Powers: the Best Ever

Powers: the Best Ever
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Publisher : Jinxworld
Total Pages : 264
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1401298885
ISBN-13 : 9781401298883
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Powers: the Best Ever by : Brian Michael Bendis

"Contains material originally published in single magazine form as Powers 7 and 8"--Indicia.

The Overstory: A Novel

The Overstory: A Novel
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 420
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ISBN-10 : 9780393635539
ISBN-13 : 0393635538
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis The Overstory: A Novel by : Richard Powers

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction Winner of the William Dean Howells Medal Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Over One Year on the New York Times Bestseller List A New York Times Notable Book and a Washington Post, Time, Oprah Magazine, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year "The best novel ever written about trees, and really just one of the best novels, period." —Ann Patchett The Overstory, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of—and paean to—the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, Richard Powers’s twelfth novel unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. There is a world alongside ours—vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe.

Powers: The Best Ever

Powers: The Best Ever
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Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages : 268
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781506730547
ISBN-13 : 150673054X
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Powers: The Best Ever by : Brian Michael Bendis

Celebrate over twenty years of POWERS with Powers: The Best Ever -- a massive, original graphic novel that is both a perfect jumping on point for newcomers, and essential reading for longtime fans! Brian Michael Bendis, the New York Times bestselling, Peabody and multi-Eisner award-winning co-creator of Miles Morales, Naomi, and Jessica Jones teams up with his long-time superstar Powers co-creator Michael Avon Oeming to celebrate over twenty years of the Eisner award-winning cops and capes comic, with their most significant Powers story ever! It's been over two decades since detectives Deena Pilgrim and Christian Walker teamed up to solve the murder of the most beloved superhero Retro Girl. It's been years since they’ve spoken. It's been years since the world changed. But the worst criminal in Powers' history, Wolf, has been reincarnated and all hell has broken loose. This opus of a graphic novel covers the entire life of the seemingly immortal Christian Walker as he fights one last time to protect those he swore to protect. Collects issues 7 and 8 of Powers (2015) along with new story material published in the earlier edition of Powers: The Best Ever, plus all comic book covers and a sketchbook section. Also included is an exclusive look back on the storied legacy of the POWERS comic book series, TV show, and beyond. Whether you are new to POWERS or a longtime fan, POWERS: THE BEST EVER is a must-have!

Engaging the Powers

Engaging the Powers
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Publisher : Fortress Press
Total Pages : 515
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781506438542
ISBN-13 : 1506438547
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Engaging the Powers by : Walter Wink

In this brilliant culmination of his seminal Powers Trilogy, now reissued in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Walter Wink explores the problem of evil today and how it relates to the New Testament concept of principalities and powers. He asks the question, "How can we oppose evil without creating new evils and being made evil ourselves?" Winner of the Pax Christi Award, the Academy of Parish Clergy Book of the Year, and the Midwest Book Achievement Award for Best Religious Book.

Powers Book One

Powers Book One
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Publisher : Jinxworld
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 140128745X
ISBN-13 : 9781401287450
Rating : 4/5 (5X Downloads)

Synopsis Powers Book One by : Brian Michael Bendis

"Originally published in single magazine form in Powers 1-11, Powers coloring/activity book"--Copyright page.

The Time of Our Singing

The Time of Our Singing
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages : 642
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780374706418
ISBN-13 : 0374706417
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis The Time of Our Singing by : Richard Powers

“The last novel where I rooted for every character, and the last to make me cry.” - Marlon James, Elle From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory and the Oprah's Book Club selection Bewilderment comes Richard Powers's magnificent, multifaceted novel about a supremely gifted—and divided—family, set against the backdrop of postwar America. On Easter day, 1939, at Marian Anderson’s epochal concert on the Washington Mall, David Strom, a German Jewish émigré scientist, meets Delia Daley, a young Black Philadelphian studying to be a singer. Their mutual love of music draws them together, and—against all odds and their better judgment—they marry. They vow to raise their children beyond time, beyond identity, steeped only in song. Jonah, Joseph, and Ruth grow up, however, during the civil rights era, coming of age in the violent 1960s, and living out adulthood in the racially retrenched late century. Jonah, the eldest, “whose voice could make heads of state repent,” follows a life in his parents’ beloved classical music. Ruth, the youngest, devotes herself to community activism and repudiates the white culture her brother represents. Joseph, the middle child and the narrator of this generation-bridging tale, struggles to find himself and remain connected to them both. Richard Powers's The Time of Our Singing is a story of self-invention, allegiance, race, cultural ownership, the compromised power of music, and the tangled loops of time that rewrite all belonging.

The 48 Laws of Power

The 48 Laws of Power
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 481
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780670881468
ISBN-13 : 0670881465
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis The 48 Laws of Power by : Robert Greene

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control – from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed “beguiling” and “fascinating,” Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P.T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence (“Law 1: Never Outshine the Master”), others teach the value of confidence (“Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness”), and many recommend absolute self-preservation (“Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally”). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination. In a bold and arresting two-color package, The 48 Laws of Power is ideal whether your aim is conquest, self-defense, or simply to understand the rules of the game.

Powers Book Two

Powers Book Two
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Publisher : Jinxworld
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1401287484
ISBN-13 : 9781401287481
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Powers Book Two by : Brian Michael Bendis

Anarchy against powers is running rampant in the streets. A faction of young, angry, regular citizens are raging an all-out war against the super-heroes that have sworn to protect them - bringing the murder of Retro Girl back into question. On top of all this the strained relationship between Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim catches the attention of the ever-rabid media! The award winning team of Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming comes this new re-cut edition of the now classic POWERS series in POWERS BOOK TWO. Collects issues #21-37 and Annual #1. Brian Michael Bendis's critically acclaimed Jinxworld library now comes to DC! These classic, award-winning graphic novels, including JINX, TORSO, POWERS, GOLDFISH, BRILLIANT, TAKIO and SCARLET among others, will now be re-released under the DC banner alongside other seminal books such as BATMAN- THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS and WATCHMEN. These beloved, hard-to-find Jinxworld titles will be accompanied by new stories from continuing series like POWERS, SCARLET and THE UNITED STATES OF MURDER INC., as well as new series such as PEARL and COVER. Catch up with the vast library of graphic novels from one of the greatest comics creators ever with Jinxworld!

Powers Vol. 1

Powers Vol. 1
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Publisher : Marvel
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0785197451
ISBN-13 : 9780785197454
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Powers Vol. 1 by :

Just in time for the debut of the long-awaited POWERS TV show! The Eisner Award-winning POWERS tells the story of homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, who are assigned cases specifically involving powers. If a superhero falls dead from the sky or a super villain is found dead in the gutter, it's up to Walker and Pilgrim to solve the case. But having barely survived the most harrowing case of their careers and discovering government corruption of the highest level, Walker and Pilgrim are now faced with the most difficult decision they've ever had to make. Plus: the discovery of a power no one has ever seen before! COLLECTING: Powers (2015) 1-6

Grit

Grit
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 350
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781501111129
ISBN-13 : 1501111124
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Grit by : Angela Duckworth

In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People). The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Angela Duckworth is now a celebrated researcher and professor. It was her early eye-opening stints in teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience that led to her hypothesis about what really drives success: not genius, but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance. In Grit, she takes us into the field to visit cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, teachers working in some of the toughest schools, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what she’s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers—from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll. “Duckworth’s ideas about the cultivation of tenacity have clearly changed some lives for the better” (The New York Times Book Review). Among Grit’s most valuable insights: any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal; grit can be learned, regardless of IQ or circumstances; when it comes to child-rearing, neither a warm embrace nor high standards will work by themselves; how to trigger lifelong interest; the magic of the Hard Thing Rule; and so much more. Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that—not talent or luck—makes all the difference. This is “a fascinating tour of the psychological research on success” (The Wall Street Journal).