John Updike

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

District of Columbia

1953-1975

Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction A harvest and not a winnowing, this volume collects 103 stories, almost all of the short fiction that John Updike wrote between 1953 and 1975. “How rarely it can be said of any of our great American writers that they have been equally gifted in both long and short forms,” reads the citation composed for John Updike upon his winning the 2006 Rea Award for the Short Story. “Contemplating John Updike’s monumental achievement in the short story, one is moved to think of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Ernest Hemingway, and perhaps William Faulkner—writers whose reputations would be as considerable, or nearly, if short stories had been all that they had written. From [his] remarkable early short story collections . . . through his beautifully nuanced stories of family life [and] the bittersweet humors of middle age and beyond . . . John Updike has created a body of work in the notoriously difficult form of the short story to set beside those of these distinguished American predecessors. Congratulations and heartfelt thanks are due to John Updike for having brought such pleasure and such illumination to so many readers for so many years.”

The Early Stories

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Matt Baglio

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

The Making of a Modern Exorcist

The inspiration for the film starring Anthony Hopkins, journalist Matt Baglio uses the astonishing story of one American priest's training as an exorcist to reveal that the phenomena of possession, demons, the Devil, and exorcism are not merely a remnant of the archaic past, but remain a fearsome power in many people's lives even today.

Father Gary Thomas was working as a parish priest in California when he was asked by his bishop to travel to Rome for training in the rite of exorcism. Though initially surprised, and slightly reluctant, he accepted this call, and enrolled in a new exorcism course at a Vatican-affiliated university, which taught him, among other things, how to distinguish between a genuine possession and mental illness. Eventually he would go on to participate in more than eighty exorcisms as an apprentice to a veteran Italian exorcist. His experiences profoundly changed the way he viewed the spiritual world, and as he moved from rational skeptic to practicing exorcist he came to understand the battle between good and evil in a whole new light. Journalist Matt Baglio had full access to Father Gary over the course of his training, and much of what he learned defies explanation.

The Rite provides fascinating vignettes from the lives of exorcists and people possessed by demons, including firsthand accounts of exorcists at work casting out demons, culminating in Father Gary's own confrontations with the Devil. Baglio also traces the history of exorcism, revealing its rites and rituals, explaining what the Catholic Church really teaches about demonic possession, and delving into such related topics as the hierarchy of angels and demons, satanic cults, black masses, curses, and the various theories used by modern scientists and anthropologists who seek to quantify such phenomena.

Written with an investigative eye that will captivate both skeptics and believers alike, The Rite shows that the truth about demonic possession is not only stranger than fiction, but also far more chilling.

The Rite

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Alan Moore

Jacen Burrows

There is some minor wear around the edges of the book.

 * The master of comic book writing shares his thoughts on how to deliver atop-notch script! The main essay was originally written in 1985 and appeared inan obscure British fanzine, right as Moore was reshaping the landscape of moderncomics, and has been tragically lost ever since. Now Avatar brings it back inprint, collected for the first time as one graphic novel, and heavilyillustrated by Jacen Burrows.
 * Moore also provides a brand new essay on how his thoughts on writing havechanged in the two decades since he first wrote it.

Alan Moore's Writing for Comics

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Scott Godlewski

Ron Riley

Jay Faerber

A New Sheriff in Town

 * Welcome to Copperhead, a grimy mining town on the edge of a backwaterplanet. Single mom Clara Bronson is the new sheriff, and on her first day she'llhave to contend with a resentful deputy, a shady mining tycoon, and a family ofalien hillbillies. And did we mention the massacre? Questions swirl around notonly the murder mystery, but around Sheriff Bronson herself. What brought her toa place like Copperhead? Is she running from something? Or towardssomething?
 * Collecting Copperhead #1-5, the debut story arc in Image's gritty newsci-fi/western mashup!

Copperhead Volume 1: a New Sheriff in Town

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Mark Kalesniko

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Stuck in a horrendous traffic jam on his way to his increasingly miserable job as an animator at Babbitt Jones Studios, a burnt-out and depressed Alex alternately rages, reminisces, fantasizes and hallucinates. Thus flashbacks to his earliest days as a starry-eyed young animator snagging his dream job, through the increasingly depressing political battles and creative compromises, with a love affair gone badly wrong along the way, alternate with scenes of an increasingly agitated present-day Alex, who imagines a series of increasingly violent deaths for himself. Then again, are they in fact fantasies, or prescient flashes? Is a threatening car tailing Alex just a paranoid fantasy or a genuine threat? Readers will have to wait until the very end of this hugely ambitious graphic novel to find out. Moreover, woven into this narrative fabric is a series of imagined moments from two generations ago, a Golden Age of animation, when an earlier Alex made his entry into a much different Babbitt Jones Studio―as imagined by the increasingly despondent present-day Alex. Loaded with fascinating insider information on two different generations of animators, skipping seamlessly among present and several different pasts, reality and fantasy, Freeway is another step forward for a major cartooning talent.

Freeway

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Alex Robinson

Alex's new graphic novel follows the lives of six people -- a reclusive rock legend, a heartbroken waitress, a counterfeiter, an obsessive crank, a lost daughter, and a backstabbing lover -- whose lives are unconnected until an act of violence affects them all in different ways.

Tricked

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Warren Ellis

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Suggested for mature readers, this mystery investigates a long-missing space shuttle that miraculously returns to Earth, occupied only by an insane pilot. Full color.

Orbiter

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Carlos D'Anda

Ryan Odagawa

Brian Wood

In the Shadow of Yavin

After the destruction of the Death Star, the Rebels are hounded by the Empire. Suspecting a spy in their ranks, Princess Leia forms a secret X-wing squadron--which includes Luke Skywalker--to expose the spy and find a safe home. Meanwhile, Han Solo and Chewbacca are sent on a covert mission! Collects Star Wars #1-#6 and Free Comic Book Day 2013.

BRIAN WOOD! ALEX ROSS! CLASSIC STAR WARS!

* The perfect starting point for new readers!

"It all just feels like Star Wars, and for a franchise that has been around for over 30 years, D'Anda somehow finds a way to inject new life into it."--Complex

Star Wars Volume 1: in the Shadow of Yavin

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Garth Ennis

True Faith

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Kevin Volo

Jeff Parker

On a summer night, Alden Baylor sits in a field watching the largest meteor shower in human history. What begins as teenage adventure becomes something more—the celestial event brings travelers who will change the world completely, and Alden discovers a connection to one of them. How does a young man who had to grow up fast handle the invasion of his planet? Can Alden keep humanity from oblivion? From writer Jeff Parker (AQUAMAN, HULK) and artist Sandy Jarrell (BATMAN '66) comes this story of adolescence, friendship, and hard decisions.

Meteor Men

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Brian K. Vaughan

Michael Chabon

Steve Rolston

Philip Bond

Eduardo Barreto

The Escapists tells the tale of three aspiring comics creators with big dreams, small cash, and publishing rights to one forgotten Golden Age hero-The Escapist! Inspired by Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, this is Vaughan's love letter to his chosen medium, a story about what it takes to start out with nothing in Cleveland, Ohio, and end up with a comic so hot a major corporation wants to steal it from you!

The Escapists

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Grant Morrison

Collects the first nine issues of the "Animal Man" comic, in which Buddy Baker uses his ability to transform into any animal he touches to help save mankind.

Animal Man

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Adrian Tomine

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Presents four stories that deal with a variety of characters, including a shy novelist who seeks out the girl he was obsessed with in high school, a lonely woman who loses her job, and high school outcasts.

Summer Blonde

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Rick Remender

Jerome Opeña

Matt Hollingsworth

The God of Whispers has spread an omnipresent paranoia to every corner ofthe kingdom of Zhal; his spies hide in every hall spreading mistrust and fear.Adam Osidis, a dying knight from a disgraced house, must choose between joininga hopeless band of magic users in their desperate bid to free their world of theevil God, or accepting his promise to give Adam everything his heart desires.

Writer RICK REMENDER reteams with collaborators JEROME OPEÑA(Uncanny X-Force, FEAR AGENT) and MATT HOLLINGSWORTH (TOKYO GHOST, WYTCHES) totake you on a hard road through the strange fantasy world of Zhal. All men havesurrendered their freedom for fear; now one last free man must choose.

Collects issue 1-4



Seven to Eternity

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This epic story of Sherman, Dorothy, Ed, Stephen, Jane, and Mr. Flavor is not to be missed. Alex Robinson's completely natural and inspiring knack for dialogue has made his story of dreary jobs, comic books, love, sex, messy apartments, girlfriends (and the lack thereof), undisclosed pasts, and crusty old professionals one of the most delightful and whimsical graphic novels to hit the stands in years.

Box Office Poison

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Jonathan Lethem

Karl Rusnack

Paul Hornschemeier

The Unknown

Presents the first ten volumes of the "Omega: The Unknown" comic, which features the adventures of an alien superhero and an orphaned teenage boy who shares his destiny.

Omega

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The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

Examines the influence of comic books on the evolution of American popular culture in the years between World War II and the emergence of television, focusing on the battle against comic books by church groups, community elite, and a right-wing Congress.

The Ten-Cent Plague

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A complete collection of short works offers insight into the progression of the writer's work throughout a thirty-year period and features, among other tales, the complete texts of At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom, Tumble Home, and The Dog of the Marriage. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel

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#paperback This copy has a barcode sticker on the spine.

This gathering of all Dylan Thomas's stories, ranging chronologically from the dark, almost surrealistic tales of Thomas's youth to such gloriously rumbustious celebrations of life as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Adventures in the Skin Trade, charts the progress of "The Rimbaud of Cwmdonkin Drive" toward his mastery of the comic idiom.

The Collected Stories

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Stories

A new collection of short stories from the author of AM/PM includes tales about a woman who creeps through her home's ductwork, a carnivorous reptile who destroys a town and a medical procedure that unearths a religious artifact.

Gutshot

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"The Exorcist" meets "Alien" in this sci-fi/horror story about a rogue priest at the edge of known space who must fight a demonic entity on a distant planet where religion has been outlawed! In the year 2999, mankind abandoned Earth and fled into outer space. Now, a disgraced priest, called into action to perform an exorcism on a remote space colony, is about to discover that no matter how far you run, you can’t escape your demons, and the Devil is, in fact, real. In space, no one can hear your prayers…

Sacrament

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Follows the journey of a young, impoverished boy in an unspecified Asian nation to the top of the corporate world and the twists and turns of his relationship with a beautiful woman.

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

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Poems

A funny, charming and imaginative debut collection of poems that deal with the experience of growing up in a world saturated with fantasy and social media. Leigh Stein's fresh and amusing take on the trials of becoming an adult will appeal to the 'Lost Generation' of unemployed and underemployed twenty-somethings searching for meaning in a world of harsh reality. A fresh and innovative collection from the brilliant young author of The Fallback Plan (Melville House, 2012).

Dispatch from the Future

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A final installment in the trilogy that began with The Areas of My Expertise features The Daily Show's "Resident Expert's" latest compendium of trivia and facts completely invented by the author, from the occupations of 700 mole men to the anticipated end of human history in 2012.

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The Early Stories

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Alan Moore's Writing for Comics

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Copperhead Volume 1: a New Sheriff in Town

Mark Kalesniko

Freeway

Alex Robinson

Tricked

Warren Ellis

Orbiter

Carlos D'Anda; Ryan Odagawa; Brian Wood

Star Wars Volume 1: in the Shadow of Yavin

Garth Ennis

True Faith

Kevin Volo; Jeff Parker

Meteor Men

Brian K. Vaughan; Michael Chabon; Steve Rolston; Philip Bond; Eduardo Barreto

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Grant Morrison

Animal Man

Adrian Tomine

Summer Blonde

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Seven to Eternity

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Box Office Poison

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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia

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