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24sevenby Adam Hughes, Phil Hester, Mike Huddleston, Becky Cloonan, Frazier IrvingISBN 1582406367 (1-58240-636-7)
Softcover, Image Comics
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American Centuryby Howard Chaykin, David TischmanISBN 1563898853 (1-56389-885-3)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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American Century Scars & Stripesby Howard Chaykin, David Tischman, John Stokes, Pam Rambo, Ken Bruzenak, Marc LamingISBN 1563897911 (1-56389-791-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Century Scars & Stripes'Book summary:This hard-boiled graphic novel set in the early '50s hints at what the comic strip "Steve Canyon" might've been like had it been penned by a cynical, leftist libertine rather than a right-wing cold warrior. Its antihero is ex-World War II fighter pilot Harry Block, who turns his back on the American dream, fakes his death, and decamps to Guatemala, where, getting embroiled in espionage, murder, and revolution, he mixes it up with the CIA., Communist rebels, and the most powerful force in the country, the U.S. Fruit Company. Nearly any page would make "Steve Canyon" stalwarts blanch. This is adult-but-mainstream comics fare, boasting rough language, brutal violence, and blatant sex. Creator Chaykin, best known for his groundbreaking sf satire American Flagg (1987), is comics' foremost exponent of pulp, and his gritty approach and wise-ass attitude give American Century its oomph. The book would've been even better, however, had Chaykin drawn it himself, instead of just coauthoring and designing it; his own noirish drawing style beats the somewhat stiff realism of the comic's illustrators. Gordon FlaggCopyright American Library Association. All rights reserved [via]
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The Art of Hellboyby Mike Mignola, Scott AllieISBN 1593070896 (1-59307-089-6)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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Bastard Samuraiby Michael Oeming, Miles Gunter, Kelsey ShannonISBN 1582402833 (1-58240-283-3)
Softcover, Image Comics
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Batgirlby Scott Peterson, Bob Kane, Kelley PuckettISBN 1563897059 (1-56389-705-9)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Batgirl, a Knight Aloneby Kelley Puckett, Damion Scott, Coy TurnbullISBN 1563898527 (1-56389-852-7)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Againby Frank Miller, Lynn Varley, Todd Klein, Bob KaneISBN 1563899299 (1-56389-929-9)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Batman : The Dark Knight Strikes Again'Book summary:The Dark Knight Strikes Again is Frank Miller's follow-up to his hugely successful Batman: the Dark Knight Returns, one of the few comics that is widely recognised as not only reinventing the genre but also bringing it to a wider audience.
Set three years after the events of The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again follows a similar structure: once again, Batman hauls himself out of his self-imposed retirement in order to set things right. However, where DKR was about him cleaning up his home city, Gotham, DKSA has him casting his net much wider: he's out to save the world.
The thing is, most of the world doesn't realise that it needs to be saved--least of all Superman and Wonder Woman, who have become little more than superpowered enforcers of the status quo. So, the notoriously solitary Batman is forced to recruit some different superpowered allies. He also has his ever-present trusty sidekick, Robin, except that he is a she, and she is calling herself Catwoman. Together, these super-friends uncover a vast and far-reaching conspiracy that leads to the President of the United States (Lex Luthor) and beyond.
The Dark Knight Strikes Again is largely an entertaining comic, but much of what made The Dark Knight Returns so good just doesn't work here. Miller's gritty, untidy artwork was perfect for DKR's grim depiction of the dark and seedy Gotham City, but it jars a bit for DKSA, which is meant to depict an ultra-glossy, futuristic technocracy. Lynn Varley's garish colouring attempts to add a slicker sheen, but the artwork is ultimately let down by that which worked so well for DKR--this time around, it just feels sloppy and rushed. The same is true of the book's denouement, which happens so quickly that it leaves the reader reeling and looking for more of an explanation. Moreover, DKSA is packed full of characters who will mean little to those unfamiliar with the DC Comics universe (eg, The Atom, The Elongated Man, The Question).
Perhaps the book's biggest failing is that where The Dark Knight Returns gave comic book fans a base from which to evangelise to the uninitiated, The Dark Knight Strikes Again is just preaching to the converted. Comic book superhero fans will find much to enjoy here, but others would be better off sticking with the original. --Robert Burrow [via]
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Bedeliaby Vera CasparyISBN 1558615075 (1-55861-507-5)
Softcover, Feminist Pr
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Big Clockby Kenneth FearingISBN 1590171810 (1-59017-181-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Clock'Book summary:George Stroud is a hard-drinking, tough-talking, none-too-scrupulous writer for a New York media conglomerate that bears a striking resemblance to Time, Inc. in the heyday of Henry Luce. One day, before heading home to his wife in the suburbs, Stroud has a drink with Pauline, the beautiful girlfriend of his boss, Earl Janoth. Things happen. The next day Stroud escorts Pauline home, leaving her off at the corner just as Janoth returns from a trip. The day after that, Pauline is found murdered in her apartment.
Janoth knows there was one witness to his entry into Paulines apartment on the night of the murder; he knows that man must have been the man Pauline was with before he got back; but he doesnt know who he was. Janoth badly wants to get his hands on that man, and he picks one of his most trusted employees to track him down: George Stroud, who else?
How does a man escape from himself? No book has ever dramatized that question to more perfect effect than The Big Clock, a masterpiece of American noir. [via]More editions of Big Clock:
The Big Oby Hajime Yadate, Hitoshi Ariga, Hajime YatateISBN 1569318069 (1-56931-806-9)
Softcover, Viz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big O'Book summary:In The Big O: Vol. 4, hard-boiled police negotiator Roger Smith's flashbacks help him start to piece together a lost past. But his only real hope is to negotiate with the criminals who hold the city's Memory Repository hostage. Meanwhile, a million lightning bugs are sent to drain the batteries of his chief weapon, the Big O. [via]
The Big Oby Hitoshi Ariga, Hajime YatateISBN 1569319537 (1-56931-953-7)
Softcover, Viz
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The Big Squeezeby Jim CirniISBN 1569470588 (1-56947-058-8)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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The Blackbirderby Dorothy B. HughesISBN 1558614680 (1-55861-468-0)
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The Carpetbaggersby Harold RobbinsISBN 1568491417 (1-56849-141-7)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Catwomanby Darwyn CookeISBN 1563898977 (1-56389-897-7)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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Catwomanby Matt Hollingsworth, Darwyn CookeISBN 1563899221 (1-56389-922-1)
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The Come onby Jim CirniISBN 1569470375 (1-56947-037-5)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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The Complete Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Kyle FreemanISBN 1593080344 (1-59308-034-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Vol. I'Book summary:[via]The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume II, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:The Complete Sherlock Holmes comprises four novels and fifty-six short stories revolving around the worlds most popular and influential fictional detectivethe eccentric, arrogant, and ingenious Sherlock Holmes. He and his trusted friend, Dr. Watson, step from Holmess comfortable quarters at 221b Baker Street into the swirling fog of Victorian London to combine detailed observation and vast knowledge with brilliant deduction. Inevitably, Holmes rescues the innocent, confounds the guilty, and solves the most perplexing puzzles known to literature.
Volume II of The Complete Sherlock Holmes begins with The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, tired of writing about Holmes, had killed him off at the end of The Final Problem, the last tale in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (found in Volume I of The Complete Sherlock Holmes). Public demand for new Holmes stories was so great, however, that Conan Doyle eventually resurrected him. The first story in The Return, The Adventure of the Empty House, features Conan Doyles infamously inventive explanation of how Holmes escaped what seemed like certain death.
This volume also includes two other collections of Holmes stories, His Last Bow and The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes; Conan Doyles final full-length Holmes novel, The Valley of Fear; a pair of parodies, The Field Bazaar and How Watson Learned the Trick ; and two essays about the private life of the beloved sleuth.Kyle Freeman, a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast for many years, earned two graduate degrees in English literature from Columbia University, where his major was twentieth-century British literature.More editions of The Complete Sherlock Holmes:
Cotton Comes to Harlemby Chester B. HimesISBN 156849422X (1-56849-422-X)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Dark End of the Streetby Ed Brubaker, Darwin CookeISBN 1563899086 (1-56389-908-6)
Softcover, DC Comics
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The Dark Knight Strikes Againby Frank MilerISBN 1563898713 (1-56389-871-3)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dark Knight Strikes Again'Book summary:The Dark Knight Strikes Again is Frank Miller's follow-up to his hugely successful Batman: the Dark Knight Returns, one of the few comics that is widely recognised as not only reinventing the genre but also bringing it to a wider audience.
Set three years after the events of The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again follows a similar structure: once again, Batman hauls himself out of his self-imposed retirement in order to set things right. However, where DKR was about him cleaning up his home city, Gotham, DKSA has him casting his net much wider: he's out to save the world.
The thing is, most of the world doesn't realise that it needs to be saved--least of all Superman and Wonder Woman, who have become little more than superpowered enforcers of the status quo. So, the notoriously solitary Batman is forced to recruit some different superpowered allies. He also has his ever-present trusty sidekick, Robin, except that he is a she, and she is calling herself Catwoman. Together, these super-friends uncover a vast and far-reaching conspiracy that leads to the President of the United States (Lex Luthor) and beyond.
The Dark Knight Strikes Again is largely an entertaining comic, but much of what made The Dark Knight Returns so good just doesn't work here. Miller's gritty, untidy artwork was perfect for DKR's grim depiction of the dark and seedy Gotham City, but it jars a bit for DKSA, which is meant to depict an ultra-glossy, futuristic technocracy. Lynn Varley's garish colouring attempts to add a slicker sheen, but the artwork is ultimately let down by that which worked so well for DKR--this time around, it just feels sloppy and rushed. The same is true of the book's denouement, which happens so quickly that it leaves the reader reeling and looking for more of an explanation. Moreover, DKSA is packed full of characters who will mean little to those unfamiliar with the DC Comics universe (eg, The Atom, The Elongated Man, The Question).
Perhaps the book's biggest failing is that where The Dark Knight Returns gave comic book fans a base from which to evangelise to the uninitiated, The Dark Knight Strikes Again is just preaching to the converted. Comic book superhero fans will find much to enjoy here, but others would be better off sticking with the original. --Robert Burrow [via]
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Death of a Red Heroineby Qiu XiaolongISBN 1569472424 (1-56947-242-4)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death of a Red Heroine'Book summary:By any standard, Inspector Chen Cao is a novelty in the world of police procedurals. A published poet and translator of American and English mystery novels, he has been assigned by the Chinese government, under Deng Xiaoping's cadre policy, to a "productive" job with the Special Cases Bureau of the Shanghai Police Department.
Shanghai in the mid-1990s is a city caught between reverence for the past and fascination with a tantalizing, market-driven present. When the body of a young "national model worker," revered for her adherence to the principles of the Communist Party, turns up in a canal, Chen is thrown into the midst of these opposing forces. As he struggles to unravel the hidden threads of this paragon's life, he finds himself challenging the very political forces that have guided his life since birth. With party-line-spouting superiors above him and detectives who resent his quick promotion beneath him, Chen finds himself wondering whether justice is a concept at all meaningful in late-20th-century China.
Death of a Red Heroine is a book hovering uneasily between the spheres of fiction and fact, creativity and didacticism. For much of the novel, author Qiu Xiaolong seems more intent on driving home the actions and consequences of the Cultural Revolution and its aftermath than on the slowly unfolding plot. Tedious repetitions of the fates, under Mao, of "educated youths" joust with both the actions of the detectives and Chen's "poetic" ruminations, which, unfortunately, are infected by precisely the stiffness and arbitrariness Qiu is at pains to decry in his historical passages. The moving couplets Chen favors are potentially fascinating insights into the interaction between ancient and modern China, but instead of provoking the reader into reflection, Qiu offers reductive explanations of each and every poem.
The moments when Qiu concentrates on invoking atmosphere are both illuminating and rewarding: Detective Yu's wife's pride and pleasure in having brought home a dozen crabs at "state price" are movingly well crafted, all the more so because Qiu seems almost unaware of what he is doing. Rather than lecturing on the economic dilemmas of the modern worker, he lets Peiqin's simple happiness speak for itself. In the last quarter of the book, Qiu seems to find his stride, though his writing style remains undeniably awkward. Here Chen expands and relaxes, and with him, the novel. Qiu's debut, though anything but polished, holds the promise of better things to come. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Deep Quarryby John E. StithISBN 1587157071 (1-58715-707-1)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Doctor Mid-Niteby Matt Wagner, Ken Bruzenak, John C. SnyderISBN 1563896079 (1-56389-607-9)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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The Door to Bitternessby Martin LimonISBN 1569474354 (1-56947-435-4)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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Drive: Library Editionby James SallisISBN 1590581814 (1-59058-181-4)
Hardcover, Poisoned Pen Pr
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Empty Nestby Rumiko TakahashiISBN 1569311552 (1-56931-155-2)
Softcover, Viz Media
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The Engagementby Georges SimenonISBN 1590172280 (1-59017-228-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Exquisiteby Laird HuntISBN 1566891876 (1-56689-187-6)
Softcover, Coffee House Pr
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Strange, original, and utterly brilliantLaird Hunt is one of the most talented young writers on the American scene today. Paul Auster
Henry, a New Yorker left destitute by circumstance and obsession, is plucked from vagrancy by a shadowy outfit whose primary business is arranging for staged murders of anxiety-ridden clients unhinged by the events downtown and seeking to -experienceand live throughtheir own carefully executed assassinations. When Henry joins this nefarious crew, which includes a beautiful blonde tattooist named Tulip, contortionist twins, and a woman referred to only as the knockout, he becomes inextricably linked to its ringleader, the mysterious herring connoisseur Mr. Kindt, whose identity can be traced through twists and turns all the way back to the corpse depicted in Rembrandts The Anatomy Lesson.
Mirrored by a concurrently running story set in a hospital where Henry and Mr. Kindt are patients attended to by a certain Dr. Tulp, the mysteries surrounding Mr. Kindts past, Henrys fate, and murders both staged and real begin to unravel in the most extraordinary ways. Substantive, stylish, and darkly comic, The Exquisite is a skillful dissection of reality, human connection, and the very nature of existence.More editions of The Exquisite:
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Firewallby Ebba Segerberg, Henning MankellISBN 1565847679 (1-56584-767-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Firewall'Book summary:The latest mystery in the "exquisite" (Los Angeles Times Book Review), internationally bestselling Kurt Wallander series.
Ystad, Sweden, fall 1997. Two teenage girls brutally murder a taxi driver. Although they are quickly apprehended, one of them escapes police custody and disappears without a trace. A few days later, a man stops at an ATM during his evening walk and suddenly falls dead to the ground. Shortly thereafter, a blackout cuts power to a large swath of southern Sweden. When a serviceman arrives at the malfunctioning power substation, he makes a grisly discovery. Inspector Kurt Wallander begins to sense a connection between all of these events and, at the same time, becomes increasingly aware of the vulnerability of our digitized society. [via]
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Frank Millerby Frank MillerISBN 1569718180 (1-56971-818-0)
Hardcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frank Miller'Book summary:In 1991, visionary creator Frank Miller continued his shakedown of the comics industry when he premiered his visceral and powerfully charged Sin City series. With Sin City, Miller sent a shock wave through the industry and beyond, stunning critics and amazing readers, the after-affects of which are still being felt today. While Miller is primarily praised for his outstanding stories, it is his breathtaking artwork that continues to shine on. To honor the artist and his groundbreaking work, Dark Horse Maverick is pleased to present Frank Miller: The Art of Sin City, a unique and handsomely bound hardcover coffee table book, containing pieces both published and unpublished -- some never before seen by the public. Printed on glossy 100 lb. coated paper stock and featuring items ranging from preliminary sketches to promotional pieces, this beautiful edition holds everything a Sin City fan, or connoisseur of fine art, could ever hope for. [via]
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Frequenciesby Joshua OrtegaISBN 1588720691 (1-58872-069-1)
Hardcover, Jodere Group
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Ganglandby Dave Gibbons, Jamie Delano, Peter Kuper, Simon Revelstroke, Brian Azzarello, Doselle Young, Timothy Bradstreet, Matt HollingsworthISBN 1563896087 (1-56389-608-7)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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The Girls in 3-Bby Lisa Walker, Valerie TaylorISBN 1558614567 (1-55861-456-7)
Softcover, Feminist Pr
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The Girls in 3-Bby Valerie TaylorISBN 1558614621 (1-55861-462-1)
Hardcover, Feminist Pr
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Gone Fishin'by Walter MosleyISBN 1574780255 (1-57478-025-5)
Hardcover, Black Classic Pr
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Hard Looksby Andrew VachssISBN 1569718296 (1-56971-829-6)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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Hard Looks: Adapted Storiesby Andrew VachssISBN 1569718318 (1-56971-831-8)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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Hawaiian Dickby B. Clay Moore, Steven GriffinISBN 1582403171 (1-58240-317-1)
Softcover, Image Comics
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Hawaiian Dick 2: The Last Resortby B. Clay Moore, Steven Griffin, Nick DeringtonISBN 1582406642 (1-58240-664-2)
Softcover, Image Comics
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Hellblazerby Jamie Delano, Bob KahanISBN 1563890526 (1-56389-052-6)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Hellboyby Michael MignolaISBN 1593074751 (1-59307-475-1)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hellboy'Book summary:This third and thickest Hellboy collection compiles all material not included in Seed of Destruction or Wake the Devil. Mike Mignola's story notes accompany the long out-of-print one-shots "Wolves of Saint August" and "The Corpse and the Iron Shoes," as well as "A Christmas Underground," "The Chained Coffin," in color for the first time, and "Almost Colossus," with new story pages. This 176-page collection includes a pinup gallery featuring Kevin Nowlan, Duncan Fegredo, and others, as well as an all-new tale. [via]
Hellboyby James Sinclair, Dave Stewart, Michael Mignola, Matt HollingsworthISBN 1593070918 (1-59307-091-8)
Softcover, Dark Horse Comics
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House of Whacksby Matthew BrantonISBN 1582340242 (1-58234-024-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Idylls of the Queenby Phyllis Ann KarrISBN 1587150123 (1-58715-012-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Idylls of the Queen'Book summary:In The Idylls of the Queen, Phyllis Ann Karr takes an incident (the murder of Sir Patrise) from Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur and creates an intelligent, complex, and fascinating mystery novel perfect for fans of historical mysteries, of British legends, and of fantasy.
Queen Guenevere is giving a dinner to honor King Arthur's knights when one guest, Sir Patrise, falls dead of poison. The dead man's cousin accuses the Queen of murder, and she is taken away, to be held until her trial by combat. If her knight-champion wins, Guenevere will be declared innocent and freed; if he loses, she will be burned to death as a murderer. She is unlikely to survive the trial. Most of Britain's mightiest knights were at the dinner, and therefore cannot fight for the Queen. Her champion and secret lover, the invincible Lancelot, has vanished. And, as Sir Kay realizes, trial by combat determines only is who is the better fighter, not who is guilty. Kay knows the Queen is innocent and an unsuspected murderer is loose in feud-filled Camelot--a murderer who intended to kill a person or persons other than the obscure knight Patrise, and who is poised to kill again. With the trial only days away, Kay joins with the great knights Gawaine and Gareth and their half-brother, King Arthur's bastard son Mordred, in two quests: to find the missing Lancelot, and to uncover the true murderer.
The Idylls of the Queen is set in Malory's medieval world, where magic works, but the author plays fair; she doesn't use magic to solve the mystery. Also, The Idylls of the Queen is written in clear, crisp, timeless English, and not in Malory's difficult and archaic dialect. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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In a Lonely Placeby Dorothy HughesISBN 1558614559 (1-55861-455-9)
Softcover, Feminist Pr
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In the Moon of the Red Poniesby James Lee BurkeISBN 158724778X (1-58724-778-X)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Inspector Imanishi Investigatesby Seicho MatsumotoISBN 1569470197 (1-56947-019-7)
Softcover, Soho Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inspector Imanishi Investigates'Book summary:The corpse of an unknown provincial is discovered under the rails of a train in a Tokyo station, and Detective Imanishi is assigned to the case. [via]
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An Instance of the Fingerpostby Iain PearsISBN 1573227951 (1-57322-795-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Instance of the Fingerpost'Book summary:An Instance of the Fingerpost is that rarest of all possible literary beasts--a mystery powered as much by ideas as by suspects, autopsies, and smoking guns. Hefty, intricately plotted, and intellectually ambitious, Fingerpost has drawn the inevitable comparisons to Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose and, for once, the comparison is apt.
The year is 1663, and the setting is Oxford, England, during the height of Restoration political intrigue. When Dr. Robert Grove is found dead in his Oxford room, hands clenched and face frozen in a rictus of pain, all the signs point to poison. Rashomon-like, the narrative circles around Grove's murder as four different characters give their version of events: Marco da Cola, a visiting Italian physician--or so he would like the reader to believe; Jack Prestcott, the son of a traitor who fled the country to avoid execution; Dr. John Wallis, a mathematician and cryptographer with a predilection for conspiracy theories; and Anthony Wood, a mild-mannered Oxford antiquarian whose tale proves to be the book's "instance of the fingerpost." (The quote comes from the philosopher Bacon, who, while asserting that all evidence is ultimately fallible, allows for "one instance of a fingerpost that points in one direction only, and allows of no other possibility.")
Like The Name of the Rose, this is one whodunit in which the principal mystery is the nature of truth itself. Along the way, Pears displays a keen eye for period details as diverse as the early days of medicine, the convoluted politics of the English Civil War, and the newfangled fashion for wigs. Yet Pears never loses sight of his characters, who manage to be both utterly authentic denizens of the 17th century and utterly authentic human beings. As a mystery, An Instance of the Fingerpost is entertainment of the most intelligent sort; as a novel of ideas, it proves equally satisfying. [via]
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Its A Bitter Little World: The Smartest Toughest Nastiest Quotes From Film Noirby Charles PappasISBN 1582973873 (1-58297-387-3)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The Jehovah Contractby Victor KomanISBN 158445024X (1-58445-024-X)
Softcover, Pulpless.Com Inc
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John Constantine Hellblazerby William Simpson, Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, Peter Snejbjerg, Glenn FabryISBN 1563895080 (1-56389-508-0)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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John Constantine, Hellblazerby Brian Azzerello, Marcelo FrusinISBN 156389856X (1-56389-856-X)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Jonny Doubleby Brian Azzarello, Eduardo RissoISBN 1563898152 (1-56389-815-2)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Kurt Busiek's Astro Cityby Kurt Busiek, Brent Eric AndersonISBN 1563895501 (1-56389-550-1)
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The Last Days of Il Duceby Domenic StansburyISBN 1579620043 (1-57962-004-3)
Hardcover, Permanent Pr Pub Co
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Lie in the Darkby Dan FespermanISBN 1569471533 (1-56947-153-3)
Hardcover, Soho Pr Inc
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The Lucky Stiffby Craig RiceISBN 1558821368 (1-55882-136-8)
Softcover, Intl Polygonics Ltd
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Mad Nightby Richard SalaISBN 1560976810 (1-56097-681-0)
Softcover, Fantagraphics Books
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March to Monteriaby B. TravenISBN 1566630460 (1-56663-046-0)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'March to Monteria'Book summary:March to the Montería is the third of B. Traven's six Jungle Novels, set in the great mahogany plantations (monterías) of Mexico in the years before the revolution. Here Traven relates the life of Celso, a young Indian whose only goal is to earn enough pesos to purchase a bride. He works two years on a coffee finca, but when he returns home he must hand over his money to ladinos who claim his father has a debt to them. Celso then goes off to work two years in a monteríabut he is such a good worker that he is thrown in jail on a trumped-up charge to assure that he will stay. When he is bailed out by the labor agent, he heads off for a term of debt-slavery in the montería, from which, it is clear, he will never return. Having already forfeited his life, Celso has nothing to lose and takes his vengeance on agents and overseers. As in the other Jungle Novels, Traven traces the beginnings of consciousness which ultimately led to the Mexican Revolution and the overthrow of the Díaz regime. [via]
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The Murder of My Auntby Richard HillISBN 1558820388 (1-55882-038-8)
Softcover, Intl Polygonics Ltd
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The Noir Styleby Alain Silver, James Ursini, Robert Porfirio, Linda BrookoverISBN 1585674850 (1-58567-485-0)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Noir Style'Book summary:Standard histories of film noir commence the coining of the term (which means "black film") by French writers in the years after the war when they saw a new mingling of grit, wit, and swooning Thanatos in movies like The Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity. Alain Silver's and James Ursini's nearly libidinous collection of "duo-tone" (i.e., black and white) movie stills reaches far afield, finding noir's style radiating from the Brucke painters in the 1920s, Edward Hopper's wee-small-hours townscapes of the 1940s, and Weegee's bloody, beautiful photos. In page after oversized page, the authors park perceptive readings beside images of classic rainy streets (Underworld, USA, The Money Trap), doomy women in lipstick (Laura, Gilda), disturbed interiors (Sunset Boulevard), and wrenching ironies (DOA). The commentary reveals how light, frame, composition, body language, and a few other irreducibles charge individual scenes and contribute to the look of noir as a whole, beginning with gangster and horror films in the 1930s and closing with Silence of the Lambs in 1992. The texts lapse occasionally into heavy breathing about Meaning, but the authors invite us to get what we want from this most stylish of American movie genres by just flipping the pages. With hardly a cliché image in the bunch, we can eagerly fall afresh into Jane Russell's outstretched arms (in Macao), zoom down the black sidewalk stretching behind a dying John Garfield (in He Ran All the Way), and contemplate once more the tissue of lies between Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon. --Lyall Bush [via]
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Outlaw Nationby Jamie Delano, Goran SudzukaISBN 158240707X (1-58240-707-X)
Softcover, Image Comics
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Passion Playby Richard MathesonISBN 1587670011 (1-58767-001-1)
Hardcover, Cemetery Dance Pubns
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Powersby Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming, Pat GarrahyISBN 1582401837 (1-58240-183-7)
Softcover, Image Comics
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Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon OemingISBN 1582406693 (1-58240-669-3)
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Robinby Chuck Dixon, Scott BeattyISBN 1563898055 (1-56389-805-5)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robin'Book summary:Written by Chuck Dixon & Scott Beatty Art and cover by Javier Pulido & Robert Campanella A new printing of the classic tale of young Dick Grayson's baptism by fire as he dons the costume of Robin for the first time! Becoming a hero is anything but easy! Advance-solicited; on August 13 - 200 pg, FC, $14.99 US [via]
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Sanctuaryby Sho Fumimura, Ryoichi IkegamiISBN 1569310424 (1-56931-042-4)
Softcover, Viz Media
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The Seduction of Waterby Carol GoodmanISBN 1587244217 (1-58724-421-7)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Slaughtermaticby Steve AylettISBN 1568581033 (1-56858-103-3)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Slaughtermatic'Book summary:Steve Aylett's Slaughtermatic is enacted in a parodic, cyberpunk world in which crime has become an individualistic and self-evolutionary art. Dante, the protagonist, plans to rob a bank with the help of Download Jones, a human meat puppet whose personality is live on the Net, and Kid Entropy, whose Kafkacell weapon bonds with his psyche to produce a suicide-wannabe who can only kill others. With the vault scan code in his pocket, Dante is duplicated in a time shift that puts him virtually ahead of the actual event--and able to enter the vault undetected. His crime and the action-filled plot become complicated when his second self, Dante Two, refuses to sacrifice himself as planned, murderous Brute Parker is set on Dante's trail, and Rosa Control takes matters into her own razor-bladed hands. Into the melee steps Eddie Gamete, the presumed-dead postmodern prankster-philosopher, Dante's only hero and the author of The Impossible Plot of Biff Barbanel, a book no reader can survive. Expectations about what and who is real change like television channels in Dante's world, where fates much worse than death await. [via]
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A Stained White Radianceby James Lee BurkeISBN 1562829807 (1-56282-980-7)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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Starmanby Tony Harris, James Robinson, Wade Von GrawbadgerISBN 1563892480 (1-56389-248-0)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Starmanby James RobinsonISBN 1563892707 (1-56389-270-7)
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Steam Detectives 5by Kia Asamiya, Yuji OnikiISBN 1569313172 (1-56931-317-2)
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Torsoby Brian Michael Bendis, Marc AndreykoISBN 1582401748 (1-58240-174-8)
Softcover, Image Comics
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The Wizard of La-LA Landby Robert CampbellISBN 158444052X (1-58444-052-X)
Softcover, Disc Us Books Inc
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