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10 best books like Let Us Now Praise Famous Men / A Death in the Family / Shorter Fiction (James Agee): Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction, Walden & Civil Disobedience, Hellboy, Vol. 2: Wake the Devil, Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing, Princeps' Fury, Academ's Fury, First Lord's Fury, Captain's Fury, Hellboy, Vol. 3: The Chained Coffin and Others, Cursor's Fury

Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction
AuthorMike Mignola
ISBN1593070942
Dark Horse presents new editions of the entire Hellboy line with new covers, beginning with Seed of Destruction, the basis of director Guillermo del Toro's blockbuster films. Hellboy is one of the most celebrated comics series in recent years. The ultimate artists' artist and a great storyteller...
Walden & Civil Disobedience
AuthorHenry David Thoreau
ISBN0451529456
A naturalist, a transcendentalist or an individualist?
Thoreau’s principles could be labelled with the previous statutory concepts and yet none of them would suffice to provide a full description of him. He struck me as a man who didn’t want to be restricted by category; he chose experience...
Hellboy, Vol. 2: Wake the Devil
AuthorMike Mignola
ISBN1593070950
A murder in a New York wax museum and a missing corpse lead Hellboy and the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense into ancient Romanian castles on the trail of a sleeping legend: the nobleman vampire, Vladimir Guirescu. Nazi scientists, revived in Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, prepare for the...
Swamp Thing, Vol. 1: Saga of the Swamp Thing
AuthorAlan Moore
ISBN0930289226
Before WATCHMEN, Alan Moore made his debut in the U.S. comic book industry with the revitalization of the horror comic book THE SWAMP THING. His deconstruction of the classic monster stretched the creative boundaries of the medium and became one of the most spectacular series in comic book history.With...
Princeps' Fury
AuthorJim Butcher
ISBN0441016383
From the New York Times bestselling author of Captain's Fury and the Dresden Files novels.

Tavi of Calderon, now recognized as Princeps Gaius Octavian and heir to the crown, has achieved a fragile alliance with Alera's oldest foes, the savage Canim. But when Tavi and his legions guide the Canim...
Academ's Fury
AuthorJim Butcher
ISBN0441013406
For centuries, the people of Alera have relied on the power of the furies to protect them from outside invaders. But the gravest threat might be closer than they think.

Tavi has escaped the Calderon Valley and the mysterious attack of the Marat on his homeland. But he is far from safe, as trying...
First Lord's Fury
AuthorJim Butcher
I put off reading this for as long as possible because I didn't want it to end.
And, well...I didn't want any of my favorite characters to die.
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But nobody died. NOBODY died. <--except the queen and some of the people that you hated.
Like, even the likable characters...
Captain's Fury
AuthorJim Butcher
ISBN0441015271
After two years of bitter conflict with the hordes of invading Canim, Tavi of Calderon, now Captain of the First Aleran Legion, realizes that a peril far greater than the Canim exists--the mysterious threat that drove the savage Canim to flee their homeland.

Now, Tavi must find a way to overcome...
Hellboy, Vol. 3: The Chained Coffin and Others
AuthorMike Mignola
ISBN1593070918
The heat is on!!!


This third TPB edition features “Hellboy” #5-6, 12-14, along with a pin-up gallery.


The general rating is an average result of individual ratings given to each short story contained here.


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Creator, Writer &...
Cursor's Fury
AuthorJim Butcher
ISBN0441014348
The power-hungry High Lord of Kalare has launched a rebellion against the aging First Lord, Gaius Sextus, who with the loyal forces of Alera must fight beside the unlikeliest of allies-the equally contentious High Lord of Aquitaine.

Meanwhile, young Tavi of Calderon joins a newly formed...
Falconer
AuthorJohn Cheever
ISBN0679737863
Falconer Correctional Facility certainly sounds dreary and no place I’d want to spend any time, but it doesn’t seem nearly as bad as many fictional prisons. In fact, it seems pretty dull. There weren’t any beatings from brutal guards. There’s no racial tension evident. No one gets shivved...
Stories and Early Novels: Pulp Stories / The Big Sleep / Farewell, My Lovely / The High Window
AuthorRaymond Chandler
ISBN1883011078
In Raymond Chandler’s hands, the pulp crime story became a haunting mystery of power and corruption, set against a modern cityscape both lyrical and violent. Now Chandler joins the authoritative Library of America series in a comprehensive two-volume set displaying all the facets of his brilliant...
Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships
AuthorKaren R. Keen
ISBN0802876544
WHEN IT COMES TO SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS, this book by Karen Keen contains the most thoughtful, balanced, biblically grounded discussion you’re likely to encounter anywhere. With pastoral sensitivity and respect for biblical authority, Keen breaks through current stalemates in the debate...
Gideon Falls, Vol. 3: Stations of the Cross
AuthorJeff Lemire
ISBN1534313443
The hot horror series that WIRED magazine named one of the best books of 2018 returns from the creative team that BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS said "will go down as one of the greatest comic teams of all time!"

After the mind-blowing events of the second arc, our story heads right through the looking glass....
The (Un)Common Good: How the Gospel Brings Hope to a World Divided
AuthorJim Wallis
ISBN1587433621
An updated and revised edition of a previous work by Wallis.

The theme around which the book revolves is the concept of the "common good," what is best for the whole community of people. Wallis then brings his characteristic viewpoints and theology to bear on various subjects relevant to modern...
Where It Hurts
AuthorReed Farrel Coleman
From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author comes a gritty, atmospheric new series about the other side of Long Island, far from the wealth of the Hamptons, where real people live—and die.

Gus Murphy thought he had the world all figured out. A retired Suffolk County cop, Gus had...
The Ten Commandments: Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church
AuthorPatrick D. Miller
In this volume, Patrick D. Miller studies the Ten Commandments as ancient document and as contemporary guide. With careful attention to each commandment in its original context, this book shows the reader the modern relevance of these basic principles, as well as how the ideas of each commandment...
The Essential W.S. Merwin
AuthorW.S. Merwin
ISBN1556595131
“Merwin is one of the great poets of our age.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Merwin has become instantly recognizable on the page; he has made for himself that most difficult of all creations, an accomplished style.”—Helen Vendler, New York Review of Books

“It is...
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