Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
Panini Publishing Ltd Doctor Doom Books of Doom
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£16.19
DC Comics Batman War Games Omnibus
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£85.50
DC Comics Superman Secret Origin New Edition
Book SynopsisThe superstar team of writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank redefine the origin of Superman for the 21st century.This explosive story spells out the definitive origin of Superman, chronicling Clark Kent?s journey from the cornfields of Smallville to the skyscrapers of Metropolis. Witness a whole new look at the beginnings of Lex Luthor, The Legion of Super-Heroes, Lois Lane, Metallo, Jimmy Olsen, The Parasite and more of your favorite characters from the Superman family. It?s a look at the mythic past of the Man of Steel with an eye toward the future.This volume collects Superman: Secret Origin #1-6.
£14.44
DC Comics DC Finest Superman The First Superhero
Book SynopsisA major new line of DC collected editions begins with the earliest stories starring the first and greatest superhero: Superman!
£27.00
Titan Books Ltd Tank Girl Trilogy Box Set GOLD WORLD WAR 2 GIRLS
Book SynopsisThe anarchic anthology of Tank Girl is back! Presenting pure punk stories from Alan Martin and comic icon Brett Parson. A collection of hit graphic novels, and bonus exclusive art cards!
£31.99
Penguin Random House Group SpiderWoman by Steve Foxe Vol. 2 The New
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£14.44
Penguin Random House Group Doctor Strange by Jed Mackay Vol. 3
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£18.39
DC Comics DCeased War of the Undead Gods
Book SynopsisWhat began as a battle for Earth has become a war for the galaxy in the epic final installment in the massive DCeased storyline!
£14.44
Penguin Books Ltd Wide Sargasso Sea
Book SynopsisOne of the BBC''s ''100 Novels That Shaped Our World''''Rhys took one of the works of genius of the 19th Century and turned it inside-out to create one of the works of genius of the 20th Century'' Michele RobertsJean Rhys''s masterpiece tells the story of Jane Eyre''s ''madwoman in the attic'', Bertha Rochester.Born into the oppressive, colonialist society of 1930s Jamaica, white Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent beauty and sensuality. After their marriage, however, disturbing rumours begin to circulate which poison her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoinette is inexorably driven towards madness, and her husband into the arms of another novel''s heroine. This classic study of betrayal, a seminal work of postcolonial literature, is Jean Rhys''s brief, beautiful masterpiece. Edited with an introduction and notes by AngTrade ReviewRhys took one of the works of genius of the 19th Century and turned it inside-out to create one of the works of genius of the 20th Century -- Michele RobertsRhys's iconic prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is rich in motifs and devices both modernist and postmodernist -- Hephzibah AndersonBeautiful and subversive [...] the novel didn't just take inspiration from Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, it illuminated and confronted it, challenged the narrative. -- Danielle McLaughlin * Paris Review *Wide Sargasso Sea is not just a great novel, it is many brilliant books in one * Independent *
£8.54
Penguin Random House Group Blade Epic Collection Nightstalkers
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£30.74
DC Comics BatmanSuperman Worlds Finest Vol. 5 Secret
Book SynopsisJoin the World s Finest duo, Batman and Superman, as they adventure throughout the DC Universe, facing down threats of all shapes and sizes assuming they can put their personal differences aside when tempers start to flair!
£17.60
Marvel Comics SpiderMan Miles Morales Vol. 1
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£14.39
Marvel Comics SpiderMan Life Story
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£19.19
DC Comics Batman The Dark Knight Returns 30th Anniversary
Book SynopsisTen years after an aging Batman retired, Gotham City has sunk deeper into decadence and lawlessness. Now, when his city needs him most, the Dark Knight returns in a blaze of glory. Joined by Carrie Kelly, a teenaged Robin, Batman takes to the streets to end the threat of the mutant gangs that have overrun the city.Trade Review"In four groundbreaking issues in late 1986, Miller's DARK KNIGHT RETURNS delighted and enraged comic book classicists by turning Batman--a beloved but gimmicky hero who seemed to have the keys of life forever tucked into his utility belt-into a brooding vigilante, bleak, grim and full of rooftop psychosis." —USA Today "There's never been storytelling quite like this. It took someone who views comics as an art to create it." —Washington Post "Changed the course of comics." —Rolling Stone "It's film noir in cartoon panels." —Vanity Fair "His brutal yet elegant noir renderings, pulpy yet eloquent scripting, and thoroughly uncompromising attitude make him one of the most distinctive voices in comics." —Entertainment Weekly
£14.44
Marvel Comics Rogue Gambit Power Play
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£13.49
Vintage Publishing The Devil All the Time
Book SynopsisDonald Ray Pollock, recipient of the 2009 PEN/Bingham Fellowship, made his literary debut in 2008 with the critically acclaimed short-story collection Knockemstiff. He worked as a labourer at the Mead Paper Mill in Chillicothe, Ohio, from 1973 to 2005. www.donaldraypollock.comTrade ReviewHits you like a telegram from Hell slid under your door at three o'clock in the morning -- William Gay, Author of Provinces of Night and The Long HomeDonald Ray Pollock redefines the term 'American Gothic', taking Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner and turning them up to 11...once you start reading it doesn’t let go * Herald *One of the most adventurous and significant writers of our time … If the Coen Brothers want their next Oscar they should buy the rights to this book now * Scotland on Sunday *Terrifying ... an unsettling masterwork * GQ *Superb * The Times *
£9.49
Pan Macmillan Guerrillas
Book SynopsisV.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He came to England on a scholarship in 1950. He spent four years at University College, Oxford, and began to write, in London, in 1954. He pursued no other profession.His novels include A House for Mr Biswas, The Mimic Men, Guerrillas, A Bend in the River, and The Enigma of Arrival. In 1971 he was awarded the Booker Prize for In a Free State. His works of nonfiction, equally acclaimed, include Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, The Masque of Africa, and a trio of books about India: An Area of Darkness, India: A Wounded Civilization and India: A Million Mutinies Now.In 1990, V.S. Naipaul received a knighthood for services to literature; in 1993, he was the first recipient of the David Cohen British Literature Prize. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. He lived with his wife Nadira and cat Augustus in Wiltshire, and died in 2018Trade ReviewImpeccable . . . Guerrillas seems to me Naipaul’s Heart of Darkness: a brilliant artist’s anatomy of emptiness, and of despair. * Observer *
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Oneworld Publications The Sellout: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016
Book Synopsis A Book of the Decade, 2010-2020 (Independent) A LAUGH-OUT-LOUD SATIRE ABOUT RACE, CLASS AND INEQUALITY IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA, BY A LITERARY GENIUS AT THE TOP OF HIS GAME Winner of the Man Booker Prize, 2016 In his trademark absurdist style, Paul Beatty will make you laugh and cry in this outrageous – and outrageously entertaining – indictment of our time. Born in Dickens on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles, the narrator of The Sellout spent his childhood as the subject in his father's racially charged psychological studies. He is told that this work will lead to a memoir that will solve their financial woes. But when his father is killed in a drive-by shooting, he discovers there never was a memoir. All that’s left is a bill for a drive-thru funeral. What’s more, Dickens has literally been wiped off the map to save California from further embarrassment. Fuelled by despair, the narrator sets out to right this wrong with the most outrageous action conceivable: reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school. The results will take him from Dickens to the Supreme Court, in the trial of the century. ‘Outrageous, hilarious and profound.’ Simon Schama, Financial Times ‘The longer you stare at Beatty’s pages, the smarter you’ll get.’ Guardian ‘The most badass first 100 pages of an American novel I’ve read.’ New York TimesTrade Review‘Outrageous, hilarious and profound… It takes a whole other level of sheer audacity to expose atrocious things through the play of wit.’ FT‘The most caustic and the most badass first 100 pages of an American novel I’ve read in at least a decade... The riffs don’t stop coming in this landmark and deeply aware comic novel.' New York Times‘A book of coruscating satire and the darkest humour whose bilious narrative voice leaves you at once enthralled and exhausted’. Observer, Best Books of 2016‘A hilarious, anger-fuelled cadenza that feels as if it were written in one manic burst’. Mark Haddon, Observer, Best Books of 2016‘Brilliant. Amazing. Like demented angels wrote it.’ Sarah Silverman‘A breathtakingly confrontational American race satire with a big laugh and a gasp on every page’. Peter Bradshaw, Guardian‘One of the few books of recent years that has made me choke with laughter’. Daily Mail, Best Books of 2016‘A compelling act of demonstrative rhetoric, a masterful show of verbal energy that questions just how far equality has come and where it hopes to go’. New Statesman‘It will make you laugh, but most of all it will make you think.’ The Sunday Times‘Beatty’s sharp humour challenges pieties from all sides…Intelligent…entertaining…exhilarating’. Daily Telegraph‘Bitterly funny and finely layered…[The Sellout] seems even more essential after the racially demarcated “whitelash” of Donald Trump’s victory.’ New Statesman, Books of the Year 2016'[An] outrageous, riff-strewn satire on race in America…[The Sellout] combines effervescent comedy and stinging critique, but its most arresting quality is the lively humanity of its characters.’ The New Yorker'Brutal and full of very dark humour, it tells us so much about the state of American race relations and, by extension, our attitude to colonialism and black history. Powerful stuff.' Kit de Waal‘Hilariously caustic.’ Rolling Stone‘There’s satire and then there’s satire, and without question Paul Beatty’s caustic third novel, The Sellout, definitely falls into the latter category…brutally honest and very funny’. Independent
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Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Judge Dredd Tour of Duty: Mega-City Justice
Book SynopsisHaving sidelined Judge Dredd into managing the cursed earth mutant camps, the manipulative Judge Sinfield's plan to take over Mega-City One starts to unfold. With the newly appointed Chief Judge Dan Francisco being too ill to carry out his duties, Sinfield's rise to power seems to go without a hitch; that is until he unknowingly clashes with the wrong man - notorious serial killer PJ Maybe. With his life in danger, Sinfield can only turn to one man for help - Judge Dredd! Mega-City One's toughest lawman returns to his streets determined to bring Sinefield down and a killer to justice! This stunning climax to the latest Mega-City epic is written by comics' legend and Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner (A History of Violence, Strontium Dog), with stunning art from some of the industry's biggest talents, including John Higgins (Watchmen, Greysuit) and Carlos Ezquerra (Judge Dredd, Bloody Mary).
£17.99
Marvel Comics Infinity
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£38.39
Hachette Book Group USA Marvel Adventures Spiderman Vol.13 Animal Attack
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£7.65
DC Comics Nightwing Vol. 1 Better Than Batman Rebirth
Book SynopsisNightwing has been Robin, he's been a super spy, a ghost. Now, Dick Grayson finds himself back in Gotham City fighting to reclaim the life that was taken from him. But when a new evil threatens those closest to Dick, as Nightwing he must once again choose whether or not to tear himself away from his home in order to combat this dark force.Trade Review"Beckons the reader to come join Dick for this new phase of his life." --IGN"A bit special." --Newsarama"Bridges the space between the New 52 and the future, sprinkling in history and rediscovering the core of the character while infusing the character with a healthy dose of fun." --Comicosity
£14.99
DC Comics Absolute Batman Year One
Book SynopsisThirty years after its debut, DC Comics is proud to present the definitive Absolute Edition of this modern comics classic. Together with a wealth of behind-the-scenes material from its creators—including the complete scripts and pencil breakdowns for all four issues—ABSOLUTE BATMAN: YEAR ONE offers two distinct versions of the legendary story: Book One features the acclaimed single-volume graphic novel edition with every page newly rescanned and remastered by Mazzucchelli and Lewis from their original boards, while Book Two features the never-before-collected process color edition of the original newsprint comics, sourced from all-new scans made by Mazzucchelli and Lewis from their personal copies of BATMAN #404-407. Originally published over four issues of the monthly BATMAN title in 1986 and 1987, BATMAN: YEAR ONE has gone on to become one of the most popular and influential graphic novels in the history of American comics. Written by Frank Miller and illuTrade Review"A gritty and atmospheric retelling of Batman's earliest days, as told by the author of the seminal DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. Mazzucchelli's art brings a new level of emotional intensity and realistic, muscular action." --Booklist"If there is one book that deserves mention in the same breath as WATCHMEN or THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, it's BATMAN: YEAR ONE." --Miami Herald"This is a story no true Batman fan should be able to resist." --School Library Journal"You know that saying, 'If you read just one book, this is the one to read'? Well, that applies to BATMAN: YEAR ONE. It's not only one of the most important comics ever written, it's also among the best." --IGN"There's never been storytelling quite like this. It took someone who views comics as an art to create it." -- The Washington Post
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Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Essential Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death
Book SynopsisThe essential Judge Dredd graphic novel series - the ultimate introduction to the Lawman of the Future!"When people think of Dredd enemies, they think of The Dark Judges." - Comics Beat The crime is life! The Judgement is death! When Judge Death enters Mega-City One from a parallel dimension, his plan is simple: to find every single living cit and sentence them – to death! The fourth volume in the oversized Essential Dredd series includes the first two Judge Death stories, from John Wagner (A History of Violence) and Brian Bolland (The Killing Joke) presented in stunning black and white, and featuring restored pages. It also includes the first solo Judge Anderson adventure, presented in luscious new colours, also starring Judge Death. The critically acclaimed Essential Dredd Collection is a perfect jumping on point for new readers and this volume introduces Judge Death, the Dark Judges and wisecracking Psi Judge Cassandra Anderson.Trade Review"If you’re a fan that hasn’t seen this stuff before, you’re in for a rare treat." - Grovel"With 40+ years of Dredd tales to choose from, the new Essential Judge Dredd has opened with an impressive one-two punch." - Comiccon
£17.99
Marvel Comics Devils Reign
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£27.19
Marvel Comics Mighty Marvel Masterworks Doctor Strange Vol. 1
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£14.39
Marvel Comics Immortal Hulk Vol. 1 Or is He Both
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£13.59
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Judge Dredd The Cursed Earth
Book SynopsisNumber of players: 1-4Age: 14+Time: 30-50 minutesComponents: 50+ oversized cards, tokens & countersFor years he''s been the law in Mega City One, but now it''s time for Judge Dredd to bring justice to the rest of America. It''s time for him to venture into the Cursed Earth.Featuring competitive, co-operative and solo player modes and specially commissioned artwork from Dredd artists Rufus Dayglo and Dan Cornwell, Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth is an immersive sci-fi western in which players must lead a team of judges against dinosaurs, mutants, and the Cursed Earth itself to hunt down a dangerous man who has fled the city, before a gang of criminals can get to him first. As they scour the wastelands, the team will encounter a host of classic 2000 AD characters that will push their resources and abilities to their limits.Fans of The Lost Expedition will find entirely new cards and new mechanics like radiation tracking and psychic abilities
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Alma Books Ltd The Portrait of a Lady: Annotated Edition (Alma
Book SynopsisHaving travelled from her native New York to London to meet her relatives, Isabel Archer, a young, independently minded young woman, rejects the marriage proposals of two suitors in her determination to stay in control of her destiny. When she suddenly comes into a large legacy, Isabel believes that this windfall will finally ensure the freedom that she yearns for and embarks on an exhilarating journey through France and Italy, only to find her endeavours thwarted by the sinister plotting of some of her acquaintances. Considered by many to be Henry James’s finest novel, The Portrait of a Lady is a subtle examination of Victorian society and power relations, providing a groundbreaking psychological study of its protagonist. This volume is based on the authoritative New York Edition, and includes the author’s seminal preface.Trade ReviewHenry James’s great, humane masterpiece. -- Hermione Lee
£8.82
Marvel Comics Immortal Hulk Vol. 3 Hulk in Hell
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£14.39
DC Comics Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus Volume 2
Book SynopsisGrant Morrison s plunges the Dark Knight into his wildest adventure yet. Batman has proven he can win no matter the odds, but what happens when his opponent is death itself?Trade Review"[A] sweeping, emotionally draining saga." —Publishers Weekly"Game-changing redefining of the Caped Crusader." —Entertainment Weekly"A wildly entertaining ride that's been at all times challenging, unsettling, amusing, inventive, iconic and epic... one of the most exciting eras in Batman history." —IGN"Terrifically exciting." —Variety“Grant Morrison’s Batman saga is the ultimate superhero mosaic… Brilliant, intricately crafted, re-inventive and insanely addictive.” —IGN “When Morrison is on, there’s not really anyone better… and he’s certainly been on in [Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne].” —MTV Geek “One of the greatest Batman tales ever told.” —CraveOnline “One of the Top 10 moments in Batman’s history.” —io9
£51.00
Marvel Comics XMen by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 2
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£14.39
Marvel Comics A.X.E. Judgment Day
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£32.29
Penguin Random House Group Mighty Marvel Masterworks The XMen Vol. 2
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£14.39
Saraband His Bloody Project
Book SynopsisThe year is 1869. A brutal triple murder in a remote community in the Scottish Highlands leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae. A memoir written by the accused makes it clear that he is guilty, but it falls to the country’s finest legal and psychiatric minds to uncover what drove him to commit such merciless acts of violence. Was he mad? Only the persuasive powers of his advocate stand between Macrae and the gallows. Graeme Macrae Burnet tells an irresistible and original story about the provisional nature of truth, even when the facts seem clear. His Bloody Project is a mesmerising literary thriller set in an unforgiving landscape where the exercise of power is arbitrary.Trade Review“Spellbinding … Riveting, dark and ingeniously constructed.” -- Edmund Gordon * Sunday Times. *“The book’s pretence at veracity, as well as being a literary jeux d’esprit, brings an extraordinary historical period into focus, while the multiple unreliable perspectives are designed to keep the audience wondering, throughout the novel and beyond. This is a fiendishly readable tale that richly deserves the wider attention the Booker has brought it.” -- Justine Jordan * The Guardian *“An astonishing piece of writing… a voice that sounds startlingly authentic.” -- Jake Kerridge * The Telegraph *“Gripping, blackly playful and intelligent, it deserves a space on the shortlist. It’s one of the few that may set the heather — and imagination — ablaze.” -- Robbie Millen * The Times. *“Graeme Macrae Burnet’s His Bloody Project is a gripping crime story, a deeply imagined historical novel, and gloriously written – all in one tour-de-force of a book. Stevensonian – that’s the highest praise I can give.” -- Chris Dolan, Book of the Year. * The Herald *“The Man Booker judges got it right: this really is one of the most convincing and engrossing novels of the year.” -- David Robinson * The Scotsman. *“A real box of tricks... a truly ingenious thriller as confusingly multilayered as an Escher staircase.” -- Jake Kerridge * Express *."A historical revenge tragedy and courtroom drama... [are] at the heart of this masterful psychological thriller." -- Ian Stephen"Masterful, clever and playful. It is every inch the riveting second novel I had hoped for." -- Louise Hutcheson * A Novel Bookblog. *
£12.74
Penguin Random House Group XForce by Benjamin Percy Vol. 9
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DC Comics Teen Titans Starfire
Book Synopsis#1 New York Times bestselling author KAMI GARCIA (Beautiful Creatures) and artist GABRIEL PICOLO, the creative duo behind the New York Times bestselling TEEN TITANS graphic novel series, are back with a first look at a new Titan!
£13.49
DK The Disney Sticker Anthology
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£18.99
Everyman Never Let Me Go
Book SynopsisAs children, Kathy, Ruth and Tommy attended an exclusive boarding-school in the English countryside. Idyllic in some ways yet vaguely sinister, 'Hailsham' was a place of intense friendships, mysterious rules, and 'guardians' who constantly reminded the students how special they were. Now thirty-one, Kathy looks back on their shared past and tells how she and her friends gradually came to understand the shocking reason for the careful nurturing they had received. An affecting meditation on friendship, love and mortality.
£15.29
Marvel Comics Ghost RiderWolverine Weapons of Vengeance
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£14.44
Marvel Invincible Iron Man by Gerry Duggan Vol. 2
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£16.19
Marvel Comics Daredevil Elektra by Chip Zdarsky Vol. 3
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£12.74
Marvel Ghost Rider Vol. 4 Rite of Passage
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£15.29
Marvel Comics Jean Grey
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£13.49
Marvel Comics Deadpool Epic Collection Johnny Handsome
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£32.79
Marvel Black Panther by Christopher Priest Omnibus Vol.
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£83.99
Marvel Comics Immortal XMen by Kieron Gillen Vol. 3
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£13.49
Penguin Random House Group Thor Epic Collection The Eternals Saga
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£30.74
