Something is happening in the small town of Blackford, Indiana, that no one expected. Not just death, but brutal killings, and the criminals are still out there. At the same time, mysterious strangers renovate an old house and are welcomed to the neighborhood. Now the people of Blackford are beginning to wonder if there is a connection between all of these strange events. Who will survive The Trench Coat Killer?
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. We think we know the trench coat, but where does it come from and where will it take us? From its origins in the trenches of WW1, this military outerwear came to project the inner-being of detectives, writers, reporters, rebels, artists and intellectuals. The coat outfitted imaginative leaps into the unknown. Trench Coat tells the story of seductive entanglements with technology, time, law, politics, trust and trespass. Readers follow the rise of a sartorial archetype through media, design, literature, cinema and fashion. Today, as a staple in stories of future life-worlds, the trench coat warns of disturbances to come. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
In this contemporary romcom retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma by USA TODAY bestselling author Jillian Cantor, there’s nothing more complex—or unpredictable—than love. When math genius Emma and her coding club co-president, George, are tasked with brainstorming a new project, The Code for Love is born. George disapproves of Emma’s idea of creating a matchmaking app, accusing her of meddling in people’s lives. But all the happy new couples at school are proof that the app works. At least at first. Emma’s code is flawless. So why is it that perfectly matched couples start breaking up, the wrong people keep falling for each other, and Emma’s own feelings defy any algorithm?
Sassy and Waldo need to save their boy from being bored all day in class, but the school won't let two dogs inside. Good thing they found that trench coat! Sassy and Waldo are good dogs.Sassy and Waldo spend their day keeping the house safe. Has a squirrel ever gotten inside? No!But every day their boy, Stewart, leaves for a scary place: school!Sassy and Waldo need to save Stewart. But they don't let dogs into school. Not even the really good ones.Sassy and Waldo put on a trench coat.Now everyone at Bea Arthur Elementary thinks they are a new student.Everyone except Stewart.
There has been a terrible mistake. Instead of having thirty classrooms side by side, Wayside School is thirty storeys high! (The builder said he was sorry.) Perhaps that's why all sorts of strange and unusual things keep happening – especially in Mrs Jewls's classroom on the very top floor. There's the terrifying Mrs Gorf, who gets an unusually fruity comeuppance; Terrible Todd, who always gets sent home early; and Mauricia, who has a strange ice-cream addiction. Meanwhile, John can only read upside down, and Leslie is determined to sell her own toes. From top to bottom, Wayside is packed with quirky and hilarious characters who are all brought to life in this new edition with delightful illustrations by Aleksei Bitskoff throughout. This is an unmissable, irrepressible story of mixed-up mayhem from Louis Sachar, the bestselling author of Holes.
Good dogs Sassy and Waldo start their own after school club and they don't even realize it! Sassy and Waldo love school!They get to wear a trench coat and everyone thinks they're a new student named Salty.Except Stewart. He knows the truth.But then Stewart has to stay after school for a club.Sassy and Waldo know that a club is a sandwich. But it's not that kind of club.Sassy and Waldo go to the best place to wait for Stewart in the empty school: the cafeteria! Snacks! Running! Places to nap!Their classmates find out what Salty is doing there and they want in on the club.Only it's not the sandwich kind.
After another season of hell-raising, John Constantine finally makes it home again. But this time home might be the death of him. Meanwhile, his niece recovers from a brutal attack and his wife goes on the warpath.
An epic tale begins that will take Batman on a harrowing, action-packed European adventure in a new miniseries by superstar creators Tom Taylor and Andy Kubert! A horrific tragedy in the United Kingdom sends a very personal and deadly message to the Dark Knight—one that will draw Batman out of Gotham City to investigate! From the moment he lands in Europe, Batman will face a difficult investigation and unheard-of adversaries and find the assistance of a partner once more—all in the hunt for the villain known as Equilibrium! New villains! New allies! A thrilling overseas adventure begins for the Dark Knight!
When Tony Bernoulli finds his long lost friend Michael Trinicity, he is thrown into a century old treasure hunt to find The Lost Stone of power. He soon attracts rivals, and races against every element under the sun to get to the stone before his competitor Peter Bindu. Tony's world is turned upside-down, changing from a cashier into a Super Soldier, dodging bullets, scaling skyscrapers, and grappling goons, all while wearing a tux. Can Tony and Michael find the stone before Peter, saving the world from apocalypse in the process? Find out, in The Super Soldier Trilogy!
Michael Anderson was an ordinary person, who lived an ordinary life. He had been married for six years and had two lovely daughters. He worked as an insurance agent in a popular insurance firm, living in Fairfield, Connecticut. One day Michael came home to find a letter written to him from his wife. She had packed the kids and moved out of state and did not tell him where. Underneath the note were divorce papers signed by her, and their divorce was final without his appearance. Michael did not know why she divorced him. When he left for work, everything between them were fine. The next daybaffled, confused, and puzzledMichael goes in to work only to find that he had been fired without reason. Michael gets home, checks his mail, and finds a foreclosure letter. His house had been confiscated by the bank, and he had thirty days to move. The next day, he leaves his house to look for work. His car had been repossessed by the car company. Out of work, no car, and out of money, Michael turns to his best friend, Andrew Barler, a shift manager at a tire factory in Bridgeport. Andrew agrees to help Michael and offers him to move with him and his family in Bridgeport. It is until then that Michael finds out what friends are really for when he discovers his best friend is not the person he grew up with or knew from years ago. And as the days pass, he slowly discovers the terrifying secrets of Andrew Barler and the factory he works and why things are not what they seem.
