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From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christies...

Explores Batman's entire career, with full details of his breathtaking adventures and battles, resolute allies, chequered love life, and formidabl...

Why do heroes fight each other? Why do villains keep trying even though they almost never win? Why don't heroes simply take over the world? Econ...

This landmark book, first published at the height of the manga boom, is offered in a hardcover collector's edition with a new foreword and afterwor...

How does magic in J. K. Rowlings universe work? Finally, the scientific secrets are revealed! The story of the boy who lived has brought the idea o...

This is a complete resource for scholars and students of Tolkien, as well as avid fans, with coverage of his life, work, dominant themes, influence...

For over 35 years, 2000 AD - ''The Galaxy''s Greatest Comic'' - has dominated the British comics'' industry delivering stories and characters which...

From a superstar academic and cultural critic, an exploration of Alice Walkers critically acclaimed and controversial novel The Color PurpleIn 1982...

A 2022 LA Times Book Prize FinalistA darkly funny, soul-rending novel of love in an epoch of collapse-one woman's furious revisiting of family, mar...

She ran from the truth. She will do whatever it takes to hide it.Jessica returns home one day to find her husband, Patrick, dead. Its unclear what ...

How was Elizabeth Bennett expected to respond to Mr Darcys gauche advances? How was a mother meant to present her daughter to society for the first...

For decades, scholars have been making the connection between the design of the superhero story and the mythology of the ancient folktale. Movin...

The story of Kurt Vonnegut and his beloved masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five, a novel born in the destruction of Dresden in World War II and written...