Chase's Calendar of Events, 2011 Edition
Chase's Calendar of Events, 2011 Edition

Author: Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2010-10-18

Total Pages: 754

ISBN-13: 0071740279

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Chase’s Calendar of Events is the most comprehensive and authoritative reference available in the world on special days, weeks, and months. Indispensable CD-ROM holds all the book’s 12,500 entries. Unique reference in the marketplace acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal, Library Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post.

Adaptive Intelligence
Adaptive Intelligence

Author: Robert J. Sternberg

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-02-04

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1009038338

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Adaptive Intelligence is a dramatic reappraisal and reframing of the concept of human intelligence. In a sweeping analysis, Robert J. Sternberg argues that we are using a fatally-flawed, outdated conception of intelligence; one which may promote technological advancement, but which has also accelerated climate change, pollution, the use of weaponry, and inequality. Instead of focusing on the narrow academic skills measured by standardized tests, societies should teach and assess adaptive intelligence, defined as the use of collective talent in service of the common good. This book describes why the outdated notion of intelligence persists, what adaptive intelligence is, and how it could lead humankind on a more positive path.

Enemies & Allies
Enemies & Allies

Author: Kevin J. Anderson

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-05-05

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 0061915599

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“[A] fun read….Batman and Superman meet in this retro-flavored novel set amid the Cold War sensibilities of the 1950s.” —USA Today The Dark Knight meets the Man of Steel in Enemies & Allies—the thrilling story of the first-ever meeting between Batman and Superman, brilliantly imagined by New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson. One of today’s most popular writers pits the iconic superheroes against Lex Luthor and the Soviets—and each other—in a spellbinding story of destiny and duty set against the backdrop of America’s Cold War era.

Spawn #311
Spawn #311

Author: Todd McFarlane

Publisher: Image Comics

Published: 2020-10-28

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13:

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"Cult of Omega" (Part One) SPAWN raises some of the 'dead' as he storms a palace that has been hiding the secrets of a hidden society whose members can combine to become more powerful than any SPAWN throughout time! Lead by their new king... the OMEGA SPAWN! TODD McFARLANE and Carlo Barberi launch an exciting and dangerous new chapter for SPAWN!

Life Is Strange #12
Life Is Strange #12

Author: Emma Vieceli

Publisher: Titan Comics

Published: 2020-01-15

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1787733890

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For one fleeting moment, Max was together with her original Chloe again. Holding onto the memory tightly, Max pleaded to Chloe to wait for her… until she was woken in her new reality. The lucid dream put such a strong hold on Max that even urgent texts from Tristan hadn’t stirred her. Meanwhile, Rachel prepared for her upcoming Hamlet tour. Mulling over the death of her character, Ophelia, Rachel’s mind was plagued with thoughts of the death of her counterpart from Max’s reality. Max met Tristan on the beach where he was training his power – and where he glimpsed another Chloe. After they clasped hands and concentrated, Max saw what Tristan wanted to show her: a Chloe from another string. But while Max tried to connect to this other reality, the Chloe of her current string suffered an other-worldly amount of pain. Max now believes that ‘her’ Chloe is looking for her too.

Superman & Batman Generations 2
Superman & Batman Generations 2

Author: John Byrne

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 9781840237115

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From author and artist John Byrne comes another perspective on the development of both Superman and Batman that begins in 1942 and progresses right through to 2019.

Capyboppy
Capyboppy

Author:

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1985-04

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780395383681

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The author describes the spring and summer his family adopts a large South American rodent for a pet.

The Escapists
The Escapists

Author: Brian K. Vaughan

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

Published: 2016-09-14

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1630089206

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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! Brilliantly interweaving the lives of the creators with the world of their creation, artists Steve Rolston and Philip Bond bring the comic-booking trio Maxwell Roth, Case Weaver, and Denny Jones to life, while the inimitable Jason Shawn Alexander and Eduardo Barreto illustrate the thrilling trials and exciting extrications of the new -- and old -- Escapist!

Desegregating Comics
Desegregating Comics

Author: Qiana Whitted

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2023-05-12

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 197882503X

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Some comics fans view the industry’s Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as brutal savages, devious witch doctors, or unintelligible minstrels. Yet the true portrait is more complex and reveals that even as caricatures predominated, some Golden Age comics creators offered more progressive and nuanced depictions of Black people. Desegregating Comics assembles a team of leading scholars to explore how debates about the representation of Blackness shaped both the production and reception of Golden Age comics. Some essays showcase rare titles like Negro Romance and consider the formal innovations introduced by Black comics creators like Matt Baker and Alvin Hollingsworth, while others examine the treatment of race in the work of such canonical cartoonists as George Herriman and Will Eisner. The collection also investigates how Black fans read and loved comics, but implored publishers to stop including hurtful stereotypes. As this book shows, Golden Age comics artists, writers, editors, distributors, and readers engaged in heated negotiations over how Blackness should be portrayed, and the outcomes of those debates continue to shape popular culture today.

Bad Clowns
Bad Clowns

Author: Benjamin Radford

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0826356672

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Bad clowns—those malicious misfits of the midway who terrorize, haunt, and threaten us—have long been a cultural icon. This book describes the history of bad clowns, why clowns go bad, and why many people fear them. Going beyond familiar clowns such as the Joker, Krusty, John Wayne Gacy, and Stephen King’s Pennywise, it also features bizarre, lesser-known stories of weird clown antics including Bozo obscenity, Ronald McDonald haters, killer clowns, phantom-clown abductors, evil-clown panics, sex clowns, carnival clowns, troll clowns, and much more. Bad Clowns blends humor, investigation, and scholarship to reveal what is behind the clown’s dark smile.