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  Becoming Batman - The...

  E. Paul Zehr, James Kakalios

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  Possessing no supernatural powers, Batman is the most realistic of all the superheroes. His feats are achieved through rigorous training and mental discipline, and with the aid of fantastic gadgets. Drawing on his training as a neuroscientist, kinesiologist, and martial artist, E. Paul Zehr explores the question: Could a mortal ever become Batman?Zehr discusses the physical training necessary to maintain bad-guy-fighting readiness while relating the science underlying this process, from strength conditioning to the cognitive changes a person would endure in undertaking such a regimen. In probing what a real-life Batman could achieve, Zehr considers the level of punishment a consummately fit and trained person could handle, how hard and fast such a person could punch and kick, and the number of adversaries that individual could dispatch. He also tells us what it would be like to fight while wearing a batsuit and the amount of food we'd need to consume each day to maintain vigilance as Gotham City's guardian.A fun foray of escapism grounded in sound science, Becoming Batman provides the background for attaining the realizable—though extreme—level of human performance that would allow you to be a superhero.

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  Hellboy: The All-Seeing Eye

  Mark Morris

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  In a London funeral parlor, the dead rise and walk again. On a train in the London Underground, a young couple is terrorized by a demon. In a suburb, a poltergeist forces a family to flee their home. Hellboy has his hands full. While the supernatural is on a rampage in London, a series of brutal Torso Murders turns up at various sites around the city. All of the corpses are headless, limbless, and drained of their blood. Called in to investigate the killings, B.P.R.D. agents Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman discover a wellspring of black magic under the London streets. They also find a sack of heads. Hellboy descends into the dark underworld of London, encountering demons who prophesy the coming of plague and the opening of an Eye to the otherworld, bringing forth death and destruction upon the land.

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  Cul de Sac: Golden Treasury - A...

  Richard Thompson

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  The Cul de Sac Golden Treasury is a hilarious and beautiful omnibus of cartoonist Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac comic strips, bringing together strips from the first collection, Cul de Sac, and the 2009 collection, Children at Play.A lighthearted look at the suburban life of precocious preschooler Alice Otterloop, Cul de Sac is noted not only for its humor and intelligence, but also for Thompson's fun, imaginative watercolor artwork. Thompson's work has attracted the praise of highly acclaimed illustrators all over the world, including Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) and Mo Willems (Sheep in the Big City, Knuffle Bunny).The Cul de Sac Golden Treasury will be a valued addition to the libraries of Cul de Sac fans and a fantastic introduction for readers new to this warm, wonderful comic strip. 

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  Plain Jane Tagalong and the...

  Marie Claire

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  Born and raised in the small prairie town of Lanigan, Saskatchewan, Jane Smith had to be the most awkward girl around. She had reached an age when her parents were allowing her to experiment with make-up, and all the boys around her were becoming more attractive as each day passed. Especially Todd. He was her biggest secret crush. Unfortunately, Jane was too shy to do anything about it. 
  It did not help matters that all her friends now had boyfriends, but Jane still did not. It seemed to her that she was forever cursed to be single in this small prairie town where she was nothing more than an ugly duckling next to all the pretty and sociable girls. 
  When Jane was not following her friends around from the movie theatre to the hockey rink, learning the latest juicy gossip from them, and silently adoring her biggest crush, she was alone in her bedroom writing: letters to her Chinese penpal, diary entries, and the beginnings of a romance novel. She often dreamed about her first love and first kiss. Alas, this was a dream she feared would never come true, so she also wished for a new start and a whole new life for herself. 
  Little did Jane know that her creative hobbies were the very thing that would make these dreams come true. Little did she know she was capable of magic!

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  Albert Jack's Mysterious World -...

  Albert Jack

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  From the internationally best selling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, New World Order and many more; 
  Albert Jack's Mysterious World is a collection of the world's most famous and puzzling mysteries. 
  What really happened to Agatha Christie? 
  Who is responsible for Crop Circles 
  Where is Bigfoot? 
  Could Aliens really exist? 
  From crop circles to the Scottish lighthouse keepers who vanished one stormy night and from religious visions to the spine tingling tale of a restless family tomb, bestselling author Albert Jack has now turned his detective skills to the mysteries that have baffled so many over the years. 
  And he has discovered all kinds of fascinating and surprising evidence. 
  Using 'Occam's Razor' Jack neatly peels away the myth, the legend, the improbable and unlikely and exams only the plausible. 
  'Sometimes the smarter stocking-filler may even help you to think better as well as to trounce the rival quiz crew. 
  From the Bermuda Triangle to the Loch Ness Monster Albert Jack offers a crash course in sceptical thinking. Brilliant' - The Independent, Books of the Year. 
  Part One Includes 
  The Famous Aurora Spaceship Mystery 
  The Mysterious Death of God’s Own Banker 
  Try to See It from My Angle: The Bermuda Triangle 
  Does Bigfoot Exist? 
  The Spine-chilling Tale of the Chase Vault 
  Committing the Perfect Crime: The Mysterious D. B. Cooper 
  The Real-life Agatha Christie Mystery 
  Who Really Makes Crop Circles? 
  John Dillinger: Whatever Happened to America’s Robin Hood? 
  The Missing Navy Diver 
  The Dover Demon

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  The Anime Trope System - Stone...

  Alvin Atwater

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  A baby’s gotta do what a baby’s gotta do! 
  For the first time, the universes get to experience just what kind of monsters Clyde would soon be fathering. With his unborn daughter expelling enormous giga-geysers of power, the young man must scramble to survive the shenanigans. 
  Meanwhile the Fallen God makes her move, preying on Mortem’s desires. Clyde’s daughter even attracts her. 
  That’s not all. Behind all of that, Team Viper begins to mobilize. Surprisingly, Thor, the God of Thunder, is sent to scout. And Thor is murderous. Can Clyde best the legendary God of Thunder? 
  You do not want to miss this epic book! 
  Clyde and his party return in November 2020’s issue, bringing the humor and fun, ass-kicking, and the rising from weak to completely unstoppable. 
  Book edited by Adam Luopa, series editor! 
  Book cover by Shirasiyuki 
  Narrated by David Reimer 
  Warning: 
  This novel contains sexual content, sex scenes, and sexual humor fit for anime fans. You have been warned. Not for the faintest of hearts..

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