Marvel: Spider-Man Amazing Origins

Marvel: Spider-Man Amazing OriginsThe greatest origin story of all time, retold for a new generation! Meet Peter Parker like never before, and join him on the journey of triumph and tragedy that takes him from high school wallflower to the fast talking, wall crawling super here Spider Man! It's an ageless tale of power and responsibility as relevant today as it was decades ago! Plus: Follow our young Spidey as he battles to build his amazing rep in early action against Doctor Octopus!

Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize A New York Times bestseller A Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year A New York Times Notable Book "Extreme times call for extreme reactions

guides readers through the most challenging - and the most blessed - transitions of their one precious life

" Cambridge philosopher Tim Lewens shows us the forest

where he was incarcerated for attempting to kill his own mother

His wide-eyed nephew has joined the army as a drummer boy in pursuit of honour and glory

Retreat of Western Liberalism

and anyone who marvels at these feats of modern engineering

while being the one who could most easily and sweetly break your heart with a phrase

and Michael Chabon to pop-culture icons such as Anthony Bourdain and January Jones

from a monkey in a fire truck to double-decker busloads of assorted creatures

a shepherd

the authors provide an illuminating insight into the lives of these unusual animals