18 books like Showcase Presents
Superman
A special historical one-shot issue featuring the marriage of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, with appearances from characters throughout the DC Universe and with stories and art by creators from throughout the Man of Steel’s career!
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Showcase Presents
"Apocrypha … books which are not regarded as equal to the holy Scriptures, and yet are profitable and good to read." 
– Martin Luther. 
The word apocryphal was first applied to writings which were kept secret because they were the vehicles of esoteric knowledge considered too profound or too sacred to be disclosed to anyone other than the initiated. All King James Bibles published…
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Sing as we go
This is Gracie Field's autobiography, published in 1960 in England and 1961 in the United States. She was a major star in England. She made her first stage appearance as a child in 1905, acting in children's repertory theatre groups such as 'Haley's Garden of Girls' and the 'Nine Dainty Dots'. Her two sisters, Edith and Betty and brother, Tommy, all went on to appear on stage, but Gracie was the…
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Pawn of Prophecy
The first book of the Belgariad.A magnificent epic set against a history of seven thousand years of the struggles of Gods and Kings and men - of strange lands and events - of fate and a prophecy that must be fulfilled!THE BELGARIADLong ago, so the Storyteller claimed, the evil God Torak sought dominion and drove men and Gods to war. But Belgarath the Sorcerer led men to reclaim the Orb that…
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Swamp Thing Saga of the Swamp Thing
Swamp Thing, an elemental creature, fights to protect his home, the environment, and humanity from various threats.
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Mage
The first of two volumes reprinting the classic early issues of creator MATT WAGNER’s epic fantasy trilogy. THE HERO DISCOVERED reveals the fledgling adventures of the reluctant everyman hero, Kevin Matchstick. After encountering a shaggy and beguiling wizard, Kevin soon discovers that he is more than he ever imagined. This seminal work has found an enduring popularity with readers for decades…
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Watchmen
"This book examines each of the series' twelve issues in unprecedented detail, moving page by page and panel by panel to reveal the hidden foundations of this milestone in modern storytelling. Edited with notes by Leslie S. Klinger, this new edition draws upon critical and scholastic commentary, in-depth interviews with Dave Gibbons, and previously unseen original source material. Klinger…
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The Dark Knight returns
"Together with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley, writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight's retirement. This masterpiece of modern comics storytelling, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, brings to vivid life a dark world and an even darker man. The Dark Knight returns in a…
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The Great War
An anthology of stories inspired by objects from the First World War. It is a collection of stories by bestselling authors, each inspired by a different object from the First World War. Each object illuminates an aspect of life during the war, and each story reminds us of the millions of individual lives that were changed forever by the fighting.
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The life eaters
Roused by sorcery and a stench of holocaust, Norse gods have returned to the mortal plane, tilting the scales of World War II and cheating the allies of victory. Nearly a generation later the war still rages, this time in the jungles of Southeast Asia. The tide has been set for a final battle as a few heroes gather their courage - and their most advanced technology - for a final stand against the…
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Runaways
When a dangerous alien invades Los Angeles, it's up to Karolina Dean to stop him. Plus, the Runaways embark on a coast-to-coast adventure with Cloak and Dagger and the New Avengers. And, Cloak is forced to turn to the Runaways when he is accused of a crime he didn't commit in New York City.
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Dallas
It this is anything like the show then I'll tell you about that. Five has teleportation and he teleports to the furute to see the world is going to be in an apocalypse and Vanya's boyfriend is the start of the apocalypse or that's what they think. I said if this was anything like the show because I haven't read the comic but I'm on the waiting list.
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Someone Like You [18 stories]
Someone Like You is a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl. It was published in 1953 by Alfred Knopf.
The 18 stories featured are:
Taste
Lamb to the Slaughter
Man from the South
The Soldier
My Lady Love, My Dove
Dip in the Pool
Galloping Foxley
Skin
Poison
Wish
Neck
Sound Machine
Nunc Dimittis
Great Automatic Grammatizator
Claud's Dog
Ratcatcher
Rummins
Mr Hoddy
Mr…
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Towers of Midnight
As the seals on the Dark One's prison crumble and the armies of the Shadow boil out of the Blight, Perrin Aybara, hunted by specters from his past, must seek answers in "Tel'aran'rhiod" and find a way to master the wolf within him--or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life ... as The Tower of Ghenjei awaits.
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Daredevil, Vol. 1
Follows the Daredevil's crime fighting exploits.
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Ghosts in Amityville
Tells, in graphic novel format, the strange, ghostly happening in the Lutz home in Amityville, N.Y.
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Superman
Collects the first three years of the daily "Superman" newspaper comic strip, covering the superhero's origin and such stories as "Clark Kent--Spy" and "The Hooded Saboteur." in 3 volumes.
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To the Last Man
Jeff Shaara has enthralled readers with his New York Times bestselling novels set during the Civil War and the American Revolution. Now the acclaimed author turns to World War I, bringing to life the sweeping, emotional story of the war that devastated a generation and established America as a world power.Spring 1916: the horror of a stalemate on Europe's western front. France and Great Britain…
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