Across the Universe ring bearers from all the different Lantern Corps are being hunted by the New Gods of New Genesis...and that includes the Yellow Lanterns! In order to survive, all the Lanterns need to band together. Even Sinestro, back in charge of the Yellow Corps, must put aside his hatred of the Green Lantern Corps when the fate of the universe hangs in the balance.

Unfortunately, not everyone agrees that Sinestro should be the one in charge of the Yellow Lanterns. The alien conqueror known as Mongul is back, and he wants to wrest leadership of the Corps from Sinestro’s cold, dead hands.

But the master of fear doesn’t fear gods or rivals. All he wants is to protect his people. And to do that, Sinestro is ready to induct a new member into his Corps...and the yellow ring may just make her the most fearsome being in the universe!

Writer Cullen Bunn (LOBO) is joined by a cast of all-star artists, including Ethan Van Sciver (GREEN LANTERN: SINESTRO CORPS WAR), Dale Eaglesham (SECRET SIX) and Brad Walker (ACTION COMICS) as Sinestro is pulled into the fight of his life. Collects SINESTRO #6-11 and SINESTRO ANNUAL #1.

Everything takes on exciting new meaning when you look at it through the lens of numbers. Even boring, everyday stuff like can openers, snowflakes, rain, and honeybees becomes fascinating when you realize that:

The can opener was created 48 years after food was first put in cans (before that, people were using a hammer and chisel to open their beans)

It takes a snowflake 1 hour to fall to the ground

There are typically 16 tons of rain in one small, fluffy cloud

Honeybees must visit 2 million flowers to make about a pound of honey
More than 2000 entries like these are featured in Numberland. These amazing facts and figures cover just about every topic under the sun including people, animals, events, toys, food, fashion, weather, the solar system, pirates, and much more. With humorous illustrations, clever text, and a great blend of interesting, enlightening, and sometimes just plain gross facts to ponder, this book is hard to put down. (Ages 8+)

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In Germany between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s there was an unprecedented 'confusion of the spheres' of literature and popular music. Popular musicians 'crossed over' into the literary field, editors and writers called for contemporary German literature to become more like popular music, writers attempted to borrow structural aspects from music or paid new attention to popular music at the thematic level. Others sought to raise their profiles by means of performance models taken from the popular music field. This book sets out to make sense of this situation. It argues for more inclusive and detailed attention to what it calls 'musico-centric fiction,' for which it discerns intellectual precursors going back to the 1960s and also identifies examples written since the turn of the millennium, after the would-be death of 'pop literature.' In doing so, it focuses on fiction and paratextual interventions by authors including Peter Handke, Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, Rainald Goetz, Andreas Neumeister, Thomas Meinecke, Matthias Politycki, Frank Goosen, Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre, Thomas Brussig, Karen Duve, and Kerstin Grether. Andrew Wright Hurley is Senior Lecturer in German and Cultural Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

One of the key achievements of critical realism has been to expose the modernist myth of universal reason, which holds that authentic knowledge claims must be objectively ‘pure’, uncontaminated by the subjectivity of local place, specific time and particular culture.

Wright aims to address the lack of any substantial and sustained engagement between critical realism and theological critical realism with particular regard to: (a) the distinctive ontological claims of Christianity; (b) their epistemic warrant and intellectual legitimacy; and (c) scrutiny of the primary source of the ontological claims of Christianity, namely the historical figure of Jesus of Nazareth. As such, it functions as a prolegomena to a much needed wider debate, guided by the under-labouring services of critical realism, between Christianity and various other religious and secular worldviews. This important new text will help stimulate a debate that has yet to get out of first gear.

This book will appeal to academics, graduate and post-graduate students especially, but also Christian clergy, ministers and informed laity, and members of the general public concerned with the nature of religion and its place in contemporary society.

A spirited tale of redemption from a seemingly insurmountable life of tragedy and crime, this first autobiography of professional wrestler and TV commentator Booker T. Huffman details his life before celebrity status in the ring. Beginning with Booker T's single-parent upbringing after the passing of his father, this powerful account reveals the gritty reality of his formative years—from the gruesome accident Booker T witnessed at the age of 13 that led to his mother's death and his subsequent life of abject poverty as an orphan in urban Houston to years of reckless drug use, dealing, and violence that culminated in a five-year prison sentence for robbery. With engaging candor Booker T writes of his refusal to allow his years of crime to cloud his future and his decision to take responsibility for his life and make a positive impact in his community. This intimate profile chronicles his transition from absentee father to locating his child in foster care and taking custody; events that led Booker T to pursue a better life and a career with the WWE by attending World Wrestling Alliance training camp. It also sheds insight into Booker T's relationship with his seven siblings, including his brother and eventual tag team member Lane 'Stevie Ray' Huffman.

Parsons (conservation and marine mammal biology, George Mason U.) et al. introduce undergraduate students in biology, marine biology, and conservation/environmental science to marine mammal biology. They integrate information on history, physiology, law and policy, and social science to detail the evolution and classification of marine mammals and their general biology; adaptations to the marine environment; underwater sound; the behavior and ecology of different groups of marine mammals, such as polar bears, otters, and cetaceans; and conservation issues and how they can be addressed, including whaling, pollution, endangered populations, and tourism, and protective laws and initiatives. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Congress enacted the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act in 1986, and charged The Institute of Medicine with the task of reviewing the literature regarding adverse effects of vaccines covered by the program, a task that has been undertaken 11 times in the past 25 years. This volume presents results of the largest study undertaken to date and is the first comprehensive review since 1994. The review aims for truthful pursuit of facts, without obfuscation or propaganda, and clear-eyed evaluation of evidence through close analyses of the strength and validity of studies. The Committee's charge and its approach are summarized (literature searching, weight of evidence, causality assessment, special considerations). Subsequent chapters discuss evaluation of the biological mechanisms of adverse events and then present the specifics of each vaccine. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Resource Books for Teachers give guidance on the key aspects of language teaching, and provide examples and discussion of actual classroom materials and techniques. This primary sub-series, in a larger format, specifically addresses the needs of primary teachers, teacher trainers, and trainee teachers. Each book contains guidance for the teacher, 60 to 100 activities for primary children, and up to 20 photocopiable worksheets.

The highly successful Storytelling with Children contains a wide variety of original ideas for using stories to teach English to children. Children love stories: fairy stories, science fiction, stories based on television characters. Stories motivate children to listen and learn, and help them to become aware of the sound and feel of English, and understand language points, while enjoying the story. The book includes a selection of ready-to-tell stories, although the activities can be used with any story.

This new edition includes many new stories and lesson plans, and also offers a new section of guidelines giving practical help for the teacher. These include using stories combined with drama, poems and music, cross-curricular studies, and personal development. Illustrations are by the author, and include photocopiable worksheets and `easy-to-draw' pictures.

The textbook for student teachers on religious instruction at the secondary level in public and religious schools looks at the context of religious education, teaching and learning, classroom issues, religious education and the whole school, and supporting professional development. Specific topics include information and communications technology, spirituality in the classroom, assessment, developing programs of study, and religious education in state and faith schools. No date is cited for the first edition. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dr. James Wright, Associate Editor for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, presents this landmark publication and novel approach to orthopaedic problems and solutions. This new, evidence-based reference examines clinical options and discusses relevant research evidence to provide you with expert recommendations for best practice. The consistent chapter format and featured summary tables provide 'at-a-glance' access to the evidence-based literature and clinical options. Leading authorities contribute their expertise so you can apply the most effective clinical solutions to the persistent questions you encounter in your practice. You can even access the fully searchable and regularly updated text online! The result is an outstanding resource in clinical orthopaedics, as well as a valuable framework for translating evidence into practice.

• Features the completely searchable text online via www.expertconsult.com with periodic updates to available evidence, alerting you to changing evidence and guidelines.
  
• Covers common and controversial clinical problems that address the full range of 'nagging' questions in your practice-such as the best treatment for displaced fractures of the distal radius or which DVT prophylaxis to use in joint replacement surgery.
  
• Provides a consistent chapter format that presents clinical questions with evidence-based graded recommendations for each treatment to help you make the best-informed decisions.
  
• Includes abundant summary tables that synthesize available literature and recommended clinical approaches for information 'at a glance.'

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