ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013
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ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013
ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Archie Comics Archie Meets Glee Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Dan Parent 9781936975457 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $12.99/$14.99 Can. 112 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In Territory: World Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Summary: Archie Meets Glee is a high profile graphic novel crossover written by Glee co-producer and staff writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and illustrated by Archie's fan-favorite cartoonist Dan Parent. This title has collectible and mass market opportunities. We expect it to draw on the popularity of both brands while expanding the appeal of each. This item collects a 4-part comic book event that features a crossover with Fox's hit show Glee. Author Bio: ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA is an American playwright, screenwriter, comic book writer, and producer. He was a writer on the HBO series Big Love for three years, and is currently a co-producer and staff writer on Glee. At Marvel, he wrote for staple characters Spider-Man, Nightcrawler, the Fantastic Four, and many others throughout his long career in the comic book industry. His accomplishments in the theater world include over fifteen plays for theaters around the country. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Archie Comics Archie 1000 Page Comics Digest Archie Superstars 9781936975501 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $14.99/$15.99 Can. 1024 pages Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Territory: World Ctn Qty: 1 4.875 in W | 6.562 in H 124mm W | 167mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Diary of a Girl Next Door: Betty Suzannah Rowntree, Bill Galvan 9781936975372 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $13.99/$14.99 Can. 224 pages Hardback Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories Series: Riverdale DiariesTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 1 5.500 in W | 8.000 in H 140mm W | 203mm H Summary: Archie Comics 1000 Page Spectacular is our biggest trade paperback collection ever and a tremendous value! Features over 100 full-color stories in a format akin to the hugely popular Archie Digest series at an amazing price. Designed for mass market and book venues looking for higher price points, high volume and high value such as warehouse clubs and book fairs. As the title suggests, this volume collects 1000 pages of new and classic Archie stories, featuring the same mix of wild hum... Archie Comics Summary: This is a great new series entry in the exploding genre of private cartoon journal books originally inspired by Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The combination of this extremely popular format, the quality of this title, and the high awareness of the Archie characters should provide excellent opportunities to place this new hardcover series in locations that have had success with this genre. This delightful secret journal of a "normal" teenage girl, in the highly popular hardcover cartoon journa... Author Bio: SUZANNAH ROWNTREE is an Archie Comics rising star, having served as Features Editor on the acclaimed Life With Archie magazine and Jinx graphic novel series, and as Editor on the successful Kickstarter-funded publication Womanthology. BILL GALVAN has been a comic book fan since he was 7 years old, and has been drawing comics ever since. As a junior in Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 1 ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Archie Comics Archie Comics Spectacular: School Daze Archie Superstars 9781936975525 Pub Date: 7/23/13, On Sale Date: 7/23 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $5.99/$6.99 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Territory: World Ctn Qty: 1 4.875 in W | 6.562 in H 124mm W | 167mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Summary: The new Archie Comics Spectacular book series features 128 full-color pages of themed Archie stories on quality paper stock at a value price. The combination of high content and low cost makes this a great deal for casual and serious Archie fans of all ages. This collection features 128 pages of hand-picked, quality Archie tales. Archie Comics Archie's Fun 'n' Games Activity Book Archie Superstars 9781936975518 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $6.99/$7.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Juvenile Nonfiction / Games & Activities Territory: World Ctn Qty: 1 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H 133mm W | 191mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Summary: Archie's Fun 'n' Games Activity Book has great appeal to younger members of the Archie fanbase. Featuring full-color puzzles, games, riddles and coloring pages, this item will be a popular buy for parents and grand parents of young children in the popular massmarket format of Best of Archie and Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book. 192 full-color pages of accessible and amusing Archie-themed puzzles, games, and riddles. Archie Comics Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within 2 Tania del Rio 9781936975549 Pub Date: 6/4/13, On Sale Date: 6/4 Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Territory: World Ctn Qty: 1 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H 133mm W | 191mm H Summary: Coinciding with the debut of a brand new Sabrina the Teenage Witch animated series in 2013, Archie collects the second 10 issues of the fan-favorite "American manga" version of Sabrina in classic 5 1/4 x 7 1/2" black and white manga format. This graphic novel release follows the resurgence of the Sabrina Manga digital series on the Archie app. With the help of the awareness built around the new TV series, the quality of Del Rio's story and art, and the explosion of the teen paranormal r... 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 Sonic the Hedgehog comic as both writer and artist. In addition to her work at Archie, ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 2 ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Kevin Keller: Drive Me Crazy Dan Parent 9781936975587 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 Ages 12 And Up, Grades 7 And Up $11.99/$12.99 Can. 112 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Territory: World Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Legacy of the Crusaders Robert Kanigher 9781936975228 Pub Date: 7/30/13, On Sale Date: 7/30 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Best of Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Villains Sonic Scribes 9781936975556 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up $24.99/$27.99 Can. 144 pages Hardback 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: Archie's most popular new character in decades, Kevin Keller, appears here in his third book volume collecting the next four issues of his new dedicated comic book series. Kevin continues to receive positive press and reviews, and we expect this title to do well in both mainstream and specialty markets. Archie's top new character, Kevin Keller, stars in this fun fullcolor collection featuring four issues of his very own comic book series, featuring his first car and an appearance by S... 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. Most notably, Parent is the writer/artist of the Kevin Keller series, whose premiere story sold out its first printing, was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award, and whose series continues to receive widespread, positive media attention. He also was the writer of the story in which Archie fell for Valerie of Josie & the Pussyca... Red Circle Summary: Legacy of the Crusaders is an innovative blend of reprint and new material woven together to create a brand new kind of graphic novel experience! When a mysterious villain attacks the seemingly normal town of Red Circle, the town's adults suddenly vanish. The kids left behind are brought together by an old man who turns out to be the long-forgotten superhero, the Shield, and they discover that their missing parents were once his teammates in the greatest superhero group that ever lived... 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 much-anticipated New Crusaders series, Archie's ret... Archie Comics Summary: Archie Comics has published hundreds of issues of the popular Sonic the Hedgehog comic series over the past 15 years, but behind every epic victory for our blue hedgehog hero stand the titanic villains he must face! Now, for the first time ever, comes a collection of the best Sonic comics to feature the popular evil villains of the series, presented in a deluxe hardcover edition. The second in a series of Best of Sonic graphic novels, The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog 2: Villains helps cel... 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 much-anticipated New Crusaders series, Archie's ret... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 3 ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Archie Comics Sonic Saga Series 3: Eggman Empire Sonic Scribes 9781936975532 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up $11.99/$13.99 Can. 112 pages 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 Summary: Eggman Empire continues the new Sonic Saga series, a chronological collection of the modern era of Sonic the Hedgehog story arcs written by popular Sonic scribe Ian Flynn. Sonic the Hedgehog graphic novels are a bestseller for Archie and this title is sure to be a hit with fans and collectors in its popular full-color, full comic-size format. Eggman Empire is the third book in the Sonic Saga series, a companion to Archie's popular Sonic Universe graphic novels and a full comic-sized mo... 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 and popular hit. Flynn is now also helming the much- Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Archie Comics Sonic Universe 5: The Tails Adventure Sonic Scribes 9781936975495 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 Ages 10 And Up, Grades 5 And Up $11.99/$13.99 Can. 112 pages 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 Summary: Featuring the newest Sonic stories available in book form, this ongoing full-color series is for both comic book collectors who love larger-format comics as well as kid readers who love the Sonic video game character. Archie's popular Sonic Universe series continues here in fullcolor, full-size graphic novel form, with the fifth story arc, featuring Sonic's fan-favorite sidekick Tails in his own fantastic adventure! 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 and popular hit. Flynn is now also helming the muchanticipated New Crusaders series,... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog Archives 21 Sonic Scribes 9781936975563 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 Ages 9 to 12, Grades 4 to 7 $7.99/$8.99 Can. 112 pages Paperback / softback / Digest format paperback Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 1 5.000 in W | 7.375 in H 127mm W | 187mm H Summary: The latest volume of Archie's top-selling line of graphic novels features highly appealing comic art and stories. Sonic Archives is an excellent series for venues interested in multi-title repeat kid business, due to the continuing popularity and awareness of the Sonic video game character and the large number of volumes available. Celebrate 20 years of Sonic comics with the continuation of Archie's bestselling Sonic the Hedgehog comics series in graphic novel form! This ground-breakin... 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 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 4 ARCHIE COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Archie Comics Mega Man 5: Rock of Ages Ian Flynn, Mike Norton 9781936975488 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 $11.99/$13.99 Can. 112 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Summary: Mega Man is one of the most famous video game characters of all time (29 million units sold) and has translated beautifully into Archie's well-reviewed action-adventure graphic novel series, successfully expanding our very popular video game line of highly accessible graphic novels with this fifth volume of stories. The Mega Man graphic novel series pays tribute to 25 years of the iconic CAPCOM video game character in this brand new deluxe, full-color graphic novel! 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 much-anticipated New Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Vertigo Django Unchained QUENTIN TARANTINO, R.M. Guera, Jason Latour 9781401241933 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 224 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Summary: Set in the South two years before the Civil War, DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-top-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles-dead or alive. Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not t... Author Bio: Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He has received many industry awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA and the Palme d'Or and has been nominated for an Emmy and Grammy. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tarantino was an avid film fan. His career began in the late 1980s, when he wrote and directed My Best Friend's Birthday. Its screenplay would form the basis for True Romance. In the early 1990s, he began ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Book 2 Denise Mina, Leonardo Manco, Andrea Mutti 9781401235581 Pub Date: 5/7/13, On Sale Date: 5/7 $19.99/$19.99 Can. 144 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years ago. Years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction, to investigate. Mikael hits a dead end in the case, so to help, he brings in Lisbeth Salander, a fearless pierced and tattooed punk prodigy. Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption. Written by Denise Mina... Author Bio: Stieg Larsson, who lived in Sweden, was the editor in chief of the magazine Expo and a leading expert on antidemocratic right-wing extremist and Nazi organizations. He died in 2004, shortly after delivering the manuscripts for The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Next. Denise Mina is the award-winning author of eight acclaimed Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 5 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Superman: Earth One J. Michael Straczynski, Shane Davis 9781401224691 Pub Date: 5/7/13, On Sale Date: 5/7 $12.99/$12.99 Can. 136 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 Summary: J. Michael Straczynski, the creator of Babylon 5, joins forces with rising star artist Shane Davis (SUPERMAN/BATMAN: THE SEARCH FOR KRYPTONITE) to create this original graphic novel that gives new insight into Clark Kent's transformation into Superman and his first year as The Man of Steel. This is the first in a new wave of original DC Universe graphic novels, featuring top writers' and illustrators' unique takes on DC characters. Author Bio: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI has worked in television, comics and, most recently, motion pictures. In comics, he is known for The Amazing Spider-Man, The Twelve, Thor and Silver Surfer: Requiem, as well as SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE Volumes 1 & 2 and BEFORE WATCHMEN for DC Comics. He is the creator of the hit TV series Babylon 5, and was nominated for the 2009 Best Writer Eisner Award. In movies, he is known for writing films including Changeling, Thor and a forthcoming reinterpretation of Forbid... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Talon Vol. 1: Scourge of the Owls (The New 52) Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, Guillem March 9781401238872 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 192 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Summary: As a young performer with Haly's Circus, young Calvin Rose was secretly being raised to be a master assassin-a killing machine called a Talon. The Talons have always served the mysterious Court of Owls, a group of wealthy individuals who will stop at nothing to maintain their grip on power in Gotham City. When Rose defects from the Talon's ranks, he is marked for death and spends the next few years using all his training to hide from his former masters. After years on the run, Rose fi... Author Bio: Scott Snyder is one of comics' best young writers. His current works include Batman, American Vampire and Swamp Thing. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One-Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook, and other journals, and has a short story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and their children. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre Darwyn Cooke, Amanda Conner 9781401238926 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 288 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 16 7.167 in W | 10.875 in H 182mm W | 276mm H DC Comics Summary: The controversial, long-awaited prequels to the best-selling graphic novel of all-time are finally here: BEFORE WATCHMEN! For over twenty years, the back stories of the now-iconic characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's landmark graphic novel had been the subject of much debate and theorizing. Now, DC Comics has assembled the greatest creators in the industry to further paint the world of WATCHMEN, starting with this first volume starring MINUTEMEN and SILK SPECTRE The critically ... Author Bio: Darwyn Cooke is an Eisner Award-winning comic book writer, artist, cartoonist and animator, known for his work on the comic books CATWOMAN, DC: THE NEW FRONTIER, THE SPIRIT and Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter. Amanda Conner started out in comics after working as an illustrator for New York ad agencies. However, loving comic Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 6 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Before Watchmen: Comedian/Rorschach Brian Azzarello, J.G. Jones, Lee Bermejo 9781401238933 Pub Date: 7/30/13, On Sale Date: 7/30 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 256 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 16 7.167 in W | 10.875 in H 182mm W | 276mm H Summary: The controversial, long-awaited prequels to the best-selling graphic novel of all-time are finally here: BEFORE WATCHMEN! For over twenty years, the back stories of the now iconic characters from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's landmark graphic novel have remained a mystery, until now. DC Comics has assembled the greatest creators in the industry to further paint the world of WATCHMEN, with this second volume starring two of the most polarizing anti-heroes ever, COMEDIAN and RORSCHACH. Ei... Author Bio: Brian Azzarello is the writer and co-creator of the award-winning Vertigo series 100 BULLETS. Azzarello's other writing credits for DC Comics include the graphic novel JOKER, as well as BATMAN: BROKEN CITY, LUTHOR, WONDER WOMAN and HELLBLAZER. Brian has been featured in ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE and other publications. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Before Watchmen: Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan J. Michael Straczynski, Adam Hughes, Joe Kubert 9781401238940 Pub Date: 7/23/13, On Sale Date: 7/23 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 288 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 16 7.167 in W | 10.875 in H 182mm W | 276mm H Summary: Discover what happened before WATCHMEN as writer J. Michael Straczynski is joined by Andy Kubert and the legendary Joe Kubert to take flight with the gadget-savvy vigilante known as Nite Owl! And then in BEFORE WATCHMEN: DR. MANHATTAN, JMS teams with fan-favorite artist Adam Hughes on the all-powerful super-man Dr. Manhattan. For Dr. Manhattan, past, present, and future are one and the same. But as he observes the events of his life, do they remain the same? Or are they changed? The ver... Author Bio: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI has worked in television, comics and, most recently, motion pictures. In comics, he is known for The Amazing Spider-Man, The Twelve, Thor and Silver Surfer: Requiem, as well as SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE Volumes 1 & 2 and BEFORE WATCHMEN for DC Comics. He is the creator of the hit TV series Babylon 5, and was nominated for the 2009 Best Writer Eisner Award. In movies, he is known for writing films including Changeling, Thor and a forthcoming reinterpretation of Forbid... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Before Watchmen: Ozymandias/Crimson Corsair Len Wein, Jae Lee, John Higgins 9781401238957 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 256 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 16 7.167 in W | 10.875 in H 182mm W | 276mm H DC Comics Summary: Discover what happened before WATCHMEN. The team of legendary writer Len Wein and acclaimed artist Jae Lee-in his first DC Comics' work in nearly a decade-delve into the mind of the smartest man in the world: Ozymandias. How does one go from the son of immigrant parents to becoming the world's smartest man? Adrian Veidt begins his journey, both spiritual and physical, that will one day make him one of the most pivotal players in the world-changing events of WATCHMEN. Collects BEFORE WA... Author Bio: Len Wein co-created SWAMP THING early in a writing career that has included work on every major hero and villain at both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. As a writer, Wein is also credited with co-creating Wolverine for Marvel and Lucius Fox for DC. Wein was one of the editors on WATCHMEN, and has also been Editor-in-Chief at both Marvel Comics and Disney Comics before settling in to a successful career writing comic books and animation. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 7 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons 9781401238964 Pub Date: 6/4/13, On Sale Date: 6/4 $39.99/$47.99 Can. 448 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 7.167 in W | 10.875 in H 182mm W | 276mm H Summary: In an alternate world where the mere presence of American superheroes changed history, the US won the Vietnam War, Nixon is still president, and the cold war is in full effect. WATCHMEN begins as a murder-mystery, but soon unfolds into a planet-altering conspiracy. As the resolution comes to a head, the unlikely group of reunited heroesRorschach, Nite Owl, Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandias-have to test the limits of their convictions and ask themselves where the true line is ... 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, SWAMP THING and Miracleman. 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 TEN. As one of the medium's most important innovators since the early 1980s, Moore ha... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Batman Incorporated Vol. 1: Demon Star (The New 52) Grant Morrison, Chris Burnham 9781401238889 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 176 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, Summer 2013 Batman Noir: Eduardo Risso: The Deluxe Edition Eduardo Risso, Brian Azzarello 9781401238902 Pub Date: 6/4/13, On Sale Date: 6/4 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 224 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 18 7.167 in W | 10.875 in H 182mm W | 276mm H 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 #0-12 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 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: AC... DC Comics Summary: BATMAN NOIR: EDUARDO RISSO spotlights the art of 100 BULLETS illustrator Eduardo Risso, which casts the Dark Knight in deep shadow on every page. With stories written by his frequent collaborator, Brian Azzarello, this title includes tales from a variety of Batman projects. The centerpiece of the book, a six-issue run of BATMAN called "Broken City," presents a profound examination of the Dark Knight Detective and the grim metropolis that he protects. While hunting the murderer of a smal... Author Bio: A native of Leones, Argentina, Eduardo Risso began drawing professionally in 1981 with the magazine strips "Julio Cesar" and "El Angel." Risso first worked with writer Brian Azzarello on the 1998 Vertigo miniseries JONNY DOUBLE, which led to their partnership on 100 BULLETS and the graphic novel BATMAN: BROKEN CITY. Risso's work on 100 BULLETS has earned him three Eisner Awards, two Harvey Awards and the Yellow Kid Award. He illustrated the miniseries FLASHPOINT: KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE,... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 8 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Harlan Ellison's 7 Against Chaos Harlan Ellison, Paul Chadwick 9781401239107 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 200 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 22 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: Harlan Ellison, science fiction's brightest luminary, has joined forces with multi-award winning artist Paul Chadwick, creator of the incomparable Concrete, to bring you SEVEN AGAINST CHAOS, a graphic novel that is singular, powerful and unpredictable. This extraordinary odyssey of mystery and adventure will take you to the rim of reality and beyond. In a distant future, Earth is in grave danger: The fabric of reality itself in unraveling, leading to catastrophic natural disasters, dis... Author Bio: Harlan Ellison has written or edited 75 books; more than 1700 stories, essays, articles, and newspaper columns; two dozen teleplays, for which he received the Writers Guild of America most outstanding teleplay award for solo work an unprecedented four times; and a dozen movies. He won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe award twice, the Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker award six times (including The Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996), Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Animal Man Omnibus Grant Morrison, Chas Truog 9781401238995 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $75.00/$85.00 Can. 704 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 Vertigo Summary: From Grant Morrison, Eisner Award winning writer of ALL-STAR SUPERMAN and bestselling author of Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human, this new hardcover collects Morrison's entire groundbreaking run on ANIMAL MAN altogether for the first time . Buddy Baker is more than just a second-rate super hero-He's also a devoted family man and animal rights activist. Now, as he tries to jump-start his crimefighting car... Author Bio: Grant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for more than twenty years, beginning his American career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN, DOOM PATROL and the ARKHAM ASYLUM graphic novel. Since then, he has written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as his creator-owned titles such as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH and WE3. He has been hard at work expanding the DC Universe in titles ranging from the EisnerAward winning titles SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1 Neil Gaiman 9781401241889 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $125.00/$147.00 Can. 1040 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 7.250 in W | 10.875 in H 184mm W | 276mm 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. Upon his escape from an embarrassing captivity at the hands of a mere mortal, Morpheus finds himself at a crossroads, ... 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 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 9 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Absolute Blackest Night Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis 9781401240738 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $125.00/$147.00 Can. 576 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 DC Comics Summary: Collecting the 2009 Green Lantern-based event in DC's top quality, slipcased Absolute Edition format. In this story by superstar writer Geoff Johns, the war between the Corps rages as the prophecy of the Blackest Night descends on the DC Universe! Can Green Lantern Hal Jordan lead DC's champions against an army of Black Lanterns made up of the deceased heroes and villains? 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. Johns wa... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Absolute Superman/Batman Vol. 1 Jeph Loeb, Ed McGuiness, Michael Turner 9781401240967 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $99.99/$112.00 Can. 336 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 DC Comics Summary: The iconic super-heroes unite when longtime Superman enemy Lex Luthor, now president of the United States, accuses Superman of a crime against humanity, and assembles a top-secret team of powerhouse heroes to bring Superman in-dead or alive. And in the second storyarc, prepare for the arrival of Supergirl! Batman has discovered something strange on the bottom of Gotham Bay, which leads him to a mysterious and powerful teenaged girl bent on destroying Gotham City! What's her connection t... 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, Summer 2013 Annotated Sandman Vol. 3 Neil Gaiman, Leslie S. Klinger 9781401241025 Pub Date: 1/28/14, On Sale Date: 1/28 $49.99/$58.00 Can. 520 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 Vertigo Summary: The third of five volumes, THE ANNOTATED SANDMAN reprints Neil Gaiman's THE SANDMAN with annotations by Leslie Klinger (The Annotated Sherlock Holmes, The Annotated Dracula) that delve into the historical and literary references contained in the series. In this volume, Leslie Klinger provides historical insights into issues #40-55 of THE SANDMAN, along with THE SANDMAN SPECIAL #1 and "How They Met Themselves" from VERTIGO: WINTER'S EDGE #3. New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaima... Author Bio: Neil Gaiman is the NEW YORK TIMES best-selling author of AMERICAN GODS and CORALINE. His other books include the novels ANANSI BOYS, NEVERWHERE and STARDUST (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Awards as one of 2000's top ten adult novels for young adults) and the short fiction collections M IS FOR MAGIC, FRAGILE THINGS and SMOKE AND MIRRORS. With Roger Avary, he is the screenwriter of the motion picture BEOWULF Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 10 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Aquaman Vol. 1: The Trench (The New 52) Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado 9781401237103 Pub Date: 5/21/13, On Sale Date: 5/21 $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, Summer 2013 Aquaman Vol. 2: The Others (The New 52) Geoff Johns, Ivan Reis, Joe Prado 9781401240165 Pub Date: 5/21/13, On Sale Date: 5/21 $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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Authority Vol. 1 Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, Paul Neary 9781401240301 Pub Date: 5/21/13, On Sale Date: 5/21 $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 DC Comics Summary: A #1 New York Times Best Seller! The King of the Seven Seas Aquaman returns to his very own ongoing series for the first time in years at the hands of DC Entertainment Chief Creative Office Geoff Johns, who reteams with GREEN LANTERN collaborator artist Ivan Reis! Between proving himself to a world that sees him as a joke, Aquaman and his bride Mera face off against a long buried terror from the depths of the ocean! 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. 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 DC Comics Summary: After witnessing the demise of most of her StormWatch teammates, Jenny Sparks wants to create a new super hero team dedicated to protecting Earth against threats of a global scale. Joined by former StormWatch members Jack Hawksmoor and Shen Li-Min, Jenny recruits four new members, the Doctor, the Engineer, Apollo, and the Midnighter forming the ultra-powerful Authority. Collected in this edition are their first two missions, battling a nation of super-powered terrorists and stopping an ... Author Bio: Warren Ellis is a comics and graphics novel writer best known for the graphic novel series TRANSMETROPOLITAN, PLANETARY and THE AUTHORITY. With over thirty-five graphic novels in print, Ellis has received numerous acclaims including Winner of the International Horror Guild award for graphic narrative and being named one of Entertainment Weekly's 100 Most Creative People. Rolling Stone described his work as, "more influenced by Jesus and Mary Chain than by the JUSTICE LEAGUE, while hi... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 11 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Batgirl/Robin Year One Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty, Marcos Martin 9781401240332 Pub Date: 6/25/13, On Sale Date: 6/25 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 424 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 Summary: Here it is: Robin's baptism by fire as dons the costume of Robin, the Boy Wonder for the first time and patrols the night by Batman's side. In his earliest adventures, Robin learns very quickly that what he thought would be fun is actually a matter of life and death. And in the action-packed origin of the original Batgirl, explore Barbara Gordon's transformation from average citizen into costumed super-heroine. Author Bio: Chuck Dixon's resume includes thousands of scripts for iconic characters like Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Iron Man, the Punisher, The Simpsons, Spongebob Squarepants, GI Joe and many others. He is (along with artist Graham Nolan) the creator of the Batman villain Bane, the first permanent addition to the Dark Knight's rogues gallery in forty years and for which he won 1993's Wizard Fan Award for best new character. His graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit is a... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Batman - The Dark Knight Vol. 1: Knight Terrors (The New 52) David Finch, Paul Jenkins 9781401237110 Pub Date: 7/23/13, On Sale Date: 7/23 $24.99/$28.99 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 Summary: The Dark Knight continues his crusade as defender of Gotham City, taking on his greatest foes during a breakout at Arkham Asylum. But when his enemies gain powers and abilities far beyond their normal capacities, the Caped Crusader's crusade may finally be at an end! Author Bio: David Finch began his comic book career at the age of 22 at Top Cow. There, he created Ascension and Aphrodite IX, both of which were top sellers in the business. In 2001, he made the move to Marvel. His 15 issue run on Ultimate X-Men saw sales of the comic jump 40%. On Avengers, David's presence doubled sales with starting with his first issue. Eventually feeling the need for a change, David took on the monumental task of bringing a perennially lowselling, cancelled Moon Knight int... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Batman & Robin Vol. 1: Born to Kill (The New 52) Peter J. Tomasi, Patrick Gleason, Mick Gray 9781401238384 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 $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 Summary: A New York Times Best Seller! As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics-The New 52 event of September 2011, Batman begins battling evil with his son, Damian, at his side, Batman now realizes that the hardest part of the job may be trying to work together! As Batman and Robin try to adjust to their new partnership, a figure emerges from Bruce Wayne's past: His name is NoBody, and he's not happy that Batman Incorporated is shining a light on his own shadowy war against evil... This volume col... 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 Comics- Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 12 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Batman & Robin Vol. 2: Pearl (The New 52) Peter Tomasi, Patrick Gleason, Mick Gray 9781401240899 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 $22.99/$26.99 Can. 160 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Batman Beyond: 10,000 Clowns Adam Beechen, Norm Breyfogle 9781401240349 Pub Date: 5/21/13, On Sale Date: 5/21 $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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Batman Illustrated by Neal Adams Vol. 3 Neal Adams 9781401240752 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 280 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 24 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H 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... DC Comics Summary: Terry McGuinness-the Batman of tomorrow-has been under the tutelege of Bruce Wayne-the original Batmanfor years, learning how to defend Gotham City against threats past and present. But there's only one Batman. When the Jokerz gang, a group of criminals inspired by the Clown Prince of Crime, launch a series of coordinated attacks all around the town, Terry can only save so many people at once. Who can Terry turn to for help? BATMAN BEYOND: 10,000 CLOWNS is collected here in its entire... Author Bio: Adam Beechen has written for a host of cartoon programs including The Batman, Rugrats, Ben 10, X-Men: Evolution and many more. His comic book writing credits include work on DC's weekly COUNTDOWN series as well as ROBIN, TEEN TITANS and AiT/Planet Lar's critically acclaimed Hench. DC Comics Summary: The extra-sized final volume collecting Neal Adams's acclaimed covers and stories featuring the Dark Knight! This volume includes material from BATMAN #232, #234, #237, #243-245 and #251, featuring Two-Face, the Joker, and more members of Batman's famed Rogues Gallery. Plus, two never-before- reprinted stories done for Peter Pan records and a sketchbook section showcasing Adams' advertising and custom comics work with the Caped Crusader! 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 13 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Batman: Arkham Unhinged Vol. 1 Derek Fridolfs, Paul Dini 9781401240189 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $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 stories originally available only online and tying into the bestselling videogame BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, Dr. Hugo Strange has gained control of Arkham Asylum and is determined to keep the city's criminal element behind bars. But with Catwoman and Two-Face still on the loose, Strange will go to any lengths to capture them-even if it means battling Batman along the way. Author Bio: Derek Fridolfs is a comics inker who has worked closely with superstar artist Dustin Nguyen on titles including DETECTIVE COMICS, BATGIRL, SUPERMAN AND BATMAN and more. Fridolfs' writing credits include BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME and BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED. Writer Paul Dini has earned five Emmy Awards for his work on Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited. His live action work includes story editing for Lost. In comics, his BATMAN AD... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Batman: Arkham Unhinged Vol. 2 Derek Fridolfs 9781401240196 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $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: Featuring prequel stories to the smash-hit video game BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY! Spinning directly out of the hit video game BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY, this new series explores the world behind the game in stories focusing on both heroes and villains and how they came to their roles in ARKHAM CITY. Author Bio: Derek Fridolfs is a comics inker who has worked closely with superstar artist Dustin Nguyen on titles including DETECTIVE COMICS, BATGIRL, SUPERMAN AND BATMAN and more. Fridolfs' writing credits include BRUCE WAYNE: THE ROAD HOME and BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Batman: Death by Design Chip Kidd, Dave Taylor 9781401237899 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 112 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 56 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: A New York Times Bestseller A June 2012 Amazon Best Book of the Month In this new original graphic novel from superstar writer/designer Chip Kidd and artist Dave Taylor, Gotham City is undergoing one of the most expansive construction booms in its history. The most prestigious architects from across the globe have buildings in various phases of completion all over town. As chairman of the Gotham Landmarks Commission, Bruce Wayne has been a key part of this boom, which signals a golde... Author Bio: Chip Kidd is a graphic designer and writer living in New York City and Stonington, Connecticut. His first novel, The Cheese Monkeys, was a national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book. His first book, Batman Collected, was awarded the Design Distinction award from ID magazine. He is the co-author and designer of the two-time Eisner award-winning book Batman Animated. He is the editor-atRandom House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 14 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Batman: The Dark Knight Vol. 2: Cycle of Violence (The New 52) Gregg Hurwitz, David Finch 9781401240745 Pub Date: 7/23/13, On Sale Date: 7/23 $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: 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, Summer 2013 Beware the Creeper Jason Hall, Cliff Chiang 9781401240202 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 128 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 60 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: In the aftermath of World War I, the bohemian art scene explodes onto Paris-much to the chagrin of the rich and powerful Arbogast family. Surrealist painter Judith Benoir wants desperately to make a splash-even if it means ignoring the warnings of others. And as The Creeper, she escalates simple cat burglaries into spectacular art crimes, establishing her as a cultural icon. But what are the true motivations behind The Creeper's actions? And how long before her antics spiral out of con... Author Bio: Jason Hall co-created the critically-acclaimed PISTOLWHIP series of books published by Top Shelf. This includes writing Mephisto and the Empty Box and Pistolwhip: The Yellow Menace. (Back in his more reckless college years, he also wrote/directed a short movie where he played "Jack Peril" - the character's first appearance - and actually rode on top of and was hit by a speeding car!) For DC, he's written the critically-acclaimed Vertigo miniseries Beware The Creeper, the creator-own... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Black Orchid Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean 9781401240356 Pub Date: 7/23/13, On Sale Date: 7/23 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 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: Before introducing the modern version of The Sandman, Neil Gaiman wrote this dark tale that reinvented a strange DC Comics super hero in the Vertigo mold. Featuring spectacular art by Gaiman's frequent collaborator, Dave McKean, BLACK ORCHID is now collected in a deluxe trade paperback After being viciously murdered, Susan Linden is reborn fully grown as the Black Orchid, a hybrid of plant and human, destined to avenge her own death. Now, as this demigoddess attempts to reconcile human... Author Bio: Neil Gaiman is the New York Times best selling author of The Graveyard Book and Coraline, the basis for the hit movie from director Henry Selick. His other books include The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Neverwhere, American Gods and Stardust (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Awards as one of 2000's top novels for young adults) and the short collections M Is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors. He is also the author of the children's Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 15 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Camelot 3000 Mike W. Barr, Brian Bolland 9781401240363 Pub Date: 7/30/13, On Sale Date: 7/30 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 26 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Summary: In the year 3000, an armada of destructive aliens has unleashed an all-out assault on Earth and is poised to conquer the planet. But when a young boy stumbles upon the crypt of King Arthur, the legendary monarch and the Knights of the Round Table are magically reincarnated. Together once again, King Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Merlin, and the rest of the classic knights take on the invading extraterrestrials and their wicked leader, Morgan Le Fay, the half-sister of Arthur. A mythical tale of... Author Bio: Mike W. Barr has written for some of pop culture's most enduring icons, including Sherlock Holmes, Ellery Queen, Doc Savage, the Shadow, Captain America, the Hulk, Batman, Star Trek, Star Wars and The Simpsons. He's also created some icons of his own, including the comic book series CAMELOT 3000, BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS, The Maze Agency and Mantra. He has written for the online sites Icebox and Stan Lee Media (and lived to tell the tale), and co-created the web comic Sorcerer of For... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Captain Atom Vol. 2: Genesis (The New 52) J.T. Krul, Freddie Williams II 9781401240998 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $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, Summer 2013 Summary: Charged by nuclear energy, possessing vast molecular powers, Captain Atom has the potential to be a literal god among men - a hero without limits. This second volume delves into Nathanial Adams' life as Captain Atom and begins to answer many of the questions surrounding his origin: Why did Nathaniel Adam sign up for Megala's experiment? How did he become Captain Atom? Do his powers have any limits? Nate also struggles to relate to those around him as he searches for a way to regain his... Author Bio: J.T. Krul is an American comic book writer, best known for his DC Comics and Aspen MLT's Fathom comic series. J.T. Krul's first comic work was at Marvel Comics,writing X-men Unlimited. He has since made quite a name for himself in the comic industry, writing the majority of books at Aspen MLT including Fathom. His recent projects include Joker's Asylum: Poison Ivy one-shot, BLACKEST NIGHT: TITANS, TITANS, JUSTICE LEAGUE: RISE AND FALL, GREEN ARROW and TEEN TITANS for DC Comics. He is... DC Comics The Captain Comet Archives Vol. 1 John Broome, Murphy Anderson, Carmine Infantino 9781401241087 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $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 Summary: Captain Comet, born with an amazing intellect, photographic memory, incredible athletic skills and mental powers including telekinesis, battles for the safety of the future in these amazing stories. Captain Comet battles alien invasions and weird monsters from distant worlds in these stories from DC's classic science fiction series STRANGE ADVENTURES. Author Bio: John Broome was best known for the science fiction-oriented work he produced during his long career in comics, under both his own name and the oft-used pen names of John Osgood and Edgar Ray Merrit. Recruited from the science fiction pulp magazines in the early 1940s by DC editor Julius Schwartz, Broome adapted his skills effortlessly from prose to illustrated fiction. Throughout the '40s, '50s and '60s, Broome penned myriad features for Schwartz, including the Justice Society of Ame... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 16 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Catwoman Vol. 2: No Easy Way Down Ed Brubaker, Cameron Stewart 9781401240370 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 400 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 20 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Summary: Ed Brubaker continues his noir look at Selina Kyle and the growing criminal element in Gotham City, along with new artist Cameron Stewart. The Black Mask, long time foil of Batman, has his sight set on Gotham City's East End to house his drug trafficing empire. When Selina Kyle discovers the Black Mask's intentions, she begins to wage a vigilante war against his operation in Gotham. Selina continues to frustrate the Black Mask at every turn and when Selina uses funds stolen from Bla... Author Bio: A one-time cartoonist, Ed Brubaker has been working as a writer since the early 1990s, and in that time his work has won several awards, including both the Harvey and Eisner Awards for Best Writer in 2007, and has been translated around the world. His comics credits include BATMAN, CATWOMAN, GOTHAM CENTRAL and SLEEPER for DC/WildStorm and Daredevil, Captain America and Criminal for Marvel. He lives and works in Seattle, Washington with his wife, Melanie, and many pets. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics DC Universe Presents Vol. 2: Vandal Savage (The New 52) 9781401240769 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $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, Summer 2013 Summary: Vandal Savage has walked the Earth since the early days of man and has been a criminal just as long. Point to a historic crime or horror and most likely, the immortal Savage was there. Savage's daughter, Kass Sage, chose a different path and is now know as the FBI's greatest criminal profiler. When a serial killer appears of Kass' radar, she must seeek her imprisoned father's help to put an end to the murder spree. Kass' life is full of tough choices, but when forced to make the ul... 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 resides in Holl... DC Comics Deathstroke Vol. 2: Lobo Hunt (The New 52) Rob Liefeld 9781401240387 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 208 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 Summary: For anybody else, hunting Lobo would be suicide. For Deathstroke, it's just business. But can Slade Wilson handle the power of the intergalatic slaver and last Czarian? He'll need some help and he'll be getting it from Zealot! Plus, the origin of Deathstroke! Discover how Slade Wilson became the killing machine we know him as today and his ties to Team 7! 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 17 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Demon Knights Vol. 2: The Avalon Trap (The New 52) Paul Cornell, Diogenes Neves, Oclair Albert 9781401240394 Pub Date: 5/28/13, On Sale Date: 5/28 $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 Summary: On the road to Alba Sarum, the Demon Knights learn the tale of Madame Xanadu and Etrigan, and the twisted love they share. But even more twists abound as the Knights arrive to an assassinated Merlin! Now they must travel to fabled land of Avalon in search of a way to revive their legendary wizard. But what they find on the way is a threat more dangerous than they could have expected and a betrayal from one of their own! 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. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 MAD Disturbingly Awful MAD Usual Gang of Idiots 9781401241902 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $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 Summary: Disturbingly Awful MAD includes our silly spoofs of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers! Plus six Spy vs. Spy encounters, the MAD Hate Book, Planet Tad, Looks at Swimming Pools and Summer Camp, Outrageous Don Martin Cartoons and visits with our band of stooges - Willy Nilly, Dwayne, Duke Bissell, Billy Blevins and Wanda Goldstein Flenkman: Animal Psychologist! All from the magazine that inspired the hit Cartoon Network show! 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, Summer 2013 Vertigo Fables: The Deluxe Edition Book Seven Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham, Steve Leialoha 9781401240400 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 240 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 Summary: Preparation for war between Fabletown and the Empire begins! The Adversary calls a conference of the Imperial elite to decide what to do about Fabletown and Pinocchio has to face up to his divided loyalties between his friends and his family. Meanwhile, Bigby decides the time has come to confront his father, the North Wind, while the cubs learn more of their family and celebrate their birthday! Plus, Burning Questions by the fans answered! Author Bio: Bill Willingham is the award-winning writer and creator of FABLES. He has been writing, and sometimes drawing, comics for more than twenty years on titles including Elementals, Coventry, PROPOSITION PLAYER and FABLES. With Matthew Sturges, Bill co-wrote the FABLES spinoff JACK OF FABLES, as well as HOUSE OF MYSTERY and JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA. His work has been nominated for many awards, including the Eisner, Harvey and Ignatz comic industry awards, plus the International Horror G... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 18 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Vertigo Fairest Vol. 2: Hidden Kingdom Lauren Beukes, Inaki Miranda, Bill Willingham 9781401240219 Pub Date: 7/30/13, On Sale Date: 7/30 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 128 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 Summary: New York Times bestselling, award-winning creator Bill Willingham presents a new series starring the female FABLES. Balancing horror, humor and adventure in the FABLES tradition, FAIREST explores the secret histories of Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, Snow White, Rose Red and others. In a stand-alone tale, Beast must hunt a beauty, but what is her relation to his past? And then, in a 6-part epic, Rapunzel lives one of the most regimented lives in 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, ROBIN, SHADOWPACT and SALVATION RUN. A multiple winner of the Eisner Award, Willingham has also been nominated for the International Horror Guild award. Bill lives somewhere near a good poker roo... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics The Flash Vol. 1: Move Forward (The New 52) Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato 9781401235543 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $16.99/$19.99 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, Summer 2013 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 Fastest Man Alive returns to his own monthly series as part of the DC Comics-The New 52 event with the writer/artist team of Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato. The Flash knows he can't be everywhere at onc... 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... DC Comics The Flash Vol. 2: Rogues Revolution (The New 52) Francis Manapul, Brian Buccellato 9781401240318 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $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 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 19 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men Vol. 2: The Firestorm Protocols (The New 52) Joe Harris, Yildaray Cinar, Ethan Van Sciver 9781401240325 Pub Date: 6/25/13, On Sale Date: 6/25 $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 Summary: Featuring the stunning art of acclaimed artist Ethan Van Sciver (GREEN LANTERN), THE FURY OF FIRESTORM: THE NUCLEAR MEN is part of the New 52 event! Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch find that their unsteady partnership was just the beginning of their adventures. Now with the mysterious Rogue FIRESTORMS are spiraling out of control and seemingly every country in the world creating their own FIRESTORMS, new alliances must be forged if the menacing Zither is to be stopped and serious fallou... Author Bio: As a young creator at Marvel Comics, Joe launched the cult-classic Spider-Man spinoff series, Slingers and wrote myriad other titles including Bishop: The Last XMan. He has written for all major comics publishers and franchises including the X-Men, Spider-Man and Batman and has recently begun writing the monthly Fury of Firestorm series for DC Comics. He conceived and co-wrote the screenplay for the hit Sony Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Get Jiro Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose, Langdon Foss 9781401228286 Pub Date: 5/7/13, On Sale Date: 5/7 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 160 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Vertigo Summary: In a not-too-distant future L.A. where master chefs rule the town like crime lords and people literally kill for a seat at the best restaurants, a bloody culinary war is raging. On one side, the Internationalists, who blend foods from all over the world into exotic delights. On the other, the "Vertical Farm," who prepare nothing but organic, vegetarian, macrobiotic dishes. Into this maelstrom steps Jiro, a renegade and ruthless sushi chef, known to decapitate patrons who dare request a... Author Bio: Born in 1956, Anthony Bourdain graduated from the world-renowned Culinary Institute of America. He began running New York kitchens at restaurants such as Supper Club, One Fifth Avenue, and Sullivan's. His extensive body of work has graced the pages of The Times, New York Times, Observer, the Face, and Scotland on Sunday. He is an ongoing contributor and authority for Food Arts magazine. Bourdain's fictional works include two crime novels - 1997's Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Gone to Amerikay Derek Mcculloch, Colleen Doran 9781401223526 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.875 in W | 9.000 in H 175mm W | 229mm H Vertigo Summary: Ciara O'Dwyer is a young woman raising a daughter alone in the Five Points slums of 1870; Johnny McCormack is a struggling actor drawn to the nascent folk music movement in Greenwich Village 1960; and Lewis Healy is a successful Irishman who's come to present-day Manhattan on his wife's anniversary-present promise to reveal the connection between him and them. The mystery originates with Ciara's runaway husband, who disappeared after promising to join her in America, and carries into mi... Author Bio: Derek McCulloch, neither Irish nor American, nonetheless grew up listening to Irish music and reading comic books about New York City, little dreaming these unrelated interests would one day form the basis for a book. His first graphic novel, Stagger Lee, was published to some acclaim in 2006 and was nominated for an Eisner Award. His second graphic novel, Pug, was published in 2010. He is currently adapting the works of Damon Runyon for both comics and stage. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 20 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1: Fearsome (The New 52) Peter J. Tomasi, Fernando Pasarin, Scott Hanna 9781401237028 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $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 Summary: A #1 New York Times Bestseller! As part of the DC New 52 event, the Green Lantern Corps return, led by fan favorite Lanterns Guy Gardner and John Stewart. When a new menace, The Keepers, begins to march across the space sectors and devouring not only their natural resources but their entire populations, it is up to The Corps, severely outnumbered, to stop them. The Corps soon find one of their own held by the ruthless Keepers and must figure out a way to save their comrade and defeat t... Author Bio: A former DC Comics editor for 15 years, Peter J. Tomasi is the writer of the acclaimed graphic novel LIGHT BRIGADE, the comic book series GREEN LANTERN CORPS and BATMAN & ROBIN. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Green Lantern Corps Vol. 2: Alpha War (The New 52) Peter J. Tomasi, Fernando Pasarin, Scott Hanna 9781401240127 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $22.99/$26.99 Can. 144 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 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. 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, Phantom... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Green Lantern: New Guardians Vol. 1: The Ring Bearer (The New 52) Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkman, Batt 9781401237080 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $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 Summary: A New York Times Best Seller! Green Lantern Kyle Rayner finds himself at odds with the Guardians of the Universe when rings from all the separate Lantern Corps come to claim him. But the other Corps aren't too keen on the Green Lanterns "stealing" their rings! Writer Tony Bedard (GREEN LANTERN CORPS) pens a new chapter in the Green Lantern mythos with a team of renegade Lanterns consisting of members from each Corps! From the Hardcover edition. Series Overview: Part of the New 52 Author Bio: Writer Tony Bedard began his career as an assistant editor for both the DCU and Vertigo, moving onto scribe GREEN LANTERN CORPS, R.E.B.E.L.S., and BIRDS OF PREY. As a freelance writer, Bedard has written for Marvel Comics, Image, Broadway, Malibu and Crusade Comics, as well Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 21 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Green Lantern: New Guardians Vol. 2: Beyond Hope (The New 52) Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham, Batt 9781401240776 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $22.99/$26.99 Can. 144 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 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. 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. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Green Lantern: Sector 2814 Vol. 2 Len Wein, Dave Gibbons 9781401240783 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $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 Summary: The mid-1980s run of Green Lantern tales continues with the final stories by the team of writer Len Wein (creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing) and artist Dave Gibbons (Watchmen). Over the course of these tales, John Stewart becomes the new Green Lantern of Earth, only to face the threats of Eclipso and Star Sapphire. Plus, John Stewart battles his predecessor as Green Lantern of Earth, Hal Jordan. Author Bio: Len Wein co-created SWAMP THING early in a writing career that has included work on every major hero and villain at both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. As a writer, Wein is also credited with co-creating Wolverine for Marvel and Lucius Fox for DC. Wein was one of the editors on WATCHMEN, and has also been Editor-in-Chief at both Marvel Comics and Disney Comics before settling in to a successful career writing comic books and animation. British artist Dave Gibbons began his comics car... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Grifter Vol. 2: New Found Power (The New 52) Rob Liefeld, Frank Tieri, Scott Clark 9781401240981 Pub Date: 5/28/13, On Sale Date: 5/28 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 208 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 Summary: As part of the DC New 52 event, Grifter stars in his own on-going series! Former U.S. Army Special Ops soldier turned con-artist Cole Cash found the ability to overhear telepathic communications of the secret and deadly alien imposters the Daemonites who can inhabit humans. Unable to trust anyone, GRIFTER is now on the run as special forces, Daemonites and many more try to hunt him down. 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 22 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Harley Quinn: Night and Day Karl Kesel, Terry Dodson, Pete Woods 9781401240417 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 $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 Summary: In this second HARLEY QUINN collection, Harley gets fed up with crime and decides to switch sides-much to the chagrin of Batman and company. Then, with her gang threatening to mutiny, Harley must whip them into shape while battling Killer Croc. Collects HARLEY QUINN #8-13 and HARLEY QUINN: OUR WORLDS AT WAR #1. Author Bio: Karl Kesel is one of the most successful artists to come out of DC's New Talent program, and also counts Jack Kirby as a major influence on his work-while having a fondness for Kirby's quirky character creations. Kesel built a solid reputation as a respected inker on such titles as SUPERMAN and SUICIDE SQUAD in addition to his efforts as a writer on HARLEY QUINN, ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN and SUPERBOY. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Vol. 1 James Robinson, Kieth Giffen, Philip Tan 9781401240226 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 In the Days of the Mob Jack Kirby 9781401240790 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $39.99/$47.99 Can. 108 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Crime & Mystery Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 8.125 in W | 10.938 in H 206mm W | 278mm H Summary: HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE return to comics in an all-new graphic novel! Prince Adam sets out to reclaim the mantle of HE-MAN, a legendary power that he can wield for the powers of good. But around every turn the evil villain Skeletor seeks to destroy the young hero and keep him from finding his fellow Masters. Join writers James Robinson (EARTH 2, STARMAN) and Keith Giffen (LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES) and artist Philip Tan (GREEN LANTERN, BATMAN & ROBIN) as they unveil a MASTE... 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, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, STARMAN and Leave It To Chance. In addition to the page, Robinson has also written several screenplays, including the movie adaptation of THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN. He currently is the writer of DC Comics Summary: After leaving Marvel Comics at the end of the 1960s, Jack Kirby came to DC, where he soon created the series of super-hero comics known collectively as "The Fourth World." One of his first projects for DC was the black and white magazine IN THE DAYS OF THE MOB, which featured on stories of organized crime in the 1930s in the style of the TV series "The Untouchables" and "The Godfather" movies. Author Bio: Jack "King" Kirby's comics career began in 1937 and continued for nearly six decades. After his fruitful collaboration with Joe Simon ended in the late 1950s, Kirby joined Marvel Comics, where the first issue of Fantastic Four cemented his reputation as comics' preeminent creator. A slew of famous titles followed that elevated Kirby to legendary status, including Incredible Hulk, Avengers and XMen. Kirby returned to DC in 1971 with his classic "Fourth World Trilogy," which was follo... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 23 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Jack Kirby's O.M.A.C.: One Man Army Corps Jack Kirby 9781401240424 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 176 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 Summary: In one of his last major works for DC, Kirby envisions a 1984-inspired dystopia starring corporate nobody Buddy Blank, who is changed by a satellite called Brother Eye into the super-powered O.M.A.C. (One Man Army Corps). Enlisted by the Global Peace Agency, who police the world using pacifistic means, O.M.A.C. battles the forces of conformity in this short-lived but legendary series! Witness the early tales of Jack Kirby's legendary creation O.M.A.C. in this new graphic novel collecti... Author Bio: Jack "King" Kirby's comics career began in 1937 and continued for nearly six decades. With partner Joe Simon, Kirby first made his mark in comics in the 1940s by drawing and/or creating numerous features for DC Comics including Captain America, the Young Allies, the Boy Commandos, Sandman, the Newsboy Legion and Manhunter. As the most valued team in comics, Simon and Kirby went on to create titles and concepts including Fighting American, Boys' Ranch and the creation of the romance c... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Vertigo John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 6: Bloodlines Garth Ennis, William Simpson 9781401240431 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 400 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 20 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Summary: PREACHER creator Garth Ennis takes his turn writing the classic series JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER. The creative team behind PREACHER takes on the next chapter of Vertigo's mainstay series JOHN CONSTANTINE, HELLBLAZER, as the main character battles the spirit of Jack the Ripper! Author Bio: Irish-born writer Garth Ennis is the acclaimed author of the PREACHER graphic novel series, and also has written numerous JOHN CONSTANTINE: HELLBLAZER graphic novels, as well as THE AUTHORITY, THE BOYS, WAR STORIES, PRIDE AND JOY and other titles. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Vertigo John Constantine, Hellblazer: Death and Cigarettes Peter Milligan, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Simon Bisley 9781401240936 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 54 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Summary: John Constantine had no intention of tracking down his long-lost nephew, despite the promise John made to his dead mom. But mysterious circumstances and a series of murders set Constantine out to Ireland in search of his forgotten relative. However, after a séance with his late sister Cheryl, Constantine finds that there might be a lot more connections between his nephew and these set of murders than meets the eye. In this penultimate chapter to Vertigo's longest series, Death and Ciga... 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 24 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Justice League Beyond: Konstriction Dustin Nguyen, Derek Fridolfs 9781401240233 Pub Date: 5/21/13, On Sale Date: 5/21 $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 Summary: Spinning off from the hit WB series BATMAN BEYOND comes JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND! Batman is a new recruit in the mighty Justice League, but the team will be immediately tested by a very Neo Gotham-related enemy-how will they work together to combat this threat? JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND: KONSTRICTION is collected here in its entirety for the first time, from co-writers Dustin Nguyen (BATMAN, DETECTIVE COMICS) and Derek Fridolfs (BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM ENDGAME) and art from Nguyen. Author Bio: Dustin Nguyen has been drawing exclusively for DC Comics since the beginning of his comic book career in 2000. A lifelong Batman fan, he currently provides artwork for BATWING and BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED, and he has worked on such flagship DC and WildStorm titles as BATMAN, WILDC.A.T.S, THE AUTHORITY and SUPERMAN/BATMAN, as well as his creator-owned (with writer Scott Lobdell) title MANIFEST ETERNITY. Nguyen has also contributed cover art for the comics adaptations of FRIDAY THE 13TH... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Justice League Dark Vol. 2: The Books of Magic (The New 52) Jeff Lemire, Mikel Janin 9781401240240 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $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 Summary: New York Times best selling author Jeff Lemire takes over Justice League Dark and just when you thought it couldn't get darker... Vampires across the world have gone berserk, attacking anything with a pulse. Fearing her apocalyptic vision of the future has come to pass, Madame Xanadu mobilizes the team to intervene. But everything the Justice League Dark members know about how to slay a vampire is useless, for the world has changed. 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics The Justice League of America Chronicles Vol. 1 Gardner Fox, Mike Sekowsky 9781401240820 Pub Date: 5/28/13, On Sale Date: 5/28 $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 Summary: The first and earliest adventures of the Justice League of America told in chronological order! Learn how Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, and Aquaman teamed together for the first time to battle the threat of the intergalatic conquerer Starro! 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 25 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Vertigo The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Omnibus Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill 9781401240837 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 416 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 Summary: At last, the original two LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN epics are collected in a single volume! In this amazingly imaginative tale, Allan Quatermain, Mina Murray, Captain Nemo, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde, and Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man unite to defeat a deadly menace to London and all Britons! Then, one month later, the skies over England are filled with flaming rockets as Mars launches the first salvo of an invasion. Only our stalwart adventurers can save mother Engl... 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, SWAMP THING and MIRACLEMAN. He is also the mastermind behind the America's Best Comics line, through which he has created (along with many talented illustrators) THE LEAGUE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 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... DC Comics Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 2: The Dominators (The New 52) Paul Levitz, Francis Portela, Scott Kolins 9781401240974 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $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 Summary: One of the Legion's oldest foes returns and plans to destroy the Legion of Super-Heroes from the inside out. The Dominators, an alien race from the outter reaches of the DC Universe, have kidnapped Braniac 5 and Dream Girl in an effort to advance their alien races intelligence. The team is barred from from waging a rescue campagin, which leads to a split in the group. Not willing to allow the Dominators to get away with their crimes, Star Boy resignes from the Legion and forms his ow... 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 pu... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 26 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Lot 13 Steve Niles, Glenn Fabry 9781401240806 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 42 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Summary: In 1670, in a small colony in Fairfax, Virginia, Robert Wyatt killed his family before taking his own life. The town elders held a tribunal and found Wyatt and his family guilty of mortal sin and cast their bodies into unholy ground for eternity...or did they? When a young couple and their three children move into mysterious apartment building, they soon begin to see apparitions of the long dead family of Robert Wyatt. The secrets of the house-and dangers-are deepening with every pa... Author Bio: Steve Niles is one of the writers responsible for bringing horror comics back to prominence and was named by Fangoria Magazine as a rising talent. He has adapted works by Clive Barker, Harlan Ellison and Richard Matheson including Matheson's I Am Legend. Niles rejuvenated the horror comics genre with the IDW vampire comic 30 Days of Night, which was adapted into a film in 2007 and has spawned numerous spin-off titles. In 2006, Niles collaborated with Scott Hampton on the miniseries B... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Vertigo Lucifer Book One: Morningstar Mike Carey, Peter Gross, Scott Hampton 9781401240264 Pub Date: 6/4/13, On Sale Date: 6/4 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 392 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 Summary: Cast out of Heaven, thrown down to rule in Hell, Lucifer Morningstar has resigned his post and abandoned his kingdom for the mortal city of Los Angles. Emerging from the pages of writer Neil Gaiman's award-winning series The Sandman, the former Lord of Hell is now enjoying a quiet retirement as the propretor of Lux, L.A.'s most elite piano bar. But now an assignment from the Creator Himself is going to change all that. If Lucifer agrees to do Heaven's dirty work, he can name his own pr... 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... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Nightwing Vol. 2: Night of the Owls (The New 52) Kyle Higgins, Eddy Barrows, Ruy Jose 9781401240271 Pub Date: 7/30/13, On Sale Date: 7/30 $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 Summary: Dick Grayson must face his past and a deadly adversary in the present as he learns of his connection to the mysterious Court of Owls. But even if he's able to stop an undead, unstoppable assassin, he'll still have to deal with the rising forces of the anti-Gotham City army and its leader the mysterious Paragon 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 27 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Nightwing: Old Friends, New Enemies Marv Wolfman 9781401240448 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $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 Summary: Nightwing is busting a group of criminals when he discovers that his old friend and ally Speedy has come into town looking for him. He needs Dick's help to track down Cheshire...the mother of Roy's child! Then, in a second adventure teaming together the two Teen Titans, Nightwing and Speedy get caught up in a war between two rival gangs. Author Bio: One of the most prolific and influential writers in modern comics, Marv Wolfman began his career as an artist. Wolfman has helped shape the heroic careers of DC Comics' Green Lantern, Blackhawk and the original Teen Titans, as well as Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Nova and Tomb of Dracula. In addition to co-creating THE NEW TEEN TITANS and CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS with George Pérez, Wolfman was instrumental in the revamp of Superman after CRISIS. Wolfman has also writte... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Phantom Stranger Vol. 1: A Stranger Among Us (The New 52) Dan DiDio, Brent Anderson, Scott Hanna 9781401240882 Pub Date: 6/4/13, On Sale Date: 6/4 $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 Summary: Who has been sacrificed? Who is guilty? Who can save us? And who...is The Phantom Stranger? Cursed for a betrayal that affected the very course of history, the Stranger walks the Earth attempting to atone for his sins. His actions have consequences, and as he fulfils his duty, the people he encounters will never be the same. This series reintroduces a number of DC Comics characters into the New 52, including the Spectre, Raven, and Dr. 13. Author Bio: Dan DiDio is the Co-Publisher of DC Comics. Since 2003, he has spearheaded such best-selling titles as IDENTITY CRISIS, INFINITE CRISIS, 52 and FINAL CRISIS. Prior to joining DC, Dan worked in television for CBS and ABC on creative affairs and development. He also wrote SUPERBOY, and launched O.M.A.C as part of DC COMICS-THE NEW 52. He is currently writing THE PHANTOM STRANGER as part of THE NEW 52's Third Wave. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Preacher Book One Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon 9781401240455 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 352 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: Merging with a bizarre spiritual force called Genesis, Texan Preacher Jesse Custer becomes completely disillusioned with the beliefs that he had dedicated his entire life to. Now possessing the power of "the word," an ability to make people do whatever he utters, Custer begins a violent and riotous journey across the country. Joined by his guntoting girlfriend Tulip and the hard drinking Irish vampire Cassidy, the Preacher loses faith in both man and God as he witnesses dark atrocities... Author Bio: Irish-born writer Garth Ennis is the acclaimed author of the PREACHER graphic novel series, and also has written numerous JOHN CONSTANTINE-HELLBLAZER graphic novels, as well as THE AUTHORITY, THE BOYS, WAR STORIES, PRIDE AND JOY and other titles. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 28 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics The Ravagers Vol. 1: The Kids From N.O.W.H.E.R.E. (The New 52) Howard Mackie, Ian Churchill, Norm Rapmund 9781401240912 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $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 Summary: A new series spinning directly out of "The Culling" crossover. Fairchild, brother and sister Thunder and Lightning, the monstrous Ridge, Beast Boy, and Terra are being pursued by Rose Wilson and Warblade, who want them dead at any cost. But even as they run from their enemies, they strangers turned allies have to contend with each other as well. Author Bio: Howard Mackie was one of the most prolific and popular writers for Marvel Comics in the 1990s. He first began his career on Ghost Rider is the co-creator of Danny Ketch, the second Ghost Rider following Johnny Blaze. Mackie would go on the write for such characters as Spider-Man, Gambit, Rogue, and more. He is currently writing THE RAVAGERS as art of DC COMICS-THE NEW 52's Second Wave. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Red Hood and the Outlaws Vol. 2: The Starfire (The New 52) Scott Lobdell, Kenneth Rocafort 9781401240905 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $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, Summer 2013 Summary: Part of the DC Comics - The New 52, this volume collects the second action-packed arc of New York Times best selling author Scott Lobdell. As if Batman's former sidekick Jason Todd, now known as the Red Hood, didn't have enough problems leading the team of outlaws such as Arsenal and Starfire, now his "estranged" brother Red Robin is knocking on his door because "The Night of Owls" is here! With Batman in dire need of help, will Red Hood answer the call? And when Jason and the team fi... 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, DC Comics Resurrection Man Vol. 2: A Matter of Death and Life (The New 52) Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Jackson Guice 9781401238667 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 $14.99/$17.99 Can. 336 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 Summary: Collecting issues from the DC Comics: The New 52 event, acclaimed writing duo Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning return to life the Resurrection Man, exploring all new facets of the character as he searches for answers to his never-ending life. Someone has been following Mitch Shelley the Resurrection Man, tracking his every move. And when he finds out that the Suicide Squad want his body, things will go from bad to worse. Lines will be drawn and sides will be chosen as the forces of good and... Author Bio: Andy Lanning is a British comic book writer and inker. He has co-written (with Dan Abnett) such titles as THE LEGION, Forceworks, Iceman, The Punisher, and RESURRECTION MAN. His smooth inking style has been much in demand, and has been seen on various titles including WONDER WOMAN, The Avengers, OTHERWORLD, THE LEGION, and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 29 VERTIGO Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Right State Mat Johnson, Andrea Mutti 9781401229443 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.875 in W | 9.000 in H 175mm W | 229mm H Vertigo Summary: This race-against-time political thriller follows an ex Special Forces commando who goes undercover with a militia group that's plotting to assassinate the second AfricanAmerican President of the U.S. In the week leading up to a major campaign speech, the Secret Service discovers that an extremist militia group is plotting to assassinate America's second African American President. The best chance to advert this crisis is to infiltrate the group using an ex-Special Forces war hero tu... Author Bio: Mat Johnson's first novel, Drop, was a B&N Discover Great New Writers selection. His second novel, Hunting in Harlem, won the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Most recently, he wrote the novel Pym (Spiegel & Grau). He has written for a variety of publications, including a stint as a columnist for Time Out New York. Johnson currently teaches at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Johnson is also the author of the Vertigo graphic novels DARK RAIN: A NEW ORLEANS STORY, INCOG... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Saga of the Swamp Thing Book Four Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, Stan Woch 9781401240462 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 224 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: Continuing the hardcover collection of master comics writer Alan Moore's award-winning run on THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, this fourth volume brings Swamp Thing's quest for self-discovery with the mystic John Constantine to its shattering conclusion. A harbinger of doom has been released with the sole charge of waking an evil beyond comprehension, and Swamp Thing, John Constantine, Deadman, The Phantom Stranger, Etrigan the Demon, The Spectre and other masters of the occult must unite a... 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, SWAMP THING and MIRACLEMAN. 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 TEN. As one of the medium's Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Saucer Country Vol. 2: The Reticulan Candidate Paul Cornell, Jimmy Broxton, David Lapham 9781401240479 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 176 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: Arcadia Alvarado, the leading Democratic candidate for President of the United States, says she was 'abducted by aliens.' As the Mexican-American Governor of New Mexico, she's dealing with immigration, budget cuts and an alcoholic ex. She's about to toss her hat into the ring as a candidate for President in the most volatile political climate ever. But then...a lonely road and a nightmarish encounter have left her with terrible, half-glimpsed memories. And now she has to become Presiden... 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. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 30 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics The Savage Hawkman Vol. 2: Wanted (The New 52) Rob Liefeld, Mark Poulton, Joe Bennett 9781401240844 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 208 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 Summary: Hank 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, Summer 2013 Vertigo Shooters Eric Trautmann, Jerwa Brandon, Steven Lieber 9781401222161 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.875 in W | 9.000 in H 175mm W | 229mm H Summary: Today's battlefield isn't just about the uniformed soldier in service to his country; there's also the contractor, who answers to the corporation. Call them mercenaries, soldiers-for-hire, or private military operators, they are a new breed of combatant in today's conflicts. SHOOTERS is the story of Terry Glass, a warrior whose spirit and soul has been hardened in countless battles. When a horrible accident shatters his world, Glass finds himself waging a private war on several fronts ... Author Bio: Eric Trautmann is began his writing career roleplaying games. He worked on staff for Microsoft, where he wrote and edited a variety of Xbox and PC game properties including MechWarrior, Vengeance, Crimson Skies and Halo. For DC Comics he has written JSA VS. KOBRA, FINAL CRISIS: RESIST, CHECKMATE and more. Brandon Jerwa has written comics based on Battlestar Galactica, Highlander, G.I. Joe, Army of Darkness and more. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Showcase Presents Unknown Soldier Vol. 2 9781401240813 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 592 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 Summary: Assuming a wide variety of disguises to battle the Nazis in World War II, the Unknown Soldier plunges deep behind enemy lines in this massive SHOWCASE edition, collecting stories that have not been reprinted since they were first published in the 1970s. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 31 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Showcase Presents: DC Comics Presents Superman Team-Ups Vol. 2 9781401240486 Pub Date: 6/4/13, On Sale Date: 6/4 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 568 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 Summary: Superman battles for justice alongside DC's greatest heroes including Martian Manhunterm Supergirl, The Spectre, Black Canary, Robin, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Aquaman and many more in this massive, value-priced title. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Showcase Presents: House of Secrets Vol. 3 9781401241049 Pub Date: 9/3/13, On Sale Date: 9/3 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 528 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror 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, Summer 2013 Showcase Presents: Jonah Hex Vol. 2 9781401241063 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 544 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 Summary: This massive, value-priced collection reprints strange tales of mystery from the 1970s for the first time. 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. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 32 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Silver Age Teen Titans Archives Vol. 2 Bob Haney, Nick Cardy 9781401241056 Pub Date: 6/25/13, On Sale Date: 6/25 $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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Smallville Season 11 Vol. 2: Detective Bryan Q. Miller, Pere Perez 9781401240943 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $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, Summer 2013 Solo: The Deluxe Edition 9781401238896 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 $49.99/$58.00 Can. 568 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 7.167 in W | 10.875 in H 182mm W | 276mm 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... DC Comics Summary: When we left Clark Kent at the end of Smallville Season 10, he had finally donned the iconic Superman suit and set out to defend Earth from Apokolips. Picking up six months later, Smallville Season 11 explores Clark's understanding of the true power of his Superman identity, its effect on those close to him and its ability to inspire the people of Earth. In this collection, Superman discovers a vigilante is operating in Metropolis, hunting a killer. Only known as "The Batman," this v... 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." DC Comics Summary: Originally published in 2004, the 12-issue series SOLO gave some of comics' greatest creators the chance to create stories set in the DC Universe and beyond. Each issue featured one artist, including Tim Sale (BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN), Paul Pope (BATMAN YEAR ONE HUNDRED), Darwyn Cooke (DC: THE NEW FRONTIER, BEFORE WATCHMEN: MINUTEMEN) and many others. Stories star Batman, Robin, Superman, The Spectre, The Teen Titans and many others, but also include westerns, war stories, science fi... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 33 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Starman Omnibus Vol. 4 James Robinson, Tony Harris 9781401225971 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 432 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 acclaimed series STARMAN, starring a Gen-X super hero from the 1990s, is re-presented in high quality format, featuring spectacular art by Eisner Award winner Tony Harris. In this volume, Starman stands shoulder to shoulder with heroes including DC's Captain Marvel, Batman and many others. First, in a story set in the 1940s, Ted Knight, the original Starman, works with Captain Marvel and Bulletman to clear himself of espionage charges. Then, back in the 1990s, young Jack Knight, ... 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. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Stormwatch Vol. 1 Warren Ellis, Tom Raney, Jim Lee 9781401234218 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 296 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Stormwatch Vol. 2 Warren Ellis 9781401237257 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 $29.99/$35.00 Can. 384 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 14 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H DC Comics Summary: StormWatch, the United Nations Special Crisis Intervention Team, was formed to act as powerful police force on a global scale. But Weatherman Henry Bendix, the controller of the super-hero team, has decided that this course of action is no longer effective. Recruiting the electric Jenny Sparks, the lethal assassin Rose Tattoo, and the citysymbiote Jack Hawksmoor, the Weatherman transforms the once reactive team into a proactive, take-no-prisoners strike team and makes the reader questi... 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, TOKYO STORM WARNING, STORMWATCH, OCEAN, GLOBAL FREQUENCY, HELLBLAZER, and a five-year run on TRANSMETROPOLITAN. DC Comics Summary: Warren Ellis concludes his run on Stormwatch, redefining the team and introducing new members, including the powerhouse Apollo and brutal Midnighter. But when disaster strikes in the form of aliens creatures, can the team survive? Plus, Warren Ellis introduces the concept of The Bleed, the fabric between realities that becomes a major aspect of the Wildstorm and DC Universe! 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, TOKYO STORM WARNING, STORMWATCH, OCEAN, GLOBAL FREQUENCY, HELLBLAZER, and a five-year run on TRANSMETROPOLITAN. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 34 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Superboy Vol. 2: Extraction (The New 52) Scott Lobdel, R.B. Silva, Tom DeFalco 9781401240493 Pub Date: 6/4/13, On Sale Date: 6/4 $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 Summary: As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics-The New 52 event, this second volume of Superboy ties directly into the New York Times best seller TEEN TITANS storyline "The Culling" featuring the Teen Titans and the Legion of SuperHeroes! When the organization known as N.O.W.H.E.R.E. captures Superboy, the Teen Titans, and the Legion of Super-Heroes and pits the young heroes against each other to weed out the weak, it will take everything Superboy has to save himself and his new friends from ea... 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. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Supergirl Vol. 2: Girl in the World (The New 52) Michael Green, Mike Johnson, Mahmud Asrar 9781401240875 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $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 Summary: Just as Supergirl begins to find her place in the world, the evil Black Banshee comes to destroy the last daughter of Krypton! Supergirl's made a friend, but will her evil father-the Black Banshee-consume them both before the Kryptonian survivor can stop him? 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Superman - Action Comics Vol. 1: Superman and the Men of Steel (The New 52) Grant Morrison, Rags Morales, Andy Kubert 9781401235475 Pub Date: 5/7/13, On Sale Date: 5/7 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 256 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 Summary: A New York Times Best Seller! DC Comics took a bold step and renumbered the longestrunning monthly comic, Action Comics, to #1 for the first time since 1938 as part of the DC Comics-The New 52 event. With this renumbering comes a new creative team featuring comics legend Grant Morrison and fan-favorite artist Rag Morales. While Morrison is no stranger to writing the Superman character, having won three Eisner Award's for his work on All-Star Superman, Action Comics will be something n... 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 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 and Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 35 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Superman - Action Comics Vol. 2: Bulletproof (The New 52) Grant Morrison, Rags Morales 9781401241018 Pub Date: 5/7/13, On Sale Date: 5/7 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 224 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 Summary: Grant Morrison's best-selling re-imaging of the Man of Steel's early years continues here in SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS VOLUME 2: BULLETPROOF. Eisner Award-winning writer Grant Morrison pens the second graphic novel of his critically acclaimed, best-selling series SUPERMAN: ACTION COMICS. 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, Summer 2013 DC Comics Superman Family Adventures Vol. 1 Art Baltazar, Franco 9781401240509 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $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 Summary: Superman and the heroes of Metropolis are reinterpreted for all ages with the humor that only the creative team of TINY TITANS can bring! Superman's closest allies take the stage like you have never seen before, from the Eisner Award-winning team of Art Baltazar and Franco (TINY TITANS)! Author Bio: Born in Chicago, Art Baltazar found his way early to comic book art and has been cartooning ever since he can recall, self-publishing in 1994 with such titles as The CrayBaby Adventures, Gyro-Man, Captain Camel & the Space Chicken, Jimmy Dydo, Lunar Lizard, Meteor Mite and the famous Patrick the Wolf Boy. Art has also drawn coloring books for Warner Bros. and has a monthly comic strip in Disney Adventures Magazine called Gorilla Gorilla! Art also created an autobiographical graphic... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Superman Vol. 1: What Price Tomorrow? (The New 52) George Perez, Nicola Scott, Jesus Merino 9781401236861 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $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 Summary: A New York Times Best Seller! As a part of the acclaimed DC Comics - The New 52 event of September 2011, comics legend George Perez and artist Jesus Merino present the new adventures of the Man of Steel! Metropolis fears him. The Daily Planet agrees. This new volume of SUPERMAN finds our hero with a startling new status quo. As Superman finds ways to dodge the scrutiny placed upon him by the public and media, he must stop a monstrous threat to Metropolis - one that he somehow is the ca... Author Bio: George Perez started drawing at the age of five and hasn't stopped since. Born on June 9, 1954, Pérez started his professional comics career as an assistant to Rich Buckler in 1973. After establishing himself as a penciller at Marvel Comics, Pérez first came to DC in 1980, where his highly detailed art style was seen in such titles as JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA and FIRESTORM THE NUCLEAR MAN. After co- Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 36 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Superman Vol. 2: Secrets & Lies (The New 52) Dan Jurgens, Keith Giffen 9781401240288 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $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 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? 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, Summer 2013 DC Comics Superman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 1 Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster 9781401241896 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 $75.00/$85.00 Can. 784 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 Summary: The earliest adventures of Superman, from his 1938 debut through 1940, are collected for the first time together in one massive hardcover. In these early stories, Superman battles social injustice and political corruption, fighting for the common man. Includes the origin of Superman and the first appearances of Lois Lane and Lex Luthor. 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 wasn... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Superman: Phantom Zone Steve Gerber, Gene Colan, Rick Vietch 9781401240516 Pub Date: 7/23/13, On Sale Date: 7/23 $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: Explore the history of Krypton and the origins of The Phantom Zone, Krypton's other-dimensional prison, in this new title. Collected for the first time, this epic story stars Zod, who will be featured in the summer 2012 movie THE MAN OF STEEL. This story comes from the mind of Steve Gerber, writer of DC's acclaimed series HARD TIME and creator of Marvel's HOWARD THE DUCK. Author Bio: Best known as the creator of Howard the Duck, Steve Gerber has established a reputation for working at the cutting edge of comics. Steve has put words in the mouths of virtually every major character in the comic book world-from Superman to Scooby Doo-and his work has appeared under the imprint of almost every major publisher in the field. He has also written extensively in animation and television, and even has a computer book to his credit. Steve's comics creations include Nevada ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 37 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives Vol. 3 9781401241070 Pub Date: 7/30/13, On Sale Date: 7/30 $75.00/$85.00 Can. 408 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 Summary: In these tales from the 1960s, Superman sees what life might have been like had he grown up on Krypton! Plus, The Man of Tomorrow meets a super outlaw from Krypton, fights Titano the Super-Ape and battles Lex Luthor! Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Vertigo Sweet Tooth Vol. 6: Wild Game Jeff Lemire 9781401240295 Pub Date: 6/25/13, On Sale Date: 6/25 $16.99/$19.99 Can. 200 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 38 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Summary: A cross between Bambi and Cormac McCarthy's The Road, SWEET TOOTH tells the story of Gus, a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid children, who has been raised in isolation following an inexplicable pandemic that struck a decade earlier. Dr. Singh arrives in Alaska and uncovers the origins of Gus and the hybrid children and the cause of the plague that decimated the world. And as Gus and Jepperd finally arrive in Alaska and come face to face with the truth, the militia continues to bea... Author Bio: Jeff Lemire is the creator of the acclaimed Essex County Trilogy, the Vertigo graphic novel The Nobody, and is the winner of a Xeric Award and YALSA Alex Award. He is currently the writer for DC Comics' Animal Man, Frankenstein: Agent Of S.H.A.D.E., and Vertigo/DC's Sweet Tooth. He has also previously written the Eisner-nominated Superboy. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Sword of Sorcery Vol. 1: Amethyst (The New 52) Christy Marx, Aaron Lopresti 9781401241001 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 $19.99/$23.99 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 34 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Summary: Amy Winston leads a strange life on the road with her mother. She's about to learn why it's all been necessary when she discovers she's the lost princess of Gemworld-and has powerful enemies hunting her! Author Bio: Christy Marx is an American writer and a photographer. She is the creator of the popular animated television series "Jem and the Holograms" and has written scripts for various episodes of animated television including "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," "Conan the Adventurer," "G.I. Joe," "Hypernauts," "Captain Power" and others. She is known for her original comic book series Sisterhood of Steel as well as work on Conan, Red Sonja, and Elfquest. She is currently the writer of SWORD OF S... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 38 DC COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 DC Comics Team 7 Vol. 1: Fight Fire With Fire (The New 52) Justin Jordan, Jesus Merino 9781401240929 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $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, Summer 2013 World of Warcraft: Bloodsworn Doug Wagner, Jeremias Raapack 9781401230296 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $24.99/$28.99 Can. 160 pages Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 1 6.625 in W | 10.188 in H 168mm W | 259mm H Set seven years in the past, Team 7 follows the tale of the deadly team as they travel into the Heart of Darkness to battle the evil Black Diamond. The dark secrets of the New 52 are found here including the secret origin of Eclipso and the beginning of the Black Room from Justice League. DC Comics Teen Titans Vol. 2: The Culling (The New 52) Scott Lobdell, Brett Booth 9781401241032 Pub Date: 6/25/13, On Sale Date: 6/25 $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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Summary: Learn how the secret wars of the New 52 were fought by some of the biggest and deadliest stars of DC Comics! Summary: New York Times best-selling author Scott Lobdell launches the second volume of the critically acclaimed teen heroes of DC Comics, the Teen Titans! Collecting issues from the DC Comics: The New 52 event, Superboy, Red Robin, Wonder Girl and Kid Flash join forces as the Teen Titans are pitted against eachother by the vile leader of project N.O.W.H.E.R.E., Harvest! 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: As the Cataclysm rips through Azeroth, Warchief Garrosh Hellscream orders the best warriors of the Horde to come forward and serve in a new army, lest their foes in the Alliance sense weakness and attack. We meet these warriors as they come forward - from very different lands, backgrounds, traditions...Will they be able to overcome their deep differences and work together to serve the Horde, especially when challenged by a powerful, unfamiliar race claiming to be the real rulers of Azer... Author Bio: Doug Wagner is an American comic writer who has written Red: Joe Special for Wildstorm Comics, 25 to life, ICE, Boondock Saints: The Head of the Snake all for 12Gauge Comics, The Ride, Gun Candy and Body Bags for Image Comics. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 39 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Sailor Moon 11 Naoko Takeuchi 9781612620077 Pub Date: 5/7/13, On Sale Date: 5/7 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Sailor MoonTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: As life appears to return to normal for everyone else, Usagi's turns upside-down in a mundane way with Mamoru leaving to study abroad for a year in America and Chibi-Usa returning to the thirtieth century. This new edition of Sailor Moon features: - An entirely new, incredibly accurate translation! Japanese-style, right-to-left reading! New cover art never before seen in the U.S.! The original Japanese character names! Detailed translation notes! Story Locale: Tokyo, Japan ... 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Sailor Moon 12 Naoko Takeuchi 9781612620084 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Sailor MoonTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: As Galaxia picks off one Sailor Guardian after another, even those of the outer planets, Usagi finds new companions to help her fight her most nefarious enemy yet. This new edition of Sailor Moon features: - An entirely new, incredibly accurate translation! Japanese-style, right-to-left reading! New cover art never before seen in the U.S.! The original Japanese character names! Detailed translation notes! Story Locale: Tokyo, Japan Series Overview: Usagi Tsukino is a normal... 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Sankarea 1 : Undying Love Mitsuru Hattori 9781612623511 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 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: SankareaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: "I ONLY LIKE ZOMBIE GIRLS." Since he was little, Chihiro has felt an unusual emotional connection to zombie movies. It's not that he feels bad for the survivors - instead he fantasizes about comforting the poor undead girls they slaughter! When his beloved pet passes away, he decides to brew up a resurrection potion in secret. But he's discovered by popular girl and local heiress Sanka Rea, whose life isn't as perfect as it seems... and Furuya suggests that she could serve as a test su... 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 40 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Sankarea 2 : Undying Love Mitsuru Hattori 9781612623528 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $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: A popular zombie comedy series with an anime adaptation currently available in the United States. The Walking Dead meets The Big Bang Theory. 16 and up. The zombie craze comes to manga in this hilarious love story about a boy obsessed with zombie movies who finally meets the undead girl of his dreams. Story Locale: Japan Series Overview: "I ONLY LIKE ZOMBIE GIRLS." Since he was little, Chihiro has felt an unusual emotional connection to zombie movies. It's not that he feels bad for ... 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, Summer 2013 No. 6 Volume 1 Atsuko Asano, Hinoki Kino 9781612623559 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 192 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 PERFECT LIFE, IN A PERFECT CITY For Shion, an elite student in the technologically sophisticated city No. 6, life is carefully choreographed. School, study, and the occasional visit with his friend and classmate Safu. One fateful day, however, he takes a misstep, sheltering an injured boy his age from a typhoon. Known only as Rat, this boy is a VC - a fugitive living outside the computerized tapestry of city control - and helping him will throw Shion's life into chaos and start him d... 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 recieved the Noma Prize for Juvenile Literature in 1997 for her book series, Battery, which later went on to win the Shogakukan Children's Publication Culture awar... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 No. 6 Volume 2 Atsuko Asano, Hinoki Kino 9781612623566 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 200 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 set in the perfect city, No. 6. When a fatal disease begins to infect the ghettos, it is up to one castaway to unearth the ugly underbelly of No. 6. The Hunger Games meets Lost. 16 and Up. A PERFECT LIFE, IN A PERFECT CITY For Shion, an elite student in the technologically sophisticated city No. 6, life is carefully choreographed school, study, and the occasional visit with his friend and classmate, Safu. One fateful day, however, he takes a misstep, sheltering ... 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 recieved the Noma Prize for Juvenile Literature in 1997 for her Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 41 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Kodansha Comics Battle Angel Alita: Last Order 18 Yukito Kishiro 9781612622972 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 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 Summary: Battle Angel Alita returns! With a strong presence in the market and a dedicated fan base, Alita is a surefire hit. 16 and up. A sophisticated science fiction tale full of action and suspense. Alita is a cyborg fighting relentlessly to preserve her humanity in a dangerous world. Series Overview: When Doc Ido, a talented cyber-physician, finds Alita's head in a junk heap, she has lost all memory of her past life. But when he reconstructs her, she discovers her body still instinctively ... 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. Author Residence: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Kodansha Comics Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus 2 Yukito Kishiro 9781612622927 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 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 Summary: Battle Angel Alita returns! With a strong presence in the market and a dedicated fan base, Alita is a surefire hit. The omnibus collects volumes 4-6 of Last Order. 16 and up. A sophisticated science fiction tale full of action and suspense. Alita is a cyborg fighting relentlessly to preserve her humanity in a dangerous world. Series Overview: When Doc Ido, a talented cyber-physician, finds Alita's head in a junk heap, she has lost all memory of her past life. But when he reconstructs ... 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. Author Residence: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Kodansha Comics Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 4 Yu Kinutani 9781612620954 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 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: Ghost in the Shell: SACTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Summary: A cyborg action manga set far in the future based on the seminal classic manga, The Ghost in the Shell (also published by Kodansha). 16 and up. The Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex originally aired on Cartoon Network as a 26 episode anime series. This manga adaptation is sure to draw fans of the anime and the original The Ghost in the Shell movie and manga. Story Locale: New Port Series Overview: Stand Alone Complex takes place in the year 2030, in the fictional Japanese city ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 42 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Mardock Scramble 7 Tow Ubukata, Yoshitoki Oima 9781612622989 Pub Date: 5/21/13, On Sale Date: 5/21 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: Mardock ScrambleTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: A dark manga with themes of desperation, redemption and hope, Mardock Scramble manages to weave nuanced story around imaginative action. This manga should appeal to fans of The Ghost in the Shell. Final volume. 16 and up. Mardock Scramble is based on a science fiction novel by award-winning author Tow Ubukata. Series Overview: Rune Balot is a prostitute who is nearly murdered by Ciel, an enigmatic casino manager, who suffers from a disease that forces him to remove and store his memor... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Cage of Eden 10 Yashinobu Yamada 9781612622590 Pub Date: 5/21/13, On Sale Date: 5/21 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: THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD? Team Akira's in the fight of their lives against prehistory's fiercest ape, Gigantopithecus! Will they make it out of the jungle with their lives, or will an unexpected betrayal drive them straight into the jaws of a real-life King Kong? Meanwhile, Eiken stumbles upon a man-made relic that could begin to explain the mysterious forces that pulled them into this nightmare in the first place! Story Locale: Mystery Island Series Overview: Akira and his cl... Author Bio: Author Residence: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Fairy Tail 26 Hiro Mashima 9781612622682 Pub Date: 5/28/13, On Sale Date: 5/28 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: Fairy Tail is by fan-favorite Hiro Mashima, whose previous work, Rave Master, has sold more than 300,000 copies in the United States. For 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! Story Locale: Earthland Series Overview: Fairy Tail takes place in a world filled with magic. 17-year-old Lucy is an attractive mage-in-training who wants to join a magician's... 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 43 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Kodansha Comics Attack on Titan 5 Hajime Isayama 9781612622545 Pub Date: 6/4/13, On Sale Date: 6/4 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: Attack on TitanTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Summary: Attack on Titan is a breakout hit in Japan, where is has sold over nine million copies. This title has breakout potential in the U.S. as well. 16 and up. Humanity's numbers have been decimated, and the remaining population lives inside an immense walled city to protect them from the monstrous and mysterious titans. Story Locale: The post-apocalyptic future Series Overview: Humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where th... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Kodansha Comics Kitchen Princess Omnibus 4 Miyuki Kobayashi, Natsumi Ando 9781612620657 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 Ages 13 And Up $14.99/$16.99 Can. 400 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Kitchen Princess OmnibusTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Summary: Kitchen Princess is a shojo (girls') manga that will appeal to manga readers and Food Network fans! Covers volumes 7-9. 13 and up. The fan favorite returns in this 3-in-1 omnibus edition! Series Overview: An adorable shojo manga with a unique theme-cooking! Every volume includes a new recipe! Najika has always known how to cook. She understands food, and how it touches people's hearts. But she herself has always been looking for more. When she was a child, she met a boy who touched h... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Air Gear 28 9781612620336 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 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 Comics! 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, ad... 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 44 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Negima Omnibus 7 Ken Akamatsu 9781612629995 Pub Date: 6/25/13, On Sale Date: 6/25 Ages 16 And Up, Grades 11 And Up $19.99/$22.99 Can. 592 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, Summer 2013 Kodansha Comics Fairy Tail 27 Hiro Mashima 9781612622699 Pub Date: 6/25/13, On Sale Date: 6/25 $10.99/$11.99 Can. 200 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Missions of Love 4 Ema Toyama 9781612622866 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 45 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Bloody Monday 11 Ryou Ryumon, Kouji Megumi 9781612620473 Pub Date: 7/23/13, On Sale Date: 7/23 Ages 13 And Up $10.99/$11.99 Can. 208 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga Series: Bloody MondayTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.500 in H 127mm W | 191mm H Kodansha Comics Summary: A suspenseful thriller full of twists and turns, reminiscent of the hugely popular Death Note. 13 and up. Bloody Monday has a gripping storytelling style as the protagonist goes head to head with cunning and ruthless terrorists. It's an epic game of "whatever you can do I can do better," as Falcon and the terrorists dance around each other with a dizzying array of moves and countermoves. Story Locale: Tokyo, Japan Series Overview: Takagi Fujimaru may seem like a regular high school ... Author Bio: Ryumon Ryou is a Japanese manga author. Author Residence: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Kodansha Comics Fairy Tail 28 Hiro Mashima 9781612622705 Pub Date: 7/30/13, On Sale Date: 7/30 $10.99/$11.99 Can. 200 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Wallflower 31 Tomoko Hayakawa 9781612622453 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 46 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Cage of Eden 11 Yashinobu Yamada 9781612622606 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 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 is a combination of Lost, Battle Royale and Jurassic Park.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 island. Akira is somehow still alive despite the crash, but soon discovers that he's not exactly sa... Author Bio: Author Residence: Japan Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Kodansha Comics Fairy Tail 29 Hiro Mashima 9781612624068 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $10.99/$11.99 Can. 200 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 47 KODANSHA COMICS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Kodansha Comics 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Melville House The Science Delusion : Asking the Big Questions in a Culture of Easy Answers Curtis White 9781612192000 Pub Date: 5/7/13, On Sale Date: 5/7 $23.95/$23.95 Can. 272 pages Hardback Philosophy / History & Surveys Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Summary: One of our most brilliant social critics-author of the bestselling The Middle Mind-presents a scathing critique of the "delusions" of science alongside a rousing defense of the tradition of Romanticism and the "big" questions. With the rise of religion critics such as Richard Dawkins, and of pseudo-science advocates such as Malcolm Gladwell and Jonah Lehrer, you're likely to become a subject of ridicule if you wonder "Why is there something instead of nothing?" or "What is our purpose ... Author Bio: CURTIS WHITE is the author of the novels Memories of My Father Watching TV and Requiem. A widely acclaimed essayist, his work appears regularly in Context and Harper's. He is an English professor at Illinois State University and the current president of the Center for Book Culture/Dalkey Archive Press. His The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves was a national bestseller in 2003. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Melville House Dossier K : A Memoir Imre Kertesz, Tim Wilkinson 9781612192024 Pub Date: 5/7/13, On Sale Date: 5/7 $18.95/$18.95 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Summary: The first and only memoir from the Nobel Prize-winning author, in the form of an illuminating, often funny, and often combative interview-conducted by the author of himself. Dossier K is Imre Kertész's response to the hasty biographies and profiles that followed his 2002 Nobel Prize, an attempt to set the record straight. But, as befits Kertész, it's a beautifully roundabout way of going straight: Kertész faces and interrogates himself about the issues and events that have long preoccu... Author Bio: IMRE KERTÉSZ was born in Hungary in 1929. At the age of fourteen he was imprisoned at Auschwitz and later at the Buchenwald concentration camps. He is the author of 14 books of fiction and non-fiction, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2002 for "writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history." Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 48 MELVILLE HOUSE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Melville House An Afghanistan Picture Show : Or, How I Saved the World William T. Vollmann 9781612191980 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $16.95/$16.95 Can. 304 pages / 25 PHOTOS Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 8.250 in H 140mm W | 210mm H Summary: Never before available in paperback and all but invisible for twenty years, a still-timely, personal account of the origins of America's longest war. Author Bio: WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN is the author of ten novels, three collections of stories, and many volumes of nonfiction, including a seven-volume inquiry into whether and how violence may be justified, Rising Up and Rising Down, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His novel Europe Central won the National Book Award in 2005. Into the Forbidden Zone: A Trip Through Hell and High Water in PostEarthquake Japan was published last year by Byliner. He is the editor of The Best A... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Melville House Cotton Tenants : Three Families James Agee, Walker Evans, John Summers, Adam Hasle... 9781612192123 Pub Date: 6/4/13, On Sale Date: 6/4 $24.95/$24.95 Can. 160 pages / 20 PHOTOGRAPHS Hardback History / United States Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.500 in W | 7.500 in H 140mm W | 191mm H Summary: A re-discovered masterpiece of reporting by a literary icon and a celebrated photographer Author Bio: JAMES AGEE (1909-1955) was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and started his writing career as a reporter for Fortune. He was also a novelist and poet. His only collection of poetry, Permit Me Voyage, won the Yale Younger Poets competition in 1934. His posthumous novel, A Death in the Family, won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize. Agee also wrote movie reviews for Time and The Nation, as well as several important film scripts, including The African Queen (starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hep... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Melville House Heart of a Dog Mikhail Bulgakov, Michael Glenny 9781612192888 Pub Date: 7/23/13, On Sale Date: 7/23 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 144 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Literary Criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Summary: A new edition of Bulgakov's fantastical precursor to The Master and Margarita, part of Melville House's reissue of the Bulgakov backlist in Michael Glenny's celebrated translations A scientist implants the glands of a petty criminal into a dog, and chaos ensues. Story Locale: Moscow Series Overview: The Neversink Library champions books from around the world that have been overlooked, underappreciated, looked askance at, or foolishly ignored. They are issued in handsome, well-designe... Author Bio: MIKHAIL BULGAKOV was born in Kiev on May 15th 1891. He graduated as a doctor but gave up the practice of medicine in 1920 to devote himself to literature. He went on to write some of the greatest novels in twentieth century Russian literature, including The White Guard, Heart Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 49 MELVILLE HOUSE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Melville House Black Snow Mikhail Bulgakov, Michael Glenny 9781612192147 Pub Date: 7/23/13, On Sale Date: 7/23 $15.00/$15.00 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Literary Criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 College of One Sheilah Graham 9781612192833 Pub Date: 5/28/13, On Sale Date: 5/28 $15.00/$15.00 Can. 272 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Biography & Autobiography / Literary Series: NeversinkTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 0 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Difficulty of Being Jean Cocteau, Elizabeth Sprigge 9781612192901 Pub Date: 5/21/13, On Sale Date: 5/21 $15.95/$15.95 Can. 176 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Biography & Autobiography / Literary Series: NeversinkTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Summary: A new edition of Bulgakov's blistering satire about the great Russian director Stanislavski, inventor of "Method acting." Part of Melville's reissue of Bulgakov's backlist in Michael Glenny's translations. Story Locale: Moscow Publication History: Black Snow was first published 35 years after Bulgakov wrote it, in the literary periodical Novy Mir. The first English edition was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1967. Author Bio: MIKHAIL BULGAKOV was born in Kiev on May 15th 1891. He graduated as a doctor but gave up the practice of medicine in 1920 to devote himself to literature. He went on to write some of the greatest novels in twentieth century Russian literature, including The White Guard, Heart of a Dog, and his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita. He died in Moscow of kidney disease in 1940. Melville House Summary: The moving story of how F. Scott Fitzgeraldwashed up, alcoholic and ill-dedicated himself to devising a heartfelt course in literature for the woman he loved Series Overview: The Neversink Library champions books from around the world that have been overlooked, underappreciated, looked askance at, or foolishly ignored. They are issued in handsome, well-designed editions at reasonable prices in hopes of their passing from one reader to another-and further enriching our culture. Author Bio: Born Lily Sheil in 1904, the daughter of Jewish Ukranian immigrants, SHEILAH GRAHAM was raised in a London orphanage. She emigrated to New York in 1933 and to Hollywood two years later. In 1964, Time magazine reported that Graham had "deposed Hopper and Parsons as doyenne of the Hollywood columnists.'' She had her own radio and television programs and wrote several books. In 1959, Beloved Infidel, a bestselling memoir of her affair with F. Scott Melville House Summary: By the time he published The Difficulty of Being in 1947, Cocteau had produced some of the most respected films and literature of the twentieth century and worked with the foremost artists of his time. This memoir, written during a period of illness, tells the inside account of those achievements and of his glittering social circle, which included Proust, Gide, Picassso and Stravinsky. Cocteau writes about his childhood, about his development as an artist, and the peculiarity of the art... Author Bio: Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) was a novelist, poet, filmmaker, artist and playwright. Born in a village just outside of Paris, he left home at fifteen and published his first volume of poetry, Aladdin's Lamp, at nineteen. He circulated in the highest ranks of bohemian Paris, and counted Picasso and Proust among his close friends. His most famous works include the novel Les Enfants terribles and the films Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus. He was openly gay and at one time an opium addict. ... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 50 MELVILLE HOUSE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Melville House Where There's Love, There's Hate Adolfo Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo, Suzanne Jill ... 9781612191508 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $15.00/$15.00 Can. 112 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Literary Series: NeversinkTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Summary: A witty yet gripping pastiche of murder mysteries set in an Argentine seaside resort, peppered with literary allusions Series Overview: The Neversink Library champions books from around the world that have been overlooked, underappreciated, looked askance at, or foolishly ignored. They are issued in handsome, well-designed editions at reasonable prices in hopes of their passing from one reader to another-and further enriching our culture. Author Bio: ADOLFO BIOY CASARES (1914-99) is one of the most important literary figures of his native Argentina, most famous as the author of The Invention of Morel (1940). He won the French Legion of Honour and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, was a lifelong friend of Borges, and married to Silvina Ocampo. SILVINA OCAMPO (1903-1993) was an award-winning poet and short story writer, also well known for her children's Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Melville House Oasis : A Novel Mary McCarthy, Vivian Gornick 9781612192284 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 $15.00/$15.00 Can. 144 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 Summary: Readers of McCarthy's 1963 bestseller The Group (recently revived for a new generation by its appearance on Mad Men) will want to read this brilliant precursor. Series Overview: The Neversink Library champions books from around the world that have been overlooked, underappreciated, looked askance at, or foolishly ignored. They are issued in handsome, well-designed editions at reasonable prices in hopes of their passing from one reader to another-and further enriching our culture. Author Bio: MARY MCCARTHY was born in Seattle on June 21, 1912. When her parents died in 1918 she was deposited with relations, as memorialized in Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, into ''circumstances of almost Dickensian cruelty and squalor." She lived with Philip Rahv, whose Partisan Review, she joined in 1937, and married eminent critic Edmund Wilson in 1938, the second of four marriages. Her scandalous, 1963 novel The Group spent two years on the New York Times Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Melville International Crime Tattoo Manuel Vazquez Montalban, Nick Caistor 9781612192086 Pub Date: 7/30/13, On Sale Date: 7/30 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 288 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 Summary: Only Pepe Carvalho would use a tattoo saying "Born to Raise Hell in Hell" as evidence that the police are, once again, wrong Story Locale: Barcelona, Spain Publication History: First published in the UK by Serpent's Tail, 2008 Author Bio: Born in Barcelona in 1939, poet, playwright, essayist, and novelist MANUEL VÕ ZQUEZ MONTALBÕ N was one of Spain's greatest writers. A well-known gourmand, he also wrote often about food. He is best known for his crime series featuring Pepe Carvalho, which won him international acclaim and numerous awards, including the Planeta Prize and the International Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. He died in 2003 in Hong Kong, on his way home from a book tour for what would be his last Pepe... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 51 MELVILLE HOUSE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Poor Clare Elizabeth Gaskell 9781612192185 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $10.00/$10.00 Can. 96 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Classics Series: Art of the NovellaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H 127mm W | 178mm H Melville House Summary: Rage and revenge mix with witchcraft and religion in a high Gothic tale of irredeemable love Series Overview: Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers but beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. The Art of the Novella Series celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners. The series has been recognized for its "excellence in design" by AIGA. Author Bio: ELIZABETH GASKELL (1810-1865) was one of the first writers to treat class and labor relations in her fiction-often having characters speak in their local dialects, which was frowned upon at the time. Charles Dickens was a great fan of her work; he asked her for a story for the first issue of his journal, Household Words, and would go on to publish many other stories and novellas by her. Gaskell was also close to the Brontës and wrote a biography of Charlotte Brontë that did much to e... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Carmen Prosper Merimee, George Burnham Ives 9781612192260 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $10.00/$10.00 Can. 64 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Classics Series: Art of the NovellaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H 127mm W | 178mm H Melville House Summary: The swashbuckling story that inspired one of the world's most beloved operas Story Locale: 1820s Spain Series Overview: Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers but beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. The Art of the Novella Series celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners. The series has been recognized for its "excellence in design" by AIGA. Author Bio: PROSPER MÉRIMÉE (1803-1870) was a French writer, historian, and archeologist. As an official in the French government (he was the inspector-general of historical monuments) he wrote numerous official works about French archeological and architectural history. In this capacity he famously made a major contribution to the history of medieval art by discovering, along with his friend the writer George Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket Edgar Allan Poe 9781612192222 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $12.00/$12.00 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Classics Series: Art of the NovellaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H 127mm W | 178mm H Melville House Summary: Poe's only novella is an unusual work for the author: A thrilling sea adventure that turns increasingly bizarre Story Locale: Nantucket, Atlantic Ocean, Antarctica Series Overview: Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers but beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. The Art of the Novella Series celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners. The series has been recognized for its "... Author Bio: EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) was one of the greatest 19th-century American writers. Born in Boston, his life was marked by poverty, alcoholism, critical failure, and a tragic marriage to his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm. He is known for his poetry, especially "The Raven," and his macabre short stories, including "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." He is also considered the Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 52 MELVILLE HOUSE Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Melville House The Haunted Bookshop Christopher Morley 9781612192246 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $12.00/$12.00 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Classics Series: Art of the NovellaTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 7.000 in H 127mm W | 178mm H Summary: The further adventures of Roger Mifflin, bookseller Series Overview: Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers but beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. The Art of the Novella Series celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners. The series has been recognized for its "excellence in design" by AIGA. Author Bio: CHRISTOPHER MORLEY (1890-1957), born in Haverford, PA, had a long career in publishing and journalism, working at various times for Doubleday, the Ladies' Home Journal, and the New York Evening Post. He was a founder of the Saturday Review of Literature and of the Baker Street Irregulars, and one of the first judges of Book-of-the-Month Club. A prolific writer, Morley is best known for his racy bestseller Kitty Foyle, and the pair of novels following the adventures of bookseller Roge... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Melville International Crime Finding Sahara Mukoma Wa Ngugi 9781612192109 Pub Date: 10/1/13, On Sale Date: 10/1 $14.95/$14.95 Can. 256 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 Summary: Book two in an action-packed crime series set in Nairobi featuring an American cop teamed with a Kenyan partner. The heroes of Nairobi Heat return to investigate a murder tied to the bombing of a hotel in downtown Nairobi. The CIA and local police insist Al Qaeda is behind it, but our heroes suspect something else. Story Locale: Nairobi, Kenya Series Overview: Part of the Melville International Crime series, featuring books about something that counts, and every bit as thrilling as t... Author Bio: MUKOMA WA NGUGI is a novelist and poet, whose books include the novel Nairobi Heat and the poetry collection Hurling Words at Consciousness. He was short listed for the Caine Prize for African writing in 2009, and for the 2010 Penguin Prize for African Writing. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Roost Books Friends at My Table : Recipes for a Year of Eating, Drinking, and Making Merry Alice Hart 9781611800609 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $24.95/$26.95 Can. 192 pages / FOUR-COLOR PHOTOS THROUGHOUT Hardback Cooking / Courses & Dishes Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 7.000 in W | 9.000 in H 178mm W | 229mm H Summary: Delicious food, lively friends, and fun, rustic parties-Friends at My Table invites you in! Alice Hart has perfected the art of feeding crowds, and in Friends at My Table she shows us not only how to serve our loved ones memorable meals, but also how to host all sorts of gatherings in a relaxed and convivial way. She offers practical ways to make all social occasions-whether large or smallcomfortable, whimsical, and delicious. The menus are intended for a young, busy, and hardworking ... Author Bio: ALICE HART is an energetic, authoritative, new food voice who loves to share her culinary knowledge...and meals with friends. For her, food is about fun. She is a food stylist, food editor, and the author of three cookbooks. She was a columnist for the New York Times Dining & Wine section and also writes for the Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine. She was the youngest ever food editor at Waitrose Food Illustrated. She has styled food for Condé Nast, the BBC, Fortnum & Mason, the Obse... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 53 ROOST BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Roost Books Handmade Books for Everyday Adventures : 20 Bookbinding Projects for Explorers, Travelers, and Nature Lovers Erin Zamrzla 9781611800081 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $19.95/$23.95 Can. 208 pages / FOUR-COLOR PHOTOS THROUGHOUT Hardback Crafts & Hobbies / Papercrafts Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 7.500 in W | 9.000 in H 191mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Summary: 20 easy bookbinding projects perfect for taking on the road and sparking outdoor play. Fish, bike, stargaze, and more with these unique handmade books. The handmade books presented here are meant to inspire outings and offer creative ways for you to explore your personal style and interests: Make treasure hunts even more special with a personalized Treasure Hunt Collection Bag and Notebook. Take notes at the beach with a Waterproof Book made with Tyvek pages. Make a canvas-covered Camp... Author Bio: ERIN ZAMRZLA is the author of At Home with Handmade Books. She has loved making things for as long as she can remember. She was born in Kansas and spent most of her life there, earning BFA and MFA degrees in graphic design from Fort Hays State University. While studying, she learned bookbinding from a required course and later taught it as a graduate student. Her favorite part has always been the combination of working with paper and found objects. She especially enjoys transforming ... Trumpeter And in Health : A Guide for Couples Facing Cancer Together Dan Shapiro 9781611800173 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $16.95/$19.95 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Health & Fitness / Diseases Territory: World Ctn Qty: 44 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Summary: A heartfelt guide to forging a powerful partnership when one member of a couple develops cancer-written by a health psychologist with personal and professional experience on the topic. Research reveals that many couples face serious relationship struggles when cancer strikes. This engaging, direct, and exceedingly helpful guide will help couples navigate the life change that a cancer diagnosis brings. Written by health psychologist and cancer survivor Dan Shapiro, the book highlights t... Author Bio: DAN SHAPIRO, PhD, is the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Professor of Medical Humanism and the Chair of the Department of Humanities at Penn State College of Medicine. He earned his PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Florida and went on to Harvard Medical School, where he completed his fellowship in medical crisis interventions. Shapiro is the author of Mom's Marijuana, about his personal cancer experience, and Delivering Doctor Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala Treasury of the True Dharma Eye : Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo Kazuaki Tanahashi 9781590309353 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $100.00/$114.00 Can. 1280 pages Hardback Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 8 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Summary: The complete English translation of one of the greatest of the Zen classics, now in a single volume. Shobo Genzo, or "Treasury of the True Dharma Eye," is a collection of essays and commentaries by Dogen Zenji (12001253), the most famous and influential of all Japanese Zen masters and founder of Zen's Soto school, which is the source for most of the Zen practiced in America. Japan's greatest and most influential philosopher, he is responsible for bringing the Zen teachings from China ... Author Bio: Translator KAZ TANAHASHI is one of the most renowned Zen calligraphers at work today, and one of the most prominent teachers of that art. He is also a Zen practitioner of many years in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind), and thus is himself in the lineage of Zen Master Dogen. He has published three previous translations of Dogen, as well as Brush Mind, a book about approaching Zen through the practice of art. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 54 SHAMBHALA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala The Spirit of Noh : A New Translation of the Classic Noh Treatise the Fushikaden Zeami, William Scott Wilson 9781590309940 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $17.95/$21.50 Can. 184 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) DRAMA / Asian Territory: World Ctn Qty: 44 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H 133mm W | 191mm H Summary: A seminal treatise on the Japanese dramatic art of Noh by the fifteenth-century actor and playwright Zeami, translated by William Scott Wilson. The Japanese dramatic art of Noh has a rich six-hundred-year history and has had a huge influence on Japanese culture and such Western artists as Ezra Pound and William Butler Yeats. The actor and playwright Zeami (1363-1443) is the most celebrated figure in the history of Noh, with his numerous outstanding plays and his treatises outlining his... Author Bio: ZEAMI (1363-1443) is considered the most important playwright, actor, and theorist in the history of Japanese Noh theater. Along with his father, Kan'ami, he revolutionized Noh, turning it into a nuanced art form that greatly influenced many aspects of Japanese art and culture. He was a prolific writer, and his plays make up a significant part of the Noh repertoire. WILLIAM SCOTT WILSON is the foremost translator into Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts : The Classic Chinese Guide for Success in War, Business, and Life Hiroshi Moriya, William Scott Wilson 9781590309926 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $18.95/$22.50 Can. 256 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Philosophy / Eastern Territory: World Ctn Qty: 36 5.250 in W | 7.500 in H 133mm W | 191mm H Summary: A collection of ancient Chinese maxims on strategy, battlefield tactics, and deception-in the spirit of such classics as The Art of War and The Book of Five Rings-made fresh and relevant with contemporary examples and explanation. The 36 Strategies of the Martial Arts is a classical collection of Chinese maxims on understanding, engaging, and defeating your enemy. The origin of the collection is unknown; however, the text is a synthesis of various military maxims, political expressions... Author Bio: HIROSHI MORIYA is an authority on Chinese culture and philosophy who has devoted himself to interpreting Chinese philosophy for popular and academic audiences for fifty years. He lives in Tokyo. 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala Your Mind Is Your Teacher : Self-Awakening through Contemplative Meditation Khenpo Gawang 9781590309971 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $16.95/$19.95 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 Summary: A concise, nonscholarly handbook of Tibetan Buddhist teachings designed for Westerners with little knowledge of Buddhism, centered on a sitting practice of Contemplative Meditation, in which students reflect on four primary ideas by applying their natural ability to think inquisitively. Contemplative Meditation is applied here to the "Four Seals" of the Buddha's teaching: multiplicity, impermanence, suffering, and emptiness. Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche explains how to investigate each of th... Author Bio: KHENPO GAWANG RINPOCHE is the founder and spiritual director of Pema Karpo Meditation Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Having completed twenty-seven years as a monk, twelve years of teaching experience, and nine years of study at the Buddhist University of Namdroling Monastery in South India, he holds a Khenpo degree, the Buddhist equivalent of a PhD. Gawang Rinpoche came to the United States in 2004 at the invitation of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Shambhala Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 55 SHAMBHALA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala Zen Confidential : Confessions of a Wayward Monk Shozan Jack Haubner, Leonard Cohen 9781611800333 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 240 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 40 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Summary: The hilarious and profound account of a screenwriter/stand-up comic's journey into Zen monkhood. Shozan Jack Haubner is the David Sedaris of Zen Buddhism: a brilliant humorist and analyst of human foibles, whose hilarity is informed by the profound insights that have dawned on him-as he's stumbled and fallen into spiritual practice. Raised in a truly strange family of Mel-Gibson-esque Catholic extremists, he went on to study philosophy (becoming very un-Catholic in the process) and to ... Author Bio: SHOZAN JACK HAUBNER is the pen name of a Zen monk whose humorous essays have appeared in Tricycle, Buddhadharma, the Shambhala Sun, and The Sun, as well as in the Best Buddhist Writing series, and he is the winner of a 2012 Pushcart Prize. The events described in his book are true. Shozan's name has been changed to protect the innocent. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Snow Lion Vajra Wisdom : Deity Practice in Tibetan Buddhism Shechen Gyaltsap IV, Kunkyen Tenpe Nyima, Dharmach... 9781559393973 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $24.95/$28.95 Can. 256 pages Hardback Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 26 6.260 in W | 9.210 in H | 0.910 in T 159mm W | 234mm H | 23mm T Summary: Contains two of the most important explanations of the "development stage" of meditation, relevant for most practitioners in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The rarity of this kind of material in English makes it indispensable for practitioners and scholars alike. The practices of deity, mantra, and wisdom are also known within the Tibetan system as "the development stage," because the practitioner is said to attain spiritual insight by developing meditative visualizations that bring t... Author Bio: KUNKYEN TENPE NYIMA was a meditation master from eastern Tibet. Well versed in the tradition of Jigme Lingpa, he composed an influential guide to tantric meditation. SHECHEN GYALTSAP IV was one of the great masters of Tibet in the last century. He studied with the foremost masters of his day and became an important lineage holder. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Snow Lion Machik's Complete Explanation : Clarifying the Meaning of Chod Sarah Harding 9781559394147 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $34.95/$41.00 Can. 416 pages Hardback Religion / Buddhism Series: TsadraTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 20 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Summary: The texts translated in this book together provide the most complete history, textual source, and practical instruction on what has remained one of the most popular and radical Buddhist practices for the last thousand years. Fear, anger, and negativity are states that each of us have to contend with. Machik's Complete Explanation, the most famous book of the teachings of Machik Lapdrön, the great female saint and yogini of eleventh- to twelfth-century Tibet, addresses these issues in a... Author Bio: SARAH HARDING has been a Tibetan Buddhist translator and practitioner since 1974. She became a student of the late master Kalu Rinpoche, and in 1980 she completed a traditional three-year retreat under his guidance. She is a fellow of the Tsadra Foundation and has been on the faculty of Naropa University for nearly twenty years. Author Hometown: Boulder, Colorado Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 56 SNOW LION Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Snow Lion The Great Secret of Mind : Special Instructions on the Nonduality of Dzogchen Tulku Pema Rigtsal, Keith Dowman 9781559394017 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $22.95/$26.95 Can. 304 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 32 5.980 in W | 8.990 in H | 0.790 in T 152mm W | 228mm H | 20mm T Summary: Dzogchen (Great Perfection) goes to the heart of our experience by investigating the relationship between mind and world and uncovering the great secret of mind's luminous nature. Weaving in personal stories and everyday examples, Pema Rigtsal leads the reader to see that all phenomena are the spontaneous display of mind, a magical illusion, and yet there is something shining in the midst of experience that is naturally pure and spacious. Not recognizing this natural great perfection is... Author Bio: Tulku Pema Rigtsal is one of the last Tibetan tulkus to receive the benefit of a full traditional training with no disruption from political conflict, and one of the last to head a traditional monastery. He lives in Nepal. Author Residence: Humla, Nepal Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Snow Lion Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature : Maitreya's Dharmadharmatavibhanga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham Ju Mipham, Khenpo Shenga 9781559394093 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 $21.95/$25.95 Can. 112 pages Hardback Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 44 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Summary: Contains a translation of one the core philosophical texts of Mahayana Buddhism, along with a commentary by two of the foremost late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century scholars and masters. The goal of this work is to lead the practitioner to realize the difference between the world as we perceive it through our dualisitic mind and the mind's true nature, free from illusion. Author Bio: MAITREYA and ASANGA are traditionally considered the progenitors of the Approach of Vast Activity, one of two great currents of Mahayana view and practice. Their works have achieved the status of unique spiritual classics. KHENPO SHENGA (1871-1927) contributed tremendously to the nonsectarian Rimé movement in Tibet. His commentaries on the classic Indian Buddhist treatises have become the core curriculum in numerous monastic colleges throughout Tibet and South Asia. Snow Lion From the Heart of Chenrezig : The Dalai Lamas on Tantra Glenn H. Mullin 9781559394055 Pub Date: 6/11/13, On Sale Date: 6/11 $18.95/$22.50 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 28 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Summary: An anthology of classical tantric Buddhist texts, translated, edited, and introduced for a Western audience. The lineage of the reincarnated line of Dalai Lamas has held primary spiritual authority and, until recently, temporal power in Tibet since the beginning of the fifteenth century. The translations in this book represent a curated set of their writings specifically on tantra, the advanced path of Tibetan Buddhism in which practitioners use a variety of methods and techniques to d... Author Bio: GLENN H. MULLIN is an internationally renowned Tibetologist, author, and expert on Buddhist meditation. He lived in Dharamsala, India, the home of the Dalai Lama, for many years, where he studied Tibetan language, literature, yoga, and meditation under twenty-five of the greatest masters of Tibet. He is the author of over fifteen books on Buddhist topics and has led many pilgrimages to Nepal and Tibet. He now divides his time between writing, lecturing, Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 57 SHAMBHALA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala Instructions to the Cook : A Zen Master's Lessons in Living a Life That Matters Bernie Glassman, Rick Fields 9781611800685 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 $16.95/$19.95 Can. 192 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 4.500 in W | 7.875 in H 114mm W | 200mm H Summary: In the tradition of Jon Kabat-Zinn's Wherever You Go, There You Are, one of America's most provocative and celebrated Buddhist teachers presents a distillation of Zen wisdom that can be used equally well as a manual on business or spiritual practice. "Based on a 13th-century Japanese manual of the same title, this guide to modern-day Zen practice also details the history of Glassman's work in the world. An abbot of Zen communities in New York City and Los Angeles, Glassman is also the ... Author Bio: BERNIE GLASSMAN is an aerospace engineer turned Buddhist priest and social entrepreneur. He is the founder of the commercially successful Greyston Bakery, which practices an open hiring policy and pours its profits into community development projects in Yonkers, New York. Glassman is also the founder of Zen Peacemakers, an international order of spiritually based social activists. RICK FIELDS (1942-1999) was a journalist, poet, and leading Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala The Path of Individual Liberation : The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume One Chogyam Trungpa, Judith L. Lief 9781590308028 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $69.95/$80.00 Can. 680 pages Hardback Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 12 6.390 in W | 9.220 in H | 1.850 in T 162mm W | 234mm H | 47mm T Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Summary: The foundational teachings of Buddhism, presented here in volume one of Chögyam Trungpa's magnum opus, which offers a systematic overview of the entire path of Tibetan Buddhism. The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma represents meditation master Chögyam Trungpa's greatest contribution to Western Buddhism. This three-volume collection presents in lively, relevant language the comprehensive teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist path. This work will resonate with new students of Buddhis... Author Bio: CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA (1940-1987)-meditation master, teacher, and artist-founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books, including Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom. Shambhala The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion : The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Two Chogyam Trungpa, Judith L. Lief 9781590308035 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $59.95/$68.00 Can. 528 pages Hardback Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 14 6.350 in W | 9.230 in H | 1.510 in T 161mm W | 234mm H | 38mm T Summary: The essential teachings on the bodhisattva path of wisdom and compassion, presented here in volume two of Chögyam Trungpa's magnum opus, which offers a systematic overview of the entire path of Tibetan Buddhism. The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma represents meditation master Chögyam Trungpa's greatest contribution to Western Buddhism. This three-volume collection presents in lively, relevant language the comprehensive teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist path. This work will res... Author Bio: CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA (1940-1987)-meditation master, teacher, and artist-founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books, including Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 58 SHAMBHALA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala The Tantric Path of Indestructible Wakefulness : The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume Three Chogyam Trungpa, Judith L. Lief 9781590308042 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $79.95/$92.00 Can. 944 pages Hardback Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 6 6.530 in W | 9.210 in H | 2.480 in T 166mm W | 234mm H | 63mm T Summary: The essential teachings on the tantric path to complete awakening, presented here in volume three of Chögyam Trungpa's magnum opus, which offers a systematic overview of the entire path of Tibetan Buddhism. The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma represents meditation master Chögyam Trungpa's greatest contribution to Western Buddhism. This three-volume collection presents in lively, relevant language the comprehensive teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist path. This work will resonate... Author Bio: CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA (1940-1987)-meditation master, teacher, and artist-founded Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, the first Buddhist-inspired university in North America; the Shambhala Training program; and an international association of meditation centers known as Shambhala International. He is the author of numerous books, including Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, and The Myth of Freedom. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three : Discovering the Radical Truth at the Heart of Christianity Cynthia Bourgeault 9781611800524 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $16.95/$19.95 Can. 272 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Theology Territory: World Ctn Qty: 36 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Summary: Cynthia Bourgeault continues the mindexpanding re-envisioning of Christianity she began with her best sellers The Wisdom Jesus and The Meaning of Mary Magdalene-this time looking at the ancient idea of the Trinity and discovering in it a breathtaking view of the nature of reality. Just as she's done in her previous books, Cynthia Bourgeault asks us to take a look at an idea from traditional Christianitythis time the formula of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-as though we're looking at i... Author Bio: CYNTHIA BOURGEAULT, PhD, is an Episcopal priest, teacher, and retreat and conference leader. She is the author of numerous books, including Chanting the Psalms, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, The Wisdom Jesus, and The Meaning of Mary Magdalene. Author Residence: Eagle Island, Maine Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Healing Power of Meditation : Leading Experts on Buddhism, Psychology, and Medicine Explore the Health Benefits of Mindfulness Practice Andrew Fraser 9781611800593 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $16.95/$19.95 Can. 192 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: A vibrant collection of essays on the health benefits of meditation by leading Buddhist teachers and health professionals. The Healing Power of Meditation charts how meditation has developed from a New Age novelty into a powerful tool for alleviating suffering in the modern world. Are the effects of meditation that deeply rooted in our health and wellness? Can you truly heal the body by quieting the mind through a longterm contemplative practice? By sharing profound insights on medit... Author Bio: ANDREW FRASER is a London-based writer and editor with a specialist interest in meditation and Buddhism. After graduating from Cambridge University, he trained as a journalist and worked for the BBC, covering major sporting events, including the 2012 Olympic Games. He has been practicing Tibetan Buddhism since 2002, and he regularly attends retreats at Lerab Ling in France. A prolific writer, Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 59 SNOW LION Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Snow Lion Preparing to Die : Practical Advice and Spiritual Wisdom from the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition Andrew Holecek 9781559394086 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $29.95/$35.00 Can. 480 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Self-Help / Death, Grief, Bereavement Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Summary: A comprehensive guide to conscious dying that integrates Tibetan Buddhist views of death as a focus for spiritual practice with Western approaches to the practical considerations surrounding end-of-life transitions. In an effort to encourage readers to be prepared for the end of life, Andrew Holecek has assembled this handbook on death and dying that integrates Tibetan Buddhist perspectives with Western practices. It is organized into two broad sections: how to work with the mind, and ... Author Bio: ANDREW HOLECEK teaches seminars internationally on the Buddhist views of life, death, and beyond. He has practiced and studied the Tibetan Buddhist teachings rigorously for over twenty-five years and has completed the traditional three-year meditation retreat. He is the author of The Power and the Pain: Transforming Spiritual Hardship into Joy, and is a frequent contributor to many magazines. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Snow Lion Buton's History of Buddhism in India and Its Spread to Tibet : A Treasury of Priceless Scripture Buton Richen Drup, Lisa Stein, Ngawang Zangpo 9781559394130 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $34.95/$41.00 Can. 464 pages Hardback Religion / Buddhism Series: TsadraTerritory: World Ctn Qty: 20 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Summary: A classic presentation of Buddhism and Buddhist history that has been widely read, loved, and copied since its first appearance in Tibet in the early 1300s. The author introduces us to basic Buddhism as practiced throughout India and Tibet and describes the process of entering the Buddhist path through study and reflection. We read about the structure of Buddhist education and the range of its subjects, and we're treated to a rousing litany of the merits of such instruction. With this ... Author Bio: BUTÖN RINCHEN DRUP (1290-1364) has been the role model for many of Tibet's greatest masters over the centuries, including the present Dalai Lama. He was a simple monk and a dear spiritual friend of all, high and low, and he embodied the highest degree of Buddhist scholarship and mastery of meditation. Lamas of all denominations still commonly refer to him as "omniscient Butön." LISA STEIN is a disciple of Thinley Norbu Rinpoché and Lama Tharchin Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala No Self, No Problem : Awakening to Our True Nature Anam Thubten 9781559394048 Pub Date: 6/25/13, On Sale Date: 6/25 $14.95/$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 Summary: An accessible introduction to the profound experience of enlightenment-now available in a more reader-friendly format. No Self, No Problem offers instructions on how to wake up to, and feel confident about, our true nature of wisdom. As the author states, "We are already enlightened. We are perfect as we are." Publication History: Snow Lion TR (6/09) Author Bio: ANAM THUBTEN grew up in Tibet and undertook Buddhist training in the Nyingma tradition at an early age. He has been teaching in the West since the 1990s and is the spiritual advisor and Dharma teacher for the Dharmata Foundation. Author Residence: Point Richmond, California (near San Francisco) Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 60 SNOW LION Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Snow Lion How to Free Your Mind : The Practice of Tara the Liberator Thubten Chodron 9781559393980 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $16.95/$19.95 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 40 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Summary: The female deity Tara embodies enlightenment, wisdom, and freedom from fear. When practitioners meditate on Tara, they uncover these qualities within themselves. Tibetan Buddhists have cherished these practices for centuries and they turn to Tara for healing and protection from every kind of danger, outer or inner-from fire and earthquakes to anger and arrogance. Thubten Chodron's writing is clear, refreshing, and briskly paced. Defining unfamiliar terms as they appear, she presents bas... Author Bio: Thubten Chodron, an American-born Tibetan Buddhist nun, travels worldwide, teaching and leading meditation retreats. Known for her clear and practical explanations of the Buddha's teachings, she is the author of Buddhism for Beginners; Working with Anger; How to Free Your Mind; Open Heart, Clear Mind; and Taming the Mind. She lives in Seattle, Washington. Author Hometown: Los Angeles Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala Training the Wisdom Body : Tibetan Yogic Exercise Rose Taylor Goldfield, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso 9781611800180 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $16.95/$19.95 Can. 176 pages / 40 B&W PHOTOS Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 44 6.375 in W | 9.000 in H 162mm W | 229mm H Summary: The first comprehensive book on the inner and outer practice of Buddhist yogic exercise-fully illustrated. Training the Wisdom Body presents the practice of lujongexercise for our entire system, body, and mind. (Lujong is a Tibetan compound word: lu meaning "body," and jong meaning "training" or "practice.") With clear instructions and photos to illustrate, the book provides a thorough foundation for those new to the practice, supports continued practice for those already familiar wit... Author Bio: ROSE TAYLOR GOLDFIELD is a second-generation Buddhist teacher of meditation, philosophy, and yogic exercise and dance. She holds an MA in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist studies from Naropa University. Having studied and practiced extensively in the Shambhala lineage, she began training in 2002 under the close guidance of the Tibetan master Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso, who appointed her teacher to his nuns in Bhutan and Nepal in 2005. Since childhood, she Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala Yoga: Critical Alignment : Building a Strong, Flexible Practice through Intelligent Sequencing and Mindful Movement Gert van Leeuwen 9781611800630 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $24.95/$28.95 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Health & Fitness / Yoga Territory: World Ctn Qty: 20 8.250 in W | 11.000 in H 210mm W | 279mm H Summary: Relax your body, build deep core strength, and find new ease of movement in your asana practice with this comprehensive, illustrated yoga practice handbook. Most forms of yoga instruction focus on asanas, but the instruction doesn't always address the habitual movement patterns that can impede our progress or cause problems in our practice over time. Critical Alignment, a technique developed by Dutch yoga teacher Gert van Leeuwen, focuses on achieving optimal alignment. Because negativ... Author Bio: GERT VAN LEEUWEN is the founder of the Bharata Yoga studio (www.criticalalignment.nl) in Amsterdam. He teaches (in English) all over Europe and Russia, at numerous studios in Canada, and in a growing number of places in the U.S. and Mexico. He was a student of Norman Sjoman, who was an early student of B. K. S. Iyengar. Author Hometown: Amsterdam Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 61 SHAMBHALA Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala The Way of Judo : A Portrait of Jigoro Kano and His Students John Stevens 9781590309162 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $15.95/$17.95 Can. 192 pages / 20 HALFTONES Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Sports & Recreation / Martial Arts & Self-Defense Territory: World Ctn Qty: 48 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Summary: A portrait of the founder of judo, Jigoro Kano (1860-1938), and the various colorful and fascinating disciples who wanted to carry on his legacy. Judo was originated by Jigoro Kano (1860-1938), a martial artist and career educator who developed the art after studying several types of jujutsu, sumo, and Western wrestling. Openness and refinement were hallmarks of his personal and professional style, and he relentlessly searched for the best way to practice, teach, and perform techniques... Author Bio: JOHN STEVENS is the author or translator of over twenty books on Buddhism, Zen, aikido, and Asian culture. He is an authority on Zen calligraphy and has practiced and taught aikido all over the world. Author Residence: Honolulu, Hawaii Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Snow Lion Opening the Treasure of the Profound : Teachings on the Songs of Jigten Sumgon and Milarepa Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche, Khenmo Trinla... 9781611800708 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $22.95/$26.95 Can. 320 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Religion / Buddhism Territory: World Ctn Qty: 32 6.000 in W | 9.000 in H 152mm W | 229mm H Summary: Spiritual teachings in the form of spontaneous songs that reveal the nature of reality are a feature of the Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism. Here, a contemporary master translates nine such "vajra songs" and explains their meaning in a modern context, offering readers insight into their source of wisdom as well as guidance on attaining realization. The songs of accomplished Buddhist meditators, spontaneous expressions of deep wisdom and understanding, have been treasured since the d... Author Bio: KHENCHEN KONCHOG GYALTSHEN, founder of several Buddhist centers worldwide, is respected and beloved as an accomplished scholar, meditation master, teacher, translator, and author. In 2001, he received the high honor of being enthroned as a khenchen (great abbot). KHENMO TRINLAY CHÖDRON is a senior student of Khenchen Rinpoche. She teaches at the Tibetan Meditation Center in Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Shambhala Yoga for a Healthy Lower Back : A Practical Guide to Developing Strength and Relieving Pain Liz Owen, Holly Lebowitz Rossi 9781611800494 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $17.95/$21.50 Can. 240 pages / 70 PHOTOS/ILLUSTRATIONS Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Health & Fitness / Yoga Territory: World Ctn Qty: 24 7.000 in W | 9.000 in H 178mm W | 229mm H Summary: Eliminate lower back pain with gentle yoga exercises developed by a respected yoga teacher who has spent years specializing in that problem area. The sacrum, or lower back, is an incredibly powerful part of the human anatomy. It's what enables you to stand upright and tall, it unites your upper and lower body, it roots you to the earth-and it is one of the most common areas where people experience chronic pain and discomfort. Yoga for a Healthy Lower Back helps readers understand lower... Author Bio: LIZ OWEN has practiced yoga for twenty-five years and has taught it since 1990, focusing on alignmentbased yoga practice as a tool for well-being and healthy living. She has conducted classes and workshops on healthy back care and healing back pain through yoga every week for the past ten years. She has published numerous articles on yoga on Beliefnet.com. She is coauthor of an NIH-funded study at Boston University Medical Center, which focuses on yoga as a healing modality for depr... Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 62 TRUMPETER Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Trumpeter Daddy Long Legs : The Natural Education of a Father John Price 9781611800029 Pub Date: 5/14/13, On Sale Date: 5/14 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 224 pages Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs Territory: World Ctn Qty: 40 5.500 in W | 8.500 in H 140mm W | 216mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Cocktail Waitress James Cain 9781781160343 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $14.95/$17.95 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.000 in W | 8.000 in H 127mm W | 203mm H Summary: Dramatic and hilarious, Daddy Long Legs is the story of learning how to live with conviction in the face of death, how to be a father that nurtures and receives nurturing, and how to hold on to faith in the beauty of an imperfect world. John Price appears to have thrown in the towel. He has spent the last year struggling to support his family, neglecting to spend time with his wife and children, and becoming increasingly cynical about the degraded state of the natural world around him.... Author Bio: JOHN T. PRICE is an award-winning teacher of creative writing and literature at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He earned a BA in religion, an MFA in nonfiction writing, and a PhD in English from the University of Iowa. He is the award-winning author of two memoirs: Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships (Merloyd Lawrence Books/Da Capo Press, 2008)-which won the 2009 Orion Magazine Readers' Choice Award-and Not Just Any Land (University of Hard Case Crime Summary: THE LAST, LOST CRIME NOVEL BY ONE OF THE GREATEST NOIR NOVELISTS OF ALL TIME, AUTHOR OF MILDRED PIERCE, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, AND THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE. NOW AVAILABLE IN TRADE PAPERBACK! When Joan Medford's husband dies under suspicious circumstances, she's forced to take a job serving drinks in a cocktail lounge, where two men enter her life: a handsome young schemer she falls for, and a rich older man she marries... Author Bio: A one-time editor at The New Yorker and a lifelong journalist, James Mallahan Cain achieved worldwide overnight fame when he published his first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, in 1934. The classics Double Indemnity and Mildred Pierce followed in 1936 and 1941, reinforcing Cain's reputation as the great chronicler of crimes of passion, typically set against a working-class backdrop during the Great Depression. His books have inspired a number Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Twenty-Year Death Ariel Winter 9780857689184 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $14.95/$17.95 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Mystery & Detective 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: THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BOOK LIKE THE TWENTYYEAR DEATH A breathtaking first novel written in the form of three separate crime novels, each set in a different decade and penned in the style of a different giant of the mystery genre. 1931The body found in the gutter in France led the police inspector to the dead man's beautiful daughter-and to her hot-tempered American husband. 1941A hardboiled private eye hired to keep a movie studio's leading lady happy uncovers the truth behind... Author Bio: A long-time bookseller at The Corner Bookstore in New York City and Borders in Baltimore, Ariel S. Winter is also the author of the forthcoming children's picture book One of a Kind (Aladdin) and of the blog We Too Were Children, Mr. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 63 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Titan Books Anno Dracula Kim Newman 9781781167502 Pub Date: 6/4/13, On Sale Date: 6/4 $7.99/$9.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Horror Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 48 Summary: It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel follows vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders. Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale, combining horror, politics, mystery and romance to create a unique and compelling altern... 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. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Titan Books Man of Steel: The Official Movie Novelization Greg Cox 9781781165997 Pub Date: 6/14/13, On Sale Date: 6/14 $7.99/$9.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Media Tie-In Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 Summary: SUPERMAN IS BACK - THE OFFICIAL MOVIE NOVELIZATION! The film, from director Zack Snyder, stars Henry Cavill (The Tudors) as Superman/Clark Kent, three-time Oscar® nominee Amy Adams (The Fighter) as Daily Planet journalist Lois Lane, and Oscar® nominee Laurence Fishburne (What's Love Got to Do with It) as her editor-in-chief, Perry White. Starring as Clark Kent's adoptive parents, Martha and Jonathan Kent, are Oscar® nominee Diane Lane (Unfaithful) and Academy Award® winner Kevin Costn... Author Bio: Greg Cox is the New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Knight Rises novelization. He has also written successful novelizations and tie-ins for Star Trek, Countdown, Infinite Crisis and many more. Cox is a consulting editor for Tor Books and was nominated in 2008 for the Best Speculative Adapted Scribe Award for 52: The Novel. Author Residence: Oxford, Pennsylvania Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Titan Comics Devil May Cry 9781782760221 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 $9.99/$11.99 Can. Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 64 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Titan Books Turbulence Samit Basu 9781781161197 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 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 Summary: Aman Sen is smart, young, ambitious and going nowhere. He thinks this is because he doesn't have the right connections-but then he gets off a plane from London to Delhi and discovers that he has turned into a communications demigod. Indeed, everyone on Aman's flight now has extraordinary abilities corresponding to their innermost desires. Vir, a pilot, can now fly. Uzma, an aspiring Bollywood actress, now possesses infinite charisma. And then there's Jai, an indestructible one-man ar... Author Bio: Samit Basu is one of India's most talented and prolific young writers with an existing and impressive profile in comics culture, science fiction and fantasy. Author Residence: Delhi, India Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Titan Books Pacific Rim: The Official Movie Novelization Alex Irvine 9781781166789 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 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, Summer 2013 Summary: The official novelization of the upcoming sci-fi blockbuster Pacific Rim from visionary director Guillermo del Toro! When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But ... Author Bio: Alex Irvine's first novel A Scattering of Jades won the Crawford Award for Best New Writer. He also won awards for Best New Novel from Locus Magazine and The International Horror Guild and was a finalist for the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He is an experienced writer of novelisations including Transformers Exodus, Transformers Exiles and Iron Man: Virus. Titan Books Beyond Rue Morgue Anthology : Further Tales of Edgar Allan Poe's 1st Detective Paul Kane, Charles Prepolec 9781781161753 Pub Date: 7/9/13, On Sale Date: 7/9 $14.95/$17.95 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Summary: An anthology of stories based around the very first mystery detective, Le Chevalier C. Auguste Dupin, created by Edgar Allan Poe. Dupin famously featured in 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' (1841), then went on to star in two more investigations, 'The Mystery of Marie Rogêt' (1842) and 'The Purloined Letter' (1844). The anthology will include the original 1841 story and Clive Barker's sequel, 'New Murders in the Rue Morgue' (which was first published in his Books of Blood series) to b... Author Bio: Paul Kane is the award-winning and bestselling author of many books, including the Arrowhead Trilogy, The Gemini Factor, The Hellraiser Films and Their Legacy and The Butterfly Manand Other Stories. He is also the co-editor of Hellbound Hearts and The Mammoth Book of Body Horror. His work has been optioned for film and television and his story 'Dead Time' was adapted as New Year's Day for the NBC show Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 65 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Fringe - The Burning Man (Novel #2) Christa Faust 9781781163115 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $7.99/$9.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Media Tie-In Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 Titan Books Summary: The critically acclaimed Fringe television series explores the dramatic and grotesque as impossible crimes are investigated by the government's shadowy Fringe Division, established when Special Agent Olivia Dunham enlisted institutionalized "fringe" scientist Walter Bishop and his globetrotting son, Peter, to help in investigations that defy all human logic - and the laws of nature. Author Christa Faust (Choke Hold, Supernatural) is working hand-in-hand with the television writers to ... Author Bio: Christa Faust has written tie-ins to Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street and the Twilight Zone amongst others. Her most recent novel Money Shot for Hard Case Crime won the Crimespree Award and was nominated for several others-a sequel is forthcoming. She lives in Los Angeles, California, and loves vintage shoes and noir cinema. Author Residence: Los Angeles, California Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Salzburg Connection Helen Macinnes 9781781163290 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $9.95/$11.95 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Thrillers Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: He demanded the immediate dispatch of two suitably trained operatives to Salzburg. Extreme measures might be necessary. In 1945, with their thousand-year empire falling around them and the Allies on their heels, the Nazis hide a sealed chest in the dark, forbidding waters of the Finstersee - a lake surrounded by the brooding peaks of the Austrian Alps. There it lies for twenty-one years, almost forgotten, until a British agent decides to raise it from the depths. The secrets he uncover... 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, Summer 2013 The Guild: The Official Companion 9781781162606 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $19.95/$23.95 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Performing Arts / Film & Video Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 8.500 in W | 10.000 in H 216mm W | 254mm H Titan Books Summary: THE FIRST-EVER OFFICIAL COMPANION TO THE AWARD-WINNING AMERICAN COMEDY WEB-SERIES ABOUT GAMERS! Since launching in 2007, the comedy web series The Guild has become an Internet phenomenon, with over 150 million views. Created, written by and starring Felicia Day, it follows the story of a Guild of online gamers who finally meet in real life. Here at last is the official companion to the show that fans have been waiting for, featuring an Intro from Felicia, indepth interviews and scores ... Author Bio: Felicia Day is most widely known for her work in web video, and co-starred in Joss Whedon's Internet musical "Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog," Voted the Best TV of 2008 by Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and People Magazine just to name a few. She also can be seen in the web series "The Guild", which she created, writes and stars in. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 66 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Lenore - Purple Nurples (Vol.5) Roman Dirge 9781848563919 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $17.95/$21.50 Can. Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 7.000 in W | 10.000 in H 178mm W | 254mm H Titan Books Summary: Everyone's favorite cute little dead girl is showcased in all her morbid glory in this new collection of the timeless comic strip from Roman Dirge. Return once against to the dark, surreal world of Lenore, the girl with a knack for unintentional mayhem and occasional wanton destruction in this fifth volume. Contains Lenore (Vol. 2) #4-7. Author Bio: Roman Dirge is an artist, magician and creator of the cult-favorite Lenore comic series. His previous titles include Noogies, Wedgies, Cooties, Taxidermied and the recently published Swirlies. He is currently working on an animated feature of Lenore, and the ongoing Lenore comic. As well as books, his art and designs have been featured on t-shirts, stationery, toys and tattoos. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Johnny Cash Encyclopedia Rob Jananovic 9780857689511 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $24.95/$28.95 Can. Hardback Music / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 6.625 in W | 9.000 in H 168mm W | 229mm H Titan Books Summary: Johnny Cash is one of the undisputed giants of modern music and here, to commemorate his life on the 10th anniversary of his death, is the first ever encyclopedia of his works. Song-by-song and album-by-album, this mighty retrospective includes over 150 albums, 100 singles and 1500 live performances, plus the people, places, performances and influences that made him great. When listed together Cash's achievements seem almost impossible. His musical cross-over between country and pop pu... Author Bio: Rob Jovanovic has written widely on music and popular culture for magazines and newspapers, including Mojo, Q and Uncut. He has published definitive, influential and critically acclaimed books on Beck, Pavement, REM, Kate Bush and Nirvana. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Message From Malaga Helen Macinnes 9781781163337 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $9.95/$11.95 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / Thrillers Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: "That delay in the delivery of the message from MaÌ• laga could have been absolutely disastrous. As it was, there had been irreparable loss: an agent dead." Under the Mediterranean sun, a drama begins in a cafe in Málaga. For Ian Ferrier, an employee of the United States Space Agency on holiday to visit his old friend Jeff Reid, it means the startling discovery that Reid is not just a wine exporter, but rather engaged in smuggling communist defectors to the West. Events take a turn for ... 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, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 67 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Elysium: The Art of the Film 9781781162477 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $34.95/$41.00 Can. 176 pages Hardback Performing Arts / Film & Video Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 11.000 in W | 10.000 in H 279mm W | 254mm H Titan Books Summary: From Neill Blomkamp, the director of the acclaimed District 9, comes Elysium, an eagerly awaited sci-fi blockbuster starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. All will be revealed in Elysium: The Art of the Film, which will feature a Foreword by Blomkamp, and wealth of stunning production art and photos, including the input of legendary designer Syd Mead (Blade Runner, Tron). TM & © 2012 TriStar Pictures Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 The Art of John Alvin John Alvin 9780857689290 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $34.95/$41.00 Can. 160 pages Hardback Art / Individual Artist Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 9.000 in W | 12.250 in H 229mm W | 311mm H Titan Books Summary: John Alvin's movie poster art is among the most iconic of the last 40 years, from Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast, Mulan and Pinocchio, to Empire of the Sun, Gremlins, Blazing Saddles, Predator, and the Star Wars 30th anniversary posters This beautiful collection encompasses some of Alvin's finest work, and also includes previously unseen comprehensives and in progress sketches. Accompanied by commentary from Alvin's widow, this is a unique insight into the work of one of th... Author Bio: John Alvin was an American movie artist who painted movie poster art for over 130 films, including E.T., Blade Runner, The Lion King, The Princess Bride and Jurassic Park, as well as the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean film series. He also produced work for Disney Fine Art (Disney character official portraits). Author Residence: Deceased Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Flesh Philip Jose Farmer 9781781163016 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $12.95/$15.95 Can. Paperback / softback / Trade paperback (US) Fiction / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Titan Books Summary: Philip José Farmer applies his unique brand of sci-fi to create a thrilling post-apocalyptic America! Space Commander Stagg explored the galaxies for 800 years. Upon his return, the hero Stagg is made the centerpiece of an incredible public ritual, one that will repeatedly take him to the heights of ecstasy and the depths of hell. 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. Author Hometown: Peoria, Illinois Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 68 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Titan Books Matt Helm - Murderers' Row Donald Hamilton 9780857683403 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $7.99/$9.99 Can. Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 24 5.125 in W | 8.000 in H 130mm W | 203mm H Summary: A brand-new edition of the classic novel. The department is concerned about professional assassin and counter-agent Matt Helm. Having been given a distasteful assignment - assaulting a fellow agent in order to establish her cover in an top-secret operation - the woman is now dead. Alone in Chesapeake Bay, and pursued by his own government, Helm must complete the dead agent's assignment and assassinate an enemy operative. Unless his employers get to him first... "Actually my 1993 novel... 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 Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Titan Books A Nomad of the Time Streams - The Steel Tsar Michael Moorcock 9781781161470 Pub Date: 8/13/13, On Sale Date: 8/13 $9.95/$11.95 Can. 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 Summary: THE FINAL NOVEL IN SF GRANDMASTER MICHAEL MOORCOCK'S EPIC STEAMPUNK TRILOGY - BACK IN PRINT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 10 YEARS! Bastable encounters an alternate 1941 where the Great War never happened and Great Britain and Germany became allies in a world intimidated by Japanese imperialism. In this world's Russian Empire, Bastable joins the Russian Imperial Airship Navy and is subsequently imprisoned by the rebel Dugashvii, the 'Steel Tsar', also known as Joseph Stalin. Author Bio: Michael Moorcock is an acclaimed British science fiction and fantasy author. He has written many highly regarded series, including the Elric, Hawkmoon and Corum sequences. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named him a Grandmaster of SF in 2008 and he has won the Nebula, John W. Campbell, World Fantasy, British Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards. Author Residence: Texas, United States Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Sherlock Holmes - The Stuff of Nightmares James Lovegrove 9781781165416 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $14.95/$17.95 Can. 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: It's the autumn of 1890, and a spate of bombings has hit London. The newspapers are full of fevered speculation about anarchists, anti-monarchists and Fenians. But one man suspects an even more sinister hand behind the violence. Sherlock Holmes believes Professor Moriarty is orchestrating a nationwide campaign of terror, but to what end? At the same time, a bizarrely garbed figure has been spotted on the rooftops and in the grimy back alleys of the capital. He moves with the extraordi... Author Bio: James Lovegrove is the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin, the third novel in his critically-acclaimed Pantheon military SF series. He was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1998 for his novel Days and for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2004 for his novel Untied Kingdom. He also reviews fiction for the Financial Times. Author Residence: Eastbourne, United Kingdom Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 69 TITAN BOOKS Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Titan Books Sirens: The Pin-Up Art of David Wright Terry Parker 9781781166697 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $34.95/$41.00 Can. Hardback Art / Popular Culture Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 Summary: THE FIRST EVER COLLECTION OF ONE OF THE LEADING PIN-UP ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY! David Wright's illustrations epitomise female glamour in the 1940s and 50s; a beautiful and elegant collection of his original and previously unpublished paintings. David Wright was one of the leading pin-up artists of the 20th Century. Unlike his American contemporaries Alberto Vargas and Gil Elvgren, the British-born Wright brought a sense of realism to his willowy beauties, who appeared in publicati... Author Bio: Terry Parker is the author of Golden Hours The Paintings of Arthur J. Elsley 1860-1952. (Richard Dennis, 1998). He has dealt in pictures and prints for over twenty years, and writes catalogue notes for major auction houses and galleries in Britain and America (including Sothebys, Christies, Bonhams, and the Richard Green Gallery). David Wright was one of the leading pin-up artists of the Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Titan Books Garth Ennis' - Battle Classics 9781781167410 Pub Date: 8/27/13, On Sale Date: 8/27 $29.95/$9.99 Can. Hardback Comics & Graphic Novels / General Territory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 12 Summary: A brand new collection of Battle comic strip, selected by fan and bestselling comic writer Garth Ennis! Reprinting for the very first time, and both digitally remastered, the full HMS Nightshade and The General Dies at Dawn storylines. Author Bio: Garth Ennis is the award-winning writer of The Boys, Preacher, Hellblazer, Hitman and Judge Dredd, much in demand for his hard-edged, wickedly humorous style. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Wizards of the Coast Elminster Enraged : The Sage of Shadowdale, Book III Ed Greenwood 9780786963638 Pub Date: 5/7/13, On Sale Date: 5/7 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 352 pages Paperback / softback / Mass market (rack) paperback Fiction / Fantasy Series: Sage of ShadowdaleTerritory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 48 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H 106mm W | 175mm H Summary: Commanded by the vestige of Mystra to work together, Manshoon and Elminster engage instead in a ferocious battle that sends the Sage plummeting into the Underdark as a cloud of ashes. Elminster soon inhabits the body of a fallen dark elf, so that he can begin carrying out Mystra's orders to rally Cormyr's Wizards of War, seek blueflame items to mend immense rifts throughout the realms that are releasing deadly monsters, and prevent the ancient Primordials from rising and unleashing thei... Author Bio: ED GREENWOOD is the creator of the Forgotten Realms fantasy world setting and the author of more than 170 books that have sold millions of copies worldwide in over two dozen languages. In real life, he's a Canadian librarian who lives in the Ontario countryside with his wife, a cat, and far too many books. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 70 WIZARDS OF THE COAST Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Wizards of the Coast Premium 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide 9780786964475 Pub Date: 5/21/13, On Sale Date: 5/21 $49.95/$58.00 Can. 192 pages Hardback Games / Role Playing & Fantasy Series: D&D Core RulebookTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 14 8.500 in W | 11.125 in H 216mm W | 283mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Summary: For many gamers, the 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons core rulebooks were their introduction to the roleplaying game hobby. The AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide presents all of the information a DM needs to run adventures, challenge players, and advance his or her campaign. This reprint of the classic rulebook features a new cover design. Wizards of the Coast Premium 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monstrous Manual 9780786964468 Pub Date: 5/21/13, On Sale Date: 5/21 $49.95/$58.00 Can. 384 pages Hardback Games / Role Playing & Fantasy Series: D&D Core RulebookTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 14 8.500 in W | 11.125 in H 216mm W | 283mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Summary: For many gamers, the 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons core rulebooks were their introduction to the roleplaying game hobby. The AD&D Monstrous Manual presents hundreds of iconic monsters, each one presented with full-color art and a detailed one-page description. This reprint of the classic rulebook features a new cover design. Wizards of the Coast Premium 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook 9780786964451 Pub Date: 5/21/13, On Sale Date: 5/21 $49.95/$58.00 Can. 256 pages Hardback Games / Role Playing & Fantasy Series: D&D Core RulebookTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 14 8.500 in W | 11.125 in H 216mm W | 283mm H Summary: For many gamers, the 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons core rulebooks were their introduction to the roleplaying game hobby. The AD&D Player's Handbook presents all of the information a player needs to create an AD&D character from scratch and advance the character in level. This reprint of the classic rulebook features a new cover design. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 71 WIZARDS OF THE COAST Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Wizards of the Coast Against the Slave Lords: "A" Series Classic Adventure Compilation : (A0 - A4) 9780786964628 Pub Date: 6/18/13, On Sale Date: 6/18 $49.95/$58.00 Can. 192 pages Hardback Games / Role Playing & Fantasy Series: D&D AdventureTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 14 8.500 in W | 11.125 in H 216mm W | 283mm H Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Summary: Against the Slave Lords is a hardcover collection of four classic Advanced Dungeons & Dragons(TM) adventure modules that form a series-A1 Slave Pits of the Undercity, A2 Secret of the Slavers Stockade, A3 Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords, and A4 In the Dungeons of the Slave Lordscomplete with original black-and-white interior art. Added to the collection is an all-new fifth adventure-A0 Danger at Darkshelf Quarry-that you can use to kick off an AD&D campaign that pits a group o... Wizards of the Coast Stone of Tymora : Forgotten Realms R.A. Salvatore, Geno Salvatore 9780786963720 Pub Date: 7/2/13, On Sale Date: 7/2 $7.99/$9.99 Can. 400 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 Summary: Praise for Stone of Tymora: "This fast-paced fantasy...is a perfect pick for...readers seeking powerful characterization and complex, fast-changing stories."-Midwest Book Review "[T]he lucidly described action and swift pace will keep the pages turning and anticipation of further adventures simmering." -Booklist "The pace never falters, the cast is positively festooned with pirates and menacing magical creatures (such characters from parallel stories as Drizzt Do'Urden the Dark Elf als... Author Bio: R.A. SALVATORE is the author of forty novels and more than a dozen New York Times best sellers, including Neverwinter which debuted at #4 on the New York Times best seller list in Fall 2011. GENO SALVATORE has collaborated on several R.A. Salvatore projects including Fast Forward Games R.A. Salvatore's The DemonWars Campaign Setting and R.A. Salvatore's The DemonWars Player's Guide. He co-authored R.A. Salvatore's Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Wizards of the Coast Premium 3.5 Edition Dungeons & Dragons Magic Item Compendium 9780786964499 Pub Date: 7/16/13, On Sale Date: 7/16 $49.95/$58.00 Can. 160 pages Hardback Games / Role Playing & Fantasy Series: D&D AccessoryTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 20 8.500 in W | 11.125 in H 216mm W | 283mm H Summary: Magic Item Compendium collects the most popular magic items in the D&D game and presents them in one easy-to-reference tome. This premium reprint also features an attractive new cover and includes errata. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 72 WIZARDS OF THE COAST Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Wizards of the Coast The Companions : The Sundering, Book I R. A. Salvatore 9780786963713 Pub Date: 8/6/13, On Sale Date: 8/6 $27.95/$29.95 Can. 352 pages Hardback Fiction / Fantasy Series: The SunderingTerritory: World except United Kingdom Ctn Qty: 16 4.188 in W | 6.875 in H 106mm W | 175mm H Summary: This latest installment in New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore's beloved fantasy saga, The Companions moves Salvatore's signature hero Drizzt into a new era of the Forgotten Realms. As Drizzt's fate hangs in the balance, he reflects on the lives of the trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early life-the friends now known as the Companions of the Hall. Meanwhile, the first stirrings of the Sundering begin. Series Overview: The Sundering is a major story even... 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. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Wizards of the Coast Murder in Baldur's Gate : Sundering Adventure 1 Ed Greenwood, Matt Sernett 9780786964635 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $34.95/$41.00 Can. 96 pages Hardback Games / Role Playing & Fantasy Series: D&D AdventureTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 1 Summary: Baldur's Gate is a fantastic medieval city with a long and storied history-a city on the verge of tearing itself asunder. Storm Over Baldur's Gate presents the city in the time of the Sundering, a period that will define the future of the Forgotten Realms. In addition to providing 64 pages of indepth information on the city and its inhabitants, this product includes a harrowing 32-page adventure in which the player characters defend Baldur's Gate against an ancient evil long thought sl... Author Bio: Ed Greenwood is the "Father of the Forgotten Realms," the alter-ego of Elminster of Shadowdale (Faerûn's greatest wizard), and the author of numerous Forgotten Realms articles, game supplements, and adventures. Matt Sernett is a game designer at Wizards of the Coast, LLC whose previous credits include the Neverwinter„¢ Campaign Guide and the Halls of Undermountain„¢ hardcover adventure. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 Wizards of the Coast Lords of Waterdeep Expansion: Scoundrels of Skullport Rodney Thompson, Peter Lee, Chris Dupuis 9780786964505 Pub Date: 8/20/13, On Sale Date: 8/20 $39.99/$47.99 Can. Games / Role Playing & Fantasy Series: D&D Boxed GameTerritory: US, Canada (no open market) Ctn Qty: 2 11.000 in W | 14.000 in H 279mm W | 356mm H Summary: Scoundrels of Skullport adds TWO new expansions to the Lords of Waterdeep board gameUndermountain and Skullport -inspired by the vast dungeon and criminal haven under Waterdeep. Players can choose to include one or both expansions in a Lords of Waterdeep game. The expansions also allow the addition of a sixth player. The Skullport expansion adds a new resource to the game: Corruption. The Undermountain expansion features bigger quests and more ways to get adventures. Scoundrels of Sku... Author Bio: Rodney Thompson, Peter Lee, and Chris Dupuis are game designers who work at Wizards of the Coast LLC. Random House Adult Blue Omni, Summer 2013 - January 2013 Page 73