Collecting Deadpool's incredibly hard to find early appearances - titanic team-ups, anthology antics and gratuitous guest shots by the sassin' assassin! From hanging with Marvel superstars Nomad and Silver Sable, to giving a much-needed sales boost to losers like Wolverine and the Avengers, the erstwhile Secret Defender (shhh!) and Hero For Hire (sweet Christmas!) sure gets around.

COLLECTING: NOMAD (1992) 4; SECRET DEFENDERS 15-17; WOLVERINE (1988) 88, 154-155; X-FORCE (1991) 47, 56; HEROES FOR HIRE (1997) 10-11; MATERIAL FROM AVENGERS (1963) 366; SILVER SABLE & THE WILD PACK 23, 30; WOLVERINE ANNUAL '95, '99; CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS II 2; MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (2007) 10; BREAKING INTO COMICS THE MARVEL WAY 2

In these cult favorite stories from the 1980s, Green Arrow heads to Alaska to investigate a gang's activities at the behest of the CIA, only to run afoul of the mysterious archer known as Shado. The two are forced to work together to stay one step ahead of Yakuza killers while trying to learn who set them up.

Collects the 1988 GREEN ARROW #7-12

With all of space his jurisdiction, Horatio Hellpop battles tyranny across the galaxy, but in the fallout of his now-notorious massacre on Mars, Nexus is forced to validate his performance as interstellar champion and executioner. However, tragedy threatens to strike again, as the artificial black hole known as the Gravity Well approaches collapse, endangering the entire solar system! Collects Nexus Volume 2 issues #40–#52 and The Next Nexus #1.

* Don't miss original Nexus stories in Dark Horse Presents!

* The thrilling conclusion to a pivotal chapter of the Nexus saga!

* Over 400 pages!

Presents the story of the role of the Canadian ambassador to Iran, Kenneth Taylor, who protected six American embassy employees during the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 and coordinated their successful escape from Iran.

Presents the story of the role of the Canadian ambassador to Iran, Kenneth Taylor, who protected six American embassy employees during the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 and coordinated their successful escape from Iran.

Micklewright, who works with companies in integrating lean and quality, explains the combination of ISO 9001 business practices and processes (or other quality management system standards like those based on ISO 9001) with lean practices in lean ISO 9001. He outlines the main aspects of this complementary model: how and why documentation systems get out of control and how to get them back in control using the lean tool 5S; how lean practices like value stream mapping, 5S, kaizen, and Training Within Industry (TWI) can be integrated within the quality management system; and the wastes involved with operating under multiple continuous improvement processes, the relationship between value stream maps and procedures, and how to eliminate wastes involved with processes like record control, internal auditing, corrective/preventive actions, management review, and document control. The concluding chapter addresses developing a maturity assessment model. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

With increasing concern over climate change and the security of energy supplies, wind power is emerging as an important source of electrical energy throughout the world.

Modern wind turbines use advanced power electronics to provide efficient generator control and to ensure compatible operation with the power system. Wind Energy Generation describes the fundamental principles and modelling of the electrical generator and power electronic systems used in large wind turbines. It also discusses how they interact with the power system and the influence of wind turbines on power system operation and stability.    

Key features:

• Includes a comprehensive account of power electronic equipment used in wind turbines and for their grid connection.
• Describes enabling technologies which facilitate the connection of large-scale onshore and offshore wind farms.
• Provides detailed modelling and control of wind turbine systems.
• Shows a number of simulations and case studies which explain the dynamic interaction between wind power and conventional generation.

Following on the 1960's cultural study by Bourdieu on cultural perceptions in France, Bennett and fellow sociologists at the Economic social Research Council Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change surveyed and interviewed a cross-section of British respondents, including recent immigrants on their cultural tastes and attitudes. The results make interesting reading, especially the verbatim records. The first section of the report covers theory and methodology. The second part outlines the subject matter: music, reading, visual art, films, sport and cuisine. This section is enlivened by quotes from the interviewees. Part four gives conclusions by economic/educational class, gender and age. Rather than using bar graphs to chart results, the researchers use multi-colored dots on an axis. This shows the variety within the responses. The study concludes that, unlike France of forty years ago, Britain today is more fluid in tastes and there is less sense of superiority/inferiority across the board, even though there is still a perception of a cultural gap between, for example, fans of opera and fans of country-western music. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)