Men towards the end of the last millennium felt a sudden tightening of the bowels with the news that the services of their sex had at last been dispensed with. Dolly the Sheep
- conceived without male assistance
- had arrived. Her birth reminded at least half the population of how precarious mans position may be. What is the point of being a man? For a brief & essential instant he is a donor of DNA; but outside that glorious moment his role is hard to underst&. This book is about science not society; about maleness not manhood. The condition is in the end a matter of biology whatever limits that science may have in explaining the human condition. Todays advances in medicine & in genetics mean at last we understand why men exist & why they are so frequent. We understand from hormones to hydraulics how mans machinery works why he dies so young & how his brain differs from that of the rest of mankind.

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Written by Brian K. Vaughan; Art by Pia Guerra & Jose Marza Jr.; Painted Cover by J.G. Jones When a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome unemployed & unmotivated slacker Yorick Brown suddenly discovers that he is the only male left in a world inhabited solely by women. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey & the mysterious Agent 355 Yorick embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his girlfriend & discover why he is the last man on Earth. But with a gang of feminist extremists & the leader of the Israel Defense Forces hunting him Yorick's future as well as that of the human race may be short-lived. ...

Written by Brian K. Vaughan; Art by Pia Guerra & Jose Marza Jr.; Painted Cover by J.G. Jones The second story arc of the runaway hit VERTIGO series Y: THE LAST MAN is collected in this new trade paperback! Reprinting issues 6-10 CYCLES features a special sketchbook section by artist & cocreator Pia Guerra. As Yorick Brown the last man on Earth begins to make his way across the country to California he & his companions are forced to make an unscheduled stop in Marrisville Ohio-a small town with a big secret. ...

Written by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN Art by PIA GUERRA GORAN SUDZUKA & JOSE MARZAN JR. Cover by MASSIMO CARNEVALE As this deluxe edition collecting Y: THE LAST MAN 37-48 begins we catch up on the adventures of Yoricks monkey Ampersand (whose biology may hold the key to stopping the male-killing plague) & learn the origin of Yoricks mysterious protector Agent 355. Meanwhile Yorick searches for his fiancee in Australia with deadly results before heading off to Japan to learn the shocking truth behind who ordered Ampersands recent abduction. On sale OCTOBER 20
- 296 pg FC $29.99 US
- MATURE READERS

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Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Pia Guerra Paul Chadwick Gorlan Parlov & Jose Marzan Jr. Cover by Massimo Carnevale DC Comics presents the second hardcover volumes collecting Y: THE LAST MAN in oversized hardcover editions. In this volume collecting issues 11-23 of the award-winning series a Russian spacecraft from the International Space Station returns to Earth carrying three passengers: one woman & two men. Could this be the end of Yorick's status as the last living male? Plus the group runs up against a roadblock in Arizona where the female remains of the Sons of Arizona militia have cut the interstate to keep out any vestiges of the U.S. government. Don't miss the latest volume in the series Entertainment Weekly calls a seriously funny nuanced tale." Advance-solicited; on sale May 6
- 320 pg FC 7.0625" x 10.875" $29.99 US
- MATURE READERS"

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The third edition of this multilingual dictionary specifically geared to yachtsmen covers cruising terms in English French German Dutch Danish Italian Spanish Portuguese Turkish & Greek. It has been thoroughly revised & updated to cover all the subjects the boater might need including words for several thousand onboard items as well as the latest developments in electronic & mechanical equipment & the patterns of charter & flotilla sailing. Arranged in helpful subject categories for easy use it is a unique comprehensive reference for any boatowner venturing abroad. This is the kind of book no-one going to sea should be without Lloyds List An invaluable aid for anyone cruising abroad Kelvin Hughes All the yachtie has to do is point & grunt Water Craft No boat heading north east or south should be without it Yachting Monthly" ...

William Burroughs closed his classic debut novel Junky" by saying he had determined to search out a drug he called ' Yage' which he believed transmitted telepathic powers a drug that could be 'the final fix'. In " The Yage Letters"
- a mix of travel writing satire psychedelia & epistolary novel
- he journeys through South America writing to his friend Allen Ginsberg about his experiments with the strange drug using it to travel through time & space to derange his senses
- the perfect drug for the author of the wild decentred books that followed. Years later Ginsberg writes back as he follows in Burroughs' footsteps & the drug worse & more profound than he had imagined."


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Playing Yahtzee! when youre on the move is great fun & so easy
- everything fits in the area so you can take it anywhere you like.
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When a storm takes them by surprise Yakari his best friend Rainbow & his pony Little Thunder take cover in a cave. They discover when they come out of their refuge that the hill they are on is surrounded by rising water. On this new island they befriend a wounded moose threatened by a merciless predator. ...

A strange eagle has wounded a brave from Yakaris tribe & stolen his talisman. To recover it & allow the man to wake from his unnatural slumber young Yakari will have to climb a mountain to find the eagles nest. Forced to go alone when Little Thunder cant follow anymore he will have to make new friends-with sure feet & warm coats-and brave the majestic birds proud anger. ...