books about: wastelands

books about: wastelands

books:

Wastelands

Brian K. Vaughan

Marvel Enterprises, Inc., 2004

A great read...
I picked up runaways when it first started and dropped it at issue 4 not because it wasnt good because it was it was great. its just i started going to college. And i got to admit that was a mistake this is a fantastic book and extremely under rated... i mean by ...

Wasteland Book 1: Cities In Dust

Antony Johnston

Oni Press, 2007

What is the Big Wet?
The world as we know it drowned. One hundred years later the Earth is still poisonous. There are no clouds, there are no birds, and there are no trees. There are, however, mutated monsters living in the dead cities and infesting the desert like vermin. And people ...

Deepak Chopra & Shekhar Kapur's Ramayan 3392 AD Volume 2: Reloaded - Tome of the Wastelands
Shamik Dasgupta, Jeevan Kang

Virgin Comics, 2008

The first graphic novel from superstar action film director John Woo (Face/Off, Mission Impossible: 2). Written by best-selling graphic novel author Garth Ennis. Six hundred years ago long, before history's great explorers stole the credit for their feats, mighty Chinese treasure fleets set sail to reach every continent. These voyages of discovery ...

Living With Add When You're Not the One Who Has It: A Workbook For Partners

Mimi Handlin

Wasteland Press, 2005

FINALLY a book made for me!
Reading this sweet little book felt like talking to a friend. The fact is, I'm the one who has to do and remember everything at home and I work full time. I can't depend on my husband for anything. This book made me feel like I'm not alone. It gave me great tips about ...

Wasteland Book 2: Shades of God

Antony Johnston

Oni Press, 2007

The story gets better
(I write this assuming people have read the first volume) In short, this volume continues right where the first left off with our village of Sunners captured and enslaved by the Newbeginners. We learn more about the different stories about what the Big Wet was and why ...

God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams

David F. Wells

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1994

Very insightful and thought provoking .
I am reading this book as part of a course in basic theology, and it is very illuminating. I would highly recommend this book to anyone in the church who wants to tell about "the reason for the hope that lies within you..." It is not just for a few pastors and ...

Wasteland

Francesca Lia Block

HarperTeen, 2004

Terrible, Beautiful
What a beautiful, emotional book. Others have complained about weetzies ethereal writing style, but true fans will know that's the beauty of Block's work. The story focuses on Marina and her brother Lex, true soulmates who can never be together, focusing more on there ...

Peanut Butter For Cupcakes: A True Story From The Great Depression

Donna Nordmark Aviles

Wasteland Press, 2008

A Remarkable Family, Overcoming Poor Odds and Terrible Luck
Although it is meant to be the third and final installment in Donna Nordmark Aviles's "Orphan Train" series, Peanut Butter for Cupcakes stands alone as a fine historical fiction novel depicting the real life experiences of a Pennsylvania family living through the Great ...

The Wasteland, Prufrock, and Other Poems
T. S. Eliot

Waking Lion Press, 2007

This volume brings together three of T. S. Eliot's powerful collections into one. It includes such classic poems as "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Portrait of a Lady," "Preludes," "Gerontion," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "The Waste Land."

Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse

Stephen King, Cory Doctorow, ...

Night Shade Books, 2008

A fine collection of Apocalypse stories by great authors
With anthologies, I normally list the Table Of Contents, however because it can be viewed by rolling your mouse over the second available image below the book picture, I won't list it. There are 22 stories in this collection, by such authors as Stephen King, George ...

Joan Crawford: Her Life in Letters

Michelle Vogel

Wasteland Press, 2005

A real "portrait of Joan"
More than 30 years after the publication of "Mommie Dearest," the reputation of Joan Crawford seems permanently tarnished by her adopted daughter's memoir. Michelle Vogel, who compiled this little book, is one of a few people who have set out to challenge the status ...

The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3)

Stephen King

Signet, 1993

Roland's World Explained Further
As the third edition of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series gets underway, the group of Eddie Dean, Susannah Dean, and Roland stumble upon the Path of the Beam, which will ultimately lead them to the Dark Tower itself. This book, then, is the story of their early ...

Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids (The Chicago History of American Civilization)

Donna Gaines

University Of Chicago Press, 1998

Holds up, still relevant and still touches a nerve
I recently reread this book and was pleased, yet unsurprised to, see how well it's held up. The books easily stands on it's own merits, however I have been compelled to write a review after reading some of the bilge that others have written. Mostly along the lines of ...

Hollywood Blondes: Golden Girls of the Silver Screen

Michelle Vogel, Liz Nocera

Wasteland Press, 2007

Michelle Vogel Hits Another Mark
This book is sensational. From the gorgeous cover to the well written text. Vogel andher co-author, I do not know but am now a fan of, have really been great in their work. This book went into why Hollywood Blondes lived such tortured lives. Sure there are things ...

Wasteland Book 3: Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
Antony Johnston, Christopher J. Mitten

Oni Press, 2008

The third electrifying collection of Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten's sci-fi western epic arrives! One hundred years after the world-changing catastrophe known as the "Big Wet", the city of Newbegin faces its most dangerous challenge yet - an army of Sand-Eaters bent on destruction! Jakob joins the Watch to defend the city, and intrigue ...