ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013
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ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013
ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Best of Archie Comics 3 Archie Superstars 9781936975617 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up $9.99/$10.99 Can. 416 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Series: The Best Of Archie ComicsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H 133mm W | 191mm H Archie Comics Summary: It's Archie's third volume in our all-time bestselling The Best of Archie Comics graphic novel series, featuring even more great stories from Archie's eight decades of excellence! This fun full-color collection of more of Archie's all-time favorite stories, lovingly hand-selected and introduced by Archie creators, editors, and historians from 200,000 pages of material, is a must-have for any Archie fan and fans of comics in general, as well as a great introduction to the comics medium! ... Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz, and many more! Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within 3 Tania del Rio 9781936975600 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 256 pages / ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Series: Sabrina Teen Wtch Magic WithinTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H 133mm W | 191mm H Archie Comics Summary: Return to the magic with Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within 3! Sabrina and friends become caught up in the secrets of the Magic Realm, while friendships and relationships are put to the test in both the magical and mortal realms! Featuring the fan-favorite manga-style art and supernatural stories of the multi-talented Tania del Rio, Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within 3 collects the Sabrina the Teenage Witch comic book issues #79-89. Publication History: Trade Paperb... Author Bio: TANIA DEL RIO is an American cartoonist working mainly in comic books who has been published in TOKYOPOP's Rising Stars of Manga Anthology. She worked for Archie Comics as the writer and artist of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, a monthly comic that was given a shÅ• jo manga makeover. She also wrote Archie's highly publicized "Reversedale" story Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sonic Select Book 8 Sonic Scribes 9781936975631 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $11.99/$13.99 Can. 128 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Territory: World Ctn Qty: 1 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Archie Comics Summary: The next exciting volume of Archie's top-selling Sonic Select series continues with Sonic's high-flying co-star, Tails! When Tails heads off on his first-ever solo adventure, his travels take him under the sea, up in the air, and down to the land of Downunda! Featuring the debut of several new heroic teams, including the Forty Fathom and Downunda Freedom Fighters. Sonic Select 8 includes the hard to find, sought-after Tails miniseries issues #1-3. Series Overview: SONIC SELECT is the ... Author Bio: THE SONIC SCRIBES are the many talented writers and artists who have helped create Archie Comics' popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic books and graphic novels for two decades. They include such recent greats as writer Ian Flynn and artists Ben Bates, Jamal Peppers and Tracy Yardley!, veterans such as Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante and Steven Butler, early greats such as Mike Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 1 ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza Archie Superstars 9781936975747 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $14.99/$15.99 Can. 1000 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Series: Archie 1000 Page DigestsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 4.875 in W | 6.562 in H 124mm W | 167mm H Archie Comics Summary: Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza collects 1000 pages of new and classic Archie tales in one amazing volume-our biggest collection yet, with over 100 full-color stories featuring America's favorite red-head and friends navigating the pressures and pratfalls of teenagers everywhere! This book's format is akin to the hugely popular Archie Digest series and is filled with the same mix of wild humor, awkward charm and genuine relatability that has kept Archie and the gang popular with ki... Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz, and many more! Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sonic Saga Series 4: House of Cards Sonic Scribes 9781936975648 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up $11.99/$13.99 Can. 112 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Series: Sonic SagaTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Archie Comics Summary: Sonic and Tails-friends no more?! Tensions boil when Sonic starts dating Fiona Fox, the lovely lass for whom Tails holds a torch! Brother fights brother for the love of another, while political tensions brew in the city of New Mobotropolis! Political intrigue meets brutal battle in this latest edition to the Sonic Saga Series! House of Cards collects issues #177-180 of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series. Series Overview: Sonic Saga Series is the first full-color, full comic book... Author Bio: Sonic Scribe IAN FLYNN has been the chief writer for Archie's popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic for more than five years, including the headline-grabbing Sonic: Genesis storyline and graphic novel. He is the main writer of its sister title Sonic Universe and accompanying graphic novels since the title's inception, and is also the writer of Archie's Mega Man series, another critical Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Archie's Even Funnier Kids' Joke Book Archie Superstars 9781936975679 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $6.99/$7.99 Can. 192 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Juvenile Nonfiction / Humor Series: Archie's Joke BooksTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H 133mm W | 191mm H Archie Comics Summary: Join Archie, Betty, Veronica and friends in the funniest, silliest kid-friendly collection of cartoons, jokes and riddles ever! The laughs never stop in another collection of page after full-color page of comic strip-style jokes, groaner puns, "guess the gag" games, crazy comebacks, and silly riddles. It's the ultimate Archie joke collection! Publication History: Trade Paperback Original Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz, and many more! Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 2 ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Art of Archie: The Covers Victor Gorelick, Craig Yoe 9781936975792 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $29.99/$34.99 Can. 160 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Hardback Art / Techniques Series: The Art of ArchieTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 9.000 in W | 12.000 in H 229mm W | 305mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Betty & Veronica's Princess Storybook Dan Parent 9781936975716 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 Ages 7 to 10, Grades 2 to 5 $9.99/$10.99 Can. 128 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Series: Archie & Friends All-StarsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Archie: The Married Life Book 4 Paul Kupperberg 9781936975693 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $19.99/$22.99 Can. 272 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance Series: The Married Life SeriesTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Archie Comics Summary: Archie's new hardcover art book is a beautifullydesigned celebration of over 70 years of comic book covers featuring America's reigning cartoon high school icons: Archie, Betty, Veronica and friends. Featuring beautiful full-color artwork by fan favorite artists Dan DeCarlo, Harry Lucey, Bob Montana, Dan Parent and many more in a deluxe, oversize hardcover edition, The Art of Archie: The Covers goes behind the scenes on the all-time best comic book covers in Archie's history with an in... Author Bio: VICTOR GORELICK is Co-President and Editor-inChief of Archie Comics, where he has worked for over 50 years. While there, he has been involved in every aspect of the comics-making process on both the creative and editorial sides: from writing, to lettering, to coloring, to production coordinating, art direction and editing. He has earned a reputation as one of the most knowledgeable, professional and generous members of the comics community, and has played a huge role as editor of su... Archie Comics Summary: Betty and Veronica, along with Archie, Jughead and friends, return to take on more of your favorite fairytales in this follow-up to the popular Betty & Veronica Storybook! Betty & Veronica's Princess Storybook is the irresistable combination of classic fairytales and two of the most iconic characters in comic book history. Betty and Veronica portray famous princesses from stories including Rapunzel, Beauty & the Beast, Snow White, and The Little Mermaid, all with the patented Archie bra... Author Bio: DAN PARENT is an American comic book artist and writer best known for his work with Archie Comics, where he is an innovator behind some of Archie's biggest hits. Parent was the writer of the story in which Archie fell for Valerie of Josie & the Pussycats, the artist of Obama and Palin in Riverdale, and the writer/artist of the 3-time GLAAD Media Award nominated Kevin Keller series, whose premiere story sold out its first printing, and whose series continues to receive widespread, pos... Archie Comics Summary: The Eisner Award-nominated series The Married Life explores a grown-up Archie Andrews' life down two paths-if he had married girl-next-door Betty Cooper or wealthy socialite Veronica Lodge. Hot on the heels of the historic marriage of Kevin Keller to Clay Walker in Book 3, Archie: The Married Life Book 4 collects issues 19-24 of the popular newsstand publication Life with Archie Magazine! This fourth volume includes the headline-grabbing stories of femme-fatale Cheryl Blossom's battle... Author Bio: PAUL KUPPERBERG is the writer of the bestselling and critically-acclaimed Life with Archie Magazine for Archie Comics. He is also the writer of hundreds of books, stories, comic books, and newspaper comic strips. He has written such comic book characters as Superman, Superboy, Supergirl, Aquaman, Green Lantern, Captain America, Conan, The Simpsons, Scooby Doo, and dozens of others. He has Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 3 ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Archie Comics Spectacular: It's a Date Archie Superstars 9781936975709 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $5.99/$6.99 Can. 128 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Series: Archie Comic SpectacularsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 4.875 in W | 6.562 in H 124mm W | 167mm H Archie Comics Summary: It's hilarious high school dating hi-jinx in a great pocket-sized edition from Archie Comics! This graphic novel collection features hand-picked, favorite stories about the comedically dysfunctional dating scene of friends Archie, Betty and Veronica at Riverdale High. Publication History: Trade Paperback Original Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz, and many more! Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sonic / Mega Man: Worlds Collide 1 SONIC/MEGA MAN SCRIBES 9781936975686 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up $11.99/$13.99 Can. 104 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Archie Comics Summary: The Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man epic kicks off with a bang in the first of three volumes as the Blue Blur and Blue Bomber meet for the first time! And considering how hard they're fighting each other, it might be the last! Why are the heroes trying to take each other down? Dr. Eggman and Dr. Wily know, and they're loving every minute of it! Get in on the ground floor with all-new cover art by the legendary Patrick "SPAZ" Spaziante and a script by key Sonic and Mega Man scribe Ian Flynn... Author Bio: Sonic and Mega Man Scribe IAN FLYNN has been the chief writer for Archie's popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic for more than five years, including the headline-grabbing Sonic: Genesis storyline and graphic novel. He is the main writer of its sister title Sonic Universe and accompanying graphic novels since the title's inception, and is also the writer of Archie's Mega Man series, another critical and popular hit. Flynn is now also helming the very first meeting of Son... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 New Crusaders 2: Dark Tomorrow Ian Flynn, Alitha Martinez 9781936975730 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up $14.99/$16.99 Can. 160 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Series: New CrusadersTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Red Circle Summary: The New Crusaders are at last a victorious and powerful super hero team, so why is their next challenge...high school?! The new crew goes back to school following the cataclysmic events of Rise of the Heroes, as new faces and new dangers come to the fore. The evil Brain Emperor continues to plot from the shadows, pitting gang against gang with our young teen heroes caught in the middle! Dark Tomorrow also features the debut of the fantastic Blue Fox! New Crusaders 2: Dark Tomorrow comp... Author Bio: IAN FLYNN has been the chief writer for Archie's popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic for more than five years, including the headline-grabbing Sonic: Genesis storyline and graphic novel. He is the main writer of its sister title Sonic Universe and accompanying graphic novels since the title's inception, and is also the writer of Archie's Mega Man series, another critical and popular hit. Flynn is now also helming the very first meeting of Sonic and Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 4 ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sonic Universe 6: Treasure Team Tango Sonic Scribes 9781936975723 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $11.99/$13.99 Can. 112 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Series: Sonic UniverseTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Archie 1000 Page Comics Jamboree Archie All-Stars 9781936975808 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 Ages 8 to 12, Grades 3 to 7 $14.99/$15.99 Can. 1000 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Series: Archie 1000 Page DigestsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 4.875 in W | 6.562 in H 124mm W | 167mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sonic the Hedgehog: Legacy Vol. 3 Sonic Scribes 9781936975754 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $16.99/$18.99 Can. 512 pages / ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Archie Comics Summary: Team Rose vs. Team Hooligan vs. Team Babylon vs. Team Dark in a winner-take-all battle royal! The race is on for the missing Sol Emeralds as the heroic Amy Rose teams up with the fiery Blaze the Cat and the charming Cream the Rabbit in this, super-fun, action-packed hit story! It may take two to tango, but it takes 12 to Treasure Team Tango in this latest installment of Archie's successful Sonic Universe graphic novel series! Sonic Universe 6 collects the entire "Treasure Team Tango" S... Author Bio: THE SONIC SCRIBES are the many talented writers and artists who have helped create Archie Comics' popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic books and graphic novels for two decades. They include such recent greats as writer Ian Flynn and artists Ben Bates, Jamal Peppers and Tracy Yardley!, veterans such as Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante and Steven Butler, early greats such as Mike Gallagher, Dave Manak, James Fry and Art Mawhinney, and Archie Comics Summary: Archie 1000 Page Comics Jamboree collects 1000 pages of new and classic Archie tales in one amazing volumeour biggest collection yet, with over 100 full-color stories featuring America's favorite red-head and friends navigating the pressures and pratfalls of teenagers everywhere! This book's format is akin to the hugely popular Archie Digest series and is filled with the same mix of wild humor, awkward charm and genuine relatability that has kept Archie and the gang popular with kids a... Author Bio: THE ARCHIE SUPERSTARS are the impressive line-up of talented writers and artists who have brought Archie, his friends and his world to life for more than 70 years, from legends such as Dan DeCarlo, Frank Doyle, Harry Lucey, and Bob Montana to recent greats like Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz, and many more! Archie Comics Summary: Sonic's earliest, most-beloved adventures continue in the Sonic Legacy series, collecting a whopping 512 pages of Sonic comic fun and adventure from the hit Archie Sonic comic series. Celebrate 20 years of Sonic comics with "Mobius-spanning" stories like the epic "Endgame," featuring the dramatic death of Sally Acorn! Sonic and the Freedom Fighters take on the evil Dr. Robotnik once and for all...and the result will surprise you! Sonic the Hedgehog: Legacy Volume 3 collects issues #37-... Author Bio: THE SONIC SCRIBES are the many talented writers and artists who have helped create Archie Comics' popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic books and graphic novels for two decades. They include such recent greats as writer Ian Flynn and artists Ben Bates, Jamal Peppers and Tracy Yardley!, veterans such as Patrick "Spaz" Spaziante and Steven Butler, early greats such as Mike Gallagher, Dave Manak, James Fry and Art Mawhinney, and many more! Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 5 ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within 4 Tania del Rio 9781936975761 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 272 pages / ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Series: Sabrina Teen Wtch Magic WithinTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H 133mm W | 191mm H Archie Comics Summary: Return to the magic once again with Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within 4! The secrets threatening the very foundation of the Magic Realm boil to the surface, and Sabrina and friends are caught right in the middle of the action! Everything comes to a head in this latest volume of The Magic Within! Featuring the fan-favorite manga-style art and supernatural stories of the multi-talented Tania del Rio, Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within 4 collects Sabrina the Teenage Wi... Author Bio: TANIA DEL RIO is an American cartoonist working mainly in comic books who has been published in TOKYOPOP's Rising Stars of Manga Anthology. She worked for Archie Comics as the writer and artist of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, a monthly comic that was given a shÅ• jo manga makeover. She also wrote Archie's highly publicized "Reversedale" story and has worked on Archie's Josie & the Pussycats and their Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sonic the Hedgehog Archives 22 Sonic Scribes 9781936975778 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $7.99/$8.99 Can. 112 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Series: Sonic The Hedgehog ArchivesTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 1 5.000 in W | 7.375 in H 127mm W | 187mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Mega Man 6: Breaking Point Ian Flynn 9781936975785 Pub Date: 1/21/14, On Sale Date: 1/21 $11.99/$13.99 Can. 104 pages / FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Series: Mega ManTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Archie Comics Summary: Get ready for super Sonic adventure with the latest installment of Archie's longest running graphic novel series! Sonic and his Freedom Fighter friends journey to the lost city of Station Square and find its mysterious human inhabitants! Plus, Super Sonic and Hyper Knuckles take on the gigantic monster Perfect Chaos in a battle that will leave you breathless! Sonic Archives Volume 22 collects issues #83-86 of the Sonic the Hedgehog comic book. Publication History: Trade Paperback Ori... Author Bio: THE SONIC SCRIBES are the many talented writers and artists who have helped create Archie Comics' popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic books and graphic novels for two decades. They include such recent greats as writer Ian Flynn and artists Ben Bates, Jamal Archie Comics Summary: Celebrate 25 years of Mega Man with this latest graphic novel installment of the Mega Man graphic novel series! Mega Man's adventures span the world over as our true blue hero battles a host of villains including Break Man, The Emerald Spears, and many more! Celebrate along with the blue bomber as he's awarded the key to the city-but will he survive the experience? Mega Man 6: Breaking Point collects issues #21-24 of the Mega Man comic book series, including "For the Bot Who Has Everyt... Author Bio: IAN FLYNN has been the chief writer for Archie's popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comic for more than five years, including the headline-grabbing Sonic: Genesis storyline and graphic novel. He is the main writer of its sister title Sonic Universe and accompanying graphic novels since the title's inception, and is also the writer of Archie's Mega Man series, another critical and popular hit. Flynn is now also helming the historic first meeting of Sonic Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 6 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Legion Lost Vol. 2: The Culling (The New 52) Tom DeFalco, Pete Woods, Andres Guinaldo 9781401240257 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Seven heroes from the 31st century have traveled back to the present day. Their mission: Save their future from annihilation. But when the future tech they brought with them fails, they find themselves trapped in a nightmarish world that, for them, is the ultimate struggle to survive! Rose Wilson and the Ravagers of N.O.W.H.E.R.E. has set their sights on the Legionnaires and intend to rid the world and future of them. This crossover tale includes appearnces by Superboy and the Teen Ti... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 American Vampire Vol. 4 Scott Snyder, Rafael Alburqurqe, Jordi Bernett 9781401237196 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 38 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Animal Man Vol. 3: Rotworld: The Red Kingdom (The New 52) Jeff Lemire, Scott Snyder, Steve Pugh 9781401242626 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 38 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: AMERICAN VAMPIRE flashes back to two very distinct points in American history. The first tale comes from the early 1800's with the "The Beast in the Cave" featuring art by the legendary Jordi Bernet (Torpedo, JONAH HEX). Learn about the original American Vampire, Skinner Sweet, and his involvement in the brutal Indian Wars, and an ancient evil hidden in the heart of the Old West. Plus, more about the man Skinner used to call his best friend - James Book! The second tale comes straight f... Author Bio: Scott Snyder is the bestselling and awardwinning writer of Batman, American Vampire and Swamp Thing as well as the short story collection Voodoo Heart. He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife, Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley. DC Comics Summary: The world has fallen to the Rot! Animal Man, a.k.a. Buddy Baker and Swamp Thing form an uneasy alliance as they find that after facing down the undead forces of Anton Arcane that the world has fallen deep into a decrepit future where the world is consumed into a withering land of decay. The two heroes travel the decimated planet, scrounging up misfit crimefighters, whose appearances and histories have been changed by this new hell-scape. Will Animal Man and Swamp Thing be able to stop t... Author Bio: Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Jeff Lemire is the creator of the acclaimed monthly comic book series SWEET TOOTH published by DC/Vertigo and the award winning graphic novel Essex County published by Top Shelf. Now one of DC Comics cornerstone writers, Jeff was prominent in the publisher's recent "New 52" line-wide relaunch as the writer of ANIMAL MAN and FRANKENSTEIN: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. He has also written the monthly adventures of SUPERBOY and THE ATOM and is set to tackle Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 7 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman - The Dark Knight Vol. 3: Mad (The New 52) Gregg Hurwitz 9781401242473 Pub Date: 1/21/14, On Sale Date: 1/21 $22.99/$26.99 Can. 144 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 DC Comics Summary: The third volume of the Best selling Batman: The Dark Knight kicks off with the new all star team of Gregg Hurwitz and Ethan Van Sciver. Batman discovers a trail of bodies but no leads. His detective skills are put to the test as the Mad Hatter begins kidnapping Gotham citizens for an unknown purpose. But as the Dark Knight delves deeper into this mystery, he soon realizes that this is unlike any Mad Hatter case before. The Hatter's gory past will be revealed and Batman's resolve will ... Author Bio: Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times bestselling author of 12 thrillers, most recently, The Survivor (8/12). His novels have been shortlisted for numerous literary awards, graced top ten lists, and have been translated into 22 languages. He has also written comics for Marvel (Wolverine, Punisher) and DC (Batman, Penguin) and produced and written screenplays for film and television (ABC's "V", "Expulsion" spec script to Warner Bros, and many more). He recently announced that he will be... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Vol. 1 9781401242398 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 DC Comics Summary: These new tales of Batman from writers including Damon Lindelof (Lost, Prometheus), Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) Andrew Dabb (Supernatural), and others explore unusual sides of The Dark Knight, including his relationship with Alfred during his early years as a crimefigher, his method of dealing with super-powered foes, and more. Collects LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #1-5. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batwoman Vol. 3: World's Finest (The New 52) J.H. Williams III 9781401242466 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $22.99/$26.99 Can. 160 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 DC Comics Summary: Batwoman's search for Medusa brings her together with the Amazing Amazon, Wonder Woman, but even the teaming of the World's Finest might not be enough to bring down the mythological monster-leading Bones, the DEO, Abbot and the Religion of Crime all descend on Gotham City to take part in the fight. Collects BATWOMAN #12-17, #0. Author Bio: J.H. Williams entered the comics field in 1991 and immediately began getting attention for his finely crafted work on such titles as Batman, Starman and Seven Soldiers of Victory. William's went on to co-create and pencil the hit series PROMETHEA with comics legend Alan Moore. His recent works include writing and drawing the critically acclaimed DCThe New 52 title BATWOMAN as well as drawing Neil Gaiman's return to the legendary SANDMAN series. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 8 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Children's Crusade Neil Gaiman 9781401242411 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 $39.99/$47.99 Can. 416 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 Vertigo Summary: In this never-before-collected Vertigo event, children are mysteriously disappearing all over England. It's up a group of young heroes to find out how they ended up in the mystical land called The Free Country-and to figure out how to bring them home again. This epic adventure features bookend chapters written by #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, and stars the young heroes from Vertigo titles, including Timothy Hunter (THE BOOKS OF MAGIC), The Dead Boy Detectives (THE ... Author Bio: Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Medal-winning The Graveyard Book and Coraline, the basis for the hit movie. His other books include Anansi Boys, Neverwhere, American Gods and Stardust (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award as one of 2000's top novels for young adults) and the short story collections M Is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors. He is also the author of The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Traded My Dad for Two Goldfish, ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Dark Reflections: Villains of the DC Universe 9781401245030 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: To coinside with an exciting new documentary from Warner Home Video about the history of DC Comics villains, DC Comics proudly presents this collection of tales starring DC's most popular villains from some of the biggest names in comics! Collected here are stories featuring such popular creators as Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Pete Tomasi and Darwyn Cooke, all taking on the baddest of the bad in the DC Universe. The Joker, Bane, Lex Luthor, General Zod, the who's who of evil goes on in this... Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fables Vol. 19 Bill Willingham 9781401242480 Pub Date: 12/24/13, On Sale Date: 12/24 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 54 Vertigo Summary: With Castle Dark now back in the hands of the Fables, mysteries both young and old begin to challenge the residents of Fabletown. Bigsby and Stinky set off from Fabletown in Rose Red's blood-fueled sports car to track down the two abducted cubs. Unfortunately for Snow White, besides suffering the trauma of having two of her cubs go missing, a long forgotten secret uncovered in Castle Dark threatens to sabatoge her and Bigsby's marriage. This volume also collects the backup adventures... Author Bio: Bill Willingham has been writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than twenty years. During that time he's had work published by nearly every comics publisher in the business and he's created many critically acclaimed comic book series, including Elementals, Coventry, PROPOSITION PLAYER and FABLES. Along with FABLES and JACK OF FABLES, Willingham wrote the miniseries DAY OF VENGEANCE and currently writes SALVATION RUN. His work has been nominated for many awards, including the... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 9 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Green Lantern: Rise of the Third Army (The New 52) Geoff Johns, Peter J. Tomasi 9781401244996 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 416 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The universe is in shambles and the Guardians are the cause. Their mysterious Third Army has risen across the cosmos like a plague, destroying everything in its path and Hal Jordan and Sinestro are nowhere to be found. It is up to wrongfuly accused Simon Baz to clear his name and become the hero that the Corps needs in order to get to the bottom of Hal and Sinestro's disapperance and the Rise of the Third Army! Collects the entirity of the "Rise of the Third Army" event from GREEN LANT... Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Justice League Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis (The New 52) Geoff Johns 9781401242404 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 192 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 DC Comics Summary: When Atlantis is struck by a U.S. Naval missile gone awry, Atlantis-led by Aquaman's brother Ocean Masterattacks the East Coast of the United States flooding its major cities such as Boston, Metropolis, Gotham City and several others. The Justice League comes together to help Aquaman turn back the tide, but they soon learn that they are woefully overmatched by the Atlantean Army, and must find a way to save the world from total annihilation. Collects Justice League issues #13-17 and ... Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo Vol. 2 Jim Aparo, Bob Haney 9781401242961 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $49.99/$58.00 Can. 520 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Jim Aparo was one of the premier Batman artists of the 1970s, working primarily on the Batman team-up title THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD. Now, DC collects Aparo's run on the series in hardcover for the first time from the beginning. Aparo portrayed Batman as a detective who operated in shadow, yet captured the action and thrills of the Caped Crusader. These stories feature appearances by numerous DC heroes (and villains) including Plastic Man, Metamorpho, Sgt. Rock, The Flash, Aquaman, Miste... Author Bio: A self-taught artist, Jim Aparo first attempted to break into the industry in the early 1950s at the legendary E.C. Comics group. When E.C. rejected his work, Aparo turned to advertising art in his native Connecticut, where he specialized in illustrating newspaper fashion ads while continuing his efforts to work in comics. His dream was finally realized in 1966 when Charlton Comics editor Dick Giordano hired him to draw a humorous character called Miss Bikini Luv Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 10 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Green Arrow Vol. 3 (The New 52) Jeff Lemire, Ann Nocenti, Andrea Sorrentino 9781401244057 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Best-selling writer Jeff Lemire and fan-favorite artist Andrea Sorrentino break new ground in the third volume of the emerald archer Green Arrow! As Ollie struggles to come to terms with the loss of his fortune, his company and his heritage, he discovers a shocking truth about his father that ties to his time stranded on an island before he became Green Arrow. Broken and beaten, Oliver's secrets are revealed as the mysterious Komodo brings him to the brink of death. Collects #0, 14-20... Author Bio: Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Jeff Lemire is the creator of the acclaimed monthly comic book series SWEET TOOTH published by DC/Vertigo and the award winning graphic novel Essex County published by Top Shelf. Now one of DC Comics cornerstone writers, Jeff was prominent in the publisher's recent "New 52" line-wide Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Neil Young's Greendale Josh Dysart, Cliff Chiang 9781401228224 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Superman Chronicles Vol. 11 Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster 9781401243906 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 58 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: "Greendale" is based on Neil Young's critically acclaimed 2003 album and 2004 film of the same name. Many have referred to the album as a "rock novel" which explores the effects of crime, media, consumerism and environmental issues on the Green family in the sheltered small Northern California town of Greendale. Even for politically active teenage girls, Sun Green has always been different. There's been talk that the Green family women had great powers in concert with nature, but Sun h... Author Bio: Joshua Dysart co-created and wrote the cult hit comic book series Violent Messiahs in 1997. Since then he has done work for virtually every major comic book publisher, including DC, Vertigo, Dark Horse, Image, IDW and Penny Farthing Press. He wrote the comic book adaptation of the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for Art Asylum, authored the one-shot Van Helsing: Beneath the Rue Morgue (an original story featuring the character from the Universal film) and penned Skull & Bones: A ... DC Comics Summary: In this new volume of stories from the height of World War II, Superman tracks a missing heiress, battles a mad architect bent on destroying America's greatest landmarks, and encounters a factory full of German spies. Plus: Superman must fend off an admirer as he pursues a dangerous villain known as the Leopard. Collects SUPERMAN #20-21, ACTION COMICS #56-58 and WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #8. Author Bio: Born in 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio, Jerome Siegel was, as a teenager, a fan of the emerging literary genre that came to be known as science fiction. Together with schoolmate Joe Shuster, Siegel published several sciencefiction fan magazines, and in 1933 they came up with their own science-fiction hero - Superman. Siegel scripted and Shuster drew several weeks' worth of newspaper strips featuring their new creation, but garnered no interest from publishers or newspaper syndicates. It wa... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 11 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Guts (The New 52) Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang 9781401238100 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wonder Woman goes to hell! After playing Posidon, Hades, and Hera against each other, Hades strikes back by kidnapping Zola and trapping her in the Underworld. It's up to Wonder Woman-with a little help from the God of Love and the God of Smiths-to break Zola out. But what is Hades' real game, and once you get into the land of the dead, how exactly do you get out? Collecting WONDER WOMAN #7-12. From the Hardcover edition. Author Bio: Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of JONNY DOUBLE, BATMAN: BROKEN CITY and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. The New York Times best-selling Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Wonder Woman Vol. 3: Iron (The New 52) Brian Azzarello, Cliff Chiang, Tony Akins 9781401242619 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 176 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Wonder Woman has finally discovered her heritage, as well as all the family that comes along with it. However, as she digs deeper into her familial tree, there's as many Gods that are willing to lend her a hand as there are those that would do her harm. WW continues on her search for her friend Zola's baby, not knowing who she can trust. So when she discovers New God Orion at her doorstep, is he here to help her-or destroy her? Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS) and illustrators Cliff Chian... Author Bio: Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of JONNY DOUBLE, BATMAN: BROKEN CITY and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. The New York Times best-selling author's other work for DC includes the titles HELLBLAZER and LOVELESS (both with Marcelo Frusin), SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW (with Jim Lee), JOKER and LUTHOR (both with Lee Bermejo), SGT. ROCK: BETWEEN HELL AND A HARD PL... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 World of Warcraft: Pearl of Pandaria 9781401243968 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 DC Comics Summary: A New York Times Bestseller! In this enthralling original graphic novel published in a landscape format, you will meet the PANDAREN, one of the most beloved (and mysterious) races in World of Warcraft! Written by Blizzard's own Micky Neilson (the World of Warcraft MMORPG, World of Warcraft: Ashbringer and World of Warcraft: Curse of the Worgen), with art by fan favorite Sean "Cheeks" Galloway (TV's Teen Titans Go and Wednesday Comics), this story ties directly into the upcoming World o... Author Bio: Micky Neilson is the Senior Writer and Voice Director of Blizzard Entertainment. He is the writer of the World of Warcraft tie-in comic book titles ASHBRINGER and CURSE OF THE WORGEN. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 12 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Arrow Vol. 1 Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Mike Grell 9781401242992 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Spinning off directly from the hit CW television series ARROW comes the Emerald Archerer in these digitalfirst adventures! Show creators Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim team with some of the industry's best artists, including Mike Grell (GREEN ARROW: THE LONGBOW HUNTERS), Phil Hester (GREEN ARROW: QUIVER) and others to fill in the gaps between episodes of one of TV's hottest new series. Collects Arrow issues #1-5 Author Bio: Marc Guggeinheim is award-winning multi-media writer, having scribed film, television, prose, video games and comic books. His television credits include Arrow (co-creator), Law & Order, Jack & Bobby, CSI: Miami and Brothers & Sisters. His best known comic book work includes AQUAMAN, SUPERMAN/BATMAN, THE FLASH, JSA, and Amazing SpiderMan, Young X-Men and Supreme Power. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Batman/Judge Dredd Collection (paper original) Alan Grant, John Wagner 9781401236786 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 304 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: When Batman crosses paths with the gleefully violent Judge Dredd, things are bound to get ugly! In these tales from the 1990s, the two crimefighters face The Riddler and The Joker and battle extra-dimensional gladiators. A special bonus included in this collection is Judge Dredd's epic battle with alien bounty hunter Lobo. This amazing new colleciton includes Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment On Gotham, Batman/Judge Dredd: Vendetta In Gotham, Batman/Judge Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle, Batman... Author Bio: Alan Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967, writing and editing a variety of British comics. In the late 1980s with writing partner John Wagner, Grant moved into the American comic market with their first title, the 12issue miniseries called OUTCASTS for DC Comics. It paved the way for Grant to write Batman in DETECTIVE COMICS, and he became one of the main Batman writers through the late 1990s. He has also written LOBO, L.E.G.I.O.N. and THE DEMON for DC. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batwoman Vol. 2: To Drown the World (The New 52) J.H. Williams III, W. Haden Blackman, Amy Reeder 9781401237929 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Six lives, inextricably linked in the past and present, each on a collision course with the others: Batwoman, fighting for duty and vengeance against a threat of arcane power. Detective Maggie Sawyer, investigating a case that could end her career. DEO Agent Cameron Chase, commanding a vigilante she despises. Colonel Jacob Kane, clutching at a life that's slipping away. Maro, a new villain corrupting Gotham City. And Kate Kane, wrestling with decisions that ... Author Bio: J.H. Williams entered the comics field in 1991 and immediately began getting attention for his finely crafted work on such titles as Batman, Starman and Seven Soldiers of Victory. William's went on to co-create and pencil the hit series PROMETHEA with comics legend Alan Moore. His recent works include writing and drawing the critically acclaimed DCThe New 52 title BATWOMAN as well as drawing Neil Gaiman's return to the legendary SANDMAN series. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 13 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Secret Society of Super-Villains Vol. 1 9781401242893 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 38 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Don't miss DC's greatest villains of the 1970s all in one title - and finally back in print! When the evil New God Darkseid schemes to take over the earth, he employs 10 devilish villains to carry out his plan to eradicate the planet's Super Heroes. But it doesn't take long for the team to realize they can do better on their own and break off their employment with Darkseid in this thrilling series made up of a revolving door of lead characters. Old-school fans and new readers will love ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Stormwatch Vol. 3 (The New 52) Peter Milligan, Will Conrad 9781401243159 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Superman: Man of Steel Vol. 8 John Byrne 9781401243913 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 232 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: An old threat returns as Henry Tanner returns to destroy Stormwatch from within! When Apollo and Midnighter go missing one of the Shadow Lords comes to the team to reveal a mystery, one that will shock the team to their core! And when the demon Etrigan finds himself in modern times, Stormwatch will be put the test and brought to the breaking point. Collects #13-18, 0. Author Bio: Irish writer Peter Milligan joined Vertigo in 1989 with the mini-series SKREEMER and soon became an imprint mainstay, writing both SHADE THE CHANGING MAN, HUMAN TARGET, ENIGMA, GREEK STREET and HELLBLAZER. For the DC Universe, he has written Batman in DETECTIVE COMICS and is acknowledged as the driving force behind the Knightfall event. He began his comics career with England's 2000 AD, notably its Bad Company serial. He was named one of Entertainment Weekly's "it" writers in 2002. M... DC Comics Summary: Superman's 1980s adventures continue in this eighth collection of stories from writer/artist John Byrne and others. This latest volume includes the introduction of the super-hero tracking government agency known as Checkmate, as well as appearances by Wonder Woman, Batman's foe Man-Bat and others. Collects ACTION COMICS #598-600, SUPERMAN #16-18 and ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #439-440. Author Bio: Born in England and raised in Canada, John Byrne discovered super-heroes through The Adventures of Superman on television. After studying at the Alberta College of Art and Design, he broke into comics first with Skywald and then at Charlton, where he created the character Rog-2000. Following his tenure at Charlton, Byrne moved to Marvel, where his acclaimed runs on The Uncanny X-Men and The Fantastic Four soon made him one of the most popular artists in the industry. In 1986 he came ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 14 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice Mike Carey, Peter Gross 9781401229764 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $22.99/$26.99 Can. 160 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: Tom Taylor has lived his life being mistaken for Tommy Taylor, the boy wizard from the world-famous series of novels penned by Tom's long-lost father Wilson. However, after a series of strange events start to parallel the lives of both Taylors-fictional and real-Tom realizes that he might be the character on page made flesh. In this first-ever original graphic novel spinning off from the pages of the critically acclaimed THE UNWRITTEN series, writer Mike Carey explores the origins behi... Author Bio: Writer Mike Carey, best known for his work on Vertigo's THE UNWRITTEN, LUCIFER and JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER has made his mark in comics. Born in Liverpool, England, Carey worked as a teacher for fifteen years before gaining regular work writing for several independent companies. In 1999 he wrote THE SANDMAN spinoff miniseries THE SANDMAN PRESENTS: LUCIFER. This led to the Lucifer solo title which earned him a nomination for the 2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Best Writ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Ame-Comi Girls Vol. 1 Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray 9781401242534 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: AME-COMI GIRLS is based on the best-selling product line from DC Collectibles that brings the distinct Japanese influence of anime and manga to DC Comics' female heroines and their foes. In the new series the heroines must unite to stop an invasion by the female Braniac, who is aided by a group of "bad girl" super villains including Duela Dent, Poison Ivy, Catwoman and Harley Quinn. This volume collects issues 1-5 of the original series. Author Bio: Jimmy Palmiotti is a multi-award-winning comic book creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, editorial, film writing and production, media presentation, and video game development. He has created and co-created numerous series and characters, including The New West, THE MONOLITH, 21 DOWN, THE RESISTANCE, Gatecrasher, Beautiful Killer, Back to Brooklyn, The Tattered Man and Painkiller Jane. Currently he is co-writing DC's ALL- Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Justice League Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey (The New 52) Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Scott Williams 9781401237653 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER The Justice League is the greatest force for good the world has ever seen. But not everyone sees them that way. Their never-ending battle against evil results in casualties beyond its super-powered, costumed combatants. The League's attempts to safeguard innocent lives cannot save everybody. Unbeknownst to Earth's greatest champions, their greatest triumph may contain the seeds of their greatest defeat. For heroes are not the only people who face tragedy... Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 15 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Preacher Book Two Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon 9781401242558 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 368 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Shazam! Vol. 1 (The New 52) Geoff Johns 9781401242442 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 192 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 Vertigo Summary: In the continuing saga of the bizarre adventures of faithless Texas preacher Jesse Custer, Jesse, along with his girlfriend Tulip, and their friend Cassidy, the Irish vampire, head west to a party of Babylonian proportions. Then, Jesse heads for France to rescue Cassidy from the clutches of religious fanatics. His search leads him into a no-holds-barred battle against the forces of the mysterious organization known as The Grail. Also told here is the story of how Cassidy became a vampir... Author Bio: Garth Ennis has been writing comics for twenty years, initially for British titles like 2000 AD and Crisis, then for various American publishers. As well as PREACHER, his credits include HELLBLAZER, HITMAN, WAR STORY, ADVENTURES IN THE RIFLE BRIGADE, KEV, BATTLER BRITTON, The Boys, Battlefields, Dan Dare, 303, The Chronicles of Wormwood, Crossed, Streets of Glory, Dicks, The Punisher, Fury and The Pro. Originally hailing from Belfast, Northern Ireland, he now resides in New York City... DC Comics Summary: Young orphan Billy Batson has bounced from foster home to foster home, but he's far from the ideal child. Brash and rude, Billy is a troubled teen that just can't seem to find a calling. But after a fateful night on a subway car, that all will change. Brought to the feet of the magical wizard Shazam at the Rock of Eternity, Billy is imbued with powers beyond any mortal man. By shouting the wizard's name-Shazam!-the young teen is mystically transformed into the powerhouse known as Cap... Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: Odyssey Neal Adams 9781401236847 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 368 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: It's finally happened: Batman must kill or be killed. The threat is real and can't be stopped by man or hero. To combat it, Batman must bring time itself to a standstill so that he can embark on an odyssey of self-discovery to a place unknown to mankind, where he can find himself. Legendary Batman creator Neal Adams takes the Dark Knight on a strange and bizarre journey through time and the mind to unlock clues to a mystery Author Bio: Considered the groundbreaking artist of the 1960s, Neal Adams was born June 6, 1941 in New York City. He attended Manhattan's High School of Industrial Art and, while still a student, found work ghosting the Bat Masterson syndicated newspaper strip and drawing gag cartoons for Archie Comics. Neal received his own comic strip, based on the popular TV series Ben Casey, in 1962. The strip ran until 1965 at which time Neal made the move to comics for Warren Publishing and DC Comics. Neal... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 16 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: The Court of Owls Mask and Book Set (The New 52) Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo 9781401242855 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 176 pages Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 4 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Following his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed run on Detective Comics, writer Scott Snyder (American Vampire) alongside artist Greg Capullo (Spawn) begins a new era of The Dark Knight as with the relaunch of Batman with this critically acclaimed, New York Times #1 best-selling graphic novel! After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these crimes go far deeper than appearances suggest. As the Caped Crusader begins to unravel this dea... Author Bio: SCOTT SNYDER has written comics for both DC and Marvel, including the bestselling series AMERICAN VAMPIRE and SWAMP THING, and is the author of the story collection Voodoo Heart (The Dial Press). He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYC and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland Bill Willingham, Jim Fern 9781401224806 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 152 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: A #1 New York Times Best Seller! At long last! The long-awaited original FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND graphic novel is here! Bigby Wolf embarks on a quest through the American Heartland to find a new location for Fabletown, a secret society of exiled fairy tale characters living among the "mundys." In his wanderings, Bigby stumbles across Story City, a small town that seems to be occupied solely by werewolves. Oddly enough, they seem to already know and revere Bigby, but at ... Author Bio: Bill Willingham has been writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than twenty years. During that time he's had work published by nearly every comics publisher in the business and he's written many critically-acclaimed comic book series, including Elementals, FABLES, JACK OF FABLES, FAIREST, ROBIN, SHADOWPACT and SALVATION RUN. A multiple winner of the Eisner Award, Willingham has also been Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 JLA Earth 2 Deluxe Edition Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely 9781401244101 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 144 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H 179mm W | 276mm H DC Comics Summary: They are the world's gravest super-villains: Ultraman, Owlman, Superwoman, Power Ring and Johnny Quick-the legendary Crime Syndicate of Amerika. Nothing has ever seriously threatened the global corruption they proudly enforce, but now a twisted mirror image of the CSA has arrived from the flip side of reality. Can anything stop this socalled "JUSTICE LEAGUE," or will the stable, perfect evil of the Earth 2 fall victim to the tyranny of law, righteousness and freedom? Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers - including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men - as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the awardwinning pages of SEVEN SOLDIERS, ALL-STAR SUP... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 17 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Superman Vol. 2: Secrets & Lies (The New 52) Dan Jurgens, Keith Giffen 9781401242572 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Tucked away high in the Himalayas, a long dormant evil has made these snowy mountain tops its home. Helspont, a decendant of the ancient alien race of Daemonites, has enlisted an army of robots to obtain all there is to know about the Kryptonian meanace standing between him and dominion over the people of Earth. Can Helspont gain control over Superman and use him to execute his invasion plan? Or will the Earth's alien protector cast Helspont back to the planet of Daemon? Collects S... Author Bio: Dan Jurgens is a writer and artist most famous for creating Booster Gold as well as for being one of the main forces behind "The Death of Superman." He has written and/or illustrated titles such as JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA, Captain America, The Sensational Spider-Man, Thor, TEEN TITANS, AQUAMAN, DC's Tangent imprint, and the companywide DC crossover known as ZERO HOUR. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Superman Vol. 3 (The New 52) Scott Lobdell, Kenneth Rocafort 9781401243203 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 192 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The New York Times best-selling creative team Grant Morrison and Rags Morales' landmark run on SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS ends here in SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS VOLUME 3: AT THE END OF DAYS! Five years ago, Clark Kent moved to Metropolis. Alone but hopeful, he donned a simple t-shirt laden with a giant S, beginning the career of one of the greatest heroes this-or any other-world has seen. Superman has grown with the city around him, and though he is feared by the public, there's no doubt th... Author Bio: Scott Lobdell is a veteran of the comic book industry, having worked with nearly every major American comic book publisher. Lobdell is best known for his work on Marvel's X-Men franchise in the 1990's, penning such works as Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, The Age of Apocalypse, Generation X, amongst others. He is currently the writer of TEEN TITANS and SUPERMAN. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Unexpected 9781401243944 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Anthologies Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: An anthology collection from some of the biggest talents in the industry! Stories spotlight a space heist on a ghost ship, a spirit who wants to play synthesizer in a techno band, a ghost-for-hire haunting agency and others dark, twisted tales by some of the comic industry's veteran talents and up-and-coming stars. Collects THE UNEXPECTED #1 and GHOSTS #1. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 18 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls (The New 52) Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Rafael Albuquerque 9781401237783 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 38 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52) Scott Snyder 9781401242343 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 176 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 DC Comics Summary: "NIGHT OF THE OWLS" continues here! Batman must stop the TALONS that have breeched the Batcave in order to save an innocent life...and Gotham City! In the backup story, learn more about the PENNYWORTH family and the secrets they've kept from the Wayne family! Collects BATMAN #8-12 and BATMAN ANNUAL #1. Author Bio: Scott Snyder is the bestselling and awardwinning writer of Batman, American Vampire and Swamp Thing as well as the short story collection Voodoo Heart. He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife, Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley. DC Comics Summary: After having his face sliced off one year ago, the Joker makes his horrifying return to Gotham City! But even for man who's committed a lifetime of murder, he's more dangerous than ever before. How can Batman protect his city and those he's closest to? It all leads back to Arkham Asylum... This new hardcover collects the the critically acclaimed tale DEATH OF THE FAMILY from the superstar #1 New York Times best-selling team of writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo. BATMAN VOLUME ... Author Bio: Scott Snyder is the bestselling and awardwinning writer of Batman, American Vampire and Swamp Thing as well as the short story collection Voodoo Heart. He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife, Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fairest In All the Land Bill Willingham 9781401239008 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $22.99/$26.99 Can. 160 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: In the spirit of FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL and FABLES: WEREWOLVES OF THE HEARTLAND comes the first ever original graphic novel from the pages of #1 New York Times bestselling writer Bill Willingham's FAIREST. FAIREST has explored the secret histories of the most stunning beauties in Fabletown: Cinderella, Snow White, Briar Rose, Rapunzel, and the list goes on and on. In FAIREST IN ALL THE LAND, the best names in comics take their turns fleshing out the pasts of the loveliest Fabl... Author Bio: BILL WILLINGHAM has been writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than twenty years. During that time he's had work published by nearly every comics publisher in the business and he's written many critically-acclaimed comic book series, including Elementals, FABLES, JACK OF FABLES, FAIREST, ROBIN, SHADOWPACT and SALVATION RUN. A multiple winner of the Eisner Award, Willingham has also been nominated for the International Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 19 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 I, Vampire Vol. 3: Wave of Mutilation (The New 52) Joshua Hale Fialkov, Andrea Sorrentino 9781401242787 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The world's worst nightmare has come true: Andrew Bennett, the only good vampire, has gone very, very bad! Now it's up to his lover Mary, Queen of Blood, to stop him but she is human now. She must embark on a quest to learn the truth about Andrew's past and which vampire turned him. But the problem is, it is the most deadly vampire alive: Cain! Collects issues #0, 13-18 of I, Vampire. Author Bio: Joshua Hale Fialkov is one the comics most impressive up and coming writers. In his short career, he has already authored comics for IDW, Top Cow and DC Comics, mostly in the horror genre. His most recent work includes SUPERMAN/BATMAN and the monthly series I, VAMPIRE, as a part of DC Comics-The New 52. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Intensely Dumb MAD Usual Gang of Idiots 9781401241919 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $12.99/$15.99 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 8.125 in W | 10.500 in H 206mm W | 267mm H MAD Summary: The Usual Gang of Idiots brings you a collection of classic MAD humor for all ages! Perfect for ALL AGES-this book as been "scrubbed clean" for everyone to enjoy. Author Bio: MAD is the world's leading magazine of humor and satire (at least according to the staff). For over fifty years, MAD has been a cultural touchstone, publishing twisted comedy from the truly disturbed minds of its many contributors, the Usual Gang of Idiots. This rag-tag crew of social misfits has traditionally been overworked, underpaid and, thankfully, not internet-savvy enough to read the insults we post about them online! Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Lucifer Book 2 Mike Carey, Peter Gross 9781401242602 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 416 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: In this second LUCIFER hardcover, the Lightbringer is hard at work on a New Creation outside the bounds of any authority but his own, complete with a new pair of inhabitants for a new Garden of Eden. But as he tries his hand at universe building, back on Earth (and in Hell) schemes and betrayals continue to grow. And in the tale NIRVANA, a beautiful angel with an ancient score to settle puts out a contract on Lucifer Morningstar. But can the Devil really die? Collects LUCIFER #14-28 a... Author Bio: Writer Mike Carey, best known for his work on Vertigo's Lucifer and Hellblazer, has made his mark in comics. Born in Liverpool, England, Carey worked as a teacher for fifteen years before gaining regular work writing for several independent companies. In 1999 he wrote the Sandman spinoff miniseries Sandman Presents: Lucifer. This led to the Lucifer solo title which earned him a nomination for the 2001 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 20 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Catwoman Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52) Ann Nocenti, Rafa Sandoval 9781401242725 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Writer Ann Nocenti begins her run with the feline fatale! Catwoman must stay one-step ahead of the Joker as he terrorizes Batman and his allies during the Bat-Family crossover event "Death of the Family." But there's no rest for the wicked as hot on the heels of her encounter with the Clown Prince, Catwoman is hired to break into the Black Room to steal the Black Diamond-the source of power for the villainous Eclipso! Collects CATWOMAN #0, 13-18 and a story from YOUNG ROMANCE #1. Author Bio: Ann Nocenti is thrilled to be back in comics, writing CATWOMAN and KATANA for DC Comics. She wrote for Marvel Comics in the late-1980s, writing Daredevil, editing the X-Men, and creating the characters Longshot, Typhoid, Spiral, Blackheart and more. Nocenti teaches filmmaking at the Indigenous Film Circle in Norway, to Native Americans in Tulsa, and in Haiti for two years. Her journalism has appeared in Details, Utne, HEEB, Stop Smiling, PRINT, Filmmaker, Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Green Lantern - New Guardians Vol. 3: Rise of the Third Army (The New 52) Tony Bedard, Aaron Kuder 9781401244064 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 224 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Tying into the latest Green Lantern event masterminded by comics' hottest writer Geoff Johns, Kyle Rayner and his fellow Ringer bearers must join forces to beat back "The Third Army" and survive "The Wrath of the First Lantern!" Green Lantern Kyle Rayner must master the emotional spectrum itself in order to stand a chance against the Third Army. But even then, a more dangerous threat lurks in the shadows-The First Lantern! Author Bio: Tony Bedard is a former editor at DC Comics, who has gone on the write comics for Valiant, GrossGen and Marvel Comics. For DC Comics he has written BIRDS OF PREY, COUNTDOWN, R.E.B.E.L.S. and FLASHPOINT: EMPEROR AQUAMAN. Tony is currently writing GREEN LANTERN CORPS and DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Green Lantern Vol. 2: The Revenge of Black Hand (The New 52) Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke, Ethan Van Sciver 9781401237677 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Comics hottest writer Geoff Johns (JUSTICE LEAGUE, AQUAMAN, BLACKEST NIGHT, GREEN LANTERN, THE FLASH) joins artist Doug Mahnke to on one of DC Comics The New 52's hottest titles, GREEN LANTERN! After the events of WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS, the villainous Sinestro is suddenly a Green Lantern, whether he wants to be or not! Now teaming up with his former foe, Hal Jordan and Sinestro find themselves investigating a crime that leads them deep into the homeworl... Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 21 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Joker: Death of the Family (The New 52) 9781401242350 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 376 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 DC Comics Summary: After having his face sliced off one year ago, The Joker makes his horrifying return in this new epic that features Batman's entire network of partners in crimefighting, including Batgirl, Catwoman, Nightwing, Robin, the Teen Titans and more. While The Joker threatens the very existence of Gotham City, these heroes-and villains-must find a way to survive. Collects CATWOMAN #13-14, BATGIRL #13-16, SUICIDE SQUAD #14-15, BATMAN AND ROBIN #15-16, NIGHTWING #15-16, DETECTIVE COMICS #15-16, ... Author Bio: Scott Snyder is the bestselling and awardwinning writer of Batman, American Vampire and Swamp Thing as well as the short story collection Voodoo Heart. He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife, Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sandman: Endless Nights - new edition Neil Gaiman 9781401242336 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 Vertigo Summary: Featuring the popular characters from the awardwinning Sandman series by best selling author Neil Gaiman, The Sandman: Endless Nights reveals the legend of the Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world. Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium, and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters who each lord over their respective realms. This highly imaginative book, the first graphic novel to be listed... Author Bio: Neil Gaiman is the New York Times best-selling author of the Newbery Medal winning The Graveyard Book and Coraline, the basis for the hit movie. His other books include Ananasi Boys, Neverwhere, American Gods and Stardust (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award as one of 2000's top novels for young adults) and the short story collections M is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors. He is also the author of The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Smallville Season 11 Vol. 3: Haunted Bryan Q. Miller, Jorge Jimenez 9781401242916 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: In this new volume of stories from the height of World War II, Superman tracks a missing heiress, battles a mad architect bent on destroying America's greatest landmarks, and encounters a factory full of German spies. Plus: Superman must fend off an admirer as he pursues a dangerous villain known as the Leopard. Collects SUPERMAN #20-21, ACTION COMICS #56-58 and WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #8. Author Bio: Bryan Q. Miller is an American television and comic writer most notable for his work on the CW's Smallville and DC's Batgirl. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 22 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Superman: Dark Knight over Metropolis 9781401243067 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 58 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Absolute Joker/Luthor Brian Azzarello, Lee Bermejo 9781401245047 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $99.99/$112.00 Can. 384 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 8.125 in W | 12.250 in H 206mm W | 311mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batgirl Vol. 2: Knightfall Descends (The New 52) Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf, Ed Benes 9781401238179 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: In these stories from the mid-1980s, Superman calls on Batman to help him battle the organized crime family known as Intergang. And as the two super heroes forge their alliance, Superman entrusts Batman with a special weapon: a Kryptonite ring, which the Dark Knight must hide in case the Man of Steel ever loses control of his own other worldly powers! Collects SUPERMAN #44, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #466467, ACTION COMICS #653-654 and ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #1. DC Comics Summary: Eisner Award-winner Brian Azzarello, writer of 100 BULLETS, WONDER WOMAN, and the BEFORE WATCHMEN series RORSCHACH and COMEDIAN, joins forces with artist Lee Bermejo, writer/illustrator of the #1 New York Times best seller BATMAN: NOEL. This new, oversized, slipcased edition collects both LUTHOR and JOKER, giving readers a chilling glimpse into the twisted minds of this two evil geniuses. With appearances by Superman, Batman and numerous other villains, this Absolute edition showcases t... Author Bio: Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of JONNY DOUBLE, BATMAN: BROKEN CITY and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. The New York Times best-selling author's other work for DC includes the titles HELLBLAZER and LOVELESS (both with Marcelo Frusin), SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW (with Jim Lee), JOKER and LUTHOR (both with Lee Bermejo), SGT. ROCK: BETWEEN HELL AND A HARD PL... DC Comics Summary: Batgirl Barbara Gordon faces foe after foe now that she's back in the role of Batgirl. A deadly new gentleman killer, Grotesque, stalks the streets of Gotham City; The Court of Owls sets its sight on her father Commissoner Gordon; and an innocent woman sentenced to Arkham emerges more dangerous than the innmates she was locked up with! A new chapter in the riveting adventures of Batgirl continue in stunning fashion, with script by fan-favorite Gail Simone and stellar art by superstar A... Author Bio: A multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed writer of comics and animation, Gail Simone began writing as a columnist for comicbookresources.com, producing the comics parody column "You'll All Be Sorry." She has since had fan favorite runs on such books as WONDER WOMAN, SUPERMAN, SECRET SIX, BIRDS OF PREY and WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY. She currently writes BATGIRL for DC Comics. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 23 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batgirl Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52) Gail Simone, Ed Benes 9781401242596 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 224 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman Unwrapped by Andy Kubert Andy Kubert 9781401242428 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $34.99/$41.99 Can. 272 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 16 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: The World's Finest Archives Vol. 3 9781401243814 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $75.00/$85.00 Can. 512 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Gail Simone continues her Batgirl run in a tale that ties into the best-selling Bat-Family event "Death of the Family." When the Joker returns, Barbara Gordon must confront her past as she deals with the crazed criminal responsible for crippling her. Plus, once the dust settles, Barbara must deal with her family demons as her psychotic brother James Jr. comes after her. Author Bio: A multiple award-winning, critically acclaimed writer of comics and animation, Gail Simone began writing as a columnist for comicbookresources.com, producing the comics parody column "You'll All Be Sorry." She has since had fan favorite runs on such books as WONDER WOMAN, SUPERMAN, SECRET SIX, BIRDS OF PREY and the creator-owned WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY. She currently writes BATGIRL for DC Comics. DC Comics Summary: DC collects the Batman stories by Andy Kubert, the acclaimed comics artist whose work includes BEFORE WATCHMEN: NIGHT OWL, FLASHPOINT and much more, in pencil form in this new hardcover. With stories written by #1 New York Times bestselling authors Neil Gaiman and Grant Morrison, these tales introduced Damian Wayne, son of Bruce Wayne who becomes the new Robin. Also included is the now classic story "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?" These stories gain a new depth when seen in p... Author Bio: Andy Kubert began his career at DC comics illustrating the highly successful BATMAN VERSUS PREDATOR and ADAM STRANGE miniseries. Andy went on to Marvel Comics' popular X-Men title, which was consistently a sales juggernaut. At Marvel, he also illustrated Ghost Rider, Captain America, Ultimate X-Men and the Marvel 1602 miniseries in which he collaborated with New York Times best selling author Neil Gaiman and which earned a 2005 Quill Award for Best Graphic Novel. More recently, Kuber... DC Comics Summary: In these tales from 1948-1953, Batman and Robin ride the Ship of Destiny, visit the Underworld's Museum of Crime, battle The Penguin and The Joker, meet Jack Frost and the Folklore Society, fight Crime Above the Clouds, and join the Bullet Hole Club. Collects stories from WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #33-80. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 24 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Fables Encyclopedia Bill Willingham 9781401243951 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $39.99/$47.99 Can. 256 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H 179mm W | 276mm H Vertigo Summary: The histories behind the fairy tale characters in New York Times best-selling author Bill Willingham's series FABLES are uncovered here in the FABLES ENCYCLOPEDIA. Exhaustively researched by author Jess Nevins, these annotations fill in details hailing down from ancient myth and forgotten civilizations of the timeless figures that compose the world of Fabletown, including Snow White, Bigby Wolf, Boy Blue and many more. This new compendium is a musthave addition to any FABLES afficianad... Author Bio: Bill Willingham has been writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than twenty years. During that time he's had work published by nearly every comics publisher in the business and he's created many critically acclaimed comic book series, including Elementals, Coventry, PROPOSITION PLAYER and FABLES. Along with FABLES and JACK OF FABLES, Willingham wrote the miniseries DAY OF VENGEANCE and currently writes SALVATION RUN. His work has been nominated for many awards, including the... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Injustice (paper original) Tom Taylor, Jheremy Raapack 9781401245009 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: From the makers of Mortal Kombat comes the critically acclaimed prequel comic to the smash hit fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us! Things in the DC Universe have changed after Superman is tricked into destroying the one thing he loves the most. Now unwilling to let crime go unpunished, the heroes of our world must choose if they are with Superman or against him. But not every country will submit to his new world order and neither will Superman's greatest threat-Batman! Collects #1... Author Bio: Tom Taylor has written plays that have been produced across four continents, from the Sydney Opera House to the Edinburgh Festival. He has killed characters for DC Comics and created characters for Lucasfilm. He has written comics which have been reprinted in French, German and Spanish but he can't read any of them. He has sung for thousands in concert halls and acted to tens in the smallest Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Silver Age Teen Titans Archives Vol. 2 Bob Haney, Nick Cardy 9781401241056 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $75.00/$85.00 Can. 400 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The top teen heroes of the 1960s return in a new collection in DC's high-quality Archive Editions! Don't miss the action as the Titans-Robin, Aqualad, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash and more-take on The Mad Mod, Captain Rumble and The Scorcher, and get wrapped up in "The Dimensional Caper" and "A Swingin' Christmas"! Author Bio: Born in 1926, Robert G. Haney grew up in Philadelphia and received an M.A. from Columbia University in New York City. He entered the comics field in 1948, writing war, crime and western stories for a wide variety of publishers, including Fawcett, Quality, Fox, Harvey, Toby, Hillman and St. John. By 1956, however, he was working almost exclusively for DC, where he would remain until the early 1980s. In the course of his long career Haney worked on a vast number of DC titles, but he is... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 25 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Suicide Squad Vol. 3 (The New 52) Adam Glass 9781401243166 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The Suicide Squad returns with an action packed tie-in to the Batman "Death of the Family" story! As the Suicide Squad closes in on Basilisk leader Regulus, Deadshot and Harley discover multiple Basilisk sleeper agents within their ranks. Regulus makes one final desparate gamble to save himself by controlling Harley's mind, but Deadshot makes the ultimate sacrifice for his teammate. Harley's lost "love" the Joker casts a poisonous rain over Deadshot's funeral, leaving only Harley cons... Author Bio: ADAM GLASS is a writer and television producer, whose credits include co-creating, writing and producing the hit CW show SUPERNATURAL. Other writing credits include Cold Case, Blue Collar TV, and The Cleaner. He currently is writing SUICIDE SQUAD for DC Comics, and previously worked on the FLASHPOINT: LEGION OF DOOM mini-series for DC Comics. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman Incorporated Vol. 1: Demon Star (The New 52) Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham 9781401242633 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Eisner Award-winning fan-favorite writer Grant Morrison concludes the Batman epic he began nearly a decade ago in BATMAN & SON, pitting the entirity of Batman Incorporated against the Levianthan organization headed by the Dark Knight's former romantic interest Talia al Ghul. As Leviathan enacts a plan that threatens the world, Batman and his allies must fight against the rising storm-but not everyone will make it out of the encounter alive. Collects BATMAN INCORPORATED #0-6 From the ... Author Bio: Writer Grant Morrison is known for his innovative work on comics from the graphic novel ARKHAM ASYLUM to acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL, as well as his subversive creator owned titles such as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, JOE THE BARBARIAN and WE3. He has also written best-selling runs on JLA, SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY and Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman Incorporated Vol. 2 (The New 52) Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham 9781401244002 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $22.99/$26.99 Can. 160 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Years of epic storylines converge as Batman Incorporated battles Talia and Leviathan for the very soul of Gotham City! Tragedy and triumph are the hallmarks of the second volume of Grant Morrison's epic Batman Incorporated. Batman and his allies must strengthen their resolve as Leviathan moves to take Gotham City. Everything since Batman Incorporated #1 has been leading to this! Collects #7-12 of Batman Incorporated. Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers - including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men - as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the awardRandom House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 26 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 DC Comics One Million Omnibus Grant Morrison 9781401242435 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $99.99/$112.00 Can. 1024 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Deadshot: Beginnings John Ostrander, Kim Yale, Luke McDonnell 9781401242985 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 60 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 JSA Liberty Files: The Whistling Skull B. Clay Moore 9781401242510 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 DC Comics Summary: In the 853rd century-one million months after the publication of ACTION COMICS #1-Earth remains safe, thanks to the heroics of the JLA of the future. The ancestors of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and others remain united in combating forces of evil, but perhaps have never met anything as deadly as the sentient super-computer Solaris, the Tyrant Sun. As this villainous threat becomes too much to handle, these heroes of the future turn to the only group they know can help: ... Author Bio: GRANT MORRISON is known for his innovative work on comics from the graphic novel ARKHAM ASYLUM to acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL, as well as his subversive creator owned titles such as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, JOE THE BARBARIAN and WE3. He has also written best-selling runs on JLA, SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY and New X-Men and recently helped to reinvent the DC Universe in ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, 52, BATMAN and JOE THE BARBARIAN. He is currently writing both SUPERMAN: ACTION CO... DC Comics Summary: Deadshot, the assassin for hire who never misses, faces new and deadly challenges in this new collection. Spinning out of the hit 1980s series SUICIDE SQUAD, this bullet-ridden tale sends Deadshot on a solo missing to kill a crime boss known as El Jefe - only to learn that the men who sent him on this mission have ulterior motives. And while Deadshot stalks his prey, his therapist is trying to uncover what drives him to kill. Collects DEADSHOT #1-4, BATMAN #369 and DETECTIVE COMICS #474... Author Bio: John Ostrander is a renowned comics writer who co-created the science fiction series GRIMJACK with artist Timothy Truman. With his late wife, Kim Yale, he wrote DC's SUICIDE SQUAD. With artist Tom Mandrake, a frequent collaborator, he wrote a lengthy run of DC's THE SPECTRE. Ostrander has also written for Marvel Comics, and for Warp Graphics' ELQUEST. Recently Ostrander has been writing for Dark Horse's line of STAR WARS comics. DC Comics Summary: In 1940s Europe, the Nazi war machine is on the move...but crimes are still committed in even the smallest hamlets. One heroic duo must solve the most bizarre mystery of all, but when dealing with Der Karneval, the current Whistling Skull and his partner Knuckles must learn to rely on the memories of the Whistling Skulls that came before and uncover a mystery all in the midst of the greatest war in world history! Author Bio: Writer B. Clay Moore is the co-creator of (among other things) the acclaimed Hawaiian Dick and Battle Hymn for Image Comics, as well as the Leading Man for Oni Press. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 27 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 All Star Western Vol. 3: The Black Diamond Probability (The New 52) Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Moritat 9781401243999 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: Night of the Owls (The New 52) Scott Snyder 9781401242527 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 368 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Judas Coin Walt Simonson 9781401243975 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 104 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 60 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: When the workers and patrons of Haley's Circus sample Dr. McKee's Cure All, they begin a painful transformation into psychotic killers and it is up to Jonah Hex and Dr. Arkham find the source. This volume collects All-Star Western issues 0, 13-18. Author Bio: Jimmy Palmiotti is a multi-award-winning comic book creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, editorial, film writing and production, media presentation, and video game development. He has created and co-created numerous series and characters, including The New West, THE MONOLITH, 21 DOWN, THE RESISTANCE, Gatecrasher, Beautiful Killer, Back to Brooklyn, The Tattered Man and Painkiller Jane. Currently he is co-writing DC's ALLSTAR WESTERN with Justin Gray. DC Comics Summary: As evil spreads across Gotham City, Batman's allies, including Red Robin, Batwing, Robin, Batgirl, the Birds of Prey, Nightwing and even Catwoman find themselves in a battle coming from all sides. The Court of Owls have shown their hand, and it's up to the collective effort of these heroes, some more unlikely than others, in this sprawling tale of corruption and violence. This epic springs from the pen of Scott Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of BATMAN: THE BLACK MIRROR and A... Author Bio: Scott Snyder is the bestselling and awardwinning writer of Batman, American Vampire and Swamp Thing as well as the short story collection Voodoo Heart. He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife, Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley. DC Comics Summary: This centuries-spanning original graphic novel from legendary writer/artist Walter Simonson cleverly ties the Biblical story of Judas to the DC Universe. Simonson shows how one of the silver coins Judas was paid to betray Jesus has had an impact on the DC Universe, with chapters starring The Golden Gladiator (70 A.D.), The Viking Prince (900 A.D.), Captain Fear (1740) and Bat Lash (1880). The centerpiece of the book is an epic battle between Batman and Two-Face. The story blasts into th... Author Bio: Walter Simonson is a legendary writer/artist who began his career at DC Comics over the years with the award-winning Manhunter feature that ran in DETECTIVE COMICS from 1973-1974. His best-known work may be a highly acclaimed run on THOR in the 1980s (Simonson made a cameo appearance in the 2011 THOR feature film). He also has written and illustrated runs of FANTASTIC FOUR, ORION, METAL MEN, ELRIC: THE MAKING OF A SORCERER, as well as original graphic novels like THE STARSLAMMERS and... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 28 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Justice League of America Vol. 1 (The New 52) Geoff Johns 9781401242367 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 176 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 DC Comics Summary: Following the events of Throne of Atlantis, it is deemed nessesary to create a new Justice League. This new superhero team is under the command of Col. Steve Travor, of the United States Military's A.R.G.U.S. division(Advanced Research Group Uniting Superhumans). Signing up for duty with this new incarnation of the JLA are Catwoman, Katanna, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, Steve Trevor, Hawkman, Star Girl and the long-awaited return of 80s superhero, Vibe. Collects iss... Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 2 Neil Gaiman 9781401243142 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $150.00/$172.00 Can. 1040 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 3 7.250 in W | 10.875 in H 184mm W | 276mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Aquaman Vol. 2: The Others (The New 52) Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado 9781401242954 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: The Sandman is the universally lauded masterwork following Morpheus, Lord of the Dreaming-a vast hallucinatory landscape housing all the dreams of any and everyone who's ever existed. Regardless of cultures or historical eras, all dreamers visit Morpheus' realm-be they gods, demons, muses, mythical creatures, or simply humans who teach Morpheus some surprising lessons. In this epic tale, Delirium, youngest of the Endless, prevails upon the Sandman to help her find their errant brother,... Author Bio: Neil Gaiman is the New York Times best-selling author of the Newbery Medal winning The Graveyard Book and Coraline, the basis for the hit movie. His other books include Ananasi Boys, Neverwhere, American Gods and Stardust (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award as one of 2000's top novels for young adults) and the short story collections M is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors. He is also the author of The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Traded My Dad for Two Goldfis... DC Comics Summary: Long before the King of the Seven Seas joined the Justice League, Aquaman was a part of another superteam: The Others. These young costumed adventurers traveled the globe, each trying to find their own individual road to redemption. Six years later after a grisly murder, The Others are reunited. They know only one man could be responsible: Black Manta. Aquaman must lead the charge to stop his arch-nemesis, but will the years have fractured The Others just enough to keep them from brin... Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 29 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Aquaman Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis (The New 52) Geoff Johns, Paul Pelletier, Ivan Reis 9781401243098 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 176 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Joe Kubert Presents Joe Kubert, Sam Glanzman 9781401243302 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 304 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Red Lanterns Vol. 3: Rise of the Third Army Peter Milligan, Miguel Sepulveda 9781401244149 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Atlantis attacks! Aquaman, long having since severed ties with his people, watches as as armies rise from the water and attack the surface world. The Justice LeagueSuperman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash and Cyborganswer the call, defending the shores from the invading Atlantean hordes. But whose side is Aquaman on? With his brother Orm at the head of the undersea army, will Aquman choose to side with his Earth-bound superteam? Or his own people? From the critically acclaimed crea... Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one DC Comics Summary: For over seven decades, Joe Kubert helped create some of the most memorable characters and stories in history. Now, the legendary, industry-defining creator unleashes an anthology-style graphic novel with original stories with far ranging characters and settings. Included in this new collection are tales featuring heroes from his most famous works, Sgt. Rock and Hawkman, as well as the gritty war epics he is best known for. Don't miss this new graphic novel, with contributions from Br... Author Bio: Born in 1926, Joe Kubert began his comics career at the age of eleven as an apprentice in Harry "A" Chesler's comic book production house. He worked in the industry for the rest of his life, and in his more than sixty years in the field he produced countless memorable stories for countless characters, including DC's Hawkman, Tarzan, Enemy Ace, Batman and the Flash. Kubert also edited, wrote and illustrated the DC title SGT. ROCK, which, beginning under its DC Comics Summary: The Red Lanterns fought amongst themselves in a brutal civil war, but now they must band together against the universal threat of Guardians of the Universe's latest weapon, The Third Army. As battle lines are drawn, Atrocitus and his Red Lanterns seek final vengeance against the Guardians of Oa-but things don't go as planned as The First Lantern turns his formidable gaze on Atrocitus and shows the high king of vengeance that everything he believed about himself, the universe and rage ha... Author Bio: Irish writer Peter Milligan joined Vertigo in 1989 with the mini-series SKREEMER and soon became an imprint mainstay, writing both SHADE THE CHANGING MAN, HUMAN TARGET, ENIGMA, GREEK STREET and HELLBLAZER. For the DC Universe, he has written Batman in DETECTIVE COMICS and is acknowledged as the driving force behind the Knightfall event. He began his comics career with England's 2000 AD, notably its Bad Company serial. He was named one of Entertainment Weekly's "it" writers in 2002. M... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 30 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Swamp Thing Vol. 3: Rotworld: The Green Kingdom (The New 52) Scott Snyder, Jeff Lemire, Yanick Paquette 9781401242640 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 38 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The world has fallen to the Rot! Animal Man, a.k.a. Buddy Baker and Swamp Thing form an uneasy alliance as they find that after facing down the undead forces of Anton Arcane that the world has fallen deep into a decrepit future where the world is consumed into a withering land of decay. The two heroes travel the decimated planet, scrounging up misfit crimefighters, whose appearances and histories have been changed by this new hell-scape. In this volume, Swamp Thing finds unlikely allie... Author Bio: Scott Snyder is the bestselling and awardwinning writer of Batman, American Vampire and Swamp Thing as well as the short story collection Voodoo Heart. He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU and Columbia University. He lives on Long Island with his wife, Jeanie, and his sons Jack and Emmett. He is a dedicated and un-ironic fan of Elvis Presley. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Vertigo Visions: Frank Quitely Frank Quitely 9781401242374 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 144 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 2: Scare Tactics (The New 52) Tony S. Daniel, Ed Benes 9781401242657 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 232 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: Frank Quitely's amazing, finely detailed artwork has been gracing the Vertigo comic page for decades, including runs on WE3 and FLEX MENTALLO: MUSCLE MAN OF MYSTERY. This new graphic novel spotlights the work of fourtime Eisner Award winner and New York Times best-selling illustrator behind BATMAN & ROBIN, ALL-STAR SUPERMAN and New X-Men. Collected for the first time are Quitely's lesser known masterpieces, including rare, hard to find short stories, including collborations with indust... Author Bio: Frank Quitely was born in Glasgow in 1968. Some of his most notable work has been for DC Comics/Vertigo, including FLEX MENTALLO, BATMAN: THE SCOTTISH CONNECTION, THE KINGDOM: OFFSPRING, JLA: EARTH 2, THE INVISIBLES, TRANSMETROPOLITAN, THE AUTHORITY, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS, WE3, ALL-STAR SUPERMAN and BATMAN & ROBIN. For Marvel Comics, he's worked on New XMen with frequent collborator Grant Morrison. He is also a sought-after covers artist, having drawn for Negative Burn, Judge ... DC Comics Summary: Batman must face the madness of the Mad Hatter, and then take on the Talons of the Court of Owls! But even if he survives that, he must face a whole new set of fears when the Scarecrow returns! Can the Dark Knight overcome the terror the Scarecrow brings? And explore the bizarre similarities between these two enemies and how the idea of fear has shaped their lives! Author Bio: Tony S. Daniel decided to be a comics artist in the eighth grade, and he hasn't looked back since. After making his professional debut in 1993 on Comico's The Elementals, he has contributed to Marvel's X-Force and Image's Spawn: Bloodfeud as well as writing and illustrating his own titles Silke, The Tenth and F5, which led him into work in Hollywood. After being lured back into comics to work with writer Geoff Johns on TEEN TITANS, Daniel went on to draw THE FLASH before landing his ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 31 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 3: Emperor Penguin (The New 52) John Layman, Jason Fabok, Andy Clarke 9781401242664 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 192 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning Image series Chew John Layman takes over writing duties on DC Comics' flagship titles DETECTIVE COMICS. The Dark Knight faces a series of his deadliest enemies, including Poison Ivy, Clayface, and the Penguin, all while dealing with the Joker and the League of Smiles as part of the events of the best-selling Bat-Family crossover "Death of the Family." Collects issues Batman: Detective Comics #13-18 Author Bio: Once an editor for Wildstorm, John Layman turned to writing comics full-time in 2002 and mainly wrote for Marvel Comics. However, he is mostly known for his creatorowned titles at Image Comics, such as the graphic novel Puffed and the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning series Chew. He currently writes the monthly adventures of the Dark Knight in DETECTIVE COMICS. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Ex Machina Book One Brian K. Vaughan, Tony Harris 9781401244989 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 272 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 30 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Our Army At War: The Joe Kubert War Collection Joe Kubert, Robert Kanigher 9781401243876 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 48 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: Award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, Y: THE LAST MAN) uniquely combines big city politics and superheroes in this criticially acclaimed series. Set in our modern-day world, EX MACHINA tells the story of civil engineer Mitchell Hundred, who becomes America's first living, breathing super-hero after a strange accident gives him the power to communicate with machines. Eventually Mitchell tires of risking his life merely to maintain the status quo, retires from masked cr... Author Bio: Brian K. Vaughan is the Eisner Award-winning co-creator of the critically acclaimed comics series Y: THE LAST MAN and EX MACHINA. He also co-created the Vertigo graphic novel PRIDE OF BAGHDAD and served as a writer and producer for the hit television series Lost. Currently, Vaughan is writing the series Saga for Image Comics. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son. DC Comics Summary: Joe Kubert illustrated tales of war like no one else, infusing them with a gritty realism. This new title collects some of Kubert's greatest war stories, starring heroes like Sgt. Rock, Enemy Ace, the Haunted Tank, the Unknown Soldier and many more. Author Bio: Born in 1926, Joe Kubert began his comics career at the age of eleven as an apprentice in Harry "A" Chesler's comic book production house. He worked in the industry for the rest of his life, and in his more than sixty years in the field he produced countless memorable stories for countless characters, including DC's Hawkman, Tarzan, Enemy Ace, Batman and the Flash. Kubert also edited, wrote and illustrated the DC title SGT. ROCK, which, beginning under its original title OUR ARMY AT ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 32 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Worlds' Finest Vol. 2 (The New 52) Paul Levitz, George Perez, Kevin McGuire 9781401242763 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Stranded on our earth over five years ago, these two heroes from Earth 2 are forced to fight evil in strange new surroundings, all while trying to find their way home. Power Girl and Huntress continue to find links back to their home world, but are derailed by mysterious attackers who have connections to Michael Holt, a.k.a. Mister Terrific. What could their old ally have to do with a group that wants the Worlds' Finest dead? Legendary creators Paul Levitz and artists George Perez and ... Author Bio: Paul Levitz has worked for DC Comics in various capacities for over 35 years, with tenures as an editor (ADVENTURE COMICS, BATMAN), a writer (ALL STAR COMICS, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES), and ultimately President and Publisher. As a writer, he is best known for his long association with the Legion, which began in 1974 and has continued off and on ever since - with a particularly fanfavored run published between 1982 and 1989. In 2009 Levitz Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 100 Bullets: The Deluxe Edition Book Five Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso 9781401242718 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $59.99/$68.00 Can. 512 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H 179mm W | 276mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman & Robin Vol. 2: Pearl (The New 52) Peter Tomasi, Patrick Gleason, Mick Gray 9781401242671 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: The fifth deluxe hardcover edition of the bestselling graphic novels series 100 Bullets written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso. This dark and intriguing Eisner Award-winning series features a mysterious agent named Graves who approaches ordinary citizens and gives them an opportunity to exact revenge on a person who has wronged them. Offering his clients an attaché case containing proof of the deed and a gun, he guarantees his "clients" full immunity for all of t... Author Bio: Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of JONNY DOUBLE, BATMAN: BROKEN CITY and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. The New York Times best-selling author's other work for DC includes the titles HELLBLAZER and LOVELESS (both with Marcelo Frusin), SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW (with Jim Lee), JOKER and LUTHOR (both with Lee Bermejo), SGT. ROCK: BETWEEN HELL AND A HARD PL... DC Comics Summary: Batman's son Robin must prove to his fatheras well as his previous mantle-holders-that he's worthy of being the newest Boy Wonder. Damian Wayne, a.k.a. Robin, must prove to Batman, as well as the previous Boy Wonders that he's every bit the hero that his father is in the wake of the cataclysmic events of the best-selling BATMAN & ROBIN VOLUME 1: BORN TO KILL. Author Bio: Peter J. Tomasi, a life-long New Yorker, is an NYU grad with degrees in political science and filmmaking. Peter has helped re-imagine many characters and books over the course of his extensive and exclusive career at DC Comics as a writer and editor. Peter's newest projects are BATMAN & ROBIN and GREEN LANTERN CORPS, both a part of DC ComicsThe New 52. His previous works include BRIGHTEST DAY GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS, BATMAN: BLACKEST KNIGHT, THE OUTSIDERS, NIGHTWING, PHANTO... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 33 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman & Robin Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52) Peter Tomasi, Patrick Gleason, Mick Gray 9781401242688 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 176 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: A direct tie to Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's "Death in the Family" Batman story comes the disturbingly creepy and psychological thriller of Batman and Robin by the all star team of Peter Tomasi and Patrick Gleason. The Joker returns to test Batman and the extended Bat-family but when he squares off against Batman's son Damian aka Robin! With Batman's life hanging in the balance, The Clown Prince of Crime pushes Robin to his limits and beyond. And with the 300th anniversary of the fo... Author Bio: Peter J. Tomasi, a life-long New Yorker, is an NYU grad with degrees in political science and filmmaking. Peter has helped re-imagine many characters and books over the course of his extensive and exclusive career at DC Comics as a writer and editor. Peter's newest projects are BATMAN & ROBIN and GREEN LANTERN CORPS, both a part of DC ComicsThe New 52. His previous works include BRIGHTEST DAY GREEN LANTERN: EMERALD WARRIORS, BATMAN: BLACKEST KNIGHT, THE OUTSIDERS, NIGHTWING, PHANTO... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Green Arrow Vol. 1: Hunters Moon Mike Grell, Ed Hannigan, Dick Giordano 9781401243265 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: In these cult favorite stories from the 1980s, Green Arrow hunts down a child killer, races to find a lost biological weapon before Chinese spies can find it, and tackles a rash of violence against gays. These stories, written by Mike Grell, repositioned Green Arrow as an inner city crusader for justice who deals not only with super-villains but also with street level crime. Collects the 1988 GREEN ARROW #1-6. Author Bio: Artist Michael Jon Grell quickly made a name for himself in comics by tackling one of its most difficult assignments - the seemingly infinite universe of the Legion of Super-Heroes. From there, Grell joined Dennis O'Neil for a well-received Green Lantern and Green Arrow revival and might have become a regular contributor to the Batman office if his creation WARLORD had not taken off to become DC's most successful fantasy title ever. Grell (whose other works of note include Jon Sable,... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Joker: The Clown Prince of Crime 9781401242589 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 54 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: In these solo adventures from 1975-1976, The Joker battles villains including Two-Face, Lex Luthor, the Scarecrow and Catwoman, as well as heroes The Creeper and Green Arrow. These stories have never been collected before, and include an appearance by Sherlock Holmes. Collects THE JOKER #1-9. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 34 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52) Scott Lobdell, Timothy Green 9781401244125 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Superman: H'el on Earth (The New 52) Scott Lobdell 9781401243197 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 296 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 16 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Deadman Book Four Len Wein, Jim Aparo, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez 9781401243241 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The Joker has returned! A year ago, the Joker had his own face removed and vanished from Gotham City-or so Batman and his allies thought. Surfacing once more, the Clown Prince goes after each member of the Bat-Family and systematically takes them down, leading to a final confrontation that will change the lives of the Dark Knight and his allies forever! Collects issues #0, 14-17 and TEEN TITANS #15-16. Author Bio: Scott Lobdell is a veteran of the comic book industry, having worked with nearly every major American comic book publisher. Lobdell is best known for his work on Marvel's X-Men franchise in the 1990's, penning such works as Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, The Age of Apocalypse, Generation X, amongst others. He is currently the writer of SUPERBOY, TEEN TITANS, and RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS, each a part of DC Comics-The New 52. DC Comics Summary: H'El has come to Earth! A figure from Krypton's past has come to Earth, hoping to revive the dead planet-in place of this one. Superman, Superboy, Supergirl and the Justice League stand ready to fight, but whose side is everyone on? As hero fights against hero, will the Kryptonians be able to defeat H'El, who is their equal in every way? The first Super-crossover in the New 52 is here in SUPERMAN: H'EL ON EARTH, written by Scott Lobdell, Mike Johnson and Tom DeFalco, with art by Kennet... Author Bio: Scott Lobdell is a veteran of the comic book industry, having worked with nearly every major American comic book publisher. Lobdell is best known for his work on Marvel's X-Men franchise in the 1990's, penning such works as Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, The Age of Apocalypse, Generation X, amongst others. He is currently the writer of TEEN TITANS and SUPERMAN. DC Comics Summary: Deadman, the groundbreaking undead super hero driven to find his own murderer, returns in this fourth collection of his 1970s adventures. Featuring appearances by Superman, Batman, Sgt. Rock and more, this title finds Deadman continuing his quest to bring his killer to justice while battling occult menaces throughout the DC Universe. Collects stories from DC SPECIAL SERIES #8, ADVENTURE COMICS #459-466 and DC COMICS PRESENTS #24. Author Bio: Veteran comics writer and editor Len Wein is the creator of such memorable characters as Wolverine, the New X-Men and the Human Target, as well as the co-creator (with Bernie Wrightson) of the Swamp Thing. In his long and prolific career he has written for hundreds of titles, encompassing nearly every significant character in the medium. He has also built a successful career in TV animation, scripting such hit series as X-Men, Spider-Man and Batman: The Animated Series. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 35 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Flash Vol. 2: Rogues Revolution (The New 52) Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato 9781401242732 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Struck by a bolt of lightning and doused in chemicals, Central City Police scientist Barry Allen was transformed into the fastest man alive. Tapping into the energy field called The Speed Force, he applies a tenacious sense of justice to protect an serve the world as The Flash! The Flash's Rogue's Gallery are back-but they are more powerful than ever and they're each looking to take down the Fastest Man Alive! Who is behind their sudden organization and why are they also after their f... Author Bio: Francis Manapul is the artist and co-writer of THE FLASH, which is part of DC Comics-The New 52. His previous work for DC Comics includes books such as ADVENTURE COMICS, SUPERMAN/BATMAN, and THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES. His work has been published in various publications from the likes of Aspen Comics, Editions Delcourt, Top Cow Productions, and Devils Due just to name a few. Manapul was a TV Presenter on SyFy's Beast Legends, in which he and a team of scientists and adventurers trave... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Flash Vol. 3: Gorilla Warfare (The New 52) Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato 9781401242749 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 176 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: In his hometown of Central City, The Flash-a.k.a. Barry Allen-is constantly deflecting the criminal schemes of his Rogue's Gallery. Money hungry, cunning and powerful, these villains have the Scarlet Speedster running at a pace faster than even the world's fastest man is used to. But when Gorilla Grodd and his army descend on Central City, The Flash will have to contend with a threat he's not used to: murderous, ruthless and without principle. With mammoth strength and mind-control pow... Author Bio: Francis Manapul is the artist and co-writer of THE FLASH, which is part of DC Comics-The New 52. His previous work for DC Comics includes books such as ADVENTURE COMICS, SUPERMAN/BATMAN, and THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES. His work has been published in various publications from the likes of Aspen Comics, Editions Delcourt, Top Cow Productions, and Devil's Due just to name a few. Manapul was born in Manila, Philippines and currently calls Toronto, Canada his home. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Green Lantern Corps Vol. 2: Alpha War (The New 52) Peter J. Tomasi, Fernando Pasarin, Scott Hanna 9781401242947 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: As part of the DC New 52 event, the Green Lantern Corps return, led by fan favorite Lanterns Guy Gardner and John Stewart. When the Alpha Lanterns, an internal police force for the Corps, arrest Green Lantern John Stewart for the murder of a fellow Lantern, it sends shock waves throughout the entire Corps. It is up to Guy Gardner and the rest of the Green Lanterns to break Stewart out and bring down the emotionless Alpha Lanterns. Collects issues #8-12, #0. From the Hardcover edit... Author Bio: Peter J. Tomasi, a life-long New Yorker, is an NYU grad with degrees in political science and filmmaking. Peter has helped re-imagine many characters and books over the course of his extensive and exclusive career at DC Comics Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 36 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 DC Comics Green Lantern Corps Volume 3: Rise of the Third Army Peter J. Tomasi, Fernando Pasarin 9781401244071 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 192 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Savage Hawkman Vol. 2: Wanted (The New 52) Rob Liefeld, Mark Poulton, Joe Bennett 9781401240844 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 288 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Carter Hall, as known as Hawkman has been inching closer to discovering the answers about who he really is and why he is being hunted. But with deadly assassins and powerful villians at his throat, Hank may never learn the truth behind his past as he battles across the entire DC Universe for survival! Author Bio: Rob Liefeld had childhood dream to draw comic books. As a teenager, he fulfilled that dream and began working for Marvel Comics X-men titles and introducing the world to Deadpool, Cable and X-Force! In 1992 Rob launched Image Comics with the debt of the popular Youngblood franchise which has gone on to sell 70 million copies worldwide. Rob was asked by Marvel to re-imagine the classic Marvel heroes, Captain America and the Avengers for a new generation, which lead to the creation of ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Spaceman Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso 9781401242701 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: BRIAN AZZARELLO and EDUARDO RISSO - the Eisner Award-winning creators of 100 BULLETS - return to Vertigo with their new interstellar mystery SPACEMAN. SPACEMAN tells the story of Orson - a hulking, lonely loser who spends his days collecting scrap metal and dreaming of the startrekking life he was genetically engineered for. When Orson finds himself at the center of a celebrity child kidnapping case, he sees a chance to raise himself out of his sad life and become a hero, but a hero's ... Author Bio: Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the author of JONNY DOUBLE, BATMAN: BROKEN CITY and the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning 100 BULLETS, all created in collaboration with artist Eduardo Risso. The New York Times best-selling author's other work for DC includes the titles HELLBLAZER and LOVELESS (both with Marcelo Frusin), SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW (with Jim Lee), JOKER and LUTHOR (both with Lee Bermejo), SGT. ROCK: BETWEEN HELL AND A HARD PL... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 37 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 DC New 52 Villains Omnibus (The New 52) 9781401244965 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 $150.00/$172.00 Can. 1050 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 7.250 in W | 10.875 in H 184mm W | 276mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Doctor Mid-Nite (New Edition) Matt Wagner, John K. Snyder 9781401243258 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fables: The Deluxe Edition Book Eight Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham 9781401242794 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 232 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 18 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H 179mm W | 276mm H DC Comics Summary: In September 2013, evil took over, as every title in the DC Universe published special new #1s featuring the villains of the DC Universe, collected here in a massive hardcover edition. A giant-size, hardcover omnibus collection of the special "villains issues" published line-wide in September 2013, spotlighting the greatest villains of the DCU. Author Bio: Featuring the work of Geoff Johns (GREEN LANTERN, JUSTICE LEAGUE), Jim Lee (BATMAN: HUSH, ALLSTAR BATMAN AND ROBIN), Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS, JOKER), Scott Snyder (BATMAN, AMERICAN VAMPIRE), Jeff Lemire (ANIMAL MAN, SWEET TOOTH) and many more! DC Comics Summary: Matt Wagner, creator of indy comics favorites GRENDEL and MAGE and the writer and artist of SUPERMAN/BATMAN/WONDER WOMAN: TRINITY, creates a new vision of a classic DC hero. When Dr. Pieter Cross lost his sight during a terrible accident, he thought his life was over. But after a chance encounter with an owl showed the Doctor that he could now see in the dark, his existence gained new meaning. Using his scientific genius and acquired wealth, Cross assumes the identity of vigilante Doct... Author Bio: Born and educated in Pennsylvania, Matt Wagner has enjoyed a career in comics for 25 years. His first published work introduced what would eventually become one of the medium's most respected creator-owned characters: the mastermind assassin Grendel. Though he is best known for the various Grendel titles as well as his more personal and allegorical heroic saga Mage, Wagner has also worked on a variety of established characters, including an acclaimed reDC Comics Summary: Flycatcher is drawn into the spotlight as he discovers the startling truth about his own past as the Frog Prince. At the same time, he learns that the Adversary plans to destroy his foes once and for all. How can the meek Flycatcher stop this deadly foe? This deluxe edition collects Fables issues #60-63, 65-69 Author Bio: Bill Willingham has been writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than twenty years. During that time he's had work published by nearly every comics publisher in the business and he's created many critically acclaimed comic book series, including Elementals, Coventry, PROPOSITION PLAYER and FABLES. Along with FABLES and JACK OF FABLES, Willingham wrote the miniseries DAY OF VENGEANCE and currently writes SALVATION RUN. His work has been nominated for many awards, including the... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 38 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Superman - Action Comics Vol. 3: At The End of Days (The New 52) Grant Morrison 9781401242329 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 224 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 DC Comics Summary: The New York Times best-selling creative team Grant Morrison and Rags Morales' landmark run on SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS ends here in SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS VOLUME 3: AT THE END OF DAYS! Five years ago, Clark Kent moved to Metropolis. Alone but hopeful, he donned a simple t-shirt laden with a giant S, beginning the career of one of the greatest heroes this-or any other-world has seen. Superman has grown with the city around him, and though he is feared by the public, there's no doubt th... Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers - including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men - as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the award- Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Superman: Action Comics Vol. 2: Bulletproof (The New 52) Grant Morrison, Rags Morales 9781401242541 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Clark Kent is dead! When grave circumstances cause Superman to leave behind his alter ego, an unimpeded Man of Steel must face his deadliest foe to date: Nimrod the Hunter! Metropolis' newest threat has killed everything he's ever tracked, but he's never killed an alien. Will the red and blue Kryptonian be his first? Legendary writer Grant Morrison (ALL-STAR SUPERMAN, BATMAN) continues his best-selling, critically acclaimed run on SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS, with art by Rags Morales (IDEN... Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers - including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men - as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the award- Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Young Justice: Invasion Vol. 1 Greg Weisman, Kevin Hopps, Christopher Jones 9781401242886 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 $12.99/$15.99 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 60 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Based on the highly anticipated, all-new hit animated show from Warner Bros. airing on Cartoon Network, YOUNG JUSTICE collects single issue, all-ages appropriate stories featuring the popular characters from the hit Cartoon Network show. In this action packed collection, the Young Justice team adds to its ranks in an effort to battle the impending invasion by The Collector of Worlds, and one of the DC Universe's favorite villains, Braniac. Collects issues #20-25. Author Bio: Greg Weisman is an American comic book and animation writer and producer, best known as the creator of Gargoyles and as the Supervising Producer of The Spectacular Spider-Man. Weisman is currently a producer on the Young Justice animated series. In addition, Weisman wrote the script for DC Showcase: Green Arrow, an animated short feature that is included on the DVD for the film, Superman/Batman: Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 39 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Authority Vol. 2 Mark Millar, Frank Quitely 9781401242756 Pub Date: 12/24/13, On Sale Date: 12/24 $34.99/$41.99 Can. 416 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Birds of Prey Vol. 3: A Clash of Daggers (The New 52) Duane Swierczynski, Romano Molenaar 9781401244040 Pub Date: 12/24/13, On Sale Date: 12/24 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Superman Vs. Mongul 9781401242565 Pub Date: 12/24/13, On Sale Date: 12/24 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 66 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The Authority, now under Jack Hawksmoor's leadership following Jenny Sparks' death at the end of the 20th Century, face multiple foes such as a mad scientist and his army of superhumans who wanted to influence the 21st Century through Jenny Spark's successor Jenny Quantum, a previous Doctor who manipulated the Earth itself, and a duplicate team of superheroes modeled on the Authority that was created and backed by the G7 group of nations. Collects THE AUTHORY #13-29 Author Bio: Mark Millar has written some of the most successful English-language comics in recent years. His recent projects are Marvel's CIVIL WAR, ULTIMATES 2, ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR and WOLVERINE. CIVIL WAR was featured on everything from CNN to MTV for the public unmasking of Spider-Man. His comic WANTED was a hit movie in 2008 starring Angelina Jolie; his series KICK-ASS is currently in production as a movie starring Nicolas Cage. He DC Comics Summary: The Birds of Prey lose one member but gain another, all while the team itself is pulled apart by personal demons and a traitor in their midsts. Plus, Mr. Freeze is out of Arkham Asylum and looking for revenge on the Court of Owls! His first target? The newest member of the Birds team, Strix! Author Bio: Duane Swiercynzski is the author of several novels including the Edgar-nominated and Anthony Awardwinning "Expiration Date," as well as "Fun & Games," out now from Mulholland Books. He also writes comics, and thrillers with CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker. His name is pronounced "sweer-ZIN-ski." DC Comics Summary: Superman battles the intergalactic conqueror known as Mongul in these tales from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Introduced as a physical challenge to the Man of Steel, Mongul appeared in stories that guest-starred Wonder Woman, Batman, Supergirl and others. This collection includes the classic tale "For the Man Who Has Everything," by the WATCHMEN team of writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. This volume collects DC COMICS PRESENTS #27-28, 36 and 43 and SUPERMAN ANNUAL #11. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 40 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures Vol. 2 9781401238469 Pub Date: 12/24/13, On Sale Date: 12/24 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 520 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: A massive new collection of science fiction tales from the 1950s, none of which have ever been collected before. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Teen Titans Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52) Scott Lobdell, Brett Booth 9781401243210 Pub Date: 12/24/13, On Sale Date: 12/24 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Creature Commandos 9781401243821 Pub Date: 12/31/13, On Sale Date: 12/31 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 288 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The team is finally reunited in the wake of "DEATH OF THE FAMILY," but something is very wrong with Red Robin! What did The Joker do? As Red Robin's condition worsens he and the team must face an even greater threat when the new Dr. Light is coming for Solstice! Collecting issues #14-20 Author Bio: Scott Lobdell is a veteran of the comic book industry, having worked with nearly every major American comic book publisher. Lobdell is best known for his work on Marvel's X-Men franchise in the 1990's, penning such works as Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, The Age of Apocalypse, Generation X, amongst others. He is currently the writer of TEEN TITANS and SUPERMAN. DC Comics Summary: In one of DC's strangest comics ever, a werewolf, a vampire, a gorgon, and Frankenstein's monster fight the German forces during World War II. Originally published in the early 1980s, The Creature Commandos laid the groundwork for recent series like FRANKESTEIN, AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. Collects WEIRD WAR TALES #93, 97, 100, 102, 105, 108-112, 114-119, 121 and 124. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 41 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men Vol. 3: Takeover (The New 52) Dan Jurgens, Ray McCarthy 9781401242923 Pub Date: 12/31/13, On Sale Date: 12/31 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Comics legend Dan Jurgens launches the third voluem of The Fury of Firestorm in an exciting new direction! Ronnie and Jason has managed to get their superpowered alias in check, but that doesn't mean that their relationship is any better. With super villians like Multiplex and agents of Project N.O.W.H.E.R.E., Firestorm's future is uncertain. And what do Captain Atom and the Teen Titans have to do with it? Author Bio: Dan Jurgens is a writer/artist most famous for being one of the main forces behind "The Death of Superman." He has written and/or illustrated titles such as JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA, BOOSTER GOLD, TEEN TITANS, AQUAMAN, DC's Tangent imprint, and the company-wide DC crossover known as ZERO HOUR. Jurgens currently writes JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL and SUPERMAN as a part of DC Comics-The New 52. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Gears of War Book Three: Dirty Little Secrets Karen Traviss, Pop Mhan 9781401236960 Pub Date: 12/31/13, On Sale Date: 12/31 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 30 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Golden Age Hawkman Archives Vol. 2 Gardner Fox, Sheldon Moldoff, Joe Kubert 9781401243845 Pub Date: 12/31/13, On Sale Date: 12/31 $75.00/$85.00 Can. 416 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Following the sinking of the Jacinto at the conclusion of Volume 2, the Gears have fled to the island of Vectes where they struggle to defend the last remnants of humankind from The Stranded and a new menace, The Lambent-a deadly, mutating lifeform . Collects issues #14-24 of Gears of War. From the Hardcover edition. Author Bio: #1 New York Times best-selling novelist, scriptwriter and comics author Karen Traviss has received critical acclaim for her award-nominated Wess'har series, as well as regularly hitting the bestseller lists with her Gears of War, Halo, and Star Wars work. She was also lead writer on the 2011 blockbuster game Gears of War 3. A former defence correspondent and TV and newspaper journalist, she lives in Wiltshire. DC Comics Summary: In these new volume of stories from the early 1940s, Hawkman meets new bird allies from Hawk Valley, who teach him secrets of tracking criminals. Together with Hawkgirl, Hawkman witnesses a robbery committed by scientists who transfer their minds into other people's bodies, stop a gang from planning their crimes via homing pigeons, thwart a group of kidnappers, meet a scientist who's bred a species of intelligent, violent plants, and much more. Collects stories from FLASH COMICS #23-63 ... Author Bio: Born in 1911 in Brooklyn, New York, Gardner Fox was probably the single most imaginative and productive writer in the Golden Age of comics. In the 1940s, he created or co-created dozens of long-running features for DC Comics, including the Flash, Hawkman, the Sandman, and Doctor Fate, as well as penning most of the adventures of comics' first super-team, the Justice Society of America. He was also the second person to script Batman, beginning somewhere around the Dark Knight Detectiv... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 42 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Saga of the Swamp Thing Book Five Alan Moore, Rick Veitch, John Totleben 9781401230968 Pub Date: 12/31/13, On Sale Date: 12/31 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 58 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: Continuing the hardcover collection of master comics writer Alan Moore's award-winning run on THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, this fifth volume begins as Swamp Thing returns from his sojourn to hell, only to learn that his girlfriend Abby is being persecuted for their "unnatural relations." When she skips town for Gotham City, he follows and runs afoul of Batman, Lex Luthor and the Gotham City Police Department. Collects SWAMP THING #51-56. From the Hardcover edition. Author Bio: Alan Moore is perhaps the most acclaimed writer in the graphic story medium, having garnered countless awards for works such as WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, From Hell, Miracleman and SWAMP THING. He is also the mastermind behind the America's Best Comics line, through which he has created (along with many talented illustrators) Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: Arkham Unhinged Vol. 2 Derek Fridolfs 9781401242831 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: Arkham Unhinged Vol. 3: End Game Derek Fridolfs, Jason Shawn Alexander 9781401243050 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $22.99/$26.99 Can. 168 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: In these stories inspired by the best selling videogame Batman: Arkham City, Dr. Hugo Strange has gained control of Arkham Asylum. Now, Gotham City has become a massive prison ruled by criminals. Will the Dark Knight be able to take back his city from the hands of a psychopath? Or will be fall victim to the madness that has gripped Gotham? BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED VOLUME 2 contains tales that fill in the gaps of the best-selling video game. Collects issues #6-10 featuring the Caped Crus... Author Bio: Derek Fridolfs broke into comics at the same time as Dustin Nguyen, and has collaborated with him on such titles as GEN ACTIVE, JET, THE AUTHORITY, SUPERMAN/BATMAN and now DETECTIVE COMICS. In addition, he has contributed work to a wide variety of other titles, including Wolverine, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Kiss, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Emily the Strange and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as writing stories for Western Tales of Terror, Trailer Park of Terror, the Comic... DC Comics Summary: In these stories originally available only online and tying into the bestselling video game BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, Dr. Hugo Strange has gained control of Arkham Asylum and is determined to keep the city's criminal element behind bars. Gotham City in turn has been transformed into a massive prison, run by a madman and ruled by the criminal element. BATMAN: ARKHAM UNHINGED VOLUME 3: END GAME features an all star cast of Gotham's super-villains, gathered together for the trial of the centur... Author Bio: Derek Fridolfs broke into comics at the same time as Dustin Nguyen, and has collaborated with him on such titles as GEN ACTIVE, JET, THE AUTHORITY, SUPERMAN/BATMAN and now DETECTIVE COMICS. In addition, he has contributed work to a wide variety of other titles, including Wolverine, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Kiss, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Emily the Strange and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as writing stories for Western Tales of Terror, Trailer Park of Terror, the Comic... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 43 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Deathstroke Vol. 3 (The New 52) Justin Jordan, Scott Clark 9781401243104 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The third volume of the action packed Deathstroke pits the legendary mercenary against the Teen Titans and the Ravagers! A routine contract has the world's greatest mercenary find something that may finally cause him to break a contract! This revelation leads Deathstroke to battle his old enemy the Teen Titans! Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 7: Tainted Love Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon 9781401243036 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Superboy Vol. 3 (The New 52) Tom DeFalco, R.B. Silva, Rob Lean 9781401243173 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: John Constatine celebrates his fortieth birthday alongside his friends and loved ones, including Swamp Thing and Zatanna, and the love of his life, Kit. However, things never burn bright too long for John Constantine, and he soons finds himself at his lowest point ever. Drunk and homeless, John must pull himself together if he is going to survive against the King of the Vampires, who comes looking for his blood. Collects HELLBLAZER #62-71, HELLBLAZER SPECIAL #1, and VERTIGO JAM #1. Author Bio: Garth Ennis has been writing comics for twenty years, initially for British titles like 2000 AD and Crisis, then for various American publishers. As well as PREACHER, his credits include HELLBLAZER, HITMAN, WAR STORY, ADVENTURES IN THE RIFLE BRIGADE, KEV, BATTLER BRITTON, The Boys, Battlefields, Dan Dare, 303, The Chronicles of Wormwood, Crossed, Streets of Glory, Dicks, The Punisher, Fury and The Pro. Originally hailing from Belfast, Northern Ireland, he now DC Comics Summary: Deep inside a lab run by an organization known as N.O.W.H.E.R.E., a living weapon was being developed from the DNA of the Kryptonian visitor Superman. Spliced with human DNA, this clone of Superman seemed to be a failed experiment, until it escaped and became known as Superboy. As Superman attempts to help Superboy understand and control his powers, they are set upon by another Kryptonian refugee by the name of H'el. H'el is determined to resurrect his home planet by any means necess... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 44 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 DC Comics Batman: The TV Stories 9781401244958 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Earth 2 Vol. 1: The Gathering (The New 52) James Robinson, Nicola Scott 9781401242817 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Earth's greatest heroes have defeated grave threats from Apokolips, but not at a grave price. Left in their stead is a group of young, untrained hereoes who pick up the pieces in the dusty aftermath. The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl and the Atom are humanity's nascent guardians, but not the ones we've all known and revered. These are different heroes, in a strange and foreign world with dangerous new villains. This is Earth 2. Award-winning writer James Robinson (STARMAN, JUSTICE LEA... Author Bio: James Robinson is English-born but has lived in California for amost twenty years. He has spent many of those years solely as writer of comics, most noteworthy being JSA: The Golden Age, Starman, and Justice League Of America. The acclaimed, award-winning writer has additionally worked in Hollywood, writing the screenplay to The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, starring Sean Connery, and created the acclaimed young readers comic series Leave It To Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Earth 2 Vol. 2: The Tower of Fate (The New 52) James Robinson, Nicola Scott, Yildaray Cinar 9781401243111 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 176 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The World Army has begun rounding up the super-heros of Earth 2, but for what reason? In an attempt to avoid capture, Dr. Fate and Kid Flash find themselves in the powerful magical realm of Nabu. The protector of Nabu, Wotan, seeks Dr. Fates assistance in obtaining a secret magic locked deep within a tower that only Dr. Fate can enter. Collects issues #7-10 and 0 of the original series. Author Bio: James Robinson is English born but has lived in Southern California for almost twenty years. He has spent many of those years solely as a writer of comics, most noteworthy being THE GOLDEN AGE, STARMAN and Leave It To Chance. But he's written a whole lot more than that. Burned out from comics, he retreated to the world of screenwriting which he continues to do while, after a lengthy break, returning to his first love comics with SUPERMAN and JUSTICE LEAGUE. He resid... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 45 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Green Lantern: The Animated Series Vol. 2 Art Baltazar, Franco, Dario Brizuela 9781401243289 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $12.99/$15.99 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 60 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The second volume of GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, which spins out of the new Cartoon Network television by executive producer Bruce Timm ("Batman: The Animated Series"). Hal, Ai, Kilowog and Razor travel across the universe battling the vicious Red Lanterns and threats beyond. Collects GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES #6-11. Author Bio: Bronx, New York born writer and artist Franco Aureliani has been drawing comics since he could hold a crayon. Currently residing in upstate New York with his wife, Ivette and son, Nicolas, spends most of his days in his Batcave-like studio where he produces DC's TINY TITANS comics. In 1995, Franco founded Blindwolf Studios, an independent art studio where he and fellow creators can create children's comics. Franco is the creator, artist and writer of Weirdsville, L'il Creeps, and... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Swamp Thing by Brian K. Vaughan Vol. 1 Brian K. Vaughan, Roger Peterson, Cliff Chiang 9781401243043 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: In this series from 2000, writer Brian K. Vaughan kicked off a new SWAMP THING series that starred Tefé Holland, daughter of Swamp Thing and Abigail Arcane. As a human/plant elemental hybrid, Tefé has incredible power-but as a hot-headed teenager, can she learn to control those powers and use them for good? Vaughan's sensitive stories send Tefé across the globe to play an unexpected role in remote regions threatened by ecological disasters. Collects SWAMP THING (2000) #1-10 and a stor... Author Bio: Brian K. Vaughan is the Eisner Award-winning co-creator of the critically acclaimed comics series Y: THE LAST MAN and EX MACHINA. He also co-created the Vertigo graphic novel PRIDE OF BAGHDAD and served as a writer and producer for the hit television series Lost. Currently, Vaughan is writing the series Saga for Image Comics. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Terra Obscura: S.M.A.S.H. of Two Worlds Alan Moore, Peter Hogan, Yanick Paquette 9781401242800 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: On a planet known as Terra Obscura, Tom Strong's heroic allies battle the forces of S.M.A.S.H. But after being out of action for decades and in suspended animation, can these heroes adjust to a strange world and its modern technology? This is a new collection from legendary writer Alan Moore (WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA) that ties into his popular series Tom Strong. Collections TERRA OBSCURA Vol. 1 #1-6 and Vol. 2 #1-6. Author Bio: Alan Moore is perhaps the most acclaimed writer in the graphic story medium, having garnered countless awards for works such as WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, From Hell, Miracleman and SWAMP THING. He is also the mastermind behind the America's Best Comics line, through which he has created (along with many talented illustrators) THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, PROMETHEA, TOM STRONG, TOMORROW STORIES and TOP 10. As one of the medium's most important innovators since the early 1980s... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 46 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: The Dark Knight Vol. 2: Cycle of Violence (The New 52) Gregg Hurwitz, David Finch 9781401242824 Pub Date: 1/21/14, On Sale Date: 1/21 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The Scarecrow has returned to Gotham City, but he's no longer the meek punching bag Batman is used to. The villainous genius has always preyed on the worst fears of his victims, but has refined his legendary fear toxin to even greater effectiveness and deadlier consequences. As the Scarecrow's origin is unfurled, Batman must find out not only how to conquer this dangerous psychopath, but how to beat his own worst fear. Written by New York Times best-selling crime thriller novelist Greg... Author Bio: Gregg Hurwitz is the New York Times bestselling author of 12 thrillers, most recently, The Survivor. His novels have been shortlisted for numerous literary awards, graced top ten lists, and have been translated into 22 languages. He has also written BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT and PENGUIN: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE for DC Comics as well as Wolverine and Punisher for Marvel. He has also produce Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Demon Knights Vol. 3 (The New 52) Paul Cornell, Robert Venditti, Bernard Chang 9781401242695 Pub Date: 1/21/14, On Sale Date: 1/21 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Demon: From the Darkness Matt Wagner 9781401242503 Pub Date: 1/21/14, On Sale Date: 1/21 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 72 DC Comics Summary: Acclaimed writer Paul Cornell sends the Demon Knights to Hell in this third installment in the series! Betrayed by Etrigan and trapped in Hell, the Demon Knights must find a way to escape the clutches of Lucifer. To do so, one of the Demon Knights must make the ultimate sacrifice. Everything changes for the Demon Knights in this volume directly connecting to the mysterious Black Diamond.v Collects issues #13-18 of Demon Knights. Author Bio: Paul Cornell is a British writer best known for his work in television drama, Dr. Who fiction and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions. He has written for other television dramas including Robin Hood, Primeval, Casualty, Holby City and Coronation Street. His comics work includes ACTION COMICS, KNIGHT & SQUIRE, STORMWATCH and DEMON KNIGHTS for DC Comics, as well as Captain Britain and MI-13, Black Widow: Deadly Origin and Dark X-Men for Marvel Comics. DC Comics Summary: In this story, Jason Blood travels to Cornwall, U.K., to find the spirit of Merlin and lift the curse that binds him to Etrigan the Demon. But a clue leads Blood to the British Museum, where a mystic book may hold the key to his freedom. But unraveling a centuries old curse is anything but easy, and in the course of his struggles, Blood learns more about his mystical alter ego than he could have imagined. Collects THE DEMON miniseries #1-4 and issue #22 of the monthly series that follo... Author Bio: Born and educated in Pennsylvania, Matt Wagner has enjoyed a career in comics for 25 years. His first published work introduced what would eventually become one of the medium's most respected creator-owned characters: the mastermind assassin Grendel. Though he is best known for the various Grendel titles as well as his more personal and allegorical heroic saga Mage, Wagner has also worked on a variety of established characters, including an acclaimed reimagination of the original Go... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 47 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 DMZ The Deluxe Edition Book One Brian Wood, Riccardo Burchielli 9781401243005 Pub Date: 1/21/14, On Sale Date: 1/21 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 304 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 14 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H 179mm W | 276mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Green Lantern: Sector 2814 Vol. 3 Steve Englehart, Joe Staton, Bruce D. Patterson 9781401243272 Pub Date: 1/21/14, On Sale Date: 1/21 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 38 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: Collecting the first 12 issues of the series about the ultimate embedded war journalist trapped in a most unlikely war zone: the streets of New York City. In the near future, America's worst nightmare has come true. With military adventurism overseas bogging down the Army and National Guard, the U.S. government mistakenly neglects the very real threat of anti-establishment militias scattered across the 50 states. Like a sleeping giant, Middle America rises up and violently pushes its... Author Bio: Brian Wood developed his skills as a comics writer and designer whileworking a string of internet design jobs. Since then he has created aseries of successful comics and graphic novels, most notably DMZ, DEMO,NORTHLANDERS, Channel Zero and The Couriers. In addition to earning himinternational acclaim, these projects have also resulted in four Eisneraward nominations. Brian was also a designer for the video gamefranchise series Grand Theft Auto for Rockstar Games. DC Comics Summary: In this new collection of 1980s Green Lantern adventures, John Stewart clashes with Guy Gardner to see who will be the Green Lantern of Earth. And while Stewart battles Harbinger during the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Gardner recruits enemies of the Green Lantern Corps to stand against an evil that could destroy the entire universe-including The Shark, Hector Hammond, Sonar, Goldface and more! As the two factions fight each other-John Stewart and the Green Lantern Corps vs. Guy Gardner a... Author Bio: Steve Englehard was born in Indianapolis, and went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. After a stint in the Army, he moved to New York and began to write for Marvel Comics. That led to long runs on Captain America, The Hulk, The Avengers, Dr. Strange, and other titles. At DC Comics, he wrote memorable runs on Detective Comics starring Batman, Justice League of America, Green Lantern and more. After writing the novel The Point Man and working on video games, he returned... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Animal Man Vol. 5: The Meaning of Flesh Tom Veitch, Steve Dillon 9781401242848 Pub Date: 1/28/14, On Sale Date: 1/28 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 28 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: The sequel to Grant Morrison's genre-defining run on ANIMAL MAN, this volume features stories never before reprinted from writer Tom Veitch and a host of talented artists, including Steve Dillon (PREACHER) and covers by Brian Bolland (BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE). Animal Man, a.k.a. Buddy Baker, is desperate to return to a life of normalcy. In order to reconnect with his family, Buddy sets out to spend some quality time with his wife and two children. However, after he begins to explore t... Author Bio: TOM VEITCH is a comic book writer whose credits include work for DC Comics, Marvel and Dark Horse, as well as his own creator-owned titles. He is best known for writing ANIMAL MAN for Vertigo/DC Comics, as well as Star Wars. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 48 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batwing Vol. 3: Enemy of the State (The New 52) Judd Winick, Fabian Nicieza, Marcus To 9781401244033 Pub Date: 1/28/14, On Sale Date: 1/28 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Katana Vol. 1 (The New 52) Ann Nocenti 9781401244118 Pub Date: 1/28/14, On Sale Date: 1/28 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Planetary Omnibus Warren Ellis 9781401242381 Pub Date: 1/28/14, On Sale Date: 1/28 $75.00/$85.00 Can. 832 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 DC Comics Summary: Deputized by Batman himself, David Zavimbe dons Wayne Tech-designed armor to become the protector of his native Tanisha as a part of Batman, Incorporated. A police officer by day, David fights against the corruption in his country both in and out of costume, trying to set right a war torn region of Africa. Batwing's alter-egos have never been under more fire. Within the bureau, David must fight against one of the most crooked cop forces on the continent. In his armor, Batwing tries to ... Author Bio: Writer/artist Judd Winick has handled most every major character in the DC Universe including notable runs on GREEN LANTERN, GREEN ARROW, THE OUTSIDERS, JUSTICE LEAGUE: GENERATION LOST and wrote the critically acclaimed animated feature BATMAN: UNDER THE HOOD, based on his run on BATMAN. Winick came to national attention when appearing on MTV's The Real World: San Francisco, his experienced inspired his memoir, the award-winning Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned. His... DC Comics Summary: From the pages of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA and BIRDS OF PREY, Katana stars in her very own series! The former assassin and new Justice Leaguer embarks on a noble quest to restore the Outsiders to their former glory! Will she succeed, or will she be overcome by the power of her sword, the Soul Taker? Written by Ann Nocenti (CATWOMAN, GREEN ARROW) with art by Alex Sanchez (Star Wars: The Old Republic), this stirring new graphic novel collects Katana issues #1-6. Author Bio: Ann Nocenti is thrilled to be back in comics, writing CATWOMAN and KATANA for DC Comics. She wrote for Marvel Comics in the late-1980s, writing Daredevil, editing the X-Men, and creating the characters Longshot, Typhoid, Spiral, Blackheart and more. Nocenti teaches filmmaking at the Indigenous Film Circle in Norway, to Native Americans in Tulsa, and in Haiti for two years. Her journalism has appeared in Details, Utne, HEEB, Stop Smiling, PRINT, Filmmaker, Scenario, and more. She has... DC Comics Summary: PLANETARY has been hailed as a timeless story that turned modern superhero conventions on their heads.Written by Warren Ellis (TRANSMETROPOLITAN) and with stunning art by John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men), this critically acclaimed, landmark series took a look at the interdimensional peace-keeping force known as Planetary. The trio on the ground includes Elijah Snow, a hundred-year-old man, Jakita Wagner, an extremely powerful woman, and The Drummer, a man with the ability to communica... Author Bio: Warren Ellis is a prolific writer whose works include the novel Crooked Little Vein (William Morrow) and, for Marvel Comics, Iron Man, Nextwave, Newuniversal and many others. His work for DC Comics includes PLANETARY, RED, STORMWATCH, OCEAN, GLOBAL FREQUENCY, HELLBLAZER, and a five-year run on TRANSMETROPOLITAN. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 49 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Preacher Book Three Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon 9781401245016 Pub Date: 1/28/14, On Sale Date: 1/28 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: Preacher Jesse Custer continues his dark journey to find God, accompanied by his gun-toting girlfriend and Irish vampire buddy. In the continuing saga of the bizarre adventures of faithless Texas preacher Jesse Custer, Jesse, along with his girlfriend Tulip and their friend Cassidy, the Irish vampire, head down South in hopes of recovering from their encounter with the forces of the Grail. But during their planned down time Jesse must face off against an enraged Arseface, who seeks to a... Author Bio: Garth Ennis has been writing comics for twenty years, initially for British titles like 2000 AD and Crisis, then for various American publishers. As well as PREACHER, his credits include HELLBLAZER, HITMAN, WAR STORY, ADVENTURES IN THE RIFLE BRIGADE, KEV, BATTLER BRITTON, The Boys, Battlefields, Dan Dare, 303, The Chronicles of Wormwood, Crossed, Streets of Glory, Dicks, The Punisher, Fury and The Pro. Originally hailing from Belfast, Northern Ireland, he now resides in New York City... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Showcase Presents: Men of War 9781401243883 Pub Date: 1/28/14, On Sale Date: 1/28 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 496 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: The Black Glove (New Edition) Grant Morrison, Andy Kubert, J.H. Williams III 9781401244026 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 384 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: These tales of war originally published in the late 1970s star Enemy Ace, DC's German fighter pilot from World War I, and a new war hero: Codename Gravedigger, an African American soldier who goes undercover behind enemy lines. Collects MEN OF WAR #1-26, the entire series. Author Bio: Born on June 18, 1915, Robert Kanigher has long been recognized as one of the most prolific and innovative writers and editors in the comic book field. After writing for magazines, theater and radio during the 1930s, he began his comics career at Fox Features Syndicate in 1940, working on such features as Blue Beetle, Samson and the Bouncer. Hired as a scripter by DC Comics in 1946, Kanigher was quickly promoted to editor and given the responsibility of editing and scripting the icon... DC Comics Summary: Batman receives the shock of his life when he discovers that he has a son, Damian! After violent conflict with Robin and Damian, Batman must teach his son what it means to carry the legacy of Gotham's Dark Knight. Meanwhile, mysterious Batman imposters begin to appear on the streets of Gotham. One of these imposters begins to kill cops, working his way towards Police Commissioner Jim Gordon. But after failing in his pursuit and being captured, Batman falls into a coma and his mind flash... Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers - including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men - as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the awardwinning pages of SEVEN SOLDIERS, ALL-STAR SUP... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 50 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Green Lantern Vol. 3: Rise of the Third Army (The New 52) Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke 9781401244088 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 224 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Comics' hottest writer Geoff Johns continues his historic run on one of the best-selling titles of DC Comics The New 52, GREEN LANTERN! The universe is in shambles and the Guardians are the cause. Their mysterious Third Army has risen across the cosmos like a plague, destroying everything in its path and Hal Jordan and Sinestro are nowhere to be found. It is up to wrongfuly accused Simon Baz to clear his name and become the hero that the Corps needs in order to get to the bottom of Hal... Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises in comics. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Green Lantern: New Guardians Vol. 2: Beyond Hope (The New 52) Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham, Batt 9781401242930 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Justice League Dark Vol. 3: The Death of Magic (The New 52) Jeff Lemire 9781401242459 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 DC Comics Summary: When Green Lantern Kyle Rayner found one of each of the multi-colored Lantern rings in his possession, he found himself hunted by some of the most power, diverse and dangerous members of the other Lantern corps. Now the mystery must be put on hold as Odym, the homeworld of the Blue Lanterns, is being attacked by alien conquerors know as The Reach. But betrayed by one of their own, the NEW GUARDIANS uneasy alliance teeters on the edge of destruction. Collects GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUARDIAN... Author Bio: Writer Tony Bedard is a former editor at DC Comics, who has gone on the write comics for Valiant, GrossGen and Marvel Comics. For DC Comics he has written BIRDS OF PREY, COUNTDOWN, R.E.B.E.L.S. and FLASHPOINT: EMPEROR AQUAMAN. Tony is currently writing GREEN LANTERN CORPS and DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS. DC Comics Summary: Transported to another dimension by the Books of Magic, Tim Hunter and Zatanna awake in a world where magic once ruled in peace until mad scientists banned magic and forced all of the magical creatures underground in exile. Tim soon finds out that his ancestors are tied to this world and that only he, through the Books of Magic, can free the "Wild World." Unsure of what transpired when Tim and Zatanna disappeared, the remaining members of JLD, with the help of Tim Hunter's father, mana... Author Bio: Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Jeff Lemire is the creator of the acclaimed monthly comic book series SWEET TOOTH published by DC/Vertigo and the award winning graphic novel Essex County published by Top Shelf. Now one of DC Comics cornerstone writers, Jeff was prominent in the publisher's recent "New 52" line-wide relaunch as the writer of ANIMAL MAN and FRANKENSTEIN: Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 51 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Superman Family Adventures Vol. 2 Art Baltazar, Franco 9781401244156 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $12.99/$15.99 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 60 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Superman! Superboy! Supergirl! Krypto the Superdog! The entire Superman family is re-imagined here in this energetic all-ages graphic novel. Read on as the heroes of Metropolis fight foes such as General Zod, Darkseid, Brainiac, and as always, super-scourge Lex Luthor! The critically acclaimed team behind TINY TITANS tackle the Superman family in this all-ages graphic novel! Collects Superman Family Adventures #7-12. Author Bio: Bronx, New York born writer and artist Franco Aureliani has been drawing comics since he could hold a crayon. Currently residing in upstate New York with his wife, Ivette and son, Nicolas, spends most of his days in his Batcave-like studio where he produces DC's TINY TITANS comics. In 1995, Franco founded Blindwolf Studios, an independent art studio where he and fellow creators can create children's comics. Franco is the creator, artist and writer of Weirdsville, L'il Creeps, and... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Unwritten Vol. 8 Mike Carey, Peter Gross 9781401243012 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: Dark Victory (new edition) Jeph Loeb, Tim Sale 9781401244019 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 400 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: In this eighth volume of the critically-acclaimed new series from the Eisner-nominated creative team, Mike Carey and Peter Gross, Tommy ventures into the land of the dead to find and rescue Lizzie. But the journey through Hades pits Tommy against all kinds of enemies of undead. But none of these encounters prepare him for his meeting with the king-or for the responsibilities he has to take on for some very familiar damned souls. Collects #42-49 of The Unwritten. Author Bio: Writer Mike Carey, best known for his work on Vertigo's Lucifer and Hellblazer, has made his mark in comics. Born in Liverpool, England, Carey worked as a teacher for fifteen years before gaining regular work writing for several independent companies. In 1999 he wrote the Sandman spinoff miniseries Sandman Presents: Lucifer. This led to the Lucifer solo title which earned him a nomination for the 2001 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Best Writer. The Fourth Rail said of his work, ... DC Comics Summary: Collecting BATMAN: DARK VICTORY #0-13, this epic continues the story of THE LONG HALLOWEEN. It is early in Batman's crimefighting career, when James Gordon, Harvey Dent, and the vigilante himself were all just beginning their roles as Gotham's protectors. Once a town controlled by organized crime, Gotham City suddenly finds itself being run by lawless freaks, such as Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, and the Joker. Witnessing his city's dark evolution, the Dark Knight completes his transformatio... Author Bio: Jeph Loeb is an Emmy award nominated and Eisner award winning writer/producer living in Los Angeles. In television, his many credits include Smallville, Lost and Heroes and in film, Teen Wolf and Commando. In comics, he is best known for his work with the supremely talented artist and partner-in-crime TIM SALE on BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS,CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME for DC as well as Daredevil Yellow, Spider-Man Blue and Hulk Gray for Marvel. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 52 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Dial H Vol. 2 (The New 52) China Mieville, Alberto Ponticelli, Dan Green 9781401243838 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: What would happen if you discovered the H Dial, an unbelievably powerful artifact that turned you into a super hero? Nelson and Roxie are on the trail to unlock the mysteries of the H-dial while being stalked by the mysterious Centipede, who may have the answers they are looking for...and his own dark and deadly motivations. It will take every ounce of courage and luck for our unlikely heroes to discover secrets of the H Dials before their enemies finds them. Collects #7-16 of Dial H. Author Bio: China Miéville is the author of KING RAT; PERDIDO STREET STATION winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the British Fantasy Award; THE SCAR, winner of the Locus Award and the British Fantasy Award; IRON COUNCIL winner of the Locus Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award; LOOKING FOR JAKE a collection of short stories; and UN LUN DUN, his New York Times bestselling book for younger Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 JLA Vol. 4 Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, Howard Porter 9781401243852 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 384 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Justice League of America's Vibe Vol. 1 (The New 52) Geoff Johns, Andrew Kreisberg, Pete Woods 9781401243319 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: In this latest trade paperback collecting JLA #3641, the team is up against a new, deadly Injustice Gang led by Lex Luthor. With Prometheus, the man who almost singlehandedly defeated the JLA, as well as the General and Queen Bee, it looks as if the Justice League may lose even if they win. Collects JLA #36-41. Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers - including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men - as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the awardwinning pages of SEVEN SOLDIERS, ALL-STAR SUP... DC Comics Summary: One of the most unlikely members of the Justice League of America ever (okay, THE most unlikely) stars in his own title! Vibe will soon discover he's one of the most powerful individuals on Earth. But how did Vibe get his abilities? What is the cost to them? And why does the JLA want him on the team so desperately? Co-written by Geoff Johns (JUSTICE LEAGUE, GREEN LANTERN) and Andrew Kreisberg (co-creator of ARROW), this volume collects Justice Leagueof America's Vibe issues #1-6. Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises in comics. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 53 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Ravagers Vol. 2 (The New 52) Michael Alan Nelson, Ig Guara 9781401243135 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Someone claiming to be Terra's brother comes to the team. Unfortunately, Deathstroke the Terminator isn't far behind him. The Ravagers are having serious trust issues already, so a visit from the world's deadliest assassin certainly won't help. As Caitlin and Rose deal with the shocking revelation about their origins, Deathstroke takes down the remaining Ravagers one by one. Collects issues #8-12 Author Bio: Michael Alan Nelson is a comic book writer that previously worked at BOOM! Studios on such titles as the Chutulu series, Hexed and 28 Days Later. He recently began working at DC Comics where he penned the final issues of THE RAVAGERS. He will be taking over as writer on the ongoing title SUPERGIRL. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Strange Adventures 9781401243937 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Anthologies Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: Don't miss this collection of science fiction short stories from some of Vertigo's all-time greats, as well as the hot new talents of tomorrow! From the far reaches of space to the not so distant future, this anthology is loaded with unsettling short stories that will hijack your imagination and take you to strange, mysterious places. Collects Strange Adventures #1 and Mystery in Space #1. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Constantine Vol. 1 (The New 52) Jeff Lemire, Renato Guedes, Ray Fawkes 9781401243234 Pub Date: 2/18/14, On Sale Date: 2/18 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The star of JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK and HELLBLAZER-the longest-running Vertigo series-is unleashed in his own DCU title! Liar, cheater, manipulator...John Constantine is all of these, and yet he uses these skills and more to protect the world from the darkest corners of the DC Universe. Collects Constantine #1-7 Author Bio: Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Jeff Lemire is the creator of the acclaimed monthly comic book series SWEET TOOTH published by DC/Vertigo and the award winning graphic novel ESSEX COUNTY published by Top Shelf. He also writes ANIMAL MAN, FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. and SUPERBOY for DC Comics. In 2008 Jeff won the Schuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist, and The Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent. He also won the American Library Association's prestigious Alex Awar... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 54 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Invisibles Book One Grant Morrison 9781401245023 Pub Date: 2/18/14, On Sale Date: 2/18 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 328 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 18 7.167 in W | 10.875 in H 182mm W | 276mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 3: The Fatal Five (The New 52) Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen, Scott Kolins 9781401243326 Pub Date: 2/18/14, On Sale Date: 2/18 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Power Girl: Power Trip Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Geoff Johns 9781401243074 Pub Date: 2/18/14, On Sale Date: 2/18 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 392 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: One of Grant Morrison's most controversial and trippiest and abstract comic book titles! Follow the adventures of The Invisibles, a secret organization out to battle against physical and psychic oppression brought upon humanity by the interdemsional alien gods of the Archons of Outer Church! Collects THE INVISIBLES #1-12, ABSOLUTE VERTIGO #1. Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers - including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men - as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the awardwinning pages of SEVEN SOLDIERS, ALL-STAR SUP... DC Comics Summary: Legendary Legion of Super-Heroes writer Paul Levitz creates a new mythology for the 31st Century super-team. Legion of Super Heroes arch-nemeses the Fatal Five attack in this new graphic novel collection by legendary Legion writer Paul Levitz. Author Bio: Paul Levitz has worked for DC Comics in various capacities for over 35 years, with tenures as an editor (ADVENTURE COMICS, BATMAN), a writer (ALL STAR COMICS, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES), and ultimately President and Publisher. As a writer, he is best known for his long association with the Legion, which began in 1974 and has continued off and on ever since - with a particularly fanfavored run published between 1982 and 1989. In 2009 Levitz stepped down from his executive role at DC to ... DC Comics Summary: The fan-favorite writing team of Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray (JONAH HEX, TERRA) team with popular aritst Amanda Conner (JSA CLASSIFIED, TERRA) for the rip-roaring solo adventures of Power Girl. She bursts from the pages of the JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA to star in her own series. Collects JSA: CLASSIFIED #1-4, POWER GIRL #1-12 Author Bio: Jimmy Palmiotti is a multi-award-winning comic book creator with a wide range of experience in advertising, production, editorial, film writing and production, media presentation, and video game development. He has created and co-created numerous series and characters, including The New West, THE MONOLITH, 21 DOWN, THE RESISTANCE, Gatecrasher, Beautiful Killer, Back to Brooklyn, The Tattered Man and Painkiller Jane. Currently he is co-writing DC's ALLSTAR WESTERN with Justin Gray. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 55 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Supergirl Vol. 3 (The New 52) Mike Johnson, Mahmud Asrar 9781401243180 Pub Date: 2/18/14, On Sale Date: 2/18 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Batman: Li'l Gotham Vol. 1 Derek Fridolfs, Dustin Nguyen 9781401244941 Pub Date: 2/25/14, On Sale Date: 2/25 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 60 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Green Lantern: Wrath of the First Lantern Vol. 1 (The New 52) Geoff Johns 9781401244095 Pub Date: 2/25/14, On Sale Date: 2/25 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 192 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Completing the H'EL ON EARTH crossover event that had made its way through Superman, Superboy and finally Supergirl. When a mysterious Kryptonian arrives on Earth and convinces Kara that he intends on returning them to Krypton, prior to its destruction, in an effort to save the planet. When presented with the opportunity to return home, the young and sometimes foolish Kara fails to see H'el's whole plan, a plan that will leave the Earth in ruins. Wonder Woman and The Flash must faced... Author Bio: Michael Green and Mike Johnson are a writing team, whose previous works include writing for television and comic books. Green and Johnson both contributed to the hit NBC TV series HEROES, while Green has written and produced for shows such as Everwood and Smallville. They both have written extensively for the SUPERMAN/BATMAN series from DC Comics. Their current project is SUPERGIRL, as a part of DC Comics-The New 52 DC Comics Summary: These gorgeously drawn and painted all-ages tales feature all of your favorite Gotham City characters: Batman, Robin, Nightwing, Catwoman, The Joker, The Penguin and many others! First up, Robin needs Batman's help to learn the true meaning of Halloween. Then, on Thanksgiving, Batman and Robin join the families of Gotham City around the table for a holiday feast-and birds of a feather flock together to stage a march against the city...led by The Penguin! As Christmas time approaches... Author Bio: Derek Fridolfs broke into comics at the same time as Dustin Nguyen, and has collaborated with him on such titles as GEN ACTIVE, JET, THE AUTHORITY, SUPERMAN/BATMAN and now DETECTIVE COMICS. In addition, he has contributed work to a wide variety of other titles, including Wolverine, Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, Kiss, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Emily the Strange and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as writing stories for Western DC Comics Summary: Comics' hottest writer Geoff Johns continues his historic run on one of the best-reviewed and best-selling titles of DC Comics The New 52, GREEN LANTERN, in this crossover event! The Wrath of the First Lantern is here as the Green Lanterns battle the Guadians of Oa and the Third Army, but who will win and at what cost? And as First Lantern moves on the brightest of the Corps for his reality altering experiments, we learn the shocking fate of Hal and Sinestro in this must read crossover... Author Bio: Geoff Johns is an award-winning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. Johns is the author of The New York Times bestselling graphic novels Aquaman: The Trench, Blackest Night, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War, Justice League: Origin, Superman: Brainiac and Batman: Earth One which hit #1 on the bestseller list. He is also known for transforming Green Lantern into one of the most critically and commercially successful franchises Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 56 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Martian Manhunter: Son of Mars John Ostrander, Tom Mandrake 9781401243869 Pub Date: 2/25/14, On Sale Date: 2/25 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Showcase Presents: Jonah Hex Vol. 2 9781401241063 Pub Date: 2/25/14, On Sale Date: 2/25 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 544 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Showcase Presents: The Great Disaster featuring the Atomic Knights 9781401242909 Pub Date: 2/25/14, On Sale Date: 2/25 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 576 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: The Martian Manhunter, one of the key heroes in The New 52, stars in this new title collecting his popular 1998 series. Featuring moody art by writer John Ostrander's frequent collaborator, Tom Mandrake, the story begins as the Manhunter tells Superman about the end of Mars's civilization and how he came to Earth. In his guise as Detective John Jones, he tracks a serial killer and investigates a mystery at Cadmus Laboratories, then saves the entire Justice League from the threat of Male... Author Bio: John Ostrander is a renowned comics writer who co-created the science fiction series GRIMJACK with artist Timothy Truman. With his late wife, Kim Yale, he wrote DC's SUICIDE SQUAD. With artist Tom Mandrake, a frequent collaborator, he wrote a lengthy run of DC's THE SPECTRE. Ostrander has also written for Marvel Comics, and for Warp Graphics' ELQUEST. Recently Ostrander has been writing for Dark Horse's line of STAR WARS comics. DC Comics Summary: The 1970s adventures of Western bounty hunter Jonah Hex continue in this new, value-priced Showcase edition collecting Jonah Hex #1-22 and Weird Western Tales #34-38. DC Comics Summary: In these stories, a variety of heroes including the Atomic Knights, Kamandi, Hercules and many others must face a post-apocalyptic future brought about by the mysterious "Great Disaster." Collects stories from STRANGE ADVENTURES #117, 120, 123, 126, 129, 132, 135, 138, 141, 144, 147, 150, 153, 156 and 160, 1st ISSUE SPECIAL #1, HERCULES UNBOUND #1-10, KAMANDI #43-46, WEIRD WAR TALES #22, 23, 30, 32, 40, 42-44, 46-49, 51-53, 64, 68, 69 and 123, HOUSE OF MYSTERY #318, SUPERMAN #295, HOU... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 57 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 WE3 Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely 9781401243029 Pub Date: 2/25/14, On Sale Date: 2/25 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: Writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely deliver the emotional journey of WE3 - three house pets weaponized for lethal combat by the government - as they search for "home" and ward off the shadowy agency that created them. With nervous systems amplified to match their terrifying mechanical exoskeletons, the members of Animal Weapon 3 (WE3) have the firepower of a battalion between them. But they are just the program's prototypes, and now that their testing is complete, they're sl... Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning with his legendary runs on the revolutionary titles ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then he has written numerous best-sellers - including JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men - as well as the critically acclaimed creator-owned series THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. Morrison has also expanded the borders of the DC Universe in the award- Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Aquaman Archives Vol. 2 9781401243807 Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 $75.00/$85.00 Can. 424 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: In these stories from the start of the 1960s, the Silver Age of comics, Aquaman battles threats to his undersea kingdom including the Fire-Trolls, the deadly Captain Sykes, the elfin alien known as Quisp, and the returned King Neptune. These hard-to-find comics showcase one of DC's most popular heroes with lush artwork by Nick Cardy. Collects SHOWCASE #32-33, ADVENTURE COMICS #284, DETECTIVE COMICS #293-300, WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #125-133 and AQUAMAN #1-9. Author Bio: A DC editor from 1964-1969, Jack Miller handled such titles as STRANGE ADVENTURES, THE INFERIOR FIVE, MANIAKS, WONDER WOMAN and various romance titles. From the 1940s through much of the 1960s he was also a prolific comics writer-particularly for DC, where he contributed to dozens of different features including Deadman, Blackhawk, Aquaman, Batman, Jimmy Olsen and Congo Bill. Miller also wrote novels, nonfiction works and television animation, employing over 30 different pen names in... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 DC Universe Presents Vol. 3: Black Lightning and Blue Devil (The New 52) Marc Andreyko, Robson Rocha, Oclair Albert 9781401242770 Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 52 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: From fan-favorite Mark Andreyko comes the next chapter of DC Universe Presents featuring the New 52 debut of Black Lightning and Blue Devil! The team of two VERY different heroes must work together to solve a mystery that could unlock a new corner of the New 52. But danger threatens the uneasy alliance from outside and within as mobster Tobias Whale makes a deal with the demon Neibros that pits the heroes against the damned souls of Los Angeles. Collects #13-18 of DC Universe Presents... Author Bio: Marc Andreyko is comic book and screenplay writer, known for writing the 2000s ongoing series Manhunter for DC Comics]. He co-created (with artist Jesus Saiz) Kate Spencer, the title character of the series, the first female character to carry the long-running legacy. Andreyko cowrote the graphic novel Torso with Brian Michael Bendis, for which he was nominated for the Angoulême International Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 58 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Hawkworld (New Edition) Timothy Truman, Enrique Alcatena 9781401243296 Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 152 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 62 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: In this classic comics series from the 1990s, writer/artist Timothy Truman reinvented Hawkman as a brutal member of a distant planet's police force. Collects HAWKWORLD #1-3. Author Bio: Timothy Truman is a graduate of the Joe Kubert School. In the mid-1980s, he worked with writer John Ostrander to create the science fiction mercenary called GRIMJACK for First Comics. For Eclipse Comics, Truman created SCOUT, a series that starred an Apache warrior in a post-apocalyptic America. Truman wrote and illustrated HAWKWORLD in the 1990s, reinventing Hawkman for a new era. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Masters of the Universe Vol. 2: Origins of Eternia 9781401243128 Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 46 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE continues its return to comics in an all-new graphic novel! The untold origin stories of Eternia's most prominent heroes and villains are unveiled by the best writers and artists in the industry today. Joshua Hale Fialkov (GREEN LANTERN) and Keith Giffen (LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES) mold the world of the Masters of the Universe, with tales of the beginnings of classic characters He-Man, Skeletor, Hordak and more! This graphic novels also puts in print... Author Bio: Joshua Hale Fialkov is one the comics most impressive up and coming writers. In his short career, he has already authored comics for IDW, Top Cow and DC Comics, mostly in the horror genre. His most recent work includes SUPERMAN/BATMAN and the monthly series I, VAMPIRE, as a part of DC Comics - The New 52. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Threshold Vol. 1 (The New 52) Keith Giffen, Tom Raney, Scott Kolins 9781401243333 Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Introducing Jediah Caul, a disgraced Green Lantern stripped of his power ring, who is hunted for sport on a televised reality show! Forced to battle aliens from across the galaxy, Caul must band together his own group of rebels to storm the metaphorical castle of their abductees before the game ends and they lose. Plus, Larfleeze, the Orange Lantern goes on a quest across the galaxy when someone steals his stuff-and NO ONE steals from Larfleeze! Collects #1-6 and GREEN LANTERN: NEW GUA... Author Bio: Keith Giffen has provided plotting, scripting, artwork, or any combination thereof for titles such as ALLSTAR COMICS, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES, RAGMAN, CREEPER, LOBO, SUICIDE SQUAD, The Defenders, Hero Squared!, and, um...AMBUSH BUG. He's worked on the weekly series 52 and COUNTDOWN TO FINAL CRISIS, as well as 52 AFTERMATH: THE FOUR HORSEMEN and MIDNIGHTER, plus a gazillion other things. He was the illustrator of the DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 series O.M.A.C. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 59 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Unknown Soldier (new edition) Garth Ennis, Killian Plunkett 9781401244170 Pub Date: 3/4/14, On Sale Date: 3/4 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 112 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 82 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: A maverick CIA agent navigates a minefield of dirty tricks and black operatives as he embarks on a globehopping search for the legendary military operative known only as Codename Unknown Soldier. Sergeant Rock meets Apocalypse Now in this fast-paced tale by Garth Ennis and Kilian Plunkett that explores battlefield morality and the complex nature of patriotism. Collects #1-4. Author Bio: Garth Ennis has been writing comics for twenty years, initially for British titles like 2000 AD and Crisis, then for various American publishers. As well as PREACHER, his credits include HELLBLAZER, HITMAN, WAR STORY, ADVENTURES IN THE RIFLE BRIGADE, KEV, BATTLER BRITTON, The Boys, Battlefields, Dan Dare, 303, The Chronicles of Wormwood, Crossed, Streets of Glory, Dicks, The Punisher, Fury and The Pro. Originally hailing from Belfast, Northern Ireland, he now resides in New York City... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Nightwing Vol. 3: Death of the Family (The New 52) Kyle Higgins, Eddy Barrows 9781401244132 Pub Date: 12/31/13, On Sale Date: 12/31 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 44 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: After having his face sliced off one year ago, the Joker makes his horrifying return to Gotham City! But even for man who's committed a lifetime of murder, he's more dangerous than ever before. The Joker sets his twisted sights on the members of the Bat-Family and attacks them all where it hurts-and for Dick Grayson, that means going after the family he's built up for the past year at Haly's Circus! Author Bio: Kyle Higgins is an American comic book writer best known for his work with DC Comics. Higgins' knack for dynamic action scenes and pacing make him one of the best up and coming talents in the industry. His previous works include the limited series BATMAN: GATES OF GOTHAM along with best-selling writer Scott Snyder, as well as BATMAN and DETECTIVE COMICS. He is currently writing NIGHTWING as a part of DC Comics-The New 52 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 ARISA 11 Natsumi Ando 9781612622521 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: ArisaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: A CRUEL ROYAL HISTORY Tsubasa thought she'd finally reconciled with her sister, only to watch her go back to Midori's side! Shocked and confused, Tsubasa heads to Midori's hometown, desperate for answers. But while she spends her time digging up the past, the King's schemes continue to fester! Who will be his next victim? Story Locale: Japan Series Overview: Twin sisters, Arisa and Tsubasa, are separated by their parents' divorce. The twins secretly exchange letters during their sepa... Author Bio: Born January 27th in the Aichi prefecture of Japan, NATSUMI ANDO won the prestigious 19th annual Nakayoshi Rookie Award in 1994 for her debut, Headstrong Cinderella. Her other popular series include Zodiac P.I. and Kitchen Princess. Her hobbies include reading, watching movies, and eating delicious food. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 60 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sailor Moon Short Stories 1 Naoko Takeuchi 9781612624426 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Sailor Moon Short StoriesTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: In this first of two collections of short stories, we find our favorite Sailor Guardians and their friends encountering new mysteries, enemies, allies, and once more saving the day. After the daughter of a foreign diplomat transfers to her school, Chibi-Usa's male classmates suspiciously stop attending classes. Upon investigation, ChibiUsa discovers the new transfer student is a vampire! Mamoru's birthday gift to Chibi-Usa turns out to be the brainwashing device of a depressed folk tal... Author Bio: Naoko Takeuchi lives in Tokyo, Japan. Takeuchi's works have a wide following among anime and manga fans worldwide. Her most popular work, Sailor Moon, rose to become one of the most recognized manga and anime products to date. Author Residence: Tokyo, Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Attack on Titan 6 Hajime Isayama 9781612622552 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Attack on TitanTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: TITAN ON THE HUNT On the way to Eren's home, deep in Titan territory, the Survey Corps ranks are broken by a charge led by a female Titan! But this Abnormal is different - she kills not to eat but to protect herself, and she seems to be looking for someone. Armin comes to a shocking conclusion: She's a human in a Titan's body, just like Eren! Story Locale: The post-apocalyptic future Series Overview: Humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Li... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Genshiken: Second Season 3 Shimoku Kio 9781612622996 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Genshiken: Second SeasonTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: DAMSEL (?) IN DISTRESS The cross-dressing Hato has captured the hearts of everyone in the Genshiken, but the sudden appearance of a beautiful "girl" in the otaku club raises suspicions among the student council members. A knight in shining armor steps in to save Hato... Yoshitake's big brother! But he has secrets of his own... Story Locale: Tokyo, Japan Series Overview: Welcome to the world of the Genshiken, home of the true otaku - the Japanese term for ubergeek. This is the story ... Author Bio: Shimoku Kio is a Japanese manga artist who is most well known for Genshiken and its spin-off, Kujibiki Unbalance, both of which exist in manga and anime/original video animation form. He is also known for the manga series Digopuri and Kagerowic Diary. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 61 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sherlock Bones 1 Yuma Ando, Yuki Sato 9781612624440 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $10.99/$11.99 Can. 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: Sherlock Holmes is reborn with a twist. Sherlock Bones has the enigmatic detective reincarnated as a dog! And there's no slowing this hound down once he's on to the scent of a good mystery. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic super sleuth has seen a strong revival in modern culture with the BBC's Sherlock and CBS' Elementary. Now manga fans can get their fill of deductive reasoning with Sherlock Bones! With a nice balance of playful humor and serious drama, this title will appeal to all a... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Battle Angel Alita: Last Order 18 Yukito Kishiro 9781612622972 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Battle Angel Alita: Last OrderTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: The sci-fi manga epic of the last two decades, Battle Angel Alita is a major comics and animation franchise well known to comics and cyberpunk fans. This is the final, climactic volume in a story that has maintained a loyal following for over twenty years. 16 and up. A sophisticated science fiction tale full of action and mindbending artistic creations. Alita is a cyborg who staunchly clings to her humanity in a teeming, chaotic universe. Series Overview: After years in the Scrapya... Author Bio: When he was only seventeen, Yukito Kishiro was nominated for Japanese publisher Shogakukan's Best New Comic award. Creator of other popular manga titles, Kishiro is known for his strong characters, original settings, and intricate, lifelike artwork. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fairy Tail 30 Hiro Mashima 9781612624075 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Fairy TailTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: THE BLACK DRAGON AND THE END OF FAIRY TAIL! Grimoire Heart is in disarray, but it¹s already too late! Acnologia, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse, is on its way to unleash death magic that will consume the world. To this massive beast, the ³dragon slayers² are little more than insolent insects. There are some enemies not even Fairy Tail can defeat, and after this confrontation the guild will never be the same! Series Overview: Fairy Tail takes place in a world filled with magic. 17-... Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one of the most popular manga artists in America. Fairy Tail, Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 62 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Air Gear 29 9781612620343 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Air GearTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: Air Gear is an exciting, top-selling manga from a known creator (Oh!great), with an anime available in the U.S. Ages 16 and up. After a strong debut, Air Gear quickly became a fan-favorite series for Kodansha! Story Locale: Tokyo, Japan Series Overview: Everybody knows that Itsuki is the most fearsome skater around. With his high-tech Air Gear skates, his moves are so smooth they're almost like flying. But when you're the best, someone always wants to take you down. Action, adventure... Author Bio: OH! GREAT is a Japanese manga artist whose fan-favorite works include Tenjho Tenge and Air Gear. Author Residence: Tokyo, Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Animal Land 8 Raiku Makoto 9781612622507 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Animal LandTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: A quirky adventure manga set in a fantastic animal world with off-beat humor and unique art. 13 and up. Animal Land is a heartwarming tale of courage, determination and love. The story stays light on its feet with fun artwork and imaginative world environments. Story Locale: Animal Land Series Overview: Orphaned after her parents were killed by Lynxes, Monoko is the only tanuki (raccoon dog) in her village without a family, until she finds a human baby in a river. In Animal Land, a w... Author Bio: Raiku Makoto is a Japanese manga creator who previously wrote Zatch Bell. Author Residence: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Vinland Saga 1 Makoto Yukimura 9781612624204 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $19.99/$22.99 Can. 464 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Vinland SagaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.688 in W | 8.000 in H 144mm W | 203mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: The epic action manga for fans of Game of Thrones. A story of war, royal intrigue, suspense and revenge set against the Viking invasions of England. Readers of gory medieval sagas and "low fantasy" series like Berserk won't find a more compelling manga series. Hardcover two-in-one format packed with extras appeals to college-aged and adult fans. The release of Vinland Saga is perfectly timed to coincide with the Game of Thrones craze, and the launch of the historical drama Vikings on... Author Bio: Author Hometown: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 63 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Negima! Omnibus 8 Ken Akamatsu 9781612622729 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $19.99/$21.99 Can. 600 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Negima! OmnibusTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: The story beings again! A young wizard teaches English at an all-girl Japanese junior high school and fun and wackiness ensue! 16 and up. Representing the volumes 19-21 of this hit series at a reduced price! Story Locale: Tokyo, Japan Series Overview: A ten-year-old wizard, Negi Springfield is also a teacher with a wide variety of strange and unusual students. With every new adventure, they learn more about each other and themselves. Publication History: Trade Paperback Original Author Bio: KEN AKAMATSU is the best-selling creator of Love Hina, one of the most popular manga series in America. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Missions of Love 5 Ema Toyama 9781612622873 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Missions of LoveTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: From the creator of 'I am Here!', which was a sleeper hit for Kodansha Comics. Strong demand for this series. Ages 16 and up. Romantic hijinx and sexual tension are rampant in this funny and dramatic shojo series. Can a girl blackmail a boy to teach her about love, just so she can write a new novel? Series Overview: In school, Yukina is a cold and distant girl, while Shigure appears to be a perfect, good-looking guy. But the two of them have a secret, and their extraordinary "love" is... Author Bio: Ema Toyama is a female Japanese manga artist. She made her debut in September 2003 in the monthly manga magazine Nakayoshi with her story, Tenshi no Tamago, which was published in the U.S. under the title Pixie Pop. Her other title published in the U.S. is Kodansha Comics' I Am Here. Almost all of her works are published by Kodansha. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 No. 6 Volume 3 Atsuko Asano 9781612623573 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: No. 6Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: I'M WITH YOU, NO MATTER WHAT. On the run from No. 6, Shion begins moves in with Rat in West Block. Though life outside the comfort of the city is a trial, Shion learns to survive. Meanwhile, back in Chronos, the elite core of No. 6, Safu begins to look into his disappearance only to find herself under arrest! And what can Shion possibly do from exile to help his lifelong friend? Story Locale: No. 6 Series Overview: When Shion, a privileged boy, gives shelter to an urchin for the nig... Author Bio: Atsuko Asano, born in 1954 in Okayama Prefecture, is a Japanese writer who has penned the children's series Telepathy Shojo Ran, and the manga series The Manzai Comics. She began writing childrens novels while attending Aoyama Gakuin College, and majored in literature. Hotaru-kan Monogatari was her first novel. In 1997 she Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 64 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fairy Tail 31 Hiro Mashima 9781612624082 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Fairy TailTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: BACK TO SQUARE ONE! Seven years have passed, and without its most powerful wizards Fairy Tail has become the laughingstock of the magical world! Even after retuning, Natsu, Erza, Makarov and the others quickly realize that restoring Fairy Tail's good name will be tougher than they imagined. New and far more powerful guilds have arisen, and the upcoming Grand Magic Games might be Fairy Tail's only chance at redemption. But how do you make up for seven years away in just a few days? Ser... Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one of the most popular manga artists in America. Fairy Tail, currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine, is his latest creation. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sailor Moon Box Set 2 (Vol. 7-12) Naoko Takeuchi 9781612623979 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $65.94/$75.94 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Sailor MoonTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Kodansha Comics Summary: Collecting volumes 7 through 12 of the #1 bestselling manga of 2012, Sailor Moon! The box is designed using Sailor Moon art never before published in the U.S. This box set can be joined together with the Sailor Moon Box Set 1 to create one beautiful image - the perfect addition to a Moonie's shelf! Plus there's a new exclusive sticker set! Series Overview: Usagi Tsukino is a normal girl until she meets up with Luna, a talking cat, who tells her that she is Sailor Moon. As Sailor Moon,... Author Bio: Naoko Takeuchi lives in Tokyo, Japan. Takeuchi's works have a wide following among anime and manga fans worldwide. Her most popular work, Sailor Moon, rose to become one of the most recognized manga and anime products to date. Author Residence: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sankarea 3 Mitsuru Hattori 9781612623535 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: SankareaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: Boy meets girl, then accidentally turns girl into a zombie when she falls off a cliff and disembowels herself. Aimed at young male fans of The Walking Dead and other zombie TV shows, movies and games, particularly this year's zombie rom-com "Warm Bodies." Fans of the anime will want to check out the original manga upon which it was based. 16 and up. Now openly living with Chihiro's family, Rea makes her triumphant return to school. Meanwhile, a strange girl from overseas suddenly sh... Author Bio: Mittsuru Hattori is the author of several works of manga, including Inu Neko Jump! and Otogi no Machi no Rena. Sankarea is her first work to be published in the U.S. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 65 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Air Gear Omnibus 2 9781612624013 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $19.99/$22.99 Can. 600 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Air GearTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: Air Gear is an exciting, top-selling manga from a known creator (Oh!great), with an anime available in the U.S. Ages 16 and up. Air Gear returns in this new 3-in-1 omnibus! Story Locale: Tokyo, Japan Series Overview: Everybody knows that Itsuki is the most fearsome skater around. With his high-tech Air Gear skates, his moves are so smooth they're almost like flying. But when you're the best, someone always wants to take you down. Action, adventure, and high-stakes competition-and tha... Author Bio: OH! GREAT is a Japanese manga artist whose fan-favorite works include Tenjho Tenge and Air Gear. Author Residence: Tokyo, Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode Mia Ikumi 9781612624198 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $14.99/$16.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: Tokyo Mew Mew is the story of a young girl who gains powers after an accident at a musuem, and uses those powers to protect the earth! 10 and up. This is a stand-alone sequel to the class Tokyo Mew Mew. Ichigo is out on a date with her 'crush' when suddenly she's involved in an odd incident in which her DNA is merged with the DNA of an almost extinct wildcat. When four other girls' DNA is merged with the DNA of four other almost extinct animals, it's apparent that they're part of a muc... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Cage of Eden 12 Yoshinobu Yamada 9781612622613 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Cage of EdenTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: WHO TO TRUST? What was supposed to be humanity's last stronghold has crumbled without a trace, and the school kids are under siege by three different kinds of extinct creatures! With their backs against the wall, the real Miina suddenly reveals the creatures' specific weaknesses - details no modern human being should know! Is she telling the truth, or bluffing? Akira will decide which - and bet his own life! Story Locale: Mystery Island Series Overview: Akira and his classmates are ... Author Bio: Author Residence: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 66 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fairy Tail 32 Hiro Mashima 9781612624099 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Fairy TailTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: AN OLD RIVALRY REKINDLED The Grand Magic Games finally begin, but the member of Fairy Tail's team are shocked to find themselves facing off against their old nemesis Raven Tail! They may no longer be a "dark guild," but as the first round begins Erza's sure there's still something sinister going on. Of course, they'll never know what that might be unless Fairy Tail's team can pull themselves out of last place! Series Overview: Fairy Tail takes place in a world filled with magic. 17-ye... Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one of the most popular manga artists in America. Fairy Tail, currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine, is his latest creation. Author Residence: Tokyo, Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sherlock Bones 2 Yuma Ando, Yuki Sato 9781612624457 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 $10.99/$11.99 Can. 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: Sherlock Holmes is reborn with a twist. Sherlock Bones has the enigmatic detective reincarnated as a dog! And there's no slowing this hound down once he's on to the scent of a good mystery. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic super sleuth has seen a strong revival in modern culture with the BBC's Sherlock and CBS' Elementary. Now manga fans can get their fill of deductive reasoning with Sherlock Bones! With a nice balance of playful humor and serious drama, this title will appeal to all a... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sailor Moon Short Stories 2 Naoko Takeuchi 9781612620107 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Sailor Moon Short StoriesTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: The second collection of short stories actually consists of one long, and two short tales. The first and longest story pays homage to one of the oldest folk tales of Japan, "the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter." Usagi's faithful sidekick Luna is saved by and ends up developing a crush on an astrophysicist whose dream of becoming an astronaut has been dashed by heart disease. His life is further complicated when he happens upon a mysterious crystal shard the same night he discovers a new comet... Author Bio: Naoko Takeuchi lives in Tokyo, Japan. Takeuchi's works have a wide following among anime and manga fans worldwide. Her most popular work, Sailor Moon, rose to become one of the most recognized manga and anime products to date. Author Residence: Tokyo, Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 67 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Attack on Titan 7 Hajime Isayama 9781612622569 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Attack on TitanTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: TURNING ON THEIR OWN The Survey Corps sets a cunning trap to capture the mysterious Abnormal Titan that broke through their ranks. As Arwin tries to determine the grotesque creature's identity and purpose, scouts report Titans closing in on all sides! But they don't seem to be after the humans - instead they're targeting the Titan! Story Locale: The post-apocalyptic future Series Overview: Humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is kno... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fairy Tail 33 Hiro Mashima 9781612624105 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Fairy TailTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: DEFEATS AND EVIL PORTENTS Hoping to break Fairy Tail's humiliating losing streak at the Grand Magic Games, Elfman prepares to face Bacchus, an old enemy of Erza's. Away from the tournament, a still recuperating Wendy is kidnapped out from under even Natsu's sensitive nose, and Carla experiences a terrible vision: A white knight, the palace of the king of Fiore in ruins and Lucy singing as the capital burns! Series Overview: Fairy Tail takes place in a world filled with magic. 17-year-... Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one of the most popular manga artists in America. Fairy Tail, currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine, is his latest creation. Author Residence: Tokyo, Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 No. 6 Volume 4 Atsuko Asano 9781612623580 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: No. 6Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: "OUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL ARE ROUGHLY ZERO PERCENT." Shion accidentally learning that his childhood friend Safu is under arrest - and all because of him! Not wanting to get Rat involved, Shion sets out alone to save her. But how can he possibly infiltrate No. 6's secure correctional facility and escape with a high-priority prisoner all on his own? Story Locale: No. 6 Series Overview: When Shion, a privileged boy, gives shelter to an urchin for the night, the city he once called home ... Author Bio: Atsuko Asano, born in 1954 in Okayama Prefecture, is a Japanese writer who has penned the children's series Telepathy Shojo Ran, and the manga series The Manzai Comics. She began writing childrens novels while attending Aoyama Gakuin College, and majored in literature. Hotaru-kan Monogatari was her first novel. In 1997 she Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 68 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sankarea 4 Mitsuru Hattori 9781612623542 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: SankareaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: Boy meets girl, then accidentally turns girl into a zombie when she falls off a cliff and disembowels herself. Aimed at young male fans of The Walking Dead and other zombie TV shows, movies and games, particularly this year's zombie rom-com "Warm Bodies." Fans of the anime will want to check out the original manga upon which it was based. 16 and up. Series is ongoing in Japan. The cruel reality of being a zombie begins to close in on Rea...soon the desire to eat human flesh is going... Author Bio: Mittsuru Hattori is the author of several works of manga, including Inu Neko Jump! and Otogi no Machi no Rena. Sankarea is her first work to be published in the U.S. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fairy Tail 34 Hiro Mashima 9781612624112 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Fairy TailTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: CASTLE CRASHING! Outraged by the way Yukino has been treated, Natsu goes on the warpath and challenges the master of Sabretooth to a fight! Back at the tournament, the wizards prepare to face Pandemonium, a castle built out of magic containing one hundred terrible monsters, the most powerful of which are easily capable of taking down a Wizard Saint. But when Erza, desperate to reclaim Fairy Tail's honor, wins the right to go first, she declares that she'll take on all one hundred at on... Author Bio: HIRO MASHIMA was born May 3, 1977, in the Nagano prefecture. His series Rave Master has made him one of the most popular manga artists in America. Fairy Tail, currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine, is his latest creation. Author Residence: Tokyo, Japan Author Hometown: Nagano, Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Missions of Love 6 Ema Toyama 9781612622880 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Missions of LoveTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: From the creator of 'I am Here!', which was a sleeper hit for Kodansha Comics. Strong demand for this series. Ages 16 and up. Romantic hijinx and sexual tension are rampant in this funny and dramatic shojo series. Can a girl blackmail a boy to teach her about love, just so she can write a new novel? Series Overview: In school, Yukina is a cold and distant girl, while Shigure appears to be a perfect, good-looking guy. But the two of them have a secret, and their extraordinary "love" is... Author Bio: Ema Toyama is a female Japanese manga artist. She made her debut in September 2003 in the monthly manga magazine Nakayoshi with her story, Tenshi no Tamago, which was published in the U.S. under the title Pixie Pop. Her other title published in the U.S. is Kodansha Comics' I Am Here. Almost all of her works are published by Kodansha. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 69 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sherlock Bones 3 Yuma Ando, Yuki Sato 9781612624464 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $10.99/$11.99 Can. 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: Sherlock Holmes is reborn with a twist. Sherlock Bones has the enigmatic detective reincarnated as a dog! And there's no slowing this hound down once he's on to the scent of a good mystery. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic super sleuth has seen a strong revival in modern culture with the BBC's Sherlock and CBS' Elementary. Now manga fans can get their fill of deductive reasoning with Sherlock Bones! With a nice balance of playful humor and serious drama, this title will appeal to all a... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Arisa 12 Natsumi Ando 9781612624396 Pub Date: 1/21/14, On Sale Date: 1/21 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 180 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: ArisaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: The final volume in the series! The latest work from Natsumi Ando, creator of the bestselling series Kitchen Princess. A unique mystery that will appeal to female comics readers who enjoy their manga with a dark, psychological twist. Arisa and Tsubasa's tale comes to an end. What will happen to the King? Series Overview: Twin sisters, Arisa and Tsubasa, are separated by their parents' divorce. The twins secretly exchange letters during their separation. Finally reunited after three ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Vinland Saga 2 Makoto Yukimura 9781612624211 Pub Date: 1/21/14, On Sale Date: 1/21 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $19.99/$22.99 Can. 464 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Vinland SagaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.688 in W | 8.000 in H 144mm W | 203mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: The epic action manga for fans of Game of Thrones. A story of war, royal intrigue, suspense and revenge set against the Viking invasions of England. Readers of gory medieval sagas and "low fantasy" series like Berserk won't find a more compelling manga series. Hardcover two-in-one format packed with extras appeals to college-aged and adult fans. The release of Vinland Saga is perfectly timed to coincide with the Game of Thrones craze, and the launch of the historical drama Vikings on... Author Bio: Author Hometown: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 70 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Air Gear 30 9781612620350 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Air GearTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: Air Gear is an exciting, top-selling manga from a known creator (Oh!great), with an anime available in the U.S. Ages 16 and up. After a strong debut, Air Gear quickly became a fan-favorite series for Kodansha! Story Locale: Tokyo, Japan Series Overview: Everybody knows that Itsuki is the most fearsome skater around. With his high-tech Air Gear skates, his moves are so smooth they're almost like flying. But when you're the best, someone always wants to take you down. Action, adventure... Author Bio: OH! GREAT is a Japanese manga artist whose fan-favorite works include Tenjho Tenge and Air Gear. Author Residence: Tokyo, Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Wallflower 32 Tomoko Hayakawa 9781612624433 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: WallflowerTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: It's the ultimate makeover! Four gorgeous guys must turn a reclusive girl into a "real lady." 13 and up. The Wallflower (Yamatonadeshiko Shichihenge) is consistently one of the top ten manga in Japan, according to NewType Magazine. The first 16 volumes of the series have sold more than 4 million copies! Story Locale: Japan Series Overview: Four fabulous guys must completely transform a high school recluse into a real lady if they want to go on living rent-free in her aunt's luxurious... Author Bio: TOMOKO HAYAKAWA has written several manga series, but The Wallflower (Yamatonadeshiko Shichihenge) is her most popular. Author Hometown: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus 3 Yukito Kishiro 9781612622934 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $19.99/$22.99 Can. 600 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Battle Angel Alita: Last OrderTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 7.500 in H 130mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: The sci-fi manga epic of the last two decades, Battle Angel Alita is a major comics and animation franchise well known to comics and cyberpunk fans. Even those who already own the series will want to buy this omnibus, which includes three volumes of Battle Angel Alita: Last Order in an updated translation, plus 60 pages of short stories never before published in the United States. 16 and up. A sophisticated science fiction tale full of action and mindbending artistic creations. Alit... Author Bio: When he was only seventeen, Yukito Kishiro was nominated for Japanese publisher Shogakukan's Best New Comic award. Creator of other popular manga titles, Kishiro is known for his strong characters, original settings, and intricate, lifelike artwork. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 71 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sankarea 5 Mitsuru Hattori 9781612623986 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: SankareaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: Boy meets girl, then accidentally turns girl into a zombie when she falls off a cliff and disembowels herself. Aimed at young male fans of The Walking Dead and other zombie TV shows, movies and games, particularly this year's zombie rom-com "Warm Bodies." Fans of the anime will want to check out the original manga upon which it was based. 16 and up. Series is ongoing in Japan. As a zombie, Rea has entered her "turbid period," and Chihiro sees a mysterious light shining in her eyes. ... Author Bio: Mittsuru Hattori is the author of several works of manga, including Inu Neko Jump! and Otogi no Machi no Rena. Sankarea is her first work to be published in the U.S. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Cage of Eden 13 Yoshinobu Yamada 9781612622620 Pub Date: 2/18/14, On Sale Date: 2/18 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Cage of EdenTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: An exciting action manga that appeals to fans of Lost and Jurassic Park. Will appeal to teen manga readers looking for a shonen series with real dangers and sinister conspiracies. 16 and up. Expect the unexpected in Cage of Eden where stranded teens look to survive on a dangerous island full of surprises. Story Locale: Mystery Island Series Overview: Akira and his classmates are on a plane heading back home after a field trip abroad. Suddenly the plane crashes on a mysterious islan... Author Bio: Author Residence: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 No. 6 Volume 5 Atsuko Asano 9781612623597 Pub Date: 2/18/14, On Sale Date: 2/18 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: No. 6Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: A dystopian thriller for fans of The Hunger Games. Viewers of the anime series will want to see a more detailed take on the story. Young female fantasy readers will love the sensitive portrayal of an unsteady friendship growing in adversity. 16 and up. Series is ongoing in Japan. Soldiers from No. 6 suddenly begin a massacre of unarmed civilians, hauling the survivors off to the correctional facility! The only way to get into the facility to save Safu is to get swept up in the dragn... Author Bio: Atsuko Asano, born in 1954 in Okayama Prefecture, is a Japanese writer who has penned the children's series Telepathy Shojo Ran, and the manga series The Manzai Comics. She began writing childrens novels while Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 72 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fairy Tail 35 Hiro Mashima 9781612624129 Pub Date: 2/25/14, On Sale Date: 2/25 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Fairy TailTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: Starting with Vol. 30, the story jumps ahead seven years, opening up new ground in this longrunning, bestselling series. Fairy Tail is by fan-favorite author Hiro Mashima, whose previous work, Rave Master, has sold more than 300,000 copies in the United States. Releases monthly! Ages 13 and up. From the creator of the smash hit Monster Hunter Orage, Hiro Mashima-Fairy Tail is an adventure series full of magic, action, humor and fantastic characters! Series Overview: Fairy Tail ta... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Afghanistan - Culture Smart! : The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Nazes Afroz, Moska Najib 9781857336795 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $9.95/$12.95 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Travel / Asia Series: Culture Smart!Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Kazakhstan - Culture Smart! : The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Dina Zhansagimova 9781857336818 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $9.95/$12.95 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Travel / Asia Series: Culture Smart!Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Kuperard Summary: Afghanistan is situated at the crossroads of Asia, a strategically important location that connects the Middle East with Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Down the ages it has been subjected to continuous foreign invasion and intervention-from Alexander the Great to Genghis Khan, and as a pawn in the struggle between the British and Russian Empires-making its people wary of outsiders. That history is being repeated in the twenty-first century. Afghanistan has always been seen ... Author Bio: Moska Najib was born in Afghanistan and educated in India and Switzerland, where she graduated in International Communications with distinction. A journalist by profession, she joined the BBC Bureau in Delhi as a researcher and went on to become a producer and reporter. In the past five years her work with the BBC has taken her all over India to produce, and sometimes report on, news and social features for BBC television channels and World Service radio. She is a keen traveler and p... Kuperard Summary: Kazakhstan, one of the largest countries on earth, was long hidden from the rest of the world behind the Iron Curtain, and continued to remain unnoticed among the "stans" of Central Asia that gained independence from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Now, twenty years later, it has emerged as a modern state with far-reaching ambitions. It has developed rapidly over the last decade, raising a brand-new capital in the middle of its vast, empty grasslands, and stepping up to take the le... Author Bio: Dina Zhansagimova is a Kazakh journalist living in Almaty. After graduating in economics from the Kazakh State University, and gaining an MBA, she became a reporter covering news and current affairs for Kazakh television companies. She then joined the UN Development Program to work on social development projects in Kazakhstan, traveling to some of the most remote regions of the country. In 2003 she was invited to London by the BBC World Service to broadcast news programs in Kazakh. L... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 73 KUPERARD Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Albania - Culture Smart! : The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Farah Ramadan 9781857336566 Pub Date: 4/22/14, On Sale Date: 4/22 $9.95/$12.95 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Travel / Europe Series: Culture Smart!Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 Kuperard Summary: Albania, on the Balkan coast of the Adriatic Sea, is almost the land that time forgot. Waiting to be rediscovered, it is a country rich in natural resources, history, traditions, and culture. Romans, Byzantines, Slavs, Venetians, and Ottoman Turks all left their mark. In modern times, after briefly gaining independence, Albania endured decades of oppression under Italian Fascist, Nazi German, and hard-line Communist rule, and was in the iron grip of the Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxa for... Author Bio: FARAH RAMADAN grew up in Norway, but has an Albanian background from Macedonia. After graduating in Political Science at the University of Oslo she worked as an intern at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Tirana in 2007, returning there in 2009 and 2010 to work as a consultant in a Norwegian energy company. She has also lived and worked in Macedonia and spent time in Kosovo. Her summer and Christmas vacations are spent with her fiancé and his family in Albania, giving her first-hand ins... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Around the World in 500 Festivals : The World's Most Spectacular Celebrations Steve Davey 9781857336856 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $26.95/$29.95 Can. 272 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Travel / Pictorials Series: Culture Smart!Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 Kuperard Summary: Around the World in 500 Festivals is a rare book that will fascinate and inspire. A large-format, beautifully illustrated coffee-table volume, it is a photographic exploration of the richness and variety of the world's most colourful, moving, joyful, and spectacular celebrations. Thousands of festivals, great and small, take place around the world every year. The book contains: • A unique selection of 500 unmissable festivals around the world • More than 200 full-colour photographs th... Author Bio: STEVE DAVEY is a distinguished writer and photographer based in London. For the last twenty years he has traveled the world, writing and photographing features and books. He is the author of the internationally bestselling Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die and Unforgettable Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Story of My Assassins Tarun Tejpal 9781612192611 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $16.95/$16.95 Can. 544 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Literary Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Melville House Summary: A re-launch of the widely reviewed novel (published October 2012) in paperback, with a focus on continuing to position its author as an exciting and accessible new voice from the "real" India. (A second novel, Valley of Masks, will be published in February 2014.) At the same time, we hope to add blurbs and endorsements from significant non-Indian writers, to make it clear that you don't have to know much about India to enjoy this thrilling, unforgettable book. When a journalist decides... Author Bio: TARUN J. TEJPAL is a journalist, publisher, novelist, and founder of India's leading news magazine, Tehelka. He has been named one of India's most influential people by The Guardian, Businessweek and Asiaweek. A celebrated literary novelist as well as a journalist, his fiction has been awarded France's Prix Mille Pages and was a finalist for the Man Asian Literary Prize. His debut novel, The Alchemy of Desire, was hailed by V.S. Naipaul as "a new and Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 74 MELVILLE HOUSE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Besmel : A Novel of the Iran-Iraq War Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, Aida Bahrami 9781612193007 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $16.95/$16.95 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Literary Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Melville House Summary: Set during the Iran-Iraq War, Besmal further confirms Mahmoud Dowlatabadi as the foremost chronicler of Iranian history and one of the world's most important writers. Melville House continues to advocate for this fearless and uncensored voice and to promote his masterworks in the English-speaking world. The master of Iranian letters tells a daring story about a war correspondent trying to report the truth about life under a totalitarian regime Author Bio: MAHMOUD DOWLATABADI is one of the Middle East's most important writers of the last century. The author of numerous novels, plays and screenplays, he is a leading proponent of social and artistic freedom in contemporary Iran. Dowlatabadi pioneered the use of the everyday language of the Iranian people as suitable for high literary art, and often examines the lives of the marginal and oppressed in his work, such as in his previous Melville House title, Missing Soluch, his first work tr... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Half the Kingdom : A Novel Lore Segal 9781612193021 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $23.95/$23.95 Can. 144 pages Hardback Fiction / Literary Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.750 in W | 8.750 in H 146mm W | 222mm H Melville House Summary: Renowned New Yorker writer's first book since her Pulitzer-prize finalist Shakespeare's Kitchen in 2008. This is Segal's career book-definitely a national award winner. A great get for Melville House. A brilliant dark comedy about life, death and growing old in America. All told with Segal's characteristic humor, crystalline style and deadpan delivery-and hilarious sense of the absurd. Story Locale: New York City Author Bio: LORE SEGAL is the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Shakespeare's Kitchen, her most recent book, as well as the novels Lucinella, Other People's Houses and Her First American. She is the recipient of the American Academy and the Institutes of Arts and Letters Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, The O'Henry Prize and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize. She has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic and other publications. She also writes children's books... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Script & Scribble : The Rise and Fall of Handwriting Kitty Burns Florey 9781612193045 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $16.95/$16.95 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Language Arts & Disciplines / Handwriting Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 7.000 in W | 8.250 in H 178mm W | 210mm H Melville House Summary: A paperback edition of the widely reviewed book (2009): We hope to re-positon Script & Scribble with a new jacket and lower price point. "...a witty and readable (and fetchingly illustrated and glossed) excursion through the history of handwriting..." -Cullen Murphy, The Wall Street Journal Author Bio: KITTY BURNS FLOREY is the author of Sister Bernadette's Barking Dog: The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences. A veteran copy editor, she has also written nine novels and many short stories and essays. She lives in Connecticut. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 75 MELVILLE HOUSE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Vidal vs. Mailer Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Carole Mallory 9781612192666 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $15.95/$15.95 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Biography & Autobiography / Literary Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Melville House Summary: A collection of interviews and correspondence documenting the decades-long fightrhetorical and physical-between Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal. We think the collection will generate feature and review coverage, especially in literary publications and websites, where the feud remains of cult interest. The most outrageous literary feud of the century, captured through rare interviews, transcripts, and correspondence Author Bio: Gore Vidal (1925-2012) was the author of numerous novels, short stories, plays, screenplays and essays. A winner of the National Book Award, he was also a tireless political activist and, running as Democratic candidate for Congress in upstate New York, received more votes for that district than any Democrat in a half-century. Norman Mailer (1923-2007) was the author of more than thirty books, including The Naked and the Dead; The Armies of the Night, for which he won a National Boo... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Art of Lying Down : A Guide to Horizontal Living Bernd Brunner, Lori Lantz 9781612193090 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $19.95/$19.95 Can. 176 pages / 40 PHOTOS AND ILLUSTRATIONS Hardback LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 4.750 in W | 7.500 in H 121mm W | 191mm H Melville House Summary: From a celebrated cultural historian, a witty, fascinating history of an idea-Brunner synthesizes art, science, psychology, literature and more to shed light on something we all do, but rarely think about. An utterly charming, elegantly written, deeply researched study of lying down: how to do it, how not to do it, why we like it, how we've done it in the past, and why we should keep doing it in the future. Author Bio: Bernd Brunner was born in 1964, and is the author of a number of highly entertaining books at the intersection of cultural and science history, including Inventing the Christmas Tree, Bears: A Brief History, and The Ocean at Home. He lives in Berlin. Author Residence: Berlin Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Old World Kitchen : The Rich Tradition of European Country Cooking Elisabeth Luard 9781612192680 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $35.00/$35.00 Can. 560 pages Hardback Cooking / Regional & Ethnic Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 7.000 in W | 10.000 in H 178mm W | 254mm H Melville House Summary: Acquired on Mark Bittman's recommendation, The Old World Kitchen is a comprehensive reference work on European cooking. We will market it as a "lost classic" and as essential for any cook's library. It was first published in the U.S. by Bantam in 1987. A re-discovered classic on the essentials of European cooking, Mark Bittman calls it, "the best cookbook no one's ever heard of." Story Locale: Europe Author Bio: Elisabeth Luard is an award-winning food writer, journalist and broadcaster. She is the author of ten cook books, including The Old World Kitchen, The Latin American Kitchen and The Food of Spain and Portugal, as well as two volumes of autobiography and two novels. Her thirteen-part TV series, The Rich Tradition, was broadcast on BBC2. She spent many years living in rural Spain, France and Italy, and traveling across Europe collecting recipes, many of which are Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 76 MELVILLE HOUSE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Viva La Pizza! Scott Wiener 9781612193076 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $22.00/$22.00 Can. 160 pages / 100 FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS Hardback Cooking / Courses & Dishes Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 7.250 in W | 7.250 in H 184mm W | 184mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview : And Other Conversations Hannah Arendt 9781612193113 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $15.95/$15.95 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Biography & Autobiography / Women Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 A Highly Unlikely Scenario, or a Neetsa Pizza Employee's Guide to Saving the World : A Novel Rachel Cantor 9781612192642 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Literary Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 7.500 in H 140mm W | 191mm H Melville House Summary: A book on pizza box art: a mad, mad art...We expect this fully illustrated book to be the subject of wide media attention. We are also looking to sell Viva La Pizza into gift and special sales accounts. The world's expert on pizza boxes collects 100 weird and wild box designs Author Bio: Scott Wiener leads "Scott's Pizza Tours," which take tourists and New Yorkers to the best New York City pizzerias. He has contributed to PMQ's Pizza Magazine, Pizza Today Magazine, and PizzaMarketplace.com. He has also judged culinary competitions at the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas and the America's Plate competition in New York. He has also been a talking head on pizza on the Travel Channel, the Cooking Channel, Discovery Channel, Fox News, and NBC's Today in New York, and... Melville House Summary: A unique selection of the most significant interviews given by Hannah Arendt, including the last she gave before her death in 1975. Some published here in English for the first time. Arendt was one of the most important thinkers of her time, famous for her idea of "the banality of evil" which continues to provoke debate. This collection provides new and startling insight into Arendt's thoughts about Watergate and the nature of American politics, about totalitarianism and history, and h... Author Bio: Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the foremost political philosophers of the twentieth century. She fled Europe for the United States in 1941 and spent her career as a professor at a number of American universities, including the New School for Social Research and University of Chicago. She is best known for her books The Origins of Totalitarianism and Eichmann in Jerusalem. Melville House Summary: In the spirit of A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Super Sad True Love Story, a debut novel about an intergalactic pizza delivery hotline employee who starts getting calls from Marco Polo. The author is an exciting new voice-and Melville House will launch this as our big debut of the year. In the spirit of A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a hilarious dystopian novel about a world ruled by fast food companies, where book clubs lead the revolution Author Bio: RACHEL CANTOR's short stories have appeared in the Paris Review, One Story, Kenyon Review, Ninth Letter, New England Review, Fence, and elsewhere. They have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize three times, and have been short-listed by both Best American Short Stories and the O. Henry Awards. Rachel has received fellowships from the Yaddo Corporation, the MacDowell Colony, the Millay Colony, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, and elsewhere, and has been a scholar at the Bread Loa... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 77 MELVILLE HOUSE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Valley of Masks (paper original) Tarun Tejpal 9781612192628 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $16.95/$16.95 Can. 336 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Political Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.750 in W | 8.750 in H 146mm W | 222mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Brother Kemal Jakob Arjouni, Anthea Bell 9781612192758 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Series: Melville International CrimeTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The End of the World in Breslau Marek Krajewski, Danusia Stok 9781612192741 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 304 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Series: Melville International CrimeTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Melville House Summary: A commercial novel that will appeal to literary readers, reviewers and book clubs. Valley of Masks will be sought out by readers of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Octavia Butler's Parable of the Talents, and Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle. The harrowing dystopian thriller that was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize Author Bio: Tarun J. Tejpal is a journalist, publisher, novelist, and founder of India's leading news magazine, Tehelka. He has been named one of India's most influential people by The Guardian, Businessweek and Asiaweek. His debut novel, The Alchemy of Desire, was awarded France's Prix Mille Pages, and was hailed by V.S. Naipaul as "a new and brilliantly original novel from India." His second novel, The Story of My Assassins, is also published by Melville House. Tejpal lives in New Delhi. Melville International Crime Summary: The fifth novel in Arjouni's Kayankaya series makes its English-language debut on the Melville House list. The book was launched in Germany at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair and immediately hit German bestseller lists. Brother Kemal will give Melville House the opportunity to re-promote the full Kayankaya series, all of which has been previously published by Melville House. After more than 25 years, the return of Kemal Kayankaya, "The ultimate outsider among hard-boiled private eyes" (Ma... Author Bio: JAKOB ARJOUNI was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1964, the son of acclaimed German playwright Hans Gunter Michelson. He has written numerous books, including the novel Magic Hoffmann, which was shortlisted for the IMPAC Award. But it is his series of four mysteries featuring Turkish immigrant detective Kemal Kayankaya-all of which are published by Melville House-for which he has become best known. Bestsellers throughout Europe and the Melville International Crime Summary: The second installment in the darkly intelligent series that The Independent called "As noir as they get." 1927, Breslau, Poland: Two elaborate and sadistic murders are discovered within days of each other. The body of an unknown musician, bound and gagged, is found behind a false wall in a shoemaker's workshop. The victim had been sealed in alive. Elsewhere in the city, the horrifically mutilated body of a locksmith is found. Next to each victim is a torn-out calendar page, with the d... Author Bio: MAREK KRAJEWSKI was born in Wroclaw (formerly Breslau), Poland, on September 4, 1966. He is the author of five novels in the Breslau series, which have been translated into fourteen languages and won Poland's top literary and crime prizes. Krajewski is a former lecturer in Classical Studies at the University of Wroclaw. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 78 MELVILLE INTERNATIONAL CRIME Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Phantoms of Breslau Marek Krajewski, Danusia Stok 9781612192727 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $24.95/$24.95 Can. 288 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Series: Melville International CrimeTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 0 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Melville International Crime Summary: A major international crime writer. US launch of Death in Breslau in September 2012 earned major reviews. We hope to continue marketing the series to noir and crime fans, as well as readers interested in historical fiction and the occult. Phantoms of Breslau will follow the publication of the paperback of The End of the World in Breslau (December 2013). The return of Inspector Eberhard Mock and the series called "As Noir as it gets" (The Independent) Series Overview: Melville Internat... Author Bio: MAREK KRAJEWSKI is an award-winning Polish crime writer and linguist. He is best known for his series of five Chandleresque novels set in pre-war WrocÅ‚aw (which was, at the time, Breslau) with the policeman Eberhard Mock as the protagonist. These novels have been translated into 14 languages: English, French, German, and Italian, among others. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Eternal Life Wolf Haas, Annie Janusch 9781612192703 Pub Date: 1/28/14, On Sale Date: 1/28 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Series: Melville International CrimeTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Melville International Crime Summary: The first book in Wolf Haas's bestselling quirky crime series-and the third published by Melville. Early endorsements from Carl Hiaasen and Jonathan Demme show how wide Haas' appeal is. When the corpses of an American couple are found frozen to death on a ski lift in a pristine Alpine village, Brenner is called in to investigate, in his first case as a P.I. Story Locale: Graz, Austria Series Overview: Melville International Crime features smart and edgy crime novels from around the w... Author Bio: WOLF HAAS was born in 1960 in the Austrian province of Salzburg. He is the author of seven books in the bestselling Detective Brenner mystery series, where each title has sold in the hundreds of thousands, and three volumes of which have been made into popular German-language films. Among other prizes, the Brenner books have been awarded Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Nazis in the Metro Didier Daeninckx, Anna Moschovakis 9781612192963 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Series: Melville International CrimeTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Melville International Crime Summary: Nazis on the Metro is Melville House's third book by Didier Daeninckx. It was first published in French in 1996, and this is its first publication in English. Daeninckx's books appeal to both literary and genre readers, thanks to their grounding in actual political events and milieus. A cult detective novel of anarcho-communist-fascist intrigue in late twentieth-century Paris Story Locale: Late twentieth-century Paris Series Overview: Melville International Crime features smart and e... Author Bio: Didier Daeninckx is France's leading political crime writer. He was born in 1949 on the outskirts of Paris, and is known for his leftist politics. He is the author of more than forty books, including A Very Profitable War and Murder in Memoriam, also published by Melville House. Also a Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 79 MELVILLE HOUSE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Definitely Maybe Arkady Strugatsky, Strugatsky Boris, Antonina W. B... 9781612192819 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $15.00/$15.00 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Science Fiction Series: NeversinkTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 0 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Melville House Summary: The only complete and uncensored edition of one of the greatest novels by Soviet sci-fi duo Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, authors of the book that "Stalker" (the movie and the video game) is based on. In its first-ever unexpurgated edition, a sci-fi landmark that's a comic and suspenseful tour-de-force, and puts distraction in a whole new light: It's not you, it's the universe! Story Locale: St. Petersburg/Leningrad Series Overview: The Neversink Library champions books from around th... Author Bio: Arkady Strugatsky (1925-1991) was a specialist in Japanese literature and a translator of numerous books from Japanese into Russian. Boris Strugatsky worked as an astrophysicist and computer expert until starting to write full-time in the 1960s, in collaboration with Arkady. The Strugatskys were the most acclaimed Soviet science fiction Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Reasons of State Alejo Carpentier, Francis Partridge 9781612192796 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $16.00/$16.00 Can. 304 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) FICTION / Hispanic & Latino Series: NeversinkTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 0 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Melville House Summary: One of the most important works of twentieth-century Latin American fiction. Novels by Carpentier published by FSG and University of Minnesota Press have received rave reviews in literary publications and more general-interest venues, including The New Yorker. The timely political content of Reasons of State positions it well for reviews, while it should enjoy success in the academy among students of Latin American politics. One of the most significant novels in Latin American literatu... Author Bio: Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980) was one of the most important writers of the Latin American boom. He was born in Switzerland but grew up in Havana; his European and Latin American roots allowed him a unique insight into the relationship between the new world and the old. He was arrested in 1927 for opposing the Cuban dictator Gerardo Machado y Morales, and on his release from prison escaped the country to Paris. He traveled back to Cuba in 1936, after Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Gilgi Irmgard Keun, Geoff Wilkes 9781612192772 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $16.00/$16.00 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors Series: NeversinkTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 0 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Melville House Summary: The celebrated German writer's first novel, a bestseller at the time, never before translated. Keun is being discovered by a new generation of female (and male) readers as one of the sharpest, frankest, and wittiest writers of the twentieth century. The stirring, never-before-translated story of a single, pregnant, and wickedly nervy young secretary making her way through a Germany succumbing to the Nazis. Story Locale: Cologne, Germany Series Overview: The Neversink Library champion... Author Bio: IRMGARD KEUNbecome an overnight sensation in German literary circles with the publication of her first novel, Gilgi, at the age of 21. Her second novel, The Artificial Silk Girl, shot to bestseller status in 1932, only to be placed the next year on an early Nazi blacklist. Eventually sentenced to death by the Nazis, she fled the country again and staged her Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 80 MELVILLE HOUSE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Graveyard Marek Hlasko, Norbert Guterman 9781612192949 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $15.95/$15.95 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European Series: NeversinkTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Melville House Summary: A cross between 1984 and Rebel Without a Cause: a tale of disillusionment and individual liberation, from Poland's James Dean-a hard-drinking, fast-living brilliant writer who died tragically young Set in Communist Poland in the 1950s, the harrowing story of one man's unraveling after a drunken slip of the tongue lands him in jail. Story Locale: 1950s Poland Series Overview: The Neversink Library champions books from around the world that have been overlooked, underappreciated, looke... Author Bio: Marek Hlasko was born in Warsaw in 1934. His novels, which were explicitly critical of the Communist regime, were attacked in the Polish press and banned. Hlasko subsequently left Poland, living briefly in Germany, France, Italy, and Israel. In 1969, Roman Polanski brought him to Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Zuleika Dobson : Or, An Oxford Love Story Max Beerbohm 9781612192925 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $15.95/$15.95 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Classics Series: NeversinkTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Melville House Summary: Zuleika Dobson is a classic, hilarious campus novel - one of the first, in fact-that has influenced scores of writers in the English language, and was named by the Modern Library as one of the "100 best English-language novels of the 20th century." It was first published in 1911 and is currently not available in any mainstream edition. One woman's beauty fells the whole of Oxford in this sidesplitting classic campus novel Story Locale: Oxford, England Author Bio: Max Beerbohm was an English essayist, caricature artist, and parodist. He was born in London and went to Oxford University, though after finding renown through his writing he left the university without a degree. Among his best-known works are the short-story collection Seven Men and his many collections of caricatures, which led to his being branded the greatest English comic artist. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure Artemis Cooper 9781590176740 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $30.00/$1.11 Can. 480 pages Hardback Biography & Autobiography / Literary Territory: US only Ctn Qty: 16 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H New York Review Books Summary: Patrick Leigh Fermor's enviably colorful life took off when in 1934, at the age of eighteen, he decided to walk across Europe. In just over a year he had trekked through nine countries and taught himself three languages, and his enthusiasm and curiosity for every kind of experience made him equally happy in caves or country houses, among shepherds or countesses. At the outbreak of war he left his lover, Princess Balasha Cantacuzene, in Romania and returned to England to enlist. Commis... Author Bio: Artemis Cooper is the author of several books, including Cairo in the War, 1939-1945; the authorized biography of Elizabeth David, Writing at the Kitchen Table; and with her husband, the historian Antony Beevor, Paris After the Liberation, 1944-1949. Among the volumes she has edited are Patrick Leigh Fermor's Words of Mercury and the correspondence between Evelyn Waugh and Cooper's famous grandmother, Lady Diana Cooper. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 81 NEW YORK REVIEW BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 No Ordinary Men : Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Hans von Dohnanyi, Resisters Against Hitler in Church and State Fritz Stern, Elisabeth Sifton 9781590176818 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $16.95/$18.95 Can. 120 pages Hardback History / Military Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 56 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H New York Review Books Summary: The Third Reich was the twentieth century's most popular tyranny. After Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, most of Germany's civil servants and professional elite collaborated with the Nazis or else tried to remain "unpolitical," to retreat into "inner emigration." Those who resisted were intimidated and silenced, often through terror and murder. To oppose the regime was rare and dangerous; to do so to protect the sanctity of law and faith was rarer still. But nonetheless some did. Clau... Author Bio: Elisabeth Sifton is the author of The Serenity Prayer: Faith and Politics in Times of Peace and War (2003), about the background to the famous prayer written by her father, Reinhold Niebuhr. Fritz Stern is University Professor Emeritus and the former provost of Columbia University. His books include The Politics of Cultural Despair (1963), Gold and Iron: Bismarck, Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 1941: The Year That Keeps Returning Slavko Goldstein, Charles Simic, Michael Gable, Ni... 9781590176733 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $27.95/$32.95 Can. 480 pages Hardback History / Military Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 16 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Makers of Modern Architecture, Volume II : From Le Corbusier to Rem Koolhaas Martin Filler 9781590176887 Pub Date: 7/23/13, On Sale Date: 7/23 $27.95/$32.95 Can. 358 pages Hardback Architecture / History Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H New York Review Books Summary: A New York Review Books Original The distinguished Croatian journalist and publisher Slavko Goldstein says, "Writing this book about my family, I have tried not to separate what happened to us from the fates of many other people and of an entire country." 1941: The Year That Keeps Returning is Goldstein's astonishing historical memoir of that fateful year-when the Ustasha, the pro-fascist nationalists, were brought to power in Croatia by the Nazi occupiers of Yugoslavia. On April 10, w... Author Bio: Slavko Goldstein (b. 1928) is a Croatian historian, writer, and publisher. The president of Zagreb's Jewish Community from 1986 to 1990, he was a founder and the first president of the Croatian Social Liberal Party in 1989. He is the editor of the publishing house Novi Liber. New York Review Books Summary: In the first volume of Makers of Modern Architecture (2007), Martin Filler examined the emergence of that revolutionary new form of building and explored its aesthetic, social, and spiritual aspirations through illuminating studies of some of its most important practitioners, from Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright to, in our own time, Renzo Piano and Santiago Calatrava. Now, in Makers of Modern Architecture, Volume II, Filler continues his investigations into the building art, beg... Author Bio: Martin Filler was the longtime architecture critic of House & Garden until it ceased publication in 2007. He is the co-author, with Olivier Boissière, of The Vitra Design Museum: Frank Gehry, Architect, and the author of Makers of Modern Architecture, Volume I, based on essays from The New York Review of Books. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 82 NYRB CLASSICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 In Love Alfred Hayes, Frederic Raphael 9781590176665 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $14.00/$1.11 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Psychological Territory: US only Ctn Qty: 48 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 My Face For the World to See Alfred Hayes, David Thomson 9781590176672 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $14.00/$16.00 Can. 152 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Psychological Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 56 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Bridge of Beyond Simone Schwarz-Bart, Jamaica Kincaid, Barbara Bray 9781590176801 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $16.95/$18.95 Can. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Sagas Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 36 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H NYRB Classics Summary: Alfred Hayes is one of the secret masters of midtwentieth-century American fiction, a journalist and scriptwriter and poet who possessed an immaculate ear for prose and wrote two perfect short novels about passion and its payback. In Love is a New York story of anonymous people looking for recognition and consolation in the arms of strangers who only grow stranger. A man tells his story to a woman in a bar, a story about another woman: early married and divorced, with a child living ... Author Bio: Alfred Hayes (1911-1985) was an American journalist, poet, screenwriter, and novelist. Having served in Italy during World War II, he stayed on to co-write several classic Italian neorealist films, including Roberto Rossellini's Paisà and Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves, as well as to gather material for his two most popular novels, All Thy Conquests and The Girl on the Via Flaminia (the basis for the 1953 film Act of Love, starring Kirk Douglas). In the late 1940s NYRB Classics Summary: Alfred Hayes is one of the secret masters of the twentieth-century novel, a journalist and scriptwriter and poet who possessed an immaculate ear for prose and wrote two perfect short novels about passion and its payback. My Face for the World to See is set in Hollywood, where the tonic for anonymity is fame rather than family and you're only as real as your image. At a party, the narrator rescues a young woman who staggers with drunken determination into a heavy undertow. He is living... Author Bio: Alfred Hayes (1911-1985) was an American journalist, poet, screenwriter, and novelist. Having served in Italy during World War II, he stayed on to co-write several classic Italian neorealist films, including Roberto Rossellini's Paisà and Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves, as well as to gather material for his two most popular novels, All Thy Conquests and The Girl on the Via Flaminia (the basis for the 1953 film Act of Love, starring Kirk Douglas). In the late 1940s he went to wor... NYRB Classics Summary: In this intoxicating tale of love and madness, mothers and daughters, folkloric wisdom and the grim legacy of slavery on the French Antillean island of Guadeloupe, aged yet unbowed Telumee tells her life story, along with that of the proud line of Lougandor women she continues to draw strength from, even in their physical absence. Having obtained, with dizzying speed, love and happiness and the trust of others, Telumee must find the resources, personal and collective, both to rejoice wi... Author Bio: Simone Schwarz-Bart was born in 1938 in southwestern France and moved, with her mother, to Guadeloupe at the age of three. She later studied in France and married the Jewish French writer André Schwarz-Bart. In 1967 they published their joint novel, Un plat de porc aux bananes verts (A Dish of Pork with Green Bananas). SchwarzBart has traveled widely, living in Senegal and Switzerland, and now lives in Goyave, a small community in Guadeloupe. The Bridge of Beyond was awarded the lit... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 83 NYRB CLASSICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 A Schoolboy's Diary and Other Stories Robert Walser, Damion Searls, Ben Lerner 9781590176726 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $14.95/$16.95 Can. 208 pages / BLACK-AND-WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS BY KARL WALSER Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Short Stories (single author) Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 36 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 One Fat Englishman Kingsley Amis 9781590176627 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $14.95/$16.95 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) FICTION / Satire Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 56 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Girl, 20 Kingsley Amis 9781590176634 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $15.95/$17.95 Can. 253 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) FICTION / Satire Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 52 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H NYRB Classics Summary: This new collection of more than seventy stories by the iconic modern writer Robert Walser, includes stories that have appeared in Harper's Magazine, n+1 online, Vice, and elsewhere. Also included is the complete "Fritz Kocher's Essays," the "collected works," so to speak, of a boy who died young, consisting entirely of classroom writing assignments on themes such as "Music," "Christmas," and "The Fatherland." As the opening title sequence of Walser's first book, this was a brilliant wa... Author Bio: Robert Walser (1878-1956) was born into a German-speaking family in Biel, Switzerland. He left school at fourteen and led a wandering, precarious existence while writing his poems, novels, and vast numbers of the "prose pieces" that became his hallmark. In 1933 he was confined to a sanatorium, which marked the end of his writing career. Among Walser's works available in English are Jakob von Gunten and Berlin Stories (available as NYRB Classics), The Tanners, Microscripts, The Assist... NYRB Classics Summary: Kingsley Amis, along with being the funniest English writer of his generation (see Lucky Jim) and a master of literary genres (his ghost story, The Green Man; his foray into science fiction, The Alteration), was a great chronicler of the fads and absurdities of his age. This is nowhere more apparent than in One Fat Englishman, from 1963, and Girl, 20, which came out almost a decade later, books that survey the social landscape of mid-century England and America with an unflinching accur... Author Bio: Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) was a popular and prolific British novelist, poet, and critic, widely regarded as one of the greatest satirical writers of the twentieth century. He won a scholarship in English to St. John's College, Oxford, where he began a lifelong friendship with fellow student Philip Larkin. Following his service in the army during World War II, Amis completed his degree and joined the faculty at the University College of Swansea in Wales. Lucky Jim, his first novel, ap... NYRB Classics Summary: Kingsley Amis, along with being the funniest English writer of his generation (see Lucky Jim) and a master of literary genres (his ghost story, The Green Man; his foray into science fiction, The Alteration), was a great chronicler of the fads and absurdities of his age. This is nowhere more apparent than in One Fat Englishman, from 1963, and Girl, 20, which came out almost a decade later, books that survey the social landscape of mid-century England and America with an unflinching accur... Author Bio: Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) was a popular and prolific British novelist, poet, and critic, widely regarded as one of the greatest satirical writers of the twentieth century. He won a scholarship in English to St. John's College, Oxford, where he began a lifelong friendship with fellow student Philip Larkin. Following his service in the army during World War II, Amis completed his degree and joined the faculty at the University College of Swansea in Wales. Lucky Jim, his first novel, ap... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 84 NYRB CLASSICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fighting for Life S. Josephine Baker, Helen Epstein 9781590177068 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $16.95/$18.95 Can. 280 pages / BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Biography & Autobiography / Medical Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 32 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H NYRB Classics Summary: New York's lower east side was said to be the most densely populated square mile on the face of the earth in the 1890s. City health inspectors called the neighborhood "the suicide ward" and referred to one particular tenement-in an official Health Department report, no less-as an "out and out hog pen." Diarrhea epidemics raged each summer, killing thousands of city children. Sweatshop babies with smallpox and typhus dozed in garment heaps destined for fashionable Broadway shops. Despera... Author Bio: S. Josephine Baker (1873-1945) was a pioneering American public health physician and the first director of New York's Bureau of Child Hygiene. Her work with poor mothers and children in the immigrant communities of New York City had a dramatic impact on maternal and child mortality rates and became a model for cities across the country. On two occasions she helped to track down the infamous "Typhoid Mary," the cook who had spread the disease while working in several New York househol... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Black Spider Jeremias Gotthelf, Susan Bernofsky 9781590176689 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $12.95/$14.95 Can. 114 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Horror Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 48 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Autobiography of a Corpse Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, Joanne Turnbull 9781590176702 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $15.95/$17.95 Can. 272 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Short Stories (single author) Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 56 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H NYRB Classics Summary: An NYRB Classics Original It is a sunny summer Sunday in a remote Swiss village, and a christening is being celebrated at a lovely old farmhouse. One of the guests notes an anomaly in the fabric of the venerable edifice: a blackened post that has been carefully built into a trim new window frame. Thereby hangs a tale, one that, as the wise old grandfather who has lived all his life in the house proceeds to tell it, takes one chilling turn after another, while his audience listens in ap... Author Bio: Jeremias Gotthelf, the pen name of Albert Bitzius (1797-1854), was a Swiss pastor and the author of novels, novellas, short stories, and nonfiction, who used his writing to communicate his reformist concerns in the field of education and with regard to the plight of the poor. After the success of his first novel, Der Bauernspiegel oder Lebensgeschichte des Jeremias Gotthelf: Von ihm selbst beschrieben (The Peasants' Mirror; or, The Life History of Jeremias Gotthelf: Described by Hims... NYRB Classics Summary: Virtually unpublished during his lifetime, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's fantastic and blackly comic philosophical fables have since 1989 earned him a reputation as one of the greatest Russian writers of the twentieth century. Included in this collection of eleven newly translated tales are some of his strangest and most brilliant conceits: a provincial journalist who moves to Moscow finds his existence consumed by the autobiography of his room's previous occupant, a suicide who vacated hi... Author Bio: Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (1887-1950) studied law and classical philology at Kiev University. In his philosophical and satirical stories with fantastical plots, he ignored official injunctions to portray the new Soviet state in a positive light, and three separate efforts to print different collections were quashed by the censors, a fourth by World War II. Not until 1989 could these surreal fictions begin to be published. Both his story collection, Memories of the Future, and his nove... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 85 NYRB CLASSICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Gray Notebook Josep Pla, Peter Bush 9781590176719 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $19.95/$22.95 Can. 704 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 40 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H NYRB Classics Summary: Josep Pla, a budding young writer, was studying law in Barcelona in 1918 when the university was shut down because of the Spanish flu epidemic. Pla returned to his parents' house in the coastal town of Palafrugell, and with nothing to do he decided to keep a journal in which he would describe-as a way of honing his skills as a writer-everything about the daily life of his family and friends that had any interest for him. The gray notebook in which he kept this journal would survive the ... Author Bio: Josep Pla (1897-1981) was a Catalan journalist and popular author. He produced an immense amount of prose spread over numerous genres and is widely considered one of the greatest writers in the Catalan language. Peter Bush is an award-winning translator who lives in Barcelona. Among his recent translations are Juan Goytisolo's Níjar Country, Ramón del Valle-Inclán's Tyrant Banderas (available from NYRB Classics), and Quim Monzó's A Thousand Morons. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising Miron Bialoszewski, Madeline Levine 9781590176658 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 $16.95/$18.95 Can. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 16 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H NYRB Classics Summary: A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising is both a work of memory and a work about memory. Miron BiaÅ‚oszewski, the great avant-garde Polish poet, memorializes the doomed uprising of the Polish population against their Nazi masters, which began on August 1, 1944, and was eventually abandoned on October 2, 1944, with the physical destruction of Warsaw, street by street and house by house, and the slaughter of 200,000 civilians. Yet BiaÅ‚oszewski begins his memoir not with an invocation of the g... Author Bio: Miron BiaÅ‚oszewski (1922-1983) was one of Poland's greatest postwar poets, a playwright, and an actor. Deported to a German work camp following the Warsaw Uprising, he escaped a month later and eventually returned to the devastated city after the war. His first volume of poetry, Obroty rzeczy (Revolution of Things), appeared in 1956 in Warsaw and created a sensation. This was followed by several other collections of poetry, A Memoir of the Warsaw Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Human Comedy : Selected Stories Honore de Balzac, Peter Brooks, Linda Asher, Carol... 9781590176641 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $17.95/$20.95 Can. 376 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Short Stories (single author) Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 40 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H NYRB Classics Summary: An NYRB Classics Original We think of Honoré de Balzac as the author of long and fully upholstered novels, stitched together into the magnificent visionary document called The Human Comedy. Yet along with the full-length fiction within The Human Comedy stand many shorter works, among the most brilliant and forceful of his fictions. Drawn always to the tradition of oral storytellingto the human voice telling of experience-and to the kinds of reactions produced in the listeners to stori... Author Bio: Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) is generally credited as the inventor of the modern realistic novel. In more than ninety novels, he set forth French society and life as he saw it. He created a cast of more than two thousand individual and identifiable characters, some of whom reappear in different novels. He organized his works into his masterpiece, La Comédie humaine, which was the final result of his attempt to grasp the whole of society and experience into one varied but unified work... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 86 NYRB POETS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Pierre Reverdy Pierre Reverdy, Mary Ann Caws, John Ashbery, Kenne... 9781590176795 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $12.95/$14.95 Can. 120 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) POETRY / European Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 64 4.500 in W | 7.000 in H 114mm W | 178mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Interior Landscape: Classical Tamil Love Poems A. K. Ramanujan 9781590176788 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $12.95/$14.95 Can. 126 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Poetry / Asian Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 64 4.500 in W | 7.000 in H 114mm W | 178mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Now Open the Box Dorothy Kunhardt 9781590177082 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 Ages 3 to 7, Grades P to 2 $14.95/$16.95 Can. 60 pages / YES Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 32 9.750 in W | 6.750 in H 248mm W | 171mm H NYRB Poets Summary: Pierre Reverdy, who was close to Picasso and Braque and was enormously admired by the surrealists, is one the greatest of modern French poets and one of the most elusive. His work is at once impersonal and intimate, crystalline and opaque, simplicity itself and mysterious as can be. Paul Auster has described his poems as combining an "intense inwardness with a proliferation of sensual data.... The poet seems to evaporate, to vanish into the haunted country he has created...as if Reverdy... Author Bio: Pierre Reverdy (1889-1960) was a French poet who, along with artists and writers such as Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, and Georges Braque, helped develop cubism and surrealism. Soon after the appearance of his first significant collection, Les Épaves du ciel (1924), his writing turned more mystical and Reverdy became a Catholic. In 1926 he retired to a life of ascetic seclusion near the Benedictine monastery at Solesmes and stayed there for the rest of h... NYRB Poets Summary: If Ezra Pound was "the inventor of Chinese poetry for our times" as T. S. Eliot once remarked, then the celebrated translator, poet, and scholar A. K. Ramanujan is the inventor of Tamil poetry for our times. The Interior Landscape: Love Poems from the Classical Tamil includes the work of fifty-one poets selected from a renowned anthology of love poetry, the Kuruntokai, that dates back to the first three centuries AD. These poems, classified in the Tamil tradition as akam, or "inner part... Author Bio: A. K. Ramanujan (1929-1993) was an eminent Indian poet, essayist, and transdisciplinary scholar. From 1962 until his death, he was a professor at the University of Chicago, where he was instrumental in shaping the South Asian Studies program; he also taught at several other U.S. universities. In 1976 the Indian government awarded Ramanujan the Padme Shri, one of its highest civilian awards, for his contributions to Indian literature and linguistics. In 1983, he received a MacArthur P... NYR Children's Collection Summary: Peewee the dog didn't know any tricks, "not even a single one not even how to roll over not even how to shake hands but never mind he is so teeny weeny that everyone loves him," the clown, the fat lady, the thin man, the strong baby, the acrobats, the elephant, the goat on the burning bed, and all the other amazing performers in the wonderful circus of the man with the quite tall red hat. But then something unexpected happens that threatens to bring Peewee's place under the Big Top to a... Author Bio: Dorothy Kunhardt (1901-1979) was an influential author of books designed for small children, best known for her interactive Pat the Bunny (1940), the bestselling American children's book of all time and the second-bestselling children's book in the United States after Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Her first book, Junket Is Nice, appeared in 1933 and was soon followed by other children's classics, including Now Open the Box, Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather, Brave Mr. Buckingham,... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 87 NYR CHILDREN'S COLLECTION Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Smith: The Story of a Pickpocket Leon Garfield 9781590176757 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $16.95/$1.11 Can. 216 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure Territory: US only Ctn Qty: 32 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H NYR Children's Collection Summary: Seconds after twelve-year-old Smith picks the bulging pocket of an old gentleman, he hears footsteps in Curtis Alley, his planned path of escape. Two men in brown appear, and from the doorway where he is hiding, Smith witnesses the murder and violent search of his victim. Terrified, he flees the scene of the crime. A quarter of a mile off Smith stops. What has he stolen that is worth the life of a man? He stares at his loot bitterly. It is a document-and Smith cannot read. Leon Garf... Author Bio: Leon Garfield (1921-1996) was a celebrated British author of more than fifty books for children and young adults, including Jack Holborn, Smith, The Strange Affair of Adelaide Harris, The Prisoners of September, and The Night of the Comet: A Comedy of Courtship Featuring Bostock and Harris. After serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II, Garfield spent nearly twenty years as a Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Little Woman Wanted Noise Val Teal, Robert Lawson 9781590177112 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 Ages 3 to 7, Grades P to 2 $14.95/$16.95 Can. 40 pages / BLACK 'N' WHITE Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Concepts Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 32 7.750 in W | 8.750 in H 197mm W | 222mm H NYR Children's Collection Summary: A lost classic about finding peace in the loudest of worlds, from the illustrator of The Story of Ferdinand and Mr. Popper's Penguins. Clang! Thump! Whoosh! Bang! The big city is a noisy place. But the Little Woman doesn't mind, the big city is her home. Then one day she is given a wonderful gift, a "pleasant, peaceful farm" in the country. The farm is perfect-except that it's impossible to relax with all that quiet. So the Little Woman buys a cow, she buys a dog, a cat and a duck, a ... Author Bio: Val Teal was born on Valentine's Day 1902 in Bottineau, North Dakota. In addition to her books for children, she also wrote a memoir of motherhood, It Was Not What I Expected, as well short stories and articles for such magazines as Saturday Evening Post, Woman's Home Companion, Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, and Parents'. She died in 1997. Robert Lawson (1892-1957) was a prolific writer and Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Pasta Christopher Boswell, Elena Goldblatt, Annie Schlec... 9781936941025 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $22.00/$25.00 Can. 256 pages Hardback Cooking / Specific Ingredients Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 5.500 in W | 7.000 in H 140mm W | 178mm H Little Bookroom Summary: Even if you haven't landed one of the coveted internships in the kitchen at the American Academy in Rome, you can have a behind-the-scenes tutorial in the way that pastas and sauces are made in its kitchen. The recipes in Pasta are arranged in the same order as the interns are taught to make them, from simple to more complex, and are organized the way Italians think about pasta, not only as fresh or dry but by the base of the sauces (oil, tomato, meat, and vegetable). Even the most so... Author Bio: Christopher Boswell is the executive chef of the Rome Sustainable Food Project. He has been at the RSFP since the program was established in 2006, when he was chosen by Alice Waters to work with former RSFP executive chef, Mona Talbott. He started out as a dishwasher and a prep cook in the small gold-rush town of Jackson, California. After high school, he attended the California Culinary Academy where he received the distinguished Daniel Carlisle Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 88 PROMETHEUS BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Rocket Girl : The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist George D. Morgan 9781616147396 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $18.00/$19.00 Can. 250 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Science / History Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Brings long overdue attention to a brilliant woman whose work proved essential for America's early space program. Summary: Blending a fascinating personal history with dramatic historical events, this book brings long-overdue attention to a brilliant woman whose work proved essential for America's early space program. This is the extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist. Told by her son, it describes Mary Sherman Morgan's crucial contribution to launching America's first satellite and the author's labyrinthine journey to uncover his mother's lost legacy-one buried deep unde... Author Bio: George D. Morgan (Santa Paula, CA) is the Playwright in Residence at the California Institute of Technology. He has written more than a dozen stage plays and musicals, including Second to Die, Nevada Belle, and Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Making of the Mind : The Neuroscience of Human Nature Ronald T. Kellogg 9781616147334 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $20.00/$21.00 Can. 340 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Psychology / Cognitive Psychology Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: Using the findings of recent neuroscience, a psychologist reveals what sets humans apart from all other species, offering a fascinating exploration of our marvelous and sometimes frightening cognitive abilities and potentials. According to human genome research, there is a remarkable degree of overlap in the DNA of humans and chimpanzees. So what accounts for the rapid development of human culture throughout history and the extraordinary creative and destructive aspects of human behavi... Author Bio: Ronald T. Kellogg (St. Louis, MO) is professor of psychology at Saint Louis University. He is the author of Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology, 2nd Edition; Cognitive Psychology, 2nd Edition; and The Psychology of Writing; in addition to numerous journal articles and contributed book chapters. Author Residence: St. Louis, MO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 An Unintended Journey : A Caregiver's Guide to Dementia Janet Yagoda Shagam 9781616147518 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $20.00/$21.00 Can. 340 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Health & Fitness / Diseases Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Offers much-needed help to the adult children of dementia sufferers Summary: According to the 2009 census, more than five million people living in the United States have Alzheimer's disease or some other form of dementia. Not reported in these statistics are the fifteen million family caregivers who, in total, contribute seventeen billion hours of unpaid care each year. This book addresses the needs and challenges faced by adult children and other family members who are scrambling to make sense of what is happening to themselves and the loved ones in their care.... Author Bio: Janet Yagoda Shagam (Albuquerque, NM) is a freelance medical and science writer; a visiting professor at the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen, Germany; an artist and printmaker; and the coauthor (with Rebecca G. Rogers, MD, and Shelley Kleinschmidt) of Regaining Bladder Control: What Every Woman Needs to Know. She serves on the New Mexico Area Agency on Aging statewide Alzheimer's Task Force. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 89 PROMETHEUS BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Way of Science : Finding Truth and Meaning in a Scientific Worldview Dennis R. Trumble 9781616147556 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $20.00/$21.00 Can. 375 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Illustrates how science can convey a profound sense of wonder, connectedness, and optimism about the human condition Summary: How science can convey a profound sense of wonder, connectedness, and optimism about the human condition. Most people appreciate science on an obvious level. Modern medicine, electric lighting, rapid transportation, and longdistance communication are among the many benefits of science that have made life today healthier and more comfortable than people in earlier eras could have imagined. This book is about a deeper benefit of science, one that, while less obvious, may prove to be far ... Author Bio: Dennis R. Trumble (Pittsburgh, PA) is a project scientist in the Circulatory Support Laboratory and an adjunct professor of biomedical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the holder of many patents for biomedical Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Invisible Nature : Healing the Destructive Divide Between People and the Environment Kenneth Worthy 9781616147631 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $19.00/$20.00 Can. 325 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Science / Environmental Science Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books A revolutionary new understanding of our fragmented human-nature relationship Summary: A revolutionary new understanding of the precarious modern human-nature relationship and a path leading to a healthier, more sustainable world. Polls show that most Americans care about environmental quality, yet they often behave as if they do not. Empty houses heated to tropical warmth in the dead of winter and huge car dealerships ablaze with security lighting at midnight are just two examples of conspicuous waste. Environmental scholar Kenneth Worthy attributes these strange contrad... Author Bio: Kenneth Worthy (Berkeley, CA) is a lecturer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and at St. Mary's College of California. He received his PhD in environmental history, philosophy, and ethics at the University of California, Berkeley. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Magnificent Principia : Exploring Isaac Newton's Masterpiece Colin Pask 9781616147457 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $26.00/$27.50 Can. 500 pages Hardback Science / Mechanics Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Will help you appreciate what many regard as the greatest scientific contribution of all time Summary: Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg has written that "all that has happened since 1687 is a gloss on the Principia." Now you too can appreciate the significance of this stellar work, regarded by many as the greatest scientific contribution of all time. Despite its dazzling reputation, Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, or simply the Principia, remains a mystery for many people. Few of even the most intellectually curious readers, including professional scientists an... Author Bio: Colin Pask (Canberra, Australia) is the author of Math for the Frightened: Facing Scary Symbols and Everything Else That Freaks You Out about Mathematics. He is an emeritus professor of mathematics and a visiting fellow and professor in the School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences at the University of New South Wales in Canberra, Australia. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 90 PROMETHEUS BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Magnificent Mistakes in Mathematics Alfred S. Posamentier, Ingmar Lehmann 9781616147471 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $24.00/$25.00 Can. 300 pages Hardback Mathematics / General Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books A playful excursion through the intriguing nuances of math. Summary: Requiring no more than high-school-level math competency, this playful excursion through the nuances of math will give you a better grasp of this fundamental, allimportant science. Veteran math educators demonstrate how some "magnificent mistakes" had profound consequences for our understanding of mathematics' key concepts. In the nineteenth century, English mathematician William Shanks spent fifteen years calculating the value of pi, setting a record for the number of decimal places. ... Author Bio: Alfred S. Posamentier (River Vale, NJ) is dean of the School of Education and professor of mathematics education at Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York. He has published over fifty books in the area of mathematics and mathematics education, including The Pythagorean Theorem: The Story of Its Power and Beauty. Ingmar Lehmann (Berlin, Germany) is on the mathematics faculty at Humboldt Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Koranic Allusions : The Biblical, Qumranian, and Pre-Islamic Background to the Koran Ibn Warraq 9781616147594 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $32.00/$34.00 Can. 432 pages Hardback Religion / Islam Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Examines evidence of borrowing in the Koran from Christian, Jewish, and pre-Islamic Arab sources Summary: For anyone with an interest in the early history of Islam, this erudite anthology will prove to be informative and enlightening. Scholars have long known that the text of the Koran shows evidence of many influences from religious sources outside Islam. For example, stories in the Koran about Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other characters from the Bible obviously come from the Jewish Torah and the Christian Gospels. But there is also evidence of borrowing in the Koran from more obscure lit... Author Bio: Ibn Warraq is the highly acclaimed author of Why I Am Not a Muslim; Defending the West; and Virgins, What Virgins? and Other Essays. He is also the editor of Which Koran?, Leaving Islam, What the Koran Really Says, The Quest for the Historical Muhammad, and The Origins of Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Machiavelli : A Renaissance Life Joseph Markulin 9781616148058 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $21.95/$23.00 Can. 580 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Biographical Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: Discover the real Machiavelli through this nonfiction novel based on the life of the man whose name has, perhaps wrongly, become synonymous with immoral abuse of power.This epic piece of storytelling brings the world of 15th-century Italy to life as it traces Machiavelli's rise from young boy to controversial political thinker. The much-vilified Renaissance politico, and author of The Prince, comes to life as a diabolically clever, yet mild mannered and conscientious civil servan... Author Bio: Joseph Markulin (Roxbury, NY) is a former professor of Italian and Comparative literature with a specialization in Medieval and Renaissance studies. After a brief but brilliant academic career, including publications ranging from Dante, Boccaccio, and Machiavelli to Fellini and contemporary Italian cinema, Markulin joined the fast-moving, not to say Machiavellian, world of public relations. He has worked for various corporate executives as a speechwriter Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 91 PROMETHEUS BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Our Political Nature : The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us Avi Tuschman 9781616148232 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $24.95/$26.50 Can. 350 pages Hardback Political Science / Political Ideologies Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Believing : The Neuroscience of Fantasies, Fears, and Convictions Michael McGuire 9781616148294 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 275 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Psychology / Neuropsychology Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Transcendental Temptation : A Critique of Religion and the Paranormal Paul Kurtz 9781616148270 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 516 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Atheism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: The first book to tell the natural history of political orientations. The Guns, Germs, and Steel of politics. Our Political Nature is the first book to reveal the hidden roots of our most deeply held moral values. It shows how political orientations across space and time arise from three clusters of measurable personality traits. These clusters entail opposing attitudes toward tribalism, inequality, and differing perceptions of human nature. Together, these traits are by far the ... Author Bio: Avi Tuschman (Washington, DC) is an expert on the hidden roots of political orientation. He began his career in politics as the youngest advisor in the government palace in Lima. While serving as the Senior Writer to President Alejandro Toledo (Peru, 2001-2006), Tuschman produced numerous articles and speeches designed to shape public opinion. In 2009, Dr. Tuschman joined hands with eighteen former presidents to co-write a regional policy agenda on Prometheus Books Summary: A new book about brain chemistry, neural systems, and the formation of beliefs from the scientist who brought to light serotonin's many crucial roles in human behavior. Beliefs: What are they? How have evolution and culture led to a brain that is seemingly committed to near endless belief creation? And once established, why are most beliefs so difficult to change? Believing offers answers to these questions from the perspective of a leading neuroscientist and expert in brain-behav... Author Bio: Michael McGuire, MD (Cottonwood, CA), is professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is the coauthor of God's Brain (with Lionel Tiger), Darwinian Psychiatry(with A. Troisi), and ten other books. His distinguished academic career includes positions at Harvard Medical School, University of California Medical School, director of UCLA's nonhuman primate research facility for twenty years, and director Prometheus Books Summary: In this widely acclaimed and highly controversial book, Paul Kurtz examines the reasons why people accept supernatural and paranormal belief systems in spite of substantial evidence to the contrary. According to the author, it is because there is within the human species a deeply rooted tendency toward magical thinking - the "transcendental temptation" - which undermines critical judgement and paves the way for willful beliefs. He explores in detail the three major monotheistic religion... Author Bio: Paul Kurtz (1925-2012), professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York at Buffalo and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, was the author or editor of more than fifty books, including The Transcendental Temptation, The Courage to Become, and Embracing the Power of Humanism, plus nine hundred articles and reviews. He was the founder and chairman of the Center for Inquiry, the Council for Secular Humanism, and the Committee for Skep... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 92 PROMETHEUS BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Value of Violence Benjamin Ginsberg 9781616148317 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 250 pages Hardback Social Science / Violence in Society Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: This provocative thesis calls violence the driving force not just of war, but of politics and even social stability. Though violence is commonly deplored, political scientist Ginsberg argues that in many ways it is indispensable, unavoidable, and valuable. Ginsberg sees violence manifested in society in many ways. "Law-preserving violence" (using Walter Benjamin's phrase) is the chief means by which society preserves social order. Behind the security of a stable society ar... Author Bio: Benjamin Ginsberg (Potomac, MD) is the David Bernstein Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Advanced Governmental Studies at the Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of more than twenty books, including How the Jews Defeated Hitler: Exploding the Myth of Jewish Passivity in the Face of Nazism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013); The Fall of the Faculty: The Rise of the All- Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Beyond the God Particle Leon M. Lederman, Christopher T. Hill 9781616148010 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $24.95/$26.50 Can. 340 pages Hardback Science / Physics Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled. On July 4, 2012, the long-sought Higgs Boson-aka "the God Particle"-was discovered at the world's largest particle accelerator, the LHC, in Geneva, Switzerland. On March 14, 2013, physicists at CERN confirmed it. This elusive subatomic particle forms a field that permeates the entire universe, creating the masses of the elementary par... Author Bio: Leon M. Lederman, Nobel Laureate (Batavia, IL) is the author of the highly acclaimed Quantum Physics for Poets and Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe (both coauthored with Christopher Hill), as well as The God Particle (with Dick Teresi), He is also the editor of Portraits of Great American Scientists, and a contributor to Science Literacy for the Twenty-First Century. He is Resident Scholar at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, director emeritus Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 God and the Fascists : The Vatican Alliance with Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, and Pavelic Karlheinz Deschner 9781616148379 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 330 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) History / Western Europe Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: Now available in English for the first time, a controversial work that indicts the Vatican for its actions before and during World War II. In the decade preceding the outbreak of World War II, the Vatican made a devil's bargain with fascist leaders. Anticipating that their regimes would eliminate a common enemy-namely Marxist-Leninist communism-two popes essentially collaborated with Hitler, Mussolini, and the fascist dictators in Spain (Franco) and Croatia (Pavelić). This... Author Bio: Karlheinz Deschner (Hassfurt am Main, Germany) is the author or editor of forty-six books including novels, literary criticism, essays, aphorisms, and above all critical history of religion and the Church. He is best known for his multivolume Criminal History of Christianity, volume 9 of which was published in 2010. He has enthralled and provoked his audiences over the years with more than 2,000 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 93 PROMETHEUS BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Fairness Instinct : The Robin Hood Mentality and Our Biological Nature L. Sun 9781616148478 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 340 pages Hardback Science / Life Sciences Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Early Islam : A Critical Reconstruction Based on Contemporary Sources Karl-Heinz Ohlig 9781616148256 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 480 pages Hardback Social Science / Islamic Studies Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Think : Why You Should Question Everything Guy P. Harrison 9781616148072 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $16.95/$18.00 Can. 170 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: Combining research from the social sciences, hard sciences, and the humanities, this accessible crossdisciplinary book offers fascinating insights into a key component of human nature and society. Biologist L. Sun examines the innate sense of fairness displayed by human beings in all kinds of societies throughout history. He argues persuasively that it is an emotion and behavior rooted in our DNA, rather than a product of ideology or convention. Citing animal studies that show t... Author Bio: L. Sun (Ellensburg, WA) is professor of biology at Central Washington University. Trained at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China in biology and animal ecology, and then at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University in zoology and animal behavior, he has coauthored two books: The World of Mammals (in Chinese) and The Beaver-Natural History of a Wetlands Engineer. The latter won Choice magazine's Outstanding Academ... Prometheus Books Summary: This successor volume to The Hidden Origins of Islam (edited by Karl-Heinz Ohlig and Gerd-R. Puin) continues the pioneering research begun in the first volume into the earliest development of Islam. Using coins, commemorative building inscriptions, and a rigorous linguistic analysis of the Koran along with Persian and Christian literature from the seventh and eighth centuries-when Islam was in its formative stages-five expert contributors attempt a reconstruction of this critical time p... Author Bio: Karl-Heinz Ohlig (Saarbrucken, Germany) is professor emeritus of Religious Studies and the History of Christianity at the University of the Saarland, chairman of the Inarah Institute for Research into the Early History of Islam and the Koran, and the author of many books including Weltreligion Islam: Eine Einfuhrung (Islam as World Religion: An Introduction). He is the editor (with Gerd-R. Puin) of The Hidden Origins of Islam. For more information, visit www.Inarah.de. Prometheus Books Summary: This accessible guide to critical thinking will help you think like a scientist, see through most scams at first glance, and learn how your own brain can trip you up. This fresh and exciting approach to science, skepticism, and critical thinking will enlighten and inspire readers of all ages. With a mix of wit and wisdom, it challenges everyone to think like a scientist and embrace the skeptical life. If you want to improve your critical thinking skills, see through most scams at... Author Bio: GUY P. HARRISON (San Diego, CA) is an awardwinning journalist and the author of 50 Simple Questions for Every Christian, 50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True, 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God, and Race and Reality: What Everyone Should Know about Our Biological Diversity. Find him on online at www.guypharrison.com, www.facebook.com/guypharrisonauthor, and on Twitter @Harrisonauthor. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 94 PROMETHEUS BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Mood : The Key to Understanding Ourselves and Others Patrick M. Burke 9781616148331 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 275 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Psychology / Emotions Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Cadwallader Colden : A Biography Seymour I. Schwartz 9781616148539 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 $39.00/$41.50 Can. 220 pages Hardback Biography & Autobiography / Historical Series: Gateway BookshelfTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.300 in W | 5.800 in H 135mm W | 147mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Big Lie : Motherhood, Feminism, and the Reality of the Biological Clock Tanya Selvaratnam Scheib 9781616148454 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 300 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Family & Relationships / Parenting Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: A reader-friendly yet in-depth overview of the latest research on mood as the way we are tuned to the world. This book examines the central role that mood plays in determining our outlook on life and our ability to cope with its challenges. The central theme is that mood determines how we are tuned to the world. Tuning emerges over the course of our earliest development as environmental and genetic influences form the neural circuits and set how they function across the lifespan ... Author Bio: Patrick M. Burke, MB, BCH, PhD (Tucson, AZ), is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Arizona. His previous positions include child and adolescent psychiatrist at La Frontera, Inc. and the Tucson Medical Center, medical director of Pantano Behavioral Health, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona, and clinical and academic positions at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, the Humanity Books Summary: The first complete biography of Cadwallader Colden (1688-1776), the longest-serving Lieutenant Governor of New York and a brilliant intellectual, multifaceted colonial Renaissance man, and consummate royalist. This is the first complete biography of Cadwallader Colden (1688-1776), one of the most accomplished intellectual and political figures in the American colonies before the Revolution. As the longest-serving Lieutenant Governor of New York he was intimately involved in the tumult... Author Bio: Seymour I. Schwartz, MD (Pittsford, NY), Distinguished Alumni Professor of Surgery at the University of Rochester, is a world-renowned surgeon and the author of Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, which in its seven editions and translations has sold more than 500,000 copies. He is also the author of a history of American surgery called Gifted Hands: America's Most Significant Contributions to Surgery. Dr. Schwartz is equally renowned as a cartographic historian Prometheus Books Summary: A candid assessment of the pros and cons of delayed motherhood. Biology does not bend to feminist ideals and science does not work miracles. That is the message of this eye-opening discussion of the consequences of delayed motherhood. Part personal account, part manifesto, Scheib recounts her emotional journey through multiple miscarriages after the age of 37. Her doctor told her she still "had time," but Scheib found little reliable and often conflicting information about a matu... Author Bio: Tanya Selvaratnam Scheib (New York, NY) is an independent producer, writer, activist and theater artist. Recent productions include the short film series, Beginnings, which won the Webby Award for best online documentary series; the theatrical show, World of Wires, at The Kitchen in New York, which won an Obie Award for best direction; and ongoing collaborations with artists and directors such as Carrie Mae Weems, Chiara Clemente, Catherine Gund, and Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 95 PROMETHEUS BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Original Atheists : First Thoughts on Nonbelief S.T. Joshi 9781616148416 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 300 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Atheism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: A unique anthology of skeptical essays on religion by eighteenth-century thinkers who questioned the reigning orthodoxy and raised doubts about belief in God. This is the first anthology ever published to feature the writings of leading eighteenth-century thinkers on the subjects of atheism, religion, freethought, and secularism. Editor S. T. Joshi has compiled notable essays by writers from France, England, and early America. The contributors include Denis Diderot (a prin... Author Bio: S. T. Joshi (Seattle, WA) is a freelance writer, scholar, and editor. He is also editor of the American Rationalist. His previous books include The Unbelievers: The Evolution of Modern Atheism; Documents of American Prejudice; In Her Place: A Documentary History of Prejudice against Women; God's Defenders: What They Believe and Why They Are Wrong; Atheism: A Reader; H. L. Mencken on Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Physics of War : From Arrows to Atoms Barry Parker 9781616148034 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $25.95/$27.50 Can. 340 pages Hardback Science / Physics Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: This fascinating blend of popular science and military history examines the science of war, demonstrating the close connection between the discovery of basic physical principles and the development of weaponry over the ages. Physics has played a critical role in warfare since the earliest times. Barry Parker highlights famous battles of the past as well as renowned scientists and inventors such as Leonardo, Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein whose work had an impact on the te... Author Bio: Barry Parker (Pocatello, ID) is an awardwinning science writer and the author of twenty-seven highly acclaimed popular science books, including Science 101: Physics; Albert Einstein's Vision: Remarkable Discoveries That Shaped Modern Science; Einstein: The Passions of a Scientist; Einstein's Brainchild: Relativity Made Relatively Easy!; and Quantum Legacy: The Discovery That Changed Our Universe. He is professor emeritus of physics at Idaho State University. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Negroes and the Gun : The Black Tradition of Arms Nicholas Johnson 9781616148393 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 340 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Social Science / Ethnic Studies Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: Chronicling the underappreciated black tradition of bearing arms for self-defense, law professor Nicholas Johnson presents an array of examples reaching back to the pre-Civil War era that demonstrate a willingness of African American men and women to use firearms when necessary to defend their families and communities. From Frederick Douglass's advice to keep "a good revolver" handy as defense against slave catchers to the armed black men who protected Thurgood Marshall, it is clear tha... Author Bio: Nicholas Johnson (New York, NY) is professor of Law at Fordham Law School, where he has taught since 1993. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is the lead author of Firearms Law and the Second Amendment: Regulation, Rights and Policy (Aspen 2012). Author Residence: New York, NY Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 96 PROMETHEUS BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 James and Dolley Madison : America's First Power Couple Bruce Chadwick 9781616148355 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 450 pages Hardback Biography & Autobiography / Historical Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: A revealing new portrait of James and Dolley Madison, America's first political power couple. In this comprehensive biography of James and Dolley Madison, historian Bruce Chadwick introduces the reader to "America's first power couple." Using newly uncovered troves of letters at the University of Virginia, Chadwick has been able to reconstruct the details of the Madisons' personal and political lives. Based on this archive, the author argues that our fourth president-the architect of ... Author Bio: Bruce Chadwick (Jersey City, NJ) is the author of twenty-eight books, most recently Lincoln for President (Sourcebooks, 2010) and I Am Murdered (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2008). He is professor of history and journalism at New Jersey City University and a part-time lecturer in American Studies at Rutgers University. Author Residence: Jersey City, NJ Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Writing God's Obituary : How a Good Methodist Became a Better Atheist Anthony B. Pinn 9781616148430 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 270 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Atheism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Heimlich's Maneuvers : My Seventy Years of Lifesaving Innovation Henry J. Heimlich 9781616148492 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 300 pages Hardback Biography & Autobiography / Medical Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: A former African Methodist Episcopal (AME) minister, now a noted humanist scholar, describes his journey from faith to unbelief. This memoir is an honest appraisal by a former African American minister of his struggle with doubts about his core beliefs and his eventual decision to leave his ministry to become a noted humanist academic. Anthony B. Pinn preached his first sermon at age twelve. At eighteen he became one of the youngest ordained ministers in his denomination. He... Author Bio: Anthony B. Pinn (Houston, TX) is the Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, professor of religious studies, and founding director of the Center for Engaged Research and Collaborative Learning at Rice University. He is the first African American full professor to hold an endowed chair in the history of Rice University. He is also director of research for the Institute for Humanist Studies and is a member of the Board of Directors for the American Humanist Prometheus Books Summary: Here, in his own words, is the story of one of the twentieth century's most creative medical innovators, Dr. Henry Heimlich. The thoracic surgeon is best known for having developed the Heimlich Maneuver, the world's easiest-to-learn and most universally known method to save people from choking to death on food or foreign objects. But many don't know about Dr. Heimlich's other life-saving inventions. He is the inventor of the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve, which saved thousands of lives du... Author Bio: Henry J. Heimlich, MD (Cincinnati, OH), now a retired thoracic surgeon, was most recently president of the Heimlich Institute. His long distinguished career includes service as attending surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Hospital in New York, assistant clinical professor of surgery at New York Medical College, associate clinical professor of surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, director of surgery at the Jewish Hospital in Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 97 PROMETHEUS BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Hybrid Tiger : Secrets of the Extraordinary Success of Asian-American Kids Quanyu Huang 9781616148515 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 270 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Family & Relationships / Education Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Prometheus Books Summary: Why do Asian and Asian-American students consistently perform so well on standardized tests? Why are students of Asian descent disproportionately admitted to America's top colleges? This informative and entertainingly written comparison of educational methods in America and China answers these questions and more, while assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each culture's distinctly different education systems. Education expert Huang notes that both Asian and Asian American students... Author Bio: Quanyu Huang, Ph.D. (Miami, OH) is director of the Asian/Asian American Studies Program and an associate professor at Miami University of Ohio and the former director of the Confucius Institute. He is a specialist in Sino-American cultural and educational comparison, a columnist for the prestigious South Weekly newspaper, a guest professor at Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University, and a visiting professor of the Training Program for High School Principals at Beijing Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi Mark Hodder 9781616147778 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $18.00/$19.00 Can. 370 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) FICTION / Science Fiction Series: A Burton & Swinburne AdventureTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Pyr Burton & Swinburne return in a NEW SERIES! Summary: Burton & Swinburne return in a new series! The Beast is coming. History will be remade. Since the assassination of Queen Victoria in 1840, a cabal of prominent men-including King George V, HRH Prince Albert, Benjamin Disraeli, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel-has received guidance from the Afterlife. The spirit of a dead mystic, Abdu El Yezdi, has helped them to steer the empire into a period of unprecedented peace and creativity. But on the eve of a groundbreaking alliance with the newly fo... Author Bio: Mark Hodder is the author of A Red Sun Also Rises and the Burton & Swinburne novels The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack, The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man, and Expedition to the Mountains of the Moon. A former BBC writer, editor, journalist, and web producer, Mark left London, England, for Valencia, Spain, to de-stress and write novels. He has a degree in cultural studies and loves British history, good food, cutting-edge gadgets, Tom Waits, and a Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Big Iron : Iron Kingdoms Chronicles C.A. Suleiman 9781616147754 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $18.00/$19.00 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Fantasy Series: The Fall of LlaelTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Pyr The first novels based upon the award-winning WARMACHINE® steam-powered fantasy wargame and the world of the Iron Kingdoms™ Role Playing Game! An action-packed steam-tech fantasy novel that combines elements of epic wartime adventure with thrilling cloak-and-dagger espionage. Summary: An action-packed steam-tech fantasy novel that combines elements of epic wartime adventure with thrilling cloak-and-dagger espionage. The second novel based upon the award-winning WARMACHINE® steam-powered fantasy wargame and the world of the Iron Kingdoms„¢ Role Playing Game. The Iron Kingdoms are at war. On the same day that Cygnar declares war on Khador, two dangerous, off-the-books operations launch themselves behind enemy lines: one of a Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 98 PYR Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Kindred and Wings Philippa Ballantine 9781616147792 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $18.00/$19.00 Can. 340 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Fantasy Series: A Shifted World NovelTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Pyr Dragons and myths reborn in this follow-up to Hunter and Fox... Summary: On the back of the dragon Wahirangi, Finn the Fox flees the world he has known. As he sets out to find the brother he never knew of, he still holds in his heart the memory of the Hunter. He has denied his love for her, but he cannot deny it forever. In the halls of the Last Believers, Talyn begins to uncover her own mysteries, but her lust for the death of the Caisah is still strong and clouds her vision. She must choose her path, as the Seer of her people or as the assassin of the over... Author Bio: Philippa Ballantine (Manassas, VA) is the coauthor of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series with Tee Morris. As a solo author, Philippa wrote Geist, Spectyr, and the forthcoming Wrayth, for the Books of the Order series, as well as Hunter and Fox, the first novel in the Shifted World series. Philippa is a trained librarian and is addicted to the smell of old books. Visit her online at Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Wrath-Bearing Tree James Enge 9781616147815 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $18.00/$19.00 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Fantasy Series: A Tournament of ShadowsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Pyr The tale of the early days of Morlock Ambrosius continues! Summary: The tale of the early days of Morlock Ambrosius continues! Into the Unguarded Lands.... The masked powers of Fate and Chaos are killing gods in the land of Kaen, facing the Wardlands across the Narrow Sea. Vocates Aloe Oaij and Morlock Ambrosius go into the Unguarded Lands, on a mission to find the reasons for the godslaying, and to avert any threat to the lands the Graith of Guardians has sworn to protect. After crash-landing on the hostile coast of Kaen, they will face vengeful frigh... Author Bio: James Enge is the author of Blood of Ambrose (nominated for a World Fantasy Award), This Crooked Way, The Wolf Age, and A Guile of Dragons (A Tournament of Shadows Book One). His fiction has appeared in Black Gate, Flashing Swords, and Every Day Fiction. He is an instructor of Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 23 Years on Fire : A Cassandra Kresnov Novel Joel Shepherd 9781616148096 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $18.00/$19.00 Can. 450 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) FICTION / Science Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Pyr Summary: Cassandra Kresnov-a highly advanced hunter-killer android-returns to face down a rogue government's plot to eliminate free will. Commander Cassandra Kresnov has her hands full. She must lead an assault against the Federation world of Pyeongwha, where a terrible sociological phenomenon has unleashed hell against the civilian population. Then she faces the threat from a portion of League space known as New Torah, in which a ruthless regime of surviving corporations are building new... Author Bio: Joel Shepherd (Adelaide, South Australia) is the author of three previous novels in the Cassandra Kresvov series-Crossover,Breakaway, and Killswitch-and four previous novels in the Trial of Blood and Steel series-Sasha,Petrodor, Tracato, and Haven. He is currently midway through a doctoral program in International Relations, and has also studied film and television, interned on Capitol Hill in Washington, and traveled widely in Asia. Visit him online at www.joelshepherd.com. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 99 PYR Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Scroll of Years : A Gaunt and Bone Novel Chris Willrich 9781616148133 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $18.00/$19.00 Can. 270 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Fantasy Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Pyr Summary: It's Brent Weeks meets China Mieville in this wildly imaginative fantasy debut featuring high action, elegant writing, and sword and sorcery with a Chinese flare. Persimmon Gaunt and Imago Bone are a romantic couple and partners in crime. Persimmon is a poet from a well-to-do family, who found herself looking for adventure, while Imago is a thief in his ninth decade who is double-cursed, and his body has not aged in nearly seventy years. Together, their services and wanderlust ha... Author Bio: Chris Willrich (Mountain View, CA) is a science fiction and fantasy writer best known for his sword-andsorcery tales of Persimmon Gaunt and Imago Bone. Until recently he was a children's librarian for the Santa Clara County Library System, in the San Francisco Bay Area. His work has appeared in Asimov's, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Black Gate, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Flashing Swords, The Mythic Circle, andStrange Horizons. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Diamond Deep Brenda Cooper 9781616148553 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 480 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Science Fiction Series: Ruby's SongTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Pyr Summary: What if a woman as strong and as complex as Eva Peron began her life as a robot repair assistant threatened by a powerful peacekeeping force that wants to take all she has from her? The discovery ship, Creative Fire, is on its way home from a multi-generational journey. But home is nothing like the crew expected. They have been gone for generations, and the system they return to is home to technologies and riches beyond their wildest dreams. But they are immediately oppressed and releg... Author Bio: Brenda Cooper (Bellevue, WA) is the author of The Creative Fire, Book One of Ruby's Song and the The Silver Ship series. Though not intended as a Young Adult novel, book 1, The Silver Ship and the Sea, was selected by Library Journal as one of the year's 100 Best Books for YA and by Booklist as one of the top ten 2007 adult books for youth to read. The other books in the series are Reading the Wind and Wings of Creation. She is the author of Mayan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Osiris Curse : A Tweed & Nightingale Adventure Paul Crilley 9781616148577 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 290 pages Hardback Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Pyr Summary: Steampunk Sherlock Holmes meets The XFiles with a dash of romantic tension and a large dose of adventure. When Nikola Tesla is murdered and blueprints for his super weapons are stolen, Tweed and Nightingale are drawn into a global cat and mouse chase with his killers. What's more, it seems that the people who shot Nikola Tesla are the same people responsible for Octavia's mother's disappearance. As the two cases intertwine, Tweed and Nightingale's investigations lead them to a m... Author Bio: Born in Scotland in 1975, Paul Crilley moved to South Africa when he was eight years old. He was rather disappointed to find out that Africa was not at all like the Tarzan movies he had seen and that he would not, in fact, have elephants and lions strolling through his backyard. He now lives in a small village on the east coast with his family. He has written the Invisible Order series and numerous short stories, and he also writes for many types of South African Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 100 PYR Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Contagion Tim Lebbon 9781616148218 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $17.95/$19.50 Can. 210 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Dystopian Series: Toxic CityTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Pyr Summary: Jack and his friends are in a race against time to save the remaining inhabitants of a postapocalyptic London from a nuclear bomb. Two years after London is struck by a devastating terrorist attack, it is cut off from the rest of the world, protected by a large force of soldiers (known as Choppers) while the rest of Britain believe that their ex-capital is a toxic, uninhabited wasteland. But that's not true. Jack and his friends know that the truth is very different-and incredible: th... Author Bio: TIM LEBBON is a New York Times-bestselling writer from South Wales. He's had almost thirty novels published to date, as well as dozens of novellas and hundreds of short stories. He has won four British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, and a Scribe Award, and has been a finalist for International Horror Guild, Shirley Jackson, and World Fantasy Awards. 20th Century Fox acquired film rights to The Secret Journeys of Jack London series, and he and Christopher Golden wrote Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The God Tattoo : Untold Tales from the Twilight Reign Tom Lloyd 9781616148591 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 272 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Fantasy Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Pyr Summary: A short story collection fleshing out the world of the critically-acclaimed Twilight Reign series, a tremendous work of mature epic fantasy. The history of the Land may remember the slaughter at Moorview or the horror of Scree's fall, but there were other casualties of the secret war against Azaer-more tales surrounding those bloody years that went unrecorded. In the shadow of memorials to the glorious dead, these ghosts lie quiet and forgotten by all but a few. A companion ... Author Bio: Tom Lloyd (Oxford, United Kingdom) is the author of four other novels in the Twilight Reign series: The Stormcaller (Book One) ,The Twilight Herald (Book Two) , The Grave Thief (Book Three), The Ragged Man (Book Four) and The Dusk Watchman (Book Five). He was born in 1979 and spent most of his childhood believing his mother was a witcha white witch. He followed his degree in politics and international relations with a series of jobs in publishing, and Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Lost Covenant : A Widdershins Adventure Ari Marmell 9781616148119 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $17.95/$19.50 Can. 250 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Pyr Summary: This third YA novel starring the young thief Widdershins combines the angst and vulnerability of any teenage girl with the high action of the best fantasy adventures. It's been six months since Widdershins and her own "personal god" Olgun fled the city of Davillon. During their travels, Widdershins unwittingly discovers that a noble house is preparing to move against the last surviving bastion of the Delacroix family. Determined to help the distant relatives of her deceased adopted fa... Author Bio: The author of The Goblin Corps, Ari Marmell (Austin, TX) is a fantasy and horror writer, with novels and short stories published through Pyr, Spectra (Random House), Wizards of the Coast, and others. He has also worked as an author of role-playing game materials for games such as Dungeons & Dragons and the World of Darkness line. His earliest novels were written as tie-in fiction for the games Vampire: The Masquerade and Magic: The Gathering. His first Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 101 PYR Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Doctor and the Dinosaurs : A Weird West Tale Mike Resnick 9781616148614 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 300 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) FICTION / Science Fiction Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Pyr Summary: Welcome to a Steampunk wild west starring Doc Holiday, with zombies, dinosaurs, robots, and cowboys. The time is April, 1885. Doc Holliday lies in bed in a sanitarium in Leadville, Colorado, expecting never to leave his room again. But the medicine man and great chief Geronimo needs him for one last adventure. Renegade Comanche medicine men object to the newly-signed treaty with Theodore Roosevelt. They are venting their displeasure on two white men who are desecrating tribal territor... Author Bio: Mike Resnick (Cincinnati, OH) has won an impressive five Hugos and has been nominated for thirty-one more. The author of the Starship series, the John Justin Mallory series, and three other Weird West Tales, he has sold sixty-nine novels and more than two hundred fifty short stories and has edited forty anthologies. His Kirinyaga series, with sixty-seven major and minor awards and nominations to Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Into the Wilderness Mandy Hager 9781616148638 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 300 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Dystopian Series: Blood of the LambTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Pyr Summary: Award-caliber social science fiction with a strong message about race and the abuse of religious faith by those in power. Book Two of the Blood of The Lamb Trilogy opens as Maryam, Ruth, and Joseph have fled OnewÄ“re, reluctantly taking Joseph's troublesome cousin, Lazarus, as well. They arrive at their destination, Marawa Island, filled with hope for rescue and reprieve. But at first glance the island appears to be solely populated by birds. Perhaps the Apostle's dire warnings a... Author Bio: Mandy Hager is an award-winning writer and educator based in Wellington, New Zealand. She has a drive to tell stories that matter-direct, powerful stories with something to say. She won the 2010 New Zealand Post Children's Book Award for Young Adult Fiction for The Crossing. Author Residence: Paraparaumu, New Zealand Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Empress of the Sun Ian McDonald 9781616148652 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 290 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction Series: EvernessTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Pyr Summary: World-hopping, high-action adventure starring a smart boy with computer skills and a tough girl who pilots a blimp The airship Everness makes a Heisenberg Jump to an alternate Earth unlike any her crew has ever seen. Everett, Sen, and the crew find themselves above a plain that goes on forever in every direction without any horizon. There they find an Alderson Disc, an astronomical megastructure of incredibly strong material reaching from the orbit of Mercury to the orbit of Jupiter. ... Author Bio: Ian McDonald is the author of Planesrunner and Be My Enemy, the first two books of the Everness series. He has written thirteen science fiction novels-including the 2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner for Best Novel, The Dervish House-and has lost count of the number of stories. He's been nominated for every major science fiction award, and even won some. McDonald also works in television and in program development-all those reality shows have to come Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 102 SEVENTH STREET BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sugar Pop Moon : A Jersey Leo Novel John Florio 9781616147952 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $15.95/$17.00 Can. 235 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Seventh Street Books The quintessential outsider--with a price on his head in two cities. Summary: Jersey Leo is the quintessential outsider-an albino of mixed race. Known as "Snowball" on the street, he makes a living as the bartender at a mob-run speakeasy in Prohibitionera Hell's Kitchen. Being neither black nor white, he has no group to call his own. His own mother abandoned him as a baby. And his father-a former boxing champ with his own secrets-disapproves of Jersey's work at a dive owned by one of New York's most notorious gangsters. So when he inadvertently purchases counter... Author Bio: John Florio (Brooklyn, NY) is a freelance writer and creative consultant in the advertising, television, and music industries. With his wife, Ouisie Shapiro, he is the author of One Punch from the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title. Visit him at www.johnfloriowriter.com. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 A Killing at Cotton Hill : A Samuel Craddock Mystery Terry Shames 9781616147990 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $15.95/$17.00 Can. 245 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Brave Hearts Carolyn Hart 9781616147976 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $13.95/$15.00 Can. 260 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Seventh Street Books A lot of people had it in for Dora Lee . . . Summary: The chief of police of Jarrett Creek, Texas, doubles as the town drunk. So when Dora Lee Parjeter is murdered, her old friend and former police chief Samuel Craddock steps in. He discovers that a lot of people had it in for Dora Lee. The conniving rascals on the farm next door want her land for nefarious purposes; her estranged daughter could be seeking vengeance; her grandson wants money for art school; and then there's that stranger Dora Lee claimed was spying on her. Does Craddock st... Author Bio: Terry Shames (Berkeley, CA) is a freelance writer and coeditor of Fire in the Hills, a book of stories, poems, and photographs about the 1991 Oakland Hills Fire. She grew up in Texas and continues to be fascinated by the convoluted loyalties and betrayals of the small town where her grandfather was the mayor. Terry is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. To read more about Terry Shames, visit her website at Seventh Street Books ROMANTIC SUSPENSE AMID THE CHAOS OF A WORLD AT WAR. A woman caught in a loveless marriage discovers love again in the midst of desolation. Summary: A woman caught in a loveless marriage discovers love again in the midst of desolation. Romantic suspense amid the chaos of a world at war. Catharine Cavanaugh is caught in a loveless marriage. Married to a British diplomat, she goes through the motions of playing the dutiful American wife in war- time London, while nightly German bombers bring terror and death to the city. Then she meets American war correspondent Jack Maguire and discovers hope and love again in the midst of desolatio... Author Bio: CAROLYN HART (Oklahoma City, OK) is the winner of multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 103 SEVENTH STREET BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 White Ginger Thatcher Robinson 9781616148171 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $15.95/$17.00 Can. 290 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Seventh Street Books Summary: Fierce loyalties, staunch compassion, and a weakness for strays lead Bai Jiang-San Francisco's best known souxun, or people finder-into violent conflicts that test her pacifist beliefs in the brutal world she lives in. Armed with Buddhist philosophy and wicked knife skills, Bai Jiang works at being a better person by following her conscience, while struggling with what she likes to think of as "aggressive assertiveness." When a girl goes missing in San Francisco's Chinatown,... Author Bio: Thatcher Robinson (Carmichael, CA) is a fulltime writer. He was previously employed as the chief operating officer of an Internet security firm that develops top-secret cyber warfare materials for the military and various government agencies. Prior to that, he was a software specialist at IBM research laboratories in Research Triangle Part, North Carolina. Author Residence: Carmichael, CA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Styx & Stone : An Ellie Stone Mystery James W. Ziskin 9781616148195 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $15.95/$17.00 Can. 285 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Seventh Street Books Summary: Ellie Stone is a professed modern girl in 1960s' New York City, playing by her own rules and breaking boundaries while searching for a killer among the renowned scholars in Columbia University's Italian Department. "If you were a man, you'd make a good detective." Ellie Stone is sure that Sgt. McKeever meant that as a compliment, but that identity-a girl wanting to do a man's job-has throttled her for too long. It's 1960, and Ellie doesn't want to blaze any trails for women; she just ... Author Bio: James W. Ziskin is a freelance writer. Previously, he worked as vice president of Worldwide Subtitling Operations at Deluxe Digital Studios, the largest DVD-authoring and related service provider in the world. A linguist by training, Ziskin has a BA and MA from the University of Pennsylvania in Romance Languages and Literature. He spent seven years at New York University's Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Death by Surprise Carolyn Hart 9781616148690 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Series: Carolyn Hart ClassicsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Seventh Street Books Summary: A woman is out to clear her cousin of murder charges after a blackmailer targeting the wealthy Carlisle family turns up dead. K.C. Carlisle and her cousin Kenneth Carlisle both grew up rich. Kenneth is a corporate lawyer in an exclusive Northern California seaside community while K.C. has a storefront office on the seedy side of town. She takes whatever kind of case walks in her door. But trouble appears one day when Francine Boutelle shows up pretending she wants to write an expose o... Author Bio: CAROLYN HART (Oklahoma City, OK) is the winner of multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. She is a cofounder of Sisters in Crime. Her prolific career has included the enduring Death on Demand series as well as the Henrie O and Bailey Ruth books. In 2007, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Malice Domestic. She has published fifty mystery novels, including Dead, White and Blue (Berkeley Prime Crime, May 2013), the latest installment of Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 104 SEVENTH STREET BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Deadly Catch : A Mac McClellan Mystery E. Michael Helms 9781616148676 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 225 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Last Death of Jack Harbin : A Samuel Craddock Mystery Terry Shames 9781616148713 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 250 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Blood Promise : A Hugo Marston Novel Mark Pryor 9781616148157 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $15.95/$17.00 Can. 280 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: World 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Seventh Street Books Summary: After twenty-four years in the marines, Mac McClellan is happy to be a civilian again and let others take charge, but that's not going to happen until he clears his name as the number one suspect in a murder. When recently retired U.S. Marine Mac McClellan hooks a badly decomposed body while enjoying a leisurely fishing vacation in the Florida panhandle, and then a bag of rare marijuana is discovered stashed aboard his rental boat, he realizes someone is setting him up to take th... Author Bio: E. Michael Helms's memoir of his Vietnam combat service, The Proud Bastards, has remained in print for two decades. Originally published by Kensington/Zebra in 1990, it was republished in 2004 by Simon & Schuster/Pocket Star, and has sold nearly 50,000 copies (Pocket Star edition). The memoir is also a past hardcover selection of The Military Book Club. Helms is also the author of Of Blood and Brothers, a two-part novel about the Civil War. Helms currently resides with his wife Karen... Seventh Street Books Summary: The shocking murder of a wounded veteran challenges the investigative skills of ex-chief Samuel Craddock. Just before the outbreak of the Gulf War, two eighteen-yearold football stars and best friends from Jarrett Creek, Texas signed up for the army. But Woody Patterson was rejected and stayed home to marry the girl they both loved, while Jack Harbin came back from the war badly damaged. The men haven't spoken since. Just as they are about to reconcile, Jack is brutally murdered... Author Bio: TERRY SHAMES (Berkeley, CA) is the author of A Killing at Cotton Hill, the first Samuel Craddock Mystery. She is the coeditor of Fire in the Hills, a book of stories, poems, and photographs about the 1991 Oakland Hills Fire. She grew up in Texas and continues to be fascinated by the convoluted loyalties and betrayals of the small town where her grandfather was the mayor. Terry is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. Seventh Street Books Summary: Hugo Marston must figure out what lies hidden inside an old sailor's chest before a 200-year-old blood promise is revealed and claims another life. In post-Revolution Paris, an old man signs a letter in blood, then hides it in a secret compartment in a sailor's chest. A messenger arrives to transport the chest and its hidden contents, but then the plague strikes and an untimely death changes history. Two hundred years later, Hugo Marston is safeguarding an unpredictable but popular s... Author Bio: Mark Pryor (Austin, TX) is the author of The Bookseller and The Crypt Thief, the first and second Hugo Marston novels, and the true-crime book As She Lay Sleeping. An assistant district attorney with the Travis County District Attorney's Office, in Austin, Texas, he is the creator of the true-crime blog DAConfidential. He has appeared on CBS News's 48 Hours and Discovery Channel's Discovery ID: Cold Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 1 SEVENTH STREET BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Castle Rock Carolyn Hart 9781616148737 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $1.11/$1.11 Can. 152 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Series: Carolyn Hart ClassicsTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Seventh Street Books Summary: A young woman is convinced she's living with a murderer among family members, lodgers, and ranch hands in New Mexico. Serena Mallory came to the huge New Mexico ranch of Castle Rock as a twelve-year-old orphan. She grew up as the ward of owner Dan McIntire. Now in her early twenties, Serena watches the ranch's idyllic summer charm disappear when Dan dies in a riding accident. The night before his accident, she overheard him arguing with someone, and since his death, a series of s... Author Bio: CAROLYN HART (Oklahoma City, OK) is the winner of multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards. She is a cofounder of Sisters in Crime. Her prolific career has included the enduring Death on Demand series as well as the Henrie O and Bailey Ruth books. In 2007, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Malice Domestic. She has published fifty mystery novels, including Dead, White and Blue (Berkeley Prime Crime, May 2013), the latest installment of Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 William Shakespeare's Star Wars Ian Doescher 9781594746376 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $14.95/$15.95 Can. 176 pages / 20 Hardback Humor / General Territory: World Ctn Qty: 40 5.250 in W | 8.000 in H 133mm W | 203mm H Quirk Books Summary: May the verse be with you! Inspired by one of the greatest creative minds in the English language-and William Shakespeare-here is an officially licensed retelling of George Lucas's epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Reimagined in glorious iambic pentameter, ... Author Bio: Ian Doescher earned a B.A. in music from Yale University, an M.Div. from Yale Divinity School, and a Ph.D. in theology from Union Seminary. He currently works for a marketing agency in Portland. Author Residence: Portland, Oregon Nicolas Delort is a freelance illustrator based in Paris, France. Gathering inspiration in the daily and mundane as well as books and any kind of narrative medium, Delort has been Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Quotes Every Man Should Know Nick Mamatas 9781594746369 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $9.95/$10.95 Can. 144 pages Hardback Reference / Quotations Territory: World Ctn Qty: 72 3.500 in W | 5.750 in H 89mm W | 146mm H Quirk Books Summary: The perfect companion to Stuff Every Man Should Know (160,000 net) and Jokes Every Man Should Know (140,000 net), Quotes Every Man Should Know is chock full of aphorisms, bons mots, and universal truths for every occasion. With sections on immortal quotations, inspirational quotations, humorous quotations, famously inaccurate quotations, and even quotations about quotations, this pocket-size reference offers quotable wisdom by everyone from Buddha, Plato, and Voltaire to Dororthy Parker... Author Bio: Nick Mamatas is the author of Insults Every Man Should Know (Quirk, 2010). His nonfiction has appeared in Razor, Village Voice, and In These Times. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Author Residence: San Francisco Bay Area Author Hometown: New York City Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 2 QUIRK BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Photo Doodles : 200 Photos for You to Complete ViiiZ 9781594746529 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up $13.95/$13.95 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Nonfiction / Art Territory: World Ctn Qty: 40 6.875 in W | 8.500 in H 175mm W | 216mm H Quirk Books Summary: You've never seen a doodle book quite like this one! Photo Doodles invites young artists and designers to complete more than a hundred different photographs, everything from rollercoasters and soda can labels to book covers and imperial palaces. Photo Doodles repackages the most kid-friendly activities from Quirk's Fill in the Blank, with a smaller trim size, a lower price point, and dozens of new justfor-kids creative challenges. Get ready to think outside the box, color outside the l... Author Bio: Vahram Muratyan and Elodie Chaillous are founders of ViiiZ, an art direction and graphic design studio created in 2005 in Paris. They graduated from the acclaimed Parisian design school ESAG-Penninghen. Author Residence: Paris, France Author Hometown: Paris, France Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 100 Ghosts : A Gallery of Harmless Haunts Doogie Horner 9781594746475 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $9.95/$10.95 Can. 208 pages Hardback Humor / Form Territory: World Ctn Qty: 56 4.000 in W | 6.000 in H 102mm W | 152mm H Quirk Books Summary: Cut two eyeholes into a bedsheet and BOO! You've got yourself a classic Halloween icon. But what happens if you tie the bedsheet in knots? What happens when you set it on fire, hang it from a clothesline, or put a llama underneath it? 100 Ghosts is a brilliantly simple artistic exploration of an icon as familiar as a grinning jack-o-lantern or an arched black cat. It's a delightful gift for adults, kids, and anyone who enjoys spooky design. Story Locale: n/a Author Bio: Doogie Horner is a writer, designer, and standup comedian. He is the author of Everything Explained Through Flowcharts (Harper Collins, 2010) and Dirty Jokes Every Man Should Know (Quirk, 2009). His writings and illustrations have been featured in McSweeney's, Boing Boing, Wired, Fast Company, and other publications. He lives in Philadelphia. Author Residence: Philadelphia Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Tales from Lovecraft Middle School #4: Substitute Creature Charles Gilman 9781594746406 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $13.99/$14.99 Can. 176 pages Hardback JUVENILE FICTION / Monsters Territory: World Ctn Qty: 36 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H 127mm W | 178mm H Quirk Books Summary: When a giant nor'easter dumps a blanket of snow on the village of Dunwich, Massachussetts, Robert Arthur and his friends find themselves marooned inside Lovecraft Middle School. The kids have no choice but to spend the night-while snacking on cafeteria food, sleeping on classroom floors, and facing off against a mysterious substitute teacher who may have a sinister secret. The latest adventure in the Lovecraft Middle School series features more adventures, more outrageous monsters, and ... Author Bio: Charles Gilman has written all of the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School. He lives in Philadelphia. Eugene Smith has illustrated all of the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School. He lives in Chicago. Author Residence: Philadelphia Author Hometown: Metuchen, New Jersey Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 3 QUIRK BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Pom-Poms! : 25 Awesomely Fluffy Projects Sarah Goldschadt, Lexi Walters Wright 9781594746451 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $14.95/$15.95 Can. 96 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Crafts & Hobbies / Decorating Territory: World Ctn Qty: 40 7.500 in W | 8.000 in H 191mm W | 203mm H Quirk Books Summary: They're soft, they're colorful, they're fun to craft, and they add a touch of whimsy to everything they meet. They're pom-poms! And they're more adorable than ever. This delightfully photographed craft book takes readers through more than 25 pom-decorated crafts, from cozy home decor projects to fun outfit accessories to festive party supplies and embellishments. Readers will use yarn, tissue paper, coffee filters, cupcake wrappers, and a host of other unexpected materials to make these... Author Bio: Sarah Goldschadt is a Danish American craft book author and designer who loves to make things, travel, and take pictures. Her work has appeared in Oprah, Rolling Stone, Glamour, and Martha Stewart Living. A constant traveler, Sarah calls New York City home. Lexi Walters Wright is a writer, editor, and blogger who lives in Massachusetts. Author Residence: Brooklyn, NY; Florence, MA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sprinkles! : Recipes and Ideas for Rainbowlicious Desserts Jackie Alpers 9781594746383 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $18.95/$19.95 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Cooking / Methods Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 7.500 in W | 9.000 in H 191mm W | 229mm H Quirk Books Summary: Here's a guide to baking and decorating delicious desserts with a colorful twist: sprinkles! Of course you can scatter them over cakes and pies-but you can also swirl them into waffles, "embroider" them on cookies, and freeze them in pretty popsicles. Jackie Alpers shares dozens of creative, colorful, super-fun recipes, plus quick-and-easy projects (ideal for little kids), holiday treats, party-perfect sprinkles crafts (great for gifting!). She also offers simple tutorials for tinting s... Author Bio: Jackie Alpers is an award-winning photographer who writes, cooks, and styles recipes in her sun-lit studio and documents food and travel adventures on location. She lives in Tucson, Arizona. Author Residence: San Francisco, California Author Hometown: Chicago, Illinois Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Nick and Tesla's High-Voltage Danger Lab : A Novel with Electromagnets, Burglar Alarms, and Other Gadgets You Can Build Yourself Bob Pflugfelder, Steve Hockensmith 9781594746482 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $12.95/$13.95 Can. 208 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology Territory: World Ctn Qty: 36 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H 127mm W | 178mm H Quirk Books Summary: Nick and Tesla are bright 12-year-old siblings with a knack for science, electronics, and getting into trouble. When their parents mysteriously vanish, they're sent to live with their Uncle Newt, a brilliant inventor who engineers top-secret gadgets for a classified government agency. It's not long before Nick and Tesla are embarking on adventures of their own-engineering all kinds of outrageous MacGyverish contraptions to save their skin: 9-volt burglar alarms, electromagnets, mobile t... Author Bio: "Science Bob" Pflugfelder is an elementary school teacher based in Newton, Massachussetts. He has made many television appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Live with Kelly and Michael, The Dr. Oz Show, and other media outlets. These are his first books. Steve Hockensmith is the author of a New York Times best seller (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls) and an Edgar Award nominee (Holmes on the Range). He lives in Alameda, California. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 4 QUIRK BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Nick and Tesla's Robot Army Rampage : A Novel with XX, XX, and Other Gadgets You Can Build Yourself Bob Pflugfelder, Steve Hockensmith 9781594746499 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $12.95/$13.95 Can. 208 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology Territory: World Ctn Qty: 36 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H 127mm W | 178mm H Quirk Books Summary: In this second novel of the Nick and Tesla series, the precocious brother-and-sister duo find themselves solving another baffling mystery. As the story opens, their Uncle Newt takes a consulting gig at a cut-rate amusement park, engineering animatronic figures for a cheap Hall of Presidentsknockoff. One perk of the job is that Nick and Tesla have unlimited access to the amusement park all summer long-but the kids quickly discover that one of the park employees has a sinister plan. Th... Author Bio: "Science Bob" Pflugfelder is an elementary school teacher based in Newton, Massachussetts. He has made many television appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Live with Kelly and Michael, The Dr. Oz Show, and other media outlets. These are his first books. Steve Hockensmith is the author of a New York Times best seller (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls) and an Edgar Award nominee (Holmes on the Range). He lives in Alameda, California. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fireside Cocktails : Warm Drinks for Cold Nights Maria Del Mar Sacasa, Tara Striano 9781594746413 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $22.95/$24.95 Can. 160 pages Hardback Cooking / Beverages Territory: World Ctn Qty: 20 7.500 in W | 8.500 in H 191mm W | 216mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Princesses Behaving Badly : Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings Linda Rodriguez McRobbie 9781594746444 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 $19.95/$19.95 Can. 288 pages Hardback History / World Territory: World Ctn Qty: 28 5.250 in W | 8.000 in H 133mm W | 203mm H Quirk Books Summary: When the days grow shorter and the air gets crisp, it's time to gather with friends for hot drinks and winter cocktails that'll put a rosy glow on your chilly cheeks. In Fireside Cocktails, Maria del Mar Sacasa and Tara Striano share more than 50 recipes for cold-weather cocktails and mixed beverages, including mulled ciders, hot toddies, wine drinks, eggnogs, and punches; there are even chilled drinks made with a kick that'll warm you right up. Whether you're skiing at the lodge, campi... Author Bio: A graduate of the French Culinary Institute, Maria Del Mar Sacasa has worked for Vogue, InStyle, Lucky, and Cook's Country; her clients include Au Bon Pain, Bailey's, Bon Appétit, Keurig, KitchenAid, Macy's, McDonald's, and Woman's Day. She writes for Serious Eats, blogs at High Heels & Frijoles, and-with award-winning photographer Tara Striano-shares recipes, photos, and stories from behind the scenes of the food industry at their blog, Cookin' & Shootin'. Maria lives between New Yo... Quirk Books Summary: You think you know her story. You've read the Brothers Grimm, you've watched the Disney cartoons, you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever after. But the lives of real princesses couldn't be more different. Sure, many were graceful and benevolent leaders-but just as many were ruthless in their quest for power, and all of them had skeletons rattling in their royal closets. Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe was a Nazi spy. Empress Elizabeth of the Austro-Hungarian empire slep... Author Bio: Linda Rodriguez McRobbie has written for the Boston Herald, Christian Science Monitor, CNN Money, US News & World Report, and Mental Floss. She lives in London with her husband, son, and cat. Douglas Smith is an award-winning illustrator. He is perhaps best known for illustrating Gregory Maguire's Wicked novels. Author Residence: Islington, London, the United Kingdom Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 5 QUIRK BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Geek's Guide to Dating Eric Smith 9781594746437 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $14.95/$15.95 Can. 208 pages / 17 Hardback Humor / Topic Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H 127mm W | 178mm H Quirk Books Summary: You keep your action figures in their original packaging. Your bedsheets are officially licensed Star Wars merchandise. You're hooked on Elder Scrolls and Metal Gear but now you've discovered an even bigger obsession: the new girl who just moved in down the hall. What's a geek to do? Take some tips from Eric Smith in The Geek's Guide to Dating. This hilarious primer leads geeks of all ages through the perils and pitfalls of meeting women, going on dates, getting serious, breaking up, an... Author Bio: Eric Smith is the cofounder of Geekadelphia, a popular blog covering all-that-is-geek in the City of Brotherly Love, as well as the Philadelphia Geek Awards, an annual awards show held at the Academy of Natural Sciences. He's written for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Weekly, and Philly.com. Author Residence: Philadelphia Juan Carlos Solon was born in Quezon City, Philippines, and Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Untitled Miss Peregrine Sequel Ransom Riggs 9781594746123 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up $17.99/$19.99 Can. 352 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.188 in W | 8.188 in H 132mm W | 208mm H Quirk Books Summary: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011-an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. Publishers Weekly called it "an enjoyable, eccentric read, distinguished by well-developed characters, a believable Welsh setting, and some very creepy monsters." This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jac... Author Bio: Ransom Riggs is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. He is also the author of Talking Pictures (Harper Collins, 2012) and The Sherlock Holmes Handbook (Quirk, 2008). He is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and lives in Los Angeles. Author Residence: Santa Monica, CA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Tao Te Ching : An All-New Translation Lao Tzu, William Scott Wilson 9781611800777 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $19.95/$23.95 Can. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Taoism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H 133mm W | 191mm H Shambhala Summary: The classic Taoist text freshly translated using the original Chinese script from Lao Tzu's time, and beautifully illustrated with seventeenth-century artwork. Now in paperback. Renowned translator William Scott Wilson has rendered Lao Tzu's classic in the most authentic way possible, using both the ancient text and the even older Great Seal script used during Lao Tzu's time. The result is a new and nuanced translation, accompanied by gorgeous Chinese ink paintings and fascinating ancil... Author Bio: WILLIAM SCOTT WILSON is the foremost translator into English of traditional Japanese texts on samurai culture. He received BA degrees from Dartmouth College and the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies, and an MA in Japanese literary studies from the University of Washington. His best-selling translations include Hagakure, The Book of Five Rings, The Unfettered Mind, Taiko, and Ideals of the Samurai. He is also the author of The Lone Samurai, a biography of the legendary samurai Miy... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 6 SHAMBHALA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Writing from the Senses : 60 Exercises to Ignite Creativity and Revitalize Your Writing Laura Deutsch 9781611800449 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $14.95/$16.95 Can. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Language Arts & Disciplines / Composition & Creative Writing Territory: World Ctn Qty: 36 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Shambhala Summary: Break through writer's block using your five senses! The sensory details that infuse our everyday experience-the smell of a favorite dish cooking, the texture of a well-worn coat, hearing a song that reminds you of a person or a time in your life-can be used to add richness and spark to what we write. Whether you are a professional writer (or want to be one) or someone who enjoys just writing for your own personal fulfillment, Writing from the Senses will show you how to tap into an end... Author Bio: LAURA DEUTSCH is a writer, editor, and teacher based in Mill Valley, California. She began teaching writing in 1974 at the University of California at Berkeley and has subsequently taught her popular classes and workshops at San Francisco State University, Book Passage bookstore, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, and in Arezzo, Italy. For the past fifteen years, her classes have focused on personal essay and memoir, writing from the senses, writing as a spir... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Power of Passion : Transforming Your Life and Relationships through Divine Eros A. H. Almaas, Karen Johnson 9781611800838 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $18.95/$21.95 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Psychology / Personality Territory: World Ctn Qty: 40 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Shambhala Summary: An innovative spiritual teacher shows how to use desire and passion as a gateway to realizing our full potential. What do desire and passion have to do with the spiritual life? They are an essential component of it, according to A. H. Almaas and Karen Johnson. Most spiritual teachings take the position that desire, wanting, and passion are opposed to the spiritual path. The concern is that engaging in desire will take you more into the world, into the mundane, into the physical, and in... Author Bio: A. H. ALMAAS is the pen name of A. Hameed Ali, the Kuwaiti-born originator of the Diamond Approach to the realization of our true nature-a spiritual path that integrates modern psychology with the insights of Sufism, Buddhism, Gurdjieff, and other wisdom traditions. Since 1976 he has guided individuals and groups through his school of inner work, the Ridhwan School, which has branches in California, Colorado, and Europe. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Best Buddhist Writing 2013 Melvin McLeod 9781611800692 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $17.95/$20.95 Can. 336 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 28 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Shambhala Summary: An eclectic and thought-provoking collection of Buddhist and Buddhist-inspired writings on a wide range of issues published in North America during 2012. This latest edition in The Best Buddhist Writing series is a thoughtful, inspiring collection of writings from a Buddhist perspective. Selected by the editors of the Shambhala Sun, North America's leading Buddhist-inspired magazine, this anthology offers an entertaining mix of writing styles and reflects on a wide range of issues from... Author Bio: MELVIN MCLEOD is the editor-in-chief of Shambhala Sun magazine and Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is also the author of Mindful Politics: A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place. Author Residence: Halifax, Nova Scotia Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 7 SHAMBHALA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Living Beautifully : with Uncertainty and Change Pema Chodron 9781611800760 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $14.95/$16.95 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 48 5.000 in W | 7.750 in H 127mm W | 197mm H Shambhala Summary: The best-selling author and spiritual teacher shares practices for living with wisdom and integrity even in confusing and uncertain situations. Now in paperback. Is it possible to live well when the very ground we stand on is shaky? Yes, says everyone's favorite Buddhist nun, it's even possible to live beautifully, compassionately, and happily on shaky ground-and the secret is: the ground is always shaky. Pema shows how using a traditional Buddhist practice called the Three Vows or ... Author Bio: PEMA CHÖDRÖN is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa. She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is the author of many best-selling books, including When Things Fall Apart. Author Residence: Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Walk Like a Buddha : Even if Your Boss Sucks, Your Ex Is Torturing You, and You're Hungover Again Lodro Rinzler 9781611800937 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 $14.95/$16.95 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 44 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Shambhala Summary: From the author of the best-selling Buddha Walks into a Bar..., tips for living with integrity, compassion, and happiness-from his popular Huffington Post advice column. Since the summer of 2010, young Buddhist teacher Lodro Rinzler has been writing a popular advice column for the Huffington Post and the Interdependence Project called "What Would Sid Do?" ("Sid" being Lodro's nickname for Siddhartha Gautama-the prince who became the Buddha). Lodro's insightful and often funny answers to ... Author Bio: LODRO RINZLER is a teacher in the Shambhala tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism. He has taught numerous workshops and retreats. His column, "What Would Sid Do?" (Sid = Siddhartha, the Buddha), has appeared regularly on Beliefnet.com since 2009, and his posts there have also appeared in the Huffington Post. He is the author of The Buddha Walks into A Bar. Author Residence: New York, New York Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The 47 Ronin : A Graphic Novel Sean Michael Wilson, Akiko Shimojima 9781611801378 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $14.95/$16.95 Can. 160 pages / ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Territory: World Ctn Qty: 56 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Shambhala Summary: A graphic novel version of the most dramatic example of bushido-the samurai code-in Japanese history. In the eighteenth century, forty-seven samurai avenged the death of their master in a plot that would take over two years to complete. After succeeding in their mission, the masterless samurai-known as ronin-all committed ritual suicide. The story, which is a national legend, remains the most potent example of Japan's deeply rooted cultural imperative of honor, persistence, loyalty, an... Author Bio: SEAN MICHAEL WILSON is a comic book writer who lives in Japan. He has had more than a dozen books published by US, UK, and Japanese publishers, and he often works with Japanese and Chinese artists on manga-style books, such as Hagakure and Yakuza Moon. AKIKO SHIMOJIMA is a manga illustrator based in Tokyo, Japan. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 8 SHAMBHALA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Book of Five Rings Miyamoto Musashi, William Scott Wilson, Shiro Tsuj... 9781611800746 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $14.95/$16.95 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Philosophy / Eastern Territory: World Ctn Qty: 60 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H 133mm W | 191mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Hagakure : The Book of the Samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo, William Scott Wilson 9781611800753 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $14.95/$16.95 Can. 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Sports & Recreation / Martial Arts & Self-Defense Territory: World Ctn Qty: 48 Shambhala Summary: A delightfully readable translation of the classic manifesto on swordsmanship, strategy, and winning by the legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashinow in paperback. Along with Sun Tzu's The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings is considered to be one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asia. Composed in 1643 by the famed duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, The Book of Five Rings analyzes the process of struggle and mastery ... Author Bio: WILLIAM SCOTT WILSON is the foremost translator into English of traditional Japanese texts on samurai culture. He received BA degrees from Dartmouth College and the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies, and an MA in Japanese literary studies from the University of Washington. His best-selling translations include Hagakure, The Unfettered Mind, Taiko, and Ideals of the Samurai. He is also the author of The Lone Samurai, a biography of the legendary samurai Shambhala Summary: The seminal treatise on the code of the samurai-now in paperback. Hagakure is a treatise on the samurai code written by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, an eighteenth-century samurai. It's a guide, organized as a loose collection of thoughts, on how samurai should conduct themselves. This philosophy-bushido, or "the way of the samurai"-is, according to Tsunetomo, essentially a Way of death or dying. This embracing of death with honor and courage is the core theme of Hagakure-and part of its allure.... Author Bio: WILLIAM SCOTT WILSON is the foremost translator into English of traditional Japanese texts on samurai culture. He received BA degrees from Dartmouth College and the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies, and an MA in Japanese literary studies from the University of Washington. His best-selling translations include The Book of Five Rings, The Unfettered Mind, and Taiko. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Tibetan Yoga of Breath : Breathing Practices for Healing the Body and Cultivating Wisdom Allison Choying Zangmo 9781611800883 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $19.95/$22.95 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 48 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Shambhala Summary: Heal the body, quiet the mind, and find emotional balance with simple practices from Tibetan Yantra Yoga. Vibrance, good health, and longevity have one thing in common-they all begin with the breath. Modern science and classic spiritual traditions agree: regulating the breath leads to radiance and wellness in the body, mind, and spirit. The Tibetan Yoga of Breath pairs the teachings of Tibetan Yantra Yoga (breathing yoga) with select contemplative ideas and practices and examines ho... Author Bio: ANYEN RINPOCHE is a tulku from Tibet of the Nyingma (Longchen Nyingthig) tradition. He lives primarily in Denver, Colorado, where he founded Orgyen Khamdroling Center with a shedra (college) for Westerners. He is the author of The Union of Dzogchen and Bodhichitta, Dying with Confidence, Journey to Certainty, and Momentary Buddhahood. ALLISON CHOYING ZANGMO is Anyen Rinpoche's personal Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 9 SHAMBHALA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Everything Is Workable : A Zen Approach to Conflict Resolution Diane Musho Hamilton 9781611800678 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $16.95/$18.95 Can. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Self-Help / Personal Growth Territory: World Ctn Qty: 36 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sitting Still Like a Frog : Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents) Eline Snel, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Myla Kabat-Zinn 9781611800586 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $17.95/$21.95 Can. 112 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Family & Relationships / Parenting Territory: World Ctn Qty: 48 6.000 in W | 6.750 in H 152mm W | 171mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Three Steps to Awakening : A Practice for Bringing Mindfulness to Life Larry Rosenberg, Laura Zimmerman 9781590305164 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $15.95/$17.95 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 48 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Shambhala Summary: Using mindfulness to work with and resolve the inevitable interpersonal conflicts that arise in all areas of life. Everything Is Workable gives readers the tools they need for dynamic, vital, and effective relationships, both personal and professional. Diane Musho Hamilton draws on her years of experience as a professional mediator, Zen practitioner, and student of Ken Wilber's Integral Philosophy to present a spiritual approach to conflict resolution, providing teachings along with pr... Author Bio: DIANE MUSHO HAMILTON is a Zen teacher, an award-winning mediator, and a facilitator of group dialogues, especially conversations around culture, religion, race, and gender. She is a dharma heir of Dennis Genpo Merzel and a student of Ken Wilber. She and her husband, Michael Mugaku Zimmerman, are founders and guiding teachers of the Boulder Mountain Zendo in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has led workshops in the United States, Canada, Israel, Brazil, Shambhala Summary: Simple mindfulness practices to help your child (ages 5-12) deal with anxiety, improve concentration, and handle difficult emotions. Includes a 60-minute audio CD of guided exercises read by Myla Kabat-Zinn. Mindfulness-the quality of attention that combines full awareness with acceptance of each moment, just as it is-is gaining broad acceptance among mental health professionals as an adjunct to treatment. This little book is a very appealing introduction to mindfulness meditation for... Author Bio: ELINE SNEL is a therapist and certified MBSR trainer and runs the Academy for Mindful Teaching in the Netherlands. She has been developing and teaching mindfulness-based courses for over twenty years and trains teachers to teach MBSR techniques to students. Her program has been used in numerous primary schools in the Netherlands. She has recently started a pilot project in various secondary schools to teach mindfulness practices to Shambhala Summary: A unique three-phase model for meditation practice that ties together elements of the various Buddhist traditions and that is remarkably adaptable to modern life and changing situations. This book represents the distillation of Larry Rosenberg's more than forty years of teaching. Drawing on the various Buddhist traditions in which he has practiced, he describes three subtly different but complementary forms of meditation practice: (1) breath awareness, (2) breath as anchor, and (3) choi... Author Bio: LARRY ROSENBERG is founder and resident teacher of the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a guiding teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 10 SHAMBHALA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 How to Be an Adult in Love : Letting Love in Safely and Showing It Recklessly David Richo 9781611800814 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $15.95/$17.95 Can. 272 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Self-Help / Personal Growth Territory: World Ctn Qty: 36 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Shambhala Summary: How to let love into our lives, and how to express that love to the world at large-now in paperback. We're made to be loved and to love. We deserve it. It's in our genetic code. It's nothing other than the purpose of our lives, says David Richo. But knowing that doesn't make it easy to do. The first problem is that we have a hard time letting love in: recognizing it, accepting it from others. We're afraid of it, of getting hurt. The second, related problem is that we're unable to share... Author Bio: DAVID RICHO, PhD, is a psychotherapist, teacher, writer, and workshop leader whose work emphasizes the benefits of mindfulness and loving-kindness in personal growth and emotional well-being. He is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling How to Be an Adult in Relationships and The Five Things We Cannot Change. Author Residence: Santa Barbara and San Francisco, Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 A Little Book of Love : Buddhist Wisdom on Bringing Happiness to Ourselves and Our World Moh Hardin 9781611800517 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $11.95/$13.95 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 44 5.000 in W | 7.250 in H 127mm W | 184mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Psychology of Yoga : Integrating Eastern and Western Approaches for Understanding the Mind Georg Feuerstein 9781611800425 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $19.95/$22.95 Can. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Health & Fitness / Yoga Territory: World Ctn Qty: 36 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Shambhala Summary: Teachings from the Buddhist tradition on opening the heart and deepening relationships, written with unusual clarity, simplicity, and warmth-for readers of any background. Now in paperback. This short, practical, and inspiring book presents Buddhist wisdom on love, relationships, and finding true contentment in life. Buddhist teacher Moh Hardin has a wonderfully direct and warm-hearted teaching style that will resonate with readers of books by Pema Chödrön and Thich Nhat Hanh. The boo... Author Bio: MOH HARDIN is an acharya or senior teacher in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage. The son of a Methodist minister, he graduated from Duke University with a BA in music. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and teaches Buddhism and meditation frequently in Canada and the U.S. This is his first book. Shambhala Summary: How the mind works according to the ancient yogic traditions, compared and contrasted to the approaches of Western psychology-by one of the greatest yoga scholars of our time. Georg Feuerstein begins the book by establishing the historical context of modern Western psychology and its gradual encounter with Indian thought, then follows this introduction with twenty-three chapters, each of which presents a topic-generally a point of correspondence or distinction-between Western and Easte... Author Bio: GEORG FEUERSTEIN (1947-2012) was was a German-Canadian Indologist specializing in yoga. He authored over thirty books on mysticism, yoga, Tantra, and Hinduism. He translated, among other traditional texts, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad-Gita. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 11 SHAMBHALA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Twenty Poems to Bless Your Marriage : And One to Save It Roger Housden 9781611800791 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $12.95/$14.95 Can. 112 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) POETRY / Subjects & Themes Territory: World Ctn Qty: 80 5.500 in W | 7.500 in H 140mm W | 191mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Art of Haiku : Its History through Poems and Paintings by Japanese Masters Stephen Addiss 9781611800739 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $22.95/$25.95 Can. 352 pages / 32-PAGE FOUR-COLOR INSERT Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) POETRY / Asian Territory: World Ctn Qty: 16 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Surrealist Home : A Box of Domestic Games Will Hobson 9781611800289 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $24.95/$27.95 Can. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT Psychology / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 8.750 in W | 6.750 in H 222mm W | 171mm H Shambhala Summary: A companion in poetry and prose along the journey of love and marriage-now in paperback. From the author of the bestselling Ten Poems series. Poems can teach us in ways that surpass other forms of understanding, especially when the subject concerns matters of the heart. When the heart's whispers are too faint for us to hear in ordinary ways, poetry can speak to us with another kind of eloquence. From the leap of joy that a couple takes on their wedding day to a fiftieth wedding anniv... Author Bio: After receiving a BA (Hons) Degree in French and Spanish from Birmingham University in 1967, ROGER HOUSDEN started his career in London working for Times Newspapers. Within three years he went on to being a freelance feature writer for The Guardian and an interviewer for the BBC. In the 1980s he founded The Open Gate, the first year-round conference and retreat program to bring Shambhala Summary: An in-depth look at the history of haiku and haiku painting from an expert on the art form-now in paperback. While haiku is one of the best known forms of poetry, it is less known that the poems were often accompanied by calligraphy and paintings. In this history of traditional Japanese haiku, the development of the poetic form is fully explored; deepening this history is a look at the role of haiku paintings, called haiga. From the great haiku poets like Basho, Buson, and Issa, as wel... Author Bio: STEPHEN ADDISS, PhD, is Professor of Art at the University of Richmond in Virginia. A scholar-artist, he has exhibited his ink paintings and calligraphy in Asia, Europe, and the United States. He is also the author or coauthor of more than thirty books and catalogues about East Asian arts, including The Sound of One Hand: The Paintings and Calligraphy of Zen Master Hakuin. Shambhala Redstone Editions Summary: A quirky compendium of questionnaires, tests, and games that explore the psychology of home and domestic relationships, from the creators of Mind Games and Psychobox. How do your personality and your home reflect each other? What about your relationships with your spouse, children, and guests? The Surrealist Home answers these questions and more. You'll never see your home life in the same way again. The box includes •Questionnaires and tests to help you understand and avoid domestic ... Author Bio: WILL HOBSON is a writer and translator and a former contributing editor to Granta magazine. His translations from French and German include the Goncourt Prize winner The Battle by Patrick Rambaud, The Collector of Worlds by Iliya Troyanov, and Being Arab by Samir Kassir, which won the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award. Author of Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 12 ROOST BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Seedswap : The Gardener's Guide to Saving and Swapping Seeds Josie Jeffery 9781611800913 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $16.95/$16.95 Can. 128 pages / FULL-COLOR PHOTOS THROUGHOUT Hardback Gardening / Reference Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 36 6.250 in W | 8.250 in H 159mm W | 210mm H Roost Books Summary: An illustrated introduction to saving seeds-how to harvest seeds from your own garden, set up a seed library to share with your community, and grow plants from your own seed stash. With a directory of plants and easy-to-follow instructions, this is the perfect book for first-time gardeners. In an exciting introduction to the global seed-swapping movement, passionate seed activist Josie Jeffery explores why we should care about our plant heritage and, most importantly, explains how to d... Author Bio: JOSIE JEFFERY is a keen horticulturalist, seed activist, and grassroots gardener. She studied hoticulture and garden design in Brighton, where since 2009 she's also run a successful business, SeedFreedom. Josie is the author of Seedbombs: Going Wild with Flowers (Ivy Press, 2011) and Good Companions: The Mix & Match Guide to Companion Planting (Ivy Press, 2012). Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Adventures in Yarn Farming : Four Seasons on a New England Fiber Farm Barbara Parry 9781590308233 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $27.95/$32.95 Can. 320 pages / FOUR-COLOR THROUGHOUT Hardback Crafts & Hobbies / Needlework Territory: World Ctn Qty: 18 7.000 in W | 9.000 in H 178mm W | 229mm H Roost Books Summary: A knitting book focusing on the sheep-toshawl process by a well-known knitter, shepherd, and artisanal yarn producer. Gain an insider's view on fiber farming and yarn craft, from sheep to skein, all told through the eyes of shepherd and textile artisan Barbara Parry. Follow her flock over the course of a year and discover all the facets of life with sheep: from shearing day and lambing season, to preparing fiber for yarn. Along the way you'll find projects for the fiber obsessed ... Author Bio: BARBARA PARRY raises sheep on her 220-acre Springdelle Farm in western Massachusetts. She and her husband, Michael, keep a flock of 77 sheep, goats, and llamas. Every year Barbara converts hundreds of pounds of her spring wool clip into high-quality yarn and handspinning fiber. She markets her yarns and fibers under her label Foxfire Fiber & Designs and has created a substantial presence, both online (www.foxfirefiber.com) and at major sheep and wool festivals throughout the Northeas... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Establishing Appearances as Divine : Rongzom Chokyi Zangpo on Reasoning, Madhyamaka, and Purity Heidi I. Koppl 9781559394192 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $24.95/$27.95 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 48 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Snow Lion Summary: A highly esteemed Buddhist treatise on realizing your divine nature. This concise treatise by the eleventh-century Tibetan Buddhist philosopher Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo sets out to prove the provocative point that everything that appears is actually deity manifest. Many books on Tibetan Buddhism address the important themes of mind training, compassion, and proper conduct, but this book goes beyond that in its aim to bring the reader face to face with his or her divine and pure nature. Tr... Author Bio: RONGZOM CHÖKYI ZANGPO (eleventh century) is among the most celebrated scholars of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. Particularly known for his lucid and innovative explanations of Tantra and Dzogchen, his influence on later scholars such as Ju Mipham has been profound. HEIDI I. KÖPPL has worked as a translator at the Ka-Nying Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 13 SNOW LION Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Life of Longchenpa : The Omniscient Dharma King of the Vast Expanse Jampa Mackenzie Stewart 9781559394185 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $24.95/$27.95 Can. 208 pages / 37 ILLUSTRATIONS Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 44 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Snow Lion Summary: The first complete English-language life story of Longchenpa (1308-1364), one of the greatest masters in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. Compiled from numerous Tibetan and Bhutanese sources, including Longchenpa's autobiography and stories of his previous lives and subsequent rebirths, The Life of Longchenpa weaves an inspiring and captivating tale of wonder and magic, of extraordinary visions and spiritual insight, set in the kingdoms of fourteenth-century Tibet and Bhutan. It also r... Author Bio: JAMPA MACKENZIE STEWART is a lay practitioner of the Nyingma and Kagyu lineages. His works include The Life of Gampopa and over fifty published articles on Buddhist and Taoist practice, qigong, and Chinese medicine. An acupuncturist, writer, teacher, and healer, he lives in the mountains of Crestone, Colorado. Author Residence: Crestone, Colorado Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Nagarjuna's Letter to a Friend Kangyur Kyabje Rinpoche 9781559394154 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $29.95/$34.95 Can. 208 pages Hardback Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 28 Snow Lion Summary: An exposition of the entire Buddhist path in only 123 verses. A Buddhist classic. Nagarjuna's poetic presentation of the fundamental teachings of the Great Vehicle, or Mahayana, is remarkable for its concise style and memorable imagery, making it one of the most widely quoted sources in other commentaries on the Mahayana path. The great Indian Buddhist master Nagarjuna (first-second century C.E.) wrote his celebrated poem "Letter to a Friend" as a gift of advice to a South Indian king,... Author Bio: NAGARJUNA, the South Indian Buddhist master who lived six hundred years after the Buddha, is undoubtedly the most important, influential, and widely studied Mahayana Buddhist philosopher. KYABJE KANGYUR RINPOCHE (1897-1975), of the monastery of Riwoche in Kham, was a great scholar and tertön. He spent much of his life as a wandering hermit, living in mountain retreats and practicing in various parts of Tibet. He left Tibet in the 1950s and was one of the first Tibetan masters to Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Stillness, Insight, and Emptiness : Buddhist Meditation from the Ground Up Lama Dudjom Dorjee 9781559394208 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $19.95/$22.95 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 48 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Snow Lion Summary: Meditation is the key to meaningful Buddhist practice, but establishing a solid foundation requires skill and sustained effort. In simple and inviting language, this book shows how to develop a successful meditation practice. In Tibetan Buddhism, developing a consistent and sustained meditation practice is the first step toward discerning the true nature of reality as taught by the Buddha. Lama Dudjom Dorjee encapsulates the Buddha's teaching in terms that are accessible and encouragin... Author Bio: Born to a nomadic family in eastern Tibet, LAMA DUDJOM DORJEE grew up in India and received a distinguished Acharya degree from Sanskrit University in Varanasi. In 1981, at the request of the 16th Gyalwang Karmapa, he came to the United States as a representative of the Karma Kagyu lineage. He is presently Resident Lama of Karma Thegsum Choling in Dallas, Texas. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 14 SNOW LION Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 A Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate : A Tibetan Approach to Analytical Thinking Daniel Perdue 9781559394215 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 $79.95/$92.00 Can. 496 pages / 70 DIAGRAMS Hardback Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 16 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Snow Lion Summary: Step-by-step lessons in building the skills needed to engage in Tibetan Buddhist philosophical debate and that have proved successful in the college classroom. Debate is the investigative technique used in Tibetan education to sharpen analytical capacities and convey philosophical concepts. Reading and memorization are not enough; students must be able to verbalize their understanding and defend it under the pressure of fierce cross-examination. This book, based on the author's success... Author Bio: DANIEL PERDUE, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. He has successfully taught the format, content, techniques, and procedures of the Tibetan style of Buddhist debate since 1974. Author Residence: Richmond, VA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 From Here to Enlightenment : An Introduction to Tsong-kha-pa's Classic Text The Great Treatise of the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment H.H. the Dalai Lama, Guy Newland 9781559394239 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $16.95/$18.95 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 44 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Snow Lion Summary: The most extensive teaching given by the Dalai Lama in the West on a seminal Tibetan Buddhist text-now in paperback. When the Dalai Lama was forced to go into exile in 1959, his copy of Tsong-kha-pa's classic text The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment was one of the few items that he could take with him. This text distills all of the essential points of Tibetan Buddhism, clearly unfolding the entire Buddhist path to enlightenment. In 2008, celebrating the long-a... Author Bio: HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA is considered the foremost Buddhist leader of our time. The exiled spiritual head of the Tibetan people, a Nobel Peace Laureate, and a Congressional Gold Medal recipient, he is a remarkable teacher and scholar who has authored numerous books. He is a tireless worker for peace who travels extensively throughout the world. GUY NEWLAND is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Backs Alison Bruce 9781616953355 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 $25.00/$25.00 Can. 304 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Soho Constable Summary: A fresh start in a place you hate is even tougher with a killer watching... Jane Osborne left Cambridge and vowed she'd never return. An unexpected twist of fortune results in DC Goodhew bringing her back to the remnants of her old life and a confrontation with the man who killed her sister. Meanwhile a burning car on the outskirts of Cambridge leads to the discovery of the body of its owner, Paul Marshall. There seems nothing to connect it to either a recent assault, or to Jane O... Author Bio: Alison Bruce was born in Surrey but moved to Cambridge in 1998. She is the author of three other Gary Goodhew books: Cambridge Blue, The Siren, and The Calling. She is married with two children. Author Residence: Cambridge, UK Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 15 SOHO CONSTABLE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The King's Corrodian Pat McIntosh 9781616953393 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 $25.00/$25.00 Can. 304 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Soho Constable Summary: The crows are gathering above Glasgow, watching the movements of the clergy and townspeople alike... Tied to St Mungo's Cross by the cathedral to be cured of her madness overnight by the saint, the young woman is found in the morning beaten and strangled, still tied to the cross. But is she who she seems to be? And who would flout the saint's protection like this? Gil Cunningham must trace the dead woman and find her enemies, track down the thieves and murderers and identify the wat... Author Bio: Born and brought up in Lanarkshire, Pat McIntosh lived and worked in Glasgow before settling on Scotland's west coast, where she lives with her husband and three cats. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Death of an Englishman Magdalen Nabb 9781616952990 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $9.99/$9.99 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: It is just before Christmas and the marshal wants to go South to spend the holiday with his wife and family, but first he must recover from the flu (which has left the Florentine caribinieri short-handed) and also solve a murder. A seemingly respectable retired Englishman, living in a flat on the Via Maggio near the Santa Trinita bridge, was shot in the back during the night. He was well-connected and Scotland Yard has dispatched two officers to "assist" the Italians in solving the crim... Author Bio: Magdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire and moved to Florence in 1975, where she pursued a dual career as a crime writer and children's author until her death in 2007. Author Residence: Florence, Italy Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Fame Thief (Junior Bender #3) Timothy Hallinan 9781616952808 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $25.00/$25.00 Can. 336 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: THE LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY THIRD INSTALLMENT IN THE MYSTERY SERIES FEATURING JUNIOR BENDER, HOLLYWOOD BURGLAR TURNED PRIVATE EYE There are not many people brave enough to say no to Irwin Dressler, Hollywood's scariest mob boss-turned-movie king. Even though Dressler is ninety-three years old, LA burglar Junior Bender is quaking in his boots when Dressler's henchman haul him in for a meeting. Dressler wants Junior to solve a "crime" he believes was committed more than seventy years ago, wh... Author Bio: Timothy Hallinan is the Edgar- and Macavitynominated author of thirteen widely praised books, including The Fear Artist, Crashed, Little Elvises, and The Fame Thief. After years of working in Hollywood, television, and the music industry, he now writes fulltime. He divides his time between California and Thailand. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 16 SOHO CRIME Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Port Vila Blues Garry Disher 9781616952921 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 272 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: Wyatt, the cool, ever-evasive thief, snatches the cash easily enough. He bypasses the alarm system, eludes the cops, makes it safely back to his hideout in Hobart. It's the diamond-studded Tiffany brooch-and perhaps the girl-that undoes him. Now some very hard people want to put Wyatt and that brooch out of circulation. But this is Wyatt's game and Wyatt sets the rules-even if it means a reckoning somewhere far from home. In a murky world where the cops are robbers, old-style criminal W... Author Bio: Garry Disher is one of Australia's best-known novelists. He's published over 40 books in a range of genres, including crime, children's books, and Australian history. His Hal Challis series is also published in the US by Soho Crime. He lives on the Mornington Peninsula, south-east of Melbourne. Author Residence: Mornington Peninsula, Australia Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fallout Garry Disher 9781616951030 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $25.00/$25.00 Can. 256 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Soho Crime Summary: Not even a bounty of stolen jewels and officerturned-lover Liz Redding can keep Wyatt from returning to his cool, detached life as a thief. Knowing his idyllic life cannot last, he drugs Redding and escapes into the night only to discover the gems are fakes. With his luck-and his resourcesrapidly running out, Wyatt begrudgingly joins forces with his estranged nephew, an established criminal himself, to engineer his trickiest heist yet. In order to pull it off, he must plumb the depths... Author Bio: Garry Disher is one of Australia's best-known novelists. He's published over forty books in a range of genres, including crime, children's books, and Australian history. His Hal Challis crime series is also published in the US by Soho Crime. He lives on the Mornington Peninsula, southeast of Melbourne. Author Residence: Australia Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Outsider in Amsterdam Janwillem Van De Wetering 9781616953003 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $9.99/$9.99 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: On a quiet street in downtown Amsterdam, the founder of a new religious society/commune-a group that calls itself "Hindist" and mixes elements of various "Eastern" traditions-is found hanging from a ceiling beam. DetectiveAdjutant Gripstra and Sergeant de Gier of the Amsterdam police are sent to investigate what looks like a simple suicide, but they are immediately suspicious of the circumstances. This now-classic novel, first published in 1975, introduces Janwillem van de Wetering'... Author Bio: Janwillem van de Wetering (1931-2008) was born and raised in Rotterdam, but lived most recently in Surry, Maine. He served as a member of the Amsterdam Special Constabulary and was once a Zen Buddhist monk. He is renowned for his detective fiction, including Outsider in Amsterdam, The Corpse on the Dike, The Japanese Corpse, and eleven other books in the Grijpstra and de Gier series. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 17 SOHO CRIME Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Death's Door James R. Benn 9781616952945 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 A Spider in the Cup Barbara Cleverly 9781616952884 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $26.95/$26.95 Can. 336 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 A Blind Goddess James R. Benn 9781616951924 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $26.95/$26.95 Can. 352 pages Hardback Fiction / War & Military Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Soho Crime Summary: Lieutenant Billy Boyle could have used a rest after his last case, but when his girlfriend, Diana Seaton, a British spy, goes missing in the Vatican, where she was working undercover, he insists on being assigned to a murder investigation there so he can try to help her. An American monsignor is found murdered at the foot of Death's Door, one of the five entrances to Saint Peter's Basilica. Wild Bill Donovan, head of the OSS, wants the killing investigated. The fact that the Vatican is... Author Bio: James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut, Billy Boyle, was named one of the top five mysteries of 2006 by Book Sense and was a Dilys Award nominee. Subsequent books have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, and been listed as the Bookpage Mystery of the Month. Two have been tagged as a "Killer Book" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. A librarian for many years, Benn lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut, w... Soho Crime Summary: At dawn one morning in 1933, an amateur dowsing team digging the banks of the Thames for precious metals unearths the body of a young woman with a missing toe and a priceless gold coin in her mouth. The case falls on Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard Joe Sandilands' turf, but he's been given another assignment-and a very highprofile one. London is hosting a historic global economic conference to try to solve the global Depression, and political tensions are running very high, as ... Author Bio: Barbara Cleverly was born in the north of England and is a graduate of Durham University. A former teacher, she has spent her working life in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk; she now lives in Cambridge. She has one son and five step-children. She is the author of nine books, including The Last Kashmiri Rose, Strange Images of Death, The Blood Royal, and Not My Blood. Her Joe Sandilands series, set against the background of the Indian Empire, was inspired by the contents of a battered old ... Soho Crime Summary: March, 1944: US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, back in England after a dangerous mission in Italy, is due for a little R&R, and also a promotion. But the now-Captain Boyle doesn't get to kick back and enjoy his leisure time because two upsetting cases fall into his lap at once. The first is a personal request from an estranged friend: Sergeant Eugene "Tree" Jackson, who grew up with Billy in Boston, is part of the 617th Tank Destroyers, the all-African American battalion poised to make h... Author Bio: James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries. The debut, Billy Boyle, was named one of the top five mysteries of 2006 by Book Sense and was a Dilys Award nominee. Subsequent books have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, and been listed as the Bookpage Mystery of the Month. Two have been tagged as a "Killer Book" by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. A librarian for many years, Benn lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut, w... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 18 SOHO CRIME Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Hand for a Hand T. Frank Muir 9781616952952 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 336 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: The first book in a taut, action-packed new series set in St. Andrews, Scotland. Murder. It's the only word in a note clutched by the dismembered hand found on the lush green of a golf course in St. Andrews, Scotland. When DCI Andy Gilchrist learns the note is addressed to him, he realizes the thing he feared most has come to pass: a killer is deliberately targeting him. Though Gilchrist is no new hand at solving murders, this time he is overwhelmed by the flood of seemingly unconnect... Author Bio: Born in Glasgow, Frank Muir was plagued from a young age with the urge to see more of the world than the rain sodden slopes of the Campsie Fells. Thirty-plus years of living and working overseas helped him appreciate the raw beauty of his home country. Now a dual US/UK citizen, Frank makes his home in the outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland, from where he visits St. Andrews regularly to research in the town's many pubs and restaurants. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Ratlines Stuart Neville 9781616953027 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $15.95/$15.95 Can. 368 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: Ireland 1963. As the Irish people prepare to welcome President John F. Kennedy to the land of his ancestors, a German national is murdered in a seaside guesthouse. Lieutenant Albert Ryan, Directorate of Intelligence, is ordered to investigate. The German is the third foreigner to die within a few days, and Minister for Justice Charles Haughey wants the killing to end lest a shameful secret be exposed: the dead men were all Nazis granted asylum by the Irish government in the years follow... Author Bio: Stuart Neville is the author of three previous books, Collusion, Stolen Souls, and The Ghosts of Belfast, winner of the 2010 LA Times Book Prize and the Spinetingler Award for Best First Novel, and a finalist for the Macavity Award, the Barry Award, and Anthony Award for Best First Novel. Stuart has taught at Trinity College in Dublin and appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. He lives in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Nightmare Range : The Collected Sueno and Bascom Short Stories Martin Limon 9781616953324 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $26.95/$26.95 Can. 400 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Other Formats 9781616953348 $1.11 12/3/13 Paperback Related Products Nightmare Range 9781616953348 $1.11 12/3/13 Paperback Soho Crime Summary: Twenty years ago, Martin Limón published his first mystery story featuring Sergeant George Sueño, a young Mexican American army detective stationed on the US 8th Army base in South Korea in the early 1970s, the heart of the Cold War. George and his investigating partner, the rowdy and short-fused Sergeant Ernie Bascom, are assigned cases in which the 8th Army has come into conflict with local Korean law enforcement-often incidents in which American soldiers, who are not known for being ... Author Bio: Martin Limón retired from military service after twenty years in the US Army, including ten years in Korea. He is the author of seven previous books in the Sergeant George Sueño series: Jade Lady Burning, Slicky Boys, Buddha's Money, The Door to Bitterness, The Wandering Ghost, GI Bones, Mr. Kill, and The Joy Brigade. He lives in Seattle. Author Residence: Seattle, Washington Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 19 SOHO CRIME Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Monster of Florence Magdalen Nabb 9781616953249 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $26.95/$26.95 Can. 400 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Soho Crime Summary: Based on a chilling true crime, The Monster of Florence follows the reopening of a cold case-a serial killer who targeted unmarried couples and terrorized Florence for two decades. Marshal Guarnaccia's job with the carabinieri-the local Florentine police-usually involves restoring stolen handbags to grateful old ladies and lost cameras to bewildered tourists. So when he is assigned to work with the police in trying to track down a vicious serial killer, he feels out of his league. To m... Author Bio: Magdalen Nabb was born in Lancashire and trained as a potter. In 1975, she left her old life behind and moved with her son to Florence, where she knew no one and even though she didn't speak any Italian, but where she fell in love with the local setting. Her Marshal Guarnaccia series, which has been translated into ten languages, was inspired by a real local marshal she befriended in the tiny pottery town of Montelupo Fiorentino. Nabb wrote children's fiction and crime novels until h... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Cold Storage, Alaska John Straley 9781616953065 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $26.95/$26.95 Can. 304 pages Hardback FICTION / Crime Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Soho Crime Summary: Cold Storage, Alaska, is a remote fishing outpost where salmonberries sparkle in the morning frost and where you just might catch a King Salmon if you're zen enough to wait for it. Settled in 1935 by Norse fishermen who liked to skinny dip in its natural hot springs, the town enjoyed prosperity in the mid-20th Century, at the height of the frozen fish boom. But now the cold storage plant is all but abandoned and the population is shrinking every day. Clive "The Milkman" McCahon return... Author Bio: John Straley, a criminal investigator for the state of Alaska, lives in Sitka with his son and wife, a marine biologist who studies whales. He is the Shamus Award-winning author of The Curious Eat Themselves and The Woman Who Married a Bear. Author Residence: Sitka, Alaska Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Whispering Death Garry Disher 9781616952969 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: The long-awaited sixth installment in the Inspector Hal Challis series set in Australia, available in the United States at last! Hal Challis is in trouble at home and abroad: dressed down by the boss for speaking out about police budget cuts; missing his lover, Ellen Destry, who is overseas on a study tour. But there's plenty to keep his mind off his problems. A rapist in a police uniform stalks Challis's Peninsula beat, there is a serial armed robber headed in his direction and a hom... Author Bio: Garry Disher is one of Australia's best-known novelists. He's published over 40 books in a range of genres, including crime, children's books, and Australian history. His Wyatt series is also published in the US by Soho Crime. He lives on the Mornington Peninsula, south-east of Melbourne. Author Residence: Australia Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 20 SOHO CRIME Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Tooth for a Tooth T. Frank Muir 9781616953188 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $26.95/$26.95 Can. 320 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Soho Crime Summary: When a woman's skeleton is discovered in a shallow grave DCI Andy Gilchrist is tasked with finding her murderer. But a psychic's warnings and markings on a rusted cigarette lighter found among the rotted remains take Gilchrist on a journey into his own past that brings him closer to discovering the identity of his brother's killer from a hit-andrun case some thirty-five years before. When dental records from an extracted tooth force Gilchrist to confront the unthinkable-that his bro... Author Bio: Frank Muir lives outside of Glasgow, Scotland, where he is at work on the next DCI Gilchrist mystery. Author Residence: Glasgow, Scotland Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Chilled to the Bone Quentin Bates 9781616953300 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $26.95/$26.95 Can. 320 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Soho Crime Summary: When a shipowner is found dead, tied to a bed in one of Reykjavik's nicest hotels, sergeant Gunnhildur Gisladottir of the city police force sees no evidence of foul play but still suspects things are not as cut and dried as they seem. As she investigates the shipowner's untimely-and embarrassing-demise, she stumbles across a discreet bondage society whose members are being systematically exploited and blackmailed. Story Locale: Reykjavik, Iceland Series Overview: Officer Gunhilder, a ... Author Bio: Quentin Bates lived in Iceland for ten years before moving back to the UK in 1990, where he became a full-time journalist at a commercial fishing magazine. He and his wife frequently return to Iceland, where they have many friends, including several in the Reykjavík police. Author Residence: United Kingdom Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Golden Calf Helene Tursten 9781616952983 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: Soho's perennially popular Swedish crime series featuring Detective Inspector Irene Huss-jiujitsu champion, mother of teenage twin girls, and investigator on Göteborg Murder Squad-is back! Three men have been shot in one of Göteborg's most fashionable neighborhoods, sending Detective Inspector Irene Huss and her colleagues on a goose chase through a tony world of expensive cars and fancy homes. All three victims seem to be tied to one person, the glamorous dot-com darling Sanna Kaegle... Author Bio: Helene Tursten was a nurse and a dentist before she turned to writing. Other books in the Irene Huss series include Detective Inspector Huss, The Torso, The Glass Devil, and Night Rounds. She was born in Goteborg, Sweden, where she now lives with her husband and daughter. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 21 SOHO CRIME Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Perfect Hatred Leighton Gage 9781616953034 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 336 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team have a heavy work load with several high-profile cases. First, a suicide bombing that was apparently the work of a militant Islamist group. Then, a gubernatorial candidate is assassinated in broad daylight at a campaign rally. Could the cases be related? To complicate Silva's investigation, a criminal with a very bad grudge against the Chief Inspector has been released from prison and is plotting ugly revenge. Story Locale: Brazil Series Overvi... Author Bio: Leighton Gage is the author of five novels in the Mario Silva series: Blood of the Wicked, Buried Strangers, Dying Gasp, Every Bitter Thing, and A Vine in the Blood. He spends part of each year in Santana do Parnaiba, Brazil, and divides the rest of the year between Florida and the Netherlands. He is married with four daughters. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Fire Dance Helene Tursten 9781616950101 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $26.95/$26.95 Can. 336 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Soho Crime Summary: In this sixth installment in the critically acclaimed Swedish crime series, the murder of a young ballerina named Sophie, apparently an arson victim, sets off shrill alarm bells for Detective Inspector Irene Huss, who remembers the matching details of an unsolved case from fifteen years earlier, when Irene had only just started in the police force. The stepfather of the then eight-year-old Sophie has been murdered in a very similar way, and at the time the girl herself had been under su... Author Bio: Helene Tursten was a nurse and a dentist before she turned to writing. Other books in the Irene Huss series include Detective Inspector Huss, The Torso, The Glass Devil, Night Rounds, and The Golden Calf. She was born in Göteborg, Sweden, where she now lives with her husband and daughter. Author Residence: Goteborg, Sweden Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Woman Who Wouldn't Die Colin Cotterill 9781616952976 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $15.95/$15.95 Can. 336 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: The long-awaited follow-up to 2011's Slash & Burn and the ninth installment in Colin Cotterill's bestselling mystery series starring the inimitable Lao national coroner, Dr. Siri In a small Lao village, a very strange thing has happened. A woman was shot and killed in her bed during a burglary; she was given a funeral and everyone in the village saw her body burned. Then, three days later, she was back in her house as if she'd never been dead at all. But now she's clairvoyant, and can s... Author Bio: Colin Cotterill is the author of eight previous books in the Dr. Siri Paiboun series: The Coroner's Lunch, Thirty-Three Teeth, Disco for the Departed, Anarchy and Old Dogs, Curse of the Pogo Stick, The Merry Misogynist, Love Songs from a Shallow Grave, and Slash and Burn. Colin has received a Dilys Award win and a Barry Award nomination, and he was the 2011 Bouchercon International Guest of Honor. He and his wife live in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he teaches at Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 22 SOHO CRIME Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Ways of Evil Men Leighton Gage 9781616952723 Pub Date: 1/21/14, On Sale Date: 1/21 $26.95/$26.95 Can. 304 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Soho Crime Summary: As Chief Inspector Mario Silva has learned, justice is hard to come by in Brazil, so when his niece tells him about a possible genocide deep in the jungle, he agrees to round up his team and charter a plane to Pará to check it out. Thirty-nine natives have recently dropped dead of mysterious causes. Given the tense relationship between the Awana tribe and the white townsfolk nearby, Jade Calmon, Pará's sole government-sponsored advocate for the native population, immediately suspects f... Author Bio: Leighton Gage is the author of six previous novels in the Mario Silva series: Blood of the Wicked, Buried Strangers, Dying Gasp, Every Bitter Thing, A Vine in the Blood, and Perfect Hatred. He spends part of each year in Santana do Parnaiba, Brazil, and divides the rest of the year between Florida and the Netherlands. He is married with four daughters. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Big Both Ways John Straley 9781616953171 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: Rattled by the gruesome accidental death of a coworker, Slip Wilson quits his job at a logging camp, and decides to make a clean start in Seattle. But along the way, he rescues a woman and her young niece from their car in the ditch, and his life takes a hard turn. The woman, Ellie Hobbes, is an archist with big dreams. But first, she has to take care of that pesky dead body in the trunk of her car... Story Locale: Pacific Northwest Author Bio: John Straley, a criminal investigator for the state of Alaska, lives in Sitka with his son and wife, a marine biologist who studies whales. He is the Shamus Award-winning author of The Curious Eat Themselves and The Woman Who Married a Bear. Author Residence: Sitka, Alaska Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Death of a Nightingale Lene Kaaberbol, Agnete Friis 9781616953041 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $26.95/$26.95 Can. 368 pages Hardback Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Soho Crime Summary: Natasha Doroshenko, a Ukrainian woman who has been arrested for murdering her Danish fiance, escapes police custody on her way to an interrogation in Copenhagen's police headquarters. It isn't the first time Natasha has lost a partner to violent ends: her first husband was also murdered, three years earlier in Kiev, and in the same manner, his hands broken. At the same time, someone tries to abduct Natasha's eight-year-old daughter from the Red Cross center that has been caring for her ... Author Bio: Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis are the Danish duo behind the Nina Borg series. Friis is a journalist by training, while Kaaberbøl has been a professional writer since the age of 15, with more than 2 million books sold worldwide. Their first collaboration, The Boy in the Suitcase, was a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, has been translated into 30 languages, and has sold half a million copies worldwide. Author Residence: Copenhagen, Denmark Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 23 SOHO CRIME Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Murder Below Montparnasse Cara Black 9781616953294 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Soho Crime Summary: A long-lost Modigliani portrait, a grieving brother's blood vendetta, a Soviet secret that's been buried for 80 yearsParisian private investigator Aimée Leduc's current case is her most exciting one yet. When Aimée's long-term partner and best friend Rene leaves their detective agency for a new job in Silicon Valley, Aimée knows she can handle the extra workload. At least, that what she tells herself. Repeatedly. But all bets are off when Yuri Volodya, a mysterious old Russian man, hir... Author Bio: Cara Black is the author of thirteen books in the New York Times bestselling Aimée Leduc series. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son and visits Paris frequently. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 A Beautiful Truth Colin McAdam 9781616953157 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $25.00 336 pages Hardback Fiction / Literary Territory: US, open market (no Canada) Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Press Summary: Told simultaneously from the perspective of humans and chimpanzees, set in a Vermont home and a Florida primate research facility, A Beautiful Truth-at times brutal, other times deeply moving-is about the simple truths that transcend species, the meaning of family, the lure of belonging, and the capacity for survival. A powerful and haunting meditation on human nature told from the dual perspectives of a Vermont family that has adopted a chimp as a surrogate son, and a group of chimpan... Author Bio: Colin McAdam's novel Some Great Thing won the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award and was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award, the Rogers Writers' Trust Award, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in the U.K. His second novel, Fall, was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and awarded the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennon Prize. He Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Man in the Empty Suit Sean Ferrell 9781616953010 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $15.00/$15.00 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Romance Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Press Summary: Say you're a time traveler and you've already toured the entirety of human history. After a while, the outside world might lose a little of its luster. That's why this time traveler celebrates his birthday partying with himself. Every year, he travels to an abandoned hotel in New York City in 2071, the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and drinks twelve-year-old Scotch (lots of it) with all the other versions of who he has been and who he will be. Sure, the party is the same year afte... Author Bio: Sean Ferrell's fiction has appeared in journals such as Electric Literature's "The Outlet" and The Adirondack Review. His short story "Building an Elephant" won The Fulton Prize. His debut novel, Numb, was described as "eye catching," "daring" and "offbeat." He lives and works, in no particular order, in New York City. Author Residence: Brooklyn, New York Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 24 SOHO PRESS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Songs Only You Know : A Memoir Sean Madigan Hoen 9781616953362 Pub Date: 4/15/14, On Sale Date: 4/15 $25.00/$25.00 Can. 336 pages Hardback Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See Juliann Garey 9781616953447 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 $15.00/$15.00 Can. 304 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Psychological Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Press Summary: Songs Only You Know begins when Sean is 18 and spans a dark decade when his father succumbs to crack addiction, his parents' marriage crumbles, and his younger sister spirals into a fatal depression. Sean's salvation is music. His refuge is the stage. Slumming in the trenches as a lowrent musician coincides with the worst years of his family's life, yet his wayward rock band mates serve as a surrogate family and, in a way, the gravity and darkness of his personal life folds into the h... Author Bio: Sean Madigan Hoen was raised in Dearborn, Michigan and was formerly a frontman of the Detroit-based bands Leaving Rouge and The Holy Fire. He formed his first band, Thoughts of Ionesco at age 17, which Spin Magazine called "an art-core mindfuck" in 1998. He is a recent graduate of Columbia University's MFA program, where he also taught creative writing. His first published story, "Label," won the 2011 BOMB Magazine Fiction Prize. He received an honorable mention in the 2011 Glimmer T... Soho Press Summary: A studio executive leaves his family and travels the world giving free reign to the bipolar disorder he's been forced to hide for 20 years. "Juliann Garey writes with stark, lucid power about the tumbling journey into madness and the agonizing climb back out."-Brian Yorkey, book and lyrics for Next to Normal In her tour-de-force first novel, Juliann Garey takes us inside the restless mind, ravaged heart, and anguished soul of Greyson Todd, a successful Hollywood studio executive who l... Author Bio: Juliann Garey has sold original screenplays and television pilots to Sony Pictures, NBC, CBS, Columbia TriStar Television and Lifetime TV. As a journalist she has edited and written for publications including Marie Claire, Glamour, More, Entertainment Weekly, ELLE, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Times and The Huffington Post. She has received fellowships in fiction writing at The Virginia Center for the Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Little Wolves Thomas Maltman 9781616953430 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 $15.00/$15.00 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Literary Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Press Summary: A tragic act of violence echoes through a small Minnesota town Set on the Minnesota prairie in the late 1980s during a drought season that's pushing family farms to the brink, Little Wolves features the intertwining stories of a father searching for answers after his son commits a heinous murder, and a pastor's wife (and washed-out scholar of early Anglo-Saxon literature) who has returned to the town for mysterious reasons of her own. A penetrating look at small-town America from the aw... Author Bio: Thomas Maltman's essays, poetry, and fiction have been published in many literary journals. He has an MFA from Minnesota State University, Mankato and he lives in the Twin Cities. His first novel, The Night Birds, won several national awards, including an Alex Award, a Spur Award, and the Friends of American Writers Literary Award. In 2009 the American Library Association chose The Night Birds as an "Outstanding Book for Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 25 SOHO PRESS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Inside Madeleine Paula Bomer 9781616953096 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $15.00/$15.00 Can. 272 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Literary Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Press Summary: From the author of Nine Months, which Marcy Dermansky called "deliciously, dangerously rogue," comes a powerful, daring new collection about the curious, complicated relationships girls have with their bodies, with other girls, and with boys. A young anorexic girl comes to terms with her changing body while lying in the hospital; Polly deals with her unwelcome puberty whilst falling prey to peer pressure in the suspenseful vein of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"; Mary's ni... Author Bio: Paula Bomer is the author of a novel, Nine Months (Soho Press), and a story collection, Baby (Word Riot Press). Her writing has appeared in The Mississippi Review, Open City, Fiction, Nerve, and Best American Erotica. She is the publisher of Sententia Books and a contributor to the literary blog, Big Other. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Foreign Gods, Inc. Okey Ndibe 9781616953133 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $25.00/$25.00 Can. 336 pages Hardback Fiction / Literary Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Press Summary: Foreign Gods, Inc., tells the story of Ike, a New York-based Nigerian cab driver who sets out to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York gallery. Ike's plan is fueled by desperation. Despite a degree in economics from a major American college, his strong accent has barred him from the corporate world. Forced to eke out a living as a cab driver, he is unable to manage the emotional and material needs of a temperamental African American br... Author Bio: Okey Ndibe teaches fiction and African literature at Trinity College in Hartford, CT. He is the author of the novel Arrows of Rain, which has drawn praise from numerous critics and authors, including Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, John Edgar Wideman, Michael Thelwell, and Niyi Osundare. Ndibe also co-edited (with Chenjerai Hove) a book titled Writers, Writing on Conflicts and Wars in Africa. Ndibe is the founding editor of African Commentary, a magazine published in the U.S. by novelis... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Roving Party Rohan Wilson 9781616953119 Pub Date: 2/25/14, On Sale Date: 2/25 $25.00/$25.00 Can. 304 pages Hardback Fiction / Literary Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Press Summary: 1829, Tasmania. John Batman, ruthless, singleminded; four convicts, the youngest still only a stripling; Gould, a downtrodden farmhand; two free black trackers; and powerful, educated Black Bill, brought up from childhood as a white man. This is the roving party and their purpose is massacre. With promises of freedom, land grants and money, each is willing to risk his life for the prize. Passing over many miles of tortured country, the roving party searches for Aborigines, taking few p... Author Bio: Rohan Wilson lived a long, mostly lonely, life until a lucky turn of events led him to take up a teaching position in Japan, where he met his wife. They have a son who loves books, as all children should. They live in Launceston, Tasmania, but don't know why. Rohan holds degrees and diplomas from the universities of Tasmania, Southern Queensland and Melbourne. This is his first book. Author Residence: Launceston, Tasmania Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 26 SOHO TEEN Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 This is W.A.R. Lisa Roecker, Laura Roecker 9781616952617 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up $17.99/$17.99 Can. 288 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Teen Summary: Everyone at Hawthorne Lake Country Club saw Willa Ames-Rowan climb into a boat with James Gregory, the Club's heir apparent. And everyone at Hawthorne Lake Country Club watched him return. Alone. No one believes that Willa's drowning was an accident. After all, she held the Club record for the 1500 meter freestyle. And the Gregory family has a history of making troublesome girls disappear. They all know James Gregory killed her. But none of them will say a word. Enter the W.A.R... Author Bio: Lisa and Laura Roecker are sisters-turnedwriting partners with a passion for good books, pop culture, and Bravo programming. Not necessarily in that order. A prepubescent obsession with Lois Duncan and their mother's Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy Elizabeth Kiem 9781616952631 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up $17.99/$17.99 Can. 288 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Teen Summary: Marina is born of privilege. Her mother, Sveta, is the Soviet Union's prima ballerina: an international star handpicked by the regime. But Sveta is afflicted with a mysterious second sight and becomes obsessed with exposing a horrific state secret. Then she disappears. Fearing for their lives, Marina and her father defect to Brooklyn. Marina struggles to reestablish herself as a dancer at the American School of Ballet. But her enigmatic partner, Sergei, makes concentration almost imposs... Author Bio: Elizabeth Kiem studied Russian language and literature at Columbia University and lived in Russia for four years immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Her nonfiction work can be read all over the world wide web. Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy is her first novel. She lives in New York. Author Residence: Brooklyn Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Projection Risa Green 9781616952006 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up $17.99/$17.99 Can. 288 pages Hardback JUVENILE FICTION / Paranormal Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Teen Summary: A 2,000-year-old secret. An unsolved murder. And three girls who risk their souls to uncover the truth... In ancient Rome, it was whispered that the great philosopher Plotinus could project his soul into another human being in a ritual that hinged on a kiss. In present-day Delphi, California, the sole remaining guardians of the Plotinus Ability hide in plain sight as members of the exclusive Oculus Society-until their leader, Octavia Harris, is killed in her own home. With no leads on... Author Bio: Risa Green is the author of the YA series The Secret Society of the Pink Crystal Ball, as well as the critically acclaimed adult novels, Notes from the Underbelly and Tales from the Crib, which were the basis of an ABC television series. Prior to becoming a writer, Risa worked as a high school college counselor, and also spent two years doing hard time as a corporate attorney. Born in the Philadelphia area, Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 27 SOHO TEEN Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 What We Saw at Night Jacquelyn Mitchard 9781616953416 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up $12.99/$12.99 Can. 252 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Teen Summary: Allie Kim suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum: a fatal allergy to sunlight that confines her and her two best friends, Rob and Juliet, to the night. When freewheeling Juliet takes up Parkour-the stunt-sport of scaling and leaping off tall buildings-Allie and Rob have no choice but to join her, if only to protect her. Though potentially deadly, Parkour after dark makes Allie feel truly alive, and for the first time equal to the "daytimers." On a random summer night, the trio catches a gl... Author Bio: Jacquelyn Mitchard is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean, the very first Oprah Book Club pick, as well as over twenty other critically acclaimed books for adults and teens. A nominee for several National and International Awards, she served on the 2004 Fiction Jury for the National Book Award. In addition, she is a longtime journalist and regular contributor to Real Simple and Parade magazines. Most recently, she has been named Editorial Director of... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Relic : The Books of Eva 1 Heather Terrell 9781616951962 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up $17.99/$17.99 Can. 288 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic Territory: US, Canada, open market Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Teen Summary: When Eva's twin brother, Eamon, falls to his death just a few months before he is due to participate in The Testing, no one expects Eva to take his place. She's a Maiden, slated for embroidery classes, curtseys, and soon a prestigious marriage befitting the daughter of an Aerie ruler. But Eva insists on honoring her brother by becoming a Testor. After all, she wouldn't be the first Maiden to Test, just the first in 150 years. Eva knows the Testing is no dance class. Gallant Testors tr... Author Bio: Heather Terrell worked as a commercial litigator in New York City for over ten years before trying her hand at writing. After publishing three historical novels-The Chrysalis, The Map Thief, and Brigid of Kildare-she turned her attention to the realm of young adults. She is the author of the acclaimed Fallen Angel series, published by HarperTeen. She lives in Pittsburgh with her family. Author Residence: Pittsburgh, PA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Save the Enemy Arin Greenwood 9781616952594 Pub Date: 11/12/13, On Sale Date: 11/12 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up $17.99/$17.99 Can. 288 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Family Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Teen Summary: Zoey Trask is at the end of her rope. Her mother was murdered in a random mugging a year ago. Her younger brother, Ben, is on the autistic spectrum and needs constant supervision. It's senior year, and she's the new girl at a weird private school in Old Town Alexandria, VA, full of kids who seem too nice to be true-including a very cute boy named Pete. Her martial arts and survivalist-obsessed father insisted on teaching her everything he knows, because that is excellent for her social ... Author Bio: Arin Greenwood is a writer and former lawyer living just outside Washington, D.C., with her husband, Ray, their dog, Murray, and their cat, Derrick. Arin is an editor for The Huffington Post, covering things both nerdy and weird, like Virginia cats running for U.S. Senate, in and around the nation's capital. Her stories have appeared in Slate, the Washington City Paper, the American Bar Association Journal, and dozens of other publications. Her first novel-Tropical Depression, publis... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 28 SOHO TEEN Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Escape Theory Margaux Froley 9781616953423 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up $12.99/$12.99 Can. 288 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Soho Teen Summary: Sixteen-year-old Devon Mackintosh has always felt like an outsider at Keaton, the prestigious California boarding school perched above the Pacific. As long as she's not fitting in, Devon figures she might as well pad her application to Stanford's psych program. So junior year, she decides to become a peer counselor, a de facto therapist for students in crisis. At first, it seems like it will be an easy flyon-the-wall gig, but her expectations are turned upside down when Jason Hutchins ... Author Bio: Margaux Froley, a Southern California native, boarding school grad, and connoisseur of all things YA, spent the last few years working her way through the Hollywood ranks to become a television writer on CW's Privileged. She then moved to New York to become a development executive at MTV Networks. Escape Theory is her first novel. Author Residence: California Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 What We Lost in the Dark Jacquelyn Mitchard 9781616951436 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 Ages 14 And Up, Grades 9 And Up $17.99/$17.99 Can. Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Secret Lives of Married Women Elissa Wald 9781781162620 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $9.95/$11.95 Can. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) FICTION / Crime Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Soho Teen Summary: Allie Kim is still confined to the night, and always will be, due to her fatal allergy to sunlight. And now she has lost her best friend, fellow XP-sufferer Juliet, who took her own life to escape the clutches of serial killer Garrett Tabor. Garrett's power runs deep; his family runs the clinic that has kept Allie and her XP soul mate, Rob Dorn, alive. Allie's only solace lies in her and Rob's budding romance. But Allie won't rest until Garrett is brought to justice, and soon her obses... Author Bio: Jacquelyn Mitchard is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean, the very first Oprah Book Club pick, as well as over twenty other critically acclaimed books for adults and teens. A nominee for several National and International Awards, she served on the 2004 Fiction Jury for the National Book Award. In addition, she is a longtime journalist and regular contributor to Real Simple and Parade magazines. Most recently, she has been named Editorial Director of... Hard Case Crime Summary: Two identical twin sisters - one a sexually repressed defense attorney, the other a former libertine now living a respectable life in suburbia - are about to have their darkest secrets revealed, to the men in their lives and to themselves. As one sister prepares for the thorniest trial of her career and the other fends off ominous advances from a construction worker laboring on the house next door, both find themselves pushed to the edge, and confronted by discoveries about themselves a... Author Bio: Elissa Wald is the author of MEETING THE MASTER (Grove Press) and HOLDING FIRE (Context Books). Her work has also been published in multiple journals and anthologies, including Beacon Best of 2001, Creative Nonfiction, The Barcelona Review, The Mammoth Book of Erotica, Nerve: Literate Smut, The Ex-Files: New Stories about Old Flames, and Brain, Child Magazine. Previously, she worked as a stripper, ran away to join the circus, and spent a summer working on a Native American reservatio... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 29 HARD CASE CRIME Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Wrong Quarry Max Allan Collins 9781781162668 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $9.95/$11.95 Can. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) FICTION / Crime Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Hard Case Crime Summary: QUARRY RETURNS! Best-seller Max Allan Collins (ROAD TO PERDITION) Brings Back His Most Popular Series Character The ruthless professional killer known as Quarry finds himself in the crosshairs when he goes up against an amateur in the killing game with dangerous proclivities... Author Bio: MAX ALLAN COLLINS is the best-selling, award-winning author of Road to Perdition, the graphic novel that inspired the Oscar-winning movie starring Paul Newman and Tom Hanks, and of the acclaimed Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries. He also wrote the Dick Tracy newspaper comic strip for years, as well as novels based on numerous major movies and TV series ranging from Saving Private Ryan, Air Force One, and American Gangster to CSI, Bones and NYPD Blue. Also a film... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fu-Manchu: The Trail of Fu-Manchu Sax Rohmer 9780857686091 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $9.95/$11.95 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: The seventh book of the complete, fully authorized series written by the creator of Fu-Manchu, the acclaimed Sax Rohmer. Following the events of The Bride of Fu-Manchu, it is considered one of Rohmer's finest. Fu-Manchu is trapped, cornered in London and cut-off from his resources, including the elixir vitae that grants him eternal life. But under the Thames, the devil doctor practices the dark art of sorcery, and it will be up to Nayland Smith and Scotland Yard to stop him. But Fu-Man... Author Bio: Sax Rohmer was the acclaimed author of the Fu Manchu series of novels. The first, The Mystery of Fu Manchu, was published in 1912 with many more following. Rohmer also wrote more traditional detective stories and supernatural horror. He died in London in 1959. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz Juan Ortiz 9781781166703 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $39.95/$47.00 Can. 112 pages Hardback Performing Arts / Film & Video Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 112 10.250 in W | 14.333 in H 260mm W | 364mm H Titan Books Summary: What if every Star Trek: The Original Series episode was a movie event? What would the movie poster look like? This was the inspiration to develop a one-of-a-kind set of images for the series that launched a franchise. Artist Juan Ortiz has created unique retro-style art with the look of a 60s movie poster, comic book, pulp novel cover or advertisement, one each for all 80 episodes. About the Artist Juan Ortiz is an avid Star Trek enthusiast and an accomplished artist that set out t... Author Bio: Juan Ortiz is an avid Star Trek enthusiast and an accomplished artist that set out to create an art program representing each of the 80 episodes from the Star Trek: The Original Series. The artwork embodies his passion for the series, the transformational Sixties, and the visceral reaction Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 30 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 While We Still Live Helen Macinnes 9781781161555 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $9.95/$11.95 Can. 688 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Books / Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: English girl Sheila Matthews' innocent holiday to Poland becomes a nightmare when the German Army invade in the summer of 1939. Working for the Polish underground as a double-agent, she plays a dangerous game, and is soon suspected by the Germans. Forced to flee to the forest and hunted by a ruthless German officer, she must rely on the dashing Captain Adam Wisniewski to help her home. Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972). Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard Kim Newman 9780857680860 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $25.99/$30.99 Can. 400 pages Hardback Fiction / Horror Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.125 in W | 9.250 in H 156mm W | 235mm H Titan Books Summary: THE HOTLY ANTICIPATED BRAND-NEW ADDITION TO THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ANNO DRACULA SERIES! Award-winning author Kim Newman takes the series stateside to Andy Warhol's New York and Orson Welles' Hollywood. It's 1976 and vampire reporter Kate Reed is on the set of Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula. She helps a young vampire boy, Ion Popescu, who then leaves Transylvania for America. In the States, Popescu becomes Johnny Pop and attaches himself to Andy Warhol, inventing a new drug which con... Author Bio: Kim Newman is the critically acclaimed author of the Anno Dracula series. He has won the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards. Author Residence: London, UK Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Hagar the Horrible: The Epic Chronicles Dailies 1979-80 Dik Browne 9781781167144 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $19.95/$23.95 Can. 224 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Anthologies Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 8.500 in W | 6.125 in H 216mm W | 156mm H Titan Books Summary: The continuing epic quests of Hagar the Horrible are collected in another glorious booty-ful archive edition! Reprinting every daily strip from July 1979 to December 1980, all of your favourite oddballs, misfits and miscreants are here, including sidekick Lucky Eddie and long-suffering wife Helga. Still syndicated in 58 countries worldwide, Hagar is without a doubt the most famous Viking in history! Author Bio: Dik Browne is best known for writing and drawing Hi and Lois - which he co-created with Beetle Bailey's Mort Walker - and Hagar The Horrible. A prolific and awardwinning illustrator, Browne had a varied career which included working forNewsweek and a stint in the army. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 31 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Very Naughty Boys: The Amazing True Story of HandMade Films Robert Sellers 9781781167083 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Performing Arts / Film & Video Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.062 in W | 7.750 in H 129mm W | 197mm H Titan Books Summary: The incredible, hilarious insider's story of Britain's favourite film company! It all started when Beatle George Harrison stepped in to fund Life of Brian when Monty Python's original backers pulled out. His company, HandMade films, went on to make some of the best British films of the 80s (Withnail and I, Time Bandits and Mona Lisa among them), but then things started to go wrong...This is the incredible and often hilarious insiders' story of what happened... Author Bio: Robert Sellers is the author of many film books, including Hellraisers and a biography of Harrison Ford. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Shadows Over Innsmouth Stephen Jones 9781781165287 Pub Date: 9/17/13, On Sale Date: 9/17 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 480 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Horror Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's classic, today's masters of horror take up their pens and turn once more to that decayed, forsaken New England fishing village with its sparkling treasure, loathsome denizens, and unspeakable evil. This anthology features seventeen chilling stories by authors such as Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell and Kim Newman, as well as the original masterpiece of horror. "Introduction: Spawn of the Deep Ones" by Stephen Jones "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecra... Author Bio: Stephen Jones is a leading expert on horror and is the author of the Illustrated Movie Guide series. He is the winner of three World Fantasy Awards, four Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Awards and three International Horror Guild Awards as well as being a twenty-time recipient of the British Fantasy Award and a Hugo Award nominee. Author Hometown: Pimlico, London Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Grimm - Aunt Marie's Book of Lore 9781781166536 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $19.95/$23.95 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Performing Arts / Television Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 8.000 in W | 11.000 in H 203mm W | 279mm H Titan Books Summary: THE REAL BOOK OF MONSTERS, WEAPONS AND POTIONS AS SEEN IN THE SHOW! This in-universe book explores the monsters, weapons and potions in Grimm with detailed pictures and descriptions. The book is Aunt Marie's recording of the supernatural creatures she and her fellow Grimms have to defeat! Inspired by the classic Grimm Brothers' fairy tales, Grimm is a cop-drama with a twist! A detective discovers he has the ability to see supernatural beings, including a reformed 'Big Bad Wolf' and th... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 32 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Harker: The Black Hound Roger Gibson, Vince Danks 9781781166987 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $19.95/$23.95 Can. 128 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Books Summary: A BRAND NEW ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL IN THE TRADITION OF CLASSIC BRITISH DETECTIVE SHOWS! Paying homage to Britain's classic crime solving duos, Harker is a wry, contemporary take on the traditions of the British TV procedural Author Bio: Roger Gibson began drawing comic strips for XAP in the mid 1980s, forming his own APA - Early Spring soon afterwards. After deciding to retire from comics, Roger turned to writing - producing a novel adaptation of Gravestown (an earlier comic) and a science fiction thriller called Loop. Vince Danks' early career began with Redfox by Chris Bell and Fox for Valkyrie Press. From there, he worked on Dr Who Monthly, the Red Dwarf Smegazine and for Marvel UK. In 1997 he set up Ariel Pr... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Casebook of Newbury & Hobbes George Mann 9781781167427 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 400 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: A collection of short stories detailing the supernatural steampunk adventures of detective duo, Sir Maurice Newbury and Miss Veronica Hobbes in dark and dangerous Victorian London. Along with Chief Inspector Bainbridge, Newbury & Hobbes will face plague revenants, murderous peers, mechanical beasts, tentacled leviathans, reanimated pygmies, and an encounter with Sherlock Holmes. Author Bio: George Mann is the author of the Newbury and Hobbes and The Ghost series of novels, as well as numerous short stories, novellas and audiobooks. He has written fiction and audio scripts for the BBC's Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes. He is also a respected anthologist and has edited The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction and The Solaris Book of New Fantasy. He lives near Grantham, UK. Author Residence: Grantham, UK Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Wizard of Id: The Dailies & Sundays - 1973 Brant Parker, Johnny Hart 9781848566859 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $19.95/$23.95 Can. 224 pages Hardback Humor / Form Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 9.500 in W | 6.125 in H 241mm W | 156mm H Titan Books Summary: Welcome to the Kingdom of Id, a one-horse kingdom ruled by a wretched, pint-sized tyrannical despot known only as The King. This is a collection of Brant Parker and Johnny Hart's awardwinning newspaper strip, featuring a cast of wise-cracking wizards and rotten rulers, drunken has-been jesters and cowardly knights. This volume collects the daily and Sunday strips from 1973 for the very first time, as well as new background feature material! Author Bio: Brant Parker used ideas from a deck of playing cards to create the first few strips of The Wizard of Id. The strip was first syndicated on November 9, 1964 - drawn by Parker and co-written by Parker and Hart. In 1997 Brant Parker passed his writing duties on to his son Jeff Parker, who had already been involved with creating Id for a decade. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 33 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Action Uncensored! Ken Armstrong, Ramon Sola, Tom Tully, Jack Adrian,... 9781848560260 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $34.95/$41.00 Can. 520 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 Sales Restrictions: US, Canada (no open market) 10.625 in W | 7.625 in H 270mm W | 194mm H Titan Books Summary: Considered a seminal publication during its short run during the 1970s, the original seven-penny nightmare Action changed British comics forever and paved the way for 2000AD. Long out of print and highly awaited, The Best of Action brings Hook Jaw, Look Out for Lefty!, Death Game 1999, Kids Rule O.K, Hellman of Hammer Force and Dredger to a new audience. Author Bio: Gerry Finley-Day is a British writer best known as the creator of Rogue Trooper. He also worked on Dan Dare, Invasion!, and many more. Pat Mills has written countless comics stories, including Judge Dredd, Sláine and A.B.C. Warriors, as well as Charley's War. He also created Marshal Law. Tom Tully, British comics writer, has worked on countless strips including The Steel Claw, Kelly's Eye, Heros the Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches Kevin J. Anderson 9781781161746 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $12.95/$15.95 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Science Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Double Image Helen Macinnes 9781781163283 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $9.95/$11.95 Can. 432 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Books / Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: In the spirit of H.G. Wells's classic tale of Martian invasion comes this anthology of some of today's leading authors' own renditions of the Martian invasion as it might have been seen through the eyes of such notables as Jack London, H.P. Lovecraft, Teddy Roosevelt and Pablo Picasso. Authors included are: Mike Resnick, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Marcus, Robert Silverberg, Janet Berliner, Howard Waldrop, Doug Beason, Barbara Hambly, George Alec Effinger, Allen Steele, Mark W. Tiedema... Author Bio: Kevin J. Anderson: is one of the world's bestselling sci-fi authors. He is the author of The Illustrated Star Wars Universe and the highly popular Jedi Academy trilogy of novels: Jedi Search, Dark Apprentice and Champions of the Force. Both his X-Files novels, Ground Zero and Ruins, were New York Times bestsellers. He is now co-authoring the new series of Dune prequel novels. Titan Books Summary: While carrying out research in Paris, American historian John Craig is surprised when he runs into his old college professor. Sussman is a worried man. A survivor of Auschwitz, he in shock, having seen and been seen by one of the Nazis who tortured him in the camp. But SS Colonel Berg has been dead for ten years - or has he? Before Craig can help solve the riddle, Sussman is found dead and Craig is being questioned by the police. As various international organisations are drawn into th... Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972). Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 34 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Once Upon a Time: An Insider's Guide to Storybrooke (paper original) 9781782760290 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $16.95/$19.95 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Performing Arts / Film & Video Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 Titan Books Summary: Once Upon a Time: An Insider's Guide brings you everything you need to know about this fantastical fairytale show airing on ABC! Featuring interviews with all the key cast and crew and going behind-the scenes on the show, presenting exclusive production designs and much more. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 A Taste of Blood Wine Freda Warrington 9781781167052 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 400 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Paranormal Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: 1918. A First World War battlefield becomes the cosmic battleground for two vampires, as Karl von Wultendorf struggles to free himself from his domineering maker, Kristian. 1923. Charlotte Neville watches as her father, a Cambridge professor, fills Parkland Hall with guests for her sister Madeleine's 18th birthday party. Among them is his handsome new research assistant Karl - the man Madeleine has instantly decided will be her husband. Charlotte, shy and retiring, is happy to devote h... Author Bio: Freda Warrington is a British author best known for her epic fantasy, vampire and supernatural novels. Four of her novels have been nominated for the British Fantasy Society's Best Novel Award. Dracula the Undead won the Dracula Society's 1997 Children of the Night Award. Her novel Elfland won the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award in the Fantasy Novel Category 2009. Author Residence: Leicestershire, UK Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Matt Helm - The Ambushers Donald Hamilton 9780857683359 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 288 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Thrillers Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H 106mm W | 175mm H Titan Books Summary: A brand-new edition of the classic novel. A quiet mission of assassination is no sweat for legendary agent Matt Helm, until a shapely foreign agent he never got around to finishing off lures him into a strange trek in the wilds of northern Mexico, and a Russian missile smuggled out of Cuba falls into the hands of a political fanatic much too close to home. Author Bio: Donald Hamilton is the creator of Matt Helm, star of 27 novels that have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden, attended the University of Chicago, and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve. His writing career began in 1946 with short stories for Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post. His first novel was Date With Darkness, published in 1947, and altogether he published 38 novels. The first Matt Helm novel, Death of a Citizen, was originally publishe... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 35 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Star Trek Federation: The First 150 Years David A. Goodman 9781781169155 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $29.95/$35.00 Can. Hardback Performing Arts / Television Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 Titan Books Summary: For the first time, an 'in universe' history of Star Trek, complete with excerpts from Starfleet records and intergalactic intelligence, including James T. Kirk's official biography and newly translated Klingon reports. Star Trek Federation: The First 150 Years celebrates the 150th anniversary of the founding of the United Federation of Planets. This unprecedented illustrated volume chronicles the pivotal era leading up to Humankind's First Contact with Vulcan in 2063, the Romulan War... Author Bio: David A. Goodman has spent the last 26 years writing for television. His credits include The Golden Girls, Star Trek: Enterprise, Futurama (where he wrote the Nebula Award nominated Star Trek homage "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"), and Family Guy where he was head writer for six years. This is his first book. He lives in Pacific Palisades, CA with his family. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Tales of the Wold Newton Universe Philip Jose Farmer 9781781163047 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $12.95/$15.95 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Science Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Crazy 4 Cult: Cult Movie Art 2 9781781167519 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $34.95/$41.00 Can. 176 pages Hardback Art / Popular Culture Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 9.000 in W | 12.250 in H 229mm W | 311mm H Titan Books Summary: A collection of Wold Newton-inspired short stories by Farmerphiles, experts, and the Grand Master of SF himself. Author Bio: Philip José Farmer was a multiple awardwinning science fiction writer of 75 novels. He is best known for his Wold Newton and Riverworld series. In 2001 he was awarded the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Prize and a World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. He passed away in 2009. Titan Books Summary: INTRODUCING THE SECOND CULT MOVIE-ART BOOK FROM GALLERY 1988, ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST TALKED ABOUT ART GALLERIES! An impressive cult movie art collection, featuring art from Gallery 1988, a Los Angeles art gallery that focuses on popculture themed artwork. Be prepared to see your favourite cult movies as you've never seem them before! Author Bio: Gallery 1988 has quickly become one of the world's most talked about art galleries. Openings at the gallery have seen upwards of 2,500 people attending in one night, including celebrities such as Jessica Alba, Nicole Richie, Good Charlotte, Seth Rogen, DJ AM, Paul Wall, Seth Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Jonah Hill, Michael Rappaport, Linkin Park, Swizz Beats and Joss Whedon admiring the walls. An annual show at G1988, "Crazy 4 Cult" receives worldwide press and over 1,000,000 website hi... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 36 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Fringe - Sins of the Father (novel #3) Christa Faust 9781781163139 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Media Tie-In Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H 106mm W | 175mm H Titan Books Summary: A BRAND NEW NOVEL BASED ON THE CULT HIT TV SHOW! The third novel set in the critically acclaimed Fringe universe. Author Christa Faust (Money Shot, Choke Hold), winner of the coveted Scribe Award, is working closely with the television series writers to reveal secrets and unanswered questions, in novels that will become formal parts of the series canon. This third novel in the series will unveil the secrets of Peter Bishop, estranged son of the brilliant scientist Walter Bishop. Set in... Author Bio: Christa Faust has written tie-ins to Supernatural, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and The Twilight Zone, among others. Her novel Money Shot, for Hard Case Crime, won the Crimespree Award and was nominated for several others. The sequel is Choke Hold. She lives in Los Angeles, California, and loves vintage shoes and noir cinema. Author Residence: Los Angeles, California Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Great Showdowns: The Return Scott Campbell 9781781168899 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 144 pages Hardback Art / Techniques Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 6.750 in H 171mm W | 171mm H Titan Books Summary: Since the beginning of time, there has been struggle. The epic clash of being against being. Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Triceratops. Giant Squid vs. the Sperm Whale. The Circle vs. the Square. This is a chronicling of some of the greatest confrontations in FILM HISTORY. These are the GREAT SHOWDOWNS. Author Bio: Scott Campbell (Scott C) is a maker of paintings, illustrations, comics, kid's books and video games. He studied illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco and has worked on such games as the critically acclaimed Psychonauts and Brutal Legend. Alongside this career in games, he has published numerous comics and created paintings that have appeared in galleries and publications around the world. Some of his most notable projects include the Igloo Head and Tree Head series, Do... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Quorum Kim Newman 9781781165546 Pub Date: 10/22/13, On Sale Date: 10/22 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 400 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Horror Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: In 1961, Derek Leech emerges fully formed from the polluted River Thames, destined to found a global media empire. In 1978, three ambitious young men strike a deal with Leech. They are offered wealth, glamour, and success, but a price must be paid. In 1994, Leech's purpose moves to its conclusion, and as the men struggle, they realize to truth of the ultimate price. Author Bio: Kim Newman is a well known and respected author and movie critic. He writes regularly for Empire Magazine and contributes to The Guardian, The Times, Time Out and others. He makes frequent appearances on radio and TV. He has won the Bram Stoker, International Horror Guild, British Fantasy and British Science Fiction Awards and been nominated for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards. Author Residence: London, UK Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 37 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Charley's War (Vol. 10) - The End Pat Mills, Joe Colquhoun 9780857683014 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $19.95/$23.95 Can. 128 pages Hardback History / Military Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 9.000 in W | 12.000 in H 229mm W | 305mm H Titan Books Summary: In the final explosive volume of never-beforecollected comic strip, including for the first time reproductions of strip pages from Joe Colquhoun's original artwork, we finally reach the epic conclusion of Charley's story, and the harrowing final days of World War I. The tenth action-packed volume of Charley's War is rich in the detailed minutiae of the terror-punctuated existence of a Tommy, and includes a feature on the Treaty of Versailles and Germany's capitulation. Author Bio: Pat Mills has written countless comics stories, including Judge Dredd, Sláine and A.B.C. Warriors, as well as Charley's War. He also created Marshal Law. Joe Colquhoun worked on a large volume of titles in his 30 year career in the UK comics industry, including Lion, Champion, Buster and Battle. He is probably best remembered for work on Battle, including Johnny Red and Charley's War. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Modesty Blaise - The Young Mistress Peter O'Donnell, Enric Badia Romero 9781781167090 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $19.95/$23.95 Can. 104 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 9.000 in W | 12.000 in H 229mm W | 305mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Simon and Kirby Library: Horror Joe Simon, Jack Kirby 9781848569591 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $49.95/$57.00 Can. 320 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 7.500 in W | 11.000 in H 191mm W | 279mm H Titan Books Summary: CONTINUING THE ONLY COMPLETE COLLECTION OF MODESTY BLAISE ADVENTURES! The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the fatal charms of the gorgeous Modesty Blaise - high priestess of pulp crime and goddess of cult thrillers! Author Bio: Peter O'Donnell wrote in many media, but achieved international success when he created Modesty Blaise, which was first published in 1963. There has even been a film and a TV version of the character, as well as a series of bestselling novels. Titan Books Summary: At every point, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby raised the bar. When they came to comics, Superman had been around for about a year, and the medium was still in its infancy. They took the action and made it explode, breaking out of the panels and sprinting across the page. They showed what comics could do, experimenting with layout and design, creating the first full-page panels and double page spreads. Their first million-seller was a superhero (Captain America), and their next was military... Author Bio: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby created one of the most famous icons in popular culture with Captain America, star of the 2011 blockbuster film, also featured in the 2012 blockbuster The Avengers. Simon was the first editor of Marvel Comics, and together he and Kirby conquered every genre, raising the bar on an entire industry. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 38 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Steampunk Style 9781781168479 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $24.95/$28.95 Can. 168 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Crafts & Hobbies / Fashion Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 8.250 in W | 10.625 in H 210mm W | 270mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth Stephen Jones 9781781165294 Pub Date: 10/29/13, On Sale Date: 10/29 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 480 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Horror Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Assassin's Creed - The Ankh of Isis Trilogy Eric Corbeyran, Djilalli Defaux 9781781163436 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $24.95/$28.95 Can. 144 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 7.062 in W | 10.875 in H 179mm W | 276mm H Titan Books Summary: The Complete Illustrated Guide for Contraptors, Gizmologists and Primocogglers Everywhere! Titan Books Summary: Stephen Jones is a leading expert on horror and is the author of the Illustrated Movie Guide series. He is the winner of three World Fantasy Awards, four Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Awards and three International Horror Guild Awards as well as being a twenty-time recipient of the British Fantasy Award and a Hugo Award nominee. Author Bio: For decades, H. P. Lovecraft's masterpiece of terror has inspired writers with its gripping account of a village whose inhabitants have surrendered to an ancient and hideous evil. In this companion to the acclaimed anthology Shadows Over Innsmouth, World Fantasy Award winning editor Stephen Jones has assembled eleven of today's most prominent and well-respected horror authors - the finest of the Lovecraftian acolytes.. Included is Lovecraft's own unpublished draft of The Shadow Over ... Titan Books Summary: This first ever collection of the three-volume graphic novel from Ubisoft collects together the exhilarating story of Desmond Miles' abduction by Abstergo. His subsequent flight from their grasp leads to Desmond joining the Assassins in their fight against the Templars. Betrayal leads to Desmond "recovering" the memories of his ancestor, Aquilus as he searches for the power of the mystical Ankh and savage Barbarian tribes, led by the deadly Assassin Accipiter, prepare to attack. Author Bio: For more than twenty years Eric Corbeyran has written successful bande dessinée scripts. Boundless curiosity and fascination for varied art-forms have led him to explore a multitude of stories with a deft and dramatic touch. Having developed many successful projects with Eric Corbeyran, Djillali Defali now turns his dramatic and realistic style to the detailed authenticity of the world of Assassin's Creed. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 39 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Grimm - novel #1 John Shirley 9781781166543 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Media Tie-In Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H 106mm W | 175mm H Titan Books Summary: THE FIRST ORIGINAL NOVEL TO TIE-IN WITH THE HIT US SHOW, INSPIRED BY THE GRIMM BROTHERS' CLASSIC FAIRY TALES! Facing off all manner of ancient evils, is a cop with a newfound ability to see supernatural threats. Author Bio: John Shirley is a critically acclaimed cyberpunk, sci-fi and horror writer, titles include City Come-Walkin' and Dracula In Love. He wrote the first screenplay for The Crow. He has also written many tie-ins including Constantine and Doom. His short story collection Black Butterflies won a Bram Stoker, the International Horror Guild Award and was one of the Publishers Weekly best books of 1998. Author Residence: Pinole, California Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Neither Five Nor Three Helen Macinnes 9781781161562 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $9.95/$11.95 Can. 496 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Books / Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: Paul Haydn was on his way home at last, to New York and the civilian life he longed for, after years of War. Yet he would never forget the tormented people, desperate for refuge in Berlin. They had survived the War - but now a new, sinister presence threatened them, their families, the whole of society. Now he discovered that, back home, some of his former colleagues had dangerous political sympathies, that someone was trying to discredit the woman he had once loved. The pattern seeme... Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972). Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sherlock Holmes: The Will of the Dead George Mann 9781781160015 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $12.95/$15.95 Can. 336 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Author Bio: George Mann is the author of the Newbury & Hobbes and The Ghost series of novels, as well as numerous short stories, novellas and audiobooks. He has written fiction and audio scripts for the BBC's Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes. He is also a respected anthologist and has edited The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction and The Solaris Book of New Fantasy. He lives near Grantham, UK. Author Residence: Grantham, UK Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 40 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Art of Assassin's Creed Andy McVittie 9781781166901 Pub Date: 11/5/13, On Sale Date: 11/5 $34.95/$41.00 Can. 192 pages Hardback Art / Digital & Video Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 9.000 in W | 11.125 in H 229mm W | 283mm H Titan Books Summary: THE ULTIMATE, EXCLUSIVE ART BOOK COVERING ALL THE ASSASSIN'S CREED GAMES AND GRAPHIC NOVELS! Initially launched in 2007, the first four Assassin's Creed games have sold more than 35 million copies worldwide, and the franchise is now established as one of the best-selling series ever. Author Bio: Andy McVittie has worked in the video games industry for more than twenty years, writing and editing for magazines such as Mean Machines, Nintendo Official Magazine and PlayStation Plus. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Grimswell Curse Sam Siciliano 9781781166819 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 $9.95/$11.95 Can. 288 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) FICTION / Crime Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.250 in W | 8.000 in H 133mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: When Rose Grimswell breaks off her engagement to Lord Digby, the concerned fiancé calls on Sherlock Holmes to visit the ancestral home to find out why. Holmes, his cousin Henry, and wife Michelle explore the legend of the Grimswell Curse when a mysterious figure is spotted on the moor accompanied by a large creature... Author Bio: Sam Siciliano is the author of several novels, including Sherlock Holmes: The Angel of the Opera. He has a long-time fascination with gothic and fantasy fiction-subjects he once taught at university level. He lives in Vancouver, Washington. Author Residence: Vancouver, Washington Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Black Dragon (New Edition) Chris Claremont, John Bolton 9780857686343 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 $24.95/$28.95 Can. 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Historical Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.250 in H 168mm W | 260mm H Titan Books Summary: It is the Year of Our Lord 1193. James Dunreith, exiled by his leige lord and king, Henry, has returned to reclaim the land that is his birthright. Branded a sorceror, Dunreith is pressed into the service of his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, to seek out one who rebels against the crown - one who was once his truest friend. Yet more dangerous than any political threat is the plot to harness the ancient, magical soul of the land and turn it into the ultimate evil. Can Dunreith's brave he... Author Bio: Chris Claremont is one of the best known writers currently working in comics. His work includes The Uncanny X-Men, Captain Britain, Fantastic Four and Gen13. John Bolton is considered one of the greats of comic art. He was the artist of Harlequin Valentine (with Sandman creator Neil Gaiman), and has also painted one of the original Books of Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 41 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The James Bond Omnibus - (Vol. 005) Jim Lawrence, Yaroslav Horak 9780857685902 Pub Date: 11/26/13, On Sale Date: 11/26 $19.95/$23.95 Can. 272 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 7.500 in W | 9.000 in H 191mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Matt Helm - The Shadowers Donald Hamilton 9780857683373 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 288 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Thrillers Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H 106mm W | 175mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Venus on the Half-Shell Philip Jose Farmer 9781781163061 Pub Date: 12/10/13, On Sale Date: 12/10 $12.95/$15.95 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Science Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: THE COMIC STRIP ADVENTURES OF IAN FLEMING'S SUAVE SECRET AGENT CONTINUE! The fifth installment in Titan's collection of the classic adventures of the world's greatest secret agent! Author Bio: James Lawrence began his writing career scripting training films for the US Armed Forces, and moved on to write features including Buck Rogers and Joe Palooka. Author Residence: UK Titan Books Summary: A brand-new edition of the classic novel. In order to foil a mass assassination plot, Matt Helm must undertake his most dangerous mission: matrimony. An agent like Helm might be a nice man to live with for a while, be he's not the kind a woman would marry. Unless she has too. Unless it's all part of maintaining an ingenious cover. The man whose daily bread is violence takes a most unlikely bride just to make sure death doesn't part them. Author Bio: Donald Hamilton is the creator of Matt Helm, star of 27 novels that have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden, attended the University of Chicago, and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve. His writing career began in 1946 with short stories for Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post. His first novel was Date With Darkness, published in 1947, and altogether he published 38 novels. The first Matt Helm novel, Death of a Citizen, was originally publishe... Titan Books Summary: Simon Wagstaff narrowly escapes the Deluge that destroys Earth when he happens upon an abandoned spaceship. A man without a planet, he gains immortality from an elixir drunk during an interlude with a cat-like alien queen. Now Simon must chart a 3,000-year course to the most distant corners of the multiverse, to seek out the answers to the questions no one can seem to answer. Author Bio: Philip José Farmer was a multiple awardwinning science fiction writer of 75 novels. He is best known for his Wold Newton and Riverworld series. In 2001 he was awarded the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Grand Master Prize and a World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award. He passed away in 2009. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 42 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Alien: Out of the Shadows (Novel #1) Tim Lebbon 9781781162682 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Media Tie-In Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H 106mm W | 175mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Horizon Helen Macinnes 9781781163276 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 $9.95/$11.95 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Books / Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Snare of the Hunter Helen Macinnes 9781781163320 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $9.95/$11.95 Can. 376 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Books / Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: THE FIRST IN AN ALL NEW, OFFICIAL TRILOGY SET IN THE ALIEN UNIVERSE! In space no one can hear you scream... The massively acclaimed Alien franchise is one of the most successful of all time, beginning with the first film in 1979. In a dramatic twist, this novel will return us to that time, to Ellen Ripley, and to never-before-revealed secrets of the Weyland-Yutani Corporations...secrets that lead into the events of the second film, Aliens...and beyond! Author Bio: Tim Lebbon is the New York Times bestselling author of the movie novelization of 30 Days of Night and The Cabin in the Woods. He has also written many critically acclaimed horror and dark fantasy novels, including Dusk, Fallen and The Island. Tim has won three British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, a Shocker, a Tombstone and been a finalist for the International Horror Guild and World Fantasy Awards. Titan Books Summary: British soldier Peter Lennox, a POW in an Italian prison camp, is still fighting his own war. An artist in civilian life, his hands bear the scars of wounds received during his capture at the fall of Tobruk, and he suspects he will never paint again. The only thing that sustains him is plotting his escapes, no matter how many times he is recaptured. But in September 1943 the Italians surrender to the Allies, and Lennox is free. Wanting nothing more than to return to the fighting, he is ... Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972). Titan Books Summary: Irina Kusak's recently divorced husband, Jiri Hrádek, is a high-ranking official in the Czechoslovakian secret police: cruel, ambitious, utterly ruthless. So when he turns a blind eye to her defection to the west, she is uneasy. Aided in her escape by a group of friends, including David Mennery, an American with whom she once had a passionate affair, Irina begins to feel herself truly free. But soon their journey becomes a nightmare. It becomes clear that Hrádek only allowed Irina to de... Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972). Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 43 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Aylesford Skull James P. Blaylock 9781781167601 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 400 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback FICTION / Science Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H 106mm W | 175mm H Titan Books Summary: It is the summer of 1883 and Professor Langdon St. Ives - brilliant but eccentric scientist and explorer - is at home in Aylesford with his family. However, a few miles to the north a steam launch has been taken by pirates above Egypt Bay; the crew murdered and pitched overboard. In Aylesford itself a grave is opened and possibly robbed of the skull. The suspected grave robber, the infamous Dr. Ignacio Narbondo, is an old nemesis of Langdon St. Ives. When Dr. Narbondo returns to kidna... Author Bio: James P. Blaylock is one of the founding fathers of modern steampunk along with fellow writers and friends Tim Powers and K.W. Jeter. He has won the World Fantasy and Philip K. Dick Awards. Blaylock lives in Orange, CA with his wife - they have two sons. Author Residence: Orange County, CA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Tank Girl: Bad Wind Rising Alan Martin, Rufus Dayglo 9780857681188 Pub Date: 1/14/14, On Sale Date: 1/14 $16.95/$19.95 Can. 104 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Books Summary: A brand new graphic novel from the exciting new Tank Girl creative team: Alan Martin and Rufus Dayglo! A holiday. A hold-up. A murder. A car chase. A very large vodka. A fistfight. An earthquake. A mutant surfer. A lorry heist. A tiny moped. The return of a much loved secondary character - and a gang of killer kangaroos after Tan Girl's scalp. Don't miss Tank Girl's latest twisted action adventure! Author Bio: Alan Martin is the co-creator of Tank Girl (along with artist Jamie Hewlett), and writer of the first three Tank Girl graphic novels. He lives in the UK. Rufus Dayglo - his real name - is a British artist whose work includes Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog for 2000 AD, Tank Girl: Visions of Boogas and Snaked for IDW and concept art for Metal Gear Solid. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Agent in Place Helen Macinnes 9781781163351 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $9.95/$11.95 Can. 432 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Books / Fiction Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: Chuck Kelso is an idealist. When he steals a topsecret NATO memorandum, he only intends to leak it to the press; but it is soon in the hands of a Russian agent, a man who has spent nine years quietly working himself into the fabric of Washington society. Within hours it has reached the KGB, and the CIA's top man in Moscow has had his cover blown. For British agent Tony Lawton, hunting down the Russian operative - the 'agent in place' - is a welcome challenge. But for Chuck's brother, t... Author Bio: Helen MacInnes (1907-1985) was the Scottish-born American author of 21 spy novels. Dubbed "the queen of spy writers", her books have sold more than 25 million copies in the United States alone and have been translated into over 22 languages. Several of her books have been adapted into films, such as Above Suspicion (1943), with Joan Crawford, and The Salzburg Connection (1972). Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 44 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes George Mann 9781781160046 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors) Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: A brand-new collection of Sherlock Holmes stories from a variety of exciting voices in modern horror and steampunk, edited by respected anthologist George Mann. Author Bio: George Mann is the author of the Newbury and Hobbes and The Ghost series of novels, as well as numerous short stories, novellas and audiobooks. He has written fiction and audio scripts for the BBC's Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes. He is also a respected anthologist and has edited The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction and The Solaris Book of New Fantasy. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Matt Helm - The Ravagers Donald Hamilton 9781781162309 Pub Date: 2/11/14, On Sale Date: 2/11 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 288 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Thrillers Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H 106mm W | 175mm H Titan Books Summary: A brand-new edition of the classic novel. It was not a peaceful way to die, but there was nothing Matt Helm could do for his fellow agent. He had found him in a Canadian motel room, his once-handsome face eaten away, corroded by acid. Scratch one agent. The women wouldn't be lining up for him now. But it created further problems. The most likely culprit was a woman Helm had orders to protect no matter what the cost. Author Bio: Donald Hamilton is the creator of Matt Helm, star of 27 novels that have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. He was born in Uppsala, Sweden, attended the University of Chicago, and served in the U.S. Naval Reserve. His writing career began in 1946 with short stories for Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post. His first novel was Date With Darkness, published in 1947, and altogether he published 38 novels. The first Matt Helm novel, Death of a Citizen, was originally publishe... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Grimm - novel #2 John Shirley 9781781166567 Pub Date: 2/18/14, On Sale Date: 2/18 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Media Tie-In Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H 106mm W | 175mm H Titan Books Summary: THE SECOND ORIGINAL NOVEL TO TIE-IN WITH THE HIT US SHOW, INSPIRED BY THE GRIMM BROTHERS' CLASSIC FAIRY TALES! Facing off all manner of ancient evils, is a cop with a newfound ability to see supernatural threats. Author Bio: John Shirley is a critically acclaimed cyberpunk, sci-fi and horror writer, titles include City Come-Walkin' and Dracula In Love. He wrote the first screenplay for The Crow. He has also written many tie-ins including Constantine and Doom. His short story collection Black Butterflies won a Bram Stoker, the International Horror Guild Award and was one of the Publishers Weekly best books of 1998. Author Residence: Pinole, California Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 45 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 One Model Nation Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Jim Rugg 9780857687272 Pub Date: 2/18/14, On Sale Date: 2/18 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Books Summary: In 1977, four young men were the voice of their generation. In 1978, they disappeared. This is the epic journey of art noise band One Model Nation, the final dark days of the Baader-Meinoff Gang, and the band's mysterious disappearance only months later. This original graphic novel comes from the mind of Dandy Warhols frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor, with art by indie super star Jim Rugg, and features a host of bonus extras; sketches, director's commentary, deleted scenes and more! Author Bio: Courtney Taylor-Taylor is the lead-singer and songwriter of the hugely popular Portland, Oregon band The Dandy Warhols. The band has released six albums to date and have had huge critical and commercial successes on both sides of the Atlantic. One Model Nation is Taylor's first original graphic novel. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Black Wings of Cthulhu (Volume Two) John Shirley, Caitlin R. Kiernan, S.T. Joshi 9780857687845 Pub Date: 2/25/14, On Sale Date: 2/25 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 512 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Horror Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: Modern Masters of Terror The works of H. P. Lovecraft have inspired brilliant writers for decades, leading Stephen King to call him the "twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale." S.T. Joshi-the twenty-first century's preeminent expert on all things Lovecraftian-gathers greatest modern acolytes, including Caitlin R. Kiernan, Ramsey Campbell, Michael Shea, Brian Stableford, Nicholas Royle, Darrell Schweitzer and W.H.Pugmire, each of whom serves up a new mast... Author Bio: EDITOR - S. T. Joshi is a leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, H. L. Mencken, and others. He has edited the definitive restored editions of the works of Lovecraft, several annotated editions of Bierce and Mencken, and has written such critical studies as The Modern Weird Tale. His biography H. P. Lovecraft: A Life won the Horror Writer Association's Stoker Award for best-non fiction. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Devil May Cry 9781782760221 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $9.99/$11.99 Can. 48 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Comics Summary: Taking place a few months before the smash-hit reimagining of the videogame series, DmC: Devil May Cry: The Vergil Chronicles unveils all-new aspects of Dante's reimagined world! The mysterious Vergil recruits medium Kat to find her brother Dante, famous hunter of demons - currently languishing in Hellfire as a prison inmate! A complete story in a single volume, this story provides never-before-seen information on the iconic characters of the game. To make sure it satisfies Devil ... Author Bio: Guillaume Dorison (aka Izu) became literary editor at French publisher Humanoids, where he launched the bestselling series Shogun, dedicated to original manga. Dorison also has a successful career as a writer, with over twenty titles to his name, including Omega Complex (which Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 46 TITAN COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Monster Massacre Vol.1 Titan Comics 9781782760177 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $22.99/$26.99 Can. Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 8.000 in W | 11.000 in H 203mm W | 279mm H Titan Comics Summary: From all around the world, the greatest comic talents are given full and free rein to explore the universe, to seek out new life and new civilizations...to boldly go where no one would dare let them go before! No matter your tastes in science fiction and fantasy, you will find something here to love. Author Bio: EDITOR: DAVE ELLIOTTALAN MOORE, RON MARZ, DAVE ELLIOTT, ANDY KUHN, DAVE DORMAN, MARK A. NELSON, W. H. RAUF AND MORE...(Writer), DAVE WILKINS, SAMI BASRI, ALEX HORLEY, TOM RANEY, GARRIE GASTONNY, MARK A. NELSON, STANLEY ARTGERM LAU, GARRY LEACH, TOBY CYPRESS, BARNABY BAGENDA, SAKTI YUWONO, DAVE DORMAN, ANDY KUHN, PHILIP TAN, RHOALD MARCELLIUS, MICHAEL T. GILBERT, SUNNY GHO, DOUG BRAITHWAITE AND MORE...(Artists) Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Sharky Titan Comics 9781782760184 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $19.99/$23.99 Can. Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Anthologies Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.625 in W | 10.250 in H 168mm W | 260mm H Titan Comics Summary: You're 16 years old. All your life, you've been raised by your mom, with no idea of who your father was. Now you've hit puberty, and you're about to find out that the "no-good-S.O.B." who contributed to your genes is none other than ODIN! Not to mention your mother is a child of ZEUS! Now, whenever something sets off your hormones, you transform into the demi-god SHARKY - complete with a body the Rock would be kill to have - and the strength of a superman! When two of your long ... Author Bio: Writer Dave Elliott is a constant innovator in the world of comics, with a long career as a writer, artist, editor, publisher and IP developer Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Weirding Willows Titan Comics 9781782760191 Pub Date: 9/10/13, On Sale Date: 9/10 $9.99/$11.99 Can. Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Anthologies Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Comics Summary: After years of studying under scientists like Charles Darwin and reading the essays of Doctor Victor Frankenstein, Doctor Philippe Moreau moved to the country to continue his experiments in artificially advancing evolution. His wife left him, and took with her their daughter, Alice. All her life, all Alice has known the Weir across from the Wild Woods. Aged 9, Alice wandered into the Wild Woods and made her first startling discovery. A portal to another world. A world called Wond... Author Bio: Writer Dave Elliott is a constant innovator in the world of comics, with a long career as a writer, artist, editor, publisher and IP developer Artist Barnaby Bagenda has been illustrating comics in Asia for several years. This is his first major Western series! Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 47 TITAN COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 First Kingdom Vol 1.1 Jack Katz 9781782760108 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 208 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Comics Summary: A COMICS ODYSSEY AND SPACE OPERA OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS! A saga that exposes the limitless potential of the comics medium! The first in a series of Homeric, post-apocalyptic graphic novels, following the vein of a futuristic, post-civilization The Odyssey or The Iliad! Author Bio: Jack Katz is a writer, artist and teacher whose career in comics spans eight decades. He has worked along such comics legends as Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Will Eisner, and his work remains influential to this day. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 First Kingdom Vol 1.2 Jack Katz 9781782760115 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 208 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 Titan Comics Summary: A saga that exposes the limitless potential of the comics medium! The second in a collection of post-apocalyptic graphic novels, very much in the vein of a futuristic, post-civilization The Odyssey or Viking saga! Author Bio: Jack Katz is a writer, artist and teacher whose career in comics spans eight decades. He has worked along such comics legends as Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Will Eisner, and his work remains influential to this day. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 First Kingdom Vol 2.1: The Space Explorer's Club Jack Katz 9781782760146 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 160 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Comics Summary: An epic new chapter in one of the greatest graphic novel series from the Golden Age of Comics! From the life's work of a man who inspired some of the greatest names in comics history comes an incredible new chapter in The First Kingdom saga! Story Locale: Post-apocalyptic future Author Bio: Jack Katz is a writer, artist and teacher whose career in comics spans eight decades. He has worked along such comics legends as Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Will Eisner, and his work remains influential to this day. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 48 TITAN COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Thrud The Barbarian Carl Critchlow 9781782760023 Pub Date: 9/24/13, On Sale Date: 9/24 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 110 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Comics Summary: Thrud the Barbarian has the strength and ferocity of a Rhinoceros...the speed and agility of a jungle cat...and the intelligence of a garden snail! A hilarious, timeless parody of Conan The Barbarian and his musclebound ilk! Story Locale: High-Fantasy Author Bio: Creator Carl Critchlow has a long history in both comics and gaming art. He has produced over 200 painted pieces for seminal collectable card game Magic: The Gathering, has contributed creatures to such roleplaying games as World of Warcraft, Dungeons & Dragons, The Wheel of Time and Star Wars! He has also drawn comic strips for 2000AD (including Judge Dredd), Batman and more! Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 A1 Annual Titan Comics 9781782760160 Pub Date: 10/8/13, On Sale Date: 10/8 $22.99/$26.99 Can. Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Comics Summary: Innovation requires experimentation. A1 has always been a laboratory for creators to experiment. To do or try something new or tell a story in a genre they're not familiar with. To encourage them to break away from corporate creations and unleash their own ideas. A1 is their platform. The exciting return of the award-winning graphic anthology series -for readers who want to see inside the mind of the creator, to see what truly makes them tick and witness them doing what they truly wan... Author Bio: AUTHORS: RON MARZ, MATT WAGNER, DAVE JOHNSON, DAVE ELLIOTT, TOM RANEY, RUFUS DAYGLO, ANDY KUHN, DAVE DORMAN, MARK A. NELSON, W. H. RAUF AND MORE...(Writer), JIM STERANKO, DAVE WILKINS, SAMI BASRI, ALEX HORLEY, TOM RANEY, BRIAN SMITH, D'ISRAELI, GARRIE GASTONNY, MARK A. NELSON, STANLEY ARTGERM LAU, GARRY LEACH, DAVE JOHNSON, BARNABY BAGENDA, SAKTI YUWONO, Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Solid State Tank Girl Alan Martin 9781782760030 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 88 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Comics Summary: The Post-Modern Princess of Punk returns to face her nastiest nemesis: ANTI-TANK GIRL!!! Now over 20 years old, Tank Girl remains one of the greatest comics counter-culture anti-heroines, driving her tank straight into the face of the more usual spandex-wearing, big-busted female heroes! Author Bio: Alan C. Martin is the co-creator of Tank Girl (along with artist Jamie Hewlett). Warwick Johnson Cadwell - this is his first major works. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 49 TITAN COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Numbercruncher Si Spurrier, P.J. Holden 9781782760047 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 90 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Comics Summary: Heaven - the ultimate karmic bureaucracy!!! Author Bio: Writer Si Spurrier has written numerous stories for British flagship sci-fi comic, 2000 AD and its spin-off, Judge Dredd Magazine. He is currently writing X-Men: Legacy for Marvel. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Tomorrowland Titan Comics 9781782760207 Pub Date: 12/17/13, On Sale Date: 12/17 $19.99/$23.99 Can. Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 Titan Comics Summary: Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike are two young rising stars in the music world - DJs who play to packed crowds, and who have become the public face of the world-renowned TomorrowLand festival! This is their transformative graphic novel adventure! An exciting graphic novel series for fans of both graphic novels and music! Story Locale: Europe Author Bio: Writer Paul Jenkins is writer well known to creating comic projects that slip effortlessly into other media. Artists Stellar Labs have been illustrating top titles for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, IDW, Image and Top Cow. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 It Came! Dan Boultwood 9781782760054 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 88 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Comics Summary: The greatest British 1950s B-movie comic book comedy you'll ever read! The peace and tranquility of 1950s Britain is shattered by the cataclysmic arrival of a robot from outer space! Story Locale: 1958, the British countryside and London Author Bio: Dan Boultwood is a long-time collaborator with award-winning writer, Tony Lee, having worked together on The Baker Street Irregulars, Prince of Baghdad for The DFC and the Eagle award-nominated Hope Falls. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 50 TITAN COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Chronos Commandos: Dawn Patrol Stuart Jennett 9781782760061 Pub Date: 1/7/14, On Sale Date: 1/7 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 120 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 First Kingdom Vol 1.3 Jack Katz 9781782760122 Pub Date: 1/21/14, On Sale Date: 1/21 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 208 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Death Sentence Monty Nero, Mike Dowling 9781782760085 Pub Date: 2/4/14, On Sale Date: 2/4 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 132 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Titan Comics Summary: Time-travelling World War II action! Sarge and his squad of hardened GIs battle Nazis, dinosaurs, temporal anomalies and spies within their ranks, as they fight to keep the future free! DINOSAURS! TIME TRAVEL! NAZIS! WORLD WAR TWO! Story Locale: World War II America; the time of the dinosaurs Author Bio: After taking a break from Marvel Comics and 2000AD to develop a career as a concept artist and co-found Alien Apple Studios, creator Stuart Jennett is back with an incredible new digitally-painted style Titan Comics Summary: A saga that exposes the limitless potential of the comics medium! The third volume in the saga created by one of the most unique visionaries in the history of the graphic novel Author Bio: Jack Katz is a writer, artist and teacher whose career in comics spans eight decades. He has worked along such comics legends as Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Will Eisner, and his work remains influential to this day. Titan Comics Summary: What would you do with superpowers and six months left to live? A bold new graphic novel for fans of writers Mark Millar, Garth Ennis and Warren Ellis! Author Bio: Writer Monty Nero is a fresh new voice in comics, with a long career as a videogame concept artist under his belt. Artist Mike Dowling has worked on 2000AD and with comedian Frankie Boyle, with whom he created Rex Royd. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 51 TITAN COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 First Kingdom Vol 1.4 Jack Katz 9781782760139 Pub Date: 3/25/14, On Sale Date: 3/25 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 208 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.750 in W | 10.250 in H 171mm W | 260mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Last Threshold : Neverwinter Saga, Book IV R. A. Salvatore 9780786963744 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 448 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H 106mm W | 175mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Godborn : The Sundering, Book II Paul S. Kemp 9780786963737 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $27.95/$29.95 Can. 400 pages Hardback Fiction / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 12 6.312 in W | 9.438 in H 160mm W | 240mm H Titan Comics Summary: As Cyborgs to the Gods are we - they construct us for their sport! Fourth volume in a legendary graphic novel series, bring to a close the first part of this incredible comics event! Story Locale: Post-apocalyptic future Author Bio: Jack Katz is a writer, artist and teacher whose career in comics spans eight decades. He has worked along such comics legends as Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Will Eisner, and his work remains influential to this day. Wizards of the Coast Summary: In the final book of the #4 New York Times bestselling Neverwinter Saga, Drizzt Do'Urden navigates a winding path littered with secrets and lies. Tangled up in his companion Dahlia's dark secrets, the ties that once held her close to Drizzt threaten to tear as her bonds to his former foe, Artemis Entreri, continue to grow. Meanwhile, in the caverns of Gauntlgrym, the drow Tiago Baenre enlists the help of Bregan D'aerthe in his quest to destroy Drizzt. While making promises they may not... Author Bio: R.A. Salvatore is the New York Times bestselling author of more than forty novels, including the popular Forgotten Realms series The Legend of Drizzt. He's an avid gamer, father of three, and loyal citizen of Red Sox Nation. Wizards of the Coast Summary: In the 2nd book of the multi-author Sundering series launched by New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore, the shadow legacy of Erevis Cale lives on even as his old foe Mephistopheles seeks to stamp it out at any cost. Cale's son Vasen-unmoored in time by the god Mask-has thus far been shielded from the archdevil's dark schemes, alone among the servants of the Lord of Light who have raised him since birth. Living in a remote abbey nestled among the Thunder Peaks of Sembia, Va... Author Bio: Paul S. Kemp is a lawyer and author who lives in Michigan with his wife and twin sons. Author Residence: Grosse Pointe, Michigan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 52 WIZARDS OF THE COAST Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Legacy of the Crystal Shard : Sundering Adventure 2 R.A. Salvatore, James Wyatt, Jeffrey Ludwig 9780786964642 Pub Date: 10/15/13, On Sale Date: 10/15 $34.95/$39.95 Can. 96 pages Hardback Games / Role Playing & Fantasy Series: D&D AdventureTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 0 Wizards of the Coast Summary: Return to Icewind Dale! This sourcebook and adventure allows characters to explore Icewind Dale and participate in the events of the Sundering, a period that will define the future of the Forgotten Realms. Series Overview: The Sundering is a major event in the future of the Forgotten Realms that's explored in two roleplaying game products (Storm Over Baldur's Gate(TM) and Legacy of the Crystal Shard) and in several upcoming Forgotten Realms novels. Author Bio: R.A. Salvatore is the best-selling author of numerous Forgotten Realms novels and the creator of Drizzt Do'Urden, the most famous dark elf in fantasy literature and gaming. Matt Sernett is a game designer at Wizards of the Coast, LLC whose previous credits include the Neverwinter(TM) Campaign Guide and the Halls of Undermountain(TM) Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 Premium Original Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Roleplaying Game 9780786964659 Pub Date: 11/19/13, On Sale Date: 11/19 $149.99/$172.00 Can. Games / Role Playing & Fantasy Series: D&D Boxed GameTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 2 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 The Adversary : The Sundering, Book III Erin M. Evans 9780786963751 Pub Date: 12/3/13, On Sale Date: 12/3 $27.95/$29.95 Can. 352 pages Hardback Fiction / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.312 in W | 9.438 in H 160mm W | 240mm H Wizards of the Coast Summary: A premium, deluxe edition of the Original D&D® "White Box"! It's the original Dungeons & Dragons game, packed with more content than ever before. Wizards of the Coast Summary: In the 3rd book of the multi-author SUNDERING series kicked off by New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore, the award-winning Erin M. Evans throws her signature character Farideh into a maelstrom of devilish politics and magical intrigue. Captured by Netherese agents and locked away in a prison camp, Farideh quickly discovers her fellow prisoners are not simply enemies of Netheril, but people known as Chosen who possess hidden powers, powers that Netheril is eager to exploit-o... Author Bio: ERIN M. EVANS got a degree in Anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis-and promptly stuck it in a box. Nowadays she uses that knowledge of bones, mythology, and social constructions to flesh out fantasy worlds. She lives in Washington State. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Fall 2013 - March 2013 Page 53