Joe's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:41:48 -0700 60 Joe's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)]]> 239399
The universe is a dangerous place for humanity—and it's about to become far more dangerous. Three races that humans have clashed with before have allied to halt our expansion into space. Their linchpin: the turncoat military scientist Charles Boutin, who knows the CDF’s biggest military secrets. To prevail, the CDF must find out why Boutin did what he did.

Jared Dirac is the only human who can provide answers -- a superhuman hybrid, created from Boutin's DNA, Jared’s brain should be able to access Boutin's electronic memories. But when the memory transplant appears to fail, Jared is given to the Ghost Brigades.

At first, Jared is a perfect soldier, but as Boutin’s memories slowly surface, Jared begins to intuit the reason’s for Boutin’s betrayal. As Jared desperately hunts for his "father," he must also come to grips with his own choices. Time is running out: The alliance is preparing its offensive, and some of them plan worse things than humanity’s mere military defeat…]]> 343 John Scalzi 0765354063 Joe 0 currently-reading 4.10 2006 The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
author: John Scalzi
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average rating: 4.10
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]]> Order in the Universe 2935941 320 Robert C. Cumbow 0810837196 Joe 0 currently-reading 3.88 1990 Order in the Universe
author: Robert C. Cumbow
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average rating: 3.88
book published: 1990
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]]> <![CDATA[Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)]]> 211721806
You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what.

Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the world—or just get to the next level—in a video game–like, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon that’s actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ain’t your ordinary game show.

Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.

Includes part one of the exclusive bonus story “Backstage at the Pineapple Cabaret.�]]> 450 Matt Dinniman 059382024X Joe 4 4.50 2020 Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)
author: Matt Dinniman
name: Joe
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Caliban's War (The Expanse, #2)]]> 18129662
In the vast wilderness of space, James Holden and the crew of the Rocinante have been keeping the peace for the Outer Planets Alliance. When they agree to help a scientist search war-torn Ganymede for a missing child, the future of humanity rests on whether a single ship can prevent an alien invasion that may have already begun . . .]]> 597 James S.A. Corey 1841499919 Joe 4 4.34 2012 Caliban's War (The Expanse, #2)
author: James S.A. Corey
name: Joe
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Batman: Batman and Son (Deluxe Edition)]]> 20734073
Collects BATMAN issues #655-658, #663-669 and #672-675.]]> 350 Grant Morrison 1401250173 Joe 3 3.66 2014 Batman: Batman and Son (Deluxe Edition)
author: Grant Morrison
name: Joe
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Un-American Psycho: Brian De Palma and the Political Invisible]]> 13107571 ĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚýĚý In Un-American Psycho, Chris Dumas places De Palma’s body of work in dialogue with the works of other provocative filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, and Francis Ford Coppola with the aim of providing a broader understanding of the narrative, stylistic, and political gestures that characterize De Palma’s filmmaking. De Palma’s films engage with a wide range of issues surrounding American political and social culture, and this volume offers a rethinking of the received wisdom on his work.]]> 240 Chris Dumas 1841505544 Joe 0 currently-reading 4.17 2012 Un-American Psycho: Brian De Palma and the Political Invisible
author: Chris Dumas
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average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin - Lost Years]]> 123240923
In Last Ronin–Lost Years, new secrets of the Turtles� past are revealed as we learn more about the devastating series of events leading up to the Last Ronin’s final battle, as well as its aftermath.

For Michelangelo in particular, the march to his heartbreaking last battle was long and dangerous, taking him from New York City, to Japan, across Asia and Europe, and then back home again to administer final justice against those guilty of killing his family. But what happened during those fateful years when he had only the need for vengeance and Master Splinter’s journal to guide him? What battles did he fight? What hard lessons did he learn?

The time has come to find out as original miniseries writers Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz join artist Ben Bishop (TMNT: The Last Ronin) and SL Gallant (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero) to finally reveal what adventures the Last Ronin experienced during his vengeful journey. While in the present, a new master, Casey Marie Jones, prepares her young terrapin students to be the next generation of…Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!]]> 208 Kevin Eastman Joe 3 4.17 2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin - Lost Years
author: Kevin Eastman
name: Joe
average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[Presumed Innocent (Presumed Innocent, 1)]]> 145624777
Rusty Sabich, family man and the number-two prosecutor of Kindle County, is handed an explosive case--the brutal murder of a woman who happens to be his former lover. A shocking turn of events suddenly transforms him from the accuser into the accused... and plunges him into a nightmare world where nothing seems real and no one can be PRESUMED INNOCENT.

It's the stunning portrayal of one man's all-too-human, all-consuming fatal attraction for a passionate woman who is not his wife, and the story of how his obsession puts everything he loves and values on trial--including his own life. It's a book that lays bare a shocking world of betrayal and murder, as well as the hidden depths of the human heart. And it will hold you and haunt you...long after you have reached its shattering conclusion.]]> 480 Scott Turow 1538766795 Joe 3 3.65 1987 Presumed Innocent (Presumed Innocent, 1)
author: Scott Turow
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average rating: 3.65
book published: 1987
rating: 3
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]]> Hitchcock/Truffaut 393601 Rear Window ("I was feeling very creative at the time, the batteries were well charged"), his technical insight into Psycho's shower scene ("the knife never touched the body; it was all done in the [editing]"), and his ruminations on flops such as Under Capricorn ("If I were to make another picture in Australia today, I'd have a policeman hop into the pocket of a kangaroo and yell 'Follow that car!'"). This is one of the most delightful film books in print. --Raphael Shargel]]> 368 François Truffaut 0671604295 Joe 4 4.51 1966 Hitchcock/Truffaut
author: François Truffaut
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average rating: 4.51
book published: 1966
rating: 4
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These interviews are utterly fascinating. I now want to rewatch all those Hitchcock films and then promptly reread this book.
]]> <![CDATA[Hollywood's Last Golden Age: Politics, Society, and the Seventies Film in America]]> 15863609 Hollywood's Last Golden Age, Kirshner shows the ways in which key films from this period including Chinatown, Five Easy Pieces, The Graduate, and Nashville, as well as underappreciated films such as The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Klute, and Night Moves were important works of art in continuous dialogue with the political, social, personal, and philosophical issues of their times.



These "seventies films" reflected the era's social and political upheavals: the civil rights movement, the domestic consequences of the Vietnam war, the sexual revolution, women's liberation, the end of the long postwar economic boom, the Shakespearean saga of the Nixon Administration and Watergate. Hollywood films, in this brief, exceptional moment, embraced a new aesthetic and a new approach to storytelling, creating self-consciously gritty, character-driven explorations of moral and narrative ambiguity. Although the rise of the blockbuster in the second half of the 1970s largely ended Hollywood s embrace of more challenging films, Kirshner argues that seventies filmmakers showed that it was possible to combine commercial entertainment with serious explorations of politics, society, and characters interior lives.

"]]> 280 Jonathan Kirshner 0801451345 Joe 4 4.00 2012 Hollywood's Last Golden Age: Politics, Society, and the Seventies Film in America
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average rating: 4.00
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Tale Dark & Grimm (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #1)]]> 10697427
"Unlike any children's book I've ever read. [It] holds up to multiple rereadings, like the classic I think it will turn out to be." - New York Times Book Review]]> 288 Adam Gidwitz 0142419672 Joe 4 3.97 2010 A Tale Dark & Grimm (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #1)
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name: Joe
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes]]> 61425827
The use of color is an essential part of film. It has the power to evoke powerful emotions , provide subtle psychological symbolism and act as a narrative device .

Wes Anderson’s pastels and muted tones are aesthetically pleasing, but his careful use of color also acts as a shorthand for interpreting emotion. Moonlight (2016, dir. Barry Jenkins) cinematographer (James Laxton) and colorist (Alex Bickel) spent 100 hours fine-tuning the saturation and hues of the footage so that the use of color evolved in line with the growth of the protagonist through the film. And let’s not forget Schindler’s List (1993, dir. Steven Spielberg), in which a bold flash of red against an otherwise black-and-white film is used as a powerful symbol of life, survival and death.

In Colors of Film, film critic Charles Bramesco introduces an element of cinema that is often overlooked, yet has been used in extraordinary ways . Using infographic color palettes, and stills from the movies, this is a lively and fresh approach to film for cinema-goers and color lovers alike.

He also explores in fascinating detail how the development of t echnologies have shaped the course of modern cinema , from how the feud between Kodak and Fujifilm shaped the color palettes of the 20th Century's greatest filmakers, to how the advent of computer technologyĚýis creating a digital wonderland for modern directors in which anything is possible.

â€� Filled with sparkling insights and fascinating accounts from the history of cinema,Ěý Colors of Film is an indispensable guide to one of the most important visual elements in the medium of film.]]> 208 Charles Bramesco 0711279381 Joe 3 3.95 2023 Colors of Film: The Story of Cinema in 50 Palettes
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland]]> 40163119
Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I.R.A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders.

Patrick Radden Keefe writes an intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.]]> 441 Patrick Radden Keefe 0385521316 Joe 4 4.47 2018 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
author: Patrick Radden Keefe
name: Joe
average rating: 4.47
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Gotham Central, Book One: In the Line of Duty]]> 3316474 240 Ed Brubaker 1401219233 Joe 4 4.34 2008 Gotham Central, Book One: In the Line of Duty
author: Ed Brubaker
name: Joe
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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Thoroughly enjoyed this and will continue with the series. If you're a Batman fan and don't have much interest in cop procedurals than this might be a bit of a let down. I'm not a huge Batman fan and I love well written police procedurals...so this worked well. My one complaint was the art didn't do anything to help readers distinguish individuals amongst the GCPD...they all had the same build, frame, structure. The stories weren't especially clever, but maintained just enough pace to keep me interested.
]]> When You Reach Me 8466181 199 Rebecca Stead 0375850864 Joe 5 4.19 2009 When You Reach Me
author: Rebecca Stead
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average rating: 4.19
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[WKW: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai]]> 25733489 304 Wong Kar-Wai 0847846172 Joe 4 4.69 2016 WKW: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai
author: Wong Kar-Wai
name: Joe
average rating: 4.69
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Official Making of Big Trouble In Little China]]> 27834612
To commemorate the film's 30th anniversary, we've assembled a wealth of material, including hundreds of never-before-seen photos, exclusive new cast and crew interviews, filming secrets behind the film's iconic action sequences, original set designs, and much more!

Features a Foreword by Big Trouble in Little China director John Carpenter and an Afterword by Kurt Russell!]]> 176 Tara Bennett 1608868710 Joe 5 4.45 2017 The Official Making of Big Trouble In Little China
author: Tara Bennett
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average rating: 4.45
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Butcher of Anderson Station (The Expanse, #1.5)]]> 11570653
This is his story.

Word ~9,000 words
]]> 40 James S.A. Corey Joe 3 3.99 2011 The Butcher of Anderson Station (The Expanse, #1.5)
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name: Joe
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)]]> 8855321
Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, the Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for—and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.

Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to the Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.

Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations—and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.]]> 592 James S.A. Corey 1841499889 Joe 4 4.29 2011 Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
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average rating: 4.29
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]]> Dracula 17245 You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival.

In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.

This Norton Critical Edition includes a rich selection of background and source materials in three areas: Contexts includes probable inspirations for Dracula in the earlier works of James Malcolm Rymer and Emily Gerard. Also included are a discussion of Stoker's working notes for the novel and "Dracula's Guest," the original opening chapter to Dracula. Reviews and Reactions reprints five early reviews of the novel. "Dramatic and Film Variations" focuses on theater and film adaptations of Dracula, two indications of the novel's unwavering appeal. David J. Skal, Gregory A. Waller, and Nina Auerbach offer their varied perspectives. Checklists of both dramatic and film adaptations are included.

Criticism collects seven theoretical interpretations of Dracula by Phyllis A. Roth, Carol A. Senf, Franco Moretti, Christopher Craft, Bram Dijkstra, Stephen D. Arata, and Talia Schaffer.

A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.]]> 488 Bram Stoker 0393970124 Joe 3 4.02 1897 Dracula
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[What's Math Got to Do with It?: How Teachers and Parents Can Transform Mathematics Learning and Inspire Success]]> 23659067
A critical read for teachers and parents who want to improve children’s mathematics learning,Ěý What’s Math Got to Do with It? is “an inspiring resourceâ€� ( Publishers Weekly ). Featuring all the importantĚýadvice and suggestions in the original edition of What’s Math Got to Do with It? , this revised editionĚýis now updated with new research on the brain and mathematics that is revolutionizing scientists’Ěýunderstanding of learning and potential.

As always Jo Boaler presents research findings through practical ideas that can be used inĚýclassrooms and homes. The new What’s Math Got to Do with It? prepares teachers and parents forĚýthe Common Core, shares Boaler’s work on ways to teach mathematics for a “growth mindset,â€� andĚýincludes a range of advice to inspire teachers and parents to give their students the best mathematicalĚýexperience possible.]]> 272 Jo Boaler 0143128299 Joe 4 4.37 2008 What's Math Got to Do with It?: How Teachers and Parents Can Transform Mathematics Learning and Inspire Success
author: Jo Boaler
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average rating: 4.37
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rating: 4
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]]> Slade House 24499258 Keep your eyes peeled for a small black iron door.

Down the road from a working-class British pub, along the brick wall of a narrow alley, if the conditions are exactly right, you’ll find the entrance to Slade House. A stranger will greet you by name and invite you inside. At first, you won’t want to leave. Later, you’ll find that you can’t. Every nine years, the house’s residents—an odd brother and sister—extend a unique invitation to someone who’s different or lonely: a precocious teenager, a recently divorced policeman, a shy college student. But what really goes on inside Slade House? For those who find out, it’s already too late. . . .

Spanning five decades, from the last days of the 1970s to the present, leaping genres, and barreling toward an astonishing conclusion, this intricately woven novel will pull you into a reality-warping new vision of the haunted house story—as only David Mitchell could imagine it.]]> 238 David Mitchell 0812998685 Joe 3 3.81 2015 Slade House
author: David Mitchell
name: Joe
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> The Woman in the Window 40389527
Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, a mother and their teenage son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldn’t, her world begins to crumble and its shocking secrets are laid bare.

What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one—and nothing—is what it seems.]]> 455 A.J. Finn Joe 3 3.95 2018 The Woman in the Window
author: A.J. Finn
name: Joe
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> The Puerto Rican War 56461952 96 John Vasquez Mejias Joe 4 4.24 The Puerto Rican War
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]]> <![CDATA[Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)]]> 36510196
The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-- and alien races willing to fight us for them are common. So: we fight. To defend Earth, and to stake our own claim to planetary real estate. Far from Earth, the war has been going on for decades: brutal, bloody, unyielding.

Earth itself is a backwater. The bulk of humanity's resources are in the hands of the Colonial Defense Force. Everybody knows that when you reach retirement age, you can join the CDF. They don't want young people; they want people who carry the knowledge and skills of decades of living. You'll be taken off Earth and never allowed to return. You'll serve two years at the front. And if you survive, you'll be given a generous homestead stake of your own, on one of our hard-won colony planets.

John Perry is taking that deal. He has only the vaguest idea what to expect. Because the actual fight, light-years from home, is far, far harder than he can imagine--and what he will become is far stranger.]]> 318 John Scalzi Joe 4 4.25 2005 Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
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average rating: 4.25
book published: 2005
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[House of Five Leaves, Vol. 1 (1)]]> 6759124 208 Natsume Ono 1421532107 Joe 3 3.78 2006 House of Five Leaves, Vol. 1 (1)
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average rating: 3.78
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]]> <![CDATA[The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet]]> 55145261 A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John Green

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Halley's Comet to Penguins of Madagascar - on a five-star scale.

Complex and rich with detail, the Anthropocene's reviews have been praised as 'observations that double as exercises in memoiristic empathy', with over 10 million lifetime downloads. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully curated collection about the shared human experience; it includes beloved essays along with six all-new pieces exclusive to the book.]]> 304 John Green 0525555218 Joe 5 4.37 2021 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
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name: Joe
average rating: 4.37
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)]]> 23437156 Alternate cover of ISBN 9781627792127

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone...

A convict with a thirst for revenge

A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager

A runaway with a privileged past

A spy known as the Wraith

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.]]> 480 Leigh Bardugo 1627792120 Joe 3 4.47 2015 Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
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average rating: 4.47
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]]> <![CDATA[The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)]]> 38322550
Emperox Grayland II has finally wrested control of her empire from those who oppose her and who deny the reality of this collapse. But “control� is a slippery thing, and even as Grayland strives to save as many of her people from impoverished isolation, the forces opposing her rule will make a final, desperate push to topple her from her throne and power, by any means necessary. Grayland and her thinning list of allies must use every tool at their disposal to save themselves, and all of humanity. And yet it may not be enough.

Will Grayland become the savior of her civilization� or the last emperox to wear the crown?]]> 320 John Scalzi Joe 4 4.07 2020 The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> My Murder 62952152 What if the murder you had to solve was your own?

Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable toddler. She's also the victim of a local serial killer. Recently brought back to life and returned to her grieving family by a government project, she is grateful for this second chance. But as the new Lou re-adapts to her old routines, and as she bonds with other female victims, she realizes that disturbing questions remain about what exactly preceded her death and how much she can really trust those around her.

Now it's not enough to care for her child, love her husband, and work the job she's always enjoyed--she must also figure out the circumstances of her death. Darkly comic, tautly paced, and full of surprises, My Murder is a devour-in-one-sitting, clever twist on the classic thriller.]]> 304 Katie Williams 0593543769 Joe 3 3.61 2023 My Murder
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average rating: 3.61
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rating: 3
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]]> Happiness Falls 75495002 When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another--both a riveting page-turner and a deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis from the award-winning author of Miracle Creek.

"We didn't call the police right away." Those are the first words of this extraordinary novel about a biracial Korean-American family in Virginia whose lives are upended when their beloved father and husband goes missing.

Mia, the irreverent, hyperanalytical twenty-year-old daughter, has an explanation for everything--which is why she isn't initially concerned when her father and younger brother Eugene don't return from a walk in a nearby park. They must have lost their phone. Or stopped for an errand somewhere. But by the time Mia's brother runs through the front door bloody and alone, it becomes clear that the father in this tight-knit family is missing and the only witness is Eugene, who has the rare genetic condition Angelman syndrome and cannot speak.

What follows is both a ticking-clock investigation into the whereabouts of a father and an emotionally rich portrait of a family whose most personal secrets just may be at the heart of his disappearance. Full of shocking twists and fascinating questions of love, language, race, and human connection, Happiness Falls is a mystery, a family drama, and a novel of profound philosophical inquiry. With all the powerful storytelling she brought to her award-winning debut Miracle Creek, Angie Kim turns the missing person story into something wholly original, creating an indelible tale of a family who must go to remarkable lengths to truly understand one another.]]> 387 Angie Kim 0593448200 Joe 3 3.72 2023 Happiness Falls
author: Angie Kim
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average rating: 3.72
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Stories of Your Life and Others]]> 28503870 ]]> 281 Ted Chiang 1101972122 Joe 4 4.22 2002 Stories of Your Life and Others
author: Ted Chiang
name: Joe
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV]]> 203020280 Cue The Sun! explores the morally charged, funny, and sometimes tragic consequences of the hunt for something real inside something fake.

Nussbaum traces four paths of reality innovation—game shows, prank shows, soap operas, and clip shows—that united in the Survivor format, sparking a tumultuous Hollywood gold-rush. Along the way, we meet tricksters and innovators—from the icy Allen Funt to the shambolic Chuck Barris; Cops auteur John Langley; Bachelor mastermind Mike Fleiss; and Jon Murray, the visionary behind The Real World—along with dozens of crew members and ordinary people whose lives became fodder for the reality revolution. We learn about the tools of the trade—like Candid Camera’s brilliant “reveal� and the notorious Frankenbite, a deceptive editor’s best friend—and the moral outrage that reality shows provoked. But Cue The Sun! also celebrates what made the genre so powerful: a jolt of authentic emotion.

Through broad-ranging reporting, Nussbaum examines seven tumultuous decades, exploring the celebreality boom, reality TV as a strike-breaker, the queer roots of Bravo, and the dark truth behind The Apprentice. A shrewd observer who cares about television, she is the ideal voice for the first substantive cultural history of the genre that has, for better or worse, made America what it is today.]]> 464 Emily Nussbaum 0525508996 Joe 3 3.94 2024 Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV
author: Emily Nussbaum
name: Joe
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> Houses of the Unholy 203931568 HOUSES OF THE UNHOLYĚýis a riveting horror thrill ride from bestselling creators ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS, the award-winning team behindĚýCRIMINALĚý(soon to be a TV series on Amazon Prime),ĚýRECKLESS,ĚýNIGHT FEVER,ĚýandĚýWHERE THE BODY WAS.]]> 144 Ed Brubaker 1534327428 Joe 3 3.60 2024 Houses of the Unholy
author: Ed Brubaker
name: Joe
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> In the Lives of Puppets 60784549
The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled “HAP,� he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio–a past spent hunting humans.

When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio’s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic’s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.

Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?

Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.]]> 432 T.J. Klune 125021744X Joe 3 3.90 2023 In the Lives of Puppets
author: T.J. Klune
name: Joe
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency, #2)]]> 34942741
Emperox Grayland II of the Interdependency is ready to take desperate measures to help ensure the survival of billions. But arrayed before her are those who believe the collapse of the Flow is a myth―or at the very least an opportunity to an ascension to power.

While Grayland prepares for disaster, others are preparing for a civil war. A war that will take place in the halls of power, the markets of business and the altars of worship as much as it will between spaceships and battlefields.

The Emperox and her allies are smart and resourceful, as are her enemies. Nothing about this will be easy... and all of humanity will be caught in its consuming fire.]]> 304 John Scalzi Joe 3 4.23 2018 The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency, #2)
author: John Scalzi
name: Joe
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/29
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]]> <![CDATA[Yoshitoshi: The Splendid Decadent]]> 1520597 158 Shinichi Segi 0870117122 Joe 3 4.25 Yoshitoshi: The Splendid Decadent
author: Shinichi Segi
name: Joe
average rating: 4.25
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]]> <![CDATA[Void Rivals, Vol. 2: Hunted Across the Wasteland]]> 213877815 For Fans of STAR WARS and SAGA, VOID RIVALS is a sci-fi action adventure about long held secrets that threaten everything our two warring pilots hold dear.

THE ENERGON UNIVERSE CONTINUES HERE!

Darak and Solila traverse the northern wasteland � and there’s no shortage of enemies in their way.

But there’s hope in the form of everyone’s favorite Autobot Triple-Changer, Springer!

The game-changing team of Robert Kirkman, Lorenzo De Felici and Matheus Lopes continue their critically-acclaimed new series exploring the most shocking corners of the Energon Universe.

Collects Void Rivals #7-12.]]> 128 Robert Kirkman 1534328378 Joe 3 3.94 Void Rivals, Vol. 2: Hunted Across the Wasteland
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Joe
average rating: 3.94
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]]> <![CDATA[The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)]]> 30078567
Our universe is ruled by physics and faster than light travel is not possible -- until the discovery of The Flow, an extra-dimensional field we can access at certain points in space-time that transport us to other worlds, around other stars.

Humanity flows away from Earth, into space, and in time forgets our home world and creates a new empire, the Interdependency, whose ethos requires that no one human outpost can survive without the others. It’s a hedge against interstellar war -- and a system of control for the rulers of the empire.

The Flow is eternal -- but it is not static. Just as a river changes course, The Flow changes as well, cutting off worlds from the rest of humanity. When it’s discovered that The Flow is moving, possibly cutting off all human worlds from faster than light travel forever, three individuals -- a scientist, a starship captain and the Empress of the Interdependency -- are in a race against time to discover what, if anything, can be salvaged from an interstellar empire on the brink of collapse.]]> 336 John Scalzi 0765388898 Joe 3 4.08 2017 The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
author: John Scalzi
name: Joe
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2017
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Goon, Vol. 3: Fishy Men, Witchy Women & Bitter Beer]]> 56282310 128 Roger Langridge 1949889025 Joe 3 3.34 2021 The Goon, Vol. 3: Fishy Men, Witchy Women & Bitter Beer
author: Roger Langridge
name: Joe
average rating: 3.34
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: Japanese Woodblock Prints by Yoshitoshi]]> 917375 112 Tamara Tjardes 0890134383 Joe 3 4.35 2003 One Hundred Aspects of the Moon: Japanese Woodblock Prints by Yoshitoshi
author: Tamara Tjardes
name: Joe
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2003
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[And Mankind Created the Gods: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Pascal Boyer’s Religion Explained]]> 202076923
These are some of the most fundamental and enduring questions we have about the mysteries of religion, and they may well hold the key to humankind’s future on this earth.

In this adaptation of Pascal Boyer’s classic work exploring these concepts, Religion Explained, artist Joseph Béhé harnesses the power of comics to provide clear answers to the basic questions about why religion exists and why people believe.

A distinguished scholar, Boyer drew from research in cognitive science, anthropology, psychology, and evolutionary biology to explore why religion exists and why the strength of human beliefs can drive us to be selfless sometimes and, at other times, to be fanatical and intolerant. His erudite book is rich with insight into the endless jumble of ideas that inform religious beliefs and practices across cultures. With detailed, illustrative drawings and carefully adapted prose, Béhé’s graphic novel brings a new perspective to Boyer’s work.

An eminently accessible approach to the notoriously thorny topics of belief, cognition, humanity, and religion, And Mankind Created the Gods is a thoughtful, inspiring graphic novel that will further and broaden the conversation with which Boyer’s book engages.]]> 368 Joseph Béhé 163779066X Joe 3 3.92 2024 And Mankind Created the Gods: A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Pascal Boyer’s Religion Explained
author: Joseph Béhé
name: Joe
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Void Rivals, Vol. 1: More than Meets the Eye]]> 199797626
War rages around the Sacred Ring, where the last remnants of two worlds have collapsed around a black hole in a never-ending war.???

However, when pilot Darak and his rival Solila both crash on a desolate planet, these two enemies must find a way to escape together. But are they alone on this strange planet? And what dark forces await that threaten the entire universe????

Collects VOID RIVALS #1-6.]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 153439818X Joe 3 3.82 2024 Void Rivals, Vol. 1: More than Meets the Eye
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Joe
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Element of Fire (Ile-Rien, #1)]]> 367334 320 Martha Wells 0615135714 Joe 3 3.81 1993 The Element of Fire (Ile-Rien, #1)
author: Martha Wells
name: Joe
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1993
rating: 3
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]]> Blood of the Virgin 61913604
Fourteen years in the making, renowned and beloved graphic novelist Sammy Harkham finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak it can bring, and what it means to be human

YOU CAN BURN IN HELL
Ěý
Set primarily in Los Angeles in 1971, Blood of the Virgin is the story of twenty‑seven‑year‑old Seymour, an Iraqi Jewish immigrant film editor who works for an exploitation film production company. Sammy Harkham brings us into the underbelly of Los Angeles during a crucial evolutionary moment in the industry from the last wheeze of the studio system to the rise of independent filmmaking.
Ěý
Seymour, his wife, and their new baby struggle as he tries to make it in the movie business, writing screenplays on spec and pining for the chance to direct. When his boss buys one of his scripts for a project called Blood of the Virgin and gives Seymour the chance to direct it, what follows is a surreal, tragicomic making-of journey. As Seymour’s blind ambition propels the movie, his home life grows increasingly fraught. The film’s production becomes a means to spiral out into time and space, resulting in an epic graphic novel that explores the intersection of twentieth‑century America, parenthood, sex, the immigrant experience, the dawn of early Hollywood, and, shockingly, the Holocaust.
Ěý
Like a cosmic kaleidoscope, Blood of the Virgin shifts and evolves with each panel, widening its context as the story unfolds, building an intricate web of dreams and heartbreak, allowing the reader to zoom in to the novel’s the bittersweet cost of coming into one’s own.
Ěý
Ěý]]> 296 Sammy Harkham 059331669X Joe 3 3.65 2023 Blood of the Virgin
author: Sammy Harkham
name: Joe
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Nightwing Vol. 5: Time of the Titans]]> 219479868 The fifth volume in the exciting Nightwing epic is here!

After the events of Dark Crisis, Superman has a talk with Nightwing, letting him know that now is Dick’s time to lead…so Nightwing gathers a group of friends to be the premier league in the DC Universe and moves their base of operations to Blüdhaven. Meet the new Titans!

And, following the events of the Nightwing 2022 Annual and the Superman and Nightwing crossover, Nightwing continues to mentor Jon Kent in ways that Dick learned from being trained by Batman…but in his own more encouraging way.

Collects Nightwing #101-105]]> 152 Tom Taylor 1779529538 Joe 3 4.09 2024 Nightwing Vol. 5: Time of the Titans
author: Tom Taylor
name: Joe
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight Double Feature Vol. 3]]> 25387748 Grindhouse is back, and it's meaner, badder, and dirtier than ever, with two brand-new exploitation opuses from writer Alex de Campi (Smoke/Ashes)! Take a "Slay Ride" with R. M. Guéra (Scalped) through a snow-covered West terrorized by child-flaying demons! Go around the world with Afua Richardson (24 Seven) and that superfly black super spy, "Lady Danger: Agent of B.O.O.T.I.," as she tussles with Thai drug lords and sticks it to the CIA! We know you love it filthy, and we're going all night long! Collects Grindhouse: Drive In, Bleed Out issues #1-#4!]]> 128 Alex de Campi 1616557389 Joe 3 3.46 2014 Grindhouse: Doors Open at Midnight Double Feature Vol. 3
author: Alex de Campi
name: Joe
average rating: 3.46
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)]]> 9579634
From being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere. Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. Returning to his father's castle Jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with all hands turned against him.

Mark Lawrence's debut novel tells a tale of blood and treachery, magic and brotherhood and paints a compelling and brutal, and sometimes beautiful, picture of an exceptional boy on his journey toward manhood and the throne.]]> 373 Mark Lawrence 0007423292 Joe 3 3.83 2011 Prince of Thorns (Broken Empire, #1)
author: Mark Lawrence
name: Joe
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2011
rating: 3
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]]> Barnstormers 124948410
A high-flying, post WWI-era historical fiction graphic novel thats an intimate portrait of love and war--and a meditation on the dangerous level of trust required in both romance and aviation.

It's 1927--the late days of the barnstorming era, when pilots competed with each other by performing deadlier and more wondrous feats. Injured pilot Hawk E. Baron is back from the frontlines of the war. Still a young man, hes an adventurer who lives his life traveling from town to town in his plane entertaining folks--most of whom have never seen a car, let alone a plane.

His world changes when he meets Tillie, a young woman who shares his passion for aviation and adventure. They become a traveling act, delighting folks with their antics. Tillie even becomes Hawks wing-walker, climbing out on the wing of the plane mid-flight to perform death-defying acrobatics.

When they learn they are suspected of a horrific crime, their journey becomes an even deadlier race against time. Along the way they bond, confessing their secrets, and begin a romance in this lush, character-driven series that explores the early days of aviation and the evolving relationship and romance between two young pilots.

This Bonnie and Clyde romp brings together writer Scott Snyder (We Have Demons) and the breathtaking illustrations of Tula Lotay (Supreme: Blue Rose)--her longest sequential work to date.]]> 140 Scott Snyder Joe 3 3.96 2024 Barnstormers
author: Scott Snyder
name: Joe
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> Feral, Vol. 1: Indoor Cats 207297512 The Walking Dead meets The AristoCats in this new horror graphic novel from the creative team behind the bestselling hit Stray Dogs!

Meet Elsie, Lord Fluffy Britches, and Patch, three indoor cats lost in the not-so-great outdoors during a nightmarish rabies outbreak.

Without their humans to protect them, the cats rush to find their way home before they're eaten by the forest full of rabid beasts on their tails.

Don’t get bit.

Don’t get scratched.

Don’t become…FERAL.

COLLECTING FERAL ISSUES #1-5]]> 136 Tony Fleecs 1534372962 Joe 3 3.87 2024 Feral, Vol. 1: Indoor Cats
author: Tony Fleecs
name: Joe
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2)]]> 181031840
Two mighty empires are at war - and both will lose, with thousands of planets falling to the extinction event called the Scour. At least that's what the artificial intelligence known as Rupshe believes.

But somewhere in the multiverse there exists a force - the Mother Mass - that could end the war in an instant, and Rupshe has assembled a team to find it. Essien Nkanika, a soldier trying desperately to atone for past sins; the cat-woman Moon, a conscienceless killer; the digitally recorded mind of physicist Hadiz Tambuwal; Paz, an idealistic child and the renegade robot spy Dulcimer Coronal.

Their mission will take them from the hellish prison world of Tsakom to the poisoned remains of a post-apocalyptic Earth, and finally bring them face to face with the Mother Mass itself. But can they persuade it to end eons of neutrality and help them? And is it too late to make a difference?

Because the Pandominion's doomsday machines are about to be unleashed - and not even their builders know how to control them.

Discover the conclusion to the spectacular Pandominion duology - an exhilarating science fiction series from the author of the million-copy bestseller The Girl With All the Gifts . Perfect for fans of The Space Between Worlds, The Long Earth and Children of Time.]]> 496 M.R. Carey 035651806X Joe 3 4.25 2024 Echo of Worlds (Pandominion, #2)
author: M.R. Carey
name: Joe
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2024
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Duke, Vol. 1: Knowing is Half the Battle]]> 202201947 For Fans of Human Target by Tom King and Department of Truth by James Tynion IV, DUKE is a paranoid conspiracy thriller set in the world of G.I. Joe and part of Skybound’s Energon Universe.

Codename G.I. Joe begins here.

Conrad Hauser made first contact with an alien being and lived to tell the tale. But no one, not even Colonel Hawk, will believe the story of the colossal transforming robot that nearly killed the man known as Duke.

Now, one of the US Army’s most decorated officers is on the hunt for answers, drawn into a conflict that no amount of training could ever prepare him for. A war that only a real American hero has any chance of surviving�

Superstar writer Joshua Williamson (Superman, Batman) and artist Tom Reilly kick off the first of four action-packed miniseries that will introduce the best and worst humanity has to offer in the Energon Universe.

Collects DUKE #1-5]]> 128 Joshua Williamson 1534398163 Joe 3 4.02 Duke, Vol. 1: Knowing is Half the Battle
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average rating: 4.02
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]]> <![CDATA[Film Noir: 100 All-Time Favorites]]> 16144473 686 Paul Duncan 3836543567 Joe 4 4.54 2013 Film Noir: 100 All-Time Favorites
author: Paul Duncan
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average rating: 4.54
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> Newburn Vol. 2 210497216 Don’t miss the thrilling conclusion of the series from Eisner winner CHIP ZDARSKY (Batman, PUBLIC DOMAIN) and rising star JACOB PHILLIPS (THAT TEXAS BLOOD, THE ENFIELD GANG MASSACRE)!
Collects NEWBURN #9-16]]> 0 Chip Zdarsky 1534365133 Joe 3 4.05 Newburn Vol. 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Film Noir: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)]]> 41551786
In this Very Short Introduction James Naremore shows how the term film noir originated in in French literary and film criticism, and how later uses of the term travelled abroad, changing its implications. In the process, he comments on classic examples of the films and explores important aspects of their their critical reception, their major literary sources, their methods of dealing with censorship and budgets, their social and cultural politics, their variety of styles, and their future in a world of digital media and video streaming.

ABOUT THE The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.]]> 124 James Naremore 0198791747 Joe 3 3.75 2019 Film Noir: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
author: James Naremore
name: Joe
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Cobra Commander, Vol. 1: Determined to Rule the World]]> 202201893 For Fans of Darth Vader by Kieron Gillen and Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing, COBRA COMMANDER is an espionage horror series uncovering a world power’s truly terrifying rise to power and the one man who will sacrifice anyone and anything to get it.

The Cobra Threat Begins HERE.

In a world where the Cobra organization hasn’t formed, one man’s sinister plans to utilize the mysterious alien substance known as Energon sends shockwaves across the globe. Who is Cobra Commander? Where does he come from? And what horrors is he planning to unleash that will rock the world � and maybe the universe � to its core?

Red-Hot writer Joshua Williamson (Superman, DUKE) and artist Andrea Milana (IMPACT WINTER: ROOK) kick off the second of four action-packed miniseries that will introduce the best and worst humanity has to offer in the Energon Universe.]]> 112 Joshua Williamson 1534398155 Joe 3 3.82 Cobra Commander, Vol. 1: Determined to Rule the World
author: Joshua Williamson
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> Horror Cinema 3656015 192 Jonathan Penner 3822831522 Joe 3 3.88 2008 Horror Cinema
author: Jonathan Penner
name: Joe
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Goon, Vol. 1: A Ragged Return to Lonely Street]]> 45178729 The next era in the legacy of The Goon starts here and takes the series to its humor-based roots as Goon & Franky return from strange adventures abroad to find a horde of unsavory characters that have filled the void left in his absence from Lonely Street.]]> 180 Eric Powell 1949889920 Joe 3 4.16 2019 The Goon, Vol. 1: A Ragged Return to Lonely Street
author: Eric Powell
name: Joe
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1 39018267
Knightfall Vol. 1 presents the epic battle between Batman and one of his greatest foes of all time, Bane. Part two of a massive nine-volume celebration of the entire Knightfall saga, this collection follows the story arc begun in Prelude to Knightfall and features Batman #492-497 and Detective Comics #659-663 along with supplemental character sketches and more.]]> 268 Doug Moench 1401284299 Joe 3 4.19 Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
author: Doug Moench
name: Joe
average rating: 4.19
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]]> <![CDATA[Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films]]> 58724623
Do you like scary movies?
Have you ever wondered why?

Nina Nesseth knows what scares you. She also knows why.

In Nightmare Fuel , Nesseth explores the strange and often unexpected science of fear through the lenses of psychology and physiology. How do horror films get under our skin? What about them keeps us up at night, even days later? And why do we keep coming back for more?

Horror films promise an fear . From monsters that hide in plain sight to tension-building scores, every aspect of a horror film is crafted to make your skin crawl. But how exactly do filmmakers pull this off? The truth is, there’s more to it than just loud noises and creepy images.

With the affection of a true horror fan and the critical analysis of a scientist, Nesseth explains how audiences engage horror with both their brains and bodies, and teases apart the elements that make horror films tick. Nightmare Fuel covers everything from jump scares to creature features, serial killers to the undead, and the fears that stick around to those that fade over time.

With in-depth discussions and spotlight features of some of horror’s most popular films―from classics like The Exorcist to modern hits like Hereditary ―and interviews with directors, film editors, composers, and horror academics, Nightmare Fuel is a deep dive into the science of fear, a celebration of the genre, and a survival guide for going to bed after the credits roll.

“An invaluable resource, a history of the horror genre, a love letter to the scary movie―it belongs on any horror reader’s bookshelf.� ―Lisa Kröger, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Monster, She Wrote]]> 304 Nina Nesseth 1250765218 Joe 3 3.81 2022 Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films
author: Nina Nesseth
name: Joe
average rating: 3.81
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bone Orchard Mythos: The Passageway (The Bone Orchard Mythos, #1)]]> 60253954
THE PASSAGEWAY is the first of a dozen new interconnected projects making up THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS from LEMIRE and SORRENTINO!

The Bone Orchard Mythos is an ambitious expansion for the powerhouse creative team and will span multiple books and across a variety of different storytelling formats. Each title will tell its own unique, self-contained tale some as stand-alone hardcover graphic novels, some as miniseries comics, and some as longer format maxiseries comics but they will all be set within the same world and add to the overall Bone Orchard mythology.
The team plans to release at least two new titles each year, for the next several years. In Summer 2022 the horrors begin with a hardcover graphic novel titled, The Passageway which follows a geologist sent to a remote lighthouse to investigate a strange phenomenon. In 2023 Lemire and Sorrentino will follow up with a miniseries collection titled, Ten Thousand Black Feathers, and then another original graphic novel hardcover in 2023 titled Tenement.]]> 96 Jeff Lemire 1534322248 Joe 3 3.39 2022 The Bone Orchard Mythos: The Passageway (The Bone Orchard Mythos, #1)
author: Jeff Lemire
name: Joe
average rating: 3.39
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1)]]> 23287202
Violent and dark, the world is filled with the Geisteskranken—men and women whose delusions manifest, twisting reality. High Priest Konig seeks to create order from chaos. He defines the beliefs of his followers, leading their faith to one end: a young boy, Morgen, must Ascend to become a god. A god they can control.

But there are many who would see this would-be-god in their thrall, including the High Priest’s own Doppels, and a Slaver no one can resist. Three reprobates—The Greatest Swordsman in the World, a murderous Kleptic, and possibly the only sane man left—have their own nefarious plans for the young god.

As these forces converge on the boy, there’s one more obstacle: time is running out. When one's delusions become more powerful, they become harder to control. The fate of the Geisteskranken is to inevitably find oneself in the Afterdeath.

The question, then, is: Who will rule there?]]> 480 Michael R. Fletcher 0062387030 Joe 4 4.00 2015 Beyond Redemption (Manifest Delusions, #1)
author: Michael R. Fletcher
name: Joe
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2015
rating: 4
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]]> Newburn, Volume 1 60723672
This new series from Eisner winner CHIP ZDARSKY (DAREDEVIL, SEX CRIMINALS) and rising star JACOB PHILLIPS (THAT TEXAS BLOOD) follows Newburn as he does jobs for every criminal organization in New York City, collecting enemies along the way.

Collects NEWBURN #1-8.]]> 176 Chip Zdarsky 1534322396 Joe 4 3.98 2022 Newburn, Volume 1
author: Chip Zdarsky
name: Joe
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg]]> 52883162 Videodrome. Scanners. The Brood. Crash. The Fly. The films of David Cronenberg have haunted and inspired generations. His name has become synonymous with the body horror subgenre and the term "Cronenbergian" has been used to describe the stark, grotesque, and elusive quality of his work. These eighteen stories bring his themes and ideas into the present, throbbing with unnatural life.

A yoga group brings transcendence and bodily transformation. A woman undergoing Gender Confirmation Surgery is subjected to outlandish techniques. A young man discovers the reality-warping potential of a bootleg horror VHS. A mother comes to terms with the monstrous appetites of her newborn child.

Being terrified is just the beginning. Become one with us and take a deep, penetrating dive into the plasma pool...

This is The New Flesh.

With an Introduction by Kathe Koja, and featuring stories by Brian Evenson, Sara Century, C.M. Muller, Leo X. Robertson, Max D. Stanton, Emma Alice Johnson, Cody Goodfellow, Bruno Lombardi, Katy Michelle Quinn, Jack Lothian, Mona Swan LeSueur & Fiona Maeve Geist, Madeleine Swann,Ěý Charles Austin Muir, Ryan Harding, Alex Smith, Gwendolyn Kiste, Brendan Vidito, and Sam Richard.]]> 262 Sam Richard 1951658019 Joe 4 3.93 2019 The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg
author: Sam Richard
name: Joe
average rating: 3.93
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[BEYOND LOVE AND WORK: Why Adults Need to Play]]> 265859 288 Lenore Terr 0684863162 Joe 3 3.70 1999 BEYOND LOVE AND WORK: Why Adults Need to Play
author: Lenore Terr
name: Joe
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1999
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Once Upon a Time at the End of the World Vol. 3]]> 199798429
NOT EVEN IF YOU’RE THE LAST PERSON ON EARTH. Braving the wasteland apart feels unthinkable, yet here Maceo and Mezzy are, isolated on a world breathing its last breaths. Join each on their separate journeys through the darkest, apocalyptic pits of depression–two wayward sides of a coin. Old age at the end of the world is as stark and brutal as it sounds for Mezzy and Maceo, as two people that were once so important to each other are chasms apart. But when a group of ravagers steal technology from one of Maceo’s partners with the intent to hasten the end of earth itself� two former lovers will find themselves stitched together by fate. If they make it out alive� if everyone makes it out alive, will Mezzy and Maceo find love again? Perhaps peace lies elsewhere� Collects Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #11-15.]]> 176 Jason Aaron 160886250X Joe 3 4.13 Once Upon a Time at the End of the World Vol. 3
author: Jason Aaron
name: Joe
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]]> <![CDATA[Not Drinking Tonight: A Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love]]> 57577289 In this honest discussion of mental health, the founder of Therapy for Women explores our reasons for drinking alcohol—and the benefits of taking a break.

When “retired party girl� and popular therapist Amanda White admitted she was an alcoholic, it wasn’t because she’d done something outrageous while under the influence, like land herself in jail or get married in Vegas. It was because she realized three things: 1. Alcohol was making her life worse. 2. Moderation wasn’t helping. 3. She could not be a therapist if she continued to use alcohol to numb her life. Something needed to change—not just her relationship with alcohol, but her relationship with herself.
Ěý
Choosing not to drink can be daunting. It’s everywhere in our culture, our socializing, and our destressing. And it can seem black or white: you drink, or you don’t (and if you don’t, people ask why). That’s where Not Drinking Tonight comes in. Judgement-free and relatable, Amanda helps you unpack your relationship with alcohol by showing you how to:

Find out why you drink. Whether it’s a glass of wine after work or a weekly bar crawl, your drinking habits can be the result of everything from biology to trauma.

Heal your relationship with alcohol. Understand how your relationships have been affecting your life, and learn how to set boundaries and create true self care.

Build the sober life you love. Learn what comes next—how to maintain your social life, navigate sex and relationships, and love yourself.
Ěý
Not Drinking Tonight isn’t a program to stop drinking. It’s the first book to help you address the root issues that cause you to reach for a drink, and create a life you love—one that is not perfect, but is messy and real and one you are fully present for.]]> Amanda E. White 1549136348 Joe 3 4.21 Not Drinking Tonight: A Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love
author: Amanda E. White
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]]> <![CDATA[Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)]]> 61237044
The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds - except that they're really just the one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an AI threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they'll eradicate it by whatever means necessary, no matter the cost to human life.

Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth's environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret of inter-dimensional travel. It could save everyone on her dying planet, but now she's walked into the middle of a war on a scale she never dreamed of.

And she needs to choose a side before it kills her.]]> 499 M.R. Carey 0316504386 Joe 4 4.06 2023 Infinity Gate (Pandominion, #1)
author: M.R. Carey
name: Joe
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> The Sacrificers, Vol. 1 199798258
Tomorrow is a harmonious paradise thanks to five families who make everything perfect... for the price of one child per household. Now, as that bill comes due, a son expected to give everything for a family that never loved him, and an affluent daughter determined to destroy utopia, must unite to end one generation's unnaturally protracted reign.

Collecting issues 1-6 of THE SACRIFICERS]]> 192 Rick Remender 1534397892 Joe 3 4.11 2024 The Sacrificers, Vol. 1
author: Rick Remender
name: Joe
average rating: 4.11
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror]]> 60708721
Horror movies hold a complicated space in the hearts of the queer community: historically misogynist, and often homo- and transphobic, the genre has also been inadvertently feminist and open to subversive readings. Common tropes—such as the circumspect and resilient “final girl,� body possession, costumed villains, secret identities, and things that lurk in the closet—spark moments of eerie familiarity and affective connection. Still, viewers often remain tasked with reading themselves into beloved films, seeking out characters and set pieces that speak to, mirror, and parallel the unique ways queerness encounters the world.

"It Came from the Closet" features twenty-five original essays by writers speaking to this relationship, through connections both empowering and oppressive. From Carmen Maria Machado on "Jennifer’s Body", Jude Ellison S. Doyle on "In My Skin", Addie Tsai on "Dead Ringers", and many more, these conversations convey the rich reciprocity between queerness and horror.]]> 298 Joe Vallese 1952177790 Joe 3 4.16 2022 It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
author: Joe Vallese
name: Joe
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Alcohol Experiment: A 30-day, Alcohol-Free Challenge to Interrupt Your Habits and Help You Take Control]]> 40712498 Now complete with daily prompts to reflect on each day of a month-long, alcohol-free plan, the author of This Naked Mind helps readers challenge their thinking, find clarity, and form new habits.

Changing your habits can be hard without the right tools. This is especially true for alcohol because habits are, by definition, subconscious thought processes. Through her methodical research of the latest neuroscience and her own journey, Annie Grace has cracked the code on habit change by addressing the specific ways habits form. This unique and unprecedented method has now helped thousands redefine their relationship to drinking painlessly and without misery.

In The Alcohol Experiment, Annie offers a judgment-free action plan for anyone who's ever wondered what life without alcohol is like. The rules are simple: Abstain from drinking for 30 days and just see how you feel. Annie arms her readers with the science-backed information to address the cultural and emotional conditioning we experience around alcohol. The result is a mindful approach that puts you back in control and permanently stops cravings.

With a chapter and journal prompt devoted to each day of the experiment, Annie presents wisdom, tested strategies, and thought-provoking information to supplement the plan and support your step-by-step success as you learn what feels good for you. It's your body, your mind, and your choice.]]> 239 Annie Grace 0525537252 Joe 3 4.27 2018 The Alcohol Experiment: A 30-day, Alcohol-Free Challenge to Interrupt Your Habits and Help You Take Control
author: Annie Grace
name: Joe
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Science of Plant-based Nutrition: How to Enhance the Power of Plants for Optimal Health]]> 202907269 224 Rhiannon Lambert 0744099102 Joe 3 3.88 The Science of Plant-based Nutrition: How to Enhance the Power of Plants for Optimal Health
author: Rhiannon Lambert
name: Joe
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]]> <![CDATA[Once Upon a Time at the End of the World, Vol. 2]]> 176443938
In the post-apocalypse, paradise can’t last for long in� THE RISE AND FALL OF GOLGONOOZA! A secluded suburban community is the last thing Maceo and Mezzy expected to find, especially one so well-preserved and well-stocked. As more people come to reside in this settlement called Golgonooza, it flourishes, and becomes a home for Mezzy and Maceo, just as they become home to each other. However, the cracks in Maceo and Mezzy’s oasis turn to chasms as their relationship stability (and that of the community) faces its first disasters! What Maceo felt for Mezzy eventually turns to terror as he doubts if he ever knew her in the first place, and even begins to fear her. The chasm between them grows–quite literally–as Golgonooza’s foundation crumbles and bubbles with a strange poison gas�

New York Times bestselling, Eisner and Harvey Award-winning writer Jason Aaron (Thor, Star Darth Vader) is joined by acclaimed artist Leila del Duca (Wonder Homecoming) in the second chapter of his ambitious post-apocalyptic original series!

Collects Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #6-10.]]> 176 Jason Aaron 160886152X Joe 3 3.69 Once Upon a Time at the End of the World, Vol. 2
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average rating: 3.69
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]]> Go-Bots 42250473
They say they're here to help us, but are they here to replace us? Go-Bots have changed our way of life. Leader-1 is a self-aware fighter jet on a hostage rescue mission with his partner, Commander Nick Burns. Scooter is the personal transport and best friend to undergrad A.J. Foster. Turbo is Matt Hunter's transforming race car in the hottest sport in America, Go-Bot Racing. Cy-Kill is the champion of the illegal, underground Go-Bot Fighting League.

A modern sci-fi epic updating the story of the classic 1980s toy line, from the incomparable Tom Scioli, creator of American Barbarian .]]> 128 Tom Scioli 1684054745 Joe 3 3.86 2019 Go-Bots
author: Tom Scioli
name: Joe
average rating: 3.86
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rating: 3
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]]> The Good Asian, Volume Two 60728093
Self-loathing Chinese-American detective Edison Hark uncovers the secrets behind the murders terrorizing 1936 Chinatown and their link to his family—but exposing the truth may mean toppling everything he holds dear. Writer PORNSAK PICHETSHOTE (INFIDEL) and artist ALEXANDRE TEFENKGI (OUTPOST ZERO) wrap up their Chinatown noir starring the first generation of Americans to come of age under an immigration ban…the Chinese.

Collects covers by DAVID CHOE, AFU CHAN, NIMIT MALAVIA, DAVE JOHNSON, and more, plus bonus material.

Collects THE GOOD ASIAN #5-10]]> 176 Pornsak Pichetshote 1534321217 Joe 3 3.65 2022 The Good Asian, Volume Two
author: Pornsak Pichetshote
name: Joe
average rating: 3.65
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The 5 Principles: A Revolutionary Path to Health, Inner Wealth, and Knowledge of Self]]> 60021447
As a young aspiring rapper on the rise in the late nineties, Stic was no stranger to the typical self-destructive lifestyle habits of excessive drinking, abusing weed, poor dietary choices, and enduring many stressful days and sleepless nights. And ultimately his health paid the price, resulting in a dangerous diagnosis: gout.

Confronted with the choice to continue the cycle of suffering or make revolutionary changes, Stic set out to profoundly transform his lifestyle. In the three decades since, stic’s consistent dedication to mental, physical and spiritual fitness and continuous personal growth has led him to found the inspirational healthy lifestyle brand and cultural movement, RBG FIT CLUB, and pioneer his own ground-breaking genre of music called “Fit Hop.�

In The 5 Principles, he now brings the lessons he's learned to a wider audience. Stic’s relatable, non-preachy, proactive and integrative approach to wellness is centered around 5 principles:

Knowledge
Nutrition
Exercise
Rest
Consistency

The 5 Principles empowers readers to experience the wealth of wellbeing via numerous tools, processes, practices, principles, and disciplines that Stic has lived and learned.]]> 336 Stic.man 1538708086 Joe 3 4.20 The 5 Principles: A Revolutionary Path to Health, Inner Wealth, and Knowledge of Self
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]]> <![CDATA[Eat to Live Cookbook: 200 Delicious Nutrient-Rich Recipes for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Reversing Disease, and Lifelong Health (Eat for Life)]]> 17384002 336 Joel Fuhrman 0062286706 Joe 3 4.11 2013 Eat to Live Cookbook: 200 Delicious Nutrient-Rich Recipes for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Reversing Disease, and Lifelong Health (Eat for Life)
author: Joel Fuhrman
name: Joe
average rating: 4.11
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss]]> 34451 When Mehmet Oz or any of New York's leading doctors has a patient whose life depends on losing weight, they call on Joel Fuhrman, M.D. In EAT TO LIVE, Dr. Fuhrman offers his healthy, effective, and scientifically proven plan for shedding radical amounts of weight quickly, and keeping it off.

Losing weight under Dr. Fuhrman's plan is not about willpower, it is about knowledge. The key to this revolutionary diet is the idea of nutrient density, as expressed by the simple formula Health=Nutrients/Calories. When the ratio of nutrients to calories is high, fat melts away and health is restored. Losing 20 pounds in two to three weeks is just the beginning. The more high-nutrient food Dr. Fuhrman's patients consume, the more they are satisfied with fewer calories, and the less they crave fat and high-calorie foods. Designed for people who must lose 50 pounds or more in a hurry, EAT TO LIVE works for every dieter, even those who want to lose as little as 10 pounds quickly. No willpower required-just knowledge

]]> 292 Joel Fuhrman 0316735507 Joe 3 4.14 2003 Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss
author: Joel Fuhrman
name: Joe
average rating: 4.14
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance]]> 55338995 338 Matt Frazier 0063042010 Joe 3 3.86 2021 The Plant-Based Athlete: A Game-Changing Approach to Peak Performance
author: Matt Frazier
name: Joe
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober]]> 37754223
Catherine Gray was stuck in a hellish whirligig of Drink, Make horrible decisions, Hangover, Repeat. She had her fair share of 'drunk tank' jail cells and topless-in-a-hot-tub misadventures. But this book goes beyond the binges and blackouts to deep-dive into uncharted territory: What happens after you quit drinking? This gripping, heart-breaking and witty book takes us down the rabbit-hole of an alternative reality. A life with zero hangovers, through sober weddings, sex, Christmases and breakups.

In The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, Catherine Gray shines a light on society's drink-pushing and talks to top neuroscientists and psychologists about why we drink, delving into the science behind what it does to our brains and bodies. Much more than a tale from the netherworld of addicted drinking, this book is about the escape, and why a sober life can be more intoxicating than you ever imagined. Whether you're a hopelessly devoted drinker, merely sober-curious, or you've already ditched the drink, you will love this book.]]> 274 Catherine Gray 1912023415 Joe 3 4.31 2017 The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
author: Catherine Gray
name: Joe
average rating: 4.31
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red]]> 127651272 136 Jason Aaron 1302952145 Joe 3 3.66 Star Wars: Darth Vader - Black, White & Red
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]]> Eat Plants, Lift Iron 25602614 see if hip hop artist Stic of dead prez, who is naturally slim and also a distance runner, could gain 20 pounds while on a high performance plant-based diet.

Wrtten with Strength Coach Scott Shetler, NASC-CPT & Holistic Nutritionist and Chef Afya Ibomu, B.S., CHHC. Gluten Free, Supplement Free Plant Based Nutrition plan, meals and recipes and professionally designed training regimen included.]]> 232 Stic of dead prez 0983143722 Joe 3 3.68 2015 Eat Plants, Lift Iron
author: Stic of dead prez
name: Joe
average rating: 3.68
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Age of Movies: Selected Writings]]> 11596991 828 Pauline Kael 1598531093 Joe 3 4.23 2011 The Age of Movies: Selected Writings
author: Pauline Kael
name: Joe
average rating: 4.23
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rating: 3
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]]> Plant-Based Muscle 37767573 243 Robert Cheeke 0984391630 Joe 3 3.89 Plant-Based Muscle
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]]> <![CDATA[The No Meat Athlete Cookbook: Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipes to Fuel Your Workouts - and the Rest of Your Life]]> 33128170 Delicious, plant-powered recipes to power you—to perform better, recover faster, feel great!—the one and only No Meat Athlete cookbook, from The New York Times–bestselling author of The Plant-Based Athlete A Sports Illustrated Best Health and Wellness Book of 2017 A fast-growing global movement, No Meat Athlete (NMA) earns new fans every day by showing how everyone from weekend joggers to world-class competitors can become even healthier and fitter by eating whole plant foods. Now The No Meat Athlete Cookbook—written by NMA founder Matt Frazier and longtime health coach, yoga teacher, and food writer Stepfanie Romine—showcases 125 delicious vegan recipes, many inspired by plant-based foods from around the world. Put nourishing, whole foods on the table quickly and affordably, Morning meals to power your day (Almond Butter–Banana Pancakes, Harissa Baked Tofu)Homemade sports drinks to fuel your workouts (Cucumber-Lime Electrolyte Drink, The Original Sports Drink)Nutrient-packed mains to aid recovery (Naked Samosa Burgers, Almost Instant Ramen)Sweets that work for your body (Two-Minute Turtles, Mango Sticky Rice)Oil-free options for every recipe; gluten-free and soy-free options throughout]]> 288 Matt Frazier Joe 3 3.92 2017 The No Meat Athlete Cookbook: Whole Food, Plant-Based Recipes to Fuel Your Workouts - and the Rest of Your Life
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name: Joe
average rating: 3.92
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]]> <![CDATA[Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns]]> 9678211 273 Clayton M. Christensen 0071759107 Joe 3
I agree with what the author was getting at (although it's very long-winded and full of business examples and economic jargon to rationalize things), but he didn't really give me a full idea of what this disrupted class would look like. A few paragraphs in the book alluded to a room full of students at computers using "software" that adapts to each student's individual learning needs, while continuously monitoring their interactions ("assessing"), and a teacher answers individual questions that pop up from time to time. From this the author asserts a single teacher could handle many more students (because the tech is doing the "work"), each student's learning style is respected and utilized to challenge each student (big assumption), and that the need for assessments will be eliminated. I'm not so sure about these conclusions. And I'm curious about this key "software" -- all applications the author seems convinced students and teachers will create with ease and success.

I really hope that schools' views of technology will advance and adapt. The current model is not working. This book is an interesting step in the right direction. I'd love to read more about this (the future of schools/teachers/students in a tech-dependent/very connected/cloud-based world). Any suggestions?]]> 4.12 2008 Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
author: Clayton M. Christensen
name: Joe
average rating: 4.12
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Disruptive innovations, as opposed to sustained innovations, don't just improve upon the current model. Instead they disrupt the status quo (a twist on a product that makes it useful to a whole new audience for a whole new reason). Technology has the potential to be a disruptive innovation in classrooms. Sadly, most schools have bought technology and then tried to adapt it (cram it in) to the current/traditional model of schooling (instead of looking up info in a book, look it up online!). It's pointless.

I agree with what the author was getting at (although it's very long-winded and full of business examples and economic jargon to rationalize things), but he didn't really give me a full idea of what this disrupted class would look like. A few paragraphs in the book alluded to a room full of students at computers using "software" that adapts to each student's individual learning needs, while continuously monitoring their interactions ("assessing"), and a teacher answers individual questions that pop up from time to time. From this the author asserts a single teacher could handle many more students (because the tech is doing the "work"), each student's learning style is respected and utilized to challenge each student (big assumption), and that the need for assessments will be eliminated. I'm not so sure about these conclusions. And I'm curious about this key "software" -- all applications the author seems convinced students and teachers will create with ease and success.

I really hope that schools' views of technology will advance and adapt. The current model is not working. This book is an interesting step in the right direction. I'd love to read more about this (the future of schools/teachers/students in a tech-dependent/very connected/cloud-based world). Any suggestions?
]]> <![CDATA[Punisher, Vol. 2: The King of Killers, Book Two]]> 123683925 192 Jason Aaron 1302928783 Joe 3 3.89 Punisher, Vol. 2: The King of Killers, Book Two
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]]> <![CDATA[Transformers, Vol. 1: Robots in Disguise]]> 202201956 THE TRANSFORMERS JOIN THE ENERGON UNIVERSE!

Optimus Prime was supposed to have led the Autobots to victory. Instead, the fate of Cybertron is unknown, and his allies have crash-landed far from home, alongside their enemies—the Decepticons. As these titanic forces renew their war on Earth, one thing is immediately clear: the planet will never be the same. New alliances are struck. Battle lines are redrawn. And humanity’s only hope of survival is Optimus Prime.

Superstar creator Daniel Warren Johnson (Do a Powerbomb, Wonder Woman: Dead Earth), alongside showrunner Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible), reimagines Hasbro’s robots in disguise for a brand-new generation.

Collects TRANSFORMERS #1-6]]> 144 Daniel Warren Johnson 1534398171 Joe 3 4.31 Transformers, Vol. 1: Robots in Disguise
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)]]> 41118857
With no other options, Rin joins forces with the powerful Dragon Warlord, who has a plan to conquer Nikan, unseat the Empress, and create a new Republic. Rin throws herself into his war. After all, making war is all she knows how to do.

But the Empress is a more powerful foe than she appears, and the Dragon Warlord’s motivations are not as democratic as they seem. The more Rin learns, the more she fears her love for Nikan will drive her away from every ally and lead her to rely more and more on the Phoenix’s deadly power. Because there is nothing she won’t sacrifice for her country and her vengeance.

The sequel to R.F. Kuang’s acclaimed debut THE POPPY WAR, THE DRAGON REPUBLIC combines the history of 20th-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating effect.]]> 658 R.F. Kuang Joe 3 4.36 2019 The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2)
author: R.F. Kuang
name: Joe
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2019
rating: 3
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]]> The Good Asian, Volume One 58291430
Following Edison Harki, a haunted, self-loathing Chinese-American detective on the trail of a killer in 1936 Chinatown, THE GOOD ASIAN is Chinatown noir starring the first generation of Americans to come of age under an immigration ban, the Chinese, as they're besieged by rampant murders, abusive police, and a world that seemingly never changes. Collects THE GOOD ASIAN #1-4, plus covers by SANA TAKEDA, ANNIE WU, JEN BARTEL, DAVE JOHNSON, and more.]]> 128 Pornsak Pichetshote 1534320946 Joe 3 3.78 2021 The Good Asian, Volume One
author: Pornsak Pichetshote
name: Joe
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2021
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Penguin, Vol. 1: The Prodigal Bird]]> 200870220
Gotham’s criminal element has been evolving since he was last in the city, with his bastard twin children ruling the Iceberg Lounge. And what of the man he framed for his death—Batman? Is the Penguin walking into a death sentence?

From award-winning and bestselling writer Tom King (Batman, The Human Target) and artist Stefano Gaudiano (Gotham Central, The Walking Dead) comes a bloody, hard-boiled tale of redemption and revenge!]]> 156 Tom King 1779525249 Joe 3 3.75 2024 The Penguin, Vol. 1: The Prodigal Bird
author: Tom King
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average rating: 3.75
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rating: 3
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]]> Imago (Xenogenesis, #3) 57653419
Since a nuclear war decimated the human population, the remaining humans began to rebuild their future by interbreeding with an alien race -- the Oankali -- who saved them from near-certain extinction. The Oankalis' greatest skill lies in the species' ability to constantly adapt and evolve, a process that is guided by their third sex, the ooloi , who are able to read and mutate genetic code.

Now, for the first time in the humans' relationship with the Oankali, a human mother has given birth to an ooloi Jodahs. Throughout his childhood, Jodahs seemed to be a male human-alien hybrid. But when he reaches adolescence, Jodahs develops the ooloi abilities to shapeshift, manipulate DNA, cure and create disease, and more. Frightened and isolated, Jodahs must either come to terms with this new identity, learn to control new powers, and unite what's left of humankind -- or become the biggest threat to their survival.]]> 258 Octavia E. Butler 1538753731 Joe 3 4.09 1989 Imago (Xenogenesis, #3)
author: Octavia E. Butler
name: Joe
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1989
rating: 3
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]]> Eat the Document 8290535 From the National Book Award nominated author of Innocents and Others and Wayward, a bold and moving novel that follows a fugitive radical from the 1970s who has lived in hiding for twenty-five years and explores themes of idealism, passion, sacrifice, and the cost of living a secret.In the heyday of the 1970s underground, Bobby DeSoto and Mary Whittaker—passionate, idealistic, and in love —organize a series of radical protests against the Vietnam War. When one action goes wrong, the course of their lives is forever changed. The two must erase their past, forge new identities, and never see each other again. Now it is the 1990s. Mary lives in the suburbs with her fifteen-year-old son, who spends hours immersed in the music of his mother's generation. She has no idea where Bobby is, whether he is alive or dead. Shifting between the protests in the 1970s and the consequences of those choices in the 1990s, Dana Spiotta deftly explores the connection between the two eras—their language, technology, music, and activism. Dana Spiotta, "wonderfully observant and wonderfully gifted...with an uncanny feel for the absurdities and sadness of contemporary life" (The New York Times), has written a character-driven, brilliant, and riveting portrait of two eras and a revelatory novel about the culture of rebellion, with particular resonance now.]]> 304 Dana Spiotta 0743288998 Joe 4 3.91 2006 Eat the Document
author: Dana Spiotta
name: Joe
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[David Lynch: The Man from Another Place (Icons)]]> 20256744
David Lynch: The Man from Another Place, Dennis Lim’s remarkably smart and concise book, proposes several lenses through which to view Lynch and his work: through the age-old mysteries of the uncanny and the sublime, through the creative energies of surrealism and postmodernism, through ideas of America and theories of good and evil. Lynch himself often warns against overinterpretation. And accordingly, this is not a book that seeks to decode his art or annotate his life—to dispel the strangeness of the Lynchian—so much as one that offers complementary ways of seeing and understanding one of the most distinctive bodies of work in modern cinema. Its spirit is true to its subject, in remaining suggestive rather than definitive, in allowing what Lynch likes to call “room to dream,� and in honoring the allure of the unknown and the unknowable.
]]> 184 Dennis Lim 0544343751 Joe 3 3.92 2013 David Lynch: The Man from Another Place (Icons)
author: Dennis Lim
name: Joe
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2013
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Mondo Macabro : Weird & Wonderful Cinema Around the World]]> 1494747 Immoral Tales now brings readers into the exotic, erotic, and eccentric international film scene. Fully illustrated, this book includes an Indian song-and-dance version of Dracula; Turkish version of Star Trek and Superman; China's "hopping vampire" films, and much more.]]> 192 Pete Tombs 0312187483 Joe 3 4.48 1998 Mondo Macabro : Weird & Wonderful Cinema Around the World
author: Pete Tombs
name: Joe
average rating: 4.48
book published: 1998
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence]]> 55723020
In Dopamine Nation, Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain...and what to do about it. Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative. Their riveting stories of suffering and redemption give us all hope for managing our consumption and transforming our lives. In essence, Dopamine Nation shows that the secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery.

"Brilliant... riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued."--Beth Macy, author of Dopesick


INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER
“Brilliant� riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued.”—Beth Macy, author of Dopesick
As heard on Fresh Air]]> 304 Anna Lembke 1524746738 Joe 2 3.88 2021 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
author: Anna Lembke
name: Joe
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2021
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Once Upon a Time at the End of the World Vol. 1]]> 62919467
In this decades spanning post-apocalyptic tale, Maceo and Mezzy have never met anyone like each other, and they’ll need all the help they can get to survive a planet ravaged by environmental catastrophe. “Love in the Wasteland� kicks off the first arc of this epic trilogy that spans a lifetime as the dark mysteries of a ruined world and their own stark differences tear at the threads holding Mezzy and Maceo together. As they endure the horrors of plastic tornadoes and frozen sludge, Maceo proves to be more than just a burden, and they make an unlikely connection. But to their peril� they might not be as alone as they thought�

New York Times bestselling, Eisner and Harvey Award-winning writer Jason Aaron (Thor, The Avengers, Southern Bastards) launches his most ambitious original series to date with three distinct artistic partners � Eisner Award-winning artist Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian), acclaimed artists Leila del Duca (Wonder Tempest Tossed, Sleepless), and Nick Dragotta (East of West, Ghost Cage) � to take on a vision of the end of the world that’s brutal and nostalgic, whimsical and grounded� and ultimately, timeless.

Collects Once Upon A Time At The End Of The World #1-5.]]> 176 Jason Aaron 1684159075 Joe 4 4.02 Once Upon a Time at the End of the World Vol. 1
author: Jason Aaron
name: Joe
average rating: 4.02
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]]> One Piece, Volume 79: Lucy!! 27406771 200 Eiichiro Oda 1421588153 Joe 3 4.68 2015 One Piece, Volume 79: Lucy!!
author: Eiichiro Oda
name: Joe
average rating: 4.68
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Friday, Book Two: On a Cold Winter's Night]]> 62344095 120 Ed Brubaker 1534324593 Joe 3 4.29 2022 Friday, Book Two: On a Cold Winter's Night
author: Ed Brubaker
name: Joe
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[P is for Peloton: The A-Z of Cycling]]> 23848441 160 Suze Clemitson 1472912853 Joe 3 3.28 2015 P is for Peloton: The A-Z of Cycling
author: Suze Clemitson
name: Joe
average rating: 3.28
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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