James Turner, SLG (www.slgcomic.com), $14.95 paper (208p) ISBN 9781593621957
Emperor Zoz of Io has ruled his ruthlessly expansionist empire for 1,000 years, inflicting on the disparate cultures near Jupiter one domineering government. Now Zoz has tired of the endless struggle, abandoning his throne to his indolent, slacker...
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James Turner, Jorge Monlongo, and Gemma Correll. Viz, $6.99 trade paper (80p) ISBN 978-1-4215-3880-8
The Mameshiba, immensely popular characters in Japan with their own cartoons and merchandise, are adorable crosses between different varieties of beans and dogs, each with its own personality. They find as much peril in the kitchen sink drain as...
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Arnold Lewis, Author, James Turner, Author, Steven McQuillin, Author Dover Publications $19.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-486-25250-6
This collection of 203 black-and-white photographs of the interiors of late 19th century mansions originally appeared as Artistic Houses, a book published in 1883. Reprinted here, the pictures are accompanied by a new text and new captions, which...
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James Turner. Princeton Univ, $35 (544p) ISBN 978-0-691-14564-8
In this weighty, scholarly tome, Turner (Religion Enters the Academy), Cavanaugh Professor of humanities at Notre Dame, attempts to cover the concept of philology, “the multifaceted study of texts, languages, and the phenomenon of language itself.”...
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