David Quinn Knihy

Jackie Estacado, a mob hitman possessing a mysterious, malevolent force known as the Darkness, and New York Police Detective Sara Pezzini, wielding an equally mysterious weapon, the Witchblade, are abducted and trapped in a realm of illusory violence and bottomless time. Forming an unsteady alliance, they rip through layers of false realities to discover that they're imprisoned on a huge, living spacecraft high in Earth's orbit -- an ever-changing prison ship controlled by the mind of a madman. Their fellow inmates? Swarms of Aliens and a female Predator with a jones for the Witchblade's power If they can't find a way to prevail in this wild arena, they will be responsible for the end of human life on Earth How could things be worse? Throw a Darkling/Alien hybrid in the mix A fear-filled romp in horror and science fiction, written by David Quinn (Dr. Strange, Faust) and pencilled by Aliens vs. Predator vs. Terminator's Mel Rubi Co-published by Top Cow.

Through Garrison Keillor's characters, this book aims to give students an insight into the concerns, values and sense of humour of Americans. His contemporary, idiomatic language gives students a feel for how Americans speak. Exercises are included that help to develop listening and conversation skills such as understanding vocabulary from context, getting the main idea, listening for details, predicting, making inferences and using idiomatic expressions. A set of two cassettes is available to accompany the book.