A collection of iconic stories for all ages featuring Marvel's premier team of starbound heroes - Guardians of the Galaxy! They're the rag-tag band of adventurers tasked with protecting the entire Marvel-Verse. They're the Guardians of the Galaxy - and they put the far-out into outer space! When Earth faces a cosmic threat so great that even its mightiest heroes can t handle it alone, the Avengers assemble alongside the Guardians - but can these two very different teams work together to save the day? Then, when Death's Head, one of the galaxy's greatest bounty hunters, targets the Guardians, it's lights out for Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot! Plus, they're used to being the galaxy's most wanted - but why is Groot trying to arrest his best bud Rocket?! And for Star-Lord, it's all about the music!

The Flavors of Phillies Nation is a collection of fan recipes that inspires sports fans across the nation to savor a tailgating atmosphere and hit a home run with unforgettable cuisine. "Whether you're a newcomer to the world of tailgating or a seasoned pro, I invite you to enjoy the recipes herein and taste the passion that inspired them." -Garry Maddox, former Phillies center fielder

The Avengers and the X-Men are faced with a common foe that becomes their greatest threat - Wanda Maximoff The Scarlet Witch is out of control, and the fate of the entire world is in her hands. Maybe Magneto will help his daughter, or maybe he'll use her powers for his own benefit.

Ultrasound has found an increasing number of applications in recent years due to greatly increased computing power. Ultrasound devices are often preferred over other devices because of their lower cost, portability, and non-invasive nature. Patients using ultrasound can avoid the dangers of radiological imaging devices such as x-rays, CT scans, and radioactive media injections. Ultrasound is also a preferred and practical method of detecting material fatique and defects in metals, composites, semiconductors, wood, etc.
Detailed appendices contain useful formulas and their derivations, technical details of relevant theories
The FAQ format is used where a concept in one answer leads to a new Q&A

Collects Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man (2014) #1-12. Miles Morales, the Ultimate Universe’s newest Spider-Man, is back in action with a new status quo and a new outlook on life! But now Miles must face the worst nightmare of the Spider-Man legacy: Norman Osborn, the Green Goblin — the man who killed Peter Parker! Or did he…? Even as new villains start coming out of the woodwork, Miles finds himself with — a girlfriend! Her name is Katie Bishop, but she has a secret…and it’s bad news for Spider-Man! As Miles makes a life-changing decision, he discovers a mind-blowing truth about his family! But what does it have to do with S.H.I.E.L.D.? Doctor Doom steps from the shadows, and Spider-Man gathers the mighty Ultimates — but no matter what happens next, this might be the end of the world for Miles Morales!

Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness explores the novel's participation in eighteenth-century "inquiries after happiness," an ancient ethical project that acquired new urgency with the rise of subjective models of wellbeing in early modern and Enlightenment Europe. Combining archival research on treatises on happiness with illuminating readings of Samuel Johnson, Laurence Sterne, Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, William Godwin and Mary Hays, Brian Michael Norton's innovative study asks us to see the novel itself as a key instrument of Enlightenment ethics. His central argument is that the novel form provided a uniquely valuable tool for thinking about the nature and challenges of modern happiness: whereas treatises sought to theorize the conditions that made happiness possible in general, eighteenth-century fiction excelled at interrogating the problem on the level of the particular, in the details of a single individual's psychology and unique circumstances. Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness demonstrates further that through their fine-tuned attention to subjectivity and social context these writers called into question some cherished and time-honored assumptions about the good life: happiness is in one's power; virtue is the exclusive path to happiness; only vice can make us miserable. This elegant and richly interdisciplinary book offers a new understanding of the cultural work the eighteenth-century novel performed as well as an original interpretation of the Enlightenment's ethical legacy.

Using the Herman & Chomsky "Propaganda Model" that was introduced in 1988, Goss offers a rigorous and accessible portrait of contemporary news media. Following a current survey of media ownership and news worker routines, in a series of case studies, he shows how recent news discourse has developed an Us/Them narrative. Cases include The New York Times' accounts of the Bush administration and United Nations in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq; and analysis of the 2011 riots in the United Kingdom in a comparison between two British broadsheets (The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph). Further case studies demonstrate important, if partial, new media discontinuities with respect to "old" news media. The book's international reach and sustained attention to new media indicate that it is not simply high-fidelity repetition of Herman & Chomsky, but re-engineers the model's architecture for the twenty-first century.

Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness explores the novel's participation in eighteenth-century "inquiries after happiness," an ancient ethical project that acquired new urgency with the rise of subjective models of wellbeing in early modern and Enlightenment Europe. Combining archival research on treatises on happiness with illuminating readings of Samuel Johnson, Laurence Sterne, Denis Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, William Godwin and Mary Hays, Brian Michael Norton's innovative study asks us to see the novel itself as a key instrument of Enlightenment ethics. His central argument is that the novel form provided a uniquely valuable tool for thinking about the nature and challenges of modern happiness: whereas treatises sought to theorize the conditions that made happiness possible in general, eighteenth-century fiction excelled at interrogating the problem on the level of the particular, in the details of a single individual's psychology and unique circumstances. Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness demonstrates further that through their fine-tuned attention to subjectivity and social context these writers called into question some cherished and time-honored assumptions about the good life: happiness is in one's power; virtue is the exclusive path to happiness; only vice can make us miserable. This elegant and richly interdisciplinary book offers a new understanding of the cultural work the eighteenth-century novel performed as well as an original interpretation of the Enlightenment's ethical legacy.

When investigating a new mutant, something truly horrible happens to the All-New X-Men that shakes time and space to its core

Yesterday's X-men continue to adjust to a present day that's simultaneously more awe-inspiring and more disturbing than any future the young heroes had ever imagined for themselves. And things get even more dangerous when the shape-changing terrorist Mystique targets our young time-travellers, starting with Cyclops