Blood, chrome and betrayal.Sergeant Harry Kabutt has seen better days. He's been shot down, blown up, and then tossed to the wayside by the corporations, left to rot in a ratty apartment in gang territory.His own limbs? Shredded, cut away, and left to rot on a mountainside. The replacement mods? Likely to fall apart or leave him to die in sepsis.No longer an operator of the feared APS mecha, Kabutt has hit rock bottom. But he’s on foot, he’s armed, ...

The Four B’s are back for their most unpredictable quest yet! When Entity303 kidnaps their dragon friend Sweetpea, Runt, Biscuit, Bagel, and Blurp must infiltrate a secret lair, confront a dangerous witch, and survive an accidental journey twenty years into the past in this sixth full-color graphic novel in Cube Kid’s bestselling unofficial Minecraft-inspired series.Runt and his crew are back! After leaving the Far Lands, Biscuit, Bagel, Blurp and Runt realize that...

'This house. It's called "Sea View". It's just I've looked out of every window, and you can't. You can't see the sea.'Blackpool, 1976. The driest summer in two hundred years. The beaches are packed. The hotels are heaving. In the sweltering backstreets, far from the choc ices and donkey rides, the Webb Sisters are returning to their mother's run-down guest house, as she lies dying upstairs.Jez Butterworth's play The Hills of California was first performed...

" Dictionary Stories isn't just a book for word nerds, but for anyone for whom language and story matter. Everybody will find themselves thoroughly in love with this book." —Kory Stamper, editor for Merriam-Webster, and author of Word by WordEveryone has looked up a word in the dictionary. Some of us have even asked for it to be used in a sentence during our 2nd grade spelling bee. But few of us have ever really considered those example sentences:...

One of the biggest names in the musical landscape of the 1970s, Steely Dan released a string of albums that pushed the boundaries of what was possible in a recording studio. With albums like The Royal Scam and Aja, the songs of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen drew from their love of jazz, their ability to write memorable pop hooks and their penchant for subversive humour, to produce a catalogue of unparalleled brilliance. With worldwide album sales in excess of 40 million ...

Any consideration of the songwriting craft would be incomplete without the inclusion of American singer/songwriter Aimee Mann. From her first steps as singer and bass player with 1980s synth pop band ‘Til Tuesday, who scored a massive MTV hit with ‘Voices Carry’ in 1985, she has continually produced starkly autobiographical songs, with a sense of melody that cuts through the emotional detail.With a career now spanning almost forty years, she has built a catalogue of nine studio alb...

One day, Isaac Thompson is just your average fifth grader playing the part of a porcupine in the school play. The next, he has strayed into a mysterious subterranean realm that has been lurking beneath his school Castle Elementary and launches his quest to knighthood. When Isaac's little sister Lily goes missing from their school's creepy basement, he and his best friends Max and Emma set out in search of her. Their search takes them to the Underground, where they encounter an army of spea...

For the first time ever, fans of Minecraft and the hit series Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior can enjoy their favorite characters’ quests in fun and fully illustrated graphic novels for middle grade readers.Runt is not a village boy like all the others. Growing carrots doesn’t really interest him, and selling them interests him even less. All he wants is to be a warrior! One day, he gathers up all his courage and decides to head...

Warfare below the streets, backstabbing and brutality.Kabutt is out. Out of the army, out of patience and out of control, he's found a home, people to fight for, and once again, the city seems determined to screw that up for him.He's got backstabbing elves trying to rip him off, corpos forcing him and his team into unsanctioned deathmatches for live broadcasts, and of course, the usual skulduggery, not to mention more goddamn goblins.He's got his su...

Runt, Blurp, Maggie, and Mobslayer are heading to the End to battle its legendary dragon—but finding the portal may be almost as dangerous as the fight itself. Creepers, rival warriors, missing Eyes of Ender, and the sinister Herobrine stand in their way in the second action-packed, full-color Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior graphic novel.Runt’s pixelated adventures continue in this graphic novel adaptation of the bestselling

Jump back into the action in this fifth installment of the Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior graphic novel series.Runt and his crew are back for the fifth adventure in the Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior Graphic Novel series. As they prepare for the epic battle against the evil incarnate of Minecraftia: Herobrine, they know they’ll be stronger together, but first they have to get Sweetpea on their side. Unfortunately, the baby ...

'This house. It's called "Sea View". It's just I've looked out of every window, and you can't. You can't see the sea.'Blackpool, 1976. The driest summer in two hundred years. The beaches are packed. The hotels are heaving. In the sweltering backstreets, far from the choc ices and donkey rides, the Webb Sisters are returning to their mother's run-down guest house, as she lies dying upstairs.When memories from their youth come flooding back, the sisters must confront...