Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards


Mason Wiley - 1985
    Wiley and Mr. Bona have found just the right tone for writing about this most particular of American phenomena.

Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider, Vol. 1: Spider-Geddon


Seanan McGuire - 2019
    Gwen Stacy, the Spider-Woman of Earth-65, makes her sensational return! And she's picking up right where she left off, fighting crime through her home reality - unaware that it sits on the precipice of interdimensional calamity! Spider-Geddon is about to rock Gwen's world! Finding herself trapped in a parallel dimension as her friends and fellow Spiders are dying...with her teleporter watch destroyed and no way to get home...what can Gwen do to stop the Inheritors from wreaking havoc across the entire Web of Life and Destiny? And from out of the interdimensional chaos, she must face one of her deadliest enemies yet - the Gwen Goblin! With her life in jeopardy from all sides, is there a reason we're calling her Ghost-Spider?!COLLECTING: SPIDER-GWEN: GHOST-SPIDER 1-4

Spider-Man 2099 Classic, Vol. 1


Peter DavidTerry Kavanagh - 2009
    Venture, the Specialist, the Vulture - the future is full of menaces, but none so vile as a corrupt government and the corporations behind it! A scary future needs a hero who's just as creepy - perhaps a Wall-Crawler of some kind? See the world of tomorrow and the cast who inhabit it as the Spider-Man of 2099 battles evil in both high and low society in the 2099 imprint's flagship title, written by industry legend Peter David! Collecting: Spider-Man 2099 1-10

Fear Itself: Spider-Man


Christopher Yost - 2011
    Peter Parker has not slept in days. Abandoning his friends and family, Spider-Man cannot...WILL not...stop if there are people to be saved. But as the opening salvos of Fear Itself take their violent toll, will Spidey have what it takes to fight his own doubts? Then: Ben Grimm, one of the most beloved heroes in the Marvel Universe, is now the willing avatar of the Srepent's malice--an engine of discord cutting an unstoppable path of destruction through the heart of New York City! How did the Serpent's Hammer seduce him so easily? And can he be stopped before he levels the entire city in the name of his dark master? Plus: the secrets of Fear Itself's Hammer-wielders revealed! Get up to speed on the origins of the foes who are shattering the Marvel Universe's very core! Some of Marvel's finest writers and artists team up to bring you the living history of the Worthy!COLLECTING: FEAR ITSELF SPIDER-MAN 1-3; FEAR ITSELF: FF, FEAR ITSELF: THE WORTHY

The Vault of Walt


Jim Korkis - 2010
    Utilizing over thirty years of his personal interviews with Disney animators, Imagineers and associates as well as obscure and long forgotten documents and many years of research, Jim weaves timeless tales and fascinating secrets about the “lost” world of Disney.

Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage


Tom DeFalcoAlex Saviuk - 1994
    Venom?! Spider-Man's worst enemy becomes his uneasy ally in the battle to halt Carnage's mad rampage. But when he finds himself at odds with a number of his allies, who want to finish Carnage and his cronies once and for all, Spider-Man must decide whether to violate his personal code of honor to rid the world of pure evil. Can the web-slinger find an alternative before it's too late? Either choice carries dire consequences!Collecting: The Amazing Spider-Man 378-380, Spectacular Spider-Man 201-203, Spider-Man 35-37, Spider-Man Unlimited 1-2, Web of Spider-Man 101-103

Bowled Over by the Broken


Sarah Mehmood - 2019
    From coming to terms with the fact that the one guy she was in love with actually loved her best friend, to witnessing their union before her eyes; from building walls around her heart and throwing away the key, to having to bear with an annoying neighbor who took pride in unbolting the strongest of locks, Anabya was so done with being an adult. All she needed was a good book, some shots of coffee and her bed, but unfortunately, her mum had other plans for in a desi society, a young daughter at home equated to match fixing day in and day night. So while Anabya was a strong, sassy woman, finishing her Masters in Psychology with a promising future ahead, all her mum, Nikhat, wanted was to see her married and well settled. And since no suitors had worked so far, she found her friend's son as the perfect choice. The only problem? Not only did Anabya have a heart that wasn't ready to fall in love, the person her mum suggested was that one neighbor she despised. A dramatic saga of heartbreak, love, emotional blackmail, faith in God, loss and victory packed in a captivating and humorous narrative, Bowled Over by the Broken is for the ones who love too deeply, or don't love at all. There's no in between.

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures


Christiane Kubrick - 2002
    He was a notoriously private man, rarely granting interviews. For the first time, his life will be portrayed in over 200 images from film, photographs, and the words and full-color paintings of Christiane Kubrick, his wife for over 42 years.Never before seen photographs offer a unique perspective on a man, his times, and his films -- from his very first, Day of Flight (1950), through to his last and unrealized project, finished by Steven Spielberg, A.I. (2001)."Stanley Kubrick": A Life in Pictures explores the many and varied aspects of its subject -- the director, the producer, the photographer, the writer and, not least of all, the man himself.

Miles Morales, Vol. 1: Straight Out of Brooklyn


Saladin Ahmed - 2019
    What mystery lurks under the surface of this newest villainous uprising? Eisner Award-winner Saladin Ahmed (BLACK BOLT) and Young Gun Javier Garrón (ANT-MAN & THE WASP) bring you the latest and greatest adventures of the coolest character in the Marvel Universe!COLLECTING: MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN 1-6

Marvel Knights Spider-Man, Vol. 3: The Last Stand


Mark Millar - 2005
    But is that the villain who really pulls the strings? Things heat up as Spidey and the Black Cat face off against the might of the Sinister Twelve. Holy cow, True Believers Did we say twelve? Even with the tough-as-nails Black Cat by his side, how can the web-slinger possibly defeat twelve of the most powerful super-villains on the planet? The roller-coaster ride that is Marvel Knights Spider-Man picks up speed, riding a corkscrew to its conclusion Collects Marvel Knights Spider-Man #9-12.

The Art of My Neighbor Totoro


Hayao Miyazaki - 2005
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The Making of Life of Pi: A Film, a Journey


Jean-Christophe Castelli - 2012
    The Making of Life of Pi: A Film, A Journey is a beautifully illustrated, graphically compelling, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a film that is destined to be a classic. Written by John Christophe-Castelli, with a foreword by Yann Martel and an introduction by Ang Lee, The Making of Life of Pi is a must-have volume for every true film buff, offering entertaining text and breathtaking visuals, while providing a fascinating close-up look at the unique approach to filmmaking of one of today's most influential directors.

Spider-Man Noir, Vol. 1


David Hine - 2009
    The year is 1933, and New York City is not-so-secretly run by corrupt politicians, crooked cops, big businesses... and suave gangland bosses like New York's worst, the Goblin. But when a fateful spider-bite gives the young rabble-rouser Peter Parker the power to fight the mobster who killed his Uncle Ben, will even that be enough? It's a tangled web of Great Depression pulp, with familiar faces like you've never seen them before! By "Hardboiled" David Hine, Fabrice "The Spider" Sapolsky, and Carmine "Carbine" Di Giandomenico! Collects Spider-Man Noir #1-4.

Venomverse


Cullen Bunn - 2017
    During a routine battle with the villainous Jack O'Lantern, Venom finds himself transported to a far-off world and learns a terrible truth - a deadly new species called the Poisons has emerged from the vastness of space, and to make matters worse, they're hunting Venoms! Trapped on the planet's surface with a ragtag band of Venomized heroes, Eddie has no choice but to mount a counteroffensive and hope to find a way home!COLLECTING: VENOMVERSE 1-5

Spider-Man: The Gauntlet, Vol. 1: Electro & Sandman


Mark Waid - 2010
    The event that redefines Spider-Man's classic arch-enemies, one by one, starts with one of his deadliest - Electro! Destitute and desperate, conned out of his life's meaning and worth, Max Dillon becomes the voice of the common man against the brutal injustice of a system overloaded by greed.