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Ty Baxter, New Liberty City’s resident genius, inventor, and Olympian, should be happy; he was just made president of the family company. But this new promotion is more than he bargained for: misappropriated funds, a looming takeover from the power corporation, and a dead body. The more he digs into it the more he unravels his life and his family’s legacy.

Maybe it is like they say: the first generation earns the money, the second generation holds it, and the third generation loses it.

Will Ty uncover the villain behind it all?

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Bullying is a very serious issue, especially if the bullies are superhuman martial artists! Isao Akia, A high school student, figured that after training in the martial arts his days of being bullied would be over. And they were until he was transferred to "Long Wei High" a school owned by a deadly Chinese syndicate called the "Nine Dragons". At this school a “school yard brawl” could level an entire city!
Genres: Action, Comedy, Martial Arts, School Life, Shounen [close]

[close] Whap! Thud! Crash! SMASH: TRIAL BY FIRE is an action-packed graphic novel that simultaneously spoofs and pays tribute to superhero lore while inspiring a new generation of crimefighters.

Clobbered by fallout from a blast that kills the local superhero, Defender, Andrew Ryan suddenly has super strength and speed! And he can fly! Now it’s up to him to protect citizens from thieves, thugs, and fearsome villains. He dons a homemade costume to hide his true identity - and Smash is born!

But fighting crime isn’t easy, especially when you’re in fifth grade. On top of evil robots and trigger-happy bank robbers, there’s homework, curfew, and the school bully to deal with. Not to mention the Magus, a fearsome villain who will stop at nothing to steal Smash’s superpowers for himself!

Influenced by film, cartoons, and of course, classic comic books, this vivid escapade features a rib-tickling, high-energy storyline and the colorful, exaggerated figures of nostalgic comic-book art: a combo perfect for kids longing for a secret identity of their own. [close]

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Jeff Browning has been haunted by terrifying dreams since the mysterious disappearance of his father (a renowned physicist). But when he finds a portal in his father’s office, he must overcome his fears in an attempt to find him.
The portal takes him to another dimension – one populated by fantastic and dangerous creatures and also an advanced society of humans.
As Jeff looks for clues regarding what may have happened to his father, he is accused by some of being a spy while thought by others to be a prophesized figure . . . who may be the key to victory in a developing war.

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[close] Ted Marx works hard at his career as a quantum physicist. But lately the demands of his job have begun to overwhelm him. Then Ted makes a startling discovery: his wife's father once knew Einstein and claims that Einstein entrusted to him a final, devastating secret—a secret even more profound and shattering than the work that led to the first atom bombs. If Ted can convince his father-in-law to tell him what Einstein had to say, his job will be safe. But does he dare reveal Einstein's most dangerous secret to those who might exploit it?

In their comic book Genius, acclaimed duo Teddy H. Kristiansen and Steven T. Seagle have created an exploration of the heights of intellectual and scientific achievement and the depths of human emotion and confusion. [close]

[close] In Charles Demers's darkly comic debut novel, Daniel — an East Vancouver obsessive-compulsive — is forced to evaluate his self-absorption against the trials and traumas of others. As he tries to submerge himself in a solitary, Karl Marx-inspired research project in the basement archives of the medical library, Daniel watches his family flounder at the centre of a free-speech fight for a children's book about a same-sex relationship—between turtles.

Whether you read this book for Demers's razor-sharp prose — he is a master of observation and a deft purveyor of contemporary vernacular — or simply to be dazzled by one hell of a story, prepare yourself: here's a brave new voice that is both fresh and brash. [close]

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This graphic novel is a dramatic rendition of the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Author Randy Alcorn and artist Javier Saltares take readers into the realm of first century Jerusalem and then two very different eternal realms.

Note from Randy:
I can't tell you how excited I am about my first graphic novel, Eternity.

In my novels, and even in my nonfiction, I try to paint vivid pictures of Heaven and Hell. But when all you have is words, they must do all the “painting.” It’s very different with a graphic novel (if you’re not familiar with the term, that’s an extended comic book form). Javier Saltares, the artist, and Ben Prenevost, the colorist, have gone above and beyond in following my descriptions and adding their innovations, producing over 600 images for the book. The quantity of art in a graphic novel is remarkable. But quantity is one thing; quality is another. And this art is quality!
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[close] This Norman Bates meets Jesus Christ tale of love, lust, madness and violence explores the fascinating life of a man and his immaculate misconception and his quest for relevance in an indifferent world.
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Having spent six years at a convalescent facility in Seattle, J is desperate for a fresh start. He hopes a new life will help him escape haunting memories of a devastating failure, and of mother - a paranoid fanatical woman.

The new life begins on a bright note with a job offer from a legendary Wall Street firm. But when the reboot fails to gather momentum, J is forced to question the world he has been trying to fit himself in- a morally bankrupt world, run by godless overlords, tittering on the brink of financial Armageddon, and addicted to vampire fantasies. A world that may yet provide him with an opportunity to save mankind, and in doing so prove to mother that he is truly the Savior he has always claimed to be.

We are the stories we tell ourselves. Some are compelled to tell tales that are as fantastic as their lives have been deprived. Dark edgy and violent The Sucker is one such tale, about a man and his immaculate misconception and his quest for relevance in an indifferent world.

-----Kirkus Review (March 2013) -------------

Vellal’s debut novel tells the story of a troubled man who comes to Wall Street looking for answers.

J Cavanaugh arrives in Manhattan for a job interview with the prestigious Wall Street firm of Drake and Steiner. Despite his lack of experience, he’s hired at once … J sees his new job as a chance to have a normal life for the first time. He was raised by his disturbed mother ... and after leaving home, he spent most of his life in a Seattle clinic. As a result, he knows almost nothing about how regular people behave, but he thinks he’ll have the chance to prove himself at Drake and Steiner.

As the financial crisis (2007-2008) unfolds, the firm suffers huge losses and lays off many of its employees. Meanwhile, J begins to struggle with his delusion … he eventually believes that he’s destined to become a new Christ, equal to the original, and as he grows more dissatisfied with his job he begins to wonder if he’ll have to destroy the “creatures” behind the economic disaster.

Vellal’s portrayal of a man sliding deeper and deeper into insanity is disturbingly vivid. He uses memorable flashbacks to gradually build a picture of J's distorted home life and the baleful influence of his fanatical, mentally ill mother.

(The Sucker) will likely draw many readers into J’s funhouse world with unnerving clarity.

A disturbing vision of the financial crisis as seen through the eyes of a madman [close]

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In this second book of the popular Land of Nod Trilogy, Jeff Browning continues his quest to find his father in the strange new world he has discovered. His journey takes him across a savage wilderness in which danger is inescapable.

While Jeff searches for The Prophet, his friend, Artimus, faces a less obvious but just as deadly maze of political conspiracies as he tries to convince a reluctant public that the invasion he helped thwart was only the beginning of a much more serious threat.

An epic science fiction, fantasy adventure with action and intrigue on every page.


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[close] HUNT EMERSON TURNS THE COMMEDIA INTO A COMEDY!! Written in the early fourteenth century, Dante’s Divine Comedy has long since been acknowledged as the greatest single poem of the last 2,000 years. It is a three-part epic, which tells the story of how a lost soul – the poet himself – is led by a spirit guide through Hell and Purgatory and finally to the highest realms of Heaven, where he is re-united with his lost love, the beautiful Beatrice. The best-known and best-loved section of the poem is the Inferno, an astonishingly rich gallery of horrors, torments and monstrosities, populated both by hideous demons and by the pathetic souls of the dead, each one being punished in a bizarre way that matches his or her particular sin. Intensely visual in its portrayal of agony and bliss alike, the poem has influenced countless writers, musicians and above all artists – from Botticelli to William Blake, from the Pre-Raphaelites to Tom Phillips. It has just one obvious weakness: Not enough good jokes. Now, after more than half a millennium, one comic artist has finally come forward to put matters right. Hunt Emerson, the dazzlingly talented cartoonist who has previously brought new and richly humorous life to the works of Coleridge, Casanova, D.H. Lawrence and John Ruskin, has gone for the biggest literary name of them all. [close]

[close] From the pages of the UK’s award-winning, infamous music newspaper, The Stool Pigeon, come Krent Able’s mind-blowing, appallingly hilarious and beautifully drawn rock-star abusing comic strips, gathered together for the first time. Featuring exclusive new comics and illustrations, join the dashing and hirsute Mr Able as he takes a chainsaw to the icons of music. SEE! Lou Reed’s trouble with monkeys! Goldfrapp’s thirst for perverted vengeance! Johnny Cash in drug-related impotence shocker! Courtney Love – cannibal hag! Nick Cave’ll cure what ails you! Kraftwerk sadly miniaturised and toasted! Lily Allen crushed by Satan! The Beach Boys return from beyond the grave to eat your guts and kill your pets. [close]