Joe Flood

A 2024 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Nominee In the year 2223, a teenage girl must venture through underground tunnels and canals in search of her parents who disappeared while on a mining expedition. Two hundred years in the future, refugees from an environmental cataclysm have fled underground. They survive, scrounging out a living in a twisted maze of tunnels and canals. Scavengers, mistitfs, bandits, renegades and mutants are among the citizens of this subterranean realm. They are sewerfolk, their home, the bowels of a utopian city that was never completed. Life is hard enough, but an overzealous mining company, PERCH wants to get their claws on this new underground frontier and they don't mind bulldozing any sewerfolk that get in their way. Caught in the middle is a young girl, Cricket. She's in a desperate search to find her family that fled underground. Join Cricket as she explores this savage new world, to find her parents and unlock the secrets of a past long forgotten, in the three-part graphic novel series for all ages, Knee Deep.

Spread your wings with Science Comics: Birds of Prey, a new and exciting volume of First Second's nonfiction graphic novel series Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, robots, and more. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these graphic novels are for you In this volume, you'll get up-close and personal with some of the world's most skilled hunters, from the majestic eagle to the oft-maligned scavenger vulture Armed with razor-sharp claws, keen eyesight, powerful wings, and killer instincts, these stealthy predators can make a meal of rodents, fish, snakes, lizards, monkeys, and even kangaroos Discover how these amazing birds who are often at the top of the food chain, play an integral role in many different ecosystems around the world.

Spread your wings with Science Comics: Birds of Prey, a new and exciting volume of First Second's nonfiction graphic novel series Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, robots, and more. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these graphic novels are for you In this volume, you'll get up-close and personal with some of the world's most skilled hunters, from the majestic eagle to the oft-maligned scavenger vulture Armed with razor-sharp claws, keen eyesight, powerful wings, and killer instincts, these stealthy predators can make a meal of rodents, fish, snakes, lizards, monkeys, and even kangaroos Discover how these amazing birds who are often at the top of the food chain, play an integral role in many different ecosystems around the world.

Todos sabemos un par de cosas sobre los dinosaurios como sus nombres, sus formas y que algunos ten an plumas y otros no, pero c mo se descubri todo esto? Qui nes fueron los primeros interesados en los enormes esqueletos que aparec an de la nada y que tal vez inspiraron las leyendas sobre terribles dragones que secuestraban princesas? O d nde se inici la primer gran exposici n de dinosaurios en el mundo? Esta aventura gr fica es un recorrido por la historia, no tanto de los dinosaurios, sino de los padres de la paleontolog a. We all know a thing or two about dinosaurs, a couple of famous names, and even that some had feathers... but how did we come to know so much about these long-gone creatures? Who were the first people interested in understanding these enormous skeletons that kept popping up and inspiring legends of dragons and tyrant beasts? Perhaps you've also wondered where the first big study of dinosaurs took place... This illustrated adventure is a journey through time that goes beyond dinosaurs and introduces you to the founders of paleontology.

Readers can't get enough of Science Comics, so we're delivering three fan-favorite titles in an attractive and affordable boxed set This boxed set includes Science Comics: Dinosaurs, Science Comics: Volcanoes, and Science Comics: Rocks and Minerals. Also included is a full-color Science Comics poster perfect for the wall of a library, classroom, or a kid's bedroom

FOREWORD -- A decidedly non-superhero “team book,” Cellies is the fun and briskly paced story of six employees of a mobile phone retail store. Led by their gung-ho but slightly dim manager, Christian, the Jog Mobile crew attempt to manage their personal lives alongside their work commitments, which include dealing with difficult customers and managing the midnight launch of a new phone. Cellies collects the first five issues of Lion Forge's comic book series, whose central characters represent a variety of ethnicities, backgrounds, and personalities, providing fertile ground for story development. In a minor but inspired ongoing feature, the book offers short vignettes inspired by true-life retail experiences. In total, Cellies feels like a successful ensemble TV sitcom, and the book ends with a cliffhanger of sorts, as Reyhaab, a teenager from a strict religious family, faces punishment from her parents for lying to them, and Christian suffers from the effects of an overlong tanning session. Flood's clean, confident art style and practiced narrative abilities balance propelling the plot and delivering humor, while also choosing appropriate moments to hint at what's underneath the sometimes shallow exteriors of his characters; one gets the impression that there are plenty of stories left for Flood to tell in Cellies: Volume Two and beyond.

For over 400 million years, sharks have been the ocean's top predator They're vital to our ecosystem, but their importance is often overshadowed by our own fear--even though they hardly ever threaten humans. Dive in for an intimate look at the dynamic hammerhead, infamous great white, primordial megalodon, and the gentle nurse shark, the rare species that will let a scuba diver pet them This book is filled to the gills with jaw-dropping illustrations and razor-sharp facts that shed light on these fascinating creatures of the deep, including their undersea terrain, cunning adaptability, and staggering variety. Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty year old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you

Every volume of Science Comics is a complete introduction to a particular topic - dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you! This volume: In Sharks, we explore one of the most unfairly villainised and Hollywood-famous underwater predators. With their 400-million year history, their vital role in maintaining the ecosystem, their incredible specialised adaptations, and their various unique species, there is a lot more to sharks than just their ferocious jaws.

Things fall apart in The Swamp, a funny new novel by Joe Flood that mocks the city that America has come to hate - Washington, DC. After a drone crashes into the White House, Fox News screams, "How can we keep the President safe?" A crackpot idea from a cynical correspondent - let's move Washington out of Washington - becomes an unstoppable political movement. Republicans and Democrats in Washington face off against a red state rebellion in a battle for the nation's capital. Can they contain this popular uprising or will it swamp them all? From scheming bureaucrats to despairing millennials, The Swamp is a love letter to the nation's capital - and a wish for its destruction - packaged together in a biting satire reminiscent of Christopher Buckley and VEEP. An award-winning writer and photographer from Washington, DC, Joe Flood knows the swamp. He's lived and worked in the city for twenty years. Flood portrays the city beyond the monuments and has been published in The Washington Post, City Paper and elsewhere.

Someone is murdering hipsters in Washington, DC. And they're blogging about it in this social-media soaked novel from Joe Flood. It's up to a cynical detective to solve the case against the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying city. From parties full of bright young things to forgotten housing projects, Murder on U Street by Joe Flood depicts life beyond the monuments for ordinary people in Washington, DC.

A revealing account of the first time computer modeling met City Hall -- and the disaster that ensued In 1968, New York City struck a deal with the RAND Corporation to use their computer models to establish more efficient public services and save millions of dollars, beginning their first civilian effort with the FDNY. Over the next decade a series of fires swept through New York, displacing more than 600,000 people, all thanks to the intentional withdrawal of fire protection from the city's poorest neighborhoods -- and all based on RAND's computer modeling systems. In The Fires, journalist Joe Flood provides an X-ray of the inner workings of New York City in the 1970s and of all modern cities, using the dramatic story of a pair of mayors, an ambitious Fire Commissioner, and an even more ambitious think tank to illuminate the patterns and formulas that are now inextricably woven into the very fabric of the modern urban experience.

When the world's most famous explorer is murdered at the Smithsonian, it's up to a cynical Washington detective to solve the case in this murder-mystery novel by Joe Flood. Bob Fundwell dies in the Smithsonian's Ocean Hall when the life-size replica of a whale falls from the ceiling and crushes him. A veteran black investigator, Detective Thomas, is assigned the case. He's witnessed two decades of bloody mayhem on the streets of our nation's capital. The list of suspects is long, for the victim was arrogant and reviled. Fundwell discovered the Gigantic, a legendary ocean liner that sank in the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. He became rich and famous by falsely claiming the work of his colleagues. As Thomas investigates the case, he is lied to by people at all levels - from housing projects to the Supreme Court. Deceit is the one constant in a Washington on the eve of the 2008 election. Yet, he presses on, determined to find justice and prove that the city has changed since its days as the murder capital of the country. Murder in Ocean Hall is inspired by true events, including the real-life controversy over the discovery of the Titanic, as well as the author's two decades in Washington, DC. This fact-based murder mystery by local author Joe Flood takes you behind the scenes of our nation's dysfunctional capital, revealing the real city beyond the monuments.