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Serenity, Vol. 1: Those Left Behind

God grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time. Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace.Taking this world as it is, not as I would have it. Trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will. So that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen. -Reinhold Niebuhr --- Mug is crafted of microwave/dishwasher safe ceramic. Gift boxed. 16 oz.

Dilbert: 2010 Wall Calendar

Bleach Box Set (Vol. 1-21)

The first Bleach story arc is now available in a box set for the first time! The custom box set includes the beginning 21 volumes of Bleach, a double-sided poster and a special Bleach collector's booklet. The custom box set also comes with a recessed handle and velcro closure. The box set is 10% off the total retail price of 21 volumes of Bleach!

Ichigo "Strawberry" Kurosaki was born with the ability to see ghosts. When his family is attacked by a Hollow -- a malevolent lost soul -- Ichigo becomes a Soul Reaper, dedicating his life to protecting the innocent and helping the tortured spirits find peace.

The Blue Aspic

Ortenzia Caviglia is an undiscovered opera understudy whose lucky break results from the mysterious murder of the reigning diva. Upon hearing her sing, Jasper Ankle becomes her deepest admirer, undaunted by perilous weather and abject poverty in his quest to hear her sing. As Ortenzia's star rises, Jasper sinks further into despair, until performer and fan collide in true Edward Gorey fashion. Exquisitely illustrated with Gorey's signature pen-and-ink crosshatching, The Blue Aspic is a heart-wrenching and oddly hilarious tale of unrequited love and the dangers of celebrity.Treasured by adoring fans since its original release in 1968, The Blue Aspic remains an iconic masterpiece from the one and only great Mr. Gorey.64 pages with 30 illustrations. Size: 7 x 6 1/4 in. Hardcover smyth-sewn casebound book, with jacket.

Good as Lily (Minx)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A strange mishap on her eighteenth birthday causes Grace Kwon to be confronted with herself at three different periods in her life--ages six, twenty-nine, and seventy--while she and her friends struggle to save a crumbling school play.

The Sopping Thursday

An umbrella is missing. A man is distressed. A thief scampers over rooftops. A child is in danger. A harangued sales clerk weeps. A dog saves the day. The Sopping Thursday is unlike any other Edward Gorey book, both because of its unique gray-and-black illustrations and because of what looks very much like a happy ending. (Still, some will fret a bit about the child featured in the final picture.) In just thirty images and thirty short lines of text, Gorey manages to create a complex tableau of characters and a plot worthy of film noir.64 pages with 30 gray-and-black illustrations. Size: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Printed hardcase with jacket.

Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Volume 12

DRAGONFLY BATTLE

All is not well on Piffle World. The magical land’s most popular sporting event–a race for lightweight aircraft called dragonflies–seems to have been rigged by one of the contestants. But winning the competition is the only way Princess Sakura and her friends can recover one of her precious and powerful memory feathers. The five friends are determined to cross the finish line first, but the cheating is taking its toll–even Fai is out of the running! Can the travelers still win the race and discover who’s behind the booby traps before it’s too late?

The Brand Mindset: Five Essential Strategies for Building Brand Advantage Throughout Your Company

How Starbucks became Starbucks and other secrets of branding success. Aimed at managers, nt just marketers, a famed consultant presents a powerful prescription for understanding, building, and sustaining brand equity. Duane Knapp demonstrates, from a management perspective, why "a company's brand is the most valuable asset it can have." he shows how the very best practitioners - contemporary household names like Starbucks, Citicorp, Whirlpool, Lexus, Hallmark, and others - shrewdly develop and maintain their brands even in the face of ferocious competition.

Readers can assess and improve their own efforts by adopting Knapp's five proven components of the Brand Mindset that is for brand success: Make a promise to the consumer; make all decisions with the brand in mind; make sure the entire company supports the brand's message; make the brand bigger than the business, and build one specific image for the brand and stick with it always.

Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years Volume 4 (1960-1961)

This volume features two separate Fearless Fosdick adventures. In one, our favorite bumbling detective moonlights as female officer Phyllis Fosdick. Paramount successfully released their Li'l Abner movie in 1959, but here Li'l Abner makes a separate film... with disastrous results. Years before Japan invaded the American auto market, Capp presciently depicts the success of the $19.95 Japanese Nomotocar (it has no motor), and Capp foresaw the cross-breeding of animals long before DNA manipulation. Also featured in this volume: jinx Joe Btfsplk, pilot Captain Eddie Ricketyback, corrupt Senator Jack S. Phogbound, and criminal Abner doppelganger Gat Garson! Each quarterly volume contains extensive story-by-story annotations by Li'l Abner and Al Capp expert Denis Kitchen.

Graphic Classics: Robert Louis Stevenson (Graphic Classics (Graphic Novels))

The ninth volume in the Graphic Classics series includes comics adaptations of "The Bottle Imp", "The Suicide Club" and a unique two-part interpretation of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" by Simon Gane and Michael Slack. Plus a fantasy by Fannie Van de Grift Stevenson, a special feature by Robert and Maxon Crumb and a collection of R.L. Stevenson's short fables and poems, with art by Lance Tooks, Esao Andrews, Roger Langridge, Shary Flenniken, Hunt Emerson, Johnny Ryan, Michael Manning and more.