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A young American aid volunteer, Ricky Colenso, is brutally murdered in former Yugoslavia. His grandfather, the Canadian billionaire Steven Edmond, is bent on revenge. The quest to find Ricky's murderer leads Edmond to Cal Dexter, ex-Vietnam Special Forces, the one man who could bring the killer to justice. But what starts as a personal, domestic tragedy soon explodes into a terrifying drama on the centre stage of world terrorism. From the battlefield of Vietnam via war-torn Serbia to the jungles of Central America, Avenger is packed with riveting detail, breathtaking action and political suspense, while in Cal Dexter we meet an unforgettable hero in the most dynamic Forsyth tradition.
Steve Rogers was once just a scrawny kid. But after a top-secret government experiment, he became Captain America. Join the action when this Super Hero protects the free world against the Red Skull and Hydra in this complete origin story as told in Captain America: The First Avenger. Re-live all of The Avengers' individual stories before they reassemble in Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron.
The first book in the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten series. Meet Osbert Brinkhoff, the unlikeliest of avengers. His is a tale of dark delights and ghastly goings-on, of injustice and revenge. The villains are vicious. The settings are sinister. And good does NOT always prevail... If you prefer cleavers to kittens and fiends to fairies...then welcome to the GRUESOMELY FUNNY Tales from Schwartzgarten.
When a wicked enemy rises, one man assembles a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. This is the epic adventure of the greatest Super Heroes of all time. - Back cover.
Celebrate the Avengers collection in this official collector’s guide to all four Avengers films from Marvel’s The Avengers to Avengers: Endgame. Includes interviews with Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and many more. Also features stunning images from the movies, exclusive behind-the-scenes photos, and concept art.
They’re just friends… Enforcer Erin Flynn has dedicated her life to protecting shifters. But protecting her heart from Noah, the gorgeous wolf who saved her life last year, is more difficult than any mission. Especially since he’s determined to break down all her walls. And now that they’ve been assigned a job together, she’s not sure she can hide any longer. But he wants more, including all her secrets… Sent back to his hometown of New Orleans, Noah finds himself entangled in a mystery more sinister than he or Erin could have imagined. As the body count rises, chilling information about Erin’s past is revealed. The people who wanted her dead long ago are trying to finish the job—and Noah will destroy anyone who tries. But without Erin’s trust, they’re both doomed. SECOND EDITION - This updated and revised edition is the author’s preferred text.
'Funny, arty and just a little bit naughty, the Art Avenger is amazing!' Matt Lucas 'Very funny . . . I learned tons about art and laughed A LOT.' Joe Lycett A laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure featuring Trixie Pickle, the Banksy of her school. Trixie loves art and hates bullies - and so decides to become an Art Avenger, righting wrongs at her school through art. She uses Picasso, Pollock and Ofili to teach bullies a lesson, get out of lessons and help those in need, like an arty Robin Hood. Highly illustrated throughout by Olaf and with fact files of hilarious and irreverent details about real artists, Trixie Pickle is perfect for fans of Konnie Huq, Sam Copeland and Liz Pichon.
With the Ta-Nehisi Coates-authored Black Panther comic book series (2016); recent films Django Unchained (2012) and The Birth of a Nation (2016); Nate Parker's cinematic imagining of the Nat Turner rebellion; and screen adaptations of Marvel's Luke Cage (2016) and Black Panther (2018); violent black redeemers have rarely been so present in mainstream Western culture. Grégory Pierrot argues, however, that the black avenger has always been with us: the trope has fired the news and imaginations of the United States and the larger Atlantic World for three centuries. The black avenger channeled fresh anxieties about slave uprisings and racial belonging occasioned by European colonization in the ...
In the follow-up to Defender of Rome, Valerius Verrens is sent on a mission by the deranged Nero against a man he greatly admires Emperor Nero's grip on power is weakening. In every shadow he sees an enemy, and like a cornered animal, he lashes out at every perceived threat. His paranoia settles on the figure of Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Rome's greatest general who leads the imperial legions in the East. Is Corbulo preparing to march against Rome and take the purple? Gaius Valerius Verrens, Hero of Rome, is ordered to Antioch with the power of life and death over Corbulo, a soldier he worships. There he finds that word of his mission has preceded him, and every man's hand is turned against hi...
Captain America is back! After being frozen in a block of ice for decades, the First Avenger has returned, and now Nick Fury wants him to fight alongside Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Avengers! Young readers are sure to enjoy this Level 2 reader based on the upcoming Marvel film, Avengers.