Is it possible to find unconditional love in a world of expectations? Professor Joseph Barnes is attractive, intelligent, and successful–beloved by both his students and fellow university faculty. Despite her professional reservations, Alexis, the dean of Joe’s college, finds herself drawn to him and recognizes his interest in her. But when Joe’s career begins to crumble, Alexis has to decide whether or not to rescue Joe from his circumstances. If she does save him, how can she be sure he loves her for herself–and not for what she can do for him? Can she fight the ghosts of the past that haunt them both? Three well-intentioned friends and an ambitious department secretary complicate the delicate situation between Alexis and Joe in this modern retelling of the biblical story of Job. Thoughtful and clever, Blameless asks, what does it mean to love without expectations? And in the midst of losing it all, is it possible to find everything you’ve been looking for?

Howard the Duck's classic adventures conclude in this riotous volume! First, Howie and Bev face the geriatric menace of the Grey Panther, and do that voodoo that they do so well! But will a Christmas miracle show Howard it's a wonderful life - or quite the opposite?! He'll win a fortune - and lose a fortune! There will be animal antics with the Gopher and - Spider-Ham?! And Howard will join She-Hulk as they wrap their heads around the Cosmic Squish Principle! Plus: Two Spider-Man team-ups for the price of one! But what the heck are the Elf with a Gun and the Circus of Crime doing here? Waaaugh! Collecting HOWARD THE DUCK MAGAZINE #8-9, MARVEL TEAM-UP (1972) #96, HOWARD THE DUCK (1976) #32-33 and SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK #14-17 - plus material from BIZARRE ADVENTURES #34, MARVEL TALES (1964) #237 and SPIDER-MAN TEAM-UP #5.

This wholly remarkable, almost unparalleled strip (there were only two feeble imitations in the 1920s, both short-lived) brought the charm and gaucherie of the silent cinema to the daily comic page, presenting endless programs of mildly satirical take-offs on silent feature films, newsreels, travelogues, and animated cartoons within the compass of its daily ten to sixteen panels of intricately-detailed but crisply clear graphic continuity. Inventing his own studio and cast of major players fitted to the basic parts found in most silent features, Ed Wheelan first called his strip "Midget Movies" in the early 1920s, then changed the title to the better-known "Minute Movies" when he took control of his feature at the close of that decade. Followed by hundreds of thousands of movie and strip fans at the height of its fame and wide newspaper distribution, the strip died almost as precipitously as the silent films to which it was wedded thematically in the early 1930s. A notably memorable part of its era, and an essential element in any analysis of popular response to the movies of its time, Minute Movies is represented in this collection by a typical year of continuity from the peak period of its fame.

Marrying a wealthy hunk, having his baby, and living in luxury as the wife of a count in an ancestral castle kind of appeals to Ella. Who cares about the family curse that says the marriage will be short-lived? Wait until she meets the ghost of the former countess.

This charming story of Princess Victoria of Babenberg is also the story of a frontier that exists in people as it does in places. It is the account of Princess Victoria's twenty-four crowded hours, on a September day in 1921, and of the people she meets by chance and by arrangement.