From Willingdon to Lyttelton, a memoir about love, learning and the journey to thirtyJoe Bennett is the author of countless columns, over twenty books, and now, at long last, a memoir. From There to Here describes a childhood of fishing, cricket, friends, a dog, some mild molestation and a few deaths. There's the long-haired gloom and vehemence of adolescence. There's love and heartache, an urge to write and a fruitless struggle against teaching for a living. Superbly written, of c...

Boom town, modern marvel, commercial hub, where middle-east meets wealthy west, playground for tourists, crawling with ex-pats, built by Indians, owned by Arabs, Dubai has risen from next to nothing to an awful lot in little more than thirty years. How? And can it go on? Has it sold itself to the corporate dollar? Is it anything more than a mall in the desert? Will the sands return? Joe Bennett goes to find out.

This book is about moral talk in contemporary British political discourse, drawing on speeches, debates and radio phone-ins. Using a critical sociolinguistic approach, Spencer-Bennett explores the language people use to communicate moral judgement and highlights the relations between the things that people say, the contexts in which they are said and the circulating ideologies about meaning and morality. This is key reading for students and scholars studying language, politics and critical...

Collects Immortal Hulk (2018) #36-40. Follow the Leader! The Hulk’s archenemy has set his sights on infiltrating the green behemoth’s friend group in preparation to enact his nefarious, long-fomenting plans. But can the Leader push the immortal Hulk beyond his breaking point? Meanwhile, when Bruce Banner first came to Shadow Base, he was cut up into pieces and stored in jars — but he was only the second test subject. The first subject has just been freed! Plus: Some time ago, an outside fo...

Collects Immortal Hulk (2018) #31-40. Al Ewing and Joe Bennett's best-selling, Eisner Award-nominated saga continues! There's a new monster in town. He's cuddly, lovable and available for your corporate retreat. Sure, there was another Hulk once - the angry green one who made all those nasty threats about ending the world. But who needs him? The Living Hulk is here...you might know him as Xemnu...and he's going to save us all, or your money back! But how did the Immortal Hulk get erased fr...

Collects Immortal Hulk (2018) #31-35. There’s a new monster in town. He’s cuddly. He’s lovable. He’s down with the kids. And he’s available for your corporate retreat. Yes, there was another Hulk once — the one who made all those nasty threats about ending the world. But who needs him? The Living Hulk is here — you might know him as Xemnu. And he’s going to save us all, or your money back! But who will triumph when Xemnu battles Robert Bruce Banner, the strangest man of all time?! Plus: As...

Collects Immortal Hulk (2018) #41-45. It’s the rematch everybody wanted — but not like this! The Hulk is broken, friendless and hunted, a shadow of his former self. But there’s nothing like the real Thing! What will happen when Ben Grimm enters the world of the Immortal Hulk? As the year comes to an end, costs are counted — by Jackie McGee, Eugene Judd…and Samuel Sterns. All the Leader’s plans have come together in what may be his greatest triumph! But will that be enough…or will the horri...

Collects Immortal Hulk #21-25. The horrific, critically acclaimed saga of the Immortal Hulk continues! General Fortean has been pursuing his undying foe for some time without success, and now he must make a fateful decision. There can be no more half measures. No weapon is off the table. Force must be met with equal force. This is a war without rules — and Shadow Base is going to win. Its goal is to stop the monsters, to end the forces of chaos — and to give their power to men of order. Bu...

Collects Immortal Hulk #11-15. Carl Creel is in Hell. Walter Langkowski is in Hell. Eugene Judd is in Hell. Los Diablos is in Hell. Shadow Base is in Hell. New Mexico is in Hell. We are all in Hell…and so is the Immortal Hulk! And now the creature that rules Hell has come to collect. It whispers through many mouths. It destroys with many hands. Its only weapon is hate. It wears human souls like masks to work its will. But in the lowest Hell, underneath all others, all the masks come off — ...

Marvel's The Avengers 1-2, Avengers: Age Of Ultron Prelude - This Sceptre?d Isle Infinite Comic 1, Avengers (1963) 57-58, Avengers (1998) 21-22, Avengers 12.1

"This all started with an accident..." Brilliant scientist Phil Seleski had unlimited cosmic abilities, until he exploded and accidentally gave the powers to his daughter Erica (who is absolutely NOT a brilliant scientist). Now Phil's made of energy and Erica's the most powerful (and freaked-out) person on Earth. Can they work together to stop an invading alien armada without killing each other? Includes the complete story arc from issues #1-4 of the Solar comic book series, a complete cov...

Collects Immortal Hulk #16-20. Once upon a time, he was the Hulk’s best friend. Rick Jones was there at ground zero on the fateful day the Hulk was born. And during the early days when the Hulk was a mindless brute, Rick was the only one who believed in him. Now Rick is dead and gone — but his body has been exhumed and stolen! And the Immortal Hulk wants to know why. But to find the answers he seeks, Bruce Banner will have to face roaming gamma experiments and a ruthless assassin out for h...