A CONVERGENCE tie-in graphic novel! Once there were infinite Earths Then there came a Crisis…a Zero Hour…a Flashpoint Worlds lived Worlds died But some worlds must now fight for their future—in the Convergence! The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from places throughout time & space & sealed them behind impenetrable domes Now after a year the domes will come down—and the heroes & villains of 50 dead worlds must battle to be the last one standing! In this volume WONDER WOMAN Diana Prince must defend Gotham City against vampire versions of Batman’s arch-enemies Poison Ivy Catwoman & the Joker himself from the world of Red Rain! SWAMP THING Sealed away from the power of the Green for a year Alec Holland must regain his strength & defeat the Darkest Knight of all vampire Batman! THE FLASH Barry Allen the key to the Crisis itself must race to defeat the godlike tyrant of the Tangent Universe— Superman! NEW TEEN TITANS The greatest Titans team in the history of the Multiverse squares off against the Tangent Universe’s deadly Doom Patrol! JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA It’s up to the Elongated Man to lead the second-string heroes of the Detroit Justice League & repel the invasion of the Tangent Universe’s Secret Six! The most iconic heroes of the CRISIS era fight the twisted heroes of two of the most popular Elseworlds universes in CONVERGENCE CRISIS VOL 2! by Len Wein Kelley Jones Joshua Middleton ...

A CONVERGENCE tie-in graphic novel! Once there were infinite Earths Then there came a Crisis…a Zero Hour…a Flashpoint Worlds lived Worlds died But some worlds must now fight for their future—in the Convergence! The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from throughout time & space & sealed them behind impenetrable domes Now after a year the domes will come down—and the heroes & villains of 50 dead worlds must battle to be the last one standing! In this volume SUPERMAN The Man of Steel must battle the Batman & Kal-El of the Flashpoint universe to protect the most important thing of all his baby with Lois Lane! THE QUESTION Renee Montoya joins forces with an ex & an enemy— Batwoman & Two-Face—against Flashpoint’s Harvey Dent! JUSTICE LEAGUE The women of the Justice League face off against the brutal determination of Flashpoint’s Aquaman! BATGIRL Three legendary students of the Bat— Stephanie Brown Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake—must put aside their differences to defeat Flashpoint’s Catwoman & Gorilla Grodd! NIGHTWINGORACLE Two of comics’ greatest couples collide as a reunited Dick Grayson & Barbara Gordon fight for their lives against Flashpoint’s Hawkman & Hawkwoman! The dark denizens of the Flashpoint Universe take their battle to the heroes whose world their own wiped out in CONVERGENCE FLASHPOINT BOOK ONE! by Greg Rucka Lee Weeks Cully Hamner ...

A CONVERGENCE tie-in graphic novel! Once there were infinite Earths Then there came a Crisis…a Zero Hour…a Flashpoint Worlds lived Worlds died But some worlds must now fight for their future—in the Convergence! The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from throughout time & space & sealed them behind impenetrable domes Now after a year the domes will come down—and the heroes & villains of 50 dead worlds must battle to be the last one standing! In this volume THE ATOM It’s atomic fusion as Ray Palmer joins forces with Ryan Choi against the man who killed him— Deathstroke the Terminator! SPEED FORCE Wally West leads the Flash family in a race to protect their city against the onslaught of Flashpoint’s warmongering Wonder Woman! THE TITANS With their team in tatters Starfire Donna Troy & Arsenal are the last line of defense against the world-conquering Extremists! BATMAN & ROBIN It’s up to a dysfunctional Bat-family—the Dark Knight Detective his son Damian & his prodigal protege Jason Todd—to stop an Extremist invasion of Gotham City! HARLEY QUINN When the going gets tough the tough get crazy—which is why Harley Quinn is teaming with Poison Ivy & Catwoman against Captain Carrot & his Amazing Zoo Crew! The legends of the pre-Flashpoint DC Universe make a last stand against threats from worlds both brutal & bizarre in CONVERGENCE FLASHPOINT BOOK TWO! by Alisa Kwitney Steve Yeowell Phil Winslade ...

Once there were infinite Earths Untold timelines Innumerable Elseworlds Then there came a Crisis…a Zero Hour…a Flashpoint Worlds lived Worlds died Now they all must fight for their future! The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from throughout time & space & brought them to a place beyond the Multiverse—a sentient planet of his own design a world with the power of a god As heroes & villains from dozens of worlds battle each other for their very existence it’s up to a ragtag band of warriors from a slain Earth to put an end to this threat that bends the Multiverse to its will Reality itself hangs in the balance… This is it! The entire DC Universe from the dawn of time through the New 52 stars in CONVERGENCE — an unprecedented event that brings together your favorite characters from every era & series Whether familiar or forgotten none of them will ever be the same! Existence comes to end & a beginning with writers JEFF KING (USA’s White Collar) SCOTT LOBDELL (SUPERMAN DOOMED) & DAN JURGENS (BATMAN BEYOND) & artists CARLO PAGULAYAN (Incredible Hulk) STEPHEN SEGOVIA (GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS) ANDY KUBERT (DAMIAN SON OF BATMAN) & ETHAN VAN SCIVER (GREEN LANTERN REBIRTH) Collects CONVERGENCE 0-8 by Jeff King Carlo Pagulayan ...

A CONVERGENCE tie-in graphic novel starring heroes from CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS—and RED SON! Once there were infinite Earths Then there came a Crisis…a Zero Hour…a Flashpoint Worlds lived Worlds died But some worlds must now fight for their future—in the Convergence! The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from throughout time & space & sealed them behind impenetrable domes Now after a year the domes will come down—and the heroes & villains of 50 dead worlds must battle to be the last one standing! In this volume ACTION COMICS The Superman & Power Girl of Earth-2 must stand together against the Wonder Woman of a different Earth entirely the totalitarian world of Red Son! DETECTIVE COMICS Dick Grayson & Helena Wayne— Robin & the Huntress—battle for the Batman’s legacy against Red Son’s Soviet Superman…and each other! JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA Earth-2’s original heroes regain their youth to fight the antimatter universe’s Weaponers of Qward—but at what cost? INFINITY INC To save their world Earth-2’s young heroes must defeat a man who’s already survived the end of his own the post-apocalyptic Jonah Hex! WORLD’S FINEST As the Seven Soldiers of Victory ride to war against the Weaponers of Qward cartoonist Scribbly Jibbet must tell their tale…or die trying! The heroes & villains of one of comics’ most beloved worlds—the pre-Crisis Earth-2—take on characters from the acclaimed Elseworlds tale RED SON & more in CONVERGENCE INFINITE EARTHS BOOK 1! ...

A CONVERGENCE tie-in graphic novel starring heroes from ZERO HOUR & KINGDOM COME! Once there were infinite Earths Then there came a Crisis…a Zero Hour…a Flashpoint Worlds lived Worlds died But some worlds must now fight for their future—in the Convergence! The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from throughout time & space & sealed them behind impenetrable domes Now after a year the domes will come down—and the heroes & villains of 50 dead worlds must battle to be the last one standing! In this volume JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL It’s no laughing matter as Blue Beetle & Booster Gold lead the team against heavy-hitting heroes from the grim world of Kingdom Come! CATWOMAN Selina Kyle must defend Gotham City against a Dark Knight like no other—the Kingdom Come Batman! SUPERBOY The wisecracking Teen of Steel is Metropolis’s only hope against three of Kingdom Come’s greatest warriors Red Robin The Flash & Superman himself! GREEN ARROW The Emerald Archer & his son Connor Hawke must join forces against familiar faces—the Black Canaries of Kingdom Come! SUICIDE SQUAD Bane & Cyborg Superman two of the Dark Knight & the Man of Steel’s deadliest foes spearhead an invasion of Kingdom Come’s Green Lantern stronghold! The heroes & villains of ’90s DC Universe battle against one of the greatest Elseworlds tales ever told in CONVERGENCE ZERO HOUR VOL 1! by Ron Marz Rags Morales Christy Marx ...

A CONVERGENCE tie-in graphic novel starring the heroes of the 1990s! Once there were infinite Earths Then there came a Crisis…a Zero Hour…a Flashpoint Worlds lived Worlds died But some worlds must now fight for their future—in the Convergence! The evil alien intelligence known as Brainiac has stolen 50 doomed cities from throughout time & space & sealed them behind impenetrable domes Now after a year the domes will come down—and the heroes & villains of 50 dead worlds must battle to be the last one standing! In this volume SUPERMAN THE MAN OF STEEL John Henry Irons suits up as Steel to defend Metropolis against the tempestuous teens of Gen 13! BATMAN SHADOW OF THE BAT The Dark Knight & his even darker replacement Azrael must join forces against the team of black-ops assassins known as Wetworks! AQUAMAN The one-time—and one-handed— King of Atlantis must go h&-to-hand & toe-to-toe against the Wild Storm Universe’s deadliest warrior Deathblow! SUPERGIRL MATRIX To survive a madcap trip through the Multiverse the shape-shifting Girl of Tomorrow must forge an uneasy alliance with Ambush Bug & LEGION’s Lady Quark! GREEN LANTERNPARALLAX To repel an invasion from Earth-6 Kyle Rayner must turn to disgraced Green Lantern Hal Jordan—but will he save their city or destroy it? The unforgettable ZERO HOUR–era versions of your favorite DC heroes square off against the Wild Storm Universe—and even wilder places—in CONVERGENCE ZERO HOUR VOL 2! by Keith Giffen Tony Bedard Cliff Richards ...

The key to success in life & business is to become a master at Conversational Intelligence It's not about how smart you are but how open you are to learn new & effective powerful conversational rituals that prime the brain for trust partnership & mutual success Conversational Intelligence translates the wealth of new insights coming out of neuroscience from across the globe & brings the science down to earth so people can understand & apply it in their everyday lives Author Judith Glaser presents a framework for knowing what kind of conversations trigger the lower more primitive brain; & what activates higher-level intelligences such as trust integrity empathy & good judgment Conversational Intelligence makes complex scientific material simple to understand & apply through a wealth of easy to use tools examples conversational rituals & practices for all levels of an organization ...

After the execution of Socrates in 399 BC a number of his followers wrote dialogues featuring him as the protagonist & in so doing transformed the great philosopher into a legendary figure This title offers insights into the Socratic world & into the intellectual atmosphere & life of ancient Greece It reveals much about this man 384 pages Xenophon ...

So many children & young people in our society are hurting Research indicates that more children are depressed anxious or locked in anger than ever before with all the problems that creates at home school & in society at large when emotional pain gets expressed through behaviour or physical symptoms Many well-intentioned adults really want to help when children suffer because of parental conflict divorce family financial worries loss & bereavement trauma bullying isolation general growing up issues & worse But we often lack the confidence & key skills to know how to help in ways that will genuinely support the child or teenager to properly process what is troubling them & so reach a more positive place of genuine hope & optimism Conversations that Matter the latest book by Margot Sunderland offers a wealth of tools & techniques to empower parents & practitioners to connect to children & young people through conversation in life changing ways Dr Sunderland is widely acknowledged as one of the UK's leading experts in child counselling & therapy as well as being a best-selling author of books for parents & professionals & co-founder of both the Institute of Arts in Therapy & Education & The Centre for Child Mental Health London Her life's work has been to find the most effective ways of helping children & young people in distress underpinning her practice with cutting-edge findings from the fields of affective neuroscience developmental psychology & the study of trauma She is also a passionate advocate for the healing power of the creative arts as a means to reach troubled children when words are not enough This long-awaited book will give readers a thorough evidence-based & inspiring grounding in every aspect of talking with children who are hurting from how to build a trusting relationship with the child how to deepen the dialogue between you & make it meaningful when to work directly or indirectly how to handle the various inevitable challenges that will arise when talking to children about the difficult stuff & more Packed with creative possibilities & illustrated with numerous 'conversations' this book can be re-turned to again & again whilst helping children & young people work through any life issue past or present The book also contains photocopiable worksheets & introduces a completely new therapeutic story specifically written to help children who are struggling with trauma & shock Dr Sunderland's book will be of benefit to professionals as well as parents carers & other adults who want the conversations they have with children & teenagers to genuinely help & to matter ...