Powerful heroes stand ready to defend the great cities of the world...but what about the rest of us?NEX is a comedy graphic novel about four best friends and superheroes from the small southern town of Bucksnort, TN. In this origin issue the buddies are abducted and mistakenly injected with an alien super-serum intended for Martian soldiers. Follow Mack, Ricky, Bret & Keith as they become the world's first truly southern superhero team.These guys a...

The Origin Story Continues!Bret, Mack, Ricky, and Keith battle their way off the Adoyan Augmentations franchise ship. They face a giant Saturian and Brik's security force on the way out!Powerful heroes stand ready to defend the great cities of the world...but what about the rest of us?NEX is a comedy graphic novel about four best friends and superheroes from the small southern town of Bucksnort, TN. In this origin issue the buddies are abducted and mistakenly inject...

This textbook offers students and practitioners an accessible introduction to strengths-based approaches in Social Work and Social Care practice. Covering the theory and research in support of these approaches, and packed full of case studies, the book will allow readers to develop a critical understanding of how strengths-based approaches work, and how they can be successfully applied in order to improve outcomes for people with lived experience.Covering the five main models of st...

There is a special time of year.A time when everyone celebrates.There are many things celebrated:Life, love, family, selflessness, and more.Come with us as we explore that time,That time of fun, food, gifts, laughter, hope,And Decked Halls.Edited by Sam KnightWith stories by:Arlen Feldman, Josh Morrey, Katie Kent, Donea Lee Weaver, Emily Martha Sorensen, Shannon Fox, Kay Hanifen, Tony Covatta, Julia LaFond, Dawn Colcla...

Strong focus on advances in understanding barley physiology which inform decisions about breeding and cultivationDetailed coverage of molecular breeding techniques such as genome wide association studies (GWAS) and targeted induced lesions in genomes (TILLING)Covers latest research on optimising barley for particular end uses such as malting, brewing and animal feed

RRRAWRRR!!!  ZZZZZZTTTTT!!!  ZZZZAAAAPPPPP!!! The robots of the 50s and 60s science fiction movies and novels captured our hearts and our imaginations.  Their clunky, bulbous bodies with their clear domed heads, whirling antennae, and randomly flashing lights staggered ponderously across the screen and page and into our souls—whether as a constant companion or as the invading army threatening to exterminate our world.  We can never return to tha...

Gender and racial politics were at the center of the 2016 US presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The election was historic because Clinton was the first woman nominated by a major political party for thepresidency. Yet it was also historic in its generation of sustained reflection on the past. Clinton's campaign linked her with suffragist struggles--represented perhaps most poignantly by the parade of visitors to Susan B. Anthony's grave on Election Day--while Tr...