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Things Could Get Ugly is historical fiction, set in late summer, 1939. It was a time when the Great Depression lingered on, Jim Crow divided the South along racial lines, the Syndicate was extending its influence. Hitler threatened war in Europe, and there was speculation President Franklin Roosevelt might run for an unprecedented third term. Jack O'Brien, a young newspaper reporter, returns to Covington, looking for a story that will make his reputation and, he hopes, help him land an assignment overseas to cover the events unfolding in Europe.The story Jack finds involves a scoundrel preacher, a wrongly convicted black man, a corrupt politician, and a dangerous mobster. But if he pursues that story, he puts everything he holds dear at risk. Although the story involves a gangster and public corruption, the novel has the "vibe" of the newspaper reporter movies that were popular in the 1930s. Many of its themes are relevant today. And like those 1930s "reporter" movies, there's a romance angle too

A graphic novel depicting the Zulu War of 1879 which led to a catastrophic defeat for the British followed by an incredible and heroic stand of epic proportions is told in gripping narrative fashion in this illustrated novel. As the mighty British empire forced the region of South Africa into war, the famed Zulu nation, first formed under the brilliant yet cruel Shaka-Zulu, inflicted the first blow---a devastating massacre which shook the entire world to its core. The next day, a small garrison at Rorke's Drift felt the onslaught of the Zulu army but in one of the most revered "last stands", the occupiers managed to hold off the Zulus and were awarded more Victorian Crosses than any battle had been before. This is the story of the two battles...one that proved Britain was no longer invincible and the other which led to the demise of the Zulu Empire. "...a well-written recounting of the Zulu War of 1879. .. gets behind the story to analyze its root causes, the battles of the war, and its long-lasting effects..." - Atomic Avenue. "Wayne Reid always delivers great art appropriate to any setting." - Rafael Nieves, Author of Tales From the Heart and Edgar Allan Poe's The Bells. "This is how history should be told. Educational, enlightening, and enjoyable." - Robert W. Scott, Checking the Shelves.

Think a Batman-style story set in the Americas 1760s. A Tale of Rebellion From the dark mist of Raven Cove, the mysterious figure of the Scarecrow owns the night, terrorizing the British soldiers who reign with a tight fist on a small seaport village in the colonies. Set in the dramatic days before the American Revolution, a masked avenger seeks to maintain justice in the small town of Seaton. As the British seek to clamp down on the local smugglers, only the Scarecrow and his "freedom riders" can stand against the tyranny of the new commandant of the town...one who threatens to destroy the entire town in order to catch the Scarecrow. A Murder of Scarecrows is a graphic novel of high adventure. "With Murder of Scarecrows we get a pre-Revolutionary War tale of adventure along the lines of Robin Hood or Zorro." - Tim Hansen. "Reed has always been very unconventional. He doesn't go after the quick and easy story but rather he tells stories his way. They might not be best-sellers, but they are of a quality that outdoes most other writers."- Mania.com

Welcome to an unusual zoo...a Zombie Zoo Join caretaker, Zelda and her pet cat, Meow, as they take you on a tour of the zoo and provide information about all your favorite animals, even though they have been zombified Geared for the young, each animal is drawn by a different artist and Zelda provides some fascinating facts about each as well as some of the daily activities she has to do as caretaker. The full color drawings are created by 30 guest artists. Terry Pavlet provides the Zelda scenes.

Jack the Ripper meets The Alienist. Storyville: The Prostitute Murders is an original graphic novel set in the Storyville district of 1910 New Orleans which was the home for the "Devil's Blues" which became known as jazz.. The legalized red light district ran for 25 years and virtually everything was permitted- from sex to booze, from gambling to drugs. The only thing that was not acceptable was murder, because murder was bad for business. When prostitutes and their customers start being killed, Detective Brian Donahue, a transplant from Chicago, finds he has no answer to these seemingly random murders. Enlisting the aid of Dr. Eric Trevor, a psychiatrist at the nearby Saint James Infirmary, the two of them embark to unravel the mystery of this new type of killer seldom seen before...a serial killer. Collects the entire comic series - issues #1-5.From the writer of Caliber Comics acclaimed Renfield and Saint Germaine graphic novels.

Guns, Polls, and Democracy has a simple thesis: Supermajorities of Americans should usually be able to get the laws they want. But when the problem is gun violence, that isn't the case. Our gun violence problem is staggering: Firearm fatalities claim almost 40,000 lives in the United States each year. Active shooters garner the most attention, but firearm suicides take the largest toll. Domestic violence brings the problem home. There are also "road rage" and "retail rage' shootings. And cop killings. And on and on. Americans recoil from the violence. Although deeply divided on the rhetoric of guns and gun violence, polls consistently show that most Americans actually agree on a broad range of specific policy proposals.This well-researched book carefully explains each of those proposals-including universal background checks, "red flag" laws, closing the "boyfriend" loophole, and a dozen more. But Guns, Polls and Democracy is more than an introduction to the gun policy debate. It collects polling data to assess which proposals Americans support and which they don't. It also breaks out which proposals Republicans, Trump voters, and gun owners support and which they oppose. Powerful members of Congress and our state legislatures, funded by gun manufacturers, armed with gun lobby talking points, and buoyed by Second Amendment absolutists, stand in the way of enacting the very modest measures most Americans want. Can such a stark division between what most Americans want and what Congress is willing (or able) to deliver be healthy for representative democracy in this country?

Rafiq A. Medawar, M.D., is a rakishly handsome young surgeon. When the police find the body of his wife, Ann, in a park overlooking the Ohio River, they also discover a video on her cell phone. It shows him going into a sleazy inn with an attractive young nurse. The prosecutor sees in the video evidence that Rafiq was having an affair. He concludes Ann confronted Rafiq, and he killed her. Ann was taking a documentary-making class. Her classmates believe the video was part of the class project. Ann's best friend has her own, darker theory. Can Devin Garner, a brilliant young attorney from the wrong side of town, discover why the video led to Ann's murder and win an acquittal for an innocent man?

A graphic novel depicting the Zulu War of 1879 that led to a catastrophic defeat for the British followed by an incredible and heroic stand of epic proportions is told in gripping narrative fashion in this illustrated novel. As the mighty British empire forced the region of South Africa into war, the famed Zulu nation, first formed under the brilliant yet cruel Shaka-Zulu, inflicted the first blow---a devastating massacre which shook the entire world to its core. The next day, a small garrison at Rorke's Drift felt the onslaught of the Zulu army but in one of the most revered "last stands", the occupiers managed to hold off the Zulus and were awarded more Victorian Crosses than any battle had been before. This is the story of the two battles...one that proved Britain was no longer invincible and the other which led to the demise of the Zulu Empire. Collects comic issues #1-3.

It started with a single Red Diary. Inside it contained all the secrets that the owner had listened to and talked about with her lovers. She wrote down everything in there. Her lovers were powerful men and when she threatened to go public with it, she died. Murdered? Perhaps. But the diary went missing. The woman was Marilyn Monroe and her lovers included President John F. Kennedy and his brother, then Attorney General, Robert Kennedy. Her death remains a mystery...as does the contents of the Red Diary as it has never turned up anywhere. Now a man claims to be the son of Marilyn Monroe. His father? Perhaps one of the Kennedys but he doesn't know which one. He has been approached by a mob hitman who was assigned to watch over Marilyn as she carried her pregnancy out in Mexico. The mobster, calling himself Carlos, fell in love with Marilyn as so many other men have. When he witnesses the murder of Marilyn, he steals the diary. And then he begins his own set of red diaries....to carry on Marilyn's work. From the assassination of Kennedy, to the cover up that followed and the deaths of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy to Watergate, Carlos chronicles all the aspects he knows. His role differs in the various conspiracies and he claims he was the one that shot the fatal bullet into Kennedy's brain...partly for money and partly for retribution for Marilyn's death. Now, so many years later, an investigative team attempts to uncover both the diaries and the truth. Can the story possibly be true? Are there really a set of diaries that will blast everything wide open? As they go deeper, they find stumbling blocks in Washington and from the mob. Collects the complete comic issue series 1-4.

Think a Batman-style story set in the Americas 1760s. A Tale of Rebellion From the dark mist of Raven Cove, the mysterious figure of the Scarecrow owns the night, terrorizing the British soldiers who reign with a tight fist on a small seaport village in the American Colonies. Set in the dramatic days before the American Revolution, a masked avenger seeks to maintain justice in the small town of Seaton. As the British seek to clamp down on a group of smugglers, only the Scarecrow and his "freedom riders" can stand against the tyranny of the new commandant of the town...one who threatens to destroy the entire town in order to catch the elusive Scarecrow. Collects comic book issues 1-3.

Welcome to the Deadworld Long before there was The Walking Dead, there was Deadworld. Considered by many to be the godfather of the original zombie comic with over 100 issues and graphic novels in print and over 1,000,000 copies sold, Deadworld ripped into the undead with intelligent zombies on a mission and a group of poor teens riding in a school bus desperately try to stay one step ahead of the sadistic, Harley-riding King Zombie. Death, mayhem, and a touch of supernatural evil made Deadworld a classic and now here's your chance to get into the story In this self-contained story arc, many humans find themselves trapped in a world of the walking dead and the living who will do anything to survive. The promise of Safe Haven reveals a much darker and sinister purpose, when victims find themselves in a medical facility which will stop at nothing to combat the zombie plague. In an effort to solve the growing plague, researchers try a scientific approach to save mankind - humans as guinea pigs Natural diseases such as leprosy, AIDS, and cancer are used to infect the zombies. Survivors find that the greatest horror may not be the zombies but other humans. To the unfortunate, Safe Haven becomes known as the Slaughterhouse.Note that although Slaughterhouse is meant to stand on is own, it follows the story "Deadworld: Requiem for the World" and precedes "Deadworld: War of the Dead".Collects Deadworld Slaughterhouse comic issues 1-4.

Long before there was The Walking Dead there was Deadworld. Here is one of comics' longest running comic series as Deadworld has had over 100 issues and graphic novels published and over one million copies sold over the years. It is considered by many to be the godfather of the modern zombie comic craze. Ripped from the pages of Deadworld A mysterious hunter of the dead who hunts zombies for sport and who challenges himself in this new world of the dead, now turns his sights on King Zombie. One will die. The man known only as the Dead Killer has adapted to the new way of things. He has turned his back to the past and embraces the future...a future where its kill or be killed. Here is compilation of the chronicles of the Dead Killer from the mini-series, "To Kill a King" and the backup stories in Deadworld volume one, 19-21 which introduced the character. This edition is a stand alone series but also serves as a great companion to the regular Deadworld series in which Dead Killer becomes an on-going character.Reviews of Deadworld: The Dead Killer"Dead Killer works because Gary Reed is not just a writer but a storyteller, and storytelling is almost a lost art in comics today" - Tim Janson, Mania.com. "So, what are you waiting for? The brains to be served to you on a silver platter? Go check this innovative and downright entertaining book out. Your life might depend on it one day." - Steven G. Saunders, Silver Bullet Reviews.

A mysterious man rose from the ashes of a Deadworld. He was a killer, a hunter... and his prey is the undead's leader, the intelligent zombie known as King Zombie. Only one will survive.

Murder at a famed cabaret Sherlock Holmes is called in to investigate a double murder at a cabaret in Paris...a crime that has to be kept silent. But Inspector Bodine claims the murder and motive are obvious and Mr. Holmes' services are not needed. Holmes demonstrates that not everything is as it first appears with more than enough suspicions and contradictory clues to go around. With guest character appearances such as Oscar Wilde and Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec, the mystery weaves a tapestry of betrayal and forbidden love. BONUS: Several Sherlock Holmes short stories and insights on the famous detective included

A graphic novel that looks at the Western Front during World War One. An extraordinary look at the anguish and horrors French soldiers faced in the trench battlefield as they squared off against an advancing Imperial German Army.