The concluding half of Kick-Ass 2, following Kick-Ass 2 Prelude: Hit-Girl, the sequel to the biggest creator-owned comic of the decade--the one that spawned the number one hit movie and the worldwide phenomenon
KICK-ASS is back, just as over-the-top as ever As everybody's favorite psychotic 11[...]
The first part of the Kick-Ass sequel Hit-Girl spins off into her own blood-soaked saga Mindy McCready tries to settle into life as a regular school-girl, but wants nothing more to be dispensing hot justice to the scum of New York City. Her mother thinks she's doing her homework, but in reality sh[...]
Mindy McCready has mastered a hundred ways to kill a man. Her father, the super hero known as Big Daddy, made sure of that. She's used her skills to wipe out mobsters, super villains and more. So why does facing the popular girls at middle school feel like her toughest challenge yet? With Big Daddy [...]
Have you ever really wanted to be a super hero? Dave Lizewski has - and he's not willing to let it stop with simple daydreams. Designing a suit for himself and taking the name "Kick-Ass," Dave decides to make his dreary existence more exciting - and maybe even help some people in the process. But wi[...]
The grand finale of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s blockbuster Hit-Girl is in jail, leaving Kick-Ass to lead the superhero team Justice Forever. But superheroes have been outlawed, leaving Kick-Ass and to dodge both cops and some terrifying new foes For the first time, Kick-Ass begins to doubt.[...]
The grand finale of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s blockbuster With Hit-Girl in jail, Kick-Ass must lead the super-hero team Justice Forever. But heroes have been outlawed, leaving Kick-Ass to dodge both cops and some terrifying new foes For the first time, Kick-Ass begins to doubt. Is he in to[...]
This collection of more than 200 of bestselling author Hiaasen's "Miami Herald" columns. . . shows you that Hiaasen's seemingly implausible fictional premises aren't really far-fetched at all. He just knows Florida ("Playboy").[...]
Dave Lizewski is just an ordinary American teenager. Then an idea hits him: why not become a real life super hero.[...]
Vern, the self-styled 'outlaw film critic' is described by "Hellboy" director Guillermo Del Toro as "equal parts Hell's Angels and Pauline Kael... a national treasure!"
Now Vern unleashes his magnum opus: an in-depth study of the world's only aikido instructor turned movie star/director[...]
This is the sequel to the biggest creator-owned comic of the decade - the one that spawned the No. 1 hit movie and the worldwide phenomenon! Kick-Ass is back! As everybody's favourite psychotic 11-year-old Hit Girl trains Kick-Ass to be...well, a bad-ass, nemesis Red Mist gathers a team of super-vil[...]
Relihan uses alliteration and assonance, rhythm and rhyme, the occasional archaism, the rare neologism, and devices of punctuation and typography, to create a sparkling, luxurious, and readable translation that reproduces something of the linguistic and comic effects of the original Latin. The gener[...]
"San Francisco Chronicle" pop music critic Joel Selvin started covering rock shows for the paper shortly after the end of the Civil War. His writing has appeared in a number of other publications that one would think should have known better. People all over the world are still pissed off about piec[...]
In this lively and inspiring book, veteran horticulturalist Robert Kourik (aka "Bob") unfolds his manifesto of "Inspired Laziness"--using efficiency and forethought to create gardens and landscapes with a lot less work and a lot more enjoyment. By following Kourik's relaxed and readable guidance, bo[...]
Apuleius' Metamorphoses (or The Golden Ass), a masterpiece of Latin literature from the second century AD, still captivates modern readers with its combination of asininity and mysticism. In the novel, a young man named Lucius tells how he accidentally turns into a donkey and then describes how he r[...]
Consumers have never been so discerning - nowadays they will only buy a product that meets their emotional need, has added value, is no purchase risk, doesn't harm the environment, exploit people or animals and is from a company that shares their core beliefs.[...]
From the time we learn to speak, we re told that if you don t have anything nice to say, don t say anything at all. While this advice may work for everyday life, it is, as Kim Scott has seen, a disaster when adopted by managers. Scott earned her stripes as a highly successful manager at Google and t[...]