**In a world where ancient power rises, a group of young heroes embarks on an epic journey that will test their strength, determination, and newly discovered abilities.“Carroll’s exuberant prose is just right. A novel-length superhero comic sans illustrations [that] should easily appeal to fans of the X–Men and Justice League.”—Publishers Weekly**The time has come for a new generation of heroes . . .Four thousand years ago, the world’s first superh...

In 1957, Lester Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for creating the United Nations Emergency Force during the Suez crisis. The award launched Canada’s enthusiasm and reputation for peacekeeping. Pearson’s Peacekeepers explores the reality behind the rhetoric by offering a detailed account of the UNEF’s decade-long effort to keep peace along the Egyptian-Israeli border. While the operation was a tremendous achievement, the UNEF also encountered formidable challenges and problems. Th...

I was discharged from the Army In January of 1973 after convincing the military command that I was unfit to continue training to kill other human beings. My beliefs at the time about God, heaven and hell were limited to the teachings of the Catholic Church during the 50's and 60's. All I knew at the time was that there was more to life than what I had been taught growing up. The books Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Teachings of Don Juan, and Be Here Now, along with the music by the Moody...

What happened to the fun times of our childhood?Are they really gone - or have we forgotten how to play and explore now that we are adults?A questioning baby boomer shares his inspirational journey about growing up in the fifties and sixties, playing carefree on the water, and excelling at sports... only to be swept into the river canyon of life - the draft, army indoctrination, psychedelic drugs, marriage, and children.Always probing the unknown, in the seventies, ...

Cynthia is weeks away from the qualifiers for the highest honor in competitive colorguard, and she has one rule: zero distractions.For years, Cynthia has lived for a single goal: claiming the coveted Valiant Golden Flag Trophy. With qualifiers around the corner, every sacrifice is focused on making the final stage. Nothing—and no one—will stand in her way.Until she meets Hudson.Hudson once dreamed of the NFL, until a devastating false allegation sha...

Mega-City One, 2080. Judge Joe Dredd’s first year on the streets as a full-eagle Judge. Bred for justice, trained in law, Dredd’s no helpless rookie, but he’s not the seasoned veteran we know either. Three tales follow the first adventures of the future city’s greatest lawman. With an introduction by the Mighty Tharg!City Fathers: The brutal murder of a Justice Department-sanctioned spy uncovers something new and dangerous in the sector’s murky black market. Unless...

The outer Solar System is rich in resources and may be the best region in which to search for life beyond Earth. In fact, it may ultimately be the best place for Earthlings to set up permanent abodes. This book surveys the feasibility of that prospect, covering the fascinating history of exploration that kicks off our adventure into the outer Solar System.Although other books provide surveys of the outer planets, Carroll approaches it from the perspective of potential future human ...

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 te...

A superhero adventure series that gives ordinary boys extraordinary powers! Comic-book style adventure meets fast-paced action in this thrilling new series, starting with The Quantum Prophecy."The Quantum Prophecy", first in "The New Heroes" trilogy, takes place ten years after a great battle in which all the world's superheroes and supervillains disappeared.Nobody knows what happened to Titan, Energy, Paragon and their evil adversaries, but when 13-year-old Colin Wagner an...

This classically styled, chilling murder mystery about an expedition under the ice of Jupiter’s ocean moon Europa, backed up by the latest scientific findings on this icy satellite. The science fiction premise explores real possibilities of exploring other bodies in the Solar System, including probing their possible astrobiology. Now that the most recent world war has concluded on Earth, human explorers are returning to exploration, carrying out a full-court press to journey into the alien...

Ever since the Montgolfier's hot air balloon carried a chicken, a goat, and a duck into the Parisian skies, scientists have dreamed of contraptions to explore the atmosphere. With the advent of the space age, new airborne inventions were needed. From the Soviet Venus balloons to the advanced studies of blimps and airplanes for the atmospheres of Mars and Titan, Drifting on Alien Winds surveys the many creative and often wacky ideas for exploring alien skies. Through historical photographs ...