A celebration of the aviation art of Michael Turner, containing over sixty paintings including Spitfires, Lancasters, and modern jet and fighter aircraft.

For over 50 years, renowned motor sport and aviation artist Michael Turner annually produced a set of paintings depicting stand-out moments from that year's Formula One and sports car racing season. The paintings were reproduced as a set of Christmas cards and made available through Michael's own company, Studio 88, which he formed in 1963. Over the years, these cards became highly-collectable to the extent that, in 1992, Michael's wife, Helen, formed a Collectors' Club which quickly gained a worldwide membership. Now, for the first time, the entire collection of cards produced between 1960 and 2016 is published together in the book, 'The Michael Turner Collection', written by Chas Parker in conjunction with Michael.

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Set in a small-town, sub-Arctic dive bar, this debut poetry collection explores the complexities of addiction and the person beneath, and the possibility of finding home and community in unexpected places. Among Borin’s poems are portraits of the bar’s regular customers and employees—recurring characters, like those who might appear in a dark and unconventional sitcom. The religious night janitor catalogues the day’s sins; the retired barmaid gussies up at the mirror; the regular customers and their regular habits are described to a new employee: “R has a two-drink limit. A likes a coaster. Remember, / Mrs. O takes a chilled pilsner glass / with her bottle of Blue.” In the melancholy atmosphere of the bar and the rooms upstairs, the speakers of Borin’s poems find unexpected solace and belonging. The habits, the routine, the regulars, the predictability of it all brings some kind of chaotic order to chaotic life: We drink without even having to think about it, because it feels good to lose control, feels like regaining it.

The true stroy of the longest-distance hijacking in American history. In an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of '60s idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week, using guns, bombs, and jars of acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands; others aimed to swap hostages for sacks of cash. Their criminal exploits mesmerized the country, never more so than when shattered Army veteran Roger Holder and mischievous party girl Cathy Kerkow managred to comandeer Western Airlines Flight 701 and flee across an ocean with a half-million dollars in ransom—a heist that remains the longest-distance hijacking in American history. More than just an enthralling story about a spectacular crime and its bittersweet, decades-long aftermath, The Skies Belong to Us is also a psychological portrait of America at its most turbulent and a testament to the madness that can grip a nation when politics fail.

Collecting together everything ever published from the original Fathom Volume 1! The rare Fathom Preview, issues #0 and #1/2, issues #1 through #9, including the special add-in pages, plus the sold-out issues #10 and #11! Plus, re-envisioned pages and excerpts from issues #12 through #14, focusing on Aspen and Cannon's ordeal with Vana, both original Fathom Swimsuit issues featuring pin-ups from a host of today's top artists, along with a jam-packed Fathom cover gallery and more rare and seldom seen Fathom goodies as only Michael Turner and Aspen could deliver! If that's not enough, also included is the complete Aspen Extended Edition which bridges the gap between Fathom Volume 1 and Volume 2, and also features the first appearance of everyone's favorite Blue warrior goddess, Kiani! This is The Definitive Fathom collection and an absolute must for any Aspen, Fathom, Michael Turner, or comic book fan, period!

Alan Fearnley is one of the world's foremost automotive artists. His paintings have won praise from critics and enthusiasts alike who appreciate his ability to create detailed and technically accurate scenes, infused with a tangible sense of atmosphere and emotion. This collection of more than 75 paintings and 60 drawings encompasses a variety of automotive subjects from the great Silver Arrows of the 1930s to the sports racers of the 1950s and modern Formula One. Each painting is accompanied by a commentary from the artist describing his inspiration and mode of working. Further insight into the art of Alan Fearnley is provided by the current owners of his works and comments from his subjects, including the legendary, Sir Stirling Moss. Alan Fearnley's paintings are full of atmosphere, technical skill, originality, and humor. This collection is a must for every fan of motor sports, classic cars, and automotive art!

The 1960s and early 1970s might be called the vintage years of Airfix, when some of their best and most popular kits were produced. For ten years up to 1974, renowned artist Roy Cross produced some of the stunning paintings that appear on the boxes of Airfix kits of the era. Roy set the standard for such artwork, to the extent that many are still used today, four decades later. Roy Cross's The Vintage Years of Airfix Box Art contained a host of the paintings he prepared for Airfix, but the unearthing of many more images in old Airfix files has enabled this entirely fresh look at Roy's work to be presented, coinciding with the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first Airfix kit. Thus the remainder of Roy's ten years' work for Airfix is reproduced here.

Like the rest of America, the West Coast has been overrun with Frost Giants! But Otto Octavius doesn't settle for chaos - he plans to win the War of the Realms single-handedly. Well, maybe not single-handedly. He needs minions. Super-minions! So he recruits...the West Coast Avengers?! Will Otto Octavius and Quentin Quire become BFFs? If they can somehow work together and save San Francisco, Otto will be due a parade - but any celebrations might be short-lived, because someone dangerous is coming. Otto calls himself the Superior Spider-Man? Norman Osborn, the Spider-Man of Earth-44145 you met in SPIDER-GEDDON, begs to differ - and has some very creative ways to prove his true superiority! Norman is out to destroy everything. Does Otto stand a chance of stopping him? Does he even stand a chance at living through this?! Collecting: SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN (2018) #7-12