Throughout the bird world examples of strange & seemingly inexplicable behaviours abound For example Why do Male Fairywrens bring flowers to females as a nuptial gift in the pre-dawn darkness? Especially when the gift-givers are not the official mates of the females concerned but visitors & furthermore they may give these gifts in full view of the official mate Why do gangs of White-winged Choughs 'kidnap' their neighbours' fledglings & then keep them in their 'gang' Which bird is so big strong & fierce that stories abound of it killing humans? This book looks at accounts of murderous Cassowaries & explains just what might have happened What happens in an albatross 'divorce'? This book divides the world by continent & takes a series of extraordinary stories from each to illustrate a great diversity of bird behaviour Each continent will have around five or six stories each described in 1500 to 2000 words & examining the truths & the mythology behind each example An intriguiguing book from an author with an ability to engage with his audience ...

In the world of Sylvarant the land is dying due to a steady loss of Mana the energy source that is needed for both magic & life itself As crops begin to wither & hardship sets in the people turn their hopes to the Chosen who can reverse the ills of the world by completing the Journey of World Regeneration Lloyd Irving & his friends must find a way to help the Chosen awake the Summon Spirits but they&ll soon discover the fate of a second world is tightly linked to their actions Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World follows the journey of two young heroes Emil & Marta in a world of chaos as their fates intertwine with Lloyd Colette & Ratatosk a summon spirit rumoured to be the lord of all monsters The most renowned Tales of game comes back in HD The possibility to play with the Japanese voiceover The whole saga of Tales of Symphonia combined in one game More than 90 hours of Gameplay in total Addition of new fierce Bosses Brand new 40 Artes scattered between playable characters & enemies ...

Set two years after the events of the award-winning Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World introduces two new young heroes Emil Castagnier & Marta Lualdi as they journey to find the cause of a catastrophic change in their world Crossing paths with fan-favourite characters such as Lloyd Colette & Sheena the brave adventurers will also encounter a spirit known as Ratatosk lord of all monsters who will grant them new & incredible powers over the fearsome creatures that now roam the land Debuting a major new gameplay system for the Tales series Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World allows players to capture more than 200 unique monsters that they face in battle Players can feed these monsters to make them more powerful & even evolve them into several new fearsome forms Up to three monsters can be taken into any battle situation offering unique benefits against enemies & imparting new strategic depth to the Tales series’ lauded real-time battle system Brand new content exclusive to the PAL version of Tales of Symphonia™ Dawn of the New World include the Gallery Mode & head accessories Unlocked once the game is completed the Gallery Mode

Includes:: a Skits Library containing viewable skits of the gameplay & an Image Library with a wealth of design sketches illustrations pack art & more The game also contains a number of new themed masks & head accessories for Emil & Marta which are exclusive to the PAL version & allow players to customise the characters in battle & will also add new special effects during fights Featuring a massive cast of returning playable characters Dawn of the New World offers complete freedom in creating a custom party that best suits the needs of each enemy encounter Up to four players can enjoy the full game together cooperatively working together to strategically complete each battle Classic Tales – Return to the world of Tales of Symphonia & discover the aftermath of the merging of the two worlds Over 200 unique monsters – Capture collect & feed monsters as they grow gain experience & even evolve into completely new more powerful beasts Enhanced for the Wii™ Console – Environments characters & effects look better than ever Evolved Battle System – The Tales RPG trademark real-time battle system returns with an all new free run system dynamic unison attacks & a strategic elemental system It’s your Party – Customize the party with unlimited combinations of monsters & characters throughout the adventure

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Volume 8 collects issues 22-25 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume Two including " Change of Power" " Attack of the Replicants" " Rock of Ages” & “ Kung-Fu Theatre" Presented in all-new color! ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A TRILOGY OF SHOCK & TERROR! In his earlier Edgar Allan Poe films Roger Corman took short stories by the great Gothic master & expanded them into full-length features Here by contrast the stories stay short the only other thing they have in common being the participation of Vincent Price In Morella Price plays a tormented man forced to confront a dark family secret when his long-estranged daughter tracks him down In The Black Cat he s the rakish lover of the wife of Peter Lorre who naturally plots a deadly revenge & in the title role of The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar he tries to relieve chronic pain by asking Basil Rathbone to hypnotise him something that leaves poor Valdemar hovering on the border between the dead & the living Corman s previous Poe films were played completely straight & parts of Tales of Terror are as authentically creepy as any of them But he also stirred comedy into the Poe brew for the first time particularly in the scenes between Price & Lorre ...

Batman revisits Curse of Crime Alley" meets Maxie Zeus & wages war on the League of Assassins ...

Written by GERRY CONWAY ROY THOMAS PAUL LEVITZ & DOUG MOENCH o Art by GENE COLAN & others Cover by GENE COLAN & DICK GIORDANO For the first time DC Comics collects the moody Batman stories drawn by comics legend Gene Colan with appearances by some of Batman greatest foes including Man-Bat The Monk Rupert Thorne & more Collecting BATMAN 340 343-345 & 348-351 & DETECTIVE COMICS 510 512 517 528 & 529 On sale JULY 20 o 288 pg FC 3999 US ...

New York Times Best-selling artist & writer JH Williams III's work with Batman in Gotham now is collected in Tales of the Batman JH Williams III! Spanning Detective Comics Batman & Legends of the Dark Knight this collection showcases JH Williams III work on Batman across the years ...

These tales from the 1970s are written by Len Wein co-creator of Swamp Thing & Wolverine & writer of Before Watchmen Ozymandias In this new hardcover Batman battles the villainy of The Joker The Riddler Catwoman Mr Freeze Ra&s al Ghul & many others Collects Batman 307-310 312-319 321-324 326-327 Detective Comics 408 444-448 466 478-479 500 & 514 & Untold Legends of the Batman 1-3 ...

Written by Darwyn Cooke James Robinson Kelley Puckett & Alan Grant Art & cover by Tim Sale & Jimmy Palmiotti Over the years many artists have contributed to the look of one of the most iconic characters in popular culture Batman One of the influential & popular illustrators of the Dark Knight is Tim Sale who in addition to providing artwork for the hit TV series Heroes illustrated the Eisner Award-winning graphic novels BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN BATMAN DARK VICTORY & SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS Sale distinctive vision of the Dark Knight put the iconic hero back in the shadows & updated his image for a new generation of fans Now for the first time ever these Batman tales drawn by Tim Sale early in his career are collected in one sensational volume ...