This is the story of Tom Wills - flawed genius, sporting libertine, fearless leader and agitator, and the man most often credited with creating the game we now know as Australian Rules football.Sent to the strict British Rugby School in 1850 at fourteen, Tom returned as a worldly young man whose cricket prowess quickly captured the hearts of Melburnians. But away from the adoring crowds, in the desolation of the Queensland outback, he experienced first-hand the devastating effects ...

The updated edition of the definitive biography of the visionary sportsman who brought us Australian Rules football and was the greatest cricketer of his era.SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY AWARDThis is the story of Tom Wills - flawed genius, sporting libertine, fearless leader and agitator, Australia's first great cricketer - the man most often credited with creating the game we now know as Australian Rules football.Sent to ...

Josh MacPhearson and his gang of misfits are relaxing at their cottages on Upper Rideau Lake in midsummer. Life is good... until a dead body washes up on the shore - and things turn murky when cottagers become the prime suspects... 

This is the first comprehensive study by the world’s leading scholars about the political logic of the U.S.-China trade war that started during the Trump administration. The book is divided into three parts. The first part looks at changed leadership styles of the two countries in the last few years. It also examines the liberal international order since World War II in which the trade war emerged. It then explores the theoretical perspectives from both the United States and China that are...

The ninja’s air of mystery has intrigued people for centuries. As a result, these Japanese warriors have been immortalized in popular culture through film and fiction showcasing their stealthy ways and iconic black ensembles. Readers will find the real lives of ninjas revealed, such as how they originated and their training, tactics, and weapons. This enlightening book will help readers navigate through the murky waters of ninja myths and into the facts, such as how they worked together wi...

Stories have been a part of our lives since birth. Many parents were reading and recounting stories and tales to us before we could talk. This instructive volume explains what constitutes a work of fiction as well as why it's written in the first place, and highlights important terminology, such as conflict. Key examples feature famous fiction authors and their work, comparing and contrasting their styles, and highlighting some of the prominent features in fiction that literature has to of...

War hero Basuin doesn't know what to believe in anymore. All Basuin knows is life as an army captain and the pain, loss, and disgrace it has brought him. Demoted and humiliated by his legion commander, he is led into the forest for one more mission: capture a god.But when his commander uses innocent wolf pups as bait, Basuin dies saving them. The Wolf God, impressed by his sacrifice, deifies Basuin to protect the forest and its beautiful, sharp-tongued god from the legion's defores...

The names Bill and Melinda Gates are often in the headlines, whether it's for the newest Microsoft innovation or, more recently, for their inspiring philanthropic donations and endeavors. This book offers young readers a lively, accessible overview of the lives of these high-profile leaders, including their formative years, their accomplishments, and their astounding but thoughtful charitable contributions. This biography introduces readers to the upbringing and personalities of both Bill ...

ALAN MOORE'S VIOLATOR IS HERE!The long-awaited reprinting of the 1994 three-issue miniseries is now in trade paperback! Violator's siblings, Vacillator, Vindicator, Vandalizer, and Vaporizer, along with ruthless mobsters, hire assassin Admonisher to kill Violator. Stripped of his powers, Violator must defend himself against attacks from his brothers and Admonisher. In a twist of fate, an unexpected team-up with none other than SPAWN to help Violator along the way. Collects VIOLATOR #1-3

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #33.I think you’ll find this issue particularly interesting. Darrell Schweitzer’s historic interview with C.J. Cherryh from 1978 is fascinating, since she talks about her writing process. (If you aren’t familiar with her work, you’ve missed some of the best science fiction of the last 50 years.). For mystery lovers, we have great tales from Greg Herren (courtesy of editor Barb Goffman) and Patricia Dusenbury (courtesy of editor Michael Bracken),...

Fourteen years in the making, RYAN BROWNE's (CURSE WORDS, Quantum & Woody) absurdist, cult-sensation goof book is available in one remastered tome! GHA is the gonzo "story" of a group of NASA-funded, superpowered egomaniacs who are paid a living wage to stop unregistered agrarian space travel. Remember that movie The Astronaut Farmer? No?! Well, it's like that, but with superpowers, goofs, and wild punching. BUT! Our wonderful main characters are very bad at their jobs and waste time focus...

For most of human history, mental illness has been largely untreatable. Sufferers lived their lives – if they survived – in and out of asylums, accumulating life's wreckage around them. In 1948, all that changed when an Australian doctor and recently returned prisoner of war, working alone in a disused kitchen, set about an experimental treatment for one of the scourges of mankind – manic depression, or bipolar disorder. That doctor was John Cade and in that small kitchen he stirred up a m...