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All-New Invaders: Volume 1: Gods and Soldiers by James Robinson
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: All-New Invaders
The Kree Empire intends to conquer the universe using an army of Norse gods! Four heroes united by their past - Captain America, Namor, the original Human Torch and the Winter Soldier - must now wage war against the Kree to save Earth! The Invaders face the Kree's ultimate hunter, Tanalth the Pursuer an ...Show more
Avengers: Tales to Astonish by John Estes (Illustrator); Colin MacNeil (Illustrator); Peter David (Text by); James Robinson (Text by)
Category: Graphic Novels
Classic comic book titles from the past inspire fully painted Marvel masterworks featuring some of the world's greatest heroes! When a sadistic killer who claims to be descended from Loki goes on the rampage, it will take three Avengers to face a mad Viking - Hank Pym, the Wasp and the Hulk! Things take ...Show more
Balance of Power - States, Societies and the Narrow Corridor to Liberty by Daron Acemoglu; James A. Robinson
Category: Social Sciences
From the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail, based on decades of research, this powerful new big-picture framework explains how some countries develop towards and provide liberty while others fall to authoritarianism or anarchy - and explains how liberty can thrive despite new thre ...Show more
Earth 2: Volume 1: Gathering (the New 52) by James Robinson
Category: Graphic Novels
A New York Times Bestseller! Earth's greatest heroes have defeated grave threats from Apokolips, but not at a grave price. Left in their stead is a group of young, untrained heroes who pick up the pieces in the dusty aftermath. The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, and the Atom are humanity's nascent guar ...Show more
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy by Daron Acemoglu; James A. Robinson
Category: History
What forces lead to democracy's creation? Why does it sometimes consolidate only to collapse at other times? Written by two of the foremost authorities on this subject in the world, this volume develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. It revolutionizes scholarship ...Show more
Inventions by James Robinson
Category: Children's Educational | Series: Kingfisher Knowledge
Teaches about the earliest communication devices, and the developments that led to the mobile telephone revolution. Packed with information, this text accompanies photographs that enhance each chapter. It also offers website links, book lists, places to visit and career information.
Last Stand of New Krypton ; v. 1 by James Robinson
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Superman
For the past year, Superman has been living on New Krypton - a planet populated by thousands of super-powered Kryptonians just like him! But after struggling to keep their society alive in spite of numerous challenges, New Krypton faces their worst nightmare as Brainiac, the alien believed to be partly ...Show more
Lonely Planet New Zealand (12th edition, October 2004) by Paul Smitz, Martin Robinson, Nina Rousseau, Richard Watkins, James Belich, Julie Biuso, Russell Brown, Vaughan Yarwood & David Millar
Category: Fiction
Providing information for travelling in New Zealand for every budget, this title offers guides to all its outdoor activities, its flora and fauna, sights, public transport, history and culture.Find out what all the fuss is about. Experience the natural and human wonders of New Zealand: green national pa ...Show more
Masterpieces: Medieval Art by James Robinson
Category: Art and Design
The British Museum has one of the worlds finest collections of antiquities from medieval Europe, and this is the first fully illustrated guide to the highlights of the collection, now in paperback. In one beautiful volume are displayed 150 of the most important objects, including the most famous such as ...Show more
More Than We Expected - Five Years with a Remarkable Child by James G. Robinson
Category: Biography
"No matter how much I enjoyed parenthood, I found myself having to accept its fundamental truth: that nothing ever turns out quite as you'd expect." It was a journey that most parents would hope to avoid: a son born with a congenital heart defect, a fateful decision to take a family trip abroad, and an ...Show more
Nag Hammadi Scriptures by Marvin W. Meyer; James M. Robinson
Category: Philosophy and Religion
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance. It includes the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of ...Show more
New Krypton by James Robinson; Geoff Johns; Greg Rucka; Pete Woods; Richard Donner; DC Comics Staff (Contribution by); Eddy Barrows (Cover Design by)
Category: Graphic Novels
Superman's past collides with his present as thousands of Kryptonians create a new society on a new world Following the NEW KRYPTON event, the Man of Steel has had to embrace his past to ensure humanity's future. And while a devastating armed confl ict with Earth may have been averted, keeping the peac ...Show more