If I Were An Evil Overlord

Author	Mark Waid
ISBN	1563893304

Writer Mark Waid, coming from his popular work on Flash and Impulse, and artist Alex Ross, who broke new ground with the beautifully painted Marvels, join together for this explosive book that takes place in a dark alternate future of the DC Superhero Universe. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and almost...

Author

Jacob Burckhardt

For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world in which flourishing individualism and the competition for fame radically transformed science, the arts, and politics. In this landmark work he depicts...

Author	Seanan McGuire
ISBN	0756415071

Hundreds of years ago, the Selkies made a deal with the sea witch: they would have the sea for as long as she allowed it, and when the time came, she would call in all their debts at once. Many people assumed that day would never come. Those people were wrong.

When the Luidaeg—October "Toby" Daye's...

Author	E.R. Dodds
ISBN	0520003276

In this philosophy classic, first published in 1951, E.R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph of rationalism. Using the analytical tools of modern anthropology & psychology, he asks, "Why should we attribute to the ancient Greeks an immunity from 'primitive' modes...

Author

Al Ewing

Once upon a time, Rick Jones was the Hulk's best friend. Rick was there at ground zero on the fateful day the Hulk was born, and during the early days when the Hulk was a mindless brute roaming the New Mexico desert, Rick was right by his side. The only one who believed in him. Now Rick Jones is dead and gone....