James Parker

Our politics are broken; our world is melting; the next catastrophe looms. Enter James Parker, who for years now has been writing odes of appreciation on subjects from the seemingly minor (“Ode to Naps”) to the unexpected (“Ode to Giving People Money”) to the seemingly minor, unexpected, and hyperspecific (“Ode to Running in Movies”). Finally collecting Parker’s beloved and much-lauded odes in one place, this volume demonstrates the profound power of the form. Each ode is an exercise in gratitude. Each celebrates the permanent susceptibility of everyday humdrum life to dazzling saturations of divine light: the squirrel in the street, the crying baby, the misplaced cup of tea. Parker’s odes are songs of praise, but with a decent amount of complaining in there, too: a human ratio of moans. Varied in length but unified in tone, mostly in prose, sometimes toppling into verse, the odes range across music, movies, literature, psychology, and beyond, all through the lens of Parker’s personal history. Gathered together, they form an accidental how-to guide to honoring your own experience―and to finding your own odes.

Odes to Being Alive

Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes

Ryan Becker

Have you ever imagined the life of a vigilante to be exciting? Do you see them as righters of wrongs and seekers of justice? Or are they something more sinister? Vigilantes occupy a curious space in our collective psyche. On one hand, they are seen as almost modern knights, seeking truth and justice where the law has failed, while on the other they are no better than the criminals they seek, operating outside of normal societal conventions. In this book, Vigilantes and the Media: 8 Horrific True Crime Stories of Vigilantes, we examine the lives of real vigilantes who often had their own agendas, like: Manuel Pardo Jr, who killed drug dealers and other criminals Pedro Filho who tackled Brazil's murderers and rapists with a ruthless brutality Patrick Drum, who killed pedophiles for fun Bernard Goetz who became tired of New York's subway muggers and exacted his own revenge Barry Gilton and Lupe Mercado who took revenge on a gang only for their own sordid lives to be revealed Each of the cases examined is true and each one of the vigilantes portrayed has their own shocking secret and motive behind their actions. Read on and be amazed at how these people took the law into their own hands, often for the most spurious of reasons and often for their own gain as well.

Vigilantes and the Media: 8 Horrific True Crime Stories of Vigilantes

Samuel Barfield

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Thatcham, Berks, and Its Manors

Arnold Teekaram

Anu Palmer

Guidance on Design and Installation

CHP for Existing Buildings

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Amelia Peck

Superb examples of interior design through the ages are on view in the period room at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Supplementing the stunning photographs of the rooms are historical photographs and engravings and close-up shots of selected ornaments and pieces of furniture, enabling the reader to see details that are often inaccessible to Museum visitors.

Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

727-1100

The Early History of Oxford

Preceded by a Sketch of the Mythical Origin of the City and University

The Early History of Oxford, 727-1100

Captured by the Russians, Lieutenant Bond meets the beautiful Oksana, who may be his ticket to safety, or lead to his doom. But it’s quite difficult to know ally from foe, when you’ve been drugged. The epic World War 2 tale continues from JEFF PARKER (Aquaman, Fantastic Four) and superstar artist IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA (Mother Panic, The Flash)!

James Bond – Origin #8

“The Debt: Finale” In 1941, Lietuenant Bond finally learns the truth of his deceased mentor, Commander Weldon. But truth comes at a cost. The conclusion of Bond’s adventures in 1941, by JEFF PARKER (Aquaman, Fantastic Four) and IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA (James Bond: Solstice, Mother Panic).

James Bond – Origin #12

“RUSSIAN RUSE, Part III” Injured and alone, lieutenant James Bond has escaped his Russian captors, only to be thrust into the heart of war. The epic World War 2 tale continues from JEFF PARKER (Aquaman, Fantastic Four) and superstar artist IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA (Mother Panic, The Flash).

James Bond – Origin #9

“THE DEBT” Lieutenant Bond returns to England to recuperate from injuries. But the death of his mentor will throw him into the seediest alleyways London has to offer, as he seeks revenge. Courtesy of JEFF PARKER (Aquaman, Fantastic Four) and IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA (Mother Panic, The Flash).

James Bond – Origin #10

In this powerfully-written unauthorized biography, Parker plots the course of Rollins' career.

James Parker

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