Charlie seems to have his home life under control. However, he gets an offer than he can't refuse. Or can he? But did the teacher learn enough from the student to complete the assignment? If he fails this assignment, the consequences could be fatal.

Charlie seems to have his home life under control. However, he gets an offer than he can't refuse. Or can he? But did the teacher learn enough from the student to complete the assignment? If he fails this assignment, the consequences could be fatal.

With Charlie seemingly completing his first deal, things seem to be going more smoothly in his personal life. However, tensions are high at the prison and Charlie learns the hard way what it's like to have real enemies in the big house. And when his main protector is locked away, will he have learned enough to survive on his own?

How far will a man go to save his son? For Charlie Wormwood, he's willing to unravel his life and make choices he never thought he could and become someone he couldn't have imagined. The complete omnibus of the phenomenal story edited by Mark Waid! How far will a man go to save his son? Charlie Wormwood has a pretty normal life - a house, a wife, a job, and a kid. With his son sick, he begins treading a dangerous path to make things right. Teaching in prison gives him many "opportunities" but what problems will he create as he walks into the prison of darkness for his family?

After the successful and innovative first two editions, now in a new, restructured 3rd edition, this remains the most authoritative introduction for studying comic books and graphic novels, covering their place in contemporary culture, the manifestations and techniques of the art form, the evolution of the medium and how to analyze and write about them. The new edition includes: - A completely reworked introduction explores the comics community in the US and globally, its history, and the role of different communities in advancing the medium and its study - Chapters reframed to get students thinking about themselves as consumers and makers of comics - Reorganized chapters on form help to unpack encapsulation, composition and layout - Completely new chapters on comics and how they can be used to report, document, and persuade, as well as a new Preface by Karen Green Illustrated throughout, with discussion questions and activities for every chapter and an extensive glossary of key terms, The Power of Comics and Graphic Novels also includes further updated resources available online including additional essays, weblinks and sample syllabi.

All is not well in the far north. As the Arctic slowly melts, automation increases, and labor costs go through the roof, CEO Claus is under increasing pressure to answer to his stockholders and his lenders. Rebellion is in the air and only Wormwood can potentially come in to helpÑand hopefully not bugger it up too much.

(Volume 1) Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori (Emma, Shirley) brings the nineteenth-century Silk Road to lavish life, chronicling the story of Amir Halgal, a young woman from a nomadic tribe betrothed to a twelve-year-old boy eight years her junior. Coping with cultural differences, blossoming feelings for her new husband, and expectations from both her adoptive and birth families, Amir strives to find her role as she settles into a new life and a new home in a society quick to define that role for her.