Vanguard #2: Cold War Frankenstein
Vanguard #2: Cold War Frankenstein

Author: Percival Constantine

Publisher: Percival Constantine/Nifty Entertainment

Published: 2015-02-23

Total Pages: 75

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The world has changed. A mysterious event altered the genetic structure of humanity, granting a small percentage of the population superhuman powers. The government has secretly formed a superhero team to deal with threats from potential supervillains. Paragon—telekinetic powerhouse; Zenith—hyper-intelligent AI; Shift—shape-changing teenager; Wraith—teleporting shadow warrior; Sharkskin—human/shark hybrid. Led by the armored Gunsmith, they are Vanguard! Murders in rural Russia initially suggest the work of a special, but something else is at play, involving a dark secret from the days of the Soviet Union. To discover the truth, Vanguard must butt heads with the Russian government and risk an international incident. Can they solve the mystery of the Cold War Frankenstein before more people die? From Percival Constantine comes an all-new superhero series in the vein of the X-Men and the Avengers!

Vanguard #1: Come The Exemplar
Vanguard #1: Come The Exemplar

Author: Percival Constantine

Publisher: Percival Constantine/Nifty Entertainment

Published: 2015-01-19

Total Pages: 78

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The world has changed. A mysterious event altered the genetic structure of humanity, granting a small percentage of the population superhuman powers. A small team of these specials has been formed to deal with potential threats. Paragon—telekinetic powerhouse; Zenith—hyper-intelligent automaton; Shift—shape-changing teenager; Wraith—teleporting shadow warrior; Sharkskin—human/shark hybrid. Led by the armored Gunsmith, they are Vanguard! Callum King’s life has fallen apart. He lost his job, his wife left him, and he was about to end it all—when he discovered he possessed the powers of a superman. Now calling himself the Exemplar, he’s declared himself the world’s first superhero, out to prove those who doubted him wrong. But his arrogance far supersedes his good intentions! Can Vanguard overcome their internal strife in order to face their first threat? If you enjoy the X-Men or the Avengers, you don't want to miss this brand-new prose superhero serial!

Vanguard: The Complete First Season
Vanguard: The Complete First Season

Author: Percival Constantine

Publisher: Percival Constantine/Nifty Entertainment

Published: 2015-08-16

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13:

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Classic Superheroes for a Modern World! A mysterious event has altered the genetic structure of humanity, granting a small percentage of the population superhuman abilities. In order to deal with potential threats posed by these specials, the President of the United States secretly forms a response team called Vanguard. Overseen by Colonel Leonard Thorne and led by Gunsmith, a soldier in a powerful exoskeleton, this team—the telekinetic powerhouse Paragon, the shape-changing Shift, the robotic Zenith, the shadow-teleporting Wraith, and the savage Sharkskin—must overcome their differences while also dealing with a parade of threats! Follow along in this first season as the team faces off against an arrogant would-be superhero, a twisted Cold War scientist, a radical revolutionary, and a vengeance-driven powerhouse! But waiting in the wings is a far more deadly threat—a mysterious warlord and his terrorist network, which plans to use specials for their own purposes! Fans of the X-Men and Avengers do not want to miss this explosive first season of an all-new superhero prose series! This collection contains all five episodes of the first season, plus a special bonus episode previously unavailable! Contents Episode #0: The Event Episode #1: Come The Exemplar Episode #2: Cold War Frankenstein Episode #3: Air of Revolution Episode #4: Power Surge Episode #5: Rise of the Red Fist

Vanguard: The Complete Collection
Vanguard: The Complete Collection

Author: Percival Constantine

Publisher: Percival Constantine

Published: 2022-05-22

Total Pages: 1676

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Experience an epic superhero adventure! One day, the world was normal. The next, people all over the world suddenly developed unexplained superhuman abilities. Now, the world is a more dangerous place because of these new beings, called specials. And the world's governments struggle to balance civil rights with safety. Despite an international ban on the use of specials for military purposes, the US government has secretly formed a team: Paragon, telekinetic powerhouse. Wraith, dark matter teleporter. Sharkskin, the human/shark hybrid. Shift, shape-changing teenager. Zenith, super-powered automaton. And led by Gunsmith, a military commander fitted with a hi-tech exoskeleton. Fans of the X-Men, Avengers, and other superhero properties will love this collection of all five books in the Vanguard series. See the team's first missions, the escalating threats they face, an apocalyptic future, and an alien invasion! Relive the adventures in one collection or experience them for the first time. Contains the following titles: Vanguard: Heroes Forged Vanguard: Heroes Divided Vanguard: Heroes Resilient Vanguard: Heroes Fallen Vanguard: Heroes Reborn

Vanguard: Heroes Forged
Vanguard: Heroes Forged

Author: Percival Constantine

Publisher: Percival Constantine

Published: 2015-08-15

Total Pages: 388

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What would you do if you woke up with superpowers? One day, the world was normal. The next, people all over the world suddenly developed unexplained superhuman abilities. Now, the world is a more dangerous place because of these new beings, called specials. And the world's governments struggle to balance civil rights with safety. Despite an international ban on the use of specials for military purposes, the US government has secretly formed a team: Paragon, telekinetic powerhouse. Wraith, dark matter teleporter. Sharkskin, the human/shark hybrid. Shift, shape-changing teenager. Zenith, super-powered automaton. And led by Gunsmith, a military commander fitted with a hi-tech exoskeleton. But their mission intensifies when the ruthless Red Fist terrorist organization prepares an army of specials to launch a global revolution. Can Vanguard learn to work as a team in time to prevent a super-powered coup? Or will the world be razed in favor of a new order? Fans of the X-Men and Avengers do not want to miss the explosive adventures in this astounding superhero novel series!

Vanguard #4: Power Surge
Vanguard #4: Power Surge

Author: Percival Constantine

Publisher: Percival Constantine/Nifty Entertainment

Published: 2015-04-20

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13:

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The world has changed. A mysterious event altered the genetic structure of humanity, granting a small percentage of the population superhuman powers. The government has secretly formed a superhero team to deal with threats from potential supervillains. Paragon—telekinetic powerhouse; Zenith—hyper-intelligent AI; Shift—shape-changing teenager; Wraith—teleporting shadow warrior; Sharkskin—human/shark hybrid. Led by the armored Gunsmith, they are Vanguard! A special who was imprisoned for research purposes has found a way to use his energy abilities to escape, and now he wants vengeance! Only Vanguard can stand up to the power of Lucent, but success can only come through sacrifice, while a larger threat looms in the distance! From Percival Constantine comes an all-new superhero series in the vein of the X-Men and the Avengers!

Vanguard #5: Rise of the Red Fist
Vanguard #5: Rise of the Red Fist

Author: Percival Constantine

Publisher: Percival Constantine/Nifty Entertainment

Published: 2015-05-18

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13:

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The world has changed. A mysterious event altered the genetic structure of humanity, granting a small percentage of the population superhuman powers. The government has secretly formed a superhero team to deal with threats from potential supervillains. Paragon—telekinetic powerhouse; Zenith—hyper-intelligent AI; Shift—shape-changing teenager; Wraith—teleporting shadow warrior; Sharkskin—human/shark hybrid. Led by the armored Gunsmith, they are Vanguard! Following their last mission, Vanguard is at their weakest ebb. And it is from this weakness that their greatest foe has been drawing strength. Now, all the pieces are in place for the mysterious Khagan to finally make his move! With his army known as the Red Fist, the Khagan plans to bring about a new world order. And with the resources at his disposal, not even the might of Vanguard will be able to stop him! Avengers and X-Men fans, don’t miss the stunning conclusion to the first season of this all-new superhero serial!

The Cultural Cold War
The Cultural Cold War

Author: Frances Stonor Saunders

Publisher: New Press, The

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 1595589147

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During the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy’s most cherished possession—but such freedom was put in service of a hidden agenda. In The Cultural Cold War, Frances Stonor Saunders reveals the extraordinary efforts of a secret campaign in which some of the most vocal exponents of intellectual freedom in the West were working for or subsidized by the CIA—whether they knew it or not. Called "the most comprehensive account yet of the [CIA’s] activities between 1947 and 1967" by the New York Times, the book presents shocking evidence of the CIA’s undercover program of cultural interventions in Western Europe and at home, drawing together declassified documents and exclusive interviews to expose the CIA’s astonishing campaign to deploy the likes of Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Robert Lowell, George Orwell, and Jackson Pollock as weapons in the Cold War. Translated into ten languages, this classic work—now with a new preface by the author—is "a real contribution to popular understanding of the postwar period" (The Wall Street Journal), and its story of covert cultural efforts to win hearts and minds continues to be relevant today.

Popular Fronts
Popular Fronts

Author: Bill V Mullen

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2024-04-22

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 0252098013

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The Communist International's Popular Front campaign of the 1930s brought to the fore ideas that resonated in Chicago's African American community. Indeed, the Popular Front not only connected to the black experience of the era, but outlasted its Communist Party affiliation to serve as both model and inspiration for a postwar cultural insurrection led by African Americans. With a new preface Bill V. Mullen updates his dynamic reappraisal of a critical moment in American cultural history. Mullen's study includes reassessments of the politics of Richard Wright's critical reputation and a provocative reading of class struggle in Gwendolyn Brooks' A Street in Bronzeville. He also takes an in-depth look at the institutions that comprised Chicago's black popular front: the Chicago Defender, the period's leading black newspaper; Negro Story, the first magazine devoted to publishing short stories by and about African Americans; and the WPA-sponsored South Side Community Art Center.

Dean Koontz's Frankenstein
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein

Author: Dean Ray Koontz

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 9780007203123

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Detective Carson O'Connor and Michael Maddison join forces with their former adversary to confront a new threat to humanity.