently works for a marketing agency in Portland.

Author Residence: Portland, Oregon

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Quirk Books

William Shakespeare’s Return of the Jedi Summary: The exciting conclusion to the NYT best- Ian Doescher selling Elizabethan/sci-fi mashup series of 9781594747137 Shakespearean Star Wars adaptations Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 $14.95/$15.95 Can. The epic conclusion to the the best-selling William 176 pages Shakespeare's Star Wars returns with a vengeance. Noble Hardback Jedi knights duel the evil Sith Empire with swashbuckling Fiction / Science Fiction / General lightsabers and sharp and savvy iambic pentameter. Ruthless Territory: World emperors, long-lost twins, fantastic creatures, and Ctn Qty: 40 wisecracking sidekicks set the stage for sci-fi drama at its 5.250 in W | 8.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt most hilariously eloquent. Comp... 133mm W | 203mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Ian Doescher is the author of the NYT bestseller WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S STAR WARS. He has a B.A. in Music from Yale, a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in Theology from Union Seminary. A theologically trained social media specialist, Ian currently works for a marketing agency in Portland.

Author Residence: Portland, Oregon

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Quirk Books

Haute Dogs (paper original) : Recipes for Summary: Our next fun, whimsical single-subject Delicious Hot Dogs, Buns, and Condiments cookbook-perfect for readers who enjoyed Matt Russell van Kraayenburg Armendariz's On a Stick! (Quirk 2011). 9781594746758 Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 Delicious and inventive hot dogs are all the rage. With 100s of $16.95/$17.95 Can. recipes spanning the globe, homemade condiments and from- 160 pages scratch recipes for frankfurters, sausages, and buns, plus a Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) scientific look at the very best basic methods for cooking hot Cooking / Methods / Gourmet dogs, this book is the definitive guide! Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: Born and raised in Texas, Russell van Sales Restrictions: World Kraayenburg may sit you down for a stern lecture if he 7.500 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt hears you confusing barbecue and grilling as the same thing. 191mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Committed to from-scratch cooking methods using all-natural ingredients sourced locally and ethically, Russell believes home cooks can prepare easy, cost-effective, delicious meals just as well as pro chefs. Rambunctious House Media is his Visual & Interactive Media Production Company focusing on lifestyle and food entertainment. Sa...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Quirk Books

Tic Tac Tome : The Autonomous Tic Tac Toe Summary: Tic Tac Tome is a one-of-a-kind, interactive Playing Book game book that will actually play-and win-almost Willy Yonkers endless games of Tic-Tac-Toe against the reader. 9781594746871 Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 The world's first Tic-Tac-Toe-playing book is deceptively $12.95/$13.95 Can. simple, endlessly addictive, and (nearly) impossible to defeat. 1444 pages Turn the pages to play your moves and watch as the book Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) beats you forwards, backwards, and diagonally. Complete Games / Logic & Brain Teasers with introduction and FAQ for the unfamiliar and unsure, Tic Territory: World Tac Tome is the smartest book you'll ever cross. Ctn Qty: 26 Sales Restrictions: World Author Bio: Willy Yonkers is Lead Industrial Designer at 4.500 in W | 4.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt ThinkGeek, Inc. 114mm W | 114mm H | 367g Wt

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The Hello Kitty Baking Book : Recipes for Summary: We see this as an adorable, trendy little Cookies, Cupcakes, and More cookbook for home bakers and fans of Hello Kitty. With Zoe Lukas, Sanrio fun, easy-to-follow recipes and top-notch photography 9781594747069 and design, it'll build upon our success with quirky, Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 playful culinary titles like Yum-Yum Bento Box. $14.95/$16.95 Can. 96 pages The Hello Kitty Baking Book features more than 2 dozen Hardback recipes for sweet and charming Hello Kitty cakes, cookies, Cooking / Methods / Baking and confections. Aimed at home bakers but with plenty of Territory: World pictures and projects for fans of all ages and skill levels in Ctn Qty: 28 the... 7.000 in W | 7.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 178mm W | 178mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Whipped Bakeshop is the brainchild of Philadelphia artist Zoë Lukas. Zoë's love of baking was born as a child among her food-loving family. Her father traveled frequently and used his special bakery-radar powers to seek out deliciousness across the country (he has an encyclopedic memory of food establishments, and recently was able to name at least 35 bakeries from memory in Baltimore city alone). All family gatherings revolve around food, talking

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Quirk Books

Hello Kitty Crochet : Super Cute Amigurumi Summary: We see Hello Kitty Crochet as a cute, trendy Patterns craft book to build on our success with Quirk Books craft Mei Li Lee, Sanrio titles like Creepy Cute Crochet, Craft-a-Day, and Pom- 9781594747083 Poms-as well as our success with licensed books like Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 Shakespeare's Star Wars! $14.95/$16.95 Can. 96 pages Hello Kitty Crochet is all about cute: the whimsical world of Hardback Hello Kitty and her character friends meets the Japanese art Crafts & Hobbies / Needlework / Crocheting of amigurumi, or crocheted dolls. With two dozen easy-to- Territory: World make, adorable projects and a charming aesthetic, Hello Kitty Ctn Qty: 28 Crochet is an... 7.000 in W | 7.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 178mm W | 178mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Mei (pronounced "May") Li Lee is a Malaysia- based craft blogger. Launched in 2012, her sweet, simple, whimsical crochet blog amiguruMEI has won itself a loyal following of fans around the world. Hello Kitty and all her Sanrio Land friends bring back fond memories of when she was "Little Mei", spending hours secretly playing with a Hello Kitty supermarket playset that belonged to her older sister (who wasn't too keen on sharing). Besides posting regular

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Quirk Books

Untitled Last Policeman Book 3 (paper Summary: The third and final installment in the Edgar original) Award-winning "pre-apocalyptic" Last Policeman series Ben H. Winters featuring detective Hank Palace. 9781594746857 Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 With the asteroid looming, Detective Hank Palace $14.95/$14.95 Can. has found sanctuary in the woods of New England, secure in 320 pages a well-stocked safe house with other onetime members of the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Concord police force. But with time ticking away before the Fiction / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post- asteroid makes landfall, Hank's safety is only relative, and his Apocalyptic only relative-his sister Nico-isn't safe. Soon, it's cle... Territory: World Ctn Qty: 36 Author Bio: Ben H. Winters is the author of six novels, Sales Restrictions: World including most recently The Last Policeman (Quirk), which was 5.250 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt named one of the Best Books of 2012 by Amazon.com and 133mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Slate and won the 2013 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original. Ben's other books for Quirk include the New York Times bestselling parody novel Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, and the forthcoming Countdown City, the second book in the Last Policeman trilogy.

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Compost : A Family Guide to Making Soil from Summary: Set your family on the path to a planet- Scraps friendly lifestyle with this fun guide to compost-what it Ben Raskin is, how to make it, how to maintain it. Includes games, 9781611801279 stickers, and more! Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 $16.95/$19.95 Can. Teach your kids that composting is fun with this funky guide 62 pages / FOUR-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS that takes you from the nitty-gritty of compost composition THROUGHOUT and care to Worms and Ladders, a fresh take on a traditional Hardback board game. Find out the rules for setting up your very own Gardening / Organic Worm Lovers' Society, learn all about the garden-to-plate Territory: US, Canada (no open market) cycle together,... Ctn Qty: 40 Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) Author Bio: BEN RASKIN is the Head of Horticulture at the 8.250 in W | 7.125 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Soil Association in the UK, and a father to two. He runs 210mm W | 181mm H | 567g Wt courses and training on organic growing and launched the Soil Association's flagship Organic Apprenticeship Scheme in 2007. Ben developed an interest in gardening while working on an organic vineyard in northern Italy and has worked in horticulture for eighteen years.

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We Love Nature! (paper original) : A Keepsake Summary: Share in the discovery of nature with your child Journal for Families Who Love to Explore the and preserve his or her sense of wonder in this keepsake Outdoors journal filled with activities and ideas-for children ages two to Stacy Tornio, Ken Keffer, Denise Holmes eight. 9781611801019 Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 What did you grow in your first garden? What stories did you $16.95/$19.95 Can. imagine when you looked up at the clouds? How did you feel 144 pages / TWO-COLOR LINE DRAWINGS when you went for your first paddle in a canoe? A child's THROUGHOUT discovery of the outdoors is filled with awe, wonder, and Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) delight. In this interactive journal, parents and kids are

Family & Relationships / Activities offered activiti... Territory: World Ctn Qty: 48 Author Bio: STACY TORNIO is the editor of the national Sales Restrictions: World birding and gardening magazine Birds and Blooms. She also 5.500 in W | 7.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt teaches gardening classes to Milwaukee-area youth. With Ken 140mm W | 178mm H | 367g Wt Keffer she has launched the website destinationnature.net, where they encourage families and kids to get outside and explore nature. Through their online efforts, videos, and partnerships with national organizations and well-respected professionals, they are a go-to resource for the timely topic

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Handmade Gatherings : Recipes and Crafts for Summary: Celebrate the seasons and connect with your Seasonal Celebrations and Potluck Parties community through sixteen parties to throw in Ashley English, Jen Altman collaboration with your friends. 9781611800562 Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 From the décor, to the entertainment, on down to the recipes $34.95/$34.95 Can. themselves, Handmade Gatherings presents inspired 288 pages / FOUR-COLOR PHOTOS THROUGHOUT suggestions for thoughtful, flavorful, festive communal dining. Hardback Here you'll find sixteen parties built around the rhythm of the Cooking / Entertaining / General seasons. Frosty winter fetes, lush springtime soirees, sultry Territory: World summer get-togethers, and crisp autumn affairs-it's all here. Ctn Qty: 10 Food... Sales Restrictions: World 7.500 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: ASHLEY ENGLISH has degrees in holistic nutrition 191mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt and sociology. She has worked over the years with a number of nonprofit organizations committed to social and agricultural issues, is a member of Slow Food USA, and writes a regular column for the popular blog Design*Sponge, as well as a column for the quarterly publication Taproot. She is the author of four books in the Homemade Living series (Canning and Preserving, Keeping Chickens, Keeping Bees, Home Dairy),

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A Simple Feast : A Year of Stories and Recipes Summary: A real-life fairy tale of a cookbook with to Savor and Share stories and recipes that celebrate the seasons, sharing Diana Yen food with friends, and bringing a sense of style to it all. 9781611800326 Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 A beautiful cookbook destined to become an heirloom, A $29.95/$32.95 Can. Simple Feast presents a year of life in food. Each chapter 256 pages presents a story-apple picking, snow day, tea party, date Hardback night, rooftop barbeque, etc.-and recipes inspired by the Cooking / Seasonal whimsy that lies therein. The food here is simple and elegant, Territory: World taking cues from the bounty of local ma...

Ctn Qty: 10 Sales Restrictions: World Author Bio: Founded in 2009 and led by DIANA YEN, The 7.500 in W | 9.500 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Jewels of New York is a multidisciplinary creative studio that 191mm W | 241mm H | 567g Wt combines the love of cooking with the beauty of everyday things. The studio aims to uncover the hidden treasures New York has to offer and share them with others through seasonally based cooking. Diana strives to bring the same sense of warmth found in good home cooking to her clients through catering and food consultation services. Diana's projects with leading lifestyle magazine...

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Cold Antler Farm (paper original) : A Memoir of Summary: Farm City meets The Omnivore's Dilemma in Growing Food and Celebrating Life on a Cold Antler Farm, a collection of essays on raising food Scrappy Six-Acre Homestead on a small homestead , while honoring the natural cycle Jenna Woginrich of the "lost" holidays of the agricultural calendar. 9781611801033 Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 Author Jenna Woginrich is mistress of her one-woman farm $16.95/$19.95 Can. and is well known for her essays on the mud and mess, the 192 pages beautiful and tragic, the grime and passion that accompany Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) homesteading. In Cold Antler Farm, her fifth book, she draws House & Home / Sustainable Living our attention to the flow and cycle not of the ... Territory: World Ctn Qty: 48 Author Bio: JENNA WOGINRICH is a thirty-something Sales Restrictions: World homesteader and the author of Barnheart, Chick Days, Made 5.500 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt from Scratch, and the forthcoming Days of Grace. A 140mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Pennsylvania native, she has made her home in the mountains of Tennessee, in northern Idaho, in rural Vermont, and most recently in upstate New York, where she lives with a flock of Scottish Blackface sheep, a border collie in training, chickens and geese, a of bees, and several amiable rabbits.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Roost Books

Tinkerlab : A Hands-On Guide for Little Summary: Creative experiments for curious kids from Inventors the creator of www.Tinkerlab.com-50 hands-on activities Rachelle Doorley that explore art, science, and more. For children up to 9781611800654 six years old. Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 $21.95/$25.95 Can. Kids are natural tinkerers. They experiment, explore, test, and 304 pages / FOUR-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS play, and they learn a great deal about problem-solving THROUGHOUT through questions and hands-on experiments. They don't see Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) lines between disciplines; rather, they notice interesting Family & Relationships / Activities materials and ideas that are worth exploring. This book is Territory: US, Canada (no open market) about creative experime... Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) Author Bio: RACHELLE DOORLEY is the creator of the popular 7.000 in W | 9.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt blog www.Tinkerlab.com and a leader in the field of creativity 178mm W | 241mm H | 367g Wt and arts education. She is passionate about raising children in environments that support creative confidence so that they can grow up to be their most authentic selves. Rachelle has a MEd in Arts Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a BA in Theater from UCLA. She consults with organizations such as Kiwi Crate and the San Francisco

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The Vibrant Table : Recipes from My Always Summary: Wholesome plant-based meals, new flavor Vegetarian, Mostly Vegan, and Sometimes combinations, and surprisingly simple raw food Raw Kitchen techniques can become part of a fun, family lifestyle. Anya Kassoff, Masha Davydova 9781611800975 Walk with Anya Kassoff through farmers' markets, local food Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 shops, and her garden and you too will start to see fresh fruit $35.00/$35.00 Can. and vegetables as the raw materials for artistic expression. 320 pages / FOUR-COLOR PHOTOS THROUGHOUT Rose petal and honey sundaes, lemongrass and raspberry Hardback tiramisu with cardamom cream, amaranth pumpkin porridge: Cooking / Vegetarian / General with these recipes in hand, you will never run out o... Territory: World Ctn Qty: 10 Author Bio: Born and raised in Russia, ANYA KASSOFF is a Sales Restrictions: World passionate cook and successful food blogger who uses her 7.500 in W | 10.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt multicultural background for inspiration in the kitchen and 191mm W | 254mm H | 567g Wt when entertaining. In her adopted home of Florida, she finds endless ways to experiment with abundant local produce to recreate raw/vegan versions of familiar dishes from her childhood, inventing new family "classics" along the way.

Author Residence: St. Petersburg, Florida

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Our Immoral Soul : A Manifesto of Spiritual Summary: A treatise on when and why to heed your Disobedience soul's transgressive instinct, with examples drawn from Rabbi Nilton Bonder biblical history and Hasidic lore. 9781570629242 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 Rabbi Bonder turns a few conventional ideas on their heads as $16.95/$19.95 Can. he identifies the forces at play in individual, social, and 128 pages spiritual transformation. Many people believe that obedience Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) to the established moral order leads to the well-being of Religion / Judaism / General society as well as the salvation of their souls. On the Territory: World contrary, says Bonder, the human spirit is nourished by the Ctn Qty: 24 im... 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 216mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: RABBI NILTON BONDER was born in Brazil and ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. He leads one of Brazil's most influential Jewish congregations and is also active in civil rights and ecological causes. He has led workshops on in management for such corporations as IBM and the Brazilian Oil Company and has delivered lectures worldwide, including at Boston University, New York Central Library, the Institute, the Jewish Museum in

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Awakening : A Paradigm Shift of the Heart Summary: An amazingly succinct and accessible answer Rodney Smith to the question "What is enlightenment?"-from one of 9781611801262 America's most prominent teachers of Insight Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 Meditation. $19.95/$23.95 Can. 256 pages One of today's most highly regarded Insight Meditation Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) teachers describes the process of enlightenment in a way Religion / Buddhism / Theravada anyone can understand-demonstrating in clear language why Territory: World we operate with the illusion of separation, how we can move Ctn Qty: 36 out of it to the realization of emptiness and no-self, and how 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt we can live from that state of awakening. ... 140mm W | 216mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: RODNEY SMITH is the founding and guiding teacher of the Seattle Insight Meditation Society and a guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. He leads classes and retreats regularly throughout the United States. He is also the author of Lessons from the Dying, a book that grew out of the many years he spent in hospice work.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Meditation : Practical Summary: A practical, accessible guide to the Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary fundamentals of Buddhist meditation, with pointers from Buddhist Teachers some of today's most respected Buddhist teachers, Rod Meade Sperry, Pema Chodron, Nhat Hanh including Pema Chödrön, Thich Nhat Hanh, Cyndi Lee, Thich, S... and Sharon Salzberg. 9781611800579 Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 As countless meditators have learned firsthand, meditation $16.95/$19.95 Can. practice can positively transform the way we see and 320 pages experience our lives. This authoritative guide to Buddhist Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) meditation will introduce readers to the practice, explain how Religion / Buddhism / General it is approached in the main schools of ... Territory: World Ctn Qty: 32 Author Bio: ROD MEADE SPERRY is an editor and writer for Sales Restrictions: World the Shambhala Sun, North America's leading Buddhist-inspired 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt magazine. He was a founding member of what is now called 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Boundless Way Zen, a rapidly growing Buddhist community based in New England.

Author Residence: Halifax, Scotia

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The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Summary: The essential teachings on the bodhisattva Compassion : The Profound Treasury of the path of wisdom and compassion, presented here in Ocean of , Volume Two volume two of Chögyam Trungpa's magnum opus, which Chogyam Trungpa, Judith L. Lief offers a systematic overview of the entire path of 9781611801057 Tibetan Buddhism. Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 $32.95/$38.95 Can. The second volume presents the bodhisattva teachings of the 528 pages mahayana. At this point, having trained and seen the benefits Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) of looking within, the student begins to shift their focus Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan outward to the broader world. Formal entry into the Territory: World mahayana occurs with taking the bodhisattva v... Ctn Qty: 18 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: högyam Trungpa (1940-1987)-meditation 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt master, teacher, and artist-founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books including Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom.

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Giving Our Best : A Retreat with Pema Chodron Summary: The best-selling author and beloved Buddhist on Practicing the Way of the Bodhisattva teacher shares her insights on the practice of Pema Chodron compassion and enlightened mind (bodhichitta). 9781611801620 Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 Teachings on bodhichitta and the bodhisattva path have been $29.95/$35.00 Can. at the heart of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition for centuries. Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan Drawing on the beloved classic The Way of the Bodhisattva Territory: World by Shantideva and many years of personal practice, Pema Ctn Qty: 24 Chödrön leads this retreat on cultivating practical wisdom and 0.620 lb Wt selfless compassion that will inspire both the expe... 281g Wt Author Bio: PEMA CHÖDRÖN is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. She is a resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is the author of many books and audiobooks, including the best-selling When Things Fall Apart.

Author Residence: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

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The Illustrated Happiness Trap (paper Summary: A profusely illustrated, fun way for anyone to original) : How to Stop Struggling and Start understand the principles of Acceptance and Living Committment Therapy (ACT), the liberating life practice Russ Harris, Bev Aisbett described in Russ Harris's best-selling The Happiness 9781611801576 Trap. Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 $16.95/$19.95 Can. The life-changing practice of applied mindfulness called ACT is 176 pages / CARTOON DRAWINGS THROUGHOUT made even more accessible in this fun and easy-to- Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) understand volume that illustrates all the principles with Self-Help / Personal Growth / Happiness entertaining cartoons. Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 44 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can help readers 5.000 in W | 7.750 in H | 0.810 lb Wt reduce stress and worry; 127mm W | 197mm H | 367g Wt hand...

Author Bio: RUSS HARRIS is a physician, therapist, and speaker specializing in stress management. He is one of the world's leading authorities on ACT and regularly travels all over Australia as well as internationally to train a wide variety of professionals-and ordinary people-in this life-changing

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Most Intimate : A Zen Approach to Life’s Summary: The joy of intimacy-with yourself, with Challenges others, and with the whole universe. The long-awaited Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, Roshi Joan Halifax first book from a prominent modern American Zen 9781590309742 teacher. Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 $16.00/$19.00 Can. For Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, intimacy is what Zen practice is 144 pages all about: the realization of the essential lack of distinction Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) between self and other that inevitably leads to wisdom and Religion / Buddhism / Zen compassionate action. She approaches the practice of Territory: World intimacy beginning at its most basic level-the intimacy with Ctn Qty: 24 ourselves that is the essential first ste... 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 216mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: ROSHI PAT ENKYO O'HARA is a Soto priest and teacher in the Harada-Yasutani lineage of Zen Buddhism. She is abbot and founder of the Village Zendo in New York City. She serves as co-spiritual director of the Zen Order along with Tetsugen Bernard Glassman. She is also a former professor of interactive media at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She holds a doctorate in media ecology. A socially engaged Buddhist, she is a member of the

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The Path of Individual Liberation : The Summary: The foundational teachings of Buddhism, Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, presented here in volume one of Chögyam Trungpa's Volume One magnum opus, which offers a systematic overview of the Chogyam Trungpa, Judith L. Lief entire path of Tibetan Buddhism. 9781611801040 Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 The first volume of this landmark series presents the $34.95/$41.00 Can. teachings of the hinayana. The hinayana introduces core 680 pages Buddhist teachings on the nature of mind, the practice of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) meditation, the reality of suffering, and the possibility of Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan liberation. It examines the nature of suffering, impermanence, Territory: World and egolessness, wi...

Ctn Qty: 16 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Chögyam Trungpa (1940-1987)-meditation 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt master, teacher, and artist-founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books including Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom.

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The Tantric Path of Indestructible Summary: The essential teachings on the tantric path to Wakefulness : The Profound Treasury of the complete awakening, presented here in volume three of Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three Chögyam Trungpa's magnum opus, which offers a Chogyam Trungpa, Judith L. Lief systematic overview of the entire path of Tibetan 9781611801064 Buddhism. Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 $39.95/$47.00 Can. The third volume of this landmark series presents the 944 pages vajrayana teachings of the tantric path. The vajrayana, or Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) "diamond vehicle," also referred to as tantra, draws upon and Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan extends the teachings of the hinayana and mahayana. As Territory: World with the hinayana and the mahayana, the formal accep... Ctn Qty: 8 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Chögyam Trungpa (1940-1987)-meditation 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt master, teacher, and artist-founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books including Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom.

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The Authentic Life (paper original) : Zen Summary: How to live your life genuinely, honestly, and Wisdom for Living Free from Complacency and happily in the face of the inevitable difficulties that arise- Fear more wonderfully accessible Zen teachings for living Ezra Bayda from the author of Being Zen. 9781611800920 Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 Ezra Bayda is the kind of Zen teacher whose teaching works $16.95/$19.95 Can. for just about anyone-you don't need to practice Zen to get 176 pages it. The accessibility and applicability of his teachings to Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) everyday life have made them widely popular. In this, his Religion / Buddhism / Zen latest book, he focuses on how to live a life of honesty, in... Territory: World Ctn Qty: 48 Author Bio: EZRA BAYDA was born in 1944 in Atlantic City, 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt New Jersey. After graduating from Rutgers University with a 140mm W | 216mm H | 367g Wt degree in philosophy, he became a carpenter and a builder, an occupation he worked at for thirty years. He teaches with his wife, Elizabeth Hamilton (author of Untrain Your Parrot), at Zen Center San Diego. He is also founder of the Santa Rosa Zen Group in Santa Rosa, California, where he teaches monthly.

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Buddha’s Daughters : Teachings from Women Summary: Compelling and informative teachings by the Who Are Shaping Buddhism in the West most influential female Buddhist teachers on a wide Andrea Miller range of topics. 9781590306239 Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 Buddhism, like all world religions, has been largely shaped and $19.95/$23.95 Can. defined by men. Yet despite the challenges, women have 304 pages diligently practiced since the days of the Buddha. A hallmark Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) of Western Buddhism is the prominent role that women Religion / Buddhism / General teachers play. Buddha's Daughters showcases women Territory: World teachers who have been pivotal in shaping Western Buddhism Ctn Qty: 32 and reveals the incredible diversi... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: ANDREA MILLER is an editor and staff writer for the Shambhala Sun.

Author Residence: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Author Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia

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The Swordsman’s Handbook : Samurai Summary: An anthology of the most influential writings on Teachings on the Path of the Sword swordsmanship from the samurai era. William Scott Wilson 9781611800623 The Swordsman's Handbook is the definitive collection of Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 writings that reveals the study of swordsmanship not only as $19.95/$23.95 Can. essential to life and death, but as transcendent of life and 320 pages death as well. All of the authors in this book taught that Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) dealing with conflict is an art that requires grace and Sports & Recreation / & Self-Defense courage. In this way, their words speak to us today with Territory: World surprising immediacy and relevance. Included in this c... Ctn Qty: 24 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: WILLIAM SCOTT WILSON is the foremost 133mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt translator into English of traditional Japanese texts on samurai culture. He received BA degrees from Dartmouth College and the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies, and an MA in Japanese literary studies from the University of Washington. His best-selling translations include Hagakure, The Book of Five Rings, The Unfettered Mind, and The Life-Giving Sword. He is also the author of The Lone Samurai, a biography of the legendary samurai Miyamoto M...

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Welcoming Flowers from across the Cleansed Summary: A response to the Buddhism chapter of Pope John Threshold of Hope : An Answer to Pope John Paul II's best-selling book Crossing the Threshold of Hope. Paul II’s Criticism of Buddhism Thinley Norbu In 1993, an Italian reporter asked Pope John Paul II to speak 9781611801637 on the subject of Buddhism, especially its doctrine of Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 salvation and its relationship to Christianity. The Pope's $19.95/$23.95 Can. answer, which was published as part of a book the following 96 pages year, grossly misrepresents the Buddhist worldview, claims Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) respected Buddhist teacher Thinley Norbu. Welcoming Flowers Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan is Norbu's attempt to identi... Territory: World Author Bio: THINLEY NORBU RINPOCHE (1931-2011) was a Ctn Qty: 52 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt preeminent teacher in the Nyingma school of Tibetan 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Buddhism. The eldest son of His Holiness Düdjom Rinpoche, he was a primary holder of the Düdjom Tersar lineage and was considered to be an emanation of Longchenpa, the great fourteenth-century Nyingma master.

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The Heart Is Noble : Changing the World from Summary: Advice and encouragement from a leading the Inside Out young spiritual teacher on how to live with compassion, Ogyen Trinley Dorje Karmapa ethical principles, and bravery in the face of the global 9781611800807 challenges facing humanity. Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 $16.95/$19.95 Can. In his first major book, the Karmapa, a charismatic 28-year- 208 pages old emerging leader of Tibetan Buddhism, offers heartfelt Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) advice on how to live with integrity in the modern world. Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan These teachings arose from the questions of sixteen college Territory: World seniors who spent a month meeting and talking with the Ctn Qty: 48 Karmapa about the... 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 216mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: THE SEVENTEENTH GYALWANG KARMAPA, OGYEN TRINLEY DORJE, is the spiritual head of one of the major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 900-year-old lineage of Karmapas has included some of Tibet's greatest spiritual masters. Born to nomadic parents in rural Tibet, he was identified while still a young child as the heir to this leadership position. In 2000, his dramatic escape to India from Chinese- ruled Tibet at the age of fourteen propelled him onto the

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The Heart Sutra : A Comprehensive Guide to Summary: An illuminating in-depth study of one of the the Classic of Mahayana Buddhism most well-known and recited of all the Buddhist texts-by Kazuaki Tanahashi, Roshi Joan Halifax the renowned modern translator. 9781611800968 Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 The first-century classic Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra may be $24.95/$28.95 Can. the best known of all the Buddhist Scriptures. It's a key Zen 240 pages text, chanted daily by many, but is studied extensively in the Hardback Tibetan tradition too. In just about thirty-five lines, it Religion / Buddhism / Sacred Writings expresses the truth of impermanence and the release of Territory: World suffering that results from the understanding of that... Ctn Qty: 28 Author Bio: KAZUAKI TANAHASHI is the translator and editor 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt of numerous works by the great Japanese Zen master Eihei Dogen. He is also a renowned calligrapher, a pioneer of the genre of "one stroke painting," and the creator of multicolor enso (Zen circles). His brushwork has been shown in solo exhibitions in galleries, museums, and universities all over the world.

Author Residence: San Francisco Bay Area, California

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The Pocket Haiku Summary: Quintessential classical Japanese haiku- Sam Hamill, Kaji Aso, Basho, Buson, Issa selected and translated by one of America's premier 9781611801538 poet-translators-now available in a pocket edition. Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 $8.95/$10.95 Can. In this collection of haiku, translator Sam Hamill has compiled 152 pages / 13 INK PAINTINGS the best from the tradition, spanning the sixteenth through Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) nineteenth centuries, with particular focus on the three great POETRY / Asian / Japanese masters: Basho, Buson, and Issa. Based on images from Territory: World nature, the poems address the themes of joy, temporality, Ctn Qty: 200 beauty, wonder, loneliness, and loss. 3.000 in W | 4.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 76mm W | 114mm H | 367g Wt Haiku ma... Author Bio: SAM HAMILL has translated more than two dozen books from ancient Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Latin, and Estonian and is the author of fourteen volumes of original poetry. He has been the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest fund, the Andrew Mellon Fund, and the U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission. KAJI ASO (1936-2006)

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Hagakure : The Book of the Samurai Summary: The seminal treatise on the code of the Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson samurai. 9781611800753 Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 Hagakure is a treatise on the samurai code written by $14.95/$17.95 Can. Yamamoto Tsunetomo, an eighteenth-century samurai. It's a 200 pages guide, organized as a loose collection of thoughts, on how Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) samurai should conduct themselves. This philosophy-bushido, Sports & Recreation / Martial Arts & Self-Defense or "the way of the samurai"-is, according to Tsunetomo, Territory: World essentially a Way of death or dying. This embracing of death Ctn Qty: 48 with honor and courage is the core theme of Hagakure-and 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt part of its allure. 133mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt This e...

Author Bio: WILLIAM SCOTT WILSON is the foremost translator into English of traditional Japanese texts on samurai culture. He received BA degrees from Dartmouth College and the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies, and an MA in Japanese literary studies from the University of Washington. His best-selling translations include The Book of Five Rings, The Unfettered Mind, and Taiko.

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Moving into Meditation : A 12-Week Summary: Moving into Meditation is a practical yet fresh Mindfulness Program for Yoga Practitioners guide to integrating mindful yoga and embodied Anne Cushman meditation, in a 12-week format. 9781611800982 Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 One week at a time, Moving into Meditation lays out a plan $19.95/$23.95 Can. for exploring body-based practices to get you more in tune 240 pages / SOME LINE DRAWINGS with not only your limbs and core but your mind and heart. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Cushman's curriculum integrates asana with mindfulness Health & Fitness / Yoga meditation to help practitioners turn "embodiment" from a Territory: World concept into a tangible reality. Her delightful mixture of Ctn Qty: 40 practices, yo... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: ANNE CUSHMAN has been practicing Buddhist meditation since 1983 and yoga since 1986 and teaching their integrated practice since 1997. Her essays on the intersection of spiritual practice with daily life have been widely published, appearing in the New York Times, O magazine, Yoga Journal, Tricycle, and the Shambhala Sun. A former editor at both Yoga Journal and Tricycle, she has presented at and directed multiple conferences at Kripalu,

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Yoga of the Subtle Body (paper original) : A Summary: With his expert teachings, philosophical insights, Guide to the Physical and Energetic Anatomy and pragmatic imagery, world-class yoga instructor Tias Little of Yoga turns the anatomy of the physical body into a tool for Tias Little navigating the subtle body. 9781611801026 Pub Date: 7/22/14, On Sale Date: 7/22 Yoga of the Subtle Body unites practical somatic concepts $19.95/$23.95 Can. and wisdom teachings in this guide to the anatomy of the 240 pages / 20-30 B/W ILLUSTRATIONS physical, mental, emotional, and subtle bodies. Tias Little is a Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) master teacher, and he brings his precise instruction to the Health & Fitness / Yoga wisdom teachings and philosophy of hatha yoga. He of... Territory: World Author Bio: TIAS LITTLE began practicing yoga in 1985 and Ctn Qty: 40 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt has been teaching workshops and trainings around the world 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt since 1997. One of the foremost instructors in North America, he offers intensives at all major yoga conferences and institutes, including the Yoga Journal conferences, Kripalu, Esalen, and Omega Institute. He is the founder of Prajna Yoga School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he hosts retreats, workshops, and teacher-training programs year round. He has published articles in Yoga...

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The Buddhist Psychology of Awakening : An In- Summary: A complete course in abhidharma-the Depth Guide to Abhidharma traditional Buddhist explanation of how the mind causes Steven Goodman us to suffer, and how to turn the mind into a vehicle for 9781559394222 eradicating that suffering. Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 $26.95/$31.00 Can. Abhidharma (Sanskrit for "special teaching") is a detailed 336 pages analysis of the Buddha's teaching on suffering and its Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) eradication that goes back to the early Buddhist text Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan Abhidhamma Pitaka-one of the "three baskets" that make up Territory: World the traditional Buddhist canon, and which was elaborated Ctn Qty: 28 upon further by such figures ... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: STEVEN D. GOODMAN is codirector of Asian and Comparative Studies at California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. He received his PhD in Far Eastern studies from the University of Saskatchewan, and he has lectured and taught Buddhist philosophy and comparative religion at the University of California at Berkeley and Santa Barbara, Rice University, the Graduate Theological Union, the Nyingma Institute, and Naropa University. In 1994, Steven

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Giving Our Best : A Retreat with Pema Chodron Summary: The best-selling author and beloved Buddhist on Practicing the Way of the Bodhisattva teacher shares her insights on the practice of Pema Chodron compassion and enlightened mind (bodhichitta). 9781611801613 Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 Teachings on bodhichitta and the bodhisattva path have been $29.95/$35.00 Can. at the heart of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition for centuries. CD-Audio Drawing on the beloved classic The Way of the Bodhisattva Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan by Shantideva and many years of personal practice, Pema Territory: World Chödrön leads this retreat on cultivating practical wisdom and Ctn Qty: 24 selfless compassion that will inspire both the expe... 0.500 lb Wt 227g Wt Author Bio: PEMA CHÖDRÖN is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. She is a resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is the author of many books and audiobooks, including the best-selling When Things Fall Apart.

Author Residence: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

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The Power of Divine Eros : The Illuminating Summary: An innovative spiritual teacher shows how to Force of Love in Everyday Life use desire and passion as a gateway to realizing our full A. H. Almaas, Karen Johnson potential. 9781611801903 Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 What do desire and passion have to do with the spiritual life? $54.95/$62.00 Can. They are an essential component of it, according to A. H. CD-Audio Almaas and Karen Johnson. Most spiritual teachings take the Psychology / Personality position that desire, wanting, and passion are opposed to the Territory: World spiritual path. The concern is that engaging in desire will take Ctn Qty: 24 you more into the world, into the mundane, into the physical, 0.500 lb Wt and in... 227g Wt Author Bio: A. H. ALMAAS is the pen name of A. Hameed Ali, the Kuwaiti-born originator of the Diamond Approach to the realization of our true nature-a spiritual path that integrates modern psychology with the insights of Sufism, Buddhism, Gurdjieff, and other wisdom traditions. Since 1976 he has guided individuals and groups through his school of inner work, the Ridhwan School, which has branches in California, Colorado, and Europe.

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Tilopa’s Mahamudra Upadesha : The Gangama Summary: An explanation of the Indian Mahasiddha Instructions with Commentary Tilopa's renowned Gangama Mahamudra meditation Sangye Nyenpa, David Molk instructions, given in a traditional Tibetan context by one 9781559394260 of its lineage's most accomplished contemporary Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 masters. These ancient instructions, in the form of a $29.95/$35.00 Can. "song of realization," are the original source for all 272 pages Mahamudra lineages of meditation. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan All lineages of Mahamudra meditation have their source in a Territory: World verse teaching-a "song of realization"-sung by the Ctn Qty: 36 Mahasiddha Tilopa to his disciple Naropa ... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: The Tenth SANGYE NYENPA RINPOCHE was born into a family of practitioners at the temple of Paro Taktsang in Bhutan. Recognized by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa and educated at Rumtek, Sikkim, Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche is one of the Kagyu lineage's most accomplished and respected reincarnated teachers (tulkus). He is based in Kathmandu, Nepal, directs centers in Europe and Asia, and teaches worldwide.

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The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Summary: Step-by-step lessons in building the skills Debate : An Asian Approach to Analytical needed to engage in Tibetan Buddhist philosophical Thinking Drawn from Indian and Tibetan debate and that have proved successful in the college Sources classroom. Daniel Perdue 9781559394215 Debate is the investigative technique used in Tibetan Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 education to sharpen analytical capacities and convey $79.95/$92.00 Can. philosophical concepts. Reading and memorization are not 496 pages / 70 DIAGRAMS enough; students must be able to verbalize their Hardback understanding and defend it under the pressure of fierce Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan cross-examination. This book, based on the author's suc... Territory: World Ctn Qty: 16 Author Bio: DANIEL PERDUE, PhD, is Assistant Professor of 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Religious Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Richmond, Virginia. He has successfully taught the format, content, techniques, and procedures of the Tibetan style of Buddhist debate since 1974.

Author Residence: Richmond, VA

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Penetrating Wisdom : The Aspiration of Summary: A description of the Tibetan Buddhist Samantabhadra Dzogchen path of awakening, with instructions and Dzogchen Ponlop guidance for following it. 9781590304167 Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 With deep compassion, sharp observations, and arresting $19.95/$23.95 Can. metaphors, the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche explicates "The 192 pages Aspiration of Samantabhadra" for both new and experienced Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) practitioners. This Dzogchen prayer explores the different Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan manifestations of rigpa, our basic awareness in daily life, and Territory: World constitutes a set of instructions for refining the path of Ctn Qty: 48 practice. Taken from ma... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Born into a family of Buddhist scholars and teachers, DZOGCHEN PONLOP was ordained as a monk at an early age and studied closely with the 16th Karmapa and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, two of the greatest Buddhist masters of the twentieth century. One of the foremost scholars of his generation in the Nyingma and Kagyu schools of Tibetan Buddhism, he is an accomplished meditation master, calligrapher, visual artist, and poet. He is the primary

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Turning Confusion into Clarity : A Guide to the Summary: Advice and encouragement from a leading Foundational Practices of Tibetan Buddhism spiritual teacher and popular author on how to approach Yongey Mingyur, Helen Tworkov, Matthieu Ricard the foundational practices of Tibetan Buddhism. 9781611801217 Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 For anyone interested in Buddhist practice and philosophy, $24.95/$28.95 Can. this book gives detailed instruction and friendly and inspiring 416 pages / 30 B&W PHOTOS/ ILLUSTRATIONS advice for those embarking on the Tibetan Buddhist path in Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) earnest. By offering guidance on how to approach the Religion / Buddhism / Tibetan process and giving instruction for specific meditation and Territory: World contemplation techniques, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche pr... Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: YONGEY MINGYUR RINPOCHE, born in Nepal in 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt 1975, is the author of the acclaimed books The Joy of Living and Joyful Wisdom. His teachings integrate the practical and philosophical disciplines of Tibetan training with the scientific and psychological orientations of the West. His enthusiasm for explaining Buddhist philosophy and practices in an accessible style that addresses the needs of the modern world has made him a favorite among a new generation of Tibetan teachers. Mingyur Rinpoc...

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The Fame Thief (Junior Bender #3) Summary: THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD Timothy Hallinan THRID INSTALLMENT 9781616952822 OF THE FAN-FAVORITE JUNIOR BENDER MYTERIES Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 $14.95/$14.95 Can. There are not many people brave enough to say no to Irwin 352 pages Dressler, Hollywood's scariest mob boss-turned-movie king. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Even though Dressler is ninety-three years old, LA Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled Junior Bender is quaking in his boots when Dressler's Territory: World henchman haul him in for a meeting. Dressler wants Junior to Ctn Qty: 24 solve a "crime" he believes was committed more than seventy 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt years ago, when an old friend of his, ... 127mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Timothy Hallinan is the Edgar- and Macavity- nominated author of thirteen widely praised books, including The Fear Artist, Crashed, Little Elvises, and The Fame Thief. After years of working in Hollywood, television, and the music industry, he now writes fulltime. He divides his time between California and Thailand.

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Herbie’s Game Summary: It begins as everyday business when Wattles, Timothy Hallinan the San Fernando Valley's top "executive crook," sets up a 9781616954291 hit. As always, he establishes a chain of criminals to pass Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 along the instructions and the money, thereby ensuring that $26.95/$26.95 Can. the hitter doesn't know who hired him, and also that if 336 pages anything goes wrong, everyone who can testify against Hardback Wattles will be a convicted felon. Wattles knows that lawyers Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled have a word for trials in which all the prosecution witnesses Territory: World are convicted felons: They call t... Ctn Qty: 12 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Timothy Hallinan is the Edgar- and Macavity- 127mm W | 191mm H | 567g Wt nominated author of thirteen widely praised books, including The Fear Artist, Crashed, Little Elvises, and The Fame Thief. After years of working in Hollywood, television, and the music industry, he now writes fulltime. He divides his time between California and Thailand.

Author Residence: Santa Monica, California

Author Hometown: Los Angeles, California/Washington, DC

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Murder in Pigalle Summary: , 1998: Paris's sticky summer heat is even Cara Black more oppressive than usual as rowdy French football fans riot 9781616952846 in anticipation of the World Cup. Private Investigator Aimée Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 Leduc has been trying to slow down her hectic lifestyle, take $27.95/$27.95 Can. on only computer security assignments, and maybe try to 320 pages learn how to cook (quelle catastrophe!). She's vowed not to Hardback let herself get involved in any more dangerous shenanigans- Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths she's five months' pregnant and has the baby's wellbeing to Territory: World think about now, too. Ctn Qty: 12 Sales Restrictions: World B... 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt

152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Cara Black is the author of fourteen books in the New York Times bestselling Aimée Leduc series. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son and visits Paris frequently.

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Another Sun Summary: The long-awaited return of Timothy Williams, Timothy Williams CWA award-winning grand master of crime fiction, whom 9781616953638 The Observer named one of the "10 Best Modern Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 European Crime Writers" $9.99/$9.99 Can. 320 pages The sun-drenched Caribbean island of Guadeloupe is Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) technically part of France, subject to French law and loyal to Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths the French Republic. But in 1980, the scars of colonialism are Territory: World still fresh, and ethnic tensions and political unrest seethe just Ctn Qty: 24 below the surface of everyday life. 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 127mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt French-Algerian judge Anne Marie Lavea...

Author Bio: CWA award-winning author Timothy Williams has written five crime novels set in Italy featuring Commissario Piero Trotti. In 2011, the Observer placed him among the ten best modern European crime novelists. Born in London and educated at St. Andrews, Williams has taught at the universities of Poitiers in France, Bari and Pavia in Italy, and at Jassy in Romania. He has lived in the French West Indies,

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Pale Horses Summary: Book 4 in the PI Jade de Jong thriller series Jassy Mackenzie set in South Africa 9781616953645 Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 Johannesburg, South Africa: At first, the case appears to be $14.95/$14.95 Can. one of simple misadventure. Sonet Meintjies, a base jumper, 304 pages falls to her death while attempting to parachute off a newly Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) built sixty-five-story skyscraper. But Sonet's jumping partner Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths insists that this was no accident, and he hires private Territory: World investigator Jade de Jong to uncover the truth. Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Jade discovers that Sonet worked for a charity that helped 127mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt impoverished c... Author Bio: Jassy Mackenzie was born in Rhodesia and moved to South Africa when she was eight years old. She is the author of three previous Jade de Jong novels, Random Violence, Stolen Lives, and The Fallen, and she edits and writes for the annual publication Best of South Africa.

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Murder at Cape Three Points Summary: At Cape Three Points on the beautiful Ghanaian Kwei Quartey coast, a canoe washes up at an oil rig site. The two bodies in 9781616953898 the canoe-who turn out to be a prominent, wealthy, middle- Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 aged married couple-have obviously been murdered; the way $26.95/$26.95 Can. Mr. Smith-Aidoo has been gruesomely decapitated suggests Hardback the killer was trying to send a specific message-but what, Fiction / Mystery & Detective / International and to whom, is a mystery. The Smith-Aidoos, pillars in their Mystery & Crime community, are mourned by everyone, but especially by their Territory: World niece Sapphire, a successfu... Ctn Qty: 12 Sales Restrictions: World Author Bio: Kwei Quartey was born in Ghana and raised by a black American mother and a Ghanaian father, both of whom 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt were university lecturers. As a teenager, he got into serious with the military government for putting up protest posters; after a stint in prison for "sedition," he left for the United States, where he has lived ever since. In 2008 he returned to Ghana for the first time, and now visits frequently as research for his writing. A practicing physician, he now lives and works...

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Masaryk Station Summary: Berlin, 1948. Still occupied by the four Allied David Downing powers and largely in ruins, the city has become the cockpit 9781616953737 of a new Cold War. The legacies of the war have become Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 entangled in the new Soviet-American conflict, creating a $15.95/$15.95 Can. world of bizarre and fleeting loyalties-a paradise for spies. As 336 pages spring unfolds, a Western withdrawal looks increasingly likely. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Berlin's German inhabitants live in fear of the Soviet forces Books / Fiction / Espionage/Intrigue who occupy half the city, and whose legacy of violence has Territory: US, Canada, open market ripped apart many f... Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: David Downing grew up in suburban London. He 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt is the author of five previous books in the John Russell series, Zoo Station, Silesian Station, Stettin Station, Potsdam Station, and Lehrter Station. He lives with his wife, an American acupuncturist, in Guildford, England.

Author Residence: Guilford, England

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Jack of Spies Summary: It is 1913, and those who follow the news closely David Downing can see the world is teetering on the brink of war. Jack 9781616952686 McColl, a Scottish car salesman with an uncanny ear for Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 languages, has always hoped to make a job for himself as a $27.95/$27.95 Can. spy. As his sales calls take him from city to great city-Hong 352 pages Kong to Shanghai to San Francisco to New York-he Hardback moonlights collecting intelligence for His Majesty's Navy, but Books / Fiction / Espionage/Intrigue British espionage is in its infancy and Jack has nothing but a Territory: US, Canada, open market shoestring budget and the very t... Ctn Qty: 12 Author Bio: David Downing grew up in suburban London. He Sales Restrictions: US, Canada, open market 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt is the author of six books in the John Russell espionage series, 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt set in WWII Berlin: Zoo Station, Silesian Station, Stettin Station, Potsdam Station, Lehrter Station, and Masaryk Station. He lives with his wife, an American acupuncturist, in Guildford, England.

Author Residence: Guildford, England

Author Hometown: London, England

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Sacred Games Summary: The third book in the critically acclaimed Gary Corby series set in Classical Athens, featuring the historically 9781616953690 inspired amateur detective Nicolaos. Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 $15.95/$15.95 Can. It is the Olympics of 460 BC. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is 350 pages a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) ancient Greece. Timo is hot favorite to win. His only serious Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical rival is Arakos from Sparta. When Arakos is found beaten to Territory: World death, it is obvious Timodemus must be the killer. Who else Ctn Qty: 24 could have killed the second-best fighter in a... 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 127mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Gary Corby lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two daughters. He blogs at A Dead Man from the Sky, on all things ancient, Athenian, and mysterious.

Author Residence: Syney, Australia

Author Hometown: Sydney, Australia

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The Marathon Conspiracy Summary: Nicolaos, Classical Athens's favorite sleuth, and Gary Corby his partner in investigation, the clever ex-priestess Diotima, 9781616953874 have taken time out of their assignments to come home to Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 get married. But if Nico was hoping they'd be able to get $26.95/$27.95 Can. hitched without a hitch, he was overly optimistic. When they Hardback arrive in Athens, there's a problem waiting for them. Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical Territory: World The Sanctuary of Artemis is the ancient world's most famous Ctn Qty: 12 school for girls. When one of the children is killed, apparently 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt by a , and another... 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Gary Corby is the author of three other Athenian mysteries: The Pericles Commission, The Ionia Sanction, and Sacred Games. He lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two daughters. He blogs at A Dead Man Fell from the Sky, on all things ancient, Athenian, and mysterious.

Author Residence: Sydney, Australia

Author Hometown: Sydney, Australia

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Dead Lions Summary: London's Slough House is where the washed-up Mick Herron MI5 spies go to while away what's left of their failed careers. 9781616953676 The "slow horses," as they're called, have all disgraced Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 themselves in some way to get relegated here. Maybe they $14.95/$14.95 Can. messed up an op badly and can't be trusted anymore. Maybe Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) they got in the way of an ambitious colleague and had the Fiction / Thrillers rug yanked out from under them. Maybe they just got too Territory: World dependent on the bottle-not unusual in this line of work. One Ctn Qty: 24 thing they all have in common, tho... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Mick Herron was born in Newcastle and has a degree in English from Balliol College, Oxford. He is the author of two books in the River Cartwright series, Slow Horses and Dead Lions, as well as a mystery series set in Oxford. He now lives in Oxford and works in London.

Author Residence: Oxford, UK

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Slow Horses Summary: Slough House is a dumping ground for British Mick Herron intelligence agents who've screwed up a case in any number 9781616954161 of ways-by leaving a secret file on a train or blowing a Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 surveillance. River Carter, one such "slow horse," is bitter $14.95/$14.95 Can. about his failure and about his tedious assignment transcribing Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) cell phone conversations. Fiction / Thrillers / Crime Territory: World When a young man is abducted and his kidnappers threaten Ctn Qty: 24 to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet, River sees an 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt opportunity to redeem himself. 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Is the victim who he first...

Author Bio: Mick Herron was born in Newcastle and has a degree in English from Balliol College, Oxford. He is the author of two books in the River Cartwright series, Slow Horses and Dead Lions, as well as a mystery series set in Oxford. He now lives in Oxford and works in London.

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Death Money Summary: The long-awaited next installment in the Henry Chang Detective Jack Yu series. 9781616953515 Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 When the body of an unidentified Asian man is found in the $26.95/$26.95 Can. Harlem River, NYPD Detective Jack Yu embarks on a journey Hardback into Chinatown's restaurants, strip clubs, and seedy gambling FICTION / Asian American establishments to investigate. Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 Story Locale: New York City 1.250 lb Wt 567g Wt Series Overview: In New York's Chinatown, a neighborhood where 99 percent of the cops of white, Detective Jack Yu

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Author Bio: Henry Chang was born and raised in New York's Chinatown, where he still lives. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute and CCNY. He is the author of Chinatown Beat and Year of the Dog, also in the Detective Jack Yu series.

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A Few Drops of Blood Summary: A riveting police procedural set in Naples that Jan Merete Weiss explores the violence that lurks in the heart of beauty, from 9781616953539 an exciting new voice in crime fiction. Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 $26.95/$26.95 Can. Story Locale: Naples, Italy Hardback Author Bio: Jan Merete Weiss grew up in Puerto Rico. She Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths studied poetry and painting at the Massachusetts College of Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 Art and received a Master's degree from NYU. Her poems have 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt appeared in various literary magazines. She lives in New York 140mm W | 210mm H | 567g Wt and lectures at Lehman College.

Author Residence: New York City

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The Leviathan Effect Summary: Homeland Security Secretary Catherine Blaine James Lilliefors receives a frightening communication from a hacker identified 9781616953621 only by the pseudonym Janus. The message is the latest in a Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 series correctly predicting natural disasters around the world- $15.95/$15.95 Can. disasters that, Janus claims, were manufactured, not natural Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) at all. And, according to the email, unless the United States Fiction / Technological does as Janus instructs, another disaster is coming-a Territory: World Category 5 hurricane that will hit the Eastern Seaboard and Ctn Qty: 24 destroy the lives of ten... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: James Lilliefors is an award-winning journalist who has written for The Washington Post, The Miami Herald, The Boston Globe, The Baltimore Sun and elsewhere. He was educated at the University of Iowa and the University of Virginia, where he was a Henry Hoyns Fiction Writing Fellow. He currently lives in Florida.

Author Residence: Naples, Florida

Author Hometown: Washington, DC

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Nightmare Range : The Collected Sueno and Summary: Twenty years ago, Martin Limón published his Bascom Short Stories first mystery story featuring Sergeant George Sueño, a young Martin Limon Mexican American army detective stationed on the US 8th 9781616953348 Army base in South Korea in the early 1970s, the heart of the Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 Cold War. George and his investigating partner, the rowdy and $14.95/$14.95 Can. short-fused Sergeant Ernie Bascom, are assigned cases in Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) which the 8th Army has come into conflict with local Korean Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Collections & law enforcement-often incidents in which American soldiers, Anthologies who are not known for being ... Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: Martin Limón retired from military service after 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt twenty years in the US Army, including ten years in Korea. He 127mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt is the author of seven previous books in the Sergeant George Sueño series: Jade Lady Burning, Slicky Boys, Buddha's Other Formats Money, The Door to Bitterness, The Wandering Ghost, GI 9781616953324 $26.95 9/24/13 Hardcover Bones, Mr. Kill, and The Joy . He lives in Seattle. Related Products Nightmare Range 9781616953324 $26.95 9/24/13 Author Residence: Seattle, Washington Hardcover Author Hometown: Gardena, California

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The Iron Sickle Summary: Early one rainy morning, an officer at the head of Martin Limon the 8th Claims Office is brutally murdered 9781616953911 by a man carrying a small iron sickle. His secretary is the sole Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 witness to the incident, but she did not see who the man $26.95/$26.95 Can. was. Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective / International CID agents Ernie Bascom and George Sueño are eager to start Mystery & Crime investigating. But instead, they are assigned black market Territory: World duty, a strange choice given their knack for solving cases and Ctn Qty: 12 working knowledge of the Korean language. Naturally, they 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt can't help... 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Martin Limón retired from military service after twenty years in the US Army, including ten years in Korea. He is the author of eight previous novels in the Sergeant George Sueño series: Jade Lady Burning, Slicky Boys, Buddha's Money, The Door to Bitterness, The Wandering Ghost, GI Bones, Mr. Kill, and The Joy Brigade, as well as the short story collection Nightmare Range. He lives near Seattle.

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The Tooth Tattoo Summary: Peter Diamond, head of the Criminal Investigation Peter Lovesey Division in scenic Bath, England, is investigating the murder of 9781616953669 a young woman whose body has been found in the canal, the Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 only clue to her identity a tattoo of a music note on one of $15.95 her teeth. For Diamond, who wouldn't know a Stradivarius 348 pages from a French horn, the investigation is his most demanding Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) ever. Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British Territory: US, open market (no Canada) Meanwhile, strange things are happening to jobbing violist Mel Ctn Qty: 24 Farran, who finds himself scouted by a very elite classical 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt quartet-o... 127mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Peter Lovesey is the author of more than thirty highly praised mystery novels and has been awarded the CWA Gold and Silver Daggers and the Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement, as well as many US honors. He lives in West Sussex, England.

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The Stone Wife Summary: At a Bath auction house, a large slab of carved Peter Lovesey stone is up for sale. At the height of what turns into very 9781616953935 competitive bidding, there is a hold-up attempt by three Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 masked raiders, who are trying to steal the stone. They shoot $27.95 and kill the highest bidder, a professor who has recognized Hardback the female figure carved in the stone as Chaucer's Wife of Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British Bath. The masked would-be thieves flee, leaving the stone Territory: US only behind. Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Peter Diamond and his team are assigned to investigate, and 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt the stone is move... Author Bio: Peter Lovesey is the author of more than thirty highly praised mystery novels and has been awarded the CWA Gold and Silver Daggers and the Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement, as well as many US honors. He lives in West Sussex, England.

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Fallout Summary: Australian jewel thief Wyatt has a bounty of Garry Disher stolen jewels and a yacht, but nothing can stop him from 9781616953751 returning to his life of crime. He drugs his lover, police officer Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 Liz Redding, and escapes into the night only to discover the $14.95/$14.95 Can. gems he lifted are fakes. With his luck and his resources Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) rapidly running out, Wyatt begrudgingly joins forces with Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard -Boiled Raymond, his estranged nephew and an established criminal Territory: US, Canada, open market himself, to lift some expensive artwork. Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt It should be an easy job-the gallery is unde... 127mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Garry Disher is one of Australia's best-known novelists. He's published over forty books in a range of genres, including crime, children's books, and Australian history. His Hal Challis crime series is also published in the US by Soho Crime. He lives on the Mornington Peninsula, southeast of Melbourne.

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Hell to Pay Summary: With a pair of killers on the loose in the area, Garry Disher Hirsch, small-town cop, decides to venture off his route to 9781616953959 investigate some stray gunfire. He believes back-up to be Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 nearby, but soon finds himself cut off. Formerly a promising $26.95/$26.95 Can. metropolitan officer, Hirsch he has since been condemned as Hardback a whistleblower and demoted and exiled to a one-cop station Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural in South Australia's wheat belt. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 But the shots on Bitter Wash Road don't tally with Hirsch's 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt assumptions. The truth turns out to be a lot more... 152mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Garry Disher is one of Australia's best-known novelists. He's published over forty books in a range of genres, including crime, children's books, and Australian history. His Hal Challis and Wyatt crime series are also published in the US by Soho Crime. He lives on the Mornington Peninsula, southeast of Melbourne.

Author Residence: Mornington Peninsula, Australia

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Hour of the Rat Summary: Iraq War vet Ellie McEnroe has a pretty good life Lisa Brackmann in Beijing, representing the work of controversial dissident 9781616953713 Chinese artist Zhang Jianli. Even though Zhang's mysterious Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 disappearance of over a year ago has attracted the attention $14.95/$14.95 Can. of the Chinese authorities. Even though her Born-Again Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) mother has come for a visit and shows no signs of leaving. Fiction / Thrillers Territory: World But things really get complicated when Ellie's search for an Ctn Qty: 24 Army buddy's missing brother entangles her in a conspiracy 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt that may or may not inv... 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Lisa Brackmann has worked as a motion picture executive and an issues researcher in a presidential campaign. A southern California native, she currently lives in Venice, California. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Rock Paper Tiger, was an Amazon Best Book of 2010.

Author Residence: Venice, California

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Maisie Dobbs Summary: Lady Rowan Compton first met Maisie when, at Jacqueline Winspear thirteen, she went into service as a maid at her ladyship's 9781616954079 Belgravia mansion. A suffragette, Lady Rowan took the Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 remarkably smart youngster under her wing and became her $14.95/$14.95 Can. patron. She encouraged Maisie to study at Cambridge, and Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) was aided in this by Maurice Blanche, a friend often retained Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical as an investigator by the elite of Europe when discretion and Territory: World results were required. It was he who first recognized Maisie's Ctn Qty: 24 intuitive gifts. Sales Restrictions: World 0.810 lb Wt The outbreak ... 367g Wt Author Bio: Jacqueline Winspear is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Among the Mad and An Incomplete Revenge, as well as four other Maisie Dobbs novels. She has won numerous awards for her work, including the Agatha, Alex, and Macavity awards for the first book in the series, Maisie Dobbs. Originally from the United Kingdom, she now lives in California.

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Evil and Summary: The second book by prize-winning Japanese Fuminori Nakamura novelist Fuminori Nakamura to be available in English 9781616953706 translation, a follow-up to 2012's critically acclaimed The Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 Thief-another fantastically creepy, electric literary thriller that $15.95/$15.95 Can. explores the limits of human depravity-and the powerful Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) human instinct to resist evil. Fiction / Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime When Fumihiro Kuki is eleven years old, his elderly, enigmatic Territory: World father calls him into his study for a meeting. "I created you to Ctn Qty: 24 be a cancer on the world," his father tells him. I... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Fuminori Nakamura was born in 1977 and graduated from Fukushima University in 2000. In 2002, he won the prestigious Noma Literary Prize for New Writers for his first novel, A Gun, and in 2005 he won the Akutagawa prize for The Boy in the Earth. The Thief, winner of the 2010 Oe Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary award, is also published in English by Soho Press.

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A Spider in the Cup Summary: At dawn one morning in 1933, an amateur Barbara Cleverly dowsing team digging the banks of the Thames for precious 9781616953768 metals unearths the body of a young woman with a priceless Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 gold coin in her mouth and a missing toe. The case falls on $15.95/$15.95 Can. Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard Joe Sandilands's Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) turf, but he's been given another assignment-and a very Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British high-profile one. London is hosting a historic global economic Territory: World conference to try to solve the global Depression, and political Ctn Qty: 24 tensions are running very high, as... 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 127mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Barbara Cleverly was born in the north of England and is a graduate of Durham University. A former teacher, she has spent her working life in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk; she now lives in Cambridge. She has one son and five step-children. She is the author of nine books, including The Last Kashmiri Rose, Strange Images of Death, The Blood Royal, and Not My Blood. Her Joe Sandilands series, set against the background of the Indian Empire, was inspired by the contents of a battered old ...

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Ghost Month Summary: August is Ghost Month in Taiwan-a time to Ed Lin commemorate the dead: burn incense, visit shrines, 9781616953263 commemorate ancestors, and avoid unlucky situations, large Pub Date: 7/22/14, On Sale Date: 7/22 purchases, and bodies of water. Jing-nan, a young man who $26.95/$26.95 Can. runs a food stand in a bustling Taipei night market, doesn't Hardback consider himself superstitious, but this August is going to Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General haunt him no matter what he does. He is shocked to the core Territory: World when he learns his ex-girlfriend from high school has been Ctn Qty: 12 murdered. She was found scantily clad and... Sales Restrictions: World 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Ed Lin is a journalist by training and an all- 567g Wt around stand-up kinda guy. He's the author of several books: Waylaid, his literary debut, and his Robert Chow crime series, set in 1970s Manhattan Chinatown: This Is a Bust, Snakes Can't Run, and One Red Bastard. Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. Lin lives in New York with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung.

Author Residence: New York City

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A Blind Goddess Summary: March, 1944: US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, James R. Benn back in England after a dangerous mission in Italy, is due for a 9781616953775 little R&R, and also a promotion. But the now-Captain Boyle Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 doesn't get to kick back and enjoy his leisure time because $15.95/$15.95 Can. two upsetting cases fall into his lap at once. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / War & Military The first is a personal request from an estranged friend: Territory: World Sergeant Eugene "Tree" Jackson, who grew up with Billy in Ctn Qty: 24 Boston, is part of the 617th Tank Destroyers, the all-African 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt American battalion poised to make h... 127mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut, Billy Boyle, was named one of the top five mysteries of 2006 by Book Sense and was a Dilys Award nominee. Subsequent books have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, and been listed as the Bookpage Mystery of the Month. Two have been tagged as a "Killer Book" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. A librarian for many years, Benn lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut, w...

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The Morels Summary: The Morels-Arthur, Penny, and Will-are a happy Christopher Hacker family of three living in New York City. So why would Arthur 9781616953652 choose to publish a book that brutally rips his tightly knit Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 family unit apart at the seams? Arthur's old schoolmate Chris, $15.00/$15.00 Can. who narrates the book, is fascinated with this very question 368 pages as he becomes accidentally reacquainted with Arthur. A Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) single, aspiring filmmaker who works in a movie theater, Chris Fiction / Literary envies everything Arthur has, from his beautiful wife to his Territory: World charming son to his... Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Christopher Hacker received a BA in Music 127mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt Composition from the University of Michigan and an MFA from Columbia University. His stories have appeared in Quarterly West and The Rake, and he was a finalist for a Pushcart Prize in 2009. He currently lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife.

Author Residence: Washington, DC

Author Hometown: New York City

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How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets Summary: "Funny, bewitching, observant."-The Oregonian Garth Stein 9781616954314 "Hits all the frets of a powerful story: sharp-witted dialogue, Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose $14.95/$14.95 Can. that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings…. I hold up Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) my lighter and turn it full-flame for [Garth] Stein's latest work. Fiction / Literary Encore!"-The Seattle Times Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 "Compelling."-Seattle Post-Intelligencer 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt "Stein handles the many narrative elements deftly."-Seattle Weekly

"An engrossing family drama."-Publishers Weekly

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Songs Only You Know : A Memoir Summary: Songs Only You Know: A Memoir plunges the Sean Madigan Hoen reader into the Detroit hardcore punk scene with eighteen- 9781616953362 year-old Sean and spans a dark decade during which his Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 father succumbs to crack addiction, his younger sister spirals $25.00/$25.00 Can. into a fatal depression, and his sense of home crumbles. 336 pages Sean's salvation is music, and the many eccentrics and Hardback outsiders he befriends as frontman of a band once referred to Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs by Spin Magazine as "an art-core mindfuck." Sean's prose Territory: World whips from mordantly funny to searingly ho... Ctn Qty: 12 Sales Restrictions: World Author Bio: Sean Madigan Hoen was raised in Dearborn, 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Michigan and spent his young adulthood touring and recording

140mm W | 210mm H | 567g Wt in several Detroit-based music groups. His fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including BOMB Magazine, where he was awarded the 2011 Fiction Award. He has taught creative writing at Columbia University and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Songs Only You Know: A Memoir is his first book.

Author Residence: Brooklyn, NY

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A Beautiful Truth Summary: Told simultaneously from the perspective of Colin McAdam humans and chimpanzees, set in a Vermont home and a 9781616953782 Florida primate research facility, A Beautiful Truth-at Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 times brutal, other times deeply moving-is about the $15.00 simple truths that transcend species, the meaning of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) family, the lure of belonging, and the capacity for Fiction / Literary survival. Territory: US, open market (no Canada) Ctn Qty: 24 A portion of this book's proceeds benefits Save the 5.000 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Chimps, the world's largest chimpanzee sanctuary. 127mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt A powerful and haunting meditation on human nature told from the du... Author Bio: Colin McAdam's novel Some Great Thing won the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award and was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award, the Rogers Writers' Trust Award, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in the U.K. His second novel, Fall, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller

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Inside Madeleine (paper original) Summary: From the author of Nine Months, which Marcy Paula Bomer Dermansky called "deliciously, dangerously rogue," comes a 9781616953096 powerful, daring new collection about the curious, Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 complicated relationships girls have with their bodies, with $15.00/$15.00 Can. other girls, and with boys. 272 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) A young anorexic girl comes to terms with her changing body Fiction / Literary while lying in the hospital; Polly deals with her unwelcome Territory: World puberty whilst falling prey to peer pressure in the suspenseful Ctn Qty: 24 vein of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"; 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Mary's ni... 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Paula Bomer is the author of a novel, Nine Months (Soho Press), and a story collection, Baby (Word Riot Press). Her writing has appeared in The Mississippi Review, Open City, Fiction, Nerve, and Best American Erotica. She is the publisher of Sententia Books and a contributor to the literary blog, Big Other. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.

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In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake Summary: In this epic, mythical debut novel, a newly-wed and the Woods couple escapes the busy confusion of their homeland for a Matt Bell distant and almost-uninhabited lakeshore. They plan to live 9781616953720 there simply, to the lake, to trap the nearby woods, and Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 build a house upon the dirt between where they can raise a $15.00/$15.00 Can. family. But as their every pregnancy fails, the child-obsessed Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) husband begins to rage at this new world: the song-spun Fiction / Literary objects somehow created by his wife's beautiful singing voice, Territory: US, Canada, open market the giant and sentient... Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Matt Bell's first story collection, How They Were Found, was published in 2010 by Keyhole Press, and was 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt reviewed in The Believer, American Book Review, and Bookslut, among many other venues. In 2012, Cataclysm Baby, a novella, was published by Mud Luscious Press, with blurbs by Karen Russell, Lucy Corin, Lance Olsen, and Chris Bachelder. Bell's fiction has been anthologized in Best American Mystery Stories 2010, Best American Fantasy 2, and 30 Under 30: An Anthology of Innovative Fi...

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The City Son Summary: Set in his signature and timeless Nepal, Samrat Samrat Upadhyay Updhyay has crafted a vivid portrait of a scorned woman's 9781616953812 life-long obsession, and the ramifications on an impressionable Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 young man. When Didi discovers that her husband, the $24.00/$24.00 Can. Masterji, has been hiding his beautiful lover and their young 288 pages son Tarun in a nearby city, she takes him back into her grasp Hardback and expels his second family. Tarun's mother, heartsick and Fiction / Literary devastated, slowly begins to lose her mind, and Tarun has no Territory: World choice but to turn to D... Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Samrat Upadhyay was born and raised in Nepal. 140mm W | 210mm H | 567g Wt He is the author of Arresting God in Kathmandu, a Whiting Award winner; The Royal Ghost; The Guru of Love, a New York Times Notable Book and a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year; and Buddha's Orphans. He has written for The New York Times and has appeared on BBC Radio and National Public Radio. Upadhyay teaches in the creative writing program at Indiana University.

Author Residence: Indiana

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Forensic Songs Summary: In his second collection of short stories, Mike Mike McCormack McCormack joins head and heart in a series of tales which 9781616954147 weave a fluid vision of a world morphing between the real and Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 the hyperreal. $15.00/$15.00 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Amid much hollow laughter a prisoner is drawn from his cell in Fiction / Literary the middle of the night to play a video game; two rural guards Territory: US, Canada, open market ponder the security threat posed by the only man in Ireland Ctn Qty: 24 not to have written his memoirs; a child tries to offset his 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt destiny as a serial killer by petitioning his father for a b... 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Mike McCormack has published a collection of short stories, Getting It in the Head, and a novel, Crowe's Requiem. In 1996, McCormack was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. In 1998, Getting It in the Head was voted a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

Author Residence: Ireland

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The Comedy is Finished Summary: The year is 1977, and America is finally getting Donald E. Westlake over the nightmares of Watergate and Vietnam and the 9781781167816 national hangover that was the 1960s. But not everyone is Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 ready to let it go. $7.99/$9.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) Not aging comedian Koo Davis, friend to generals and paperback presidents and veteran of countless USO tours to buck up FICTION / Crime American troops in the field. And not the five remaining Territory: US, Canada (no open market) members of the self-proclaimed People's Revolutionary Army, Ctn Qty: 48 who've decided that kidnapping Koo Davis would be the Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) perfect way to bring their c... 4.125 in W | 6.750 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Author Bio: Donald E. Westlake was the award-winning 105mm W | 171mm H | 172g Wt author of more than 100 books and screenplays, including the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for The Grifters. Named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America (the organization's highest honor), Westlake also received the prestigious Edgar Allan Poe Award three times.

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Joyland Summary: A STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF THE Stephen King BEST-SELLING AUTHORS OF ALL TIME - NOW OUT IN MASS 9781781167694 MARKET PAPERBACK! Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 $7.99/$9.99 Can. The #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! 288 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, paperback Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the Territory: US, Canada (no open market) legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the Ctn Qty: 48 ways both will change his life forever. Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 4.125 in W | 6.750 in H | 0.380 lb Wt "I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts. That 105mm W | 171mm H | 172g Wt combo made...

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Borderline Summary: THE SCORCHING PULP NOVEL BY LAWRENCE Lawrence Block BLOCK, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS! 9781783290574 Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 On the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, $23.99/$26.99 Can. five lives are about to collide - with fatal results. You'll meet 256 pages Hardback MARTY - the professional who rolls the dice on a FICTION / Crime night with… Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 MEG - the bored divorcee who seeks excitement and finds… 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 156mm W | 235mm H | 567g Wt LILY - the beautiful hitchhiker lured into a live sex show by…

Other Formats 9781781167779 $9.95 5/20/14 Paperback CASSIE - the redhead with her own private agenda…

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Borderline Summary: THE SCORCHING PULP NOVEL BY LAWRENCE Lawrence Block BLOCK, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS! 9781781167779 Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 On the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, $9.95/$11.95 Can. five lives are about to collide - with fatal results. You'll meet 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) MARTY - the professional gambler who rolls the dice on a FICTION / Crime night with… Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 MEG - the bored divorcee who seeks excitement and finds… Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt LILY - the beautiful hitchhiker lured into a live sex show by… 127mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt CASSIE - the redhead with her own private agenda… Other Formats 9781783290574 $23.99 5/20/14 Hardcover and WEAVER - the madman, the ki... Related Products Borderline 9781783290574 $23.99 5/20/14 Hardcover Author Bio: LAWRENCE BLOCK is one of the most acclaimed and highly decorated living mystery writers, having received multiple Edgar, Shamus Awards and Maltese Falcon Awards,

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The Cocktail Waitress Summary: Following her husband's death in a suspicious car James M Cain accident, beautiful young widow Joan Medford is forced to 9781781167809 take a job serving drinks in a cocktail lounge to make ends Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 meet and to have a chance of regaining custody of her young $7.99/$9.99 Can. son. At the job she encounters two men who take an interest 288 pages in her, a handsome young schemer who makes her blood race Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) and a wealthy but unwell older man who rewards her for her paperback attentions with a $50,000 tip and an unconventional offer of FICTION / Crime marriage… Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 Author Bio: James M Cain achieved worldwide overnight Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) fame when he published his first novel, The Postman Always 4.125 in W | 6.750 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Rings Twice, in 1934. The classics Double Indemnityand 105mm W | 171mm H | 172g Wt Mildred Pierce followed, reinforcing Cain's reputation as the great chronicler of crimes of passion, typically set against a working-class backdrop during the Great Depression. His books have inspired many classic movies.

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Malvineau Prison (The Twenty-Year Death Summary: THE FIRST NOVEL FROM THE TWENTY-YEAR trilogy Book 1) DEATH TRILOGY! Ariel Winter 9781781167939 THIS INSTALLMENT IS SET IN 1931 IN THE STYLE OF Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 CLASSIC CRIME WRITER, GEORGES SIMENON. $7.99/$9.99 Can. 272 pages 1931 - The body found in the gutter in France led the police Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) inspector to the dead man's beautiful daughter - and to her paperback hot-tempered husband. FICTION / Crime Author Bio: A long-time bookseller at The Corner Bookstore Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 in New York City and Borders in Baltimore, Ariel S. Winter is also the author of the forthcoming children's picture book One Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 4.125 in W | 6.750 in H | 0.380 lb Wt of a Kind (Aladdin) and of the blog We Too Were Children, Mr. 105mm W | 171mm H | 172g Wt Barrie, devoted to the rediscovery of long-forgotten children's books written by literary icons such as John Updike, Langston Hughes, and Gertrude Stein. His writing has appeared in The Urbanite and on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and in 2008 he won t...

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The Falling Star (The Twenty Year Death Summary: THE SECOND NOVEL FROM THE TWENTY-YEAR trilogy book 2) DEATH TRILOGY Ariel Winter 9781781167946 THIS SECOND INSTALLMENT IS SET IN 1941 IN THE STYLE OF Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 CLASSIC CRIME WRITER, RAYMOND CHANDLER. $7.99/$9.99 Can. 240 pages Author Bio: A long-time bookseller at The Corner Bookstore Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) in New York City and Borders in Baltimore, Ariel S. Winter is paperback also the author of the forthcoming children's picture book One of a Kind (Aladdin) and of the blog We Too Were Children, Mr. FICTION / Crime Barrie, devoted to the rediscovery of long-forgotten children's Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 books written by literary icons such as John Updike, Langston Hughes, and Gertrude Stein. His writing has appeared in The Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 4.125 in W | 6.750 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Urbanite and on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and in 2008 105mm W | 171mm H | 172g Wt he won t...

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Police at the Funeral (The Twenty-Year Death Summary: THE FINAL NOVEL FROM THE TWENTY-YEAR trilogy book 3) DEATH TRILOGY! Ariel Winter 9781781167953 THIS INSTALLMENT IS SET IN 1951 IN THE STYLE OF Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 CLASSIC CRIME WRITER, JIM THOMPSON. $7.99/$9.99 Can. 256 pages Author Bio: A long-time bookseller at The Corner Bookstore Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) in New York City and Borders in Baltimore, Ariel S. Winter is paperback also the author of the forthcoming children's picture book One of a Kind (Aladdin) and of the blog We Too Were Children, Mr. FICTION / Crime Barrie, devoted to the rediscovery of long-forgotten children's Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 books written by literary icons such as John Updike, Langston Hughes, and Gertrude Stein. His writing has appeared in The Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 4.125 in W | 6.750 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Urbanite and on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and in 2008 105mm W | 171mm H | 172g Wt he won t...

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The Art of Rio: Featuring a Carnival of Art From Summary: DISCOVER THE STUNNING ANIMATION BEHIND Rio and Rio 2 THE STAR-STUDDED HIT MOVIE RIO AND FORTHCOMING RIO 9781781169780 2! PRODUCED BY BLUE SKY, THE STUDIO BEHIND ICE AGE Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 SERIES AND HORTON HEARS A WHO! $34.95/$39.95 Can. 160 pages A feast for the eyes, perfect for people interested in Hardback animation and art, with the beautiful backdrop of Rio de

Art / Techniques / Cartooning Janeiro! Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 "Rio © 2011 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) Rights Reserved. Rio 2 © 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film 11.000 in W | 10.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Corporation. All Rights Reserved." 279mm W | 254mm H | 567g Wt Story Locale: Rio de Janeiro

Author Bio: Blue Sky Studios, or simply Blue Sky, is an American CGI-animation studio which specializes in high- resolution, computer-generated character animation and rendering. It is owned by 20th Century Fox and located in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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300: Rise of an Empire: The Art of the Film Summary: The action adventure 300: Rise of an Empire is Peter Aperlo the highly anticipated follow-up to the 2007 international 9781781167823 blockbuster 300. Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 $34.95/$39.95 Can. Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel Xerxes, 300: Rise 160 pages of an Empire is produced by Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton,

Hardback Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Bernie Goldmann, and ART / Film & Video directed by Noam Murro from a screenplay by Zack Snyder & Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Kurt Johnstad. Told in the breathtaking visual style of 300 this Ctn Qty: 12 new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh 12.750 in W | 9.750 in H | 1.250 lb Wt battlefield-on... 324mm W | 248mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: PETER APERLO is an LA-based writer whose credits include the screenplay to the video game 300: March to . He is the writer of the Watchmen Movie Companion and The Art of Watchmen movie book.

Author Hometown: LA

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The Art of Ian Miller Summary: Featuring over 300 pieces of artwork spanning Ian Miller decades of Ian's work, this collection is a treat for all lovers 9781781167793 of great fantasy art - from Lovecraft novel covers to Tolkien Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 bestiaries to Warhammer 40,000 concept art, through a $34.95/$39.95 Can. veritable trove of gothic humour, fantasy battles, dragons, Hardback beasts and a world of nightmarish visions. Art / Popular Culture / General Author Bio: Ian Miller is a fantasy illustrator and writer best Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 known for his quirkily etched gothic style and macabre Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) sensibility, noted for his book and magazine covers and interior illustrations, including SF fiction covers, a host of 12.250 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 311mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt illustrations for the Realm of Chaos supplement and the first edition of Warhammer 40,000, work for Fighting Fantasy gamebooks and covers for Terror of the Lichmaster, Death on the Reik, and Warhammer City.

Author Residence: UK

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The Paleoart of Julius Csotonyi Summary: The collected works of Julius Csotonyi, one of the Julius Csotonyi world's most high profile and talented contemporary 9781781169124 paleoartists. Csotonyi has considerable academic expertise Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 that contributes to his stunning dynamic art. $34.95/$39.95 Can. 156 pages Csotonyi represents the natural world photorealistically and Hardback has been influenced by natural history illustrators such as

Nature / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures Peter Zallinger, Doug Henderson and Greg Paul. He uses bold Territory: US, Canada (no open market) patterns and colors to paint the prehistoric world both with Ctn Qty: 12 traditional media as well as modern digi... Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 11.000 in W | 10.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Julius T. Csotonyi, PhD., Natural History 279mm W | 254mm H | 567g Wt Illustrator and Paleo-artist

Julius began illustrating dinosaurs seriously in 1998. Since then he has produced work for 25 publishers and museum exhibits, with a client list that includes National Geographic; Scholastic Inc; the Royal Tyrrell Museum; and the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Julius also has considerable academic expertise, having completed both a BSc in Ecology

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The Art of John Harris Summary: World-renowned visionary artist John Harris' John Harris unique concept paintings capture the Universe on a massive 9781781168424 scale, featuring everything from epic landscapes and towering Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 cities to out-of-this-world science fiction vistas. $34.95/$39.95 Can. 160 pages This collection focuses on his wide variety of futuristic art, as Hardback well as his striking covers for a variety of esteemed SF Art / Popular Culture / General authors, including Arthur C Clarke, John Scalzi, , Hal Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Clement, Jack McDevitt, Frederik Pohl, Orson Scott Card's Ctn Qty: 12 Enders books and many more. Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 12.250 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: John Harris is a British painter and illustrator, 311mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt best known for working in the science fiction genre. His extraordinary paintings have been used on book covers for many science fiction authors, including Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Ben Bova, Orson Scott Card and Jack Vance.

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The Art of Greg Spalenka Summary: Having graduated from the prestigious Art Center Greg Spalenka College of Design, Greg Spalenka has been producing 9781781168844 commercial and fine art for over 30 years. With a client list Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 including film studios, magazines, newspapers and book $34.95/$39.95 Can. publishers, his distinctive style is immediately recognisable 160 pages and this book marries a celebration of Greg's body of work Hardback with instructional elements to inspire the reader. Art / Popular Culture / General Author Bio: Greg Spalenka has been producing fine and Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 commercial art for over 30 years. As well as numerous gallery shows, he has produced art for clients including Warner Bros, Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 9.000 in W | 12.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt New Line, Time, Rolling Stone, the New York Times, Wall 229mm W | 311mm H | 567g Wt Street Journal, and numerous book publishers. He also lectures on art at colleges across America.

Author Residence: Woodland Hills, CA

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Dark Shepherd: The Art of Fred Gambino Summary: Featuring excerpts from Fred's varied career, as Fred Gambino well as his personal multimedia project 'Dark Shepherd', this 9781781168431 monograph is a must-have for science fiction art fans. Pub Date: 7/29/14, On Sale Date: 7/29 $34.95/$39.95 Can. Author Bio: Fred Gambino has worked as a diverse illustrator 160 pages and artist, providing high-profile sci-fi concept art for a wide Hardback array of television programmes, films and video games, as well as his own creator-owned multimedia projects like 'Dark Art / Popular Culture / General Shepherd'. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 12.250 in W | 9.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 311mm W | 229mm H | 567g Wt

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Warbirds: The Aviation Art of Adam Tooby Summary: Adam Tooby is a rising star in the field of aviation Adam Tooby art. 9781781168486 Pub Date: 10/7/14, On Sale Date: 10/7 His work currently graces the new range of Airfix model $34.95/$39.95 Can. boxes; he has also just signed up to produce covers for a Hardback range of books produced by well known military publisher, History / Military / General Osprey.

Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 Moving away from traditional approaches to the subject Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) matter, he is using computer technology to produce stunning 1.250 lb Wt images of some of the greatest aircraft in history. 567g Wt Author Bio: Tooby is a rising star in the field of aviation art. His work currently graces the new range of Airfix model boxes and he is producing covers for well known military publisher Osprey. Moving away from traditional approaches to the subject matter, he uses computer technology to produce stunning images of some of the greatest aircraft in history.

Author Residence: UK

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The Art of John Alvin Summary: John Alvin's movie poster art is among the most John Alvin iconic of the last 40 years, from Disney films such as Beauty 9780857689290 and the Beast, Mulan and Pinocchio, to Empire of the Sun, Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 Gremlins, Blazing Saddles, , and the Star Wars 30th $34.95/$41.00 Can. anniversary posters 160 pages Hardback This beautiful collection encompasses some of Alvin's finest Art / Individual Artist work, and also includes previously unseen comprehensives Territory: US, Canada (no open market) and in progress sketches. Accompanied by commentary from Ctn Qty: 12 Alvin's widow, this is a unique insight into the work of one of Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) th... 9.000 in W | 12.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 229mm W | 311mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: John Alvin was an American movie artist who painted movie poster art for over 130 films, including E.T., Blade Runner, The Lion King, The Bride and Jurassic Park, as well as the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean film series. He also produced work for Disney Fine Art (Disney character official portraits).

Author Residence: Deceased

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The Adjacent Summary: A photographer returns to a near-future Britain Christopher Priest after the death of his wife in a terrorist incident in 9781781169438 Afghanistan. And finds that Britain has, itself, been suffering Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 terrorist attacks. But no-one knows quite what is happening $14.95/$16.95 Can. or how. Just that there are similarities between what killed Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) the photographer's wife and what happened in West London. Fiction / Alternative History Soon he is drawn into a hall of mirrors at the heart of Territory: US, Canada (no open market) government. Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) In the First World War a magician is asked to travel to the 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt frontline to he... 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Christopher Priest is a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel The Islanders won both the BSFA Award and the John W. Campbell Award. The Separation won both the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the BSFA Award.

Author Residence: Hastings, England UK

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The Islanders (paper original) Summary: A tale of murder, artistic rivalry and literary Christopher Priest trickery; a chinese puzzle of a novel where nothing is quite 9781781169469 what it seems; a narrator whose agenda is artful and subtle; Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 a narrative that pulls you in and plays an elegant game with $14.95/$16.95 Can. you. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Alternative History The Dream Archipelago is a vast network of islands. The Territory: US, Canada (no open market) names of the islands are different depending on who you talk Ctn Qty: 24 to, their very locations seem to twist and shift. Some islands Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) have been sculpted into vast musical instruments, others are 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt home to letha... 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Christopher Priest is a contemporary novelist and a leading figure in modern SF and fantasy. His novel The Islanders won both the BSFA Award and the John W. Campbell Award. The Separation won both the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the BSFA Award.

Author Residence: Hastings, England UK

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Fu-Manchu - President Fu-Manchu Summary: Fu-Manchu journeys to the United States for the Sax Rohmer first time, and is the power behind a "League of Good 9780857686107 Americans" candidate for the presidency. From Niagara Falls Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 to the catacombs of NY's Chinatown, Nayland Smith and $9.95/$11.95 Can. federal agent Mark Hepburn seek to stop the Devil Doctor and 320 pages his plan to assassinate a presidential candidate - 30 years Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) before The Manchurian Candidate! Fiction / Thrillers / Crime Territory: US, Canada (no open market) BONUS FEATURE: This volume includes the first of three "lost Ctn Qty: 24 adventures of Nayland Smith". "The Blue Monkey," follows ... 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Sax Rohmer was the acclaimed author of the Fu Manchu series of novels. The first, The Mystery of Fu Manchu, was published in 1912 with many more following. Rohmer also wrote more traditional detective stories and supernatural horror. He died in London in 1959.

Author Hometown: New York, United States

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Fu-Manchu - The Drums of Fu-Manchu Summary: Immediately before World War II, Fu-Manchu Sax Rohmer decides to kill or control the world's war-mongering dictators, 9780857686114 to pave the way for his own plans. The rapid-fire action Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 moves from London to Venice to Paris, and involves various $9.95/$11.95 Can. arcane and scientific forms of torture and death. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) BONUS FEATURE: The Blue Monkey", the second of three "lost Fiction / Thrillers / Crime adventures of Nayland Smith." It appeared in Collier's in 1931, Territory: US, Canada (no open market) then in the short story collection Tales of East and West. Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Sax Rohmer was the acclaimed author of the 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Fu Manchu series of novels. The first, The Mystery of Fu Manchu, was published in 1912 with many more following. Rohmer also wrote more traditional detective stories and supernatural horror. He died in London in 1959.

Author Hometown: New York, United States

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Ride a Pale Horse Summary: When journalist Karen Cornell is invited to a Helen Macinnes peace conference in Prague, she only goes on the 9781781163382 understanding that she will be granted a valuable interview. Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 Instead she finds herself chosen for a more hazardous task: $9.95/$11.95 Can. carrying top-secret documents from a potential Czech 432 pages defector back to Washington. With the papers safely in the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) hands of Peter Bristow, the one CIA man Karen can trust, she Books / Fiction / Espionage/Intrigue is sure her part in the drama is over, but soon she is pulled Territory: US, Canada (no open market) into an astonishing web of blackmail, a... Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).

Author Hometown: New York, United States

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Prelude to Terror Summary: New York art expert Colin Grant takes on an easy Helen Macinnes commission: to travel to Vienna and bid on a priceless Old 9781781163368 Master on behalf of a Texan millionaire. The painting has been Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 smuggled out of Hungary by a defector, and Grant must get it $9.95/$11.95 Can. at any cost, while keeping his employer's name a secret. But 432 pages all is not as it seems. No sooner has Grant landed in Austria Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) than his seemingly simple assignment turns into a nightmare, Books / Fiction / Espionage/Intrigue as he finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy to unleash a Territory: US, Canada (no open market) wave of inte... Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).

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The Hidden Target Summary: For Nina O'Connell, a trip round the world was the Helen Macinnes holiday of a lifetime. Travelling in a group led by the 9781781163399 attractive James Kiley and his friend Tony Shawfield, she is Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 surprised when she runs into an old flame on a sunny $9.95/$11.95 Can. Amsterdam street. But Robert Renwick, ex-army major 496 pages attached to NATO, is not there by chance. He is on the hunt Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) for two terrorists who have left a trail of bombings and murder Books / Fiction / Espionage/Intrigue in their wake, and now he must keep Nina safe while trying to Territory: US, Canada (no open market) discover their next target. Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt So...

Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).

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I and My True Love THE QUEEN OF SPY WRITERS RETURNS IN A BEAUTIFULLY Helen Macinnes PRESENTED SERIES! 9781781163252 Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 $9.95/$11.95 Can. Summary: American diplomat Payton Pleydell and his wife 384 pages Sylvia are the most respected, brilliant couple in Washington. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Theirs seems a perfect marriage but Kate Jerold begins to Fiction / Thrillers / Crime suspect that her cousin's husband is not as devoted as he Territory: US, Canada (no open market) seems. Then the unexpected arrival of a Czech official Ctn Qty: 24 threatens to bring the façade crashing down. Even after six 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt years apart, Sylvia has not forgotten Jan Brovic; during the 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt war they had been deeply, secretly in love. But now there is

a new war, and former allies... Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish- born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford,

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Cloak of Darkness Summary: In a quiet London pub, Bob Renwick, founder of Helen Macinnes counter-terrorist agency Interintell, is handed a list of names. 9781781163375 The Minus List has been compiled by the ruthless executive of Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 an international munitions firm, engaged in training terrorists $9.95/$11.95 Can. and arms dealing, and he intends to remove anyone who 400 pages might get in his way. To be on the list means death for the Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) target, their friends and family, and Renwick's name is third. Books / Fiction / Espionage/Intrigue Territory: US, Canada (no open market) On a desperate mission that takes him from New York to Ctn Qty: 24 Paris, from Zurich... 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish- born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).

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Rest and Be Thankful Summary: They were worlds apart. Sarah Bly, a Helen Macinnes sophisticated career woman on a chauffeur-driven tour of 9781781161579 America with the wealthy Mrs Margaret Peel. Jim Brent, a Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 tough, old-fashioned cowboy, ill at ease away from his rugged $9.95/$11.95 Can. mountain ranch. Yet a wrong turn on a remote road in 480 pages Wyoming unexpectedly brings them together. The discovery Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) of the ranch house Rest and be Thankful opens Sarah's eyes Books / Fiction / Espionage/Intrigue to the beauty of the West and makes the brash cynicism of Territory: US, Canada (no open market) the city seem irrelevant. After years of travelling... Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the 140mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972).

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The Iron Jackal Summary: A big slice of non-stop, action-packed, wise- Chris Wooding cracking fun from the Ketty Jay, and Captain Darien Frey. 9781781167960 Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 Things are finally looking good for Captain Frey and his crew. $14.95/$16.95 Can. The Ketty Jay has been fixed up good as new. 400 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) They've got their first taste of fortune and fame. And, just for Fiction / Fantasy / General once, nobody is trying to kill them. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 In fact, she's offered them a job - one that will take them Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) deep into the desert heart of Samarla, the land of their 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt ancient enemies. To a place where the secrets of the past ... 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Chris Wooding has written sixteen books, which have been translated into twenty languages and been published around the world. His 2009 novel, Retribution Falls, was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and his children's books have won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award and the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year. He lives in London.

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The Ace of Skulls: A Tale of the Ketty Jay Summary: They've been shot down, set up, double-crossed Chris Wooding and ripped off. They've stolen priceless treasures, destroyed 9781781168004 a ten-thousand-year-old Azryx city and sort-of-accidentally Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 blew up the son of the Archduke. Now they've gone and $14.95/$16.95 Can. started a civil war. This time, they're really in trouble. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Science Fiction / Adventure As Vardia descends into chaos, Captain Frey is doing his best Territory: US, Canada (no open market) to keep his crew out of it. He's got his mind on other things, Ctn Qty: 24 not least the fate of Trinica Dracken. But wars have a way of Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) dragging people in, ... 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Chris Wooding has written sixteen books, which have been translated into twenty languages and been published around the world. His 2009 novel, Retribution Falls, was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, and his children's books have won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Award and the Lancashire Children's Book of the Year. He lives in London.

Author Residence: London, UK

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Alien: The Official Movie Novelization Summary: The official novelization of the famous Alien movie Alan Dean Foster with Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley! 9781783290154 Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 A crew of spaceship Nostromo is suddenly woken up from a $7.99/$9.99 Can. cryogenic sleep because of mysterious signals coming from an 320 pages unknown planet and received by a ship computer. The Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) astronauts land on the planet surface and go to investigate paperback an alien spaceship where one of them is attacked by an alien Fiction / Media Tie-In / General which fasten itself on his face. When the crew returns to Territory: US, Canada (no open market) their ship and abandon the planet, nobody forefeel... Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Author Bio: Alan Dean Foster is the acclaimed author of 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt movie tie-ins for Star Wars, Alien, Transformers. He was awarded the IAMTW Grand Master Scribe Award in 2008. A best-selling science-fiction and fantasy author in his own right; the popular Pip and Flinx novels and the Founding of the Commonwealth series.

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Aliens: The Official Movie Novelization Summary: In the sequel to the 1979 film Alien, Ellen Ripley is Alan Dean Foster forced to return to planet LV-426, where her crew 9781783290178 encountered the hostile Alien creature. There they discovered Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 hundreds of eggs, and just one slaughtered everyone but $7.99/$9.99 Can. Ripley. This time she's accompanied by a unit of Colonial 320 pages Marines, but even their firepower may not be enough for them Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) to survive and learn the fate of the colony known as Hadley's paperback Hope Fiction / Media Tie-In / General Author Bio: Alan Dean Foster is the acclaimed author of Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 movie tie-ins for Star Wars, Alien, Transformers. He was 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt awarded the IAMTW Grand Master Scribe Award in 2008. A 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt best-selling science-fiction and fantasy author in his own right; the popular Pip and Flinx novels and the Founding of the Commonwealth series.

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Alien 3: The Official Movie Novelization Summary: After her escape from planet LV-426 in the movie Alan Dean Foster Aliens, an escape pod carrying Ellen Ripley crashes onto a 9781783290192 remote prison inhabited by killers and other scum. While Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 trapped in the ore refinery, Ripley discovers the horrifying $7.99/$9.99 Can. reason for her crash: an alien stowaway. As the alien matures 320 pages and begins to kill off the inhabitants, Ripley becomes unaware Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) that her true enemy is more than just the killer alien… paperback Author Bio: Alan Dean Foster is the acclaimed author of Fiction / Media Tie-In / General movie tie-ins for Star Wars, Alien, Transformers. He was Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 awarded the IAMTW Grand Master Scribe Award in 2008. A 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt best-selling science-fiction and fantasy author in his own 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt right; the popular Pip and Flinx novels and the Founding of the Commonwealth series.

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Alien - Sea of Sorrows (Novel #2) CONTINUING AN ALL NEW, OFFICIAL TRILOGY SET IN THE James A. Moore ALIEN UNIVERSE! 9781781162705 Pub Date: 7/22/14, On Sale Date: 7/22 In the future, no one can hear you … $7.99/$9.99 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) Summary: The Alien film franchise has been embraced by paperback sci-fi fans around the world. The series stars Lieutenant Ellen Fiction / Media Tie-In / General Ripley and her battles with the deadly Xenomorph commonly Territory: US, Canada (no open market) referred to as the Alien. Continuing the groundbreaking story Ctn Qty: 24 from ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS by Tim Lebbon, this novel 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.810 lb Wt will reveal Ripley's legacy, as her descendants continue to be 106mm W | 175mm H | 367g Wt harried by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation in their unceasing

effort to weaponize the aliens.

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Alien - River of Pain (Novel #3) CONCLUDING IN AN ALL NEW, OFFICIAL TRILOGY SET IN THE Christopher Golden ALIEN UNIVERSE! 9781781162729 Pub Date: 11/18/14, On Sale Date: 11/18 A new adventure featuring the Colonial Marines! $7.99/$9.99 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) Summary: The Alien film franchise has been embraced by paperback sci-fi fans around the world. The film series stars Lieutenant Fiction / Media Tie-In / General Ellen Ripley and her battles with the deadly Xenomorph, Territory: US, Canada (no open market) commonly referred to as the Alien. For the first time, this Ctn Qty: 24 novel will reveal the secrets behind the colonization of LV- 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 426, the planet where the Alien was first found in Alien, and 106mm W | 175mm H | 367g Wt the setting for Aliens where a sole survivor was discovered -

a young girl named Newt.

Produced by Twentieth Century Fox, the franchise launche... Author Bio: Christopher Golden is a well-known and prolific sci fi and fantasy author of many adult and YA novels, including Ghosts of (with Amber Benson), Hidden Cities

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Gabriel Hunt - Hunt at the Well of Eternity Summary: From the towers of Manhattan to the jungles of James Reasoner South America, from the sands of the Sahara to the frozen 9781781169889 crags of Antarctica, one man finds adventure everywhere he Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 goes: GABRIEL HUNT. Backed by the resources of the $100 $7.99/$9.99 Can. million Hunt Foundation and armed with his trusty Colt 320 pages , Gabriel Hunt has always been ready for anything-but Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) is he prepared for the adventures that lie in wait for him? paperback Fiction / Action & Adventure The woman carrying the bloodstained flag seemed desperate Territory: US, Canada (no open market) for help-but it was the attack that... Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Author Bio: Spur Award nominee James Reasoner is one of 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt the most prolific and in-demand Western writers working today, with more than 200 books to his credit, both under his own name and under various pen-names. A contributor to Bantam's New York Times bestselling Wagons West series, he is perhaps best known for the novel Texas Wind, which has achieved legendary status as a collectible paperback.

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Gabriel Hunt - Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear Summary: From the towers of Manhattan to the jungles of Charles Ardai South America, from the sands of the Sahara to the frozen 9781781169902 crags of Antarctica, one man finds adventure everywhere he Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 goes: GABRIEL HUNT. Backed by the resources of the $100 $7.99/$9.99 Can. million Hunt Foundation and armed with his trusty Colt 320 pages revolver, Gabriel Hunt has always been ready for anything-but Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) is he prepared for the adventures that lie in wait for him? paperback Author Bio: Charles Ardai is the founder and editor of Hard Fiction / Action & Adventure Case Crime and the Edgar Award-winning author of the Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 acclaimed novels Little Girl Lost and Songs of Innocence 4.200 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt 107mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt

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Gabriel Hunt - Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire Summary: From the towers of Manhattan to the jungles of Christa Faust South America, from the sands of the Sahara to the frozen 9781781169940 crags of Antarctica, one man finds adventure everywhere he Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 goes: GABRIEL HUNT. Backed by the resources of the $100 $7.99/$9.99 Can. million Hunt Foundation and armed with his trusty Colt 320 pages revolver, Gabriel Hunt has always been ready for anything-but Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) is he prepared for the adventures that lie in wait for him? paperback Fiction / Action & Adventure Dr. Lawrence Silver vanished while researching a mysterious Territory: US, Canada (no open market) phenomenon near the South Pole. H... Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Author Bio: Christa Faust is a successful horror and crime 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt writer. Her first novel Money Shot for Hard Case Crime won the Crimespree Award and was nominated for several others. She has written tie-ins to Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street and the Twilight Zone amongst others.

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Gabriel Hunt - Hunt at World’s End Summary: From the towers of Manhattan to the jungles of Nicholas Kaufmann South America, from the sands of the Sahara to the frozen 9781781169926 crags of Antarctica, one man finds adventure everywhere he Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 goes: GABRIEL HUNT. Backed by the resources of the $100 $7.99/$9.99 Can. million Hunt Foundation and armed with his trusty Colt 320 pages revolver, Gabriel Hunt has always been ready for anything-but Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) is he prepared for the adventures that lie in wait for him? paperback Fiction / Action & Adventure When a secret chamber is discovered inside the Great Sphinx Territory: US, Canada (no open market) of Egypt, the mystery of its cont... Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Author Bio: Nicholas Kaufmann is the critically acclaimed 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt author of Walk in Shadows: Collected Stories, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated General Slocum's Gold. He has also served on the Board of Trustees for the Horror Writers Association and is a member of the International Thriller Writers.

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Gabriel Hunt - Hunt Among the Killers of Men Summary: From the towers of Manhattan to the jungles of David J. Schow South America, from the sands of the Sahara to the frozen 9781781169964 crags of Antarctica, one man finds adventure everywhere he Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 goes: GABRIEL HUNT. Backed by the resources of the $100 $7.99/$9.99 Can. million Hunt Foundation and armed with his trusty Colt 320 pages revolver, Gabriel Hunt has always been ready for anything-but Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) is he prepared for the adventures that lie in wait for him? paperback Author Bio: An American Bram Stoker Award-winning author Fiction / Action & Adventure of horror novels, short stories, and screenplays, including The Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 Crow and The Texas Chainsaw : The Beginning. 4.200 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Most of Schow's fiction work falls into the sub-genre 107mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt 'splatterpunk', a term he is sometimes credited with coining.

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Gabriel Hunt - Hunt Through Napoleon’s Web Summary: From the towers of Manhattan to the jungles of Raymond Benson South America, from the sands of the Sahara to the frozen 9781781169988 crags of Antarctica, one man finds adventure everywhere he Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 goes: GABRIEL HUNT. Backed by the resources of the $100 $7.99/$9.99 Can. million Hunt Foundation and armed with his trusty Colt 320 pages revolver, Gabriel Hunt has always been ready for anything-but Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) is he prepared for the adventures that lie in wait for him? paperback Author Bio: Among his 22 published books, Raymond Benson Fiction / Action & Adventure wrote six original novels, three film novelizations, Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 and three short stories-all published worldwide. As "David 4.200 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Michaels" Raymond wrote the first two NY Times best-selling 107mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt books in the Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series.

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Mike Hammer - Complex 90 Summary: Hammer accompanies a conservative politician to , Allan Collins Moscow on a fact-finding mission. Arrested and imprisoned by 9780857689771 the KGB on a bogus charge; he quickly escapes, creating an Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 international incident by getting into a fire fight with Russian $7.99/$9.99 Can. agents. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) On his stateside return, the government is none too happy paperback with Hammer. Russia is insisting upon his return to stand Fiction / Thrillers / Crime charges, and various government agencies are following him. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) A question dogs our hero: why him? Why does Russia want Ctn Qty: 48 him back, and why... 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt Author Bio: Mickey Spillane is the legendary crime writer credited with igniting the explosion of paperback publishing after World War II as a result of the unprecedented success of his Mike Hammernovels. Spillane's novels sold tens of millions of copies - I, The Jury went through more than 60 paperback printings in 1947 alone. In 1995, he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Before his death at the age of 88 in 2006, Spillane chose long-time

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Mike Hammer - King of the Weeds Summary: Hammer accompanies a conservative politician to Mickey Spillane, Moscow on a fact-finding mission. Arrested and imprisoned by 9780857684677 the KGB on a bogus charge; he quickly escapes, creating an Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 international incident by getting into a fire fight with Russian $22.99/$25.95 Can. agents. 272 pages Hardback On his stateside return, the government is none too happy Fiction / Thrillers / Crime with Hammer. Russia is insisting upon his return to stand Territory: US, Canada (no open market) charges, and various government agencies are following him. Ctn Qty: 12 A question dogs our hero: why him? Why does Russia want 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt him back, and why... 156mm W | 235mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Mickey Spillane is the legendary crime writer credited with igniting the explosion of paperback publishing after World War II as a result of the unprecedented success of his Mike Hammer novels. Spillane's novels sold tens of millions of copies - I, The Jury went through more than 60 paperback printings in 1947 alone. In 1995, he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. Before his death at the age of 88 in 2006, Spillane chose long-time

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No Hero Summary: Barnes and Noble listed as one of the 20 Jonathan Wood best paranormal fantasy novels of the last decade - now 9781781168066 available in mass market paperback! Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 400 pages "What would Kurt Russell do?" Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Oxford police detective Arthur Wallace asks himself that Fiction / Paranormal / Fantasy question a lot. Because Arthur is no hero. He's a good cop, Territory: US, Canada (no open market) but prefers that action and heroics remain on the screen, Ctn Qty: 48 safely performed by professionals. Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt But then, secretive government agency MI12 comes calling,

106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt hoping to recruit Arthur in their struggle aga... Author Bio: Jonathan Wood is an Englishman in New York. He has written short stories for The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Chizine, and Weird Tales. No Hero is his first novel.

Author Residence: New York

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Coldbrook Summary: Coldbrook is a secret laboratory located deep in Tim Lebbon Appalachian Mountains. Its scientists had achieved the 9781781168783 impossible: a gateway to a new world. Theirs was to be the Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 greatest discovery in the history of mankind, but they had no $14.95/$16.95 Can. idea what they were about to unleash. 400 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) With their breakthrough comes disease and now it is out and Fiction / Horror / General ravaging the human population. The only hope is a cure and Territory: US, Canada (no open market) the only cure is genetic resistance: an uninfected person Ctn Qty: 24 amongst the billions dead. Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt In the chaos of destru... 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Tim Lebbon is the New York Times bestselling author of the movie novelizations of 30 Days of Night and The Cabin in the Woods. He has also written many critically acclaimed horror and dark fantasy novels. Tim has won three British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, a , a and been a finalist for the International Horror Guild and World Fantasy Awards.

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A Dance in Blood Velvet Summary: For the love of her vampire suitor, Karl, Charlotte Freda Warrington has forsaken her human life. Now her only contact with 9781781167069 humans is when she hunts them down to feed. Her thirst for Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 blood repulses her but its fulfilment brings ecstasy. $14.95/$16.95 Can. 512 pages The one light in the shadows is the passion that burns Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) between her and Karl. A love that it seems will last for Fiction / Paranormal / Fantasy eternity - until Karl's former lover, the seductively beautiful Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Katerina, is rescued from the Ring. For nearly fifty Ctn Qty: 24 years she has lain, as dead, in t... 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Freda Warrington is a British author best known for her epic fantasy, vampire and supernatural novels. Four of her novels have been nominated for the British Fantasy Society's Best Novel award. Her novel, Elfland, published by Tor, won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award in the Fantasy Novel category for 2009.

Author Hometown: Leicester, United Kingdom

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The Killing - Innocence Lost (Book 1) Summary: An all-new crime novel featuring homicide Karen Dionne detective Sarah Linden. 9781781169803 Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 The Killing is based on the wildly successful Danish television $7.99/$9.99 Can. series Forbrydelsen and tells the story of the murder of a Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) young girl in Seattle and the subsequent police investigation. paperback It ties together three distinct stories around a single murder FICTION / Crime including the detectives assigned to the case, the victim's Territory: US, Canada (no open market) grieving family, and the suspects. Set in Seattle, the story Ctn Qty: 48 also explores local politics as it follows politicians... Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 4.125 in W | 6.750 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Author Bio: Karen Dionne is the internationally published 105mm W | 171mm H | 172g Wt author of Boiling Point, an environmental thriller about an erupting volcano, a missing researcher, and a radical scheme to end global warming. Karen's first science thriller, Freezing Point, was nominated by RT Book Reviews as Best First Mystery of 2008. She also serves on the board of directors of the International Thriller Writers association.

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Plague World Summary: The thrilling conclusion of the zombie apocalypse Dana Fredsti begun in PLAGUE TOWN and continued in PLAGUE NATION! The 9780857686374 zombie plague has gone airborne, and the conspiracy that Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 began it all reaches the boiling point. $7.99/$9.99 Can. 368 pages Having been ambushed in San Francisco, which is now fully Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) engulfed in the zombie plague, Ashley and the wild cards must paperback pursue the enemy to San Diego. There they will discover a FICTION / Fantasy / Urban Life splinter of their own organization, the Dolofónoi tou Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Zontanoús Nekroús, which seeks to weaponize the plagu... Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Author Bio: Dana Fredsti is a US-based author of Murder for 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt Hire: The Peruvian Pigeon and co-author of What Women Really Want in Bed. She blogs frequently and has made podcast and radio appearances. She has also appeared in various zombie/horror movies projects, and worked on 's Army of Darkness as an armourer's assistant, sword- fighting captain, and sword-fighting Deadite.

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Life’s Lottery Summary: A brand new edition of Life's Lottery - an exciting Kim Newman speculative fiction novel that invites the reader to assume 9781781165560 the role of the protagonist! Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 $14.95/$16.95 Can. A role-playing novel that reveals how small decisions can 512 pages have monumental consequences. If you choose the right Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) possibilities you may live a long happy life, or be immensely Fiction / Horror / General rich, or powerful, or win the lottery. If you make other Territory: US, Canada (no open market) choices you may become a murderer, die young, make every Ctn Qty: 24 mistake possible, or make no impression on life at all. The c... 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Kim Newman is the critically acclaimed author of the Anno series. He has won the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.

Author Hometown: London, United Kingdom

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Dead Man’s Hand (anthology) Summary: The weird, wild west - an American frontier John Joseph Adams populated by gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, zombies, 9781781164501 aliens, time travelers, and steampunk! Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 $15.95/$17.95 Can. Twenty-three of science fiction and fantasy's hottest and 464 pages most popular authors create all-new tales, written exclusively Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) for this anthology. Aliens and monsters, magic and science Fiction / Romance / Western are introduced to the old west, with explosive results. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 Author Bio: Editor John Joseph Adams Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) (www.johnjosephadams.com) - called "the reigning king of the anthology world" by Barnes & Noble.com - is the bestselling 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt editor of many anthologies such as Epic: Legends of Fantasy, Wastelands, The Living Dead, By Blood We Live, Oz Reimagined, Federations, and The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He the editor of Fantasy Magazine and Lightspeed Magazine, which published two Nebula Award finalists and a Hugo Award finalist in its first year. John co- h...

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Hot Lead, Cold Iron Summary: Hot Lead, Cold Iron is the first novel in a brand- Ari Marmell new fantasy detective series that will appeal to fans of Rivers 9781781168226 of London and The Dresden Files Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 $14.95/$16.95 Can. 400 pages Chicago, 1932. Mick may look like just another private Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) detective, but beneath the fedora and the overcoat, he's got FICTION / Crime pointy ears and he's packing a wand. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 Oberon's used to solving supernatural crimes, but the latest Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) one's extra weird. A mobster's daughter was kidnapped 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt sixteen years ago, replaced with a changeling, and Mick's 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt been hi... Author Bio: Ari Marmell is a fantasy and horror writer, with novels and short stories published through Spectra (Random House), Pyr, Wizards of the Coast, and others. He is the author of role-playing game materials for Dungeons & Dragons and the World of Darkness line, as well as the tie-in novel to the hit video game Darksiders. He lives in Austin, Texas with

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Ecko Burning Summary: Ruthless and ambitious, Lord Phylos has control Danie Ware of Fhaveon city, and is using her forces to bring the 9781781169087 grasslands under his command. His last opponent is an elderly Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 scribe who's lost his best freind and wants only to do the $14.95/$16.95 Can. right thing. 528 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Seeking weapons, Ecko and his companions follow a trail of Fiction / Science Fiction / Adventure myth and rumour to a ruined city where both nightmare and Territory: US, Canada (no open market) shocking truth lie in wait. Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) When all of these things come together, the world will change 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt beyond recognition.

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Author Bio: Danie Ware is the publicist and event organiser for cult entertainment retailer Forbidden Planet. She has worked closely with a wide-range of genre authors and has been immersed in the science-fiction and fantasy community for the past decade. An early adopter of blogging, social

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Deadbeat - Dogs of Waugh Summary: "High on life…" Guy Adams 9781781162538 There's a new drug running rife amongst the Undead Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 community. Once ingested, it simulates all of the symptoms of $7.99/$9.99 Can. the living, faster pulse, perspiration, the intoxicating rush of 320 pages blood through your veins…Not that Max or Tom would be Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) stupid enough to try it of course, they're far too busy paperback smashing their senses to a pulp working their way though Fiction / Horror / General Deadbeat's new cocktail menu. But, when people start Territory: US, Canada (no open market) vanishing from the Soho streets and some of their customers Ctn Qty: 48 disrupt big ban... Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Author Bio: Guy Adams trained and worked as an actor for 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt twelve years before becoming a full-time writer. He is the co- author of The Case Notes of Sherlock Holmes and has written several tie-ins to the TV series Life on Mars. Restoration, the follow-up to the much-praised horror novel, The World House was published in 2011. He has written two Sherlock Holmes novels - The Breath of God and The Army of Doctor Moreau for Titan.

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Titan Books

Koko Takes a Holiday Summary: A swashbuckling adventure that marks the Kieran Shea science-fiction debut of the exciting new author, Kieran Shea! 9781781168608 Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 Set in a strange and brutal hyper-commercialized future $14.95/$16.95 Can. world! 400 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Five hundred years from now, ex-corporate mercenary Koko Fiction / Science Fiction / Adventure Martstellar is swaggering through an easy early retirement as Territory: US, Canada (no open market) a brothel owner on The Sixty Islands, a manufactured tropical Ctn Qty: 0 resort archipelago known for its simulated sex and violence. Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) Surrounded by slang-drooling boywhores and synthetic 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt komodo dragons, Koko finds ... 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Kieran Shea's fiction has appeared in many publications including Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Thuglit, Dogmatika, and Crimefactory. He has been nominated for the Story South's Million Writers Award twice. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland.

Author Residence: Annapolis, Maryland.

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Sherlock Holmes - The Spirit Box Summary: Summer, 1915. As Zeppelins rain death upon the George Mann rooftops of London, eminent members of society begin to 9781781160022 behave erratically: a Member of Parliament throws himself Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 naked into the Thames after giving a pro-German speech to $12.95/$14.95 Can. the House; a senior military advisor suggests surrender before 336 pages feeding himself to a tiger at London Zoo; a famed suffragette Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) suddenly renounces the women's liberation movement and Fiction / Thrillers / Crime throws herself under a train. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 In desperation, an aged Mycroft Holmes sends to Sussex for 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt th... 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: George Mann is the author of the Newbury and Hobbes and The Ghost series of novels, as well as numerous short stories, novellas and audiobooks. He has written fiction and audio scripts for the BBC's Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes. He is also a respected anthologist and has edited The Book of New Science Fiction, The Solaris Book of New Fantasy and recently Titan's Encounters of Sherlock Holmes anthologies.

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Acolytes of Cthulhu INSPIRED BY H.P.LOVECRAFT, 28 MACABRE STORIES SET Robert M. Price, Neil Gaiman, S.T. Joshi, Edmond IN THE FAMOUS (AND MOST POPULAR) MYTHOS! H... 9781781165263 Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 Summary: Noted Lovecraftian scholar R.M.Price assembles $14.95/$17.95 Can. this unique Lovecraft-influenced collection of twenty-eight Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) rare tales, from such diverse authors as Neil Gaiman, Jorges Fiction / General Luis Borges, Manly Wade Wellman, and Gustaf Meyrink. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Spanning from the 1930s to the 1990s, this kaleidoscopic Ctn Qty: 24 collection is a triumph of interdimensional threats, ritual 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt magic, and cosmic horrors. 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Robert Price is the well-known and respected editor of the Lovecraftian journal Crypt of Cthulhu (published by Necronomicon Press) and of a series of Cthulhu Mythos anthologies.

Neil Gaiman is the most critically acclaimed comics writer of the 1990s and is the author of numerous books and graphic novels. He is the New York Times #1 best-selling author of

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Resistance Summary: Several years after the events of Turbulence, Samit Basu when the passengers of flight BA142 from London to Delhi 9781781162491 disembarked the plane to discover they possessed Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 extraordinary powers linked to their innermost desires, $14.95/$16.95 Can. Resistance transports the blockbuster action to New York, 400 pages and introduces a brand-new cast of super-powered Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) characters. Fiction / Science Fiction / Adventure Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Story Locale: New York Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) Author Bio: Samit Basu is a talented and prolific young 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt writer, with an existing and impressive profile in comics

130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt culture, science fiction and fantasy. Titan recently published his action-packed pulpy Turbulence to critical acclaim and fans demanded a sequel.

Author Residence: India

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Turbulence Summary: Aman Sen is smart, young, ambitious and going Samit Basu nowhere. He thinks this is because he doesn't have the right 9781781167625 connections - but then he gets off a plane from London to Pub Date: 7/8/14, On Sale Date: 7/8 Delhi and discovers that he has turned into a communications $7.99/$9.99 Can. demigod. Indeed, everyone on Aman's flight now has 368 pages extraordinary abilities corresponding to their innermost Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) desires. paperback Fiction / Science Fiction / General Vir, an Indian Air Force pilot, can now fly. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 Uzma, a British-Pakistani aspiring Bollywood actress, now 4.125 in W | 6.750 in H | 0.380 lb Wt possesses infinite charisma. 105mm W | 171mm H | 172g Wt And then ...

Author Bio: Samit Basu is a talented and prolific young writers, with an existing and impressive profile in comics culture, science fiction and fantasy.

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Anno Dracula Summary: It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, Kim Newman taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince 9781781167502 infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel follows $7.99/$9.99 Can. vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the paperback Ripper murders. Fiction / Horror / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale, combining horror, Ctn Qty: 48 politics, mystery and romance to create a unique and 0.380 lb Wt compelling altern... 172g Wt Author Bio: Kim Newman is a well known and respected author and movie critic. He writes regularly for Empire Magazine and contributes to The Guardian, The Times, Time Out and others. He makes frequent appearances on radio and TV. He has won the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Titan Books

Sherlock Holmes - Gods of War Summary: 1913. The clouds of war are gathering. The James Lovegrove world's great empires vie for supremacy. Europe is in turmoil, 9781781165430 a powder keg awaiting a spark. A body is discovered on the Pub Date: 8/19/14, On Sale Date: 8/19 shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock Holmes's $14.95/$16.95 Can. retirement cottage. The local police are satisfied that it's a 256 pages suicide. The victim, a young man, recently suffered a Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) disappointment in love, and Beachy Head is notorious as a Fiction / Thrillers / Crime place where the desperate and depressed leap to their Territory: US, Canada (no open market) deaths. Holmes, however, suspects mur... Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Author Bio: James Lovegrove is the New York Times best- 130mm W | 203mm H | 367g Wt selling author of The Age of , the third novel in his critically-acclaimed Pantheon military SF series. He was short- listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1998 for his novel Days and for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2004 for his novel Untied Kingdom. He also reviews fiction for the Financial Times.

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The Simon and Kirby Library: Horror Summary: At every point, and Jack Kirby raised Joe Simon, Jack Kirby the bar. 9781848569591 Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 When they came to comics, Superman had been around for $49.95/$57.00 Can. about a year, and the medium was still in its infancy. They 320 pages took the action and made it explode, breaking out of the Hardback panels and sprinting across the page. They showed what Comics & Graphic Novels / could do, experimenting with layout and design, Territory: US, Canada (no open market) creating the first full-page panels and double page spreads. Ctn Qty: 12 7.500 in W | 11.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Their first million-seller was a superhero (Captain America), 191mm W | 279mm H | 567g Wt and their next was military... Author Bio: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created one of the most famous icons in popular culture with Captain America, star of the 2011 blockbuster film, also featured in the 2012 blockbuster The Avengers. Simon was the first editor of Marvel Comics, and together he and Kirby conquered every genre, raising the bar on an entire industry.

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Tarzan - In The City of Gold (Vol. 1) : The Summary: is one of the most famous artists Complete Burne Hogarth Sundays and Dailies in the history of comic strips - at the peak with Alex Raymond Library () and (Prince Valiant). In 1936 he Burne Hogarth followed Foster on the massively popular Tarzan comic strip, 9781781163177 and set a new standard for dynamics and excitement. This is Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 the first of four exclusive volumes that will collect Hogarth's $39.95/$46.00 Can. entire run, beginning with Tarzan and the Golden City. 208 pages Hardback Restored and reproduced in an oversized format, these Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction editions will finally do j... Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 Author Bio: Burne Hogarth was accepted to the Art Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) Institute of Chicago at age 12, and by age 15 he was already 10.000 in W | 14.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt an assistant cartoonist at the Associate Editors' Syndicate. 254mm W | 356mm H | 567g Wt He took over the reins of Tarzan in 1937, and stayed with the strip for more than a decade. In 1950 he left the strip to co- found the and Illustrators School, today known as the world-famous School for Visual Arts. He is also famous for his books on anatomy and illustration, including Dynamic Anatomy and Dynamic Fi...

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Modesty Blaise - The Grim Joker Summary: As dangerous as she is desirable, Modesty Blaise, Peter O’Donnell the cult creation of best-selling writer Peter O'Donnell, returns 9781781167113 for three more devastating adventures! Features the classic Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 stories 'The Grim Joker', 'A Present for the Princess' and 'Black $19.95/$22.95 Can. Queen's Pawn', written by Peter O'Donnell and beautifully 104 pages illustrated by Enric Badia Romero! Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio: Peter O'Donnell wrote in many media, but Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery achieved international success when he created Modesty Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 Blaise, which was first published in 1963. There has even been a film and a TV version of the character, as well as a 9.000 in W | 12.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 229mm W | 305mm H | 367g Wt series of bestselling novels.

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Action Uncensored! Summary: Considered a seminal publication during its short Ken Armstrong, Ramon Sola, , Jack run during the 1970s, the original seven-penny nightmare Adrian,... Action changed British comics forever and paved the way for 9781848560260 2000AD. Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 $34.95/$41.00 Can. Long out of print and highly awaited, The Best of Action 520 pages brings Hook Jaw, Look Out for Lefty!, Death Game 1999, Kids Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Rule O.K, Hellman of Hammer Force and Dredger to a new Comics & Graphic Novels / General audience. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Author Bio: Gerry Finley-Day is a British writer best known Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) as the creator of Rogue Trooper. He also worked on Dan 10.625 in W | 7.625 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Dare, Invasion!, and many more. 270mm W | 194mm H | 367g Wt Pat Mills has written countless comics stories, including , Sláine and A.B.C. Warriors, as well as Charley's War. He also created Marshal Law.

Tom Tully, British comics writer, has worked on countless strips including , Kelly's Eye, Heros the

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Ordinary Summary: Imagine a world where everyone has Rob Williams, D’Israeli superpowers. That is, except you. You are the same old 9781782760092 turgid, miserable, lonely loser you've always been. Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $19.95/$23.95 Can. But when it comes to superpowers, apparently you can Hardback indeed have too much of a good thing. With everyone able to Comics & Graphic Novels / General destroy tower blocks with a single punch, any minor fracas Territory: US, Canada (no open market) escalates into a city-leveling combat, and the world is now in Ctn Qty: 12 ruins as terrorism and war threaten the very survival of the Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) planet. 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 171mm W | 260mm H | 567g Wt What's needed is a return to normality, ...

Author Bio: Rob Williams is an immensely talented British comics writer who has worked with virtually every major comics company on both sides of the Atlantic; he is a regular contributor to UK comics stalwart, 2000 AD, and has written everything from Star Wars Tales to , from characters as diverse as Amazing Spider-Man to Indiana Jones.

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Accident Man Summary: The cult series returns, remastered and collected Pat Mills, Tony Skinner, Martin Emond, Duke together in its entirety for the first time ever! Mighte... 9781782760559 Mike Fallon: handsome and sexy as James Bond; lethal as Pub Date: 2/25/14, On Sale Date: 2/25 Carlos the Jackal; discrete as an air bubble to the heart. $24.99/$28.99 Can. Collected for the first time, Accident Man features four darkly 256 pages humorous tales of sex, revenge, brutal violence, people Hardback drowning in the bath and assassination targets being run over Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In by out-of-control cars, all, of course, by 'accident'. Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 13 Story Locale: Modern 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt

171mm W | 260mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Created by Pat Mills, venerated comics writer of such legendary titles as Charley's War and Marshal Law; and creator of a whole slew of famous stories and characters from the pages of British sci-fi flagship 2000 AD - including Flesh, Invasion, Nemesis the Warlock, the ABC Warriors and Defoe.

AUTHORS: PAT MILLS, TONY SKINNER (Writer) (Cover)JOHN ERASMUS, MARTIN EMOND, DUKE

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The Absence Summary: A period mystery of twists, long-held secrets, Martin Stiff strange occurrences and deeply-buried truths, The 9781782760382 Absence is an epic, page-turning thriller that will keep Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 you gripped from start to shocking finish! $24.99/$27.95 Can. Hardback 1946. As a village in England struggles to recover from the COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Historical Fiction tragic losses of war, it is rocked by the return of a man long Territory: US, Canada (no open market) presumed - and hoped - dead… Ctn Qty: 12 Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) Story Locale: Post-war Britain, 1946 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 171mm W | 260mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: In between his day job as one half of the prolific Amazing 15 Studios and raising his two children, Martin Stiff has found time to carve out this timeless and chilling period mystery in graphic novel form.

Author Residence: London, UK

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First Kingdom Vol 3: Vengeance Summary: The third volume in the saga created by one of Jack Katz the most unique visionaries in the history of the graphic 9781782760122 novel. Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 $24.99/$28.99 Can. In a far and vastly-mutated future, human champion Tundran 208 pages and his offspring continue to find themselves pawns in a Hardback universe-sized game between a new pantheon of gods, demi- Comics & Graphic Novels / General gods and monsters! Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 Modelled on the Homeric epics, this is the graphic novel 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt equivalent of Paradise Lost - a grandstanding future epic,

171mm W | 260mm H | 567g Wt part space opera, part creation myth, with a dab of pulp sword & so... Author Bio: Jack Katz is a writer, artist and teacher whose career in comics spans eight decades. He has worked along such comics legends as , Jack Kirby and Will Eisner, and his work remains influential to this day.

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Grimm: The Ultimate Companion Summary: A full behind-the-scenes guide to the show, from 9781782760450 costumes to special effects to make up and more, with Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 exclusive production designs and images direct from the ABC $14.95/$16.95 Can. studios! 176 pages Hardback Acclaimed show runners David Greenwalt (X-Files, Buffy, Performing Arts / Television / Reference Angel) and Jim Kouf (Ghost Whisperer, Angel) reveal all about Territory: US, Canada (no open market) the development and ongoing creation of the show. Ctn Qty: 12 Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) Read interviews with the entire cast of the show, including 1.250 lb Wt David Giuntoli (lead character Nick), Silas Weir Mitchell 567g Wt (Monroe), Bitsie Tulloch (Juli...

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Death Sentence Summary: Graphic designer Verity Flett, failing indie guitarist Monty Nero, Mike Dowling Danny 'Weasel' Waissel and roguish media personality Monty 9781782760085 have all contracted the next-generation STD, G+. Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 $19.99/$23.99 Can. Incurable, fatal, and without an effective treatment, the G+ 132 pages Virus hands an immediate DEATH SENTENCE to all who Hardback become infected. Comics & Graphic Novels / General Author Bio: Writer Monty Nero is a fresh new voice in Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 comics, with a long career as a videogame concept artist 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt under his belt. 171mm W | 260mm H | 567g Wt Artist Mike Dowling has worked on 2000AD and with comedian Frankie Boyle, with whom he created Rex Royd.

Artist Mike Dowling has worked on 2000AD and with comedian Frankie Boyle, with whom he created Rex Royd.

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First Kingdom Vol 4: Migration Summary: The fourth volume in The First Kingdom series Jack Katz concludes the first galaxy-sprawling chapter in the lifetime's 9781782760139 work of one the comics industry's greatest secrets! Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 $24.99/$28.99 Can. The war between humanity and the news gods takes as ugly 208 pages twist as the demi-deities begin to experiment combining Hardback human flesh with robot technology. The result is a new twist Comics & Graphic Novels / General in the catastrophic battle between the gods and their Territory: US, Canada (no open market) creations! Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt A heady mix of Classic mythology, creation myth of biblical

171mm W | 260mm H | 567g Wt proportions, epic space opera...

Author Bio: Jack Katz is a writer, artist and teacher whose career in comics spans eight decades. He has worked along such comics legends as Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Will Eisner, and his work remains influential to this day.

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A1 Presents: The Weirding Willows Vol.1 An exciting new graphic novel series for fans of classic writers Dave Elliott, Barnaby Bagenda Rudyard Kipling, H.G. Wells and Lewis Carroll! 9781782760351 Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 $19.99/$22.95 Can. Summary: After years of studying under scientists like Hardback Charles and reading the essays of Doctor Victor Comics & Graphic Novels / Anthologies Frankenstein, Doctor Philippe Moreau moved to the country to Territory: US, Canada (no open market) continue his experiments in artificially advancing evolution. Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt His wife left him, and took with her their daughter, Alice. 171mm W | 260mm H | 567g Wt All her life, all Alice has known the Weir across from the Wild Woods.

Aged 9, Alice wandered into the Wild Woods and made her first startling discovery. A portal to another world. A world called Wonde... Author Bio: Writer Dave Elliott is a constant innovator in the world of comics, with a long career as a writer, artist, editor, publisher and IP developer.

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A1 Presents: Odyssey Vol. 1 An exciting new graphic novel series for fans of bestselling Dave Elliott writers Jack Kirby, Stan Lee and Philip Pullman! 9781782760368 Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 $19.99/$22.95 Can. Summary: Collects the "Odyssey" storyline from A1 #1-12. A Hardback World War II hero, out of place and time, starts a new Comics & Graphic Novels / Anthologies mission. To find God. Literally! Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 Story Locale: World War 2 Europe, Iraq and the United 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt States. 171mm W | 260mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Writer Dave Elliott is a constant innovator in the world of comics, with a long career as a writer, artist, editor, publisher and IP developer.

Artist Garrie Gastonny has been illustrating comics with Warren Ellis () and Sam Sarkar (Caliber and The Vault) as well as Heavy Metal magazine

Artist Garrie Gastonny has been illustrating comics with

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The Companions : The Sundering, Book I Summary: "The Companions is the best novel [R.A.] R. A. Salvatore Salvatore has ever written. It's insanely courageous, 9780786965229 profoundly powerful, masterfully constructed, and easily Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 Salvatore's most ambitious work to date."-Paul Goat Allen, $7.99/$9.99 Can. BarnesandNoble.com 448 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) "After a quarter of a century, R.A. Salvatore just keeps paperback getting better and better, and The Companions is another Fiction / Fantasy / General masterful leap forward for one of the greatest fantasy epics Territory: World of all time." Ctn Qty: 24 -Philip Athans, best-selling author of Annihilation and The 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt Haunting o... 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt Author Bio: R.A. Salvatore is the New York Times best- selling author of more than forty novels, including the popular Forgotten Realms series The Legend of Drizzt. He's an avid gamer, father of three, and loyal citizen of Red Sox Nation.

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Night of the Hunter : Companions Codex, I Summary: R.A. Salvatore's New York Times best-selling R. A. Salvatore saga continues as dark Drizzt Do'Urden returns to 9780786965113 Gauntlgrym with old friends by his side once again, as they Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 seek to rescue Bruenor's loyal shield dwarf-turned-vampire. $27.95/$29.95 Can. But not only do Drizzt and his allies face a perilous journey 352 pages through the and the dangers of the undead that lie Hardback within, but they must cross through a colony of , who Fiction / Fantasy / Epic would like nothing better than to see Drizzt Do'Urden dead. Series: Companions CodexTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 16 Series Overview: The Compani... Sales Restrictions: World 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: R.A. Salvatore is the New York Times best- 567g Wt selling author of more than forty novels, including the popular Forgotten Realms series The Legend of Drizzt. He's an avid gamer, father of three, and loyal citizen of Red Sox Nation.

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Rise of the King : Companions Codex, II Summary: In the second book of the Companions R. A. Salvatore Codex, the latest series in the New York Times best- 9780786965151 selling saga of dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden, R.A. Salvatore Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 picks up with the fan-favorite storyline of dwarf king $27.95/$29.95 Can. Bruenor Battlehammer and his bloody feud with the 352 pages kingdom of Many Arrows. Hardback Fiction / Fantasy / Epic As the changes wrought by the Sundering begin to take hold Series: Companions CodexTerritory: World across the Forgotten Realms, the of Many Arrows decide Ctn Qty: 16 to take advantage of the chaos and lay to the dwarf 6.312 in W | 9.438 in H | 1.250 lb Wt kingdoms of the Silver Marches, in... 160mm W | 240mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: R.A. Salvatore is the New York Times best- selling author of more than forty novels, including the popular Forgotten Realms series The Legend of Drizzt. He's an avid gamer, father of three, and loyal citizen of Red Sox Nation.

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The Reaver : The Sundering, Book IV Summary: In the 3rd book of the multi-author Sundering Richard Lee Byers series launched by New York Times best-selling author R.A. 9780786964581 Salvatore, Richard Lee Byers introduces Anton Marivaldi-a Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 renowned reaver with an insatiable thirst for bounty and a $27.95/$29.95 Can. moral compass that always leads him toward the evil he's 352 pages never tried. Hardback Fiction / Fantasy / Epic Endless, pounding rain afflict the Sea of Fallen Stars and the Series: The SunderingTerritory: World coastal regions surrounding it. Harvests are failing, travel and Ctn Qty: 16 trade are disrupted, and civilized forces are giving way to the Sales Restrictions: World delug... 1.250 lb Wt 567g Wt Author Bio: Richard Lee Byers is the author of over thirty novels, including ten set in the Forgotten Realms, and his Other Formats short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and 9780786965427 $7.99 7/1/14 Paperback anthologies. From his home base in the Tampa Bay area, he is Related Products a frequent guest at the many Flordia SF conventions. In his The Reaver 9780786965427 $7.99 7/1/14 Paperback free time, Mr. Byers enjoys fencing and poker. Visit his website at www.richardleebyers.com.

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The Godborn : The Sundering, Book II Summary: In the 2nd book of the multi-author Sundering Paul S. Kemp series launched by New York Times best-selling author R.A. 9780786965410 Salvatore, the shadow legacy of Erevis Cale lives on even as Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 his old foe Mephistopheles seeks to stamp it out at any cost. $7.99/$9.99 Can. Cale's son Vasen-unmoored in time by the god Mask-has thus 352 pages far been shielded from the archdevil's dark schemes, alone Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) among the servants of the Lord of Light who have raised him paperback since birth. Fiction / Fantasy / General Series: The SunderingTerritory: World Living in a remote abbey nestled among the Peaks of Ctn Qty: 48 Sembia, Va... 0.380 lb Wt

172g Wt Author Bio: Paul S. Kemp is a lawyer and author who lives in Michigan with his wife and twin sons.

Author Residence: Grosse Pointe, Michigan

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The : The Sundering, Book V Summary: New York Times best-selling author Troy Troy Denning Denning makes his long-awaited return to the Forgotten 9780786964598 Realms with the penultimate book in the world-shaking Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 Sundering series. $27.95/$29.95 Can. 352 pages In the fifth book of the multi-author Sundering series kicked Hardback off by best-selling author R.A. Salvatore, embittered paladin, Fiction / Fantasy / Epic Kleef Kenric, finds himself embroiled in a quest to stop evil Series: The SunderingTerritory: World forces from taking advantage of the chaos rolling across the Ctn Qty: 16 land of Faerûn and claiming dominion over the entirety of the Sales Restrictions: World Realms. Stubb... 1.250 lb Wt 567g Wt Author Bio: Troy Denning is the New York Times best-selling author the Star Wars Fate of the Jedi novels-Abyss, Vortex, and most recently Apocalypse-as well as many beloved and best-selling Forgotten Realms titles including Crucible,Waterdeep, Pages of Pain, Beyond the High Road, The Summoning, and many other novels. A former game designer and editor, he lives in western Wisconsin with his wife, Andria.

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The Adversary : The Sundering, Book III Summary: In this third book of the Sundering series kicked Erin M. Evans off by R.A. Salvatore and the dark elf Drizzt, SCRIBE award- 9780786965366 winning author Erin M. Evans thrusts her signature character Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 Farideh into a maelstrom of devilish politics and magical $7.99/$9.99 Can. intrigue that will have far-reaching implications for the future 352 pages of the Forgotten Realms. Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback As the chaos of the Sundering rages around her, young Fiction / Fantasy / Epic warlock Farideh faces a more personal turmoil wrought by a Series: The SunderingTerritory: World deal she made with a devil years ago. Hoping to protect he... Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt

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The Herald : The Sundering, Book VI Summary: In the tradition of R.A. Salvatore's New York Times best-selling series War of the Spider Queen, the 9780786964604 Sundering is a major story event for the Forgotten Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 Realms. In this epic conclusion to the series, Ed $27.95/$29.95 Can. Greenwood, who is synonymous with the Forgotten 352 pages Realms, leads readers through the sort of rollicking Hardback fantasy adventure he is famous for. Fiction / Fantasy / Epic Series: The SunderingTerritory: World Ed Greenwood, creator of the Forgotten Realms, brings home Ctn Qty: 16 another epic fantasy adventure featuring his trademark Sales Restrictions: World character fo Shadowdale. 1.250 lb Wt 567g Wt S... Author Bio: Ed Greenwood is the creator of the Forgotten Realms® fantasy world setting and the author of more than 170 books that have sold millions of copies worldwide in over two dozen languages. In real life, he's a Canadian librarian who lives in the Ontario countryside with his wife, a cat, and far too many books.

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The Reaver : The Sundering, Book IV Summary: In the 3rd book of the multi-author Sundering Richard Lee Byers series launched by New York Times best-selling author R.A. 9780786965427 Salvatore, Richard Lee Byers introduces Anton Marivaldi-a Pub Date: 7/1/14, On Sale Date: 7/1 renowned reaver with an insatiable thirst for bounty and a $7.99/$9.99 Can. moral compass that always leads him toward the evil he's 352 pages never tried. Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Endless, pounding rain afflict the Sea of Fallen Stars and the Fiction / Fantasy / Epic coastal regions surrounding it. Harvests are failing, travel and Series: The SunderingTerritory: World trade are disrupted, and civilized forces are giving way to the Ctn Qty: 48 delug... 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H | 0.380 lb Wt 106mm W | 175mm H | 172g Wt Author Bio: Richard Lee Byers is the author of over thirty novels, including ten set in the Forgotten Realms, and his Other Formats short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and 9780786964581 $27.95 2/4/14 Hardcover anthologies. From his home base in the Tampa Bay area, he is Related Products a frequent guest at the many Flordia SF conventions. In his The Reaver 9780786964581 $27.95 2/4/14 Hardcover free time, Mr. Byers enjoys fencing and poker. Visit his website at www.richardleebyers.com.

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Sonic Saga Series 5: Enerjak Reborn (paper Enerjak Reborn continues the new Sonic Saga series, a original) chronological collection of the modern era of Sonic the Sonic Scribes Hedgehog story arcs written by popular Sonic scribe Ian 9781936975822 Flynn. Sonic the Hedgehog graphic novels are a bestseller for Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 Archie and this title is sure to be a hit with fans and Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up collectors in it... $11.99/$13.99 Can. 112 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Summary: It's one of the hardest and most dangerous trials THROUGHOUT Sonic has ever faced. The all-powerful Enerjak has returned, Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) and in a matter of minutes reshapes the face of Angel Island Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / in his chaos-fueled fury! Who is hiding behind the golden General mask-one of Sonic's oldest friends?! It's all-out war as Series: Sonic SagaTerritory: US, Canada (no open Shadow the Hedgehog, the Chaotix, Dr. Eggman's Egg Fleet, market) the Destructix and more pile on in the fray to stop a god and Ctn Qty: 1 save the world! Knuckles' life hangs in the balance, and not 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt everyone will walk away... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Sonic Scribe IAN FLYNN has been the chief writer for Archie's popular and record-setting SONIC THE HEDGEHOG comic for more than five years, including the

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Sonic / : 2 (paper Summary: Sonic the Hedgehog is the fastest thing alive. original) Mega Man is a super-fighting robot. Together they are the SONIC/MEGA MAN SCRIBES coolest, bluest heroes ever! Blue Blur and Blue Bomber meet 9781936975839 for the first time in the crossover event When Worlds Collide! Pub Date: 2/18/14, On Sale Date: 2/18 Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily have crafted a twisted pocket Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up dimension-the Skull Egg Zone! Sonic, Mega Man, Tails, Proto $11.99/$13.99 Can. Man and Rush have found their way into the zone, but how 104 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS will they find the Doctors in this nightmare world? To make THROUGHOUT matters worse, Sonic's friends h... Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Author Bio: Sonic and Mega Man Scribe IAN FLYNN has been the chief writer for Archie's popular and record-setting SONIC General Series: Sonic/Mega Man Worlds CollideTerritory: THE HEDGEHOG comic for more than five years, including the US, Canada headline-grabbing SONIC: GENESIS storyline and graphic (no open novel. He is the main writer of its sister title SONIC UNIVERSE and accompanying graphic novels since the title's inception, market) Ctn Qty: 1 and is also the writer of Archie's MEGA MAN series, another Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) critical and popular hit. Flynn is now also helming the historic 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt first meeting of... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt

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Archie Comics Spectacular: Sports Time The new Archie Comics Spectacular book series features 128 (paper original) full-color pages of themed Archie stories on quality paper Archie Superstars stock at a value price. The combination of high quality 9781936975846 content and low cost makes this a great deal for casual and Pub Date: 3/18/14, On Sale Date: 3/18 serious Archie fans of all ages. Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $5.99/$6.99 Can. 128 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Summary: It's Sports Time at Riverdale High, and that can THROUGHOUT mean only one thing-slapstick cartoon sports comedy galore Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback featuring Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead and friends. All in a Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / great pocket-size edition! General Series: Archie Comic SpectacularsTerritory: World Publication History: Trade Paperback Original Ctn Qty: 1 4.875 in W | 6.562 in H | 0.250 lb Wt Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive 124mm W | 167mm H | 113g Wt line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, , Harry Lucey, and Bob to recent greats like Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz, and many more!

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Sonic Select Book 9: The Games The popular Sonic Select series collects the best stories from Sonic Scribes the Sonic comic specials and miniseries from the past 20 9781936975853 years. It has been very well received and volume for volume Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 is currently our bestselling Sonic series. Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $11.99/$13.99 Can. 112 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Summary: Grab your controller and play along with this THROUGHOUT game-themed edition of Sonic Select! Sonic the Hedgehog Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) raced into the world in videogames first, and his digital Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / birthright still holds true today. Many of Sonic's game General adventures have followed him onto the printed page, Series: Sonic Select SeriesTerritory: US, Canada sometimes with new and exciting twists. Join Sonic as he (no open market) meets Knuckles and Shadow for the first time! Thrill as he Ctn Qty: 1 gets entangled in Blaze's search for the Sol Emeralds! 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Knuckles and Tails prepare for the while S... 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: THE SONIC SCRIBES are the many talented writers and artists who have helped create Archie Comics' popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic books and graphic novels for two decades. They include such recent

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Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza Summary: Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza collects 1000 Archie Superstars pages of new and classic Archie tales in our biggest collection 9781936975860 ever, with over 100 full-color stories featuring America's Pub Date: 2/25/14, On Sale Date: 2/25 favorite red-head and friends navigating the pressures and Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 pratfalls of teenagers everywhere! $14.99/$15.99 Can. 1000 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Publication History: Trade Paperback Original THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, General from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, Series: Archie 1000 Page DigestsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 and to recent greats like Dan Parent and Sales Restrictions: World Fernando Ruiz, and many more! 4.875 in W | 6.562 in H | 0.250 lb Wt 124mm W | 167mm H | 113g Wt Author Residence: New York, NY

Author Hometown: New York, NY

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Best of Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Villains Archie Comics has published hundreds of issues of the popular Sonic Scribes Sonic the Hedgehog comic series over the past 20 years, but 9781936975877 behind every epic victory for our blue hedgehog hero stand Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 the titanic villains he must face! Now, for the first time ever, Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up comes a collection of the best Sonic comics to feature... $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Summary: Now celebrating twenty years of comics, specials THROUGHOUT and mini-series, Sonic the Hedgehog has told hundreds of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) stories over its fabled comic book run. Through the laughs Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / and thrills, the action and adventure, the highs and lows, General Sonic the Hedgehog has been an unwavering hero to Series: Best of SonicTerritory: US, Canada (no countless fans and readers worldwide. But even heroes as open market) brave as Sonic are only as good as their villains, and Sonic's Ctn Qty: 1 world hosts some of the most fearsome and loathsome 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt characters you love to hate! Root for the b... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: THE SONIC SCRIBES are the many talented writers and artists who have helped create Archie Comics' popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic books and graphic novels for two decades. They include such recent

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The Best of Archie Comics: Betty & Veronica Summary: In the tradition of the smash hit Best of Archie Archie Superstars Comics series comes another great full-color $9.99 volume 9781936975884 jam-packed with over 400 pages of the funniest and most Pub Date: 4/1/14, On Sale Date: 4/1 iconic stories of the past 70 years featuring Archie's girl Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up friends , hand-selected by Archie creators, $9.99/$10.99 Can. editors, fans and historians from 200,000 pages of material. A 416 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS must-have edition for anyone who has ever enjoyed the Betty THROUGHOUT and Veronica comics as well as a great introduction to the Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback history of Archie and th... Juvenile Nonfiction / Humor / Comic Strips & Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive Cartoons line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Series: Best of Betty & VeronicaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, Sales Restrictions: World from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.250 lb Wt and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and 133mm W | 191mm H | 113g Wt Fernando Ruiz, and many more!

Author Residence: New York, NY

Author Hometown: New York, NY

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Sonic Universe 7: Silver Saga (paper original) Summary: Silver the Hedgehog lives in a world of ruin, and Sonic Scribes he's been traveling to the past, trying to change the fate of 9781936975891 his time. But he's not prepared when a strange new force Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 travels both space and time to attack him! Silver must Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up journey to a twisted version of his world, join the last handful $11.99/$13.99 Can. of rebels, and overthrow the most powerful foe he's ever 104 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS encountered. Silver's psychic power is pushed to its limit THROUGHOUT against the chaos-fueled fury of Enerjak! Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Series Overview: Sonic Universe is the hit ... General Series: Sonic UniverseTerritory: US, Canada (no Author Bio: Sonic Scribe IAN FLYNN has been the chief writer for Archie's popular and record-setting SONIC THE open market) Ctn Qty: 1 HEDGEHOG comic for more than five years, including the Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) headline-grabbing SONIC: GENESIS storyline and graphic 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt novel. He is the main writer of its sister title SONIC UNIVERSE 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt and accompanying graphic novels since the title's inception, and is also the writer of Archie's MEGA MAN series, another critical and popular hit. Flynn is now also helming the historic first meeting of Sonic and Me...

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Kevin Keller: Glad to Be Me Summary: The most popular addition to the Riverdale crowd Dan Parent in years, Kevin Keller is Archie's first gay character. Fan- 9781936975907 favorite writer/artist Dan Parent (Betty and Veronica: Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 Storybook) helms this heartfelt and humorous third collection Ages 12 And Up, Grades 7 And Up of the ongoing Kevin Keller comic book series, including $11.99/$12.99 Can. Kevin's first kiss! 104 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Publication History: Trade Paperback Original Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Author Bio: DAN PARENT is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his work with Archie Comics, where General he is an innovator behind some of Archie's biggest hits. Most Series: Kevin KellerTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 notably, Parent is the writer/artist of the KEVIN KELLER Sales Restrictions: World series, which continues to receive widespread, positive media 6.625 in W | 10.812 in H | 0.810 lb Wt attention, most notably the 24TH ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA 168mm W | 275mm H | 367g Wt AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK. He also was the writer of the story in which Archie fell for Valerie of Josie & the Pussycats, the artist of the OB...

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Sonic the Hedgehog Archives 23 The latest volume of Archie’s top-selling line of graphic novels Sonic Scribes is an excellent series for venues interested in multi-title 9781936975914 repeat kid business, due to the continuing popularity and Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 awareness of the Sonic video game character and the large Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 number of volumes available. $7.99/$8.99 Can. 112 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Summary: It's adventure and questing galore in this Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback installment in the acclaimed Sonic Archives series! Sonic Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / fights for his life against not one, but two robot doubles! Is General the armor to Silver Sonic II really unbreakable? Is the latest Series: Sonic The Hedgehog ArchivesTerritory: US, Metal Sonic truly faster than the Blue Blur? It's up to Sonic Canada (no and Tails to find out for sure! Meanwhile, Rotor makes a open market) dangerous trek home to find the fate of his people. Monkey Ctn Qty: 1 Khan is forced to relive his tragic past while a village of 5.000 in W | 7.375 in H | 0.250 lb Wt innocent lives hangs in th... 127mm W | 187mm H | 113g Wt Author Bio: THE SONIC SCRIBES are the many talented writers and artists who have helped create Archie Comics' popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic books

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Archie Fun ’n’ Games Activity Book 2 Summary: Archie's Fun 'n' Games Activity Book 2 features Archie Superstars Archie and friends in nearly 200 more pages of puzzles and 9781936975921 games! Filled with full-color word games, riddles, puzzles, plus Pub Date: 4/29/14, On Sale Date: 4/29 coloring pages and all sorts of activities, Archie's Fun 'n' Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 Games Activity Book 2 is sure to provide hours fun for young $6.99/$7.99 Can. fans of Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and the rest of the 192 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS gang! THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Publication History: Trade Paperback Original Juvenile Nonfiction / Games & Activities / General Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive Series: Archie Fun & GamesTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Sales Restrictions: World Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.250 lb Wt from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, 133mm W | 191mm H | 113g Wt and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz, and many more!

Author Residence: New York, NY

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Sonic / Mega Man: Worlds Collide 3 (paper Summary: Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily are locked inside their original) flying fortress-the Wily Egg! SONIC/MEGA MAN SCRIBES Inside are all manner of powerful defenses, including Metal 9781936975976 Sonic and Bass! Outside is an army-almost every Robot Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 Master ever made! Dr. Light's life is on the line, and two Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 worlds teeter on the edge of destruction! Enter Sonic, Mega $11.99/$13.99 Can. Man and an army of their own! Sonic's friends join Proto Man, 104 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Rush and Duo in an epic all-out battle to break through to the THROUGHOUT evil doctors, rewrite two realities, and save their hom... Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / Author Bio: Sonic and Mega Man Scribe IAN FLYNN has been the chief writer for Archie's popular and record-setting SONIC General THE HEDGEHOG comic for more than five years, including the Series: Sonic/Mega Man Worlds CollideTerritory: US, Canada headline-grabbing SONIC: GENESIS storyline and graphic (no open novel. He is the main writer of its sister title SONIC UNIVERSE and accompanying graphic novels since the title's inception, market) Ctn Qty: 1 and is also the writer of Archie's MEGA MAN series, another Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) critical and popular hit. Flynn is now also helming the historic 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt first meeting of... 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt

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Mega Man 7: Curse of Ra Moon Summary: Fresh from the history-making crossover with Ian Flynn, Patrick “Spaz” Spaziante, Mike Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man is back with an all-new Cavallar... adventure! The world has gone dark. Robots have collapsed in 9781936975952 the streets. Mega Man awakes to a world without electricity- Pub Date: 5/20/14, On Sale Date: 5/20 and a crumbling civilization! With the help of the brilliant Dr. $11.99/$13.99 Can. Light, Mega Man and a handful of Robot Masters are sent to 104 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS the Amazon to stop the source of the world's power failure. THROUGHOUT But their mission is not an easy one. The malevolent Ra Moon Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) has awoken, and its out to... Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Series: Mega ManTerritory: US, Canada (no open Author Bio: IAN FLYNN has been the chief writer for Archie's popular and record-setting SONIC THE HEDGEHOG comic for market) Ctn Qty: 1 more than five years, including the headline-grabbing SONIC: Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) GENESIS storyline and graphic novel. He is the main writer of 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt its sister title SONIC UNIVERSE and accompanying graphic 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt novels since the title's inception, and is also the writer of Archie's MEGA MAN series, another critical and popular hit. Flynn is now also helming the historic first meeting of Sonic and Mega Man in the...

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Sonic the Hedgehog Presents Knuckles the Sonic Presents: Knuckles Archives is Archie’s SEGA-licensed Echidna Archives 5 (paper original) book series spun off of Archie’s #1 best-selling Sonic Archives Sonic Scribes graphic novel series. 9781936975969 Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 Summary: Knuckles and the Chaotix find themselves $9.99/$10.99 Can. embroiled in a political thriller! The Dark Legion wants to rejoin 160 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS normal society-or so they claim. Then Knuckles faces the two THROUGHOUT biggest milestones of his life. On the one hand, he must Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback confront his long-lost father and the truth behind his birth. On Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / the other, he must confront his feelings over his one time General enemy and later comrade-Julie-Su! Series: Knuckles ArchivesTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Series Overview: Knuckles Archives serves as a a fun, Ctn Qty: 1 super-sized companion piece to Sonic Archives and an... 5.000 in W | 7.375 in H | 0.250 lb Wt 127mm W | 187mm H | 113g Wt Author Bio: THE SONIC SCRIBES are the many talented writers and artists who have helped create Archie Comics' popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic books and graphic novels for two decades. They include such recent

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The Complete Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Summary: It's back to the beginning with Sabrina in this 1962-1965 first of a new series compiling the entire history of everyone's Archie Superstars favorite Teenage Witch! This black and white graphic novel 9781936975945 chronologically collects all the stories starring Sabrina the Pub Date: 6/3/14, On Sale Date: 6/3 Teenage Witch from 1962 to 1965. Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $9.99/$10.99 Can. Publication History: Trade Paperback Original 512 pages / ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, General from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, Series: Sabrina ’s SpellbookTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and Sales Restrictions: World Fernando Ruiz, and many more! 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 133mm W | 191mm H | 367g Wt Author Residence: New York, NY

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Archie Comics Spectacular: Summer Daze The new Archie Comics Spectacular book series features 128 (paper original) full-color pages of themed Archie stories on quality paper Archie Superstars stock at a value price. The combination of high quality 9781619889002 content and low cost makes this a great deal for casual and Pub Date: 6/17/14, On Sale Date: 6/17 serious Archie fans of all ages. Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $5.99/$6.99 Can. 128 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Summary: School's out for the summer in Riverdale, and the THROUGHOUT fun is just beginning! Join Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback and friends as they go on vacation, go to the beach, work Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / summer jobs…and avoid working entirely! All in a pocket-sized General collection that's perfect for any summer road trip. Series: Archie Comic SpectacularsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 Publication History: Trade Paperback Original 4.875 in W | 6.562 in H | 0.250 lb Wt 124mm W | 167mm H | 113g Wt Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Archie Comics

Sonic Saga Series 6: Mogul Rising (paper Mogul Rising continues the new Sonic Saga series, a original) chronological collection of the modern era of Sonic the Sonic Scribes Hedgehog story arcs written by popular Sonic scribe Ian 9781936975990 Flynn. Sonic the Hedgehog graphic novels are a bestseller for Pub Date: 6/24/14, On Sale Date: 6/24 Archie and this title is sure to be a hit with fans and Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up collectors in its ... $11.99/$13.99 Can. 112 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Summary: Sonic battles the ancient, evil Mammoth Mogul- THROUGHOUT who has lost his Chaos Emerald and been imprisoned, but Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) backing him into such a corner only made him more Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / dangerous! Mogul uses his remaining powers to summon a new General Fearsome Foursome-and Sonic is forced to be one of them! Series: Sonic SagaTerritory: US, Canada (no open Every mercenary and cut-throat is hired to take Sonic's market) shoes-feet being optional! It's Sonic versus everyone else Ctn Qty: 1 while the malicious mammoth laughs from the shadows! How 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt can Sonic overcome all the odds? 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt Series Overview: ... Author Bio: Sonic Scribe IAN FLYNN has been the chief

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Archie Comics

Archie 1000 Page Comics Bonanza (paper Summary: Archie 1000 Page Comics Bonanza collects 1000 original) pages of new and classic Archie tales in our biggest collection Archie Superstars ever, with over 100 full-color stories featuring America's 9781619889033 favorite red-head and friends navigating the pressures and Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 pratfalls of teenagers everywhere! Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $14.99/$15.99 Can. Publication History: Trade Paperback Original 1000 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, General and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and Series: Archie 1000 Page DigestsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 Fernando Ruiz, and many more! Sales Restrictions: World 4.875 in W | 6.562 in H | 0.250 lb Wt Author Residence: New York, NY 124mm W | 167mm H | 113g Wt Author Hometown: New York, NY

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Archie Comics

Betty & Veronica: Shopping Spree Summary: It's time to head to the mall with Betty and Archie Superstars Veronica for a fun-filled Shopping Spree, filled with stories of 9781619889040 Archie's girl friends enjoying one of their favorite pastimes! Pub Date: 7/29/14, On Sale Date: 7/29 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 Publication History: Trade Paperback Original $9.99/$10.99 Can. 128 pages / FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive THROUGHOUT line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and General Fernando Ruiz, and many more! Series: Archie & Friends All-StarsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 Sales Restrictions: World Author Residence: New York, NY 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 152mm W | 229mm H | 367g Wt Author Hometown: New York, NY

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Diary of a Girl Next Door: Betty Summary: Betty Cooper has few of the luxuries that her Tania del Rio, Bill Galvan, Gisele privileged best friend Veronica Lodge enjoys, but she's got 9781936975372 something else that drives her wealthy friend crazy with Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 jealousy! In a story full of heart and humor, find out how a Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 normal, awkward teenage girl comes out feeling on top of the $13.99/$14.99 Can. world in this hilarious new Diary series. 224 pages / CARTOON ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Author Bio: TANIA DEL RIO has been published in Hardback 's RISING STARS OF MANGA ANTHOLOGY. She worked for Archie Comics as the writer and artist of SABRINA Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories THE TEENAGE WITCH: THE MAGIC WITHIN graphic novels, an Series: Riverdale DiariesTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 American Manga take on the characters and stories. She also Sales Restrictions: World wrote Archie's highly publicized "Reversedale" story and has 5.500 in W | 8.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt worked on their JOSIE & THE PUSSYCATS and SONIC THE 140mm W | 203mm H | 567g Wt HEDGEHOG comics as writer and artist. Tania has also written SPIDER-MAN/ARAÑA: THE HUNTER REVEALED for Marvel. She ...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Archie Comics

Sonic Universe 8: Scourge: Lockdown Sonic Scribes 9781619889064 Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 $1.11/$1.11 Can. Paperback / softback Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / General Series: Sonic Universe Ctn Qty: 0

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 DC Comics

Batman: Li’l Gotham Vol. 2 Summary: The critically acclaimed all-ages series returns in Dustin Nguyen, Derek Fridolfs this second volume of Batman: L'il Gotham! 9781401247232 Pub Date: 8/5/14, On Sale Date: 8/5 During Japan's Month of Waters, Aquaman calls upon the Bat- $12.99/$15.99 Can. family to face off against all manor of sea creatures. And 128 pages when Uncle Sam steals all of the fireworks on Independence Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Day, Batman must stop him before he can detonate one Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes explosive celebration! Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 60 Author Bio: Dustin Nguyen has been drawing exclusively for 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H | 0.810 lb Wt DC Comics since the beginning of his comic book career in 168mm W | 259mm H | 367g Wt 2000. A lifelong Batman fan, he currently provides artwork for BATWING and BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED, and he has worked on such flagship DC and WildStorm titles as BATMAN, WILDC.A.T.S, THE AUTHORITY and SUPERMAN/BATMAN, as well as his creator-owned (with writer Scott Lobdell) title MANIFEST ETERNITY. Nguyen has also contributed cover art for the comics adaptations of FRIDAY THE 13TH...

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYR Children’s Collection

The Glassblower’s Children Summary: Maria Gripe's books are treasures of international Maria Gripe, Harald Gripe children's literature. In The Glassblower's Children she draws 9781590177280 on old traditions of fairy tale and Norse myth to tell an Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 exciting story with a very modern sensibility. Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7 $15.95/$18.95 Can. Albert the glassblower and Sophia are the loving parents of 176 pages / BLACK AND WHITE two small children, Klas and Klara. While Albert spends time in Hardback his studio, making beautiful but impractical bowls and vases Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General that nobody wants to buy, Sophia works in the fields, Territory: US, Canada (no open market) collecting flax. Every year Alb... Ctn Qty: 32 Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) Author Bio: Maria Gripe (1923-2007) was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults. Among her thirty-eight 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 140mm W | 216mm H | 567g Wt books to appear in English translation are Josephine, The Glassblower's Children, Elvis and His Secret, and The Land Beyond. In 1974 she received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition given to children's book authors.

Harald Gripe (1921-1992) was an artist and the husband of

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYR Children’s Collection

Alfred Ollivant’s Bob, Son of Battle Summary: Alfred Ollivant's Bob, Son of Battle is a classic Lydia Davis tale from the borderlands between Scotland and England that 9781590177297 has delighted generations of boys and girls. This rousing and Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 moving tale of dogs and fathers and sons focuses on the Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7 rivalry between two sheepdogs and their masters and a boy $17.95/$21.50 Can. who is caught in the middle. We see the legendary local 320 pages competitions to determine the next champion sheepdog; we Hardback investigate the mystery of the dog who has gone rogue and is Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / killing local sheep by night; w... Adaptations Author Bio: Alfred Ollivant (1874-1927) was an English Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 novelist best known for his first book, the children's classic Sales Restrictions: World except United Kingdom Bob, Son of Battle. Born in Nuthurst, Sussex, he became an 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H | 1.250 lb Wt author after a horse-riding injury ended his brief military 140mm W | 216mm H | 567g Wt career. In addition to Bob, Son of Battle and its sequel, Danny, Ollivant wrote roughly a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionary tales to grand historical epics. He was also a short-story contributor to The Atlantic Monthly and the Boston Evening ...

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 NYR Children’s Collection

Loretta Mason Potts Summary: Imagine how shocked you would be, if like ten- Mary Chase, Harold Berson year-old Colin Mason, you were the oldest (smartest, best) 9781590177570 kid in a family of four, and then you found out that all the Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 time you had a secret older sister, or so strange Mrs Newby, Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7 the neighbor, claims: "an awful, awful, bad, bad, girl-Loretta $16.95/$19.95 Can. Mason Potts." Who? What? Wait!…But this is only the first of 224 pages many surprises that lie in store for Colin, as things get Hardback curiouser and curiouser very fast. Loretta (a glum gangly girl Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, & and with what a mou... Magic Author Bio: Mary Chase (1907-1981) was an American Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 12 journalist, playwright and screenwriter, known primarily for writing the Broadway play Harvey, later adapted for film 1.250 lb Wt 567g Wt starring James Stewart. She wrote fourteen plays, two children's novels, one screenplay, and worked seven years at the Rocky Mountain News as a journalist.

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Pyr

Earth Star Summary: Romance, science fiction, action, and a look Janet Edwards at the false assumptions we make about others combine 9781616148973 in this light-hearted, fun, and well-conceived science Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 fiction future. Ages 12 And Up, Grades 7 And Up $17.99 Only She Can Save the World. 360 pages Hardback Eighteen-year-old Jarra has a lot to prove. After being Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction awarded one of the military's highest honors for her role in a Territory: US only daring rescue attempt, Jarra finds herself - and her Ape Ctn Qty: 12 status - in the spotlight. Jarra is one of the unlucky few born 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H | 1.250 lb Wt with an immune system that cannot survive on other... 140mm W | 216mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Janet Edwards is the author of Earth Girl (Pyr, March 2013). She grew up in prosaic England but also shared the lives of amazing people in fantastic worlds. Her guides were books written by authors, some still famous and some already forgotten. Those authors have hundreds of individual names, but they have one title in common. They were all Expert Dreamers. After growing bored with work involving

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Pyr

Resurrection Summary: A futuristic novel for young adults, The Blood Mandy Hager of the Lamb trilogy is, at its heart, political - a reflection 9781616149093 on the way a few very powerful (mostly white) men hold Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 the balance of power all around the world and maintain it $17.99/$19.50 Can. through intimidation, incarceration, and fear. 340 pages Hardback When Maryam arrives back at Onewere and tries to loosen Juvenile Fiction / Dystopian the Apostles' religious stranglehold by sharing the miraculous Series: Blood of the LambTerritory: US, Canada remedy for Te Matee lai, she finds herself captured once (no open market) again - prey to the Apostles' deadly game. T... Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Mandy Hager is an award-winning writer and 140mm W | 216mm H | 567g Wt educator based in Wellington, New Zealand. She has a drive to tell stories that matter-direct, powerful stories with something to say. She won the 2010 New Zealand Post Children's Book Award for Young Adult Fiction for The Crossing, the first book in The Blood of the Lamb series. She is also the author of Into the Wilderness, the second book in The Blood of the Lamb series.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Quirk Books

Nick and Tesla’s Secret Agent Gadget Battle Summary: On the heels of NICK AND TESLA'S HIGH- Bob Pflugfelder, Steve Hockensmith VOLTAGE DANGER LAB and NICK AND TESLA'S ROBOT 9781594746765 ARMY , here comes a third book of middle- Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 grade adventures (and top-secret contraptions!) Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $12.95/$13.95 Can. In this third installment, 11-year-old wiz-kids Nick and Tesla 240 pages discover that someone in the quiet town of Half Moon Bay has Hardback placed their beloved Uncle Newt under electronic surveillance- Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology but who's spying on him, and why? To expose the secret Territory: World agent, Nick and Tesla will build all kinds of outrageous Ctn Qty: 36 contraptions...

Sales Restrictions: World 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: "SCIENCE BOB" PFLUGFELDER is an award- 127mm W | 178mm H | 567g Wt winning elementary school science teacher. He blows stuff up, and kids (and their parents) love it. His fun and informative approach to science has led to television appearances on The Home & Family Show, Access Hollywood, Extra, and The History Channel. He is also a regular guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Dr. Oz Show, and Live With Kelly & Michael (formerly Live With Regis & Kelly.) He lives in Newton,

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Soho Teen

Liv, Forever Summary: When Liv Bloom lands an art scholarship at Amy Talkington Wickham Hall, it's her ticket out of the foster system. Liv isn't 9781616953225 sure what to make of the school's weird traditions and rituals, Pub Date: 3/11/14, On Sale Date: 3/11 but she couldn't be happier-especially when Malcolm Astor, Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up fellow artist and scion of one of the school's original families, $17.99/$17.99 Can. starts falling for her. Fellow scholarship kid Gabe Nichols Hardback warns her not to get involved with a "Wicky," but things are Juvenile Fiction / Horror & Ghost Stories finally going Liv's way, and all she wants to do is enjoy it. Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 But Liv'... Sales Restrictions: World Author Bio: Amy Talkington is an award-winning screenwriter 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 567g Wt and director living in Los Angeles. Before all that she wrote about music for magazines like Spin, Ray Gun, Interview, and Seventeen (mostly just as a way to get to hang out with rock stars). As a teenager in Dallas, Texas, Amy painted lots of angsty self-portraits, listened to The Velvet Underground and was difficult enough that her parents finally let her go to boarding school on the East Coast. Liv, Forever is her first novel.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Soho Teen

Strangelets Summary: 17-year-old Sophie lies on her deathbed in Michelle Gagnon California, awaiting the inevitable loss of her battle with 9781616954208 cancer… Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 17-year-old Declan stares down two armed thugs in a back Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up alley in Galway, Ireland… $9.99/$9.99 Can. 17-year-old Anat attempts to traverse a booby-trapped 288 pages tunnel between Israel and Egypt… Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries, Espionage, & All three strangers should have died at the exact same Detective Stories moment, thousands of miles apart. Instead, they awaken Territory: World together in an abandoned hospital-only to discover that Ctn Qty: 24 they're not alone. Three other teens from ... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Michelle Gagnon is a veteran thriller writer and International Mystery Book Association bestseller, whose novels have been published in numerous countries and include The Tunnels, Boneyard, The Gatekeeper, and Kidnap & Ransom. Her first YA trilogy, Don't Turn Around, debuted in 2012.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Soho Teen

Ask Me Summary: Ask Morse anything, and she must answer Kimberly Pauley with the truth. Yet she rarely understands the cryptic words 9781616953836 she's compelled to utter. Blessed-or cursed-with the power of Pub Date: 4/8/14, On Sale Date: 4/8 an Oracle who cannot decipher her own predictions, she does Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up her best to avoid anyone and everyone. $17.99/$17.99 Can. Hardback But Aria can no longer hide when Jade, one of the few girls at Juvenile Fiction / Horror & Ghost Stories school who ever showed her any kindness, disappears. Any Territory: US, Canada (no open market) time Aria overhears a question about Jade, she inadvertently Ctn Qty: 12 reveals something new, a clue or hint as ... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Kimberly Pauley is the award-winning author of Sucks to Be Me, which was honored on the YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers list. Born in California, she has lived everywhere from Florida to Chicago and has now gone international to live in London with her husband and son. She is also the founder of YA Books Central, one of the first and largest teen book websites in the world. Visit her online at www.kimberlypauley.com

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Soho Teen

Deviant Summary: When sixteen-year-old Abigail's mother dies in Helen FitzGerald Scotland-leaving a faded photo, a weirdly cryptic letter, and 9781616954192 a one-way ticket to America-she feels nothing. Why should Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 she? Her mother abandoned her as a baby to grow up on an Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up anti-nuclear commune and then in ugly foster homes. But the $9.99/$9.99 Can. letter is a surprise in more ways than one: Her father is living Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) in California. What's more, she has an eighteen-year-old Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries, Espionage, & sister, Becky. And the two are expecting Abigail to move in Detective Stories with them. Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 While strugg... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Helen Fitzgerald is a highly acclaimed and bestselling UK author, whose five thriller titles have sold over 125,000 copies in the UK and Europe. She worked as a parole officer and social worker for ten years before becoming a full- time writer. Dead Lovely is currently in film production. Her first YA, Amelia O'Donohue Is SO Not a Virgin, was published in 2010.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Soho Teen

This is WAR Summary: This is not a story of forgiveness… Lisa Roecker, Laura Roecker 9781616954215 The mystery of their best friend's murder drives four girls Pub Date: 5/6/14, On Sale Date: 5/6 to destroy the Gregory family. Emily Thorne would be Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up proud. $9.99/$9.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Everyone at Hawthorne Lake Country Club saw Willa Ames- Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries, Espionage, & Rowan climb into a boat with James Gregory, the Club's heir Detective Stories apparent. Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 24 And everyone at Hawthorne Lake Country Club watched him 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt return. Alone. 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt They all know he killed her. But none of them will say a word. The Gregory family is very, very good at making problems go away.

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Soho Teen

The A-Word: A Sweet Dead Life Novel : A Summary: Jenna Samuels is about to turn fifteen. It's been Sweet Dead Life Novel almost a year since her stoner brother, Casey, bit the dust. Joy Preble Almost a year since he returned as her angel, along 9781616952907 with his "angel boss," Amber Velasco, the hot twenty- Pub Date: 5/13/14, On Sale Date: 5/13 something former EMT. Almost a year since Casey and Amber Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up used up their one-time-only angel power of flight to save $17.99/$17.99 Can. Jenna from the evil Dr. Renfroe, swooping down to catch her Hardback as she tumbled off the balcony at the Houston Galleria. In Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, & short, a lot of A-word shenanig... Magic Author Bio: Joy Preble is the author of the popular and Territory: World highly acclaimed Dreaming Anastasia series. A former English Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt teacher, Joy grew up in Chicago and is a graduate of 140mm W | 210mm H | 567g Wt Northwestern University. She is now a full-time writer and lives with her family in Texas, where she has learned to say "y'all" without any hint of irony. A tireless advocate for literacy and great books, she is at the center of the all- important Texas YA scene.

Author Residence: The Woodlands, Texas

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Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Soho Teen

Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy Summary: A new breed of spy novel combines classic Elizabeth Kiem thrills (The Americans, John Le Carre, and Alan Furst), 9781616954222 Bolshoi intrigue, and elements of the paranormal. Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up Marina is born of privilege. Her mother, Sveta, is the Soviet $9.99/$9.99 Can. Union's prima ballerina: an international star handpicked by Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) the regime. But Sveta is afflicted with a mysterious second Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries, Espionage, & sight and becomes obsessed with exposing a horrific state Detective Stories secret. Then she disappears. Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Fearing for their lives, Marina and her father defect to 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt Brooklyn. Mari... 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Elizabeth Kiem studied Russian language and literature at Columbia University and lived in Russia immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Her nonfiction work can be read all over the world wide web. Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy is her first novel. She lives in New York.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Soho Teen

Hero Complex: A Keaton School Novel : A The second installment in the thrilling Keaton School series! Keaton School Novel Margaux Froley 9781616953201 Summary: Less than a month has passed since Devon Pub Date: 6/10/14, On Sale Date: 6/10 Mackintosh uncovered the truth about the apparent suicide of Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up Keaton's golden boy and her unrequited love, Hutch. But that $17.99/$17.99 Can. doesn't mean the danger is over. Her own life has been Hardback threatened. Solving Hutch's case only unearthed more Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries, Espionage, & questions: what lies beneath the Keaton land that could be Detective Stories so valuable as to tear the Hutchins family apart? Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 Hutch's grandfather, Reed Hutchins, knows the answer. But 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Reed is dying of cancer, and this dark family secre... 140mm W | 210mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Margaux Froley grew up in Santa Barbara, California, and attended not one, but two boarding schools during her high school years in California and Oxford, England. She studied film at University of Southern California, and has worked for such television networks as: TLC, CMT, Travel, MTV, and the CW. She currently lives in Los Angeles and still

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Soho Teen

I Become Shadow Summary: Ren Sharpe was abducted at fourteen and Joe Shine chosen by the mysterious F.A.T.E. Center to become a 9781616953584 Shadow: the fearless and unstoppable guardian of a future Pub Date: 7/15/14, On Sale Date: 7/15 leader. Everything she held dear-her family, her home, her Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up former life-is gone forever. $17.99/$17.99 Can. Hardback Ren survives four years of training, torture, and misery, in Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, & large part thanks to Junie, a fellow F.A.T.E. abductee who Magic started out as lost and confused as she did. She wouldn't Territory: US, Canada (no open market) admit it was possible to find love in a prison beyond imagining, Ctn Qty: 12 but wha... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 567g Wt Author Bio: Joe Shine grew up in Austin, Texas. He has a Communications degree from Texas A & M University and a MFA from the University of Southern California. One day his wife said, "Let's move to Washington, DC." He did so begrudgingly. One day his wife said, "Let's run a marathon." He did so begrudgingly. One day his wife said, "Write me a story." He did so happily. I Become Shadow is his first novel.

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The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone: A Novel Summary: Two-time National Book Award finalist Adele Adele Griffin offers an ingenious fictional take on the "oral history" 9781616953607 celebrity bio that defined a bestselling genre: Edie, American Pub Date: 8/12/14, On Sale Date: 8/12 Girl by Jean Stein and George Plimpton. In presenting herself Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up as interviewer and curator of memories, Adele paints the $17.99/$17.99 Can. portrait of a tragic young celebrity who allegedly committed Hardback suicide-presented in a series of brief first-person Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries, Espionage, & recollections-that ultimately results in the solving of a murder. Detective Stories Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 Adele's words: "Fr... Sales Restrictions: World 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 1.250 lb Wt Author Bio: Adele Griffin is a two-time National Book Award 140mm W | 210mm H | 567g Wt Finalist and the highly acclaimed author of numerous books for young adult and middle grade readers. Her works include Sons of Liberty and Where I Want to Be, as well as the popular Witch Twins and Vampire Island series. Adele lives with her husband, Erich; their two young children; and their dog, Edith, in Brooklyn, New York.

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Soho Teen

Relic (The Books of Eva I) Summary: The truth will test you… Heather Terrell, Ricardo Cortes 9781616954062 For fans of Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games: Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 high fantasy and dystopia meet in this high-stakes tale Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up of a civilization built on lies and the girl who single- $9.99/$9.99 Can. handedly brings it down. 288 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) When Eva's twin brother, Eamon, falls to his death just a few Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, & months before he is due to participate in The Testing, no one Magic expects Eva to take his place. She's a Maiden, slated for Territory: World embroidery classes, curtseys, and soon a prestigious marriage Ctn Qty: 24 befitting the daughter of an Aerie... 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H | 0.810 lb Wt 140mm W | 210mm H | 367g Wt Author Bio: Heather Terrell worked as a commercial litigator in New York City for over ten years, but she has always been obsessed with myth, lore, and the gap between history and the truth. This preoccupation has led to several loosely factual historical novels (The Chrysalis, The Map Thief, Brigid of Kildare) and the pure-lore Fallen Angel series. Relic is the first installment of The Books of Eva series. She lives in

Random House Adult Blue Omni, Spring 2014 Titan Comics

How to Train Your Dragon Volume 1 Summary: The How to Train Your Dragon phenomenon Titan Comics makes its way into comics, as Titan Publishing continues the 9781782760764 stories from the Dragon movies. Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 $6.99/$7.99 Can. Set in the town of Berk, the comic relates the adventures of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) young Hiccup and his faithful dragon Toothless - plus Hiccup's Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In father, Stoick the Vast, and Hiccup's friends Gobber, Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Snotlout, Tuffnut and Ruffnut - and, of course, the lovely Ctn Qty: 24 Astrid. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Written and drawn by some of the hottest comic talents,

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How to Train Your Dragon Volume 2 Summary: The How to Train Your Dragon phenomenon Titan Comics makes its way into comics, as Titan Publishing continues the 9781782760771 stories from the Dragon movies. Pub Date: 5/27/14, On Sale Date: 5/27 $6.99/$7.99 Can. Set in the town of Berk, the comic relates the adventures of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) young Hiccup and his faithful dragon Toothless - plus Hiccup's Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In father, Stoick the Vast, and Hiccup's friends Gobber, Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Snotlout, Tuffnut and Ruffnut - and, of course, the lovely Ctn Qty: 25 Astrid. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Written and drawn by some of the hottest comic talents,

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How to Train Your Dragon Volume 3 Summary: The How to Train Your Dragon phenomenon Titan Comics makes its way into comics, as Titan Publishing continues the 9781782760788 stories from the Dragon movies. Pub Date: 8/26/14, On Sale Date: 8/26 $6.99/$7.99 Can. Set in the town of Berk, the comic relates the adventures of Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) young Hiccup and his faithful dragon Toothless - plus Hiccup's Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In father, Stoick the Vast, and Hiccup's friends Gobber, Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Snotlout, Tuffnut and Ruffnut - and, of course, the lovely Ctn Qty: 26 Astrid. 0.810 lb Wt 367g Wt Written and drawn by some of the hottest comic talents,

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