Roy Thomas

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Florida

Superman's original origin story, first published on the eve of World War II, has been compiled with other original 30s and 40s comics and artwork in Superman the War Years. Classic art featuring the first occurrences of widely known tropes is now available for long-time fans or people looking to learn a bit of art and the way it influenced the people during wartime. 



Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman! 



You can probably recite his seminal title sequence by heart. However, there was a time when the Man of Steel was struggling to become the star of his own comic strip (let alone comic book).  Pioneering his skills with bank robbers, corrupt business owners, and ruthless criminals, crooked football coaches, and natural disasters, after combating all this at home Superman was ready to take on more. In his earliest iterations, Superman was called 'the champion of the oppressed,' which basically mean that he was exactly the mascot that was needed for World War II. With real world problems bringing people down like the war and the Great Depression, it's no wonder Action Comics took off with the Man of Steel leading the way. Superman paved the way out of American isolationism and right into the World War II.



Earth's favorite Kryptonian is one of the most recognized characters in pop culture. Though he may not be from this planet, his dedication to protecting its people is inspiring. Superman: The War Years 1938-1945 shows how his introduction at the start of World War II lifted the spirits of a weary country and brought people the hero they so desperately needed.



Read all about all of these original adventures and more!

 * Champion of the Oppressed
 * Champions of Universal Peace
 * Sinister Sagdorf
 * Europe at War Parts 1 and 2
 * X Alloy
 * Peril on Pogo Island
 * Superman Sunday Strips
 * Rubber Band
 * Meet the Squiffles
 * Atoms for Peace?

Roy Thomas has been a comics writer since 1965, mostly for Marvel or DC. Among the thousands of comic books he has written are Conan the Barbarian, The Avengers, The X-Men, Fantastic Four, All-Star Squadron, Sub-Mariner, The Invaders, Dr. Strange, Red Sonja, Wonder Woman, and The Savage Sword of Conan.  



Brush up on the history of the world's favorite farm boy turned international hero, with Superman the War Years.  Part of The DC Comics War Years trilogy that celebrates the Golden Age of Heroes.



Other titles in the DC Comics: The War Years series include: Batman: The War Years 1939-1945, Wonder Woman: The War Years 19-41-1945

 

Superman: the War Years 1938-1945

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James Hill

Nick Jones

A premium, lavishly illustrated compendium of specially curated essays, boasting stunning, newly commissioned maps, illustrations, and diagrams, which explores iconic Marvel locations. Navigate a universe of wonders. Chart a journey across Marvel Comics’ vast and vibrant universe, from its Earthbound mean streets and hidden lands, to its mythic realms and cosmic outer reaches. This Marvel-approved compendium of specially curated essays features stunning, newly commissioned cartography, illustrations, and diagrams to help readers navigate their way around iconic locales such as Asgard, Wakanda, Atlantis, Olympus, Hell’s Kitchen, Latveria, Knowhere, The Savage Land, Battleworld, and many more. Marvel Universe: Map by Map delineates the contours of the ever-expanding, complex, and interconnected Marvel Universe, illuminating the incredible locations, epic events, and extraordinary characters that have shaped it. Boasting dazzling new artwork, gorgeous comic book visuals, and insightful, authoritative text, this is a premium, indispensable way finder for any armchair explorer. © 2021 MARVEL

Marvel Universe Map by Map

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Jude Fisher

J. R. R. Tolkien

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Houghton Mifflin is proud to present a full-color, large-format, guide to the characters, cultures, and locations of J.R.R. Tolkien's extraordinary creation Middle-earth, as depicted in the movie The Fellowship of the Ring - the first of three blockbuster films from New Line Cinema. Filled with stunning imagery and with a thorough, informative narrative text, The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion will provide the reader with a rich feast of detail and information. Featuring exclusive photos of Frodo, Gandalf, the Ringwraiths, elves, and all the other main characters and creatures of the first film, the book also includes breathtaking pictures of Hobbiton, Rivendell, and Moria.
The first of a projected three-book series that no Tolkien fan, from novice to expert, should be without, The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion contains a special eight-page gatefold of large-format images unique to this book.


The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion

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Brian Sibley

Ian McKellen

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Making of the Movie Trilogy

Discusses the making of the movie trilogy based on J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," covering topics including filming locations, special effects, costumes, battle scenes, characters, and music.

The Lord of the Rings

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Viggo Mortensen

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The Two Towers Visual Companion

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

An authorized introduction to the forthcoming film trilogy includes production stills, star and filmmaker biographies, and a behind-the-scenes examination of the making of the Tolkien world.

The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide

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Ian Brodie

Extended Edition

Since the first screening of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001, New Zealand has become the embodiment of Middle-earth to millions of movie-goers and Tolkien readers the world over.This definitive full-colour guidebook showcases the principal movie set locations around New Zealand as seen in all three films. A perfect reference book for everyone enchanted by the beauty of the locations in the movie trilogy, it contains valuable background information and exclusive anecdotes about the filming, with sections written specially by Peter Jackson, Alan Lee, Richard Taylor and Barrie Osbourne, plus contributions from the cast and crew. Also includes:exclusive movie and location photographsGPS references to location sitestouring information for travellersuseful internet addresses.

The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook

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Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Money Dick or the Whale

David M. Stillman

Ronni L. Gordon

Mastering French Grammar for Confident Communication

A good grasp of grammar enables the foreign-language learner to build skill and confidence in communication. Here's the "ultimate," painless way for intermediate and advanced learners to brush up on the rules. Each grammatical concept is explained and then illustrated with lively sentence examples; extensive exercises offer practice at applying this knowledge in everyday conversation. Also included are "culture notes," authentic documents, vocabulary boxes, and verb charts, as well as a full answer key and index.

The Ultimate French Review and Practice

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Campbell R. McConnell

Stanley L. Brue

Sean Masaki Flynn

Government

McConnell/Brue/Flynn has long set the standard for providing high-quality content to instructors and students alike. Known for versatility, comprehensiveness, and persistent innovation, it has remained one of the most trusted and reliable choices for principles of economics courses. The 21st edition continues to benefit from author Sean Flynn's influence with new discussion on strategic behavior, game theory, unconventional monetary policy and interest rate normalization. A robust set of content designed to facilitate classroom engagement through peer instruction has been developed to align with the learning objectives in the text. New innovations like interactive graphs and videos combine with Smartbook's adaptive reading experience and even more algorithmic and graphing assessment content in Connect to help students success in the course. McConnell/Brue/Flynn is expertly tailored to support a variety of course formats, institutions, and students. Its depth of content and breath of resources continue to be unparalleled in the introductory market.

Macroeconomics

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James Trefil

Buzz Aldrin

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Science

Mapping the Universe and Beyond

Space Atlas (Special Sales Edition)

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Aristophanes

Xenophon

Plato

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Six Classic Texts

This unique and expertly annotated collection of the classic accounts of Socrates left by Plato, Aristophanes, and Xenophon features new translations of Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and the death scene from Phaedo by C. D. C. Reeve, Peter Meineck's translation of Clouds, and James Doyle's translation of Apology of Socrates.

The Trials of Socrates

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Stephanie E. Smallwood

A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora

This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors. Stephanie E. Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the Middle Passage and into the American slave market.

Smallwood's story is animated by deep research and gives us a startlingly graphic experience of the slave trade from the vantage point of the slaves themselves. Ultimately, Saltwater Slavery details how African people were transformed into Atlantic commodities in the process. She begins her narrative on the shores of seventeenth-century Africa, tracing how the trade in human bodies came to define the life of the Gold Coast. Smallwood takes us into the ports and stone fortresses where African captives were held and prepared, and then through the Middle Passage itself. In extraordinary detail, we witness these men and women cramped in the holds of ships, gasping for air, and trying to make sense of an unfamiliar sea and an unimaginable destination. Arriving in America, we see how these new migrants enter the market for laboring bodies, and struggle to reconstruct their social identities in the New World.

Throughout, Smallwood examines how the people at the center of her story-merchant capitalists, sailors, and slaves-made sense of the bloody process in which they were joined. The result is both a remarkable transatlantic view of the culture of enslavement, and a painful, intimate vision of the bloody, daily business of the slave trade.

Saltwater Slavery

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Homer

Stanley Lombardo

Sheila Murnaghan

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The Essential Iliad

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Eurípides

Paul Woodruff

Stephen Esposito

In a New Translation by Nicholas Rudal

[Woodruff's translation] is clear, fluent, and vigorous, well thought out, readable and forceful. The rhythms are right, ever-present but not too insistent or obvious. It can be spoken instead of read and so is viable as an acting version; and it keeps the lines of the plot well focused. The Introduction offers a good survey of critical approaches. The notes at the foot of the page are suitably brief and nonintrusive and give basic information for the non-specialist. --Charles Segal, Harvard University

Bacchae

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This classic comedy -- from the 5th century BC -- concerns the vow of Greek women to withhold sex from their husbands until the men agree to end the disastrous wars between Athens and Sparta. An exuberant battle of the sexes with underlying anti-war theme.

Lysistrata

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Carol F. Karlsen

Witchcraft in Colonial New England

Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events at Salem.

More than three hundred years later, the question "Why?" still haunts us. Why were these and other women likely witches--vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and possession? Carol F. Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society.

The Devil in the Shape of a Woman

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John Gribbin

Solving the Quantum Mysteries

Schrodinger's Kittens and the Search for Reality

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Nancy K. Stalker

History

History and Culture from Classical to Cool

Japan

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Tolkien's retellings of the Norse legends of Sigurd, the dragon slayer and blood-brother of the Niflungs, and Gudrâun, a Niflung forced to marry Attila the Hun who the murders her brothers.

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún

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More peoples guide to J.R.R. Tolkein

Erica Challis

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Author J.R.R. Tolkien created his mythical Middle-earth as the setting for his greatest works, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Fantasy readers worldwide have loved both the books and the intricate magical world they inhabit. Director Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy has created an even greater awareness and curiosity about Tolkien's creation.

The People's Guide to J. R. R. Tolkien

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Daniel K. Richter

A Native History of Early America

In the beginning, North America was Indian country. But only in the beginning. After the opening act of the great national drama, Native Americans yielded to the westward rush of European settlers. Or so the story usually goes. Yet, for three centuries after Columbus, Native people controlled most of eastern North America and profoundly shaped its destiny. In Facing East from Indian Country, Daniel K. Richter keeps Native people center-stage throughout the story of the origins of the United States.

Viewed from Indian country, the sixteenth century was an era in which Native people discovered Europeans and struggled to make sense of a new world. Well into the seventeenth century, the most profound challenges to Indian life came less from the arrival of a relative handful of European colonists than from the biological, economic, and environmental forces the newcomers unleashed. Drawing upon their own traditions, Indian communities reinvented themselves and carved out a place in a world dominated by transatlantic European empires. In 1776, however, when some of Britain's colonists rebelled against that imperial world, they overturned the system that had made Euro-American and Native coexistence possible. Eastern North America only ceased to be an Indian country because the revolutionaries denied the continent's first peoples a place in the nation they were creating.

In rediscovering early America as Indian country, Richter employs the historian's craft to challenge cherished assumptions about times and places we thought we knew well, revealing Native American experiences at the core of the nation's birth and identity.

Facing East from Indian Country

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