James Vance

Kings in Disguise (ISBN 978 0 393 32848 6) won two Eisner Awards and was hailed by The Guardian as one of the ten best graphic novels of all time. This highly anticipated sequel tells the story of a young man’s coming of age in a world where the capacity to dream may be a fatal flaw. On the Ropes is a breathtaking visual achievement that delivers a powerful, timeless story.

Uses Common Core State Standards and authentic videos and examples of students' wok to illustrate and encourage a learner-centered approach to instruction KEY TOPICS: Teaching and learning mathematics; developing mathematical thinking and problem-solving abilities; assessing mathematics understanding; developing number concepts; developing an understanding of numeration; developing whole-number operations; developing whole number operations; estimation and computational procedures for whole numbers; developing fraction concepts, fraction computation, decimal concepts and computation; understanding ration, proportion, and percent; developing geometric thinking and spatial sense; developing measurement concepts and skills; collecting, organizing and interpreting data; developing algebraic thinking MARKET: For pre- and in-service elementary and middle school mathematics teachers

One of the seminal 'above ground' comics series which bridged underground comix to the next level of intelligent comics storytelling while still fearlessly incorporating sexual elements is now presented in its complete form as a set of the full 8 volumes. Close to 1000 pages of reading

Kings in Disguise was praised by the likes of Art Spiegelman, Neil Gaiman, and Alan Moore. It won two Eisner Awards and has been hailed as one of the ten best graphic novels of all time (Guardian). This highly anticipated sequel tells the story of a young man’s coming of age in a world where the capacity to dream may be a fatal flaw. Set in 1937, On the Ropes continues the story of Fred Bloch, now apprenticed to escape artist Gordon Corey, a star attraction in a traveling WPA circus. Though damaged by the Depression and haunted by past mistakes, each man holds the key to the other’s salvation—but each also harbors a secret that could lead to their mutual destruction. Enacted against a backdrop of violent labor unrest and a nation’s faltering recovery, On the Ropes is a breathtaking visual achievement that delivers a powerful, timeless story.

Serieroman. 1932 var ”depressionen” bara nåt ord de vuxna använde, nåt om att affärerna gick dåligt. Tolvårige Freddie Bloch lever med sin arbetslöse, alkoholiserade far och sin storebror i en småstad i Kalifornien. Där är trist och fattigt. Men drömmar kostar bara tio cent, och tio av pappans tompavor ger en biljett till nästa biomatiné, där Freddie kan drömma sig bort till Det stora äventyret … Men så sticker pappan från hopplösheten. Kanske till Detroit, där det kanhända finns jobb på mr Fords bilfabriker. Freddie beslutar sig för att sluta drömma och följa Det stora äventyrets lockrop. Han hoppar på ett godståg norrut för att leta efter pappan. Luffaren Sam fattar motvilligt tycke för den naive pojken, och lär Freddie det hårda luffarlivets spelregler och hur man klarar svälten, rälsens mänskliga rovdjur och järnvägens brutala väktare. Under resan möter Freddie den amerikanska depressionens verklighet, där fabrikspolisen skjuter på demonstrerande arbetslösa, där män luffar tusentals mil i hopp om ett jobb, men där det ur krisen också föds kampglöd, solidaritet och kollektiva experiment. Det blir en lång och ibland smärtsam färd för Freddie mot verkligheten och vuxnare drömmar. ”Drömmare och kungar [...] för oss tillbaka till den stora depressionen och dess luffarläger i en suverän berättelse om utslagna människor och en pojkes väg mot vuxenvärlden.” – Neil Gaiman ”Gott Folk Här. Inga Hundar. Lycka Till.” – Alan Moore

An award-winning classic is set in a wintry and riot-torn Detroit during the Great Depression and finds movie-loving Freddie Bloch trading his father's liquor bottles for matinee tickets before he is rendered homeless and at the mercy of anti-communist mobs by his father's abandonment and brother's arrest. Reprint.