Kirjahaku

On Guerrilla Gardening is an activist's call to arms to all citizens - green-fingered, green-thinking or curious - to join the revolution of guerrilla gardening: transforming public space into oases of colour and life. The enemy: neglect, apathy and the disintegration of community spirit. The arsenal: daring, a packet of seeds and a passionate commitment to social change. When Richard Reynolds first embarked on guerrilla gardening, growing flowers by moonlight outside his tower block, he had no idea it was part of a growing global movement committed to cultivating the potential in the land regardless of all obstacles. Charting the battles fought across thirty different countries and the revolutionary history of this subculture, On Guerrilla Gardening is an inspirational take on gardening in the 21st century.

The superhero has been the staple of the modern comic book since the late 1930s. The phenomenally successful movies Superman and Batman have made these two comic book superheroes as familiar worldwide as any characters ever created. Yet to relatively few aficionados are they known at first hand from their appearances in comic books.Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology explores the origins of the superhero by documenting how heroes emerged from the comic book genre and are defined both by its history and by audience expectations.To show some of the most influential and paradigmatic figures, this study focuses on the texts of three comic books in the genre--The X-Men, The Dark Knight Returns, and Watchman. It examines ways in which the comics mythologize both the role of the hero and the nature of consensus, authority, and moral choice.Blending academic scholarship with specialized knowledge of the comic book medium, Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology will have appeal for several audiences. Since most of the academic scholarship published on comic books has focused on history rather than on cultural analysis, this book will be of great value to scholars of popular culture.

For the first time since his high school graduation, Dave Wilson returns to Carmi, a small town in Illinois, to attend his 35th year class reunion. Instead of a nostalgic weekend visit with classmates, he becomes the police's only suspect in a high profile murder and his stay is extended. ".....Why is this happening to me? Was I in the wrong place at the wrong time? Was the timing of my coming to Carmi and the murder just a coincidence? On the other hand, maybe the person who wanted him dead knew about our confrontational history and when he or she found out I would be in town for the reunion, a plan came together. I would be the perfect fall guy....." ".....Why didn't I think this thing through before I agreed to meet them here; at night. Damn. What if Frank and Stewart are somehow mixed up in the murder and I'm the only one who can link them to the crime? Damn. What if the two people standing in the shadows are not even Frank and Stewart? What if they are the two mob goons and they have been tipped off to where I'll be? Damn....." ".....I folded my hands behind my head and stared at the ceiling. I could not sleep; the memory continued to flood my mind. I had not seen or talked to her in 35 years yet the last words she said to me then are what's keeping me awake now: I will probably always love you....."