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T'Challa fights for Wakanda's future while reckoning with its past in this original Marvel super hero story.
Isolated from the world, the African kingdom of Wakanda is a land of scientific and technological marvels unknown to countries even on its own continent. Previous rulers believed that their nation could only survive by closely guarding Wakanda's secrets and keeping them out of the hands of those who would exploit and weaponize them.
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Between 1972 and 1975, ex-military man Donald Neilson commits a series of violent crimes that terrify locals and baffle law enforcement. Despite his meticulous prior planning, Neilson's reckless armed robbery spree doesn't ever reap him a satisfactory sum. Neilson attempts to hit the jackpot by kidnapping the teenage daughter of a very wealthy family in order to fetch a robust ransom.
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Marvel Press
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2020
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"Discover how Marvel's most popular characters became the Super Heroes they are today! Featuring Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Captain America, and Hulk, this World of Reading Level 1 reader bind up includes five origin adventure stories"--
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One of the most beloved classics in children's literature, Kipling's masterpiece follows Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves, and his animal friends as they fight for survival in the Indian jungle. Young readers will love the wise bear Baloo and Bagheera the black panther; shiver at the vicious tiger Shere Khan; laugh at the silly monkeys; and feel compassion for the grown-up Mowgli-who must finally acknowledge his own humanity. One of the most beloved...
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Artist and singer, Ari, reconnects with the father of her son, finds her new powers, and solves a murder or three by the famed Stonehenge in Salisbury, England. Throw in a black panther shifter love interest, Erzulie Dantor the loa as a drummer, and a mage as their music producer for a fun vacation read. (This is a shared world with the Mystic Forest series.)
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A man-eating black panther is on the loose & Bomba tries to track it down. He comes across brother & sister, Robert & Judy Maitland who are starting an agricultural farm. The local workmen are superstitious & think the Maitlands housemaid Losana has the spirit of a panther. They're also leery of Bomba. Eventually for Bomba, it leads to an encounter with the panther with action & thrills galore!
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It is commonly thought that gun control is the domain of the left wing, while defense of the right to bear arms is the specialty of the right. Nothing could be further from the truth.Backed by sourced facts, this book will show that the right to bear arms has been defended by the left wing from the days of the great revolutions of the 18th century through modern times.Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, George Orwell, Daniel De Leon, the Communist International...
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Shuri and T'Challa set out to remove a curse from Wakanda in this action-packed, totally original graphic novel!
Twelve-year-old Shuri is a lot of things. Scientist. Princess. All around cooler person than her pain-in-the-butt big brother, T'Challa. Shuri knows she could do so much more to help Wakanda, but everyone is obsessed with the prince because he's the next Black Panther. That is, until Soul Washing Day, one of the most important rituals...
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Dark Horse Books
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2024.
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"12 Funkdafied Tales of Terror! In partnership with Second Sight Publishing, Dark Horse Comics is proud to present, Shook! A Black Horror Anthology. With over 200 pages of terrorizing material, the anthology is filled with stories from a range of award-winning Black writers and artists. Stemming from a love of Southern gothic horror, this anthology boasts a cadre of award winning or nominated writers representing awards such as the Will Eisner Awards,...
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Wolverine by Benjamin Percy volume 37
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Wolverine crosses paths with heroes across the Marvel Universe!
Logan decides to bring the fight straight to the enemies of mutantkind, and his grand tour begins in the only way it could: face-to-face once more with the Incredible Hulk! But will they meet as friends or enemies? Meanwhile, Wolverine hunts down his remaining three clones from the Beast's Weapons of X - for in the end, there can be only one best there is! Benjamin Percy's ever-surprising...
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Protest Nation is a guide to the speeches, letters, broadsides, essays, and manifestos that form the backbone of the American radical tradition in the twentieth century. With examples from socialists, feminists, union organizers, civil-rights workers, gay and lesbian activists, and environmentalists that have served as beacons for millions, the volume also includes brief introductory essays by the editors that provide a rich biographical and historical...
12) Cooley's Panther
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Miss Nicola Johansen, otherwise known as Cooley, relies on the predictability of her suburban subdivision to keep her feeling safe. When she spies a black panther slinking along her back fence in the wee hours of the morning, her comfortable life is shaken like a maraca. Repeated calls to the cops result in an investigation, and a finger of blame is pointed at the mysterious man who lives in 2201 down the street. Like the fact his yard is a disgrace...
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“Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win” tells the fascinating true story of an individual radical organizer turned independent Chicago city council member, and her forty year struggle for justice in Chicago.
Helen Shiller went from radical anti-war activist in Wisconsin, to a member of a collective of white allies of the Black Panther Party in Chicago, to an elected city council person who helped break the back of the racialized opposition to Harold...
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12 Funkdafied Tales of Terror!
In partnership with Second Sight Publishing, Dark Horse Comics is proud to present, Shook! A Black Horror Anthology. With over 190 pages of terrorizing material, the anthology is filled with stories from a range of award-winning Black writers and artists.
Stemming from a love of Southern gothic horror, this anthology boasts a cadre of award winning or nominated writers representing awards such as the Will Eisner...
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Never Meant to Survive presents a historical, political, and social assessment of anti-black genocide and liberatory struggles that arose to resist it. Based on fine-grained accounts of community life at the street level, Costa Vargas's work presents crucial examples of political resistance and community activism. By examining two cities linked by common experiences of Blackness, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro, this book identifies a prevailing genocidal...
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How media propagates and challenges racism
From Black Panther to #OscarsSoWhite, the concept of "race," and how it is represented in media, has continued to attract attention in the public eye. In Racialized Media, Matthew W. Hughey, Emma González-Lesser, and the contributors to this important new collection of original essays provide a blueprint to this new, ever-changing media landscape.
With sweeping breadth, contributors examine a number of...
17) Her Bad Cat
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She's on a mission to save him. Emily Walker is a human woman with two Fated Mates, both of them sexy shifter men. It should have been a dream come true. But everything changed when Mason was murdered and Ethan disappeared. For five years, Emily has searched for Ethan to no avail. She's about to give up, but then a dangerous shifter gives her Ethan's location. Is this the miracle she's been searching for or is it a trap? He made a dark promise. Ethan...
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'A timely, future-oriented and necessary contribution which provides clarity to the multivalent tendencies in this field' - Carole Boyce Davies
The marginalisation of Black voices from the academy is a problem in the Western world. But Black Studies, where it exists, is a powerful, boundary-pushing discipline, grown out of struggle and community action. Here, Abdul Alkalimat, one of the founders of Black Studies in the US, presents a reimagining...
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Many communities in the United States have been abandoned by the state. What happens when natural disasters add to their misery? This book looks at the broken relationship between the federal government and civil society in times of crises.
Mutual aid has gained renewed importance in providing relief when hurricanes, floods and pandemics hit, as cuts to state spending put significant strain on communities struggling to survive. Harking back to...
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Have you ever dreamed of making it big in Hollywood? Do you possess the skills needed to survive in the film industry? With this informative book, learn invaluable knowledge arming you with the tools needed to succeed.
If you seek unfiltered and actionable advice, Melanie's authentic narrative unveils the gritty reality and demands of working on set. She generously passes on her battle-tested wisdom, sharing her vast knowledge of working below...