You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, or a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process ofconstruction. After a ten-year silence, Christopher Alexander and his colleagues at the Center for Environmental Structure are now publishing a major statement in the form of three books which will, in their words, "lay the basis for an entirely new approach to architecture, building and planning, which will wehope r... View More...
Uber-gangster Nicky Cavella is back with a vengeance, this time hitting Frank Castle where he least expects it. With an unspeakable act, he will go straight to the top of Frank's 'to do' list - and there's nowhere he'd rather be. View More...
Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager who has been given 90 days to save his failing factory. If he doesn't improve the plant's performance, corporate headquarters will close it down and hundreds of workers will lose their jobs. It takes a chance meeting with Jonah, a former professor, to help him break out of his conventional thinking and figure out what needs to be done. As Alex identifies the plant's problems and works with his team to find solutions, the reader gains an understanding of the fundamental concepts behind the Theory of Constraints. Visual and fun to read, "The Goal: A Business ... View More...
In volume 2 of this ongoing series, the future has not been saved. A bomb tore a chunk out of San Francisco. Daniel began his job at Aspire, following in his father's footsteps. Will the apocalypse keep happening? Or will something trigger a change in the future? A future where Grady Potts wields his power as president to his advantage. Where Daniel has locked himself away, desperately seeking a cure for the virus. Where Heidi and Billy are criminals. Where Natasha is forced to help Grady find a way to travel into the past... but for what purpose? To help change the future? Or to preserve it? View More...
The end of the world is in motion. Alliances have broken and reformed. And the motives of those who have come from the future remain unclear. Still, all the five friends can do is continue on. While Grady pursues his future in politics, Billy's stuck in jail, his future-again-uncertain. But when the older Grady drags Heidi into the fray, Billy decides to fight back. This trade also includes the standalone issue drawn by Brahm Revel (VENTURE BROS STORYBOARD ARTIST, MARVEL KNIGHTS: X-MEN) and colored by Jason Fischer. View More...
As America moves closer to normalizing relations with Cuba, this gripping, vivid graphic novel reveals life and times of Fidel Castro, one of the twentieth century's most intriguing, charismatic, and divisive figures. The book is narrated by a German journalist named Karl Mertens, who is plunged into the searing heat of pre-revolutionary Cuba in the mid-1950s. He first meets with Castro while the latter is hiding in the mountains, then follows him through the dramatic revolution and his ascent to the presidency that, despite the Bay of Pigs confrontation and years of international trade blocka... View More...
Rapper Busta Kapp has no shortage of enemies, so when he turns up dead in his limo, Gil Grissom and his crew of CSIs have no shortage of suspects. View More...
SHUT HER DOWN - The President of the United States has grown used to receiving pushback from his political rivals across the aisle, but nowadays the heat is rising to a fever pitch The loudest voice among them comes from a fed up Congressman who would fire the POTUS today if he could, and the entire Legislative Branch seems to agree. An unconcerned Dr. Smith allows a government shutdown from the partisan back and forth, thinking the nation's leadership will eventually come to its senses. But all isn't what it seems, and CURE sends Remo and Chiun to confront the fiery Congressman Civiletti bef... View More...
The Truants are back in class, and that means new mysteries abound And whatever happened to Abraham? The answer to that question and more as Season Two races on
It's time to stop running Allegiances are formed, rivals are challenged, and the Glories take a defiant stand against the faculty in the explosive turning point-arc "Assembly."
Collecting the "Assembly" arc Everything converges as Casey challenges the Academy's favorite in the Student Council elections, while Ike and Jake confront the demons in their pasts. The run-up to the explosive Season 2 finale begins here
Audrey Niffenegger, the New York Times bestselling author of The Time Traveler's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry, has crafted her first graphic novel after the success of her two critically acclaimed "novels-in-pictures." First serialized as a weekly column in the UK's Guardian newspaper, The Night Bookmobile tells the story of a wistful woman who one night encounters a mysterious disappearing library on wheels that contains every book she has ever read. Seeing her history and most intimate self in this library, she embarks on a search for the bookmobile. But her search turns into an obsession, ... View More...
The best-selling video game franchise arrives with a blast This story bridges the gap between the Lightmass Bombing at the end of the first Gears of War game and the start of the second game. Follow the brutal adventures of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad in their battle against the Locust in this new softcover collection of GEARS OF WAR #1-6 View More...
GET READY TO RUN The "IT" book of the early 2000s with the original cast is back - Nico Karolina Molly Chase Old Lace And, could it be? GERT? The heart of the Runaways died years ago, but you won't believe how she returns Superstar author Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor & Park, Carry On) makes her Marvel debut with fan-favorite artist Kris Anka (ALL-NEW X-MEN, CAPTAIN MARVEL) in the series that will shock you and break your heart Did Chase and Gert's love survive their time apart? Have Karolina and Nico's feelings made their friendship impossible? What emotional landmines lie in wait to DESTR... View More...
For fans of Girl Friends and Strawberry Panic comes a breathtaking new yuri series! Aihara Yuzu, a high school girl whose main interests are fashion, friends, and having fun, is about to get a reality check. Due to her mom's remarriage, Yuzu has transferred to a new, all-girls school that is extremely strict. Her real education is about to begin. From day one, happy-go-lucky Yuzu makes enemies, namely the beautiful yet stern student council president Mei. So what happens when a dejected Yuzu returns home and discovers the shock of her life: that Mei is actually her new step-sister who has come... View More...
Max is a grave-robbing 13-year-old who gathers relics to pawn for comic book money. Macon works at the local Mallmart by day and publishes his comic book manifestos by night. Madison is a punk beauty who just might be able to fly. When Macon gets badly beaten in a fight with his boss over comic books, Macon and Madison take revenge by smashing the front of the store. They leave their calling card graffitied across the wreckage: Comic Book Liberation Army. The next day Max joins in the mayhem and soon the town has declared all-out war on comic books.Thus begins "Teenagers From Mars, a chaotic c... View More...
