Men In Metal

In his pioneering study, Men in Metal, Sven Saaler examines Japanese public statuary as a central site of historical memory from its beginnings in the Meiji period through the twenty-first century. Saaler shows how the elites of the modern Japanese nation-state went about constructing an iconography of national heroes to serve their agenda of instilling national (and nationalist) thinking into the masses. Based on a wide range of hitherto untapped primary sources, Saaler combines data-driven quantitative analysis and in-depth case studies to identify the categories and historical figures that dominated public space. Men in Metal also explores the agents behind this visualized form of the politics of memory and introduces historiographical controversies surrounding statue-building in modern Japan.

This true story of the multibillionaire who fled to Switzerland “reads like a mystery novel” (USA Today). How did Marc Rich make over ten billion dollars while paying hardly any taxes? Journalist A. Craig Copetas infiltrated the inner circle of the commodities market and Rich’s associates to show not only how the metals and minerals trader pulled off the scam, becoming one of America’s most wanted criminals, but also how other traders have used the same model to evade taxes as well. A continuing figure of controversy even after his death, Rich, a hedge fund manager and the founder of Glencore, was wanted for evading almost ninety million dollars in taxes and if caught, could have spent life in prison. From a former staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal, Metal Men is a story of international intrigue spanning the globe, from the inside of the White House to the Kremlin, a brilliantly researched work that exposes the inner workings of one of country’s largest scams. “Mr. Copetas is at his best evoking the high-stakes, fast-paced life of the commodities traders: the greed and corruption that consume them are the stuff of high drama.” —The New York Times Book Review

"The Guardians of Orion and the Gate", is the sequel to Mom's Metal Men that everyone has been waiting for. Kamarin Mitchel and his friends Erin Noble and her protectorit, the manlike huge beast Lort, fight the final battle to free the Orion system of the evil Gorin. Along the way they team up with the mighty Boltran, and the powerful fly'ers the Moonborn. Many twists and surprises are in the Guardian's path to freedom. This story is like none other and was started with one of Robin's dreams. "Awesome" is the only word to describe this story. Robin lives and writes for his family, especaily his three grandchildren- Jasmine, Christoffer, and Sierra, in the Great Northwest.

A poetic exploration of the new world created by the collision of the biological body with technology and culture. For more than 3,000 years, humans have explored uncharted geographic and spiritual realms. Present-day explorers face new territories born from the coupling of living tissue and metal, strange lifeforms that are intelligent but unconscious, neither completely alive nor dead. Our bodies are now made of machines, images, and information. We are becoming cultural bodies in a world inhabited by cyborgs, clones, genetically modified animals, and innumerable species of human/information symbionts. Ollivier Dyens's Metal and Flesh is about two closely related phenomena: the technologically induced transformation of our perceptions of the world and the emergence of a cultural biology. Culture, according to Dyens, is taking control of the biosphere. Focusing on the twentieth century—which will be remembered as the century in which the living body was blurred, molded, and transformed by technology and culture—Dyens ruminates on the undeniable and irreversible human/machine entanglement that is changing the very nature of our lives.

The Metal Men are back! And back and back and back again, as we take a deep look into Doc Magnus’s lab as he experiments with what it means to be sentient. Meanwhile, a mysterious liquid Nth metal has appeared in the science site at Challengers Mountain that appears to have come through from the Dark Multiverse-and will destroy anything that stands in the way of it trying to stay in our world! As Magnus, Gold, Platinum, Iron, Lead, and Mercury rush to Dr. Jenet Klyburn’s aid, one of them will meet their fate at the hands of the Nth Metal Man! Collects Metal Men #1-12.

A chill wind off the eastern sea! As the harrowing pursuit of a mysterious raiding party draws to a close, the woman warrior Liath Luachra prepares her fian (war party) for one final onslaught . But out in the Great Wild, even the best laid schemes rarely go as planned. The south-eastern forests hide threats more dangerous than raiders, the alliance with Clann Baoiscne is foundering, and Liath Luachra’s own history risks upending her life forever. This completes the adventure that commenced with Liath Luachra: The Seeking.

War blazes all around, but it's not J.D.'s war. Not this time. There are two bounties out for Francis William Brown. One alive. One dead. J.D. finally catches the man he’s been after all these years when Francis comes without hardly a fight. But it ain't ever that simple. A bullet in the skull would be proper for what Francis has done but keeping him alive might be the key to ending the war that's tearing Texas apart. J.D. needs to decide if keeping a promise and ending the war is worth the risk of seeing the worst criminal in the history of Texas walk free. An itch at the back of his skull tells him that maybe all this is part of Francis’ plan. Will he kill Francis in cold blood, or is there still Honor in an Age of Metal and Men?