Blond
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English
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"To begin with I was in love and I am in love so that's not hard," Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa on her porch in Kennebunkport, Maine. Sosa had asked for the secret to her and President George H.W. Bush's 77-year love affair that withstood World War II separation, a leap of faith into the oil fields of West Texas, the painful loss of a child, a political climb to the highest office, and after the White House, the transition...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Yusra Mardini fled her native Syria to the Turkish coast in 2015 and boarded a small dinghy full of refugees bound for Greece. When the small and overcrowded boat's engine cut out, it began to sink. Yusra, her sister and two others took to the water, pushing the boat for three and a half hours in open water until they eventually landed on Lesbos, saving the lives of the passengers aboard. Butterfly is the story of that remarkable woman, whose journey...
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Series
New Suicide Squad (2014) volume 3
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Harley Quinn. Deadshot. Captain Boomerang. Some of the most dangerous villains in the DC Universe are now... our greatest hope for survival? Given the chance to repay for their sins, the members of Task Force X--a.k.a. the Suicide Squad--are coerced by the government into the deadliest missions imagineable. However, with the mysterious government operative Amanda Waller behind the controls, is this team finally the good guys? Prepare for Summer 2016's...
Author
Series
New Suicide Squad (2014) volume 2
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A breakaway fraction of the League of Assassins has their eyes locked on the Suicide Squad. With new recruits in tow, influtrating the deadly group requires extreme measures and dead squad members. Who will push the limits and who will fall? How will Harley deal with her greatest enemy: boredom?"--
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Series
New Suicide Squad (2014) volume 1
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Once a secret to even the highest government officials, the Suicide Squad has emerged from FOREVER EVIL as one of its most popular programs. Its mission: to send incarcerated super villains to carry out impossible missions on foreign soil in exchange for a commuted prison sentence. If they are caught or killed, no government could link these operatives back to the U.S. government. At least, that's the theory. This new series begins with a mission...
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Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Superman is going through some changes. First, there's his new "solar flare" power, which releases tremendous amounts of energy but leaves him functionally human--fragile, vulnerable, prone to hangovers--for 24 hours. But an even bigger change is coming. A new company called Hordr has sprung up, and its business is secrets. If you have one that you want to keep hidden, Hordr can control you--and no one has a bigger secret than Clark Kent. Now, Hordr...
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Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"They're the newest recruits to the Green Lantern Corps, but learning to trust each other is the hardest challenge Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz may ever face! Their pasts, their personalities, their hidden fears and deepest secrets--the gap between them is hard to overcome...and it just might make them the greatest partners the Corps has ever seen. Buried in the deepest recesses of the universe by the immortal Guardians is a weapon of colossal power:...
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Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Simon Baz--the Green Lantern who carries a gun. Jessica Cruz--the Green Lantern who struggles with crippling anxiety. They're unlikely Lanterns, unlikely partners and even unlikelier members of the mighty Justice League. But being members of the world's greatest superhero team also means having to deal with their enemies. Enemies like Doctor Polaris, the master of magnetism, who has just been freed from his imprisonment at the hands of Amanda Waller....
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Before the Batman first spreads his wings, Bruce Wayne patrols Gotham City! The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. How can an untested Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the bring of chaos and madness back into the light? Set before the era of superheroes began, the New York Times bestselling Batman: Zero Year follows a young Bruce Wayne, recently returned to Gotham City after years abroad, first beginning a career as a faceless...
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Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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The Caped Crusader is challenged by the mystery of the 900 in a special tale celebrating the 900th issue published of Detective Comics! Plus, Batman faces against two new foes: Emperor Penguin and the deadly vigilante known as the Wrath, a dark counterpart to the Dark Knight.
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Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Killed in action. That{u2019}s the official story on the Suicide Squad, the crack team of the world{u2019}s most dangerous super-villains assembled to do the jobs too dirty for the good guys to handle. Also known as Task Force X, they{u2019}ve been X{u2019}ed out, leaving their minder and master, Amanda Waller, behind to pick up the pieces. At least that{u2019}s what they want you to believe.
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Writer Frank Tieri (Wolverine, JSA) and illustrator Inaki Miranda (COFFIN HILL) take Selina and get out of dodge. Leaving the mob in Gotham and landing in New York, Selina finds herself on the run for a murder she didn't commit. In addition, a bounty is placed for her head and the police on her tail can Selina escape New York's underground and Gotham's bounty hunters? Collects CATWOMAN #47-52"--