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Murdered along with his fiancTe on Halloween eve by a vicious street gang, Eric Draven returns from the dead and led by a crow, seeks vengeance on the killers who wronged him, in a new edition of the classic graphic novel. Reprint.

Long ago, when people and animals spoke the same language, two young men left their tribe to make an adventurous voyage through the wilderness, into the unknown northland. Set in the mythic past and inspired by the traditions of the North American Plains people, this fable of self-discovery follows Crow and Weasel as they face unfamiliar perils on a quest for knowledge and wisdom. Conquering their innermost fears, the two heroes come of age and learn more than they ever could have imagined--about humanity's relationship to the land, the importance of respecting other peoples and giving thanks, and even the ery nature of friendship itself.<br>

In the midst of a rural land-rights struggle, federal conservation officer Iris Shaw is murdered in a bombing by a rag-tag band of right-wing activists. Little do her killers know that Iris wasn't their only victim and now, with the help of the Crow, Iris must exact vengeance not only for her own death but also that of her unborn baby. Raised from her grave and armed with cold-blooded hatred and a few deadly weapons, Iris hunts down her killers one by one. But if exacting ultimate pain is the goal, when does vengeance cross the line to brutality? And what is the price to the soul?

Almost a century on, the effects of the Great War still resonate in a sleepy Scottish seaside town. Meanwhile a young, headstrong woman goes missing, leaving a trail of unanswered questions behind her that Tim cannot help but pursue. However, our protagonist's quest for the truth unearths much more than Kirsty's whereabouts. Indeed, it changes lives, and ends them too. This gripping story explores how the past cannot be escaped, and the inevitable consequences of trying to elude it. The reader is spurred on to reach a stunning conclusion, which is anything but inevitable.

Paul and Tricia Barrett of Oregon had no particular interest in crows until one spring day in 1996 when a neighbor showed up with a tiny nestling in a cardboard box. <P>An extraordinary exchange of affection occurred and the couple fell in love with the little crow. They hand raised it as a wild creature and successfully released it several months later. They assumed their corvine experience was over, but in a couple of months another crow baby showed up, then another, and another, etc.

Five years later twelve crows had passed through their lives, leaving them with a profound respect for and a new understanding of the remarkably intelligent and personable "Corvus Brachyrhynchos," or Common Crow. <P>This is a 152-page, hand bound book of photographs, stories, lore and notes about the experience of raising and releasing a series of wild crows.

John Paul Barrett is the author of "Sea Stories - of Dolphins and Dead Sailors" and other books.

Joshua is left for dead by a band of renegade soldiers in the late 1860s. The crow that is perched nearby as he is dying tells him that time is no barrier to retribution, and the story comes forward to the present day where Joshua is confronted with a biker gang who resemble the soldiers.