A RICK AND MORTY VS. THE UNIVERSE TIE-IN EXTRAVAGANZA! Rollicking writers Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and Alex Firer (The Onion) and artist Fred C. Stresing (Adventure Time) run headlong toward [INSERT TOP-SECRET CLIMAX HERE] as Rick and Morty’s galactically gargantuan summer event pits Morty against Morty against Morty for all the marbles! As Rick tries (and fails) to trigger a reboot of reality . . . where the hell has Morty been? Just fighting for survival in a teenage boy’s dream/nightma...

This illustrated omnibus gathers eight of Daniel Defoe's prose fictions, presenting the breadth of his adventure writing: shipwreck, piracy, criminal underworlds, plague, war, commerce, and moral survival. Written in the plain, documentary style that made his narratives seem almost eyewitness testimony, these works stand at the threshold of the English novel, where journalism, spiritual autobiography, travel literature, and picaresque fiction converge. From Robinson Crusoe to Moll Flanders...

Britain is booming.The winds of change are blowing.But for some, love is still illegal.Tommy Kent lives a boring, unfulfilling life and can’t see any way out. He does the same thing over and over again, hundreds of times a day in an unbearably loud, hellishly hot, acrid-smelling factory.He lives for the weekends, when he can lose himself in the music, fashion and nightclubs of the mod scene. His friends and ...

Explore the birth of a new world!Journey through time and space to the intricate biosphere of Juno, where three species have been birthed by the gods.First the Kuhifadi, inheritors of sun magic, able to do great deeds with magic stored in their bodies.Second the fearsome Uchafumlaji, technological savants who live in the depths of the ground.Third the weird Ngisikaa, a species uplifted from animals through communal memories.Small dec...

Many today find the Old Testament a closed book. The cultural issues seem insurmountable and we are easily baffled by that which seems obscure. Furthermore, without knowledge of the ancient culture we can easily impose our own culture on the text, potentially distorting it. This series invites you to enter the Old Testament with a company of guides, experts that will give new insights into these cherished writings. Features include • Over 2000 photographs, drawings, maps, diagrams and char...

Are you ready to embark on an extraordinary adventure? Join Willow, Kalei, and Trinity, three best friends with hidden powers, as they uncover the secrets of magic and destiny in the enchanting Magic of WillowBrook series!When Willow discovers she’s a chosen one with special abilities, her world transforms into a realm of wonder and mystery. Alongside Kalei, who can control water, and Trinity, who has the power of telekinesis, the girls navigate the challenges of growing up while l...

There is a widening divide between the data, tools, and knowledge that international relations scholars produce and what policy practitioners find relevant for their work. In this first-of-its-kind conversation, leading academics and practitioners reflect on the nature and size of the theory-practice divide. They find the gap varies by issue area and over time.The essays in this volume use data gathered by the Teaching, Research, and International Policy (TRIP) Project over a fifte...

MOVE OVER, BIG BANG! GET WRECKED, BIG CRUNCH! GALAXIES COME AND GALAXIES GO, BUT OUR PLANE OF EXISTENCE HAS NEVER FACED ANYTHING AS CONSEQUENTIAL AS . . . THE FIRST-EVER RICK AND MORTY COMICS EVENT! From the deviant psyches of comics mastermind and multiple Emmy Award–nominee Daniel Kibblesmith (Loki) and artistic annihilator Jarrett Williams (Speed Force), this summer’s seven-part countdown to the end of everything that was, is, and will be begins with . . . a bachelor party that gets a l...

Self-help books aim to empower their readers and deliver happiness and personal fulfilment but do they really live up to this? This book offers a fresh perspective on self-help culture and popular psychology. Research on this subject matter has generally focused on the USA and the Global Northwest. In contrast, this book explores the production, circulation and consumption of self-help books from an innovative transnational perspective. Case studies on Trinidad, Mexico, the People's Republ...

This book provides the foundations for a rigorous theory of functional analysis with bicomplex scalars. It begins with a detailed study of bicomplex and hyperbolic numbers and then defines the notion of bicomplex modules. After introducing a number of norms and inner products on such modules (some of which appear in this volume for the first time), the authors develop the theory of linear functionals and linear operators on bicomplex modules. All of this may serve for many different develo...

Mick:I never thought love was in the cards for me, since the whole world has always told me it's wrong to fancy men. Except now I know it's possible, I’ve seen it with my own eyes. Until I find that for myself, one night stands are great - they scratch an itch. After copious quantities of gin, having one with Michael seemed like a great idea. It wasn’t.Now I can't get him out of my head and my heart races whenever I see him. It was just one night, and he’s ...

The Atlantic slave trade caused havoc on the cultures and political states of Africa and led to the forced migration of millions of Africans to the Americas. The Africans could not bring their material cultures and artifacts, but most important, they brought their histories and cultures-philosophies, languages, political structures, and religious and artistic expressions. Hundreds of societies were established throughout the Americas by Africans who had freed themselves. These societies we...