The Darkness: Hope (One-Shot)

The Darkness: Hope (One-Shot)
Author: Charlie Harmon
Publisher: Image Comics
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2016-04-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

TALENT-HUNT WINNING CREATIVE TEAM! In the future, Hope Estacado is a crusading science reporter and her father Jackie, the "World's Greatest Hero," has retired to the suburbs to live out his golden years in quiet contemplation. Hope's about to make a discovery that will shake her to her core a discovery that will have dark ramifications for the entire human race and Jackie might be the only one who can help.

Out of Darkness

Out of Darkness
Author: Ashley Hope Pérez
Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab ®
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1467776785

A Michael L. Printz Honor Book "This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?" New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. Ashley Hope Pérez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion—the worst school disaster in American history—as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people. "[This] layered tale of color lines, love and struggle in an East Texas oil town is a pit-in-the-stomach family drama that goes down like it should, with pain and fascination, like a mix of sugary medicine and artisanal moonshine."—The New York Times Book Review "Pérez deftly weaves [an] unflinchingly intense narrative....A powerful, layered tale of forbidden love in times of unrelenting racism."―starred, Kirkus Reviews "This book presents a range of human nature, from kindness and love to acts of racial and sexual violence. The work resonates with fear, hope, love, and the importance of memory....Set against the backdrop of an actual historical event, Pérez...gives voice to many long-omitted facets of U.S. history."―starred, School Library Journal

One-Shot Harry

One-Shot Harry
Author: Gary Phillips
Publisher: Soho Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2022-04-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 164129292X

Race and civil rights in 1963 Los Angeles provide a powerful backdrop in Gary Phillips’s riveting mystery about an African American crime scene photographer seeking justice for a friend—perfect for fans of Walter Mosley, James Ellroy, and George Pelecanos. LOS ANGELES, 1963: Korean War veteran Harry Ingram earns a living as a news photographer and occasional process server: chasing police radio calls and dodging baseball bats. With racial tensions running high on the eve of Martin Luther King’s Freedom Rally, Ingram risks becoming a victim at every crime scene he photographs. When Ingram hears about a deadly automobile accident on his police scanner, he recognizes the vehicle described as belonging to his good friend and old army buddy, a white jazz trumpeter. The LAPD declares the car crash an accident, but when Ingram develops his photos, he sees signs of foul play. Ingram feels compelled to play detective, even if it means putting his own life on the line. Armed with his wits, his camera, and occasionally his Colt .45, “One-Shot” Harry plunges headfirst into the seamy underbelly of LA society, tangling with racists, leftists, gangsters, zealots, and lovers as he attempts to solve the mystery. Master storyteller and crime fiction legend Gary Phillips has filled the pages of One-Shot Harry with fascinating historical cameos, wise-cracks, tenderness, and an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride of a plot with consequences far beyond one dead body.

Historic Documents of 2021

Historic Documents of 2021
Author: Heather Kerrigan
Publisher: CQ Press
Total Pages: 1085
Release: 2022-10-19
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1071853406

The Historic Documents of 2021 makes primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of the United States and the World. The Historic Documents of 2021 pairs 60 to 70 original background narratives with well over 100 documents to chronicle the major events of the year, from official reports and surveys to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more. Historic Documents is renowned for the well-written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. Organized chronologically, it covers the same wide range of topics: business, the economy and labor; energy, environment, science, technology, and transportation; government and politics; health and social services; international affairs; national security and terrorism; and rights and justice.

Shards of Hope

Shards of Hope
Author: Nalini Singh
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2015
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0425264033

Aden Kai leads the powerful Arrow Squad into stewarding the Psy race's shift into emotional freedom, but as he convinces the only woman he wants to stand by his side, malevolent forces attempt to destabilize a fledgling coalition working to forge unity.

Lent of Liberation

Lent of Liberation
Author: Cheri L. Mills
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1646982096

This Lenten devotional invites readers to learn more about the brutal institution of slavery and its impact on Black people in America and recognize how its evolution and legacy continue to harm their descendants in the United States today. Each of the forty devotions includes the testimony of a person who escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad, a Scripture passage, and a reflection connecting biblical and historical themes to challenge modern readers to work for liberation. Reflecting on Lenten themes of exodus, redemption, discipline, and repentance, readers, both Black and white, will be empowered for the work of racial justice.

Hellboy: Darkness Calls #4

Hellboy: Darkness Calls #4
Author: Mike Mignola
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues)
Total Pages: 29
Release: 2011-07-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

The Baba Yaga enlists the help of a deathless Russian warrior who may be more than a match for Hellboy. The long-awaited follow-up to 2005's _The Island_, the six-issue _Darkness Calls_ sees Mike Mignola pushing his greatest creation, Hellboy, toward the next major turning point in his life, with haunting art by Duncan Fegredo (_Enigma_, _Ultimate Adventures_). The long-awaited follow-up to 2005's _The Island_!

Nunslinger: The Complete Series

Nunslinger: The Complete Series
Author: Stark Holborn
Publisher: Hodderscape
Total Pages: 665
Release: 2014-12-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1473612500

The year is 1864. Sister Thomas Josephine, an innocent Visitantine nun from St Louis, Missouri, is making her way west to the promise of a new life in Sacramento, California. When an attack on her wagon train leaves her stranded in Wyoming, Thomas Josephine finds her faith tested and her heart torn between Lt. Theodore F. Carthy, a man too beautiful to be true, and the mysterious grifter Abraham C. Muir. Falsely accused of murder she goes on the run, all the while being hunted by a man who has become dangerously obsessed with her. Her journey will take her from the most forbidding mountain peaks to the hottest, most hostile desert on earth, from Nevada to Mexico to Texas, and her faith will be tested in ways she could never imagine. Nunslinger is the true tale of Sister Thomas Josephine, a woman whose desire to do good in the world leads her on an incredible adventure that pits her faith, her feelings and her very life against inhospitable elements, the armies of the North and South, and the most dangerous creature of all: man.

OneShot. OneLife.®

OneShot. OneLife.®
Author: Doug Fitzgerald
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2018-07-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1683508661

OneShot. OneLife.® helps people start achieving real and meaningful success in every area of their lives. Readers learn how to use five powerful principles that have been proven over and over again to help people succeed, specifically in the vital areas of Money, People, Faith, Work and Health. The Success Formula will help establish clear priorities in these vital areas, find a proven plan to achieve each priority, and apply critical secrets needed to stay persistent in implementing plans to completion. Readers also discover “The Multipliers,” two bonus principles that provide an edge and help multiply overall success. Whatever goals or dreams people have for their lives, OneShot. OneLife.® is the proven roadmap to help them stop worrying, start winning at anything in life, and achieve those dreams.