Library
A running catalog of everything I’ve read, across books, graphic novels, and comic runs.
On the Desk
Currently reading and recently finished, pulled from my personal shelf.
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मंटो — Reading Now
A History of Ancient and Medieval India
Upinder Singh — In Progress
Anathem
Neal Stephenson — Reading Now
Anthem
Ayn Rand — Finished
Batman: Dark Patterns
Dan Watters — In Progress
Relativity
Albert Einstein — In Progress
The Bat-Man: First Knight
Dan Jurgens — Finished
The Big Book of Science Fiction
Various — In-Progress
The Complex
Karan Mahajan — Finished
The Essentials of Hinduism: An Introduction to All the Sacred Texts
Trilochan Sastry — Reading Now
1984
Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the day. He fights this world with love. But it's dangerous: love for another person can be punished by death - and Big Brother is always watching.
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Saadat Hasan Manto was born on 11 May, 1912 in the Paproudi village of Samrala, a city in the Ludhiana district of Punjab. He completed his studies in Aligarh and through his writings gained the reputation of one of the most famous Urdu writers of the 20th century. He died on 18 January, 1955 after leading a successful career as a prominent novelist and playwright. In this collection of short stories, Manto has presented the events that revolved around the partition of 1947. The stories depict the aftermaths and bloodshed of the terrible event that changed the lives of millions of people for generations to come.
A Brief History of Time
Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? These are just some of the questions considered in an internationally acclaimed masterpiece which begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time.
A History of Ancient and Medieval India
Developed as a comprehensive introductory work for scholars and students of ancient and early medieval Indian history, this book provides the most exhaustive overview of the subject.
Absolute Batman
Without the wealth, without the cave, he's still the Absolute Dark Knight. Spiraling out of the catastrophic events of Absolute Power, a new side of the DC Universe is born, the Absolute Universe!
Absolute Flash
Without the mentor, without the family, without the Speed Force, he's still the Absolute Scarlet Speedster! Superstar creators Jeff Lemire and Nick RObles are taking the Flash into the Absolute Universe with a top-to-bottom reinvention, perfect for new readers and longtime fans alike!
Absolute Green Lantern
Without the Corps, without the ring, without the willpower, what's the left is the Absolute Green Lantern! Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay have reinvented the mythology of the Green Lantern from the ground up, creating a sci-fi epic of cosmic proportions!
Absolute Martian Manhunter
Beyond Mars, beyond physical form, beyond human understanding...what's left is the absolute Martian Manhunter! Brought into the Absolute Universe by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter reinvents the Justice League's resident Martian from top to bottom, taking him on a mind-bending, psychedelic journey that transcends dimensions.
Absolute Superman
Without the fortress, without the family, without a home, what's left is the Absolute Man of Steel! Spiraling out of the catastrophic events of Absolute Power, a new side of the DC Universe is born, the Absolute Universe!
Absolute Wonder Woman
Without the island paradise, without the sisterhood that shaped her, without a mission of peace...she's still the Absolute Amazon! Spiraling out of the catastrophic events of Absolute Power, a new side of the DC Universe is born, the Absolute Universe!
Anathem
For ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived in a cloistered sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside world. But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change—and Erasmas will become a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world, as he follows his destiny to the most inhospitable corners of the planet . . . and beyond.
Animal Farm
A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned –a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.
Anthem
In all that was left of humanity, there was only one man who dared to think, seek, and love. He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world, he dared to love the woman of his choice. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: He had stood forth from the mindless human herd. He was a man alone. He had rediscovered the lost and holy word—I.
At the Mountains of Madness
Initially rejected by Lovecraft's publisher, 'At The Mountains of Madness' is now considered a classic of the horror genre. The disturbing, nightmarish story of a journey through Antarctica and a discovery of secrets hidden in a frozen mountain range has influenced writers and film-makers for decades.
Batman: Black and White
Batman: Black & White features the Dark Knight in multiple interpretations, all varying in terms of theme, tone, and setting, yet all connected with a distinctive black-and-white color scheme. With an all-star roster of creators from Paul Dini and Andy Kubert to Joshua Williamson and Riley Rossmo to G. Willow Wilson and Greg Smallwood, there's a Batman for everyone!
Batman: City of Madness
Buried deep beneath Gotham City there exists another Gotham. Multi-Eisner award winner Christian Ward unleashes this cosmic-horror epic of the twisted Gotham Below.
Batman: Damned
Batman: Damned is an American comic book series published by the comic book publishing company DC Comics. The three-issue limited series, written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Lee Bermejo, began on September 19, 2018 and concluded on June 26, 2019.
Batman: Dark Patterns
Set during the early years of Batman's career, Batman: Dark Patterns delves into four mysterious cases as he attempts to cement his place as Gotham City's protector while the city itself fights back against him.
Batman: Full Moon
A werewolf stalks the streets of Gotham, drawing Batman into the hunt. When the Dark Knight falls victim to the lycan's curse, he must decide how far he'll go to lift it.
Batman: The Man Who Laughs
Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Doug Mahnke, Patrick Zircher, Aaron Sowd and Steve Bird Cover by Mahnke Witness Batman's first encounter with The Joker in this hardcover volume collecting the graphic novel BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke! This collection also includes DETECTIVE COMICS #784-786, a murder-mystery tale guest-starring Green Lantern Alan Scott!
Batman: White Knight
Batman: White Knight is an American comic book published by DC Comics. The eight-issue limited series, written and illustrated by Sean Murphy, began monthly publication in October 2017 and concluded in May 2018.
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work. Is there a God? How did it all begin?
Byrne's Euclid
The Elements and its many editions tell a story of remix and reuse across cultures and millennia. Its tradition of being the most reprinted and readapted mathematical text in history continues today. In modern times, The Elements has become renowned for its beauty and design.
Dark Knights of Steel
Swords! Sorcery! Superheroes! A brand new DC Universe is born from writer Tom Taylow (DCeased, Nightwing) and artist Yasmine Putri. An entire medieval world will be forever changed when a spaceship crash-lands from a doomed planet. An epic high-fantasy story set in a DC Universe where nothing is what it seems...
Dark Nights: Death Metal
Perpetua and the Batman Who Laughs remake Earth into a hellscape, forcing Wonder Woman and the surviving heroes to wage a multiversal last stand.
Dark Nights: Metal
Collects the core Dark Nights: Metal miniseries, where Batman uncovers the Dark Multiverse and the Dark Knights invade Earth under Barbatos.
Dreams of a Final Theory
An understanding of nature's final laws may be within our grasp - a way of explaining forces and symmetries and articles that does not require further explanation. 'This starting point, to which all explanations can be traced, is what I mean by a final theory', says Steven Weinberg in this extraordinary book. In it he discusses beauty, the weakness of philosophy, the best ideas in physics and the honour of accepting a world without god.
Dune
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the 'spice' melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness.
Exhalation
From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others — the basis for the Academy Award nominated film Arrival — comes a groundbreaking second collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories. These are tales that tackle some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries that only Ted Chiang could imagine. In Exhalation, Ted Chiang addresses the most fundamental of issues — What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be human? — alongside others that no one else has even imagined.
Fables
Fables is an American comic book series created and written by Bill Willingham, published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Willingham served as sole writer for its entirety, with Mark Buckingham penciling more than 110 issues.
Fundamentals of Philosophy
Fundamentals of Philosophy offers a balance of expository text and readings. It organizes readings topically in a wide range of philosophical areas: Logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of religion, esthetics, a...
Gotham by Gaslight
Art by Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell, Eduardo Barreto, and others In this classic Elseworlds tale, the Victorian-era Bat-Man encounters Jack the Ripper in the seedy streets of Gotham!
Into the Unbeing
Lose yourself inside its innards. A group of climate scientists working in a remote base camp on the Australian outback discover an impossible landform.
J. M. W. Turner: Watercolors
Revised for 2019, in this extensive and illuminating introduction to the unique body of watercolours Turner produced, acclaimed expert David Blayney Brown provides context to the watercolours and a background to the Tate's unrivalled collection of Turner's works.
Jupiter's Legacy
Jupiter's Legacy is an American superhero comic book series, first published in 2013, written by Mark Millar, drawn by Frank Quitely, colored and lettered by Peter Doherty and published by Image Comics.
Justice League Infinity
Return to the world of the Justice League Unlimited animated series with new adventures by James Tucker and J.M. DeMatteis. As people begin disappearing and being replaced across the globe, the League confronts a reality-breaking threat.
Justice League: Graveyard of Gods
The League enters the Ghost Sector and the Graveyard of Gods as the Legion of Doom escalates its plan around the Totality.
Justice League: Hawkworld
Hawkgirl leads the League into a Thanagarian conflict on Hawkworld while the Legion of Doom's schemes push the team toward a larger cosmic crisis.
Justice League: The Doom War
Lex Luthor moves to empower Perpetua as the League races through time for the Totality and the Legion of Doom launches its all-out war.
Justice League: The Sixth Dimension
The League enters the Sixth Dimension, the control room of the Multiverse, and confronts a future Earth whose salvation demands an impossible choice.
Justice League: The Totality
A new Justice League forms and discovers the Totality, drawing them into Lex Luthor's cosmic plan with the reborn Legion of Doom.
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come is an epic superhero comic book miniseries published in 1996 by DC Comics under their Elseworlds imprint. It was written by Mark Waid and painted in gouache by Alex Ross, who also developed the concept from an original idea.
Organisms from an Ancient Cosmos
A supernatural sci-fi graphic novel written and illustrated by S. Craig Zahler, the award-winning film director of Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete.
Relativity
This book contains the great physicist's own explanation of both the special and general theories of relativity. Written for readers interested in the theory but not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics, it presents the ideas in their simplest, most intelligible form.
Relativity Principles and Theories from Galileo to Einstein
This book is a full, long-term history of relativity thinking in physics, from Galileo's early reflections on the proper reference of mechanical motion to Einstein's exploitation of relativity principles in his theories of special and general relativity.
Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma
This six-issue Prestige format series reintroduces readers to Mitch Shelley, the Resurrection Man. Originally created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Jackson "Butch" Guice, Shelley is a man who has led thousands of lives, and with each death, he is resurrected with a new superpower based on his previous cause of death. After living and dying his latest life, Shelley awakes with a new purpose to go along with his latest power: saving the universe. This version of Resurrection Man must battle across time and space against a sadistic Word War II internment camp captain who has inherited a twisted version of Shelley's abilities. As the lines of cosmic order begin to blur, Mitch Shelley will literally die to save the universe, more than once.
Superman for All Seasons
Superman For All Seasons features tales of Superman's earliest adventures told on a mythic scale by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, the Eisner Award-winning creative team behind Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Dark Victory, with spectacular coloring by Bjarne Hansen.
Superman: Red Son
In the intriguing SUPERMAN: RED SON, the classic myth of the Man of Steel is reimagined and reinvented as the infamous rocket ship crash-lands in the fields of the Ukraine.
Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum
Four new Kryptonites surface in deep space, and Superman and Batman must learn what each one does before they fall into the wrong hands. A Black Label experiment pushes the Man of Steel into unfamiliar territory.
The Bat-Man: First Knight
From legendary comics writer Dan Jurgens and superstar Batman artist Mike Perkins comes a pulp-influenced noir take on the caped crusader set in his debut year, 1939.
The Batman Who Laughs
The Batman Who Laughs escapes the Dark Multiverse and targets Gotham, forcing Batman and the Joker to stop his plan while the Grim Knight joins the hunt.
The Big Book of Science Fiction
Quite possibly the greatest science fiction collection of all time - past, present and future. What if life was neverending? What if you could change your body to adapt to an alien ecology? What if the pope were a robot? Spanning galaxies and millennia, this must-have anthology showcases classic contributions from H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Octavia E. Butler, and Kurt Vonnegut, alongside a century of the eccentrics, rebels, and visionaries who have inspired generations of readers. Within its pages, you'll find beloved worlds of space opera, hard SF, cyberpunk, the New Wave, and more. Learn about the secret history of science fiction, from titans of literature who also wrote SF to less well-known authors from more than twenty-five countries, some never before translated into English. In The Big Book of Science Fiction, literary power couple Ann and Jeff VanderMeer transport readers from Mars to Mechanopolis, planet Earth to parts unknown. Immerse yourself in the genre that predicted electric cars, space tourism, and smartphones. Sit back, buckle up, and dial in the coordinates, as this stellar anthology has got worlds within worlds.
Including: . Legendary tales from Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin . An unearthed sci-fi story from W. E. B. Du Bois . The first publication in twenty years of the work of cybernetic visionary David R. Bunch . A rare and brilliant novella by Chinese international sensation Cixin Liu
Plus: . Aliens! . Space battles! . Robots! . Technology gone wrong! . Technology gone right!
The Big Picture
Award-winning author Sean Carroll brings his extraordinary intellect to bear on the realms of knowledge, the laws of nature and the most profound questions about life, death and our place in it all. From Darwin and Einstein to the origins of life, consciousness and the universe itself, Carroll combines cosmos-sprawling science and profound thought in a quest to explain our world.
The Complex
A brilliant, sweeping, tour de force moving between America and modern India, following the illicit liaisons, real estate dramas, political ambitions, and mortal betrayals of one prominent Delhi family — from the author of the National Book Award finalist _The Association of Small Bombs_.
The Dark Forest
Imagine the universe as a forest, patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. In this forest, stealth is survival - any civilisation that reveals its location is prey. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a last-ditch defence that grants four individuals almost absolute power to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from human and alien alike.
The Department of Truth
The Department of Truth is a 2020 ongoing comic book series created by writer James Tynion IV and artist Martin Simmonds and published monthly by Image Comics. The series follows FBI special agent Cole Turner as he investigates the secrets behind conspiracy...
The Discovery of India
Walk into the world of India and its civilization as seen by Pandit jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of Independent India
The Doom That Came to Gotham
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is a three-issue comic book miniseries published from November 2000 to January 2001 under DC Comics' Elseworlds imprint.
The Essentials of Hinduism: An Introduction to All the Sacred Texts
In The Essentials of Hinduism, Trilochan Sastry unpacks all the ancient texts from the Vedas to the epics covering the entire range of scriptures and everything you need to know about them in an easy-to-read and accessible way making it of special interest to Hindus and those from other religions and nations, and even those who are agnostic or atheistic.
The Fold
A cunningly inventive mystery featuring a hero worthy of Sherlock Holmes and a terrifying final twist you’ll never see coming, The Fold is that rarest of things: a genuinely page-turning science-fiction thriller. Step inside its pages and learn why author Peter Clines has already won legions of loyal fans.
The Hellbound Heart
In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an affair. Not your ordinary affair. For Frank it began with his own insatiable sexual appetite, a mysterious lacquered box- and then an unhinged voyage through a netherworld of imaginable pleasures and unimaginable horror… Now Frank - or what is left of Frank - waits in an empty room. All he wants is to live as he was before. All Julia can do is bring him her unfulfilled passions… and a little flesh and blood…
The Last God
Two fellowships of heroes struggle with the same threat...30 years apart. One group will doom their world the other must try to save it.
Thirty years ago, a band of heroes traveled beyond the borders of creation to kill the last living god and save the realm of Cain Anuun.
But when the foul legions of the Last God march again and begin to destroy all of Cain Anuun, it will be revealed that the aging fellowship may not be the great heroes they claimed to be. With the world burning down around them, a new group of unlikely champions will come together to try to bring peace to their world. They'll have to kill the Last God, once and for all.
The Lathe of Heaven
In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately grasps the power George wields. Soon George must preserve reality itself as Dr. Haber becomes adept at manipulating George’s dreams for his own purposes.
The Lathe of Heaven is an eerily prescient novel from award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin that masterfully addresses the dangers of power and humanity’s self-destructiveness, questioning the nature of reality itself.
The Metamorphosis
With it's startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing—though absurdly comic—meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction.
The Nine Billion Names of God
A short tale about religion, computers, and the end of the world, "The Nine Billion Names of God" is a short story by the British-born science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008). It was first published in the 1953 anthology Star Science Fiction Stories #1, before being collected in Clarke's The Other Side of the Sky.
The Road to Reality
The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehensive account of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory.
The Three-Body Problem
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.
The Twilight Zone
Return to the Twilight Zone in this all-new anthology series featuring stories by some of the best creators in comics today! Each issue is a new tale in the vein of the iconic original telivision series that's captivated audiences for over 60 years. And like the show, these stories will be revealed in terrifying black and white!
The Watercolour Enigma
The Watercolour Enigma is based on a practical course by artist Stephen Coates, and is designed to take the student through a process of learning rarely seen in other practical art books. By examining the basic science of watercolour including the properties of water and colour pigment, and through a series of practical, straightforward step-by-step painting exercises, budding painters will leave Stephen's book not only with a mine of watercolour knowledge but with a selection of stunning paintings they can proudly say are their own.
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point delivers six stand-alone tales exploring the fragile nature of humanity in the face of an uncaring universe. From an asteroid miner facing an unthinkable moral decision to a world where AI puts consciousness itself on trial, each story is a self-contained yet interconnected journey into the unknown.
W0rldtr33
Gabriel and his friends discovered the Undernet, a secret architecture to the Internet, and chronicled it on a message board called W0RLDTR33. Then they lost control when someone broke in and welcomed the Undernet's violent hold.
Watchmen
Watchmen is a comic book limited series by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 before being collected in a single-volume edition in 1987.
Watercolor Basics
Problem Solved! Expert fixes for not-quite-right watercolors. As one of today's most sought-after workshop instructors, Charles Reid knows the most common stumbling blocks faced by artists and the best ways to overcome them.
Watercolor Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner
This is the ideal book for anyone with an interest in learning how to paint with watercolours. Professional illustrator and art teacher Paul Clark encourages you to enjoy using watercolour paint and gain control of this versatile medium.
1984
Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the day. He fights this world with love. But it's dangerous: love for another person can be punished by death - and Big Brother is always watching.
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Saadat Hasan Manto was born on 11 May, 1912 in the Paproudi village of Samrala, a city in the Ludhiana district of Punjab. He completed his studies in Aligarh and through his writings gained the reputation of one of the most famous Urdu writers of the 20th century. He died on 18 January, 1955 after leading a successful career as a prominent novelist and playwright. In this collection of short stories, Manto has presented the events that revolved around the partition of 1947. The stories depict the aftermaths and bloodshed of the terrible event that changed the lives of millions of people for generations to come.
A Brief History of Time
Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? These are just some of the questions considered in an internationally acclaimed masterpiece which begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time.
A History of Ancient and Medieval India
Developed as a comprehensive introductory work for scholars and students of ancient and early medieval Indian history, this book provides the most exhaustive overview of the subject.
Absolute Batman
Without the wealth, without the cave, he's still the Absolute Dark Knight. Spiraling out of the catastrophic events of Absolute Power, a new side of the DC Universe is born, the Absolute Universe!
Absolute Flash
Without the mentor, without the family, without the Speed Force, he's still the Absolute Scarlet Speedster! Superstar creators Jeff Lemire and Nick RObles are taking the Flash into the Absolute Universe with a top-to-bottom reinvention, perfect for new readers and longtime fans alike!
Absolute Green Lantern
Without the Corps, without the ring, without the willpower, what's the left is the Absolute Green Lantern! Al Ewing and Jahnoy Lindsay have reinvented the mythology of the Green Lantern from the ground up, creating a sci-fi epic of cosmic proportions!
Absolute Martian Manhunter
Beyond Mars, beyond physical form, beyond human understanding...what's left is the absolute Martian Manhunter! Brought into the Absolute Universe by Deniz Camp and Javier Rodriguez, Absolute Martian Manhunter reinvents the Justice League's resident Martian from top to bottom, taking him on a mind-bending, psychedelic journey that transcends dimensions.
Absolute Superman
Without the fortress, without the family, without a home, what's left is the Absolute Man of Steel! Spiraling out of the catastrophic events of Absolute Power, a new side of the DC Universe is born, the Absolute Universe!
Absolute Wonder Woman
Without the island paradise, without the sisterhood that shaped her, without a mission of peace...she's still the Absolute Amazon! Spiraling out of the catastrophic events of Absolute Power, a new side of the DC Universe is born, the Absolute Universe!
Anathem
For ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived in a cloistered sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside world. But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change—and Erasmas will become a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world, as he follows his destiny to the most inhospitable corners of the planet . . . and beyond.
Animal Farm
A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned –a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible.
Anthem
In all that was left of humanity, there was only one man who dared to think, seek, and love. He lived in the dark ages of the future. In a loveless world, he dared to love the woman of his choice. In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: He had stood forth from the mindless human herd. He was a man alone. He had rediscovered the lost and holy word—I.
At the Mountains of Madness
Initially rejected by Lovecraft's publisher, 'At The Mountains of Madness' is now considered a classic of the horror genre. The disturbing, nightmarish story of a journey through Antarctica and a discovery of secrets hidden in a frozen mountain range has influenced writers and film-makers for decades.
Batman: Black and White
Batman: Black & White features the Dark Knight in multiple interpretations, all varying in terms of theme, tone, and setting, yet all connected with a distinctive black-and-white color scheme. With an all-star roster of creators from Paul Dini and Andy Kubert to Joshua Williamson and Riley Rossmo to G. Willow Wilson and Greg Smallwood, there's a Batman for everyone!
Batman: City of Madness
Buried deep beneath Gotham City there exists another Gotham. Multi-Eisner award winner Christian Ward unleashes this cosmic-horror epic of the twisted Gotham Below.
Batman: Damned
Batman: Damned is an American comic book series published by the comic book publishing company DC Comics. The three-issue limited series, written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Lee Bermejo, began on September 19, 2018 and concluded on June 26, 2019.
Batman: Dark Patterns
Set during the early years of Batman's career, Batman: Dark Patterns delves into four mysterious cases as he attempts to cement his place as Gotham City's protector while the city itself fights back against him.
Batman: Full Moon
A werewolf stalks the streets of Gotham, drawing Batman into the hunt. When the Dark Knight falls victim to the lycan's curse, he must decide how far he'll go to lift it.
Batman: The Man Who Laughs
Written by Ed Brubaker Art by Doug Mahnke, Patrick Zircher, Aaron Sowd and Steve Bird Cover by Mahnke Witness Batman's first encounter with The Joker in this hardcover volume collecting the graphic novel BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke! This collection also includes DETECTIVE COMICS #784-786, a murder-mystery tale guest-starring Green Lantern Alan Scott!
Batman: White Knight
Batman: White Knight is an American comic book published by DC Comics. The eight-issue limited series, written and illustrated by Sean Murphy, began monthly publication in October 2017 and concluded in May 2018.
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work. Is there a God? How did it all begin?
Byrne's Euclid
The Elements and its many editions tell a story of remix and reuse across cultures and millennia. Its tradition of being the most reprinted and readapted mathematical text in history continues today. In modern times, The Elements has become renowned for its beauty and design.
Dark Knights of Steel
Swords! Sorcery! Superheroes! A brand new DC Universe is born from writer Tom Taylow (DCeased, Nightwing) and artist Yasmine Putri. An entire medieval world will be forever changed when a spaceship crash-lands from a doomed planet. An epic high-fantasy story set in a DC Universe where nothing is what it seems...
Dark Nights: Death Metal
Perpetua and the Batman Who Laughs remake Earth into a hellscape, forcing Wonder Woman and the surviving heroes to wage a multiversal last stand.
Dark Nights: Metal
Collects the core Dark Nights: Metal miniseries, where Batman uncovers the Dark Multiverse and the Dark Knights invade Earth under Barbatos.
Dreams of a Final Theory
An understanding of nature's final laws may be within our grasp - a way of explaining forces and symmetries and articles that does not require further explanation. 'This starting point, to which all explanations can be traced, is what I mean by a final theory', says Steven Weinberg in this extraordinary book. In it he discusses beauty, the weakness of philosophy, the best ideas in physics and the honour of accepting a world without god.
Dune
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the 'spice' melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness.
Exhalation
From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others — the basis for the Academy Award nominated film Arrival — comes a groundbreaking second collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories. These are tales that tackle some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries that only Ted Chiang could imagine. In Exhalation, Ted Chiang addresses the most fundamental of issues — What is the nature of the universe? What does it mean to be human? — alongside others that no one else has even imagined.
Fables
Fables is an American comic book series created and written by Bill Willingham, published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Willingham served as sole writer for its entirety, with Mark Buckingham penciling more than 110 issues.
Fundamentals of Philosophy
Fundamentals of Philosophy offers a balance of expository text and readings. It organizes readings topically in a wide range of philosophical areas: Logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of religion, esthetics, a...
Gotham by Gaslight
Art by Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell, Eduardo Barreto, and others In this classic Elseworlds tale, the Victorian-era Bat-Man encounters Jack the Ripper in the seedy streets of Gotham!
Into the Unbeing
Lose yourself inside its innards. A group of climate scientists working in a remote base camp on the Australian outback discover an impossible landform.
J. M. W. Turner: Watercolors
Revised for 2019, in this extensive and illuminating introduction to the unique body of watercolours Turner produced, acclaimed expert David Blayney Brown provides context to the watercolours and a background to the Tate's unrivalled collection of Turner's works.
Jupiter's Legacy
Jupiter's Legacy is an American superhero comic book series, first published in 2013, written by Mark Millar, drawn by Frank Quitely, colored and lettered by Peter Doherty and published by Image Comics.
Justice League Infinity
Return to the world of the Justice League Unlimited animated series with new adventures by James Tucker and J.M. DeMatteis. As people begin disappearing and being replaced across the globe, the League confronts a reality-breaking threat.
Justice League: Graveyard of Gods
The League enters the Ghost Sector and the Graveyard of Gods as the Legion of Doom escalates its plan around the Totality.
Justice League: Hawkworld
Hawkgirl leads the League into a Thanagarian conflict on Hawkworld while the Legion of Doom's schemes push the team toward a larger cosmic crisis.
Justice League: The Doom War
Lex Luthor moves to empower Perpetua as the League races through time for the Totality and the Legion of Doom launches its all-out war.
Justice League: The Sixth Dimension
The League enters the Sixth Dimension, the control room of the Multiverse, and confronts a future Earth whose salvation demands an impossible choice.
Justice League: The Totality
A new Justice League forms and discovers the Totality, drawing them into Lex Luthor's cosmic plan with the reborn Legion of Doom.
Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come is an epic superhero comic book miniseries published in 1996 by DC Comics under their Elseworlds imprint. It was written by Mark Waid and painted in gouache by Alex Ross, who also developed the concept from an original idea.
Organisms from an Ancient Cosmos
A supernatural sci-fi graphic novel written and illustrated by S. Craig Zahler, the award-winning film director of Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete.
Relativity
This book contains the great physicist's own explanation of both the special and general theories of relativity. Written for readers interested in the theory but not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics, it presents the ideas in their simplest, most intelligible form.
Relativity Principles and Theories from Galileo to Einstein
This book is a full, long-term history of relativity thinking in physics, from Galileo's early reflections on the proper reference of mechanical motion to Einstein's exploitation of relativity principles in his theories of special and general relativity.
Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma
This six-issue Prestige format series reintroduces readers to Mitch Shelley, the Resurrection Man. Originally created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, and Jackson "Butch" Guice, Shelley is a man who has led thousands of lives, and with each death, he is resurrected with a new superpower based on his previous cause of death. After living and dying his latest life, Shelley awakes with a new purpose to go along with his latest power: saving the universe. This version of Resurrection Man must battle across time and space against a sadistic Word War II internment camp captain who has inherited a twisted version of Shelley's abilities. As the lines of cosmic order begin to blur, Mitch Shelley will literally die to save the universe, more than once.
Superman for All Seasons
Superman For All Seasons features tales of Superman's earliest adventures told on a mythic scale by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, the Eisner Award-winning creative team behind Batman: The Long Halloween and Batman: Dark Victory, with spectacular coloring by Bjarne Hansen.
Superman: Red Son
In the intriguing SUPERMAN: RED SON, the classic myth of the Man of Steel is reimagined and reinvented as the infamous rocket ship crash-lands in the fields of the Ukraine.
Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum
Four new Kryptonites surface in deep space, and Superman and Batman must learn what each one does before they fall into the wrong hands. A Black Label experiment pushes the Man of Steel into unfamiliar territory.
The Bat-Man: First Knight
From legendary comics writer Dan Jurgens and superstar Batman artist Mike Perkins comes a pulp-influenced noir take on the caped crusader set in his debut year, 1939.
The Batman Who Laughs
The Batman Who Laughs escapes the Dark Multiverse and targets Gotham, forcing Batman and the Joker to stop his plan while the Grim Knight joins the hunt.
The Big Book of Science Fiction
Quite possibly the greatest science fiction collection of all time - past, present and future. What if life was neverending? What if you could change your body to adapt to an alien ecology? What if the pope were a robot? Spanning galaxies and millennia, this must-have anthology showcases classic contributions from H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Octavia E. Butler, and Kurt Vonnegut, alongside a century of the eccentrics, rebels, and visionaries who have inspired generations of readers. Within its pages, you'll find beloved worlds of space opera, hard SF, cyberpunk, the New Wave, and more. Learn about the secret history of science fiction, from titans of literature who also wrote SF to less well-known authors from more than twenty-five countries, some never before translated into English. In The Big Book of Science Fiction, literary power couple Ann and Jeff VanderMeer transport readers from Mars to Mechanopolis, planet Earth to parts unknown. Immerse yourself in the genre that predicted electric cars, space tourism, and smartphones. Sit back, buckle up, and dial in the coordinates, as this stellar anthology has got worlds within worlds.
Including: . Legendary tales from Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin . An unearthed sci-fi story from W. E. B. Du Bois . The first publication in twenty years of the work of cybernetic visionary David R. Bunch . A rare and brilliant novella by Chinese international sensation Cixin Liu
Plus: . Aliens! . Space battles! . Robots! . Technology gone wrong! . Technology gone right!
The Big Picture
Award-winning author Sean Carroll brings his extraordinary intellect to bear on the realms of knowledge, the laws of nature and the most profound questions about life, death and our place in it all. From Darwin and Einstein to the origins of life, consciousness and the universe itself, Carroll combines cosmos-sprawling science and profound thought in a quest to explain our world.
The Complex
A brilliant, sweeping, tour de force moving between America and modern India, following the illicit liaisons, real estate dramas, political ambitions, and mortal betrayals of one prominent Delhi family — from the author of the National Book Award finalist _The Association of Small Bombs_.
The Dark Forest
Imagine the universe as a forest, patrolled by numberless and nameless predators. In this forest, stealth is survival - any civilisation that reveals its location is prey. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a last-ditch defence that grants four individuals almost absolute power to design secret strategies, hidden through deceit and misdirection from human and alien alike.
The Department of Truth
The Department of Truth is a 2020 ongoing comic book series created by writer James Tynion IV and artist Martin Simmonds and published monthly by Image Comics. The series follows FBI special agent Cole Turner as he investigates the secrets behind conspiracy...
The Discovery of India
Walk into the world of India and its civilization as seen by Pandit jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of Independent India
The Doom That Came to Gotham
Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham is a three-issue comic book miniseries published from November 2000 to January 2001 under DC Comics' Elseworlds imprint.
The Essentials of Hinduism: An Introduction to All the Sacred Texts
In The Essentials of Hinduism, Trilochan Sastry unpacks all the ancient texts from the Vedas to the epics covering the entire range of scriptures and everything you need to know about them in an easy-to-read and accessible way making it of special interest to Hindus and those from other religions and nations, and even those who are agnostic or atheistic.
The Fold
A cunningly inventive mystery featuring a hero worthy of Sherlock Holmes and a terrifying final twist you’ll never see coming, The Fold is that rarest of things: a genuinely page-turning science-fiction thriller. Step inside its pages and learn why author Peter Clines has already won legions of loyal fans.
The Hellbound Heart
In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an affair. Not your ordinary affair. For Frank it began with his own insatiable sexual appetite, a mysterious lacquered box- and then an unhinged voyage through a netherworld of imaginable pleasures and unimaginable horror… Now Frank - or what is left of Frank - waits in an empty room. All he wants is to live as he was before. All Julia can do is bring him her unfulfilled passions… and a little flesh and blood…
The Last God
Two fellowships of heroes struggle with the same threat...30 years apart. One group will doom their world the other must try to save it.
Thirty years ago, a band of heroes traveled beyond the borders of creation to kill the last living god and save the realm of Cain Anuun.
But when the foul legions of the Last God march again and begin to destroy all of Cain Anuun, it will be revealed that the aging fellowship may not be the great heroes they claimed to be. With the world burning down around them, a new group of unlikely champions will come together to try to bring peace to their world. They'll have to kill the Last God, once and for all.
The Lathe of Heaven
In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately grasps the power George wields. Soon George must preserve reality itself as Dr. Haber becomes adept at manipulating George’s dreams for his own purposes.
The Lathe of Heaven is an eerily prescient novel from award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin that masterfully addresses the dangers of power and humanity’s self-destructiveness, questioning the nature of reality itself.
The Metamorphosis
With it's startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first opening, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. A harrowing—though absurdly comic—meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of twentieth-century fiction.
The Nine Billion Names of God
A short tale about religion, computers, and the end of the world, "The Nine Billion Names of God" is a short story by the British-born science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008). It was first published in the 1953 anthology Star Science Fiction Stories #1, before being collected in Clarke's The Other Side of the Sky.
The Road to Reality
The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehensive account of the physical universe and the essentials of its underlying mathematical theory.
The Three-Body Problem
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.
The Twilight Zone
Return to the Twilight Zone in this all-new anthology series featuring stories by some of the best creators in comics today! Each issue is a new tale in the vein of the iconic original telivision series that's captivated audiences for over 60 years. And like the show, these stories will be revealed in terrifying black and white!
The Watercolour Enigma
The Watercolour Enigma is based on a practical course by artist Stephen Coates, and is designed to take the student through a process of learning rarely seen in other practical art books. By examining the basic science of watercolour including the properties of water and colour pigment, and through a series of practical, straightforward step-by-step painting exercises, budding painters will leave Stephen's book not only with a mine of watercolour knowledge but with a selection of stunning paintings they can proudly say are their own.
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point delivers six stand-alone tales exploring the fragile nature of humanity in the face of an uncaring universe. From an asteroid miner facing an unthinkable moral decision to a world where AI puts consciousness itself on trial, each story is a self-contained yet interconnected journey into the unknown.
W0rldtr33
Gabriel and his friends discovered the Undernet, a secret architecture to the Internet, and chronicled it on a message board called W0RLDTR33. Then they lost control when someone broke in and welcomed the Undernet's violent hold.
Watchmen
Watchmen is a comic book limited series by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 before being collected in a single-volume edition in 1987.
Watercolor Basics
Problem Solved! Expert fixes for not-quite-right watercolors. As one of today's most sought-after workshop instructors, Charles Reid knows the most common stumbling blocks faced by artists and the best ways to overcome them.
Watercolor Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner
This is the ideal book for anyone with an interest in learning how to paint with watercolours. Professional illustrator and art teacher Paul Clark encourages you to enjoy using watercolour paint and gain control of this versatile medium.