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Axe Cop Vol. 4: President of the World (Axe Cop)
by Malachai NicollleAxe Cop is now president of the whole world! But a bunch of outer-space bad guys are on their way to Earth, and they're bringing big trouble with them! Collects the three-issue miniseries. * Axe Cop will be part of a new Fox Animated television programming block!
Axe Cop Volume 1 (Axe Cop)
by Malachai NicollleBad guys, beware! Evil aliens, run for your lives! Axe Cop is here, and he's going to chop your head off! We live in a strange world, and our strange problems call for strange heroes. That's why Axe Cop—along with his partner Flute Cop and their pet T. rex Wexter—is holding tryouts to build the greatest team of heroes ever assembled.Created by five-year-old Malachai Nicolle and illustrated by his older brother, the cartoonist Ethan Nicolle, Axe Cop Volume 1 collects the entire original run of the hit webcomic that has captured the world's attention with its insanely imaginative adventures. Whether he's fighting gun-toting dinosaurs, teaming up with Ninja Moon Warriors, or answering readers' questions via his insightful advice column, "Ask Axe Cop," the adventures of Axe Cop and his incomparable team of crime fighters will delight and perplex even the most stoic of readers.• Axe Cop debuted in January 2010 to glowing reviews from Entertainment Weekly, Wired, and dozens of other newspapers and magazines.• Comics website Newsarama said, "Axe Cop wins the award for best comic ever!"
Axe Cop Volume 5: Axe Cop Gets Married and Other Stories (Axe Cop)
by Malachai NicollleAfter a messy divorce with Abraham Lincoln, Axe Cop is determined to find a new wife to help raise his newly adopted bat and monkey children in Axe Cop Gets Married! Also features the epic bowzer battle story The Dogs, multiple "Ask Axe Cop" episodes, guest comics, "Axe Cop Presents," and much more awesomeness! * Axe Cop Volume 1 has sold over 20,000 copies to date! * Winner of a 2012 YALSA award! * Foreword by Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation)
Axe Cop Volume 6: American Choppers
by Malachai NicollleAxe Cop reunites with Super Axe, an old friend from college, and the two of them decide to start a superteam of axe-wielding heroes to defend America called The American Choppers. They are joined by Captain Axe, Axe Girl, Axe Woman, Axe Dog, and other axe-wielding heroes. The only problem is that there is no bad guys left, but that all changes when mysterious giant creatures attack the city.
Axe Handles
by Gary Snyder"One principle motif of Axe Handles, Gary Snyder's sixth collection of poems, is the axiom of Lu Ji, "In making the handle of an axe by cutting wood with an axe the model is indeed near at hand." This collection is an exploration of discovery, of insight and of vision. These poems discover the roots of community in the family and the roots of culture and government in the community."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Axel la camioneta: Axel the Truck: Beach Race (Spanish edition) (My First I Can Read)
by J. D. RileyThis high-quality Spanish-language book can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers as well as those learning the language, whether at home or in a classroom.Un libro con alegres ilustraciones, vocabulario básico, mucha acción, ritmo y repetición. La edición en español de Axel the Truck: Beach Race, de la colección Mi primer libro ¡Ya sé leer!, es perfecta para los pequeños que están aprendiendo a leer. Axel, un bullicioso y popular personaje de la colección Mi primer libro ¡Ya sé leer!, es una pequeña camioneta valiente, curiosa y aventurera, con unas ruedas muy, muy grandes. Hace un lindo día, así que Axel se dirige a la playa. Le encanta levantar arena y ver cómo se mete entre sus ruedas, y nada le parece tan refrescante como una carrera entre las olas. Pero, ¿será lo suficientemente rápida para ganar una carrera contra unos camiones monstruo? Incluye un glosario de herramientas y partes de una camioneta.
Axel la camioneta: Axel the Truck: Rocky Road (Spanish edition) (My First I Can Read)
by J. D. RileyThis high-quality Spanish-language book can be enjoyed by fluent Spanish speakers as well as those learning the language, whether at home or in a classroom. Un libro con alegres ilustraciones, vocabulario básico, mucha acción, ritmo y repetición. La edición en español de Axel the Truck: Rocky Road, de la colección Mi primer libro ¡Ya sé leer!, es perfecta para los pequeños que están aprendiendo a leer. Axel, un bullicioso y popular personaje de la colección Mi primer libro ¡Ya sé leer!, es una pequeña camioneta valiente, curiosa y aventurera, con unas ruedas muy, muy grandes. Camino a la montaña, Axel corre, salta y acelera, subiendo y bajando por caminos rocosos. ¡Hasta compite con cabras de montaña! Pero, ¡cuidado! ¡Una roca que viene cayendo hacia ella! ¿Qué hará Axel? Incluye un glosario de herramientas y partes de una camioneta.
Axel the Truck: Beach Race (My First I Can Read)
by J. D. RileyAxel is a little truck with big, big wheels who loves speed and adventure. Vroom vroom! Axel’s going to find out if he’s fast enough to win an off-road race by the ocean against some bigger trucks. The monster trucks zoom down the sand, but Axel has a great—and very loud!—engine and the heart of a winner. Bright illustrations by Brandon Dorman bring the fun-loving, confident Axel to life. Axel the Truck: Beach Race is a My First I Can Read book designed to introduce children to the exciting world of reading. It is perfect for reading aloud to a child, which is the first step in creating a great reader.
Axel the Truck: Field Trip (My First I Can Read)
by J. D. RileyLearn to read with Axel the Truck!Axel is a little truck with big, big wheels who loves exploring and adventure. In this My First I Can Read! book, Axel finds himself stuck in the mud and learns that sometimes you have to get really messy to have a whole lot of fun! Simple, declarative sentences, basic phonics, and bold illustrations make Axel perfect for emerging readers who love trucks and other vehicles that go. With a focus on transportation, bright artwork, and simple, declarative sentences, this is a great action-filled choice for newly independent readers. The playful illustrations will delight both parents and children!
Axel the Truck: Rocky Road (My First I Can Read)
by J. D. RileyAxel is a little truck with great big wheels. Axel loves to explore, have fun, go fast, and get dirty. The Axel books are ideal for children just learning to read, and feature fun art and an easy-to-read text that builds vocabulary, phonics skills, and the joy of reading.Rocky Road is the second book about Axel, the little truck with great big wheels. Axel heads to the mountains and races, bumps, and speeds up and down rocky roads. He even races a mountain goat or two! When he gets muddy, Axel heads to the car wash before heading home. The Axel books offer a fast-paced and fun first reading experience for emergent readers and build comprehension and phonics skills.
Axel the Truck: Speed Track (My First I Can Read)
by J. D. RileyLearn to read with Axel the Truck!Axel is a little red truck with big wheels and big dreams. In this My First I Can Read! book, Axel and his dog, Rex, go to the speed track and race against trucks and cars that are bigger, better, and faster than he is. Does Axel win? Let’s find out!Short declarative sentences, lots of action and fun, age-appropriate vocabulary, sound effects and onomatopoeia, and bold, detailed illustrations make Axel the Truck: Speed Track a great choice for building confidence in emerging readers.Perfect for children who love trucks and other vehicles that go!
Axel's Castle: A Study of the Imaginative Literature of 1870-1930
by Edmund WilsonAxel's Castle was Edmund Wilson's first book of literary criticism--a landmark book that explores the evolution of the French Symbolist movement and considers its influence on six major twentieth-century writers: Yeats, Valery, Eliot, Proust, Joyce, and Stein.
Axeman's Jazz
by Tracy DaughertyA stunning tour de force, Tracy Daugherty's fourth novel explores the volatility of race, class, and economics as they affect three generations of a Houston, Texas, family, and traces the rise and decline of an inner city neighborhood from the point of view of a prodigal daughter. Twenty-something Telisha Washington returns after many years to the decaying Houston neighborhood where she was born, to renew old ties and come to terms with her family's enigmatic heritage. The product of a racially mixed union, she has spent her life straddling received definitions of race, class, gender, and culture. Her personal odyssey is centered inside a black neighborhood's convulsions, where violence, poverty, and the politics of gentrification take their toll. An unflinching meditation on family, race, sex, and love, as well as a dissection of public and private identity, Axeman's Jazz is a stark, but loving, portrait of contemporary urban America.
Axiom's End: A Novel
by Lindsay EllisIt’s fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government might have engaged in first contact. Cora Sabino is doing everything she can to avoid the whole mess, since the force driving the controversy is her whistleblower father. Even though Cora hasn’t spoken to him in years, his celebrity has caught the attention of the press, the Internet, the paparazzi, and the government—and with him in hiding, that attention is on her. She neither knows nor cares whether her father’s leaks are a hoax, and wants nothing to do with him—until she learns just how deeply entrenched her family is in the cover-up, and that an extraterrestrial presence has been on Earth for decades. Realizing the extent to which both she and the public have been lied to, she sets out to gather as much information as she can, and finds that the best way for her to uncover the truth is not as a whistleblower, but as an intermediary. The alien presence has been completely uncommunicative until she convinces one of them that she can act as their interpreter, becoming the first and only human vessel of communication. Their otherworldly connection will change everything she thought she knew about being human—and could unleash a force more sinister than she ever imagined.
Axiom's End: A Novel (Noumena #1)
by Lindsay EllisTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe alternate history first contact adventure Axiom's End is an extraordinary debut from Hugo finalist and video essayist Lindsay Ellis. Truth is a human right.It’s fall 2007. A well-timed leak has revealed that the US government might have engaged in first contact. Cora Sabino is doing everything she can to avoid the whole mess, since the force driving the controversy is her whistleblower father. Even though Cora hasn’t spoken to him in years, his celebrity has caught the attention of the press, the Internet, the paparazzi, and the government—and with him in hiding, that attention is on her. She neither knows nor cares whether her father’s leaks are a hoax, and wants nothing to do with him—until she learns just how deeply entrenched her family is in the cover-up, and that an extraterrestrial presence has been on Earth for decades. Realizing the extent to which both she and the public have been lied to, she sets out to gather as much information as she can, and finds that the best way for her to uncover the truth is not as a whistleblower, but as an intermediary. The alien presence has been completely uncommunicative until she convinces one of them that she can act as their interpreter, becoming the first and only human vessel of communication. Their otherworldly connection will change everything she thought she knew about being human—and could unleash a force more sinister than she ever imagined.
Axiomatic
by Greg EganTHE HUNDRED LIGHT YEAR DIARY - Scientists can bounce messages from the future back to the present, but there's no guarantee they'll tell the truth ... LEARNING TO BE ME - Crystalline minds may take the place of human brains, but where does the self really lie?CLOSER - Lovers exchange bodies and minds, but their experiments go just that little bit too far, proving that you can have too much of a good thing
Axiomatic
by Greg EganTHE HUNDRED LIGHT YEAR DIARY - Scientists can bounce messages from the future back to the present, but there's no guarantee they'll tell the truth ... LEARNING TO BE ME - Crystalline minds may take the place of human brains, but where does the self really lie?CLOSER - Lovers exchange bodies and minds, but their experiments go just that little bit too far, proving that you can have too much of a good thing
Axis (Gateway Essentials #382)
by Robert Charles WilsonThe World Next Door.Engineered by the mysterious Hypotheticals to support human life, it's connected to Earth by way of the Arch that towers hundreds of miles over the Indian ocean. Humans are colonizing this new world - and, predictably, exploiting its resources, chiefly large deposits of oil in the western deserts of the continent of Equatoria.Lise Adams is a young woman attempting to uncover the mystery of her father's disappearance ten years ago. Turk Findley is an ex-sailor and sometime drifter. They come together when an infall of cometary dust seeds the planet with tiny Hypothetical machines.Now Lise, Turk, a Martian woman, and a boy who has been engineered to communicate with the Hypotheticals, are drawn to a place in the desert where this seemingly hospitable world has become suddenly very alien indeed - and the nature of time is being once again twisted by entities unknown.
Axis (Spin #2)
by Robert Charles WilsonWildly praised by readers and critics alike, Robert Charles Wilson's Spin won science fiction's highest honor, the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Now, in Spin' s direct sequel, Wilson takes us to the "world next door" and as the planet engineered by the mysterious Hypotheticals to support human life, and connected to Earth by way of the Arch that towers hundreds of miles over the Indian Ocean. Humans are colonizing this new world and, predictably, fiercely exploiting its resources, chiefly large deposits of oil in the western deserts of the continent of Equatoria. Lise Adams is a young woman attempting to uncover the mystery of her father's disappearance ten years earlier. Turk Findley is an ex-sailor and sometimes-drifter. They come together when an infall of cometary dust seeds the planet with tiny remnant Hypothetical machines. Soon, this seemingly hospitable world will become very alien indeed and as the nature of time is once again twisted, by entities unknown.
Axle Annie and the Speed Grump
by Robin PulverAxle Annie, Burskyville's best, most beloved school bus driver, has a big problem. And that problem has a name: Rush Hotfoot. He is an absolute menace--always in a hurry and in a bad mood, driving full blast. He even ignores the bus's stop-sign arm! But if anybody can tame the speed grump, Annie can. She has both hands on the wheel and nerves of steel. Children will giggle and cheer for this friendly, silly charmer about the kind of superhero they might see every day.
Axle Bust Creek (A Cleve Trewe Western #1)
by John ShirleyThe first book in a thrilling new western series from John Shirley, the acclaimed co-author of the Sundown Riders western series. GOLD FEVER. BLOOD FEVER. From the battlefield of Shiloh to the prisoner camp at Slocum, former Union soldier Cleveland Trewe has seen more than enough carnage for one lifetime. Now that the war is over he&’s found work as a peacekeeper and prospector—the perfect set of survival skills for a town like Axle Bust, Nevada, a place seething with danger. Cleve&’s uncle staked a claim in Axle Bust only to lose it to a murderous con-man partnered with Duncan Conroy, owner of the Golden Fleece Mine and a man determined to build an empire by means fair and foul. The only person keeping Conroy in check is his sister Berenice, a freethinker whose scientific education benefits the family interests—even while catching Cleve&’s eye. To reclaim his uncle&’s mine, and bring justice to a town under tyranny, Cleve finds himself turning the streets into a bullet-riddled battlefield. Conroy is about to learn there just isn&’t room for both men in a town like Axle Bust. Praise for John Shirley&“Gritty realism, thrilling—this is a good one.&” —Lincoln Journal Star on Wyatt in Wichita&“One of our best and most singular writers. A powerhouse of ideas and imagery.&” —William Gibson
Axolotls: Day to ZZZ
by Stephanie CampisiAxolotls getting up emerging from the rocks they&’re getting ready for their day— woken by their clocks. Spend a day with the cutest smiling amphibians in their anthropomorphized world. Exercise with Flexolotl. Go to work with Lumberjaxalotl. Groove to the music with Saxolotl, and so many more! With silly wordplay and hilarious illustrations, Axolotls: Day to ZZZ is the perfect booxalotl for clever kids (and parents)!
Ay, William
by Elizabeth StroutElizabeth Strout, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer y el Premi Llibreter, con tres millones y medio de lectores, recupera a su icónica protagonista, Lucy Barton, en un libro del que no se sale, hermoso, doloroso, irónico y profundo como las historias de Lucia Berlin o Alice Munro. Uno de los mejores libros del año según The Times y uno de los diez libros más esperados de 2022 según Esquire «Esta mujer que tanto me ha dado llenando mis horas de insomnio.»Elvira Lindo «Elizabeth Strout se consagra como la más magistral alumna de John Cheever y James Salter.»Rodrigo Fresán Inesperadamente, Lucy Barton se convierte en confidente y apoyo de William, su exmarido, el hombre con el que ha tenido dos hijas ya adultas, pero que ahora es casi un desconocido presa de terrores nocturnos y empecinado en desvelar el secreto de su madre. Mientras su nuevo matrimonio tambalea, William quiere que Lucy lo acompañe en un viaje del que no volverá a ser el mismo. ¿Cuántos sentimientos –celos, piedad, temor, ternura, decepción, extrañeza– caben en un matrimonio, incluso cuando ha terminado –si tal cosa es posible–? Y en el centro de esta historia, la voz indomable de Lucy Barton, su reflexión profunda y perenne sobre nuestra propia existencia: «Así es como funciona la vida. Todo lo que no sabemos hasta que ya es demasiado tarde». La crítica ha dicho: «Cada libro suyo es esperado como agua de mayo por quienes han probado el estilo sutil de sus novelas, capaz de encontrar una epifanía en las historias más corrientes. Ay, William es un paso más para esta heredera del realismo norteamericano de Lucia Berlin y Alice Munro. Una indagación en los sentimientos complejos y ambivalentes de un matrimonio, incluso cuando este ya ha terminado.»Alberto Hernando, Esquire «No me puedo sacar a Lucy Barton de la cabeza.»Johanna Thomas-Corr, The Times «Una escritora elegante, eficiente y de alta sensibilidad: un seguro para cualquier lector exigente.»Jose María Guelbenzu, Babelia «Qué escritora tan increíble.»Zadie Smith «Cada libro que escribe supera al anterior.»Maggie O’Farrell «¿Cómo lo hace? ¿Cómo consigue generar este desasosiego [...]? Puro talento, supongo.»Carlos Zanón «Con destellos de Anne Tyler y John Updike. [...] Strout es una de nuestras mejores narradoras.»Evening Standard «Sus libros nos hacen mejores personas.»La Repubblica «No es casualidad que se haya comparado a Strout con Hemingway. En muchos sentidos, le supera.»Publishers Weekly «Aunque pareceque esta última novela de Lucy Barton marca el fin de una trilogía, ¿puedo pedir una tetralogía, una pentalogía y como se llame lo que viene después? [...] Leer a Strout es una maravilla: aprendes más al tiempo que (siempre) ves que entiendes menos.»Jonathan Myerson, The Guardian «Sabes que estás en manos expertas cuando las primeras líneas de una novela trazan un corte limpio en tu corazón. [...] He devorado Ay William con avidez. [...] La humanidad íntima, frágil y desesperada que sobrevuela estas páginas es impresionante. Casi todas las afirmaciones tienen la fuerza de una revelación.»The Washington Post «Una radiante (aunque melancólica) reflexión en torno al matrimonio, la mortalidad y las complejidades del amor.»Oprah Daily «Strout es una anatomista magistral de las almas errantes. [...] Fiel a su estilo, el libro disecciona los secretos del corazón.»Los Angeles Times
Ay, pasión: Historias que enamoran
by Cristina Bajo Gloria V. Casañas Florencia BonelliHistorias de amor, deseo y seducción escritas por las autoras argentinas más reconocidas del género: Cristina Bajo, Florencia Bonelli, Gloria V. Casañas, Gabriela Exilart, Gabriela Margall, Anabella Franco, Graciela Ramos, Mirta Pérez Rey, Andrea Milano, Fernanda Pérez, Mariana Guarinoni, Camucha Escobar y María Border. ¿Quién no recuerda el hormigueo en el estómago del primer amor? ¿A quién no se le cortó la respiración por el ser amado o sintió una daga en el corazón al verse traicionada? Un amor no correspondido, una segunda oportunidad, un matrimonio roto, un reencuentro luego de décadas de silencio, un flechazo inesperado de los que te cambian la vida en un instante... Este conjunto de relatos nos sumerge de lleno en la belleza de enamorarse, en la desesperación que nos atormenta cuando algo sale mal y en las dudas que nos aquejan al decidir hasta dónde arriesgarnos. Y como el amor sólo puede sentirse si está bien narrado, Ay, pasión reúne trece relatos que nos transportan a un mundo de amor, deseo y seducción de la mano de las más talentosas autoras románticas.
Ay, pecados: Historias que enamoran
by Cristina Bajo Gloria V. Casañas Mariana GuarinoniEn estos cuentos se desatan pasiones ocultas, se revelan secretos inconfesables y los personajes se entregan a hacer realidad sus deseos más profundos. ¿Cuánto estamos dispuestos a arriesgar por amor? ¿Hasta dónde se puede llegar por celos? ¿Se perdona una traición? Una mujer casada sucumbe al deseo y no quiere que amanezca. Dos compañeros de trabajo se miran de verdad por primera vez. Un hombre perfecto esconde un pasado aterrador. Una segunda oportunidad, una pasión inconfesable, una traición que deja heridas, un matrimonio roto. Los relatos que integran este libro están atravesados por los pecados del amor, tan subjetivos y únicos como cada historia que se construye de a dos: la venganza, la renuncia, la pasión, el desenfreno, la infidelidad, la codicia, la mentira, el engaño. Ay, pecados reúne catorce cuentos de todas las épocas escritos por las autoras románticas más talentosas: Cristina Bajo, Gloria V. Casañas, Fernanda Pérez, Gabriela Exilart, Gabriela Margall, Camucha Escobar, Graciela Ramos, Magda Tagtachian, Mariana Guarinoni, Carlota del Campo, María Border, Mirta Pérez Rey, Anabella Franco y Andrea Milano.