A fire burns deep within Matt Murdock. He was raised by a single father, an over-the-hill prizefighter with one last chance to make it good - a chance that cost him his life. Taunted and tormented by children while growing up, Matt's life was irrevocably altered after he was blinded by radioactive materials while saving the life of an old man. The payoff? An unbreakable will and a keen intelligence, helping focus the super-senses he was blessed with during the accident. His story is one of love, pain, disappointment, and strength. Witness the tour-de-force origin of the Man Without Fear by industry legends Frank Miller and John Romita Jr. Collects Daredevil: The Man Without Fear #1-5 Read more

A long, long time from now, in the valleys of what will no longer be called Northern California, might be going to have lived a people called the Kesh. But Always Coming Home is not the story of the Kesh. Rather it is the stories of the Kesh - stories, poems, songs, recipes - Always Coming Home is no less than an anthropological account of a community that does not yet exist, a tour de force of imaginative fiction by one of modern literature's great voices. Read more

The Enchanted Wood is the first magical story in the Faraway Tree series by the world s best-loved children s author, Enid Blyton.Come on a journey full of magic and adventure in THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE!When Joe, Beth and Frannie move to a new home, an Enchanted Wood is on their doorstep. And when they discover the Faraway Tree, that is the beginning of many magical adventures! Join them and their friends Moonface, Saucepan Man and Silky the fairy as they discover which new land is at the top of the Faraway Tree. Will it be the Land of Birthdays, the Land of Toys, or even the Land of Ice and Snow with its magic snowman? The Faraway Tree stories have been delighting readers for over 75 years. Look out for the other titles in The Magic Faraway Tree series: The Magic Faraway Tree, Folk of the Faraway Tree, and Up the Faraway Tree. Also available in beautiful deluxe editions.Look out, as well, for the Blyton Colour Reads series. Chock full of vibrant colour illustrations from Alex Paterson, these are the perfect way to introduce The Magic Faraway Tree adventures to children aged five and up.Enid Blyton is arguably the most famous children s author of all time, thanks to series such as The Wishing-Chair, The Faraway Tree­, The Mysteries, The Famous Five and The Secret Seven. Enid takes her place alongside Roald Dahl, Beatrix Potter, and A. A. Milne as one of Britain s true heritage children s authors. 'Her books were terrific page-turners in the way no others were' Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse. Read more

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Trop de gens l’ignorent… Après avoir inventé le vélo, Léonard a aussi créé la plus célèbre des courses cyclistes : le Tour de France. Dans son génie, il n’a rien oublié de ce qui en fait la célébrité aujourd’hui : les cols infranchissables (sauf par le disciple), la caravane du tour, le « pot belge »… Read more

Navigate the Star Wars universe as you never have before with this fully illustrated, full-color guide that maps the entire galaxy. You know the planets-from Alderaan and Corellia to Tatooine and Zonama Sekot-and the star systems, from the Deep Core to the Outer Rim. But now, for the first time, you can pinpoint their locations and chart the travels of your favorite characters through the vast reaches of space. Star Wars: The Essential Atlas is a galaxy-spanning trove of vital statistics and information ranging from the astronomical and geographical ("Systems, Sectors, Oversectors, and Regions") to the historical and political ("The Sith Empire" and "The Great Hyperspace War"). Encompassing the entire Star Wars canon, including all the films, and the Clone Wars television series, plus the novels, comic books, video games, and more, this volume is packed with dozens of detailed maps and charts, as well as pertinent data and accompanying facts on - the Empire: its length and breadth, political regions, populations, trade routes, major attractions, and trouble spots - the Clone Wars: the trajectory of this decisive conflict across the universe, data on key battles and major Loyalist and Separatist worlds - the adventures of Han Solo: the heroic rogue's exploits throughout the galaxy-including his captaincy of the Millennium Falcon and his first, fateful meeting with Chewbacca-before his life-changing alliance with Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi - the Sith Wars: the progression of the universal clash between the ancient Jedi Order, their dark side counterparts, and the Mandalorian warriors who fought against both orders - and much, much more From Hutt Space to the Unknown Regions, from the Knights of the Old Republic and Episode I to the Fate of the Jedi and Legacy era, Star Wars: The Essential Atlas is the ultimate gateway to space fantasy's most brilliantly imagined and endlessly intriguing galaxy. Read more

Nel braccio della morte, il boia che ha appena portato a compimento l'esecuzione di un condannato trova vicino alla sedia elettrica un foglietto con una sequenza numerica e, affascinato dall'enigma che potenzialmente rappresenta, decide di portarlo con sé. Da quel momento i numeri cominciano ad affiorargli intorno nell'ordine in cui sono riportati scandendo ogni momento della sua quotidianità. Inizialmente la loro presenza determina una svolta positiva: a partire dal ritrovamento di un cagnolino smarrito, l'uomo inizia una relazione sentimentale e vince una somma consistente al casinò giocando proprio i numeri che ha trovato. Ma, dopo una notte felice, il risveglio porta con sé un brusco cambiamento e la sequenza numerica torna a ricomporsi foriera di sventure fino a una conclusione agghiacciante che innesca un ineluttabile meccanismo ciclico. Con questa graphic novel, Thomas Ott torna a catturare il lettore/spettatore con il suo tratto allucinante e perentorio, graffiato abilmente su tavole nere secondo la tecnica dello "scratchboard". L'aspetto grezzo connaturato alla tecnica, che consiste nel ricoprire di inchiostro nero il foglio e grattarlo via con un pennino per far emergere i disegni, è sapientemente controbilanciato dalla ricchezza di dettagli e dalla finezza delle espressioni The artista conconconconferisce ai personaggi. Il segno luminoso emerge vigorosamente dall'oscurità veicolando alla perfezione l'illusione della tridimensionalità. Read more

A special tenth anniversary edition of comic cartoons starring the Calvin and Hobbes pair.Calvin, cheeky, hyperactive and mischievous, and Hobbes, his cuddly toy tiger who, as far as Calvin is concerned is very much alive and kicking, are two of the most loveable and hilarious characters to grace the comic strip in years. Sit back and enjoy... Read more

With Spawn, legendary writer and artist Todd McFarlane unleashed his iconic antihero on the world, and launched the most successful comic book in history. Spawn: Origins Book 1 includes classic Spawn stories written by Alan Moore and Frank Miller, as well as the introduction of memorable characters into the Spawn universe. Collects Spawn issues #1-8 and #11-14. Read more

It's 1925, fifteen years after the death of Captain Nemo, when his daughter Janni Dakkar launches a grand Antarctic expedition to lay the old man's burdensome legacy to rest. Accompanied by Nemo's shipmate Ishmael, a ration of rum and her father's log, Janni embarks on a perilous journey to the bottom of the world pursued by employees of the megalomaniacal Charles Foster Kane who seek the return of plundered loot. Jules Verne meets H.P. Lovecraft in the final showdown beneath the Mountains of Madness - the uncharted gap in the map where our hero's reality cracks. Read more

Enid Blyton The Magic Faraway Tree Collection X 4 Books Box Set Titles in This Set are The Magic Faraway Tree, The Folk of the Faraway Tree, The Enchanted Wood, Up the Faraway Tree. Read more

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Oliver Queen has been a faithful member of the Justice League of America and defended Star City with his trusty bown and an arsenal of deadly arrows for years--now thrill to the definitive tale of how he became Green Arrow!Queen is a frivolous playboy with little care for anyone or anything--apparently even himself. But when he's double-crossed and marooned on a jungle island, he finds that he does care about something: justice! Read more

Love takes many shapes and shades in The Complete Peanuts: 1991-1992. Charlie Brown's interest in the Little Red-Haired Girl is rekindled; Linus fails to impress Lydia; Sally hoorays for Hollywood; Marcie pines for the World War I Flying Ace, who becomes lost in his cups (of root beer); Peppermint Patty and Marcie try to make Charlie Brown choose between them; and Snoopy is dangerously obsessed . . . with cookies. Read more

Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of the 'Flock' - Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel - are just like ordinary kids - only they have wings and can fly. It may seem like a dream come true to some, but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time - like when Angel, the youngest member of the 'Flock', is kidnapped and taken back to the 'School' where she and the others were genetically engineered by sinister scientists. Her friends brave a journey to blazing hot Death Valley, California, to save Angel, but soon enough, they find themselves in yet another nightmare - this one involving fighting off the half-human, half-wolf 'Erasers' in New York City. Whether in the treetops of Central Park or in the bowels of the Manhattan subway system, Max and her adopted family take the ride of their lives. Along the way Max discovers from her old friend and father-figure Jeb - now her betrayed and greatest enemy - that her purpose is save the world - but can she? Read more

VOLUME 1 IN THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CHILDHOODThe Arab of the Future tells the unforgettable story of Riad Sattouf's childhood, spent in the shadows of three dictators - Muammar Gaddafi, Hafez al-Assad, and his father.A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR | AN OBSERVER GRAPHIC BOOK OF THE YEAR | A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK OF THE YEAR'I tore through it... The most enjoyable graphic novel I've read in a while' Zadie Smith'I joyously recommend this book to you' Mark Haddon'Riad Sattouf is one of the great creators of our time' Alain De Botton'Beautifully-written and drawn, witty, sad, fascinating... Brilliant' Simon Sebag MontefioreIn a striking, virtuoso graphic style that captures both the immediacy of childhood and the fervour of political idealism, Riad Sattouf recounts his nomadic childhood growing up in rural France, Gaddafi's Libya, and Assad's Syria - but always under the roof of his father, a Syrian Pan-Arabist who drags his family along in his pursuit of grandiose dreams for the Arab nation.Riad, delicate and wide-eyed, follows in the trail of his mismatched parents: his mother, a bookish French student, is as modest as his father is flamboyant. Venturing first to the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab State and then joining the family tribe in Homs, Syria, they hold fast to the vision of the paradise that always lies just around the corner. And hold they do, though food is scarce, children kill dogs for sport, and with locks banned, the Sattoufs come home one day to discover another family occupying their apartment. The ultimate outsider, Riad, with his flowing blond hair, is called the ultimate insult... Jewish. And in no time at all, his father has come up with yet another grand plan, moving from building a new people to building his own great palace.Brimming with life and dark humour, The Arab of the Future reveals the truth and texture of one eccentric family in an absurd Middle East, and also introduces a master cartoonist in a work destined to stand alongside Maus and Persepolis.Translated by Sam Taylor.'ENGROSSING' New York Times'A PAGE TURNER' Guardian'MARVELLOUS... BEGS TO BE READ IN ONE LONG SITTING' Herald'AN OBJECT OF CONSENSUAL RAPTURE' New Yorker'ONE OF THE GREATEST CARTOONISTS OF HIS GENERATION' Le Monde Read more

Un jour, la bombe a fini par éclater. Et toute la Terre s'est brutalement retrouvée plongée dans un éternel hiver gelé, hostile à toute forme de vie. Toute ? Pas tout à fait. Miraculeusement, une toute petite portion d'humanité a trouvé refuge in extremis dans un train révolutionnaire, le Transperceneige, mu par une fantastique machine à mouvement perpétuel que les miraculés de la catastrophe ont vite surnommé Sainte Loco. Mais à bord du convoi, désormais dépositaire de l'ultime échantillon de l'espèce humaine sur cette planète morte, il a vite fallu apprendre à survivre. Et les hommes, comme de bien entendu, n'ont rien eu de plus pressé que d'y reproduire les bons vieux mécanismes de la stratification sociale, de l'oppression politique et du mensonge religieux... Bande dessinée majeure des années 80 créée par Jean-Marc Rochette et Jacques Lob, reprise à la fin des années 90 pour deux volumes supplémentaires par Benjamin Legrand après le décès de son scénariste, la trilogie du Transperceneige reparait en un volume unique à l'occasion de son adaptation au cinéma (Snowpiercer) par le plus célèbre des cinéastes coréens, Bong Joon-ho. La redécouverte de l'une des meilleures sagas de science-fiction qu'ait produite la bande dessinée française : trente ans après sa création, Le Transperceneige n'a rien perdu de sa puissance et de sa singulière modernité. Read more

Hit-Girl spins off into her own blood-soaked saga! Mindy tries to settle down as a regular schoolgirl, but really wants to be dispensing justice to the scum of New York. She takes Kick-Ass on as her sidekick, and, in return,he is helping her to survive school - without spilling anyone's blood. But when Kick-Ass gets benched, leaving her to face the mafia solo, even Hit-Girl may be in over her head. Read more