Writer/illustrator Darwyn Cooke's critically acclaimed masterpiece DC: The New Frontier is celebrated in this new edition featuring story pages, detailed annotations, alternate sequences, and an extensive gallery of sketches, pin-ups, action figure art, and much more! In the 1950s, Cold War paranoia[...]
Best known for the ambitious epic THE NEW FRONTIER, a six-issue miniseries bridging the gap between the end of the Golden Age of comics and the beginnings of the Silver Age, Cooke has also worked on BEFORE WATCHMEN, BATMAN- EGO, CATWOMAN with Ed Brubaker, as well as Batman- The Animated Series, Supe[...]
This title contains Alistair Cooke's finest radio reportage from 1991-1999. Alistair Cooke was a radio legend, entertaining millions of listeners for over fifty years in his weekly "Letter from America". It was the longest-running one-man series in radio history, and every show was a virtuoso perfor[...]
Intended for those who want to refresh their knowledge and understanding of mathematics to GCSE level. This work places emphasis on learning and doing mathematics, with a section on measures and proportion, and statistics.[...]
Presents illustrations of artworks and archeological remains along with current viewpoints on the ancient Aztec civilization, discussing aspects of their rise to power, their religious beliefs, and their military customs before their defeat by the Spaniards in 1521.[...]
Cozy up with adorable baby sloths in this irresistible photographic picture book.Hang around just like a sloth and get to know the delightful residents of the Avarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, the world's largest sloth orphanage. You'll fall in love with bad-boy Mateo, ooh and ahh over baby Bis[...]
"Construction is a highly practical subject. Students on all built environment degree programmes are expected to know and understand building technology from both a theoretical and practical standpoint. Construction site visits are a popular way for students to become acquainted with the practical a[...]
The Power of Sloth is Lucy Cooke's celebration of the sloth: the cutest, cuddliest, slowest creature on this planet. In the book she brings together some truly adorable pictures of baby sloths, literally by the bucketful. These delightful, funny pictures are accompanied by a simple text which tells [...]
From the hit comic series comes the biography of Lady Gaga, take two You've all seen the music videos. The performances. The award show acceptance speeches and the interviews. We all know her name and her image - but how many of us really know the story of Gaga? From her early days at NYU to her mu[...]
The biggest hit show of 2010 for Nickelodeon now hits the comic page! Four friends from Minnesota started a pop-singing group on the show, and now you can learn the back story of these four young men and their co-stars. Find out where Kendall, Logan, Carlos, and James came from, and see what brought[...]
A retirement statement from a sports star rarely causes a flicker, but Nicole Cooke went out as she rode her bike: giving it her all. The contrast could not have been greater - as Lance Armstrong, a fraudster backed by many corporate sponsors and feted by presidents, was about to deliver a stage-man[...]
Scenes of Intimacy analyzes the representation of acts and relationships of intimacy in contemporary literature, the effect this has upon readers, and the ways these representations resonate with, complement, and challenge the concerns of contemporary theory. Opening with an in-depth interview with [...]
When Samuel Beckett and the Dutch painter Bram Van Velde met in Paris in the 1930s, both were living in abject poverty, and neither could have anticipated that on the other side of World War II and the brutal occupation of France by the Nazis they would each go on to be luminaries in their respectiv[...]
Offers comprehensive coverage of chemical, physical, and biological processes that relate to eutrophication and its control. This book features discussions of techniques used to manage eutrophication of standing water bodies, procedures for using these techniques, and successes and failures through [...]