During a failed heist, Casey is certain that she saw some kind of strange animal. She tries to convince herself that she was seeing things, but that's when that very creature shows up in her house. He is a jackelope named Jack Lopez, and he needs Casey's help. Jack is a Guardian, one of many mythical creatures whose job is to protect the world's greatest treasures. Why is he recruiting Casey? Her dad was Jack's partner, and he taught Casey everything he knew. Together, with the help of other cryptids like a griffin, a yeti, the Chupacabra, and the Loch Ness Monster, Casey and Jack will have to travel around the world to defeat the evil Jersey Devil and find The Book of The Guardians before he does. Note: This book series is designed to be fun and educational. Some words and phrases in the books are underlined. Definitions for those terms will be found in the glossary at the back of each book. The definitions included fit the context of their usage within the books. They also include the page number where the word is found so you won’t lose your place. The stories also uses real researched locations and landmarks around the world.
Casey and Jack are sent to rescue the missing Bigfoot Brothers and encounter a new foe. Meanwhile, Titan travels to The Hidden Village to seek the advantage he needs to find the world’s most magical treasures. Note: This book series is designed to be fun and educational. Some words and phrases in the books are underlined. Definitions for those terms will be found in the glossary at the back of each book. The definitions included fit the context of their usage within the books. They also include the page number where the word is found so you won’t lose your place. The stories also uses real researched locations and landmarks around the world.
A misfit team of superheroes comes together to fight a group of lab created ape-men and discovers a conspiracy that goes back to the 1920s. Can a were-jaguar and her grandmother's ghost, a super strong lawyer, her electrifying wife, a rich kid with a whip, and an indestructible dufus save us from World War III?
Titan builds an army while Casey, Jack, and Chuy look for ways to stop him. The Bigfoot Brothers try to help their new Minotaur ally find her sister. Griff’s loyalty is challenged as Nessie finds herself in a difficult situation. Note: This book series is designed to be fun and educational. Some words and phrases in the books are underlined. Definitions for those terms will be found in the glossary at the back of each book. The definitions included fit the context of their usage within the books. They also include the page number where the word is found so you won’t lose your place. The stories also uses real researched locations and landmarks around the world.
A young man struggles to keep his wife hidden as a ferocious diseases ravages her system, turning her into a maniac. As the world outside burns, he hides her away... but she wants out. She wants to kill.
On a quiet July night in Chicago, nineteen-year-old Michael Riggs witnessed the murder of his best friend at the hand of notorious gang leader Robert Torres. Michael becomes obsessed, and nothing can stop him on his vicious and bloody rampage of vigilante justice. Graphic Novel - 92 Pages - Black & White
On a quiet July night in Chicago, nineteen-year-old Michael Riggs witnessed the murder of his best friend at the hand of notorious gang leader Robert Torres. Michael becomes obsessed, and nothing can stop him on his vicious and bloody rampage of vigilante justice. Graphic Novel - 96 Pages - Full Color
A mutated, murderous bunny goes on a hilariously bloody rampage through his hometown. The graphic novel that became a major motion picture! Geeky fertility researcher Peter Cotton is bitten by a mutant rabbit and changes into the half-man/half-bunny Rottentail. What's a boy to do? Why, take a hippity, hoppity trip home of course! Peter begins a bloody killing spree of revenge that culminates in his childhood hometown of Easter Falls.
The barside book for every beer lover! Cheers! highlights the unappreciated artwork of the beer glass in a collection of photographs sure to put a smile on any beer enthusiast's face.
A young man and his wife are walking through a hospital lobby. They are on their way home with their newborn baby boy. At the same time down the same hallway, two police officers are struggling to restrain a disheveled young man. The man breaks away from the officers. He grabs one of their guns. Shots are fired. The new mother is hit. She falls to the floor, still clutching her newborn in her arms.
An assessment of the events that led up to Jimmy Carter's infamous 1979 "malaise" speech places it against a backdrop of such events as the gas crisis and the Iran-hostage situation while explaining that the speech had far greater relevance than its reception reflected, in an account that also claims the speech inadvertently set a course for the conservative movement. Reprint.
George Lucas's first Star Wars trilogy shows the influences of its era; Cold War tension is evident in its theme of rebellion against totalitarianism. Recent entries in the Star Wars saga--The Phantom Menace (1999) and Attack of the Clones (2002)--are much more concerned with evil corporations, terrorists, and the corruption of the political process. Each film is influenced by the times in which it was released, but also by cultural subtexts and by other films that had direct and indirect effects on Lucas as writer, producer, and director. This work focuses on all six Star Wars films. The first topic of this multifaceted examination is how the films use the language of colonialism ("The" Rebellion, "The" Empire) to emphasize the idea of imperialism. Next the author looks at how Asian influences--including religious undertones from Taoism and Buddhism and the works of Kurosawa and other Asian filmmakers--provide a subtext for much of the action. Next the discussion turns to the representation of people of color in the Star Wars universe, and how other ethnicities are represented overall, particularly through the literalization of the word "aliens." These topics of discussion provide for penetrating conclusions about Lucas's films and how they represent race, religion, and rebellion.
The latest edition of Arguments and Arguing contains the same balance of theory and practice, breadth of coverage, current and relevant examples, and accessible writing style that made previous editions so popular in hundreds of classrooms. The authors draw from classic and recent argumentation theory and research, contextualized with well-chosen examples, to showcase a narrative style of argumentation and the values and attitudes of audiences. Readers learn how to employ both formal and informal argumentative strategies in an array of communication forums—from interpersonal interactions to academic debate to politics to business. A newly added chapter on visual argumentation and a striking color photo insert demonstrate the value and power of visual elements in the construction of arguments. The ability to argue is necessary if people are to solve problems, resolve conflicts, and evaluate alternative courses of action. While many are taught that arguing is counterproductive and arguments should be avoided, Hollihan and Baaske illustrate that arguing is an essential and fundamental human activity. Learning the art of effective argumentation entails a grasp of not only the strategies and principles of analysis and logical reasoning but also the importance of arguing in a positive and socially constructive fashion.
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