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The Earth is not the world it once was, and it is not the world it will always be. This book describes the exciting, complex, and occasionally baffling history of our own planet. Over the course of its 4.5 billion years, Earth has undergone astonishing changes to its surface and atmosphere, at times more closely resembling other planets in our Solar System than the habitable, teeming biosphere of today. Through these otherworldly analogs, author-illustrator Michael Carroll teaches readers about different aspects of our own planet’s past. Our nearest cosmic neighbor, Venus, offers insights into Earth’s own young atmosphere and surface, while Saturn’s moon Titan may offer a window into the genesis of life on Earth. Planet Earth, Past and Present explores these and many more connections. Original art accompanies each chapter, depicting major stages of the Earth’s evolution and providing vivid comparisons to other planets or moons. Come along on this journey through the Solar System—a journey that ultimately leads us home.

This book sets out conclusive evidence that the teaching of the three stages and three conversions of the spiritual life are the correct interpretation, and true hermeneutic of continuity, pertaining to the Universal Call to Holiness, as requested in the Documents of Vatican II. As such, it is the Doctrine of Acquiring Christian Perfection, which is a phrase written in the Council Documents, but so far this phrase has not been explained to the laity in relation to the Second Vatican Council. It is in effect, the Hermeneutic of Deification. This work also contains practical teachings for those unfamiliar with the three-fold path. There has been a clarion call from Cardinal Sarah and Cardinal Burke for this generation to finally provide correct interpretations of what the Documents of Vatican II actually requested. As such, this work illuminates key teachings concerning the 2000-year-old tradition of the Three Stages and Three Conversions of the Spiritual Life, as evidenced from scripture, the doctors of the Church, mystical theologians, & the Summa Theologica. This evidence has subsequently been cross referenced with the documents of the Second Vatican Council, the Catechism, and recent papal documents. As such this work is epiphanic in that it finally applies the authentic traditional spirituality of the Church Fathers into the life of the Church by answering Vatican II''s call for Christian perfection. By finally cross referencing the traditional spiritual language with the conciliar documents it presents a true hermeneutic of continuity, and the only solution to reignite spiritual vitality within the Church, and therefore the Universal Call to Holiness. The Three Stages and Three Conversions of the Spiritual Life are more than just a spiritual teaching. This is because they teach us how to restore the Divine Order. The Divine Order supersedes all orders. It heals man''s imperfection and replaces it with God''s perfection. Schism, and more recently confusion, have come about within the Church, and worldwide the original perfection has been replaced by that which was not in the original design. This has caused a crisis within the Church, the world, and the family. This Divine Order was created by God and involves all baptised Catholics practicing ''the way of perfection''. It is the spirituality of the Church in which all spiritualities are contained. This perfect order can be formed in all those who wish to co-operate with actual and sanctifying grace, so that the perfection of charity can be practiced more abundantly throughout the world. It efficaciously draws the Church deeper into true discipleship, so as to follow Christ with one mind and one heart, from the beginning to the end. We thus hear the words of Our Lord, ''Be you perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect''. Whilst many Church initiatives have concentrated on what is known as the First Conversion, which takes place at the beginning of the spiritual journey, this work now looks at the true nature of the spiritual life and moves us forward to the Second and Third Conversions. Without a Christian moving through the Second Conversion it is not possible to love both God and neighbour with the Christian perfection that is requested fifty-seven times in the Documents of the Second Vatican Council. This Second Conversion is also highlighted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Catholics often state that the three ways of the spiritual life follow on from the kerygmatic stage, but now it is time to finally set forth this reality. The antidote to the current crisis in the Church is to state that the future vitality of the Catholic Church lies in the Three Stages and Conversions of the Spiritual Life. Only here do we discover an intrinsic formation in the Divine Order of Christian perfection, which above all leads us to the perfection of charity and love of neighbour, as was repeatedly requested in the documents of the Second Vatican Coun

Packed with fun facts and beautiful, detailed illustrations, and produced in collaboration with the esteemed Faraday Institute, God Made the Dinosaurs introduces young readers to dinosaurs and prehistoric life through a faith-based lens, helping them discover and celebrate the amazing world God created.

A landmark American novel, hailed by the New York Times as J.D. Salinger crossed with Oscar Wilde, is masterfully reimagined as a timeless graphic novel. A Boy’s Own Story is a now-classic coming-of-age story, but with a twist: the young protagonist is growing up gay during one of the most oppressive periods in American history. Set in the time and place of author Edmund White’s adolescence, the Midwest of the 1950s, the novel became an immediate bestseller and, for many readers, was not merely about gay identity but the pain of being a child in a fractured family while looking for love in an anything-but-stable world. And yet the book quickly contributed to the literature of empowerment that grew out of the Stonewall riots and subsequent gay rights era. Readers are still swept up in the main character’s thoughts and dry humor, and many today remain shocked by the sexually confessional, and bold, nature of his revelations, his humorous observations, the comic situations and scenes the strangely erudite youthful narrator describes, the tenderness of his loneliness, and the vivid aching of his imagination. A Boy’s Own Story is lyrical, witty, unabashed, and authentic. Now, to bring this landmark novel to new life for today’s readers, White is joined by co-writers Brian Alessandro and Michael Carroll and artist Igor Karash for a stunning graphic novel interpretation. The poetic nuances of White’s language float across sumptuously painted panels that evoke 1950s Cincinnati, 1980s Paris, and every dreamlike moment in between. The result is a creative adaptation, in collaboration with Closure Creative, of the original 1982 A Boy’s Own Story with additional personal and historical elements from the authors’ lives.

The Galaxy''s favourite all ages sci-fi spectacular is storming into its third collection! The critically acclaimed all ages comic from 2000 AD returns! "A fantastic introduction to 2000 AD... 9/10" - Comicsthegathering The galaxy’s favourite thrill-powered science fiction comic is back with another line up of electrifying stories aimed at all ages! Reimagined versions of classic 2000 AD characters like Judge Dredd, star alongside brand new characters, specially created for a younger audience. In this, the third smashing volume, follow the action packed adventures of Cadet Dredd as he battles giant robots! Save the world from aliens with Judge Anderson! Meet the mightiest cat burglar of Mega-City One! Marvel at the brain-busting and jaw dropping Future Shocks! Plus, in an exclusive new strip, classic 2000 AD characters the Harlem Heroes return! Critically acclaimed and beloved by old and new fans alike, 2000 AD Regened storms into its third brilliant collection. Can you handle the awesomeness of 2000 AD Regened?

United States of America, 2051 A.D. It has been twenty years since Eustace Fargo’s justice bill was passed. There are new weapons on the streets and vast city blocks rising to the sky, as the first human being sets out to visit another star system. New York, California and Texas cry out for autonomy, chafing against a federal government they feel has lost control. Reeling from news of Chief Justice Fargo’s death in service, the nation asks: has it all been worth it?

One wants to preserve history. Another seeks to resurrect a legendary army. A third plans to infuse the past with technology to save millions. If you could go back in time, what would you do? Something strange is going on at ChronoCorp. Coffin-shaped pods and glowing talismans, feathered dinosaurs and ancient murals; the private laboratory’s quirky scientists have been quite busy, indeed. The reason? Katya, Xavier, Todd, and colleagues are on a singular scientific mission: to surpass the limits of modern physics and unlock the power of time travel. Their early experiments have proved a resounding success, taking them to far-flung places in both time and space, from nineteenth-century New York to ancient Thera. But as their research progresses, the stakes get ever higher. Enter a world of competing interests and conflicting timelines, where nothing is quite what it seems. Why is Xavier acting so oddly? Where exactly did their eccentric benefactor Mila van Dijk get her wealth? What is the Primus Imperium, and what does its mysterious head—known only as “The Ambassador”—want from them? Come along as the colleagues at ChronoCorp and their ragtag allies race to sew up several unravelling timelines, battling those who would harm them in the past and present to preserve what is left of their future.

Set in the first half of the twentieth century in Toronto and framed as a murder mystery, the book is the saga of two burlesque theatres (the Roxy and Casino) and the family that owned and operated them. In 1935, the proprietor and the family patriarch, Avner Appleby was murdered - one of Toronto''s unsolved homicides. The Casino opened in 1936, changing its program from burlesque to vaudeville and family entertainment acts several times before closing in the early 60s. Notable burlesque performers included such greats as strippers Sally Rand, Ann Corio, and Gypsy Rose Lee, as well as funnymen Red Buttons, Phil Silvers, Henry Youngman, Chico Marx, and The Three Stooges. Big-name acts featured Victor Borge, Pearl Bailey, Eartha Kittening, The Mills Brothers, Johnnie Ray, Louis Armstrong, and Rudy Vallee. The author, a retired neurologist, is the grandson of the Avner Appleby and the book traces the histories of his family and the two theatres.

La mécanique quantique est un champ encore imparfaitement compris de la physique théorique. Surprenante, déconcertante, contre-intuitive, voire impossible pour certains, elle offre toutefois la meilleure explication à ce jour de la nature profonde de l''univers. C''est à la découverte du caractère singulièrement quantique de notre monde ainsi qu''à la rencontre des plus grands esprits qui ont oeuvré à sa formalisation que Sean Carroll nous invite. Salué comme une "oeuvre magistrale" par la critique et le monde scientifique, "La face cachée de l''univers" déboulonne les mythes qui ont desservi la discipline, ressuscite la théorie et l''interprétation des mondes multiples de Hugh Everett et, ce faisant, expose une nouvelle voie réconciliant mécanique quantique et théorie de la relativité d''Enstein, lesquelles s''opposent depuis près d''un siècle.

United States of America, 2051 A.D. Chief Eustace Fargo is dead... A routine stop, a gunshot, and the world changes. It’s been twenty years since Francesco Deacon first put on the badge, and it grows heavier every year; but today more than ever, there’s work to do. And then Judges in Philadelphia pick up Dallas Hawker, a long-time fugitive and Deacon’s closest ever link to a crime-lord he’s been chasing his whole career...

Judge Joseph Dredd has tackled hardened killers and would-be revolutionaries, he’s taken beat-downs and bounced back, he’s even arrested his own brother. In his third year, he’ll become embroiled in the growing anti-robot movement; he’ll head back out to the Cursed Earth; and he’ll fall afoul of the secretive SJS – and not for the last time…

FROM THE PAGES OF THE JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE A shopping mall where droids sell organs harvested from street trash... A murderous imaginary friend... A psychotic composer drafting music from pain... All in a day’s work for the Lawman of the Future. Edited by and with an introduction by Dredd veteran Michael Carroll, Judge Fear’s Big Day Out and Other Stories gathers the very best short stories from more than a decade of the Judge Dredd Megazine, including stories by legends Alan Grant, Gordon Rennie and Simon Spurrier, among countless others…

Come along for the captivating hunt for planets like our own Envisioning Exoplanets traces the journey of astronomers and researchers on their quest to explore the universe for a planet like Earth. Exoplanets--worlds beyond our solar system--were once dismissed as science fiction. But now, with more than 4,000 confirmed exoplanets, countless possibilities exist for what remains to be uncovered in the universe. This book follows the exhilarating progression of exoplanet research from its earliest stages operating on the fringes of scientific research to the newest developments of renowned agencies around the world searching for planets capable of hosting life. Featuring provocative questions about the universe and more than 200 remarkable illustrations from Michael Caroll, Ron Miller, and other key members of the International Association of Astronomical Artists, Envisioning Exoplanets is an intergalactic visual voyage.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2041 A.D. Eustace Fargo’s new justice system has been in effect for eight years. The old days of waiting times and backlogs are over: judgement is quick, and sentencing is instantaneous. The old police academies have all shut down, and the new order is triumphant. But are things any better? Unrest is worse than ever. Criminals are more likely to kill rather than be caught. There’s a war coming for the streets…

Although there is a chance that certain planets may be habitable for life, the moons of planets might have even more to offer. The icy moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune have taught us important lessons about new volcanic forms—cryovolcanism—and the bizarre landscapes sculpted by those erupting geysers. Glaciers, ice mountains, and vast canyons mold the faces of these worlds of ice and thunder. Yet, many ice moons and dwarf planets, including Ceres and Pluto, are in fact sea worlds, hiding deep oceans beneath their ice crusts. This book explores the frozen worlds beyond Mars, delving into the interior forces of migrating ice diapirs, seafloor volcanism and tidal friction, which help form the landscapes found above and biologically friendly environs buried below. It covers the latest research in the field and includes interviews with today’s foremost authorities, including astrobiologists Chris McKay (NASA Ames), Ralph Lorenz (Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory) and Karl Mitchell (Jet Propulsion Laboratory). Original art by the author enhances the concepts explored in the text, recreating some of the most remarkable landscapes on icy planets and moons.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2041 A.D. “The last police academy in the country has just passed out its last officer. That’s you.” All Errol Quon ever wanted was to be a cop. Friends, family—even the instructors at the academy—urged her to quit, but she stuck to it, becoming the last cop ever to graduate. Quon’s assigned to Golgotha, Alabama, and partnered up with Judge Unity Kurzweil, hunting a lead on an old case. And there’s still a few things the last cop can teach one of the first Judges...?

YOU KNOW ABOUT ME. I’M RICO DREDD, JOE DREDD’S BIG BROTHER. I’m the clone that went bad, that brought shame on Judge Fargo’s legacy. I was the very best the Academy of Law ever turned out. But after less than a year on the streets of Mega-City One, I was brought down, sentenced, shipped out to Titan for twenty years. Yeah, you know about Rico Dredd. But do you know what really happened? Why I did it? What it was like out there on the edge of space, doing time in the Bronze? Truth is, mister, you know stomm about me.

Name’s Rico Dredd. I was a Judge. I tried to save my city, and they called me a criminal. Twenty years hard labour in a penal colony a billion kilometres from Earth. They gave me mechanical lungs just so I can breathe, laced my skin with polymers so I can walk in sub-zero temperatures. Stripped away everything that made me human. I was a hero and they turned me into a gruddamned monster. But maybe that was fate, because in the year 2089 disaster hit the prison, and it was down to me to save everyone. Sometimes the monster becomes the hero.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2033 A.D. In a time of widespread poverty, inequality and political unrest, Special Prosecutor Eustace Fargo’s controversial new justice laws have come into effect. Protests and violence meet the first Judges as they hit the street to enforce the Law; the cure, it’s clear, is far worse than the disease. Is this a sign of things to come? This omnibus collects three novellas by Michael Carroll, George Mann and Charles J Eskew.

What happens with something becomes someone? In the aftermath of an asteroid impact, Earth’s power grid is damaged nearly beyond recovery. The survival of our world may well depend on energy sources collected from an abandoned undersea settlement beneath the icy surface of Enceladus. Earth-raised Colonel Carter Rhodes, in charge of Earth’s recovery efforts, calls upon Gwen Baré, a Venusian engineer, to regain control of the deserted moon outpost and collect fuel for Earth’s collapsing power grids. However, what Gwen discovers churning in Enceladus''s subsurface waters brings her and Colonel Rhodes'' straightforward plans to a crashing halt. Soon, Gwen finds herself in the middle of an interplanetary standoff. Win, and give the last humans on Earth a chance to survive. Lose, and risk the permanent dismantling of human society across the Solar System. Forced to take sides in this war for power, resources, and species survival, Gwen must make choices that not only affect her own life, but also force her to question what "life" itself might really mean. Will the promise of Enceladus energy be enough to salvage what is left of Earth‘s society? Are these humans worthy of salvation?.

Everyone breaks, that''s what they say about Titan. Everyone breaks. But not me. Not Rico Dredd. Not even when they cut out my lungs, injected every inch of my skin with cold-resistant polymers, plastic-coated my eyes and sealed up my mouth and nose. You don’t get to become Mega-City One’s top Judge without learning how to adapt, how to survive. I know the score. The prison is an unforgiving hell, but do your time, keep your head down, and you just might make it out alive. Then I was chosen for a rescue mission out on the surface, and everything changed. A dark secret was uncovered, and suddenly even I was pushed to breaking point.

In this small book the voice of Sacred Mother Earth - Sacra Gaea - is heard with a plea for humanity. A reckoning is coming, she warns, but there is still time to change. Hers is a motherly voice, sometimes stern, sometimes loving, but always intent on warning her errant human children that their actions have consequences. Sacra Gaea reminds us that we are but one small piece of a much larger puzzle, and that we are subject to the Wisdom and justice of the universe. We can only continue on our destructive path for a limited time before natural laws restore harmony.

In 2016, scientist Rosaly Lopes and artist Michael Carroll teamed up as fellows of the National Science Foundation to travel to Mount Erebus, the world’s southernmost active volcano in Antarctica. The logistics of getting there and complex operations of Antarctica''s McMurdo Station echo the kinds of strategies that future explorers will undertake as they set up settlements on Mars and beyond. This exciting popular-level book explores the arduous environment of Antarctica and how it is similar to other icy worlds in the Solar System. The bulk of this story delves into Antarctica’s infrastructure, exploration, and remote camps, culminating on the summit of Erebus. There, the authors explored the caves and ice towers on the volcano’s flanks, taking photographs and generating original art depicting scenes in Antarctica and terrestrial analogs on other planets and moons. Readers will see an intimate side of Mount Erebus and Antarctica while surveying the region’s history, exploration, geology, and volcanology, which includes research funded by the National Science Foundation’s United States Antarctic Programs. Richly illustrated with photographs and stunning paintings showcasing the beauty of the harsh continent, the book captures the spirit and splendor of the authors’ journey to Erebus.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2033 A.D. In a time of widespread poverty, inequality and political unrest, Special Prosecutor Eustace Fargo’s controversial new justice laws have come into effect. Protests and violence meet the first Judges as they hit the street to enforce the Law; the cure, it’s clear, is far worse than the disease. Is this a sign of things to come?

Keanu has a nice life in his new home. Then his owner, "Daddy", starts working a lot more, and Keanu becomes lonely. His wish for a new friend comes true when Daddy returns home from work one day with a new dog. Things are good at first, but then Keanu becomes jealous of Daddy giving attention to his new "brother". This book is based on the true story of two dogs, Keanu and Buster. It discusses the changing family dynamics of step-siblings. It is told from the perspective of Keanu and Buster. Although dogs, Keanu and Buster represent children.

''If in the library of your house you do not have the works of the ancient Greek writers then you have a house with no light'' -George Bernard Shaw There is so much in the modern world which has its origins in Greece, most notably language and literature. As Shelley once said, ''We are all Greeks''. This small, rugged, sea-girt country has the longest written history in Europe. Her myths and legends, so deeply embedded in Western consciousness, and her sublime landscapes, so infused with history, have been muse for writers, artists and travellers for millennia. Travelling from Athens to the scattered islands of the Ionian and Aegean seas, the words of literary titans in the West echo through the centuries: from Homer and Plato to Byron, Flaubert and Twain; Henry Miller to John Fowles; the Durrells to Patrick Leigh Fermor and Cavafy, Kazantzakis and Seferis. Their luminous portraits of Greece - poignant, provocative, always entertaining - enrich our own experiences of the country and shed light on a dramatic and often tragic past.

Eine Liebeserklärung an die schwule Liebe - aus der Feder von Paaren! Aktuelle und verflossene Liebschaften, Leidenschaft und Alltag, Langzeitpartnerschaften oder das Prickeln neuer Beziehungen - die tagtägliche Realität der Liebe ist vielfältig. Diese Anthologie erzählt auch von einer Zeit der Verluste, in der viele Männer ihre Partner verloren haben, und davon, wie dies allein durch Entschlossenheit und Lebenswillen erträglich ist. Aber vor allem erzählt sie von etwas Zeitlosem: der Liebe. "I love you", das bewegende, witzige und erotische Dokument schwuler Liebe, erschien erstmals 1998 - jetzt endlich wieder zu haben und nur als eBook bei Bastei Entertainment!