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The Alabama and the Kearsarge: The Sailor's Civil War

William Marvel

Working with personal papers and diaries and contemporary reports, historian William Marvel interweaves the stories of these two celebrated Civil War warships, from their construction to their climactic encounter off Cherbourg.

Lincoln's Autocrat: The Life of Edwin Stanton

William Marvel

In the first full biography of Stanton in more than fifty years, William Marvel offers a detailed reexamination of Stanton's life, career, and legacy.

Burnside

William Marvel

" Although Burnside's performance included an occasional lapse, Marvel argues that he deserved far better treatment than he has received from his peers and subsequently from historians.

Ms. Marvel

G. Willow Wilson

"Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City - until she's suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm!

Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics

Les Daniels

Presents a history of Marvel comics, profiling the creative artists, the writers, and the superheroes who have made Marvel the largest comic book publisher

Lee's Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox

William Marvel

As the popular imagination would have it, Robert E. Lee's tattered, starving, but devoted troops found themselves hopelessly surrounded thro Debunking many of the myths that have surrounded the Confederate retreat to Appomattox, Marvel ...

Lincoln’s Darkest Year: The War in 1862

William Marvel

Marvel continues the story he began in Mr. Lincoln Goes to War, which focused on Lincoln’s first year in office, again relying on recently unearthed primary sources and little-known accounts to paint a picture of this critical year in ...

Marvel Heroic Roleplaying: Basic Game

Marvel

Superwomen: Gender, Power, and Representation

Carolyn Cocca

Specifically, the book explores the production, representations, and receptions of prominent transmedia female superheroes from their creation to the present: Wonder Woman; Batgirl and Oracle; Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel; Buffy the ...

Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy 1000 Dot-to-dot Book

Thomas Pavitte

You'll marvel at the incredible puzzles in this book!

Previews September 2014

Allyn Gibson, Marty Grosser

#21 Wasp - (White Pawn) - $16 #22 Viper - (Black Queen) - $16 marvel.com * Marvel Deadpool Special issue Known as the merc with a mouth for good reason , Deadpool never shuts up, has multiple voices in his head, Can't really make up ...

A Place Called Appomattox

William Marvel

He tells the story of the Civil War from the perspective of those who inhabited one of the conflict's most famous sites.

Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy

Thomas Pavitte

Team up with Marvel's most dynamic team of interstellar heroes in a new collection of amazing puzzles from international best-seller Thomas Pavitte.

Excelsior!: The Amazing Life of Stan Lee

Stan Lee

In a remarkable autobiography, the creator of Marvel Comics describes his youth in the Bronx, his early years publishing comic books during World War II, the rise of the Marvel empire, and his creation of such legendary superheroes as the X ...

Delaware Reports: Containing Cases Decided in the Supreme ...

Delaware. Courts

Courts, Samuel Maxwell Harrington, John Wallace Houston, David Thomas Marvel, James Pennewill, William Henry ... After about ten minutes had elapsed, William Laskowski left the group, saying to them that he was going to the engine room ...

Ms. Marvel Vol. 1: No Normal

G. Willow Wilson

No Normal G. Willow Wilson. “This latest move proves [Marvel's] continuing desire to remain leaders in the comic-book industry.” — The Guardian Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City — until she's suddenly empowered with ...

A letter to sir Benjamin C. Brodie ... in reply to his ...

William Sharp

William Sharp, sir Benjamin Collins Brodie (1st bart.) evidence of the most doubtful and scanty facts." The whole republic of medicine have nothing to appeal to against us, but these meagre and worthless experiments of Andral. I marvel that ...

The Adventures of Super Heroes - LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: ...

Katarzyna Grobelska

This guide to LEGO Marvel Super Heroes contains complete walkthrough, describing every single mission in the main (and bonus) campaign, with specific solution to all important fights and riddles.

Wonder Women: Feminisms and Superheroes

Lillian Robinson

Feminisms and Superheroes Lillian Robinson. Marvel, Mary ix, x, 68-74, 109 Marvel Comics x, 5-6, 67, 87-88, 106-110 Mary, Virgin 15 Mattelart, Armand see How to Read Donald Duck Mickey Mouse, see Disney characters Morrison, Toni 1 ...

Andersonville: The Last Depot

William Marvel

Richard Winder waited more than a month for 875,000 to settle accounts that were supposed to have been paid by ... he offered no suggestions about paying for the materials.39 Even as Dr. Stevenson composed his plan, a battle raged a ...

Mr. Lincoln Goes to War

William Marvel

" George C. Rable, author of Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! This groundbreaking work of history investigates the mystery of how the Civil War began, reconsidering the big question: Was it inevitable?

The Marvel Studios Phenomenon: Inside a Transmedia Universe

Martin Flanagan

Inside a Transmedia Universe Martin Flanagan, Andrew Livingstone, Mike McKenny. THE MARVEL STUDIOS PHENOMENON In Memory of Chris 'Channy' Chan: Superhero of the Bass.

Tarnished Victory: Finishing Lincoln's War

William Marvel

In the end, it seems that Lincoln’s early critics, who played such a pivotal role at the start of the series, are proven correct. Victory did require massive bloodshed and complete conquest of the South.

The Irony of Free Speech

Owen Fiss

In this book, a marvel of conciseness and eloquence, Fiss reframes the debate over free speech to reflect the First Amendment's role in ensuring public debate that is, in Justice William Brennan's words, truly "uninhibited, robust, and wide ...

The Great Task Remaining: The Third Year of Lincoln's War

William Marvel

Henry Halleck to Francis Lieber, March 7 and 14, 1864, HL; Meade, Life and Letters, 2:168, 169–70, 176; Charles Carroll Parker to “Darlings Katie & Mary,” March 29, 1864, VTHS; RJCCW2, 1:359–76; New York Tribune, March 8, 1864. 94.