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The landscape of the Marvel Universe is changing, and it's time to choose: Whose side are you on? A conflict has been brewing from more than a year, threatening to pit friend against friend, brother against brother - and all it will take is a single misstep to cost thousands their lives and ignite the fuse! As the war claims its first victims, no one is safe as teams, friendships and families begin to fall apart.... (more)

Spider-Man Blue HC

by Jeph Loeb

In a bittersweet good-bye, Peter Parker recalls the early days of his star-crossed romance with Gwen Stacy as well as his battles with foes including Kraven the Hunter and the Vulture.

A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World

by William J. Bernstein

A sweeping narrative history of world trade--from Mesopotamia in 3000 B.C. to the firestorm over globalization today--that brilliantly explores trade's colorful and contentious past and provides new insights into its future Adam Smith wrote that man has an intrinsic "propensity to truck, barter, and exchange one thing for another." But how did trade evolve to the point where we don't think twice about biting... (more)

Making of BritainT K Derry, M G Blakeway

Making of Britain

by T K Derry, M G Blakeway

Black Market Truth: The Aristotle Quest, Book 1: A Dana McCarter Trilogy (Aristotle Quest: A Dana McCarter Trilogy)

The Aristotle Quest

Black Market Truth: The Aristotle Quest, Book 1: A Dana McCarter Trilogy (Aristotle Quest: A Dana McCarter Trilogy)

by Sharon M. Kaye

A secret concealed for centuries, shrouded in myth, silenced by stone. A secret that if unleashed threatens to shake the very foundation of Western civilization. A secret that can remain hidden no longer. The quest begins in Rome, where a grizzly murder and a plundered tomb serve to ignite perhaps the most controversial conflict in human history. Inspector Domenico Conti is charged with the task of... (more)

Get into Bed with Google

by Jon Smith

There's having a website and there's having a website that works. It's all very well having a Flash intro and lots of features and functionality that can 'wow' your audience on every single page. But what if they can't find you? What if you're not visible on the search engines, and on Google in particular? Making your site 'Google Friendly' or employing Search Engine Optimisation techniques (or SEO as it's known... (more)

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work

by Alain De Botton

From the international bestselling author of The Architecture of Happiness and How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this lyrical, erudite look at our world of work. We spend most of our time at work, but what we do there rarely gets discussed in the sort of lyrical and descriptive prose our efforts surely deserve. Determined to correct this lapse, armed with a poetic perspective and his trademark... (more)

Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South (Caravan Book)

Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South (Caravan Book)

by E. Patrick Johnson

Giving voice to a population rarely acknowledged in writings about the South, Sweet Tea collects life stories from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the southern United States. E. Patrick Johnson challenges stereotypes of the South as "backward" or "repressive," suggesting that these men draw upon the performance of "southernness"—politeness, coded speech, and religiosity, for... (more)

Environmental Justice in Latin America: Problems, Promise, and Practice (Urban and Industrial Environments)

Environmental Justice in Latin America: Problems, Promise, and Practice (Urban and Industrial Environments)

Environmental justice concerns form an important part of popular environmental movements in many countries. Activists, scholars, and policymakers in the developing world, for example, increasingly use the tools of environmental justice to link concerns over social justice and environmental well-being. Environmental Justice in Latin America investigates the emergence of a distinctively Latin American... (more)

Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire

Bond of Union: Building the Erie Canal and the American Empire

by Gerard T. Koeppel

Conceived in the early 1800s and completed in 1825, the Erie Canal was the boldest and biggest American engineering project of its century, with enduring political, social, and economic effects. It was the Erie Canal that first opened up the West to American enterprise and imagination, bringing vast riches and a far-reaching vision to a rapidly expanding nation. In this compelling narrative, author Gerard Koeppel... (more)

Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 [MOUSE GUARD FALL 1152]

Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 [MOUSE GUARD FALL 1152]

by David(Author) ; Petersen, David(Illustrator) Petersen

Custom and Politics in Urban Africa: A Study of Hausa Migrants in Yoruba TownsAbner Cohen

Custom and Politics in Urban Africa: A Study of Hausa Migrants in Yoruba Towns

by Abner Cohen

One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply

One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply

by Kyle MacDonald

Kyle MacDonald had a paperclip. One red paperclip, a dream, and a resume to write. And bills to pay. Oh, and a very patient girlfriend who was paying the rent while he was once again “between jobs.” Kyle wanted to be able to provide for himself and his girlfriend, Dominique. He wanted to own his own home. He wanted something bigger than a paperclip. So he put an ad on Craigslist, the popular classifieds website,... (more)

Serena : a novel

by Ron Rash

The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the North Carolina mountains where they plan to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains -- but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any man, overseeing crews, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving her husband's life in the... (more)

Squire's Square Deal

by Janis Asad Raabe

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Math for the Trades (Workplace Skills and Career Tools)

Math for the Trades (Workplace Skills and Career Tools)

by LearningExpress Editors

Math for the Trades is perfect for mastering the math skills required in a wide range of trade jobs, including retail, construction, landscaping, food service, customer service, home repair/carpentry, and many more. With over 200 on-the-job practice questions in arithmetic, measurement, basic algebra, basic geometry, and data analysis, our targeted reviews cover all major math subjects that are commonly faced on... (more)

The Enclave Economy: Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development in Mexico's Silicon Valley (Urban and Industrial Environments)

The Enclave Economy: Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development in Mexico's Silicon Valley (Urban and Industrial Environments)

by Kevin Gallagher

Foreign investment has been widely perceived as a panacea for developing countries—as a way to reduce poverty and jump-start sustainable modern industries. In The Enclave Economy, Kevin Gallagher and Lyuba Zarsky call this prescription into question, showing that Mexico's post-NAFTA experience of foreign direct investment in its information technology sector, particularly in the Guadalajara region, did not... (more)

Between the Dragon and the Eagle (Adventures in Time Books)

Between the Dragon and the Eagle (Adventures in Time Books)

by Mical Schneider

A relay of courageous adventure-seekers forms caravans to transport precious items including a special blue silk along the Silk Road in the year 100 A.D.

The Egyptian News: Boy King Murdered? (News)

The Egyptian News: Boy King Murdered? (News)

by Scott Steedman

Packed with information and excitement, The Egyptian News is the best way to learn about Egypt.

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Civil War

by Mark Millar