Jock
Author
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
This open access book charts how South Africa's gold mines have systematically suppressed evidence of hazardous work practices and the risks associated with mining.
For most of the twentieth century, South Africa was the world's largest producer of gold. Although the country enjoyed a reputation for leading the world in occupational health legislation, the mining companies developed a system of medical surveillance and workers' compensation
...Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In June 2005 Jock Soto, at forty years old, gave his farewell performance as a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. The program, an event of unprecedented ambition, showcased pieces from five legendary choreographers, and it capped one of the most storied careers in ballet history-an ascent that began when Soto was just three years old. After retiring, Soto was determined to embrace a new future, but he found himself obsessed with questions...
Author
Publisher
The Text Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Amid the furious ocean there was no human sound on deck: some people standing, watching the wave, but no one capable of words. On the Java Ridge, skipper Isi Natoli and a group of Australian surf tourists are anchored beside an idyllic reef off the Indonesian island of Dana. In the Canberra office of Cassius Calvert, Minister for Border Integrity, a Federal election looms and (not coincidentally) a hardline new policy is being announced regarding...
Author
Publisher
[DC Black Label]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Iconic Batman artist Jock delivers a bare-knuckle brawl through the blacked-out streets of Gotham! All they had to do was get him across town. It was the sort of mission Batman had run a thousand times. From high above the sweltering summer streets of Gotham, Batman would escort the GCPD as the dangerous metahuman super-villain known as E.M.P. was transferred from a temporary holding cell to his permanent home at Blackgate Prison in Gotham Harbor....
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"General Assembly offers highly immersive programs, classes, and workshops all geared towards the most timely and relevant skills of the 21st century. Widely hailed in the media (such as the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, ABC News, and many more), GA is seen as filling a crucial need in today's competitive business market. The WSJ suggests that "taking courses at GA is like skipping business school." Launched in 2011, GA has become extremely popular...
6) Snow angels
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Language
English
Description
"Milliken and Mae Mae have never left The Trench-it's all they've ever known. They were born in The Trench, and they'll die there, just like all their people do. The two girls, eight and eleven, are a part of the Trenchfolk, a sprawling settlement of people living inside the massive ice walls of a vast, seemingly endless frozen trench carved into the surface of an otherwise icy wasteland. The Trenchfolk survive in this hostile world by following the...
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
1986
Language
English
Description
When his seven years' wages in gold prove too heavy to carry easily, Hans trades the lump of gold for one thing after another until he arrives home empty-handed, but convinced he is a lucky man to be unfettered with encumbrances.
11) Wytches
Author
Series
Wytches volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2015]-
Language
English
Description
"When the Rooks family moves to the remote town of Litchfield, NH to escape a haunting trauma, they're hopeful about starting over. But something evil is waiting for them in the woods just beyond town. Watching from the trees. Ancient...and hungry"
16) Jade
Author
Series
Publisher
Spring Books
Pub. Date
[1967]
Language
English
Description
From the Blurb: Jade: valued above all other precious stones by the Chinese, fought for by the Maoris of New Zealand and offered as gifts to the conquering Spaniards by the Aztecs of Mexico, this rare and valuable mineral has a long and controversial history which spans 4,000 years and five continents. Jade, which was claimed as a cure for kidney disease by the Spaniards and buried in graves by the Chinese (who believed in imparted immortality), is...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Left rattled by the events of Dark Nights: Metal, Bruce Wayne must come face to face with the ultimate evil spawned from the Dark Multiverse. One part Batman one part Joker. The Batman Who Laughs. "A Batman who laughs is a Batman who always wins." The mastermind behind Dark Nights: Metal, Scott Snyder, gives you a look inside the most terrifying version of Batman ever! He and superstar artist Jock (Batman: The Black Mirror) kick off a chain of events...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
An illustrated treasury of information about Canada, providing descriptions of each of the country's provinces and territories, with facts about population, size, major cities, industries, natural features, and significant people and events; and including maps and a time line.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"Oliver Queen is a frivolous playboy with little care for anyone or anything -- apparently even himself. But when he's double-crossed and marooned on a jungle island, he finds that he does care about something: justice! armed with nothing more than a makeshift bow and arrows, Queen struggles to survive in his new, unforgiving environment -- all while battling the violent drug runners who are responsible for his abandonment"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In "The Black Mirror," a series of brutal murders pushes Batman's detective skills to the limit and forces him to confront one of Gotham City's oldest evils. Helpless and trapped in the deadly Mirror House, Batman must fight for his life against one of Gotham City's oldest and most powerful evils! Then, in a second story called "Hungry City," the corpse of a killer whale shows up on the floor of one of Gotham City's foremost banks. The event begins...