Black Heart Billy
Black Heart Billy

Author: Kieron Dwyer

Publisher: Ait/Planetlar

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Meet Billy Black, your average 20-something skatepunk with a robot head! WATCH-as he survives the high cost of living and fast times in San Francisco! SEE-him spend his day handing beatdowns to hippies and dot-commies alike! GASP-as Billy stumbles into a horrible conspiracy! Evil Nazi scientists have reincarnated Hitler, housing his evil soul in the corpse of Jerry Garcia! Their goal: to turn the world into mindless hippie zombies and begin the 4th Reich! The adventure that follows is a boss bowl of high-octane super-crunch as Billy fights the evil Garcia/Hitler robot, Deadhead! Can Billy, this rebel without a clue, save the world from free love and never-ending jams?

Black Heart Billy
Black Heart Billy

Author:

Publisher: IDW Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781600103179

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Meet Billy Black, a refugee from the early 80's hardcore scene who's having a bit of trouble acclimating to modern life. During an afternoon skate session through his new hometown San Francisco, Billy Black is disgusted to find the city overrun with stinky hippies, self-righteous gutter punks, and vapid yuppies. While paying forward some community service by drunkenly bludgeoning a band of Burning Man refugees with the skull of Jerry Garcia, Billy inadvertently becomes immersed in an evil Nazi conspiracy to turn the world into mindless hippie zombies in order to usher in the 4th Reich. A romp through a ridiculous world teetering between irreverent humor and violent shenanigans brought to you by the half-witted monkey heads behind Fear Agent, XXXombies, Remains, and Night Mary.

Gigantic #2
Gigantic #2

Author: Rick Remender

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues)

Published: 2013-03-13

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13:

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You are an actor on a planet-sized stage. You don't know it, but Gigantic does, and he's willing to risk your life to open your eyes. With the universe-controlling network known as the UBC hot on his tail, Gigantic makes a desperate plea to the citizens of his home world to discontinue their support of the evil corporation that rules them. In a fight for the life of his brother, the mystery society at the core of the Earth is revealed.

In the Heart of the Dark Wood
In the Heart of the Dark Wood

Author: Billy Coffey

Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM

Published: 2014-11-18

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1401690106

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A motherless girl hungry for hope . . . and the dream that could be leading her astray. Almost two years have passed since twelve-year-old Allie Granderson’s beloved mother, Mary, disappeared into the wild tornado winds. Her body has never been found. Allie clings to memories of her mother, just as she clings to the broken compass she left behind, the makeshift Nativity scene in the front yard, and her best friend Zach. But even with Zach at her side, the compass on her wrist, and the Nativity right outside the window, Allie cannot help but feel lost in all the growing up that must get done. When the Holy Mother disappears from the yard, Allie’s bewilderment is compounded by the sudden movement of her mother’s compass. Following the needle, Allie and Zach leave the city behind and push into the inky forest on the outskirts of Mattingly. For Allie, the journey is more than a ghost hunt: she is rejoining the mother she lost—and finding herself with each step deeper into the heart of the dark wood. Brimming with lyrical prose and unexpected discoveries, In the Heart of the Dark Wood illustrates the steep transition we all must undergo—the moment we shed our childlike selves and step into the strange territory of adulthood.

Yang Warriors
Yang Warriors

Author: Kao Kalia Yang

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 2021-04-13

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13: 1452969221

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Award-winning author Kao Kalia Yang delivers an inspiring tale of resourceful children confronting adversaries in a refugee camp After lunch the Yang warriors prepare for battle. They practice drills, balance rocks on their heads, wield magical swords from fallen branches. Led by ten-year-old Master Me (whose name means “little”), the ten cousins are ready to defend the family at all costs. After a week without fresh vegetables , the warriors embark on a dangerous mission to look for food, leaving the camp’s boundaries, knowing their punishment would be severe if they were caught by the guards. In this inspiring picture book, fierce and determined children confront the hardships of Ban Vinai refugee camp, where the author lived as a child. Yang’s older sister, seven-year-old Dawb, was one of the story’s warriors, and her brave adventure unfolds here with all the suspense and excitement that held her five-year-old sister spellbound many years later. Accompanied by the evocative and rich cultural imagery of debut illustrator Billy Thao, the warriors’ secret mission shows what feats of compassion and courage children can perform, bringing more than foraged greens back to the younger children and to their elders. In this unforgiving place, with little to call their own, these children are the heroes, offering gifts of hope and belonging in a truly unforgettable way.

Salience
Salience

Author: Steven McCann

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2021-10-19

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1664195335

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The word, ‘salience,’ originally comes from the Latin, ‘salio,’ meaning to leap, or spring. Gradually, over the centuries, it has taken on its present meaning of, ‘particularly noticeable or prominent.’ Billy Garth, the hero of my novel that bears this title, experiences colors and sounds taking unusual prominence in his mind and distorting his senses during the last year of high school. Only after a long struggle does he understand that they are symptoms of his illness, schizophrenia. Billy is endowed with strength of body and character, as well as a noble and adventurous spirit. His journey takes him through masonry work in the hot sun, a police arrest, court hearings and stays at both a forensic correctional facility and a state mental hospital. He’s joined by a host of characters; some educated, some ignorant, some violent, others non-violent; those fated to endure a lifetime of suffering, and a few, like Billy, chosen to move on, becoming stronger, wiser and self-aware.

Without a Map
Without a Map

Author: Meredith Hall

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2024-04-09

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0807016314

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The national best-selling memoir about banishment, reconciliation, and the meaning of family "This sobering portrayal of a pregnant teen exiled from her small New Hampshire community is a testament to the importance of understanding and even forgiving the people who . . . have made us who we are” —O, The Oprah Magazine A New York Times Bestseller, now with an epilogue from the author Meredith Hall’s moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at sixteen. Shunned by her insular New Hampshire community, she is then kicked out of the house by her mother. Her father and stepmother reluctantly take her in, hiding her before they finally banish her altogether. After giving her baby up for adoption, Hall wanders recklessly through the Middle East, where she survives by selling her possessions and finally her blood. She returns to New England and stitches together a life that encircles her silenced and invisible grief. Her lost son tracks her down when he turns twenty-one, and Hall learns that he grew up in gritty poverty with an abusive father in her own father’s hometown. Their reunion is tender, turbulent, and ultimately redemptive. Hall’s parents never ask for her forgiveness, yet as they age, she offers them her love. Here, loss and betrayal evolve into compassion, and compassion into wisdom.

Blackheart Highway
Blackheart Highway

Author: Richard Barre

Publisher: Berkley Hardcover

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780425169032

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When Doc Whitney is released from prison, 20 years after being convicted of killing his wife and daughters, his hometown is divided. That's when P.I. Wil Hardesty is hired to reconstruct a life, track down a killer . . . and survive.