Jock
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It was the sort of mission Batman had run a thousand times. From high above the sweltering summer streets of Gotham, Batman would escort the GCPD as the dangerous metahuman supervillain known as E.M.P. was transferred from a temporary holding cell to his permanent home at Blackgate Prison in Gotham Harbor. E.M.P.'s electrical powers posed a dangerous threat, but the situation was well in hand. Until it wasn't. Now every light in Gotham is out, the...
2) JoggerKill
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A pack of wild attack dogs are tracking down and killing joggers. After the fourth victim is slaughtered, the Police Chief of Southampton, Long Island, whose daughter was the first victim, is determined to avenge her death. He suspects there is a serial killer behind these tragic killings. But it is the Chief's son and girlfriend who discover a horrifying fact—someone from a Long Island high school is purposely tracking and hunting down students
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Darren has two big talents: cricket and trouble. It is no surprise then that he becomes an Australian sporting star of the bad-boy variety; one of those men who's always got away with things and just keeps going... Until the day we meet him; middle aged and in the boot of a car, and everything pointing towards a shallow grave...
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A father's obsession. A daughter's quest. Eliza Grayling, born in Sydney when the colony itself was still an infant, has lived there all her thirty-two years. Too tall, too stern—too old, now—for marriage, she looks out for her reclusive father, Joshua, and wonders about his past. There is a shadow there: an old enmity. When Joshua Grayling is offered the chance for a reckoning with his nemesis, Eliza is horrified. It involves a sea voyage with...
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In The Settlement, Jock Serong reimagines in urgent, compelling prose the ill-fated exploits of George Augustus Robinson at the settlement of Wybalenna-a venture whose blinkered, self-interested cruelty might stand for the colonial enterprise itself.
On the windswept point of an island at the edge of van Diemen's Land, the Commandant huddles with a small force of white men and women.
He has gathered together, under varying degrees of coercion and...
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In Canberra, a Federal election looms and Cassius Calvert, Minister for Border Integrity is facing a new hard-line policy regarding asylum-seekers. Off the Indonesian island of Dana, Isi Natoli, skipper of the Java Ridge, and a group of Australian surf tourists are anchored beside an idyllic reef. A few kilometres away, Roya and her mother are amongst the passengers fleeing persecution aboard the Talakar. When a storm breaks, these stories collide...
7) The Glitch
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Kaila Kinsworth lives inside of a video game, where monsters lurk in the shadows and adventures lie around every corner. Yet, life has always been wonderful for her – She lives in a cozy village in the middle of the forest, with a sweet little sister and a caring, adventurous mother. But when somebody closest to her passes away, she finds her heart shattered into a million pieces, scared and confused and not ready to move on.
But Kaila is also...
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A chance meeting with an orphaned young woman in a seedy port bar, leads a well-seasoned, salty old dog into a chaotic adventure on the high seas involving money, drugs and violence, with a little bit of romance thrown in for good measure.
The fishing vessel he becomes trapped on, is not all that it appears to be at first sight, whilst its owner, the Fat Russian, displays a cruelty and cunning well beyond the norm. A climactic conclusion will leave...
9) 0012
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"Frank Jones is a jerky man or journeyman. After failing at being a cop and a not so Private Investigator, he is now known as Double 0 12 or 12 Gauge. Now an US International Agent, his chaos continues to Paris and Moscow. From the beaches of Charleston to cafes and bars around Europe his mission is to recruit or kill Ivan Modragovich. Ivan is the top FSB Officer in the Kremlin. The second part of his mission is to force the Russian President to...
10) Quota
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Charlie Jardim has just trashed his legal career in a spectacular courtroom meltdown, and his girlfriend has finally left him. So when a colleague slings him a prosecution brief for the remote coastal town of Dauphin, Charlie reluctantly agrees to go. The case is murder. The victim was involved in illegal abalone trading and even more illegal drug trafficking. And the witnesses aren't talking. As Dauphin closes ranks around him, Charlie finds his...
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DC Comics
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After his deadliest battle to date, Batman is bruised, battered and scarred. And forever changed. Now, on the streets of Gotham, in place of the cape and cowl roams an 8-foot mechanized suit of armor. More powerful than ever before, Batman's pursuit of justice has never been more swift or efficient. But who is the new Dark Knight? And why is he... or she here? In the most shocking chapter in Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's #1 New York Times best-selling...
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[Publisher not identified]
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[2016]
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3 videodiscs (450 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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As introduced by The Old Ranger, the eighteen episodes within Season One present dramatic and powerful narratives based on true events. This grounded approach would set it apart from the more stylized presentations that were more common amongst the series' contemporaries. Top-notch writing, acting, and direction combine to present a vision that respects both the actual men and women who lived in and fought for the glorious Old West.
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Detective Comics volume 14
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English
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In The Black Mirror, a series of brutal murders pushes Batman's detective skills to the limit and forces him to confront one of Gotham City's oldest evils. Helpless and trapped in the deadly Mirror House, Batman must fight for his life against one of Gotham City's most powerful evils! Then, in a second story called "Hungry City," the corpse of a killer whale shows up on the floor of one of Gotham City's foremost banks. The event begins a strange and...
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Green Arrow Year One volume 2
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English
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After being betrayed by his only friend, Oliver Queen finds himself stranded on a desert island in the middle of the ocean. With only his wits and the tools he can fashion himself, Oliver begins the journey that will one day lead him to becoming the hero Green Arrow!
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Losers volume 1
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English
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This collection introduces The Losers, formerly an elite U.S. Special Forces unit that served as the covert bloody hand of America until they stumbled across a C.I.A. secret they couldn't ignore. The C.I.A. tried to kill them, but they're about tolearn that it takes more than one try to eliminate The Losers.
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Wytches volume 1
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English
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When the Rooks family moves to the remote town of Litchfield, NH to escape a haunting trauma, they're hopeful about starting over. But something evil is waiting for them in the woods just beyond town. Watching from the trees. Ancient...and hungry.
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Losers volume 13
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English
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International action and intrigue explode in the new title that inspired the 2010 Warner Bros. movie. THE LOSERS BOOK TWO finds the hard-luck black-ops band flying from Qatar to Turkmenistan amid oilydealings and flying bullets. Includes a new introduction by Ian Rankin and new cover by Jock.
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Green Arrow Year One volume 7
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English
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Oliver Queen has been a faithful member of the Justice League of America and defended Star City with his trusty bow and an arsenal of deadly arrows for years-now thrill to the definitive tale of how he became Green Arrow! Queen is a frivolous playboy with little care for anyone or anything-apparently even himself. But when he's double-crossed and marooned on a jungle island, he finds that he does care about something: justice!
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A brand new perspective on Scott Snyder (BATMAN), Jock (THE LOSERS) and Francesco Francavilla's (SWAMP THING) epic crime saga-presented here in gritty black and white. For years, Batman and Commissioner Gordon have stared into the unyielding black abyss that is Gotham City. Time after time, they've saved their beloved city from itself, not allowing it to be swallowed by a pit of violence and corruption. But even after a crime-fighting lifetime of...
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Detective Comics volume 19
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English
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The deluxe edition featuring critically acclaimed writer Ed Brubaker's seminal run on the Dark Knight and The Joker.
Witness Batman's first encounter with The Joker in this volume collecting the graphic novel BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke! This collection also includes a murder mystery tale guest-starring Green Lantern Alan Scott.