Craving some laughs and lasagna with a dash of orange cattitude? Dig in to the first of four must-have graphic novel collections for fans of all ages!Join Garfield in the first of four graphic novels collecting his comic book exploits with Jon, Odie, and the rest of the gang! In this delicious collection, a top-tier list of creators brings you a series of hilarious exploits, cat-filled capers, and plenty of sass signature to the one and only orange feline.W...

In 1972 the banks of the Wabash River in southeastern Illinois played host to one of the most disorganized music festivals in history. The Bull Island Rock Festival was officially called The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival and also went by Woodstock on the Wabash— and the 3 day event degenerated into chaos. By the end of the festival even the stage had been burned down. "The Bull Island Rock Festival" is Dan Davis' story of attending this troubled event. Thwarted by rampant drug use, lack of ...

The Christian Bible, in all its versions, is the most widely read book in the world. Billions of people have read at least parts of it, and over its history of nearly two millennia, thousands of groups and individuals, if not hundreds of thousands, have interpreted it in myriads of ways. Consequently, today's big tent of Christianity encompasses a bewildering variety of often conflicting belief systems. But which of these systems most accurately reflect the teachings of Jesus? This groundb...

Growing up in a small town to me was an adventure. In Bluff, a small town in central Queensland, everyone knew everyone. I had plenty of friends to hang out with. My mates and I were always outside playing and never got home until dark, which I sometimes got a flogging for, but I had fun playing. The school had about five to six buildings in the seventies and eighties but big enough to keep us kids busy. I was raised by my mother along with two older brothers and one younger sister and lot...

Its the middle of the swinging sixties and in the small Midlands town of Dodbridge, the young are lapping up all the music, fashion etc and in particular the girls of the town are feeling newly liberated, as with the advent of the Pill, they can indulge as much as the lads do, without baby worries. One fly in the female ointment, is Tim Whelan, a 24 years old, tall, dark and extremely handsome man, who is very much sought after by the girls of the town. However, his DNA has gone awry and h...

When Shelley Wachsmann began his analysis of the small ship model excavated by assistants of famed Egyptologist W. M. F. Petrie in Gurob, Egypt, in 1920, he expected to produce a brief monograph that would shed light on the model and the ship type that it represented. Instead, Wachsmann discovered that the model held clues to the identities and cultures of the enigmatic Sea Peoples, to the religious practices of ancient Egypt and Greece, and to the oared ships used by the Bronze Age Mycena...

The Flight of Oscar is the story of a mouse who wears plaid shirts, which he makes himself, and has a fascination with flying. Well, he can’t fly but he really wants to. One day, after watching and studying the birds in flight (which he did a lot), he makes a plan that he hopes will get him up in the air. During his trials, he makes a new friend who understands his passion and may be able to help Oscar realize his dream.

During an inspection dive in 1980 along Israel’s Mediterranean coast off of Kibbutz Hahotrim, Shelley Wachsmann, then Inspector of Antiquities for the Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums (now the Israel Antiquities Authority), discovered artifacts on a section of seabed swept clear of sand by a storm. Scattered around two large stone anchors, the finds consisted primarily of small, broken, or damaged pieces of metal artifacts and ingots.Late Bronze-Age Metal Artifacts ...

As athletes, we constantly push ourselves to be our best. And that’s precisely what the Elevate Playbook is designed to help us do. Whether you’re looking to become a pro athlete or just want to improve your overall performance and mindset, this program will give you the tools and strategies you need to succeed both on and off the field. Through this program, we’ll explore various aspects of our Elevate Program and uncover techniques to enhance your mental resilience, boost your physical c...

With the surge in big data and AI, organizations can rapidly create data products. However, the effectiveness of their analytics and machine learning models depends on the data's quality. Delta Lake's open source format offers a robust lakehouse framework over platforms like Amazon S3, ADLS, and GCS.This practical book shows data engineers, data scientists, and data analysts how to get Delta Lake and its features up and running. The ultimate goal of building data pipelines and appl...

A savage demon clan. A godborn warrior. An oath to save his clan.It is 3000 BC. A hundred clans have been destroyed and thousands of people are dead. The Wolf God commands an inexperienced young warrior to hunt down the bloodthirsty demon horde. With a handful of his faithful spear-brothers and a heartbroken young seeress at his side, his quest will take him on a perilous journey through devastated lands.He may be the son of a god and a mortal woman, but he...

The immortal knight, Sir Richard of Ashbury, hunts his nemesis through centuries of war . . .AD 1190, England. A young knight's family is slaughtered. As the lords of Europe seek to retake Jerusalem from the mighty Saladin, Sir Richard swears an oath of vengeance against Earl William de Ferrers, who has returned from the dead with an insatiable thirst for violence.Richard stalks William and his savage knights across Europe to the Holy Land, fights in the crusades' bloodiest...